The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1871, Page 8

i " : THE RAPID TRANSIT QUESTION What Governor Hoffman Thinks About It, A GRAND RAILROAD AVENUE. nen The Elevated Through-the-Blocks-Plan the Most Feasible. Sow the Grumbling Property Own- ers Can be Huchred. ‘The “legislative” train, which starts from Albany “st wirty-five minutes past two in the afternoon, When it is on time, reached Peekskill about s1x @clock on Friday evening, where it suddenly came ‘to a dead stop and began to back, What could the matier be? It was @ through train, and the only object that stops it for any leagth of time between Albany and Poughkeepsie is the ‘coffee and cakes” at Poughkeepsie. Heads were poked out of win- @ows and votoes in the dark called for information, “What the deuce 18 this place?” and “say, sonny, do you know what we’re a backing for!” were ques- tions which greeted the little Peekskillites as they Fan to and fro among the passengers, driving @ brisk trade in rosy-cheeked apples and doubtfully- fresh peanuts, Business men never have time, ‘when business is active, to answer questions which @o not concern them, and the inqusitive ones got mo answer, Presently there was a rush of silk Greases and 4 shuMing of feet tn the leading draw- amg room car, and in walked Governor Hoffman and anomber of tired-looking passengers, each one of whom was half hidden from front view by big ‘Valises and shawls thrown over their shoulders, “How d’ye do, Guv’nor ?”’ exclaimed a jolly-looking @ountryman, as he stood up to offer the Chief Magis- ‘trate his seat. “WHAT'S THE ROW ?’? The Governor smiled pleasantly, as 1s his wont, ‘and exciatined, standing in the middic of the car, Meanwhile, to see which of the many seats offered to him he would choose, “Weil, it Was just discovered in time.” The country- Tan turned pale, and interrupted him by gasping out, “Has there been a frightful ——¥” “No,” replied the Governor, finally taking a seat in @ corner of the car; “nothing frightful has hap- pened. You see one of the wheels of tne car I was im was found to be out of gear, and we had to leave it and come in here.” “Quite providential, wasn’t it?’ and the country- Man looked very pions as he asked the question. The Governor gave no other answer than a nod of is head, which could-have meant anything, elther negative or aftirmative. “It would be rough, now, Guv’nr, wonldn’t it, if the cars should gotosmash and kill about three @emocratic members? That would change things in the Legislature—wouldn’t it'” An old lady sitting near the speaker pniled her shawl away over her head at this and gave a shud. @er. The Governor smiled pleasantly and replied, “It certainly wouid.”’ “Of course, if three republicans were killed at the Same time some people would call the thing provi- @ential, wouldn't they, Guv’nor ?”’ “That may be.” “But that wouldn't MAKE THE THING PROVIDENTIAL #*- The Governor was getting tired of his neighbor and he quietly repiied:— “The doings of Providence are differently inter- preted by diferent people, but I believe there isa Providence, for all that." This was enough for the venalite. He had the Governor's opinion upon it that Providence Was not a myth. That was official; and Se, enveloping himself in the thick folds ef his great cloak, he Jald back in his ehair and in a few minutes—snored. Now it so hap. pened that there was a HERALD reporter In the same ear, who has an idea or two about the uptown quick fransit question. The cars were running at the rate of thirty-six miles an hour to make up for the loss of time at Peekskill, and trees and telegraph poles @itted by like ghosts fying before a midnight wind. One of the brakemen had strapped his tighiy-fitting €ap over bis kead by means of a strap clasped under his chin, and it was rumored in the compartment ‘where ‘Boss’ Tweed sat langiing and joking with Tom Fields and Hitchman, that the engineer had tied himself to his bench, 80 as w keep a good look- out ahead, The reporter took in the whole scene at a giance, and swallowed ali the rumors for what they were worth. Was ever ‘opporiunity more favorable to interview the Gover- Ror on the uptown transit question without his Knowing he was being interviewed. There he was, Tight in front of him—the man tne scraich of whose goose quill could decide for or against a hundred Plans, and there, outside, were the villages and stray cottages shooting by to illustrate the idea of quick transit to lis fullest extent. ‘The reporter's mind ‘Was made up; so he fell into a general talk and then Made a desperate drive for his objec “WERKE GOING VERY FAST, GOVERNOR ?"? “Very.” This quite sententionsly. Mr. Hoffman was, appa- Fenty, 10st in deep thonght about the election of $72. “It would be a good thing for New Yorkers if they ould travel at ibis rate Irom tie battery w Weat- chester county?” finisued the reporter, wo thought ae to the object of his desires rather weil tn. Tbe Governor turned his seat about, so as directly to face nis interlocutor, and, getung thoroughly roused (proviaentially:) by a violent jolt of the car, exclaimed :— “Indeed, it must be a great blessing.’? “There’s no hope for anything ef the kind for a few hundred years yet, I suppose”? “Weil, 1 don’t know,” replied the Governor, get- Ying suddeniy interested. “I don’ believe ‘we'll Ihave to wait that long for such a consummation.” “You mean that the uptown tansit question can ‘be soived, thenr’”’ “Certainly.” The Governor at this point placed his overcoat ‘@cross fils knees, threw back his head and feil into a@deep contemplation of the richly frescoed roof of the car. He evidently believed the transit question settled between him and the reporter. He madea mis- take if he did, for rail ying his forces again so as not to show the object of plau Of battle, the reporier exclaimed:— “You really think it can be solyed’’—here a broad a of assumed incredulity. “J tuink we will never ve to see it settied.”? “That may be,” said the Governor, ‘but thero 8 one thing about it, The people in New York clamor for quick up-town transit of some kind and they must get it.” The Goveruor was now evi- Gently interested. “You see,” he coninued, “that there have been very MANY PLANS BROUGHT BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE, and almost every year some new theory is starte ‘Which 1s set down to be better than any other pre- Viously conceived. There is now sucha mauttiplicn f pians that it will be hard work to aispose of me of them jusily in time to make achoice. This will be one of te difficulties of the present Legislature.”? “What would be the best means to employ to push gome measure through ?* The Governor laughed at the simplicity of the ques- tion, apparently not detecting its underdrift, and exclaimed :— “I wili tell you candidiy that if th easy transit ior Parisians in Paris unde Hii had been as active as it is now in } a oud would have been begun and finished in a very shorttime, The Emperor would have made a way af there was none, but you know we cannot act after that fashion. ‘There's the trouble. “Which do you think the most ieasibie plan, Gov- ernor!"? “Well, I have my own opinions on the subject. 1 gunk the best plan to meet the wants of ali would A GRAND RAILROAD AVES gay one hundred and Bity feet in wic i, [rom one end Of tbe isjand to the other, through which co: run an eievated raiiws ullt OL solid mason: ty 1n the nelghoorhood wouid not lose by it, think, for 1t would naturally become we great thoroughiare of the city.”” “Then your idea is that there would be room for other things besides railways in that avenue y”" “Of course. But this plan has many dificuities, like all others, It would cost agreat deal. The in my opinion, @n elevated railway on solid m: ary through the Diocks, the lower portions of whic could be mace to bring \n @ good revenue as stores." “Do you tuk a measure like this will pass the Legisiaiuret” “] really cannot say as to that; but there 1s a great mistake, Chink, in the public mind abour the Le siature aud the Various railroad pians that are he- fre constantly brought before it. The thing te uot #0 much to have a certain bill pass and become « law, jor that is very easy; but the thing 1s, capital fe beck it. Men clamor fora certain plan; point Ul ils Various attractions, and yet, when it comes to the scratch, can find no person or persons Who have money sufficient to guarantee 1ts success, THE GREAT WANT IS CAPITAL When the Legisiature becomes once satisfied eee S parses: pian 1s a good one, and !s not an empty theory, an ; above all. that it is backed up by ca pital, 1t will give New Yorkers relief.” cost of @ road through the blocks would be — ~ Would it not, Governor!’ Woplds but ihe expense gf the rped_| 2 omen ct the purehf ‘9 which it would be rut ___ Of course would have lating whatever blocks it would be cut into, and property owners, know! Tight to save themselves from loss. | 4 nataral. They look to their own pockets, and not to the general welfare.” “Then you mean that the great cost would be in the buying up of the property on the blocks through which the read would run?” “fxuctly; but we know once the property owners Would flud out where the road was to be run tl would hang on to their own to the bitter end, and to run the road you have got to buy them out. There's no getting around that.” “And is there no remedy for this?”? v The Governor smiled blandly and remarked—“I think there ts. The way to get the best of this DIFFICULTY WITH PROPERTY OWNERS would be for those who propose to run the road to buy up whatever parts of biocks they would desire to run through without, when they make their pur- chases, letting the owners know but they were buying the houses to be used for dwellings. You see by this means the persons whose property would adjoin the portion sold and which would be depreciated by the proximity of the road, would thus be blinded to What was going on and they could not aid in puttin; @ false value on the property that would De desired.” “You are then under the ImpreenisD,, Governor, that this could only be accomplished whoever gets the right to run sucha road not allowing the route of the road to be made known before he had purchased sufficient block way to answer all pur- oses.’ “Exactly.” At this mage of the conversation the train arrived at the Thirtieth street depot and the Governor got mto a carriage and was driven to the Clarendon. The reporter felt satistied in his own mind that his “interview”? had not been without good results, NEW YORK CITY, ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, a3 indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Phar- macy, HERALD Building, corner of Ann street:— 1v70, 1871. 1870, 1871. + 40° 85 SP. Mirco 45 4 3606. M. 4b 4335 2.480388. 48 4435 12 P. 38 Average temperature yesverday.... esseees 4036 Average Caeteranire: for corresponding date The police arrests for the week ending January 21 are 1,356, being an mcrease of 69 over last week. ‘The vital statistics for the week ending January 21, at noon, are as follows:—Deaths, 431; births, 357; marriages, 149, and stillborn, 40, Fire Marshal McSpedon reports twenty-eight fires for the week ending January 21, 1871, at noon. The estimated loss is $54,065; amount of insurance, $148,296, Ata meeting of the Board of Police Commission- ers, held yesterday afternoon, patrolmen Neal Duly, of the Twenty-eighth precinct, and John O'Neill, of the Twenty-third precinct, were dismissed the de- partment. Lena Schmidt, the alleged child murderer, was yesterday removed from the saloon No. 25 Third ave- nue, where the crime was committed, and con- signed to the Tombs by Coroner Hermann, to await the action of the Grand Jury. The officers of the Ordnance Bureau are clearing away the obstructions in Catharine and Grand strects, near the ferries. This is highly commenda- ee and Wil be a great improvement in these locali- ties. The lady boarders at the Workingwomen’s Home, 45 Blizabeth street, last night, after a lecture on “Woman’s Sphere,” by Mr. J. K. H. Wilcox, at his suggestion, took @ secret ballot on the sixteenth amendment, with this resul In favor, 67; against, 9; blank, 3. Mr. James Donahue, Superintendent of the Free Labor Bureau, Nos, 8 and 10 Clinton place, makes the following report of business for the week ending January 21:—Apptications for employment, 780; of these there were 103 maies and 6i7 females; male heip required, 72; female, 576; situations procured for 68 males and 531 females. Whole number of sit- uations procured for the week, 599 ®The Bleecker Street Railroad Company havo de- termined to test the honesty of their conductors by machinery, They have placed a patent indicator near the step of each car so that when a passenger steps on the instrument records the entrance of the person into the car. Itis presumable that fa pas- Senger steps twice the conductor will have to pay for the additional step. John Sullivan and John Harrington, two lads of about sixteen years of age, were arrested by Messrs, Samson & Co., pawnbrokers, for attempting to dis- pose of a gold watch of which they could give no account. When brought before Judge Dowling they re‘used to give an account of how they obtained tne watch, and were handed over to the city authort- ties. An investigation wili be made to discover from whence the ticker was derived, It is stated that the Secretary of the Treasury, upon an appeal from the decision of Collector Murphy, has decided that all sugars imported prior to the Ist of January, 1871, and remaining in bond &t that date, must be witharawn upon their original weight at the time of exportation. The principle of this decision will apply to all other merchandise paying duty by weight. Michael Voilen, of 410 East Sixth street, the man ‘who was so fearfully injured on Friday evening, at 22 Worth street, being crushed by an immense fy- wheel, which he was hoisting, with some others, to the upper floor, died yesterday, at the Centre Street ospital, The pressure sustained by tne unfortunate man was so great that the external walls of the abdomen were ruptured and the broken bowels pro- truded. Coroner Schirmer will wnvestigate the case, Among the many charitable entertainments which have been given during the past season few have been noticed other than fairs. These have at last grown stale, and in their place are promised dra- maatle entertainments and balls, On Monday even- ing Mr. De Cordova gives a lecture on “Mrs. Gran- dy,’ for & charitable purpose (though it 1s not a charitable subject), in Chickering’s rooms, Four- teenth street, near Fifth avenue, and on Tuesday evening @ charity entertainment, improvised by lady guests, and consisting of tableaux, &c., takes place at the St. Cloud Hotel. The following 1s a list of losses and insurance on the stock of Frank McBlroy’s printing establish- | ment, 113 Nassau street, which was damaged by fire on Friday night:—Loss on stock, $8,000; insured for ied in the following compantes:—Narr: ‘ansett, 2,000; Arctic, $2,000; St. Nicolas, $2,000; Williams. burg City, $2,000; Niagara, $2,500; Andes, $2,00; Mechanics’, $1,006; Merchants’ of Chicaffo, $1,000; Buffalo, $1,500; North American, $2,000; Lafayette, $2500, The proprietors of an evening journal pup- lished in the building sustained @ loss of $1,000, in- sured for §5,000 im various city companies. The building was damaged $1,500; insured for $5,000. An additional charge was yesterday made against Charles £. Littlefleld, the “tricky traveller,” who was arrested for forgery on Friday last by Watrous, Boyden & Co, The three cases alluded to were the taking of letters addressed to the firm from the Pest OmMce, abstracting theretrom the checks and forging the endorsement of the firm upon them in order to receive the money. On Thursday last he presented a check for $103 to William Clark, 66 Chatham street, drawn on the First National Bank of Seneca, N. Y., in favor of Watrous & Co., and signed by H. C. Bledgett. Clark “smelt a rat,” compelled Littiefleld to go with bim to Watrous & Co., and there tho check was pronounced a forge! Littlefield was held by Judge Dowling in $4,000 to answer at the General Sessions. e THE JERSEY CITY CHARTER, The Convention on Charter Amendments in Jersey City hela another meeting last evening. As it was understood by some of the delegates that this would be the final meeting of the convention previous to the introduction of the charter to the Legislature, there was very Jiberal supply of amendments on hand, The proceedings were not quite satisfactory to seve- Tal delegates, whose efforts to take the business out of the hands of a “ring” have been unsuccessiul. It was also complained that the four repudlican members of the Legislature from Hudson county voted for the ie Ratlway candidate for Speaker, and that this ct has cr people who elected them for the very opposite pur- pose. Three of the delegates, who have assuined undue prominence, seem to have taken the matter of preparing the charter into thelr own hands en- Urely, and lave already laid the wires in Trenton for the ssage of such amendments as they think proper, in total disregard of the wishes of other members of the convention. ‘Yo checkmate tuis iique, Aldermen Themas and Taffey aud other lead- ing citizens will proceed to Trenton on Tuesday morning and press their views on benalf of the tax- payers of Jersey City on the members of the Legisla- wre. REPORTED IMPORTANT RAILWAY TRANSACTION, PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 21, 1871. The Dafly Record says:—A rumor is current that the Pennsylvania Raliroad Company has obtained a controlling interest in the stock of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, partly by purchases in the open market apd rough e peapiations, that this ts Bee reason Re reat, ise ln he Ot She company. ’ ee & very bitter feeling among the | THE CATALOGUE OF CRIME. SPECIAL SESSIONS YESTERDAY. A Cruel Caso of Abandonment—Judge Dowling as a Philosophor—A Notorious Den to bo Turned Out by the Superintendent of Po- lice— Would-be’ Murderers and Thieves Punished—Mr. Bergh Admirzs Beau til Ladies More than Horses, Immediately the doors of the Court of Special Ses- sions were thrown open by the Sergeant, yesterday morning @ crowd numbering at least flve hundred persons, who bad been walting bencath the sombre shades of tho Corinthian columns of the outer court, rushed into the ‘hall of terror,” and in two or three minutes the place was filled to the last inch of the accommodating space, This motley crowd wonld form an ex- cellent subject for an enterprising photographer, in the same manner that the gathering speaks as & powerful temperance lecture. Judge Dowling oecu- Pied the bench at ten o'clock, and proceeded at once to operate upon TUE FORMIDABLE LOOKING CALENDAR of thirty cases, ‘Motions’ being declared in order, Jacob Fair, a young man who belied his appellation most decidedly by his dark, curly ‘‘mop,’? mustache and an excellent crop of side whiskers, was arraigned on a charge preferred by James Hangley, of 57 East Twelfth street, for stealing two gallons of whiskey ina demijohn, Hangley satd he went ato his cellar and caught Fair m the act and with a “stu glass” of the “cratur,” ready to quam for the benefit of his inner man. Judge—What business had you in the cellar, prisoner? Prisoner—I was only making a glass of grog, sir. “Very well, if you are so partial to that beverage I shall send you to the schoolship; you will be sent to sea and have some one to mix your grog for you,” said the Judge. AN INHUMAN BRUTE. ‘May it please yer Honor Judge,” said Anne Dono- hue, @ poor, sickly-looking woman, with three small children, who were stil! more unhealthy in appear- ance than their parent, “‘my husband has done no- tuing but pate and ill-use;me for eight years past; he has heaps of money; $490 In the savings bank, and some property in Weatchester county, worth as much in bank notes as he could put in his pockets; yet he will not kape my children and me.” This case created great excitement in the court, inasmuch as the guilty husband had previously caused his wife’s arrest by stating that she wasa great Amazonian, large enough to take him by the collar and throw him anywhere she pleased, and rep- resented that she was always in bad company and led him the “life of a dog,” which all his money could not prevent. Butlo! when the woman was ushered into the court she was in the capacity of complain« ant, while Mike was walked behind the iron bar, and Instead of a great, bloated-looking drunken virago, asmall, neatly-dressed, respectable woman, bear- ing the most conclusive marks of bad treatment, presented herself to the court. Two of the chiidren seemed to be extremely clean but poorly dressed, and played aboutin front ofthe nench in uncon: scious innocence of the position of their unworthy parent, and the fact that tuis must seal their fate ag deprive them of their father, probably fo rever. twas A SIGHT AT ONCE PITIFUL AND ROMANTIC, The misrepresented and sickly motber, in the last Stage of consumption, clinging with tenacity to her offspring; the children themselves incontestable wit- nesses of her affection and tender care, while the ul-bred husband, dressed up in gaudy splendor, looked on with @ cold, callous contempt imprinted upon his features, utterly 1udifferent as to the exist. ence or end of those who ought to have been the objects of his special care, From the evidence given and corroborated, it appeared that Mike had been several times at the Judge's private residence and made the most untrachfal and dis- ee Statement, leading him to suppose that he ike) was an honest and injured man. The woman Was arrested, but her appearance at once dispelled the cloud. A messsnger was sent to inquire into the matter, when it was ascertained that the woman belonged to @ comparatively moneyed family; that when she was married she had the “stamps” of her own, with which Mike had boughs the property, &o. He made himself master of the whole and com- menced A CAREER OF INDECENT LIVING AND INTOXICATION. In a word, be no sooner secured the money than he aa and was “always wearing his Sunday clothing.’ “I will not support this woman, Judge,’’ said the prisoner; ‘she has sworn falsely.” “Whatl? said bis Honor, “you speak of falsehood, who came and desired a separation from your wife, while you were in the wrong all tue time! If I had understood your true character then I would have given you & warm reception. Let the clerk ol the court draw up an order upon the bank to pay this Woman ten dollars a week until the money is ex hausted.”? Prisoner—“I won't doit.” I'll make you,” sald the Judge. “You will goto prison and stand com- mitted until you find bail for your appearance when- ever the Court desires, and surety that you will not ill-treat and abuse your wife so long as sie may live, which, according to the aoctor’s certificate, cannot be long now.’ Mike was now “‘ail gone.” He turned and “binbbered;” his wife burst into a flood of tears and almost fainted as she saw her faithless spouse passing over the “bridge of sighs,” whither he waa conducted, weeping like a child, George H. Hurron, A NATIVE OF NOVA SCOTIA, Ree in an appearance, having his head and face iterally ‘‘beaten to a jelly.” Re was passing along Madison street on Thursday evening last, when two drunken men, John McLeod and John Cameron—a brace of the roughest of the rough—“gave him ‘fits,’ all for nothing.” “That was a cheap lot of «fits,?>* remarked t udge. “I will jet them each knock further ‘fits’ out of the Penitentiary for two mouths to come.” PAYING ‘S$ TO A DEAD MAN. Richard Tracey, a native of the Emerald Isle, who was badly battered by cL Granam, a sailor, next came up. “What were you beaten for, Tracey?’ ‘Because I asked Gra- ham to pay a dit ef poor Jimmy Brennan’s, who is dead.” “Were you Jimmy's executor? “No, sir.” “How could he pay the debt toa dead Man?’ “Oh, easily enough, yer Honor; he had but we Le diag an and I Rl lade sent it to him.” (Laughter.) “instead of paying yon he gave you a receipt in fall.” “Yes, sit: thas go.) Ave Y A witness, whose language at once indicated his devased character, attempted to prove that Tracey had spoken badly of Graham's wife After he was told he might have spared the court the pain of lis- tening to his obscene epithets Tracey shouted, “Yer Honor, I didn’t kuow he had eitier a wife or a mother, the dirthy ingrate that he is, and I was niver within @ theusand miles of the spot on which he says he was born.” Graham wassent to realize the beauties of the Penitentiary. ICH HABE MEIN UHR VERLOREN. “I wish I may smk down to the lowest depths of depravity and never breathe another breatn if I 1n- tended to keep his watch.” ‘his was the outvurst from a man named Charles Beits, who was charged with recetving a stulen watch from the hands of a gy woman, another habitué of that foul den, 15 jaxter street, A cross-examination of some fitteen minutes only proved more conclusively that Ohris- taan Flinker, the German who lost it, was right in cha meing the prisoner, Speaking in German, Flinker muttered ‘Ich habe mein uhr verlorem und habe nicht er wieder geschen.” Alter an amusing effort on the part of the prisoner to prove his geod character and to urge his inno- ce by invoking the MELY VENGEANCE OF ALL THE DEMONS INCAR- NAT who travel through ethereal space to avenge an of- fended power, mentioned in the Atianasian creed, the Judge said, “Betts, you know you have un- justly deprived this man of his property; you are oue of a great number who live by the depravity of fallen females, and you beiong to a notorioug gang from 15 Baxter street, Not a day passes without several cases being brougnt here of robbery and vio- Jence from that disgusting den. I have to-day re- quested the Supermiendent of Police to bring Uils gang here and stop the Infamoug traffic at that establishment by arresting the whole of the parties concerned. The pubiic interest demanas that such a fearful place, TAINTED WITH MURDER AND SHAME, should at once be pnt within the disposition of the dispensers of the law.” Tis case was followed by another of the same klud, from the same place, and, by its details, added Sorroboratiys root of the frignitul traiic in vhs place. MR, BERGH AS A LADIES? 343 The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals was ned represented by its presideat yesterday, who obtained two convictiuns for cruelty to the pest of servants to the human race, In the third case Mr. Bergh was the complainant. William Seaman, a comical-looking specimen of humanity being the defendant. The compiatuant spoke intelligently of the manner in which he had seen Seaman pulling with all his might at the bit of the animal; but Sea- man denied it most strenuously, and said’ that this Was a job put up on him by an ‘officer of the soriety, named Cammell; in fact there was ‘a lady in the case. Cammell—What is that, sir? Seaman—You know it is 80, and yon can’t deny it. Judge—Mr. Bergh, I cannot aliow this court to be ‘used to satisfy personal ill feeling and malice, even though @ beautiful lady be at the bottom of the quar- rel. Bergh {uighly indignant)—I am a married man, str, though I may be permitted to admire beauty as ‘well as other man. wht jou should no enjoy personal peagty aa mach " a8 mucl as admire our old servant, the horse, This ja Bae st soarge Zhao essa soak 100 woto ladies’ man. I think myself that a lovely woman is an excellent subsect for admiration, Seaman, your as- eon isa little too thin. I must fine you five dol- “PUTTING A HEAD” ON A MAN. ‘The superintendent: of the’ Park ‘Avenue Hotel, Eugene ©. Robinson, was fined fifty dollars—nar- fora, escaping the Penitentary—for “putting a ead”? on Thomas Higgins with an exercising club. The Judge thought he was ‘taking a head off” for iggins was literally “battered to smash,” and gave im & severe reprimand, The court adjourned at twelve o'clock. THE ROGERS LURDER HOAX, How Two Convicts Bamboozled a Keeper of @ Prison—A Well Laid Plan that Happily Fell Througk—The Result of an Examina- tion by a Herald Reporter. AUBURN, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1871, It would be hard to say with any degree of ac- curacy whether the passion for notoriety or the de- sire to obtain riches, which are implanted in the breasts of all of us, more or less, develop more cases of extraordinary intatuation and folly. But when ‘the two are found in full growth in dhe man at the same time it is but natural to expect results either absurd or grand. The story I am about to give to your readers, and which is now the talk of the coun- try hereabout, would certainly never enrich your columns but for the jact that in the breast of a keeper of the prison here these two deceptive de- sires were harbored in secret. Fired with ambition to outdo in ‘cuteness all the detectives of the State and country, and at the same time to utterly demolish the pretentious pomp of his hitherto more fortunate acquaintances by a sudden jump into the possession of a little fortune, A. C. Hoffman persuaded himself some three weeks since that he and he alone was destined to unravel the mystery that surrounds the murder of Mr. Rogers, It was his thought by day and his dream by night; he vaiked with it, walked with it and sat upon it incessantly, and the more he thought the matter over the more certain seemed the early accomplishment of his hopes. Walking one day into the state shop in the prison, over which he had charge as keeper, and no doubt dreaming, as usual, he overheard two convicts speaking. One, named Francis E, Pinton, said:—*I told him to let go or methree or four times before Istiuck him;” and some time after, “THAT DARNED NIGGER ON THE SIDEWALK.” Putting two and two together, as he afterwards explained, be saw at once that the convict, who was comwitting himself in this wild way, must be the desperate rufilan who assassinated Mr. Rogers in New. York, Henceforth he had no line ering doubts, even while indigestion griped fim. Celebrity and wealth were almost within tis grasp. Mr. Hvuifman was _ well aware that in the detective bustuess profound secrecy 1s everything; that to look as wise as an owl and maintain perfect silence concerning the busi. ness in hand are absoiuiely essential But this knowledge, thouga it encouraged him, worried him also, Alter almost spitting bis massive head witn constant and most profound thinking he at lengti determined to pour into some sympathizing ear the cheerful story of his hopes. This, too, was puzzling. If he told the agent, Mr. Koss, ihat gentleman might take all the credit aud the most of the reward lor the capture of the murderer, and the other officers might, if given AN INKLING OF WHAT WAS ON THE CARPET, oust him altogether. He resulved to convey his sus- Picions to the man with whom Francis EB. Pinton (tue tellow who sald “I told him to let go,” &e.,) Was conversing in the state shop. An’ oppertunity being made, th:s was done, und there and thea Harris, the comrade and partuer ef Pinton, volun. teered to find out and get at the whole confession of the marderer, After a conference with Pinton Harris saw the Keeper alone and told him a long yarn, to the effect that Pinton had fully confessed to bin that he and “another man” murdered Mr. Rogers, The keeper Was wild with delight, and at once set about ‘“put- ting up a job” with tle assistance ot his lieutenant, the convict Harris, to overhear the latter drawing out Pinton, A night was selected when the two men were together in aceil. Hotfran crept to the door and listened, He very soon heard remarks of much pith and moment. “Taey are pushing you hard about the murder,” said Harris, “I don’t care a d—,” carelessly remarked the bloody-minded wretch, “I’ll cheat the gallows, any- how. My chances to prove myseif innocent are very poor. That nigger, I suppose, will swear posi- iad against me—a thing he would not dare to do if I had @ chance to get my beriy.” And much more of the same sort. And again, on another occasion, the ever ready Harris detailed to Hofman, with much minuteness, @ conversation he had with Pinton while the latter was LYING ON IS BED AND GROANING LIKB MAD. Pinton was made to remark, “I suppose the fellow who is giving me away is the man | exchanged coats with. J had on the man’s coat after the maruer, The coat was torn by Rogers and a lewer slipped out on the sidewalk. My partner ran away, and said, ‘Don’t do it’ [had a knife tn my hand and stabbed him; the man_ with me that morning was the same who was tried for the murder.” After this Mr. Keeper Hoffman wrote to Mayor Hall, notifying him of his important discovery, and was referred to the Superintendent of Police, Chief Kelso couldu’t see anything in the affair—probably for the excellent and efiicieut reason that Pinton, “the confessor,” was under lock aad keyin the Tombs the day the murder of Mr. Rogers took place—and didn’t, of course, do anything about it, Growing desperate at last, Hoffman talked about his important discovery to severai people, and the Tesult was a despatch by une Associated Press. Hort- man, next day, was in print irom Maine to California; but he was as far off the rewurd as ever. I paid a visit to the prison this morning for the Purpose of fathoming the mystery; found that the Officers of the prison, with the exception of Hoff- man, the keeper, were fully satisied that Pinton’s confession—if, indeed, he did *coniess” anything at all—was an artful dodge, concocted by him ana Harris for their benefit, They expected two things to result—first, that Pinton would ve pardoned out by tue Governor before bemg put on trial for mur- der, and the trial breaking down, as it musr, his freedom world then be accomplished; second, that HARRIS WOULD GET HIS TIME SHORTENED and obtain a sum of money in reward for nis valua- ble information; and that this theory of the efficer’s was well founded the rigid examination of the two villains made by me abundantly proved. Pinton continued to hint that he murdered Mr. Rogers, and went so far as to refuse his food, as a sort ofa hint that he thought himself unworthy to live; but as soon as he discovered—as ne did from one of the officers—that under no circumstances would he be pardoned he took his food as usual, and deciared that he was “only funning’’ Harris about the Regers murder. In prouf of his “fanning,” be referred the oilicers and your corre- spondent to the records of the ‘tombs to prove his innocence, and sure enough it has been ascertained that the books of Warden ‘Tracy showed thas Pinton was In the Tombs on the day of the murder, Pinten 1s an intelligent scoundrel, English by birth, very nervous in his manner and a cunning villain. His cempanion, Harris, ts a powerful, well knit feilow, of about thirty years ot age, an also quite intelligent. Aithough foiled in their piot, they succeeded In “fanning” keeper Hoffman to their hearts’ content, iE CONDEMNED MURDERER. Sullivan Eats, Spenks, Wal: s—He Has Deter- mined Not to Shwart the Gallows. The condemned criminal Sullivan, about whom so much hag lately been said and written on account of the extraordinary course he haa adopted of attempt- ing to starve himself to death, has now taken an op- posite mood and'seems as determined to live, so long as his sentence is deferred, as before he was anxious to die. His face was formerly clouded with a con- tinual frown of apparent rage or disappointment, and bis features were emactated and distorted; his body was stif, cold and almost lifeless, and his whole physique indicated a sudden departure for that country from Whose “bourn no twaveller re- turns’’ to acquaint his fellows of the mysteries he en- counters. But now he has changed his tacties. His face 1s iit up wito a bright glow, his eyes appear keen and attractive, and his movements are such as to lead | tw te presumption that he NO LONGER WISHES TO CHEAT THE GALLOWS. On Friday his mother was admitted to his cell on a special request from the Sheri, admitted than Sullivan d her with the words After washing him and comb- ing his hatr, after her own fashion, she got into & conversation with him for @ few moments, and ultl- mately prevailed apon him to arouse bimselt and be “aman.” Sullivan did as his mother requested him. fe allowed the attendants of the prison to dress him, and after a few efforts he got up, with the warden’s assistance, and WALKED SEVERAL YARDS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, between the cells of the prison, During this short peregrination he became talkative to some extent, making quite @ confidant of his mother, and hinted that his treatment at the Tombs nad been of the kindest and most constderate nature. Yesterday a HERALD reporter visited his cell and endeavored to get _a statement from him, but Sulll- van could not see force of exercising his faculties for the benetit of the reading public, so HE UTTRKED TWO DEBP GROANS in response to the queries put 10 him, turned from his left to his right side, covered his face and sank Inro a helpless lethargy. He has taken a quantity of food during the past fortnight and cats everything with a decided relish. DEATH OF THE WIDOW OF D’ARCY M’GEE. ToRoNTO, Ont., Jan, 21, 1871. ‘The funeral of Mrs. McGee, widew of the late Hon, Thomas D'Arcy McGee, was numerously attended, the Mayor of Montrealand many prominent citizens Mra, MoGee was found book in her band, devouons No sooner was the old las THE COURTS. A Bailroad Company in Bankruptcy—Extensive Diamond Smuggling—Violation of the In- ternal Revenue Law — Decisions, UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Libels Against tho Steamship City of Paris and Manhattan Dismissed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 1871. No, 99, The United States vs, The Steamship City Of Paris, the Liverpool, New York and Philadelphia Steamship Company, Owners, and James Kennedy, Master—Aappeal JSrom the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York.—The libel in this case 18 founded on the second section of the act of Congress passed March 8, 1855, which rovides the form of construction of berths in passenger vessels, and for a violation of its provisions inflicts a penalty of five dollars for each passenger on board the vessel on the voy- age. Exception to the libel was taken tn the Dis- trict Court that the second section of the act did not appl to steum vessels, because the tenth section specially spaited certain provisions to “vessels Prpeeies in whole or in part by steam,’ jhe argument being that Jt would be ab- surd to apply the penalties of the earlier section of the act to steamboats, by special enact- ment, asis done in the tenth section, if the term “any vessel,” used in the earlier sections, already embraced them. The Court so held and the libel was dis |. The Circuit Court affirmed the decree and appeal was taken to tnis court, which, in due course would have been argued now; bat the Solict- tor General said that upon @ thorough examination of thy case he was of the opinion that the decree ought not to be reversed, and upon his metion the appeal ‘was dismissed. fo. 80, Same vs, Steamship Manhattan—belong- ing tothe Liverpooi and Great Western Company— Involving the same questions, took the same course. Counsel for the anelices were present and desired the cases to be considered and aifirmed; but the Court ordered their disuissal. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN BANKRUPTCY, The Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Company. Before Sudge Blatchford. ‘The affairs of this company have been thrown into bankruptcy in this district by tne Adams Express Company; but as there have been also filed petitions in bankruptcy against the railroad company in Massachnsetts and Connecticnt, itis claimed that these should be first disposed of. A number of per- sons tn the case are to be served with papers, and the arguments will be heard next Saturday, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Alleged Extensive Smugxting of Diamonds. Before Commissioner Osborn. The United States vs. A. G. Radclif.—The de- fendant, who is an Englishman, about twenty-two years of age, was brought before the Commisstoner and charged with having smuggied a quantity of diamonds from England, worth about $30,000, He was arrested on Friday night, and sent to Ludlow street jail. A SLAP AT THE DETECTIVES. Mr. Anthon appeared as counsel for the accused, and said he wanted to talk to htin without any in- terference on the part of the detectives. conversation between counsel and the accused, counsel said that a most extraordinary course had been taken in this case, Defendant had been taxen to the jail by Colonel Whit- ley, and was refused “communication with ail outside persons. He avked that counsel should be sent for, but that was refused. He also asked that a message should be sent to his wife, and that, also, was refused. It weuld seem that he was locked up and prevented from all intercourse with others, and it was only by searching in the city through all places where criminals were confined that the defendant could be found by his irleads, There was something very wrong in preventing a person accused of crime the privilege of having the services of counsel. When he (Mr. Anthon) at- tempted to have an interview with the prisoner whe oficers tried to interfere with him to prevent it. Une of the detectives said that the statement of the counsel was untrue. He took a message to de- fendant’s house, near Greenwood, to his wife, and saw her. The prisoner said he did not want to com- municate with any one. Mr. Anthon to the prisoner—Is that true? Prisoner—It ts not. The Commisstoner—In the most barbarous coun- tries.a prisoner 1s aliowed to communicate with his counsel, and 1 will take affidavits on this point as to Whether there has been an effort on the part of the officers of the government to prevent the prisoner communicating with his counsel. The detective before alluded to said it all arose from counsel abusing the officers. Mr. Anthon—Ii you dare to say that you dare to = anything, and from your appearance you would are it. The Commissioner said he wonld take the state- ment of the prisoner on the matter. A gentleman’ present said the defendant, who was @ mere boy, was quite excited now, too much s0 to make @ statement. Tne young mau had only re- cently arrived in this country from England, and had beea shametully treated mn this matter. As there was no one present to represent the Dis- trict Attorney, the Commissioner sald that, from the facts already latd before him, he would fix the ball at $10,000. The defendant having claimed an ex- amination, the Commissioner fixed it for Tuesday next. Charge of Se'ling Unstawped Cigars. Before Commisstoner Shields. José Scotto, charged, under the circumstances re- lated in the HERALD of yesterday, of selling un- stamped cigars, and of being detected in the fact in the office oi Colonel Whitley, Chief of the Secret Ser- vice Department, was committed to await the action of the Grand Jury. Bail was fixed at $1,000, SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, Decisions. By Judge Sutherland. In the Matter of Mary Ahmuty el al.—Order granted confirming tndings, &c. In the Matter of the Heydrick OW Company.— Reference ordered. In the Matter of the Benton Gold Mining Com- pany.—Reference ordered. John Harpel et at. vs. William Moore et al,—Order granted for payment of money. In the Matier of the Petition of Mary A. Cum- mings.—Order granted for the payment of money. In the Maiver of the Petition of Patrick G. Maloney Jor Leave to Commence Summary Proceedings,— Order granted. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. Before Judge Barbour. Batley vs. Griswold.—order granted, Brooks v3. Holder.—The same. Lalize vs. Cheshire Company.—The same, Magutre vs, Baddits.—The same. Prentiss vs, Phinney.—Motion granted. Bustin vs. Coleman.—Motion denied, with dollars costs. Bauvelt vs, Hooks,—Order granted, Brown vs, Pomroy.—The same. ten BROOKLYN COURTS. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TEAM. A Railroad Row. Before Judge Pratt. ‘The last election for directors of the Grand street and Newtown Railroad Company was contested by several stockholders on the ground of the exclusion ot @large number of votes on certain shares, They contended that the election was, therefore, an ille- gal one and moved in the Supreme Court to have a new election ordered, ‘The Court referred the mat. ter to Mr, Britton, whe yesterday reported in favor of @ new election. There was considerable argu- ment oa the report, and Judge Pratt took the papers aud reserved his decision. Surnggle for an Adopted Child. Aaron Mul] made appiication for the pesseasion of Mary McKiroy, a child whom he and his wife took from the almshouse, New York, and adopted in 1867, Mr. Mull and his wife kept the child for about two years, When they separated, Mrs. Mull going to her mother’s and taking Mary with her, When Mrs, Mull died her husband clai: the child from his mnother-tn-law, but tue laver refused to deliver Mary up, The case wes brought before the court, and Mr. Edgar Cullen was appointed referee. Yesterday Mr. Cullen reported that, in his opinion, the chiid should be delivered to Mr. Mull, but counsel for the mother-In-iaw moved that tue peticioner be required to show cause why the report ol the referee should not be so amended 80 as to con- form with the order of reference. Counsel con- tended that the re:eree’s report should have been a report of jacts, and not an opinion, as he had given. Decision reserved. COURT OF SESSIONS, Alleged Outrage—Heavy Senteace. Before Judge Troy and Associate Justives. John Werlck was convicted yesterday of an ate tempted outrage on a little girl, named Della Con- niff, aged five years, whose parents reside in Grand sireet, F. D. Judge Troy sentenced the prisoner to the Sing Sing State Prison for twenty years. He protested that he was innocent. SURROGATE'S COURT. Wills Admitted—Letters of Administration. Before Surrogate Veeder, During the past week Surregate Veeder admitted to probate the wilis of Margaret MoGunniale, La After some | Letters of admintstration were granted on the estates of Catharine Benman (New Lots), Hugh Catherwood, James Devancene, Catharine Shields, James —_-Reoch, Patrick Catizan, Margas ret Flanagan, James Malone, John Mary Elizabeth — Stevens, len EB 'r Ellen Dempsey, Wilham H, Rees, Jr., ‘Van Brunt, Lydia Ann Haynes, Samuel Skiliin and Elizabeth king, all of Brooklyn. Letters of admm- istration, with the will annexed, were on the estate of Horace Stockwood, late lyn. The will “ok Mary C.) aie formerly (Mary E,. kWood, was rejected. Thane fee in (ne persons and estates of Frederick, Emil and William Hoelder were nted to John G. Bauman; of Rosanna, firchaet and Francis Kunz, to Mary Lng O’Brien, to Thomas O’Brien, and of Jacob Lovy iL Henry Lovy, to Isaac Adulphe. CITY AND COUNTY AFFAIRS. Returns from the Mayor’s Office—Tax Receipts for the Past Week—Progress of the New Court House—Meeting of the Fire Commissioners, There has been very little business transacted at the Mayor’s ofMfice during the past week. The fol- lowing reports are furnisned by Mr. Cardoza, chiet of the ORDINANCE BUREAU:— There have been 123 complaints of violations of clty ordinances during the week ending January 21. Thirty of these were satisfactorily settled and the balance referred. The officers of the bureau are now engaged in removing obstacles from Grand and Catharme streets, leading to the East river ferries, The following are the LICENSES GRANTED DURING THE WEEK:— Puplic cart, 83; express, 8; coach, 6; vender, 883 two-horse cars, 60; junk cart, 1; porter, 1; driver, 52. Total amount received at tie bureau for licenses granted, $3,211 75. BUREAU OF TAXES, The receipts for taxes for the week ending Friday night are as follows:— January 14.......$81,725 January 18., January 16 6,541 January 19, January 17... 9,116 January 20.. Total... COURT HOUSE COMMIS Owing to the absence of Commissioner Norton there was no session of the Board of Court House Commissioners yesterday. ‘The marble work fm progressing, and workmen are engaged upon the entrance aud In making alterations 1 the oilices of the Comptroller and Sherif, FIRE COMMISSIONERS, The Fire Commissioners leld their regular meet ing yesterday morning, ‘The report of the Inspector ot Fire Apparatus Was recely ed, tansimitung a report the operations of the Amity street shop during the: Month of December last. There were thirty-four days’ work by carpenters, twenty-two ae work bj plumbers, and twenty-eight days’ work by primer ‘with a long list of minor repairs. PBTITIONS FOR PROMOTION were received from Philip Snerridan, fireman of Engine Company No. 4, and from trancis J. Reilly, assistant foreman of Engine Gormpany No. 4, and > etition for transfer from Joseph R, Harvey, 0! look and Ladder Company No. 8. A PEACEFUL HEXO. The following letter explains itself:— Orrick Cater ENGINEER. Honorable BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSION RRS :— GENTLEMAN-—I have the honor to report that at the No. 450 Pearl street, on the 1/th inst., fireman Dougherty, of Hook aud Ladder Company No. jn rescuing an aged lady, Mrs. Davis, trom the ‘third floor, back room, of the above’ building in a helpless conaition, & have since investigated the case and find that the old lady is still suffering from the effects of suifocation, but will, in ald probability, recover. Very respect. uliv, JOSEPH L. PERLEY, Chief Engineer. A letter was received by the Commissioners from Howes & Macy and Henry Ciews & Co., extolling: the conduct of Captain Walter Furlong, of Engine No. 6, for his carein preventing injury to pro; by water at the fire on thet premises, 30 ana Wall street, on the evening of January 11. A similar letter, expressive of thanks to Captain Furlong and. his men, Was received Jrom Thomas U, Acton, of the: United States Assay Uftice. COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. As much trouble has occurred trom @ misunder- standing of the law in relation to the appointment. and term of ofice of notaries pubiic, and many have been unable to procure satisfactory tformation, the following 18 given to settle the potnt, as obtain politeness of Mr. Gum bieton:— Carrer 3. Anact to amend an act, entitled “An Actto regulate the term of oflice of notaries pubilc.” Passed Janu ary 17, ny ‘Lise people of the State of New York, represented in Senate: ‘and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. ‘The first section of chapter 448 of the laws off 1809, 1s herely amended by adding at the end thereof the: worts, “And ail notaries public appomted by the Governor: during the recess of the Senate, except those appointed to fill vacancles occurring by death, resignation or removal shall, if their appointment be subsequeutiy confirmed by thé- Senate, hold ofice from the time of their original appoint until the 18th day of March, tn the year next after the in which their appointment shali be conirmed by the Benate.' SEO. 2 This act shall take eect immediately, THE FULTON MARKET FIGHT, Dangers of Quarrelling—Death from Natura Causes—The Prisoner Discharged—Interest« ing Episede. At an inquisition into the death of Egbert Salis- bury, made by Coroner Schirmer, yesterday, Michael: Ryan, of 271 Water street, an oysterman, employed) at Fulton Market, and Benjamin Carley, of Motte Haven, keeper of a stand at the piace, testified that they had witnessed the fight between the deceased. and the prisoner, John Gannon. Salisbury had been sweeping the gangway and refused to ailow Gannon to pass with a hand truck, and, am altercation ensuing, they came to biows. Carley, im whose employ deceased was, with the assistance of some others, separated them, and took Salisbury into bis place of business. The latter satona chate and coughed violenily, expectorating saliva mingled with blood, was placed on a market wagon, and on the wa} his home, at 88 Frankfort street, conveyed tos store, Where he died, as stated in yesterday’s HERALD. A number of other witnesses were exav mined, but their testimony only served to corrobo< Tate the foregoing. Deputy Coroner Dr. Cushman having made post-mortem examination, found that the heart waa greatly enlarged, weighing nearly fifteen oun and was of opinion that death had been caused disease of that organ, accelerated by undue excites ment, The jury accordingly rendered a verdict exw onerating Gannon from biame, and with an admont« tion from the Coroner, he was discharged from cus+ tody. None of the friends of deceased were present at the investigation, as 1t is beileved that the occupying a good social position, did not approve o! his recent mode of life, though 1n itselr honest ant deserving of commendation. His father, Mr. P. Salisbury, is a lawyer at Peekskill, in this State, ant, his uncle was recently District Attorney of Green county. It 1s said that, in consequence of his. father’s second marriage and the domestic troubl ensting, the young man left home and determ! to shift for himself, Many efforts at reconcillatt were made by the parent and rejected by the Bon,; Who was too proud to accept any favors. Mra. F, Rimmer, @ married sister, residing at Staten Island, was yesterday notified of his pee fate, and wi probably take charge of the remains for interment. A BUTCHERING BOY IN B300KLYN. The police of the Sixth precinct, Williamsburg,’ have been for many weeks in search of a boy, whose name they cannot ascertain, who is a terror to theix! precinct by his daring and unaccountable attackg. on women in the public stzeets, no less than six of, them having been severely cut witha pocket knifed or razor by him since about the first of last month.) His first attack was on Mra. Rhinebera, of Schol# street, and Mrs, Kunselman, of Meserole street both of whom he stabbed from behind whil they were beet to church, On _ the 2sth ult. je murderously assaulted cr Amelia Hentee, of No, 102 Montrose avenue, cutti her across the temple and eyes. On the evening the 6th imst., while Miss Lizzie Baker, of No. 166 Montrose avenue, was passing through Boerum) street, he attempted to stab her in the face, but she saved disfiguration by receiving the cut in hei right hand, by which she nearly lost a finger, Nothing more was heard of the fellow until Frid: evening last, when he attacked Miss Anne Blinkhot of No. 142 Remsen street, and inserted a sharp strument under her left shoulder blade, infietang yery severe cut, He also attacked Miss Lissie, at the corner of Grand street and Gi avenue, and nearly cut off her upper lip. He still at large, but the police Nave hopes of b speedy capture. AN “INSPIRED” ARASST. On Friday night, while Mrs, Nancy H. Bishop, Providence, R.I., at present staying at the We minster Hotel, was at supper with her daughter, het apartments were entered and ro bbed of a quantti of jewelry, besides two cameéi’s hair sha amoun ting all to the value of ¥esterday afternoon officer La Rue, of the Fightee recinct, Was passii 18 eye fell on Mary ©. Miller, a bold and n thief, and as by inspiration he at on on suspicion. taking her “the. prc ob! i mains tnd yet of Mrs, ry found on her person, afternoon 6 prisoner was n cs before Scott at the Essex Market Pt held answer at the General Seasions. weary ae girl that robbed Surrogate Hat some ume of some valuable diamonds Ponitontiary, veto ‘Vinta Carpenter and Bridget Keenan—all of Brogi, . lyn. ed. from the office of the County Clerk through the; As he did not seem to obtain relief, a