The New York Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1871, Page 9

, Sisch avedered the " PONTINUED FROM FIGHTH PAGE, ited they are no indication whatever of I boiler on the Westfield ba not burst the pressure of the steam. I believe the to have been of good material, of good de- and good workmanship. Ican conceive no ay be sil pretan ut juch accidents may be abso! Fare bas ae ture, notwiths' C not to be prevented to any great degree by test rt inspection, or care te ili on the part of the iuger, 23 to which By timony before the Su- Inspectors the Coroner's jury will be -full an explanation as I have an Ce a gg w it, Respectiully, NORMAN WIARD, Avausr 2, ie. 48 Broad street, New Yorks An Expert’s Opinion. TH8 EDITOR oF THE HERALD:— The fracture along the line of rivets in the ex- led boller of the Westfleld, I think, can be traced the evil practice that bolier makers have (when utting @ boiler together or repairing an old one) of ving a taper steel punoh (or drift) through the vet holes to bring them sie acti Bd Reonet ry corres] 18 to use & never und rin the holes into. position, but as 1 uires some manual lavor to do this they resort the rous practice ol caps. the holes, hich results in fracturing the sheet and arow ing undues train onthe rivets. I have exam! Pau ata icas eis slid Sakae 18 d some oa and T believe in most cases the cause of the ma giving way Can be traced back to the igno- ne cf tho won anin drifting the rivet holes. ‘ours, &C., W. DE SANNO, Mechanical Engineer, Corry, Pa., August 4, 1871. $ The Fire Department. . New You, August 7, 1871, Tae Eprror OF THE HERALD:— & After the fearful boller explosion of yesterday eek the public mind 1s looking in all directions here steam Is used and speculating as to the com- tenoy of the men in charge of engines, and digni- with the classification of ‘‘eng:neers’’ and their ‘assistants,’ | Our Fire Department suggests itself to Me as an xcellent fleld to discover incompetency. Few of jhe present incumbents will be retained if properly nena such gentlemen as Joseph Belknap, nd { trust the authorities will order an examina- jon of all agsistant engineers, and with open doors ace AR NEW YORK HERATD, _ THE FERRY FATALITY. | {YR TELI-TALE TRICKLE. The Body of an Eccentric Old Lady Found in a Garret on King Street. Blood Trickling Through the Ceiling of a Room in a Tenement House, WAS SHE MURDERED FOR HER MONEY ? “Half the world doesn’t know how the other half lives.” This 1s a truism to which all whom business or a desire for a broader knowledge of hu- man nature opens up glimpses of the inner life of ali classes of his fellow creatures, more particularly of the needy and the wretched, will readily sub- scribe, Indeed, the moro varied a man’s knowledge of life the more he 1s impressed with the truth of the fact that there 1s more misery and trouble in the the world than the large majority of people are aware of. Yesterday the curtain was liftea from a scene of human wrotchedness in the heart of New York city which ALMOST SURPASSES BELTEP, and which will not casily fade away from the minds of those whose duty it was to be spectators of It. Sometimes we are shocked with @ story of misery nd horror coming from the very poorer districts, but it is not often that the public appetite for sensa- tion of the grimmest kind 1s regalea with a story surpassing in 1ts horrible details any “horror” which has ever cropped up In New York, and coming, too, froma comparatively staid aud respectable neign- borhood. Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, a notice was received at the Coroners’ Office from Sergeant Wiliam 8. McConnell, of the Twenty-eighth pre- cinct, to the effect that the body of an old maiden lady, named Miss Mary Mannion, had been dis- covered in the garret ot No. 6 King strect; that the deceased had not been seen out of her miserable abode since Friday evening last, and that it was suspected that she had committed sutcide or had been FOULLY MURDERED the press. There are not more than six engineers would willingiy stand within half a mule of if orking ata-fire. Old ‘‘Maximum’? of the West- eld can be rivailed for ignorance in this depart- jment. Respectfully, T. RT. : AM for the Sufferers. Yo THs Epitor or THE HERALD:~ | l¢is the tdea of nearly all the residents of this at city that the government and all © rich and generous men of this city hould give something for the sufferers ho were blown up on Sunday, July 980. It is terrible thing to think of poor working men and romen who have no chance in the week days to We a little enjoyment, that When tiey go out on the ly day they have they get killed in such a dread- manner, Would it not be a good idea if every lace of amusement in this cliy should pay one ight’s earnings to aid the suffercrs of the Westfleld jorror, for it was a terrible calainity? 1t ts a horrible hing to think that such terrible calamities should ur twoor three times a year, and you donot ‘now but that you will become a victim to such a ing. A LOVER OF THE BERALD, ftaten Island Ferry Company and Attempted Perjury. Bnook.yy, August 6, 1871, Mo THB EpiTor or THR HERALD:— Can you explain the reason why the Staten Island erry Company Insist and make their employés wear that there Wore not over two hundred persons voard their slaughter boat when she biew up, Your figuies alone show that the dead and rounded Amounted to far more than in the com- any’s estimation were aboard ail togetaer. Are the public to be guiled by such brazen {mper- inence when it should be known that those boats ever on a Sunday afternoon have had less than ‘om seven hundred to twelye husdeed coms an a ip to the island ¥ HO 2 Ignored Commuuication to the Supervisor, New Yorg, August 7, 1871, THE EprTor oF THE HERALD:— The undersigned, believing that even a suggestion ould lead to further the invesiigation now gong in regard to the Westfield catastrophe, sent the following letter to Mr. Lowe, the Supervising In- tor of this city. From what is publisned it Beoms no note was taken of sald letter by the Board pf Inquiry, and, fully believing that it would be of portance to give 1t some consideration, he now juests you to give it to the public through the eans of your columns:— TOMPEINSVILLE, S, I., August 4, 1871, 0, THE BOARD oF INQUIRY 1N THE WSSTFIELD EXPLOSION, 23 Pine street:— GENTLEMEN—Theoretical suggestions may, per- aps, contribute to throw some light upon the use Of the terrible calamity now under investiga- ion. I would call thegatvention of the Inspector t once to the method the engincer foliowed greasing the = cylinders. Instead _o! low or ofl he may have used cer. in compound which they are using on said erry boats for greasing the walking beam and bear- ngs. I refer to a special grease, having the appear- aa of tallow or fat, but wita @ peculiarly attrac- jive flavor of bitter almonds. ‘his compound is jothing cise than a kind of saponification of lard Nl or Other grease by means Of alkalies and flavored With nitro-venzole, which gives to it the bitter Bimond smoll, which does not ald to its merits, but probably 1s done to give it the semblance of superi- brity over other greases aud make it more salable, Nitro-benzole is the produce of distillation of light ®ssences contained In coal tar, saturated with nitrio acid. (Nitric acid mixed with glycerine makes that terrible compound calied nitro-giycerine, Nitric acid, with potash, produces nitrate of potash, a terribie Iminate.) Assuming that sait compound was used for the cylinder last Sunday, or previously—of which I have little doubt and which ought to be in- Vestigated—I would hold the opinion thut the ex- Losion {Fas Not tie result of over pressure of steam, wither of the weakness of the botler, but resulted ia production of fulminate at the bottom of the oller, Which, by heatitg or sight percussion, pro- juced that tervible explosion, aud steam was oaly @ vehicic for said explosive material. The ex- miner wili readily understand that if that com- ound was used in the cylinder, and if the steam, Pnpreghatcd with said compound, Is condensed again, the mixture of the nitro-benzole with the Boda of potash of the water wil produce a nitrate of otash or other perhaps unknown explesive mate- fal, Which would settle on the bottom of the botler @nd be the mischievcus cause of explosion. I re- ®pecttully would submit the above to the opinion of Coat Chandler, Doremus or other scientific par- jes. Very respectfully, sD. EXAMINING BROOKLYN BOILERS, Whe Quarterly Report cf the Boller Inspece tor—Precautions Against Explosions. Yesterday Mr. Thomas F. Powers, the Examining fngineer for Brooklyn, submitted his quarterly re- port of the examination of botlera to the Commis. sioners of Police. STEAM BOILERS, Steam botlers examined 855 team botiers tested. 222 team boilers defect! 14 team gauges defectiv 38 fety vaives defectiv: 10 jauge cocks defective, AK JOINES.......6+ . moved team botlers condemned and rei . » 4 top valves between safety valve and boiler be ing in @ dangerous position and ordered r moved... i sevgeeee en ENGINEER: ‘umber examined and granted certificates 167 jumber examined and refused for inability . 43 Total number examined... stseeeeeseesers 210 7 Department for negligence and mvtox! GBNOD Avo sresscesrscovcvoveresesesersvsneseeses In connection with the Assistant Inspectors, Messrs. John A. Faron and Willian F. Cunningham, thorongh examination of the condition of the team boilers now in use in Brooklyn has been jade, and in every instance where detects have in detected Immedate repairs have been ordered yy the engineer and a discontinuance of the use of She botier until the same wero ellected. Bumber whose certiticutes were revoked oF 8 BOILER EXPLOSION IN ST. LOUIS. Wwo Men Killed—Tho Canse of the Explosion. Sr, Louis, Mo., Augast 7, 1871. At two o'clock tits morning the boiler of the Union Steam Flouring Milis of Yager & Co., on Flor- lda street, explodea, instantly killing Join Scott, the engineer, and sames P. Jones, the freman, The entire eastern side of the building was blown out, nd fragments of the botler were thrown from one- ee yd half a mile, The explosion 1s accounted Hy fe follow ‘A smali amount of water was being ie a to raise steam to operate the donkey engin. About ninety pounds of stoam was raised, when the cuDUMps Were set to work, and as the cold water Doller the explo-ion followea tmme+ pa -ily, The laaq of property is from $10,000 to A. Sg BN wie Brosdway, Pe Park row, for some money which it was popularly supposed that she possessed, The notice went on to say that the old lady was of a most eccentric disposition; that some neighbors of hers alleged that she had.a large bank account, and gave a most sensational history of the discovery of the body. According to this story the following were the horrible circumstances attending it:—About e'ght o'clock yesterday morn- ing the people who reside in one of the rooms of the top floor, underneath the garret inhabited by old Miss Mannion, were about TO SIT DOWN TO BREAKFAST when one of them noticed some very curious stains on thoceiling. By and by the stains became of a reddish hue and some one remarked that they looked very much like blood stains, Beyond a qualm of disgust at the suggestion no notice was taken of it for a short time. During breakfast, however, It was noticed that the stains became larger, and at length, to the horror of the people in the room, drops of blood were . SEEN TO TRICKLE from the ceiling to the Moor. The horror-stricken in- habitants rushed from their room, raised an alarm, and in a short time oficer John Wilson, of the Twenty-elghth precinct, came up. The people of the house, almost frantic with terror, informed the oMcer that an eccentric old lady dwelt in the garret over the room on the ceiling of which the blood stains Were seen; that she had not been noticed by any one to leave her room since Friday evening, and that they feared there was something wrong. As soon as Olver Wilson saw the Diood trickling in tuick drops ‘rom the ceiling he rusied up stairs, and hav- ing rapped a few times at the door without having received any answer BURST OPEN THE DOOR. He found the body of the old woman lying on a bundie of rage in the middie of the room in a hor- rible state of decomposition. Such was the story 7 Six yeara ago she came to reside at No. 5 King Street, Since that time she has never been known TO BAT ANYTHING OUTSIDE her own garret, though frequently asked to do 80 by her neighbors, Nobody ever saw the inside of It, though the wildest stories were afloat about the an- told wealth she had hidden away. She had, as one woman in the house expressed it, ‘‘a holy horror of | men," ang would rush hurriedly away if she were addressed by one, Several Ud have seen her bank book, and it is generally believed in the neigh- borhood that she has money in the Bleccker Street Bank. She cooked what victuals she consumed in the basement of the house and then carried them away to her garret in an old tin vessel, THE ONLY ARTICLE OF FURNITURE found in her room. She informed a woinan named Casey, living in the house, some time since that gbout a month ago she sent some money to the only relative she has, in Ireland. dhe was never known to be sick, though she often contined herself to her room for daysata time, The deceased ta described as having been @ very industrious woman, She was never married and from her eccentric disposition Was sup) “4 by the gossips tu the neighborhood to, have been ‘‘crossed in love’? when young. Late in the day Coroner Young called at the house with Dr. Marsh, The latter believes that she died @ natural death, though pending @ post-mortem ex- amination nothing certain can bo known. A allt- nt search was made by the Coroner for a bank book, but no money or property ot any value could be founda. A permit of removal was granted and the body was transferred to the Morgue. THE copuan CUTTING CROWD. Another Murder in the Street-—Two Rowdies At- tack @ Man in Front of His Own Resi- dence—What tho Injured Man Has to Say—Tho Murderers Under Arrest. Early yesterday morning a terrible outrage, which ‘will mort probably end in the death of a quict, un- Offending citizen, was perpetrated in East Forty- seventn street by a brace of rowdics. If the state. ment of the dying man who was the subject of the outrage 18 to be believed the details exceed in cool, wanton blackguardism anything that has occurred in New York for along time back, not even excepting the now famous or infamous Putnam murder. The story ia that a man named Charles Branner was sitting on @ coal box in front of the doorof his house, at No. 236 East Forty-seventh street, at an early hour yesterday morning. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT led nim to prefer sitting in the open air on the side- walk for @ few hours rather than that he should re- tire to bed. Suddenly, without a moment’s warn- Ing, he felt himself caught by the shoulders from be- hind, and his assailant attempted to drag him back- ward over the box on which he was sitting. Ho struggled In vain to get Iree, but the scoundrel who attacked him was too strong, aud after a brief tussle TOMBS POLICE COURT. A Convenient Cashier—The Groat Embozzle- mont—Novel Plea— A Most Persistent Thief— Clubbing Affray—Rugg’s Rugged Paih~Konnedy’s Cops Keeping Up a Conversation. Before Judge Hogan. The extraordinary fascination that the green cloth obtains over its votaries 1s sure sooner or later to make victims of them. Georgo ©. Fricke, the cashier and bookkeeper of William A. Kobbe & Co., of 87 and 89 Leonard street, was a devoted pursuer of the tiger, and this voracious animal brought him to grief. Mr. i'ricke, like most other gambiers, was subject to occasional rans of til luck, and at those times when the animal frowned upon ils ventures he was compelied to open a banking account with his employers. Even THIS SOURCE OF ASSISTANCE came dred up onthe 23d of May. On that day Prices, 83 was his custom in the ordinary routine of business, filled out the body of a check to be drawn on the German Nationul Bank to pay to the order of the Chemical National Bank for the sum of $1,000. It was numbered 207, and dated the 23d of May. Mr. Fricke latd this check before William A. Kobbe for the signature of the firm, which was attached to it, and the check was returned to the cashier to be used asa transfer and deposited with the Chemical National Bank to make good the firm’s account with thac bank, When Kobbe & Co, came TO BALANCE THEIR ACCOUNT with the bank they found that the check had been forged and altered by adding after the words Chemt- cal National Bank ‘‘or Eagle Gas Machine Company for deposit, per George ©, Fricke." The check was Placed tn the hands of the Gas Machine Company, and the amount upon the face of it was drawn by Mr. Fricke, When the embezzlement was discov- ered by Messrs, Kobbe they sent a policeman after Fricke, and he was arrested on last Saturday in Twenty-fourih street, At the time of his arrest Fricke, being no doubt somewhat demoralized, contessed to having borrowed money to the amount Of $30,000 from thé old firm and $10,000 from the new oue in the same manner, together with the $1,0v0 In question. On his examination yesterday he put tn a different plea, and said that he had made loans to Mr. Kobbe on several occasions and dis- counted his notes in Fricke's own bank for THE ACCOMMODATION OF THK FIRM, and this check, he stated, was no doubt one of those returned for loans made by him. The gamoling he was hurled with force to the sidewalk. While down his unknown assatlant held him with A GRIP LIKE A VISE, while another rascal came up and deliberately stabbed him once on each side of the chest and once in the abdomen. After tho third stab the man who held him loosened his grasp and the unfortunate man attempted to rise. He was so ‘weak from loss of blood that, after staggering to his feet, he fell immediately. The ruMan who attacked him first then commenced to kick him brutally about the head, tace and body until he was ren- dered insensible, Tho miscreants were on the point of escaping, when two officers of tue Nineteenth pre- cinct came up and urrested them. ‘They were taken tothe Nineteenth precinct station house tn Fifty. ninth street AND LOOKED UP, Gunner testified berore Coroner Young at a later hour *in the day that Brunner was dying andthat he (Brunner) wished to make an ante-mortem statement, The Coroner repaired to the house of the dying man, and, having summoned an totelligent jury in the neighborhood, Brunner’s ante-mortem statement was taken. Ile said that his real name was Charies Branner, and that he restded for some time back at 236 Kast Forty-seventi street. On being asked whether ho knew he was dying or not he sald ho DID Wor KNOW, | Seek Ked if he thonght he was serlonsly abel RTA cad sorrowlully he answer- ed, “1 do not Know but that Lam baaly hurt.” le then gave the following history of the occur- rence:— Late Sunday night I was sitting on a coal box tn front of my Own door, at 236 Hast Forty-seventh street, when ail unawares @ man got hold of me behind ana pulied me out the coal box. When I fell Captain told in substance in the notice of the discovery of the body sent to Coroner Young. A HERALD reporter visited the honss and entered the room in which the body was found, yesterday evening, and though it has been bis lot to look upon horrible sights from time to time he has never seen & more awful spectacle than that which the opening door of the garret in King street disclosed. ‘The portion of King sirect on the east side of Varick street Is a quiet, respectable neighborhood. A long range of red brick houses reaches from Varick as far up on the left hand side as No. 6, the eniy house in which there 1s a store inthe whole block. No one could think that in this quiet thor- ough‘are a human being lived in wretchedness un- equaticd in the fom-all-alones of London or the “oweeny’s Hotel”? and “Gotham Court’? in New York. At No, 5 there ts a little grocery store, at the upper side of which ts the entrance for the dwellers in the tenements up stairs At the time of the re- porier’s visit yesterday evening A FEW AWE-STRUCK WOMEN were gathered around the door cagerly discussing | each horrible particular of the dreadfal discovery. In the yard, at the back, another crowd lid gathered, who looked up with awfal faces at the Solitary window in the roof. A police oficer stood on guard at the {Oot of the stairs. Making his way through the crowd the reporter approached the omi- cer and informed him of bis mission. As he con- versed with the latuer the crowd of women pressed around anxious for ANOTHER GHASTLY PARTICULAR to discuss, and whispers of uatcld horrors which Were to be seen in the chamber of death up stairs were to be heard on every side. In reply to a re- quesi to see the body the oficer replied, “I tell you you'll find it rough up there, sir, I never pat in such a day in any ilte before, If you think you can stand it, however, come plong.’? Tho repozter followed his conductor up stairs, not Without misgivings as to his being able to “stand it,” as the oiiicer said; up three fights of stairs aud into a room on the thire foor, The room was well turaished, walnut chairs were scattered around and a thick Brussels carpet covored the floor, Ina front room, equally weil furnisned, and opening into this by folding doors, were seated two negresses, busily engaged at sewing. AN INDESCRIBABLE ODOR pervaded the whole place—a strange, pungent odor that made the reporter wonder how people could breathe the atmosphere of the room, and made him turn with loathing irom the sight of a colored wo- man eating at intervals of her work. “Come over here, sir,” said the ouicer, at the same time leading the way to the side of the room furthest from the door, “Look at that, for God's sake,” he added, pelating to a tabie on which @ cup’ was placed, The cup was half fited with partially clotted blood—not pure, red blood, but with streaks of a yellow and green through it that made the re- porter involuntarily put bis hands before his eyes “Look here again, sir,’ continued the odicer, Potnting to the ceiling. Through a chink between the ceiling and the wall the thick drops formed, oozed forth and trickled to ue vessel oa the tabio, “Come up stairs now, and mind your head as you come up,” said the conductor, Up stairs again until the roof was gsined, As he reacued the top step the reporter was obliged to crawi after the oflicer on fis hands and knees to reach the door of the garvet in which the cead wo- man lay, The door was avout three fect and a half hign, ‘Ine officer, on his hands and knees also, Opened the padlock by which it was fastened on the outside, As he did so, he put his handkerchiet (0 his nose, crawled through the aperture, and cailed onthe reporter to follow him, With a shudder the latter crawled after his guide, and as he reached the door, great God, Whata sight he saw! As they en- tered, A CLOUD OF FILES frose from some object in front. The roof of the garret or cell was no higher than the door. A litte Window at the back, about a foot square, admitted @ few rays O1 sunlight, just enough to see the sicken- ing spectacle, Bundles of rags were piled up on te floor two fect high, and tu some places reaching to the ceiling. An oid box, filled with rags, stood in the middié of the floor. Over the end of this, near- est to tie entrance, hung two human legs, the flesh a Oitny yellow and swollen to airightiul size. The reporter drew back, but before he had reacned the door Lhe officer beckoned him back and called out— “GOOD HEAVENS, HERE'S A SIQHT |" Again the reporter crawled forward. The tronk of tie body was covered with rags, and the officer removed the cloth which was thrown over the head. The eyes had burst from their sockets, the tongue Peaices, the head, chest and arms were a mass of yellowy biack esi, and. blood oozed from. the ears aud pose, A more Sickening sight it would be impossible for the most morbid to conceive. The same sickening odor was to be found all ihe way up- stairs, vut within THE HORRIBLE CHARNEL HOUSR the stench was intolerable beyond conception, “surely,” said the reporter, “a human being could never have lived in that hole.” “Yes, sir,” sald he, “she has lived there, slépt » there without a bed, ate there, and, except on busi- hess, ncver crawled out of it for the last six yoara, He then related the horrible particulars or the dis- covery ag told above, ‘Ihe reporter, betore his de- be held fast to me, while another man who came up stabbed me with a knife three times, on both sides of the chest and in the abdomen, I tried to rescue myself, but on fecling the stabs I got so weak that when I staggered to my feet I fell again, and then agalo the Hirst man who attacked me COMMENCED TO KICK MB. about the head and body and in the fice. The po- lice then came and arrested the above parties, ‘They were brougnt before me by Vaptain Gunner, of the Nineteenta precinct, and I recognized one of them as Michael Coburn. The other man I did not know, nor do I now know who hes, 1 fully identily them as the two men who attacked me, The name of the mau whom 1 do not know I have been told Is Saunders. His Sigued, JOHN X BRUNNER. August 7, 1871, Mark. This statement the poor man made with great aificulty, Brunner has received two frightful wounds in the chest. The stabs appear to have been given with great force, as the chest wounds are very broad and deep, The wound tn the abdomen is not very serious. Hts tace 1s swollen and HACKED BY THE KICKS, and his head has been cut on every side, Alto- gether he seems to have been most brutally as- saulted, The opinion of the attending phystcian 1s that he cannot live any considerable time, Alter the aying siatement was taken tne prisoners Saun- ders and Coburn were again removed to the ceils to awalt the result of Brunuer’s wjuries, Brunner has @ wile and family. TRICKY TERE! Another Sensation in the Jersey Chicngo City o' Brotherly Love Free Lavers. Once again has Newark, which ts fast acquiring a right to be called the Jersey Chicago, produced an elopement sensation. This time, however, the par- es figuring in thé affair are not “native and to the manner born,” bat hail trom the amiable and emt- nently ptous City of Brotherly Love. The story is briefly as follows:—On the evening of November 22, 1866, 1n St. Joseph’s church, Philadelphia,, John James Theophilus Patterson aud Miss Bridget Me- Guire ceased to be twain and became one flesh through the kind ofices of the pastor of the church, Rey. Father McNamara, The ceremony was per- formed in presence of a goodly company, including, among others, an EXCREDINGLY FASCINATING female named Teresa Campbell, Teresa became Bridget’s bosom friend, wud, as the sequel will show, of Bridget's husband also. She was an incessant visitor at the house of tlie marricd couple. Mr. Patterson was & com- mercial traveller, and, being much away from home, the friendship of Teresa for his wile Was regarded as exceedingly pleasant. He, too, during his letsure hours found much pleasure ta her society, a fact which by and by not only Bridget noticed but her neighbors as well, Teresa pooh- oohed tie silly stories and succeeded in quieting he wife's fears, At length matters began to assume such a barefaced gppearance that Bridget could no jonger be pacified. Last Christmas her husband suddenly disappeared, nobody knew whither. All his wite's exertions failed to discover a clue to his whereabouts. f£wo months afterwards the FAIR-FACED TERESA disappeared also, and {it was firmly believed the missing pair were together. Recently Mra, Patter son iearned that her tears were not groundless; that her husband and false female friend were living to- gether as man and wifein Newark, N. J. Thither she went yesterday, und on stating her case to the Police Jusuce that functionary granted a warrant for the arrest of the alleyed free lovers, The hus+ band got wind of his wiie’s mpvements, however, and It is believed he has shaken the soi of Newark from his feet. Teresa was, however, caught and caged In the City Prison, where she remains await ing further developments, Mrs. Patterson has the appearance of being quite a lady in her manners and couversation. Can a Man Live After Having His Neck Broken ¢ The case of Frederick Prout, who sustained tn Juries believed to be fatal, at Jersey City, on Sunday, presents a@ curious problem to the physicians at. tending the City Hospital there, Prout was at work in the stables belonging to the sugar house com- pany and while throwing hay through a trap, in the loft he missed his foow ing and teil trough, He was taken up and placed in a wagon to be conveyed to his home, On the way the horse became frightened and started off. Prout was thrown out, his head striking the curbstone. ile remained unconscious for six or seven minutes, alter which he appeared to recuperate, He was conveyed by Coroner Burns and others to the First preciict station, thence to we City Hosptial, The physicians declared that the neck was disiocated, and the body from the banker was fully committed, and itis probable the glided halis of the Sickle goddess will misa his pres- ence for a while, A young wayfarer, named Leopold Teller, who was in the habit of calling pretty ire: quently at the warehouse of Julius H. Stich, No. 39 Mercer street, was charged by that firm with stealing two dozen of caps, on the 23th of July. He ‘was seen taking the goods away by one of the men in the place, named Michael Costello. When ar- rested Teller confessed the peculation of the caps and said he sold them to Jaco Uhifelder for the sum of $7. He embellished his statement with the tn- formation that he was in the habit of taking caps every time he visited the store, aud in each in- stance he sold them to Unlfelder, who paid him at the rate of $3 a dozen for all tne merchandise of ubis quality that he brought there. Teller estimated that in all he had robbed them of upwards of fifty dozen of caps. Utlfelder denied the impeachment, and said that Teller was . A COMPLETE STRANGER tohim. Both gentlemen were comfortably housed in separate cells In the Tombs, Messrs. Stich took an accouut of their stock on receiving the confes- sion of TeNer, and they found that since the month of May they have lost 109 dozen caps, valued at abont elevea thousand“doliats, These goods they believe have all been sold to Uhifelder, Mr. Thomas Muldowney had an altercation with his friend William Lynch about the color of the lat- ter’s eyes, which ended in a personal encounter, Lynch beiag the most poweriul of the two with lis fists, Thomas resorted to the me- dium of a club for the purpose of quenching his enemy, He was cutirely successful, for Lynch succumbed at the very first blow and tell senseless on the sidewalk, Barney Madden, who was looking on, saw the affair and came to the assistance of the prostrate Wjlliam, who is now contined to his bed, Unable for the present to assist himself. Mr. Mul- downey ts in quod, awaiting tae result of his club éxerclse. A velveteened youth with light curing hair, named Wiliam Moulds, who deals out Jersey nectar at No. 274 West etreet, was arraigned for dealing too forcibly with the figurehead of Augus- tus Rugg. William 1s evidentiy one of those young men who FLOAT IN AN ATMOSPHERE entirely removed from the ordmaty conventional thes of life and language. He was very indignant at being compelled to answer for anything Le might have done to such @ snipe as Rugg, whom he characterjzed a3 reese ” whatever that may mean. He nervously stroked his brown velveteen as he told the story of his encounter, ‘‘How did this occur?’ asked Judge Hogan, “Well, sir, this fellow is a regular ‘bracer;’ he comes hanging around the saloon and isa regular nursance. fe came in this morning and asked tor amilk punch. I gave it to him and hg told me to ‘hang is up.’ ? “What does that mean?” “Well, to charge it to him, I Not do tt, and then he paid for it. of men in there and he tried to ‘cing in’ with them, but they would not let him. Then ne picked up a bottle of wine and I'toia him to put it down; he would not do It, so 1 came outside the couater to take it from him.’’ Wid he give it up then ‘No, sir, he knocked the snout of tt against the bar and smashed it, so ‘I went for him,’ but I did ee Cr nn like that. He did that with the broken e, Augustus, during the repeating of this story, was swaying trom side to side, his face covered with blood, and he appeared to be anything but entirely sober. Iie seemed to look upon the diminutive size of the Rarkes er with the greatest contempt, although he had come in for @ severe pounding at his hands. , “Moulds, you had no right to take the law imo your own hands; you should Mave calied in a police- man _and allowed him to settle the matter,” Well, sir, will you let me out on bau?’ e3, If you have goou bail." a sir, That fellow 13 only a blower, any- iy, he’s twice as big as [ am, and ii he was not a coward he would not come here,” William was admitted to pail, and the bloody, fire- eating Augustus was sent to have his countenance cleaned of results of the battle, Two notorious burglars, named Michael Davey and Patrick Fallon, were at work ata lock on the door of No. 63 Duane street, when they were Interrupted by some passers-by. They stepped aside for & moment to await another opportunity, and again resumed their work. They succeeded in re- moving the lock and gaining eutrance to the store, in which they found a picce of cloth. This THRY CARRIED OFF; but as they were going down the street they were again seen by some persons L.ving tngthe neighbor- hood. Information of the afair was sent to Captain Kennedy with a description of the men, They were at once recoguized by Mr. Ficzmorris as old offend- ers, and that oficer, accompaniea i | oMecer Doian, of the same precinct, quickly Jaid hands upon them. The thieves were enjoying themselves in the “knuck’s den’ tn Baxter street when Kennedy's “cops” waiked upon the scene, To an invitation to take @ smile Fitzmorris smillngly took a prisoner, and Dolan, relishing the fun of the thing Immensely, followed his exaiuple. On the way to the station house the knights of the pay frequently assured the oificers of their innocence in a pleasant off-hand manner. The oMcers fully acqutesced in all they sald, aud @ rapid fire of badinage was kept up ail the way. Owing to the absence of the owner of the cloth, Mosea Isaacs, tie examination of the partics Was put off until to-day. ~ BRUTAL BURNS. Beating and Death—Arrest Husband. Yesterday morning Sergeant Christie, of the Oak street police station, reported the death of the child of Catharine Burns, The mother was found in Oliver street, near Cherry, by Oflicer Pike, with the corpse of her infant in her arms, She stated that the babe died twenty minutes after birth; that her husband, Patrick Burns, has been tn the habit of beating her for the jast stx months, and that on Friday last he kicked her in the side, injuring her terribiy. The Sergeant sent the poor woman to Bellevue Hospital for treatment, and notified Coroner Young to institute an ipvesti- gation. Burns was arrested by the Fourth precinct cp) and held to await the action of the Coroner, burns and Ais wue live at No. 48 James strect, told him 1 would There was a lot Wife of the ALMOST ANOTHER RAILROAD HORROR. Poxt Jervis, N. Y., August 7, 1871, An accident occurred to No. 12 passenger train About two o'clock this morning, at Shohola, on the Delaware division of the Brie Ratiroad, which came very near equaling the horrible Carr's Rock dis. aster, At Shohola the double track which ltes be- tween Lackawanna and that place ends, and No. 12 Was running east at tne rate of twenty-five or thirty miles an hour, When the train was within a few hundred feet of tho switch the switchman came out of his house and changed the switch, which was xed for the west track, to the Gast track, he supposing that the train was on that track. The cogitieet Saw the danger and reversed his 7 * .TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 1871—WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE COuRTS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Notive to the Bar. Motions and arguments wiit be heard in the United States District Court to-morrow by Judge Blatch- ford, who will open a sesston of the Cx ™ tend over Wednesday, Thursday and Priday nexe UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ coyaT. Charge of IMegally Removing Whiskey. Before Commissioner Shields, Tha United States va, S. M. Whiting and Rawara Lowry.—The defendants have been charged with illegally removing in the night time a quantity of whiskey wi:hout being properly branded, from Brooklyn to New York. It is stated | that this ts the second charge of the kind that has | been preferred against the defendant Lowry. ‘Tho | case On the part of the government has closed, Mr, Purdy, United stares Assistant District Attorney, observing, in the course of a lengthened argument, | that, in every case where the government had testi- | mony of the lilicit removal of spirits, they were de- termined to carry out the law touching such an of- fence to the fullest possible extent. ‘The examina- tion was adjourned for a week to enable the accused to put in their defence, Charge of Smuzgling Cigars. Before Commissioner Osborn, The United States vs, Frank Nicholas,—The de- fendant, who is @ sailor, was held to await an ex- amination in the sum of $8,000 on a charge of hav- Ing aided aud advetted in the smuggling of 50,000 cigars, SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Decisions. By. Judge Cardozo, E. L. Corliss vs. M. A, Kobd et a!,—Motion granted. Eizabeth C. Buchanan et al, vs, James Kelly et al.—Order granted for payment of money, &c SUPERIOR COURT—SENEAAL TEAM. “What's In a Name.” Before Judges Barbour and Freedman. Reeves et al, vs. Denike & Reeves.—in 1870 B. H. Reeves, the platnttf, ani one of the defendants were in partnership as E. H. Reeves & Co. The partner- ship was dissolved, and by the articles of dissolution the plaintiff retained the right to retain the old firm name, which he did. The dcfendants set them- selves forth as Rovert C. Reeves, successor to B. H. Reeves & Co. The present suit was brought to re- strain them from using B. H, Reeves & Co, An order to this effect was granted by the Courts be- low, and the same on appeal was allirmed by tho General Term. ‘SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TEAM. Decisions. By Judge McCunn, Mary S. Bliss vs. Melancthon Bliss,—Motion to confirm report of referee granted, and decree of divorce granted, By Judge Barbour. James Grifin vs, Michael Sciiwenderger.—Order granted. John W. Storms et al, vs. John Potter.—Same, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before Recorder Hackett. EMPANELLING OF THB GRAND JURY. The August term of this Court was opened yester- day, His ilonor the Recorder presiding. The Grand Jury was empanelled, William L. Ely veing selected asforeman, After a brief charge, in which Re- corder Hackett enumerated the statutes which the law requires him to allude to, the Grand Inquest en- tered upon the discharge of their duties. Although the prison calendar is numerically heavy tt pre- sented no cases of extraordinary interest, and His Honor informed the Grand Jury that uf they worked industriously they might be able tu terminate their labors in three or four days. Counsel for Jathes Cusick, indicted for felonions assault and battery upon Assistant Alderman Rob: son, renewed a moiion to have him admitted to bau, Assistant District Attorney Sullivan opposed the motion and informed the Recorder that Judge Car- dozo refused to admit the accused to bail, The Recorder said that unless the counsel pro+ sented new facts in addition to those recited when the motion was made in te Oyer end Termtner he would decline to interfere with tke aecision of Jndge Cardozo. PROVESSIONAL BURGLARS PUT WUT OF THE WAY. George Wallace and Willian Lambert pleaded pag to burglary in the second degree. They en- ered the dwelling house of John W. Feitaci, 393 West Forty-seventh street, on ihe 20th of June, but were detedied beiore any property was taker, When chased by the oficer one of the prisoners fred at him, and burglar’s implements were afterwards found in their track. As thoy were not known as Md offenders the Kecorder made a slight deduction 9 THE NEW COURT HOUSE JOB Who Furnished the iron and Who Fatled to Pay Hal? the Bil. Application for Three Mandamuses te Compel Resius of Payment— The Proceedings in Court, With all tne millions appropriated for butlaing the new City Hall some of the coatractors, tt appears, do not fd it #0 easy to get their “ieetle’’ bills pald, A sampic cose of this character was brought to light yesterday in some proceedings before Judge Sutte erland, of the Supreme Court, The present dliliculty seems to be about VAY FOR THE TRON WORK. Tt is a very brief story, this part of it, at leagt, though the getting of the contract and getting the case through the Courts, and then getting the money, might compel, If all the facts conld he told, a long narrative, Messrs. Cornell & Co. were contractors for furnishing the tron work, In Juiy, 1869, they seme their bill, amounting to $65,599 18, to the Board of Supervisors, Tie board passed the bill, the County Auditor gave 1¢ his approving sanction, and the same was duly presented to the Comptrolier, Om the plea of Inck of funds the Comptroller PAID ONLY HALF THE BILL, ‘This was in December, 1839, The other half stim remains unpaid, and accordingly sult was instituted to compel its 1uil payment, To make sure of ne Possibie evasion of settling this residuum of indebe edness the Messrs. Cornell make three separate ap- plications for a mandamus—one that the Comp- troller pay, the second that the Commissioners jot the New Court House sqnaro the account, and the third thatthe Comptroller make a requisition Bm the Chamberlain for the required money. It is th. necessary to go over all the appropriations fr building the new Court House, even allowing tie the columns of the HeraLp would admit of suctt S& extended catalogue. The present suitors base @ hope mainly on the appropriation tu 1371 of $750, which sum, it will ve remembered, the Comptro was directed to hold, subject to the orders of Commissioners of Ute Cotiuty Court House, Thi Commisstoners, 1 was alleged, had drawa trom tals BUI $200,000, leaving $550,009 still subject to, tnete requisition, AL three sults rest on the sane ‘gene ral facts, and were ali on the calendar together, PROCEEDINGS IN COURT. Mr. O'Gorman, Couusei to the Corporation, aske@ for an adjournment, urging that he was not fuliy prepared to argue the case as referriug to Mr. Con. noily, the Comptroller, aud turther that he was 206 counsel for he Court Louse Commissioners. Mr. CG. L. Monell, Jr., stated that he represented the Commissioners and asked tat tae case, ag Te garded his Cilents, nigit yo over to tae next term, He read an atlidavit that Mr, Norton, the President of the Commissioners, was absent 1 Europe, and that without his presence it woul be impossible to state the appropriations which had absorbed their money, preventing payment of the present bill, Mr. Robinson, Who appeared tor the Messrs, Core nell, strenuously opposed any adjournment. He stated that more than two years had elapsed since the approval of the bill, aud that since hen some two willlons had been appropriated for the new Court House, and yet they could not get pay for thi bill. ‘There was no guarantee that aii ot the present money Would not m the same way be expended bee fore this claim was paid. He was interrupted by @ JUDICIAL INTERROGATORY. “Is a mandamus,” asked Judge Sutherland, “the only way to procure the payment ot this money t”* “The oy. way,” responded Mr. Kobinsoa, “Tue only way,” echoed Mr. Abraaam R, Lawe rence, also Counsel for the Messra. Cornell, Mr. Lawrence was not satisfied, however, with betag anecho, He urged at considerable lengin imme diate proceeding with the case, It was, he insisted, entirely a question of law, and it mattered very litte whether Mr. Norton was jere or in Europe. other Comiuilsstoners continued to draw money ip his absence to §9, on with the comptetion uf the Court House, and it would be curious Lf, when the} had gone on since his absence in May list smootity, they could not tel what money they bed received and expended. Judge Sutherland said he did not suppose that the balance remaining tn the bandsof the Commission ers would bo expended during the present month. Mr. Lawrence said that no one had supposed that the new Court Mouse would cost nine millions of money. He wished It understood that the present was NO BOGUS CLATM, and that no one had ever charged that It was not | money fairly earned and justly due. The Judge said that he would not adjourn till Mr Norton’s return, but as Mr, O'Gorman was not pres pared then to go on with the argument he woul rom fhe penalty by sentencing each of them to the bited vison for seven Years aud six months at hard favor, 3 5 James Wheeler also pleaded guilty to burglary in the second Agree, the indictment charging that on the 31st of May he burgiarionsty entered a room of a hovel kept by George Chester, in Barclay street, and stole $7510 money, On motion of counsel the ag board ostponed. ae ernard B. Mooney ple: guilty to grand lar- ceny, he having, on the oh of March, siolen a Tur cape worth $75, the property of Henry W. Webber, He was sent to the State Prison for four years, Peter Jonnson, charged with burglary in the third degree, pleaded guilty to petty larceny. He was charged with entering the freight house of the steamboat Rugies, at pier 35 East River, and steal- ing a bag of twine worth five dollars. Tue defend. ant Was sent to the Penitentiary for six months. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. MARINE Covrt—Part 3—Held by Judge Alker.— Nos. 6913, 7062, 7087, 7071, 7072, 7073, 7024, 5819, 7050, 71061, 7075, 7076, 7077, 7078, aud Judd vs. beman. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS—ileld by Judge Sutherland.—No. 18. Call YELLOW FEVER AT QUARANTINE. Five cases of yellow fever have been admitted to the West Bank Hospital from vessels which have arrived in the lower bay from different ports in the West Indies. For some time past this disease has been prevalent in an epiiemio form at Havana, Matanzas and Santiago, wlille occastonal cases have been reported at Cienfuegos, Sagua la Grande and several other Cuban ports, [ts also known to exist to an aiarming extent at Vera Cruz, Para, rernam- buco and Bahia. At Buonos Ayres, epidemic may be considered over, cases of yeliow fever are of frequent occurrence in the city. The following vessels, having had cases of this disease either in port or on the passage, are detained at Lower Quarantine ; Brig St. Joseph, from Havana, had one death from yellow fever betore leaving wat port. Bark Catharina, arrived August 3, had three men in hospital at Havana with yellow fever, of whom one died. Steamship Sherman, from Havana, via Nassau, arrived August 4, had two of the crew and one pas+ senger sick on arrival. These patients were trans- ferred to West Bank Hospit: Bark Amelia Wilson, from la, arrrived August 5, had two of the crew in hospital with yellow fever, of whom one ated. Bark Bina, from Havana, arnved august 5, had five cases and one death at Havana trom yellow fever, and sent two patients to West Bank Hospital on arrival at Lower Quarantine, Brig Bilboa and Havana, from Santiago ae Cuba, arrived August 6, had one of the crew sick with yel- low fever on arrival. Brig R. B., Gove, arrived from Havana August 6, had seven cases and one death from yellow fever while at Havana. The captain’s wife and one maa were tay sick on the passage, but are now conva- lesen’ THE COMING OHOLERA. New York, August 6, 1871. To THE EpITOR OF THE HERALD:— Reading in this day's Heraup fhat the cholera and | other Giseases are travelling West, please to call the attention of the Board of Health to the block In Ludlow street, from Hester to Division, known ag Jerusalem, where most ali kinds of filth are found in the ceilars and on the sidewalks, and even in tae houses, A SUBSCRIBER OF THE HERALD SINCE 1848 AND A RESIDENT OF THE TENIH WA! FOR FIFTY YEARS, se BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Refreshments at the Riot. This Board met yesterday at two o'clock, with Mayor Hall in the chair, When the usual routine business had been gone through Supervisor CHar- LOCK moved & resolution to the effect that the Com: mittee on Annual Taxes and Finance be requested to confer with the Co urt House Commissioners with reference to the cost of a dome for the Court House, and they open a correspondence with the architect of the national Capitol at Washington on the subiect, The following bilis for refreshments provided to the militia regiments on duty in this city on the 12th of July, were presented:—Seventh regiment, $923; Thirteenth regiment refreshments, $395; Kighty: fourth regiment refreshments, $16; Ninety-sixth regiment retreshmenis, $553; Batvery O, First artil- lery, $75. ‘The bills were referred to the approprl- ate commitiee, after which the Board adjourned. * ORUSHED BY RAIL. he death of Sidney Smith, late a coachman, was yesterday reported from Believue Hospital. “On the engine, but notin time to stop it, Nine of the ten cars Went off, but remained on the road bed. Had ehoulders downward paralyzed. Yet the man con- Fenda conversed with the inmates of the hous rom whom he learned the following strange pai ticulars of the eocegtrlc old Women’s aharaaiuar: verses freely, and tt is belleved Us there are ahanned of wld racavaty. the train run 100 feet further it would have wens down ina ravige over one biyndrad feet aay, No One was minrea, 4th inst. Sith Is sald to have been run over by one of the express traina of the Harlem Kallroad, De- ceased lived tn ‘Thirty-Argt swee, aear Bighto avenue, 7 adjourn the case till next week (Wednesday), @ thus the case stands at present, marr tn The totlowing record will show the changa3in the temperature for the past tweuty-four hours in com Parison with the correspondiag day of last year, as indicated vy the thermometer at Hudnut's Phase macy, ee , corner of Ann stroet:— 1870, 187, 4 OL ui Music at Tompkins Park this evening from hit Past five to balf-past seven, Weather permitting. }» f William Dunn, an tafant only eleven months ola, whose parents live at No, 362 Madison street, yestere day died in Bellevue Hospital from the eifects of in- jurtes received @ few hours previously by a brick accidentally falling on his head. Corover Herrman will hold an inquest on the boty to-day. Average temperature yesterday.......... Average temperature for corresponding date last Years... seer eee Thomas Jones, a shipjoiner, thirty-five years of age and a native of Wales, yesterday, while at wort caiking on the side of the steumship Helvetta, lying at pier 44 North River, was precipitated ine the water by the platform giving way. The body Was soon recovered by some divers, but not till Mie was extinct, The body waa sent to the Morgue and Coroner Herrman notifle Coroner Young was yesterday notified to hold am inquest at the Morgue on the body of an unknown man found in the dock foot of 135th street, Harlem River, by Mr. Riley, boatkeeper, of Mariem bridga. The body, of which no description was given by Ser+ geant Coburn, of the Twellth precinct, reporting the Case, Was sent tothe Morgu Although no name was given the Sergeant says deceased was @ native of France. Tuere was a very influential meeting of the cite zens of the Twenty-first ward held at 659 Secong avenue, on Saturday evening, August 5, to take Into consideration the present state of the financial aifuirs of the city and county of New York. Alter exprossing themselves in favor of the way in which they are conducted they formed a Richard By cone Association, and elected the following om- cers:—Thos. B, Frost, President; C. W. McAuliffe, Vice President; Michael Clune, Seeretary; Jeremiah Murphy, Treasurer. The ptenic of the Edward J. Shandley Association to the Excelsior Grounds, opposite Yonkers, on the Hudson river, yesterday afternoon and evening, was attended by over seven thousand persons. Besides two steamers, four barges were en; and it estimated that at least two thousand ladies and gentiemen visited the grounds by rallroad. The excursionists did not reach home until alter nine o'clock in the evening, and then found the several Shandley headquarters most brilliantly tluminated with Chinese lanterns. Peter Brown, & man thirty-five years of age and born in Ireland, late of 109 Mulberry street, died im entre Street Hospital from the effect of injuries received on Sunuay aftsrnoon by being run over cor ner of Canal and Mulberry streets by @ pair of Norses attached to @ soda water Wagod driven by Joseph Murphy. Deputy Coroner Mai Been made a post-mortem examination the body of deceased, and found that death resulted from fracture of the pelvis, with internal hemorrhage. Murphy, the driver, states that deceased, who appeared to be under the influence of liquor, suddealy steppe’ before the horses, was knocked down, and the wheels passed over him before the horses could be stopped. ner Young, who has charge of the case, will hoid am Inquest on Wednesday morning. In the meanti the driver 1s at large on bail awaiting the result, ‘The friends of deceased allege that a few nights he was in @ scrimmage at a place in the Fourteeut ward, and received some Violence avout tie head, but not suficient to disable him. THE NATIONAL GAME, Red Stockings, of Boston, vs. Athletics, of Philadelphia, - PHILADELPHIA, August 7, 1871. About five thousand people witnessed a splendid game of base bali here to-day between the Red Stockings, of Boston, aud the Athietics Mr. Bomeisier was umpire. The Athletics made & poor show. The Red Btockings went to the bat and made a fine disptay of batung and flelding. Tae Score resulted as follows: — ba an Wh. eh. BA. T, BA, DOA. o 3 0 Red Stock to, aegis oad eaar vornase,