The New York Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1872, Page 8

} _-—‘srmmomes t WU) KX MURDERERS WANGED, <ncerorconite Recital of the Most Bloody and Revolting Assassinations on Record. MASSACRE OF THE WESTON FAMILY. | 0 So Sh Barbarous Killing of Elias Weston and Three Children. WIS WIWE:RORRIBLY MUTILATED. | 4 Smiling Infant’s Throat Cut by One of the Condemned. The Housp and the Dead Burned | by the Murderers. | POLLY WESTOWS ESCAPE ; eeepc 2 ARREST OF ACCOMPLIOES. Execution of the Two Ringleaders | : on Friday Last. a Hexpersonvine, N. C., Jaly 13, 1972. ~%he brothers, Columbus Adair and Govan Adalr, Frme the orime of murder by suffering the ex- FROM THE me penalty of the law on the gallows, in the wn of Hendersonville, Henderson county, N. 0., Friday, the 12th day of July, 1872. This town, readers of the HERALD may be interested to , is altuated in the western part of the State, it two hundred and forty miles from Raleigh, in midst of a thrifty aud intelligent population. @ murder of the Weston family, for which the | airs wore executed, did not, however, take place Hendersonville or in Henderson comnty, but in he adjoining county of Rutherford, some eighteen les from Rutherfordton. It was committed on night of the 26th of April, 1871. { THE WESTON FAMILY ited of Silas Weston, his wife Polly, their three | ron—David, Theodosia and an infant—and Wil- Herbert Steadman, alias Lee, son of Polly featon by another man. These were all killed ex- t Polly Weston and her infant. Silas Weston fas & mulatto, but an honest and industrious man. je was avout forty years of age. His two children, | vid and Theodosia, were respectively about | pight and six years of age, and the boy William was me ton or twelve years old. Silas and his milly were comparatively poor; but they were at peace with all the world, and lived happily to- Bethor till the terrible night that brought such | higiadatatead rain upon them. The arrest of Mar- Baynara and the two Aduitrs—Columbus and | van—was made by oficer Hanes and his | at the house of Henderson Adair, father of | lumous and Govan, on the morning after the faurder—the 27th of April, 1871, Polly Weston had | made affidavit the night before cbarging the above- Ramed parties with the crime, On hearing this eMdavit Henderson Adatr exclaimed— ‘ “GREAT GOD! IS SHE Nor DEAD ¢ id ever I hear the like? This involuntary ex- reasion of surprise will be understood by the | ler when he is informed that, after Silas and | Ohiidren had been killed and Polly Weston her- | left for dead, the house was set on fire and | rned to ashes, The guilty parties thougut sll $races of their bloody work had beon obliterated rever. So, when Polly appeared to confront them ‘with their gullc—to tell the Court and the jury who fad slaughtered her whole family—they felt as if | ¥ ‘One had been sent from the dead to condemn them. , who, by the way, does not recognize in this racwous escape of Polly Weston the iuterpo- | ion of the God who rules over ail? | é TOR TRIAL oon followed the arrests. Indictments were ind against Baynard and the two Adairs, in thorford county, for the murder of Willlam Her- bert Steadman, alfas Lee. Thoy were arraigned | and pleaded “not guilty.” But fearing they could | Ot stem tho current of public opinion in Ruther- ford, they procured a removal of their cause to the oounty of Henderson. At the fall term of 1871 of | the Superior Court of the last-named county they Yere put on trial—all at the same time—before a fary of their own choosing. Judge Cloud presided; Qotone! avid Coleman, of Asheville, N.C. and | {M. H. Justice, of Rutherfordton, C., prosecuted ay ‘witness, Polly Weston, sald she ha | parties | affvay. | one of them was quite bloody. | and knife her u | rie: her and her vody burned and ving It when she escaped from the fumes the night be- Tie theory of the defence was that a family by the name of organ, baving had great enmity inst tl Weston = farnily, procured | take their lives. But it | the Ku ux to did not appear that the Morgans had any special motive for the commission of the crime imputed to them, nor was it in evidence that there were any disguised men in the neighborhood on the night or | the murder. On the contrary, it was not probable that a band of the Ku Klux,'had they made ita | bualness to kill ohiidren, could have gone into the | neighberiiood and returned without detection. | Withal, however, the prisoners’ counsel pressed | their view of the case with much energy and ability. ** ay ixctpsnr worei RECORDING ocourred amine tio examination of Polly W estan, She wes detailing very minutely the various clr cumstances attending the big when certain taidie of the Court ise got into i The Ju ordered Rey? C4 a . When they wel ed, brought before him. et Ie Bey Poly o yes nto # fainting fi. ised had ifted the curtain Unat hid the awful scene of blood she had witnessed in her own house, and <i ner! her heart fate, WERDIOT OF TAK JURY. ‘The examination of the testimony on both sides having been concluded aiter four days of hard work, the case Was submitted to the jury on Satur. day axternoon of the second week of the term, The wise very able. The jury retired to make up their verdict Immediately after the concluston of the arguments of counsel, and, being unable to agree, the Judge on Saturday night, cei | before twelve g’olock, coutinued the Court until Monday, aud on Monday, the jury being still unable to agroo, the Court was contigued util Tuesday, aud vom Tues- day tll Wednesday, when they returned a verdict of GUIAY, x according to tha charge In the bill of indictment. ‘There was then @ motion for a new tria!, which wag overruled. ‘The prisoners thereupon were ordered to stand upand gay whether they had anythlag to say why sentence should not be passed on them, Making no reply, the Court pronounced judgment of death upoe them, from w! gh ulema they ap- | pealed to Supreme Court Of the Ole ena ease Was reviewed by te Supreme Court and the opinion of the Supreme Court having been certified to by the Spring ?srm, 1672, of Hendereon county Superior Court, Judge Henry, who presided, had ng discretion but to pronounce we ‘THM SENTENCE, | which was that the prisoners takea trem the jail of Henderson county on Friday, the icth day of Une, 1872, and that between the hours of eleven O'ER a aa uhree o'olock Pe Me cy ve hanged by the neck until they were dead, this sentence was being passe the prisoners stood upon the tloor, Baynard looked wildly over the Court House, Govad Adair fixed his oyes ona lece of furniture negr by. Voluinbus Adair looked ho Judge in the face without apparent oemo- tion, Indeod, if © single musclé moved in the faces of either one of the Adairs the Heeaup reportor did not observe it, The sentence of the Judge Was Teplete with excellent marie to the con- demned, and was not without eifect on the large Sudlence that had filled the Court House to over- flowing, Among other things Judge Henry sald:— The detatle which I find in this Pac, uch of the terrible crime with which you Were charged reveal @ scene at onee sickening ard revolting. Thoy form one of th Blackest pages of horrible and bratal outrage yo chronicled inthe annals of the criminal history, even of the most barbarous country on earth. It isdoubuul whether over betore, even nnong savages inost lost to the instincts of our common humanity, #0 diabolical a murder was ever perpetrated. Tne very recital of ity outrageous clr- makes the i treeze In our veins, and the shudders at the bare suages- nid be so debased and wrought upon as to nerve the courage to so desperate a deed. The wonder Is that your blood-stained aris did not fall pal d and powerless in the commistou ol an offence so in the sight of How it could hi ‘ive the horrible design and 1 purpows — stage gers Dellef, and makey us tremble for the depravity of a soul sunk so irretriovably low and so besottedly dé- ha-ed. That man shouid, {nthe hoat of passion, slay his follow-man wo can well understand, for It 1 not In- frequent; or that he might, prompted by malice, waylay him and take his!!fos or, for the sake of lucre, and moved by avarico, invade his domicite at the of the night, and amid the stillness and silence of nature, and the hush and serenity of bustling life, lunge m dacver in his heart—aye, even stifle t death by his side bis sleoping © companion, — tha’ his ime may go unwitbesed, iy a crime some- times, bi - igi, committed in a well-regulated communtty, Butthathe should, in the devilish mutlg- nity of his heart, and with the spirit of a demon, without the hope of gain, withoutn desire ior revenge, but simply to gratify a petty spleen—not even amounting firmed mailce—deliberately surround in numbers the house of an inoffeasive and peaceable , and while he sat at his table with his babe on his kneo, eating his eve ning meal before secking that rest trom the toils of the day a laboring man so Much needs and 40 much enjoys, shoot his life aw without a word; and then ans a de- fonceless ant ring woraan forth trom the bed, hellish malice itself could no longer Incerate tts dying vietin, ant i Unsatisfied, turn upon harmless children, just’ made orphans by your bloody band, clinging to tho t their dead tather and mother, and one by one send bullets through thelr brains; and the evidence shows that ‘iy BABE, TOO YOUNG 70 WALK, which vou took up ih, your army to slay, looked up in your face, Columbus Adair, laughed’ as your knife creased its young throat and reached fo you imploringly its tiny arms, perfects the nid is crime ever heard of, and ove which, were it not a sad reality betore us, We | coul not believe yet it ig the crime which on that dark, ra you comunitted. ey down the house above t! not be suspected, and left too, you thought dead, wounded and i You have taken that which vou have uot tl of the ih of “April beings and burned rk might handiw return—the life of a fellow man—over which you bad no control; tor God Himself, the Maker, has reserved the hat Which His Almighty arm glone can That AS dread jt hands are r not wish it ¢ than shall bis blood ciated amid the. thu edd” was the sen rand ciond of simu, when the world was in Its infaney, and one to which the legisiative nails of ail tho carin have obedicatl nis Ww Dil of time, altar of retributive justice, an oblation hélploss ones whom You, in your flondish d unbldden into tite presence of thelr To you, Martin Bainard, wis is, i son. The evidence shows that you ed to and convey away the brandy, the direct cause of ule feartul tragedy, and that for the pitiful sum of seventy. five cepts you Have made trailc of your honor and your lite.” For years you nave boen the willing tool of thé had men who have br ibbet, and now mock at your despalr, nd ‘the com wicked and lawless men, have been the bane of and have brought you ‘to a dishonored and i death. The goleran duty is inade — mino to Pronounce the sentence of the aw, which fixes the time when your earthly carcor shall tsrminato. It is a sad duty, bu erthelosa, one (hat must be performed in the intere of society, law and order, morality and which’ the good man id his fellow man it ts given to dic cr, @ sad, sad les. ired & 1 ella appointed unto all men to die. There 1s noth y lor to him who lives soberly, deals justly, in Lite but death. Itiv only the time when dient to the laws of the land and not ujuaindatt mr God ations to Ge peacetully, quietly; to go down to his grave gently, as the simmer cloud sinks away at eventide the hills of the horizon, and dark vallcy and shadow walk through the becometh a creature th much energy and great ability. The defence | gras ably conducted by Marcus Erwin, of Ashevilic, | yand J. H. Carson, of Ratherfordton. Many witnesses | Were oxamined on both sides, | 4 THE PRINCIPAL WITNESS | Yor the State was the wife, Polly Weston. She tea- | that she was the wife of Silas Woston; that | had four children—William H. Steadman, alias | } David Weston, Theodosia Weston and an in- | fant; that she lived with her husband and these | dren in Rutherford county, North Carolina; | hat on the night of the 2th of April, | isr1, about one o'clock. she and three children had fisen from the supper table, leaving Silas Weston | ¢ ft the table feeding the baby. At this instance the Ba of a dog in the yard attracted her attention, | ereripon she went to a crack in the end of the tion in which they Ifved to see what had «is- rt the dog. On fe ag I her face to the crack = | ; SHE WAS FIRED ON, ts powder burning her eye, © Oxclaimed, “Silas, I'm kille me!" The door was th Mair entered the house fF husband while he ave mercy | burst open, and Govan | tely fred on | was again as he ie, and retreated — to | ther end of the hous Govan Adair fartin Baynard then soized her husband, him down and cut bis throat, While Govan hard were thus engaged Col into the house apd ee Netlog SHOT DAVID, THEODOSIA AND WILLTAM. The two first — children were killed tn @tantly. William breathed a few times with a gar ging sound, and exclaiming, ney have killed @," tnmedtately expired. " While thia terrible | end of death was going on witness attempted to it underthe bed. Govan and Baynard dragged Fr ont, and Govan tried to shoot her, bat his pis- | did not fire, He‘and Baynard then gave ner en severe wounds With knives, leaving her, as y supposed, dead. THEIR THIRST FOR BLOOD Not being yet satiafed they attempted to kill the infant. Baynard cut its throat, while ii heid its anda towards him with a smile on its lips. A urning pine knot was then thrown on the be witness's dress and the bedciothing were 0 con- Ft Had the fire could reach her, and they fled m the house; witness remained on the floor hin the Names began to burn her halr, when, find- her infant still alive, she took it and placed it ide the house, and returned and dragged out | the remains of Theodosia, which she left ju at @ide the burning house, being unable, on ‘account of her wounds, to carry them further, She then urriediy felt of the han‘is of her husband and of ail Fchiliren to see whether they were dead, and finding life extinct, “she bade them all good-by"— er OWD Words, She thereupon made her escape, | rying her tofant in her aris, to the house 4 | ra. Wililams, about a mile urder. On Foaching the house, suturated with ood and nearly exhausted, sie cried out, “The ‘Bucks’ (a nickname for O'De & corruption of dair) have come and killed All. Send for Mrs, | rgan; I want to tell her all avout tt and who did | it bolore I dio."” Tho next moruing, as appearca in evidence, | THE HOUSR WAS FOUND IN ASTLRS, be. the remains of three human bodles, correspond: | 0 froma the scene of the ig in size to Silas Weston and the children, were und on the site of the burned house, and the hud theodosia was found dead. with a bullet hole | before the time ilxed for the Execution, WiLh a re | QO | gardless ot the seated at the | ¢ | version of the matter. { St | much to everybody's surpris horn of the goodness of his Ma: has been spent vielontly, But to him whose y, reckl = a death of violence. law which he has de which soclety, so long 0: Hive, and must die. There that taketh ‘ord shi may go unpunished for a season; lence may be committed with last we may be assured our sins will find us out. When you thong how periect had been your work on tha a nicht, and that the burnin UCLION oO} mid the sears all die by the sword.” deeds of vio would ithess to coniront y ty you with yo work vet this law, whieh you have vo ruthlessly violeted, and which now demands your is more meréiul to you than were you to poor Wes: nd his unottending chiidren. Wilhout a word of notice. without # moment for prayer and preparation, your sinoking pistols hurried them {nto eternity. THK CONDEMNED INTERVIEWED, | The HERALD reporter was admitted to an inter. view with the condemued the day after ra wentence. His object was to get each piisone version of the murder, and for that purpose the | jailer permitted him to see exch one separate from | tho others, He first saw Martin Baynard, | “Teli me, Baynard, whether or not you are really Hity of the crime for which you have been sent. | ed.” BayNann—I tell you before God Lam not guilty; | I know no more about the matter than you do. was at home with my wife the night the murder | was done, and my wife knows it. Besides, a dozen other people know I am not guilty. Terorrer--Why did yon not prove by people that you are innocent ¢ BayNanp—I ald not know the Ii how to act. Govan Adair was next Interviewed, cheerful and talked quite freely. Neporrek--Govan, | have Jast seen Baynard, and heard his statement. Have you any cominunication | to make¥ + Govan ADATR—I tell you most positively Lam not guilty. J could not have committed so great a crime, The man or men who did it ought to be henged a thougaad tir T think the Morgans did it to get us— (meaning himself and brother) —into a dificuity, tmean, Ethink they procured the Ku Klux to do it, KerorTeR—What had the Morgans against you, | and how did they hope to get you into a diticulty by killing the Weston family? 1g GoVAN ADALt—The Morgans and I had a dim. culty about some liquor, They had us indic ezd sine Veston Was their best witness, They tought that if ie were killed everybody wi by *- dit to et Tim out of the way, oe | ORTER—But why did the Morgans eal on the Ku Kiux to do the killing t SRF On eee terms with each other ¢ these | w; dida't khow He seemed Were they on good | GOVAN ADATN—L don't know why, The Morgans | and the Ku Klux were not of the same politiens” ii THY DEVIL REBUKING SIN, Columbus Adair gave p ty much He thought the Governor “For,” said he, “capital the same | ought to pardon them all, i punishment {4 not right, It t4 eract and does no good, At never has aud hever will prevent crime,” RESP The prisoners were kept close son County dail, but were if and Ms deputies. Eve made for the execution, Aud tle prisoners for certain deatit on the ith day of June, t, the father of the fared, but & day or bo confined in Hen- ly treated by the preparation was rn Adairs, Henderson Adair, app NEW YORK HE | statement under oath, argumemts of counsel for the State were masterly | when in jail with his sons, which be very promptly efloria; those of counsel for the prisoners were like- | did. Avery t oe While | dark, dead hours ; & Colle | bowed ant | impunity; but at | ilstn- | and wore whito shirts with cravats, | rance. ¥ yuan. T have heen tn Jatt « Tong | time. The sheriif, his deputies and the jailer have a pie from the Governor. nee sere resptted until ‘iday, the 12th day of July, 1872. BAYNARD'S OONFESSION—DELIBERATR MURDER, But a short time before the respite came Bi made a confession, Ho sald he was unwilling to div with a “lle in him;’' 40 he toid ail he knew, He | stated that on the evening before the night of the murder Henderson Adair, father of Columbus and Govan, came to him and told hin that he ana his boys were going to put Silas Weston ae his family out of the way, and that he, Baynard, had to go along and help to do tt; that Henderson Adair. and bis sons, Columbus, Govan, Avery and Crayton, met him in a cluster — of bushes, not far from the scem of the marder, and there agreed on the manner In which the Weston family should be bo of the way; that soon after dark Henderson Adsiy returned home, | the four Adair boys and himself going on towards | Silas’ house; that on reaching the house the dog | growled as Polty Weston had stated; that there- upon Crayton Adair discharged a small single-bar- relled get into the house through a crack in the wall; that Columbus and Govan Adair and_he all went into the house and committed the murder, JUS AY POLLY WESTON HAD STATED; the two young Adatrs, Crayton and Avery, remain- ing outaide of the house, &c, Baynard made this He persists in saying that he was in terror of thé Adairs and could not help what he did, ARREST OF HENDERSON ADAIR. ‘The confession 01 Baynard having just been made when Henderson Adair brought the respite, the | Sheriff was saved the trouble of hunting for Hen- derson ; all he had to do was to turn the key on him and Crayton’ Adalr were soon alter- with their father, if rrested aud lodged in Where they ean t thelr trial in Octo- where they will all remain until ber next. RESPITE OF BAYNARD. The confession of Baynard led to his farther re- spite til Friday, the 18thof October, 1572. It is though that in the myantime the other Adaira can be tried. Ifso it ls pee that Baynard will be exe- cuted on the day fixed, though an effort will be made to have his sentence commuted to imprison- ment for life in the State Penitentlary. YHE LAST HOPE FAILS, 4 Colnmbus and Govan Adair had ‘eat Yspe that the confession of Baynard would fnake i ne- cessary for the State or the prisoners (Henderson Adair and hts bf , to have rey testimony. But Wis Governor Ra hot take thet view of the case, and, consequently, he refused, on being applied to, This reinsal e Governor was comm repeat thelr counsel, Maloy Mar- Mr July, IN thé following | law. | Gated to thé prisoners , cus Erwin, on the th ‘words :-= alf wish th trled” yoil fovernor and the Judge’ wi a u hi | Have been in ves". You have to die on the 1th of July— vid ™ there! use covery moment Fide You uct ttn dot that awiul event. Y xt, hicli is left you In Shar snorlor yoke eonauet ta way ag cree 12 seuUns froui ‘als the forward, and do nof add to’ iin ise, ious consolation welt good men may tender you. Xf 1 van Twill come and sep you agala, Farewell, ban Sou agelee AARCUS EBWIN, It was evident from this note thet nothing was left the Sheriff but to make preparations for the ex- ecution, Coftins were accordingly mads, gaps for the prisot Were procured, and ropes, with the necessary nooses, were fastened to THR SCAPFOLD, which stood in the jailyard, near the jail. It wagsa simple platform, with a single trap, approached by elght or ten steps, < cross-beam overhead rested upon two strongly braced uprights. The ropes dangled from the cross-beam. ANOTHER INTERVIEW. Tha H&RALD reporter visited the prisoners’ cell the day before the execution. He found Govan Adatr combing bis hair and looking quite cheerful, Columbus Adair was sitting on the Noor of the cell supporting his head between his hands, and evi- | dently ina reflective mood. Henderson Adair and | his younger sons, Crayton and Avery, were also in the same cell. The condemned men at once began the conversa- tion. cet inquired of the reporter whether he thought the testimony of Baynard wouid convict thelr father and brothers; said their father arid brothers were as innocent as the angels in heaven, &o., &¢, REPO! cent? ¥R—But how do you know they are inno- GOVAN CONFESSES, Govan Apaln—Becauso | was oue of the parties | who did the killing, and they were not present and knew nothing about the matter. Rerorrer—And you confess your guilt, do you? Govan (smillug)—f ielped to doit; Liedin the matter. | Rerorrrr—Who all were with you? Tell me all | about it. Govan—I was a Ku Klux and led other Ku Kinx to Wesion's for the purpose of killing the family. b ReporvER—How many of you went into the Hons? Govan—We all went in—seven or elght of us. | Revorrer—Were your brothers and father here, | along with your Govyan—They were not; I declare It before God. My brother Columbus here is an innocent man, ‘Rerorrer—Were you disguisedy | Govan—We were; all of us. Rrrorter—Polly Weaton saw but three persons, and they were not disguised; how could ste have been mistaken? Gova’ he Lord only knows. Revortek—Can you give me the name of the Ku Klux who were with you at Weston's? Govan—Certainly; they were * * @ ™ (naming seven very respectable men, well known in the county of Rutherford.) Reporter.—Are you not mistaken in the names you give (HENDERSON ADAIR to Goyan—You Kuow they were disguised, Govan.) Govan—Thetr faces were covered; but they gave me tho names T have given you, | EPORTER—You say you are a Ku Klux; are you not a republican ? GovAN—I Vote that tick Both the culprits said, “We are aa r will ever be; we are not afraid of death,” Durlug the conversation the reporter observed that Henderson Adalr was quite nervous, He | seemed to fear that If his sons got into @ serious mood they might ry too much for his good; conse- quently he was glad to change the serious charac- ter of the conversation to something lighter when- ever he could, and he actually did abraptly remark at one time, “that one thing was certain; his con- finement had knocked him out of making a good crop of corn this summer.’? The next morning the reporter went back to the ceil of the prisoners, He found them DRESSING FOR THE EXXCUTION, Thetr mother was present lending ‘her assistance in fastening Govan’s shirt collar, After some pre- liminary remarks, both the condemned men re- marked--"'Oh, we feol as well as could be expected. We have but one time to die, and we can't see that we lose much by dying to-day." “And you wero certainly in the crowd that killed the Weston family, were you, Govan 1" GOVAN ADAIR—L was; but Baynara and Columbus were not. “But Baynord says he was CUT THE INFANT'S THROAT.” GOVAN ADAIN—Oh, hé lies about tt, He fixed o this tale fo get out of belng hanged. Why, when Was expected we would be hanged on the 14th of Jast mouth, Bayaard lay fat on his back here like a coward, aud wouldn't eat his breakfast, 10 THE GALLOWS, Fifteen minutes hefore twelve o'clock the prison- ers, Govan aud Columbus, appeared with tho Sheri? | and his deputy on the scaffold. They ascended the steps with a firm step. Govan's eyes were fixed on the ground; Columbus looked anxiously over the | immense crowd present. On reaching the platform ; they sat upon chairs between the ft and his deputy. They were both dressed in biack suits, Columbus hae ared ribbon fastened to his coat; Govan a black Soon the minister came, and, standing on his | prayed fervently for the prisoners, They seemed unmoved by it, Columbus called for water, ly as We resent and SXED THE CROWD, all ki but when a man ys tam dish tele wn “untruth, | It T have ever done wrong, was not Intentional, put 1 did it thronght lino T wag raised right, and 1 have tried todo right in the stght of God and many and ve If Lrould have gotten a new trial Ceould have y Innocence, a b I don’t know who. f soya, Brace and Webb have had not told 1 ¢ said they would not tt on if some one fo put it on us My futher ™ and two Jitte brothers ha been arrested: Why? Because Martin’ Baynard confosed and | tatd tt | on them. He told “the basest and very blackest | falseliood ie enya he did it, and that save his own life, n't k liethor he 13 guilty or ¥ this befors Gods who 1s God who judges all me: ny 0 gro. Do inase did.” should be pite | THE COVPRNOR HAS NOT DONE RIONT, | yhody to b& eavetul how they keep 5 He sparesa man who sweare «ile, but | Wwill not cones. Twill never ‘con: y. Tfoar notte apenk this In ksdown on my | Nou will we a man id to die, The but 1 go down {n thy face now who Powell und Rutherford coun: hey would drink my Mi a tony ean been kind to nk thorn for it. you men ont of you: Taki that we are buried And to one and all farewell! Traving concludem tis speech, Columbus requested the Sheri? to show him his coffin, The lid heng re- moved he gazed # moment upon it without the slightest apparent fecting, and then took his seat. GOVAN'S ADDRESS, 1 Linmediately stood Re nhs feet and addressed anid it has Hien to his lot to die on the A, Wi Wat he would not say much, as be nad pment tg the — hewspa reporters | published, and an af. aim not guilty” of murder; the on my hands, thoigh T have been tried and ‘ nut minke me guilty. utr Jer of Silas W dren Was A Most atrocions notcommitit. Baynard has made # con erie, but td fossion and charged the erime on my father and brothers, He ts a coward, and confessed to save tls life, But Twill hever confess, not to save ny own Hife ft Caf a m Hout the of your ints by yelectinic the well-intendod offers of tore | ja | closed by again thanking the co! Weticeu orth" Carga tv le uot acrid 0 fine some ficnds ait is not tual for 20 many goto seou man dis. "T havo to more to say. Those speeches having been concluded, the min- tater again appeared on the seuffold and addressed the crowd inte most cloquent and linpressive man- | ner, The minister then offered a last x for the condemned, humbly kneeling on form. | Columbus algo knelt, but Govan sat erect his | chair, notwithstanding Columbus asked him to get | on his knees. Tne prayer having been sald, the | minister bade them farewell, The Sheri! aud his deputy also told them goodby, VLACING THE NOOSP, ‘The Sherif told them to stand up. They arose with alacrity and stood erect wiile the nooses were being placed on thelr necks, No change of | expression could be secn on their faces—not @ | nerve quivered, The Sheriff now bound their arms behind their bodies and then tied their feet to- gether just avove their enkles, The knots of the topes were placed under and a little behind the left ears, and the Sheriff and the Deputy descended from the scanold, haying first put on the white caps. : THE TH FALLS, ‘The process of the drop was hidden beneath and behind the seafuld; but it was a simple lever, so connected with the main support of the platform that ft could be easily worked, The Sheriff placed Dimself at the end of the lever, and Columbus being asked, “Are you ready ” said, “Yes,” when the Sheriff touched the lever with his foot, A dull clap was heard, and the bodies of Columbus and Govan Adair were seen Sangitng, jn the air. Ina few seconds sight convulsive shudders _ ps through their frames, and they were motiontess, DEATH, In ten minutes the pulse ceased to beat, and in another minute or 60 thelr hearts throbbed no taore, and thelr souls took their everlasting fight. Tn fifteen minutes they were cut down and placed in their coiling, The people then—some three or four thousand of them—quietly dispersed, ‘These are the only executions that have occurred in Western North Carolina for fifteen years. Indeed, of the many murderers in this part of the State, ouly some eight or ten bave been exe- cuted during the presént century. What good 1a to come of tiia exeottion remains to be seen, Cer- tain it is that the crowd - present was very little moved. Indeed, there was a lightness in the gen- eral conversation among the crowd that showed they wero not much benefited by tho execution, he c » of the | Columbns may be right after all in saying that capl- | judz:neny of the Court beiow was ailirmed. This | to interfere a second tim with the course o: | er say fai punisimeuts do no good. et ~ fa MOTIVE = they evider ad for the in bts conversation ¥ And himself had bees §.. reporter, His brother civa iG? stealing liquor, ho, Gea sap forvanus Aparn:-All my effortein your | and fing Weaton Wis fh iimportant wiciess agnina Ye them, Whether Henderso1 sons are also guilty remal; evenis this {s tatty raga: extraordinary cases‘on record, Adair and his other ‘fo bo tae 3 OLLER GREEN ENDORSED. The German Reform Associatios, Sapport the Comptroller in His Policy of Finuk- celal Reform—Presentation of a Memo-= rial to Mr. Green. A d@egation of the German-American Reform Association waited on Comptroller Green, at his office, yesterdzy. for the purpose of offering to him the commendations of the association on his course as Comptroller of the city, The delegation con- sisted cf Oswaid Ottendorfe?, Christian Schwarz- wolder, Henry Nieman, Frederick German and A. M. Petshaw. The following is the memorial presented to the Comptroller :— Axprew H. Gnenx, Comptroller of the City of New xine German-American Reform Assoclation, Of the elty of New York, remo bee the profound satistaction: ani the deep sense of relief experienced by the whole are Guat community whou, in September last, it be- cyme. known 4 you wero placed in charge of the Finance Departmont. It was an as- surance founded on your well-known and well-earned reputation for integrity, which was a auMejent guaranty that no more mone: be squandered to enrich a favored fow, and that no more payments would be made without a rigid examination in regard to the legality and hopesty of every claim presented, Your appointinent was hailed as the beginnin much-needed reform, and there was hope that this re- ofa form would be effectively carried out. et with almost evory other department of the elty and county government under control of the corrupt elements which had so long reigned supreme, {t was buttoo evident that every possible Ohalacle would be thrown in the way of practicable re- sults, and that you would be made the subject of mnisrep- resentation, denunciation and abuse by the legions whose lana would certainly bo interfered with, and whose dis- honest emoluments would be cut off Tn this we have t been Glsappointed as we have care- fully watched the progress of events, We have seen o Legislature choren for the purpose of carrying ont the de- mands of the people for reform utterly failing to more than show “how not todo it.” We bave seen an ents | entiro lack of disposition in’ the various departments to co-operate with yca in securing a more economical o ministration of thase departments, ‘e have soen, even In the courts of Justice (D,@ disposition to ob- struct your efforts to reduce th of attendants and officers. We have seen a portion of the proas exerting suiicient {nfltonce with (he Legislature to xecure the pas sage of a very questionable law to compol the payment of .enormous doubtfal clalms for work illegally performed ‘and charged tor at exorbitant rates, and this same press 4s now using {ts power to cores or intimldate you in:o the augiting and payment of these exorbitant claims, Ail this we have secu, aud more besides, elements o' resistance to your enrnest offorta to purity onr city an county government, and which, with almost any other nan, would probably have been fufticlently discouraging to have compelled ‘his resignation, which we thin! evidently the purpose of those who are so persistently 4 and harassing you. : nile 7 SRE gpomles, ¢ enemies of an honest adminis. tion of the Finance Departiuent, are to, untiring and rupulous in thelr efforts to accomplish thelr wicked purposes, we feel that it ls necessary that those who have trusted th you gud have found you thoroughly faithty avd true should show themselves equaliy vidiant an active in sustaining you in the battle which almost siagle- handed “ig ‘are fighting for us. We wiai to assure Yow of our earnest syupathy and hearty support in your Are a y diticult work, Ws wil not vield to threats or intimidation p Ala moat rigid éxaimmation of every claim presented, eapectally gf auch ws have been the subject o1 special legislation during the last winter, Ve pledge ourselves indlyiduaily and collectively, and cail upon all good, citizens to do xo, to stand by you and snpport you. THEODORE G. GLAUBENSRKLEE, President of Executive Committee, George Koster, Secretary. The Coen replied that he was gratified atid encouraged by the sénti ents Gx ressed in the memorial, so far as he had ascertalned tl em by hastily glancing over it, He was happy to say that the great work of placing the city governmont upon a new basis and conducting municipal affairs according to the methods of honest men had always received the warm sporoval of German citizens and of the Germaa ress. The necessity for reform was seen by all honest men. No cause for discow ment existed. Amid all the clamor of a Presidential election, the duty of eek proper officers and adopting propor measures for the government of the ion. of people residing {n this city would still be so evi- | dent and necessary as tocommand respect and con- So tn and the mode of performing this work would still remain an important issue, Tho speaker felt assured that aiairs 19 this city would'never re- turn to the condition which existed beidre that movement of reform which had been 80 heartily supported by the German population, Taxes could not be diminished without a reduction of expenses in all departments of the city government, and although much had been done in the way of economy, there was still room for great improvement. Oniy in this manner could the city debt be kept down, | Which {s Increasing In consequence of the delin- quencies of former administrations. The city. gov- ernment was now in the position of a man who, with an income only sufficient to support hts fam- ily, Was obliged to raise money on bond and mort- | gage to pay for his expenses in former years. He Was not disposed, and he felt confident that no one present was disposed to check needed improve- | ments; bat the governinent should be adminis- tered in snch a manner as to use the taxes. for the purposes for which they were raised, and not per- mit one-half of them to be pocketed by dishonest men and the otuer half be loosely spent. Mr, Green mittee for the compliment paid (o him, DROWNING ACUIDENT AT HARLEM, A deck hand named Willlam Rathbone, employed on the stoamboat Pope Catlin, running between Harlem Bridge and High Bridge, fell overboard at the former place taht tf afternoon and was drowned, No one on hoard, lt seems, saw deceased fall; and although he was seen struggling in the water and a rope thrown to bim, he appeared pow- erless to grasp It. The body was recovered some time afterwards, Deceased was about forty-tve years old, > 4 THE RECENT INCENDIARY FIRE IN THE FIP. TEENTH WARD. New York, July 15, 1872, ‘To Tne Enron oF THe HeERALD:— Allow me to ask of you to correcta few mistakes iu theaccount you gave of “An Incendiary Fire in the Fliteenth Ward’ in your issue of yesterday. Firat, the explosion was not caused by gunpowder, but by Le cecine or some other explosive com- pound placeck there by some miscreant to accom. plish a heilish purpose, Secondly, there was not then, nor has there ever been in that portion of the building since it has b used by its present occupants, an atom of ywiler or of fe ex. | plosive substance whatever, tere only cing a mail quantity of diluted acid and zinc, the usual | ingredients used in galyanic batteries, Thirdly, | ho fire in the building resulted from the | explosion, as can now be seen and was seen then by the Fire Department, which | was promptty on hand; but a large volume of | smoke rushed through the bay window Into the | street, naturally creating the tinpression that the building was on fire, The force of the explosion Was such as LD amped yg, A Portion of the cell. | ing, to shatter doors aud the heavy plate glass a | quarter of an inch thick of the bay window, pleces | of which were thrown fifty feet on the ald | Had not @ rear Window been open the ¢ | might have been very serious, and the taiscreant's attempt to destroy the building and its occupants might have succeeded, for sach was his intention, | no doubt; but while the murderers of Mr, be id Mr. Nathan, Mr, Putnam and of others gre elther | unknown or unhnng, of what avail would be the spending of much of our money to have this would- wut he ¢ people | like the looks of w brave aan, hut would rup over | be assassia and Incendiary arrested’ Respeouuly, 4 | A nicsion by SOUND najority of one, | contracts under consideration yesterday were ad- RALD, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1872—WiITH SUPPLEMENT, . es MUNIOIPAL AFF, sengers—Passing of General Orders. A meeting of this Board was held yesterday, Pres- ident Cochrane in the chair, Alderman PLUNKITY called up the following reso* lution :— solved, if the Board of Aldermen concur, That the alaries of the officers iu the differcnt courts be and are hereby fixed at $1,200 each per annum, to be paid moathly by the Cemptrolier. ‘The resolution was passed by a unantmous vote of twelve members, and was declared carried. This resolution was passed agreeably to chap- ter 488 Lawa of 1872, section 2, ag follows, “The Judges of the Supreme Court, Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas and Marine Court shall have power to appoint four oMcers for each ee in gaid courts, and the Judges of the Court of General Ses- sions in said city shall appoint such officers to at- tend said respective courts as shall to the Judge of said court sp peay necessary, The salary of said omMcers shali fixed by the Common Council of said city and paid out of the city treasury in monthly instalments; but the salary of each officer or attendant shallin no case exceed $1,200 per an- num,” A calling up of “general orders’’ was then pro- ceeded with by the Board, and a large amount of business was in this way transacted. ‘The Board adjourned until Monday, the 5th of Au- gust next. DEPARTMENT OF. DOCKS. A stated meeting of the Department of Docks was heid yesterday, President Join T., Agnew in the chalr. Commissioner Hunt, chairman of the Executive Commtttee, read a report from the Po- lice Department, applying for a dumping ground on the river, to facilitate the work of the Strget Clean- ing Department, and that Superintegdent Westford had selected a spot between piers Nos, (8 and 19 East River. ide aecimeage ammit Mr. Tunt wished th. report laid on the table, a8 the tat’ was Very important, and a better place Tight be had. He wished an arrangement could be made to have the street cleaning done at night. ‘The foot of Gouverneur street could then be se- lected. The President was of opinion that commerce was already (oo much interfered with on the Bast River. i “aygimissioner Wood to adopt the re- port was on: yx a4 to the Providence and ermission Was graur— A sf uship Compafiy W oreyy # shed on The bulshead bet seen plors 2 a w Wort River, for loading and unto. ding goods. ‘The Aw ing Cominiti2® reported throngh their chairman, Commisstoner WoO, that at thelr meet ing held July 17, 1872, the Treas. “er, $ accounts made THE COURTS... Interesting Proceedings in the New York and Brooklyn Courts. a od Supreme Court, Chambers—The Comptroller Again Mandamused—The Finance Depart ment Clerks—The Creditors of the Bowl- ing Greem Savings Bank-—-An Im- portant Decision to Mechanica, SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, The Comptrotler Again Mandamased, Before Judge Pratt. William V. Smith, surveyor, made applicatiog yesterday before Judge Pratt, in the Supreme Court Chambers, for a mandamus to compel Comp- troller Green to pay his claim of $2,000, which the Board of Audit had approved of. The counsel for, the Board asked for an adjournment of the argu- ment, stating that he had only yesterday mo received the order to show cause, with a letter from tne Comptrollor saying that he wanted time to ox¢ amine into tho claim, Smith’s counsel contended that the letter of the Comptroller was written with a view to deceives, that he required no examination, as he was @ moms ber of the Board of Audit that ad upon thi cla and ought to have at thi 2, if he not, fully examined tt, Ho said that although th relator had applied for payment many times, 1! was not ae quite eae 2 that a direct rot had pedi agy hen the Comptroller threatened that ho Would have the action of th Board Fescinded, altho iim such a thing could not own counsel tol e done. He ur ! ee the adjournment should not be yeaa yu tl 6 Court postponed the argument until Monde” _.» Tho Finance Department Clerk~ Want ‘Their Salaries. ~~" Anumber of the late clerh, gf. Finance Dé. partment have obtaine’, atternative mandaraus to compel the paymen”, 6f their salaries for the months of September and October, 1871, As a test case Robert M, Grant applica yoatorday. before Ji Pratl on a peremptory? mandamus, ‘Counsel for t | Boa Mady a retirn that one-half the claim, (6150) “ad been allowed, Counsel for Grant contend that “ad salary being flxed by contract the Bow were ob, “4 merely tq perform a clerical duty cy certifying to it, “Tue Court reserved Its decision. The Creditors of °"° Bewling Cost Savings Bank Pata Twe. 8 2. to June 80, 1372, showed a bac 2 tn hand of SSmmisstone Wood, May St, of 810,07 since re- ceived, $17,415; interest, $664; total, $177,297 Pay: ments, $56,194, Balance, $120,043, my BOARD OF AUDIT, . Payment of the Newspaper Claims and of Janitors of Civil and District Courts, The weekly meeting of the above Board was held yesterday, Comptroller Green in the chatr, The following business was transacted :— AUDITED CLAIMS, Miscellaneous claims of small amounts for maintenance and repairs for various De- partments. Mens eeane She soe JANITORS OF DISTRICT COURTS, Francis McCabe, Richard M. Jordan, Dantel owers, John Burke and Thomas Riley, janitors of Police District Courts, $500 GACH. ceeeesesnsens sevens » 2,500 00 John Quinn, Delia Orann, Robert T. Boi man, Joseph Harkman, William Hall, Mi- chael Sullivan, John Quinn, Patrick Mc- Ardie and John Murray, janitors of Civil Courts, $500 each, from September to De- Henty Coningham, Inspector of Grading 803. 00 NEWSPAPER CLAIMS, Journal of Commerce pr + 2,580 33 Wow YORE SAP. 0.0.0. .0c00-eceeees « 23,283 60 New York Democrat (Brick Pomeroy)..... 27,330 90 New York Democrat (J. H. Lambert.) + 7,106 90 Home Journal...... “ . 15 00 Hebrew Leader + 824 05 Trish Artizan,. + 4,246 60 Total... 05,404 28 American ATtizan........ 6... ++. $4,136 60 The Board adjourned until Thursday next at three o'clock, BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT, More Indebtedness—One Million and a Half to be Added to the City Debt, A meeting of the above Board was held yester- day in the Comptroller's Office, Mayor Hall in the chair, when the following stock was brougnt under the consideration of the Board :— Additional Croton water aqueduct. Adgitional Oroton water stock. Water atock of 1871..,... . Bonds of city of New York, Total. Commisstoncr VAN Nonr said he wishea {t under- stood that he did not want that large amount of money now. A much smaller sum was necessary to meet immediate requirements, but that he should want this money eventually, The Commissioners decided to issue the stock for the additional Croton Aqueduct for $500,000 and the New York City bonds for $250,000; but the issue of the geen bonds was deferred for another week, on the motion of the ec A po ton. was mago for gi to the Female Guardia tlety and Orphan Asylum from ite appropriation $25,000, n appropriation of $600 was ordered for prepar- ing a at of the proceedings of the Common Joun An appropriation of $25,000 was ordered to the Bureau of Municipal Correction, which, with the $26,000 ordered previously, makes up the arffount ordered by fond tld at riatt “application for an appropriation for the patiting Pommittse of the artment of Public Instruction was ordered to be lald over until Tues- day next for the committee to attend and give particulars of what is required. Anapplication for $8,911 for the celebration of the Fourth of July of this year was ordered to be transferred to the Department of Parks. An application was received from the Surrogate requesting an Ga eke at the rate of 00 er month, which he was not at present receiving, id which was urged by him as absolutely neces- application was ordered to lie over, plicatioii from The Stockholder tor the pay- ment of over $9,000 for advertising, was read by the Mayor, enclosing a copy of the jiidguicit ob- tained. The Mayor sald he was of an opinion that a section of the laws of 1869 was in confilct with any order for the payment of that sum, inasmuch as the paper was not one of the designated papers. The application was laid over, A communication was read from the Chamber- Jain, and the Mayor moved that an appropriation of $5,000 bo made for the Chamberlain, inasmuch as he was entitied to one-half of one per cent of ail moneys received. After & short discussion this motion was made # special order for the next meeting. The Board then adjourned, STREET CLEANING, The following report of the work done by the Btreet sweeping department during the past week, was yesterday handed in to the Board, with the items of the cost of the work :— Two hundred and forty-three intles of the paved streets were cleaned by si . on Tuesday, Two hundred and twenty-nine miles of the paved ‘eets were cleaned # sedond time by x P.M. on nesday, er One hundred and fifty miles of the same area were cleaned a third time by six P.M. on Tharsda: Ayenty.two miles of the sat ‘em were cleaned for the fifth and sixth thes on Friday ad Saturda, There wore 174 londs of ashes aud garbage removed from the city Inst week. ; e total cost of ti » e e1nliss om he streot sweeping for tho week ts THE CONTRACT COMMISSION, The Board of Commissioners, consisting of ex- Judges Sutheriand and Van Vorst and Mr. D. R, Jaques, appotnted under the provisions of chapter 580, Laws of 1872, to examine into the facts and cir- cumstances relating to various contracts made on behalf of the clty in the years 1968, 1860 and 1870, met yesterday afternoon in the chamber of the | Board of Aldermen to continue thelr investigations, | Comumisstoner Sutherland occupied the chair, A cal- endar of aah contract cases was taken up and dis- osed of, all of them being for paving, flagging, grad- ing and aewor-building . various parts of the city. The cases under consideration were understood to be aclected cages, in which no irregularity, either of award or performance of contract, had been alleged, and the examination was devoid of public interest. In ail the cases the contractors were ex- amined briefly as to the requiarity of their“ awards and the fulfiment of the contracts inder the specifications, The testimony in each instance was supplemented by the certifleata of the Engineer of the Department of Public Works | that the terms of agreement bad in all casea been | substantially complied with, and the Commission then adjourned, It is understood that most of the mitted to be regular and that they were selected with the concurrence of Comptrolier Green, so as to receive the necessary formal attention and in- quiry and be disposed of at once, 40 a8 to clear the calendar and relieve the present embarrassment of the sontractora, Mr. Strahan, the counsel to Cent, e Application was made yesterday Morning in the, Supreme Court Chambers ‘before Judge Pratt on: Dewar’ of Shepherd KF Knapp, receiver, for pormiss; sion to diviuc 212,000 among the creditors of th bank, which wfi S¢about twenty-five per cent of tha! full amount of the bank's iudebtednoge, The Gourt granted the desired permission, . . MARINE COURT, Important to Mechanios=A Decision on Liens, i Before Judge Tracy. ‘ John '. Muller ve. James W, Beekman.—The plains, ttf in this case sought action to recover the au Of $258 66, which was the amount of llen fled by, him for materials furnished in the structare of. 553 Broadway. It appeared that at the time of the filing of the lien the plaintit? was furnishing: the materials to the contractor of tho defendan' but in order to secure himself against any risk he obtained @ lien on the premises, 4 The defence was that there was no liabilfty 01 the part of the defendant to pay a debt incurr by his contractor, and that the contractor haq@ settled with the plalntif®™. Judgo Tracy delivered the following OPINION This is a proceeding to foreclose a mechanic's len Med by the claimant, who furnished materials toward tha erection and rebutlding of the premises No, 655 Broadway owned by the defendant, The facts of the case, as es forth in the statement of the claimant, and not con verted by the answer of the owner, are substanita thege :—The owner entered tnio a contract with one {in E, Deegan for the rebuilding of tho premises, Ne fot. the buds Broadway, Deegan, the contractor, sul Of the stairs to ne eter Talp, who purchased of claimant usfers and jolsts used erection of thé stairs, Thesp materials were delive: the buulding in question, and were in conformity with terms of thé contract between the owner and contractor, They wore. not paid, for va Tulp, aud, tn consequonod, noties n Was st ‘the Bullding in quo for thelr valué, wl oh was $240 03, Aftor the lion wi filed a paymenton ceeding owner to the contractor. as Cf the © original contract became due ex: ¢ amount of the lien, and was paid by the Tho answer sets defence of the owner to ti the | fili tt the lien the contre Hees he had fully pald his Seoalash any only, ‘on his sub-contract, an ty on the part of owner to erefore, prosent juat two questions :—First, whother rson furnishing. Inaterials to a mab contactor can cq! ro a Hen, and 1 force the samo agalnst the owner case thore ts a thing due cn, the contract, to the gontractor. eco whether If this Le go a payment in full by the contract to the — sul tractor Wy pperate as a charge - of the lien Gloar | to mind, from a careful Fending | of the statu gt A petvon thus furnishing materials is entitled i enforce such a Iten against the owner, a eal tr ghd sub-eontractor 4 Not at tute pro’ iC. Laws of I that pay person Paes ns bhi fitorascontractor, laborer, workman, merch In pursuance of conformity with the terms o with or employment by the owner, or in the directions of the o7 rm any labor onda: ir = tl af wards sh exegton, Chat rf yr repairing any building or buildings, or ppurtenances thereto, in the ity, of New York, ghi i le for the value of sua abor and mato ala i FO ullding and the appurte; fad ton i aint stand to the Wl oa of such claim an eae S is mney q and become an absolute tien to full and fair value ll such work an hae ae to the extent of the right tle and {interest then ng of the owner of remises in favor of very person or persond ho shall be employed Bay, owner, contrac- ster workman tor, Jobber or me: ; cr section | it te parce 1 ‘tor, trator Jobe or ase workman, The catnab la thy rials furnished’ Ty asl wees In conformity with the terme of the contract with the owner, le is, therefor) clearly entitled to judgment on the conceded tacts this case, unless the settlement between . t ind effect, bot as to hevrights of the olgtrmant and & owner, upon the terms of the statute; and the most cai fulexdinination yf the statute falls to disclose any sud defence to the claim of the claimant as is inte here. It ts very evident that this defence was draw under dome prefumed analogy to thecase of payments un 6 contract, by the owner to which the statu Tpertoot defence, by provid my owner reqa oO pay a greater amount than the contract price or value of fhe work a materials furnished, (when ng specific contragt ig made upori #3 land by his contractor, But this defence ia given by the sestute, whereas tho other ts not. I Rearin , then, that toa@ hag Sohn ‘upon the Gea he owner a sum greater he amount of , sought to be foreclosed, at the aotae its fling, a that the same was afterwards paid by the ownc: <> ‘HC Com, tractor, the claimant 1s entitled not only to a judgmens, directing a saie of the overs interest in the prem! the extent of his Fight, title and interest thor time the notice of Hen’ was fled, but also to a person Judyiment for the amount of th Vien, ini ost, (Sec, 9, Laws 1663.) Judgment is directed accordingly, wakes BROOKLYN COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COUNT, The Special T Refore Commissioner Winslow, Patrick Haggerty, a retail liquor dealer at 6g Kent avenue, was charged with carrying on bast. ness without paying tho spectal tax roquired bj law. He was held to bail to Appear on the 25th i J. Flynn, G. Sedgwick and Columbus Street, ac cused of a similar offence, were held to appear on the Ivth instant, SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Tho Anderson Poisoning Case. Before Judge Pratt, Application was made by ex-Judge Morris yesters day morning to have admitted to bail Dr. Lacius B, Irish and Mra, Sarah A. Anderson, who were in+ dicted and are now in jail awaiting trial on the charge of having poisoned Edward 0, Anderson, * the husband of Mra, Anderson Ex-Jadge Morris submitted the amidavits of the prisoners, portions of which were published in the HeRALD of Tuesday, and argued that thoy should be admitted to bail, because the evidence Was not suMictent to sustain the charge, and their Surroundings and situation in Brooklyn rendered it very improbable that they would wish to escape an investigation. As to the sugges tion of improper i eimaoy between the Boe. tor and Mrs, Anderson, le said that would be au argument for the defence rather than for the State, He held that the circumstances of the last liness of Anderson would precinde the Idea that the proces Wee penrarned, ie porae death. The octor had certified that he died of acute rf whieh mrs correct ei e acute gastritis, istrict orney Britton declared this appli tion to be unprecedented, and argued int ne prisoners should not bo admitted to bail, as the the Comptrollor, was present to Watch the people's interoats, 7 Question of tholr guilt had been paased upon by a ’ CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE, rl