The New York Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1872, Page 5

| BLACK MURDERERS EXECUTED, Two Atrocious Assassins Hanged at Columbia, 8. (€ BILL LUCAS AND NED HARRIS. Resume of Their Career and Bloody Crimes. ——__—_—_-—_— Simpson and Murphy ‘Butchered for Revenge and Plunder. Interviews with the Con- demned. Ae SCENES BEFORE THE GALLOWS. Police and Military Called Upon to Maintain Order. NET Ta Sil, THE LEGAL TORTURE. —— The Culprits Strangled to Death After Ten Minutes of Horrible Struggling, CoLumBia, S, C., August 30, 1872, Contrary to the general opinion expressed here, the two murderers, Pill Lucas and Ned Harris, suf- fered the extreme penalty at this place to-day. It ig true that to have commuted the sentences of these two men the Governor would have practically turned loose upon the community a brace of the worst villians that ever cursed civilization. There was not a redeeming circumstance in their favor, save that they were black ; not an incident of their career that could appeal to Executive clemency, gave that some of their frtends might be deterred from voting for a personal favorite of the Governor im a mere local election. Lucas, by his violent and bloodthirsty disposition, had succeeded in gaining for himself the unenviable cognomens of ‘‘despe- rado, thiefand liar,” and he was generally shunned by the respectable portion of his ownrace. The briet résumé of their crimes is as follows :— THE LUCAS MURDER, The victim ot whose foul murder he is guilty was’ simple laborer named John Simpson, an employé ofthe Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, so inoffensive and harmless as to com- mand the respect and esteem of all his neighbors. On the night of the 11th of April last Simpson was @rinking at one of the many small rumshops near the depot of the railroad in whose employment he ‘was, and unfortunately for him he became greatly imtoxicated. It was Saturday night, when work- men generally enjoy themselves after their week’s toil before going home to their families, Lucas, 00, was excited by the vile, poisonous fluid, but was not drunk. About ten o’clock the murderer and his victim met in the groggery, and a quarrel took place, which was provoked altogether by Lacas, about an insignificant quantity of powder and shot which Lucas claimed SIMPSON OWED HIM. ‘The latter, secing there was a prospect of a @iMculty, escaped from the groggery and sought safety in a grocery store some distance of. He had not been long there when Lucas discovered his whereabouts and soon made his appearance, and at once resumed the quarrel with horrible Oaths, the vilest epithets and threats of taking Simpson's life. Lucas was accompanied by a party of negroes, which made him bolder and more de- termined in his menaces. At this juncture the proprietors of the store, fearing a row, remon- strated with both parties, and, not succeeding in restoring harmony, had Lucas and his crowd ejected from the house by the police. Shortly after this Simpson left the store, feeble and stag- gering from the continued influence of excitement and pine-top whiskey. He had just got fairly out upon the sidewalk when he was violently assaulted by Lucas, who all the time had been lying in wait for hint. A brief but desperate struggle wok place, and some bystanders ran to the spot and separated the combatants. Alas! it was too late to save poor Simpson. The infurlated black savage had PLUNGED A BUTCHER'S KNIFE ‘into the groin of his half-helpless victim, severing the femoral artery, and in afew moments after being removed into the store he bled to death. ‘The assassin then tried to escape, but the oficers of the law promptly arrested him, Before taking him to prison Lucas was brought into the room where his victim lay, his life fast ebbing into eternity, and as he looked upon his bloody and fiendish work he fairly gloated and exulted over it m a manner that shocked the spectators and made‘ them boil with indignation. He expressed the ‘utmost and most diabolical satisfaction at the re- sult of his murderous deed, and swore the most blasphemous oaths that he would do it again, and that he hoped the then dead man was In hell. MURPHY’S ASSASSINATION BY HARRIS, The second murder if sible, sll more atrocious than the first. Pat Murphy, the victim, ‘was a gray-headed old man of quiet and secluded habits, ahd had been for a long time em- loyed the South Carolina Railroad Company attend the pumps at Hampton atation, six miles below Columbia. Being man of economical habits, he was reported to have amassed a considerable amount of money, which ‘was supposed to be concealed in his littie cottage near the station. In this cot he had lived his retired life for many years, until on the fatal Sun- day morning before Christmas he was found by some railroad hands DEAD IN THE ROAD, ‘a few steps from the door of his humble dwelling. His skull was broken and crushed in and his body bore marks of heavy blows. Near the body was found a large hickory club, with which the blows were doubtless inflicted. The murderers had evi- dently met with no cowardly and willing victim, for the red blood upon Murphy's hatchet and the patches of his gray hairs found upon the floor plainly showed that the old man had made a brave and determined a and that his struggles had only ended with his life. The attack had evi- dently taken place in the bao ls Mt and the blood found upon the steps proved that the brave old man had been dragged WHILE RESISTING, outinto the yard. His watch and a small amount of money only were taken, as Murphy had not been paid off for some time. ‘The pay train had passed on the preceding evening, and no doubt this circumstance led the murderers to expect lai Foor. The poor old man was thas ruthlessly deprived of life for the sake of a few dollars. Suspicion at once pointed to three negroes, Bill Jenkins, Butler Johnson and Ned Harris, from their strange conduct the night preceding and the day the murder was discovered. Very soon fear seemed to take possession of Bill Jenkins, and he qiaeey and secretly sought safety in flight. His pg eee oe Suspicion against Johnson b 5 ey were arrested and con- victed by a i of circumstantial but ISTIBLE, EVIDENCE before @ jury of their countrymen. Jenkins and Johnson were employed by a Mr. Sims to haul ‘wood to the railroad at Hampton ‘station. employment of Mr. Sims were aiso an old negro, named Hops, and @ young negro lad, and it was upon the evidence of these two that Johnson and jarris were convicted. Ned Harris lived here in are and was observed by the negro lad spoken of above in earnest conversation with Jen- kins and Johnson the evening before the murder. The three murderers sat be odd from old Hops and the negro !ad in the woods, and there resolved upon the commission of the terrible deed, which bo proceeded to carry into speedy execution FATAL NIGHT. After the conversation Harris left, and Jenkins, Johnson, Hops and the negro lad all went to bed in_the shanty which they in common occupied, and was soon As soon as It was discovered Harris came back to this cit) followed by Johnson. that Jen! srrested. tl Ee by saying he had had a fight in Columbia, it he could not produce the name of his antago- nist nor of any person who had seen him after lat saturday afternoon. Julnson tried to prove au a@lsoi by baying that he spent Wa night at the house that there was no on Johnson, and tor other I Governor Seott has com- muted his sentenoe it ior life. WHY THE EXECUTIONS WERE NOT EXPECTED, It was currently believed, and the belief was on the strongest reasons, that the two spited from the 16th inst, to-day, because two important political con- ventions, in which the negro had large majorities, were about to be held, and it was known that the effect of the execution of one of the negroes would have been disastrous to ail candidates whose official position could possibly have prevented it, The conventions over, however, it became a settled fact then in the minds of tho darkies that the two criminals would suffer the extreme penalty of the a Theard one remark, “Dars no chance for Bill Lucas and Ned Harris now, case de Gubuer and Sheriff Frasce were not nominated again, and dey hain’t got no more use fora nigger now den dey had for a dog.” Every attempt to evoke Executive clemency @ second time having failed, | visited the two condemned men in their cells yesterday even- ing in spiapane with Chief of Police Jackson, Lucas ‘was sitting tailorlike in the centre of his cell, HEAVILY IRONED AND CHAINED to the floor, this precaution being uecessary owing to his desperate character. He was nearly six feet high, powerfully built, thirty-five years of age, with @ physical and muscular development thet told of immense strength. ‘The contour of his head showed @ genuine African, the forehead retreating, the hair and srenroms kinky and bushy, the nose wide, though not flat, and the lips thick; but there was in the expression of his features a singular com- aaa of savage ferocity and semi-civilized vil- Ei ny. CORRESPONDENT—Ilow are you, Lucas ? Lucas—I'm well, sah. CORRESPONDENT—Are you prepared to mect your fate to-morrow ? Lucas—Well, dat’s nobody's business but mine. CoRRESPONDENT—How old are you, Bill ? Lucas—I dunno, sah, and not knowing wouldn't like to say. CORRESPONDENT—You acknowledge your sen- tence was just? Lucas—No, sah! I don’t. CORKESPONDENT—Why don't you ? Lucas—Because I am black, If I was white 1 wouldn't be here. CORRESPONDENT—But you have a republican Sheriff and republican court officers; you certainly have had a tair chance ? Lucas—No, sah! Dey are republicans for as much as dey can put in dere pockets, and dats about all; BUT DERR’S NO JUSTICE for de culind man. CORRESPONDENT—You will certainly admit killed Simpson ? Lucas—Yes, sah; but I had occasion; and if you had been in my place you would have done the same. Lucas laughed, or rather worked his features into a hideous, sardonic grin, and rocked himself to and fro with a savage air of defiance as he spoke. When sentenced he cursed the Judge in the court room, and said, “Why in the hell don’t you han, me next Friday, instead of waiting so long?” an he still maintalned this bravado demeanor to the you ya NED HARRIS, Re marderer of Pat Murphy, I found in the passage ide of his cell. He is the very opposite of Lucas in appearance, being low in stature, stout, but feeolesin strength; meek in his manners and address, but with an expression of features repul- sive in the extreme, See ae you prepared to meet your te? Nep—Well, I’se doing best I can. CORRESPONDENT—Is your sentence just? NED—NO, sah! It ts not. ConwESsPONDENT—Why not? Nep—Because I was six miles from de place whar de man was killed and when it happened. CORRESPONDENT—Why did you not prove that? Nep—They would not let me; a nigger has no show in the Courts, CORRESPONDEST—DoO you know who Killed Murphy? NED—No, sah! I don’t know who killed him, nor I never seed him in my life. . Towards the close of our brief conversation Ned became somewhat excited, and his otherwise dull ae flashed wildly @s he pondered over his case and : ferable injustice which he alleges has been one him, BOTH OF .THRSE MEN are known to be atrocious murderers, Lucas ad- mitting that he killed two men in the same manner that he killed Simpson; and yet they claim that Justice has not been done them because they are negroes, Their idea of justice is that, having the control of the State government and the Courts, they should be allowed to commit crime with im- punity, and, indeed, this idea has been greatly strengthened and encouraged by, the partial course of justice and the almost unlit ited exercise of the pardouing power. 5 The scaffold was erected in the jail yard, and was exposed to the public view. It was barbarously neat and trim, and of such Umited proportions as to ensure successful strangulation. ‘I'wo uprights, eight feet rays which rest a cross beam only twelve feet high, and a double trap which parted in the centre and sw to the right and left, com- leted the structure, This drop or trap was not six feet high, and therefore removed all apprehensions if any were indulged in of a broken neok. Strangu- lation of criminals for capitai offences seems to be is nbn in the South, and they always succeed. e PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS OF DEATH were completed last night, and the two condemned men were left to court sleep, but it came not. Oc. casionally they would drop off into a fittul doze, only to awake with a start asa dream of their crimes or a vision of their terrible doom fitted across their ever-wakeful minds. Morning dawned and the light of their last day came welcome to their gloomy cell. Both the men dressed themselves with scrupulous neatness, partook of thelr last meal at breakfast time, and then, with a colored clei an and @ number of col- ored females, joined earnestly in religious exercises, which continued the entire morning. By noon the streets had assumed a most lively appear- ance. The colored population turned out en masse, the males in their best Sunday apparel and the women in their brightest, gayest and most flaming colors, It was a regular gala day, and if one did not know THE HANGING WAS THR OCCASION ofthe excitement he would ve imagined that some I sac) festivity or popular public celebratiou was taking place. jail 1 found the fences lined with African female umanity and the streets, trees, housetops and surrounding fences were packed with the maies, some of them. indulging in low jokes and vulgar slang, while others and the vast majority specu- lated weirdly and spiritually as to the unknown future beyond the grave. e earthly remains of the criminals were also subjects of deep and ear- nest discussion as to whether the doctors would be allowed to butcher the bodies, and if so would not their GHOSTS FOREVER AFTER MAUNT the vicinity of their terribly tragic fate. Many re- marked the latter as a settled conclusion, and so strong is this superstitious impression among the negroes that many of them who live in the neigh- borhood of the jail have made up thelr minas to move away, and none of them can now be induced to pass the streets there at night, afraid they might behold the spectres of the executed men in ern consultation st the place of their earthly exit. This the reneral opin- jon of the negroes, and it is impossible to convince them otherwise. About twelve o'clock three detachments of the South Carolina National Guards (all colored), wearing bine uniforms, trimmed with green, marched into the jail yard, for the purpose of maintaining order, but ‘they rather helped to produce disorder. An immense mags of people congregated in front of the door leading to‘the jail, some of whom had passes of ad- mission from the Sheriff; but the throng was so dense that it was impossible for them to get in. ‘The colored troops were sent out, but the crowd drove them back, and as they were ABOUT TO USE THEIR BAYONETS they were ordered in to avoid bloodshed. The police next tried to force back the mob, but only partially succeeded, and for a while there were in- cipient symptoms of a general riot. Hundreds forced themselves fehl the Police into the yard, and at length a majority of the mob, including Jarge numbers of women, having got inside, quiet ‘was partially restored. At one o'clock the colored troops were formed around the scaffold in hollow square. The Sheriff then went upon the drop and tied the two halters to the cross beam, leaving — dangling in the summer breeze, in pros- pective ANTICIPATION OF THE TRAGIC WORK. A rough estimate places the crowd now in and around the jail yard at not less than six thousand people, and @ more disorderly throng I never wit- nessed on any similar occasion; yelling, hooting and riotous demonstrations were constant the whole morning, and but for the exertions of Cap- tain Jackson, the Chief of Police, there would have been a serions riot, and it wourd nave been doubt- ful whether the sentence of the law could have been executed in that case. With the thermometer at 120, this mob stood the entire morning swelter- ing and surging about to gratify a depraved appe- tite, and it is safe to say they would have been grievously disappointed the tragedy had uot taken place according to programme. THE CULPRITS BROUGHT OUT. At twenty minutes to two o’clock the condemned men were conducted from the jail to the scaffoid, tightly pinioned at the elbows. They were at- tended by acolored preacher and his wife, and escorted by a detachment of the police. Both walked firmly, and they ascended the steps leading to the drop with great ease and apparent calm- ness, Here they stood with their faces turned to the sun, which glared down on the crowd in front with ta? fierceness and sity, Lucas was tires in @ dark re suit =and otiess white shirt. Harris wore a@ black alpaca coat, black pants and ig A both being in their stocking feet, bareheaded. A hymn was then sung. A Vie AL followed, the clergyman kneeling between the two condemned men. When was concladed the Sherif read the death sentefice, and for the first Ume there was a solemn stillness in tne crowd. ADDRESSING THE CROWD. Both of the condemned then made short ad- dresses, in which they reiterated the statements some good uvice and Jeciaring. themselves read advice and dec! ie iy to die, with ao hope that God had then pinioned he ankles and gece two black caps over their fea- tures after they had taken their last look at this beautilul earth. Then the Sherif solemnly adjusted YORK HERALD. SATURDAY, reaching the vicinity of the | AUGUST 31, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. the rope on their necks and left the drop, and for half moment they remained standing ON THE VERY BRINK OF ETERNITY, The minute hand o/ the Sheriff's watch had reached twenby minutes past two when, ut a given signal, the drop sprang open and the two bodies were plunged into the yawning space below. Piercing shrieks and a dismal and prolonged wail from the thousand women in the crowd recorded the iall of the drop. The bodies spun aroand and around with great velocity ‘or a moment, and then followed A MOST HORRIVLE SCENE. Neither of the Toned had been pronenty adjusted, and the two dangling victims began to struggle in a terribly violent and almost superhuman man- ner, Both of them lashed the aiv with their pinioned limbs, their knees being repeatedly brougit up to the former level of the drop; for the fall had searcely been three feet. Harris, with’ the terrific force of his strug- fice. got his feet loose, and frequently ‘icked the suspended drop next to hin, while Luczs’s body swayed to and fro with fearul violence and the most agonizing contortions. Through hanging only three tect apart they fre- quently touched each other in their desperate ef- lorts to free themselves, tor | am confident they were conscious all tiis time. For nearly ten minutes this fearful scene lasted, and the horrified crowd rocked itself about like an agitated se: While the negro women set up a most dismal an woful wall, which made the scene awful to con- template. At the expiration of about that period VUE STRANGULATED ViCCIMS CEASED their terrivie and agofMizing death struggies and hung listlessly at the end ofthe ropes. In filteen minutes irom the fall of the drop they were pro- nounced dead, and in twenty-five ininutes the bodies were cut down and turned over by the Sherlit to their respective friend Teal tris legalized barbarity. disgrace to the nation and a crime against civilization, THE CASE OF MARA. Examination Before Alderman Cerponter—Squire MeMullin’s Story of the Assault—The Prigonor Committed for Trial. PHILADELPHIA, August 90, 1872. The arrest of Hugh Mara, the attempted assassin of Alderman McMullin, has occasioned a good deal of excitement in this city. At two o'clock this afternoon, the hour fixed for iis preliminary ex- amination, the Central Police station and the street were crowded by curilosity-seeke's and representa- tives of the “Moya,” crowds of roughs and out- laws, The Mayor, members of City Councils and a large number of lawyers were present. Mara was brought in by Licutenant Crout, of the police reserve, and was shortly followed by Alderman Mc- Mullin. The prisoner presented an appearance of assumed bravado as he entered, but on taking his seat in the dock slid off into a corner and pulled his hat down over his eyes. Having disposed of some preliminary business, Alderman Carpenter called “Hugh Mara.’ The prisoner arose and the Alder. man proceeded to interrogate him:— “Where do you live ?” “No, 333 Stauley street and my business is that of a bartender.” District Attorney Mann—Is Alderman McMullin here ? “Yes,” responded the ‘Squire as he walked up to the stand. “Take the Book and let us have your testimony.” The ’Squire was then sworn and was told to give his statement of the assault upon him, which he did in these words :— ALDERMAN M'MULLIN'S STATEMENT. My residence is at 722 South Eighth street. On the 22d of July the hose company gave an anniversary supper at the hall of the hose house. About eleven o’clock that night they commenced to clear the table, to put on another course and I missed some of the bouquets—large, ornamental bouquets they were— that were on the table. I asked where they were, They told me that Mara had come in and taken one out and into McDevitt’s, I went in after him and asked him if he took them, and he said, “Yes; I want to know what it is your busi- ness if I did * I told him it was my business; that I was president of the company and had charge of the supper. He said it was not my busi- ness, and I replied to him, “If I had been there, Mara, when you took them you should not have done it.” He said, ‘‘Why‘” and I replied, “Be- cause I would not have let you.’ He said, “You wouldn’t ?”” and I answered “No.” At that time I was standing in Devitt’s barroom. The bar runs along this way (pointing with his hand), There was right by the door a match safe, and while I was reaching up to get a match to strike a light for the cigar [ had, I saw Mara behind the bar and reaching down for something. Just as I struck the match I saw him with a_pistol in his hand and pointed towards me. It was asilver-plated pistol, and he had it pointed straight towards ine; L looked him in the eye, for I did not think he would do it; but in a second after he fired: Tsaid to him, “You shot me; he answered, “4 know I did;” he went back and ieaned on the bar; 1 saw officer Moore, and said “Arrest Mara—he has shot me in the breast; Mara then satd, “guess not,” and I replied “Ye: the blood began to come out of my shirt; the oilicer went in to arrest Mara, and I walked into the hose house; I did not want to alarm them for they were enjoying them- selves; I just said that Mara shot me, and after that I was taken home and the doctors came. hice Attorney Mann—When did you next see m? “Last night.” “Had there been any previous difficulty between you and him; any grudge?” “Never had a word with him. The evening be- fore he came to my house with a pitcher, and I filled it up with ice cream; I supposed some one in the house wanted it.” : District Attorney Mann—That will do. EVIDENCE OF THE DETECTIVES. Detective Edward aren, sworn—I heard of the assault on Alderman McMullin the night it oecur- red; 1 made every exertion to find the prisoner; in company with Officer Taggart and others I searched seven or eight ditferent houses in which he had stopped temporarily; we searched diligently for him up to the time of his arrest; I was up one time two whole days and nights with Detective ‘Tay rt Pha! to find Mara; we hoped yesterday, and con- fidently expected, to secure ‘his person within twenty-four hours; besides searching eight dif- pee houses we “piped” a vast number of other laces. Detective Joshua Taggart, sworn—I know Mara; Thave not seen him since the night he shot Alder- man McMullin, although I have been seeking him constantly; I was trying yesterday to arrest him, and had strong hopes of success, Dr, Joseph N. Norcoss, sworn—i am one of the resident surgeons and physicians of St. Mary’s Ro- man Catholic Hospital; 1 know Hugh Mara and re- cognize him now, but he gave another name when he came to the hospital, about the 22d of July last} he was there about five days; I think he was a case of “alcoholism,” as we call it; I consulted with the Sister Superior, and she concluded to allow him ad- mission; he was there during visiting day, but 1 do not know whether any one visited him or not; I think he was pretty bad with delirium, and if my memory serves me he wus put into solitary con- finement and one time strapped down; he told me he had been on @ spree for some weeks and could pay board; he was given room No. 493, and he paid us when he left. Alderman Buck, sworn—I know Hngh Mara; I saw him last night at Broad and Vine streets and recognized him; I said, “How are you, Hughey” and he said, “You must be mistaken; I said, “No, I know you well;” he sald, ‘I will make you ay dearly for this mistake; I then brought him own here to the Central station; there was Bobody here to re ize him—nelther Captain Heins nor the other oflicers; Alderman McMullin was sent for then, and when he came fully tdentl- fied the prisoner as Hugh Mara, Alderman Carpenter—Mara, you will find bail in the sum of $10,000 to answer at the next term of the Court of Quarter Sessions upon the charges of assault and battery upon the person of Alderman William McMullin, with intent to kill him. The ‘Moya’ boys feel very bitter, and would, doubdtiess, like to have the disposition of the case. There is no doubt that Mara will soon follow in the wake of Dougherty, his pal, who was mur- dered on Sunday evening last. THE NUMANOIA, Her Removal to the Port Fixed for Tace- day—The Crew All Convalescent. For many months past the Spanish ram Numancia, now at Sandy Hook, has been under orders to pro- ceed to this port for a general overhauling of her machinery when her services on the coast of Cuba were no longer required ; but in consequence of the treatment she has received of late at the hands of the Pilot Commissioners in this city it has been resolved to send her home to Spain for repairs. ‘This ol of plan will lo loss of 000 to’ the Messrs, who were to have done this work. now probably be overhauled at Ferrol or Santander, in mm. On next Tuesday the Numancia will probably be brought up to an an- chorage of the Battery, where she will take on board from six hundréd to one thousand tons of coal, and will then leave for Spain, By request of her commander, Don Eduardo fuvera,ahe is to be brought up by Pilot Gillespte, who Poemicar olat tame cork irnamed by Pilot Commissioner Blunt “the young and inexperienced pilot;” and further, the said commander has re- quested that he shall take her over the bar and out ‘The seamen aMicted by yellow fever on the Nu- mancla are now convalescent, and there is now no ty the immense ship Delng edmitted to free AQUATIC. stl What Is an Amatcur Oarsmant SAGINAW, Mich, August 24, 1872 Mr. W. B. Curtis, President Chicago Atiletio Club:— DEAR Str—Copies of your memoranda on the question “Who is the Amateur ?”’ were received in this city a few days sinec, and have been carefully read and much commented upon, Mr. Watson's compilation has but just come to hard—the text after thesermon, On examination of Mr. Watson's pamphlet I find that your views are so different from notions heretofore entertained by oarsmen of reputation in America that I hope it is not clear presumption for even such a novice in aquatics as I confess myselt to be to address you. And if apology be needed 1 find it in the fact that until recently I have been President of the Wah Wah 8um Boat Club—an or- ganization to which you devote much space and questionable comment, Your memory as to the incidents of the regatta of the Northwestern Ama- teur Boating Association for 1871 seems in many respects quile clear. Allow me, then, to ask you to recall the fact that when your amateurship was questioned before the Association the Wah Wah Sum Club was the only club upon whom you know you could depend as your friend; and a delegate from this club was the only delegate who made a remark in your favor. Out of this trendiiness to you there grew a sympathy between the Chicago and the Wah Wah Sums which was both marked and remarked. A special despatch to the Chicago Trivune contains the phrase, ‘Throughout the entire proceeding the Wah Wah Sum men have shown themselves the warm friends and firm supporters of the Chicago Club.” Ihave in my possession a communication ten- dered to our club, signed by seven ladies and five gentlemen “friends of the Chicago Rowing Club,” congratulating us on our success, and concluding :— “We teel grateful to you for the sympathy and in- terest extended to our boys in the unpleasant mat- ter which caused their withdrawal from the races.” These facts, with the pleasant personal relations thought to exist between you and some of our members, make it seem strange that you should not bave chosen to take other cases ‘not so plainly marked,” or even invent a case, rather than to be so ready to place us in the unpleasant position of being heralded through the coun- try by an oarsman of your standing as a shining example of the necessity of the “social distinction.” Doubtless tt comes, however, from that chivalric devotion to aquatics which would not “wreck the express train of our aquatic prog- ress by placing across the rails John or Bill.” And still vou might have avoided telescoping the train of aquatic progress high and dry on a lee shore with- out showing such apparent unkindness. The spirit of chivalry, you know, 1s meretiul. Asimple state- ment that our crew contained some men who came under the head of “tradesmen, me nics,” &C., and that they easity won the races referred to would have made just as strong @ case. But this is the way you do it:—‘'rhe two clubs from the Saginaw Valley—or at least their racing crews—are made up from what are called there ‘river men,’ who, if f understand correctly, are em- pores by the lumber dealers tn co!lecting logs dur- ing the winter—running them down to the mulls in the Spring, and sawing them. They are a hardy, robust set of men—out-of-door workers—bright- eyed, clear-skinned, immensely muscular, broad- chested, devp-lunged, averaging five feet eleven inches or six fect in height, and 160 or 170 pounds when trained—iull of life and spirit—row wide, short, clumsy-looking shells, with a coxswain—no style—splash the water—catch crabs—rock the boat—pull three miles, with @ turn, in eighteen minutes; get out, dance a ‘war dance,’ and ready to pull three miles more, just as fust! A magnifl- cent set of men they are; and it 18 worth travelling many miles to see them row. But what chance has a common city amatcur crew to row against them?” Now, Sapposng all this to be true, why give such adetail of imperfections that do not bear at all on your argumenty And the fact is that much of it, for one of your careful observation and positive expression, 18 somewhat thoughtlessly worded. For instance, the Neptune’s shell was three feet longer then foun own, same width, and was the longest boat in the entire six entries, and without a cox- swain. Our “wide, short, Fedo Bote shell” was the same width a8 the Milwaukee's, and one inch narrower than the Excelsior’s, of Detroit. She was built under the supervision of your friend Bab- cock, of the Nassau Club, and is pro- nounced by him and other good authorities a handsome boat, That she was not pulled more handsomely is to be regretted; but your Chicago comrades were at the time profuse in their assur- ances that the performance in this respect was creditable for @ crew’s first season ina shell. And as for the coxswain—why, that is the way English gentry “shoot Barnes Bridge." in regard to the crews, the Wah Wah Gum crew did not contain a majority from any one class of employment. Three of them could classify as amuteurs under your exclusive rule, and only two of them were “out-of-door workers” in any sense. None of them are men ‘with whom we would not associate at home,” All were men who had “cultivated and developed temperance, and chastity, and intelligence, and endurance, and perseverance and pluck, and obedience an a- Uience and good temper—almost all the qualities which distinguish a man from a hog.” Coming from a little town in northern Michigan, they lacked something of the polish of a cosmopolitan like yourself, But not one of them was in any respect a loafer or a brate, when tried by any test wher orth makes the man and want of it the fellow.” If you doubt the entire truthfulness of any portion of this statement I can furnish you tne assurances of men whose word you will not dis- credit. This much I have felt to be due toa set of men of se performances as oarsmen we are somewhat proud and whose manhood we thoroughly respect. ‘ And now, sir, allow me to apply your own words to the Chicago crew at Oconomowoc, “Bright-eyed, clear-skinned, unusually muscular, broad-chested, deep-lunged, averaging five feet cleven inches or six feet in height, and 160 or 170 pounds when trained (actual average being nine pounds less than the Wah Wah Sums). Add to this that they were men of mature years and long experience in boating, accustomed to devote much time to athle- tics all through the twelve months; most of them expert single scullers, numbering among them such men as Curtis, who wears more mnedals for athletic honors than any man west of New York; New- man, formerly a member of the London Kowin, Club; Harris, Suyder and others. Say that wit their fine lo ad they were beyond question, so far as skill and style are concerned, the most accomplished oarsman in Western waters, and the description 1s almost perfect. Now tell me, pray, ‘‘What chance has a common city ama- teur crew to row against them ’’’ Of their actual speed or their skill at the war dance the public have no means of judging. But their physical superiority to most crews is apparent; and I doubt not you will admit it and are proud of it. I do, however, very much doubt your willingly consent- ing to any classification, whether against their age, weight, experience, skill or muscle, which would debar them from ranking as amateurs. This were carrying devotion too far, You will pardon me, then, I trust, when I ques- tion the entire conclusiveness of your argument against us; for,as I have shown you, @ common city amateur club may be entirely overmatched by men who toil not, It cannot be that you are seck- ing to protect yourself; for I understand you pub- licly prociatin yourself the physical equal of any man who walks. And if such is your object your proposed rule, it seems to me, is quite ineffective. what are our late successful college oarsmen but farmers’ Lge t who chance to be going to school? And what shall prevent other laborers from adopt- ing the educational dodge or seeking any other temporary employment, should occasion require f Your classification into juniors and seniors is ad- mirabile; but, as I have undertaken to show ioe, the discrimination against labor protects neither the tyro nor the expert. Doubtless it would be competent and proper enough tor different associa- tions to make such qualifications as eee choose— such as Peto rofessious, membership of cer- tain clubs or residence in certain localities. But ees to make a ruling aud a law for the Ir And here I wish to call your attention to what you have apparently overlooked—the wide ditfer- ence between the country club and the city club— the country amateur and the city amateur. On! afew years ago amateur boating was confined al- most entirely to the city; but of late smart, active clubs have sprang up in little towns all over the country, composed of men who cherish no day- dreams of winning an English race, but who adopt the manly sport for the sheer love of it. And very ese Men are men who toll, and who age tinctions” in the country are not what they are inthe city. Much of what we call “our best society” in the country is made iy. of laboring people. And among young men in the country you will every- where find laboring men of good. character asso- clating with others on terms of perfect equality. In the main, the most respected and infuential members of country boat clubs are from this class. And now you pro} to say to those country clubs, If you would send a crew to compete with our city brethren bar eer, man who lifts the hammer. Balve an ee ad it a8 you will, Mr. Curtis, your proposed ai crimination does seek to give te int of labor. Disguise it as you London Rowing Club don’t refuse "0 row ‘Tradesmen because they fear a defeat. I have no a tion to bore pC) with cant about the a Te contro! clubs, an presume the views you have NNavatced wil nnd Muchfavor. But I asi a8 man who I believe means to do the right thing—as a delegate from the West, a land of labor—to hesitate before you seek to establish an aristocracy of ease in America, and to consider the question of “fairness,” as it per- tains to laboring gentlemen Lhe bedi n) before you urge other qi foran American amateur than wd be strictly a eerie, ae) follows boating for pleasure and not for ‘ours truly, SOHOBPPH'S SECOND TRIAL. nintinibtil PROCEEDINGS AT CARLISLE YESTERDAY, Appearance of the Prisoner and Scene in Court. Testimony of Experts. section Performed in the Pres- ence & the Judiciary. paitre How the Dead Body Looked and Mow It Was Treated by the Boctors. AD CaKLisiR, Pa,, August 30, 1872. The storm of yesterday has cleared away, and the bright, beautiful and cold weather of this morning has brought out a larger crowd than ever, all evincing increasing interest in the case of Dr. Pau Schoeppe, charged with the murder of Miss Maria M. Steinecke, now upon the third day of its second twial. After the adjournment, late yesterday even- ing, & rumor spread throughout the town that the prosecuting counsel would this morning abandon the case on account of the terrible failure yesterday of oue of their chief medical witnesses; and as this was given general credence there was much cu- riosity to know what course the Court would take should the counsel desire to retreat from a prose- cution out ot which they are likely to gain little reputation at home or abroad shouid the same state of affairs exist with them as has character- ized their side of the case #0 far. So firm was the belicf that there would be some unusuat developments gained from the heated declarations of prosecuting’ counsel, after the adjournment of yesterday, that all were sur- prised to see these gentlemen all come in ready for Tenewed effort this morning, but looking a little serious over the gencral demoralization that ex- isted on their side of the case yesterday. ‘There Was nothing, however, of an unpleasant nature to interrupt the proceedings and things went off far better than heretofore. ASSEMBLAGE OF THE COURT. The Court met at nine o'clock promptly and at once proceeded to business, THE PRISONER'S APPEARANCE. The prisoner came inearly. His dress was dressed entirely different from that of yesterday, wearing a full suit of light cassimere. He took a seat near his counsel, and on either side of him sat Professor Reese, o fPhiladelphia—of Wharton-Ketchum trial fame—and Professor H. C. Wood, of the University of Pennsylvania, both witnesses for his defence, and both gentlemen of high rank in their profession, GENERAL REPRESENTATION. Within the bar were a large number of members of the legal fraternity, and several distinguished medical gentlemen from Baltimore and Philadel- phia, ‘THE TESTIMONY. The first witness placed upon tle stand was Dr. A.J. Herman, the same who cut such a ridiculous figure yesterday in the hands of the defendant's counsel on cross-examination, He was taken again this morning by them, and, while the pro- ceedings with him were not quite as farcical as on yesterday, he did little credit to himself and none to his profession. He was only examined on minor points, nothing of any importance being elicited. He was succeeded by tne lady who laid out the body of Miss Steinecke, the undertaker who pre- pared it for burial, and an apothecary who sold Dr. Schoeppe drugs, all of whom testified to unim- portant points. DR. CONROD'S EVIDENCE. Dr. J.8. Conrod, of Baltimore, the head of an in- firmary there, was the first witness of importance called. He testified as follows:—I was employed by Professor Aiken about the 10th or 12th of Febru- ary, 1869, to remove the stomach and intestines from the body of Miss Steinecke, a short, stout body, weight about one hundred and fifty pounds; the jortem = was done in the chapel of University in Baltimore. The appearance of the face was discolored, resembling a Spaniah saffron color, red- dish yellow, The shoulder aud neck were tivid, The other parts of the hody had greenish spots and were beginning to decompose. The jaws were closed; the fingers were contracted and rigid, with blue mails. This was probably rigor mortis, The scalp was cut from car to ear across the head and to the face. This incision bled very freely. The scalp was then ulled =jorward = and backward, <A saw ant chisel were then used. The skull was removed with some dificulty, as is generally the case. The dura mater was removed with that portion of the bone, The vessels of the pia mater were gorge with blood ; not distended. The veins of the who's body usually collapse after death, They were rather fuller than natural. The brain was then removed by cutting the membranes that held it in place, as was the cerebellum, The brain was not injured tn removal, but the fourth venticle was torn tarough. AN ANATOMICAL LECTURE. ‘The Doctor at this point introduced a human brain from some of his recent dissections, and amidst considerable excitement all o the court room proceeded to explain how this ventricle was torn. He explamed to the jury with great care, and stated that its destruction was the result of accident and indicated anti-mortem disturbance, He delivered a lecture to the Court and jury upon the disease of the brain, more interesting than important. He cut the brain upin his exam- ination, exhibiting the various portions to the jury, explaining just how he manipulated the brain of Miss Steinecke, The whole exhibition was more for effect upon the Jury and spectators than for any of the legitimate purposes of the trial. ' TRSTIMONY AGAIN. After the brain disquisition the Doctor continued thus:—The chest was next examined by a longi- tudinal incision, extending from the neck nearly to the umbilicus, and a similar incision along the line of the clavicle alge eos the longitudinal one; the soft parts were dissected back ; these in- cisions scarcely bied at all. The chest was then opened by cutting through the cartileges of the breast bone; the pericardium: was next opened, exposing the heart. The pericar- dium did not contain more than its normal amount of flesh and appeared healthy. The heart was then removed with part of the aorta. An incision was made into the heart before and an incision into the inferior portion. The blood in the heart was fluid. An incision was made into the heart at the apex of the left ventricle, and water was poured into the aorta from a vial, as a test of the healthy condition of the valves, which test proved to be healthy, and did not prevent the water passing through. The ven- tricle itself was then laid open, which permitted me to examine the valves by the touch for the pres- ence of any calcification, ossification or nodes upon it, none of which were present. The right ventricle was me. 4 laid open and examined, and was healthy. ¢ Substance of the lungs was next ex- tracted, There were no pleural adhesions, Sec- tions of the lungs were thrown into a bucket of water, and floated, showing no consolidation, A small fragment of calcification was found, about the size of a pea. ‘The abdomen was next opened, by a longitudinal inciston its entire length, and its contents ex- amined by inspection before any incisions were made into its viscera. The intestines were dis- tended by air and rather pale, There was not 8 much odor from the body as might have been ex- pected at that date. The stomach was next re- moved by two ligatures first passed around its two openings and properly secured. It was re- moved by careful dissection to avoid any incision into it, and none was mado, as it presented the same distension as it did when the abdomen was first opened. It was placedin a tin bucket. The liver was hext examined. By its external appear- ance alone this ht healthy, not enlarged or unnaturally 81 .. The spleen was examined in ‘the same Way with the same result. The section of intestine: ie ilium, about eighteen inches in length, removed by two ligatures at each end of this length, secured before the removal of that section, {t siso preserved {te distention by air, which proved that it had not been cut before being removed. It was placed in a Giase Jar provi for the Professor iken. Another section of the same intestine was removed in the same manner. This section was removed hid down, near its junction with the ton Was disposed of in the same manner a6 of these parts tax parts were taken possessi Professor Aiken and carried in a basket proviacd for the purpose to the Baltimore Infirmary. On & Cigan plate the stomach was carried also. The intestines were laid open. ‘There were no ‘unnatural odors discovered. Dr. Ridgeley assisted in making the examination. I discovered no natural cause of death. JUDICIAL RECESS, The Court here took a recess until two o'clock, LEGAT. STRATEGY. The Attempt of (°° cross-examination was to show by the Doctor’s own words that the post- Mortem was imperfect, and he Guaily acknowl jon of by the Medical | eriged that, taken In itself, v from the s! toms, it was not complete ugh to establish the absence of natural canss for death, but insisted that when taken with the syinptoms it showed that the mnst been | dine to poisoning. Whi ed why | was not uramia from coutracted kidney, | did vot examine the kidneys, he said it was be- | cause be found nothing wronit in the heart, spleen whe 3 if such disease was present | the ki a similar one would be found in these organs, and also because the symp- toms were not there of uvamia, of which he had sven three eases since the previous trial, ‘The syinptony consistent with uraraia y onvilstuns. y always present, he af firmed the » host of his knowledge and beter, wterwards aeknowledged that ae bad onty seen thre ‘8, of which had recovered aulonly one died, ‘Wien a what the books about urania he answered he did uot know, real any lor five years, niructed kidney is one of om cA most mon diseases, Yet the octer on being asked ive the diagnostic symptoms of the «ise '- the apy nee of traune — pohoaing, stated he cond not do ity had not read the Looks on it for years, and fad hu no exe perience He Was then asked how he knew that te lear’ was healthy ? He sai’ because he lovked at it He was asked if it were possible to say positively that a heart muselo was | thy without micro- scopic OXamMination. He stated that i was nat When he asked 1 be examined tb inicios cop. feally he stated he did a Then how do you know i was heal aske Because, he answered, [pou into the aorta and it did not ran thy valves, which ed that the walls were bexthy The Doctor nily wenton the principle that because the valves of a pup did not Le: fore its Lruuk was sound He was then taken on the brain softenin. He was @ good deal badgered by counsel for ins 4 Was no ante-mortem ning; and bein: what test there was Lo « le, he said he mig told if he had examined more closely the color, but he did not believe that there was any more Ss ).ten- ing near the fourth ventricle than in other places, but failed to show why the brain was torn then and there only. He also showed ap) 1 ige norance of the fact that the microscoue Wi probably shown, by the absence or granulation, by corpus: and othe whether the changes wer tem. He was next asked what were the to: s, Which he stated he hd not texamination, He said they we no hemorrhage thatit was a new at 5 ht die of apoplexy and yet no post-mortem lesions be 1 that would aeconnt for dearh, He was then 1, Did od run out when vou opened the skull?” * said he, “from the sine uses of the dura ma) ues betw J brain and that membt communicate with the vessels of the p ters “Would not those ves: be emptied by tic leak- age from the sinuses #” he was asked, “They would,” said he, “How do you know, then, that the ves: of the pia mater were not engorged before you opened the skull?” “Because I saw them before they were injured,” he replied, {This would hardly be possible, as he would have to sce through nearly a half inch of bones, the skull, besides a thick, opaque membrane.) He was then asked “It the longitudinal sinus was: open would the pia mater vessels cmpty them- selves?” He said first if they would it dian'tafect hia opinion. The fact was, the Doctor at this point got @ little nervous and “mixed” by the repeated questions of the counsel, and, being rather a timid man, did not stand the fire well. He did not by any means hold up to his standard upon direct examination, and tt was really a relief to him and all the spectators when the Court here adjourned until to-morrow morning, to meet at nine o'clock, when his cross-examination will be resumed, THE DEFENCE IN PREMARATION. Probably the case will be concluded next week, and about Monday or Tucsday some important and interesting testimony not heretofore known will be given for the defence. YACHTING. Picotto Uy da Tho Protest of the W. F. Davids. The late race between the Maud and Davids for $2,000, which was sailed last Tuesday off New Rochelle, has ended in a protest, The judges— Messrs. J. M. Sawyer and Stephen Van Nostrand— decided that the Maud was the winner of the race, but Mr. George W. Davids, who made the match, claims the race on the grounds that the Maude fouled the stakeboat. Nobody disputes that the Maud fouled the stakeboat; but the judges, it ap- pears, claim that the two yachts saiicd without any rules whatever, and consequently paid no attention to the foul and awarded the stakes to the first boat. It appears, ho’ er, that the gentlemen who made the match agreed to sail under the ordinary yachting rules, and, if 80, there can be very litte doubt that the Mand should have been disqualified. Mr. Davids has sent copies of the following to the judges and stake- holder :— New York, August 29, 1872. I, George W. Davids, do hereby protest against ‘the de- cision of the judges appointed, ior the rn the a betwee fachts Maud ‘alter B, Davids, sailed on Tuesday ‘August 27, 1872, for the following reasons attached, and claim the'stak y $2,000. GEO. W. DAVIDS, Witness—H. A. 1 Sr. To Aukx. Tay yacht Maud did not sail around the stake- boat; she wis pushed and hauled around by the crew of the yacht Maud, a part ot whoin were on the stakeboat. Second—The yacht Maud fouled the stakeboat, and was thus ont of the rac Iwas cansed by’bad man- agement on the ya hich necessitated either | fibing and convequei r touling. Third—The bow ere to carry the live weight over the w Oue or two oi the crew of the yacht Maud were on board the stakebout while the yacht Maud was endeavoring to round it, Funrth--At the request of some of the crew of the yacht to save lite agreed upo specified ru governed by established and GEO. W. DAVIDS, ty. re a few gen and in the al points regular rules of yachting. Vittess—-H. A, Pouuames, Jr. Yachting Notes. The challenge sent by the Madeleine to the Rambler to sall @ match for the challenge cup which the latter won last July, has been accepted. | The race will be sailed on the 19th of September, from Newport to Sandy Hook Lightship and return instead of from Sandy Mook Lightship to Newport and return, The schooner yacht Madgle, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. R. Loper, has challenged the schooner yacht Tidal Wave to safl a match for the challenge cup which the latter won about ten days ago. The challenge has been accepted but no date fixed, ‘The slsop yacht Vision, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Alexandre, has challenged the sloop yacht Gracie, N.Y.Y. Mr. Colgate, to sail for the challenge cup whi latter holds. The race will be sailed on the 12th of September. ‘he match race between the schooner yachts Madgie and Madeleine, Tor a $400 will be sailed during the latter part of next month, The eaine s Whitestone yesterday :— Yacht Josephine, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. B. M. E. Durfee, from Newport fourteen hours for New York. Yacht Aystice, A.Y. from New York, bound eastward on a crui THE JERSEY WHIPPING CASE. ae i An Investigation Ordered by Governor Parker=—The Soldiers’ Orphans to be Protected. ‘The exposure of the doings at the Soldier Chil- dren’s Home, through the complaint preferrea by Mayor West, of Chambersburg, against Probasco, for whipping a little boy six years of age with a dog whip, has aroused public atten- tion. The report in the HeRaALD spread the story far and widé, and there was, on the part of the lady managers of the institution, a de- sire foran investigation. It was not their wish that the children should be treated cruelly, but as they are ladies of high social position and can only make visits, of course, they have had to rely on statements made by those a about the Place. The great want appears to @ resident man; iT, responsible to the State, and who fs com- petent to discharge the important trust of looking after about one hundred and twenty children, mostly orphans, who are wards of the State, and in whose well & great interest ts felt, The lady managers visited Governor Parker and requested that he would order an investigation to be made into the management of the institute, and yesterday, at the Executive Chamber, he appointed & committee to conduct that invesiigalion, and, in order that it may be thorough, he went outside the county of Mercer in the selection of the committee, 80 that there may be no ‘home iniluences” at wor to prevent the whole truth from being made known. ie committee are Mr. O. E. Glener, of Cam- berland; General Gershom Mott, of Burlington, and ©. D. Desabler, of Middlesex. These gentlemen are requested to conduct an investigation as they may deem proper and then report to Governor Parker. It 1s likely that the bpd will be made next week. The lady mani show by the way they act that th 1 ee investigation to be complete. They have nothing they desire to con- ceal, and if improprieties and cruelties have been ractised at the institution it has been without heir knowledge or consent. There isa feeling of titude towards Mayor West, of Chantbersburg, for the bold stand he took in causing the arrest of Probasco tor cruelly beat- ing little Arundale with the Sogwhip, and for the fearless way in which the Mayor asserted that the Home Is bad! l. Mayor Wes' les within @ short distance of the institution, and he will repeat his ments be- fore the committee, and the result the re- commendation on the part of the committee to the rare of the appointment of a resident com- petent manager, Probasco will be brought to trial for whipping the boy, so that that part and the trouble which rie to the gencral exposure will be left toa