The New York Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1873, Page 5

er ALLEY’S ALLEGED BOTCHERY A Legal Contest Over the Blood Spots on the Accused. THE CORONER’S STORY. Ellis’ Hat and Skull Exhib- ited in Court. Uncertain Testimony Concern- ing the Autopsy. ANALYTICAL TESTS. The State Assaycr Proves the Blood in the Sta- ble To Be from a Human Being, THE DEFENCE. Prisoner's Counsel Has Everything Ex- plained as Clear as Mud. Bosron, Feb. 6, 1873, ‘The Alley trial still continues to be the topic uppermost in the public mind. Little else is thought of and scarcely anything else talked of, The attendance of spectators upon the proceedings continues abundant, but the numbers who gain admission are only a fraction compared with those who are refused from lack of accommodation. The public feeling is that Alley killed Ellis, and then cut up the body and threw it into the Charles River to conceal his crime; but there are numerously-expressed doubts about the jury sharing in this belief to such an extent as to ren- er such a verdict as will require the execution of the death penalty. If itis shown that the killing ‘was upon the spur of the moment and not premed- tated, murder in the second degree and prison for life will be the verdict and penalty. Everything, fmowever, is now shrouded in mystery, and at each progressive step the investigation becomes more interesting and the result more doubtful. Alley himself” is still the self-collected and cool man that he has been all through, and, notwithstand- ing the overwhelming circumstantial evidence against him, his apparent confidence or indiffer- ence cannot fail to produce an impression upon the jury, a3 well as the spectators, If the accused ts guilty, he is certainly a man of wonderful nerve; and if he is innocent, he bears up under the welght of suspicion and circumstances in the most won- erful manner. THE TRIAL RESUMED, Upon the Judges taking their seats Judge Wells Aelivered the opinion of the Court on the question at issue at the adjournment last nignt, which was the admissibility of the testimony o1 a witness who saw Ellis on Election Day, while the latter was look- ing for Alley. They held tnat it was competent for the government to show by the witness that on the morning in question Ellis was in search of Alley, and it may be shown by conduct or word, not asa @eclaration, but as an act. Aside from the testi- mony of the surgical, medical and chemical ex- perts, the testimony during the earlier part of the @ay’s proceedings was only corroborative of that Qiready elicited and heretofore reported in the HERALD. CORONER FAYE’S STORY, Dr. John W. Faye, one of the principal Coroners of Boston, woe the first of his profession placed on the stand. is story was as follows:—1 went with Captain Savage and others to the stable of Alley on the 9th of November; the officers were examin- Ing the interior for an axe when I arrived; I had been sent for by Savage; saw blood stains on sides of a stall and on the boards on the side of the building and stanchions: these are the boards and post— (here the witness pointed out the stains alluded to)—they appear much the same now, though not so brilliant as then; apparently they are dry, faded and dull now; have had experience in exam- ting blood stains; have made 400 or 600 autopsies and a great many investigations asa coroner and physician; have had no experi- ence in testing whether blood stains were recent or old; the scarlet appearance of the blood and its freshness showed that it was recent; I found a shaving on the manure which had a fresh spot as large as a dime; the blood had not stained the Wood vo any depth and could be scraped off easily; the manure heap was loose on the top and the bottom was hard and compact, heated and dried; after blood leaves the system it soon be- comes hard and coagulated; blood would remain on asuriace suchas snow and not soak in like water; the QUANTITY OF BLOOD IN A SYSTEM equals about one-eighth or one-ninth of the whole weight; the comparison is a chemist’s pint to a pound; from one-half to five-eighths of the blood ‘would run out of a body if suspended, and about one-half if lying down—(identificd clothing from ‘which witness and Dr. Hayes cut pieces, which were examined microscopically) —the biood in a human bay commences to coagulate within two hours after death, and continues for twelve hours, when ft becomes hard and giutinous—(witness pointed out several blood spots on the clothing taken from Alley, which were exhibited)—the large stains were taken out and given to Dr. Hayes for analysis. Cross-examined—Have had no experience in Washing clothes; blood stains are casy to deter- mine; can’t swear that these stains are blood; Dr. Hayes and I removed the pieces from the clothes on the morning of November 9 (Saturday) at the Fifth police station ; the pieces were Placed in an envelope and were taken | rage of by Dr. Hayes; they were all cut out yy Dr. Hayes, in my presence, or by myself; the f blood on the pantaloons presented more rusty appearance than those on the rest of the clething; have said the blood on the drawers was Menstrual blood, and think 60 new; THE BLOOD ON THE SHIRT ‘was not menstrual blood; when a body is warm the biood is in @ uid foam, and as it cools the blood commences to coagulate ; blood out of a body commences to coagulate immediately; a drop of blood would coagulate unless it was so small and thin that it would dry; could tell whether blood had been on @ board one month or four months; have ng fule to determine such time, but do it from personal observations and experience; the stain would be deeper in a longer time if biood, though dry, could be removed by a knife, and had not penetrated the composition of the wood; I sheuld say that it was recently deposited; first saw these clothes on Saturday; the spets on the clothes I should say were made at the same time, though am not positive; the stains were alike, except in one instance where they appeared to be much spattered; the garments were exam- ined very carefuliy; can’t tell whether the blood Om the clothes had been there one day or four mo 3, moO one could determine hepet as there is no basis on which to form an opinion; my opinton that all the blood on the wood was made at the same time was ‘based on the fact that it was removed with equal ease; the blood in the large spots would not so- lidify for twelve hours so that it would not spatter if suMcient force was applied; IF DRATH MAD BEEN CAUSED BY NEMORRAAGE there would not be sufficient bivod leit to coi tate, except in the larger veins of the trunk, ‘The remaining portion o1 the testimony of Dr. Faye ‘was in a great degree of a technical character, re- lating particularly to the blood spots, THR CHEMIST FINDS HUMAN BLOOD ON ALLEY’S CLOTHES. Dr. S. Dana Hayes testified:--i am State As- sayer of Massachusetts, and have made a specialty pf examining blood stains; have recently made au examination of the blood stains; on the 9th of No- vember last I went to the Fitth police station and took certain pieces of clothing and lum- ber and removed them to my laboratory; ether specimens were afterwards sent to me; the pieces were taken from a shirt, pants nd vest (witness described and identified the othes from which the pieces were ent); Dr. Faye ‘as With me at the tims of the examination and putting of the clothes; the cuts Were in odd shapes, that I might remember them; on the undershirt the stain was pre blood; I compared it with horse and menstruai blood and found Mt diferent; J compared it with human 1 said to have been taken from Mr. kilis; found st the same, but in this respect; beman biood, ience does not admit of certainty tence can ved 4 decide that itis nd can say it is not horse’s or menstrual blood; the bleod of certain animals is very like human biood, the ele- east for instance; the blood on the right Bee of the drawers was aonbtful, because it con- fained more of the white corpuscles; it waa one NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. a an with localities in that leave my house at eight o’clock and ride down on horseback; hear the: Brookline bells ring every morning; get up by she seven o’clock bells, the examination of the fou on the 9th of November, and have con- tinued it at intervals; blood is determined by a chemical analysis and microscopic examimation; no other substance can be mistaken ‘or blood; the teste are delicate; the microscope determines ite moebanles) airegtars, and the chemical analysis its ‘The composition of the blood of various kinds was here given by the witness technically, and the + difference between human and animal diood stated. The corpuscles in horses’ blood are about one-third smaller than in human blood; eighty per in Brookline, st vicinity ; cent of blood is water, the rest solid matter, composed of red and white corp! ies; in making the examination I restored the dry blood to meta picli es, ale application a ; for mdrenedbio examination ; the differences between the different mens of human blood are very slight and hardly distinguish- able; between human and horses’ blood they are very marked and distinct, THE PHYSICIAN WHO MADE THE AUTOPSY. Dr. John Hildreth testifled—I reside in Cambridge; made the autopsy in the Ellis case; it forty-two hours after the said 0 «have been taken river, on Friday, at ten o'clock; was completely severed from the body; the le, also were completely severed, about in the middie 0! the upper portion ; the skin, normal in condition, was black and blue around the wounds; pupils equally dilated and normal abrasion on the cheek; on the head were four lacerations or contusions—(described bY witness)—on re- moving the scalp I found tt with blood, and more congested near the wounds than at the other points; tie veins of the body were al- most empty of blood; the cuts were from an inch and quarter to three inches in length; they were Not smooth or made with the edge of a sharp in- strument; I am of opinion, from the condition of the wounds in the head, that they were made with an angular instrument rather than a blunt one, ELLIS’ SKULL AND HAT EXHIBITED, The skull of Abijah Ellis was here exhibited and identified by the witness, who proceeded to nt out and explain to the jury the position of the wounds as they were found when the pint ned was made. The hat supposed to belong to Elli laced on the skull, and it was shown that the cut hh it would correspond with one of the wounds. Witness continued—From the phenomena here exposed it would be hard to draw an interence as to which wound was first made; there was nothing to show that there was any great interval of time between. the blows; could not tell. whether the large wound on the head was made while the hat wae on; the bern system was nearly clear ° ; 3 is probable that =the head was severed from the body with- in a8 short time after death; the stomach contained about an ounce of whitish yellow fluid of a character I was not acquainted ‘with, and it was sent to Dr. Fitz; there was no food except this in the stomach; could not tell how long alter eating the person died; with ref- erence to the condition of the stomach, bread and milk will digest in from two to three hours and leave the stomach; the blow on the rear base of the skull was sufficient to periace insensibility ; the wounds on the head of Ellis were all flesh ‘wounds but one, that at the rear of the head, which was a fracture; cannot conceive of all these injuries being inflicted at the same time; the wounds were of such a character as to make such a theory improbable; there was mo mark of any abarp instrament coming im contact with the skull; very hard blows are sometimes struck with- out the skull being fractured; from two to three hours is the time usually given by the authorities for the digestion of bread in a common nature and with the usual mastication; there were about two large tablespoenfulsofa white-yellowish fuid;there were little holes in the mucous membrane, such as Inever before saw, and which attracted my atten- tion; they were evidently of @ post-mortem forma- tion, but did not indicate disease; it is common for the stomach to contain liquid, but not of so 80 whitish a character, The testimony for the government was all in by the middle of the afternoon and then the case was immediately opened for the defence, OPENING THE DEFENCE: Mr. Dabnoy, one of the counsel, made the open- ing argument. He elaborated at length upon all the legal advantages his client was entitled to, and, in advertiag to his previous good character, said that his old neighbors would be called upon to testify. Coming more directly to the line of defence which it was proposed to establish Mr. Dabney said that they would prove that on the evening of the 6th of November Alley left his stable at the usual time, went home and ate his supper. His daughter Anna took off the work done during the day, as was the usual custom, Then a conversation ensued about a stove, which one of Alley’s men had got during the day for a pelghtor. of Alley’s in Metropolitan place, and ad forgot to deliver it, leaving it in the alley very near their stand. As it looked like rain Alley said he would go down and look afterit. About half-past seven o’clock he Jeft his house to look after the stove. The time would not only be fixed i Alley’s rege but by other witnesses, Alley went to the stand, and, alter covering up the stove, he went into Ristun’s store, where his son Wilbor was employed. In the store Alley had a conversation with several people, and it would be shown that he was there after eight o'clock. After coming out Alley met a man named Armstrong and went into Moore’s saloon and had a drink there. Alley started for home, and got there a lit- tle before a quarter of nine o'clock. During that jg ai was claimed by the prosecution that Alley imé to go to his stand, Hen g his stable, kill Ellis, cut him up and pack him in barrels and then go home, This Mr. Dabney characterized as preposterous, It would be proved that Alley went to Charlestown street and got a load of blinds, which he took up to Harrison ave- nue; then Alley went to his stand and from there to Harrison avenue, where he assisted one of his men in loaaing some furniture, He next went to collect money owing him, and it would be shown that all his acts and his whereabouts were con- sistent with Ingoceneg. HOW THE BLOOD CAME IN THE STABLE. As to the blood found in the stable the followin exyipnation was given :—Alley had a sick horse an it became mecessary to send for a horse doctor. ‘The horse was bied, and while it was being done the animal broke away and rushed up to the side of the barn, spattering the boards with blood, which also ran upon Alley’s clothing and into the mannre heap. The very doctor who saw the blood spilled by the horge, after hearing of the arrest of Alley and the suspiciens against him on account of the blood found {fn the stable, went out there and found it to be the same that came from the horse. When the medical men went upon the stand and testified to the difference between human blood and horses’ blood they went too far. Mr. Dabney next detailed the whereabouts of Alley on Wednesday morning, the going to his stable, the barrels in his wagon and his subse- quent trip down town, the statement nearly coin- ciding with the testimony of the government wit- nesses. Agto the lok pe {t would be shown that they were left as described by Alley and that he did not have them aiter going to his stand, POLICE CONFESSIONS, Mr. Dabney the luded te the danger of con- versations and confessions had under the circum- stances testified to by the officers. The great fouple in such. ‘as that the oificers, in their ze 0 procure évidence, Mls ot fo gation everything that Nes | said; honest in what they testified to, and in this desire fer honesty lay the at danger Hy eepting such evidence. hen with the officers, and accused of se grave a charge, it would not be unnatural if Alley should have made some statements which should have been miscon- strued; it would have been only natural, in view of the circumstances against him, for him to have told his men Make @ memorandum of what work wag done on the day, instead of euine, his men to make @ memorandum of work dohe on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. ‘The last time a saw Ellis was on the Saturday before election, In considering the statements of the officers the jury must take into comsideration the condition of Alley at the time, and the unfor- tunate position in which he was so uniuckily laced. If Alley told the officers that the barrels in which the remaina of Elits were found came from his (Alley’s) stable it was the best proof of his innocence developed in the whole case, for nobody but an insane man, after commit- ting such @ murder, would have owned the barrels, It would be proved to the satisfaction of the jury that alter leaving his stand Alley lad no barreis in nis wagon. In conclusion, Mr. Dabney informed the jury that after the evidence for the defence had been presented = he satisfied it would be their pleasure to send an honest mun home with @ verdict of nut guilty, which would also brinj jeasure to his age mother. The closing part of Mr. Dabney’s remarks called forth applause irom the galleries, which was checked by the Sherif, who threatened to clear them of visitors if order was not maintained, QUESTION BY A JURYMAN. Mr. Gardner was then recalled at the request of & juryman and made the following statements to the juror :—It was an ordinary chopping axe that Isold Alley; it was neither @ very Hight nor ver e, heavy on it had @ long handle, in whic theré was a@ slight imperiection; the handle night have been red, but thought it was dark bine or green; it was the and weighed from four poun am not willing to swear that the handle was painted red, ANOTHER WITNESS RECALLED. Mr, Mahan recalled, and in answer to a question yy Mr.Somerby said that when Mr. Alley paid him the money. he did uot notice any blood on his shirt besom. To the Attorney General—I did not observe the clothing Alley had on, At this point Mr. Somerby asked for an ad- journment, stating that if allowed to see his wit- nesses he might 80 arrange his deienee as te save considerable time. ‘The Court yielded to the request, and adjourned til pine o'clock to-morrow morning, THE DURYEA MURDER. fh i 2 ME Simmons Still at Bellevue Hospital. John E. Simmons, the slayer of Nicholas Duryea, still remains at Beilevue Hospital. Yesterday morning Deputy Sheriff Seebacher visited the os- Pital to see that his prisoner was all right and to ascertain if his condition was such that he could be removed with safety. Simmons was wonder- fully calm and collected, notwithstanding the se- vere disappointment he has met with, and he spoke cheerfully to the Sub-Sheriff. The latter, after satisfying himeelf that all was right, left, previously informing Simmons that the Sheriff would come to the hospital in the afternoon and deter- mine what was to be done. Dr, Wood arrived during the forenoon, and after examining his pa- tient still adhered to the opinton he had expressed the previous day—that the removal could not well be made without bad consequences ensuing. He ‘was sustained by the House Surgeon, and the pris- oner himeelf stated that his transfer would be very ynjurious to him, ashe felt that his lez was wore on account of the short distance he had becn taken on the last day of the inquest. ‘The Sheriff and Mr. Judson Jarvis came to the hospital abont five o’clock in the afternoon, and at once proceeded to Simmons’ cell. One of the brothers of Simmons was in the cell when, the Sherif arrived, The Sherif informed BSin- mons that im conpequence of the repre- sentations eth physicians he (the Sheriff) would consent to letting him remain where he was until Monday morning, when he is to be arraigned. Simmons thanked the Sherif, wating that he was sorry to be the cause pf 80 much trouble. The Sheriffand his deputies then left. Before leaving the warrant was placed in the hands of Warden Brennan, with strict instructions that no one was to be allowed to remove the risoner without an order signed by the Sherif. e prisoner was leit in the hands of the officers who have hitherto had charge of him. In the meantime he is the prisoner of Sub-Sherif See- bacher, who is personally responsible for his appearance in Court on Monday morning, THE BLEECKER STREET BUTCHERY. Pe Testimony of the Chambermaid—The Bodies at the Morgue. Captain Clinchy, of the Fourteenth precinct, yos- terday sent before Coroner Keenan, at the City Hall, Sophio Ohlmann, chambermaid in the disreput- able house 10 Bleecker street, where on Tuesday evening Mrs. Barbara Schaefer was so brutally murdered by having her throat cut with a razor, in the hands of her husband, William Schaefer, who also ended his own existence with the same ‘weapon. A copy of the deposition of the witness, which, however, contains nothing specially im- ortant other ihan already published, will be found below. a Sophia Ohimann, being sworn, said:—I was em- ployed as chambermaid at No. 10 Bleecker street; it 18 an assignation house; on the 4th inst., about eight o’clock P, M., a mab and woman came to the door and wanted a room; he said he would stay a while; I gave them a@ room on the second oor, front; at about ten or hall-past ten o’clock I heard sacar, Oe the third floor; I came down stairs and saw the weman standing in the second story hall; noticed blood on the front of her clothes; I screamed and Mrs. Diefenbach, the land- be ( came running up and took hold of the woman, and they fell on the stairs together; I went down stairs and went out of the house, as I was afraid of being killed; I never saw the man or woman be- fore. Other witnesses will be called to testify in the cs ase. The bodies of Schaefer and his wife still remain at the Morgue, the coffins con tetnlag. them lying side by side. The bodies present a fearful spectacte, The head of the uniortunate woman is nearly se- vered from the poay, and across the throat of the man there is a frig! tral gash extending from ear toear. The unfortunate man was quite respecta- ble in appearance, to judge of his features as they look in death. There has been no effort yet made to have*the bodies interred. MARVELLOUS ESCAPE. — Four Men Overtaken by Water and Drifting Ice in a Water Tannel—Hecroic Struggling for Life—The Halt-Fiozen Men Saved by an Accident, Locxront, N. Y., Feb, 4, 1873, Four men, in the employ of the Richmond Manu- facturing Company, of this city, had a terrific straggie for life in a tunnel which carries water from the Holly Tunnel to furnish motive power for the manufactory, on Sanday night. They had been sent into the tunnel to clean it out, there be- ing a large accumulation of débris, which ob- structed the passage of water to the wheels. A man was stationed at the flood gate of the tunnel to keep the drift ice in the canal from damming up and flooding the tunnel. The man leit his post in a short time, thinking that there was s0 little drift running that there would be no danger, and went home to bed, * About eight o’clock the workmen in the tunnel heard a terrible roaring, as of water rushing through the tunnel, and in a tew minutes beheld, by the light of a lantern held by one of them, a huge wall of drift ice and water sweeping towards them. They were horror-stricken at the thought of the possible fate that awaited them, as they had no way to escape from the flood except in the direction from whichit was rushing. There was 10 time to be lost, as the water was gradually rising, surrounding them at first waist-deep. ‘They t once commenced makin, their way ack to the entrance. The tunnel is entered from above by @ ladder, through an coat ‘The man with the lantern led the way, and by its fitful gleams they managed to avoid the Jaiger cakes of ice in the way for some time, About half way to the entrance, however, the lantern Was extinguished by the surging water. and they were in the deepest darkness. The roar of the water through the contracted channel and the spackling of the ice against the sides of the tunnel is described as having been fearful beyond descrip- tion. The nearer the struggling men got to the end of the tunnel the deeper the water grew, until they could no longer wade, and were compelled to swim. They were bruised and torn by the jagged ice, and chilled to the bone. But escape could only be made by struggling on against tlie icy tide. After bate an hour’s exertion they arrived at the place in the passage where the ladder led to the surface, but, to the horror of the suflering laborers, it was gone, evidently swept away by the flood, Here was a most unexpected and disheart- ening dilemma. Their only hope of escaping death by drowning was now that the waters might lower; but before that event, if probable, death by freez- ing surely awaited them. The slimy walls of the tun- nel rong wah their vain cries for help. There was no answer but the mocking echoes. In this fearful di- lemma one of the men, named Henry Steiner, while clinging to a jutting rock on one side of the tunnel, brought his hand in contact with something also held by the rock. Grasping hold ef it, he found to his joy that it was the ladder lodged against the rock. The announcement of this discovery was received with a joyful shout by the half-frozen men, and the ladder was released from its position and soon thrust upward into the opening. Ina very few minutes the men were out of the noisy passage, which they had all expected to become to them a watery grave. CHEAP COAL. —_— Encouraging Prospects for the Spring— Prices Probably Lower than Now. Areporter of the HERALD conversed yesterday with some of the leading representatives of the coal trade of this city. The general fecling seemed to be one of uneasiness. “What will be the next movement of the great coal companies?” this was evidently the question that puzzled them. The ofl- cers of the leading companies, the Reading, Dela- Te and Hudson, Wilkesbarre, Scranton, &c., are reticent in regard te their future movements. It is claimed that when the Spring prices are pro- mulgated, they will certainly be lower than they are at resent—unless something unforeseen should ranspire. It is impossible to say precisely what the Spring rates will be, but a gentleman who is prominently connected with the coal trade told the reporter that Spring prices will be between twenty-five and fifty cents lower. “The cost of preparing and transporting coal is, of course, much greater in Winter than it 1s in Spring, and this Winter the difficulties of transportation have been particularly great,” this gentieman said tothe HegaLp’s representative. “Every indica- tion points te reasonably low figures for home and Manulacturing purposes. I believe the Reading pe would be willing to supply any great establishment in the city during tie next five years with coals at a price fifty cents less than the rey Fry received during the last five years. Next the price of ceal will Pn ied be a lictie higher. Some sixty thousand miners have strack in England and the price of coal has advanced there to 248. a ton, which is very nearly doubie the price of former years, The South American trade requires some ten million tons, which have always been lag em from England, but which will ha’ now to be obtained from this eountry. Large con- tracts have already been made for shipments from Baltimore, and this will, undoubtedly, make prices higher by next Fall.” A GANG OF THIEVES BROKEN UP IN NEWARK, John B. Weiss, of Court street, Newark, was ar- rested yesterday, charged with being implicated in most of the nine burglaries for which Felthom and Minchin are held. All of General Runyon’s stolen property has ned pad tl ty d ped More complaints have been made 0 Pp ne! who’ are believed to have been the leaders ‘ore Feguiar gang of thieves. FIAT JUSTITIA. JOuN GAFFNEY, THE BUFFALO MURDERER, Preparation for His Exeeution for the Killing of Patrick Fahey, ——— History of His Career and Crime—The Attempts to Save His Life—The Prisoner Becomes Insane—Madness with Much Method in It Governor Dix Grants a Respite Till the 14th Instant, BUFFALO, Feb. 5, 1973, In this bustling city by the lake there is a quarter bordering on the canal, which for filth and guilt can fully equal the old Five Points in New York in their most his‘oric days, Dens and “dives,” reek- ing with pollution and filled by day and night with men and women, the story of whose whole career might be conveyed in one word—crime—abound en every side. Here the “beauties” display such embonpoint as might drive Mansfield mad with envy, and array themselves in the scant and varie- gated style of the belles of Water street. Here the Weary sailor, spent with toil, on reaching the end of the raging canal, rests from his jabors, gets rid of his hard-earned money im an incredibly short space of time and generally returns to his vessel a sadder and wiser and battered man. Here, of course, King Alcohol reigns supreme, although a slight show is given to the aposties of King Gambrinus, Here rows are of such frequent occurrence as to cause but little comment, or rather, it was so until the ‘7th day of May last, when one of the worst of the gang which infest this neighborhood was hurried into the presence of his Maker in the gray dawn ofthe Spring morning. On that morning Patrick Fahey, @ young man, twenty-three years of age, was shot and killed by one John Gaffney, a young man, “native and to the manner born,”’ of the beau- tiful locality above referred to, THE STORY OF THE CRIME. In this section of the town the police are obliged to go in couples, and on the morning of the ith of May, 1872, Patrolmen Shepherd and Shea heard the report of a pistol from the direction of Canal strect—a short, nar- Tow street, which the Buffaloites claim to be the worst for its size on the Continent. They Jost no time in getting to the place whence the sounds came, and at the intersection of Canal and Greene streets they found Fahey lying in the gut- ter, writhing in pain, his face and clothing covered with blood. They lifted him up, placed him ina more comfortabie position, but he died in afew seconds, An alarm was given, and with the aid of other officers the body of the murdered man was brought to the station house, and several of the vilest roughs, who were congregated at the only saloon which was open at that time, were arrested, Among them were John Gaffney (the murderer), John Farrell, his brother-in-law; Shang Clark, John Curran and 8 number of others, Each was confined in a separate cell, and Police Superintendent Byrne obtained from them several versions of the affray. They were almost perfect know nothings in the case. The Superintendent, however, learned enough to induce him to secure the presence of one John McQueeney, alias Quinn, a negro minstrel performer, and frem him was obtained evidence which sufficed to fasten the murderon Gaffuey and secure his Onal conviction, MQUEENEY'S STATEMENT shows that Gaffaey and he had been making a round of drinking saloons, which wound up at the ne where the fatal affray occurred—a low den, ept by a man named Ted Sweeney, in Canalstrect. ‘There was quite a party in there at the time and a game of poker was commenced, While the play was going on Fahey entered and took @ seat near Gaffney, The Jatter shortly afterwards turned to Fahey and commenced lecturing him about arow which he had created in his (Gatmey’s) concert saloon, at the corner of Washington and Carroll streets, some time pre- vious. Some'hot words were exchanged, and finally the vituperation and blasphemy brought all parties to their feet. There was great contusion for a moment or two, when Gaifney pulled a pistol and fired at Fahey. He missed his aim, however, and Fahey ran toward the street door and behind ascreen, where Gaffney followed and fired two shots in rapid succession, Fahey ran out into the street followed by the others in a helter-skelter way. Fahey fell at the corner; some of the others ran back into Sweeney’s and some in other dire: tions, when the officers arrived and found the vic- tim as above stated. THE CORONER'S INQUEST was commenced the next day. A post-mortem ex- amination was made, which showed that one ball had entered the left cheek and another had entered at the back, passed through tne left lung and lodged in the pericardium, thus causing the death. At the inquest, as well as at the suosequent trial, the ma- jority of the witnesses swore that Fahey had not been in the saloon at all; but the dary, on the 14th of May, brought in a verdict finding that Fahey had come to his.death by a pistol shot wound at the hands of John Gaffney. THR TRIAL wascommenced on the 2vth of July. The testi- mony Was mainly the same as that given at the Coroner's inquest, and, although the theory of the defence was to show that Gaffney had no pistol and did not fire the fatal shot, yet the jury. believed the testimony of McQueeney and ‘on the 2d of August, after being out nearly twenty- four hours, they brought in a verdict of murder the frst degree. The theory of the defence was so peculiar, under the circumstances, and under the law defining the various degrees of homicide, it is claimed, the jury could render no other verdict. There was evidently no doubt in the minds o1 the jurors that Gaffney was the murderer, but as his counsel ciaimed that he was not, they could not bring in @ verdict of murder in the third degree, and as there is no middie degree they were obliged to find him guilty in the first degree. On the fol- lowing day, August 3, he was sentenced to be hung on the 27th of September. Even with the sentence which gave him @ lease of life but little over one month he did not give up hope. His counsel pre- pared a bill of exceptions, avd on the 24th of Sep- tember obtained from Governor Hollman a respite of three wecks, THE BILL OF EXCEPTIONS was founded on the following points :—First, that the jury which tried the case was illegal; that tales- men were summoned to act, instead of names be- | ing drawn from the jury list, in the usual way. Second, the admission of the statement of John Curran, made to the Superintendent of Police, which he afterward contradicted on the trial. Third, that during their deliberations the jury seat for the revised statutes, instead of relying on the Judge's Li maf and sent for and read @ copy ot the Daily containing the testimony. On these points a motion for a new trial was made before the General Term of the Superior Court, and, after a patient hearing, was denied, Judge Sheldon delivering the opinion of the Court. Sill all hepe was not abandoned, and on Octover 14 a stay of proceedings was granted by Jud, Lamont; but as ne new points could be raised he was resentenced on December 14, to be executed on the 7th day of February, 1873. THE las RESORT was to the Governor of the State for commutation ol the sentence to imprisonment for life. Petitions were sent around and were signed by all the me vers of the Common Council and Board of Super- visors, the jurors on the trial, and by a large num- ber of citizens and business men, setting forth the facts that, altheugh reared in the lap of crime, GatMey has managed to win the m of almost all with whom he came in contact; that he has twice saved the lives of others at the risk of his own; that they believed the fatal act to have been committed in the heat of frenzy and without koe meditation, and that the ends of justice would be fully subserved by his incarceration in State prison for life, A committee proceeded to Albany, accompanied by the counsel and the wife of Gaff- ney. The resuit of their appeal to the Governor is well known. He refused to interpose his authority, and on the 29th of ee ee ee the Sheriff of Erie county to that effect, supplementing the despatch with the following letter:— Stars or New Yous, Exncvwier CHaupen, } AvBany, Jan. 31, 1673. Grover Creverann, Esq., Sheriff of Erie County :— Duan Sin—I have considered the application for a com- mutation of the sentence of death pronounced upon John Gaffney for the murder of Patrick Fahey, in the city of Buffalo, and, on a critical examination ot the case, I'fin no reason to interpose the Executive authority of the State to shield him from the punishment awarded by the law, The jury, after @ protracted deliberation upon the | testimony, found him guilty of murder in the first degree ; the Court of appeals, on @ review of the record of his trial, discovered no error of law in the proceedings or the verdict, and he has hi m all the steps taken for his de- fence, the benefit of abit and devote counsel. A large number of the ciuzens of Buffalo, including fupervisors, members of the Common Council and the nrors, have petitioned me to commute his sentence to {iipriconment for lie. While parner:pating in the sym- pathy felt by his fellow townsmen tor the 7ouns, family, of the condemned criminal, | cannot forget that our sym- pathy is cual due to the friends of the victim, who Was hurried without ® moment's warning into ctefnity, and to the orderly members of society whore lives are in daily peril from the alarming prevalence oi murder. Nor can If that such ‘An exercise of clem- as ie asked of me 7 by in brutal violators of the law ho} escaping pani y be come an incentive to new crimes, thie cage the criminal was playing cards in a drimking saloom, rin with a murderous weapon, and ay use it on the first atm ad iter an intere riot ape man w! entere room, he at the tires ‘shots, one of which proved T can find no ict! the law by the lnterponttion rag aurorntye aid ir the expremion of my purpone in aimilar cases will have the ele minded persons trom committing 1 tiling to have it unders ‘aordinary nature will be needed to induce me to inte: Annulling the deliberate and wel considered determina- ton of Juries and Courts, 1am Tespectinily zoure, J A. DIX, ALL HOPE GONE, Even yct the doomed man did not despair. He Dore himself calmly and hopefully, and begaea nis wife to go once more to Albany, see Mrs, Dix, ap- \. pea, to her womanly heart, her motherly instincts, plead for his life because of his little children, to whom he ig most devotedly attached. She wen as he desired, and on Monday night last returned with no hope, Then his proud spirit sank. Death stared hinr in the face; his foot was already in the grave, and reason began to wander. CONFESSION OF THE CULPRIT, From the time of his sentence until Tuesday last Gatiney has demeaned himself quietly and cour- teously. On that day he gave the following sketch of his early life, and made a full confession of his crime to @ reporter of the Buffalo Courter:— GAPFNEY'S HISTORY. The prisoner sat down on the ceil floor, close to the grate, and our reporter seated himself, note book and encil In hand, on a low stool in the corridor, as close to he grate as he could conveniently get. Near at hand, iberintending, ‘the scene, sat the day watchman, Mr. ‘Happ. Aceording to the best of his knowledge Gaffney was born in or about the month of August, 1844, and he is therefore twonty-cignt years and five or six months old. His mother’s maiden name was Ellen Murphy. His father was James Gafuey. John was born in Buffalo, and his residence has always been in this city. His birthplace was the old block known as the White building, which years, ago stood on the site now peeapen, by iller’s livery stable, at the corner of Lock street and the Terrace. Of his futher Gaffney knows nothing further than that he has been told that his parent was. killed in the Mexican war, two earsor so atter his John’s) birth. His mother died of fhe cholera when that disease was prevalent in the city in the year 1852, So ata very carly age John was lett alone in the world, his home in the lowest portion of the town and with bad associations all around bim. When he was a very little boy he peddled about the streets, and for some timo assisted in tending bar in a saloon kept by George Humphrey—commonly known as Kingston George—on Le Coutleux street. At another time, when will very young, he tended bar at a salgon kept b Edward Raggi ne on mmercial strect. For a short time he attended Public School No. 2, where he learned reading and spelling, the extent of his educational acquirements. When about fourteen years old he shipped on the pro- pallor Mary Stewart na forecastic boy, his wages being per month. He sailed portions of three seasons respec- tively on the Mary Stewart, Kenosha and Oriental. When seventeen years of age he was married to Mary Hilly. She bore him two children—John Henry, now five years of age, and Kitty Maria, now three years old. ‘The third child, Nellie, now seven, was adopted by Gafey when aniniant. The first wite died nearly three Pare: ago, andgome months after he was again married, to Eliza beth Fossett, his pre wife, by whom he had np chil- dren, About seven 8 ago Gaffney tora time kept a saloon at the corner of Peacock and Evans streets, in partnership with William Dunn. In August, 1871, he opened the Metropolitan concert saloon, on Washington atreet, Detween Seneca and Carroll streets, which he con- ducted up to the time of his arrest for the Fahey murder. THE FATAL NiGuT, Having concluded the narrative of his previous history, Gaffney proceeded with the account he had promised of his movements on the night of the murder. He told the story straight and connectedly, requiring few interroga- fories to help him along. We give ie conversation as it Reroxrer—How long had you known Quinn, or Me- Quinnay, the witness who swore against yout Garry—I had known him about three weeks. I first met him at Shelby’s Theatre. RerortkR—Go on and tell ine how and where you met him that night, and where you went together. Gavynxy—1 had been on a champagne drank about three weeks, Before that I hadn't been drunk since New Year's, and before that not for overa year. That evening, about nine o’clo I went over to Shelby’s with Ed, Higging, ‘Mm Doyle and another, and we had three or four bottles ot champage . From there we went to Fitugerald’s, and drank beer, alter which 1 returned, to my saloon and tended it till twelve o'clock. After shutting up I started to go to my home, on the terrace, next to the police Station. On the way I stopped at ‘Thomas’ and ought some cigars, Then I started again, and at the corner of Main and Exchange met Quinn and another bigger singer like himselt, med Hugh McNanny. Quinn was a regular whi head. He asked id where we could get a drink, and. I sai essed there was no place open but Thomas’. On e trial Quinn swore thathe only drank twice there. I know that I treated twice, McNanny once, Higgins once, I think Danny Sullivan once. When Wwe started out anold Scotchman who was there cailed us back and treated, J then started to go home again, having hold of Quinn’s arm and the others following. We went to John- son & Fields’ saloon, near Hanour’s, and I think drank four times there. Then Quinn and I quit the others and I started home again. In tront of my house we stopped and talked a while about the minstrel business. Quinn said he was in tor @ spree, and as it was go late didn't want to go to his boarding. house, We saw a light in Ladd’s (corner of Canal and Evans street) and went down theregnd drank ale or porter for some time. From there ‘we wentto Ted Sweeney's saloon. I treated at the barand Quinn drank, although he swore on the trial he did not. ‘THR MURDER. “What more do you want?” said Gi portr, when he had concluded. Our to detail the tragedy just as it occurre jected to relate any more, but at ange ‘all. “And,” said he, “twill tell you just in my position can only tell the truth.”” 1 ‘The account of the murder was then given as fol- lows :— Garrney—t stood a commenced bisy John Corran, Quinn and miyseli Rerorter—Was Quinn in the game? Garyney—Yes, and he owes me $2 on it to this day; T beat his three’ kings. Jimmy Jordan, Captain Jerry Sweeney, Pat Sweeney, the bar tend nd another nan ed King were also in the, salor I lost $8 on the e, all the moi I |. ‘The ey came in and sat down at let in was also to the left of me, ney to the re- ter asked him At first, he ob- ‘onsented to tell ag it was, Aman little while, then sat down and oker, There w six in the game— john Farrell, Sam Mekirath, of the others Was between Qui but could not 4 Fahey, as one em. 3 Rerorter—What did you know of Fahe; Gavrney—He mai ? was a bad just like ‘his cousin, who le a Kingston Prison’ over rs for cutting a man at Fort Erie, and before that en six mouthsin the Workhouse ‘tor til tapping and sixty days for assault and battery. Once he cut a man most to pieces near the Bennett elevator. That night I was told he had stolen $6) on Exchange nd & short time before he kicked his woman so nce died. The only trouble {had had with 4 in January, when he came in my saleon and yras disorderly, refusing to pay for his drinks, T passed itover at the time and made no trouble with him. I have never sought to quarrel with anybody. I was drank when Fahey came in Sweeney's, and 1 said to him, "You thought you was an ayiul iellow that night you was to my house.” He said, “What's the matter with you?” I then said, “Nothing's the matter with me, but when you come to my house I want you to behave yourself and not try.to trip people up.” or something like that. | He then said I was damned liar, and I said I was no more of a liar than he, One word brotight on another, and he called me @ lying son of a bitch, and jumped up, I suppose, to hit me. Just besore that 1 had lost m on my hand; 1 was drunk, excited and mad. Quinn swore I drew outa I. Thad none, and had not carried one for along tine. Then that'man Farrell, whois now im State’s Prison, bent over and showed mé his pistol, saying, “Take itityou wantit.” [think those were the’ words. 1 was crazy with excitement and liquor, and could not have told iff had a pistol in my hand or @ pair of tongs. It seems all lil ream to ReronteR—'Did you aim at Fahey In the corner? wuey—I don't kuow. It seems { did not hit him Rren—Then what happened outside the screen? Garrxxy—I cau't tell which got out first, and I don't When I saw what I bad done I so- said, “My God Almighty! y jdren, what At come of them?” And to Farrell, “What sort of m you to give ine thatin the heatof passion!” It ior water, and told some one to go tora doctor, Iwas not arrested at all. I walked up to the station myselt. What I have told about this is true, on the word of a dying man. Ruronran—Did you haye any intent whatever to kill Fahey? Garrney—My God, how could 1 if T had only stopped one moment to .hink of my children? 4 Rerovren—You were never charged with stealing were yon, Gafiney ? (Gavinue—Never. T never stole a cent’s worth in my life. My record is clear, (never was in prison but once before, and that was afew days for something that an- other man did. nren—What were the cases of your saving human t were reported to the Governor? JAFENBY—One Was & Woman who fell into the river, near Navy Island, from the Hattie Brown ; I jumped over: board and brought her in. The other was girl thatl saved from drowning at Fort Erie. The time allotted for the interview was now about up, and the reporter proceeded to put away tis notes, Dur: ing the long conversaton the prisoner had been very composed and collected, but as s00n as his statement was ended a change came over him, a wild light appearing in his eyes, und iinmediately his whole thoughts were again on the subject of escape from the death penalty. As the F15 a passed out the priczts who are attending him en- tere SUDDEN INSANITY OF THE PRISONER, Almost immediately after making the above statement the prisoner seemed to i) into @ state bordering on insanity, and on Wednesday morning behaved like a raving maniac. He paced his cell like a ae ger, swearing and blasphem- ing ina mest frightful manner. The Rev. Father Malloy, who has been attending h him to meet his doem, approach attempted to speak to him. He turned toward the reverend gentieman, saluted him with al! the vile epithets tl ‘tadevilish mind could concoct and hurled at the grated door, outside which the priest was standing, the crucifix which had been given him, accompanying it with an oath too foul for publication. e reverend gentleman left the place in horror, but with great reluctance, aud only on perceiving that THE MAN WAS CRAZY, or simulating insanity, so that nothing could be done for him. Two Sisters of Charity, who have been most assiduous in their attentions and en- deavors to help him in his preparations to die aChris- tian’s death, were met by him with such a veiley of vituperation as caused thei to almost fly from the jail. Police Superintendent Byrne attempted to force him to a realization of his situation. He ered in the same sort of langu re those had Vat him. ‘“Gaifney,’’ he yelled, “don’t you know you're to die the day after to-morrow f’? The answer was a request in most forcible langu: to go where Lucifer is king. Hothing could be done for or said to him, and Sheriff Cleveland was obliged to deny admission to the jail to all parties—the wife and children of the prisoner even being excluded—and consider what bi was best to take in the matter. ie news of GaiMey’s insanity—real or pre- tended—spread throughout the city, and the general impression seemed to be that HE WAS ONLY SHAMMING, as it was reported that he was quite tractable, until his brother-in-law, parent fossatt, speaking to him, said, “Why, John, ‘ Do you hear me? You're a crazy t seemed to rest on Gaifney’s mind, and the belief ‘was prevaient that he took it as a hint aud acted on it in the manner above described, Should he be found to be realiy insane the sen- tence of the law could not be carried out, as will be seen from the following extracts from the Ke- vised Statutes (2, R. S., 658, 16) :~ RoTION 16.—If after any convict shall have been sen- tenced 10 ee misnment of death he shall become in. sane, the Sherif of the county, with the concurrence of ww iGatice of the Supreme Court, or, if hebe absent from the county, with the concurrence of the County Judge of the county im which the conviction was had, may sum- mons & jury of twelve electors to inquire imte sich in. was ————s ral give [umetiats Rotice thereof to the and t Attorney of the county. Of the jury shall be signed by them and the Bho. tric be 4 thatuuch convict 1s Insane, the shetit@ abut was oe convict cution of the warrant directing the d yt) raul rece: os Srarrant, trom the Governer stices of the 8 ‘ ecution of such convict, ’e'ne Court, die recting ‘See. i9.—the Sheriff shall immediate! Inquisition to the Governor, who mayrasronn are auch be convinced of the wanity ot sich écuvick ates ware rant appoiating a time and place for his exce 4 suant to his sentence, WRtenras pe Inquiry as to the Saniiy of the Prig. oner—Doctors Disegree as Usual—Gov- ernor Dix Grants a Respite Till the 14th Instant. BUFFALO, Feb. 6, 1873, Sheriff Cleveland telegraphed to Governor Dix asking for a respite until the question of his sanity could be fully determined, To this Governor Dix returned a prompt refusal. Subsequently physiciang were summoned by the Sheriff to examine the prisoner and telegraphea to the Governor for further time for an investigation. In the mean- time, in compliance with the requirements of the law in such cases, the Sheriff summoned a jury, composed of most intellig:nt highly respected citizens, to try the issue. This inqnisition met tnis afternoon and were duly sworn by the Sheritr. District Attorney Williams appeared for the people, and Judge Talcott, of the Supreme Court of Erie county, gave his presence. Only one physician out of five swore positively that he believed the prisoner insane. The others said there was not sufficient time allowed them to de- cide between real and simulated insanity. Dur- ing the investigation a telegram was received from Governor Dix granting, on the recommenda- tion of the physicians, @ respite antil Friday, 14th inst. The Sheriff thereupon adjourned the surther hearing until Tuesday morning, to enable “the mesical experts from abroad time to be here to examine the prisoner and testify. The excitement in the city relative to the matter is high, BOARD OF ALDERMEN. All Free Lamps Extinguished—A Recone struction of the City Hall—The New York Hospital for Public Offices. The usual weekly meeting of this Board was hela yesterday, President Vance in the chair, THE LAW AS TO STREET RAILROADS. Alderman BILLINGs moved that the Corporation Counsel furnish the particulars of acts relating to street railroads and public conveyances, The reso- lution was adopted, PUTTING OUT THE LIGHT. Alderman BILLInGs moved a resolution author- izing the Commissioner of Public Works to notify the different gas companies that no bills for gas furnished for lighting any lamp in front of any hotel, saloon, club house, armory, private or public schoolhouse, stable, private building or grounds, chnreh, charitable, educational, correctional or other institutions shall be allowed or paid by the city. The gaslamps on which advertise- ments are placed, and which tamps are lit at the public expense, were ordered to be removed by the same Commissioner. The resolution was adopted, NEW YORK HOSPITAL. The report of the committee, with resolutions recommending the leasing of the above building, at the northeast corner of Church and Duane streets, for the use of the city for public offices for twenty: one years, at $25,000 per year, was laid over, REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS. Alderman VAN ScHaick moved that the Commis. sioner of Public Works be directed to remove all obstructions in the public roads that are not per- mitted to be there by ordinance, and in detanit of such removal to sell such articles or materials to deiray the expenses. Adopted. CITY SURVEYOR, Mr. John S, Clarke, on the nomination of Alder- man Cooper, was elected City Surveyor. FREE RAILROAD PASSES FOR THE ALDERMEN, Alderman VAN Scmaick moved a resolution ate tnorizing the Clerk of the Board to write to the diferent railroad companies, stating that the members of the Board did not require any free passes on the various railroad lines, The motion ‘was lost on a division. THE ALTERATIONS IN THE CITY HALL, The special committee appointed by both Boards of Aldermen brought up a report in reference to a jation of the rooms in the cig Hall, to following resolution was attached :— Resolved, That the Commissioner of Public Works be and he is horeby authorized to take asion of ail that portion of the City Hall not occupied a3 offices by the Mayor, the Chamber and offices of the Board of Alder- men, the Chamber of the Board of Assistant Alderm the Governor’s Room, the room at present occupled by the Commissioner of Jurors—which ts to be added to the Governor's Room—the rooms adjoining the. committee room of the Board of Aldermen, now occupied by the Keeper of the City Hall, and that part of the basement of the City Hall lying south of the pas- sage way through the same; and that portion so taken should be used exclusively by and for the Departinent of Public Works, and the said Commissioner ts hereby fur- ther authorized and empowered to excavate about the Dasement ot the building, and create an area-way, to be covered ‘with an iron grating, of sufcient. width and depth to prevent dampness and cause proper ventilation for the establishment of commodious offices; also to se- cure said basement and to prepare aud arrange the apartments set apart, so as to be best adapted, In his opinion, for the service of said Department and offices above mentioned; the work to be done by contract or otherwise, as he may deem for the best intereste of the city; the expense thereof to be taken from the appropri- ation for “Public bulidings, constructing and repairs,’ And the Comptroller 1s herehy authorized and directed to draw his warrants, upon the requisition of said Commis. sioner, for the expense so incurred. The Board adjourned until Monday next, at three o'clock. NEW JERSLY LEGISLATURE. —s The Great Scandal of the Session: Attack on the Judiciary—The Ring’s Revenge on Sheriff Reinhardt—An AU mospheric Railway Across the State= Dr. McCosh on Education. There was a very scanty attendance of members in both houses yesterday morning. The Committee on the Juvenile Reformatory at Jamesburg had gone to visit that institution, and the Normal School commencement attracted many members te Taylor Hall. The first reguiar business of the session in the Assembly was @ motion to make reparation in | some manner for the scandal of the previous day— the insult offered by the House to the judiciary of New Jersey. Mr. Morrow moved to re consider the vote. by which the convicted Police Commissioners of Jersey City were restared” to citizenship, but the motion was laid upon the table, The attack of Ryder on Judge Bedle was the leading topic of conversation. That the attack was sustained by a vote of the House it was de- clared would be ever a stigina on the republican majority. A few republicans, however, like How- ell and Eldridge, resented the issue thus raised, and stated that they could not shoulder the dis- grace. Howell appealed, but in vain, to the good sense of the House, and asked whether it would be pad to sit Ce upon the action of the udge who tried the case. As Ward, of Sussex, arose there was a hush in the gulleries as well as ou the floor. His face was flushed with indignation, and when he pronounced the words ‘Mr. Speaker’ he raised his clenched hand, and it was some mo- ments before he could suppress his excitement and proceed, He regarded the question as too solema and grave for any lengthy h. Words had lost their meaning with him. it, | Want to see,”’ he thundered out, ‘i! any legislature willstep between the Grand Jury and the criminal. I do protest against this being made a partisan measure. It is outrageous for men to come here and ask this House to excuse men from the penalties of crimes.” Nevertheless the bill was passed by 34 to 21. Pat- terson, of Monmouth, not understanding till the House had adjourned that a worthy son of old Monmonth was attacked during the debate, became furious, and when the bill comes te be reconsidered he intends to be heard, ‘The bill regarding Jersey City, which is consid- ered the most outrageous yet passed, is that which deprives the Sheriff of the power to select jurie: especially grand juries. Itis said to be designe by the Ring as an act of revenge on Sheriff Rein- hardt, who gave to Jersey Vity the famous Grand Jury @ year ago. Ever since then, however, he has made concessions by selecting grand jaries err famous for doing nothing. If the bill not kill in the Senate the Governor will most certainly veto it, h The great ee factions enjoyed & cessation of tilities yesterday. an che ‘Senate a mf was introduced toincerporate the New Jersey Atmospueric RKatlway Company, capital $500,000, with power to lay pipes for carry- ing freight and United States mails by atmosphe pressure between Jersey City and Camden, After @ short recess Dr, McCosh, President ot Princeton College, delivered an address, in which he said that the cause of education in the State was in a most flourishing condition. recommended that the Leaiia give sAdisonas eqenton 2 te the subject, in order that New Jersey mi ee) with the New England States and the West ° SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A DEPUTY MARSHAL, Yesterday afternoon Coroner Keenan com menced an investigation into the circumstances attending the death of Mrs. Margaret Gordon, late of 79 Goerck street, who died on the 1st instant, as alleged, from miscarriage, superinduced by in- jaries, It appears that a Deputy Marshal, whose name does not appear, had a writ of ejectment cr Other process against Gorden, aud went to the house toexecute it, but in tie discharge of. his duty Mrs. Gordon ‘inievfered with him, and io uae her aside she fell, In the opinion of Dr. rennan, oo attended Mere Gordon, ney eee was cause metro-peritonitis, carriage from, the injee jes received. The matter will be further investigated