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4 NEW YORK HERALD. THURSDAY, THE COURTS THE woot. POISONING CASE, ion Nearing the End of This Protracted Trial— Summing Up of Counsel Showing the Di- verse Theories of the Prosecution and Dofence—The Prisoner's Counsel on the Mistakes of Medical Ex- perts—The Charge by the Recorder—Jury Locked Up for the Night. THE INGERSOLL SIX-MILLION SUIT Demurrer to the Complaint in the Action Brought by the State Sustained—Right of Prosecution Vested Exclusively in the Cocnty—Importent De- cision by Judge Harden. A CURIOUS SUIT CURIGUSLY SUSTAINED, Singular Litigation Growing Out of a La- dy’s Commission to Buy Diamonds and Other Jeweiry in Europe-—- Clinking of Gold as Cor- roborative Evidence. BUSINESS [NM THE OTHER COURTS. —-- Proceedings in the Oyer and Terminer and General Sessions—A Health Commis- sioner in Court—Decisions. The trial of Frederick Heggi, charged with the murder of Frederick Siegiried by administering arsenic to him, was concluded yesterday in the General Sessions, Aiter the summing up of coun- sel Recorder Hackett charged the jury. They re- tired at ten minutes of three, and had not agreed upon a verdict up to a late hour jast evening. John Morehead, alias Murphy, was yesterday placed on trial in tne United States Cirenit Court, before Judge Benedict and a jury, on a charge of dealing in what are called “the Greeley” counter- feit flity cent stamps. The case is still on. The newly appointed United States Marshal, Mr. Oliver Fiske, nas given surety in $20,000 for the due and faithful performance of his duties. His bonds. men are Mr. J. ©. Carter and Mr. Thomas Minford, In the United States Circuit Court yesterday, be- fore Judge Benedict, the jury in the case of Benona Howard, who had been indicted for counterfeiting match stamps, was discharged, being unable to agree toa verdict. It was understood trat eight were for a conviction and four for acquittal, The probability is that Howard will be again put upon his trial. S. F. Fowler, whe had been placed upon trial on Tuesday evening in the United States Circuit Court, before Judge Benedict, on a charge ef selling coun- terfeit money, was convicted yesterday and re- manded for sentence. A decision was rendered yesterday by Judge Harden, of the Supreme Court, in whe case'of the demurrer by Ingersoll to the complaint in the suit bronght by the State to recover $6,000,000, which he is charged, as a member of the “Ring,” with having fraudulently obtained from the City and County Treasury. The demurrer, as will be remem- bered, was that asimilar suit based substantially on the same causes of actlon Was pending against him on behalf ef the county, Judge Harden, as will be seen by the abstract of his opinion, givea in our law reports, sustains the demurrer, or, in other words, cuts off the State as a prosecutor, and makes the county the sole plaintiff in the suit, Application was made yesterday before Judge Fancher, at Supreme Court, Chambers, for writs of habeas Corpus and certiorari in the case of George Francis Train. The petition upon which the writs were applied for sets forth that no criminal offence in judgment of law is charged against him. The application was granted, and the writs made re- turnable to-day, In a suit tried yesterday before Judge Sedgwick, holding one of sthe Trial terms of the Superior Court, a verdict for $2,000 in gold, with interest from 1868, was obtained against the executors of the late Richard F, Carman, of Carmansville. The verdict was in favor of Mrs. Annie M. Deen, who it appears gave him the money to buy some dia- monds and other jewelry for her in Europe, which he, as she claims, failed to do, but kept the money, premising to make the purchase here, but before ifffilling the latter promise died. In the Superior Court, before Jadge Barbour, suit was brougpt yesterday by John V. Harnett, lawyer, against Audrew J. Garvey to recover $3,700 for al- leged services rendered as counsel for John Gar- vey, whe had power of attorney to manage his es- tate during his absence in Europe. The cuinylaint was dismissed except as to services rendered the estate, and @ verdict for $114 17 ordered. THE HEGGI POISONING CASE. Summing Up of CGounsel—Mistakes of Medical Experts as Mlustrated by Coun- sel for the Prisoner=The Recorder's Charge—The Jary Locked Up for the Night. The trial of Frederick Heggi, charged with the poisoning to death of Prederick Siegiried, which has been before Recorder Hackett and a jury in the General Sessions for the last nine days, came toa conclusion yesterday, in so far that the case was submitted to the jury, which body retired at the close of the Recorder's able charge to de- berate upon their verdict. The circumstances of the case—the relationship of the accused with the deceased, the latter's long estrangement from his family, his connection with the woian who might be considered the principal witness in the case, his business relations with the accused, in whose house he lived for a short time previous to his death, and where he received such care and atten- tion as had been denied or withheid from him at home ; his failing health, his will made in favor of the accused, to the exclusion of his children— have been all set forth in previous reports of the trial, On the first trial the jury disagreed, stand- Ing, as was then supposed, eight for acquittal and four for conviction. The retrial of the case was commenced on Tuesday, the 18th instant, the prisoner having for bis counsel Mr. W. F. Howe, @ new District Attorney, in the person of Mr, Pheips, prosecuting through his assistant, Mr. Rok Jins, for the people. Mr. Phelps was anxious to get a conviction in the case and supplemented previous testimony by additional medical testi- mony bearing strongly on the presence of arsenic in the stomach and other internal parts of the de- ceased, and also by the fact that deceased had de- clared that Heggi was poisoning him. Mr. W. F, Howe met the whole case, with teis additional testimony, armed, as defending counsel, at ail points, He relied only apon the testimony of the Previous witnesses jor the deience, and toek strong :reand Upon the really weak points of the prosecu- tiou—first, whether the deceased had died of Poison at all, which he doubted from the evidence of the medical experts upon that polut of the case, and, secondly, that if deceased had died of poison, proof failed to connect the prisoner with its administration, Long belore the hour of opening the court the pi leading to it were crewded by those who were anxious to listen to ihe summing up speeches of Mr, Howe for the accased and Assistant District Attorney Rollins ior the people. A juror requested to have Frederick Siegfried recalled, and in reply to his question said that be knew nothing of the contents of his iather’s will betore his dean. Mr. Howe, for the prisoner, then proceeded to commence his summing up address to the jury. he slowly and deliberately weut over the tacts proved during the trial, and reviewed at length the cirgumstances touching on the lifelong frignd- | ” 7 gap ana rarimacy waion xtatod potween the pria- onor and the deceased ; the lamentable mé: noe with the weman Miller; the fight to Nowark to cs- cape the Sheriit’s oicera, and letter to his tried and trusted iriend, Hoggi. He ridiculed the idea that the prisoner administered to the de- ceased, alleging that the prosecution had em- pos detectives; had examined druggists in lersey and elsewhere; had searched former abodes of the prisoner, and had employed Her- culean efforts to ferret out conclusive proof sup- porting the theory of the proseeution, but all to no avail. Heggt was never proved to have had poison in his possession. Ceunsel claimed that the testi- mony of Dr. Endemann, the chemist who had found arsenic tn the remains, was no more en- titted to credence than that of the experts in troduced for the defence, who emphatically die- puted his views and theories, If the jury had the least doubt of tue correctness of Dr. Endemann’s evidence—if they thought that in this instance he might have mistaken arsenic . for gome- thing else, as some of tne most emi- nent professors of chemistry have done in similar cases, then there was an end of the case. They must be sure. Many instances are recordcd of arsenic creeping into the system, and why can- not that be the case in the present instance? Dr. « Marsh, counsel believed, had as thorough knowl- edge of chemistry as Dr. Endemann, and he testi- fied for the prosecution that he futied to detect the existence of arsenical poison in the body upon ex- humation. The son of the deceased, if he permit- ted his a nt to leave him and in a dd pare: strange city, out of hissight, was base enough to put poison in a dozen ies. He must be [eeeensiy scoundrel of his day, if the tacts about imare true, Counsel continued in an eloquent strain jor about an hour and a half, finally conclud- ing by earnestly exhorting the jury to take intocon- sideration every circumstance of deience as well as of the prosecution, and properly appreciate ino weighty responsibility wiry | upon them in tho 1 discharge of their duty. He drew # touching pic- , ture of troubled conscience, sleepless nights, phan- toms hovering round their pillows, and an aiter lite of remorse and terror, if they consented to be the instruments for shedding the blood of an in- nocent man, Assistant District Attorney Rollins followed tor the people, and in a two hours’ speech went over all the salient pomts of the testimony for the prosecution, putiing them in forcible juxtapo- sition with the testimony, brief, as he claimed, and m great part unreliable, on the part of the do- fence. He contended that the medical testimony adduced for the prosecution clearly demonstrated shat Siegtried died from arsentcal poison, and that the prisoner and no one else had & metive to ad- munister it, REQUESTS TO CHARGE. Mr, Howe read a number of requests to charge, all of which the Recorder directed the jury to take a to govern them in the rendition of their ver- diet, THE CHARGE TO THE JURY. His Honor Recorder Hackett proceeded to de- liver @ clear and impartial charge. He said that the important and vital questions to be determined by them in the case were but two, The firat was thus :—'*Was the death of the deceased occasioned by taking arsenic tnternally ?” Uniess they were satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that such was the fact, then it woul@ become their duty to consider the case no further, and promptly render a verdict of acquittal. That question was to be_ resolve not only by the consideration of the chemical analysis which had been testified to by Professor Endemann, but also from a consideration of the tes- timony of Dr, Marsh and the other experts, who were éxemined as to what are the evidences and res: of arsenical poison both before and after dearh. The next question which the jury would have to determine was, Was the poison administered by the prisoner to the deceased with the premeditated design to destroy his life? Some of the leading portions of the evidence were recapitulated by His onor, and, in conclusion, he stated that tle ac- cused was entitled to evere rensonstle doubt, but shes doubt should neither be imaginary nor sympa- thetic. The jury retired to deliberate upon their verdict at ten minutes to three, and, not having agreed upon @ verdict at a late hour last night, the Re- corder directed that they should be kept together all night. E THE RING FRAUDS. Ingersoll’s Demurrer to the Complaint in the Six Million Suit Sustained—The Suit To Be Prosecuted by the County and Not the State—Decision of Judge Harden. After several weeks of deliberation Judge MMar- den, who at the Special Term of the Supreme Court heard the argument upon the demurrer in- terposed by Ingersoll to the complaint in the well- known six million suit brought against him, has at length given his decision, This decision, which was given yesterday, and which sustains the demurrer, is a very lengthy document, but isso made up ofdry discussions of legal technicalities as to be devoid of interest to the general reader. Stripped of this duiness of technical detail, which, from the nature of the case, is inseparable from such a docn- ment, the conclusions of law are capable of being briefly summarized. He holds that the moment the bends en which THE SQUANDERED MONEY was raised got into the hands of bona Ade holders they became binding, as a debt against the coun- ty, and that when the proceeds of these bonds reached the hands of the Chamberlain, or were de- posited to his credit as treasurer of the county, th: beeame the property of the county; that, being in the hands of the Chamber- lain, they were, under the ac! roperly applica- bie to the payment of wlities of the county of New York; that under the act of 1870 the Comptroller, in paying out this money, dis- charged virtuatly a duty on behalf of the county; that, instead of complying with the statute, it was alleged the Comptroller conspired to pay out, and did pay out, six millions of tiis money on FRAUDULENT CLAIMS, to recover which this suit is by ht; that on these facts there is a good cause of action on behal! of the county; that under the code every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest; that such party in this case is the county of New York; and that the present plain- tits, the people of the State, cannot, in any just and statutory sense, be considered the real party in interest, He holds, further, that the complaint docs not, in express terms, allege in the plaintitts al interest in or title to the money taken and converted by the defendant. Nor, he holds further, do the facts constituting plaintifis’ alleged cause of action make a case showing the plaintitts to have legal right thereto, or that the plaintifs are the real y im imterest; that, on the contrary, the facts constituting the cause of action against the defendants establish very satis- ora and conclusively that the county of New orl THE REAL PARTY IN INTEREST; that no taxpayers can maintain this suit; that, holding, as he dees, that the ped has the right to maintain the action, it is manifest the plaintitts cannot maintain this action uniess they should amend their complaint by maki the county of New York elther a party plaintia’ or defendant, and that the right make this amendment on the trial, as suggested by plaintiffs’ counsel, is doubtful. Having given the abeve rullngs Judge Harden next reviews the decisions previously rendered in these cases, and shows that they are not in all bey applicable to the present case. Pointing ont the respects in which the same are not applicable, his conclusions are that no doupt is entertained as to the liability of the defendant Ingersoll, as well as the other defendants, to re- spend for THE GENERAL FUND, in which he has been a participant; but his de- murrer to the plaintiffs’ complaint must be sus- tained, because the cemplaint does not state “facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action” in favor of the plaintiffs, the People ofthe State. The demurrer of the defendant Ingersoll 1s, therefore, sustained, with leave to the plaintiffs te amend in twenty days upon payment of costs, It will be seen from this decision that unless the same is overruled at the General Term the suits brought against the “Ring” operators by the State will have to be abandoned and the county be made the sole prosecutor. A SINGULAR SUIT. pe le il ; Commission from a Lady to Buy in Europe a Set of Diamonds and Other Jewelry, and What Came of It-—Suit and Verdict Against the Ex tors of the Estate of the Late Richard F. Car- man, of Carmansville, There was a rather singular suit tried yesterday before Judge Sedgwick, holding one of the Trial terms of the Superior Court. Mrs. Annie M. Deen, bringing the suit, alleged in her complaint that in 1868 she gave $2,000 in geld to Richard F, Carman, of Carmaneville, to buy some diamonds and other jewelry for her in Europe, whither he was about departing with his wife ona brief tour. Mt. Car- man had hardly entered on his European travels when his wife died. He at once returned home and told Mrs. Degn that the death of his wife and his mental Sopeennate in consequence prevented his fulfilling bis mission, but if she had no objection he would keep the money and buy the same articles here and ch: her no more than they would cost in Europe, To this she as- sented, Meanwhile her husband was then an ap- licant for tue position of Naval Officer of New ork, and while she was absent with him in Wash- ington looking aster the matter Mr, Carman died. She stated the facts of the case subsequently to his executors, and asked @ restoration of the money to her, but this was refused, and the result was @ suit to recover the Sanday bitere fi as stated above, came to trial yesterday before Judge Sedg- Wick. It will be understood that the statement given is the story of Mrs. Deen, She was not allowed, ho w- ever, to give her testimony im the matter, the st at- ute Fist conamtioe 00 to testify in their own be- hall not extending to conversations between auch and a deceased person with whom the cause of action arose, Her brotuer, ox Depaly Sacverer asthe, testified that whilo in the back parlor he heard 8 conversa- tion between Mr. Cannon aad his ister; that, among other things, he heard Mr. Carman toll her “that makes $2,000 you have given me," and that in tnis connection he heard the ciiuking of coin. Witnesses als testified to Mra, Deen being a indy of largo wealth, and owning 10 addition to an entire biock in Carmansy its, & valuxble residence in Thirticth street, near Filth avenue, The only testimony submited on behalf of the defence was that of Air. Cairnes, one of the oxcou- tors, He stated that Mr, Carman was a man of very methodical business habits, and, tn addivion to being @ bookkeeper, was himself in the babit of Keeping memoranda Of all his business transac. tions. Among the papers o/ the deceased they had been unable to find, however, any memoranduin of this affair. When the case went tothe jury they seemed to think it a very clear case, and, alter & very brief deliberation, returned into Court with a verdict for the {uii amount claimed, with interest, BUSLYESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. GOURT GF OYER AND TERMINER. Cwations te Gr Jurios Preparing Their Indictments—Imporiant Question Touching Forfeiture of Bail. Before Judge Brady. This Court met at the usual hour yesterday— Judge Brady on the benoh—bat there was very little done, John McAuley was called up for trial, the charge against him being pocket-picking on a city car. The story ig that Patwick Casey, a boy in the em- ploy of Mr. Lyons, had been sent to get a check for $50 cashed, and, having the mqney in his posses- sion, got on an Highth avenue car. It was the old platform crowding dodge, hago? his money, he pursued MeAuiey, who got off the car, and effected his captare. In the indictment the money was set forth as the proporty. of the boy Casey, in- stead of Mr, Lyona, hi graployer. Upon this vari- ance the discharge of the prisoner was urged and granted, Immediately afterwards the papers were sent to the Grand Jury for correction, so thaFit is altogether probable that the accused wili not, if proven guilty, go unwhipped of justice. John Brown was next called up for trial ona charge of burglary. It turned out that in this case an error had also been made in the indict- ment in wrongly specifying the owner of the build- ing. The prisoner’s counsel sald, however, that he had a goed defence and would not take advan- tage of this variances if the trial should be ad- journed a day to enable him to secure the avtend- ance of his witnesses, An adjournment of the trial was accordingly ordered till this morning. The bail in the case of Evenstein, indicted for burglary, larceny and receiving stulen Foods, was declared forfeited, Colenel Spencer said he should contest the forfeiture of the Dail on the ground of want of jurisaiction in the ceurt, inasmuch as the accused had picaded to the indictment in the Court of General Sessions, There being no other cases ready, the Court ad- journed till this morning. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, Dee ions. By Judge Fancher. Percival et al. va, Gilman,—The Judge before whom this action was tried ea a completed his findings, there is no jw lent oa which the parties can proceed. There must be a new trial at the Special Teri. Browning vs, Bigler et al.—Report confirmed and order for distribution of surplus granted. Richards vs, Leonard.—Motion denied. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Van Vorst, Weiss vs. Knickerbocker Life Insurance Com- pany.—Motion denied. Marks vs. New York and Harlem Railroad Com- Me Maret for resettlement of case tried before judge McOunn denied. Wilson et al, vs. Leach et al.—Case and amend- ments settled, Morrison et al. va. Owens.—Order ot reference. Austin vs. Arbuckle.—Order granted, Groesbeck vs, Clute.—Order opening default on conditions, MARINE COURT—PART I. Before Judge Gross. Wilcox & Gibbs’ Sewing Machine Gompany vs. Silberstein.—In the early part of last year the plaintiffs rented toa Mrs. Danbury @ sewing ma- chine at the rate of $5 per month, on which one month’s rent was paid, but on their,trying to col. lect for the next month the machine was missing, and was found some time after in a pawnbroker's shop kept bythe defendant, It seems that Mrs, Danbury had sold it toa third party, and that this erson had pledged it to the defendant on a loun of 815 75. This suitis brought to recover the value of the machine, claimed by plaintitfs to be $65. De- fendant’s evidence was directed principally to showing that no demand had been made and to lessening the value. The jury rendered a ver- dict in plaintii’s favor for $45, . MARINE COURT—PART 2. Action for Frand—A Health Commis- sioner in Court—An Extraordinary Ver- dict. Before Judge Curtis. Jacob Fischer vs. Magnus Gross.—This action is brought by the plaintiff to recover of the defendant damages which the plaintiff claimed to have sus- tained through the fraud and deceit practised upon him by the defendant. The facts are that in the year 1866, the defendant guaranteed to the plain- tiff the genuineness of a cértain bond issued by the county of Buena Vista, in the State of lowa, for $1,000, The plaintiff claimed that the deiendant re- resented that the bond was good, well knowing that it was bogus and worthless. ‘Ihe detendant con- tended that he simply guaranteed to the plaintir that the person who had the bond forsale was worthy of confidence. It was conceded that the bond was worthiess. After the evidence had closed, counsel summed up and the charge relative to the Jaw in the case bad been delivered, the jury retired and brought in this singular verdiet:— “The ther find that the plaintiff is entitied to $175, but the defendant ts innocent of all fraud.” As the action was for fraud, this verdict was irregular and erroneous and set aside by theCourt. By con- sent of the counsel the case Was put over until the next term /or a new trial. Action for Damages—Landlord and T ant Suit. Ellen Burk vs. Alfred Brady.—This action was brought on the covenants of a lease and for the breach thereof, the plaintiff contending that the defendant did not leave the premises in a tenant- able and fit condition when he surrendered pos- session, as required by the provisions of the lease. It appeared that the deiendant, who is a founder by business, turned a portion of the premises into a foundry, claiming that it was by the consent of the plaintiti’s agent. The plaintiff denied that any such consent was ever given, and showed that the agent resuged to allow the premises to be nsed for any such purpose. The action was for damages done to the premises. Judge Curtis, charging the jury, said that all instruments under seal are to be construed strietly, and that all agreements of a verbal character, made prior to the execution of the lease, were me! in it, but it was im the power of the parties to the contract by mutual consent to cancel, chamge or alter any material phil ae in the lease that they might see fit; that ie question for the jury to pass upon was as to what was the condition oi the premises at the time defendant surrendered possession, and whether, as & matter of fact, the nt of the plaintif gave his consent to the use of the premises for any such pe as contended by the defendant; that if he Rory were satisfied that the premises were left in an untenantable condition the plaintiff was en- ttled to @ verdict in such amount of damage as he had proven to have sustained, and that the meas- ure of dam: was the \reasonable and fair rate ala for such repairs as were rendered necessary yy the wrongful act of the defendant. The jury rendered a verdict of $560 for plaintit, COUAT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Professional Hotel Thieves and Burglars Sent to the State Prison, Before Recorder Hackett. In this Court yesterday Robert Watson, against whom were two charges, pleaded guilty to an in- dictment for grand larceny. On the 27th of Feb- ruary he stole clothing from Francis T. Ward yainee at $41. He was sent to the State Prison for ve years. Ww D, Loomts, with the aliases of Charles plended guilty Yo burglary in the third degree. "On lei n the le} e afternoon of the 18th of this month the necused entered aroom im the Metropolitan Hotel, which was occupied by Daniel Cloul, of Baltimore, and stole two es of clothing. As the prisoner was @ well-known Rotel thief the Recorder m- oved the full penalty, Which was five years in the Bate Prison, Henry .Wilson, Jointty indicted with William Young, Thomas ter and Charles Harrison, pleaded gulity to burglariously entering the fancy store of Wm. D, Holmes, 296 Lighth avenue, The prisouers were caught In the premises, Wilson sane to Sing Sing prison for tour years and six months, COUNT CALENDARS—THIS DAY, Surrewe Covrt—Crrovit—Trial Term—Part_ 1— Heid by Judge Bartett.—Case on. Part 2—Leld by pare ‘an ee ee tin 2349, 1178, 240, 63834, 2223, 7226, 2 886, 980, 1122, 11 Barge Tay, BIO! Bea,” YO OM TR Fancher, Nos 100,146 148; 177, 1sie 188° 102 ae er. —! M , 230. Cail 223, i Seley eet SuraBioR Covnt—TRiAL Tazu—Part 1—Held by snage Barbour.—; 131, | j pick rtage on. No other 2—Held wr aaee, cause will be tried this te Courr CoMMeN PLBAS—TRIAL TERM—Part 1—Held by J Larremore.—Ca. judge 8e On, Manine Covnr—TRiaL Tenw—Part 1—Held Judge Gross,—Nos, 1450, 1490, 1578, aw) 188, 1780, 822, 2192, 1784, 1780, 1788, 1790, 1793, 1704, 2—Held by Judge Cartis.—Nos. 1423, 1485, 1073, 1779, 1643, 1635, 1767, 1757%, 1616, 1937, 1641, 2155, 2300 Ne Part $—Iield by Sudge Howland.—Nos. 0 COURT OF APPEALS CALEMDAR. New York, March 26, 1878, ‘Ths following 1a the Court of Appeals day calen- dar for Thursday, March 27:—Nos. 26, 3944, 41, 45, 22, 64, 66 and 66, THE SINKING FUND. Leases of City Property and Ferries— What the Umton Ferry Company Owe the City—Sale of Oity Property—An Animated Talk About Denating Land for Charitable Institutions. A meeting of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund was held yesterday, when ali the Commis- sioners were present except Recorder Hackett. RANEWAL OF CITY LRASRS, Alderman VAN SoH AIOK moved the following re#o- Intion:— Resolved, That the reports of pointed in pursuance hy qremieee. hereinatter naw nope xed by said reports adopted, and ‘that leases be pre- jared in, accordancg therewith by the Counsel to the jorporation, viz. :— No. 46 Chatham street—Peter Lorillard, lessee; lease assigned to Francis A. Leggatt; annual rent on renewal, 1,375. Nos. 64, 56 and 64 Chatham street—Rensor V. Meoney, lessee, annual rent in ronowal, $1,200. No. 66 Chatham street—Exécutors of Mary Jackson, lessees; lease pranstorred, to James Keone; annual rent on renewal, $1,259. 57 and 59 Chatham street—Adanr D. Logan, lessee; © apportionments ap- sions of the leases of the ‘Nos. annual rent on renewal, $1,200, Nos. 85 and 87 Chatham street—John Moss and Thomas 8, Woodruff, lessees; annual rent on renewal, $1,250. ‘Southwest corner of Peok slip and Front, street—Philip ydig, lessee; annual rent on renewal, $480. Phat the Comptrolior be authorized to carry esolution into effect and deliver the leases to the aforesaid parties. SALE OF CITY LOTS, The ComrTRoiier,-in moving the following re@olu- tion, said that in reference to the Eighteenth Ward Market he wished to say that that was a matter for the Commissioners to determine upon, It was, as far a market was concerned, utterly useless. It had cost avout $350,000, when it ought only to have cost about $160,000, There was some dim- culty about selling it for any other purpose than a market, The Mayor said that unless the Legislatare re- pealed the clause preventing the sale of the Eignteenth Ward Market, except for a market, it would be well not to submit it to public auction; but he theught it pretty certain that the Legisla- ture would repeal it. Resolved, That lots 160 Wooster streot, 53 Spring street, 352 West Thirty-fifth strect, 49 Leonard street, the Gouverneur, Franklin and Eighteenth Ward Markets be seld at public auction on the 29th day of April, 1873, and that the Comptroller be, authorized to make the neces- sary arrangements for said sale. The resolution was adopted. THE FERRY LRASES. The COMPTROLLER moved the following resolu- tion as to ferries, and in reply to inquiries said that the Union Ferry Company did not pay a single dollar as rent to the city of New York. The Mayor said that he understood that some arrangement had been made as to reduction of fares of this company in lieu of rent, the praetieal resuit of which was that New York city paid people to go and live in Brooklyn. The COMPTROLLER—Yes, to the extent of about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year. Resolved, That the leases of the ferries and ferry fran- chives that'have expired and will expire on or before the Ist day of May next be sold by public competition, by the submission of sealed bids, on the 29th of April next, for the term of ten re rs trom the Ist of May, 1873, ana that rized to make the rangements for said bi the Comptrolier be autho necessary ar- ‘The resolution was unanimously passed. ‘THE LADIES’ UNION HOME. The Mayor brought up again the application of the ladies of the Methodist Church for lots on Fourth avenue and Lexington avenue to build a home upon for in nt old women, and to exchange those lots for their present aday which is now used for a home. The r said that he and the Chairman of the Finance Commit- tee of the Board of Aldermen had been appointed to report upon this matter, and perhaps rman Van Schaick would have something to say. Alderman VAN ScHaicK said that he had recetved anumber of visits from the pats managers of this home and also from prominent clergymen. He had satisfled himself of the character of the institu- tion by a personal visit, and was quite certain it was an excellent and charitable institution, and that many of the old women cared for there would become a burden to the county. His heart gushed with gratitude when he saw what these ladies were doing. He also went to see the lots proposed to be givem to this institution, ana he found that about ae 000 worth of preperty weuld be thus donated. He had made a calculation that if that were 80 given, each one of the inmates would bird without food or dress, $200 per annum. He though’ that was a little too expensive, and he had come to the conclusion that it was better not to donate any more of the public lands to those institutions. His heart pled when he looked round and saw the elegant lots that had been given fads by the La He should, therefore, oppose the grant. He woul very much rather give $1,000 to assist the ladies to purchase the lots. The Mayor said if these ladies had applied when everybody else was getting these gifts they would have got them; but the managers of the instita- ue objected to receiving gifts from unclean ands. Alderman VaN ScHAICK said that was all Rit tf true; but that was their business, He would mucl rather the matter was discussed when the Re- corder was Present and therefore he would move that the matter be laid over. ‘This was agreed to and the Board adjourned. EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS. PNA a al Meeting of the Commissioners of Come mon Schools. A-special meeting of the Commissioners of the Department of Public Instruction was held yester- day afternoon, with the President, Dr. J. G. Hol- land, in the chair. The meeting was rather melan- choly in some regards, as the present Board will shortly die (officially), having been “legislated out’ by the “reform” Legislature at Atbany. A large amount of routine business was transacted, including the releasing of premises 194 and 196 Seventh street for the use of Grammar School No. 39, at the yearly rental of $2,750; re- leasing premises 95 Allen street, for Colored School No, 6, at the yearly rental of $1,400; appro- riating $2,281 for extra heating apparatus, and 2,100 fer extra work on the main room of the Ner- mal College, and asking the Board of Apportion- ment for $25,000 for incident@l expenses incurred by the local beards of trustees. The resolution calling for the selection of a SUPERINTENDENT OF MUSICAL INSTRUCTION came up, but was laid over until the regular meect- ing, to be held nex» Wednesday. Commissioner Sands called up the resolution adopted at the last meeting, by which it was decided to do away with oral examinations of ieee for teachers’ cer- tificates, and moved that the vote by which the resolution was adopted be reconsidered. He advo- cated strongly the retention of oral examinations, but his motion was voted down, so that the Super- imtendent cannot now badger the trembling appll- cants for licenses, The President then presented to the Board a cer- tifled copy of THE NRW LAW, which was read by the Clerk, Mr. L. D. Kiernan. After the bill had been read through, on motion of Mr. Smyth it was ordered to be printed and en- tered in full on the minutes. Mr. Wood wanted to have the matter referred te the counsel of the Board, so that the constitutionality of the bill may be inquired into. This was voted down, after which the Board adjourned to meet in on ‘Wednesday evening next, to take a fond farewell Of each other. OOMPTROLLER’S REOBIPTS. Comptroller Green reports the following amounts collected yesterday and paid into the City Trea- sury, viz. :— RECRIVER OF TAXES. From taxes Croton water, rent and interest... WURMAU OF ARREARS. From arrearages of assesments, taxes and interest. 3,924 COLLECTOR OF ASsKa8) From assessments on street openings and improve. ments. . + 7,108 Total..... 0. MONTHLY SALE OF SORANTON COAL. The monthly auction sale ef Scranton coal at the rooms of the Delaware, Lackawanna and West- ern Railroad Company, 26 Exchange place, at- tracted a large number ofpersons yesterday. There was an eager demand and 5,000 tons of lump, ‘which were first offered, were at once taken at $4 1734; 10,000 tons of steamboat went at $415, all atone price. Grate went at frst at $4 30, then at $4 3255, $4 37% and $440, gg sold at $4525 and then at $4 55, $4.57 45, $4 60 and finally. at $a 55, Stove, of which there were 35,000 tons, ranged from $5 0234 to $51755. Chestnut sold at first at $417, then at $415, $4175 and $4 20, The following are the prices of the last and present sales, showing that there was an advance in every variety except steve :—~ MARCH 27 1873~TRIPLE SHEET. TOR GOODRICH TRAGEDY, Six Days Since tho Assassination } and No Arrest Yet. Startling Insfiloienoy of the Brooklyn Do- teotive Polico—A Few Pages from the Blood-Stained Records of tho City of Ohurches—The Goodrich Murder Capping the Olimax of a Deo- ade of Undetected Crime. Statement of the Murdered Man’s Brother. “Recent Developments” Revealing the Supposed Murderess—Application for Letters of Admin- istration—Coroner’s Inquest To-Mor- row—Reward of $2,500 Offered. The Ooroner’s investigation touching the death of Mr. Charies Goodrich, the real estate dealer, who is believed to nave been assassinated in the base- ment of his dwelling ta Degraw street, somo time between ten e’clock Thursday night and nine o'clock Friday morning, will be commenced to- morrow afternoon. When the investigation wiil be concluded and what the result will be it is im- possible at the present time to surmise. It {8 conceded that the result will not be arrived at at one sitting, for there are a number of witnesses who have been notified to be present, and, the case being ene of the most im- portant which it has ever been the duty of the Cor- oner to inquire into, every little event at all con. nected with it will be brought out. If Mr. Good- rich’s course has been different from what it has been represented to be to the reporters, it is to be hoped that it will be shown im this investigation, and the refutation spread as broadcast as the reflections have been, When it is considered that the astute, lynx-eyed (?) detectives have been at work for nearly a week gathering evidence, and that they havo returned daily to the Chief with thetr capacious pockets crammed with the result of their arduous labors, some idea may be formed of the extent of the investigation before Coroner Whitehill. The fact that the Coroner has been rather absent minded for the past two or three days may be attributed to his being so crammed with startling evidenee touching upon the bloody case that his head is almost ready to split. He has been observed returning to his home with mysterious looking parcels at unseasonable hours, and might be an important witness at the proper time. The sagacious, critical detectives, who have been reading the HERALD for the past few days, instead of endeavoring to UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY which surrounds the terrible fate of Mr. Geodrich, are beginning to complain even of the cheap no- torlety which they have been getting. They say that the papers have been publishing altogether too much of the case, and that they would have got along much better if less had been said about it. The public are anxious to know what they have been doing—are anxious to know whether this case, like the many other mysteries in Brook- lyn, is ever to be cleared up. The pavements of the city have been stained with the blood of citi- zens from time to time, and yct these astute de- tectives have never been able to bring the perpe- trators to justice. STARTLING EVIDENCE OF DETECTIVE INRFFICIENCY. The case of the poor music teacher, Panormo, whose skull was crushed in as ne was returning to his home through a-thickly settled sectien o! the city, and whose blood stains remained upon the sidewalk until the constant travel of the citizens wore it off, is not forgotten by the readers of the HERALD. The detectives examined the spot before it disappeared from the public gaze, but the assas- sins are still at lal ly who was knocked down, The case of the choked and robbed \n Lawrence street, near Wil- loughby, just alter returni from shopping, and whe died the following day from the injuries she received, May probably have been Seatacen by the detectives, but the circumstance is still fresh in the minds of the residents of Breoklyn. The perpetra- tors of this murder are still at large. There was @ man who had his prains deaten out with the leg of a table in a house in Little‘street, eon years ago, but the murderer was never cat The mystery surrounding the death of the ala- mond merchant Filner, who was supposed to have been murdered near the Hamilton avenue ferry and whose body had nine stab wounds, has never been cleared up by the Brookiyn Hawkshaws. The murder of Officer Hipwell, of the Filth pre- cinct, who was shot down by’some unknown as- sassin in Division avenue, was never discovered. The murder of Deodati, whose body was discov- ered in the woods at the of Greenwood Cem- etery with the head nearly severed from the trunk and the skull crushed in, is still a mystery. The attempted murder and arc ket of the broker, Mr. Daniel Sweeney, in Livingstone street, near Nevin’s, another bold outrage, the per- pitrators ef whieh, of course, escaped. The murder of eo na who was found in the river, near the ry Lorry, with 8 Ringo shot throngh his head, has never béek explaiha It is evident that a case like that of the Goodrich mystery requires men of keen perceptien vo ferret ut che principal actors in the tragedy—men who are a8 shrewd even as those who would take the life of a citizen and then place him in @ position in ‘the basement of his dwe' which might lead those who first discovered him to conclude at once he had sudde formed the idea of severing his ties with the world by blowing his brains out. THE BROKEN Mr. John Snediker, a carpenter, who had done some work for Mr. Goodrich and who was about the houses frequently, stated that he did not know how or when the window in the back basement of the house was broken. He supposed however, it had been done by accident. ‘. Goodrich, he said, was in the habit of having man call at the house, his and do other little matters for im, and this man might, he said, have broken this window some time to get in. WHAT THR MURDERED MAN'S SAYS. . W. W. Goodrich, the brother of the murdered man, was again Maron ean concerning the case, and, In regard to the woman who is supposed to have committed the murder, he said that none of the family had ever seen her, nor did they know anything about her until “recent developments.” He bimself knew nothing at all about her. With regard to the other woman, he said he never saw her until Saturday, at the house in Degraw reet. She had heard of the affair, and on appl, at Mr. W. W. Goodrich’s se in Cumberland street she Was sent to Degraw street. He knew this woman’s name, but preferred not to reveal it on her account, as it would unnecessarily mix her up in the matter. Allusion was made to the fact that Mr. Good- Trich’s reticence had excited a great deal of public comment, whereupon he said that he could not help what people said. When he went on the stand at the inquest it would appear why he had been so guarded. There wasa Treason for it, he said, and he hoped that the public would not su that he was resting entirely quiet in this mat- Tr, a8 he was not. Time would show what he had done; now he could not disclese what he knew. In reference to the report that his brother’s life was heavily insured, Mr. Goodrich said tnat, so far as they (the family) knew, there was net a dollar of insurance. He also again emphatically denied that he had washed the dead man’s face the morn- Ing he found him, and explained that the. seem- ingly unnecessary haste in ‘applying for letters of 3 Pie net ian a bps oy 8 estate uate or- der te get posseasion of the property w! im the hands of the authorities. a THE MURDERED MANS RSTATE. Mr. David Goodrich, father of the late Charles Goodricn, in ‘yng with the Hon. W.'W. Good. rich, appeared before Surrogate Veeder at ni o'clock Bhai morning and filed the following application for letters of administration upon the estate of his murdered son :— Kings County, Surrogate’s Cowrt—In, the, matter of the application for letters of administration on the goods, chattels and credits of Charles Goodrich, ‘docoased, intes: tate. Kings County, to wit:— 1, David Goud h, being duly sworn and examined, do depose and say that lam the father of the sald Charles Goodrich, d \d; that said aeceased departed this lite at the city of Brooklyn, on oF sbout the in day of March, in the year iis without leaving any last will or testament; that said de Hed possessed of certain | property in te of New York, the value of ©: the sum of about three thousan jave been informed and believe; that iving no widow, children or ¢ children, but his father, your ap} in the city of Bevonie. the onl; next of ‘ said deceased was, at the time of his death, an the county of Kings and elty of Brooklyn, rs of administration on the estate of the county ODRICH, 1873—Jopan t ranted by the Surrogate of of, D. GO ngs to m: Sworn before me this 26th day of March, B. Ma pe ITY to Surrogate’s Cor art. of Kérpr, 1, David Goodrich, do solemnly swear and declare that I will well, honestly and faith- fully discharge the duties of admini: estate of Charles ‘Goodrich, deceased, according to ta Sor is 9h day ot torch, Rohs eee i} B. Vooumnns, Clork 0 Surrogate's Court. The Su te directed ti letters of adminis- tration ghould issue to Mr. David Goodrich ypon |. ‘Ws ng a DONA ID tne penalty of $6,000, with tte suretios, AND THE CHIEF. Spp the Chiof of Police mpatauer ters = 18 MURDERER, Aig Baht een bee iy the: apprepea: 8 Offer, ie Tewari gion and convistion ofthe assassin :— 500 he murderer of ‘iat Gadi, ch rey ard, opera, Tupon the certificate of Dis, cae ALLEGED WIFE MURDER. nes Coroner's Inquest in Relation to the Death of Julia Hickey, Said To Have Been Throwa from a Window by Her Husband—The Husband Committed to Await the Action of the Grand Jury. Coroner Herrman held an inquest yesterday im relation to the death of Julia Hickey, aged thirty- three years, at Bellevue Hospital, on March 18, from injuries alleged to have been caused by her husband, Daniel, having thrown her to the yard from @ window of their apartments, on the second floor of the large tenement house, 427 West Forty- second street, on the evening of the 8th of January last. Simon Donnelly, who occupies rooms on the fame floor, and ether residents of the house, testified that they heard Hickey and his wife quar- relling in thetr rooms for about half an hour be- tween nine and ten o'clock on the fatal evening. Soon afterward the sound of angry words ceased, and Hickey started down stairs, fol, lowed by several of the witnesses. in the yard, near the doorway, Mrs. Hickey was found, in ner night clothes, prostrate, and suffering from a large scalp wound, besides a broken thigh and other in- juries. She was remeved inte the hallway, where Donnelly lighted the gas, Hickey then said to Donnelly, “I did it. What ot it? I am not going to run off!” Hickey then went for a doctor, but did not ree turn. Meanwhile Mrs, Hickey, who was sensible, though helpless, said that her husband had thrown her from the window. Upon the arrival of Dr. Taylor, who had been called by Hickey, the injured woman was conveyed to Bellevue Hospital. Hickey falling to return with the doctor, Officers Bohan and Craig, of the Twenty-second precinct, who had been summoned, went In search of him, and found him drinking in @ neighboring saloon, When ar- rested he told different stories to Officer Bohan, but stated to Onicer Craig that his wife was throw- ing a chair out of the window, when he took hold of her tostop her, when she lost her balance and fell out herself. When taken before Coroner Herriman, soon after the death of the woman, Hicke: said that she was partially deranged from the eflect of drink and that after they had retired te bed she arose and ran frantically about the room, smasii ing the furniture and threatening violence to some persons whom she had been told had been speak- ing in @ manmer derogatory to her character. The testimony was not fully corroborative of this ver- sion of the trouble, phough the witness, Donnelly, swore that he found Hickey’s clock lying broken upon the floor. While in Bellevue Hospital Mrs, Hickey several times denied that her husband had thrown her from the window, but subsequently repeated the charge and said that she.did not want te prose- cute him. After treatment for several weeks the patient seemed to be convalescent and two er her attendant surgeons gave a certificate that she wag out of danger. Despite thisfact, the woman was immediately seized by @ relapse, and after suf- fering for @ short time from constipation and exhaustion she died. Meanwhile Hickey had been released under $500 ball by Justice Bixby, acting on the surgeon’s certificate. The accused was, however, promptly rearrested and arraigned be- fore Coroner ty who committed him ta await the result of the inquest. A post-mortem examination of the body of the unfortunate woman showed that her stomach trict Attorney Britton or entitled ie ard, was malformed, having two pouches and appeari: to nave been ‘doubled on it sell.” r liver and kidneys were alse discevered to be in a state of fatty degeneratien, probably from the effects of intemperance, though ho evidence was adduced on this point, ‘The hos pital surgeons who had attended aged and also performed the autopsy were of opinion that death was the result of exhaustion and intestina? Leeda) indirectly superinduced by the injuriea ‘eceive The jury rendered a verdict that death had re- sulted from injuries received by falling from the win- dow, and that the fall was caused by a pusk from her husband’s hand, but whether or not the action ofthe husband was intendod to push her from the window the jury tailed to state. On his voluntary examination the prisoner state@ that he was ao plasterer by trade, twenty-eight years old and & native of Irciand. Under advice of counsel he refused to make any statement reiative to the charge. He was fully committed for the ac- tion of the Grand Jury. A VILE MURDER. Langston Confesses to the Assassination of an Old Lady and a Little Girl in Paradise, Ill., for Revenge and Roh= bery. CHICAGO, Ill., March 26, 1878. William 8. Langston, son of ghe old lady who, with the little girl Mary Eastern living with her, was found “murdered in her bed recently near Paradise, Coles county, Ill., has confessed to killing both parties, and accuses his wife as an accessory. Langston is in jail waiting trial. The only motive ‘he assigns for the crime is the instigation and per. suasion of his wife, who never had pleasant feel Ings towards the old lady. In addition to this it ts Probable that Langston and his wife were some- what over-anxious to get possession of the old lady’s property. Tnere is a very strong feeling bey the murderer in the neigaborhood where the ti occurred, and had he not been re- moved by officers he probably would have received summary justice. WORK FOR THE GALLOWS. The Negro Thomas Smh To Be Hanged at Louisville on Friday. Lovisvinie, Ky. March 26, 1878. Shertff Shanks this morning completed the ar- Tangements ior hanging the negro Thomas Smith on Friday, tor the murder of Joseph 2roden. The gallows will be erected on the common, in the southwestern portion of the city, near the vicinity of the spot where William Kiel was hung three years ago. The Governor thus far declines » im terfere, and the probability is that there will bt no reprieve. Smith professes to be not afraid of deat, He says he has made his peace with his Maker, but persists in denying that he is guilty of the crime charged, and that he will aie with that decla- ration on ips. Heis a very desperate and evil character, and there is hardly any doubt that he committed the murder. Sheriif Shanks will self officiate at the hanging, but expresses Trepugnance to the disagreeable duty. THE SNYDER MURDER STILL A MYSTERY. BETHLEHEM, Pa,, March 26, 1873. The jury in the Snyder murder case have ren- dered a verdict that death was caused by an effu- sion of blood on the brains caused by injuries re- ceived at the hi of some person or persons to the jury unkno THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Curcaco, Ill., March 26, 187% A special despatch from Detroit says the house of Henry Peters, at Grass Point, six miles from that city, was burned last night while Peters and his wife were absent. Four children were in the house; the oldest, aged fourteen, escaped, but ram back to the burning house to rescue her younger sisters. She seized them and attempted to carry them out, but was overcome by fire and smoke, and was only saved herself by the efforts of neigh- bors, who were called to the spot by her screams. All the children but the oldest perished, and the latter is badly burned. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the bursting or a kerosene lamp. BOSTON BURGLARS CAGED, Boston, March 26, 1873. A preliminary examination of De Luce, Murray and O’Rourke, charged with numerous burglaries in Boston, resulted in thetr committal for trial im default of $15,000 bail each. 8. Caliery, one of the gang, turned State’s evidences ———————— BISMAROK AFTER THE SMUGGLERS, Yesterday afternoon the Consul General of the German Empire procured the arrest of William Jansen, the second officer on beard the steamer Rhein, for having, a8 alleged, conveyed $1,000 worth of silver leaf from said steamship to Hoboken without paying duty thereon. Snch action on the part of Jansen rendered the vessel liable to seiz- ure, and the Captain, consequently, made due mplaint against him. Oficer Kaiser conve; Senen to the Hoboken police station and the phe oner was thence removed to Hudson County Jail. turday he will be earried back in chains to hig atiered On sat Germany to receive the reward of Igbors 1m the smugullng pysinedss

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