The New York Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1873, Page 7

OO ey ES SEES Ie ene CUBA. “Aone, CONTINUED FROM FIFTH PAGE, Wake the passage. This offer I declined, as I have made.up my mind to RETURN THROUGH THE SPANISH LINES unless something very unexpected happens to wake me alter my resolution, Ithen expressed swish to be allowed to pass through the Cuban lines to the Camaguey district, in order that I should be made acquainted with the state of the whole insurrection, President Cespedes at once replied: — “Every facility shall be placed at your dis- posal to see and examine into the state of our forces, and whatever information or papers you may require relative to the civil or mil- itary organization shall be freely placed at your disposal.” Referring then to MY LETTER ON SLAVERY IN CUBA, he said: — “We wore pleased with this letter, because it showed a desire to present the case of Cuba fully and truly, There are many points in it, however, about which I will speak to you at # future time. A HUT HAS BEEN PLACED AT YOUR DISPOSAL, and as you must be fatigued and may desire to rest, I will not detain you longer now, but expect you will do me the favor of breakfast- ing with me.” Having accepted this kind invitation, I withdrew to my shelter of leaves to change tay travel-stained garments, When the hour of breakfast arrived an aide-de-camp pre- sented himself to conduct me to the house of the President, BRAEFAST WAS WAITING, and as there was no other guest, I imme- diately sat down opposite the President. The table was not over twenty inches wide, and about two feet and a half long. When we had discussed THE VERY FRUGAL MEAL before us I asked the President his opinion of the Spanish Republic. He immediately asked me if its existence had been officially an- nounced, and I answered him that General Morales de los Rios had officially ANNOUNCED THE ABDICATION OF AMADEUS and the establishment of the Republic to the Consuls the day preceding my departure from Santiago de Cuba. The President then actu- ally proceeded to interview me relative to my ppinions on the subject ; but 1 reminded him that I CAME TO INTERVIEW HM, not to be interviewed. A compromise being affected, he spoke in effect as follows about.the Republic in Spain: — CESPEDES ON THE SPANISH REPUBLIC. “Spain is not a republican country, and the military aristocracy will never consent to the permanent establishment of a republican form of government. The present government may last a few months ; but . BEFORE FOUR MONTHS you will see a struggle inaugurated between ‘he monarchists and the republicans, It is impossible to say how the Republic may affect the cause of Cuba. It can make no difference to the men in arms; for they will accept WO CONDITION FROM SPAIN EXCEPT INDEPEND- ENCE. Many of the prominent republicans have advocated a right to freedom; but there isa preat difference between theory and practice. Now that they are, as you assure me, really in possession of power, we shall see how they will wt, se HIS OPINION OF CASTELAR, Henratp Commisstonen—Castelar, I believe, is opposed to the abandonment of Cuba? President Cespeprs—Yes, Castelarhas falsi- Bed his republican principles. Itis some time pince he declared that he was A BETTER SPANIARD THAN REPUBLICAN, go that we can look for very little from him. Henatp Commisstonen—But if Spain should finally adopt a republican form of govern- ment would not Cuba be disposed to become reconciled to her? President Ozspepes—I cannot say what the sentiment or feelings of the people in the towns may be; but a THE CUBANS IN ARMS will accept no reconciliation or peace with Bpain except on the condition of independ- ence. We are separated from Spain, by an ocean of water, and have interests different to bers, but we are also separated by AN OCEAN OF BLOODSHED and cruelty unnecessarily used by the Spanish government in their efforts to subdue us, The blood of our fathers and our brothers and of helpless, defenceless families, slaughtered in wold blood, forbids our ever accepting any ‘conditions from the Spaniards. HEY MUST GO AWAY AND LEAVE US IN PEACE, or continue the war until we are all dead or they have been exterminated. Heratp Comsussionsr—What would be- come of the Spanish population in case of the bandopment of the island by Spain? , President Crspzpes—At present we look upon all Spaniards as enemies, and treat them ‘go; but if the independence of Cuba were con- weded, and a treaty of peace made with Spain, those Spaniards who would select to remain prould receive THE SAME PROTECTION AS OTHER CITIZENS, mand, as the Cubans area very orderly and law-abiding people, if it were only shown Bhat the Spaniards were permitted by law to ‘remain, they could do so without any fear of interference or injury at the hands of the bans. ‘ INDEPENDENCE BY PURCHASE, Heratp Commissionen—A proposition that ® Certain sum of money guaranteed by America should be paid to Spain as the price of abandoning her claim to Cuba has been put fin circulation by some parties, Would the Mubsens accept such a solution of this difi- culty? President Cespepzs—No authoritative pro- position of this nature was ever made; but Gif such a solution would be accepted by Spain, mnd the sum required were not unreasonable, Abe Cubans, in my opinion, would be WILLING TO ACCEPT SUCH TERMS, 4n order to put an end to the war so barbar- “isly waged by Spain. We desire peace, to “1m to the reconstruction of our homes and ht well being of tho country; but before the blood she is shedding uselessly, Br‘ I believe that the public opinion of the world will not long delay in coming to our aid, THE PROSPECT FOR CUBA is very favorable. The Spaniards are every- where abandoning the towns and encamp- ments in the intcridt, because they have no longer the strength to deicnd all the country. It is my opinion that they intend retixing to the sea coast and trying to maintain them- selves ; butas soon as we can procure cannon and organize thoroughly our army we shall ATTACK THEM IN THE TOWNS. There was @ moment, about a- year ago, when we were reduced to terrible extremities, and we wanted everything, clothes, ammuni- tion, arms; but to-day we have all things, and in great part taken from the enemy. If the war should continue we hope to profit by the experience of the past, and to continue our system of attacking the enemy, which has produced such good results. In fact, WE ARE NOW LIVING ON THE ENEMY, We take from him clothes and food and whatever else we may need. In the beginning we acted with too much generosity, setting at liberty the Spanish prisoners, even after the proclamation of the Spanish government an- nouncing that ALL TAKEN IN ARMS WOULD BE SHOT, and that even the women captured in the in- surgent districts would be subject to ten years’ imprisonment or deportation to Fer- nando Po. Several times I have made efforts to induce the Spanish government to carry on the war in a civilized manner, but without result. The Spaniards have resorted to the most barbarous expedients to subdue us. Six different commissions have left Havana with THE INTENTION OF ASSASSINATING ME. Three returned, having abandoned the cn- terprise, and two of the others are supposed to have perished. The third wasa man who presented himself to enlist in the body guard of General Quesada. SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS ABOUT HIM caused his arrest, and concealed on his person was found aknife. Beng questioned, he con- fessed that he had been sent from Havana with the mission to assassinate me. Of course he was at once hanged, but these circumstances show you to what lengths the Spanish authori- ties are capable of proceeding. It is pleasant to record that during the four years of the in- surrection NO ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON MY LIFE, although I live, as you see, without guards and without precautions. Every one is at liberty to come in here. Only at night there is a single sentinel on duty before my door. THE STRENGTH OF THE CUBAN ARMY. Heratp Commisstoner—What may be the number of the armed force in the field ? President Czspzepzs—That is somewhat dif- fieult to answer correctly. Owing to the con- dition of disorganization to which we were reduced a year ago, good deal of disorder crept in, and the difficulty of communicating with the generals, as well as the absolute want of paper and ink with which to make reports, rendered it impossible for the generals to tur- nish the proper returns. At one time WE DID NOT HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER as bigas this envelop on which to write a | communication, and were obliged to write on | the leaves of the trees; but, speaking generally, I think we must have FROM TEN TO TWELVE THOUSAND ARMED MEN in the field, with about an equal number of convoyeros and servants, who perform service inthearmy. The strength of our forces is algo liable to great fluctuations. IN THE MOMENTS OF DEFEAT large numbers disperse or desert, and, when any success has been gained, the army is sud- denly augmented to an extraordinary extent. We have been lately receiving large accessions from the Spanish ranks, principally from THE GUBAN VOLUNTEERS, many of whom come over ‘to us with their arms and ammunition. In the district of Bayamo Iam informed, in a letter lately re- ceived, that nearly four hundred volunteers have presented themselves, mostly white men, | and a large proportion of these have brought | with them their arms. The same things hap- pened in Mayari after our attack. I believe that in time all the Cuban volunteers will eventually take sides with us against Spain. Should this happen our triumph will be assured. THE CASE OF MR. HENDERSON. President Cespedes paused for a moment; | then, suddenly changing the topic of conversa- tion, asked what was the reason for the Heratp sending out a second commissioner. T explained to him that Mr. Henderson had been instructed to see him (President Cespedes), and that, according to the telegram received from Cape Haytien, he had failed in the mis- sion. Mr. Bennett had entrusted me with the fulfilment of it, and at the time of my de- | parture no word had been heard from Mr Henderson, and nothing known of THE INTERVIEW RE PRETENDED TO HAYE HAD with President Cespedes in Camaguey. President Czespepes—When I read the ac- count of that !thaginary interview, I looked | on it asa ruse de guerre, adopted by the proprietor or directors of the Hzraxp to cover your arrival and to draw off the atten- tion of the Spanish authorities, I COULD NOT HAVE SEEN MR, HENDERSON on the 6th of November, for I was then on a forced fifteen days’ march from Camaguey, supposing that we could march uninterrupt- edly every day.’’ In order to assure himself of THE CORRECTNESS OF THIS STATEMENT President Cespedes arose, and, searching out ‘last year’s diary, consulted it and found that he was correct. Returning, he said to me, “Mr, Henderson’s report was very favora- ble to the Cuban cause, and I feel obliged to him for the gervice he rendered, but regret that by the false statement of his interview with me he has DAMAGED THE VALUE OF HIS TESTIMONY.” The interview, of which this is merely an abstract of the strongest points, lasted for nearly an hour. As I will remain with the Presidential party for some days I will have ample opportunity to obtain full information on all points of in- terest to the public. Owing to the early de- spatch of the mail I have been obliged to pass over MANY INCIDENTS OF INTEREST, ev@thing we want our independence. If will continue the war we will fight that'T™ THE COUNTRY Is A DESERT, nt _ iD shall receieye no benefits from ‘ as well as skip lightly over the whole subject of the letter, in order that the narrative of my interview may appear in something like shape, JAMES J, O'KELLY, SOMNAMBULISTIC MURDER. Frightfal Butchery in Candia, N. H.i—A Boy, While Asleep, Alleged to Have Left His Father's House with a Hatchet, Enters the Dwelling of a Neighbor Through the Window and Hacks an Orphan Lad to Pieces, MANCHESTER, N. H., April 15, 1873, An orphan boy, by the name of John Emerson, aged filteen years, who came from Richmond, Va., and has a sister at Great Falls, N. H., and another at Haverhill, Mass., has been living in Candia for the last two or three years, and latterly with Mr. Jesse R. Fitz, on the north road, about three miles from Candia depot and two miles from Candia vil- lage. Stopping with Mr. Fitz, on a visit, is his nephew, a boy of about fifteen years of age, who is @ son of Mr. Newton Fitz, of Lowell. His name is Wilfred Fitz, and he has been at Candia about two months. Mr. Charles Rowe, a farmer living three quarters of a mile from Mr. Fitz, was drawn on the jury at Exeter, and left for that duty last night, leaving his wife, two little children, and his aged mother, Mrs. Sarah Rowe, seventy-six years old, at home, and had se- cured the services of the lad John Emerson to stay at his home during his absence to see to the horses and take care of the cattle. A TERRIBLE OCCURRENCE, At the usual heur last night the inmates of the house all retired to bed, when at twelve o'clock the old lady, who slept in an adjoining room ap stairs to the lad John Emerson, heard a noise in his roem and called out, “Johnny! Jonnny!” Receiving no answer she got up, went into his room in the dark and felt in the bed, and was almost horror- stricken by feeling his body and the hot bloed flowing therefrom and inte the bed. No noise had awakened Mra. Rowe, who was sleeping down stairs, and they found that Johnny had been, as they STEnOReM, murdered with an axe. Mrs. Rewe ran for the neighbers, the first of whom to arrive was Mr. Jesse Fitz, when, to his astonishment, he discovered on the foor where the boy had been mutilated his ewn axe, covered with blood. The boy was alse covered with blood, his face horribly cut, and the bedclothing, as well as the door, bespattered. THE POOR BOY FRIGHTFULLY MUTILATED, Dr. E. 8. Berry, one of the physicians of the town, Was sent for at once, but living ten miles distant considerable delay was occasioned, and when he came he found John Emerson very much exhausted from the loss of blooa, but having his senses. He found a terrible ih extending fron the right cor- ner of the mouth into it and back to the neck under the ear; another gash, extending from just below the nose on the left side, about two inches long, penetrating into the mouth and separating the jaw, and cutting out apiece thereof and push- ing out several teeth, and with a frightful gash across the bridge of the nose from eye to eye. On the right hand the thumb and two fingers were cut off entirely and lay in the bed. There is also a heavy gash across the back of the left hand and one on the wrist, He had lest a great deal of blood, and Dr, Berry thinks he cannot live. The boy heretofore mentioned as Wilired Fitz is sus- pected of having committed this dreadful crime, and was to-day sent to Lowell, in charge of Mr. George Richardson, to his father, Whoever com- mitted the crime toek an old chair from the barn, placed it to the parior window and got in there, passed thraugh into the hall, up stairs and to the rear of the heuse, where Emerson was asleep, and went out of the ‘house in the same way. On the sill of the window is the print of blood. COULD 4 SLERPING ROY DQ THIS? It is stat ‘nat the boy liz is & somnambulist, and has frequently gotten up in his sleep, and that one night last week he was found in the attic of a neighboring house fast send 4 on the floor, with Mr. Fitz’s large broadaxe by his side, He dla not seem te know how he came there, but an investi- gation showed that he had got out of asccond story window at Mr. Fitz's, gone to the tool- house, taken this axe and a ladder, and gone to his neighbor's house, where he was found. Other singular occurrences like these have also taken lace. These boys liad been intimate, but the Fitz y had, to no one’s knowledge, been inside of Rowe’s house, where the act was committed, but was in the yard two or three days ago; and, what is most remarkable and singular, if he is the crimi- nal, whether awake or asleep, he passed three other houses and over a lonely road in going from Fitz’s house to Rowe's, THE SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY. Your correspondent visited the injured boy, and, by placing his ear close to his mouth and watching his movements, ascertained trom him that he knew nothing about how it happened, He and Wilfred had had “some spats,” but had made it up: “had one two or three days beiore.” Notwith- standing there is great excitement at Candia, the town authorities seem to be negligent in ascer- taming who the guilty party is. There is a theory that the bo; Fita is not the guiity person. So far asl can learn the boy Fitz was found all right, at his home, in bed, this morn- ing, and has not referred to this affair, nor has any one mentioned itto him. At the depot this morn- ing he appeared cheerinl and unconcerned, but the general impression is that he did it in a somnambulistic state. If so it is the most remark- able thing on record. Should the wounds prove fatal, Coroner Whittier, 01 Portsmouth, will be called upon to investigate the matter. JAMES C, KING DYING. fhe Man Who Killed ONeill Unable to Stand His Trial—Heé is Rapidly Wast- ing Away with a Conglomeration of Disorders—To Be Transferred to Belle- vuc=Probability that He Will Never Be Tried. James ©. King, the lawyer who killed O'Neill some months ago on the stairway leading from the law offices of Mr. Justice Sutherland, and who'has been confined in the Tombs ever since, it is now pretty certain will never be tried. King, since the day he committed the deed for which he entered the Tombs prison, has been sinking under the weight of several diseases, and has now come to such a pass that he cannot rise from his bed. In- deed the trial, which was to have been on some time since, has een postponed from time to time, to allow King to regain his | health sufficiently to appear in Court. Instead of this, however, he has been growing Worse, and it !s now certain that he can never re- cover his health. He never leaves his bed, and lies on it constantly without moving, being unable | even to sit up. It hasbeen clear for some time | that he was not well, but it is only within the last few days that the extent of his disease has become known. A reporter of the H#Rap yesterday saw Dr. Nealis, the physician @f tue Tombs, who corrovo- rated these statements. Be said, “King is now suffering trom three severe diseases, one of which is hasty consumption. He cannot live more than three or four months, though with extraordinary care his life might pessibly be prolonged further. One disease prevents his taking exercise, an- other weakens him _ terribly, and = the consumption is taking him down ra | idly. When King came to the prison The germs of consumption were in him, but la. dormant in his system. Being shut up in a cell, however, and with prison food, his system gave way steadily, until now he isa mere shadow of | what he was. The prison of itself is not healthy, and with a man like King, predisposed to sick- ness, the ravages the place has made upon his bod are something terrible, though altogther natural. Hie ts too sick to be in a prisoner's cell, and ought to be taken to the hospital. He will be ina coupie of days or s0, I have reccommended it, for if he is kept here le cannot live many weeks, He does not complain of anything like that, bat he is the most miserable of ali the prisoners. No one comes to see him, except it be occasionally some Chris- tian ladies with books. &c. But he not a sin- gle friend nor any money. He has been rich, but has nothing now. Warden Johnson, knowing that prison food won't do him, feeds him out of bis own private means, The reporter asked whether King would have lived longer had he not been confined in the Tombs, and Dr. Nealis answered: “ Oh, undoubt- edly King weuld have succumbed finaily, but it might have taken years to bring bis system to the state it is now, after a few short months. If they ever expect to de anything with him they must remove him immediately.” The HERALD reperter gente esate ‘was informed that King would in all probability be taken to | Bellevue Hospital on “Thursday, and there an en- deavor will be made to nurse him into suilicient kealth to make him fit to stand a trial, THE GALLOWS IN JERSEY. No Hope fer Lusignant, the Wife Mur- derer. The New Jersey Court of Pardons held a special session yesterday te hear applications for the com- mutation of the death sentence passed on Luigi Lusignant, the wife murderer, It will be remem- bered that at the February term of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Morris county he was sentenced by Judge Tymple to be hanged on the Ist of Ma: Since then the friends of the unfortunate man ha been making every effort to obtain a stay of the dread sentence. Petitions were numerously signed by rai citizens of Newark and other places, in his behalf, His lawyers and the Roman Catholic priest (who is an Itallan) of the congregation to which the culprit formerly belonged, were in Tren- ton Este 3 imploring the mercy of the Court. Notwithstanding all this influence, the application was refused, and the law will, therefore, take its course. No hopes for clemency are held out, as the refusal by this Cow @p end to all other supplications. iS | where the young man was hidden, | was going into Brown's. | ray as he was on the point of | the office proper, the walls on both sides are covered | rt, which is the last resort, pute | MURDEROUS AFFRAY. 4 Qollector of the New York Gas Company Attacked by a Doc- tor in the Latter’s Office. A SANGUINARY SCUFFLE. The Assaulted Man, Though Mortally Wounded, Overpowers His Assailant and Escapes, pa A Atta SCENE OF THE DEADLY STRUGGLE, Sanford Murray, a collector of the New York [ Gas Company, was struck on the head with a hammer by Dr. E. M. Brown, of 251 William street, yesterday afternoon, and dangerously injured. Murray went into the Doctor’s oMice about three o’clock aud presented a bill for $2 75 to Brown. ‘The latter desired him to sit at a desk that stood immediately opposite the door, receipt the bill and make out change for $20, as he intended giving the collector @ bill for that amount. Murray sat at the desk, and Brown made @ pretence of going to an inner room for the money, He almost immediately returned and struck Murray on the right side of the head witha hammer with such force as to knock him out of the chair on to the floor. As he fell the Doctor struck @ second blow, but the edge of the hammer glanc- ing off the skull, Murray was not commetely stunned. He jumped to his feet just as Brown was about drawing a hatchet from inside his waist- coat to complete the bleody work, and grappled the would-be murderer, A struggle ensued, in which both parties put eut their utmost strength, but Murray being the heavier of the two, he succeeded in wresting the hatchet from the hands of Brown, and dealt him in return 4 POWERFUL BLOW on the head. Brown fell fighting his antagonist, and while Murray kept him down with one leg and arm, he was trying to break open the door with the hatchet in his right hand. Having succeeded in bursting off the lock, he dashed into the street and shouted for assistance, Being covered with blood and very excited in manner, a crowd soon gathered about him, and the cry of “Police!” rang throughont the neighborhood. Omicer Harris, of the Fourth precinct, seeing the crowd from his post of duty, and suspecting a disturbance, ran to the spot and soon learned the state of affairs, He went into the Doc- tor’s office accompanied by Murray and Mr. Sult- zer, the landlord of the house. They found the Docior in the act of getting up from the floor, and the officer arrested him and took both men to the station house. Captain Ulman sent them to the Park Hospital to have their wounds dressed and then took their statements about the occurrence, Murray said that when he went into the office the Doctor told him to make change for $20, He sat at the desk, took out a newspaper parcel containing $600, and proceeded to count the change and receipt the bill, As he was doing this Brown returned from an ianer room, where he pretended to have gone for the money, and struck him twice on the head with some heavy instru- ment, He was at first so stunned by the sudden- ness and ferocity of the attack that for a moment he was powerless; but, realizing that his life was in danger, he made one effort for his existence and sprang to his feet. He had only just turned and faced Brown to catch tne latter taking a small hatchet from inside his waistcoat, with which he intended to complete the work. The possession of the hatchet became at that instant tue object of contention, and beth FOUGHT DESPERATELY for it. ae says that during this trial of strength the blood ran into his eyes and mouth from the wounds in his head, and he did not even kuow he had struck the Doctor until he found him lying fighting at his feet. He also says that just bejore he was struck he neard Brown fasten the latch of the door to shut him in, and when he got the hatchet into his hands he was obliged to break the lock off, As soon as Brown’s head was dressed at the hospital, Detective Matiew Fitzsimmons conveye: him back to the station house, where he was locked up. Mis version of the atfar to Captain Uiman was an entirely diferent thing from that given by Murray, Brown said that shortly before Murray appeared at his oMce a young man called upor him for advice. He was in the act of making up a prescription for the man when a knock was given on the door. The man, not wishing to be seen, asked the Doctor to conceal him. Brown says he desired him to go behind a high desk in the ofice and he did so. When the young man was out of sight Murray was admitted. The Doctor directed him to re- ceipt the bill and then proceeded to the bedroom in tne opposite direction to where the young man was concealed. Murray put the parcel | of money before him on the writing desk, fronting | the door, and which, according tv the Doctor's statement, would be between himself and the place Whittle Brown getting. the money, the young man, he says, issued from his retirement and made the assault on Murray. Alter striking the blows and knock- ing the collector on the greund, he escaped, and his going made the noise with the latch Murray heard. ‘The Doctor turther says he got to the scene just before the young man went out, and he was drawing the hatchet out of his watstcoat for the purpose of defending Murray when the lat- ter attacked him, The young man he does not know, but he feels satisfied HE COULD RECOGNIZE HIM should the young man ever turn up. Unfortunately for the Doctor and his story the landlord of the house told Captain Ulman list night that he (the landlord) stood on the front stoop of the house for | two hours previous to Mr. Murray's going in | watching for a load of coal he had ordered, and | that no man had gone into the Docter’s oMce during | that time. The landlord knew Mr. Murray well; | met him at the door and époke te him just as he | A bill was dlso due Mr. Murray by the landlord, and the latter said to Mur- | oing in, “I will go | and fetch my money while the Doctor ia paying you.” On the return of the landiord from his rooms up stairs he met Murray rusting out ef the Doc- tor’s rooms with the hatchet in his hand and cov- ered with blood, The house in which the tragedy took place is on the corner of tne street. It makes one of the bend at William and Pearl streets, The | oftice, occupied by Brawn, who has been in the place | about two years, is on the first floor, and copsists | of three small rooms. In the outer one, which 13 | was with medicine bottics. There are two windows looking into the street, and these admit the only light that enters into the place. Immediateiy in- side the northern window ts a high desk, similar to those usually seen in drug steres and behind which medicines are made up. From tiis desk across the room, almost up to the wail, runs a deak with just sufficient room kept between its termination and the wall for entrance, The desk, counter and mantel running in front of the prescription desk along the furthest wall to the writing desk at which Murra; sat were littered last night with large and small bottles of medicines, INSTRUMENTS, POWDERS, PAPERS AND RUBBISH. Fronting the door that leads from the hallway into the Office stands the writing desk, with a chair in front of it, Just inside this door and filling up the corner made by the wall and the partition di viding off the inner room stands a smail table covered with medical paraphernalia and odds and ends. Beside this table is @ long invalids’ chair, on which the Doctor siept, preferring that, the people in the house gay, to the hed in the little room behind the parlor. The middie room, called the parlor, but which is more properly a library, is about the same size as the office, and between it and the bedroom. A glass bookcase, filled with expensive medical works, makes the partition that separates it from the bedroom, The table in the middie of this apartment was covered with books, so was the mantel, and the general air of the place would seem to indicate that the octor was @ man of studious habits, although his line of practice was a most questionable one. During the fight yesterday several large bot- tles Of medicines were broken and the contents covered the floor last night. The front of the short counter Was smeared with blood, and everythin; in the place was in the utmest disorder. Accord- ad to the yo living in the house and in those adjoining the Doctor is a man of violent temper and most eccentric habits. The weapon he used in his attack w Mr. Murray was a curious one. It had once been a hammer, and a rtion of the head of the — instru- men’ was still left, but to it was added a bread double-edged blade, about six inches in length and very sharp. This blade ran out from the head of the hammer ani in continua- tion of the handle, but it snapped off in the centre at the second blow on Murray’s head. Evidently to make the murderous weapen heavy a stone, Wrapped in dirty cloth, was tied on the side of the hammer, and the whole thing presented one of the most formidable and ugly instru ments it is possible to imagine. The second hatchet was an ordinary wood-chopper, and bo are now in the hands oi Captain Ulman. A thorough examination of the place was ; character was exam ned thoroughly, though un- ar. Mow. she au, works, called upon tain Ulman last safety. su the minds of the polls is that. Browh’s: emhate me aroused at the Sent of the money spread out by Murray hud gopa him on to the attack on the young ns get posgession of it. Cap- tain Blan caused Mr. Murray to be remoyed to his home in Brookiyn last ni; but fears are en- tertained that he cannot recover. Brown will be taken to the Tombs this morning for examination, but be wilt probably be remanded back to the janie? house to await the result ef Murray’s in- uries, THE BOUND BROOK MYSTERY. The Investigation Relative te the Death of Samuel Kennedy—Verdict of the Jary. Bounp Broo, N. J., April 15, 1873. The adjourned inquest relative to the killing of Samuel Kennedy, who was found in a dying condl- tion on the track of the New Jersey Central Rail- road, which was held on yesterday week, was re- sumed this afternoon in the Bound Brook Hotel. A cloud of mystery surrounds the circumstances of Mr. Kennedy's death, many thinking that there wes foul play somewhere, and the result of the inquest, instead of throwing light upon the matter, has only tended to make the mystery deeper. The inquiry was conducted by Coroner Bush, who was assisted by a youth who was formerly village schoolmaster, but who is now training for the Bar. This young gentleman carried everything with a high hand, and slurred over @ great deal of impor- tant evidence, succeeding in the end in making himself appear rather ridiculous. The testimony of the Doctor, which was anxiously looked for, proved nothing either way, although the language Of the Doctor would convey the impression that death was caused by repeated plows of some in, strument. Strange to say, the German on whom Suspicion rests was not pipansed in. court as a witness, although his evidehce would have been most essential, and Wcindosent, he should have had an opportunity to clear himself. The Germans, who torm a large part of the popu- lation of Bound Brook and Sts vicinity, are greatly excited over the statements which have been pub- lished in several journals relative to the German who was accused of knowing something of the death of the deceased. They attended the inquest in strong force yesterday, and at the close of the inquiry a violent demonstration was male against the reporters outside the hotel. Threats were freely used, and at one tine personal violence was about to be brought into requisition; but, primed as the excited lunatics were with lager, they hesi- tated before they brought their muscle into play. Finding they could not frighten the reporters in this manner, other means were adopted, and a pressing demand was made upon the Coroner to issue warrants and have the gentlemen of the press immediately arrested. his the Coroner peremptorily declined to do, and, by some per- suasion, reduced the angry mob to something like reason. The jury were out considering their verdict about two hours. They found a verdict covering two old, bnt evidently strong and wiry. Murray is much | tall, and @nd bears an excellent reputa- tion, tendent of the gas DREADFUL CORFLAGRATION, Destruction of the Chicopee (Mass.) Cotton Mills—Nearly 6,000 Bales of Cotton Burned—Over $500,000 —Lost-800 - Hands Thrown Out of Employment. SPRINGFTBLD, Mass., April 15, 1873, One of the most destructive fires in Western Massachusetts for many years broke out at flve minutes past ten o'clock last night in will No, 2 of the Dwight Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, and before the Names were extinguished destroyed that and the mill adjoining, No. 1, belonging to the Same company, The fire caught in the wheel room by the acct- dental overturning of a lamp and spread very rapidly, At hall-past ten o’clock two steamers were sent from this city, but before their arrival the buildings were nearly consumed. The mills Were employed in the manufacture o! cotton sheet- ing and cotton flannel and contained 4,500 bales of cotton, which were destroyed, together with the stock house and three sheds. In addition to the two milis burned at Chicopee Falls last night there were destroyed the engine and picker building, two storehouses, filled with frst class lumber and old and new machinery, and & part of the raiiroad freight depot, which was used as a sterehouse for cotton. ‘there were 1,500 bales of cotton in the cotton storehouse, most of which was completely ruined. There were about nine hundred looms in the two mills, and the cleth in them, about twenty-five hun- dred cuts, which were burned, together with about twenty-two tiousand pounds o! filling and 10,000 pounds of coarse yarn. Eight huudred hands were thrown out of em- Ployment by tne fire, tbree-iourths of whom were girls, The running on extra time ia the re: mills and preparing for rebuilding will afford em- ployment lor a considerable portion of this force of ands, but inany of them wiil be obliged to. seek work elsewhere. ‘The fire will prove a very serious disaster to the general prosperity of the village, a3 the operatives are largely indebted to the merchants for supplies furnished in masiotpa ear of the monthly pay day, which was to have been to-morrow. The loss of the company is to-day estimated at half a million dollars, The Amount of Insurance. Boston, Mass., April 15, 1873. The insurance on the Chicopee Milis was $613,000, the full amouut required by law and the limit’ pre- scribed by insurance rules, divided in various sums among the following companies :— The Manufacturers’ Mutual and Arkwright Mu- tual, of Boston; Manufacturers’ Mutual and -Pire- men’s Mutual, of Rhode Island; Mutual and State Mutual of Providence; Worcester Mutual, Fall River Mutual, North British Mercantile. Loriitard, of New York; Hartford, Phomix and Natiopal, of Hartford. Tne Mutual companies lose $400,000, of which $100,000 is in the Boston Manutacturers’, The Pages of feolscap—couched in very bad Euglish— that the deceased had come to his death by in- juries received by passing trains; and the Jersey Central and all its employés are censured for doing Heaven knows what. The verdict leaves the case in a state of great doubt, but from the bungling manner in which it was conducted and the unaccountable absence of the most material Witnoss no other result could have been expected. ‘The death was a very peculiar one, aud if every- thing had not been s0 stupidly conducted things might have been explained which at present look very bad. CANDIDATES FOR THE GALLOWS, Two Men Ordered To Be Executed in North Carolina on May 30, 1873. RALEIGH, N, C., April 15, 1873, In the Superior Court ef this county Judge Albertson resentenced Simpson Mordecai and Thomas GriMice to be executed in the jail yard here, according to law, on the 30th of May next, between the hours of ten A, M. and three P. M. ‘They were convicted of burglariously entering small store in this county and {nhumanly beating a Man bamed Hicks, the proprietor, last Fall, At their trial, which took place last November, they were convicted and sentenced to be executed, but an appeal to the puyrome Court was granted. This tribunal, after a full and carelul review ef the evidence, and hearing the arguments in the case. confirmed the decision ef the lower court, and the prisoners were resentenced as above. It is scarcely probable the Governor will interpose executive clemency in behalf of these criminais, as it was proven in the evidence that besides the robbery and ee ae the assault upon Hicks was with intent to kill, both of which are capital ovences in this State. THE PARK HOSPITAL. The Commissioners of Charities and Core rection Heal Their Differences with | the Medical Board—New Appointments MademThe Park Hospiial Erected to the Position of a Distinct Institution, The diMculty between the Board of Commis- sioners of Charities and Correction and the Medical Board of Examiners, at the head of which is Dr. Crane, is over. It will be remembered by the report which appeared in the HERALD some days since, that the Medical Board made several nomin- ations to positions in the Park Hospital, without consulting the Commissioners and in defiance of their authority. Dr. Flutrer, the principal of | their nominations, a short time after being appointed, had charges brought against him, which severely reflected upon bis | character a8 a medical man. This excited the | Commissioners all the more that the appointment | was not one of their own, though coming under | their authority, and the result was that tiey deter- | mined to make an investigation, while at the same | time they themselves suid they had no authority to make one, Yesterday, however, the Board went into consultation on the matter, and Dr. Flulirer’s oMicially, and it was found to be im every respect | good, His acts while serving at the Park Hos- | pital were exonerated from ail blame, and | the Commissioners finally came to the de- | cision of retaining nim in his position. The affairs of the Park Hospital were then dis: J in extenso, and it was resoived to make a separate institution (hitherto it has only been an adjunct to Bellevue Hespital), and give it a stat of ollicers separate and distinct, and only holding re- lations with the Commissioners. Thus the Board, while recognizing the appotnt- ments the Medical Board recentiy made, de- termined to absolve the doctors appointed of all responsibilities to that Board and make them only amenable to the Board of Commissioners itsell. The fuss between the two Boards has been of one great benefit to the community at large, for , the Park Hospital has hitherto been very incem- plete in its workings, having no power of its own, Jaded, making it a distinct institution cal Board to in the power of the Med. ‘The Park Hospital has pow for its oiti War: | den Brown (the Commissioners be! eutirely | satisied with that gentleman's record), Dr, 4 Fluhver, House Surgeon, at a salary of $150 per month; Dr. Hardy, Assistant House Surgeon, at a | charged, and Dr. Joyce as Ambujance Surgeon at | a salary ol #75 per month, in place of Dr. Heming- | way, discharged. Warden Brown has pow the | authority of making requisitions upon tie Com- | missioners direct instead by the circumlocutory way ef Believue Hospital. This is for the purpose of making a sepa- rate account, and also of obtaining needful | articles more speedily than has hitherto been the | way. The Commissioners ¢eserve to themselves | the right of appointing and discharging at | pleasure instead of making the appointments for @ certain time. It is the first time since its foun- dation that the Park Hospital has been erected to the dignity of a distinct institution, on a par with Charity aud Bellevue Hospitals, It is understood, also, that the Cemmissioners of Charities and | Correction will recegnize no more appointments made by the Medicai Board, so as to avoid in future any such difficuity as has characterized the rela- tions of the two Boaras during the past few weeks, It i# hoped by the Commissioners that the change | will be an tiaprovement upon the old plan. No | more medical students will be allowed te practise | in the new hospital. The men appointed all have diplomas, HOBOKEN BANK ROBBURY. The Panic and Almost Ended. Throughout yesterday the excitement of the peo- ple seemed to be dying eut, fmasmuch ag further deposits, aggregating $2,500, were made at the | savings bank. The sum paid out to feverish indi. viduals—chiefly women—was only $24,000, ‘the subsidence of the sume and restoration of conf. dence have given rise to an inconceivable amount tion, Out of near! three hun- Grea *pase:bouks now ¢xauined uo discrep: ancy has been detected, except a number of small sums, reaching $20, Many of those persons who a othe yesterday did 80 for the sole purpose of having their beeks com- vared with the bank records, Kienen has not yet Been captured. His fall nas sorely pierced the hearts of his aged parents, who ate respectable Germans. Many rumors are rife in regard to the causes of hig downfall. The provability scems to be that one of the revolting haunts of loose women “up the road’ which breught destruction to made last night by Detective Fitzsimmons. He was anxious to get hold of the lock, as a peint in the evidence, but it had been torn to pieces by Murray. Dr. Brown js @ lew-sieed man, about sixty years Withers and others has also been the occasion of Klenen’s ruin, To-day the savings bank will most likely return to its wonted quict, aud business yro- ceed evenly, a8 Usual, |W | take-it-easy | saving his entrance of $100, salary Of $100 per month, vice Dr. Amabile, dis- | 1 of receiving them | 9 British Mercantile Company's toss is $30,000, The greatest loss to the mills will be in the ‘elay, PIGEON SHOOTING. First Day of the Open Tournament at Hall’s Driving Park—Fifty-Bird Sweep- stukes—Six Contestants=Johnson, Paine and Begardus the Winners, The pigeon shooting tournament, open to all comers, given by Ira A. Paine, of New York, was successfully inaugurated yesterday at Hall’s Driv- ing Park, on the Coney Island road. The day was pleasant, although @ stiff land breeze was blowing throughout the sport, which made it somewhat annoying to the spectators. As was en- ticipated, the responses from the profes- sional shots, who have from time to time figured in centests of this character, were very satisfactory, six of the better known in the United States contending for the prizes. The programme for the first of the three days’ sport was a fifty-bird sweepstakes, under the Rhode Island rules, and $100 entrance, the amount to be divided into three parts, The iollowing were the contestants, to- gether with the guns and the quantity of powder... and shot used by each:— Miles Johnson, of Yardville, N. J.—Evans’ tight 10-gauge muzzie-loader, single barrel, 13; 0z, shot and 6 drachms powder, Ira A, Paine, of New York—Grant 10 central fire, breech-loader; 144 02, shot and 5 drachms powder; paper. shells. . H. Bog .rdus, of Elkhart, [11.—Thomas, of Chi- cago, 10-gange breech-loader; 114 oz, shot and 5 drachms powder; paper shells, a. W. ‘tinker, of Providence, R. I.—Parker, 10 gauge, breech-loader; 134 0Z. shot and 4); drachms powder; metallic shells, James Carlin, of Fairview, N. J.—American (old- fashioned) 10.tauge double barrel, muzzle-loader; 144 oz. shot and 5 drachms powder. William Carson, of Philadelphia. ‘ans’ 7-gauge, muzzle-loader; 14; oz. shot and 6 cums powder, The rules cali for twenty-one yards rise and eighty yards boundary. Five Hand T traps were in place, and as each shooter came to the score an indi- cator marked the one to which his attention should be directed, so that there was fairness all around in this particular. Mr. George S. Lanphear, a well known sportsman, was selected referee, and each contestant acted as bis own judge, The birds furnished upon the whole was an aver- | age lot, though it was the fortune of some of the shooters to obtain more than their share of the lively oues, Tinker being among the most notice- able in this particular. From the score herewith appended it will be observed that the skill dis. played by ihe contestants was very gratifying, and not untii the latter stage of the sweepstake was it rtain whether Johnson, Paine or Bogardus ould head the list; but the calm, sturd: Miles finally pulled victor, killing forty-six out of fifty 8, a score that any time can almost be counted a winning one, thus receiving the first prize of $300. Next on thie ust comes Paine, who killed 43, taking the $200 purse; and then Bogardns, who scored 41, ‘he iaiter gentleman ig still suffering trom the gunshot wound in his right ieg accidentally received last Winter, and nothing but the oceasion could have enticed him in his present health from his home in Iinois. Fourth on the list is Tinker; fifth, Carlin; and last, Car. son, Who at the beginning had many loud talking friends about lim, evideutiy to his great annoy- ance. SUMMARY, Drivine Park, L. L—Prax PEN TO ALL CoMERS—! Day, y bird sweepstake. Rhode 1. $100 entrance, Johnson—t, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,0, 1, 1, 1, 1):1,1, 1y 1, 1, 1,0, iyh, 1, 4, 3,4) ty 1s ty de Bey UWL 1 1, i, 1,'1, 1, Total, o.° Kiitea, 463 missed, 4. Paine—1, 1, 1,1,1,1,1, 1,1, 1,0, 1, 1, 1,1, 1,1, 1, 1, 1,1, 1) 1, 1, % 1, 1, 1, 1,0, 1.1, 1, 1y 1) Op y 1p Gy 1) 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1—~Total, 50, "Kliled, 43; missed, 7 Bogaraus—1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 1, 1, 0,1, 1, 1, 1, 4) 1, 3, 1,1, O 1, ¥, 0, 1, 1, Ted, }U 11 1 1, 1,0, 1, 1, 6, 0, 1, 0, 1rdtal, “60, Killed: 41; missed, '9 Tinker—1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1,1, 1, 1, ‘eh 20,0, ty y Wy Ty Wy 1 1,1, 0, 1—Total,’ 50. y 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0 1, 1, 0 1,1,0,1,1,1,1, missed, 10, 1, 1, 1, 1, y 1, 1, 1, , 0,'1, 1, 1, 0—Total, 50. Cargon—, 1, 1, i 1 dsb 1,1 bb 1, 1, 1,1, 0,1, 1, 0, 1, , iO Ay a i, 0,'1, 1,6, 1,1,’ 0, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1+ fotal,’60, ee eo! ae 31 amphear. eferee—Ceorge S. La . Time of shooting—Three hours and fifteen min- utes. Te-day’s programme will be a double-bird sweep- stakes, Rhode Isiand rules, 144 0%. shot, 10 pairg of birds, $60 entrance, with first and second money, BERGH HORS DU COMBAT. In the Court of Special Sessions yesterday there was, toa certain extent, a ‘test case” brought up for decision under the statatory laws in regard to cruelty to animals, Mr. Henry Bergh was the plaintif, appearing as attorney in behalf of the society of which he is president, and the Twenty- third Street Stage Company were the defendants, represented by counsel. A large number of wit- nesses Were examined in behalf of the prosecution and defence, Mr. Borgh first taking the stand. He stated that onthe 7thinstant, near Astor place, he arrested a driver in the employ of the above mentioned company, that one of the horses he was driving was lame, and covered with Bilin 54 Officer Bevins, of the Broadway testified to the lameness of the horse, Mr. Join G. Burroqgne, curator of Kghn’s Museum, was asked by Mr. Wet- more, counsel for the defence, if he “ juaintance with horses.” He replied very that “he knew @ horse gentieman’s examination was bro male.’ toe ] of the to injured.by tl consequent necessity Of standing atill for twenty: five minutes, 8 4 4 At ponelaston and when summing bd Mr. Bergh waxed eloque: nally aj sense of justice of the moe tel inowt edge of law and the explicit requirements of starutes. But they renlatoed ol ite, and te cited that in their opinions the prosec ition had nor made out a clear and sucticlent cage. ‘The sult was 4 then dismissed, close. The Surgeon tn the emp! to Animals society, tes! the condition of the animal in question. Beans J, Beach, an ancient veterinary on, swore the horse’s leg was so swollen xercise would |, “do ‘im goed.” Fe ‘was tl ext wit He thought the mare was red. 7 we :