The New York Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1873, Page 8

8 ABORTION OR POISON ? The Mysterious Death of Sarah Ma- ria Bancker, the Wife of a Harlem Physician, STRANGE RUMORS AND ACCUSATIONS, An Investigation Into the Case and a Post- Mortem Examination by Dr. Cushing—Dr, Bancker Arrested by Order of Coroner Newman—He Asserts His Inno- cence—A Chemical Analysis to Decide Whether This Is a Case of Poisoning. The wife of Dr. William W. Bancker, 118 West 124th street, died under mysterious circumstances on Monday last. They had been married but one month and seemed to have lived happily together, but there were, nevertheless, at the time of her death strange rumors in the vicinity, until the au- thorities were at last compelled to investigate tho ase. Sergeant Wilson, of the Thirty-second pre- cinct, was the first who heard these rumors. The Sergeant was passing a drug store in the neighbor- hood, when the druggist called to him:— “Sergeant,” the druggist said, ‘there is some- thing very mysterious about the death of Mrs. Bancker.” The Sergeant asked several questions, and the druggist finally said :— “Well, [have heard al! sorts of ramors and don’t know WHETHER TO BELIEVE THEM, They have not been married a month, and she, nevertheless, had a miscarriage on Friday last (3lstof July). 1 know this positively. She became iil ten days ago, and the doctor said she was suf- fering from cholera morbus and yomiting, Now, it was very singular that they could not stop this cholera morbus and vomiting in five days. An- other strange symptvp was that her tongue was black.” “Do you think there were any symptoms of poison ?” the Sergeant inquired, “It looks very much like it,” the druggist re- plied; “but of course it would be impossible for any one togive an opinion without having first made an examination, I think it is the auty of the proper authorities to investigate this matter.” The Sergeant pursued his inquiries in the ward, and iound that almost everybody who had heard of the death of Mrs, Bancker suspected foul play. He ascertained, as is alleged, that the doctor had @ bad reputation, and some people said he HAD SEDUCED THE GIRL and lived with her long before they were married. They went so far us to assert that he had a motive for killing ber, as he would not have her bear a child 50 soon, Mr. Charles Roff, the grandfather of the de- ceased, calied on the Sergeant and also requested lum to have the matter investigated. Sergeant Wilson went yesterday morning to the Coroner's office and told Coroner Herrman the facts which have already been stated, Coroner Herrman, in company with Dr. Joseph Cushman, promptly re- paired to the residence of Dr. Bancker, in 124th Btreet. Carriages stood in front of the door and everything seemed to be ready for the funeral. Dr. Bancker did not seem surprised at seeing the | Coroner, and said, when the iatter told him that he Vould have to investigate the case and examine the body, “Al rigut ‘The appearance of Dr. Bancker is not that of the mildest ad most kind hearted-of men. He is man of thirty-five, large, both tall and broad, with @ tremendous chet, A LARGE, MASSIVE HEAD} a heavy black moustache, that looks ferocious and | it wanted todo some harm; piercing dark | as if eyes, full lips, which were always set, and a rather lowering brow, set off by a mass of thick, dark, giossy hair. His manner was not caim and self possessed. On the contrary, he was exceedingly nervous, and several times when he was at a dead loss how to answer the Coroner’s question he changed color. ‘The Coroner was made still more suspicious by the answers Dr. Buncker gave him. He said be had been married one month and his wife had not been pregnant so far as he knew. ‘he lady first suttered drow a bilious wttack aud been constipated for one week. He had called L Quick, 61155 Kas 127th street. Then she began complaining of her Wiroat. He aud Dr. Quick had treated her both homwopathicaily and allopathically. Her death had Deen caused by laryngitis. Dr. Cushman then made a careful post-mortem examination. It was heid in the back parior, all the relatives and friends being in the trout rooms, THB ONLY PERSONS IN THE BACK PARLOR were the Coroner, Dr. Cusuman, Dr, Quick, the HERALD reporter aud Dr. Bancker, Who seemed to be uneasy as he nervously paced the room. The body lay ina neat coffin, which was piaced near the window, 80 that the doctor should have good light when eXamining the body. It was the corpse of What seemed to have been a young girl. She looked as if she had scarcely been matured. A little, slim form; a pale, long jace, with @ expression of pain; baggard — c! fecly white; dark har and eyebrow thin lips, a sharp, all Dose the corpse of Sarai Maria Bancker. eult of the examimation was as Cushman found that the stomach follows :—L as distend with a dark-colored tu nd presented on its in- ternal surface several points oi moammation. The liver was normal, but the Kidueys were enlarged. There were evideuces also that a child had veen burn, whether dead or alive, bat apparentiy the former. fe brain was ina perlectly heaithy con- dition. When Dr, Cushman had finished the examination and was sewing up the body, DR. BANOKER SI BPPE i and asked, with some nesitation :— “Well, Doctor, how do you find it?” “Jt is very ditlicuit to say,’ be. Cushman replied; “but Us much is certalu, phere are no symptoms @taliol jaryngitis. The woman died irom the effects of a miscarriage.” this was the inain point. Dr. Quick, who had attended the deceased, had given & death cerul- cate baming laryogites (0 (lis ins ce a kind of throat disease) us ibe Cause of cc Dr. Cush Mian said posilively bie were uo symptoms of throat disease Whateve nd tod the reporter alter. wards that Dr. Quick might lave given just as weilacertilication oF “death caused by a wound from a shoigun. there were two very important points Io the first place Dr. Cushman found t already. death had been caused by the effects of a miscarriage and not by laryngitis—the cause named in tue death certific ‘This was certainly a suspicious eine auce, In the second piace, the husband, who was HIMSELF A PHYS denied that bis wite had been enceinte, while Dr Cushwan found unmistakable evidences of the contrary condition having existed, What could be more stispicious? A third point snp causing the death of ehe was but eighte had been ma dd months she would } rest is a myste Ww The Coroner, alter quesuioned Dr. Ban TAN, led a possible motive for this poor uniortuuate girl en years old When she died. They four mouths, and in jour ave probably borne a cuuld, The ch is yet to be cleared. he post-mortem examination, er. Dr, Bancker denied once more that bis wife had been pregnant; but when Dr. Cushman said he was positive of that tact he changed color, and was unab’e to give a satisfac tory reply. The Coron nen ordered Sergeant Wiison to arrest Dr. Bancker, and to take him to the police station. The Sergeant TOLD HIM IN A WHISPER what he had becn ordered to do, but Dr. Bancker ently said, I'm ready to go." Dr. Quick, who liad attended the deceased, toid the HeRALD reporter that be thought she had a miscarriage, but he did pot know it at t) time. “1 did not ask her mavy questions,” he | gaid, “as I knew that her husband was a physician, It wouid bave been quite «lifferent if I hud attended the wile of an ordinary cilizen, Who knew nothing 0} medicine.” The reporter conversed with Dr. Bancker before the latter was taken to the police station. Rerorvek--Do you wish Ww say suything r to these charges Dr. BANCKER (very earnestly and seizing hold of the reporter’s arm) — it, Lam utterly at a loss to understand these pro- ceedings. MY WIPE HAD A BILLIOUS ATTACK and suffered afterwards irom Jaryngitia, from which she died. I really don’t kuow why the Coroner made this investigation. J deny having colmnitted apy criminal act for which I should be placed ander arrest Keroxten.--Dr, Cushman jound that your wife Was pregnant, ‘ Dr. BANKER (ahrngging his shoulders)—I don’t know auy(hing about it. You may also have beard {roto solve of the neighbors some stories in regard olny intimacy with her before our marriage, but all these stories are fuise, utterly faise, There is bot @ Word of truth in them, ‘The rest of Dr. Bancker's statement was a repe- fon of what he had said vo Coroner Herrman. Wr. Cushman put the internal organs of the de- ased into a cle Pesve. a & clean glass jar and gave them to Professor Krdeman, of the Health Department. Brot sor Erdeman Will make a chemical analysis SY MIMO WS Vib larg es Bias Liu ves yh guy) in | y, 1 know nothing about | Py YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1873—TRIPLE wn the saalne eae Bad ® week to maze PRISONER DR. ‘KER WILL REMAIN A at the Thirty-second precinet lice station. Dr. pol was unable to discover any clear evi- dence of an abortion, and it now remains to be seen whether it is bly a case of poisoning. ‘The iact what br, Bancker denied that bis wile was pregnant ig very much against him. It is also noteworthy ‘that he 1s on the ‘black list’? of the Board of Health, and that his prepacee reputation is said to be baa. Coroner Herrman summon a jury this morning, and then the funeral will take place. The inquest will id as soon a8 Professor Endeman is ready to report the result of his anaiysis, - INIEBRIETY. Meeting of the Corporation of “The Intebriates? Home for Kings County”— Election of Officers and An Report. The adjourned annual meeting of the Corporation of “The Iniebriates’ Home for Kings County” was held last night at the Mercantile Library, Montague street, Brooklyn, for whe purpose of electing officers, receiving the report of Mr. J. Willett, the Superintendent of the Home, and revising the bylaws, Mx, J. 8. T, Stranahan occupied the chair., After the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting, the Superinten- dent’s report was submitted, It 1s very lengthy and embrances reference to all the peculiarities of the drunkard and the vice which excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks leads to, The whole number of patents treated last year was 161, of which 101 were males and 60 females; 42 of the miles were married, 52 were single and 2 were widowers; of the jemales, 23 were married, 16 were widows and 22 single. A considerable num- ber of the patients have proseoned directly from the prison to the Home and surrendered them- selves for treatment, and there are found among these many persons of refinement and education, and in gome cases of high attainments in literature. ‘Thirty-seven of the male patients last year were discharged soldiers from the United States army, and some never tasted intoxicating liquors until they entered the army. Or the last years’ patients, thirty-five have been in the habit of commencing their debauches with the use of malt liquor, cider, lager or ight wines, according to their respectively acquired early tastes. The use of these stimulated the diseased appetite for strong alcoholic liquors which had been previously acquired. Many an in- ebriate, who struggles earnestly to overcome bis vicious habit, unfortanately labors under the de- lusion that he can trust himself with a glass of malt Banos or ight wine, the beverage of his or her pea life, and is thus repeatedly beguiled into ondage. Ninety-six of the patients last year were what is who resorted to no half-way measures, There take from were some patients who could the tincture one to sixteen ounces of of opium daily, while others could take from fifteen to twenty grains of morphine daily. Atter depicting the terrible results of the constant use of rum, the Super- intendent says that, from facts — gath- ered from all the civilized nations of the world, and in some instances ranging over centuries, combine to prove that inebriety 1s gauged by the restrictions placed on the side of in- toxicating liquors by the excise laws, providing that those restrictions are duly enforced. The report was received and placed on file, and will be printed in pamphlet form. Dr. Thomas L, Mason thought it wastdesirable to add some more names to the corporatros. Valen- tine Hall, Henry A. Curtis and Charles Pratt were aaded, THE OFFICERS elected for the pens tia were as follows Presi t—James S, T. Stranahan, Vice President—George G. Herman. Treasurer—Thomas T. Buckley. Secretary—John Willett. DIRECTORS. John H. Prentice, J. 5. 'l. Stranahan, George G, Herman, Joseph W. Richardson, Andrew Wish, | Wiliam’ M. Thomas, John H. Bergen, Adophus Gubner, Theophilus D, Mason, Cornelius Ferguson, | James 'H. Prentice, Peter Milen, Jr.; Alired Bid- | ford, Henry C. Curtis and H. A. More. The Treasurer submitted a report showing that the cash and securities on hand amounted to | $87,190 38, The cost of furnishing and the e of the Home during the past year was $2) | ‘The meeting then adjourned, | THE JERSEY SCHUIZEN FESTIVAL The members of the New Jersey Schutzen Corps passed the second day of their festival yesterday in | the grand park at Union Hill, ‘The shooting was of | the same successful character as that of the pre- | | vious day, several members being almost perfect in their aiming. A large number of persons from Hoboken and the surrounding districts assembled on the grounds to witness the display. To-day at noon the competition closes, Prizes to the extent ol $2,000 will be. distributed, Tle most successiui marksman will be crowned by a number of ladies, Many of the iair sex amused themselves at the shooting gallery, where they were the chief ob- jects of attraction. STRANGE CONDUCT BY MR. STRANGE'S Charles F, Voight, confidential clerk and book- | keeperin William Strange & Co.'s silk factory, Paterson, has been for some time past living rather | fast, but mo suspicion was entertained but that | everything was all right. A week or so since, however, he absented himseif unaccountably, and | an investigation of bis accounts proved that his | cash account was $1,720 short. Iogniry at | his residence proved that both he = andj ; his family had gone, A warrant Was issued | for Voigit’s arrest and placed in the hands of the | police authorities, who traced him through various | | places of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, until on | ‘Tuesday they met him in Chestnut street, Phila- | delphia. He tried at first to convince the ofticers | that they had made a mistake, but, that game | | failing, he yielded without trouble, gave himself | up and acknowledged the crime. He said he ;» had been led into bad company and a life of dissipation and drink, and h drawn on the money entrusted to his care, taking | small amounts until it made the sum mentioned, | Finding he could not much longer conceal the fact he nad conciuded, on the advice of tis wife, to “take out.” He was taken to Paterson in charge of Chief of Police Rice, of Paterson, and Detective | called straight whiskey drinkers, men and women | BOOKKEEPER, | THE HAVANA BANK ROBBERS. The Question of the Legality of Their Arrest and Detention- Our Treaty Relations with fpain—Unreliable Rumors of Kidnap- ping—A Former Case—Proceed- ings in a Brooklyn Court. It will be rememberea that ® few days ago the HERALD announced the arrest, on the Havana steamship City of Mexico, in the Lower Bay, of Quero y Alvarez and Enriques Cacaros, charged with stealing from me Commercial Bank of Ha- vana $67,000 ip bills of exchange on Drexel, Mor- gan & Co. and $30,000 in gold. It appears that the former was @ confidential attaché of the bank, and about the time that the property was missed he disappeared. Detectives were put upon his track, but he escaped by taking passage to this city with Cacaros and two women. The Captain General telegraphed Mr. Uriarte, the Spanish Consul here, who consulted the agents of the Spanish government, Messrs, Webster & Craig, and information was made before Judge McCue, of Brooklyn. A warrant was issued and placed in the hands of Detective Kirk, of the Brooklyn force, to execute. Meantime Pinkerton’s detective agency was calied into requisition to work up the cage, On the arrest of the parties they were confined at the Brooklyn Police Headquarters, to which their baggage was transferred, and a large sum mm bills of exchange found therein and various sums in gold, which are believed to be a part ol the proceeds of the robbery, Several informal eXaminations have been had, but the facts were carefully guarded so that the press could obtain no intelhgence; meanwhile all the ties have been Kept 1a close continement 4&1 Dot allowed to communicate with each other, Yesterday morning ® gentleman called at the HERALD Ollice and stated that ina restaurant he had just met an attaché of the Spanish Consulate, who stated that the risoners: would be take removed by the detectives and placed upon the outward-bound steamer for Havana, and that his chief, the Consul, bad agreed to pay the detectives a large sum for this service. A reporter was despatched to see the Spanish Consul on the subject, but neither he nor the Con- | sal General (Craig) nor the superintendent of the | detective agency could be found in the city, The Vite Consul stated it was @ matter he knew noth- | ing about; but the Consul, he was satisfied, would | not be a party to their forcible abduction when there was no extradition treaty between this country and Spain, A gentleman in the ottice of = Mr. Craig professed to know nothing ot the acts, when the » and reporter suggested that the whole proceedings, including the arrest, was, in the absence o! a treaty, illegal, he smiled, and said he supposed all they expected was to get the money refunded; | that Mr, Craig would not be a party to kidnap- | ping them, but he snpposed there were plenty of detectives who would do it if paid for their ser- | Vices. Some of the New York detectives who | were spoken to said that it is not unlikely that the | accused will be kept tn custody until the day of | sailing and thea be transferred from a boat down the bay to the steamship, One | of the members of the law firm having the matter | du charge is a son-in-law of Secretary Fish, but he | 18 now in Europe, and his partner, General Craig, has control oi the matter. Lawyers yesterday were at a loss to discover by what authority a pro- cess could issue from the Courts agaist persons committing an ofence in territory with which we have no treaty regulations for the extradition of criminals, and thought, if they were Jorcibly re- moved, the United States would be bound to de- inund their surrender by the Cuban authorities, The Case in the Brooklyn City Court. Yesterday morning the Havana bank robbers, Enriques Cacaros and Quero y Alvarez, were ar- Taigned before Judge McCue, of the Brooklyn City Court, who issued the warrant for their arrest. ‘The two Spanish women who were arrested on the steamer with them were also produced tn Court, but the men do not implicate them and there has been no charge preferred against them. — Assistant District Attorney Cullen, of Brooklyn, appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and General James B. Craig om behalf of the Bank of Commerce of Havana, the swindled instituuon, The prison- ers had no counsel. Mr, Louis Mayans, an attaché ot the Spanish Consulaie, acted as interpreter, the | prisoners being unable to speak English. | The prisoners are young, neither of them being | yet thirty years ol age, and are men of education, Alvarez, as General Craig explained yesterday, | was the ECRETARY OF THE BANK, and that he gave the certificates to Cacaros, and Cacaros would offer them tor sale to many brokers in Havana. Those brokers would e these cere tificates tothe bank tosee i the re ail right and Alvarez would state that they were; then the brokers would giye Cacaros the money for them, Alvarez’s female compamon is about thirty years companion Of Cacaros is a beauty, avout twenty-one years of age. - The men ‘having heen arraigned, Judge McCue said to the interpreter:— “Teli them that they are under arrest upon a charge Of having stolen gold coin and bills of ex- change, the property of the Commercial Bank of Havana, of the valne of $70,000,” Mr. Mayans (aiter interpreting this statement) — They say that they CANXOT DENY THE CHARGE. Judge McCue—Tell them that they are entitledsto an examination now if they are ready, but that they way Waive eXamination until the Grand Jury passes upon the case. Cacaros (to Mayans)—It will be shorter if they do it now, Mr. Cullen—The Grand Jury sits in September. Judge Me hey had better go to jatl, then, and waive examination. That will give them an opportuntiy to communicate with their friends, and employ counsel and confer about their case, ey Wish to know if it is necessary suid be im jaii all the time and if they bail. The bail wll, in all probability, be that they cannot give it. { Your Honor ptease we can have rom Havana by next Friday. want to knowif and only the witnesses he Mr. Mayans safely lodged in jail at a late hour on ‘Tuesday night. Voight has a wile and one child. He is | abont twenty-four years old and a German by birth. | | He has always enjoyed the greatest confidence on | the part of his employers and moved in res} able society. | Smith, of Newark, who had made the arrest, and | | } | A BROOKLYN MAN'S LEAP, | Mrs. Martna Dale obtained a warrant from Jus- | tice Walsh for the arrest of her husband, Willian | Dale, on the charge of abandoning her. The oft- | dd the accused living on the third floor of | | {th street, ana on going to his apartments yesterday morning to arrest him, arrived there to | find that Dale was in the act of jumping from one of the Windows to escape being taken into cusp! tody. He had seen the olticer coming” up” the stairway, and devining the object | of his visit resolved to escape from him if pos- sible. He leaped from the window and fell upon | | the shoulder of another officer who Was stationed | at the door to prevent his escape by that Way. Dale had one of his legs broken and was badiy | bruised abont the body, while the officer escaped | With a shocked nervous system andalame shoul- | der. Dale's log was set by a police surgeon aud he | Was subsequently committed to jail by Justice Walsh. TERRIBLE FATE OF A FREE RAILROAD RIDER IN NEWARK. The Kensington expr: Jersey City on the I train, which leaves vania Railroad at ten | unsy minutes past Six every evening, makes but one | stoppage in Newark—at Market street, Last evening Thomas Riley, a resident of Techener | street, jumped aboard, expecting the train would | stop at Chestnut street depot the same | | a8 all way trains, te had no ticket, none being sold between the depots, Finding the train did not st he jumped off and fell | under the wheels, whicn ground his legs to shreds of flesh and bone powder, His head was also | | bruised frightfully. He was picked up alive and | removed to the hospital, but without @ shadow of | hope that he could survive many hours, SOCIETY OF THE ARMY AND NAVY OF | THE GULE, PonrLAaND, Me., August 6, 1873. The Society of the Army and Navy of the Gulf met here to-day. A business meeting was held at nine | o'clock, Admiral Bailey, President, presiding, after which the association embarked on the revenue steamer McCulloch for an excursion and clambake | On Lite Hog Island, OIVIL RIGHTS CELEBRATION, Innaca, N. Y., August 6, 1873. The emancipation and civil rights celebration of | the colored people ef Western New York took Place here to-day. A large crowd was present and much enthusiasm prevailed. ‘ihe ringing of church bells and firing of cannon were among the features of the celebration. Professor Langston, of Howard University, Washington, was the erator of the day. The festivities close this evening with a grand promenade concert in Journal Hall, MURDER IN CHICA CHICAGO, TL, August 6, 1873. Jonrt Hoffert last night stabbed William Cottull, who had neurped Hotert’s place ag.ype head of his | Siodsaslyy vovull Wall provably dic, | communi: THEY MUST GO TO JAIL in the meantime. Judge MeCue—Every person is entitied to @ | speedy examination, to the end that if he is mno- cent le may prove lis innocence. But it the evi- | dence is suicient I will remand him tq jail to await the action of the Grand Jury. Mr. M hey Suy they Cannot deny the rob- bery. 'y acknowledge it and expect to finish as soon as possivie, Judge McCue—The only thing that | can do ts to take the plea of guilty, bat | cannot act upon it, iney willhave to wait for the Grana Jury, Mr. Mayans—Cacaros would like to know if it would be possible for him to remam with his wife for @ short time, a8 he is unwell, and it Would com- jort bim, Judge McCue—That is a matter for the jailer, He 18 a kind-hearted man and will do whatever is right, It is in his discretion. Mr. Mayans—lhey ask that they shall not be sent back to Spain or Cuba General Craig—Weill, you may tell them that the Court bas no power to send them there, air. Mayans—They insist upon THE IDKA OF GOING TO A HOTEL. Indge McCue (smiling)—Tell them that ts abso- lutely out of the question. ‘They must go to jal. Mr. Maya 4 ros Wants to know if they can their wives and counsel. Judge McCue—Certainly. Upon the voluntary examination of Alvarez, the he was twenty-nine years of age, a tive of Grenada, Spain, lately a resident oF tava a merchant by occupation. In reply to the question as to whether he had anything to say in relation to tue charge against tim, he said:—1 do not agree with the name that was given to the act, It is not arobbery. It was an abstraction of certificates of shares trom a bank.” Judge MeQue—Does he mean shares or certificates of shares? General Craig said:—Tney took 149 of these cer- | tificates, which were worth $500 each. . They are certificates entitiing the holder to a certificate of stock or a share in the property of the bank, and they pass trom haud to hand like bank notes, or a back. Mr, Mayans—Aivarez says that THR VALUK OF THE PROPERTY STOLEN Was nominal; it is BOL $70,000; they sold it at 30 per cent discount. Judge McOue—Kealizing, then, how mach? Mr, Mayans—About forty thousand dollars, Al- varez desires to state also that the lady with him had nothing to do with the matter, Mr. Culien—We do not ask Your Honor to hold either of the women. Cacaros sald he was twenty-eight years of age, & | native of Sevilie, and that he merely acted as the broker for Alvarez, who had the certificates ior sale, ‘The prisoners were committed to the mond Street Jail to await Whe action of the Grand Jury. An Historical Case. In the fall of the year 1863 Don José Augustin Arguelies filled the position of Lieutenant Gover- nor for the district of Colon, in the Island of Cuba, In the year above mentioned he had effected the capture of over a thousand negroes imported by Zulueta, S. Sania and Generals Munoz and Concha, Janded from an unknown steamer. He duly made his returns to the Captain General at Havana, who gave him @ large amount of money for his ser- vices, It was subsequently discovered that he had sold 141 negroes into slavery for $105,700. Mean- while Arguelles left Cuba and resided at the Mail Jard Hotel, in Broadway. Don G, G, Passara,” Envoy Extraordinary of Spaw, appyed to deyretary Sgwadin Apry, 18 oft age, and by no means prepossessing; bat the | are Ol stock With an endorsement in blank on the | | as the Committee have brought to light, | requesting ti de sent back to Spain, although uo Sxareaition existed be- tween the two countries, On the 14th of April Mr. Seward signified ‘his ‘intention to surrender Ar- gnelies, ‘mM a letter written to Consul Savage at refer | a8 followa:—'? am instructed to inform ou that if the tain General will send to New en to pl elles 1} W e pul indicated in your a ton. Spleawe communicate this in confidence to the Captain General.” Subse- quently Arguelles was taken to Ludlow Aad di jal and translerred to the care of Captain Santales, the ry Spanish nt sent here vy the Captain General, who pli him, aided by United ‘States marshals, on board the Havana steamer which delivered him to the authorities of that.city. Mr. Seward, in justifying himself for surrenderin; lies, said, “There belng no treaty of extradition between the United States and , and no act of Congress di- recting how fugitives from justice shall be given up, the extradit ‘of the Arguelles case is said to have been made In virtue of the law of nations and the constitution of the United States.” CiTY HALL MATTERS. The Return of the Mayor from Long Branch—Comptroller Green Replics to Commissioner Van Nort—Commissioner Van Nort Also Explains—What the As. sessment Committee Did Yesterday. Mayor Havemeyer has returned from his brief visit of a couple of days at Long Branch, and yes- terday resumed his 1unctions in the executive chair, There was comparatively little of public in- verest transacted in the departments yesterday, and matters had assumed an awiully midsummer- like appearance, Comptroller Green yesterday made public the followmg correspondence in controversion of the allegation that he was responsible for the fact that no appropriation was made at the last meet- ing of the Board of Apportionment to pay the “big pipe” men employed in laying the large Croton mains on Tenth avenue forthe two weeks ending July 15;— Cre or Naw Your, Dupanraxnt ov HUANCr, } Comprroi.Kn’s Orrice, July 21, 1873, To me Derantusnr or Pustic Works: * The pay roll of additional alterations of from Ningty-second to 113th street tor two weeks, ending Juiy 15, 1873, has been received. It will be necessary, before any further payment ean be made thereon, that & requisition by the Department of Public Works for a fur- ther issue of “additional new Croton Aqueduct stock,” under chapter 280 of tue Laws of 1870, be made on this Department. The proceeds of previous fasues of stock on this account, authorized by the Board of Apportionment, have been expended iW H. UABEN, Comptroller. To facilitate the issue of this stock and enable the workmen to get their pay the Comptroller had a meeting called of the members of the Board of Apportionment for the 23d of July, but, as will be seen py the following letter, the Commissioner of Public Works'‘failed to send in the necessary requi- sition until the day after the meeting of the Board which authorizes the issue of stocks and bonds :— Oisy ov Naw Yous, Daranrusye or France, } Comprnou.tn’s Orrice, July 24, 1873, ‘To Tre Derantwent ov Puntic WORKS :— This Department, received. today yours, dated 23d inst,, making requisition for $900,0W alterations of aque- uct stock. ‘The Board of Estimate and Apportionment met vester- day afternoon. Your communication, if it had been re- ceived in time, would have been laid before them for consideration. ' 1 will present it to the Board at their next meeting. Respectfully, ANDREW H. GREEN, Comptroller. The Comptroller has made arrangements to have @ meeting called for two o’clock P. M, to-day. It was learned, however, at the office of Com- missioner Van Nort that in response to the second of the two letters above noted the requisition asked for was drawn and forwarded to the Finance Department on the 23d inst., and that it reached the Comptroller's office actually while the Board of Apportionment was in session in Mr. Green’s private oftice. Sposa some neglect, nowever, in his department the document was not handed in, and, as aconsequence, no action was taken on it. THE ASSESSMENT INQUIRY, The Committee of the Board o1 Supervisors yes- terday coytinued their investigation into the ex- cessive at unequal assessments on property in the thre@upper wards, The great Interest taken wr-the investigation by property holders all over the city, and the number of complaints which were presenced to the committee from property owners in other wards, but which they have no power to entertain, have induced them to ask atthe next meeting of the Board of Supervisors, on the 11th proximo, for an extension of power, 80 as to go | over the whole city. Alderman Koch, chairman of the Committee, thinks that the opinion that the assessments for this year cannot be changed 1s erroneous, The tax books have not yet been confirmed Ly the Board of Supervisors, and he believes no law or power can compel them to approve and confirm sucan manifest and OUTRAGEOUS FRAUDS He says no mandamus or other Tegal process will compel him to sign the books. He will goto the Tombs first. He took an oath of office, and no party can force him to perjure himself. ‘The following complaints were received yester- day :— Patrick Callaghan put in a protest against the assessment On unimproved lots owned by him in the Twenty-second Ward, in West Eighty-second, Righty-third and Eighty-fourth streew. Last year the aggregate assessment on this property Was $52,465, and this year it has been increased to $154,100, being an increase of $101.635, or nearly three times 48 much as last year, One lot assessed last year at $800 is assessed this year at $4,000, be- ing an increase of 500 per cent. He also coni- plained that in addition to this assessment he was assessed $56,477 tor Riverside Park and Drive im- provements. Abraham Lewis said a house of his on Tentn avenue is assessed at $9,000. He would give a lease of the house for five years to any person who would pay the taxes on it. ‘homas Maher, No, 316 West Thirty-sixth street, | complained of ap increase of $500 each on waste lots owned by him in West Sixty-filth street. he would giadly sell the lots at the assessed valuation. ECONOMY IN THE PUBLIO WORKS. Under an arrangement with Commissioner Van Nort, of the Department of Public Works, and at his earnest request, all the gas companies furnish- ing gas for public lamps have at last sent in their bills for lighting the public lamps for the year 1872, at the reduced rates of $42 50 per amnum for each jJamp from January | to July 31, and $39 per annum Jrom and alter August 1, 1872, when the govern- ment tax on gas had ceased. This makes a redne- tion of $183,045 18 in the cost of gas for pubiic Jamps as compared with the year 1871, the bills tor wh are still unpaid and ape before the courts for dication. Commissioner Van Nort, of the Department of Pubiic Wo! reports that the number of bathers at the two free noating baths during the monta of July was 267,136, of Whom 53,003 were females. The largest numb« of bathers on any one day was 16,452, on Tuesday, July 15, COMPTROLLER'S RECEIPTS, Comptroller Green reports the following amounts puid yesterday into the city treasury. From— BUREAU OF COLLKCTION OF A Assessments for street openings and and interest...... Arrears of taxes, assessments, water rents ana in- terest... a seiiprebe +e B68 UNFAU OF City RhVENUR. Ground, honse, ferry and market cellar rents, and market rents and * 2,525 nunkay OF neat Croton water rent and penalties......... 2,648 KURKAU OF WATER SURVEYOR, Permits to buildgyaults.....-....00.+ Hs 4 AYOR'S SRCOND MARSHAL, Licenses and fines. : Ne i erty cot Fees from Fourth Distriet Pol Total... $5206 RAID ON A FARO BANK. Captain Ulman, of the Fonrth precinct, and a squad OP policemen made araid on the gambling shop at No, 113 Chatham street yestorday afternoon and arrested the men connected with the place, They were taken to Police Headquarters and locked up. Why they were not taken belore a mugistrate at once 1s a question that only some of the authori- ties at Police Headquarters can answer, If the Commissioners Would look into the matter they would find that this sort of thing is done to give the lawyers an opportunity oO! seeing the prisoners before they are taken to Court, Lawyers gen- erally pay huif the fee jor @ case to the people giving them notice of it and a@ good opportanity to probe the pockets and feelings of the clients, The complaint against the house was made by the Commissiouers of Charities and Correction. They reperted to Captain Irving, that runners from this house were con- stantly watching around Castle Garden for the pur- of inveigting unsuspicious emigrants, Captain irving, a matter of courtesy, handed the case over to Captain Ulman, as the house was in the Fourth precinct, Unfortunately for ule chance of punishment for the rogues, the affair was notlelt among these officers. They will, however, be taken to Court this morning, KILLED BY FALLING LUMBER, Coroner Herrman yesterday held an inquest in the case of Mary Driscojl, a little girl six years of age, Who was killed on the 3ist ultimo by the fall- ing upon her of a quantity of lumber in the lumber yard of Messrs, stevens Brother, Forty-seventh street and Eleventh avenue, It was in evidence that large numbers of children and hal:-grown men were in the habit of gaining access to sue yard and stealimg ties from between the lumber. hen ex- Ri Staeex with and warned to go away the youth- I delinquents have been in the habit of hurling stones and brickbats at the watchmen and others who interiered St them. The jnry, after listen- ing to the evidence, rendered @ verdigt Of aoq- gah dead ‘e ; ’ SHEET. SEA CLIFF GROVE. The German Camp Meeting in Progress, There—Services Yesterday. , A camp meeting for the Eastern German district of the Methodist Episcopal Church began at Sea Cuff, near Glen Cove, en Tuesday evening. But few were present, and the services consisted of a brie discourse, folowed by a prayer meeting. At eleven o’clock A. M. yesterday the Rev. John Deininger, pastor of the Second street German church, preached from I. John, i,6to%. The Rev. J. C. Groth, of Newark, N.2., occupied the pulpit at two o’clock P. M., and in the evening the Rev. F. W. Dinger, of Breslau, L. L, deli @ discourse from Exodus, X., 22 The Rev, elder of the dis- fembaresyely , Lutz, presid trict, is in charge of the exe! few have arrived thus far, but it is éxpected the numbers will increase daily. The steamer Arrowswith, from New York, brought 150 yester- day morning. The fare 1s thirty-llve cents each way, or 100 tickets for $25 for the accommodation of Sabbath schools and churches. The ve is distant twenty-eight miles irom New York, on the Sound, the running time being one hour an quarters, 1 ‘A fair proportion of the attendants are Ameri- cans, who ‘do not, of course, all understand the discourses, as they are exclusively given in Ger- man. An English is, however, arran; for @ portion of next Sabbath. Among the clergy- men present yesterday, besides those already named, were J. Y. Wolfe, of New York; Henry Kastendick, of Williamsburg; Philip Stahl, of Mel- rose, N. Y.; Charles Reus, 01 ‘purner’s Mass. ; Charles Brockmeyer, of Elizabeth, N.J.; N. Hub- bell, of Long isiand City; & W. King, of Piatiands, LL, and mn Foster, of New York, Also Mr. George Stehl and infuential laymen of the latter place, and Martha Lutz, of Hartford, Conn., an authoress familiarly known to German readers as “Sister Martha.” Seventy-five cactages, have been built, of neat and tasty designs, me of them cost $6,000. An “Old Ladies’ Summer House” is being con- structed next to the great Tabernacle. It is) an offshoot of the institution in Forty-second street, New York, and was projected by Mr. A. G. Richard- son, of the same place, who donated the lots and has given largely toward the completion of the building. Several aged sisters have already occu- pied a portion of it, and others will do so when the’ rooms are in readiness. Some of the women who are inmates of the New York Home have reached the advanced age of ninety years. This is the second camp meeting held on this ground the present season, the first having been a union meeting. A third opens August 26, which is to be called a Home Camp Meeting. FLEETWOOD PARK. Mosley the Winner of the $200 Purse, and Pauline the Sweepstakes of $400. Two trotting events came off at Fleetwood Park yesterday afternoon, the first being a purse of $200 for horses that had never beaten 2:35, and the second a sweepstakes of $400—each mile heats, best three in five, in harness. There were six entries for the purse—John Chambers’ bay mare Mosley, John Doty’s brown mare Lady Angee, John Mur phy’s sorrel gelding Sorrel Jake, Wil liam EE.’ Weeks’ gray gelding Tom Won- der, Isaac Pawling’s black mare Mazeppa (formerly Kitty Cramb) and George Walker’s bay mare Lady Annie. In the pools Mosley had the call at even money against the field. She won the race in three straight heats, Lady Angee taking second money and Sorrel Jake the third premium. The contest for second place was quite exciting and caused considerable speculation among the fraternity of betting gentiemen, SUMMARY. FLEETWOOD PARK, MORRISANIA, N. Y., August 6.—Purse of $200, for horses that never trotted better than 2:35; mile heats, best three in five, 10 harness; $125 to the first, $50to the second and $25 to the third horse, Judges—Messrs. Manee, Briggs and Haight, Johu Chambers’ b. m. Mosley... > ee John Doty’s b. m. Lady Angee. 23 John tha) 8. g. Sorrel Jake. . 32 William E. Weeks’ gr. g. Tom Wonder. 44 Isaac Pawling’s bik. m. Mazeppa (tormerly Kitty Crumb)... 465 George Walker's b. m. Third heat. . : Ks Entered for the sweepstakes were A. C. Whit- son's bay mare Pauline, A. Barrett’s bay mare +. 38% 1:18 Mary Louise, Stephen Hayes’ bay mare Laura Keene and Peter Mance’s white gelding King Lear. The mares Pauline and Mary Louise only re- sponded to the call of the judges. The bet- tt was in favor of Mary Louise and quite‘’a large number ef pools of moderate amounts were sold before the first heat. The sweepstakes were to be trotted under the rules, and when Mary Louise won the first heat with ease it was found that her driver did not carry the required weight, and the judges gave the heat to Pauline, backers of Mary Louise were Pry annoyed at this resuit, but they held, an that rightly, that the judges, in omitting the ne sary work O! weighing t! rivers before the co mencement of the-race, had been very careless, It is one of the few protections the public have at this time on the track and should never be neg- lected. Of course, no time was announced for this heat, but Mary Louise made the mile in 2:47, Pauline then won the second and fourth heats and the race, much to the annoyance of the backers of Mary Louise. SUMMARY. SAME Day.—Sweepstakes of $400; mile heats, best three in five, in harness, Judges—Messrs. Manee, Bri; and Haight. A. C, Whitson’s b. M. Pauline -1121 A. Barrett’ Stephen Hi Peter Manee' Mile, First heat.. No time. ! Second heat 214036 Third heat.. ig | Fourth heat.. 4736 LONG BRANOH RACES, Lone Brancn, August 6, 1873. ‘Tom Bowling, of McGrath's stables, and True Blue, of Chamberlin’s, arrived here to-night from Saratoga, preparing for the extra meeting at Monmouth Park on the 20th inst. GRAND SWIMMING TOURNAMENT. The Two Champions ef Manhattan Island Contest Their Natatorial Skill in Single Combat for $500. Last evening, as the tide slackened on the bosom of the Fast River, the two champion swimmers ot Manhattan Island, Messrs, W. Wolff and Charles Keller, engaged in single contest across the angry waves of the river and back again to the foot of Fitty-feurth street, The trial was stimulated principally by the bravado and boasting of each party that he was the best swimmer. Keller won | the first medal prize of this year’s matches and | was defeated by Wolff in the second triai—the lat- ter having won the season medal, worth $60, It may be easily I how both parties en- tered into the spirit of the race yesterday atter- noon. The tide was “overfiowing, yet not full’ — the waves were strong and turoulent. The two glorious athletes dashed into the stream with eqnal courage, and swam side by side through waves and billows and breakers until they reached and turned the stakeboat at Biackwell’s Island. ‘They then strove for the starting point at Allen's natatorium. Two steamers passed and drove them backwards for several The two gallant y hey got side by sice again, and, breasting every billow and every dan- ger, they came in almost together. Wollf was a discernible point ahead, Keller struck the win- ning point almost as soon, The two young athletes were received on the stand with cheers and shouts of applause. Mr. Hurley, who acted deferred his decision until another trial, ORPHAN CHILDRENS’ EXCURSION. A few of our wealthy Hebrew merchants, phi- lanthropically inclined, arranged @ water picnic for the poor children of their faith, including those Maintained atthe Hebrew Orphan Asylum in this city, and likewise invited the children of the federal soldiers and sailors of the Union Home at Washington Heights to partake of their hospitality. Bright and eariy a bevy of neatly dressed, happy children, accompanied by their teachers, embarked on board of the barge Sarah Sands, foot of Chris- topher street. Others got on board at Twenty- third street, North River, but at gist street the orphan children of the Hebrew Asylu the Union Home were taken on, which finished the prectous cargo of youthtul excursionists. The latter attired in their holiday suits, headed by their famous brass band of twenty-one, performers received the honors of passing on board through the ranks opened by Mr. J. Cohen, the Superintendent of the former, The boat then proceeded to Excelsior Park, opposite Yonkers, where some three hours were happily spent, a Punch and Judy show, forming one of the of sandwiches, ros and cakes and an abundance of milk and lemonade were served to the children without stint, A system of handing cach one @ ticket for breakfast, lunch and ice cream vended to keep the very best of order. Mr. Martin S. Fechhenner, who was the temporary chairman on the occasion, im the absence of D. Levy, deserves great credit for his indefi in managing the affair. He was Julius Rosenbaum, Asher T. Meyer, P. 4 M.S. Isaacs, G. W, Levensireet and A. Oettinger, ‘The children of the Union Home were in churge of their Fuperintepeey” Major M. M. Camp, and Mesers, W. J. Barnes and J. Bernheimer, of the Board of Directors. Altogether this excursfon was @ highly suecessfal affair in every respect, and HWANG O44 Ghudren puDReMcly happy, f The Long Line of Life-Takérs’ at: the City Prison. ” How 8 Quurtetof Aristoeratic Murderers in the Tombs Court Yard Yesterday—A Pus- sled Policeman—How a Reporter In- creased the Policeman’s Wonder- mont—A Sketch of the Plebeian Murderers—Sharkey’s Misconduct and Rosensweig’s Chances Escape from Punishment About three o’clock yesterday afternoon, in the courtyard of the Tombs, standing by the gray stone wall of the male prison, and looking out upon the enclosed ornamental shrubbery, stood @ quar- tet of murderers. A policeman who had just handed over to the keepers of thé prison ® dirty and folorn woman, that drunken. ness and misery had evidently made criminal, (Was passing back again to the outside world, when his attention was arrested by the group in the distance, who were evidently enjoy~ ing a quiet and pleasant chat. ‘The policeman bent, @ steady gaze, under his Panama hat,,at the quar- tet, and then turned to a reporter of the HERALD, who was standing near him, and asked tie follow- ing questions :— “What are theap men 1” “Those men are murderers,” answered the re- porter. “Them murderers!” ‘This was all that it was possible for the surprised’ policeman to utter. He looked at the reporter with the strange mark of incredulity that is char- acteristic of the least intelligent members of the force, It seemed necessary to reassure him thas no practical joke was intended, and the reporter restated his assertion in clearer terms, as fol- Jows:— “That is what the law says they are. Is it pos- sible that you don’t know them?” inquired the re- porter. if “No, I don’t know them. Now, you tell me, thongh; ain’t that gentleman without his hat, Sy white pants, light coat and vest, with slippers on— ain’t that Stokes?” “Yes, that is Stokes.” “1 think I should have knowed bim from the pic- ters in the newspapers. Who’s the other fellows?” * The tall gentleman with the English-cut red whiskers, brown straw hat and dark clothing is John Scannell, who shot Thomas Donahue. The one with crutches, leaning his back against the wall, and wearing a light-colored woollen suit, is Johm Simmons, the lottery dealer, who killed Duryea: and the tall, slim young man, who 18 80 very neatly dressed and is cleaning his teeth with a toothpick, is James King, who shot O'Neil in Judge Suther- land’s office.’? ‘The look of innocent astonishment was so real oa the policeman’s tace that it was needful to give him these details to reassure him that he was pagel: to the truth, These murderers differed so greatly in appearanee from the general run of criminals—they were in this relation su ike Mil- ton’s representation of Satan— ‘In shape and gesture proudly eminent, that it wasno marvel that the uninitiated spectator should be unwilling to believe that they were mur- der-rs. In addition to this, it was not usual for criminals of any grade, and certainly not mur- derers, to have the privilege of an aiternoon prom- enade in the yard. But these four men are on the: sick list, and this privilege has been granted them aud, so far, they do not abuse it. They are all men! ol means, able to purchase luxuries that poorer prisoners cannot command, and, therefore, their personal appearance is @ matter of some moment to them and is attended to with more scrupulous regard than they would bestow upon it’ were they freemen and walked broadway every day. By a kind of joint-stock arrangement they are enabled to dine each day together, and it was the promenade just previous to what is face- tiousiy termed their ‘club diuner” that the repor- ter had an opportunity of seeing yesterday. None of these four men have any idea that their lives will be summarily taken by the public hangmap. They believe that the law’s delays and uncertain- ties will save them from that ignoble end; nothing, but that conviction would account ior the absence’ of shadow on their countenances and the light- someness of their speech. LESS ARISTOCRATIC MURDERERS. These are not the only murderers in the Tombs. There are twelve others, but the quartet difler from these in the notortety and peculiarity of their crimes, added to their superior social position. ‘There ts one man, however, in the Tombs who is. on the brink of the grave, tor he is to be executed. for murder on the 15th inst. unless @ Stay of proceedings be granted, This is Wiliam J. Sharkey, who murdered Robert Dunn in a barroom. He is said to be unusually quiet and weil behaved, but when under the influ- ence of liquor he 1s very quarreisome and abusive. Lately he has had spirituous liquol rrepti- tiousiy brought into the prison to and has been So intoxicated as to insult and attempt to injure the keeper, Warden Johnson, his counsel (Mr. A. Beach) and his brother. Sharkey is one of the dangerous classes of the city, having graduatod. from a pickpocket to a murderer, ROSENZWRIG, THE AGORTIONIST. In one of the upper tlers of the Tombs is another man, Whose punishment by death, in all prob- ability, mene be rejoiced in by the eal Sere eraily, Instead of that, however, tt 18 not avlikely that he will ere long be liberated and’ go free. The trunk tragedy, when the body of Alice Bowlsby, a beautifal ied peded a was cioubled ee. a trunk and taken to the Hudson River depot for shipment to Chicago, and the subsequent tracing ofan abortion and malpractice to “Dr,” D~ uweig, have hardly gone out oi the public memofy. The wretch Roseazweig was sentenced on his trial to seven years’ Lard labor at Sing Sing prison, but | awrit of habeas corpus was sworn ont for his removal, in order to a hearing of objections m his case, and on the 25th of November last he was re- turned to the Tombs, where he now awaits a rehearing. He is undoubtedly the most famous murderer in the Row, after Stokes, THE COMMONPLACE MURDERERS. The remainder of the murderers in the Tombs awaiting their trials are not prominently before the public eye for several reasons, mainly, how- ever, because in most instances the capital offence which has been committed by them was done under circumstances where infoxication nerved | the hand for the murderous deed and where the 1ives they took had been more or less made value~ less by drunkenness. Among these are John Mc- Cabe, Sr., and John McCabe, Jr., father and son, ior the murder of the mother and wife; John McDer- mott, for kiiling his wife; Thomas McManus, for kiil- ing Michael Kirwan; Peter McKenny, for killing Michael Looney, and Edward Kirtland, for kitlin, John Duy. Caspar Schule, a German, an_ ot man, about fifty-two years of age, is also awadting trial for the killing of his wife. There are two women, too, charged virtually witn murder—Mar- cella McKenna, charged with infanticide, and Min- nie Kamer, a victim, it is said, of Coroner Kessler, for abortion. JERSEY CITY'S FINANCIAL CONDITION. For several months the creditors of Jersey City have been made to feel the burden which the re~ cent sad legacy of corruption and debt bas imposed upon the people. Money could not be raised ex- cept at usarious rates of discount, and the mem, bers of the Board of Finance and Taxation were blamed by many politicians for not ee J able to raise cash at whatever sacrifice. Now, however, there seems to be some prospect Of negotiating a loan to liquidate the existing claims against the city. The embarrassment is doubtless due to the suspicions aroused bY the municipal government. ‘The taxpayers can find no redress except by the ballot. at the next eleetion, PUBLIO WELOOME TO JOSEPH AROE. To THE EprTroR OF THE HERALD:— The English papers announce that Joseph Arch, President of the British Agricultural Laborers” Union, will lana in this city in the present month. His business in America will be to ascertain for himself whether or not it affords eligibility for the more numerous immigration of English agricul~ tural laborers, Whose condition in their own coun- try 18, as all your readers are aware, at present so, lamentable, I would respectfully submit to the citizens of New York the propriety of giv- ing this man a public weicome, affording to him the opportunity of represent the dimensions which the jon be is leading has attained, and them the opportunity of hearing @ natural orator and an honestman. Arch is at the head of an organization which comprises has scores of thousands of members, and whic! been highly useiul to many of them ip rai: wages; and aims at placing #x hundred thousand farm laborers on the level of men and Probably for years to come, so powerful is cen- servatiam with respect t# the land laws in Eng factory condition is the rad- ical tion of the Indiviaual farm servant can only be effected by his removal to @ new country, where his services are more needed. IT would point out the advantage to this country which must sneceed the advent of skilled farm servants in large pum- bers, 1 do not now suggest any plan of welcome. There will be time for this when, as 1 helieve it will, my note has elicited the response due to the imports J abeg OF Wg subJeGt Weptedy Hs i Xe