The New York Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1873, Page 7

HW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1875.——QUADRUPLE SHEET. MME NATHAN ““NO-NOTHINGS.” More Profound Mystery in the Case. The Ciews Left by Jourdan Given to His Successors by the Herald. Matsell Admits the Fact and Is at Work. Seerets That Never Died with Jourdan and the Ocean Bank Robbery. “Cale” Gunning Has “His Say” and Wants to “‘Squeal” Before Irving Comes Back. ‘The fresh developments which the HeRayp has given from day to day in the mysterious Nathan murder are very well justified by the following telegram, which came yesterday by Associated Press from San Francisco, being in itself an excel” lent reason why Irving should be bronght on at once strongly handcuffed and guarded:— IRVING WISHES TO CONFESS MORE THAN EVER. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9, 1873, John Irving has made @ further statement to Detective Omcer Lees, in which he insists upon ‘the truth of his former statement, and will swear to it before a judge of one of the courts to-morrow. Lees will forward the statement to New York, Irving says that, with proper guarantees for his satety in New York, he wil! produce Nathan’s mem- orandum book, with the bonds taken irom the sale on the night of the murder. There are many facts in the custody of the HERALD bearing upon the Nathan murder still held in the background, for no other reason than to give the present Commissioners of Police and the re- form Superintendent a chance to fix the crime without thelr chain of evidence being broken by injudicionus and premature publications in the press, All the testimony connecting Irving with the case that appeared in these columns yesterday has been unknown to the_ police, unknown to the members of the Nathan family‘ unknown to Jourdan during his lifetime, unknown to the detectives, unknown to a police official of the Thirteenth precinct, and unknown to Justice Dowling and Ex-Superintendent Kelso—in the custody of the HeRaLp since a very short time after the murder—yet they were not published until! Mra. Irving had been discovered and ali or the men “believed”? by Jourdan to be implicated are BEHIND THE BARS, Jourdan may have been wrong in his suspicions, gut it seems strange that now, long alter his death, @very notorious liar, burglar and highwayman should name the same parties and sustain in the main ALL JOURDAN AND HIS DETECTIVES DISCOVERED. Yesterday’s HERALD minutely gave a portion of the evidence upon which Jourdan acted, but much was kept back untilit was decided by the police whether Irving is to have an epportunity to be proved a A LIAR OR A VERY VALUABLE WITNESS. Yesterday morning a visit was paid to General Duryee, Police Commissioner, to whom matters never before published were given, and he was asked if Irving was likely to be brought to this city, The General hesitated, and insisted that the repre- tentative of the HERALD should call with him upon Mr. Matsell, and they repaired to his office. Mr. Matsell frankly stated that he had read the state- ments in the HERALD with astonishment, and, sending for one of his sharp detectives, had some sonversation with him that satisfied him that THE HERALD KNEW 48 MUCH of the interior manipulation of the case by the police as he (the Superintendent) did. He stated shat he had been besieged night and day by re- porters for information, and to all he said that he pould not say anything except that he had deter- mined, when he toox the office of Superintendent, 30 never cease work while there was A HOPE OF SOLVING THE GREAT MYSTERY. Test the Superintendent shoula think that the reporter desired an interview, the reporter here yold him he had not called for such a purpose, but at the solicitation of General Duryee. Mr. Matsell responded quickly :—“I know that ; you don’t come to interview me, for you know more about it than Udo, and iflever havea case again like this [should want you reporters to be aasociated with me in the case. I want the press to aid the police by publishing all they can learn. Publish all you can, as 1 WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT EXHAUSTED.” “Mr, Matsell,” said the reporter, “it has been charged against other superintendents that they wanted the matter exhausted, that the murder might never be solved; but I do not think such is your wish.” ‘The Superintendent declared that he did not wish the murder to remain a mystery. When he was sworn in he took an oath to do his duty, and a part of it was to clear up the murder of Benjamin Nathan, if it wes in the power of man to doit. Mr. Matsell tried to discredit the statements of THE MAN WHO COUNTED THE BONDS in Irving’s possession, and saw the memorandum vook, and remarked :— “Did you notice his hands? I have sent for him and had an interview. His hands are like a lady’s. Ge does not work for a living.” “Not particularly; but you make @ grand mis- take,” said the reporter; “but (turning to Gen- sral Duryee), if he never does any work, how comes it that he nas been so long in the pay of the Police Commissioners ?* This query startled Mr. Matsell for a moment, until General Duryee explained to him that he had learned from the reports that the man was en- gaged in street cleaning and owned two carts and horses, (He is not so employed at the present time.—Rer.) This was NEWS FOR MR. MATSELL, who evidently feared that because a man’s hands looked like a lady’s he might be a thief, and there- fore not worthy of belief. Here Mr. Matsell interviewed the reporter as to his opinion. regagding the motive of Wm. F. Howe in writing @ letter discrediting Irving’s story. He put the query so suddenly that he got the answer nicely :— iy 0 inion is that he wants notoriety. Howe was irving’s counsel in ‘ THE HABEAS CORPUS CASE. when Irving says le Wanted to et out to join in the Nathan robbery. Note te iact, gentlemen, that that was July 20, 1870; the murder was on the morning of tue 29th. Is it likely that Irving was fool enough to tell Howe that he wanted to be dis- chargea so as to killa man? If you know any- thing about thieves, as I believe you do, Mr, Mat- sell, you know that they will never tell, even under the seal of professional secrecy, to @ coun- sel anything foreign to the subject matter under consideration. Is it likely that Mr. Howe knows anes outside of cases in which he is engaged 1” re ere Mr. MATSELL SMILED PLEASANTLY AND TOLD AN ANEO- DOTE, illustrative of his non-confidence in Howes’ state- ments, and concluded by saying that he did not be- Neve the counsellor. ie wanted to show General Duryea and the writer, a3 soon as his private sec- retary (General Hopcratt) came in, certain Eng- lish papers, but the writer assured him he knew all he wanted to upon the subject. “Bot you can see the whole thing,” persisted the Superintendent. “But Ldon’t want to see them.” persisted the reporter, who, years ago, learned all avout it, and he beat a retreat beiore General Hopcraft arrived from lunch lest he might LEARN AS MUCH AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LICR POL upon an unpleasant subject. Mr. Matsell stated that Irving would come here ‘1 he had to walk all the way irom California, and aaverted that he had offered to come on and plead pally to the last burglary if he was then given is Lp nied after serving eighteen montha in Sing Sing fo b. From the above it will be seen that the reporter was UNWILLINGLY AN INTERVIEWER, and alao as unwillingly interviewed. He left satis- fied that Mr. Matsell, who outwardly professes to know but little, knows & Cay deal, and has deter- mined to sift Irving's statements fully. WHY GaN’? THIS FRLLOW BE CONVICTED? “) wish the prese would publish all they know,” Said Ms. Mataell to @ HERALD reporter, “and it wonld aid us, Why don’t you write Irving's ope- rations ¥’” The suggestion wes a gree one and inasmuch i the police ’ expense the Pollsandred dolar to bring levine “Nete and verify his counfession or explode it lest they could not secure his conviction for a term exceeding Qve years, the reporter will give a list of some of the burglaries committed in t! city by Irving his accomplices. They we: obtained irom a well known detective, who claims that Kelly, pusaice, Veorge Carr, now in $i Sing, James alias ner Clarke alias Clarkey, Billy Forrester, Jimmy Pierce and George Es (Pretty George), were accomplices of Irving in ali of the robberies and attempts thereat. Irving, who 18 educated and shrewd, seems to have been the directing mind of the gang, and sometimes one or more of the above oF men were not participators in individual robberies, Amoug the many jobs attempted or carried to @ successtul termination were— ‘A candle iactory in Christie street, near Grand, mem they worked on four saies and partially suc- A candle factory in Elizabeth street, near Grand, where they tailed. The Ocean Bank robbery, where they got nearly 000, 000, A Brooklyn bank, where the proceeds were an old umbrella, a gold medal presented to the presi- dent, upon which there was an eagie and a hat, A burgh on safes in South street, where they ‘miade a small haut, An umbreila iactory in Pearl street, where they | carried off a large amount of goods, The sates of @ four mill and ship carpenter’s yard, on the East River, The saies of a sectional dock company, on the Fost River hear Rutgers street, where they got ut $3,000, A safe oi William B, Statford & Co., Groggiate, igen street, where the proceeds were about A glove establishment in Lispenard street, where they made a targe haul 0: booty. A drug store opposite St, John’s Park, which they completely gutted of its contents, a revenge for finding nothing valuable in the safe. A safe in @ rag store, No, 444 Pearl street, which they removed to the lower floor, worked into, and found only three large. otd-lashioned copper cents. A store in Broadway, between Duane and Reade a where they carried off a large number of revolvers, A I ead in a Washington street butter establish- men! ‘The safes of a four mill in Brooklyn, where they secured about $12,000, The store of Richard A. Boast, No. 6 Barcl: street, under the Astor House, where, it is said, they got $29,000, A siik store in Williamsburg was robbed by them one night, and spool silk and other valuable articles of small bulk removed. They could not easily convey it across the ferry without attracting attention, so Irving dressed “skinner” Clark in woman's clothes, secured @ lutte gir, put the goods under skinner’s skirts, and, taking Irving’s arm, they boldly passed the police at South Seveuth atrect terry, Soon aiter this job they secured a large amount of stock in @ Philadelpiua house, and disposed of it to a Baxter street Jew. They robbed a place in the Swamp, on Frankfort street, and got a large amount im gold bonds, Fearing Irving would, on account o! the large booty, play them treacherous for the reward, they jJocked him in this store, and, alter taking the goods away, went back to kill him, it is said, but were debarred by the approach of a policeman, ‘The above are not a iourth of the robberies that this gang, the detective says, participated in and which were chiefly planned by Irving and executed with his assistance. Still 1¢ 1s claimed that Mr. Matsell and the Police Commissioners are afraid to bring this “beat” bere lest he may know nothing about the murder; they may be only able to con- vict Mim of the last burgiary in Chatham 4 a street, and they may be laughed at. it this dai burglar cost the a $1,000 to bring him here aad convict him of the Jast burglary tne Money would be well spent to rid the community of a desperate man, and no citizen wouid complain. Ifbe is not brought on the suspicion long since come to by hundreds, that some of the detectives do not wish the murder cleared up, will be very much strengthened, and the firms who have been robbed will naturally come to the conclusion that there is no safety intrustiug their property to the protection of the police of the city of New York, under Hank Smith, Charlick and Duryea’s régime, THE TESTIMONY OF THE DEAD WITNESS MADE TO THE DEAD SUPERINTENDENT. Mra, Winifreid Johnston was an old woman who for many years supported herseif by Keeping a lodging house at No. 84 Park street. It was her house that Irving and his gang 1requented, and where Irving had & room, an often met a woman (other than his wife), who used to materially assist him in Javing ous of work by entering families as a domestic. Mra, Johnson was very corpulent, verv intelligent, quite shrewd, but cautious enough to mind her own business and not play the Pau! Pry upon her lodgers so long as they paid their rent weekly or monthly in advance. Less than @ week alter the murder she voluntarily sent to the Sixth ward sta- tion a message that she wanted to see Jourdan to give him very important informa- tion. A message took Mr. Jourdan to an interview with her in a location down town. In that inter- view she informed him that on the morning of the murder John T, Irving, who then occupied a room in her house, in the presence of another witness (the one whose testimony was given in yesterday's HERALD, who had temporarily sojourned there), admitted his participation in the murder, and, speaking of Dan Keily, regretted that HE HAD “STRUCK THE OLD ‘COVEY’ SO HARD.” She stated that, having placed in her bands certain bonds, a description of which was given, with a request to hide them till the storm biew over, she placed them in AN OLD PEWTER TEAPOT onashelf, where they remained five or six days, when Irving asked lor and received thei Mrs. Johnstone gave Mr. Jourdan information as to where she believed these bonds were deposited, with the shares held by other members of the gang in Chrystie street, under a floor, by one , how in States Prison, who the reporter failed to see owing to the inabilily of Warden Bappell'e officers last Monday to locate him, le NATHAN’S BONDS WERE IN ER TEAPOT one day, she smelled smoke like burning paper, and, fearing the house was on fire, hurried to the rooms o1 her lodgers, It was in July, when no fires were in the rooms, and@ when she traced the smoke to Nathan’s room she Was reiused admittance by him. Another per- son, the man who counted the bonds, subsequently saw Irving burning papers in that room. Tais in- formation reached the writer a few weeks alter, and has ever since been in his possession. It is not all given by her, but enough to enabie the new Superintendent to vertly its correctness. He has already done so, Although Mrs. Johnson died about eight months ago, the testimony of the other itness still living, who was met yesterday by the reporter after leaving Police Headquarters, con- firms that of the dead woman. In tuture articles more details will be given bearing especially upon their knowledge of the memorandum book being in Irving's possession the morning of the murder. The above is enough for the present to put Mr, Matsell’s Oficers at work, and keep them there. “Cale” Gunning Interviewed. Caled Gunning, at present confined in the Peni- tentiary on Blackwell's Island on a charge of petit larceny, and one of the men whom Irving, the San Francisco jail bird, is at present trying to climb to fame by accusing of being one of the murderers of Nathan, was visited by a HERALD reporter yesterday, and closely ques- tioned in regard to the affair, He stated that at the time of the murder he was not in the State Prison, but was employed by Mr. John Boss, the horse jockey, in Thirty-fourth street, in whose company he was day and night. He turther stated that Irving was well known among his “pails” as A TREACHEROUS LIAR, and would stop at nothing to shield himself wnen caught in a tight place. Gunning sata he was will- ing to take his oath that he had not spoken to Irving for three years, and the reason why he had not being that Irving tried to have him sent tg the State Prison for the burglary committed on the premises of SIMPSON THE PAWNBROKER, in the Bowery. Irving swore that Gunning bought the farniture that was used asa blind to furnish the room that was fired, so that the work could be more easily conducted, “And,” said Gunning, “I swore then that IF I BVER GOT MY CLAWS ON IRVING I WOULD HURT HIM BADLY, and I told |Detectives King and Lyons so, ‘Mr. Reporter,” said this disciple of Jack Shepherd, “you can ask Irving’s wife if this is not true, and she also knows that the man lies when he says he had anything to do with the murder of Nathan. Wh; ia Caleb, “the man is too big a coward to enter any place for the purpose of rubbery unless he was positive that no human boas} was in it, And after he betrayed Steve Maloney he leit here, because he feared he would be killed, and now that Maloney is caged for ten years for pulling that crib of a bank pp the river, he wants to get back; and thou, WHE POLICE MAY DENY THE PACT that he is wanted here, [know that he nd he thinks that by this lying ‘gag’ that he can a free parden, and, as he knows that me and Kelly ain’t got any money to ‘pay outg with, he thinks he can put up a job and fix us, ir. r, if I remember correct, Irving was in limbo at the time the murder was committed, or at any rate asked did, had Jourdan filled 80 do anything with bim. ou! that scoundrel that he could 1 am also, remarked Gunning, accused of being concerned in the Ocean Bank robbery, and #o te 1 , but I swear such is not the case; but I do know the man who haul, He was known to us a8 “Shinbone,” and he is pow in Semmens, and the police know it, but they never tell on themselves; and while ‘THEY LET A RICH RASCAL GO the public think they have got their man. Why, I know the men WHO CARRIED TO HEAD QUARTERS PART OF THAT “swag? and divided a part among some officers, and there has not been a bank robbery in this city or neigh- borhood for years that the detectives have not SHAKED IN THR PLUNDER, unless the thing was 80 0} that the real burg- lar had not escaped, As to , Gunning thinks he ig getting himself into hot water very ' and, said he, if he comes back to this city he can’t stay long, for he can’t tind a ‘‘pal”’ that will undertake &@ Job with him, because it is known that HB WILL “PEACH! IP CAUGHT, and there are some people here who will ‘“brutse” him badly if they can get hola of him When the reporter asked Gunning if he thought Dantel Kelly had anything to do witu the murder he sald he did ), Bot know, as he had pot seen liim (Kelly) tor two yea) d eight months. ALL BROKE UP AFTER IRVING WAS SHOT and hed,” and did not come ther any more, and I car prove where I was on the night of the murder by people who AIN'T GOING NO ALIBI. Gunning said he had to laugh when he read the re- port in the HERALD, containing Irving’s statement, and said he 1 DON’T FEEL FEARED ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES, T don’t want to stay in prison four or ve months Waiting lor the law to make that liar (Irving) prove that he knows nothing about the murder. And if he is ever brought here and faces me I'll soon let the law officers see that HE 18 PLAYING A DEEP GAME with them. Irving said he once went through the Maryland State Prison with me to bave a look at it, and to show you, Mr. itepurter, how good he can compose, as be entered into AN AGREEMENT WITH THE WARDEN OF THE PRISON to pay him $500 i! he would get a young man who was confined there pardoned out; and [rom THE COCK AND BULL STORY he got up about Culijornia, Australia and some of the big cities in the other States of the Union, using the names of men he heard of, he made the Warden think he was a big gun, an@ THE PARDON WAS PROMISED, but he had no idea of paying the money, and if he had have had, he did not have the cash to pay up. ‘My character,” said Gunning, asthe reporter was leaving, “aint good; but i! Lhud been engaged in all the atairs they say I have, I would bea mighty rich fellow, Aud one thing more L want to state, Mr. Reporter, ‘THAT'S ALL BOSH about Rolly ang Irving being with me when I en- tered the tholie priest's house, aud I did not enter by the basement of the Church of the Epiphany, and 1 was not arrested coming out of the house, but alterwards, while 1 was eating an oyster stew in @ saloon up town [Jimmy Macklen’s—Reporter) and I only served two years Jor the crime, ana JOURDAN USED OFTEN TO MEET ME. after the murder, and aiter | gotout, but he never spoke to me about it, and [don’t think he ever suspicioned I knew any thing about it, and he knew me Well: I have heard that he traced the pro- curing of the “cog” to me, but it is false asthe rest of the story, and I never was troubled about the matter at all, because the detectives knew I had nothing to do with it and they would only be wast- ing their time bothering with me. If they ha wanted me they knew where to find me, leave the city. When asked if GUNNING WAS THE RIGHT Nat Caleb saia no, but it was the one he had been known by since he was a boy, and he would not give any man his real one, and he was very positive that no one, not even the police, knew it, Gunning said he was periectly wiliing to answer all questions, even he sharpest, that lawyers, detectives or reporters could ask him, and if taey could trip him up in any statement he made he would correct it if possible, or admit any thing they could prove him to be at Jault in, “For,” said he, “I swear | know nothing of the murder at all” id not A Strange Night Interview With the Wife of Irving, Ata late hour last evening a disguised man con- nected with tne HERALD appeared in front of the Tombs, and, looking around for a guide, found Captain Clinchey, of the Fourteenth precinct, in citizen’s clothing, holding up a lamp post. He boldly approached him and asked ‘the Captain to lead him to the residence of Mrs. Irving, the wife of tie Califortiia “beat,” who resides in Clin- ehey’s ward. The polive Captain declined, owing to pressing engagements, and the representative of the HeraLp, after making many curvings to avoid Clinchey and tle Central Office officials, at ten minutes past nine P. M. was AT THE DOOR OF THR WIFE'S RESIDENCE, Two girls and a young man were there. He called one of the former aside, and whispered a sentence, “I want to see Mrs, Irving at once,” The words had an electric effect, and leaving her friends the young lady hurried into another street, and in less tuan three minutes the reporter was CLOSETED IN THE BEDROOM OF THE WOMAN, with no one near buta beautiinl boy who slept in a bed near the table. The interview lasted nearly an hour and covered many points, Mrs. Irving weeping betimes and appealing to the re- porter as a married man to take pity upon her and Dot mention her name. When the place of business of Mrr. Irving was given, witi the remark, “Your employer will notdischarge you; I buy my clothes there,’ she juinped nearly out of her chair and wanted to know how the HERALD learned her pface of business. Finally she insisted that no portion of the interview should be published and cried again. The imterview amounted to this:— egal declared her belief that her husband insane. 0 Second—That Matsell, who she has never seen, knows nothing about the case, Third—That she has positive knowledge that Irving never participated in the murder, Fourth—That Caleb Gunion lies, and that sbe has never seen nor heard of him: an Finaly—That Irving never committed a very serious crime, and never had a female accomplice | at 84 Park or any other street, Then the HERALD reporter, out of sympathy for @ woman’s grief and the sleeping child, attempted toleave. Tears came agai id anotner appeal for secrecy. in the midst et the Sy interview the reporter, atgive minutes past ten, retired, prom- ising that her piace of residence and business should not be divuiged. THE WESTOHESTER OOUNTY FAIR ‘The Westchester County Annual lair commenced yesterday, near White Piains, under not very en- couraging auspices, Universal duiness was the most observable feature of the opening, even the itinerant showman, after tightening his well-worn canvas around some nonsensical “curiosity,” was noticed making several abor- tive attempts to look cheerful, as though he had already concluded that his gains for the week will be small indeed. The entries of live stock and articles for exhibition were not numerous daring the fore part of the day, but in the after- noon, however, a iair quantity of domestic produc. tions, horticultural specimens and implements of Jarming arrived on the grounds. It is thought by many that the managers are not acting | judiciously in charging exhibitors such mexcus- | ‘ably high rates, as some of these latter were seca returning home with the products of their industry | alter learning the amount they would have to pay for the privilege of exhibiting them. Ii the trot- ting course, with its concomitants, is allowed, as | in the past few years, to exclude progress {rom all the other departments, then the discontinuance ot | the exhibitioa for agricultural and other industrial purposes is but @ question of time. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO SAVE TWO! LIVES. Yesterday afternoon, about one o'clock, three young man, named respectively James B. Barry, aged thirty-one, of 666 Greenwich street; John Bradley, aged twenty-six, of Thirteenth street and Tenth avenue, and Horace Stack, aged eighteen, went out in a row boat to spend a few hours on the North River in the healthful exercise of rowing and developing their muscular power. It appears that they had been imbibing pretty freely of lager and were in the best of spirits. While about in the middie of the river, opposite Delamater’s iron- works, Bradley and Stack commenced knocking off each other’s hats into the water, and in an cn- deavor to i for one of the hats the bout was upset and all three precipitated into the water. Barry, being an expert swimmer, thought it an excellent joke, but atter regaining the boat | he saw nothing of his two compantons, Feeling | something under the boat with his fect ne dove un- | der and brought Braaley up, who was almost exhausted, and, telling him to nold on to the boat, he commenced to look for Stack, and not seeing | him dove under the boat again to see if he might | not be under it; but he was not, and when he | emerged from under the water Bradley had disap- | ared also. Finding all efforts to find them fruit- | jess he managed to climb on the bottom of the | boat until rescued by a tA man from Dela- | mater’s tron works, though in an exhausted con- | dition, minus bis coat, vest and shoes, which he had divested himself of in order that they would not retard his movements in endeavoring to save his two companions. Bradiey leaves a widowed mother, whose only support he was, Stack was a native of Brookline, Mass.,and had been on here for a visit. “BOARD OF POLICE. Captain McCullogh’s Case, The Board of Police held a meeting this after- noon, and, among other business, transacted the following :— On motion of Commissioner Ohartick the action of the Board in referring the examination of the charges against Captain McOullogh to Inspector Walling was reconsidered, and the Saperintendent ‘was directed vo frame charges against the Captain pa) evidence already brought to the notice of the Commissioner Gardner then moved that Mr. Charlick try the case, which was carried. John H. Alcott was, transferred from the Stenog- ‘They will nonnce noon & nor thief and make ) ranher’s offire to thé Detective oflcg OFF FROM VIENNA. poe AE . Edmund Yates on the Eating and Amusements of the Austrian Capital. SOeREeer Chez Vous, Monsieur, on Mange Mais on ne Dine Pas. The Cholera and the Representatives of the London Times, GMUNDEN, Austria, August 24, 1873. It was impossible to stop any longer in Vienna. All the inhabitants had gone away. Mr. Garret- son, Chief Commissioner tor the United States, Kindilest of Western giants, was off on an expedi- tion into Switzerland, whither, also, Mr. Owen, Secretary of the British Commission, who has been hard at work in the Austrian capital, day and night, since February, had also hurried to see one of his children, who was sick. Nobody was left in Vienna but a few hundred thousand people not of much account and Pay Director Cunningham, of the United States Navy. The Pay Director isa capital companion, and looks a credit to his native country in bis blue shirt and straw hat; but one could enjoy his society better in a cooler, quieter | and less dust#*place. What : A FIASCO the whole thing has been up to the present time! In my last letter I spoke of the hotels. 1 propose | now to say a few words on the eating and amuse- ments. The Viennese pride themselves upon being in the front rank, so far as cuisine is concerned; but, in sober truth, they have not the faintest no- tion of the meaning of the word. The reproach which the cynicat Frenchman addressed to his boasting friend, “Chez vous, Monsieur, on mange, mais on ne dine pas,” is perfectly ap- plicable. They have huge musses of meat, a wondrous wealth of vegetables and fruits; but, beyond soaking everything in grease and serving ap with either very sweet or very sour gauce, they have no ideas of cooking. I need not say that thronghout Vienna there is no establish- ment to approach Delmonico’s, because, m my opinion, the world can, all things considered, pro- duce no rival to the famous Fourteenth street res- taurant, but here is nothing at all worth bragging about, Poople talk about Sacher’s, I suppose prin- cipally because the manner of service at 3 rs isbetter and less gross than elsewhere; bu@@hat is served ts poor enough. It seems as if the very Austrian air had a deteriorating effect on the pro- fessors of the stewpan and sauceboat. As you, perhaps, know, the celebrated Parisian «dining house, the “Trois Freres Provepcaux,” has “given out” and exists no longer. Two of the brothers are dead, but the thira—or at least a stout, swarthy Gascon who avers himself to be the last of the famous trinity—has come to Vienna and pitched his tent in the Exhibition grounds, The reputation of Paris had preceded him, and his re- ceipts must have been large, It was always necessary te bespeak a table, ahd his tent Was overflowing while neighboring res- taorants had not a single customer. His prices were exorbitant, as thought a German family whom I saw there the other day. They came in, father, mother and child, looked at the carte du jour, or vill of fare ior the day, and gave their order. Presently, while the waiter was gone, the mother took up the price list, a look of horror flashed in her face, she uttered something to her husband, who took from his ~pocket forty kreughiis (about twenty cents) and laid them on the table. Then the whole party, without waiting for their dinner, stole away. French, Americans and Eng- lish, however, do not mind paying a high price for their dinner, if it be good, but the last brother cannot claim that distinction. His dishes are no more like the old plats of the old Trois Fréres than @ Greene street whiskey store ts like the Brevoort. In fact, go hig», go low, you cannot find anything like a satistactory dinner in a Viennese restaurant, ‘The caftgare much better than the restaurants, It is said that the Viennese obtained the secret of coffee making from the Turks; certainly they excel in it, and their ices are also delicious. Each café has its separate class of supporters. At Daum’s, on the Kohimastt, you will find generals and field marshals sitting around talking pleasantly to each other and to Herr Daum, the proprietor, one of the richest and most popular men in the oe Czech’s, on the Graven, congregate the merchat in the mtervals of busihess and at the ciose of Bourse} at Grienstiedd’s, are the journalists; still Neuner’s, on the Plaukengepi, ts the headquarters Jor the shopkeepers, AsIshall only make one more flying visit to Vienna this year, and that at the close of the Exin- bition, when the dark weather will have set tn, it may be as well to say something in tnis letter of THE SUMMER AMUSKMENTS. In the fine weather Vienna, even more than Paris, lives out-of-doors; for the Parisians confine them- selves to their streets, the public garcons, such as the Asnieres, Mabille, Bullier, &c., being trequented only by the gay and young, whereas all Vienna, young and old, gentle and stmple, emptics itself into the beer gardens of diferent ranks which sur- round the city, The inferior kinds of these estab- lishinents rely ey. on the quality of their beer— and it 1s very sbarply criticized by good judges— tor their attraction, The better class provide cofce and ices, and have usnally a band attached, which pays at intervals. The passion of the Vienneve tor | nstrumeutal music is well known, and, devoting themselves as they do to their favorite distinc- tion, they have brought it to @ pitch of per- tection, Strauss’ orcnestra for dance music has worki-wide fame; but it would not be too much to | say that every Austrian regiment possesses a band whose performances are calculated to give pleas- ure to the most cultivated ear. Strauss’ band is to be found at the Volksgarten, the most fash- jonable lounge, where twice a week the great com- poser conducts in person, By the way, there are two Strausses (brothers), John and Edward, who are both great composers and conductors, and each of whom has his patrons and supporters. ‘They are the sons of one who was greater than | either—the John Strauss whose dance music sent all the youths and maidens of @ quarter of a cen- tury ago quite crazy; not in Austria alone, but throughout Europe. 1 recollect hearing John Parry, our famous English buf, sing a song which went to a waltaing tune, commencing— John Strauss, John Strauss, the giris are all gad; Waltzing and twirling, 'tis really too bad. While Johann Strauss rules over the Volksgarten, jus brother Edward is the lion of a less select, but much Jarger establishment, the Neue Welt, or New World, witnin hall an hour’s drive of Vienna, and close by the imperial palace of Schinbrunn, Here there 18 & combination of attractions—a large theatre, two huge orchestras and the outdoor casé and beerhouse life. Before visiting the Neue Welt people generally dine at Dommeyer’s, an aver- age al fresco restaurant, witha bandof its own. ‘these last few words are almost superfuous; for, asthe blacking manulacturer ‘kept a poet,” so does nearly every large place of public entertain- ment “keep” a vand, In the Prater they swarm, and their close contiguity to each other necessi- tates @ mélange of music which 16 curtous, to say the least of it. On the King-strasse (the Rings, as [ have previously explained, are the Boulevards of the city) {8 the Blamensaale, a concert hall, now oc- | cupted by A BAND OF FORTY YOUNG LADIES, with a damsel for their leader. These girls who are dressed tu a pretty blue uniform, and who conduct themselves with periect propriety, play remarkably well, and have had a great success. It hagmot | heen weather for indoor amusements, but I was at the opera tne other night and ti the immortal “Don Giovanni”, fairly conduct The Austrians are not nearly so @ in vocal as in instrumental music, Their voices are generally harsh and throaty, aud lack refinement and syinpatiy. The Kari Theatre was also open, but as the pteces are writ- ten im the Austrian fect and teem with local allusions and sly hits at Vienna society, it is not possible for a stranger, even win a fair Knowledge of German, to understand tem, There is 10 doubt that THE ALARM OF CHOLERA has bad a vast influence in keeping people away from Vienna, and that thousands of intending visitors during these autnma holiday months have changed their course and selected another destina- tion, The Viennese are very wroth with the Lon- don Times, to wae ments Of whose local corre- General Eber, they ascribe much of the has ensued, insisting, also, that these statements were exaggerated and highly ocoiored, Now, General Eber is a man of the highest charac- ter, of unimpeachadle honor and veracity, and from tMquiries | have inetituted | am inciined to ments, so far as the house itself was concerned, Were of the best kind, At length the g rament rferred, the house was closed and a thorough Scientific examination made, Then it was discov- ered that the machinery of the lift, when in mo- tion, disturbed an ancient cesspool and caused contents to overflow, percolating the ground permeating a well whence most of the house's water supply was pumped up. The cesspool was filled, the drainage attended to, and now the Donau, which is said to be one of the handsomest hotel in the city, has its fall meed of healthy visitors, The British Ambassador has been upon by his government to inquire into the rise and progress of this outbreak of cholera in Austria and Hungary, and his report, a very interesting one, is just about to be sent in, In it he states that the ravages of the disease in tne Hungarian villages has been something appall- ing, that in many of them thirty and in some Aixty percent of the popniation has disappeared. This reduction is not entirely due to disease, fright having added 1t8 quota. ‘The panic stricken in- habitants, hearing of the mortaiity in other villages, rushed off im terror to the mountains, deserung their household gods, It 18 a curious fact that the epidemic seems to have followed the course of the vers, and that those living on bigh land have been comparatively unassailed. A man who has passed the hot four months be- tween Vienna, Paris and London, and who has had professionally to watch and write about the prog- ress Oi the Exhibition, the change of French gov- ernment and the doings of the Shab, may naturally be supposed to long for some viace which is not a city, and where the ordinary proceedings are of a milder kind, First, then, In my peregrinations, have | bent my steps to this the outermost town (or large village, there are less than 7,000 inhabi- tants), of the Salzkammergut, @ district contat ing the salt mines which are the gut or property of the Salzkammer (salt exchequer), an imperial monopoly, whence ts derived a revenue equal to be- tween 10,000,000 and 11,000,000 of American dollars, It is supposed to be one of the most picturesque districts in Europe, and received this eulogiun from the great Sir Hinmphrey Davy:—‘‘l know no country more beautiul. ~The ‘variety of the scenery, the verdure ef the mcadows and trees, the depths of the valleys, tie altitude of the mountains, the clearness and grandeur of the rivers and lakes, give it, 1 think, a decided superiority over Switzerland, and the people are far more agreeable.”’ That they could easily be, for @ more dirty, grasping, cringing, obsequious race than the Swiss, the iar-famed hardy mountaineers and heroes of gushing poets, it would be difficult to imagine, [cannot as yet endorse Sir Humphrey's eloquent words, seeing tuat I only arrived here late last night, having travelled in the dark. Bat this morning the view trom the window is per- fectly charming. The little lake ripples at my feet, the whole horizon ix mountain-lined, green hills leading upwards to granite peaks, those in the distan now-capped, A long chestnut ave- nue Seng the water; on the lake are pretty boats, init pretty women swimming, with straw hats hig keep the sun of. I think 1 shall enjoy myself, “To be continued in onr next," as they used to say in the old-fasnioned periodicals, EDMUND YATES. KINGS COUNTY SUPERVISORS. Lettie The Purchase of the Ground for the Tnirtcenth Regiment Armory—$65,000 To Be Paid—Aiderman Richardson To Swear Hé Has Not or Will Not Pay Any Member for His Influence. ‘The Kings county Board o! Supervisors met yes- terday a(ternoon in the county Court House, Super- visor Coe presiding. After a number of bills had been audited, the Law Committee reported in the matter of the title of the ground for the Thirteenth regiment armory, at the junction of Hanson place and Fiatbush avenue. The committee found that the title was perfect, and that Alderman Richard- son, the owner of the property, would be able to complete his part Of the contract on the 11th inst, A resolution that the County Treasurer pay to Alderman Richardson the sum of $65,000 for the jands purchased irom him for the armory, was adopted. Supervisor Coe offered the 1ollowing:— Resolved, That the County Treasurer, before paying over to William Richardson the purchase money for the lots bought ror the Thirteenth regiment armory, be and he Is hereby directed to take trom said Kichardson an afidavit that he has not, and will not, di- rectly, or indirectly, pay or give to’ any member of this or any other person, any money, gilt or any other valuable thing as # considera- fon fom any influence or vole in wring of procuring from the county such purchase or causing said lots to be purcha: county for the said use of sald county or d said Oouniy Treasurer is directed not to pay sald or any part thereo/, except upon such affidavit Adopted. Supervisor Richards offered a resolution that the County Treasurer be authorized to tssue certiti- cates of indebtedness to the amount of $60,000 for the purchase of the property for the armory, these certificates to bear interest at seven per cent and be payable on the Ist days of January and July, ‘The resolution was adopted. ‘The Cierk of the Board read a notice of alien against John Gilfoile and others, contractors tor the new female prison at Flutbusi, by Foster and others, for $2,000, A resolution to pay Gilfoile his bill of $10,000 for work upon the prison, when the county should be indemnitied against any loss by reason of tue lien, was adopted, ‘The Board then adjourned. | BROOKLYN TOWNS AND ANNEXATION, tion—A Pian of Union Finally Adopted. ‘The commission appointed to decide upon a defi- nite plan for the consolidaton of the Kings county towns with the city of Brooklya, to be submitted to the voters at the polls in November, met yester- day, President Lott in the chair. Among the Com- missioners present were Messrs, Hamilton, Bergen. Kinsella, Bennett, Lowber, Driggs and Fox. The question uuder consideration was the adop- tion of the substitute presented by Judge Lott which was published in the HERALD yesterday. very lengthy debate ensued touching an eguitable distribution of the burdens of responsibility and taxation, Mr. Bergen heading the opposition on the part of the suburbs and Mr. Kinsella urging a union of the city with the towns. On motion of the latter named gentleman “the plan” above alluded to was taken up, section by section, and adopted. The new city of Brooklyn will, in such union and consolidation, assume the payment of the outstand- ing bonds issued by the present city of Brooklyn lor the following purposes, viz. |, For the City Hall loan, $30,000, For the water loan, $9,761,000, eCt loan, $90,000, . For the Prospect 1 ark loin, $9,158,000, It shall alao, on such union and consolidation, become liable to the wards constituting the preseut city of Brooklyn for the following property, as jollows, viz. :— 1, For Board of Education, school houses and sites and other property, $2,504,706. 2% For the Ulty Hall grounds, with the City Hall the (ixtares and iurniture contained it $7WW,KD. bonds outstanding, therefore assamed, For Mount Prot Ere ¢ 0,000. 3. For armory and hall property, North second and rth streets, $50,000, For urmory property, cornet of Henry and Crun- ot strovts, $86,100 or Folice Department, station houses «nd other property, $230 6. Vor tire @ house and other Fire Department property, $387.00, 7. For ‘Iruant Home and School on Jamaica road, $75,002, Another meeting of the Consolidation Commis- sion will be held to-day for the purpose of examin- ing some slight amendments suggested by Com- missioner Fowler, THE BROOKLYN TRUST OOMPANY. Oficial Contradiction of Misstatements By the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Trust Com- pany held a special meeting yesterday for the pur- pose of reasserting the solid financial status of the institution in question, and their ability to meet al Habtities. of the Trustees :— Orrice of tHe BRrooKtyN Trost Comrany, ) BROOKLYN, Sept. 9% 1873. To the Depositors and Stockholders of the Brooklyn’ Prust Com: pany:— (he’continued publication of staroments wholly false and without the least foundation regarding the sc of this company renders it due to you and but ourselves that they should be publicly denied over our own signatares, Without taking the charges up one by one tor refuta- tion we declare the entire soundness of the company and its ability to meet ail Its liabilities. ‘A thorough exauination of its hooks and a most scritt- rities and collateraly have vall of fitty per cent, which has been so promptly inet by the stockholders, will more than make good the rn ‘We take Ulis opportunity to thank old depositors for the confidence they have shown in leaving their deposits so largely, as well as the many new ones who have placed their money so reely with this compan: them that their interests shall p wi proved conclusively t 14M R. BUNKER, Secretar, Henry Sanger, doxah O, Low, ILS. Rockwell ey) ‘Alexander, MeUue, John P. Kolte, James D. Fish, Kdward Harvey, x. Tisda Seymour L. Husted, i | Trusteds, THE NEW OITY BOND. Comptrolier Green has communicated to the Mayor a statement of the different classes—more than seventy-five in number—of city and coumy stocks and bonds now, outstanding, issued during wie last twenty years, and the various suggested schemes for their consolidation. betleve that he rather under th: troth. It ise cholera in Vienna were over sixty @ day. Imper- fect sewerage aud impure water were, of course, the primary causes. One new and splendid hotel, mau, close by the Prater, seemed specially destined for the scourge. SKVERAL VISITORS DIED there; more were removed to other houses in a very bad state. The mortality among the servants was extraordinary. Nocause could be assigned, Tue building Was hew. apd the sanitary arrange- Notwithstanding several obstacles, which he enumerates, the Oomptrolier deems it possible to fix upon a standard bond, payable in about ey years, at five per cent, semi-annual interest, bot principal and interest being payable In gold. The practical value of consolidation, he states, would be a reduction of the large interest account and in placing of municipal securities at more tayorapie rates. ‘These classes of securities were multiplied by excessive legisiation, and a poy hereafter of non-interference with them by the Legislature will be of benefit to the Nnances of the city and county. | The following is a copy of the statement | Meeting of the Committee on Consolida. | | from. pee to the brain, caused by bein; z THE FOX-JOHNSON HOMICIDE. Who Killed the Mate of the Schooner Wakes field 1—Inquest Before the Brooklyn Cor- oner—"‘Jack of the Modocs” in Trou- ble-A Bonble Verdict—John Downey Held for the Action of the Grand Jury. The inquest before Coroner Whitehill, ol Brook. lyn, touching the infliction of the injuries which led to the death of William Johnson, mate and half owner of the offal schooner Waketield, who was taken to the College Hospital on Thursday, where he died, was resumed yesterday afternoon, shortly before five o’clock. There was @ large at~ tendance of witnesses and friends of the latver present, The readers of the HERALD will remem- ber that on Sunday evening, August 12, @ fight oc- curred between @ party of mep, who were drink, ing in a low saloon on the corner of Thirty-ninth street and Eleventh avenue, New York. During the mélée Johnson, the deceased, was struck on the’ head, and he in return ventilated his instinctive: brutality by biting the end off the nose of Johm Downey, The latter individual carries the hideous reite of his former formidable nasal’ organ with him in a tin box, and displays it as an, evidence that he acted solely in self-defence whem im) on the back of the head with a stone, The laptain of the Wakefield, Galen Fox, was present during the d{sturbance, and testified before the Coroner on Saturday last that he was intoxicated: at the the time of the fight, but remembers that the deceased toid him they had had an encounter with @ party of men on the corner of Thirtyr-ninttd Street and Eleventh avenue, and that one of thei men had struck him (Johnson) on the nead with » bottle, for which he, in retaliation, had BITTEN OFF THE MAN’S NOSR. - Fox said that Johnson, who owned half the schooner, which was used for the transportation of offal, and he had never quarrelied, but that de- ceased lest the vessel immediately after the fight alluded to, and did not return to it until last Sun- day week—three weeks after the affray. When the mate returned he complained of being sick, andl partook of some pills, Fearing he would die om board, Fox had him removed to the Hospital when unconsious, He died without being able to give any account of his injuries, and the detectives arrested Downey aud Fox. Both these men have ever since been in jail, Detective Powers informed the writer that the prisoner Downey bore an ex- cellent character for sobrtety and industry, and had been mutilated by Johnson (who was a hard drinking Jerseyman) while performing the task of peacemaker, In trying to separate Fox and deceased, who were fighting like fury when he interfered, The officer also asserted. that they would bring forth two witnesses who would testify that Captain Fox .and his mate (Johnson) were quarrelling about $1,100, the cost of the schooner, when the prisoner (Fox) struck! deceased on the head ; Johnson's death was caused, by an abscess on the bratn, the result of a violent blow. Fox is known among his river associates, some of whom are said to be ‘as mild mannered men as ever scuttled a ship or cut a throat,” as “Jack of the Modocs.” The Coroner calied the names of the jury at five o'clock, and finding three absentees among that body he despatched an omicer in search of thein, saying that “if it were the Coroner he would be censured, The jurors, of course, are privileged characters.” As soon a8 tie worthy jurors had presented themselves the examination was commenced. Mr. W. D. Dainty, appeared as counsel for Downey, The first wit- ness called was George Hetzger, a boy, who testi- fled that he lived at 493 West Thirty-ninth street, where bis father kept a liquor store; on the evel ing of August 12, Downey was in the store; Jon son and Fox entered the store and ed then selves by a table, when they cailed for some beer; while there Fox and Jonnson had @ quarrel, when Fox struck Johnson in the ace; he threw back his hand to strike him again, when bowney interfered ; Jonson then backed ouside the door and FOX FOLLOWED TRYING TO STRIKE HIM; on the street they were lett by the witness, who closed up the store for the time being; the next day witness saw Downey; Downey was simply en- deavoring to save deceased and defend himself; when Downey interiered both men turned on him and Fox struck him tn the face. George Betager, Sr., 1ather of the preceding wit- uess, testified that all he saw of the trouble was when ‘Captain Jack of the Modocs" (Fox), struck Johnson; then Downey said, “You must not strike that man any more;’’ then Fox struck ut Dow- ney, and the parties all left the store; witness did not hear any remarks about money during the dispute; did not again see either of the partics. By a Juror—Was Fox or Johnson under tire in- fuence of liquor when in your place? Witness—Fox was a “little 4 ."' but was not what I would call intoxicated; should say that he knew what he was doing; have known hii tor two years; when he gets drunk he goes on tne boat and sleeps. John Snediker, of 5283 West Thirty-ninth street, testified that on the evening in question he was a witness to the fight on the corner of Thirty-ninth street and Eleventh street: there were two men in the gatter, and exe man anderneath was calling jor somebody “for God’s sake to take him off as he was biting his nose off; some one said THE POLICE ARW COMING, and the men separated, one going down the street nnd the other down the avenue; they separated themselves; Johnson | did not know, but I do know this man, Downey, who was covered with blood at the time; did not see Fox at all; saw no blows struck atall; the police did not go after either of the men. Thomas Eagan testified that he took a big man off a little man in the gutter on the evening in question at the corner above spoken of; the big man was eating the lace off the little man; saw no stone thrown or biows exchanged after taking the man Johnson off Downey. Patrick Boyle was summoned to testify, but knew nothing about the fight; he had been asked by Captain Fox to come on the schooner to Brook- lyn on Monday week, but refused to do go, William Fanning testified that he engaged with Fox as a hand on the Wakefield on Monday, a week ago; saw Johnson lying in the cabin sick ; heard hun complain of his jaw being sore; said nothing about a fight; had heard of the fight, and that Johnson had bitten a man's nose off; a washerwoman named O’Brien told witness of the fight on Thirty-ninth street; saw deceased about four months ago in & saloon. DOWNEY’S NABRATIVE. John Downey, one of the prisoners, then took the stand and testified that he lived at No, 497 Tenth avenue; on the evening of the occurrence he vis- ited the saloon of Betzger and got @ cigar there; two men who were there goc into a fight and he went to separate them, when Johnson put ius arms around lus (witness) aud held him tight; Fox struck him once on the face; Johnson then pulled ee struck Johnson (who had so fearfully disfigured witness out ou the street and Fox went out by the side door; witness was pun- ished by Johnson, who knocked him down into the mud gutter, when he got on top of witness and bit my nose of and com- menced to chew wy face ; his cries for help broug! up some person, Who got Johnson off; witness got a stone, about @ quarter of a pound weight, and hit Johnson on the head with it—(witness ex- hibited the revolting contents o1 a tin box, a piece of hig nose, to the jurors)—he was muking for witness again, when the latter threw the stone. By a Juror—Am a housesmith by occupation; work every day and am not in the habit of stand- ing round the corners; thought my lile was in aanger as he was coming for me; made no atvempt to strike the man the second time. JOHN FOX, CAPTAIN OF THE WAKEFIELD, was recalled, and testified that ner was valued at $1,100 when he bougnt the vessel frow deceased; about eight months ago he bought hail the vessel from Johnson; have a receipt from de- ceased for $560, which ne (witness) paid him. don’t remember having any quarrel at Betzger's saloon; had no words with Johnson to my recol- lection; pald Johnson $325 cash on account of the $550; the receipt is om @ canal boat, with a shipmate of mine; Edward Tague, on the boat at the foot of Thirty-seventi: street, can tell where Willtam Hulse is, and Hulse has the receipt; deceased had been hurrying me up for the rest of the money, and I told him I was doing the best I could to pay up; after getting through with our cargo we were going to Thirty- eighth street together again; we never had any quarrel about Money atall. Fox frequently con- fo eta himself, and exhibited remarkable stu- pidity. Shortly before seven o'clock the jury retired to deliberate upon the question as to whether they had sufficient evidence upon which to base a ver- dict, About eight o'clock the jury returned the following verdict :— “We find that Captain Johnson came to te ee on the head with a stone thrown by Joho Downey, a 12, 1873. in Bleventh avenue, near Tairty- ninth street, New York.”’ ‘This was signed by five jurors. The other threo jurors dissented, and found as tollows :— “We disagree with the above verdict, and find that Captain Johnson came to his death from in- juries to the brain, received in some manner to us unknown.” Downey was held as principal and Fox as @ wit- nessintne case, SUIGIDE BY TAKING POISON. Trouble. Mrs. Catharine Tully, a woman forty-six years of age and born in Ireland, on Monday night ended a miserable existence by swallowing & quantity of en. Mrs. Tully imagined that she had more than her share of family trouble, to terminate which she took the poison and with the desired re- sult, Deceased lived with her at No. 331 East Forty-eighth street. Coroner Keenan was notified to hold au inquest, q