The New York Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1874, Page 8

plain mocar aug 8 BROOKLYN TAX OFFICE FRAUDS, Ex-Collector of Taxes Isaac Badeau Arrested. A¥iexed Embezzlement of More Than $24,000, + ings in the Kings Oounty Oourt—The Acoused Held in $30,000 Bail. Proce ‘The rumor ctrenlated for several days past fore- abadowing the arrestof a prominent ex-orficial of the city of Brooklyn cutmtinated yesterday in the faldiment of the report and the apprehension of she late Collector of Taxes and Assessments, Mr. Jsuac Kadeau. He is charged with having embez- sled more than $24,000. Yesterday morning De- tective William Folk, upon authority of @ warrant isseed by Judge Moore, on complains of Comp- troller Schroeder, proceeded to the residence of Mr. Badeau, No, 58 Sands street, and presented | shat gentieman with the document as he was about leaving the house. Mr. Badeau eX- essed pO surprise, but, accompanied by the licen. proceeded to the chambers of | the County Coart, where Judge Moore and District | Attorney Rodman were in attendance. Mr. John Bergen appeared as counsel. The prisoner sald ‘Mhat he had expected tne arrest, but as the inves. tigation in the Tax OfMice was not yet completed he dad not think it would have been made quite Bo Soon, Mr. scnroeder, the Comptroller, based his app!l- tation for the warrant upen the following affidavit, ‘which contalus a full statement of the case for the peopie:— THE COMPTROLLER’S Lananiees Brooktyn, County of me: panes ler, being duly sworn, deposes and ‘the Comptrolier of the city of Brooklyn fajeau was the Collector of Taxes and the city of Brookiyu during the entire year of for a long time prior thereto, and theretofore; that on or ‘about ihe mouth of November, 171, the said Badeau, then having in his hands a large suin of money by him received as Collector as a‘oresaid, the same then being the Property of the muid city, embezzled and converted to his ‘own use the sum of $40 by him received as aforesaid, and the property of the city aforesaid, the same being done corruptly and with intent to det ‘MWe said offence then being by law greater particularity and certainty d en he 16th day of November, 1871, a certain eorporation then doing business in said’ city, commonly known as the Union Ferry Company, paid to said Badeau, as Col- A that be Isaac nts 101 S71, anc NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. | qaattabty Gee to the Pinimti!, with interes thereon ac 3 Ascertaiming into what property and whatever tind ur nature the sail woos hues. ave traceable and declaring Sead opeh 2 percs with s trust'in benall of this Dlaimull " & Leek chat all real estate de- seine EP Pao gm Gaardes tbe roe! sete Se equitably the property of the plain: < Appointing a receiver the said real estate (here described) as well as of such other proverty and ture into whieh the satd {raccable as shall be dis ‘aud girecting the proces Intii's costs receiver to sell the same, and out of ( paving the expenses of wild sale, and the P this action, to pay the plaintiif the sald amount wich | hall be jouns due as aioresaid io the piainuil oF fauch thereot as the said, proceeds properly *p' ea eto wil ‘of the same, ‘Adjudging that the plaintiff recover from the de- jant the said amount which shal) be found due as Aloresaid to the plaintiff with costs, 7, (mouing and restra.ning the defendant from grant peumbering, wetively oF ing, couveying, assicning amively, aus property or esiate Whatever into wi tre wild "inontyt or aty part thercot, are directly'orin- irectly traceable. © Such further ‘ind other relief as to the Court shan seem just and requisite ann) eet coats of Kings which is he real estate situate in the coun affected by this action im, first, all real estate therein into whieh the said moneys, or any part thereot. are trac able; and, recond, a) those certain lots, pieces or parcels of land minute, lying and being in the city of Brooklyn. It is said that Mr. Badeau’s real estate is valued at about $400,000. He served two terms in oitice— six years, CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION. A Bevy of Aspirants Undergoing the Ordeal. A very important examination of candidates for vacan:ies and original appointments was held yes- terday in the rooms of the Civil Service Commis- sion, in the top story of the Custom House, under the immediate supervision of Mr. Jobn R. Ly- decker, Special Deputy Collector and Storekeeper of the Port. Postmaster James, chairman of the Board ef Examiners, was present at the opening, but his multitudinous daties at the Post UMice pre- vented him from remaining. Mr. Lydecker, bhow- ever, stuck to his post irom beginning to the end Although some forty applicants were notified only ‘Aiteen “put in an appearance” and were examined tor the following offices:—Eleven night inspector- ships, two clerkships, one day inspector and one storekecper. The routine of examination is very strict, and consists of propounding numerous questions, put in writing, which musi be answered in the same manner. There are seven blanks, which are utilized for this purpose, the commencement being devoted to the historical events of the aspiring office seeker. Grammar, rhetoric, gcography, arithmetic apd eee enter largely into the examination, lor the higher grade of offices solicited. especti ponent says that |- “he following 1OFm Was sent to applicants exam- yesterday :— APPLICATION KO — Jector as aforesaid, a large sui of money then due said eity for a tax levied therein m the year 1870; that on said tax there had accrued and was then duc said city a | Jarze aivount ot detault ant interest—to wit, the sum of | more than $400, all of which said default and interest | was paid to sald Badeanas such coliecior on the said @ay by said company. | hat the said Badean received the said money so paid | said company and deposited the same to his own credit in s bank of said city, along with a a amount | ef ocher moneys by him on that day so received trom va- rious other persons paying taxes aid assessments to him | fag such collector. | hat on the sane day said Badeau tm like manner re- eeived a large sum of money from — Hondlow which | ‘was due the said city for a tax levied in the year 1870, | end on which defauit had accrued amounting to more than $50, ail of which said tax and deauit was received | Bnd deposited in the samme manner as before alleged in erence to the other sum hereinbelore mentioned a8 aL That on the Ist day of December, 1871, the said | Badeau deposited m the treasury ot said city a large gum of money which he stated was the entire amount of money by him received as Vollector as aforesaid, on the | sad Idth day of November, whereas, in truth and in | fact, there was paid him on that di Collector, received a very much larger'sum than by him | 0 deposited, to wit, the sum of $45. allof which was the Droperty of the cy, and which said Bacenu hasever since | and has corruptiy and teloniously converted ‘the same to his own use. mation and belief, that $400 of the money by him so cons ‘verted to his own as a portion of the detault and ine terest paid him as aforesaid by said company, and that ‘of the money by him so converted was a portion of ‘the default and interest paid io bim as aforesaid by said jondiow. And deponent further says that intermediate and dur- $ng all the period between the Ist day of June, 1870, and fhe ist day of July, W872, the said Badeau was the Col- Jector of Taxes and ‘Assessments tor the said city, and ‘that at many other and different times during’ said Period the said Badeau in like manner embezzled large gums ot money, the property of the city, | which ad been by’ him collected and received in © manner hereinvefore stated In reterence to gum hereinbefore specitically mentioned, and that the sums of money by said Badeau embezzled, as Mforeasid, during the period last hereinbe‘ore mentioned, unt in the aggre; Stated the said Badeau was guilty ot misdemeanor and ef a maleteasance in aftice. Wheretore deponent prays that the said Badeau may is with according to law. Sworn to before me this 2th day of February, 1874.~ Hxnzy A. Moore, County Judge, Kings county. Judge Moore. upon hearing this aMdavit, imme- ately issued the subjoined WARRANT FOR BADEAU’S ARREST, State of New York, Grunty of Kings, City of Brooklyn, as. — Je any constable of the sald county or policeman of the efty of Brooklyn in the said county.—Whereas complaint ‘oath bas been ‘made before ihe undersigned the inty Judge of the County of Kings, at Chambers of ‘County Court of the county ot Kings in the said cicy, Frederick A. Schroeder, that neretofore, to wit. in of ‘the month of November of the year 1871, at the eity of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, Isaac Badeau, then and there bemg the Collector’ of Taxes and Assesnments for the city ot Brooklyn, and then and ‘there as such Collector having in bis hands a large sum of m him received and collected assuch Collector | Storeeaid (ch Y of the property of the city Brooklyn), did.unlawiuily, corruptly, wilfully and felo- sly and against the statute and the torm ‘of the stat- te in such case made and provided, embezzle and eon- ‘Vert to his own use the sum of part of the eaid Honeys so received and collected by him as, snch Collec. tor aforesaid, and also the turther sum of 850. part of the said moneys so received and collected. by him such Collector aforesaid, the same being done to, detraud the said city; and it | appears upon the examination on oath of the said complainant betore me, the said County Judge of the county of Kings. that a felony, w wit, the oftence of embesslement, has been committed by the said Isaac Ba- @eau; and it further appearing that various and other | ‘effences and felonies have been committed by said Ba. | ‘and that the said Badeau, having been guilty of male! ice in office :-—These are, therefore, in the name of the people of the State of New York. to command ‘you, the said constable or policeman, and you are hereby | comman ded _sorthwith to apprehend the bod Isaac Badeas. and to bring him, the said [sa: Betore me, at the said city, to be dealt with sw. Given ander my hand at the ssid city of Brooklyn, on the 21st day oi February, in the year 18/4. ENRY A. MOORE, County Judge of Kings county. PROCEEDINGS IN COURT. The prisoner was taken before Judge Moore, sit- ting m chambers. Mr. Bergen applied to have Aim admitted to bail, saying that he could give any amount of security personally. but thay in these times, when there was such ® demand for bail, it was a matter of diMiculty to obtain sureties ‘who were residents and property owners in the city. Gounsel, therefore, asked that bail be fixed @ta reasonabie amount. He said there was no offence charged in the instances wherein the $460 and $50 embezzlements were stated. Judge Moore inquired {f the prisoner warved ex- amination, and counsel replied in the affirmative. Badeau’s voluntary examination was then taken, ¥ ot sald © Badeau, cording from which it appeared that he is fifty-two years | Ol age, a native of the city of New York, resides at 62 Sande street, and has no Occupation at present. He pieaded not guilty. District Attorney Rodman addressed the Judge op the question of bail, and said:—I understand the counsel for Badeau to say that ne does not consider an offence is speci- fied here in such @ Way as to bear upon the question of bail, except the act pre- ferred concerning the $450 and $60. I think other- Wise. Although the allegation in respect to the i hat cte, of $25,000 is not in specific terms, that allegation being made by the Comptroiier , of the city, and veing a positive allegation that Mr. Badeau had appropriated and embezzled that smount of city money, I think, under the cir- cumstances, thst Your Honor stould take ample yond for his appearance upon the amount to have been taken, In Counsellor Bergen said :—“This aMdavit we ede the Comptrolier as an officer, and ii he city’s money Dave been embezzied I consider he has knowledge enough to make the statement more than @ broad allegation. There is nothing in it from which amy living person could teli what is It runs over a period dating arom June, 1870, to July, 1872, while he ‘was Collector, and [ would wish to force it upom Your Honor'’s mind that is no suMictent charge embraced in the statement to warrant or call for 4 hign rate of bail. Your Honor will notice that in the first part of the aMdavit, in which he states the offence of embezzling the $450, he 5 the sum, and gives when, where and how and what moneys ‘were opriated in @ positive and specific man- ner. ‘the other part which I have alinded to is too broad and uncertain, and seems a mere tail to the Kite, and to back up and suport the rest of . the . Jus joore decided to fix ball at $30,000, with two sureties to justity in double that amount, PREVENTING BADKAU FROM DISPOSING OF HIS PROP- ERTY. ration Counsel De Witt yesterday Gled the, a im the County Clerk's offic e — The Bi ca pba oy Ee, Gants Cee al an te aced and is now pending in th: thee 4 of the city of Brooklyn, the | against Isaac Badeau, the above named defend ant for urpove of obtaiming judgment and reiier as i | ‘Compelling the defendant to discover and disctose | toe reread piaintiff all and singuiar roontee ts of muneys as Collector of Srocsbmvents, 10 “ani tot tne city ot Bropkiya and disposition certain moneys mentioned | in we int, and all and singular the books, ac- | counts ‘memoranda, ietters, checks bills, receipts, | Fecoraa, entries, vouchers deeds, bonds, mortgages and other writing in any maoner referring (o his transac: | tions as Collector aloresaid, or to the said moneys or any part of them, or to the disposition or investment of the said | ye or of the proceeas thereof or any part thereot; ‘apd sieo all and ingular the property and estate of any | Kind and asture into which the said moneys (or any part able any manner trace are im any Hing an accounting by the defendant with the Ot Fespectini all and singuisr the said moneys and iB ) the amepns «/ We paid wougyejuetiy aud ) gaie to the sum of more than | 000, and that by reason of the matters hereinbefore | of the fact that over $25,000 of the | at.——, ——:— You have been selected by the Board of Examiners to compete jn an exgmipation for —- ——-. under par- agraph 7, printed below. of the regulations govern. ing admision to this office. You are hereby noted ‘that you may appear, for @¢xamination at thé rodms of te Bourd of Examiners. in the Custom House, New York, on the 25th day of February, 1874, at ten o'clock AM. Your carefnt attention is invited :to the enclosed ‘Rules of Bxamination. This notification must be presented to the Board as Your authority to appear. THOMAS L. JAMES, Very respectiully, Chairman of Board of Examiners. VIL. Not, less than tive days prior toeach examima- tion, a notification to appear at a time and place to be stated will be mailed to the eligible candidates, unless it should be found impracticable to examine all of them, in which case a practicable number will be selected w der the second regulation for the civil service, prom fated April 16, 1-72 aud notified to appear for examina tion. Those not selected jor examination will rewain on the-etigible list, By three o’clock the examination was over, and now tne labor of the Commissioners commences. One hundred and five documents must be closely scanned, the various arithmetical problems probed merit of each candidate ascertained. The manner of arriving at the “reiative merit’? of each candi- date’s proficiency 1s in this wise :—For instance, in arithmetic his proficiency shows 90, in grammar 70, in orthography 50, in history 60, geography 80. By adding together these five branches make @ total of 360 points, which are again divided by 5. Thus the average standard attained sums up 70, and that 18 accredited to the competitor. Very particular atvention is paid to the higher and more practical branches of education—for instauce aritumetic. which is marked ata higher stanuard | and due allowance made, | Altogether the class of applicants anxious to serve the government since the introduction of the civil service reiorm has been of aw higher standard tuan previously. A fair common school education is required from candidates who aspire to the lowest grades; hence the | days noramuses and sinecurists, only qualification was a powerful backing of | political influence, was the sine quQ non 01 ap- Pointment ure over. At the same time Collector Arthur is relieved from niany importunities of “statesmen” to appoint their constituents to gov- | ernmeut oMces without being morally, socially or | educationally qualitied therefor. | | Among the distinguished visitors present during the examination were Captain S, P. Russell, Mr. Frank Squires, of Newport, R. I. | H. Sharpe, Surveyor of the Port; Colonei Silas W. Burt, Chairman of the Board of Appeals for Civil Service; Mr. Andrew W. Green, of the Naval office examiners, and numerous others. Mr. Frederick J. Phillips, Collector Arthur’s private secretary, was also present during @ portion of the proceedings, | feeling happy that at least as many as were pre: | ent competing for appointment would cease to ai | noy him in future with questions as to when their turn would come. In about three or four days the examiners will report the names of the lucky can- didates, who wilt be nominated to and confirmed by the ‘ireasury Department. THE YORKVILLE TUNNEL ACCIDENT. Conelusion of the Inquest Into the Death of Mr. Launitz—How “Electrical” Signals Are Worked on the Harlem Road—A Verdict of Censare. Coroner Eickhof continued the inquest into the manner of Mr. Launitz’s death yesterday morning, The testimony of Michael Prunty, the swivchman who was the cause of the accident, will be read with interest by all who ride on trains going from and coming to the Grand Central Depot, as it ex- Diains much of the mystery which has heretofore surrounded “signal block,” “sign boards” and the like. Joseph H. Franklin, deputy master of the Grand | Central Depot, deposed that he had made an in- vestigation into the cause of the disaster, in com- | pany with Mr. Touce, and found that it was caused — by misplaced signals, The signal was misplaced | by @ switchinaa named Prunty, The rest of Mr. Pranklio’s testimony was only @ corroboration of the statements made by the conductor and Mr. Toucey, which were published on Tuesday morn- ing. THE ENGINEER'S STORY, | James M. Brown, the engineer of the New Haven train was next called. He lives at Stamford, | Conn., and says tuat on the morning of the disus- | ter his train met the Harlem train at the north entrance of the Yorkville tunnel where it hud | stopped; he remained on the tresselwork bridge } Until the train abead had disappeared; the signal | then showed “all rigut,”” and he moved on and did | Dot stop until he came in contact with the Hariem train; about a minute before he stiuck the Harlem | train, he heard some one “hollo” co him, but he | Could not heur anything that was said; the tunnel, | he says, was too dura lor one to discern objects guead even at suort distance, _ “ELECTRICAL” SIGNALS. Michael Prunty, the switchinan, was put on the stand and swore as foliows—On the morning of the | accideut, January 21, he was standing near his | shanty at Ninety-ninth street; he saw the Harlem | train pass in, and voticed that tue signal showed | Fed or “danger ;” four and @ ualfeninutes alter the } train had gone in he noticed the signal was at “danger” still; during the rour and a haif minutes alter the traia bad gone in (he New Haven train Temaiued on the tressei bridge; maving re- | ceived orders irom Mr. Franklin wo change | the signal at three ounuies after it | Showed red, he reversed th board aad tne New Haven train up and went into the tunnel; the “el signals ure not worked by the trains; (he man at tne north | Nd, and cive versa ; he has Yeen in the employ of the Harlem Railroad tor twenty years, and was | aiscbarged the aay alter the accideut vy M | Franklin, who said he made himself “too specia. | iM changing the signal, notwitustanding thal le | had previously ordered him to do so. ibe testimony of H. Wilcox, the conductor of the New Haven train, contained no new iacts. On being recaiied Prunty said that he olten ti | five times a d MEDICAL TESTIMONY. An aM@davit from vr. Staeckiin, of the German Hospital, was read, which stated that Mr. Robert Launits gad died of pyemia and suffering cons quent upou injuries received. § veputy Coroner | Marsh’s testimony corroborated this staccwent, THE VERDICT. All the testimony oeing tw. the Coroner chargea the jars. They retired, and after @ short absence returned with the following verdict :— ‘¢ Gnd that Robert E. Launite came to his death trom ineries reccived at the collision in the Yorkville sunael, between # Harlem and New Haven train, on the morn: ing of th of January; that the said collision wouidt not happened had there been a proper system of signals, Further, that the instructions given to switch- men are not explicit enough, and Jeave too much room for irresponsible action on the part of said switchmen: and jastig, that (tis criminal neglect to allow two trains On the sawe track to eblers oF be au the (unvel at pase time, whose | General George | | end of the tunnel can work the signa: at the souta | ascribed to occasion to change the signais as many a twenty- | THE UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE. Important Paper by Professor Green. Pandamenial Requirements of the Marine Compass, } ANNAPOLIS, Feb, 22, 1874. | At the last meeting Of the United Siaves Naval Institute, Protessor J. H, ©, €oMta in the chair, heid at the Lyceum of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., Professor B. F. Greene, United States Navy, read @ paper on hip’s Compasses”’ of more wan ordimary scientific value. ‘The follow- ing is an abssract:— ‘The object of this paper, a8 partiy implied in its title, Was twofeld—iirst, to consider the theoretical principles Wmob BHould control the vonstruchon of tue Marine compasa, and, secondly, to show wherein the pFactical conclusions deductible from those principles are likely to be satisiied by the eewens form of compass used in the United Sites javy. In the treatment of the first part of the subject the turee iundamental properiies of the marine com were recognized—Viz, Magnet-power, senm ley and steadiness, as e3- sential to its reliable action and convenient use. Under the head of magnet-power the relations 0! the motive and resisting forces, regarded as com- ponents in the expression of the moment oi de- fection of a compass card, were pointed out, and the equation oi statistical equilibrium deduced therefrom; while irom the latter it was imerred that there exists ap angle of set, whose value for & given compass card depended, in geueral, | on the magnet power of the card, the exterior di- rective force acting upon it, and the resistunce to | motion of the card, hence it was inierred tbat tor the card to return exactly or very nearly to lis | previous position Of rest, whenever defected trom 1g, it 13 necessary either that the amount of resist- auce be extremely small in comparison with tie product of the magnet power by the directive Jorce, Or that this product be extremely large 12 comparison with the amount o! resistance. Reerence was made to the fact vat the directive force in different parts of the earth traversed by the navigator varies trom about one-half to about twice ite mean value; while its Variations on board snip, especially if iron built, were olten gaite a8 large on diferent courses, even in the same locality, And conse- quently, if, from developed defects of tho compass, the moment of resistance should become unavoidabiy large; or, if the direc- tive force on board should fall much below its mean value, even while the magnet power of the card remained unimpaired, tue angle of set might become vel seriously appreciabie. Hence the great importance, first, of an ampie supply of Magnet power in the compass card, not only enough jor ordinary circumstances, but a sur- plus or reserve for extraordinary occasions of special requirement; and, secondly of so high a degree of permanence im the magnetic state of te card as it was possible to have, The development of magnet power in the com- pass card Was next considered, comprising a re- View of the process by which the most powertul single Magnets are formed, and of the conditions of their most favorable distribution upon tie com- pass card, or the attainment of the greatest mag- het power consistent with the greatest perma- pency. Finally, the several methods of defection, oscillation and torsion for correctiy estimating ihe Magnet power of a compass were pointed out, wita tueir relative advantages in facility of use at Bea. Professor Greene next considered the sensibility of the compass, showmg at the outset that tue angle of set was to be regarded as the deiect of | Sensibility, He then pointed out the two paris of the moment of resistance, (ote pitas} of the mo- ment of friction at the pivot and of the resistance ofthe medium. It was shown that the desect of | Sensibility did mot depend on the latter, however great it might be, even in liquid medium, being wholly excluded by | the law of this resistance, but that it dia depend And deponent alleges, on infor- | as to their correctness and the relative standurd of | on the moment of friction, Hence the importance, | in order to preserve the highest degree of compass | sensibility, of reducing the several elements of frictional resistance to their smallest practicable limits, and of preserving this condition with the east possible change under different physical cir- | cumstances. | ofeievating the point of card suspension and of distribating the non-concentric material of the | card, 60 a8 to insure equal moments of inertia sbout all diameters of tne card, the great advan- | tages of the use of a hquid medium were | andicated, 1t being shown that the re- sistance of such # medium was admirably adapted to the preduction of steadiness witnout impairing the sensibility of the compu: | And not only this, but the further advantages of the auxiliary condition of a buoyant card with minimam pressure at tae plvoo Was strongly in- | sisted on a8 Conducing to much greater steadiness, and as tending to the condition of a sensibly per- | fect sensibility, not only at the outset, but subse- quently, irom the proportionaliy small wear ut the | pivot bearings. | — Upon the basis of the foregoing principles Pro- | fessor Greene next introduced the present navy | compass, and, after indicating the chiet points of | Its construction, reviewed its several characier- istics. 1ts magnet power, as compared with thai of other compasses of well known makers, wus given. This, although quite favorable to the navy compass, still suggested tae qnestion whether it had yet reacued that degree of develop- | ment to which it mignt he judiciously pushed. Again, it was shown thac with the extremely stnall pressure oi the card of the compass at the pivot (only about sixty grains | at the mean seeperecare) and the proportionally small wear at the bearing surface, it satisfiea in | the highest degree the condition of sensibility; and by a reference to the numerical results of | Some recent inspection tests it was shown to be practically free from error in tuis respect, or was sensibly perfect in sensibility. Finally the extra- ordinary steadiness of the jy! | compass was re- lerred to in contirmation of the conditions pre- i viously stated to be favorable to the possession of this property. | Protessor J. H. C. Coffin, United States Navy, Superintendent of the **Nautical Almanac,” at its conclusion made some remarks relative to the great improvement in compusses since they had deen made @ subject of special scientific investize- tion, and gave some account of his own experience with tue Ravy compass or thirty-five years ago, which were then supplied to our stups from the various chandlers’ shops in our cities, The thanks of the Institute were tendered to Professor Greene for his interesting aud vilnable ) paper, and a paper py Captain Jeffers, Chet of Bureau of Ordnance, was announced for the next meeting, aiter Which the meeting adjourned. ART MATTEES, The Water Color Exhibition—Closing Day. The water color exhibition at the Academy of Design will positively close next Saturday even- ing, alter having been open one month. Among drawings in the corridor which we have not yet noticed are:—“Sugar Loaf Mountain, Giengariff, Iceland,” and “On the Tweed, near Melrose, Scot- land,” by C, Pearson and F. F. Wainright ‘Sun- light” and “Shade,” by T, M. Martern; ‘Evening” and “Morning,” South Winois, by Louis Schultze; “White Birch, Franconia Notch,” by F. Hopkinson Smith; “The Gay,” by H. Panton, represeatung a breezy day in the bay when the burried and threatening sweep Of large masses of heavy cloud isin sympathy with the raMed waters full of that briny zest and flavor which belong to the ocean; ao “Automo Sketch,” and “Kary Twilight on the Grand Ménan,” by J. ©. Nicoll; and @ few excellent figures by Gioja. Excluding the foreign element, the west room contain some sepia sketches by M. F. H. de Haas; “Our Private Watchman," by Halberton; “Open Your Mouth and Shut Your yes,” # drawing on wood, partly engraved, by 2. G. Brown; “fhe Descent into the Josemice Valley,” a charcoal sketch by James. D. Smillie; “Nipped im the Ice,” by William Bradford? “spring Time,” by K. FE. De Golier; “Kose with Violets,” by Miss Dewing; two bright produc. tions by EB. L. Weeks: ana “Moonlight on the Van- derveer Creek, tL. L.,"’ by Heury Warrer. A DISAPPOINTED LOVER KILLS HIMSELF, ‘The quiet town of Burlington, N. J., was aroused from its accustomed quiet yesterday by the per- petration of a bloody deed, making an addition w that class of suicides the cause of which 1s disappointed iove, One Herb Adams, a man bul twenty-five ) victim in this instance, He proceeded at five o'clock in the morning to the domicile of nis idolized Venus, a young lady named Miss Steward, | for the purpose of having aa interview. Ia this be was unsuccessful. She refused to see him, This | proved to be too much for the aufortanate Herd to submit to; 40, waile in a state of wrenzy and ab- ; solute despair, be puiled nis revolver and lodged 11s conteata im bis brain and put a sullden termine- tion to his mortal career, His ghastly remains were {ound Weitering in & poot of gore on the door steps of the h of the ‘air one who was indi- | rectly the cause of tne rash act. The Coronet was | 1mmediately summoned and an tavestigation beld. , Much sympathy is ielt for the family of deceased, PIBE IN BROOKLYS. | The stables No, 237 Sixteenth street, South | Brooklyn, were destroyed by fire at an early hour | yesterday morning. Two horses were burned to | death. The oss is abont $1,000, It appears that | the piace was set fire to vy the carelessness of the | stable boy, who was working by candle light in the straw, and, going ont, lett the candle burning, | wich iguited tag iudammabie material. | ‘Phe conditions of compass steadiness were then | discussed; and, alter noticing the two conditions | ra old, was the | Travel to the West Entirely Suspended. A Strong Force of the Strikers Congregated at Hornellsville—The Line from the Latter Depot toSu quehanna Completely Shut Up—A General Strike Imminent, | For the second time within four years the brake- | | men tn the employ of the Erie Ratlway Company | have attempted to improve thelr condition by a | strike. The former strike was a most unfortunate one for them, for after much suffering among their jamilies they found tnat the railway company could get along withont them, and most | of them had to implore the oficers of the company to take them back. In the Present strike they have succeeded only in one point thus Jar—in causing great inconvenience to the public, who are in no way responsible for the difficulties between the company and its employés, Traffic to the West beyond Hornelisville is com- pletely suspended, neither passengers nor freight being allowed to proceed. The strikers seem to be well organized, and that they have prepared themselves fully for this struggle is evi- dent from the fact that they hold vir- tually in their hands that division of the road whicn is the key of tie whole | line from New York to the termini at Buffalo and Cincinnatl That the reader may the better under- stand this, it is only necessary to enumerate the divisions of the Frie, From New York to Port Jer- vis is the Eastern division, from Port Jervis to Susquehanna the Delaware division, from Sus quehanna to Hornelisvilie the Susquehanna dtvi- sion, from Hornelleville north to Butfalo the Buffalo division, from Hornellaville to Salamanca and Dunkirk the Western division, | and from Salamanca to Cincinnati the Atlantic and Great Western division. As the road ls now blocked up passengers from the West cannot travel Eastward beyond Hornelleville, nor can passengers from New York go beyond Susque- | hannah. The Corning junction, situate between these points, is thus. shut up, so that communica- tion cannot be had with the New York Central at Rochester, ‘The strikers could not have selected @ more vulnerable point than Hornellsvilie. Now for the origin of the strike. It had been } the custom.to allot four vrakemen to each freight | train, but in the general policy of retrenchment recently adopted on the Erie road the brakemen could not reasonably expect to escape. Instead of reducing their wages, however, the order from headquarters simply redoced the quota of hands from four to three on each train, Herein lies the casus belli, The wages of abrake- man is $1 15a day; but as those on freight trains “make more time” than those on passenger trains the 1ormer earn $1 87 @ da: ‘The order of the | General Superintendent, Wright, was to take effect on rn 8 morning, and, CEL | at midnight of Monday the prakemen siruck, | Since that time the only train that came through was No. 8, a passenger train, on whicn three Ireight conductors were placed as brake- men. They Jeft, oi course. at Susquehanna, and as | the strike did not extend Eastward beyond that | depot, a regular staff was obtained, The mail car | and a locomotive, however, are allowed to pass | each way. box containing @ corpse was | allowed to proceed, accompanied by only a few relatives of the deceased. A gentleman who had been summoned to the bedside of his dying Wile in | New York made strenuous etforts to get on boara, but was refused permission by the mob of strikers, although he showed them the telegram conveying | the sad news. ‘The gentleman appealed to the hearts of the mob, but it was soon de- monstrated that there were no hearts among the gang. He appeared to be controlled by silent grief as he walked away from the obdurate crowd, andthe few sympathizers who tried to console him dared not appeal to the strikers, Conduct hke this will divert public sym- pathy from the strikers, and the manuer in which they carry out their — de- signs will certainly involve many of them in serious trouble. On the arrival of a train three of the mob jump on each platiorm, screw up the brakes tight, wrench off the nat, and thas remove the wheel, after which they detach the “draw.” This renders the train useless for turther locomo- tion. It is a destruction of property wholly un- justifiable. Tnere are not less toan 1,000 men, com- | prising the strikers and their sympathizers, ' collected at the depot in Hornelisviile, snd 500 in | Susquehanna, | Mr. Clarke, acting President of the road, tele- ! graphed to the strikers to know why they inter- | Tupted travel; bul an answer was returned to this effect:—“This is not our headquarters. We are simply carrying out the decree of our Council.” This reply was neither consoling nor reas- suring, and Mr. Clarke set out sor the seat of war on Tuesday evening. It waa said of Goldsmith’s scHuolmaster that hts pupils could discern as he entered the abode of | jearning, ‘the day’s disaster in bis morning face,” | and so migat one readily conclude irom the thoughtful demeanor and downcast eyes of Mr. | Clarke as he paced the platiorm betore hs depar- ture that he had the “blues.” The strikers will not conter at all with General Superintendent Wright, against whom they entertain a bitter | anunosity. The only terms on which they will | resume work are that four brakemen shall be re- tained on each freight train, as heretofore, or that each of the three brakemen under the new order shall receive $2a day. This demand they submit- | ved to Mr. Clarke yesterday. Mr. Abbott, passenger agent, issued instructions yesterday to ail the ticket agents not to sell tickets to any point west of Susquehanna till further or- | ders, as passengers cannot be forwarded beyond | that place. One curious feature of the present strike is that a large number of tarmers and villagers in the neigh. | porhood of Hornclisville and Susquehanna | | sympathize with tbe strikers, It was rumored last evening that there is a strong probability that the strike Will become general aftera few days. ‘The | men on the eastern division are certain! ud lor it, as they are intensely dissatisfied with the ad- ministration of this division. If Mr. Clarke would avert @ strixe on this division he will have to change his administration. A CRIPPLED RAILROAD. Mecting of Bond and Steck Holders of | the Rockfora, Rock Isiand amd St. Louis Railroad Company—A Plan Submitted for Reorganization but Not Accepted—A Committee to Investigate Its Affairs, Past and Present. In response to a circular isaued by the President of the Rockiord, Rock Island and St. Louis Raiiroad Company, a large number of its bond and stock holders met at the office of the Union Trust Com- pany yesterday alternoon, to consider the condition of its aflairs and suggest a plan jor its reorganiza- tion, Mr. Lowell Holbrook was called to the chair, and Mr. H, P, Wells appointed secretary, Mr. 0. C. Ashley submitted a plan for reorganizing the | company, Which he thought would be acceptable | toall. He did not desire to reflect upon the present management, but thought a new element should be introduced, and if the road had the proper connections and aMiliations it woald in a few years earn $10,000 a mile, and, estimating sixty pet cent for expenses, it would pay seven | per cent upon the whoie sum invested. Mr, Ash- ley’s plan was that the road should be sold and bought in py a purchasing committee, which would issue preierred stock to the bonaholders and one | shure of common stock to every present holder of | two shares of the latter, or in that proportion. When the earnings of the road paid seven per cent in gold on the preferred stock then the common stockhoider would come ta jor his share of the protits, if there were auy. The pian cid not seem to have many friends, aithougi it was advocated by Messrs, Ashiey and Moodie in long speeches. The latter, in answer to @ question, said the floating devt of the road was about $20,000, its gross earnings $1,100,000, and that its whole length was 416 miles. Mr. Ashley admitted that the pian presented was his own. | Charies W. Hassler, of New York, representing | $47,000 in bonus, advised the meeting that in his | opinton they were not prepared to adopt any plan at present. He thought there was @ ‘negro in the ; fence,’ and desired to know just how he could fina him, ‘The bondholders feel kindly to the road, but | | they want to ascertain something posttive regard. | ing its condition, | Mr. J. E. Advott, of New York, said that the | Management owned one-half of the common stock. Mr, Shepherd, of Chicago, speaking as & lawyer, said the document presented as a plan of reor- | gavization was very defictent in many respects, and would be a tailure under the present laws of | Iinots, which are deciaedly antagonistic to all { railroads, having been made in the interests of the grangers. Mr. 5. F. Goldte, holding bonds of $50,000 vaiue, said he did not like the marked delicacy with ich some present had reterred to the officers of the road, for one he did not feel that they were entitied to auy aiacee the site cacy at all, ana he reason to believe the affairs of the company had been grossiy mism: 5 Alter much discussion Mr. James FE. Abbott of- fered the foliowing resolutions, which were ulti- mately passed :— Resolved, That a committee of five be se ected by the chairman of the mecting, two of whom shall be trom We bondholders aud two Jrom the stockboldgrs. wad We) | Colonel of the Fifteenth, Sm nary foreman y rhs ve esc! ed, Fat ther sata committee sha! have fat Wer to investigate and take weeny, as to the thereon at a mncetmg of khe- bondholders and nape 0 Tat Rend wlders (herein inverested st'a day to bo named Dy the committee. Resolved, That the said committee, in addition to their Teport op the management ol whe road, pi st pres ent, be reqi to submit a plan to the adjourned ‘meeting for its uture operation and management ‘The vote by whieh these resolutions were passed Tepresented $174,000 in vonds and 3,780 shares of | os against $51,000 in bonds and 3,500 shares oF Efforts were made by Mr. Moodie to substitute the Appointment of a commute of five, which Would consider only the plan of reorganization, and submit the same at the next meeting, bur it ‘Was defeated, Mr. Shepherd, of Chicago, who was called to the chair by Mr. Holbrook’s retiring, because Of & busi- ness engagement, selected as tue committee called ior by Mr. Abbott's resolutions, J, E. Abbott, New York; Charles W, Hassler, New York; W. B. Cutung, New York; W. H. Merritt, Des Moines, Jowa, and Edward King, New York. Adjourned to weet at the call of the committee. ‘The retirement of Colonel Henry D. Wallen, Sec- ond infantry, calls for the following promotions :— Lieutenant Colonel Charles R, Woods, Fifth in- fantry, succeeds Cotone! Wallen in command of the “old Second,” and is succeeded in the lieutenant colonelcy of the Fifth ny Major Joseph N, G. Whist- Jer, Twenty-second infantry. Captain Alfred L. Hougb, of the Thirteenth, takes Major Whistler’s Place as Major, making the second captain of the Thirteenth who has been promoted during the last two montns. Colonel Woods will be remembered not only a8 a very efficient and successful general officer of volunteers during the war, but also as the leutenany who had command of the troops unsuccessfully sent from Governor's Island on the toed of the West to relieve Fort Sumter, early in dn the event of the probable retirement of Colonel James V. Boneford, Eighth infantry, ordered be- fore General Hancock’s board (he has been in the army nearly forty-two years), the colonelcy of that regiment will go to August V. Kautz, Lieutenant Major James P. Roy, of ‘the Sixth, now in command at Fort Colambus, New York Harbor, will succeed Colonel Kautz, and Cap- ‘ain Orlando H. Moore, also ol the Sixtl tain his majority 1m bis own regiment, bicaia @ RESIGNATION. Captain Theodore J, Wint, Hourth cavalry, has tendered his resignation, to take effect next June. Captain Wint served three years in the Sixth Penn- utepant, Fourt November, 1305. be ast MONTHLY STOPPAGE CIRCULAR. Since the Paymaster General’s monthly stoppage circular was noticed in the HERALD some montis ripe plage . marked failing off in the under stoppage. The “black hast” for the month endin; ‘Maret 35, 1874, which appears 1n an innocent-looking pink cover, gives. the amount of and-authority for sixty-seven. stop- pages against fifty-eight officers, the most note- worthy of which are the following :— U1 of Court Martlal— One lieutenant colonel, ail pay except $75 per month for one year; two captains, all pay but $100 er month for one year; ove captain and one leutenant, all but $50 per month lor six months. By Request of Heads of Bureaus—One major and four lieutenants, ali pay stopped until their ac- counts are satisfactorily adjusted. By Order of the Adj futant General.—One captain and one iteutenant, all pay except $50 per month; alike tne) retired lieutenants, all pay until further One lieutenant suffers from a cross-fre. The retary of War has stopped all his pay except 50 per month, while by orders from Headquar- | ters Military Division oi the Atiantic he is also condemned to forfeit $50 per monti for six months. ‘The following officers mustered out two years and since reappointed are paying back, at the rate of fifty per cent of their montuly pay, the Amounts received by them under the act of 1870:— Major George A, Gordon, Filth cavalry, $3,250; Lieutenant tn oad P. Jocelyn, Be! in- fautry, $2,099; Lieutenant A. G. Tassin, Tweilth in- fantry, $1,980; Lieutenant Gustay Von Blucher, ‘Twenty-second infantry, $1,650; Mientenant B.S, Humphrey, Ninth cavalry, $1,600; Lieutenant Wuuam 0, Cory, Futeenth intantry, $1,500; Lieu- tenant A. H. M, faylor, Nineteenth infantry, $1,500. The remainder of the stoppages aggregate $1,662 45, and appear to be chiefy on account of over-payments. One officer is surrounded by stoppages, having five standing against bum, to the amount of $466 68. HERALDIC GENEALOGY. Lecture on Heraldry and Genealogy by Rev. Beverley R. Betts—Furbishing Up Old Armorial Coats—Are We to Have a Heralds’ College im New York ? The Rev. Beverley R. Betts read an interesting and exhaustive lecture last night before the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, in Mott Memorial! Hall, No. 64 Madison avenue. The subject chosen was that of heraldry and genealogy. Not- withstanding the extreme inciemency of the Weather, @ number of ladies and gentlemen were present, who listened with evident satisfaction to @ searching and graphic survey of the history of heraldry trom the earliest periods to the present tumes. The lecturer went over an extensive field of the world’s history to show where the use of armorial bearings first originated, usefuiness in nistorical, legal, national and political senses. The Crusaders were pointed out a8 @ means of first bringing nher- aldry into use in the latter part of the Midile Ages. One writer claimed that “Adam was @ gentleman, and bore arms.” It was even thought that the bearings and devices of our first parents respectively could be distinguished. It is certain that since the full of Luciter and his legion there is one order less of heraldry in heaven. A number of amusing and very instructive anec- dotes were touched upon by the reverend gentic- man; and his lucky hearers went away carrying with them the idea that New York sadly wants a heralds’ college. It is necessary and right to col- lect the genealogical records of oar ancestors, Whose glorious ‘scutcheens knew no bars nor blots, But blood unstained circled in every vein, And everything ignobie did disdain; Fine, brave, illustrious patriots and bold, Who 'stoutly did maintain our rights of old. ‘The following are the officers of the society, who have lately been elected for the present year:— President, Edward F. De Lancey; First Vice Presi- dent, Dr. E. B, O'Callaghan, M. D., LL. D.; Second Vice President, General George 4. Greene, Corresponding Secretar; Charies B. Moore; Recording Secretary, a. Treasurer, Samuel 5, Purple, M. D.; Livrarian, Joseph UO. Brown; Registrar of Pedigrees, Rev. Beverley R. Betts; Executive Committee, tin H, Statford, Edmund A. Hurry and Joseph 0. Brown ; Committee on Biograpnical Bibliography, Charlies §. Moore. David P. Holton, M. D., an Joseph H. Petty; Trustees, term expires 1875, Da- vid P. Holton, M. D., John J. Latting and Charies B. Moore; term expires 1876, Samuel S. Purple, M. D., Edward F. De ey and Joseph 0. Brown; term expires 1877, Martin H. Stafford, General George S. Greene and Rev. Beverley R. Betts. HORSE NOTES. The following is the state of the odds on the Withers and Belmont Stakes up to noon yester- day:— WITHERS STAKES. AU Taken. 6to} Dublin. 9tol 6tol Bay Rum.. 9tol 6tol Battie Axe. tol 5tol Regardless. 8 tol Ttol Hes 7Ttol 8tol Harry Feiter 12 tol 8tol Saxon.. 10 tol The Hoaxe 10t01 Sue Josie B... 10to1 —_colt.. 7 tol BELMONT STAKES, Taken, Sue Washington Rutherford. . + Otol colt.. 4 s +. 6tol King Pin 6tol 10 tol Saxon.. 6101 Retorm. 10 tol acaroon . 8tol Brother to Lon- Grinstead. TtoL 1b tol Battle Axe 6tol 16 tol Nettie Morton 12 to1 Scratch, stol Botany On Tuesday night at the rooms of the American Jockey Club an even bet of $1,000 aside was made that King Pin would beat the Sue Washington colt imont Stakes. The gentleman who backed a offered to go as as $10,000 in toe same way. Looks were opened yesterday on the following akes, to be run for at Saratoga the coming sum: mer:—The Travers Stakes, for three-year-olds the Saratoga Stakes, for two-year-olds; the Ken- tucky Stakes, for two-yeat-olds, There are seventy-two entries for the Travers Stakes, Ratherford, Sue Wasbington colt, Battle Axe and Grinstead being, the first faverites, 7 to 1 only being offered by the book makers on them; King Pin, Macaroon. King Amadeus, Steel fiyes and Astral being the mext best on the lists, on which @ to1 ts offered; while the Austra- lian filty out of Alabama, Australian colt ont of Ultima, Brigham, Mull Bey, We ercock. Balan- keel, Saxon and raless are considered the next best of the lo! nd 10 to i can be had on them. Offers on the others vary irom 11 to} to 30 to 1. Price ists Jor the two-year-old stakce are promised wrday, and proved their | Stattord} | ANOTHER POLICE MURDER. pu ae Officer Doyle, of the Lighth Precinct, Shoots an Innocent Girl Throngh the Head, AS bce afta Love, Jealousy, Rum and Revenge—Arrest of the Brutal Assassin—Action of Coroner Woltman. A tearinl tragedy, in which a drunken police- man, in full uniform, was the gulity party, oc curred at the house of G. Bowman, No. 83 South Fiith avenue, about a quarter past two o’clock yesterday alternoon, causing the most intense ex- citement in the neighborheod, THE MURDERER, Jonn Doyle, @ tall, ruddy complexioned, and physically a fine looking man, about thirty-three years of age, with light sandv hair and mustache, swas appointed on the force on the 234 of June last, the number of his shield being 2,016, and assigned to the Fifteenth precinct for duty, Previous to his joming the force Doyle had been paying marked attention to Miss Mary Elizabeth Lawler, an esti- mable and fair looking young woman, twenty- one years of age, who lived with her parents at No. 183 West Houston street, and worked at skirt making for G. Bowman, at No. 83 South Fifth avenue, Doyle professed the greatest regard for Mary, but on many occasions during the last two vears had so far forgot himself as to appear in ber pres- ence much under the influence of liquor, if not ab- solutely drunk, He had formerly belonged to temperanee organization, but was a backalider of the worst character, which caused him to lose favor with the one whose love he courted, Besides this, Doyle, on a certain occasion, had promised to take Mary to the theafre, but for some unexplained reason disappointed her. Quite re- cently Doyle asked Mary to accompany him to the theatre, and, believing him to be in earnest, she prepared herself and awaited his coming until alter the nour had passed, but he again broke his a. at which ste concluded to discard and ave nothing more to do with him unfess he should be able to oifer @ satisfactory explanation for his conduct. THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER, Doyle doubtiess had become aware that Mary’s feelings had undergone a great change towards him and believed sie was piaci her affections upon one more ras of her than himself, exeited a feeling 01 jealousy in his breast,and which he knew not by fair means how to repress, Doyle was on patrol duty yesterday Ingrutngd and, being relieved soon alter one o'clock P. M.,. reported himself at the Mercer street police sta- tion, when the sergeant in charge told him to get his dinner and report back for station house duty. Doyle then leit, and, it would appear, fired hi brain with whiskey, and started off with a six bar- Telled revolver in'his pocket to settle accounts ‘with the object of bis affections, THE ,PATAL CALL. Being two-thirds drunk, Doyle called at Mary’s Place of business shortly before two o’clock and inquired for Mr. Bowman, whose store 18 on tne first floor, front room. Mr. Bowman was absent at the time, but Mary, who was at work on a sewing macnine, hearing Doyie’s voice, Wished to avoid him, but finally was revailed upon to go out in the hall and see him. They conversed there ior a time, during which one of the girls in the shop heard ‘Doyle, in an excited stone of voice, exclaim, “Ill kill that man |’’— doubtless meaning some man of whom he was jealous, Miss Lawler, subsequently returning to ‘the shop, sald, to some of the girls that she must go, put on her things and started to go out, but in the hall stopped to talk with Doyle again, Their conversation was carried on jn @ louder tone of voice than at first, but no one seems to know what they were talking about. THE MURDER. In a few minutes the report of a pistol was heard in the hallway, and Delia O’Connor, running out from her work, saw Miss Lawler lying pros- trate on the hallway floor, between the inner and outer doors (the latter being closed), with blood gushing from pB wound in her face. Bue was mo- tionleas and apparently quite dead, sitting upright against the firstdoor. Delia saw Doyle, whom she accused of murdering Mary; but he muttered out something about shooting her and himself too, but | it was observed that he made no effort to take nis own worse than worthless life. Doyle, while his lifeless victim lay on the floor in front of him, in the most un/eeling and brutal manner seized her by the hair of the head ana | endeavored to drag the body towards him. He | also pulled off nis coat and placed it over the face ‘of the corpse. DOYLE’S ARREST. In 8 few moments alter the murder was dis- covered a Frenchman doing business in the upper part of the house, ran to the Eighth precinct pouce station and gave information to the ser- ant in charge, whereupon Oficers Reagan, jartio, Moran and others hastened to the place indicated and arrested Doyle, who was tn full uni- torm, sitting on the ball floor partially drunk and somewhat stupid, At first he was inclined to re- sist, but Binding that it was useless yielded with- out further trouble. The officers on examining the body of Mtss Lawler discovered a pistol shot | wound directly under her le.t eye, the bullet evi- dently passing into the head, and death must have ensued almost instantly. The pistvl was tound lying between the lower extremities of the deceased, only one barrel having been discharged, TAKEN TO THE STATION HOUSK. Both the prisoner and the body of his victim were taken to the station house, where, the pedi- gree of Doyle being recorded he was placed in a. cell below stairs, to await the further action of the authorities. | CORONER WOLTMAN NOTIFIED. | Information of tne murder was immediately de- | spatched to Coroner Woltman, wio forthwith pro- ceeded to the station house to take such action as the case demanded. The aged snot of the ae~ ceased were there, bewailing the horrible murder of their beloved daughter, whose remains were lying on the floor in the back room, and their an- faish was such as to move many of the spectators to tears. BMPANELLING & JURY—A SCENE, Coroner Woltman empaneiled the following | entiemen to act as jurors ip the case ;— Nathan Bendick, 117 Prince street; Henry Gerchen, | 106 Prince street; George H. Kickoff, 106 Prince | street; Frederick Bumster, 118 Wooster street ; | Frederick Kneal, 121 Prince street; John W. Bar- | ney, 126 Wooster street; E. B, Henriques, 229 West Fourteenth street; Robert Hl. Bolder, 131 Wooster | gtreet; Henry Schutt, 131 Wooster street. | After viewing the body of deceased the | iniormed that the investigatton would place next Monday morning, at eleven o'clock, at the | Eighth precinct station house. evious to separating some of the jurors ex- pressed a desire to see the prisoner, and accord ingly Coroner Woltman ordered him to be brought ap. AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. | As Doyle was approaching the top.of the stairs he made a desperate attempt to escape from tne doorman having him in bee oe whereupon Cap- tain Williams and several officers rushed to the rescue and hela the marderer fast. John Doyle was brought into the presence of Mrs. Lawier, She became almost iurtous with rage and | denounced him br pentig gd as a thief, ruMen, blackguard and the cruel murderer oi her daugh- ter; after which he was taken below and locked up again. The remains of the murdered girl, by per- | mission of the Coroner, were removed to the resi- | dence of the parents, where an autopsy will bo | made to-day. | The seeling against Doyle is intense, and could | he be dealt with by the indignant populace nis | punishment would be both prompt and ~~ REAL ESTATE, The market continues to exhibit increasing | signs of interest, and current sles, although not | large or numerous, give encouragement. Mr. | Richard V. Harnet reports the private sale of two Jota on north side of Sixty-ninth street, west of | Madison avenue, 30x100 eac, tor $70,000, and two lots, east of Fifth avenue, twenty-five feet eight inches south of Seventy-eighth street, together | 51xt00, for $120,000. Sold for Mr. A. Pottier. Tne | following are yesterday’s pubiic sale: | NEW YORK PROPERTY, BY K, Ht. LUDLOW AND CO, | 2four story brick tenement houses and 2 lots on | named severe, 40th street, Nos, 825 and 627, 3/5 Tt. @. of JIth av | tote togetmer S0x1004: J.B Maral ese 811,060 ay i. x. 1 five story brick n. and 1, No. 108 Chambers st., 5 tt. W. of Churen st, uitable Lite Insurance Co....+... ie 38,500: story b. s. band. Lou nes arth at, 183, ree » & bh. am on nh. &. O7th st, 153.9 .? of luth av., lot 21.2x1004; L. Bosenteld, pias By A. J. RLRROKER, SON AND Waite, | 8. 109th st., Wit. w, of 10th av., together 5 Le plaintiff (to pertect title. * SORANTON OOAL SALE, ‘The regular monthly sale of Scranton coal took. place yesterday alternoon at the sulesrooms of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. There was the usual attendance of buyers, bnt no excitement and very litte com- petition. There were 60,000 tons otfered in com- paratively email lots, aud the whole was readily disposed Of; but the prices ootained showed a. marked falling off from the previous month, which ‘The following are ‘Was not generally anticipated, the prices obtained :— Steamboat Grate HE Stove | were:— Steamboat, Grate 4 Stove 4 Chestnut,