The New York Herald Newspaper, April 14, 1874, Page 6

“LEUROPE, | 6 | Anas ey im the conversation a fireman came up and yellea out, “Now, boys, we are going ashore at Staten Island, 1 am prepared; get ready, all of you.” ‘the | only baggage the fireman had was his iife pre- | server fastened around bis body and a souwester (CONTINUED PROM FIPTH PAGS) | THE PURSER OF THE GREECE. oS EhGS 5S Mr. George W. Self, the purser of the Greece, who hag filled that oMce for the past four or five years, and who has been an ofiver of the National Steamship Company for seven years, made the fol- lowing statement :— On Thursday, April 2, we were eight days out from Liverpool and seven days from Queenstown. There were 555 passengers on board including cabin passengers. There were besides 104 of the créw, and the vessel was commanded by Captain Charles Thomas, the first officer being Mr, Alien Buck. On the morning of Thursday we first saw a ‘veasel with smoke ana knew her to be a steamer. She was astern to the southward of us, and she gradually crept up to us until about three o'clock, when we knew her then by her sides to bea French boat. Some of the passengers saw the Mash of a gun from ber spar deck amidships. She bore up to us and we bore down to her. Captain Thomas ordered the course of the Greece to be altered and to go to the stranver whom he sup- posed to be in distress, There was a very heavy, | jumpy ana fearful sea on and it was blowing Strong irom the westward. We were at noon of Thursday in latitude 48 deg. 21 min., north longi- | tude 30 deg. 03 min. west. The decks of the Greece | became crowded immediately with men, women and children to witness the excitemeot, and the engine bell addea to the clamor. At five o'clock the vessel was about abeam of us six or seven miles to the southward. The stranger made Bignal “We are sinking,” We then immedi- | Btely lowered two of our life boats, Nos, | 6 and 8 and Mr. Buck was placed in charge of No. 6 boat aud was the first to get away with seven men beside himseif. Mr. Hubbard, the | second officer, was in charge of boat No. 8, and had over half a dozen men with him. The men pulled away from the Greece, and after a hard struggle they got alongside of the Bteamer, which proved to be the Europe. The French boats were already in the water being loaded. Mr. Buck and Mr. Hubbard first, and severai officers of the Greece went on board of the Europe and assisted in getting some of the passengers into the boats of the Greece About twenty women and children were taken off on the first trip of the Greece's boats, and when they came to our vessel they were ali drenched with water from the terrible sea which Wason at the time when they came on poard. Mysel! and Dr. Page stood by with botties of brandy to comfort the sufferers, There were three trips made by the boats of the Greece, and they brought on voara about 100 persons, mostly women nd children. In the last boat were principally men, and the two stewardesses of the Kurope were also passengers in this boat. The Europe had eight boats, and, after they had been filled with people Ana brought on boara of the Greece, and their car- goes of live freight discharged, they were let adrift, Bnd none but one was kept, whicn was tied gstern with one of our own boats which We could not hani up owing to the Deavy sea. ‘The French officers saved two public mails, consisting of five or six bags, and iett the passengers’ vaggage and valuables on board of the ill-fated vessel. One of our boats, No. 8, was lying alongside, and had just discharged her last cargo of passengers and placed them on board of the Greece, when the sea drove her into the port side of the Greece from @ huge wave, and the wave falling Bway again, rose and banged the boat ‘with a mighty force against the side of the Greece, Bnd stove her in, The crew was in her atthe time and one or two passengers. Quartermaster Roberts was in turn badly injured, but none of his bones were broken. ‘The passengers were all lifted on board by the armpits with ropes run in @® bow-line. Every pas- penger ot the Europe had « life preserver fastened to his or her person, and as fast as they came on board we took them to the galleys ana gave them adrop of brandy. The women were all trying bitterly, and, it being very cold, their teeth chattered, and they were ali in a half-dead, taint- Ing condition. The first officer of the French ves- Bel to vouch our deck was the purser of the Europe, who came with the first officer of the Freedman. They came with the mails and valua- — bie samples. We made them as comfortable as possible, although we could not give tuem provi- bons to a very great extent, as a surprise party of 372 persons is sometming that | we do not get every day. We stopped by the wreck until twelve o'clock of Friday, the next day after she siguted the Europe, and think | the last men on board of the Europe were our chief officer, Mr. Buck, and our chief engineer, Mr. Joie Douglas. Mr. Douglas reported, when he came back, that there was eight feet of water in the engine room of the Europe; but they founa mo water in any other compartment of the veasel. Our carpenter, Mr. Sutherland, sounded the vessel with a sounding rod and declared that the Europe could be saved. I heard that Captain Lemarie, of the Burope, volunteerea to go on board of the Europe asa part of the salvage crew, | but I did not see it. Mr. Buck, our first, and Mr. Webber, our fourth officer, volunteered to go as a part of the prize crew. Our assistamt surgeon, Dr. Constantine McGuire, who had been in the irish ambulance department in the Franco-Prus- sian war—be is a great fellow, I tell you—ne also volunteered; he bas the cross of the Legion of Honor, ‘hen came the carpenter and boat- swain of the Greece, and @ lot of sailors, in all twenty-five men. There was a poor stowaway who was pretty well frightened, and he stole on board of the Europe in the press. I suppose he thought that he would be punished, so he took iis chances to get out. ‘The two boats, Nos. 4 and 10, belonging to the Greece, were lowered full of men {rom the davits, containing the prize crew, in charge of Mr. Buck, our first officer. It was eight o'clock, Friday, April 3, when the crews reached the Europe, Mr. Buck made sail on her directly aiter he got his boats hoisted. The fires were ali out on the Europe, and she had to de- pend solely on her canvas. Mr. John G. Hecksher Was one of the most sensibie gentlemen on board | ofthe Europe. He got his overcoat and placed his | Jeweiry and a number o1 precious souvenirs in his stocking, and came on board of the Greece irom | one of our boats. But not all of the passengers | of the Europe were so lucky. Many only came on | board in the clothing that they stood in, and the ladies—there were thirty-seven cabin passengere— Jost all of their valuable jewelry nearly and the best and most precious partof their wearing apparel. I deciine to make any statement as to my opinion of the conduct of the French officers, 1 suppose there will be great number Of people who wili give their opinions very freely and without any hesitation. We saved 373 per Sons and got to quarantine this (Monday) evening, April 13. The jast news we heard when we got up last evening was that one of our ste Egypt—had ound the Kurope at sea, with fou feet of water in her, and had taken her pass off and taken charge of them. ‘Tlat is all | have to bay. FRENCH QUARTERMASTER, I must decline to give you my name, as i donot ‘want to forestall any report made by my oMcers. On Thursday, Aprii 2, I was taking my trick at tue wheel, when I heard the grder given to mal ready the boats. Within a#hort ume we were a on board the Gresea. Our pamps bad endeavores, but ineflectually, to stop the leak. Our crew and oMcers number about 140. We sighted the Greece avout two o'clock on te same tack a4 mLysel!, bound to the weetwara, laying to the nor’ard. When our officers knew that all hope ‘was over we signalled the Frenchman by placing Our ensign at halt-maest, We worked at the pumps, ‘but it was Jabor in vain. Aji on board were pro Vided with life preservers and everybody felt thas We might go down at any moment. Some of our men ‘Were demoralized, but not the majority, tor it wae Oppareatly a case Of aauur cus news, At Mig stace | more light-hearted of the | for the people to tie in bis hand, ‘The remark, a# may be imagined, caused uo little merriment among the ew; but they soon found that they had been misinformed on the ques- tion of going ashore at Staten Island, for the ves- sel by this time bad commenced to move on her voyage up the bay. Atter the effect of this sally of humor had passed away, the Quartermaster con- tinued, “we are all very grateful to the English ship (or saving our lives, and, although we Pwe lost all our kit, we are deeply gratev! to the English- mau for bringiug us to New York, instead of let- ling us go down to what you call in Euglisn “Davy Joves’ locker.” At this moment the conversa- tion endea by the Quarantine officers entering ipto the steerage quarters and ordering every- body on deck, to be inspected by the doctor, and ailowing the steerage to be fumigated, THE STEERAGE STEWARD. So | Mr. Lowe, steerage steward, seid:—“We have aone our best to accommodate all the European | people. Some are very grateful tous for saving them, but some of the simall-minded find fault with us because we do not give them wine, as they had on the French ship. But youcan’t satisfy every- body in this world, you know,” added the steward, laughingly. “Some folks, it is alleged, would grumble if they were in Paradise, and some of the men we have saved belong, I am alraid, to that category. We rigged ap hammocks for those for whom we had no berths, and in addition to this we stretched canvas frames between wooden sup- | ports for those whom we could not other- wise accommodate. We have in our two | steerage compartments 450 and 330 passen- | gers. All have had plenty to eat, and | plenty, I assure you, has been wasted, and nobody, | | I tell you irankly, as @ man, has been stinted. Some of the French crew have had quarrels with the Italians,.aud knives have been drawn, lam toid, but no blood bas been shed. We had a great strain put upon us to accommodate so many extra mouths, but the National line, 1am proud to say, has proved equal to the emergency.” AN ENGLISH CABIN PASSENGER. Ligeti Mr. M. Large, of Leeds, lowing statement:—We le: Liverpool on the Natiopal steamship Greece, Captain Thomas, March 25; arrived at Queenstown the next day, and leit ita few hours ater our arrival. We encountered rough weather from leaving Queenstown. We had ) aseries of gales, head winds, squalls and heavy seas, and we had settled dowg determined to make the best of what, as far as we conld see, was going to be a very unpleasant passege, as far as the weather was concerned. On the 2d of April the wind was not so strong, the sea went down and we began to flatver our- selyes that we were going to have a little fine weather after the knocking about we had experi- en About ten A. M. we sighted a steamer that | appeared to be running a parallel course to our own. She wasin sight when we saloon passengers Went down to dinner at jour P, M, About twenty minutes past four o’ciock Mr. Buck, the chief omicer, came in and informed the Captain that England, made the fol- | the steamer was running dowa to us with distress signals flying. Our Captain promptiy gave the order to change our course and stand towards her, and we came up so close that we contd distinctly see che mass of men, women and children clustered on the decks, and their Captain standing on the bridge. Some one called out, in a clear and distinct voice, “We are sinking.” We could not hear this in the salocn, but we could see people motioning with their hands, Several of our passengers got up and went on deck, but the steamer seemed to ride so buoyantly on the waves that some of us would not believe that they were sink- ing, and stayed below and finished our dinners, On going on deck i found the steamer carrying a French flag, and, as she was hove to a very snort distance off, [read the uname “Europe” on her. She had her boats lowered, In the meantime we had our side ports opened ready to receive them, and ropes siung over the side ready to secure the boats when they arrived. Our third officer, Mr. | Palmer, was stationed at the port to assist in get- | ting the unfortunate people out of the buats. Dr. | | | Page, our medical officer on board, with a thought- fulness for which he deserves the greatest | praise, stood ready to give each one a glass of brandy as they came on board, which I am-sure they needed, for many of them were drencued to the skin, and most of them were terribly shocked and frightened. I belteve that with the exception of half a dozen people the whole 374 had a giass of brandy. I believe [ am correct in stating that one — of our boats was half way across before they had | lowered a single person. . We had two boats out— | one in charge of Mr. Buck, our chief officer, the | other under Mr. Hubbard, our second officer, who | bad with him the assistant medical oficer, Mr. McGuire. There was \ A VERY HEAVY SWELL on, but the wind was lignt, which was very fortu- nate. As it was, we expected the poats would pe swamped, but they got safely over. We were ali in readiness, and when the first boat came along- Side we secured it immediately and nad ropes over round their waists, which they did, ana we then hauled them up as quickly as we could. | noticed that they all had cork lite preservers when they came alongside, The scene was a very Strange one, aud [ never wish to have it repeated. Down several jeet below us was the little boat, crowded with people, at the mercy of the waves. Every now aud then they were tossed with great violence against the side of the vessel, and Il expected every moment to see them struggling in the water. As! stood by with Mr. Kinoisb, of Philadelphia, ready w beara hand at hauling the poor things on board, I could not betp contrasting their behavior. Some were qnite calm and collected, others were very much excited, and there was 4 regular Babel of sounds, bus what riled me more than anything ¢ was to #ee the Frenchmen actually fighting one another rather than Jet the women and children come up first. We give the French the credit of being possessed of great bravery; bnt ia this case it bad deserted them, I don’t think an American or Engit#u sailor wouid have done thit. I know I heard several hearty ‘ses irom our Kagiten #allors when they saw it. oan ty Bek Us Of blue bout, fell into the sea, It was pitiful w eee wits what eager looks the mothers watceed Guetr lisue ones | as thoy were pulled ap, aad how than ful they appearca when they saw them | safe. My opinion is that te women behaved better than the men, The tate arrived 80 quickly that we could not get them up fast nigh, and some one called out, “Vor God’s sake get them up quicker, or we'll not save them ali.” On board the Greece the greatest excitement pre- | very one, from the hignest to the lowest, | interested in the preceedings. As we drew 2 up one by one we could acarcely resist cheer- he utmost sympathy was expressed for the *. I noticed one brave action that deserves vatied, it recording. One of the boats was just un- | der one of the exhaust pipes. The boat contained eral women, and when the hot steam gushed out of the pipe one of the French- men stepped right in front of the pipe and endeav- ored to jd the woman, Toa great extent he suceceded, but he was very badly scaided., Our great ciMculty on board the Greece was the num- | allan passengers we had witn who, naturally desirous of assisting, laid hold | of the ropes; but when told to | STOP HAULING | would h sway as if their lives depended upon it " se” a large amount of confusion. Ib was very touching to see the litte ones erying for their parents, husbands seeking their wives, mothers their children, &c, How anxious they were when they found they had not lett the leaking vessel! I noticed several of tie women crying silently, while others seemed thoroughly prostrated and stapefied. In about three hours we had them all on voard—Z19 passengors and 155 crew, mak- | ing = @ total of 374 people saved in | wuree «tours, Taking into consideration the | | of the | to New York and owned | weather, | being short handed, naturally expec’ Toughness Of (re sea, the heavy rolling of our ve: Sel, which threatened to crush the boats to preces every time they approached the side of the vessel, | I think we may congratulate ourselves on baving 80 lew hurt. One pour ieliow had his back hurt; another iis legs crushed; some were scaided, but the majority were more fnghtened than hurt. The | French sailors handled their boats remarkabiy | well. Too much praise cannot be given to our = officers, Messra. Buck, Hubbard, Palmer and Webber, who displayed the greatest activity, presence of mind, &c., througli the whole or this trying scene. One of the most active and useiul men on board the Greece was John Burke, the boatswain’s mate; he seemed to be ulways at hand when wanted; as for the rest of the men they worked till the perspiration dropped irom them; they put their whole heart and soul into the work. I did not admire the manner in which the French sailors left their boats directly the passengers were saved. They swarmed up the sides and left the boats to the mercy waves, Consequently they were all lost. Very few of the passengers saved anything; all their personal luggage and effects were left on board the French vessel, When Captain Lemarie came on board he was terribly cut up and our captain tried to cheer him up, bat in vain, 1do not know how the steerage passen- | gers received the unfortunate ones; but I know that we in the saloon did our best for them—gave | up our berths, shared our food and clothes and, in fact, gave them @ hearty welcome not only in words, but in deeds, I feel sure that tnere were very few among us who were not prepared to | submit to any iuconvenience provided we could benefit THE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE we had taken on beard, We do not desire praise, | nor even thanks; but we wish the truth tobe _ known, and 1 challenge any one to deny the truth of these statements, After getting all on board | we found time to make @ few inquiries a5 to how this state of things had been | brougut about, We then heard that te steamer was the Europe, bound from Havre | by the Companie Générale Transatlantique Frangais, commanded bv Captain Lemarie, She leit Havre on the 26th of March and Brest on the 28th, and had very rough On the ist of April Captain Lemarie discovered a leak in the engine room, and found they were making a dealof water. it was agreed | that nothing was to be said about it, but it was to be got under as soon as possible. On the 2nd { of April they found the water gaining on | them, and the engineers reported that in | a short time they would be unable to work the engines. It was then decided | that they shouid fire guns, show signals of distress | and run down to us, save all the passengers aud | abandon the vessel, as they were tully persuaded | the Europe was sinking last. The decision was acted upon, and the result you already know. None of the passengers were aware that a leak had sprang till the guns were fired, and then it could not be concealed. When everything was clear of the leaking vessel our chief officer, Mr. Bnek, and the frst engineer, went on board to examine her, and we anxiously awaited their report. On returning | they reported seven ieet of water in the engine room, but could not find any water elsewhere, and | they were of opinion that the vessel would keep afloat long enough to get into some port. On hear- | ing this Captain Thomas determined to lay to all | Hight and have a Jurther examination in the morn- | ing. Early on Good Friday morning our chiet | officer and heaa engineer again went on board | the Europe, and on returning reported she had made two feet of water during the night. Still they thougnt she coula be saved, Captain ‘Thomas held a consultation with his oMcers, and it was decided tnat Mr, Buck, the chiei officer, and Mr. Webber should take a volunteer crew of twenty-five men, go on board and endeavor to get | her into some port. It was not a dificult matter to gei a volunteer crew, and twenty-five brave fellows were found ready to risk their lives tn attempting | to save the noble vessel; for it was a brave thing to do, as the engines could not be worked and they would have to go entirely by sail. Now, there are several malicious scandal circulating to the effect that our captain and ofi- cers lorcibly prevented Captain Lemarie trom go- ing on board the Europe. Now, I beg to state that these statements are false and utterly unworthy of credit. Shortly before the boats left containing the prize crew Captain Lemarie was walking on THE DECK OP THE GREECE; he had a life preserver on, but he never uttered a wish to be allowed to go on board; im fact, never came near the boat at all; I wish that to be | thoroughly understood. About7 A.M. these men took two of our boats (all the Europe’s boats were lost) and went on board the French vessel. They were picked men, andif good wishes could be of any service to them, God knows they had ours. The wind was @ fair one for Queenstown, and when they got on board they began to get sail on her, and endeavored to | get her head round. We could see it would be a work of difficulty, and it was decided that we should throw a rocket and line on board and tow her round. In carrying out this idea the vessels collided, the Europe struck us twice with ber bow in the centre of the stern, making a hole nearly six feet square. In depth the hole ex- tended irom our upper deck to the main deck. Mr. Buck was standing on the bow of the Kurope at the time this took place, and 80 close were we that 1 could see how horrified he looked and distinctly heard him say “Ob, my God! Of course the shock was felt right through the vessel, aud when we were struck a suppressed scream ran through the crowds of people on our deck. It did look a teariul hole, and many of né thought one ship as good as the other when we saw it. On examination it was found to be above the water mark and the rudder post was uninjured, Immediately after the shock the wallora, several officers and steerage passengers of the Europe, put their liie preservers on; some of them went belew, thereby frightening the women to such an extent that the whole vessel was speedily in an uproar, We were steaming about the Harope ali the after- | noo, and then she signalled us to go on our course. We did so and left them with heavy | hearts, but still confident that whatever the skill of man could do would be done by those brave fellows to save that magnificent vessel. Our own position was by no means and enviable one. The hole came right into a little cabin, and Captain | Thomas had this stuffed with sails until it was quite impossible that much water could come in. Aiter this was done we felt comparatively safe. We have had some very heavy weather, and the | water came into our cabins and into the saloon, but as men were kept at work constantiy bailing it out we could always keep it well under. It was very wet and unpleasant, but could not be called | dangerous. Having s0 many additional passen- gers on board our bill of tare was curtalied slightly, but this we cheerfully submitted to. After doing ® good action you naturally expect gratl- tude, bat you do not always get it. Our captain, ed THE FRENCH SAILORS to work, but we had the greatest difMfcutty in getting them todo anything, while the stokers refused to work unless they were paid, I can- | not close this little account without expressing my own and fellow passengers’ thanks for the extreme kindness, courtesy and car Ain Thomas has bestowed upon us, and also for the lively sympa- | thy he has shown and expressed jor stie passen- gers of the Europe. It has also been a very trying time ior all the officers on board, | they having so much extra responsibility | upon their shoulders, and we are ail extremely grateful for their incessant Watch/ulness and care. Respecting our stewards I will only state vnat | we have received the best of attention and civil- | ity, in spite of the immense amount of extra work | they have had to do; and our stewardess, Mrs. | Shaw, I cannot sufficiently praise, ang | know all our lady passengers will endorse inis state- ment, Several of the ladies from the Kurope de- sire me to stare that they have received the | greatest attention from Mrs, Shaw, aud she has | endeavored to meet and carry ont their wishes in every Wa | [have read this statement of facts to several of | | Midshipman W. P, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1874.—-QUADRUPLE SHEET. the Europe's passengers, and also to our own, and they are perfectly satisied with Ww in every manner, THE LOGBOOK OF THE GREECE. Tuurspay, April 2, 1874 Latitude 43 deg. 21 min, north, longitude 30 deg. 3 min, west at noon. At ll A. M. ted a large steamer to the southward, bound west. At 4 P, M. she came Fi hear, showing signals of distress. We bore down und found her to be the French steamer Eu- rope, !rom Havre for New York, in a sinking con- dition and wishing us to send Our boats and assist 1 Cg her passengers and crew. Immediately lowered Nos, 6 and 8 boats and sent them away in charge of Mr, Buck, first oficer, and Mr, Hub- bard, second officer, and with the assistance of the Franch boats succeeded in saving all on board, consisuing of 37 first class passengers, 182 steerage passengers, and 164 of a crew, Without any seri- ous accident, although there was a mountainous sea, and both steamers rolling very heavily. Also succeeded in saving the maus. At 6 P, M, Captain Lemarie came on board with his officers and re- ported that his ship bad ad a leak in the engiue room that he di not consider it sue to proceed inher. At 6:30 P. M. Mr. Buck, first oMcer, and Mr. Douglas, chief engineer of the steamship Greece, went on’ buard the steams! Europe and examined her, and on their ret reported that there was about seven feet of water in the engine room and that they could not dis- | cover any Water in any other part of the ship. The steamsnip Greece lay by the steamship Europe all | night, and at 5 A. M, on the following morning Mr. | buck’ and Mr. Douglas again went on board the steamship Hurope for further examina- tion, and upon their return reported that there was about eight feet of water in the engine room, and that although they sounded all the other com- partments they could not discover any more water, and gave their opinion that the ship could be easily saved and taken toa port, Mr. Buck, first ofticer, and Mr, Webber, fourth oMcer, immediately volun- teered to take charge of the ship, and the follow- img seamen volunteered to form a crew:— Dr. Constantine Maguire, Francis Suther- land, Carpenter; Joseph Irwin, boatswain; John Codd, A. B.; John Ward, A. B.} Jonn Godfreyson, A, B.; John Power, A. B,; Marti Egan, A. B.; Donald Ross, A. B. ; Henry McGowan, A. B.; James Hadley, A, B.; Michael Brady, A. B.; Peter Norta, A. B,; Henry Grifiths, A. B.; Ebenezer Clarke, A. 'B.; Nathaniet Ciark, A. B.; George Woods, A. B.; Robert White, donkeyman ; James Brennan, engineer’s storekeeper ; Joseph Gunning, second cook; James Lowery,.sieward, and a stow- away (name unknown), ‘I'he above went on board the steamship Europe in two of the steamship Greece’s boats, Mr. Buok taking a chroa- ometer along with him. The steamship Greece stood by until twelve noon to see if sie could render any turtner assistance, and alter seeing sail made on the steamship Europe, left her in latitude 47 deg. 58 min. north, longitude 30 deg. 49 min, west, with her head pointing southeast, and a stroig Westerly breeze blowing. We lost No, 3 boat and No. 6is badly broken. Tue steamship Europe let all her boats go adrift after discharging er passengers and crew, and we had to send two ol our boats to the Europe tor the use of that ship, “HORSE NOTES. The following bets have been booked at the rooms of the American Jockey Club since our last report:— WITHER’S STAKES. Taken, Beatrice 5 tol Astral. 6 tol 1 countess 7 tol 10 tol Maccaroon Ttol 10 tol Batlle Ad 7 tol Harry Felter. 12 toL ‘Thunderbol 8 tol Sangamona. 16 tol King Amadeus... 10 cy Bo eg S an 4a STAKES. Taken, Taken, Battle Axe 6to1 Brother to Lan- Steel FE, 6tol aon.. + 10tol Grinste: 7to1 Brigand . + l0tol Maccaroon 8tol Keform.. » lotol Weathercock .. 9tol Onignon filly .... 20to1 Regardless. 10 to1 The Gloamin Colt 20 to1 “TRAVERS STAKES. he Rutherford. 6 to 1 Steel Eyes Sue Washington Weatherc colt... 7 tol Brigand.. Maccaroon, Saxon.. Astral... Botany Bay. KENTUCKY STAKES. SARATOGA STAKES. Taven. 10 to 1 James A - 10 to 1 Geneva New York. Matador, ‘The fotlo have astart:— $100 even that Weathercock beats Stecl Eyes in the Belmont Stakes. $50 Oto $250 that Steel Eyes does not get a place 1n the Belmont Stakes. $1,000 that Battle Axe beats Countess in the Withers Stakes, eeey Brigand against Regardless, in the Belmont es, $1,000, King Pin against the Sue Washington colt, in the Belmont Stakes, offered but not taken. $1,000, Grinstead agains: Astral, in the Withers Stakes, offered but not taken. $1,000, Rutherford against Battle Axe, in the Belmont Stakes, offered but not taken. THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. | Plans for Retiring the Private Stock and Completing the Work. The Committee of One Hundred met last night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Mr. Van Os- trand in the chair. Mr. George B. offered a series of resolutions in relation to the management of the East River Bridge, pledging the Association to the construction of the bridge and the city of Brooklyn to subscribe in the same proportion to the city of New York, as at first; that the Governor be empowered to appoint @ buard of three engineers, and to report upon the plans and make an estimate as to the cost; that the work be placed under the control of the two cities, retiiing the private stockholders, and that ten directors be appointed, five by the Mayor of each city, to hold office until the completion of the bridge, or at least five years; to be removed for cause; to be paid reasonable compensation ; to re- port monthly ail disbursements ; let contracts to the lowest bidders only. to hold weekly public meet- ings, and that all purchases of real estate be sanc- tioned by the Board of Aldermen of the city in which the same is located; that previous to a final settlement between the stockholders of the two cities the Legisiature shall appoint a commission to examine into the previous acts of those in charge of the works, and, it any stockholder has illegally profited by his connection with the enter- prise, no certificate of indebtedness shall issue to | such person until the amount of such wrongiully converted funds shall be returned to the treasury. A discussion was held on the resojutions, during whict: Mr. Schroder said that a third bijl naa been prepared, which provides for tue retirement of private stockholders, who shall get certificates of stock at Six per cent, the principal so be paid when the work is finished; ana it provides also that Brooklyn shall issue $2,000,000, and New York $1,000,000, to zo on with the work. The resolutions were referred to a special committee Of five, to re- port next Monday night. ARMY INTELLIGENCE, Changes in the Medical Department and Elsewhere. WASHINGTON, April 13, 1874. On the recommendation of the Surgeon General, the following chasges in the stations and duties of omcers of the Medical Department are made:— Surgeon Joseph C. Bailey and Assistant Surgeon Caivin Dewitt are ordered to the Depart- ment of the South for assignment, re- heving Assistant Surgeons P, Middleton and B. F. Pope, who are ordered to the Department of Texas, relieving Assistant Surgeons W. R. Stein- metz ana P. F. Harvey. The former is ordered to Baitimore and the latter to Burlington, Iowa, to report by lecter on their arrival to the Surgeon General. By direction of the President, Second Lieutenant J. Sumner Rogers, First Infantry, is detailed as Professor of Detroit, Mich. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Officérs Transferred. WASHINGTON, April 13, 1874. Assistant Surgeon William B. Davis has been ordered to the Naval Hospital at Nor/olk; Lieu- tenant Commander A. B. Robeson is detached from the Dictator and placed on waiting orders; Elliott irom the Lackawanna, ana placed on sick leave; Surgeon J. H. Linknaim, from the Roanoke, and ordered to the practice ship Constellation; Acting Assistant Surgeon W. J. High School. Cronyn, from the Naval Hospital at Norfolk, Va, | and ordered to the Constellation; Chief Engineer ‘Theodore Zellar, from the naval rendezvous at New York, and ordered to special duty at New York; Passed Assistant Enginee Navy Yard at New York, and ordered to duty at the naval rendezvous at New York. Cadet En- giveer L. W. Wooster, from the Canonicus and or- dered to the Colorado, The Frolic Ordered to New York. WASHINGTON, April 1, 1874. The United States steamer Frolic has been or- dered from Norfvik to New York. HOMICIDE IN SAN PRANOISCO, SAN FRANCISCO, Aprit 13, 1874. James H. Fleming was stabbed and killed last night in @ private house on Howard street, by John G. Corbett, whom Fleming had assaulted while intoxicated, Corvett was arrested. Farrington | lilitary Science aud Tactics at tho | » | of bis guilt to the | L, T. Sattord, from tae | THE BRICK BBROINB, Louisa Germs Brought to Life and to Police Headquarters. — The Undertaker’s Theory Ovcr- taken by the Truth. THE CONSPIRACY CONFESSED. Grand Reunion of the Four Conspirators Before a Crowd. Louisa Germs has not departed this life, nor ts she in any way suffering from the tls mortality is heir to. She is inthe flesh, hale and hearty, and still in @ loving condition so far as the Chevalier Ernest de Bagnicki is concerned. She is furthermore a gay girl, prone to laugh very much, fall of conceit at the stu- pendous swindie in the promotion of which she bore such a deadly part. As an evidence of how aiMcult it is to divine the motives of women, and to judge correctly of occurrences which belong but to the immediate past, this case of Louisa Germs deserves to be placed prominently on record. The shrewdest detectives were deceived, the shrewdest insurance men were at fault in their calculations, and even women failed to draw true deductions from certain given data, which belong exclusively to feminine intelligence. The story of Ubling’s attempt to swindle the in- surance company; Louisa’s bold and fearless efforts to aid him in the accomplishment of his design; the aged and withered wife’s adherence to her husband, whom she had renounced In love for him; the treachery of the nephew towards his “Heb oncle,” and the tragic means resorted to as a basis for the plot—all go together to form A VIVID PAGE in the history of crimes requiring talent and cour- age toexecute, In taking a retrospective view Of this case from the start one is led to wonder how little one half the world knows what the other half is doing. Only a few days ago sym- athy, true and genuine, was everywhere mani- lested for the fate of poor Louisa Germs, Louis was then Spode innocent German less, that fell | into the hands of the monster [Jt whe Wee bold, bad advensurer ip ths ay ce 0. 4 oine. Unling ruttiéd the girl, it was hought, ana | then, in the ignorant practice of an accoucher, in @n unsuccessful attempt to tide her shame, he wat ered her, There was a lament over the terrible eath of poor Louisa Germs. The insurance people | believed that hers was the sad fate of tne unfor- tunate, and that she died by Uhling’s hands, in | Order that Uhting might claim the joint policy on her Iife. There were suspicious circumstances | surrounding her death, and the insurance com- any, for their own sake, were bound to throw ight upon them. All the knowing ones said there wasadeath. Who was it that wasdead? Hours and hours of consideration were given to this | question, and the conclusion always reached was that somebody had died in Uhling’s basement, in Elaridge street, Uniing had sworn upon oath that Louisa Germs died on Marci 29, and as her remains were not in the exhumed coflin, the | detectives and the insurance men once more | thought over the questions, Where are ther e- mains? or is she dead? Then Detectives Tilly and , Heidelberg made a descent upon Unling’s base- | ment, which everybody had belteved to have been | deserted, and there they discovered the frightiul old woman and her nephew packing up Uhiing’s Hatt in o valise. Light at last; hope now that | ouisa had not been murdered; but still the ques- | tion, Where is Louisa, aead or alive’ A little scrap | of paper marked Rete Ley”? and undersigned “Louisa,’’ ound among Uhling’s papers, was seized upon by Tilly and Heidelberg as THE ONLY POSSIBLE CLEW now left them to answer the question, Tilly | conned it overall Sunday afternoon, and in the | evening of that day had @ consultation with a | female triend of his, who gave him the benefit of | her advice, and in this way Tilly for the first time got on the track of Loutsa’s probable whereabouts, living or dead. Late that night he pushed the inquiry further and found that Louisa Germs was still in the flesh and in as good health as under the circumstances might be expected. The detective went to bed that night feeling assured ne should | find Louisa Germs in the morning. Yester- day morning ‘Tilly was up bright and early | and the last thing he did before leaving his residence was to jel in his pocket to try if he | had with bim the photograph of Louisa Germs. He | then started up town, all the way to Harlem, and | dropped off the car at 109th street, down which | street he walked leisurely unttl he came oppusite | No. 188, between Fourth and Fifth avenues. He 100) | t ANOTHER LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPH, ascended the stoop and pulled the nell. Several mowents elapsed and the bell was not answered, but the officer waited quietly, Suddenly the base- ment door opened and a young woman ressed in black popped up her head to see who was tuere, and Tilly looked down at her. Never was face more like the 1ace of a photograph than the face of this giri was iike the picture in Tilly’s pocket. He said he wanted to see the lady of the house; the yong woman came up and opened the door, and the lady of the house svon appeared. Tiliy handed the lady the HeRALp of yesterday morning, saying, “Tots 1s the story 1 am engaged in; is not this Louisa Germs?” pre 8 to the servant. And | Louisa Germs said, “Yes, that is my name.” “Put on your hat, Louisa,” said the officer, ‘ana come | with me.” Louisa did as she was told, The lady of the house, perfectly astounded at this revela- tion, burst into tears and trembled as if some terrible catastrophe was going to happen her, for she had no idea, it is Said, who this Louisa Germs was, though the papers bad been be ao about her ior Kan ast, And so Detective and Louisa ieft the house together and took horse cars down town, the young lady chatting | merrily all the way and giving Tilly stray bits of in- formation as to the part she iad played in the ro- mance, which that officer hugely relished. Verily, this poor sadly abused German lass, whom the monster Uhling was supposed to have made away | with, and by his foul, black art consigned to an | early grave, was a lively corpse. There was A STRANGE RING IN HER MERRY LAUGH for the occupant of a coffin, and, judging from her rapid movements, it was plain that the under-, | taker had some acquaintance with the girl he was | speaking of, when be said that the limbs of the | corpse Were very limber, Arrived at Headquarters Louisa was bape eg toe seg in @ cellon the first | floor, and there allowed to rest for awhile atter her journey. She did not, however, seem | very much fatigued, and was as merry in | her’ cell as if she nad been receiving the adoration | | of the Chevalier, who was just then ruminating | over his troubles in his own cell on the ground | floor. Louisa is by no means a good-looking girl. Sue 1s about the medium temaie height, ge the | usual breadth of body of most German giris of her | class. She has rosy cheeks aud rather a good, bright eye, but the general expression of the coun- tenance is by no means very prepossessing. Word went round the headquarters at about ualf-past twelve o'clock that the:e was to be A GRAND REUNION of all the characters inthe brick mystery in the back room oi the detectives’ department. The Police Commissioners came in and took up their feng at the jurther end of the room; Captain | irving headed a procession of the men under his command, and filed them off at either side of the Commissioners; clerks, employés and several vis- itors, attracted by the fame of the actors in the | conspiracy, closed up around the detectives, | and the reporters stood forward promt- | nently in the front. The exhumed coffin, bearing traces of its having been deposited in the grave, reposed, with the lids laid loosely | in their place, immediately in front of the Commis- sioners. Alleyes now turned toward the doors | through which, at either side, the conspirators | were to-enter. Presently the Chevalier de | Bagnicki entered; lollowing the Ohevalier was — Finch, the undertaker, both coming through the same door and both in charge of Detective Heidel- | | berg. On the other side, and coming through an- other door, Mme, Marie de Bagnicki soon en- tered, and lollowing her was Louisa Germs, both be- ing in charge o1 Devective Tilly. When Louisa | | entered she darted a hurried glance around the: | room, and as soon as her eyes rested on the Chevalier she made a movement towards him, which he on his part gallantly responded to; bui, the oflicers quickly interiered and thus prevented any reciprocal exbibition of feeling tn consequence oi ‘the game being up.’ Mme. Marie looked, as usual, the very picture of @ disconsolate old | woman, | rT whole appearance being even more | | weird than usual, Undertaker Finch appeared in | | true funereai visage, the most mournful expres- i si0n Marking his countenance—as Well it laignt, | | for earlier in the day he had made a full coniession eteclives. ‘This was AT ALL FOUR HAD MET SINCE THE FIRST TIME THE KVENTRUL DAY after the burying of the bricks, As the conspira- tors looked at each other (allof them except the gay and festive Lou) their cheeks became blanched, especially the Chevalier’s, Whatever lingering hope that able scientist might have entertatued of salety must have peen dashed to pieces as soon as | he saw the face of his beloved Louisa, it must be | said that Louisa expressed im every glance she | threw at the Chevalier the greatest sympathy tor | him, in the rather awkward position im which he was placed, This she did not disguise, and avowed | her deepest regrets that fate had treated bim so | harshly. But her grief did not interfere with the young woman’s enjoyment of the scene, for when | her eyes rested on the contin which had been sup- | posed at one time to contain all that remained of | her in this world, she smiled witha genuine feel- | ing of satisfaction. When everybody had got a | good look at the four characters they were ail | marched back to their cells, except Louisa, who | was allowed to remain sitting m the room for several hours, where sne conversed gaily with the | counsel for the insurance company, Captain Irving and others, She was removed finally to a cel! on | the first door. but not until the President of tue | | Uniing Is ™ " Instrance Company. strangely enonge, warned her that she was speaking too mucn: During the afternoon crowds o! persons called into the back room oO! the detectives’ office to at s look at Louisa and to see the exhumed coffin in which were buried the nineteen bricks. 1t was nos alittle amusing to notice the effect upon the difter- ent spectators which these “mementos” trom the grave produced. But now that all the conapira- ortho State, ahd. that they can haven mare reason for deception, sds sdcabinhdnaaiaammens IT BECOMES INTERESTING TO GO BACK to the story of their crime and tell ary some of them have told tt themselves. In a carefully laid plot like that which has been in this case brought to light and exposed, it was necessary that the actors tn the proceedings should have taken care that their footprints could not be traced, and to this end a smart, wily man, such as the Chevalier undoubtedly 1s, must have been at some pains to cover up traces of his movements and to ward off sispicion by throwing out defences ot deception, This was very evident im all the scenes of the swindle, from the first day he went to the office of the insurance agent in Allen street to the moment be Was diseovered behind the ladies’ dresses in the bedroom in Twenty-fiftn street, But THE STORY OF THE UNDERTAKER, as told yesterday morning by himself, as a confess sion of his own guilt, and the snatches of her own career which Louisa vouchsafed to impart to her interviewers, by way of pleasant chit-chat. reveal the whole plot in all its nakedness, without any of the incidental untoward occurrences which ever go to heighten the interest of such a remarkable comedy as that of the Brick Mystery, Very tew people believed that undertaker Finch was guilty, for the man hitherto had had a pod reputation, But he sold himself to the Okevalier for his share of the spoil, in case the conspiracy became an accomplished fact. Mr. Finch is weil calculated to deceive the inquirer by the cuoiness of his manner and the pretentious innocence he assumes, He deceived the police at first, and pareied In assert- ing bis innocence until yesterday morning, when he was informed that Louisa Germs had been ar- rested, and that if he had any trutn to tell he might as well tell it then as at any other time, ‘Then, indeed, he abandoned nis rather st@r- ting theory t¥at he had _ helped the dead girl into the coffin, and that, alter tting her in, he screwed down the id upon her, leaving her there in the very identt- exhumed cofin ready for burial. He does not say any longer that when he was lifting Louisa into the conn he remarked to Ubling how stran; it Was that her limbs were so limber. ‘The mistake on the coftin plate, which made Germs read “Krin- net,” was bot merely @ stupid biunder in his copying of Unbling’s handwriting, but a predeter- mined inscription of that name, in order to deceive Louisa, who might have got scared if she had seen her own name on the coffin. It was he himself who brought to the house the cottin and the laths, knowing well the purpose ior which the laths were to be used. By the agreement with Uhling he was to swear and did swear that he saw the corpse in the coMin, and for all his services, including the procurin of e burial permits, the hearse, oe and one Gat. lage he was to get $P4 The hight he brought e coffin hé gSt $40 from Uhung and nothing more since, The night of the supposed death, he Reina renee Maria ae erin Hey boy in the sement helping in ie job. Rot fontsa who rode witn Uhling himself in the carriage to the cemetery; i aoe other friend hod a Labels sont Poet est able man uisa ni en arreste weed cere Re nats béeii set af Suberty, was just as deeply in the plot as Uhling. As an evidence ofhow harmon‘ously they worked together it is only necessary to recall the scene at Headquarters on Sunday, when the two men were conironted with each other, and when Finch innocently asked the Chevaher if he wouid not pay him that $10 of a balance due for the funeral, and the equally de- ceptive reply of the Chevalier that he would do no such thing. LOUISA GERMS’ CONFESSION. ‘The explanation of the whole aifair, as given by Louisa Germs, was characteristic of that youl Jady. In her favor it may be said that she had tol no lies about her Pte in the conspiracy, and that she neither winced in telling her story, nor did she believe, considering that she loved the Chevalier, that she had done anything very wrong. Louisa makes no secret of her ardent affection for Cheva- lier de Bagnicki, and starts in the telling of her tale by saying that he asked her tu consent to the carrying out of his project, as it would serve him, and that when he had secured the $10,000 they should both start for Germany on a wedding tour, which would be one of the atest events of the century. Mme. Marie, who was pertectly weil aware of the liason between the Chevalier and Louisa, gave her consent to the marriage and promised to aid them in every way she could. Louisa admitted the intimacy with Uhling, but she demed altogether that an abortion lad ever been attempted on her. How the doctors who examined her and who she admits examined her will hear this state. ment is their business, considering that one of them has already given his opinion to the con- trary. The queszion has also been raised whether or not it was Louisa or another woman that lay sick for two months at No. 116 Forsyth street, and there cannot be a doubt that 1t was Louisa, tor she went directly there from the house in Twenty-fifth street, These are lacts now which have very lit- tle to do with the charges of couspiracy and per- jury which are to be preferred against Ubling, and as Louisa chooses to deny that Dr. Uhling is worse than the law at this time is sure to make him out they may be passed over to come to HER STATEMENT AS TO THR CORPSE. Louisa states that two nights before her sup Posed death she feigned to be aickilor the better Sane out of Ubiing’s plan. Dr. Kranowitz and Dr. Weigart had not been found pliable enough for the Chevalier’s purposes, soa Dr. Kurz waa to be called in. On the night named Jor the visit Loutsa went to bed and endeavored to make herseif look as sick as she could. She took to bed with her @ cake of soap, so that when Kurz should arrive sie would be ready for him. Louisa was to be sick of convulsions, and as soon us the doctor arrived she took a mouthiul of the soap, chewed it violently and raised a foam in her mouth. Kurz approached the bedside, Louisa Spat out some foam and kicked in the most ap- proved torm, aud Kurz pronounced the case @ violent form of convulsions and went away. This Was the man whose affidavit was sent to the in- surance company, testifying as to the cause of death. Louisa says she had great diMculty on this occasion in refraining irom laughing at ‘the disturbed visage of Kurz as he watched her in the spasms. Uhling, having thus secured Kurz’s affidavit, busied himself with the undertaker for the next two days. Mme. Marie daily paraded the streets looking for bricks suitable for the coitin, and on the second day, Marco 29, Madame hada pile of bricks in the hasement, with old newspapers sufficient to cover them neatly, @ work which the old woman performed witao grim Satisfaction. THE PART LOUISA HAD TO PLAY was that of the corpse. In the inner reom of the basement, stretched on @ bed, Louisa lay, while Madame and the Chevalier operated on her face, dexterously working with chaik and whiting, to Make her look as ghastly as possible. Louisa rather enjoyed the fun, for she was helping the Chevalier, and visions of the bridal tour in Ger- many floated through her mind, it took several hours betore the Chevalier was satisfied with his work, At Jength he announced to her that she looked “beautiful,” and he thei went up stairs to call the folks dwelling in upper part of the house to come down and see ti poor dead young lady, nis dear cousin, None of the people trom up stairs came down, however, snd Louisa got tired of being “dead,” so she rose and helped to cover the bricks, Next pede Loulsa Was again put on duty, but when the undertaker came with the coffin she though: things were ap- proaching too rapidly and she bounced ont of bed and refused to play ‘corpse’? any longer. She then saw the undertaker fitting in the bricks, and the undertaker saw her and Madame. Louisa says it is all a mistake to say thatshe was in the carriage with Unit and the undertaker at the funeral, She did not Jeave the house that day. The lady ta black, whose face was so closely velied as to defy all observa tion, Wasa patient of the Doctor’s, named Maria Younger, whom he brought there to be a mourner. ‘The Chevalier did not tell Louisa the whole truth, however, in regard to his scheme. He led her to believe, she savs, that the money with which they were to start on their bridal tour was to be swindled out of an isurance company; it was not, however, to come from the policy on her life, but trom that on another's. Louisa forgives her chevalier this little breach of good faith, as it was, she thinks, the effect of a disitke on his part to make her feel nervous. She explains HER MOVEMENTS AFTER THE BURIAL and the manner in which the detectives were baffled in finding her by saying that she acted as if nothing at all had happened. The day aiter the buriai she went toa friend of hers, with whom she stayed that night, and with whom she would have remained had not the Chevalier procured her a better situation with # respectable family in Harlem, This family advertised ina German paper for a servant, and the Chevalier, seeing the advertisement, notified Louisa of the tact and gave her a letter of recommendation, upon the strength Oo! which she was at once employed. She remained with this family until Detective Tilly's visit yester- day morning, When she was once more restored to the company of her old friends, THE CHEVALIEN’S PREMIUM. Even if Uhling had succeeded in getting rid— genuinely and Without a mock burial—oi the m- favuated Louisa, he could not, the insurance com- pany people say, have got the $10,000, When @ policy ts issued under such circumstances as those in which Uhling became jointiy insured, tt is pecessary that the marriage which is repre sented as about to take place should have actually taken place betore the policy would be paid. As already married, of course he couid not marry Louisa, and he should suew proof of his marriage to Louisa anyhow, even if she had beea buried in Cuion Cemetery, There can be no objec tion raised to this arrangement on the part of m suran mpanies, but there should be no reser vation, beopie were saying yesterday, about the matter, and those msuring under sueh circum stances snow be made july aeqnainted with the raie. is quite possibic chat promi ot marriage might he broken, and that the person insuring might go on paying the premium in utter wwnorance oF the rule, At ali events, Uniing continued paying his premium reguiarly and the money was taken, though he was not married to Louisa according té Ue stipulated terms, EXAMINATION, This afternoon ali the conspirators will be takes to the Tombs Police Court for examination, whes the insurance company will fo sg preter proper legal charges against each at (hem a6 ‘a