The New York Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1874, Page 7

PER OE TT a GST LP ETE LRT Lk EMRE TIT) SAS On ta RS a A WEE Te CRIT Ye Re DE Me? a RIT) © iaae NORE Se oil ~ $! . vr ’ HERALD,’ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1674—QUADRUPLE SHEET. THE BROOKLYN TREASURY FRAUDS - Second Day’s Proceedings in the Trial of Cortland A. Sprague. Continuation of the Testimony of Accountant Warren. ‘The Brooklyn Court of Sessions was again Srowded yesterday by persons interested in the Wial of ex-City Treasurer Sprague, on the cnarge of embezzling city moneys. Many of those present ‘were friends of the accused, politicians and office- Rolders, ‘the proceedings yesterday were confilnea { the continuation of the examination of the ac- countant, Mr, Warren, who examined the ex-City Treasurer's hooks, The cross-examination was onducted by Mr. D, P. Barnard. MR. WARREN'S TESTIMONY CONTINUED, Mr. Warren testified, in reply to Mr. Barnard, Shat on October 11, 1870, the deposits exceeded the Feceipta by the Treasurer by the amount of $2,380 25; on November 29, by $2,000; on Decem- Der 20, $2,500; on March 4, 1871, $2,990; on March G, $6,420; June 6, $982; April 7, $4,000; April 18 and 14, $7,500; October 20, $7,750; November 18, $2,000; November 21, $20,000; December 29, $2,000; on May 31, Juue 1 and 2, 1872, the deposita i short respectively $87'55, $10,002 87 and $12,132 197 on June 3 there was an excess of $12,322 69; the ‘total deficiency for May 31 and June 1,2 and 3 ‘Was $9,090, On May 31, 1870, the payments made by Comp- troller to City Treasurer on account of deficiency certificates were $126,618 40. On July 21, 1870, the payment to City Treasurer Of $60,310°75. On July 30, 1870, received $1,959 63, On January 5 and 6, 1871, the payments to City Treasurer and the deposits by mim were as fol- lows :—Receipts, $178,699 86; deposits, $67,599 36, On January 6—Receipte, $93,673 62; deposits, $124,337 78. 5 The first deposita were short $111,100 50, The mext day there was an excess of $30,66416, The total deficit, $81,436 74, On January 3 there was an excess of deposits of $296,077 14; on January 4, 1871, $69 50 in excess of receipts were deposited; irom January 3 to 6, in- clusive, there was an apparent excess of $216,250 30; this included money received for the Board of Education; these being taken out reduces the ex- ess Of deposits to $63,188 78; am ucquainted with Sprague’s handwriting, and also with Mr. M. T, Kodman’s; in the books marked 1 and 2 the” entries are pretty generally IN THE HANDWRITING OF MR. RODMAN. T’only saw the bank deposit tickets for deposita Made in the Trust Company; these were in the handwriting of Mr. Rodman; Mr. Rodman, at thé dates. mentioned, was Deputy City Treasurer; the handwriting in the books, from trst to last, is Mr. Rodman’s trom January, 1869, to May, 1869, when he became Deputy Treasurer; Mr. Rodman was | Secretary of the Trust Company; the duties of guch an office are in many respects similar to those of a cashier of a bank; witness had seen the original checks of Mr. Badeau, makingthe payments referred to in yesterday’s evidence; did not examine the Water Board checks, Check No. 3,313 on City Bank, for $2,004 43 (dated October 10, 1870), drawn” by Collector Badeau to the order of Mr, Gill and ‘indorsed by him to the order oi Mr. Sprague, was shown witness, It was indorsed by Sprague and bore the Trust Com- Pany's indorsement, Witness inferred it was de- posited in the Trust Company, and afterwards by that company in the Nassau Bank to the credit of the company. (Check put in evidence by the de- | Jence and marked No.1.) Witness recognized a Water Board check for $11,841 as the one he states had been received by the City Treasurer on October 10, 1871. This was deposited by the ‘Trust ‘Company in the Nassau Bank. The check of Baaean, of October 14, 1870, No. 334, @rawn on the City Bank in Javor of Assistant Col- Jector Gill for $473 42, was luced, indorsed by + @ul to order of Sprague, and afterwards indorse: ‘by M. T. Rodman. e clieck had been deposited im the Nassau Bank. The check was passea to Mr, Badeanu on Octover 14 for ent of assessments, Next Badeau’s check of October 17, 1870, No. 336, Sor $964 95, Was shown, in favor of Gi on the ony Bank, indorsed by Gili to order of Sprague. Aiter- ‘wards indorsed by Rodman, and bearing stamp of Nassau Bank, Badeau’s check, November 11, 1870, No. 3,380, for $991 43, was also udmitted im evidence, It was drawn in favor of Gill; witness found no indorse- ment of Gill, but the name of Mr. Sprague on its back; was DEPOSITED BY CITY TREASURER TO HIS OWN CREDIT in the ‘trust Company, and aiterwards by the com- Pany sent to gome other bank to their own eredit. | ‘The Badeau check of January 16, 1871, No. 35,049, @rawn to order of Sprague for $4,999 35, indorsed Mr. Sprague, was also submitted; depositea py in the ‘trust Company and by tue company 4e- Poxited in the Nassau: Bank. The Water Board | check for January 14, 1871, No. 8, to order of Sprague, sor $6,200 89, signed by W. A. Fowler, President, and D. A. Northup, Treasurer, indorsed Sprague, and iy er ip the Trust Company, | is was received by the Uity Treasurer on Janu- 17, and accounted for in che books. jadeau’s check, No. 36,071, for $2,387 12, Febra- ary 28, 1871, was to order of Sprague, indorsed by Sprague, deposited in ‘Trust Company, and by them | 4n Nassau Bank to credit of the company. Badeau’s check for payments made by him on | April 6, 1871, No. 37,057, to order of Sprague, for $13,739 02, indorsed by Sprague, was deposited as | ‘Was the preceding check. Badeau’s check of October 31, 1871, was produced, No. 4,219, 10r $149,004 58, to order of Gill, indorses to Sprague, and indorsed by Sprague. Bears only 7 of Mechanics’ Bank of Brooklyn. A deposit of the amount of this check the books show was made on the date of the check, and there ig no other similar amount that could nave been | Geposited there on that day. $ nother cleck on same day by Badean in favor Of Gill, $78,758 96, indorsed to Sprague and bears | the signature o! Sprague; deposited by Trust Com- pany tn th sau Bank. Badeau’s check of November 8, 1871, No. 4,238, for 138 24, to order of Gill, indorsed by him to rague, bearing Sprague’s indorsement and de- posited by ‘rust Company tm Nassau Bank, as shown by the stamps on its 1ace. Badeau’s check for the payment of December 7, 1871, was numbered 4,340, favor of Giil, ior $2,961 36, indorsed to Sprague, and by bim indorsed and | osited as beiore. deau’s check for payment of June 1, 1872, No, 4,884, tor $2,371, endorsed and deposited as pre- wg. Anovher of the same date, for $14,711 93, drawn, indorsed and deposited as before. The Water Board check of June 22 for payment made June 24, 1372, a8 statea in evidence given Tele an for $29,691 97, indorsed by Rodman and aring stamp of Nassau Bank. Badeau’s check of June 2, 1872, bears as its num- ‘ber 4,961, drawn on the City Bank for $42,277 18 in favor o! Gill, indorsed to Sprague and indorsea for ce” by M. T, Rodman; bears stamp of Nas. san Bao! THE REDIRECT EXAMINATION, On the redirect Mr. Warren stated that all the ehecks in his hands appear to have been paid; none appear to have been protested or been paid out of tueir time. His testimony on Monday, he Baid, expressed payments made by the City Treas- rer on the dates on which he was examined; be- ‘tween the dates inquired of Monday by the prose- cation and those inquired about yesterday by the @efence there were many payments not inquired | about at all. Mr. Van Cott inquired as to how the treasurer's gecount stood at each date given in evidence | Monday and yesterday, as regarded amounts re- | by him and paid out, with the balance. for of against the treasurer on those dates? | Warren said that be would require time to Jake up the balances called for, and a recess Yor #0 hour was, therefore, taken. THE BALANCES DUE. mi Upon the reassembling of the Court Mr. Warren ted that, after allowing the treasurer credit of deposits to and.on October 10, 1370, the balance ne by the treasurer was $277,872. At the close of the 14th the balance was $287,972 43, At the ciose of the 15th it was the same. Al the close of November 11 the balance was in- Sreaned by $14,197, making a total of $292,180 42. The aggregate of short deposits {rom November 10 to 28 Was $165,666, On February 28, 1871, the balance was $499,717 16 aginst the treasurer, ¢ On March 1, $410,699 0; ee close of April if 5, 1871, it was reduced the close of October 31, 1871, there was a re- auction of $20,250 94, making the total balance abana s nee sesemnses be) the ae h§ & deficienc; S . Total deficiency to date, $435,001 0d. were adtite close pf eoemner 7, 1871, there was a re- 7,973 80, leavi the bi v Sine os De je balance i aaaHen Oceurs between 25th of May and the oi June. On te ist and 2d of June there was a deficiency of $22,287 76, and om the 3d of June an excess of se tne close of June th te defict je aggregate deficte ‘was $353,578 31. At tue closet Fine 4 one ‘was $802,975 94 On the Lith of Octoner, 1860, the | pressed by the Court.) Was ita | the roller’s work; in some places the roller would | | sence of the Mayor, presiding. balance Was $275,492 43; on November 11, 1870, -NEW YORK 661 61; April 7, $404,529 07; April 13 and 14, 029 07: November 20, 1871, 18 14; No- vember 15, $418,268 88; November 21, $388,018 48; December 20, .$20b,o0n 22, os Rovomoer sigan 8, ber 81, 1870, $290,663 43, Fanuary 4, Wh, $225.04 65. 71, At phe close of the eDtire account on the 15th of ber, 1873, the amount unaccounted for ts $101,696 44, exclusive of the Board of Education 01 maine witness had examined the receipt books of Collectors Badeau and Burrows, and found no dis- crepancy between the entries in the ‘Ireasurer’s books and the amounts of the checks, ‘The Oourt at four o’clock adjourned to ten o'clock this morning. THE NEWARK BING TRIALS. od The State Rests and the Detence Begins— Another Adverse Decision of the Court for the Accused—One of the Indicted on the Stand. In the trial of the indicted officials and contrac- tora of Newark, which has now occupied nearly | one week of the OCourt’s time, the prosecution came to a rest yesterday, For cross-examination i Mr. James E, Owen, Chief Engineer of the Road | Board, who had been called by the State as an ex- pert on Telford pavement and who, on his direct examination on Monday, had given important evidence for the prosecution, was called. ‘The defence tried to take the sting out of bis tes’ - Mony, but nothing of ‘ Yas elicited. ‘After some unimportant testitiony\by Mr. Wight- ‘man the State rested, and,; nite. buEz of expectation, Mr. Cortlandg: r,/One of the counsel for the accused persons, ar and rather surprised those in court by moving the Court take the case out of the hands of the jury and de- cide it. The learned counsel argued that there was no evidence suMctent to frame any conspiracy ascharged in the indictment, Alderman Stainaby, he said, had done nothing wrong. Neither he nor the others should have been indicted, for nothing had been shown to prove that they had acted dis- honestly. The only thing that wes shown against them was negligence. The contractors, Shanley and O’Connor, were the only persons who had made money out of the contract. In the Senate of the United States there were men who neglected their duties, but why were they not indictea? THE ATTORNEY GENERAL replied with great earnestness ana strongly op- posed the motion of counsel. He argued that there was ample evidence before the Court to prove that there was a conspiracy and that if the accused were innocent of the charges, as alleged, they owed it to themselves to go on the stand and disprove, if they could, the evidence against them. It was much better for them to have their case considered by twelve men than by one man. It ig not a question for Your Honor, said Mr, Gilchrist, addressing the Court, to decide whether there was sufficient evi- dence to prove a conspicacy, but for the jury. Continuing, he said :—‘‘The counsel for the deience says there is not a spark of evidence to prove cou- spiracy. ‘rhis he admitted. Instead of sparks there were brilliant flashes of lightning proving | the charges—not the lightning that flasbes through | the skies, but that which strikes and penetrates deep into the earth. (At this potne the audience, carried away with the remarks of the Attorney General, broke Into applause, which was, however quickly checked by the Court.) Was it no evidence | ol conspiracy to Ond Stainsby signing, month after month, these LYING CERTIFICATES, which enabled O'Connor and Shanley to draw over $100,000 from the city treasury? asked Mr. Gilchrist. Did the defence mean to say that Stainsby did not | know what he was doing when he signed that final estimate in November, 1872, which stated that the work had been satisfactorily completed, and yet four months alterwards, in March, 1873, he was found at a meeting of enraged property owners trying to appease their wrath by reading the paciticatory letter of O'Connor confessing that the | work Was not yet completed? hore lipped su tempted to be said | that O'Connor did not know whether it was Telford | pavement or a house he was building ac- cording to contract? Mr. Gilchrist continued his argument and claimed that the officials, by non-performance of their duties, had contributed to the fraudulent extraction trom the city treasury of a large amount of money, and thereby were par- ties to the conspiracy. Mr. Parker again rose alter Mr. Gilchrist concluded, and denied that any evidence of a gee mer had been shown. It was easy, he said, to applause in these times by re- ferring to traud, and the defence might reter to numerous frauds in a neigh! city (referring, some thought, to Jersey City, while others thought New York). Jn this case the only 1! shown was that the officials had been neghgent. aving the contractors out, there was nothing wrong shown against the others, " THE POURT DECTRED adversely to the motion, and said that it fully agreed with the Attorney General that a con- spiracy of this kind was oiten interred by the cir- cumstances attenuing it, As there was evidence in this case tostow that the work had not been done according to contract, the Court thought ana decided it was not proper to take it from the Jury. The decision of the Court was received by the sao enee with an unmistakable murmur otf satis- ction. Aiter @ recess of ten minutes the case for the defence was; then opened. Counsellor Guild said he was well satisfied with the decision of the Court, and then went on to make out a cleverly worded showing for the accused, and declared that there was no evidence betore the Court to prove conspiracy. He said that this case had been styled an important one by the State. He thought the | only importance in it was the size of the indict- ment (it covers 100 pages) and the presence of the | Attorney General. (Laughter.) The first witness called for the defence was ex- Street Commissioner P. F, Rogers, now Chie! of | Police and one of the parties indicted. On his | direct examination this witness swore that the | dirt was used by bis orders in order to facilitate not work without It; hence he believed it neces- sary to use some dirt; he measured the excava- | tion repeatedly and found it sixteen inches, and in one swampy place authorized field stone to be Jaid as a sub-foundation; once he found dirt | betng dumped on the street and ordered its use | stepped On cross-examination the Atturney Gen- eral took the witness in hand and extracted from him the evidence that the gutter stones were laid on the earth and not on the pavement, as required by the contract. This was done according w his orders. This, it is estimated, effected a saving to the contractor of several thousands of dollars, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Interesting Proceedings Concerning Ar mories. The regular meeting of this Board was held yes- terday, Supervisor Robert McCafferty, in the ab- | ‘The minutes of the | Previous meeting were read and approved. A resolution was introduced to rent the third | and fourth floors of the southeast corner of Broad- | Way and Fourth street from the owner, for a period of three years, at an annual rental of $7,500, One of the floors had been rented by the city here- tofore for $15,000 a year for one floor. Supervisor Ottvendorfer advocated the leasing of these prem- ises, as two regiments can be accommodated there, and that the fitting up ol a new armory would cost as much as the rentof one year. The resolution | ‘was adopted by a vote of 12 to 1—Supervisor Mon- heimer voting in the negative. Supervisor Edward Gilon presented a resolution providing for renting the premises heretofore Occupied by the Seventy-first regiment, corner of Broadway and Sixth avenue, Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth streets, jora term of five years from May 1, at an annual rental of $20,000, Supervisor Monhetmer denounced the project as a “huge fraud,” and protested that this measure Was brought up at this time, when two members of the Board, who were Known to be against rent- ing these premises, were absent. It was Ciscourte- ous, If nothing else, aod that there was a “nigger in the fence.’ Supervisor Cooper defended the resolution, och Opposed it. while Supervisor Supervisor Van Schaick gave a history of rent- ing armories by the county for the last year and four months, denouncing the jobs of Niisson and Glass Hails and the armory corner Twenty-seventh street and Ninth avenue. Supervisor Gillon detended his resolution, urg- ing that the armory of the Seventy-first regiment | was so centrally located that from it a military command can be brought directly into effective use in cage of necessity. Those regiments having good armories and ony ‘of space to become periect in exercise are the most favorably known ayd most to be relied on in any emergency, ‘The resolution was laid over after considerable debate. sobre 3 sent a communication he had Mayo! received from the Corporation Counsel in relation | to the powers of the Board of Supervisors to rent and lease armories, in which he defines the law on the subject, which says, that as soon as the mini- mum number, of thirty-two non-commissioned officers and privates are organizea, on being duly certified to by ahe colonel of the regiment, the Board of Superviaors shall rent an armory, &c. the communication was feceived and ‘ordered printed in the minutes. Supervisor Van Schaick offered a resolution that when the board ned it adjourn rect to the call of the Clerk of the Common Councei The resolution was no acted apon, Alter the ordering of payment of several fille "| d@posttor lost his reasom and scores of others were | cognized the prisoner, and having a warrant for his | | must iollow his conviction. | good deal of mandiin sympathy exists amot the Board aqjourned, t meet to-morrow aitex- noon, KLENEN, THE DEFAULTER The Ex-Secretary of the Hoboken Sav- ings Bank in Jail. His Pursuit, Capture in England and Arrival Yesterday—An Embesslement of $140,000 and a Forgery—Clever Detective Work— Scene at Quarantine—Wanted, a Prison Cell on Ocean Steamers. For several months past Mr. w. W. Shippen, of the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company; Chief Donovan, of the Hoboken police, and ex- Cnief McDonough, have been silently working to capture Frederick Klenen, the absconding secre- tary of the Hoboken Savings Bank, who decamped @ year ago, having embe zzled, as is alleged, up- ‘wards of $140,000 of the funds of that institution, and perpetrated several forgeries, His robberies, coupled with the suspension of Messrs, Fisk & Hatch during the panic last autumn, had the effect of compelling the bank to close its doors during the winter. The sad effect of this action of the bank can be easily imagined when itt ia re- Iembered that the majority of the depositors we aboring people, and the greater part of Wu were out of work. Sufice tt to say that one brought to the verge of starvation. BROUGHT HOME TO JUSTICE, » bast January, from iniormation received, it was resolved to send over to England ex-Cbief of Police, Detective Frank McDonough to.effect Kle- nien’s capture, McDonough was provided with ex- tradition papers, granted in Washington on the 29th OfJanvary, and thus armed started for Liverpoo) on beard the syeamer City of London. After a pro- tracted chase, McDonough captured the defaulter, bringmg him back to this city yesterday on board the steamer Repubite, from Liverpool. HOW THE CLEW WAS OBTAINED. The first step taken by the Chief of the Hoboken police was to visit Westport, in Connecticut, where it was reported that Kienen was in hiding, but Captain Donovan soon discovered that he was on the wrong track. In the course of his investi- gation on his return to Hoboken he discovered that James Strange, alias “the English giant,’ formerly in the employ of the Erie Railroad and more lately a bankrapt saloon keeper at No. 39 Washington street, Hoboken, had been in this country last September on @ visit for London, or, as he called it, a ‘‘special mission,” and had called on several of Kienen’s friends, Tnis, coupled with the fact that Strange and Klenen had been very in. timate while in this country, led to the theory that there was an existing connec- tion between the men. This idea was confirmed by it being ascertained that there had been re- deemed atthe Sub-Treasury several United States bonds stolen by Klenen from the bank. The next thing to be done was to obtain Strange’s London address, as it was thought certain that ube two men would be found living together. A photo- graph of Klenen was gent to Inspector Bailey, Chief ofthe London Detective Department, with the request that Captain Donovan might be informed if Kienen was or had been living with Strange. In the early part of January news was received that Kienen was then living with Strange’s Jather in the suburbs of London, passing under the alias of “Weber.”” CAPTURED ON THE PIER AT DOVER, Meanwhile Detective McDonough had arrived in London, on the fugitive’s trail, and had obtained the visé of the extradition papers for Klenen, and had made arrangements with one of the Scotland Yard detectives to capture the fugitive from justice, Somehow or other—the matter still remains a mys- tery—Klenen was informed by iriends in Hoboken that the police were about to arrest him, and fed from his residence with Strange’s father.. After this check McDonough and the London detectives bad a good deal of trouvle to get on Klenen’s track again, but it was finally struck aud he was ar- rested on the diet of Murch on the pier at Dover, while inthe act of disembarking from the French | mail steamer arriving trom Calais, and was taken \ to London by the South Eastern Railroad. WHAT WAS CAPTURED ON THE PRISONER. A letter to Mr. 5. 8. Dod, President, ana Mr, W. W. Shippen, Vice President of the Hoboken Sav- inys Bauk—to which offices they have recently been elected—irom Detective McDonough, states that Kienen bas surrendered $6,000 in United States | could leng survive. ; Jeremiah Gorman, where several persons met to bonds, besides turning Over warrants jor a large quantity of braidy in bond, in which Klenen had been speculating at Strauge’s suggestion. The | residue atver paying the expenses of the capture | ‘will be handed over to the defrauded bank, THE ARRAIGNMENT AT BOW STREET. The following 18 an extract from the London Chronicle of 1st April, alluding to the arrest :— “Frederick Kienen, an American, was charged before Sir Thomas Henry, under the extradition treaty with America, with forgery committed in the city of Hoboken, N. J., upon the savings | bank in that city. A true bill had been found | against the prisoner by the Grand Jury, and a | detective sent over to arrest the prisoner. ‘The three notes which the prisoner had forged were | roduced in Court. The evidence of John Mickle- Jorn, detective sergeant, was then taken. He said | thai he was on the Dover pier, awaiting the rival of the Calais boat. On board of her he re- apprehension, he (witness) took him in charge; he said, ‘Tam the man you want; I don’t deny it.’ Prisoner, stated in court that he was sorry for | what ne had done, be was the man whom the detectives.were of, Sir Thomas Henry then committed r in the usual way.'? ‘DISCLOSURES. It is reported that. Kienen has promised to make 8 [yl coniession of gross irregularities which oc- curred in the Hoboken Savings Bank in 1871, 1872 and 1873, and of which he was cognizant. By this he probably hopes to inculpate many leading ctti- zens o1 Hoboken, and force them to aid him in es- caping the full penalty of his crimes or to share disgrace with him. He may thus possibly produce @ diminution in the term of imprisonment which Klenen was considered among the politicians of Hoboken “a first class sport,” being addicted to Jast horses, gambling and dissipation in its worst | forms. He furnished a house in costly style and provided a carr! and negro page for a dissi- pated woman in New York. He is married toa daughter of Mr. Reese, a wealthy grocer in Meadow | street, Hoboken, by whom he has two children. | He entered the savings bank sboat twelve years | ago. In appearance he is agreeable and of pleas- | | KLENEN’S ANTECEDENTS, | i} ant manners, His parents reside in New York and are well todo. In spite of his notorious (obi the Hoboken public for “Young Fred Klenen,” as he is generally called; and there is no doubt but that a strong effort will be made to protect him trom the heavy hand of ‘Jersey justice,’ as hitherto laid upon notorious offenders, THE ARRIVAL AT QUARANTINE, At about hali-past two yesterday afternoon the | steamship Republic was seen from the Quarantine station to be entering the Narrows amid a deet of some thirty satling craft, coming from all parts of the world, As soon as the steamer had come to anchor the Healtn Oficer’s boat Governor Fenton, on which was Dr. Thompson, was soon alongsia While the state of the emigrants’ health was being inquired into by the Doctor tne reporter made nis way to the purser’s snuggery, and glancing over the passenger list read tne fol- | lowing brief reference to Kieuen as a prisoner. It | read as follows :— | MI Te ad CAPTAIN F. M’DONOUGH AND FRIEND, ANON NEERODIOLE OE NED NEDE NEN De DOLE Hee ooo) | Entering the cabin the first person met was | Captain McDonough, the faithful guardian of the | defauiter who was so fast approaching the re- | ward of his crimes. Captain McDonougn, after relating some of the incidents of the capture, was called away to shake hands with Police Captain Donovan, of the Hoboken police. The two officers agreed that it would be better to take Kienen ashore in the steamboat Seth Low, which had been despatched from New York with Captain Donovan. While this brief discussion was taking place the prisoner was packing nis baggage for shore with a | couple of officials watching him, The news by thia | time had spread among the male passengers that | the “mysterious friend” of Captain McDonough | was savings bunk thief aud forger of the city of Hoboken. Some sarcastic allusions were made to the Irtend as “not being fit company to sit at table | with gentlemen,” while another excitable old gen- | tleman irom down East remarked:—“Why were | hot chains put on him, | want to know; he might have robbed us ali; no more of them anonymous ‘triends’ for me; let each ship have ITS EXIRADITION TREATY CABINS, and we shall surniise who. the ‘friends’ are who inhabit them—or suppose we say the Interna- | tional Exchange.” At last the “iriend’? in question | made bis way up the cabin steps in an easy, lazy, | louuging ner, as if fearing nothing. In his — mouth was a cigar, which he smoked with appar- ent gusto, He was dressed in Regent strect | fashion, and might pass here for a “Broadway statue.” A certain quivering of the eyelids and tremulousness about the corners of the mouth | showed, however, to one who looked closely, that the savings bank robber was acting a part, and that his dilettante air was an assumed one. | Jn appearance he 1s of average height; has a cold, treacherous eye and a large, bionde mustache, his face is full and sensu while his neck is of the reid type. At about three o'clock, as the “frend” jamped on the rail of whe Repuphe al , James Miller, a resident of the village, and Michael ola voice cried out, “Come along, z here’s’ my ye ate siete! boy, let me elp’ you.” And he was assisted on'the hurri- my, deck of the Seth Low, The next moment in of the little steamer shouted out, “Let lines!” then the gong sounded injtne en; apoom, and the Seth Low was off ior New York, with Fred Kienen, the savings bank thief, on his to the State Prison of New Jeysey in the snug pilot house. Cap Donovan and McDonough, actea wisely ip gota Klenen quickly of the Republic, for it is that if it had been Known that he had arrived in Jersey City or Hoboken, there are numbers of has victims who would probably atiempt to lynch the — who had robbed them of their hard earned | aa) On Klene trivalat Jersey City he was trans- Jerred to the County Jail. Meanwhile the vank 1s on its legs again, Sixty thousand dollars o! the deficit were Covered vy subscription, $35,000, a half year’s interest on the assets was set apart for the same object, and the surpins of $50,000 | which once existed needed not to be replaced. | Some of Hoboken’s best citizens have been added | to the Board of Managers. some of the old ones, it 18 hoped, will soon resign, and Hoboken may never again suffer so mach from a similar cause. An Employment Agent Murdered by His Partner—A First Ward Tragedy. Henry Maur, aged fifty-two, a native of Ger- many, residing at No, 86 Greenwich street, was | kicked im the abdomen, yesterday aiternoon, by \ Ernest Miller, of'No. 473 Seventeenth street, South Brooklyn. Maur died two hours after he was | kicked. These men, it appears, from the tnforma- tion obtained by the police, were partners in an intelugence business, designed for the swin- q@ing of emigrants. Maur conducted the New York branch of the enterprise in the basement of No. 86 Greenwich street. Miller presided over the fortunes of @ similar in- | stitution in South Brooklyn, Maur was the active head and leading spirit of the enterprise. He en- trapped poor, unsuspecting emigrants, looking for employment, took what money they had trom them, On the pretence of finding good places for them, and then sent them to Miller. The latter managed to dispose of them in one way or another. Sometimes he sent them to the houses whose own- ers had advertised for servants, and often, not caring to take that trouble, desiring them to con- timue calling at his office, until, patience being worn out, they found something to do tor themselves, The partners, it seems, have been doing a good business lately, and yesterday they met to settle up accounts, Muller was not satistied with the statement Maur presented to him, and a quarrel was tie result. Miller is a large, powerful man, while his partner was @ small, delicate old man. Without waiting to be attacked, Miller knocked the old man down, kicked him and ran away. Adam Ottenheim, Charles Kiaest and Chrienisa Gerhard, who live in the tenement house over the oitice, witnessed the dispute. seeing Maur was unable to rise from the floor, they lited him on toa long benca in the room and put an old emigrant’s blanketover him, His dying groaus attracted the attention of Officer Ramsey, of the Tweénty-seventh precinct, who was on duty near the piace, and he went into the cellar. ‘here he found a large pool of biood in the centre of the floor, the three witnesses and the dying man. He summoned assistance; a physician was obtained, but Maur died before any service could be rendered him. Coroner Woitman was notified of the mur- der, and he sent an order to have the body removed to the Morgue. Miller was found by the police last night con- cealed in the upper story of his house in South Brooklyn, and was brought over to the Twenty- seventh precinct station house and locked up. ‘whe cellar in which the murder occurred is a ais- mal, filthy hole, unfit for human habitation. Twelve steps lead into it from the street, and the only furniture it contains is a desk, a bench and two chairs. The prisoner will be arraigned beiore the Coroner this morning for examination, and he will probably be sent to the Tomos to await trial. He has a wife and three children, Maur Was not married, THE BEDFORD SHOOTING AFFRAY. Tragic Result of Rum and Jealousy at a Christening in Weatchester County— More Work for the Grand Jury. In the sparsely settled village of Beaford, West- chester county, yesterday, the shooting of Michael Mulcahy by James Miller at that place on Sunday evening was the sole topic of conversation. The wounded man, whose right lung was pierced by one of the bullets directed by the hand of Miller, ‘Was still in a critical conditiof, no hope being en- tertained by the attending physicians that he According to the most relia- bie information obtained on the spot from various sources by @ HERALD representative the circum- stances attending the more than probable Jatality Bre BST Ta 2 A christening was celebrated at the house of one participate in the merry making. Among these were @ young woman named Bridget 0’Brjen, Mulcaby, the wounded man, who supported bim- seif and wife by doing odd jobs tor farmers in the neighborhood. As is usual on such occasions, | whiskey formed @ prominent feature of the enter: | tainment aud was freely indulged in, by ali present. | During the aiternoon, it appears, Miller took Bridget O’Brien out for a walk, and on their re- turn Mulcahy accused him of improper | motives in taking the girl away. ‘his | accusation having been hotly resented by Miller, @ quarrel arose, which resulted:in the | latuer being ejected from the house by Mulcany and three or jour of his friends. It is not clearly Known as yet what followed outside, some assert- iug that Mulcahy was shot while in the act of throwing Miller out of the yard and overa fence, while others say that several minutes had elapsed after the fight when Miller returned to the house, and having called Mulcahy out, fired three shots at him from a revolver, one of which vook effect as | above atated. ‘The accused, for whom there seems to be little sympathy felt in the neighborhood, was committed to the County Jail yesterday afternoon, by Justice Sawyer, to awalt the result of Mulcaby’s injuries, THE MURDERER WALTZ | His Confession of Killing the Organ | Grinder—Search tor the Remains Under His Direction. Hupson, N. Y., April 28, 1974, Waltz, the Catskill murderer, was taken to the farm very quietly this morning by the Sheriff and | his posse, and he pointed out the spot where he | alleges his first victim, an organ grinder, was | buried four feet under ground. The piace 1s covered | with water and is being drained, preparatory to digging in order to verify his Wadd An organ wheel crank, oll can and a full suit of cl pepe as Well a3 the sponge with which, he says, he wiped up the blood, were found in the places which he designated. The digging jor the body will be com- menced as soon as the water 1s drained off. There seems now but little doubt that Waltz killed two | men previous to the sciasors grinder, MURDER OF A WIFE.: Orrawa, Ont., April 28, 1874, Aman named O'Reilly committed a murderous assault last nigot on his wife, a cripple, with her | own crutch. She died during the night. He has | been arrested. EXEOUTION OF A OOLORED MURDERER, CLEVELAND, Ohio, Avril 28, 1874. Stephen Hood, colored, convicted last December of murdering his stepson, Greenbury Hood, last July, is to be executed to-morrow. Since his con- viction he has persistently declared his innocence of any knowledge or participation in the crime, | Lb ay of Congress to legislate upon the legal | | face at this, its pomt of extremest depression, | of it is yet farm lan REAL ESTATE. The Revived Market and the Conditions Surrounding It. | Further Examination of the Influence of . the President’s Veto and Recom- mendations Upon Values, YESTERDAY'S TRANSACTIONS. | The effect of the President's veto of the Senate Currency bill upon real estate values and tue in- | cidental questions growing out of it, such as specie resumption and {free banking, referred to in the message containing the veto, continue to form | the subject of discussion in this market. While | there is a largely imperfect comprehension or un- derstanding of the merits involved in tne Prest- dent’s act and the recommendations which ac | companied it, not surprising when one regards | the average mental calibre of what is known as | real estate men—that is, owners, dealers and | agents of, in and for real estate—there is a steadily | growing appreciation upon instruction, among | that class who need instruction, of the important | benefits resulting to their special interests trom | the President’s independent act, while among tie | more intellectual ADMIRATION IS BROADENING INTO EXPECTATION of an early harvest of these benefits. There is still, however, considerable anxiety among all classes as to the imfuence likely to Now from the adoption | of the President’s recommendation in regard to | specie resumption, as well as how Congress will interpret bis desire for free banking. And first in regard to specie resumption. Real estate owners naturally, without reflection, dread the effect of a Policy of hoarding to be pursued by the Secretary of the Treasury, which will have a tendency to drain the market of coin, and, as they assume, to advance the gold premium by making gold scarce. This last deduction seems a sqund enough infer- ence, Dut nothing was ever more fallacious. The couptry is not drained of its specie when it is | hoardea in the Treasury vaulis, Enough is sure | to be left through the stimulus it will give to the production of our mines {or the legitimate wants of commerce, SPECULATION IN GOLD MAY LANGUISH im face of the strengthening attitude of the gov- ernment towards the market, which would render it peculiarly unsafe to attempt any further corner- ing. Besides, should gold advance by the deple- tion of the market, the effect would be only to check the importation of luxuries, articles not necessary for our consumption, and throw us | more completely upon ourselves for articles of | domestic production and manufacture; while the same advanced premium would procure for our | products @ higher relative value in the European markets. These would not be evils, but rather, asthe premium on gold which occasioned these results would not be in consequence of a scarcity of gold brought about by the shipment of the precious metal, but simply because of its accumu- lation by the government, they would indicate a higher seli-reliance, INCREASED DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES and agreaternational prosperity. England in this case would be the sufferer, not we, and compeiled to send us her bullion to obtain the means to feed her people. But it ts equally certain that the hoarding of gold by the {Lreasury would not a vance the premium to an abnormal figure, ina: much as such hoarding, having a definite objec: in view—namely, the redemption of the outstanding legal tender circulation commonly known as greenoacks—would appreciate such greenbacks with every addition made to this redemption fund, bringing them nearer toa par with gold, and so reducing the premium on the latter, which, strictly speaking, is not a premium, but the inverse state- ment of the discount on the former irom the stand- ard of all commercial value. Thus NO FRESH DISTURBANCE NEED BE APPREHENDED from any br etre made on the part of the gov- ernment simple and direct way to reach resumptiog, mor does it seem necessary—so easy and certain does this seem, promising the desired | goal quite rapidly enough—tnat the nation should assume any ipcreased interest burden to in em | plish this bed die? the rather that one oi the re- i suite itkely low irom @ policy like that recom: | mended by the President would be, shouid no a dition be made to the public debt, the lightening | of that interest burden in the stimulus it would | give to the placing of the four and a half and four | Pa cent bonds authorized by the present | ding act, There is nothing, therefore, iu | the President’s suggestion regarding specie i resumption Occasion uneasiness in this market; but rather, inasmuch as values have al- ready adjusted themse)ves to that standard, as has been already pointed out in this column, there is | every encouragement to look forward to revived | | | | interest in the market, increased activity and ¥ROM THIS POINT FORWARD APPRECIATIVE FIGURES. The next subject of interest in this now famous veto message of the President ts his recommen: dation in avor of free banking, and this is caught up by many as offering a chance yet whereby the imfation purpose of the present Congress may be carried out. This mught be true if he bad confined himseir to the recommenda- tion of ree banking, -without specifying bis understanding of the term, but he / exprossly limited his recommendation to {ree banking with proper provisions for redemption. | This is a very important reservation, as showing | that not only will there be no inflation through the issue of more greenbacks or recognition of the tenders in time of peace except to provide ior their redemption, but that there shall be no infla- tion through any free banking scheme—wild cat | banking it might be better called—as no tree bank- | ing bili wili obtain the approval of the Executive | that does not make proper provision jor the re- | demption of circulation. Thus THE DREADED NIGHTMARE RENCY OF BANKS is removed at the same time and by the same act as was the spectre of an unitinited issue of-legal | tenders, and the real estate market stands face to | | OF A WILD CAT CUR- | i i with ile resumption in the approaching future, and-with every inducemcnt to a rapid recovery, | and promises to investors the assurance of stabie values, ‘such as It has not presented since a period anterior to the war, however much activity if may nave since developed, No city, either in the Ola or New World, offers more superior inducements to investors than does this city at the present time. With AN AREA OF THIRTY-NINE AND ONE-HALF SQUARE MILES, the population of the city is densely crowded into a litte over one-third of that space at its southern. end, leaving nearly two-thirds of the northern sec- tion open to every Kind of tmprovement that in- vestors might desire, with a diversity of locality in respect to surroundings that procures the variation in the matter of price. Indeed of a large portion of this upper section it be said much although itis dotted with numerous Neat and thriving Villages, but as it bas | all been brought under the control or the ordinary | | municipal departments, it presents in this respect | THE DOUBLE ATTRACTION OF RUS IN UBBR, 4 while promising at no distant day to have all the | conveniences of the more closely built portions of the metropolis. The one great need to the rapid development of this northern section is rapid tran- Sit, and altuough the present Legislature may pos- sibly adjourn without giving us any relief in that direction it uw rendered the more certain from tue | we are certainly, if only graduaily, approaching CITY AND OOUNTY TREASURY, Comptroller Green reports the following receipts and disbursements of the Treasury yesterday :— DISBURSEMENTS. Claims paid (number of warrants 46), amount. TE tOvewsssncvtivnesdeeveeetsovsis «0 $1474 118 | Payrolls paid (atimber of warrants i3), amounting | WeseMore ’ 45,170 | Total, $1,610,239 | From taxes of 1873 and invere: ; 96,857 From arrears of taxes, assessmeats and interest 7,361 From collection of assessments and interest. 597 From water rents, dul vege ei From sales of Ray ord..... From rents, 4c. partment ot From licenses, Mayor's Office. From fees and fines, District Courts... ! From market rents and tees. Totab....s06 THE DERELICT PURITAN, ‘The Pilot Commissioners held a meeting yester- day afternoon toinquire into the cause of the dis- aster to the Puritan, which at the time of the acci- dent was in charge of Pilot Campbell, The session was private, and the papers got none of the evi- | dence taken, Commissioner Blunt says that the finding of the committee is that at the time of the mishap there was quite a pante on board the ves: | sel, and that Campbell explains his action by | stating that he mistook the buoy on the Outer | Middle, Captain Doree, of the Puritan, was not | on hand, so the investigation closed without his | testimony, yesterday belong the third time he ab- sented himself, The finding of the commission is that Campbell was in a measure to blame, and that he be suspended ugul jurpier inquisies can be | Thus, Messrs, A. | the house and lot No, 38 West hirty-ninth street, solution of this,vexed question, and that the ap plication of some practical system of raptd transit to the wants of this city cauuot be much longer de- | layed, Investments may certainly be henceior- assumed to take their coloring irom the , expectations formed in respect to this sclu- tion, und while it is still an indeterminate | quantity in so far as the actual resuit can be anti- Cipated, we cannot avoid @ recognition of the cer- tainty of some result, and must periorce look to rapid transit in the future, near or remote, as, so: | far a8 speculative values are concerned, a tixed fa Ct. ‘the offerings in the public market yesterday were quite considerable and varied, attracting a large attendance at the several sales and provok- ing quite spirited bidding. Most of the property was presented under order of executor of reieree. H, Muller & Son sold, by order of the executors, the lease of the premises No, 34 West Fourteenth street, and the four story brick stable on the rear, known as No. 38 West Thir- | teenth street. Also, by order of the executors, 45 and the premises No. 14 West Washington place; | also No, 40 Rose street. Also unimproved property located on Forty-ninth street and northwest corner of the Boulevard and 15ist street, Messrs. Bleecker, Son & White sold, by order of the Supreme Court, under the direction of Philo | T. Ruggles, referee, improved property situated on the northwest corner of Third avenue and Fifty. ninth street, and the premises No. 111 Roosevelt | stree' Mr. R. V. Harnett offered the improved ert: known us No, 201 Fift; sixth street, and Noeto Tk teenth street. Mr. W. Kennelly sold by order of the Court, Thomas H. Landon, referee, the house | aud lot, No. 123 Monroe street, and Messrs, £. A. Lawrence & Co,, sold by the’ same order, No. 0s | wasn svenue. i Sa r. Jere. Jounson, Jr., offered, by order of the su- | preme Court, under the direction of Ailred Roe, | untmproved property situated on Washington ave- nue Boulevard, Baltic, Douglass and Degraw debates which took place during this session that | 1 | ton Cotloge. streets, which was only partially sold, was withdrawn. . and lot x tte. x98. as wry hb. and |. 16 W. Washi near Macdougal st, lot 22x97; Tlet nm. s. 49th at, 160 w. 10th ay. il os im 5 1 los adjoining above, Pe sia Christ. iistory fr. h. and L 80" ‘Rose ‘Duatie st., lot 25x100; F, Launt. . Llot n. w. cornes Boulevard and isis ji D, J. Cooper. 11, adjoining the ‘abow 8, Brown... i 126. bk. h. and}, No. 123 Momroe st, near Butgers, Jot 261x100; M. Donovan........ che 1 h. andl, Nov Madison ave 6-8, 68. «, "jot 16x89; John MeCoal. ouses and plot of nd 9th st.. plot 40. t on ner }; Danie! Cos +o 5 12s. q tween Cherry aud Water sts, lot ‘4 Dobson... 1, and 1, No, 111 Roosevelt st, a. 8, be- Thom: : ay RY, l4ad.8b. and.L., No. 201 sath st., a. 6, 78% Teh av. lot 224751 B. J. Salmon, PA Regt yep os e. 8 Washington av., n. of Butler st, & irreg: alfred J. Watts. IL se, corner Baltic st. and Wy 1 irtog de Markl . ining, @ &, 2 i Ln, s, Douglass st., 1001 5 SbaGee be § Coit... : adjoining on w, s., 20x163; W. A. Coit. . adjoining, $5x162;"W. A. Colt....... ta io st, 319 fe. of Washington Roiney.....+- — § NON COMPOS MENTIS, An Ex-Member of Congress and Quaran- tine Commissioner Commits Suicide— Intemperance Ruins a Promising Life—Singular Circumstances of the Death. 4 A singular case of suicide has to be chronicled from the usually peaceiul shores of Staten Isiand, which place, singularly enough, seems to have no sensations but those resulting from suicide, the only matter of note having occurred on the isiand since the attempted taking off of Police Captain Holbrook being the self-murder of Obadiah Bowne, the “sensation” which has now to be spoken of, The mere name of Obadiah Bowne appearing in print will awaken ancient memories amung many who will read this record of his last day. Antique citizens will remember the time when that man was 8 power and when the people heaped honor upon his head. But those days are so long gone in this hurrying world of New york that many, who even voted for Obadiah Bowne for mem- ber of Congress, in 1848, may have ere this forgot ten his name. Mr. Bowne was a man nearly sixty years of age, the son of a large dry goods merchant in Wilifiam street, near Exchange place, at a time when the retail trade was largely in that portion of the city. Young Obadiah went into the vortex of politics, and was remarkably successful. ‘He was looked upon as one who could rise to any political dig- nities did he wish it. After occupying several local oMces he was nominated for Congress from ‘the First Congressional district of this State, being at that time a resident and promthent man in Staten Island. This was in the year 1848, He ran successfully, went to Washing- ton, but does not appear to have done anything remarkable as a legisiator. Instead of, however, learning the science of government, he learned another, but easier one to follow. It will be re- membered by those who lived in Washington at that time what social temptations beset men of any position there. Banquets and suppers gave Bowne a taste fér the pleasures of the table which he never had before. The passion for strong drink f00k possession of him and hé was seldom, it is sald, without showing some of the signs ofthe sad demoralizing propen- +. sity. After his firat term im Congress, being spoken of for renomination, he declinea to run, When out of politica: position he appears to bave no more put any restraint upon his appetite ior drink. He became dissolute; even depraved in his Rabits. Still, even after this he was honored with @ prominent appointment, as one of the first batch of Quarantine Commissioners. To him is partly due the selection of Staten Island, his own ome, as the place for Ce Oe ecto station. After this time ne did not agath participate activety in politics, but sank into depravity. Some ten years Andrew Bowne, the father, died, leaving abous one half million of money to his som He married the daughter of Dr. Harrison, former! Health Officer of the She brought him fortune, but both hers and his own rapidly wasted away by his intemperance. Years she ob- tained’a divorce irom him tn consequence of his disposition to drink, but ‘some time later remar- ried him during one of his rare intervals of sanity. In the meantime he had been married toa lyn lady, who died. ane he lapsed into nis. state. “In June, 1873, through some of his old influence, Bowne was appointed an inspector of street pavements in the Department of ie Works, at a salary of $350 per day. He was re- moved from that position in November of the same year. Since that time he appears to have haa no emptoyment whatever. He left Staten Island at that time and was living in Eighty-sixth street, New York, with his wife, The circumstances of the death of Obadiah Bowne are curious. He seeems, trom the stor told, to have beén determined to meet his deat! by his own hand. He calied on Monday morniu: at a newspaper office, and said he Knew of a good sensation, wuich it would pay to work up. He asked that a reporter meet him at fve o'clock on that day at the Statén Island ferry house for the purpose of going to the islund together. Bowne ‘Was seen by several friends at the ferry at the time mentioned. He spoke with them antiy, but declined to go with them, saying he had an appointment. Bowne was apoard the terryboat with & strange mam He spoke with several on the beg bal down, and said 10 one that he would be dead by noon of good spirits no! ok what he 01 and as his habits were known to all Staten island. ers those who Leard the remark thought it one of the results of drinking. After landi Bowne, ta company with the strange person, took the cars to Richmond and stopped at Hodge’s Hotel. There they took supper and there passed the e' im the barroom. During the evening waile heavily Bowne continued to speak of his life, and seemed determined in ose, About ten o'clock he went up stairs room. His companion says that alter up stairs Bowne told him the history of, his lite ee he af bags eae se battles, eect and defeats, and sai ny 8 prospect been rumed by his mad passion for liquor. He said:—“My time has come. I have nothing ther to live for—a ruined and @ besotted man death is the only resource.” reu, he toors bottie of laudanum from his pocket ana s ithastily, The strange mau ran dow! ng = ore! as spite te eee see at half-past eleven that n ‘ancon> scious at the time. persis: M ‘The death of go well known 8 character O® thé nd has caused no small commotion ane well oe and eeling is generally one of pity ana one who could have used his talents so bave been a shining light in his country tory. Seldom had a man better opportunities, never did a man waste them more wanton! Obadiah Bowne. He was a man of educati good address, having been a graduate at ‘His wife and two sons live to mourn his terrible fate. Ooroner Lea, of Stapleton, has heen notified to hold an inquests ‘The funeral Wilt probabiy take piace to-day. BROOKLYN'S WATER, Reported Pollution of the Sources of Supply—Suit Against the Alleged Offenders. Corporation Counsel William ©. De Witt im structed by the Brooklyn Board of City Works, bag brought an action to preserve from pollution the water courses at Hempstead, known locally as Parsonage Creek, East Brook and West Brook, to- gether with their several tributaries, whence Brooklyn receives her water supply. The complaint aiieges that several parties, who are named as deiendants, have constructed privies, sianghter houses, gasworks, barns ana stables contiguous to or on the banks of sai | streams, whose waters are constantly by the corrupt, foul and otros. sul stances emanating from 1 facts enumerated he _ com we sworn to by Colonel Ai caer nagineer of the Commissioners O¢ bags Baye and basco. Justice Pratt, of ¥ preme Court, da temporary injunction enjotai 4 issued & pol ing named in the ttle to the ing the various nuisances, with an order to cause, on May 1, 1874, why the injunction not be made permaneDl