The New York Herald Newspaper, July 21, 1874, Page 8

NEW Y URKK HERALD, Conclusion’ of the Cross-Examination of “‘Mrs,’” | Roddy—Contradictory Testimony of Female Boardinghouse Keepers~A Wash- ington Post Office Clerk on the Stand—The Case To Be Finished To-Day. ‘The trial of Carlotta F, Shotwell, allas Roddy, | enarged with stealing Seven gold sovereigns and an opera glass from General Roddy, was resumea yesterday in the General Sessions before His Honor | Juage Sutherland. There was a very large attend- | ance of spectators throughout the day and tt was evident from one or two demonstrations of ap- plause that the &ympathes of the audience were | ‘ with tue fair Fanny, who frequently got out of patience with Judge Fullerton, who resumed his | cross-examination, | CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THE DEFENDANT RESUMED. She said :—Thege love letters were Lizzy Rock’s, a young lady in London; they were in his baggage; found them im his baggage in Taylor’s Hotel, in | Jersey City; I do not Know where the marriage | certificate is; I would like Frank Brooks to pro- | duce it; that certificate was signed by General | Koddy and myseif and was, im substance, | “This 8 to certily that F. D, Roddy and Fanny | Shotwell were this day married,” and then there | was an addenda to it, stating, in substance, ‘This | marriage to be made pubilc as Soon as reasons ex~ teting have disappeared;” it was worded in Gen, eral Roddy’s peculiar phraseology; 1 had it when I went to the Grand Central Hotel, and Everctt stole it with the other papers; I did pot say to Cap- tain Byrne that that certificate was among the papers he took; the certificate was written in ink in Mrs, WuXinson’s house, in Twellth street; | there was no witness to it; l never thought that Mrs. Roddy, in Alabama, was dead, though she was dead to me as far as 1 Was concerned; she Was not his wife; she was divorced; he showed me the record of divorce; I supposed he was divorced from her; | would have believed him if all the world had sworn contrary to him; I knew Charley Sherman; I never was engaged to him; | only met Dim a few times; did not tell Mrs. Waring I was engaged to tim; did not engage Mrs. Waring in 1870 or 1871 to make my wedding trousseau; I Know | General Withers; Roddy introduced me to him at | vhe Metropolitan Hotel before going to Europe; he | introduced me to Withers as Miss Shotwell; Gen- | eral Withers lives in Alabama; be came and — stopped at Taylor’s Hotel, bat went South the very mext night; after I was robbed ne came and stayed at Vaylor’s Hotel several mouths; I occu- pied a room in the hotel; at one time I think he had a room directly opposite mme; I was not en- gazed to ve married to bim; never told Mra, War- ing that i was goimg South and that I woula marry General Withers if he wouid settle $50,000 upon me; I remember 4 scene that occurred in Withers’ room on one occasion—the McMannes matter; if my brother had been there he would have shot him; General Withers tried to control me, walked me Out Of the room, begged me to go ous; I hada pistol 10 my hand; (rushed into that room, but 1 did not draw a pistol; he published that I Was a thiel; I was perfectly crazy; I rushed ent ol the house; they could not keep me in the house ; I did not tel Mrs. Waring that Roddy gave me $10,000 when he went to Europe; he didn’t leave me a cent alter ne went to Europe; 1 know @ Mrs, Hillyer slightly; | unaerstood General Withers ‘was Mayor of Mobile for nine years; 1 did not tell Mrs. Hillyer that I was going to marry & Southern | gentieman who had been Mayor of the city, and | who had a large family of children; I did not say that I had written to bim that 1 had anotuer beau am order to burry ttm op; | know Jenny Gatfney: Bhe called on me at the Pith Avenue Hotel wnen 4 was sick; 1 told ber 1 had letters from Generai Withers; I never toid her | was gong to Alabama to see if General Withers would settle $50,000 upon me if | would marry bim; | knew Mrs. Mellink— very unfavorably; we boarded with her off and ouior a year; 1 did not show her a bun- aie of letters from General Roddy's wife and daughters to bm or _ read twem to her; she was an Intimate of General Roddy’s; 1 did notsay to her that bad taken Roddy’s name ; she came to the Tombs biackmail- | jag me; she said she would make a good witness | for me if 1 would do certain things; I did not say | to her thatI had given a lawyer $20 and he had fixed it so that 1 was going under Roddy’s name; I never made any inquiry of Mr. Le Sapecage 5 in refer- ence to the conaition o( Mrs. Roddy in Alabama; I kuow Max Freedman; be nas caliea upon me to try to compromise the Brooks matter; 1 never taiked with Freedman about Genera! Roddy’s wife in Aiabama; I did not tell bim that i would assist him in his action against Roddy uf he (Freedman) | would buy Roddy’s bond from me; I know J. G. Griers; I met him at Washington with Mr. Roddy; | 3t was not at General Roddy’s reqnest that I re- mMaiued inthe room; he could not be with us when we were asieep, could he? I never threat- eued to shoot Roddy, nor produced a pistol in the presence of Mr. Griers; never asked Griers what | kind of a wife Roddy had in Alabama. (Several letters were snown to the witness, sunply business jetters, written by her to General Roddy when he was in Europe.) “I know Mr. Justice Leonard, of | Jersey City, but I never taiked with him about my | xoctal relations with Generai Roddy: never said to | him, in substance, that 1 meant to pass myseli off @s Roddy’s wile and annoy him im that kind of a Way until he came to my terms; I conversed with Leonard on the subject of the Brooks and Everett matter, but pot in reference to matrimony; | did wot propose in the presence of Mrs, Wadieigh to | well Ube opera glass, | Dr. Henry A. Hartt testified that he saw General | Roddy tn 1871 at a house in Thirty-second street, and that on the 19th of October, 1570, the defendant introduced hurself to me as the wile of General Roddy, but not in his presence; I visited ber pro- Jessionally till the middle of April, 1871; at that lime General Roddy resided with her; they had a common room; be Was sick, and there was only one bed in the room; she attended on him; General Roddy never did or sald anything that would in- dicate she Was not his Wife; he invited me to go to the theatre with them; in April last General | Roddy, at the Ashland Hotel, said that a rupture had taken place; |cannot remember whether ne spoke of her as Miss Shotwell then; ne never spoke of her up to that time as Miss Shotwell. Walter 5S. Cowles, a lawyer, testified that the detendant cailed upon him in February last in re erence to the legai relation existing between her and General Roddy. Counsel offered to show that Mr. Cowles advised her that by the Jaws of New York they sustained the relation of Husband and wile. Counsel tuen inquired of mis Honor if he had reached any de- cision in reference to permitting bim to read in evidence certain letters written by General Roddy | w the defendant whue m Europe. Judge Sutherland inquired what difference it made if he did call her pet names. | Alter Some Consultation between Mr. Fallerton and Mr. Sullivan it was agreed that the letters jould be handed to the jury ior thelr inspection, With the understanding at tue reporters for tue press shouid not get the the case for the defence was closed, and Mr. Ful- lerton proceeded to call a numver of female wit- nesses to contradict statements made by the ac- cused when upon the stand. REBUTTING BVIDENCE. Jennie Gaffney said she vecame acqnainted witn Miss Shotwell in 1870; that in 1872 she told the witness of a General Withers in Alabama, and said it he were in @ position to settle $09,000 upon ner she would marry him. Colone! John R, Fellows was called and said that ‘Miss Shotwell sent for him to act a8 counsel ina criminal proceeding which she wWae instituting against Brooks and Everett. Judge Fullerton wanted to show by Colonel Fe!- Jows that she made some statements to nim abont the rejation she sustained to General Roddy, which ‘Was competent, he argued, as it did not pertain to the special matter she was consulting Colonel Fellows about, Mr. Sullivan objected and maintained that com- munications between client and counsel were wacred. Mr. Fellows said he would answer no questions that seemed to him would reveal apy coufidence ~ee in him oy his client, aud retired from tne wtand. Mrs, Elizabeth S, Hillyer testified that Miss Shot- well lived at her nouse four or five weeks about eighteen months since, and she told the witness Shatsbe bad ap offer of marriage from a gentie- ing it; that she bad written to him and expe to meet him at the house; that ne had been Mayor of & city and was a widower with mine children; Mise Shotwell told the witness that she had been e@dvised to write to fim and say that sbe had an affer rom @ younger man, and he replied that per- Daps she would ve happier and had better accepe him. Mrs. Maria Waring, residing at No, 42 East | ‘Twellth street, testilled that she made the ac- | uaintance of Miss Shotwell nine years ago at | ime. Demorest’s, where she got her dresses | made, sod she resided in the nouse | of we witness last spring for tour weeks, | ‘The wituess relatea the circumstances attending | the arrest of the accused by Captain Byrne, and | ‘What was s4id while he searched her apartments for valuabie papers claimed by General Koddy; Miss Shotwell took a bundie Of papers and threw them into witness’ lap, and said, “Mrs. Waring, those are yours; she replied, “No, Fanny, they wre not mine; 1 have nothing to do with them; tne defendant. said sbe wanted car tare, which the witness offered to supply, but which was re. gused; she said sue Wanted Lo dispose Of the opera gee, ic the witness had partially succeeded in joing #0; Miss Shotwell toid the witness about General Withers, and asked her tor the loan of money t buy a pistol. Eligabetb Meliink testified that while Miss Shot- well wae at Mra, Waring’s sue (tle prisoner) showed her letters from Mrs. Ruddy aud ler daughiers had Written to General Roddy; the wituess calied upon herat the Tombs, aud she told. her tor we hist time that ene was Mra. General Roddy. Aiudse J, Faler testified buat she ret saw Miss | eral has got a wie and family , Of moan for me.’? | arrested; she threatened | seemingly ‘Snocwell tn 1860, when she boarded at her house, | and that in 1870 Colone! Moon and General Roddy hired rooms at her house; the witness having DO- iced that General Roddy was very attentive to Miss Shotwell, askea her why she did not marry him, to which the prisoner responded, “The Gen- | fn ‘Alabama, and IT) would not marry him if I could; he is pot tue style | These ladies were cross-examined by Mr. Sulli- van, and while some of them were on the stand | they occasionally struck @ theatrical attitude, which created considerable merriment in. court. John G. MeGahey, a cousin and business part- Ner 01 General Roddy, testified that Miss Shotwell visited their place of business frequently and de~ Manded money; that on several occasions she in- | quired about General Roddy’s lamily; that sue fre- quently demandea money, and that on the last oc- casion in May she demanded $1,000 of the witness in the absence of General Roday, and was 80 am | noying that he procured a policeman and had her ; the witness had her arrested to charge General Roddy with being her jusband, John J. Giers, a clerk in the Post OMce at Wash. nn and a resident of Alabama, testified that he knew General Roddy in the war, and knew him | to have a wife and children. He went on to state that he saw Miss Shotwell last Christmas at the Arlington Hotel, in Washingson Whee she called upon Generai Roday, who Was sick and conned to bis room and bed; that at bis (Roduy’s) re- quest he remained in the room with him, and that when the General requested him to get a carriage one night and take her to her hotel she became enraged and indignantly inquired, ‘‘How dare you interfere between man and wife /’ subsequently, when be accompanied General Roddy to the depot to take the cars for New York, the prisoner lol- lowed the General and wanted him to take a sleep- ing car for her, which he refused «to Go; she said, | “You had better look at your friend for the last ) time, because 1 will shoot him; the witness | wrote to the General afverwura telling bim his | Iie was in danger; he also stated.that on another | occasion, while sitting at the window of the Gen- eral’s room, in the St. James Hotel, that when he | turned round he saw Miss Shotwell and the Geu- eral ag and the latter took a ptstol out of be in reply to Mr. Sullivan the witness id he did not know that he received his appoint- ment through General Roddy, but toought he | might bave used his influence with senator Spen- | cer in his behall; that ve did write to Miss Shot- well, she having expressed the desire to get some | U Spebprg and work jor her living, and that to be- | iend her he accompanted her Ww a literary recep- | | tion given by Mrs. Southworth, | General Roddy was recalled and said that he | never exhipited to the prisoner a decree of di- vorce, and that no written agreement or certifi- | cave of marriage was ever signed by either of them. | ‘The counsel un both sides informed His Honor | that they wouldciose the testimony 1M the morn- | ing and briefly sum up the case. The Court adjourned at five P. M., to meet at ten o'clock tus morning. MORE DOGS SHOT. Officer Sheely, of the Twenty-third precinct, killed a mad dog yesterday at No. 1,474 Third ave- | hue. | ‘A mad dog was killed yesterday by Officer Gard | her, of the street. Roundsman A’ eventh precinct, at No. 27 Rutgers eth street. A mad dog was shot yesterday at No. 354 Second avenue by Umer brenion, of the Eignteenth pre- cinct, An officer of the Twenty-first precinct shot a mad dog yesterday at No. 163 East Thirty-first street. James Dooley was bitten by amad dog in the nose at 10 Greenwich street yesterday. The dog was killed. Patrick Howe, aged sixteen, of Seventy-third street and avenue A, was bitten on the lace by ua mad dog yesterday at No, 509 East Seventy fourth street. The dog was kuled by officer Gannon, Of the mounted squad. The New Dog Law. The Mayor was busy yesterday morning swear- ing in three dog catchers whom he appointed on the recommendation of Assistant Alderman Strack and other Assistant Aldermen. The follow- ing are their names:—For the Tenth Assembly dis- trict, Jonn Rebringer, of No. 183 Third street, and | Jacob Ross, of No, 190 Second street; for the Ninth Assembiy district, James Enright, of No, 404 West Sixteenth street. They assumed their important offices yesterday with @ duv sense Of the exalted and arduous responsibilities Imposed upon them by this great commonwealth. Two dog catchers are to be appointed trom each district—iorty-two in ail. The Dog War in Newark. | Pursuant to a resolution passed by the Newark Common Council at its last meeting, dogs running at large without muzzlea to be a dangerous nuisance, Mayor Perry and Chiefs of Police Rogers have determined to open hostilities on the canines. Four men are to be appointed, these to be provided with norses and carts and r quired to scour the city and scoop in all tne un- muzzted curs found at large. The i0gs so captured | will be taken to a pound, and, after waiting twenty-four hours for reciamawon purposes, will, if not redeemed, be drowned. A Care for a Rabid Dog Bite. To THE EviTor OF THE HERALD:— As so much has been said about hydrophobia and its cures, will you allow space in your columns for the following brie! narrative? Last summer the writer was in Greenland, where part of his duties consisted in procuring a number of dogs, o pe used in pursuing aquest to toe northward, At Holsteinborg about twenty were obtained, but when the Esquimaux brought them aboard three worthless curs Lad been substituted for good travelling dogs. Noticing this, I stepped into the temporary pen erected for them and threw out two. The third one that 1 wanted was lying In a corner behind a dozen others, “slaver- stooped down to catch turned partly over, so that I missed my intended grasp and the dog snapped at me, catch- ing my right arm just above the wrist, three of his fangs penetrating the flesh and drawing vlood freely. Alter securing the dog I went to the hus- pital steward and procured some strong spirits of ammonia to bathe tae wounds with, At this time | the pain was intense, especially on the instde of the arm to the armpit, When first applied the liquid turned (over the bites) to a pale green, and afterwards, in @ jew minutes, the blood pecame | thin and watery. Carefuily sponging this of and re- newing the application for about ten minutes the vlood flowed freely and uatural in color. Then puting simple cerate on @ 1ece of lint and placing it over the ites, I had the arm bandaged and saturated all the bindings freely with ammonia, The arm was very painiul for about ten days, and alter remov- ing the bandages @ slight scar was remaining over the mark of each tooth, but since then the arm has given me no troable. This dog may not have been ravid, but we know wnat often comes from a harmless vive, and I was determined to do what I thought best, and not be scared into becoming @ victim of hydrophobia. Some peopie | may smile at the idea of dogs becoming mad in | Greenland, but T bave seen them periectly rabid under the darkness of an Arctic midnight. | ‘As an evidence of my sincerity I give you my nawe and address, nov for publication; but if any persons tee: interested in the matter I will give them tuller particulars, ARCTIC, pai i EES OS | TEN DOLLAR HATS POR FIFTY CENTS, | Gg | The youthiul highwaymen of the east side have, | during these hot days in July, adopted a new, yet | s, of the Sixteenth precinct, | killed a mad dog yesterday at No. 249 West Twen- | declaring | | Powell, @ boss truckman residing at No. 44 Ryer- | | son street, Brooklyn, and doing business in Wash- | | he would take a walk toward Broadway, and since | that time his family have received no tidings of ng’? at the mouth and panting heavily. As I | i | him by the neck he | | bitten on Sunday by a rabid dog while passing | | County Jail on the llth inst, The Board of Super- | visors at their last meeting failed tc take aby | action regarding the escape of the NEW YORK, ‘ciTy. llccnemaenton ‘The steamship Soura America, from Brazil, brings 11,000 bags Of¢ortee, Comptroller Green reports the receipts of the treasury vesterday at $23,866, John Fay, of? No. 434 East Fifteenth street, was overcome by the heat yesterday while driving & sand cart Wrough the streets, Maria Matuer, of No. 359 East Nineteenth street, fell into an excavation in the sidewalk yesterday, | in tront of No, 339 First avenue, and received some serious injuries, Miles Finnan, of No, 416 West Thirty-second street, fell from a three story window at No. 52 Spring street to the ground yesterday and re- ceived some severe injuries. The Fireproof Building Company recommends that only hard wood should be used in window frames or the exterior of buildings, that asuMcient water supply should be constantly ready and that fireproof compartments should be coustructed in | hollow floors and partitions, A poor emigrant, who writes to the HERALD from | Williamsburg, says he is starving; he has had but | eight weeks work in nine months and now cannot support bisfamily. He has appited to the British Consulate without avail, and with the same result to the Irish Emigrant Society. He is anxious tw re- turn home. There is to be an investigation, by order of the military authorities, into the disgraceful conduct of the Twenty-eighth battalion of the Second divi- sion (Colonel Burger) and that of the Sixth regi ment, First divison (Lieutenant Colonel Van Wyck commanding) at Creedmoor last week. The Ad- | jutant General and the Governor desire that an example should be made of the two commands, so — that hereaiter men while wearing the State uni- | form wiil know that they cannot act like ruMans and blackguards with impunity. Is is probabie that the two commands will be disbanded. Here- aiter not even malt liquors will be allowed to be drunk at Creedmoor, The inspector of the Board of Health who has charge of the Sixteenth ward ought to keep his | eyes and nostrils open, for he doesn’t seem to know that there is an establishment on Twenty- first street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, where iat or something just as vile in its odor 1s botled every day. The stench emitted from the place 1s absolutely horrible, and people who live in | the vicinity and eVen blocks away in the neignbor- hood are compelled to keep their windows closed to avoid getting sick from the stifling smells, Su- perintendent Day ougnt to stir himself about this hot weather, jor if nuisances like that in the Six- teenth ward are allowed to go on during next | month serious consequences to the health of the | Beighborhood wili be a certainty, BROOKLYN. Say es Eighty-sixth street is to be opened through to Gravesend, The Fourteenth (Brooktyn) regiment, Fifth brig- ade, Second division, N.G.S.N.¥., will proceed vo-day by early train to Creedmoor for rifle prac- ice. An unknown man, about twenty-four years of age, was sunstruck yesterday at the corner of Classon and Flatbush avenues. He was taken to | ‘the hospital. Richard Schnakerberg, residing at the corner of Gates avenue and Downing street, accidentally shot himself yesterday in the abdomen. The wound will probably prove atal. Mayor Hunter has made a survey of the new storage reservoir and thinks it will be a failure. He says he don’t think they will ever be able to get six feet of water in it. About half-past six o’clock last evening a man named Christopher Keily, a laborer, thirty-five years old, residence unknown, fell irom a lad- der to the ground, .a distance of tmrty feet. He bed sent to the hospital, but died beiore reaching here. On Saturday night the bakery of J. A. Brown, corner of Fifth and South Nintn streets, Williams. burg, was entered by burglars and property valued at about $350 taken away. The thieves effected an entracce by lorcing the back base- ment door. Tne family were asleep in the upper part of the house. Mr. William Green, an invalid, residing at No. | 52 Bushwick avenue, Williamsburg, employed a | man named Frank Seaman to take care of him during the absence of his wife in the country. The first time Mr, Green went to sieep his nurse robbed him of $40 in greenbacks and then de- | camped. The poliee arrested Seaman and brought him before Justice Eames, who held him tor ex- amination, MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE, The police of Williamsburg have been notified of | the mysterious disappearance of Mr. William H. | ington street, New York. At noon on Saturday | Jast, after taking his dinner, he told his son that him. He is about forty-five years of age, and was aressed in black cloth coat, gray pants, white shirt and gaiters, and has brown hair, full side whiskers and mustache, About two years ago he was affected by the heat to such an extent that his friends say he may now be partially in- , sane. When last seen he had on his person a val- | uable gold watch and chain aud a large sum of money. LONG ISLAND. Joseph Murphy, of Hunter's Point, was severely through Central avenue. The dog was not shot. Becker’s First Avenue Park, Dutch Kills, was the scene of alively mélée on Sunday afternoon be) tween some New York and Dutch Kills rougns: Heads aud windows were smashed indiscrimi- nately. ‘The police were unable to effect any ar- Test and the rioters departed unmolested. An engineeer has been employed to furnish a map of the water front of Long Island City from Hallett’s Point te Newtown Creek, the object being to select sites for docks and warehouses for the accommodation of steamers and oiher crait alter the cowpletion of the Sound passage. Mr. Julius Bernhauer, a school teacher, was bit- ten by a dog supposed to be mad, on the Rocka- way road, on Sunday, the brute taking hold of the calf of the leg. The unfortunate man hastened to Jamaica, Where he procured medical assistance, alter which he made a complaint against tne owner of the dog before Justice Bennett, who will make an examination of the case to-day. | Sheriff Sammis, of Queens county, has offered & reward for the capture of “Shorty Lent” and the other prisoners who escaped irom the Queens prisoners and the general condition of the jail, but it 1s expected that they will do so at their next meeting, on the | 30th inst. Gottfried Saner, a German, keeps a public house on the Rockaway road below Jamaica. There was | street, was chosen secretary, alter which the lol. | $9,000, which by a decree of the Chancellor of New simple means of coining money. It is simply to | # disgraceful scene at his place on Sunday after- | City Hall Park to the depot. steal gentiemen’s hats and dispose of them to sec- | 200M.” A party of Germans, mate and female, were cnd hand dealers at prices ranging from ten to Mitty cents. These hats originally cost the owners twenty times the prices that these vagrants re- ceive. The methods by which these young thieves ome possessed of these hats are various. | Sometimes they sneak up the front stoop of a house | that has the ball door left open in orer to allow a current Of air to pass through the hallway. The has rack in such cases is usually stripped o1 ail hats in the twinkling of an eye, and before any of the Occupants of the house have any idea that anybody had put in an appearance. But the more common way in which tuey Operate is to watch for a crowded horse car, and one that has its windows wide open. These young rascals run aiong the sidewalk, and at the firat favorable opportunity that presents iteeli they | siealtmily go up to the side of the car and take the hat from off the wearer's head while the car isin | motion, Then they decamp with their booty. The | car bemg crowded and the innocent victim seated inside I ig Severai minutes before he is able to | reach the outside, and by t time the thief has | fled to parts unknown, while the car is several | biocks beyond the place where the theft was com- mitted. The evening, apparently, is the best | time for these operations; but there have been several cases where these petty larcencies have been committed in broad daylight. On one singie Third avenue car yesterday afternoon three men had their hats stolen while riding up town trom the They were obliged to go home bareheaded, e police trave as yet not reported @ single arrest of these young scatps. COLLISION AT NEW BRIGHTON, STATEN ISLAND. While the steamer Pomona, Captain Henry, of The North Shore Staten Island lerry, was lying at the New Brighton dock and in the act of Jeaving it, she was run into by the steamer Thomas | Collyer, of the opposition line, which wanted to | take tue dock from the Castleton, The Thomas | Collyer had ner port wheelhouse stove in, and pro- | ceeded, hot warung at tie dock, The Pomona re- | ceived hu damaug } | assembied there and having a | but the roffians had fled. ood time”? in the truditional German style, when a party of irish- men, al ay be as is understood, employed apon the South Side ‘and the Long isiand railroads, made an unprovoked descent upon the pass the consequence of which was a general fight, in which quite a number on both sides were more or less injured. ‘There isa good prospect that the proposed ex- tension of the Flushing and North Shore Railroad to Huntington will soon be made. ‘the sabscrip- tion of $25,000 required (rom the citizens of Hunt- ington has already been nearly all guaranteed, and the larmers along the line of the proposed rou'e show € disposition to give all tne re- quired factiities fer the right of way. So far a8 tt depends upon Huntington the success of the en- | terprise appears to ve fully assured, and there ts | litle doubt that the otuer villages between that | place and College Potut will act toward it with | equal liberaiity. BITING OFF A MAN'S BAR, Michael Fitzpatrick, living in Seventh avenue, near Twenth-seventh street, while at work on the Boulevard yesterday afternoon was considerably annoyed by several roughs who threw stones at him. Becoming irritated, he gave chase to the molesters, and had just caught one of them, when ne was approached from behind by another, who, without jurtber ado, began to ite his Fitzpatrick cried ior assistence, which promptly brought several of his jellow laborers to the spot, Fitzpatrick went vo the nearest drug store aud had his wound dressed. | The portion of the ear bitten bung by a mere shred and the wound will probably disfigare him for Jife, GOOD NEWs, (From the Petersburg Index and Appeal.] The tobacco crop is a bad failure, and many of | the worthiest young men are preparing to go | Ww Bot the remainder are preparing to ride a | tournament, and that, durely, ougnt to be a euf- Aciens offbel and consolation. Vive {a bagaiede, } | For years this company and all the others leasing TURSDAY, JULY 21, 1874.—TRIPLE STOPPING A TRAIN. Tne Misfortanes of a Jersey Ratlway—A Track Torn Up and a Train’s Progress Delayed—Indignation of the Passen- gers—A Ratiroad Official Denounced What He Says About It—Probably *% | Case tor the Courts. The Montclair Railway of New Jersey,'which some time ago ceased to run by virtue of an in- Junction obtained irom the Chancellor of that State by J. H. Pratt, President of the Hudson Con- necting Railway, commenced to ran trains anew yesterday, under the direction of Mr. A. 5. Hewitt, the trustee of the second mortgage bondholders, About eight o’clock yesterday morning, when the first tratn touched upon the high trestle work, where the road passes over the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western Railroad, near the Erie Tun- hel, the engineer was signalled to stop. He did #0, and upon inquiry the passengers learned that the track, or a considerable portion of it, had been tora up, and it was impossible for the train to pro- ceed any further. Mr. Pratt was on the spot, and the passengers appeared exceedingly indignant upon ascertaining that the track was demolished at his suggesrion. The trestle work at this point was very high, and, as several ladies were on the train, a platform had to be improvised, otherwise they would have had to get off the train as Many of the male passengers did, by climbing over the locomotive, They aiterwards walked some dis- tance, and were conveyed by a Midiand Railroad train to Jersey City. So great was the indignation of the passengers at the action of Mr, Pratt that | they called a meeting in the Cars to express their disapprobation of his conduct. Mr. Richard B, Ferris, of the Bank of New_York, was called upon to preside, and Mr. Leroy 8. Gove, of No. 52 Wall | lowing resolutions, as lurnisied a H&RALD repre- \ sentative by one of the participants, were agopted Resolved, That we, as passengers upon the Montctatr | Railway, do bereby' express our indignation at the ac- | tion of Julius B. Pratt in tearing up the rails and p | venting passengers trom travelling upon said railw an¢ by tearing up the rails of the trestle work endan Kered the lives of passengers in getting Irom the train, and especially the ladies, and therefore we condemn any action other han by al redress to the Courts tor his | remedy. 3 *Resclved, That we, as citizens of Montclair, request | Mr, Julius 'H. Prati to remove trom Montclair’ ana the neignborhood of the Montclair Kailroad, as a disgrace to this'section of country. Resolved, That a ‘copy of these resolutions be pub- lished in the daily papers. MR. PRATT’S STATEMENT, ATrepresentative of the HERALD yesterday after- noon called upon Mr, Julius H. Pratt, President of | the Hudson Connecting Railway, and that gentle- man made the following statement in relation to | the matter. It is given aimost verbatim. He | said:—“‘About one year ago & party of gentiemen, 8iX in number, formed a syndicate for the purchase of the second mortgage bonds of the Montclair Railroad Company. The bapa ones had never sold any of its bonds, but had hypothecated them. This syndicate bought them in for about titty cents on the dollar. The syndicate was Tepresented by Mr. Hewitt, who was at first regarded as one of their number, but who has stated that he held the bonds as agent of another company. This synai- cate has been unable to make any profit on thetr speculation. Proceedings have been taken to wipe | out the first morigage entirely. The only way | the syndicate can make anything is by running the road. They have known for some time of the existence of a claim o! $8,000 or Jersey was made a first lien on the portion of the road in favor of myself. It was also accompanied by an injunction restraiming the occuvants of the road {rom using it until the claim was paid, Mr. Hewitt was also aware that in order to reach the | Jersey ferry they must pass over two roads in | which they had no rights or interest, one of which | is the Hodson Connecting Road at West End, of which I am President. se bonds on this latter road have been issue building 1. The holders of these bonds nave no | means of obtaining their interest except irom the income on the road, There can be no income of the road except Irom the rent of the parties who use it. It is my duty as President to require from those who use it some rent. I have never been approached by _ the syndicate or any parties wno Low propose to run the Montclair road with any request jor that purpose, nor have I nad any knowledge of their intention to run the road except mere ru- | mor. It was necessary to change the track of the | Hudson Connecting Railwuy in order to accommo- date the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad with room for the new track which they are now build- ing. I employed men for that purpose last week, and instructed them to go on ana make the change for the purpose of |. last week. They only went to work this mornings Whtle the men were at work @ train appeared, coming irom the Montclair road, over the Hudson Connecting branch. ‘Ibis was stopped by a red flag and the passengers on the train got out end | ‘went over to the New Jersey Midiand, near by, and | came into New York. As the case uow stands the rails on the Hudson Connecting Road for a distance of 300 feet are taken up and are likely to remain in that condition until some terms are made jor the use of the road with the Hudson Connecting Com- aDy. * ‘Mr. Pratt says that because the MontclairCom- | pany run their trains in violation of an injunction and wish to use the Hudson Connecting Road with- out negotiating for it were not the chief reasons he had for ordering the track to be torn up. The main reason was because he had agreed to accom- modate the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company by making the change. He was determined to go on with the work of tearing up the track now that he had commenced it. Mr. Richara B. Ferris, whom the HERALD re- orter found at his office in Wall street, said that ir. Pratt’s action was unjust and uncalled ior, and thought the citizens aiong the line of the Montclair Raliway could have things righted by appealing to the proper authorities. The citizens who had occasion to patronize the road were much exercised about Mr. Pratt’s action. Mr. Jordan, Cashier o! the Third National Bank, said he had understood that the New Jersey Mid- land and the Montclair railways had furnished most of the means to bui.d tue Hudson connecting | line, and thought they should be entitied to the use Of it. He thought that the Chancelior of New Jersey, when appeaied to, would compel Mr. Pratt to relay the track. The case 1s one wiich thé legal authorities will most probably have to decide, and many gentlemen who are interested seem to think that Mr. Pratt has taken a very bold step and will be driven to undo ali that he has done so rashly. | | | | | | As the case now stands ail trains on the Montclair Railroad are necessarily delayed séveral miles from Jersey City, and passengers are seriously in- | convenienced thereby. The City of Newark Moving on the New- ark and New, York Railroad Works. Yesterday Mayor Perry of Newark signed the reso.ution passed by an almost unanimous vote of the Newark Common Council last Friday night, au- | thorizing the Street Commissioner to cut through | the embankment of the Newark and New York Railroad at points where the company promised but falied to erect bridges, and tue Street vom- misioner addressed a communication as follows > 3 a a 5 o 4 5 =} re a 4 | to the President of tne Central Railroad of New Jersey, Ol which the Newark and New York is a brane! Mr. Joun Tayror Jownston :— Dean Sin—The obstruction referred to in the enclosed resolution is the want vi bridges where the Newark and New York Railroad crosses Filmore and St. Charles streets in this city. Inorder that no accident inay oc- cur youare hereby notuled to protect your tra the points designated, ay I shall procead on Monda: morning, July .7, 18/4, to excavate and open the streeis | at these poluis. Kesvectfully, F. W. SULLIVAN, Street Commissioner. It 18 given out that the railroad people will make application to Ohanceilor Runyon tor an injunc- tion to restrain cite city Iroin its proposed action. tracks running through Newark seem to have ig- nored the rights of the city and citizens, except the right to pay fares. As already pointed out in the HERALD, they have matutained mantraps at various points to the immuinen} danger of the lives and property of citizens: and It seers certain that nothing but the strong arin of the law will compel | them to pay any he@d to the’reronstrances of the people, Meanwhile there is much anxiety to see what action will be taken by the company and the Chancetior, if applied to, A BEZO OF BALAKLAVA DANGEROUSLY BEATEN, Officer McKenzie, who was so seriously beaten by burglars on Sunday evening while arresting some of the gang who were endeavoring to enter the house of Mr. Hall, in 117th street, south of St. Nicholas avenue, still lies in a dangerous condition m the Ninety-ninth Street Hospital Captain Speight, ol the Thirty-second precinct, has been able to gain but Jew additional particulars from the wounded man, who has only brief intervals of consciousness. Officer McKenzie is looked upon as one of the bravest orficers of the force; he is said | bes “4 one of the famous 20 Six Hundred” (immortal by Tennyson’s song) at the Battie of Bala- kl and has many medals of hobor conferred upon him. The outrage of which he is the victim should atir his brother oMfcers to the uttermost, in order that his assailants should be brought to speedy justice. BOBBED WHILE ASLEEP, Between twelve and one o'clock yesterday morn- ing, William A. Rintler, of No, 223 West Twenty- ninth street, feeling much fatigned and too warm to go to bed, put his coat under his head and lay down | outside his door, When he woke uphe found his coat, Watch, breastpin and money missing. Dur- ing the day, while going through West Twenty- | seventh strect, he recogmized his lost coat on tie person of Charles Bates, who was going into a pawnshop when he was seen by Riotler, Bates | was arrested by Officer Brown, o1 the sanitary squad, and held in $1,900 bas to auswer by Judge Biey. SHEET, SE0EL TO A MILWAUKEE MURDER, A/Marderer, Struck with Fear and Re- morse, Drowns Himself in the Canal, On Tuesday last a@ fight occurred in Milwaukee, resulting in the death of one Martijn Smith at the hands of August Ehwig and nis nephew, Jobn Eh- wig. The following day, a few hours alter a cor- oner’s jury had returned @ verdict against the Enwigs, Jobn was taken into custody. Before the officers could arrest tne uncle he had disappeared, and the same day was found drowned in the canal. ‘The man evidently committed the deed from fear and remorse, The finding of the body is thus de- scribed in the Sentinel:— ‘The body, that of a man about five feet nine and @ hall, or five feet ten inches in height, weigh- ing parnane 170 pounds, was at the Morgue. ihe head was large and covered with long dark brown hair, and the throat was concealed by a bushy dark brown beard. ‘the lips were biue black and swollen enormously, especially on the right side, and the right side of the face was also swollen. His hands were lying on the chest, #ix inches | apart, white and shrivelled by the action of the water. A plece of tarred rope was caught in a loop around the right wrist, with several ad- ditional turns quite tight, so tight as to cut into the flesh, left wrist, also very tight, indenting the flesh, and then twisted, but not tied. It was sufficiently twisted to prevent the man andoing it in a death | struggle, without great cooiness aud some time. Enough room had been leit jor the fingers to twist the ends in the way descrived. The nostrils were filied.with thick blood. ‘The corpse was dressed in ordinary working ciothes; a common blue check- ered shirt and white aud black small: pattern dirty plaid pants, stuffed into boots. There ap- Peared to be no marks of violence. By the side of the corpse Jay in 2 beap the soiled clothes of the murdered man Smith, dyed with the blood August Euwig had assisted io shed. augmented by the canal-slimy garments of August w-morrow, abd those of murderer, suicide and | murdered will be destroyed together. ON THE TRACK OF THE SUICIDE. lt appeared on tnguiry that directly evidence was obtained tmplicaung August Ehwig as an accessory to the death 0; Smith, the District Attor- ey proceeded to the police authorities and de- sired a trustworthy ofticer to find him and bold | bim until the verdict of the jury should be ren- | dered, Officer Egan was selected for this duty, and av once proceeded to make inquiries, The oiticer found that August had not gone to work the day aiter the tragedy, but roamed about un- easily, as though uncertain what todo. When the night came he told nis wile he was going away, and took some money and clean clothes, saying he should pack the clothes up in @ travelling bag, and they pro.essed on inquiry to Know nothing more of “his movements. This was substantially ali the | officer could jearn on inquiry at Paimer’s Addition, Mrs. Ehwig proiessed to have no knowledge of anything further. Bat the officer was not satis- fled, and he finally discovered that when Mrs. Ebwig got up the following morning she found the money and the clotuing BY THE BACK DOOR. She at once concluded that her husband had com- mitted suicide, and toid Henry Humricn so, Her reasons {ur supposing this are not stated, but it is not unreasonaple to believe she was perfecily weil aware of her husband’s share in the murderous attack on Smith. Egan returned to the city, and was beginning to think August Ehwig really had committed suicide. when a@ boy came With the news that a body had been found foating in what is known as Rogers’ Canal, alongside the St. Paul Railroad, near the cutoff, It nad been STIRRED UP BY A PASSING TUG. Officers Egan, Howe and Kelly took an express wagon and proceeded to the spow They found Mr. Gorman, private watchman in the empioy of Angus Smith, already at work preparing @ boat to get the body out. Directly Egan heard the de- scription of the body he said “THAT'S MY MAX,’” and so it turned out to be. The wagon was filled with green leaves and the corpse placed upon the leaty bed, covered uver and brought to the Morgue. It was identified by Albert Smith as the body of August Ehwig, and others aiterwards recognized it. So Egan got nis man, dead, if not alive, and August will have ms trial before a greater than Mallory—t! it be not contempt of Court to say so, THE PARKER HOMICIDE. Coroner Eickhoff Makes an Investiga- tion. Yesterday morning Coroner Eickhoff held an in- quest in the case of George Parker, the colored — man, who, on the night of the 8th ult, was stabbed | im the right arm with a knife in the hands of | Charles Williams, also colored, during a fight be- tween them in front of No. 63 Thompson street, as previously reported in the HERALD, Thomas Evers, an officer of the Eighth precinct, deposed that on the 8th uly. he saw deceased and prisoner quarreiling in front of No, 63 Thompson street, and going toward them heard Parker say he was stabbed; found a pocket knife sticking in the basement door of No. 63; there was blood on the Knoue blade; arrested Williams and took him to the station nouse; noticed a wound on Parker’s night arm. Lizaie Parker, claiming to be the widow of de- ceased, testified that on the night of the occur- rence Williams came to her house, and her hus- band toid him to go away and insisted on his leav- ing; they then had @ quarrel in the alleyway and soon afterwards she heard that deceased had been stabbed by Willlams, Louisa Webster, colored, deposed that she was standing at the entrance of the alleyway leadivg to No, 71 Thompson street at the tume o1 the dim- culty between Wiiliams and Parker; the latver made threats against Williams, to wilich the latter replied that he was smali and would nave to de- fend himself if he was assauited; they then had a quarrel but were separated, when they com- menced to quarrel again and the officer arrested Willams; Willams had been drinking; the pris- oner used to go to No. 16 Grand street to see Mrs, Parker. Captain Williams, of the Eighth precinct, de- posed that after the arrest of the prisoner he ad- mitted that he had stabbed Parker with the pocket knife which Officer Evers bad Jound sticking in the door. : Deputy Coroner Morse tes‘ified as to the cause of death, alter which tne case was given to the jury, Wao rendered a verdict “that the immediate cause Of death was laryngitis; secondary cause, erysipeias, ioillowing @ stad wound in the right forearm, said wound being inflicted by Charles Wiliams with a small pocket knife during a scufie in Thompson street, on the night o! June 8, | 1874.” In default of $2,000 bail Williams was recom- mitted to the Tombs to await tne action of the Grand Jury. Investigation Postponed. Coroner Woltman yesterday morning impan- elicd a jury in the case of William Benson, recently mate of the ship Octavia, who died in Bellevue Hospital afew days ago from the effects of in- Juries received by being struck on the head with a jump of coal alleged to have been thrown at him by Charies McCarthy during a diMculty between them on the pier fuot of Seventeenth street, North River, on the 6th inst. The investigation was to have taken place ut twelve o'clock M., but owing | to the absence of the most important witnesses, | who have gone to Newioundiand, Coroner Wolt- Man announced to the jury that he should be com. | pelled to adjourn the investigation till the ship should return to this port, which may be several | weeks. Mr. Charles Condon, who appeared for McUarthy, moved that bis client be released on bail, and the Coroner replied that he would release the pris- oner when he filed a bond in the sum of $10,000, whieh {t 18 supposed will be done ina day or two. Benson was a man much respected, and one of nis Sisters is said to be the wile of an American Con- sul vo a foreign port. ALLEGED JUVENILE HOMICIDE, Coroner Woltman was yesterday notified that Frank Donnelly, a@ lad ten years of age, had died at No. 447 Eleventh avenue, from the effects of violence alleged to_ ha been inflicted upon him by Arthur Mo¥ a boy of fitteen years, whose home is at No. 46: Kleventh avenue. Nearly aweek ago the boys were at play, when Moore, as charged, threw a stone at Donnelly, hitting him in the side, infitct- ing fatal injury. An autopsy to be made on the body will develop the real cause of death, boy Moore was arrested, and Is detained to await the result of the investigation, CORONERS’ OASES, ‘The remains of an unknown man, forty years of age, were found yesterday morning floating at the dock foot of Gouverneur street, East River. De- ceased was five feet seven inches in height, with dark hair and eyes, side whiskers, but no mus- tache. Deceased wore no coat, but nad black cloth pants and vest, white underciothing and leather slippers. The body was sent to the Mo: and Corouer Kessler notihed. eat Coroner Woiltman was yesterday called to the State Emigrant institution, Ward’s Island, to hoid an inquest on the body of Michael Corrigan, who was killed by jalling froma wagon loaded with hay. Adolph Stnbenor, a German forty years of age, driving @ team jor vurewers on Ninety-secon Street, near Third avenue, was sunstruck yester- day, and, being taken {rom the wagon in front of the brewery, died soon afterward. Deceased was taken to his late residence, No. 1,636 Third avenue, and Cvroner Woltman notified, A i08T OPPORTUNITY. (From the Milwaukee Ne’ The Indiana Democratic State Convention dis- appointed the best hopes of the country and made General Hendricks impossinle a8 & candidate for \ President. ‘The end had then been passed over the | The heap will be | The | THE NATHAN TRAGEDY. The Detectives Probably Searching for @ Dead Man—The Nathan Murderer Believed to Have Died in Brooklyn—A Leaf from a Surgeon’s Diary. The pubheation in the HeRatp of the singular commuhication from the pardoned convict, as well asevery other matter concerning the shocking trageay, serves to maintain the deep interest Which the public have felt in the case since the morning on which the mutilated body of the un- fortunate man was discovered in his room. The various theories wiich have been advanced in re Gard to the motive which led to the crime in the manner in which it was perpetrated have perhaps Served, In @ measure, to puzzle tiiose who were endeavoring to solve the mystery. Search for the guilty parties has been made in nearly every city, but Brooklyn has been @pparently overlooked, It will be remembered that a servant girl, in pass- ing Mr. Nathan’s house on the morning of the murder, 6aW @ man emerge from the basement door, and as he passed the tron railing she dis- tinctly heard something click against it like iron, It was not the “dog.” for that tool was left in the house. When this evidence was taken it gave rise to the belie! that there was more than one person engaged in the murder as well 4s more than one weapon used, A REMINISCENCE, In conversation with Surgeon Jonson, of Henry street, Brooklyn, concerning the tragedy, a HERALD reporter learned that the surgeon believes that | one of the persons who had @ Land in the murder was at one time @ patient in the brookiyn Hospital. ‘The man had been a gaimbier, aud had been em- ployed a8 a dealer at one of tie principal taro nks in New York, Losing this position, how- ever, and becoming reduced, he soon began asso- | Clating with thieves, On the morning of tue mur. der this man came to the house 0! Surgeon Joun- son to have @ severe scalp wound and some (cuts on bis haud dressed. He stated that he received his injunes i @ saloon fight. He was pale, and trembled considerably. Some time aiter the surgeon was called to the house oi the map, His patient had contracted a severe cold and was unable to ieave the bed, Avter several visits the man became a li'tle con- tidential and gave the surgeon the tacts of nis life stated above. He also admitted that his wound nad not been received in a saloon, but while com- mitting @ burglary in New Yor: He said, with @ sigh, “It was # bad night's work,” and added that if lis associate had been attending to business he would not have got tiat injury, but that be was taken by surprise, Mis young Wile seeined to be very devoted to him. Good nursing and medical skill seemed of no avail, however, as the, patient gradualiy grew worse. On one of the surgeon's visits to tue house he cailed his. wife to him and said, ‘Give the Doctor that head- ache stick of mine.” The woman seemed disin- clined to do it, but she finally touk trom beneath the bed @ stuck about two and a half feet long, half of which was solid steel. The heavy eud had some blood on it, “Phat is the stick I used, Doctor,” said the man, “and I call it my headache stick.’? It was certainly a very formidable weapon, and although he didn’t gay or coifess that he was one of the men who was in Mr. Nathan’s house, he said enough to convince Dr. Jyinson that such was the fact, The surgeon preserved it and it may now be seen at his oifice. lt may bave been what the servant girl heard click against the iron railing in front of the Nathan mansion. Surgeon Jvehoson questioned the dying man as to who his companions were on the night in question, but he dechned to expose his associates. He said he had some assoctates in New Orleans who would aid him, and he wrote to | them, bat they did not reply. This seemed to affect him deeply. He appeared to feel that he was deserted, and lost all courage until, gradually growing worse, he died. Ihe surgeon paid hie Juneral expenses, and Supposed that would be the end of his case. Only w short time since, however, two men walked into the Doctor's offiey and asked him if the man whom he had attended and whose wounds. he had dressed bad not died owing hun a bill. | The Doctor replied that such was the case, and | also that he had paid ¢ funerai expenses. “Well,” said one of the men, “you make out the bill and I will pay tt.” “In whose name shall I make out the bill?” asked the surgeon, “You can make {t out leaving the name blank,’ replied one of the strangers. ‘This the surgeon did. ‘The bill was paid and the strangers leit. “This man,” said the surgeon in conclusion, “was no ordinary thiet; he was highly intelligent. and must have been the leader of a gang.” No Tidings of the Mysterious Letter— Examination Yesterday | Morning—A Similar Case in Germany. The triai of Edward K. Winship, the great salary broker, whois accused of defrauding his ‘‘deposi- vors” to the extent of $450,000, was continued yes- terday before Referee Levi A. Fuller, at No. 102 Broadway, who is acting under orders trom Judge Pratt, of the Supreme Court. Mr. Robert Sewell, | who is acting as counsel for the Burdick family, of | No. 467 Broadway, and who have advanced Winship $9,200, commenced the proceedings by placin; | the stand Mr. E. H. Hvtchkiss, of No. 31 Pine street, to ascertain what had become of the letter written by hbo to mis creditors, which letter had been entrusted to Mr. Hotchkiss for sale keep- ing. In reply to various interrogations of counsel Mr. Hotchkiss swore that he nad not actual posses- sion o! said letter, The assignee in Winship’s bankruptcy, Mr. Dem- orest, was then placed on the stand to prove whether he had the letter in his possession or not, and stated that he had been unable to find tt. Mr. Sewell then asked the Kegister for an ad- journment of the case til Wednesday, as he (Mr. Sewell) intended to bring forth secondary evidence | on that date, showing that Mr. Hotchkiss, whom he had just examined, and aiso Mr. R. S. Middle- town, of Maiden lane, had both seen the missing letter. {t 18 reported that Winship’s counsel will move next Wednesday for a discuntinuance of proceedings. Tne Winship case bears a strong resemblance to that of Mme. Adele Spitzader, of Munich, in Ger- many, now undergoing twenty years’ imprison- ment, who used to receive large sums o1 money from depositors and pay tnem interest (out of their own capital) at fifteen per cent per annum. She had a large establishment and many cleiks, and always used to receive money with apparent reluctance, stating that she ‘“‘reaily had more than she could employ, but she would ask the cashier to receive it a8 a great favor,” &c, MANHATTAN MARKET, Forcelosure Mortgages—The Property To Be Soild at Auction. Manbattan Market is to be sold at auction next month td satisty judgments in actions brought by the holders of the second and third mortgage bonds, At the request of the bondholders action was commenced last February by their attorney, Mr. Willtam A. W. Stewari, to recover interest on the bonds, and on June 15 judgment was granted loreclosing the mortgages. The market was erected in 1872, on land between hir- | ty-fourtn and Thirty-ttith streets, Eleventh avenue and Hudson River. The land ‘was owned by the late Ourtland Palmer and was leased for the purpose for $25,000 per year. The projectors of the market at first mortgaged the prospective building for $150,000 to Morgan ‘erry, to raise the money to commence operations with. ‘This amount not being jound snfiicient to com~ plete the structure, it was mortgaged for $200,000 more, and afterward for $00,000 addittonai. For six Months alter the market was opened the busi- ness conducted within its walls gave flattering yee {the success of the institutio) but rom that time forward business began to fall of unul the retail trade was avandoned and the establishment of a wholesale cattle market was attempted, The !atter project falled, however, the necessity of accommodations tor live | stock having been bverlooked, Last November Mr. Palmer took possession of the market, tne an- nual rent not having been paid when due. It is the intention of the bondholders to buy bhe build- ing and open tt again as a market, they being san- guine that it can be made a success yet. The Jailure of the first attempt ts attributed to opposi- tion of the owners of Washington Market, a bitter rivairy having existed between the two markets, The putlding cost over $1,000,000, A BUBGLAR OAPIURED, Heinrich Fresenberg, clerk for Herman Ringen,. grocer, No, 102 Eighth avenue, was awakened on Sunday night about ten o'clock by hearing a noise in the store. Young Fresenberg saw @ man in close proximity to the safe, and immediately Sprung forward and grasped bim. When th prisoner was brought to the station house he gave the name of Thomas Butler, said he was a plumber and resided at No. 246 West sixteenth street. He is also known as Thomas BunraT, and as James Butler. He was arraigned beiore Judge Murray at Jefferson Market yesterday, and heid in $3,000 vai! to answer at General Sessions. ‘ THE BENEVOLENT. There are two cases of suffering that shonid cer- tainly enlist the sympathies of the charitabie. An American girl, twenty-two years old, whose employer owes her for work, 1s in the last stages of consumption and unable to turn a hand for her- eo 1s destitute of the common necessaries of life, Another, also @n American, nineteen years old, the elues' five orphan children, ts dying of cou sumption, she 18 without friends, Will some of the good hearted of the city come forward ana give tteeded comiort to these poor sufferers? Their names and addresses may be learned by addressing the Working Women’s | Wetive Union, No, 35 Bieecker street, . >