The New York Herald Newspaper, August 20, 1874, Page 8

& ‘UE TON Further Developments of th i ROUBLE, e Brooklyn Scandal. | MOULTON MEDITATING. | } Beecher and His Troubles Analyzed by | His Chicago Brother. en THE MOVING ON COURTS, | THE SITUATION IN BROOKLYN. | ‘There was just a little life thrown into the situa- | tion of the Beechez-iltm scandal case yesterday by the adveat of ce rtaja prominent characters in the drama upon the stage of current events, There was nothing starting developed, however. The vitality alluded to was an impulsive throb ef the legal links that yo to make up the | body of the scandal case as it now stands, | Mr. Shearman, the Clerk of Plymouth church, | @ud senior member of the firm of Shearman | & Sterling, counsellors at law, has grown | ‘Weary of listening, passively, to the threats ot legal roceediugs which are to be brought be- | re the courts against Mr. echer, | and in order to settle =the — question | dar. Shearman wrote a note to Mr. Samuel B. Morris, counsel jor Mr, Theodore Tilton, in which | be begs leave to iniorm bim that they are au- | thorized to appear for Mr. Beecher m all legal | proceedings, ‘the firm also requested, In the | Dame of lymouth pastor, the immediate ser- vice of the papers upon them. Now, Mr. Morris claims that he had the advantage of Mr. Beecher’s , jawyers in this matter, as he had nouified their | client by letter, bearing date of August 17; that | his firm had been retained by Theodore Tilton to commence suit against bim, and they requested, ut the same time, that Mr. Beecher would indicate | the attorney who 1s authorized to appear in his betal!,s0 tuat the papers could be served upon him, Hence Mr. Morris contends that Mr. Shear- man’s effusion was made tor effect, nothing more and notuing less. ‘The conundrum is now circu- lating among the members of the bar—-Was it made for effect!” Mr. Tuton’s legal adviser is of | She opibion, he says, that the notice sent bim by | Mr, Shearman was intended to forestall public epimion by representing Mr. Beecher as on | ‘tne = offensive—a position he has never aysumed aud never can. The statement upon which mr. Tilton is Dow at work at his fortress, | No. 174 Liytugstone street, will, 1t 1s claimed by nts counsel, ‘cause the apologists and whitewashers | of Mr. Beecher to stand aghast and coniounded.” | Nothing but the death oi either of the principals can prevent Mr. Morris irom prosecuting the suit against Mr. Beecher. So the counsel said yester- | sy. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher took his departure from Brooklyn for tae White Mountains yesterday. He was in good health and denies the truth of the report that he was suffering trom the hay lever. Mr. "rank Moulton has given his lengthy state- Ment to the printers and promises vo furnish tt to the New York papers on Friday evening next The committee will meet this evening and revise ‘the testimony, which is very voluminous, prepara- tory to presenting It to the church commitwee on Friday night. GOING TO THE COURTS. peso hLES s {From the Brook!yn Eagle of yesterday.) ‘The following letter was received by Judge Mor- Fis at bis office on Montague street this moruing:— | TEARMAN & STERLING, Orrice oF § ) Counstivons at La No. 2) Nassau Sraeer, New Youx, August 19, 1374. § Messrs. Mons & PeansAt GaxtLEs. nderstanding that you contemptate the of an action at law on behalt of Mr. e beg appear ¢ are authorized to aD SHEARMAN & STERLING. Shortly after its reception an Kagle reporter called upon the Judge for the purpose of eliciting | from him so far a3 possible what mignt be new in the scandal ca: “I have nothing to say now,” Morris. RePoRTER—Eut | have just learned that you re- eeived, or were to have received, a letter from MR, BESCHEA'S LAWYERS ‘this morning. said Judge Jadge Morris—Ob, I see; then what I have | Beard must be true about thie matver. REPoRTER—What have you heard ? Judge Morgis—l heard that Mr. Shearman went dound to all the newspapers to-day and gave them to understand tnat his firm had sent to me for any legal papers I might have to serve on the part of Mr. Theodore Tilton against Mr. Beecher. Now, wir, I did receive this letter (here the Judge showed the reporter the leive we quoted), and see here. ) ust copy that no i think your inference will’ be that Mr. Shearman’s billet dour is im response to it. JUDGE MORRIS" LETTER. Orricz oF Mounis No. 193 Mostacue Srree: Kev. Huyny Waxp Barcuyr:~ Sin—We have been commence the attora Tilton to iudicate your behalf, 1 ours, &c., & PEARSALL. “Now,” continued Judge Morris, “you see my Jetter to Mr. Beecher is dated two days alead of Mr. Shearman’s, and I am dec iy of opinion that this efusion of Mr. Beecher’s lawyers was made {or effect.” ReroRTeR—What effect could they have anti- ctpated ¢ Judge Mornts—Why, it's plain enough. They Bad already received trom Mr. Beecher my note, and they wanted to anticipate it, if they could, by simulating an offensive position on the part or ther client. When { ada ed that note to Mr. Beecher I made the fact own to no person. Even my partuer, dr. igno- rant of it, aud J did not ation. REPORTEE: usual among laws Judge Moxris—vertain\ ated trom by reputable Of a man like Mr. Beecher Neeing from the country to avoid tbe consequences of this sult, aud in ad- dressing Lim tiis note I but acted up to what we lawyers term professional etiquette toward a gen- tieman of standing and responsibility. Had I ever conceived the notion that Mr. Beecher tn- sdiction of our courts, of interest of my clteat, It is never devi- that if Mr. Shearman otauives that he had ers you contemplated nt to prejudice your i Wild the newspape ep demanded of you any p serving in this case ne position and © Juage Mor think their course has been iost unpr onal. I think, too, that it was intended to atall publi jon by representing er as on the sive—a position he ever assumed aud never can. Mr. Shearmun's ieiter Was in response to mine. RePoKTEE—I hear it stated that Mr. Tliton is preparing ANOTHER STATEMENT for the public. bo vou know anything about Judge MOREIS—I do. KEPORTER—Have you any objection to give ime SBy Of the prominent facts it wil conta’? dudge Morris—I pave. decidediy. RerorTen—Will it contain any new facts of startling character? Judge Moneis—Iit will, Twill not give any p tacuiars, but this you may t assured of that when itis published it will make Beccher'’s apolo- gists and whitewashers stand AGHAST AND CONFOUNDED. Rerorrer—Will this forticoming statement bave @hy epecial relation to your suit’ Judge MonRis—None whatev case Was determined upon before Mr. ‘iiiton an- nounced his intention to institute it—in his letter Ww the Javestigating Commitiee—which letter was made public at the time. Keronren—rnen you were retained by Mr. Tilton some tine before the committee ceased taking testimony / Judge Moanis—Certainly [ was. It was_imme- diately ar’er bis consultation with me that Mr. Til- ton devermined upon ais inal course of action and the institution of his sult without any relerence whatever to the proceedings of Mr. Beecher’s com. mittee. REPORTER—fMen there need be no question as to your immediate jntenuon tw prosecute this suit against Mr. teecher ? Judge Morris—Nothing can prevent death of either Mr. Beer M I RePoRTER—It has be associated with you in this matte Mi, ROGER A. PRYOR, en = fact 7 hel . ge MoRtis—I have.been in ¢onsuitation wit aim concerning this rg ri REPORTER— When will th® papers be served? J MorKis—t don’t care to Bay, for the reason do not wish to loresuadow my course in this matter. RerORTER—Have you heard anything about the contemplated arrest of Mesers. Tilton, Moulton and e of biackmat! ? Ww! There\je no trnth hat report. J only wish that such prpyceedings would be attempted, No ove will dare to histitute them. Rev lave you been in consultation vith this ae a itmou? Goodby, 3 the suitin this ORTER—Hi Frank Moulton Judea MoRnis—Fine day, | Ygwead, amt Ho’ } legal proceediny bat w the unmediate At our office, or \il service can be M.) at No. 8i Licks street, Brook- | ryants. 1 bad no tear | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSD. BEECHER AND AN INTERVIEWER. | | re | [From the Brooklyn Eagle of yesterday.] | Mr. Beecher was met by an Aagle reporter on | Montague street this forenoon. He was accom- panied by his eldest son, and looked as cheerfal as | ever he did. He told tne Xagle man that he | would cheerfully accord him an interview, but I that he had an engagemeut which he could not possibly forego, a yu know,” said Mr. Beecher to the re- portér, Tut ais ys susceptibie of being inter- 5@ than ever?” ‘said the Feporter, “1 would likg | w questions,” 7. oubt but you Would,’*replied the Plymouth | pastor; “but what on earth nin relation to | mysell, could Tenfighten you newspaper men on? ( Why, you know ali about it, and hereafter, when I want to find out yung of importance, 1 will | vonsuit a reporter.” | “Weill,” continued the Eagle man, ‘I am per- | sistent with you, because | saw th the morning papers tuat you had left your farm at Peekskill for the Waite Mountains In order to get rid of the HAY PRVER.” “Who knows what I am to nave next? sald Mr. | Beecher, With a facetious expression of the lace; “but do you think I look like a man that had any kind of lever? Now, see here, | told you before 1 Was in a hurry to fulfill an engagement, and buy for that you might get a whole column out of me.” | He then bid reporter goodby, and proceeded | op his way. | THE CHICAGO BEECHER ON H. W. B. | ere eer | The Rey. George ‘H. Beecher, a brother of the | Plymouth pastor, has aadressed the following let- | ter to the press, in which he reviews the state- | ments Of his brother from the standpoint of an in- timate knowledge of Henry Ward Beecher’s char- acter, He explains, with considerable minute- ness, the mental condition and morai prostration ou a AY, AUGUST 20, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET. | the nervous system.” From the above a shallow mund might urce that he 18 passing sleepless nights and suifer.ng the torments of the damued because he Is guilty of adultery and has endeav- ored to conceal it by lying, hypocrisy and a pre- fi ye Of holy living, while in reality he considers Ht lost soul, and is sufferimg ever tn this world {orments of the damned. Indeed, if he were guilty, inight well be so. If tor the last four years guilty © such @ Siupendous so. hunself @ lost soul. “But. west M@does not Thus consider himself 18 evident from ‘Me way J0 Which the letter closes:—"Well, to God I cou mit all. Whatever it may be here tt shail be weil thére;" apd from the language which closes tls jeter of June 1, 1873, in view of what he considers his approaching death, ‘I have a strong teeing be might weil bei | upon me, ana It brings great peace with it, that | pencini my am Pp wn spendin: last Sunday and ast me Bias good God, I thank Thee; indeed beginning to see rest and triumph. Pain Of lute 1s but a Moment; the glory of the eye tasting Fuente is wordless, ae Ney ul of beckoning glory.” J Pe the words 0 a scoundrely These ath hol heen ‘the st Jey ah ed a8 it be understood, where it might be inte: | Rypocrisy, but in & private confidential letter to a ‘uiutual friend to whom he is uuburcening the inmost thoughts of hts heart. Frank Moulton ac- cepts these Words as true and appropriate. He writes no word of protest against them. But if ors, id biasphi | Bae pe might well boleve upon him with implicit trust. He placed in his hands for sate Soening his most private documents, lest they should 4 into the haods of his family, causing anxiety and trouble. In times of depression and sorrow he was accustomed to open ps Lt ot thoughts to Mr. Moulton in letters to . gave himself up tu his work of multitu- dinous character, allowing Mr. Moulton to manage the whole matter of the scandal, Until very lately be did not dreanf ff Would play him Jalse whee fhe taal trial hed oD We state. ment of Mr, Tilton was publi! ported to ba his letters ur Mr. Moul ip Wis ‘ Raganed. le SORE ee remember exactl aug his re Wot they could be examiie o| ne. ‘Jilton’s notes wer a oman ‘e niltas 58 we Sy | true it 13 obvious that Frank was periectiy aware | Of ibs imnocence ail the time, as he expressiy and solemnly declared to Assistant Pastor Halliday and a dozen others, Such language, it seems to me, i3 Wholly incompatible with guilt, and is a virtual denial of it, @ looktug forward to conmung rest and | Uriumph, and not damnation. HOW MOULTON REGARDED IT, Indeed, that Mr. Moulton thus considered it is | tobe a Parisian. wretcued muljh letters of Mr. Beecher, 1 G im a letter of Mr. T. K. Beecher 1am bupp: a i, amous le and forgery as here worded. How '. Tilton can deiend hemhsetf, except by the ex- cuse that ne aecidentalfy copied it wrong tn, taking hasty notes, 1 ot Imagine. Mr, T. K, Begc] Cet ir. Tile has fulland 4 t trust in his bi celes atid hever wrote such an extii TOT quotes. G, H. BEECHER, IF MR, BEECHER WERE APARISIAN To rae Epiror or THS HERALD:— Notwithstanding Mr. Beecher’s reputation and the prestige of his name and his doubtless inno- cence, be is lacking one thing that would wonder- fully help him in his present tribulation—I mean, If he only were from Paris he | would soon get out of difficulty, obvious in his letter of reply to Mr. Beecner’s let- | ter of June 1, 1878, in which he says:—“if the truth must be spoken, letit be. 1 knOW you can stand Uf the whole case were published to-morrow,” and again, in another place:—*You don’t begin to be Im the danger to-day that bas faced you many times before, If you now look it square tu the eyes 1t wil cower and slik away again. You can Stand if the whole case were published to-morrow, | In my opinion it only sbows @ selfish faith in God Which resulted in the letters of contrition ana | 1080 Whining into heaven if you could, witha | ( | seli-debasement :— | ‘The chief diMculties which, to the minds of a | great many people, te in the way of a pertect clearance of Mr. Beecher are the bad character of the men In whom he trusted and his marvellous | letters to Moulton. | How is it, it is asked, that he rematned friendly | to Tilton after his (/ilton’s) infamous conduct in | forcing a false confession trom his wife ¥ How are We to explain Mr. Beecher’s confidence in Mouiton alter the pistol scene? Surely that did not look much like a friendly action, Is 1t possible that a man of Mr, her's strength of character and | knowledge of human nature could have been im- posed upon by these men and bilnded to their de- signs against him Did Mr. Beecher really have such extravagant friendship for Mr. Moulton and | earnest destre for the salvation of Mr, Tilton as his letters express, or Was such friendship merely assumed for the accomplishment o! certain ends ? | Did he honestly look upon biackmuallers as friends ¢ How can bis letters be sincere + { Moreover, nobody understands better than Mr. Beecher the use of language and what impression 1% wll produce upon tue minds of men. Knowing, as Mr. Beecher did, the accusation of Tilton against him, are the sentences in his letters | apparently corroborative of Tilton’s charges to be | | explained in consistency with imuocence + 1 believe that these questions are all susceptibie | { a aauswers that will Jeave uo doubt as to Mr. | ye x's uprightness, and with your permission I | desire to submit the foliowing explanations :—I make no pretence of speaking jor or with the consent of Mr, Beecher, but knowing something | about the case and considerabie about the men | expression of teeling too strong for the occasion ? | most immediately concerned, | solicit the atten- | tion which honesty, hot entirely divorced irom in- formation, seems to be entitled to in the premises, | an analysis of ‘the character pf the actors. | Man is, as the oid plulosophers phrase it, the | measure of gil things. ‘To comprehend the signi- } ficance of ady statement, we must lifst compre- hend the character of the man wuo makes it, It | is not pertinent ma case of this Kind to say What | 1 would have done or what you wowd have done; the question 18, what Mr. Beecher would be hkely | to do, For tts reason tt seems to me tie first | thing to be accomplished by unprejudiced men, | who desire to understand the case now engaging the attention of the public, 1s 10 obtaim a correct conception of Mr, Beecher’s nature. BEECHER ANALYZED. Mr, Beecher is in some pects a man of ex- traordinary strength; but even Achilles had a | Weak spot, His nature is sympathetic, unsuspi- cious and truthful. The tendency of his thougnt is toe€xaggerate the good qualities and dimimisn the evil of those with Whom he comes in contac His power oi plessing is marvellous, and the ease | Witt whiclt he tinds way to the hearts of asso- | clates is very great, There 18 that in bim which | makes whoever meets bim feel at ease and gives | almost every place w which he goes something | hike the atmosphere of home. These qualities | have made tim ever a welcome guest with all lus | parishioners. On his visits he carries almost in- Variably some little token of ms regard to the | person vistted. ‘The children look upon him as a | Tamiliar iriend, and he unbends by instinct, when | opportunity aifords, to their childish ways, Noth- img pains him more than tue thought of giving | pain to others, On this point he is morbidly sensi- | tive, T bave seen him tn the most extreme ane | | guish because of the belief trat be had done a | | wrong whict 1 and almost anybody else would | have passed over as trif_ling, } 1 TILTON AND BEECHER’S FRIENDSHIP. | | } Now, with this 1dea of the man’s character, let | ns consider the case or Mr, Liltoy., Myr. Beecher knew odore fulton from boyhood. He had treated hin With the consideration or a father, and had taken ail a father’s pleasure in his prog- | Tessin life. A pecuiar friendsnip thus exisi | between them. Mrs. Tilton was KnUWn to Mfr. Beecher trom childhood, She came to womanhood under bis eye. She bad been besore him in church and in Suaday school, and was, as it were, formed by his hand. “Her natare was (rank, generous and sympathetic, and these were of all others tue | qualities sure to make Mr, beecher’s affection go out toward her, His heart did go out toward her, and he loved her as a daughter, Now, Without troubling you with a mass of de- tails, let me ask you Whether It 1s not naturag to suppose tuat Mr, Beecher aster seeing Theodore Tilton and lis wite reach mau and Womannovd, aiter having made them man and wile, alter having ba) ‘a their cuildrea, and tound pleasure in their c any, tuat Mr. Beecher should suitor the torments of (he damned upon learning, as he believed, that be had been instrumental in raming | Mr. Tilton in business and blasung, advice, his domestic happiness, That he should have felt soseems not at all inereaibie to me as a Proposition; that he did so fee! I Know 4s @ matter of fact. But {have outrun my narrative. Let me return to vi MRS, TILTON. | That Mrs, Tilton loved her husband ts fully dem- p letters which that husband has é to publish, or, as I understand it, to sell. joved fim in spite of is seltisn- hess, cruelty and negiect. sne loved hun in nis | fall ana a according to the testimo. quainted with her character, as ¢ God to save him und jead tin back to the Chris- tian religion, To this love and nope she clung until the isst moment, when, forced by an un- hatural husband, she Jet her tom and Gisgraced. Mrs. Tilton’s state ning her past ite with her husband, cher accurately trutniul or not in every minute U, IS Certainly, im the main, a periectiy reliabie account. ‘Tnls 13 autested by a mutitude of witne given Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stauton relates, as told to he Miss Anthony, a scene of wild abu for Mr. Tilton’ to publish his in disprooi of his alieged cruelty and abuse. are proveu uot mere.y by the Word o1 Mrs. Tilton, but by the concurrent testimony of all who were suficiently iumate with the tamuy to have cog- | nizance of the real state of affairs, ‘The picture of her woful and miserable life during many of the years oi her married ile is not overdra it falis rt ol the reality. Yet let 1t not be supposed '. Tiiton was Wholly bad. He had many aracter. There was the angel Within lim When tue evil spirit Was not upon him. He Was capabie¢ of noble and generous acts, and I csnnot look upon bis present fail anu social degra- mumately ac- mmissioned by dation but with iugs of most projound sorrow. She beginning of Mr, Tilton’s trouble was exces- siv de. AS novice spoken of in the bivie, he was “sifted up with pride and fell into the condemnation of the devil.’ He became seltisn and exacting. Yet in the M circle he was fascinating and Wiuning ia bis ways, with many generous iw . His service to lis old pastor and friena uring the war, in the assistance which he ren- ered to 1s son, Who nad fallen into diflicalty es and ib required um Tection anu love puise a 2 Mr. and struggied to save him lung to 1 hope was 36 unt a | um CANDAL. Not only for Tilton’s sake, but on account of his wife and children, did Mr. Beecher make almost superauiMun exertions to prevent this foul siander | {rom appearing in public, And who shall say that he was Wrong in tis? It is easy for people to | Point ont Low he ougat to nave acted in the midst } Of the difficulties by waica he was beset, but few | are so acquatuted with ull the circumstances as to be competent judges of the case. This state of affairs will tully explain sod place | in @ most natural tent certain passages im one of his marvelious letters, which are supposed to be indicative of gailt, or at | | least inexplicable to the average common sense | of mankind. The date of the ietrer is February 5, | 1872, After speaking of bis revurn jrom lecturing to the theological students in New Haven, a nove | from Mrs, Tilton, bis uneasiness about Mr. Tilton, | the great ladors of bis itfe over the church, the newspaper, and the preparation of the “Lie of Christ,” of which he asks, “Was ever book born of such sorrow ?” he continue: Noman can see | the sorrows that environ me uniess he stands where I do. To say that I have #ehurch on my hands Is sumpie enough, but to have the hundreds | and thousands of men pressing me, each one with | his keen suspicion, or anxiety, or Zeal; to see ten- dencies which, if hot. stopped, would break out in & ruinous deience of me; to stop them without | seeming to do it; to Big any one questioning | me; to meet and allay prejudices against Tilton which had their beginning yeara belore tis; to | keep serene, as il were not alarmed or disturbed ; | | to be cheerinl at home and among frienda, when I Was suffering the torments of the damned; to | | Pass sleepless nights olten, and yet to col up | Irest and tal for Sunday—all this may be talked | | about but the real thing ecennot be understood | Jroi the ouveidg, nor its Wearing and grinding omy z } of truth that youare not courageous enough with Goa’s help and faith in God, to try and live on eurth.’? Here Mr. Moulton declares tuat it is his duty, with God’s help, and faith in Him, to live the truth on earth, and uphold it, and not selfishly slink away to heaven with that truth; that he can stand if the whole case were publ ed to-morrow. Observe the import- ance of this testimony. [tts mot to Mr, Halliday or any outsider, to Whom he might offer an ex- pfanation, he hed iu order to stop the exposure of the dreadiw scandal, but a private letter to Mr. Beecher, wio knew the whole truth. Of course Wouid be absurd jor him to explain in any such manner that he was lying to Mr. Beecher. It 1s perlectly conclusive shat he Wrote the plain honest truth, With what grace cao Mr. Mouiton now come out with such vile stuff about Mr, Beecher as was | published in the Chicago 7riame as comtug from him? How wouid it be possible to attach any cre- dence to it? Even if eniorced with apparent docu- mentary evidence vke people would look upon 1t With suspicion and doubt. From what was pub- lished as coming trom him it 1s presumed that tue are atout to jorge some documentary evidenc For example, the amorous letters said to have been between tne leaves of the presentation copy of te “Lite of Christ,” to Mrs. Tiiton—ii they shall have the iniamy to present such—are ail forged. A letter of some sort from Mrs. Tilton to Mr. Beecher, appointing an assignment, said to have been inter: cepted, if a dampable jorgery of some sort, a tricky concoction of villany, MR, BEECHER’ Mr. Beecher’s letters, 1t 1 LETTERS, be urged. True, he | { | | clent in genera! knowle did not consider hitaself as damned, but is not the | What reason had ue jor such deep emotions of an- guish and remorse’ Tui priate if the case were adultery, but not In view whe fact that he had unwisely ad- vised a separation between husband and bho Row are we to understand such ianguage as this right that would not stand in the way. would be very appro- “It my destraction would place bim in the | Tam wile | ing to step down and Out, No one can offer more | tvan that; toat ido offer, Sacrifice me witnout hesitation li you cun clearly see your way to is happiness and saiety thereby. 1d0 not think that anything would be gained by it, Lsuoald be de- | stroyed, bat he would not be saved. Elizabeth aud the children wouid have their future clouded. In one point of view | could desire the sacrifice on my part. Nothing can possibly be so vad as this horror of great darkhess in which I spend much of my time. J look upon death as sweeter faced Pragati iriend L have in the world. Life would ep) shattered; but to live on the sharp and ragged edge of auxiety, remorse, fear, despair, and yet to put ou ail the appearance o! serenity and happi- ness, cannot be endured much longer, God T commit all. Whatever it may be here it shall be well there.”? Again 1 say, a shallow mind might urge, that such feeling must be consequent upon adultery and @ lite of hypocrisy. What danger oj destruc. tion, What necessity ior stepping down and out, if it Were only a case in which he had unwisely ad- vised @ separation? Why the great horror of darkness in view of such a trivial Offence, wny live on the “sbarp and r: morse, adultery, MR. BEECHER’S ANGUISH. Such ¢ sentation Oo! the case. Hts depth of feeling was not merely because he advised 4 separation. This was but a smali part of the affair. His anguish and re- morse were in view of the whole matter, de blamed himself for want of prudence and foresight in allowing an undue alfeciion ior him to spring up in the mind of Mrs. Tilton, He was in great nor- ror iD view of the accusation forced from her in her ant i 1 could see that rebuilt which 1s | Well, ‘to | ‘agged edge of unxiety, re- | fear, despair?” Surely tuis is evidence of | i riticisia is based wholly upon a misrepre- | | sickness and Weak state of mind and the danger | Oo: exposure. He accused himself because ne had d & separation and been instrumental in ing Mr. Tiiton oat from the Jndependent and Union. He had deprived him o! his means of sup- port, thereby oringing ruin and discord into tne | fami rue, Mrs. Beecher Waa the chief moving power and enemy of Mr. Tilton, but he had acqul- esced in his wile's proceedings. again sided with Mr. Tilton. love to her her sickness he exXtorted a coniession from her that Mr, Beecher had inmade timpure proposals, as a | means to force Mr. Beecher to reiustate uim into ® position and standing iu society wich he had lose In view of all this, and the fact that the scandal — Was increasing in proportions and danger ol ex- by erroneous | posure year by year, threatening at any moment desolation lar and wide, possibly result in his own destriction, the breaking up of his churco and run o! lus family, tue destruction and blight of , the Tilton family, which he bad in vai endeav- | remark. | at certain times he was in the horror | ored able of darkuess, anguish and remorse? Is the language too strong to fit ti to avoid such ou! to rebuild and sustain, is it st, the results of which he looked torward to With horror, but cuuld not for- see how ‘vwou.d end, he was periectly willing to Indeed, he did write cat ms | si step down and oat? resignation, but, perceiving that it could have no did not hand it inio the | He showed it to Frank Moulton, who per- | If he could have resigned without, a comnmouon he would gladly have done | longingly looked forward to the time when | possible good eitect, opied it. so. He his work should be finished aud he atrest, As iitustrative of nis feelings 1 will relate a little ine | cid nt. A minister solicited him jor mouey. Mr, her tought his church was already squeezed rom the applicauions of every Sort of chari- table society. and everything that heart could desire. “You think so, do you,” said Mr. Beecher; “il ever there Was & poor Jellow who desired to liedown in the grave and rest | am the one.” THR MUTCAL FRIEND. How stall we explain the joving, trastful letters of Mr. Beecher to Mr, Moulton, it may be asked ¥ Was he sincere ? [8 it possible that he did not un- derstand tins man? That he did not understand ium will pot, t think, be contested now. Is it possible that he should have written to him such Mrs. Tilton, who | had asked advice concerning getting a divorce, No doubt he made | nd won her back into ils power, In | ihe minister urged bis canse, their sel!-denial and poverty, while he, Mr. Beccuer, was living in case aad comlort, With @ weaituy church | should deend her and kil Among the myriacs of your readers some must have heara or read the wonderiul dream of the cunning Irisnman who availed himsetf of the magic word in a very skilful way. He dreamed that he Was standing at the yates of Paradise, in the midst ola great muititude seeking for admission. At each knock of the hammer or ring of the bell Peter would come and open the door with his pon- derous Keys. But, although each postulant seemed to give ready answers as to his place of birth and residence, &c., mone would be admitted within the gates, The dreamer stuod amazed and almost discouraged, when he was suddeniy siruck with a happy suggestion, “Who are you?” he was asked by Peter in a thun- dering tone, “Patis my name, sir,” he boidly but politely answered. “Where ao you come from?’ centinued the doorkeeper, somewhat A ering his voice, “From Paris,” replied the son of Erin. “Come right in,” was the bland invitation, and im- mediately the neavenly gates tlew wide open before the weicome guest. 1 do not mean to say that Mr. Beecher would find such an easy entrance into the celestial avodes, supposing only hali of what he is charged witn to be true; but in his unpleasant case, or even worse predicament, the names of Paris and Parisian would work like charms on the earand mind of the community, For who has not noticed the wonder- ful effect of these words in this country? It 4s especially in teaching French that rhe title of Parisian is to those who possesg op assume it the most valuable quailfication, French teacher, whether by choice, necessity or speculation, is the most fortunate mortal, the most favored being in creation. His lot might even be envied by the gods ofthe French Pantheon. Indeed, all the glories and baleyon days of the great prophet of Brooklyn were nothing in comparison. in tact, the Parisian French teacher tn this country ts a perfect oracie, a complete prodigy. He is, in mat- ter of language, an undisputed and unimpugnable authority, True, he may sometimes ve very defi- e, and French grainmar especially ; he may even have jorgotten to learn to read beiore embracing his lucrative profession; buat this wiil not materially affect his success asa teacher or bis remuneration, His manners and language may smack somewhat of the gamin or vhe voyou; he may be a regular drunkard or a per- fect libertine; but all that cannot damage him much in the eyes of his pupils or their parents. He may, with a decent outward conduct, have some dangerous principles of religion or morality, or have none atall. But what of it, if he be, or is supposed to be, a Parisian’ What sfhe run away with some rich daugiter, or if he assume a big tle in order to catch a wife and a dowry? All this | he can do with almost perfect impunity. An! poor Mr. Beecher, how soon you would get out of your trouble i! you only were a Parisian! PARIS GREEN. TRANS-MISSISSIPPIAN TRAGEDIES. (Cis ee Two Very Remarkable ories of Crime—The Price of Wifely Intidelity— The Crises of Blood. Davenrort, Iowa, August 17, 1874, Criminal history probably does not record two more extraordinary whether we regard the brutal completeness char- acterizing their execution or the frigntful moral and social laxity im which they had their origin— than those that have occurred within a couple of days of eack other at Creston, and near Councii | Bluffs, brief but complete histories of which are here transmitted, At Creston were in the marble business two men named J. L, Brister ana J.T. Burnett, the latter considerably the elder, Mis wife had quivted him ou account, it 1s said, of i] treatment and threats. Brister had a wife and three chil- dren, having been marrtead to the woman about 1809, at Barnesville, Beimout county, Ohio. A few months ago Brister told his wife— they were then Qt Bedford, lowa—that he had sold a hall interest in her to Burnett, whom there- | aiter she was to consider as equally her husband, He gave Burnett a contract to that effect, and Burnett shared her room and bed at Bedford. Next day, however, oer husband, apparently dissatis- fied witu his bargain, abused her for submitting to Burnett, and went away. Burnett, however, con- jed is remarkable nroperly by assuring her he Brister it ever came back. Meantime, Brister went to Chartton and wrote threatcning letters, which so Irightened ius Wile that she begged to be sent back to Ohio, Burnett, instead of so doing, moved with her to Creston, He soon tired of iis property. Lvister came back to Creston and had an interview with | Barnett, which resulted 1a an agreement between reality? Is it any wonder that | letters jrom the heart, laying himself bare, if he | had hot placed the most smpiicit confidence in his trustworthiness’ He would not have piaced with him the Jetiers of his tain other matter, unless te bad fully believed in him. He was grateful to him ‘or the control he ©) matter of his hands and speudin, working for his interests. He was pleased tae he proclaimed his imnocence in the Strongest language to 80 many persons, and al- lowed his assistant pastor 1.0 take down, in ig, Nia must earpest testimony to this effect: wrote to him in fall beliet of lis innocence, oe Wabi Was his daty to upbold the truth 7th, and Uf the wacle case were spread e the public he would stand. He assured Beecher that if the cause ever came to trial ne so 1auch time in Would certainly tell the truth in his detence—m- | dueing A more and more to place implicit trust in him, Mr. Beecher did not select Ms routual Iriend, He afterwards became so through force of circnmstances, At first pe Was simply the friend and emissary of Mr, Tilton, who drew Mr. Beecher to his house to hear Lilton’s accusation. ‘The next day, armed, he came to Mr. Beecher, but without @uy words of threat, in courteous lan- gnage and argument, demanded back the retrace tion given to him by Mrs, ‘Yilton, stating that Mra. Tilton nad given to ner husband a ree traction of the retraction; is paper could be of no use to him. Mr. B gave it to him, A ttle aiter be met Mr. erin his study, was kind and conciliatory, yet Was Couviuced that he Was the cause of Mr, Tilton’s ruin, and ought to assist im remstating bum; that the slanders against bim concerning adultery were false; the adopted girl and wife had denied their charges, the lormer give ing a written retraction; ali other stories about hitn Were mere hearsay. As Mr. Beecher himself had suffered from slander he wus the more re; to believe the charges against Mr. Tilton of a lke character, Convinced 6! slander in its meanest form, of having given hasty advice to the wile, of having been instrumentai in depriving Mr. Ttom of employment, thus bringing tie family to want, Mrs, Tilton sick and in distress, the accusation of this poor woman tnat he had offered toner impure Sollcitauons hanging over him, in dark horror he poured out his ieelings of sorrow and contrition whioh appeared ge to affoct Mr. Moniton, wno took down notes of his soliloquy, which’ Mr. Beecher bad never seen to this day, assist nit in talking with Mr. Tilton, As moutns rolied on Mr, Moulton became more and more a friend and suDvOrt, UNO Wuom Mr, Beecher leaned. looking sister and brotuer and cer- | | | cised over filton and bis taking the entire | them, for a ce tain sum loaned by Burnett to Bris- ter, that the iatter should again take possession | | of nis wile, to burst lorth and spread corruption and moral | Brister retused to sign the papers, because they drew Muerest, and Burnett put bis Uireat into execution. THE TRAGEDY. On Tuesday morning, abont three o'clock, he stole into Brister’s rovm in his night siurt, witha razor, whose edge had been caretuily ened, Ail the parties siept above the marble works. Srister and his wiie Were sound asicep, and the murderer drew the blade of his weapon across the throat of the sleeping man at one ter- rible gash (which, In the language of a witness of the scene 01 blood, “might have been done with a ), severing his windpipe and the arteries, Ere he died, Brister staggered from the bed to the window to shout for aelp, but no sound could issue from the severed windpipe, and the ar from ht Jungs oniy served horribly to splasu aud sprink: the window sii! aud wal! with his blood. Mrs, Bri ter, Whose ilie Burnett aiso intended to take, Jeaped ixom tie bed shrieking “Murder:” and the assassin Lad to abandon bis purpose and fly ere ke could dress himself, os had evidently been Ns original plan. ‘the people of Creston, terribly excited because of perpetration of this second crime in their ordinarily quiet city, turned out en masse to track the murderer, whom they would certainly have | tragedies—extraordinary, | the | MURDER AND. COUNTERFEITING, The Victim and His Ante- cedents. Yorrina Connected with a Gang of Counterfeiters. __ bau BROOKLYN DETECTIVES TRIUMPHANT. “Italian, Eighth street, New York: priest,’? | were the only intelligible words spoken with great difficulty by a man who was found in the agonies of death seated upon a little knoll of ground at the intersection of Heyward street and Bedford avenue, @ sparsely bulit up section of Brooklyn, about half-past eight o’clock, on Wednesday night, August 9, The good Samaritans who approached the dying man were Messrs, Mills, Smith and Hall, citizens who resided in the vicinity, and who had Doticed this man tottering to the place where he was found. When they first saw him they were of the opinion that he was under the influence of liquor: bat the agonized tones of the man after he sunk to the ground convinced them of their error, On stooping over him they found him to be covered with blood, and caught the only intelligi- ble words he uttered before deatn sevied his lips and locked the mystery as to how he came by his injuries in impenetrable gloom. The assistance of & police officer who chanced to be a few blocks off was called, aud they started to remove the man to the Sixth sub-precinct station house, but | before they reached there the body became rigid indeath. His throat was cut as if with a razor, and this led to the supposition that the man had in all probability committed suicide. This velief was strengthened by the fact that when the | citizens above named saw him there was no one | in his company. It was noticed, however, that there was acuton his head, a piece cut irom the tip of his nose and cuts like that of a razor across his fingers. following morning it was found that he had no less than SIXTEEN STAB WOUNDS about his body, and these appeared to have been inflicted with @ dirk, There was nothing about him in the way of memoranda to establish’ his | identity, Tu his pocket was found $28 50 in bills and currency. A silver watch, a heavy plated gold chain anc three rings, one of which had the initials ““M, St. G.,”” were also found in his posses- sion. A spectacle case was picked up near where he was found, and his hat was found nearly halfa a block distant, ‘The fact was reported the follows ing morning as one of suicide, Sergeant Buckholtz jumping to that conclusion from the wound on the murdered man’s neck. Coroner Whitehill on view- ing the body became convinced that the suicide | theory was preposterous, He caused the body to be removed to the Morgue, where Dr. | Creamer mide post-mortem examination. | It was stated, by a Flushing avenue saloon keeper that the murdered man was in his Place in company with two others the night the crime was committed, and eat some oysters. The fact of oysters having been found in his stomach seemed to confirm the story, and a young man named James Donohue, who was said by the saloon keeper to be one of the parties, was taken into cus- tody. He denied, however, that he had beenin the place, and there were adozen other young | men who said he had been with them from the | time he quit work. ‘Though the evidence appeared to be against Donohue, the police did not think he had anything to do with it. Detectives Folk and Corwin, to whom the case was given to work up, were unpressed with the conviction that ‘SHE MAN'S LIFE HAD BEEN TAKEN by some of hisown countrymen and that more | than one haa taken part init. They therefore be- au their search among the Italian haunts m New ‘ork, the body having been identified by parties, Who were acquainted with him in that city. They founda it dificult, however, to get any information which seemed likely to throw any light on the mys- tery. One point led to another, and the turther they progressed in the case the more they were convinced they were upon the right track. They | found the deceased had arrived in this country | about fourteen months ago, and since he had been | here his associates “had nos been yery creditavle parties, and that several of them bad come from the same place in Sicily. | ARRESTING COUNTERFEITERS. | A highly important discove: this tragedy was made by the detectives in the course Of their search after information for the murderers, 1n & small One-story brick house 1a | the rear Oj No. 63 Franklin avevue was found the | evidence of the existence oi a counterfeiting es- | | tablisnment, which was rented to two Italians on | | July Ist by the owner, a Mrs, Burns, Who Was to- | | tally ignorant of the nature of the ‘business for | | which they leased it. The pulice discovered all the _ | paraphernalia belonging to a complete production | | of counterieit fiity cent stamps of the latest issue, | including presses, hthographic stonea, copper | Plates, bank note paper, ink, &c. It was evident these stones and plates were finished in the most artistic manner, and the impressions, had | any been taken, wouid have almost cetled detec- | tion by the best judges. The lithographic stones were prepared to print eighteen stamps at a singie | impression. No counterfeit money was found, | however, upon tne premises, and it is not known | that any was printed, Tne officers are of the | opinion that they have talien upon an iimportant ! Giscovery for the Umted States Treasury Depart- ment, which, it tollowed up, will lead to unearth | ing a very extensive countorielsing combination, | Of Which this 1s believed to be only u branch. The | property seizea 1s now in the possession of the Superintendent oi Police, and the Treasury agents may obtain vaiuable iniormation by calling upon | them. | _ PHE DETECTIVES’ NARRATIVE OF THE CASE. | . Detectives Wiliam F, Foik aud David Corwia, of | the Brooklyn Ventral Ofice squad, told thei story | to the HERALD representative im the Jollowiug 1il- ; teresting and connected manuer yesterday, at | headquarters, corner of Court and Livingston streets, ‘Che former named oilicer, veing the chief | Marrator of events, commenced as follow: The murdered man, Salvator ‘orriua, was | torty-two years of age, avd came to the United | States about fourteen months ago, from his native place, Palermo, Sicily, where he leita wife and | three cildven. Jie bad been a person of some considerable distinction in Italy, having held a high command in the army under Victor Em- | manuel, fle was not a member of Garibaidy’s staf, as has been erroneously stated in some of } | hanged nad they caught him. ite, however, es- | the “ewWspapers. ‘There is little doubt that caped to # ticket on the farm of ‘a Mr. Barnes, | TTB lpg a RH Sducation and some near Ene cies, where he lay withont food and with che perro ar pete hia sores in no clothing e | 7a, the when, being nearly starved and frozen, short time at Diego Wihite’s lodging house, | hours, he ehimuaass eae | No. 89 Oliver street. He then went to board with | to the farmer. While the oMicers were taking their prisoner to Afton, the county seat, they were coin- | pelled to forcibly resist a mob who were intent on lynching the scoundrel. The men went to Creston for arms to rescue fim from the party and han, him, vat were disappointed in this, an about fifty or seventy-five went on a train to beaa them off, out when they reached Afton they found the Sheriff with a heavy force guarding the prisoner. Great excitement pre- vailed, which iinally subsided, @ promise being Bard of his return to Creston on the first train. ¢ arrived there at noon, looking very bad; his cheeks were all sunken In, and fis eyes had uo Wild, scared look, Whicn was increased by secing 80 Many people at the depot to meev nim. Av tbe examination he pleaded guilty, but expressed no regret lor lis crime, His statement as to the cause | of the murder 18 corroborated by the aMldavit of Mrs. brister. THE OTTER MURDER was committed at Silver Creck, a small settlement gome ten miles from Coanci Blut. There tor several years Jacob Staves and Jonn J have been living peacetuily as neighbors till, about fiteen months ago. Staves discovered the’ exist- ence ofa criminal intimacy between bis wife and Clarke. He took the ality: woman to Minow with a hope of being abie to break of the | attachment by absence; but discovered that the two still maintained correspondence. Ac- cordingly le entered into negotiations with Clarke who agreed to give him $1,000 and marry the woman (obtaining for that purpose a divorce from | his own Wife, a woman of irreproachabie charac- ter) So 8000 a8 Staves should secure a divorce, Dlarke obtained his wife’s consent to instituting roceedings for @ divorce by threats. On Wednes- day they ail met at Council! Blum to discuss mat- ters, When Clarke, relnctant evidently to paying so much money when he could get the woman | without it, deciined to fulfil his contract. Staves then tried to get his wile toremain with him and | drop ali proceedings, but she refnsed to do so, avowing her intention of remaining away with her aramour. Thereupon Staves departed, saying to Jiarke as he went, “NOW IT Is EITHER YOU OR ME," ‘The two men met again on Friday, Staves ber armed with a shot gun, one barre! of which he inf- mediately discharged at Ciarke, wounding him in the head and bringing him to the grow While bis victim was writhing on the earth Staves ap- proached him, and, placing the muzzle of the gun against his body, almost blew nis heart out. The murderer was promptly arrested, and is now in custody at Council Biuts. He refuses to make any stasement, but it 1s not at all likely that any facts not herein related will pe disclosed at tue formal examination. Capital punspment hag been ahaliahed in Iowa. Olatke | | Mrs. Fitzgerald, the widow of a policeman, who | keeps # lodging house at No, $3 Oak street. His | | business, ostensibly, was that of a dealer in | | feathers. While boarding at this latter house he Jormed an acquainta with a Mr. and Mrs. S When his clothing was removed the | in counection with | { | | | partially successful, | George, which was one of apparently great imend- | | ship. | |. THE ST. GEORGES CHANGED THEIR quarters | | on the 1st of July iast and mrea apartments at No. | | 66 Monroe street. Torrina moved away witi | them and hired a room irom them in the rear ot | the floor they occupied, tne St. Georges state | | that they never knew what business Salvator Torrina Was engaged in. His hours for going out and coming in Were most ircegular, however. He | would trequently the house as early as three, jour aid five o'clock in the morn- ing and not return until late at night. Atl his business appeared to be in Brook- lyn, It 18 not true thas the deceased | ever Kept @ store in New York. how wade of we murk some o! the reporters have been writing on this ¢ Well, sir, the man Torrina was ound dying, you are aware, at the | corner of Bediord avenue and Hayward street, on | Wednesday mgnt, a week ago to-day. At haf. | past three o'clock on Thursday afvernoon the | Superintendent ot Police put Corwin and myself to Work On the case, to assist the Sixth sub-preciact: | men in finding th murderers, ‘The first thing we | did was (o vistt the city Morgue and examine the body of the murdered man. hea we went over | the ground and locauty where he was discovered, but found nothing. At ten o'clock on ‘Tpursday ; Wight We received information as to who tle vic- Um of the Assassin Was and where he lived. We | Went to New York and had an interview with the | St. Georges, at No. 66 Monroe street. From this couple we ascertained that on Wednesday afrer- noon, avout halt-past three o'clock, two men called there to see Mr. Torrina, { A SLIGHT CLEW. One of the men went into the apartment of Tor- Tina and had a conversation with him im secret, and the other man remained outside, Waiting In | the yard tor his companion, The man without doors Was a stranger to the St, Georges; but the other fellow was known as Fortunate Manaola, We obtained @ good description of the strange man. Torrina, Mandola and the stranger went off to- wether, finally, and the deceased was absent for Abont an hour, when he returned and said to Mrs. Mary St. George that he had a great deal of busi- nes# trouble on his mind, She asked, ‘Who is this | Strange man?” Se told her that it was “Russe’s | or Rosea’s sister's husband.” Before he leit the | houge again he put on this ring that was found in hig possession and which Ie Lee ifratty, & | it having the initiais *M. a” The ring was St. George’s wedding ring. \cajled her attention to the fact | and gagged So you can see | f¢ Ho | september, When | wrawiving si cultural Pair this year will be held in ho and open on the 14th of next month, « four days. A large list of premiums are osered for fine cattle, Manufacturers of agriou):n taking ts, and said to ber, ‘Iam going over to Brookign’ou some business." He fert the house about Lyet eng five o'clock, From there he went to White's saloon, No, 39 Oliver street, and there @ man named Tomasso Costa, and & ship’s ste Cassio, remaining with them until a little aiter six o'clock, He leit fhe saloon in company with Costa, a barber, walking with him to the corner of James and South streets, where he leit tum at half-past six o'clock. J the mag with whom he was seen on GEST! men NCULATING 80 WILDLY io remarked to Costa that he . Mt with @ iriend and must go. os him tn New York. After he ‘That was . Doe I got home on risday Diy vend information from @ party who d0e$ now w1sQ known that two {aliens ad been 62C! & house at No. ‘Franklin avenue siice the Ist ce duly Hae mien inteement i dus tbat these two men left the house about hal(-pasi tive o'clock on the night of the mur ba wane not been seen in the vicinity since. Corwin and I went down there and took & look at the place and became convinced that it had been occupied: by @ gang 0! counterieiters, Finding it necessary to have assistance in the case, We called to our aid Detectives Van Wagoner, of the Central OMice, an@ Curran, of the First precinct, and set them 16 watch the house, By diligent inquiry we gota fair description of the men who occupied the place, and We then started to see if we could not get sone trace a he prong the Itanan haunts of New York, On Monday we became satisfied that the occupants of the house were not going to re- turn, and vt Cen o'clock in the morning WE FORCED OPEN THE DOOR. On searcuing the nouse we found a complete press, lithograpbic stones and plates for the new series of the ffty-cent government stamps, Among the papers found 1 the house were some whicn connect Torrina with the gang. From the papers found we gathered the names of other parties. ‘That evening we went to New York and arrested aman by the name of Francisco Lanfonlipo. ‘Tui man is forty-eight years of age and comes from Palermo, tie same place with the dec Heis married and resides at No. 24 James street, and claims to be a clerk im agrocery, He has been only one year in the country, We have had him identified as bemg the scrange man who visited Mr. Torriva, at the houseo! St. George, ontWednues- day afternoon, and have him fully identified asone of the men who carried on the business at No, 68. Franklin avenue. We have also hau the body of the murdered man identified as one of the nen who was seen to go into the house two or three times during the week, and always on Saturday morning. ihe prisoner was terribly lrightened when taken into custody, and + TREMBLED LIKE AN ASPEN LEA‘, He cannot speak a word of English, or at icast 80 pretents, and has nothing to say to Iter- preters. He lias been locked up in the Washing- ton street ion house ever since Monday nigal We also arrested a3 @ witness Fortunato Mandala, who Is confined in the same place. Mandala lives in the rear of No. 24 James street. He is a smaib man, about four feet and @ halt in height, and about thirty years of age. We have not been abie to ascertain the owner of the sword cane. It was not owned or carried by Torrina. Detective Corwin said:—I wish the press to un- derstand that we formed the theory on starting out in this case that Torrina had met his tate in the same manner as Deodat, whose body was found with @ number of stab wounds tn the woods bacit of Greenwood Cemetery about ten years ago. Like tis man, he was undoubtedly murdered by a gang of counterieiters with whom he was im some way connected, The murderers of Deodats were never discovered. In this case I believe we shall meet with better success, as the progress thus far made indicates, circuinstances being strong against one of the men whom we now have in custody, ‘The story that Michael Coraments ts concerned in the tragedy 1s, so far ax we can learn, without any foundation whateser. He is known to be rather a desperate character, but we cannot find that he had any connection with the parties who hired this house. THE QUABREL AND ASSASSIN As will be noticed by the above comp): tive of the detectives they were able to trace tae unfortunate up to ball-past six o’clock on the night of the murder, when he parted mom Mr. Costo at the corner of South and James streets. His last remark to him was that he was going to Brooklyn, where he had anappointwent. This ap- pointment was no doubt made by or through the parties wbo callea at the house of Mrs, st. George at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon aud which occasioned him to say to that lady before leaving the house be had some trou acres pee his busi- ness, which made him feel un ness related to the den in S’ranklin ave- hue and = the appointment = was with his associates in gigantic counterfeiting schemes they had on foot. Upon the very eve of the issue of this flood of stamps they quarrellea. ‘They saw fortunes within their grasp, and eacn confederate, prompted by seliish motives, was anxious bo grasp the largest share of the coveted trea: e, TORRINA WAS THE LEADER, robably the man who prepared tne piates and laid the plans of operation. It is beheved that they became dissatisied with what he had prom- ised them tor their part, and, sceing the plates, press and everything prepared, coucluded to put him out of whe way and carry ou the busi- ness alone. They must have had some words at the house and they ‘followed him out when he left to return to New York, pre- tending to insist upon his acquiescine to their wishes, When they got a distance 9: 150 yards from the house they were upon a vacant jot. One ofthem must have dealt him @ blow on the back of his head, as a wound, 1t will be remembered, was found there. He then must have turned to face his enemy when a knife or dagger was drawn across tis throat and the other assailant at the same time plunged @ dagger into his left side, The blows were repeated untl the body o/ the un- fortunate man was PERFECTLY PERFORATED WITH WOUNDS. asins fled, and, for fear of tection, y from the house which they had occa. Their absence attracted the atren- ‘hbors, and this led to the suspicion that they must have been concerned in the trag-~ ‘There are one or two other parties tor whom the police are looking, and whom they hope soon to secure, ‘The case, 80 far as developed, 18 one of the most important which has ever occurred ip Brooklyn, aud it may be that the two assassins, hike Gonzalez and Pellissier, the assassins of Otero, kept awa pled so long. | will expiate their crime upon the gallows at the same time, Coroner Whitehill has not fixed upon any time as yet to hold the inquest over the body, hoping that he may have suficienc evidence 10 hold the men alleged to be guilty. MASKED BURGLABS. They Attempt to Rob the First National Bank at Ansonia, Conn. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., August 19, 1874. he town of Ansonia was thrown into a state of excitement this morning by the report that dar- ing the previous night an attempt to rob the an- sonia Bank had been made, and thatit had been Feeling in regard to the matter was the more earnest from the face that recently a dejalcation in the bank took place, a full account of which appeared in the WEnanp at the tune, by which a@ loss to the surplus of the bank to the amount of several thousands of dollars had occurred, The svareholders are for the most part men of small means, and in some instances the stock ts their ‘The daring feat was accom- plished at dead of night by flve men in masks, and irom information gicaned to-day it i jaent that they were pROlessional burglars, of if so, the merest Novices in safe breaking. They effected an entrance to the bank by prying open a rear door, This leat was adroitly Gone, as the tastenings were ofac eter to test the ingenuity of the most Bkilial, Once inside they set at work to blow open the sate, They had n inished charging the lock with powd ind had applied the iuse when ‘they wer sur~ prised in e operation by the appearance on the scene of the watchman connected with Osborn & Cheesman’s establistment next door, | who heard suspicious noises coming from the bank, and stepped round to the front to ascertain what Was transpiring therein. Ye entered the rear door to convince himself, and Was about to give an alarm when vie villains seized, securely bound him, ‘The burglars then resumed operations ou the safe, and, though the fuse cot nected and the powder ignited, the siont case- nardened ma | or which the safe or yault was nade resisted ul! the force they were adie to apply, and they had to vive that scheme up. -{n vais mat | ter the ban’ olticials congratulate themselves io- day. BaMed in their efforts to open the safe, they se- cured such money and valuables as they could teadily lay their hands on, amounting to less than $100, and lei by did not think it worth while ake away certain burglars’ tools which were jound on the premises this morning. From the bank they started for the Naugatuck Ratiroad, and seizing a hand-car, made their way down the road to: the junction near the Housatonic Railroad bridge, and probably took one of the “owl” iraina from that point tor New York. Search was made jor them, but at last accounts no clew to (1 whereabouts had been obtained, The han was found this morning near the tack whey burglars had lett it. THE NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL FAIR, Farmers and inventors and agents of ayrricultus ralimplements and the public generally wil) be in. terested to Know that the New York Stare Apri ter ontinuing ral im. plements will doubtless find tt to their especial ade vantage to eXbibit, as the fair will attract uw jarg number of farmers from ait parte OF Sen Tork State, New Jersey, Onto, Canada and other plac ante medal is offered for a combination of ite ohinery driven by steam for plougting oy oi herw preparing the Bround tor sowing. Nat such machinery shall do as and as cheap work ag ig commanty now dor by horse power, and shalt be adapted for ose in the State’ of New York, The coming annual be the thirtyourth in the history of the foclety. The last fair was hela at Albany na Was in all respects a devi cok Lo the managers. 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