The New York Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1874, Page 8

8 —_— THE POLICE RUFFIAN. Trial of Officer Graham for the False Arrest of Two Young Ladies. A SIMPLE STORY.) An Evening Ramble, a Night in a Oell and Disgrace in a Public Pen. ‘The case of UMficer W. T. Graham, of the Twenty- Binth precinct police, was tried yesterday alter- ‘wold him this, and they are to be summoned ior ee eens vo which day the cage nas been ad- ures ANOTHER POLICE OUTRAGE, OMcer Joseph Johnson, of the Eighth precinct Police, was charged yesterday, at the triais of Policemen, before Commissioners Disbecker and Duryee, by George W. Francis, colored, @ clerk in the Custom House, with arresting the complainant without cau and making a police charge against him, Mr. Francis satd that a woman had robbed him in Thompson street and he went 1n search of a policeman to arrest her. He saw Officer Johnson some way down the street, and going up to him, asked 1) he had jusisdicuon on the other side of the street, The officer ordered him of, and as he did not instantly comply with the policeman’s instructions Jobnson arrested him, conducted him to the statiog house and made acharge against nim of being drunk and dis- orderly. Mr. Francis called as witnesses of his con- dition Henry Fisher, White, @ restaurant keeper, and James De Costa, colored, @& grocer. moon in the court room, at the Central Oftice, Before Commissioners Disbecker and Duryee. | Graham was charged with arresting two young Jadies, Miss Nora Halsey, of No. 157 Madison street, and Josephine White, of No. 409 East Seventeenth street, taking them to the station house ef the Twenty-ninth precinct, making 4@ false charge against them and causing their detention over night. The first person called tm the case by Commissioner Disbecker was Miss Halsey. She stated that she ‘worked at No. 690 Broadway, and on the night in question had not leit the store until nearly half Past seven o’clock; she then, in company witha young friend named Josepiiine White, went up to Fourteenth street, to a jeweller’s, tor the purpose ef changing a pair of bracelets she had purchasea, The evening being fine the young ladies continued ‘wp Broadway as far as Twenty-sixth street, where they turned off toward the east side, as Miss Halsey had arranged to SEX HER FRIEND HOME to Seventeenth street. When they got into Twenty-sixth street, between Broadway and Fifth avenue, they stopped, Miss Halsey having com- plained of a pain in her side. They took advan- tage of a dull moment in the street, and then, while Miss White screened her, Miss Halsey retired against 4 house, and, slipping her hand under her cloak, loosened the string of her corset, the tight- mess of which had caused the pain. They were on the point of moving out of the block when Officer Grabam (dressed in citizen’s clothes) went up to them, took each one by the arm and arrested them, The girls were very mucb alarmed, and demanded to be set tree Graham informed them he was a policeman, and they considered that in that case they would go with him peaceably. He led them througn Twenty-sixth street to Broadway, up that thoroughfare to Thirtieth street, and across to the station house, As they approached the house the girls observed two men standing on the stoop, one of whom they recognizea yesterday as Ser- geant Schultz, Assoon as he noticed the party ing toward him Sergeant Schuitz retired and ook his place behind the desk. Graham arraigued acting the parts of indecent women in the streets. The girls protested, told the Sergeant who they were, where they were going and how they came to be arrested, but ail to no purpose. Their names, ages, places of residence, er, as itis called, their “pedigree,” was taken, eulered in the blotter and the girls ordered to be removed into the back room, allowed to remain in that place for some tew minutes and were taken to celis and LOCKED UP. The Sergeant visited tuem a few minutes after they were put into the cells and entered into conversation with them, The girls asked him if it would be possible for them to get out. He said he would see after a little. if their names would get into the pubiic prints, apd the Sergeant very obligingly desired to be unformed if they bad given their right names, Both girls at once repied that they had, and the Sergeant again took it upon him to travel out | ofthe character and dignity of bis office to let them know that they should have given him ‘Wrong Names, as it Would have been all the same to nim, Later on in the evening, according to the testimony of the young iadies, a man who | seemed to be in authority, dressed in gray clothes, called on them. He opened the cell aoor (they Were both im the Same cell) and inquired into the | Dature of the case, Miss Halsey told him the whole story, and took the bracelets out of her pocket that she had exchanged at the jeweller’s tor those originally purchased, in confrmation of its truth. This man, whoever be was, left them like | he Sergeant, and tney were kept in the cell all ght. In the morning they were vanded with all the other prisoners takeu the same night and con- ducted to Jefferson Market Police Court, There they were put into the public pen with ail the umeves, drunkards and unfortunates to be dis- posed of as the “watch” of tke day, and of which, through the action of Mr. Graham, they formed a part, The pen was well filled, for in it were caged ‘ne prisoners of @ night from several stauon | houses, and in the midst of THE FILTHY CROWD stood these young ladies. In the regular order they were arraigned bere the magistrate and They were | Miss White then inquired | | There were no vessels to be seen at sea, { Both men swore that Francis called into their places fifteen minutes .Lefore his arrest | to order goods ior a poor woman In the neighbor- | hood, which be paid jor, and he was then sober. | The ‘oMcer testified that he arrested Francis, | and the complaint he made against him was @ just one, A supplementary com- | plaint was made agatnet Sergeant Michael _ H. Rooney, of the same precinct, for locking the | prisoner up without taking proper measures to | ascertain me truth of the oificer’s statement, Sergeant Rooney swore that the complainant was qaisorderiy while {n iront of the desk and calied the officer names, A Mr. Gibson, who was sitting behind the desk beside the Sergeant at the time, swore the complainant talked a good deal, | in the endeavor to make a statement, but that he | did not hear Lim call any names, referred to the board, FRENCH BALLOONING. An Ascent from Calais and a Plunge in the North Sea—M. Durouf’s History of a Perilous Voyage. {From the London Telegraph, Sept. 4.} tractive jeatures of a public yéle given at Calais that day, 1t was announced that the adventurous | proposed to make an aerial voyage over the Chan- nel and land in England. southeasterly current the attempt would have been | made, but it blew variously south and southwest, | and the only prospect before the voyagers was a de- the distant shores of Denmark or Norway. The crowd, disappointed of the sensational episode of ardice, and, stung by their taunts, he and his wile | gagemens, ana Le Tricolor was seen rising into COMING DOWN. So tt continued to drift for ten hours, when the TO THE RESCUE. | pursued the car, woich aipped into and rose out | of the water like a flying-fish, and finaily, aiter a | chase of two hours, saved the hali-drowned aero- naut and his wile in the middie of she North dea, | Some 170 miles trom the Spurr Lighthouse, | THR AERIAL LOG. According to these data it would seem that the | balloon had travelled avout three hundred miles | | in a direct line, its rate being between twenty-five and thirty miles an hour, or about twice the aver- age horizontal motion oj the air. | INCIDENTS OF THE TRIP. | _ Subjoined we publish facts taken from M. Dur- not’s narration of his voyage and rescue:—*The balloon went up amid the acclamation of the crowd, and for the space of 827 yards went in a | northerly direction; bat upon attaining that height our course changed to the northeast, and shortly alterwards we saw the French and English lighthouses at sea, and we seemed to be going more toward England than toward ces and | night wasvoming on, I felt that, in case I shouid be obliged tro make a long voyage, I must econo- mize my ballast, and I decided to pass the night | watcning the extreinity of the rope, which was seventy-six yards loug, and every time the rope | touched the water I threw out a very small quan- | tiry of ballast. At four A. M., just before sunrise, 1 threw all the light ballast out, and I discovered | that during the night [ had been driven ina northeasterly direction. Not knowing tne dis- | tance I was from the nearest land, and fearful of being driven by another current to the northward, | I resolved to try to lower myself to a vessel. I | The case was | M. Duruof and bis wife, who made the perilous | balloon ascent from Calais on Monday night, have | been rescued in the North Sea, As one of the at- | a@eronaut and his wile would go up in their balioon, | | the Tricolor, and if the wind was favorable tney | The wind was squally, | and moreover blew in the wrong direction. With a | scentin the German Ocean, unless they couid reach | | authorities torbade the asceni, but part of une | the day’s ainusement, taunted Duruof with cow- | | made the desperate effort to curry out their en- | the clouds just a8 night was closing in, and uri!t- | ing over the Straits of Dover toward the open sea, | gas being partly exhausted it jell into the North | Then they saw and were seen by a Grimsby fish- | the girls before the desk and charged them With | ing smack; the crew hastened Senn pt | Mane@uvred so.as to get down, and towards five | o'clock Isucceeded. The lower current of the wind was blowing northwest. It 13 impossible to | describe my extreme very rougn. | and descended until the ropes were trailing in she | Water, and in an instant we Were past a vessel. At seven o'clock We again sighted the smack on the horizon, and saw that she was pursuing us, thirst, The sea was Without any tear I opened the vaive, | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 MOULTON NON EST. Miss Proctor’s Suit Against the Mutual Friend— The Marshal Fails to Find Nim. Text of the Complaint—A Pen Picture of the Plaintiff. ’ Marshal Harlowe received yesterday morning the civil capiasin the case of Miss Edna Dean Proctor against Francis D, Moulton. The of- cer, undaunted by any terrilying sapprehen- sion of the “mutual friend’s” celebrated pis- tol, walked ieisurely to Mr. Moulton’s residence in Montague street, Brooklyn. A neat little ser vant girl received him and informed him that Mr. Moulton was not in town. Furtner inquiry py the conscientious Marshal proved this statement to be true, and the capias was not served, General Tracy did not file the complaint yester- day, and will not do so until the defendant has pledged Dis appearance, The capias 1s as {ol- lows :— THE CAPIAS. Tax Prestpxnt OF TRE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THR MARSHAL OF Tux EastkRN District or Naw Youx, Guxering We comm: ncis D. Moulton if he shall be toand ur district, and him safely keep, so that You may have his body beiore the Judge of the Circuit Court Or the United States of America tor the Eastern District of New York, to be held at No. 163 Montague street, in the city of Brook- lyn, in the said E rn District, on the Ist Wed- hesday of October, 1874, answer unto Edna Dean Proctor, plaintiff in case for libel; and also to acertain bill of the said plainti®’ against the said de- fendant for composing and publishing @ faise and ma- licious libel of and concerning the said plaintif, Edna Dean Proetor, to her dainage of $100,000, according to the custom of the said court, be'ore the said Judge, then and there io be exhibited, and that you have then there this rit. Witness, the honorable Morrison A. Waite, Chief Jus. tice of the United Mates Supreme Court, at the city of Brooklyn, the 47th day of -epte in the year 1874. By |. HUSTED, Deputy Clerk. Tracy, Cartun & Bropuxa, Plainthif's Attorneys. The ioliowing is the full text of the com- plaint:— THE COMPLAINT. United States Circuit Court for the Bastern District of New York.—Kdna Dean Proctor, plaintiff, against Francis D. Moulton, detendant, Fastery District of New York, to wit:— Edna D. Frostor complains of Francis D, Moulton and al That whereas the said Edna Dean Proctor, at the time of the libel hereinafier mentioned and long before did | ase and exercise the business and employment of author and editor of books and literary works, and thereby ac- uired Considerable gains, profits and ‘advantages: and | that the said dna Dean Proctor, Mm, about and concern- ing said emplovment and said books and literary works and concerning questions and disputes arising out of and relating thereto did write and sign the paper or document set forth without signature, dated January 10, is: ‘That sald Edna Dean Proctor now is a good. trae, honest, just ana chaste person, and as such has always behaved’ and conducted herselt, and until the commit- ting of the grievances by the said Francis D. Moulton in pubishing Said libelas hereinatter mentioned, was al- Ways respected, es eemed, and accepted by and among all her neighbors and other good and worthy persons p to whom she was in anywise known, to be a person o | good name, fame and credit, That the’ said Edna Dean Proctor hath not ever been stly, or until the time of the publishing of the sard ju. {el'gy the said Francis D: Mouttd tioned, been surpected to have bee had seusual connection with any otherwise. - By means of which premises the said Edna Dean Proctor beigre the publicauion ot sald libels by said Francis D, Moulton, as hereimaiter menuoned, had de- | iy obtained the good opinion and credit ot all her | | a as hereinafter men- nehaste orto have an, by ravishment or and worthy persous to whom | wise Known, w but greatly envying thé | happy state said Edna Dean Froetor, | and contriving and | WICKEDLY AND MALICIOUSLY | intending to injure the said Sdna Dean Proctor, and | her said good name and credit, and her business and | employment, as aforesaid, und to bring her into public | scandal, intamy ana disyrace, with and among her | heighbors and other good aud worthy persons, and to cause her to be suspected and believed that’-she, the said _Kdna Dean Proctor. had been and was un" chaste and had had sexual connection with the Rey. | Henry W. Bi _& minister of the Gospel, | ion or otherwise, and to vex, ruin the sai harass, oppress, impo rish and mony Edna Dean Proctor, heretofore, about the ith day of September, 1574, said aetendant, Francis D, Moulton, did compose and publish and cause and procure to be pub- lishea, of and concerning tiis plainulf, the said Edna | Dean Proctor, in a printed newspaper called the New | York Datly Graphic, published in New York city, a cer- | tain false, scandalous, defamatory snd libellous matter. | Here the complaint cites the “paroxysmal kiss”? porn of Frank Moulton’s statement, whico has | een already published, THE DAMAGE. | the means of publishing ot which said libel by the sai Gefendant, Francis D. Moulton atoresaid, the plain- tif, the said Edna Dean Proctor, hath been and is reatly injured and damaged in her business and em- jovinent, namely in the sum of $100,000), and hath been and is greatly injured in her said good name, fame credit, and brought into public scandal, infamy and dis- race. a “TTnat the defendant, Francis D. Moulton, is, and st the time of the said libel was, resident of the city of Brooklyn, in the State of New York. ‘That now and at the time of the said Nbel was a resi- | dent of the city of Brooklyn, in the State of New York. | That now and at the time of the publication of said | libel, this plaintiff, said Edna Dean Proctor, is and_was | nota resident of New York. but a resident of South Framingham, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and therefore she brings her suit, &c. is + | | Coykendale, Joyce and Ruh, that he suosided. | and | and by degrees we noticed that she came closer to | Wheretore this plaintif! demands judgment against | | us. e cold Was very severe, and our limbs were | Hees rae engin: soe the sum of | 13 | , tog of this'action. | becoming benumbed, our strength was failing us TRACY, CATLIN & BRODHEAD, | and the hope ol being overtaken by the smack was | promptly discharged. Miss White told exactly | the oniy thing that gave strength to our arms to | the same story as her companion, and, | though closely questioned by Commissioner _Dis- | becker, did not vary in a single point. When Miss White had concluded her testimony Jobn White, her brotner, approached the stand front- | ing the Court and desired permission to make @ | statement. ‘he Court expressed its willingness to bear what he had to say, andyuejwent on:—"‘You | ‘Will naturally understand, your Honor, my family and myself ielt very aggrieved over this matter; | this isthe first time my sister (pointing to her) | bas ever been out inthe evening wuen either my- seli or the young man to whom she is engaged to | married was pot with her; I nave | always been in the havit of going to the store for her and bringing her home; that evenimg something unforvu- Bately happened wo take me away and I had no opportunity of sending word of ihe fact of my absence to her intended husband, aud ths is What occurred.” Patrolman Grauam was then | asked for his version of the case, and he said that | on the evening in question he Was standing on Broadway, near Twenty-sixth street, aod he saw these young ladies walking up ana down the block, between Broadway und Fifth avenue, He | Saw them address three separate sets of men, and | he went over to them and arrested them. While | taking them up Broadway, learing one of them would attempt to get away, be told them that if either tried to run from Lim that one would be locked up, but he would let tue other go, Neither attempted to escape, and the valiant Graham was enabled to stalk into the station houge with both prisoners. He charged them at the desk to the Sergeant with endeavoring wo at- tract the attention of gentiemen on the pubiic highway, and they were locked up. Roundsman Kipp, o! the same precinct, was called as a witness for Graham. He kuew nothing o/ the arrest or the Manner of it, but he had seen the giris, he said, three or four times in the T'weuty-ninth prectuct, and On some of these occasions they were commit- ting the offence charged aguinst them by Oflcer Graham. The rounasman gave this evi- dence so very gitbly that at the close of the examination the Court called him a second time, ‘Tue roundsman, little suspecting a second over- hauling, permitred the first tale he told to slip | trom his mind, and when he got on his jeet again | he flatly contradicted himseil, By the time Cum- | missioner Disbecker had finishea with him the | roundsman seemed to have a growing disposition | to give the young ladies an excellent reputation not ouly for modesty and regularity of life, but for | patience and courage. From having seen gnem prowling around the precinct and commAting offences, the roandsman got down, under tue bur- Towing adroitnesé of the Court, to having a sort of remembrance that he saw Miss Halsey about turee times before yesterday and Miss White twice. The last time he had the hap- piness of meeting Miss Halsey she was talking to | @ gentleman. The change in tie roundsman’s | manner decoming as evident as the change in the | quality of his testimony, the Court ed j— “Have you ever seen these young ijadies, or either of them, do anything your wile or sisver might not do with propriety 1” “No, sir, bever—Qot in the least,” answered the roundsman. Mr. Halsey, the brother of the complainant, then made a statement to the Court, in whicn he ex- plained toe daily routine lie of uis sister and THE ALARM OF HIS FAMILY during the night she was away from home through the negligence of Oficer Grabam. A charge, growing out of the other, having been made against Sergeant Schultz, it Was taken up by the Court at the same time as the one against Graham. The complaint against the Sergeant was that he did not make # proper investigation into the case to ascertain the truth of the young ladies? statement belore orderiig their incarceration, as ce oficer, and with peering before lim at the dese aud making remarks to tiem intended to con- vey a0 Improper meaning. Sergeant Schultz, in | his defence said that the young ladies told him at | the desk exactly the same story as they had just Telated to the Conrt, and that was why ke sent | them inv the « room instead of at once orde | ing them to ve locked up in . While they | were in the room be calied oficet Graham to | come before the d kK, and asked him if he was | hy gure the girls were committing the offence charged them with, Tue officer persisted in hig charge, &nd the Sergeant felt cobstrained to ree tain the young ladies. The improper insinuations he denied, and he questioned both young ladies | closely as to their idea of what it was in his conduct they lookea upon as incorrect. That they explained to the vo bat it was hardly necessary, for the reimarks tood carried by their intended meaning with them. A Mr. Michael Corcoran testified that he had received informa. tion from certain officers in the kighth precinct, that Graham had been down in that vicinity | during the past week trying to procure made up testimony against the reputation of the jadies, so ove ibe ponrt the named Of Le peers wha | hold on. My wite’s limbs Were benumbed, and at | each jerk of the balloon she became weaker and weaker. The smack continued to approach us. | | pointed it out to my wile, and it renewed her courage. Isaw the dapger they were in, and I | began to cut the ropes tuat trated from the bal- | loon. 1 had cut the greater part or them, when I was dashed against tbe boat, and I let mysell tall into it. I, like my wife, lay helpless in the bottom of the boat, The men then let go the ropes of the car and the balioon started of with a mighty speed toward Norway. The boat returned to the smack, We were put on board and taken into tne cabin, where a good fire did not fail to bring us round, THE IRISH RIFLEMES. The inclement weather yesterday—a great bless- ing in one way and a disappointment in another— prevented the members of the famous rifle team and the distinguished party accompanying them from making any extended tour through the city, ‘They are all stopping at the Windsor Hotel, and would fain have seen the prominent features of the metropolis. Major Leech, tie Captain of the Irish team, called on Colonel Wingate, of the Amateur (iub, when the arrangements for the match were tully discussed, Ihe great. ion seems to prevail in reference to the terms o! the coming international contest. itis needie=8 to say that the resuit will be awaited with the deepest interest both on this side and abroad. The members of the team express them- selves thoroughly delighted with their reception, and, in fact, with everything they have seen so jar. Mr. Foster, the Secretary oi the Irish Rifle Club, intimated that the members of the team would have visited Creedmoor yesterday had it not been for the weather, To-day, however, upon tne invitation of Mr. Poppenhusen, on behalr of | \ | ' attended the great iair in Nijni Novogorod, Russia, the Ceptrai Railroad of Long Island, the ir/sn team | and their friends, together with the officers of the Amateur Club, will visit Creedmoor by special train. Alter mspecting the shooting grounds the Party will proceed to Garden City, returning in the evening, THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, The reguiar meeting of the Board of Aldermen ‘was heid yesterday, President Vance in the chair, THE MAYOR'S ESTIMATES. The Mayor submitted an estimate of expenses for the Mayor's ofice for 1875, the total amount of whith was $34,500, and for the Permit Bureau $11,500, NEW POLICE AND CIVIL COURTS. It was resolved that tne Comptroller be author- ized to pay a sum of $1,800 for yearly rent of premises for police and civil courts for the Second and Tuird districts. COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. Alderman McCaFFERTY, on the motion to appoint a Commissioner of Deeds, said that ke intended at the next meeting of the Board to bring the ques- | | | | the office of Mr. Sandford, the agent of the confer- tion 0! the appointment of these Officers to the | of the Aldermen. Recent revela- 84 bad shown that many of these lat and were parties to the per- ads, varned at five o'clock. consideration tions in the pre officials connly petration of fr: The Board ac THE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN. Yesterday morning” the Lord Mayor of Dublin and Alderman Manaing, of Dubiin, called on Mayor Havemeyer. His Honor gave a cordial welcome to His Lordsuip, and alter a lew complimentary re- marks the party retired from the Mayor's office. THE MAYOR'S LETTER, eeting of the Board of Aldermen yester- following letter was read from tue Mavon's Orrtce, Sept. 16, 187 Conon Counc To tre Howonante tHe GENTLEMZN—I am iniormed that the Lord Mayor of | Dublin, with @ number ot his friends, arr: in this city yesterday by the steamer Scotia, and a xpected to re- main with ds for a short ume." Our relations with the ‘ople of that city and the island it representa are go in- ‘imate and cordial that it becomesa duty as well asa Pleasure to extend to the distinguished official and his friends the hospitalittes of our city, and for that purpose Task of your honorable body such action as is abpro- both to the Lord Mayor and bis iriends and to te priate | BY Gt New York, which is honored vy their presence. bes dplinrilt W.'¥. UAVEMEYER, Alderman BILLINes obtained permission to pre- sent the following resolution, which was adopted :— That a joint special committee of five members of each bratich ot the Common Connell be appointed to wel- come the Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin and panying friends to the city of New York, and ext! them, on behalt of our citizens, the freedom and bospi- Jes of the city. the following as the Com- ption :—Aiaermen jerty. Van Schaick, Lvaasht and i. BuliD, Meal. | Attorneys for Plaintifl, 189'Montague street, Brooklyn. United States of america, Eastern District of New York, | as. :—Edna Dean Proctor, being duly sworn, doth say that She fs the plaintift in the above entitled action, that the foregoing complaint and declaration is true of her own knowledge. EDNA DEAN PROCTOR, ‘Sworn t before me this 17th day of September, 1874— §Axout B.“Catowaul, Notary Puvie Kings County, | The case will probably be tried before Judge Woodrufy, and will, in the opinion of Miss Proctor’s | attorneys, not be likely to be reacted before | December. The prosecution is urged by Mr. | Proctor, the piaintifs brother, who came here re- | cently, from lilinois, by Mr. Augustus Storrs, who | is also a relative of the plaitit, and by others of | her numerous friends, The publication of Mr. Monlton’s statement has created a profound sensation in the ultra-fashion- able circies of Brooklyn, 1n which Miss_ Proctor, a@ a leading society woman, is exceedingly well known. She 1s now staying at the house of Mr. Charles Storrs, in Brooklyn. MISS EDNa DEAN PROCTOR, whois a highly cultivated woman and has trav- elled almost all over Europe, is about forty years old, although she does noi look to be over thirty- two. She Is silghtly avove medium size, slim, but Well mace, with luxuriant dark hair, dark eves of | a soit and fascinating expression, shaded by long, silken lashes, with sallow complexion, bright and rosy lips, irequently curved in the most winsome of smiles, and tue Smaliest of feet and hands. She | is generalivy admired in Brooklye, having remark- able conversational powers and being of a very amiable disposition, she returned but @ short time ago from an extended tour in Europe, having She atienis some of the most fashionable parties | when in Brooklyn, and is received by the “best | families.” [t is easy to imagine what a shock Mr. | Mouiton’s statement created in those circles, Her | literary talent is well Known, a8 she srequently contributed to the Atlantic Monthly, and is the author of several works. Mr. Tilton’s statement will be published to-aay. Miss Proctor, it is said, intends to sue tue Graphic for $100,000 damages for having published Mr. | Moulton’s statement, but the papers have not yet been drawn up. The “Mutual” on Busine: Boston, Sept. 17, 1874, Francis D. Moulton passed through Boston to- day on the way to Portiand on business for his firm. THE FIGHTING STEAMSHIP COMPANIES, A meeting of the agents of the North Atlantic Steamship Conference will be held this morning at ence in this city, No. 29 Broadway, when the vari- ous steamship companies represented—viz,, Whi- liams & Guien, National, Inman, White Star, Cw nard, Anchor and State—will agree to disagree and commence competition once more, Next Monday $15 steerage rates to Liverpool will prevat, in all probability, again. The recentiy patched up' peace of the conference will thus come to a termination, The present fight and cause of the new disruption of the conference 1s on aecount of Boston rates, between the Cunard and National lines, The re- sult, itis thought, of the new fight will be tnat | some of the new and weak lines will have to go to the wail. Hardly @ single steamer hitherto belong- ing to the conference is paying expenses, The average expense of a round trip from Liverpool to New York and back is $20,000, | and the steamer hardly makes on an | average $20,000, Great esforts have been lately | made to get the American line into the conference, | but unavatiingly, The whole atair is in a most complicated condition, and nobody 18 able to prophesy with certainty what will be the result of | the present imbrogiio. The immediate result, however, will undoubtedly be that fewer steam- era will leave this port than have hitherto done, | aud that freights will go down to a very low rate, TRUCK LICENSES, The Common Council yesterday amended ordi- | nances of 1966 relating to carts and cartmen, re- | moving the restrictions which confined cartmen | to three license and making @ distinction be- | rates jor licenses are now Double trucks...... Double trucks, renew: ks ¥ 48 foliows:— esmece ee esse ereere * » 10 The ordinance will come into effect immediately, and Marshai Conklin Will commence the renewal mn PREENOLDERS’ FRAUDS, A Field Day Among the Jersey City Reformers. Extraordinary Scenes in the Board of Free- holders—Whitewash Plentiful and Cheap— Rotten Meat Furnished to the Pau- per Inmates—Members Accusing Each Other of Falsehoods. Judging from the revelations and excitement at the meeting of the Board of Chosen Freeholders in Jersey City yesterday, it would seem that the ex- posure of frauds on the County of Hudson has only commenced. The meeting room of the committee was crowded, in expectation of the production of the report of committee No. 2 in the case of Coyle, one of the members, The chair was occupied by Acting Director Young. During the reading of claims one was presented for $33 for six badges, when Mr. Roche asked for whom the badges were purchased. Mr, Schroeder replied that they were procured for the members of the Board of Health and their inspectorsas the law required. Then came the exposures that made the meeting lively. A bill was presented by . W. Conger for extra meat in which he charged twenty cents @ pound for veal, although he contracted to furnish it for seven cents, This brought on a discussion on the quality of the meat furnished to the county institutions. A com- munication was presented by Dr. Eddy, the at- tendant physician at the Lunatic Asylum, setting forth that the meat furnished to that institution was too inferior in quality to use for beef tea, which is deemed indispensable for most of the patients. Mr. Wienges said that he saw meat served out to patients that was positively rotten—the corruption was running out of it. (Sensation.) He pointed it out to Conger, the contractor, and asked nim if he would serve such meat to his servants. Conger answered in the negative. Wienges then asked him if he were not ashamed of*himself to farnish such meat to the poor inmates, CONGER (in the lobby) —It’s faise as hell. Dinecrok—Order in the loboy. Mr. Usborne, the Warden of the Almshouse, was called, and he said the meat was on the whole good, though not so good as that furnished last year by Mr. Smith, of Hoboken, When asked if the meat furnished to the paupers was as good aa tha iurnisned to his table, he said in effect that it was, a8 it was cut from the same quarter. De- risive laughter followed tbis reply. Post, the Warden of the Penitentiary, and communications stating that the meat was of an interior quality, Mr, Smith came to the rescue of Conger, and Mr, Schroeder jumped up and said he was surprised at Mr. Smith’s remarks, as he had heaid him (Mr. Smith) at the meeting of the Joint Committee denounce the quality of the meat furnisbed. Mr. Freeman said that the meat was | generally good; but ne was taken to task by Mr. | Burke, Who said be heard Freeman condemn it. Mr. Spear was the third who bad tie temerity to defend the meat contractor; bus he was set upon so fiercely IN motion to cancel the contract with Conger was Jost by a vote of 14to 12, the tollowing members voting for the bad meat supply—Burke, Cuyle, ox, Danielson, Frost, Freeman, Gibson, Hamilton, Herman, Jeroloman, Speer, smith, Wickham and Young. Tue. largest bucket of whitewash ever used in county business was then sent up to the Clerk’s desk by the lolowing committee :—Messrs. Wien- ges, Stabr, Malone, O'Reilly, Nunan. They re- ported that they had investwated the charges against Post, the Warden 0; the Penitentiary found nothing in tuem, 4% cohelud- mg their report they revuked the Board for appointing (investigating committees on such trivial matters. Muloue, one memover of the com mittee, arose and protested against the report. He caiied tor the reading of tne affdavits. An effort was made fo suppress the reading, but it was defeated, The afidavits showed that Post brougat leaf tobacco into the Penitentiary to mauufacture cigars ior himself ; that be kept one Solomons and his wie, Mr. Vermilyea, his wie and lamily, a8 boarders at the expense oi tue county; that the county wagon Was used by Soio- mons and party for pleasure driving in New York, while t.e officers of the institution could not ov- tain it, and, finally, that the food served out to | the officers was 01 an interior quality and was mis- erably cooked. Yet the committee could see nothing in all Mr. Smith said he never heard such a white- washiug report in ail his life, considering the evi- dence. Mr, Gibson said that Post was iound guilty of all the charges brought against him. Lon- dreyan, of Hoboken, Wanted the whole matter in- definitely postponed, but was met wit cries of “No,” and the report was finally adopted, Coyle’s case was then enup. In the previous case tue whitewash was contained in a vucket, but in this case 1t would Hilla barrel. The com- mittee, consisting of the 1ollowing mem- bers, exonerated Coyle irom every charge and pronounced bim a noble Roman, with- | out spot or stain:—Messrs. Murray, Speer, Cox, Joyce, Frost, Davidson and O'Reilly, The picture of disgust presented on the laces of the crowd in the lobby would form an excellent subject for an artist, Mr. Kuh tried to speak in acralgnment of the report, but was interrupted counsel of the Board. ‘the latter handea in @ communication of a most extraor- dinary character. It was so full of abuse of the chairman of the committee that brought the charge against Coyle that nothing like 1t was ever tolerated in a pubiic Board by one Of its servants. The report was finally adopted, and the Board adjourned. All the papers iu the Coyle case are to be submitted to the Grand Jury. NEW YORK CITY. Florie sends the HEBALD $5, for the Sick Child- Ten’s Fund. The only arrival at Castle Garden yesterday was the steamer Thuringia from Hamburg, with 336 passengers. 41 First street, was knocked down and run over street and the Mowery, receiving severe internal injuries. He was removed to bellevue Hospital. ‘The invoice of teas imported by Hewlitt & Tor- rance Jor the Canadian market and seized a lew days ago by Collector Arthur on account of being packed in ornamental caddies inside the chests was yesterday anconditionally released by order ol the Secretary of the Treasury. Sunday next will be the anniversary of the occa- pation of Rome by Victor Emmanuel, and itis ex- tom, requiem masses will be offered in the several Catholic churches tor the repose of the souls of the Pontificial Zouaves who /eil in resisting the assault on the Holy City, Having removed the maternity wards from Belle vue Hospital, with great reduction in the death rate of that institution, the Charity Board are now considering the propriety of converting the old Smallpox Hospital at the south end of Blackwell's gland into a hospital to be devoted especially to lying-in Women. It is estimated the cost o! such @ change Wili be about $50,000, ” BROOKLYN. ‘There were 269 deaths in Brooklyn last week. tured skull, the resuit of w fail ‘The annual inspection and muster of the Fifth October 9 at Prospect Park Parade Ground, ‘The engineer of the Board of City Works yester- day reported a number of streets in a dangerous conaition. Their repair will be ordered by the yor, and Work given to unemployed laborers. Rey. Samuel ©. Hewitt, a Universalist minister, who had preached for twenty years in California, was arrested on charge of vagrancy and sentenced to the Penitentiaty for \weuty-niue days by Justice Morse, yesterday. Justice Pratt, of the Supreme Court, enterea an order to compel Mayor Hunter to sign a warrant authorizing the Park Commissioners to pay $60,000 to certain property boiders at Flatbush, whose land has been appropriated by the Commissioners jor a highway. The Committee of One Hundred are about to re- | organize for the fail campaign. They will co-oper- ate with the Fifty, the “Nationals” and other non- partisan organizations of Kiugs county, with a | view to electing mone but reputavie citizens to | office in November next. Mr. Henry ©, Bowen has instituted another suit tween double trucks, single trucks and carts, The | for libel against @ Brooklyn local newspaper and claims damages in the sum of $100,000. The libel- lous article apon Which action is based connected | den treasure of Captain Kidd, many years ago, The Committee on Ferry and Water Rights, of Which Alderman Dobbin is Chairman, met yester- day in the Common Council Chamber, vo consider ef thegg Waevses on the Zist ist, @ plan wanting to tha raaumntinn of the Grand Varick, Warden of the Lunatic Asylum, sent in | Joseph Hoffman, aged thirty-two, residing at No, | pected that on that day, m conformity with cus- | James Fields was admitted to the Long Island’) College Hospital yesterday, suffering from a frac- | | the plainthf with efforts made to discover the nid. | not only by some of the members but by the | 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. A A nn — street ferry, Eastern District. Owing to the ab- gence of @ quorum no business was t! ted and the committee adjourned to mect on Monday. Rev. Joseph Bradley Cleaver, pastor of the Sixth avenue Baptist church, tendered his resignation to the Board of Trustees of satd church society on Wednesday night last, He was actuated by a de- sire to promote harmony and brotherty love in the fold. It appears that in June last Rev. Mr. Cleaver had been formally c! erped with being the owner Of a fast horae (which latter was said to be the brother of Dexter), and was in the habit of driv- 4ng out on the Coney Island road tn company with a fair young lady. He demanded an investigation, which was granted, and resulted in bis complete exoneration, There were & few dissatisiied parsboners:, however, and he settied the difficulty y resigning. The matter was laid over until the next meeting of the church society. LONG ISLAND. The rain has effectually quenched the forest fires on the island. Farmers on the island have commenced harvest ing their corn, The crop 1s a pretty good one, the earl, pats of the season having been favorable for it, although the recent drought bas dried it some- what prematurely. The Republican Convention of the First Assem- bly district of Queens county met at Roslyn and elected the following named delegates to the State Convention:—J. Bradford Prince, John Birdsall and Isaac H. Cocks. The contract for the carpenter work on the engine house of the College Point water works has been awarded to Mr. Thomas J, Tibbs, and that for the mason work to Mr. Robert Wililams, provided their sureties prove satisfactory. On Saturday and Sunday next there will be a brush meeting held by the members and friends of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, of Hempstead, to aid in raising funds for the support of the pastor, the Rev. Thomas C. Johnson. A man named Youngman, on leaving a house occupied by him at College Point, to spite the Jandlord tore the paper from the walls and other- wise defaced them, supposing that he had @ right to do 80, as he papered the walls himself. He was arrested at the owner's complaint, and his litte diversion cost him $15. ‘The Hempstead branch of the South Side Ratl- road, commonly known as the Hempstead and Rockaway Railroad, which 1s distinct from the main line of the South Side Railroad just pur- chased by the Messrs. Poppenhusen, is advertised to be sold on Wednesday, October 28, at Hewlett's Hotel, in Hempstead, to satisfy a judgment order, the Brooklyn Trust Company be:ng the plaintit. WESTCHESTER. Owing to the continued wet weather the num- ber of visitors at the County Fair yesterday was discouragingly small, and it was apparent that the trotting, which, of late years, has formed the chief attraction of the exhibition, would have to be abandoned jor the present. The only feature ol the programme attempted to be carried out was the delivery of ihe annual address by City Judge Edward P. Baird, of Yonkers, and which, owing to hae oe paucity of auditors, was necessarily ries. In the City Court at Yonkers yestefday James Fuller, alias William H. Smith, and Philomen John- son, two New York thieves, were fully committed to await the action of the Grand Jury, for having stolen a yoke of oxen from Jolin Park, a resident | of that place, served a term in Ciinton Prison for horse stealing. The value of electrictiy as a detector was again illustrated by the fact that in less than an hour aiter the Yonkers police had sent outa “general alarm” the thieves had been secured, in the vicin- ity of Ninetieth street and Filth avenue, by the New York mounted patrol. A systematic raid by burglars was made at Pleasantviile, in the town of Mount Pleasant, on Wednesday night, when several houses were broken into and robbed, in addition to other dep- redations being committed. rauders carried off a $500 bond and $250 in cur- rency; in another they secured $150 in green- Fuiler 1s an old offender, having | THE GREENPOINT KIDNAPPING, Investigation by Coroner Croker Into the Deathy of the Infant Jacob Hager. Conflicting Stories of the Nurse Lizzie Munger. An inquest into the case of the Infant Jaco’ Hager was begun by Coroner Croker at eleve: o'clock yesterday morning. There are,ma: strange circumstances connected with this cas ‘The infant was abducted from his father’s house t Greenpoint, L. 1, on the stn inst., by Lizzie Mu ger, his nurse, who had just been discharged A her employer, Mr. Jacob Hager, and was foun: subsequently in the lumber yard at the foot off West Nineteenth street in a dying state. Before he was found Lizzie Munger returned to the hoi of Mr. Hager and told a skilfully planned Sage account for his disappearance from her charge She obstinately stuck to this tale for a day om more and seemed anxious to prove it true While it was being tested, however, under her ow! guidance, and,as evidences were being discovere: against it, she made many interpolations in het story, with a shrewd care to have them agree witial the new discoveries, But, though it was prove untrue, she Kept fast to the tale until the ph hen she confessed that she had pu! the infant where he was found. Lizzie was pre: ent during the inquest. She has hitherto beem described as having 3 most horrible and repulsive aspect, which 1s not strictly true. Not ceriuead of her countenance is in agreement with our ideag. of the beautiful; her face does not indicate her, race, but rather carries the impression that sh is aresultant of the admixture ol Celtic, Teutoni and Mongolian blood. She looks cunning, ye! weak in intellect, and the general contour of her, face ig not improved by A SALIENT CARBUNCLB on the left side of her forehead. Her attributest are certainly nos spiritual, but she is the very kin ofa servant a suspicious wile who nad acquired knowledge of physiognomy would welcome intat and retain by favor in her household, Lizzle’a first story shows that sne has more inventive skill than a modern dramatist, and that, like the latter,,. she could not see as far on as the result to which! her plot led her, Her story was disproved throug! what at first seemed the circumstantial eviden that it was true. ‘The first witness called by Coroner Croker wi Jacob Hager, the father of the sirin child. H | testified that be was a milk dealer, doing business | in Greenpoint; the deceased cbi.d was two month: | and sixteen days old; witness’ wife died about two months ago and witness hired the accused, Eliza Munger, a8 wet nurse at $20 a month an her board; she took gvod care of tn child, but after she was in the witness! house for five or six weeks quarrels began to occur between her and witness’, sister, and the latter complained to witness that Lizzie got angry so often that her milk wouid sou! and injure the infant; finally, when Lizzie ha been in his employ eight weeks, he discharges her, as he Was unwilling to risk losing his child ¥ Lizzie cried and said sne did no* want to leave hi house; witness tuld her that sve could get a situa: tion with one of his neighbors at $16 a month; he left her crying and went wut; when he returned he asked his sister where bis Child was, and wat | told that Lizzie had him in the yard; went intoy In one place the ma- | backs, while a third nouse was robbed of a gold ; watch and asmail amount of money. ‘the ourglars also forced @n entrance into the public school building and abstracted almost the entire contents of the library. ole from Alexander Van Wart, of Pleasantville, a valuable horse and wagon, which were yester- day traced to Tarrytown and there lost sight of, STATEN ISLAND. Yesterday there were forty-eight vessels storm- bound at anchor of Staten Island, and eeveral yachts, among them the British yacht Macia, There were also twenty-two storm-bound vessels at anchor in Coney I-land Cove, and one steamer, one bark, two brigs and one schooner irom Southern ports discharging cargoes into lighters at Ropbins’ Reet, The fall term of the Richmond County Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer will open at the Court House at Richmond on tne second Monday of next Month, when the cases of the four desperadoes, John Short, Lewis Forsyth, John Durkin and Jonn Henry, will be considered by the Graud Jury. ‘The four were all implicated in the robbery of Captain Jacob H, Vanderbilt’s house on the Clove road, some two or three months ago. Sherif! Denese says he is anxious for their indictment and trial, ashe hasto keep a watch upon them day and night for fear they will make another attempt to break jail. They have ail served terms in the State Prison excepting Join Heary, and are expecting filteen years each on the present charge, NEW JERSEY. Seven thousand bushels of oyster shells, at five cents per bushel, have arrived in Camden from Baltimore, which are to be used in street umprove- ments. Major Willlam A. Wells, formerly a resident of New Brunswick, was dangerously wounded in the recent sanguinary conflict between the opposing political factions in New Orleans. In order to remove the latter they | ‘on the ferry boat and took her and the ¢ There are fifty-six granges of the Patrons of | Husvandry in South and West Jersey, divided as | follows:—Burlington county has 11; Camden, 2; by an ice wagon last night at the corner of Spring | Atlantic, Gloucester, 13; land, 14; Cape May, 1. From returns made by the Collector of Camden Salem, 13; Cumber- county for the past year the aggregate amount | of moneys received from all sources is set down at $420,193 and the expenses at $401,444, leaving a balance On hand at close ol report of $24,749. Yesterday morning a daughter of Mr. June, of | No. 44 Commerce street, Newark, died from the | terrible effects of having accidentally upset upon herself alarge pot of voiling coifee, Tue poor creature passed a frightful night of agony beiore death ensued. In the Essex County Court yesterday the $20,000 Gibb suit against the Ceutral Railroad resuitedin a nonsuit on the ground that plaintiff contributed to the accident which cost him his limb by his own negligence in not promptly stepping of the track in order to avert the accident. Robert N. Woodworth, president of the defunct carpet company o! New Brunswick, agamst whom an indictment is pending for conspiracy in de- frauding the State Bank of New Brunswick out of $600,000, has been arraigned in the Middlesex County Court, now in session, A motion for an adjournment was made on behalt of the accused, on the ground that his counsel was not present to defend him, one of them, Mr. Leon Abbett, being absent in Europe. The prosecutor said be was ready to proceed. The Court then fixed Tuesday next lor the commencement of the trial. A juvenile criminal, named Ephraim Sheppard, who was sentenced toan Imprisonment of sixty days in the Hunteraon County Jail for robbing a atore at Quakertown, recently effected his escape therefrom in a most daring manner. Mrs, Ritten- | house, the Sheriffs wile, while engaged in locking brigade, New York State Militia, will take place on | up the other prisoners for the night, left the grated door at the entrance unlocked. Sheppard, takin | advantage of this favorable opportunity, took piece of a stone and dashed it against the wooden door leading to the outside hallway of the Court House, bursting it open. He then ran through the kitchen, scaled the lence outside and made good his extt. He was pursued jor some distance until darkness came on, when he was lost sight of, and up to the present time he is enjoying the sweet air of liberty. Old Hunterdon is becoming Jamous for jail breakers, this being the filth case within the past year, REAL ESTATE SALES. The only sales effected at the Exchange yester- day were as follows:—Mr. James M. Miller, by order of the Court, in foreclosure, under the di- rection of A. H, Waills, referee, soid the premises known 4s Nos, 249, 251 and 253 Nineteenth street, west of Seventh avenue; also the batiding, to- gether with thirteen lots, on the east side of Rail- road avenue, commencing at tne corner of Sixth street, in Morrisania, Twenty-third ward. Sub- joimed are full particular . NEW YORK PROPRRTY—BY J4MRS M. MILLER. 138. bk. h. front, 13s. bk. factory rear, and |. Nos. 249 and 251 eth st., n. 9, SIKU {t. west of 7U AV. Le STRAT RIGS G. W. Dereling. adj. the above on b! a No 112,5x22x 12.8; same purchaser P: pene 18,100 14s, tr. h. and Z lots on the s. e. corner of Railroad av. and Oth st. lots 25x10) ea. ; same purchaser.. 2% 2 lots adj. the above on s 6, enc! y, and 3 Lo adj. the avove, each 26x1W0; same purchaser. 2.500 4 lots adj. the above, each Ox1W0; same purchaser 3,000 2 lots on & 8. of 6 wha 100: hist, 100 ft. e@. of Railroad a¥., sana Hurohaver, 1000 the yard but could not flad tue nurse; began tay make inquiries, and was finally told by & Mrs. Huss that sae had seen Lizzie going: toward the Greenpoint ferry with the childZ thought she had gone to New York to visit he sister, and went down to the ferry at hali-past fly to meet her on her return; watched every boa ‘until about nine P. M., when Witness’ brother-in law, Mr. Kropp, advised that both should visit Lizzie’ sister; came over to New York and finally foun the residence of the latier in Sixth avenue, near Thirty-seventh street; it was late and could no® get into tne house; therefore went to Thirtiethy Street station house for A POLICEMAN TO AROUSE its people; sergeant on duty retused to send am officer at that time and advised witness to returm early in the morning; Went home and next morn ing returned to the house Oj Lizzie’s sister; sal to her “Is Lizzie here?’ she said, “Why, what’ the matter?” replied, “She ran away yei terday aiternoon with my cuild, and hasn’t come back yet;” neither she nor ler husband, who came in while witness was at the house, Knew anything about Lizzie; then went with m: brother-in-law to Police Headquarters und rea ported my loss; afterward went to servants’ ema A doe ae offices on Broome street and tne Bowery, ut did not see Lizzie; then went home; vhal night Lizzie was brought to my house by her brother-in-law; ] asked where my baby was and si said she did not know—that two men came hanes 1) Second avenue and Twenty-third street, where they put them in a carriage aud drove where she Witness took her to the station’ house and there said to her, “li you nave sol that baby I will pay to get him back; aI I want is the chiidj” she said she did not know where he was; witness said, “Di you throw him into the river?” she said “No; asked if the child were ulive, and she sata it was when the two men took it away !rom her, but did not know whether it was at present Lizzie asked if witness had received a letter iro1 her; answered “No,” but recéived the letter nex! day; in the letter she said that the two men ha taken her across a fiver and driven to a smal house; there one man took the baby and the othe: put her in @ dark room; there she RESISTED ATTEMPTS TO OUTRAGE her person, and was cut on the breast, Birt could not say; and head while resisting; avout five o'clock 1n th morning the child was brougut to her Jor food; 1 was soon taken from her, and then she madi her escape irom the house; she wanderet avout the place, about which sae kne oniy that locomotives were aasaing on eides, and finally 1ound the Jersey City ferry, and, coming to New York, went to her sister’s house on the morning of the 10.h inst. witness went Wit Lizzie, Wio was in charge of Officer Reed, to test the trath of her story; alter some use.ess Wane dering im this city und Heboken, went with her tot Jersey City, where she poimted out a park im wiucn she had been, she sutd, and declared thaw the house in which she leit the child was distan' about two miles irom it; drove down the Gree: street plank road, and she pointed out the hotel of Jacob Seebacn as the house; when confronte with Seebacb sue said, “You are the man tha took my baby;’? Seevach responded, “You are a& liar; 1 never saw you belore;’’ still she persisted im her charge: Captain of Jersey City Pouce who was with the party determined to go through the house; party did so and found that it did noe tall with Lizzie’s previous descripiion of the one sh@ alleged she was in with the cuild; the party the: returned to Greenpoint, where it was learned tha’ the infant was tound and had been idenuifled Bellevue Hospital by witness’ sisters; witnes: Teached the hospital after tue infant was dead a1 then recognized him. In response to a question to the habits of Lizzie Mr. Hager said that he di not think her a drinking Woman, as he never Sarg her “drink more than TWO GLASSES OF LAGER AT ONC and that she only did that three times a day.’” Officer Charles B. Reed, of the Seventh precinct. of Brooklyn, corroborated the substance of Mr | Hager’s account of the journey to Jersey Cit; | in his own house she had charged witnes! Witness learned that Liazie lad been,in Jerse; City on the afiernoon oi the 9th inst, and ha written her setter to Mr, Haver in a lager bee saloon on Grand street; the bartender recognize her white she was in custody, and sid that whe she was in his saloon she had no child with her. witness Was present when Lizzie confessed Captain Rhodes that she had leit tne child ip (he lumber yard on the morning Of the 9th inst. te Jacob Seebach testified that he keeps a notely near Library Hall, in Jersey City. He said that Di had seen Lizzie Munger but twice—once tn hts 0} house and again tu the Library Hail station pte and he had denied, having stolen her cid; wi ness again denied it, aud was amused at bein charged with such a crime, as he had two childre; of his OWn and (hought them enough. Captain George K. Rnodes, of the Seventh pre-, cinct, of Brooklyn, corroborated substantially the testimony of Mr. Hager, and thus said:—On th night of the 11th inst. Lizale changed her story» she said that aiter she got to New York on tn night of the 8th inst. she Wandered about an finally reached the foot of Nineteenth street North River; here two men met and tried to ou rage her; she fought them of, bat they cut her breasts and hands and pounded her head witty stones; witness said he examined her and found thirty-five or forty slight cuts on her breasts ank , ome scratches ‘on her hands, but conid find no& wounds on her head; Lizzie said that alter the, | assault on her she got into an ice cart and slop until hali-past four A. M., when the cold re ees her; at haif-past six A. M. she put the child in thi lumber pile and left him; about hall-past nine she started back for the infant but lost her hls ‘Aiter leaving the stand Captain Rhodes sai ia the Coroner, & discussion having spring up bee tween Ligzie’s counsel and a juryman, 1 oR another statement had been made to him b Lizzie, but that it was made under inducemen and was of such @ characier.that it would not b@ admitted into a court of record, He, therefore, did not feel at liberty to say what it was to the Coroner’s jury. To satisfy Coroner Croker of 1 nature and his propriety in refusing to utter it h@ said that he would willingly tell it to bim | private. The Coroner, however, was williny accept the assurance of Captain Rhoves; the big Joquactous juryman magnanimously declared that Captam Rhodes knew What was proper; and eX dudge White, of counsel for the prisoner, verm gracefully felled his junior associate, Mr, Schwal Who wanted to force the statement fom Captal Rhodes, and then while Coroner Croker Wi declaring the inquest adjourned until (his morns ing he as graceiuily smoothed down the capiiary adornment of the young lawyer, and sent li fa bie oe radiating “neace and joy and wrace. ,