The New York Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1875, Page 6

6 SL-ANDREW'S CHURCH CALAMITY | S23" | would be present, He expressed delight at t: fact that the roposed changes and improvewents The Treacherous Walls Viewed and Con- demned by the Coroner’s Jury. in the building bad never reached the law branch of the department, thus re- Meving tim of responsibility. He, how- ever, stated that out of tnis accident tn his opiuion “good would coms,” and ag proof of this j be asserted that number of house owners wro partment, and wer contesting them in court, called yesterday gud expressed their desire to know in what way they could avoid suc acci- dents a8 that at the church. CONDITION OF THE INJUKED. Terongess the whoie of yesterday an incessan’ string of Visitors Mled in and out of the Park Ho | pital, ihe fries if Many of those who were in- | Jured at the Duane street disaster came iaden with | iraits and delicacies. Warden Hart waa ousy ail | day answering questions and allaying the ears and anxiety of atlicted mothers and sisters. During the morning a comunittee of the Ladies? Visiting Society, consisting of Misses Bingham, Merritt and Saunders, called ana consoled the ut fortunate vicums of the disaster. Mr. James Meyer, of No, 45 Beaver street, donated many of his cacies to the sufferers, and Alderman Lysaght sent in a new suit oi clothes to little Dennis Haley, Who was well enough when they ar- eived to put them on ana go home, Miss Kate Hat- ton, whose bead was ribly brutsed, is still iu great pain, and notwithstanding the efforts of the doctors her condition does not seem to improve, Miss Mary Jane Martin is stil very ill, Early yes- terday morning she recovered consciousness, out the lease was short, as she relapsed into stupor bet.re nigntlall, The boy Splaine, whose scalp was crueliy lacerated, 1s very low. Patrick La- velle, whose spine was injured, is not expected to live, bis condition yesterday being very feeble. Miss Mary Keogh and Jerry Gritfin were dis- charged, they being out ot all immediate danger. TODAY'S FUNBRALS. Thomas Feeny, aged fourteen, will be buried from No, 10 City Hall place. = Mary G. Conners, aged forty-seven, from No. 42 Park street. Re Mevarty, aged forty, from No, 42 Park atree Prougn all the day yesterday excited and sym- aehaiee McGinniss, aged fifty, from No. 22 City ai pathetic throngs still haunted the vicinity of the ace. . | _ Rosa McGinn, aged forty, from No. 13 Vande- distressing accident at St, Andrew’s church in | water street, Tus Woman leaves eight young Duane street on Thursday evening. Lines of chiidren, . | The interments will all take place at Calvary u 5 pcan Guarded the spot, preventing the! oo overy, and the (uneral processions will leave el iscrowd irom venturing too closely tothe tne respective residences at about two o'clock ‘unsupported walls. which have already caused the | P. Mi. ARREST OF BUILDING INSPECTORS. Funerals of the Victims To-Day---Requiem Mass for the Dead. DANGERS TO PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGES. Warrow and Twisting Stairways to Check and Be Choked by Panic-Stricken Crowds. INWARDLY. DOORS OPENING How Churches and Theatres in New York and Brooklyn Provide for Safe Egress. had heretofore resisted the processes of the de- | winds of farther anxiety by saying that the tene- | death and cruel maiming of so many persons, Every voice in the crowd earnestly canvassed the MEASURES OF RELIEF. Upwards of $500 has already been subscribed by Messrs. Kennedy, Kasseil. Morgan Joues, Jere- causes of the disaster or queried as to where the | Tesponsibility rests, and whether there was still | @anger remaining while the walls were allowed | tostand. Aliexpressed the tenderest sympathy and the liveliest sorrow for the victims who are | suffering from, and the bereaved who lost friends belovec in, that appalling disaster. Early im the | day Mayor Wickham visited and examined the butldings. | THR JURY VIEW THE DEATH TRAP, Atten o’clock the jury sammoned by the Coro- Der on the previous day met at the Sixth precinct station house, On their faces was that expression Of tense seriousness which bevokens the occur- Tence of @ distressing event. Accompanied by | Coroner Eickhof and Captain Lowery they went | mm & body to St, Andrew's church, where they made a close inspection of all parts of the edifice, ‘The first object of interest was, of course, the east @allery, where the wall fell through the roo! upon the heads of the unsuspecting worshippers, ana “where the stains of vlood told yet plainly ‘of the harrowing scenes that had been en- acted here on that never-to-be forgotten ‘Thursday evening. Orher parts of the interior had @ no less pain/al interest ior those among the Jury whose sensibilities bad veen excited oy read- wg the story of the awrul disaster, witn ail its sad details, There was a pew in which a woman Was gaid to have been crusted; there was a door devo which the panic-stricken throng bad trampled a boy to death. Every part of the in- terior of the church bad some such fearful story | Ww tell, and it was evidentiy a relief to the minds of the more sensitive among the jury | en they left the chamber of worship to ascend to the steeple. There they desired | tw obtain a good view of Shaw’s building, | and the generai impression produced by it was that the contiguity of the narrow and tall over- topping store must have always been something Of a danger to that low church edifice. The other Bide of the western wall—that next the charch— ‘Was subsequently viewed irom the roof of Sweeny’s Hotel. it was evicent at a glance that this wall was badly sprung from the bottom nearly to the top. !t bulged out in the centre tow- @rd the churcn from six to eight inches. The jurors ireely expressed the opinion that it was stilla very dangerous wall, and mignt fail any | day, in fact, Some of them undoubtedly hopea that if the wall ‘was likely to (ail then and there,” | a8 some of the others had said, it would wait till | they had lef. the vicinity. THE WALL MUST BR DEMOLISHED. When this inspection had been finished the jury adjourned te a room in tre hotei, where they were sworn in by Coroner Eickhoff and toid that tne | formal investigation of the causes of the disaster ‘would be opened at the Corovers’ office on Monday | morning at ten o’clock. A few of the jurors, upoo | ‘Whom tue view of the dangerous bulging wall had | evidentiy made a decided impression, were lota to | leave before warning the Coroner that measures Should be taken to prevent another: calamity. | They thought tt might topple at any moment, and Coroner Eickhod promised that he would at once | lay the facts before tue Grand Jury. | He said preparations had been made to begin tearing down the wall yesterday, but he had \orvidden the execation of this design until the jury had obtained a correct view o! the condl- tion of the wall, He somewnat relieved their Ment in tue rear had been entirely vacated ana that no one would ve allowed to occupy it until | the aangerous wall had veen completely demol- ished. One of the jurors asked whether the De-~ partment of Buiidings or the Fire Department ‘were to blame. aud tne Coroner replied that it | ‘Would be for tue jury to decide who the gutity par- | = were. The jury Was Wen discharged ti Mou- aye ARREST OF THR INSPECTORS, } Detective vorsey, of the Sixth precinct, yester- day brought bewre Coroner Hickhomt Wiliam T. Croft apd Nicholgs Murpny, the district inspectors, Jor whom he had issued warrants ou Friday aiter- hoon, in explanation of why they had not ap- the day previous the inspectors stated that, | ing abseut on Lusiness, they jailed to receive the Coroner's notice in time. This explanation vemg Batisiactory, the Coroner required them to give Duil in the sum of $4,000 each to await the result of the ingaisition wilch is to be commenced on | Mouday morning. Murphy, who lives at No, 60 Marion street, Was bailed by Mr. William T. A. Hart, of No, 65 Prince street. Mr. Croit, who lives in Third avenue, also entered into bonds Jor ois duture appearance, | MEASURRS POR SAFFTY. | As the tal jury nad advised that the walls should be down, Corouer Eickhoff, invqier to have they wishes carried out, subsequently addressed to Superintendent Adams, of tne Guliding Depart | Mont, the following communication :— | ORDER TO DEMOLISH THE WALLS. CoRoNEKS! UFFICE, 40 EAST HOUSTON STRERT, } New York. Feo 27, 1875. Water W. ApaMs, Esq, Superintendent of Build- | 1ng8:— DéaR Sta—The jury which has been summoned | by me to investigate the late disaster, aiter ex- mining the ruins in Duane street, Las asked me to order the wailis of the building to be taken | down and | now request you to cause the watts of | the building (Suaw’s vuilding), inciuding tue east | Wall toward Sweeny’s Hotel, to be taken Gown | immediately, proper precaution being taken in Fegara to the salety of toe workmen thus em- | ployed, as sald wails seem to be Low in as danger- | eus a Condition as tuey apparently have beep | heretofore, Kespectiuily yours, ANTHONY EICKHOFF, Coroner, CAUTION TO BE OBBERVED. During the aiternvon Coroner Eickhom de- patched Mr. Kichard Cook, an attaché of his | office, to Captain Lowery, of the sixth precinct, | ‘Witn instructions to have the work oi demolishing | the dangerous walls prosecuted vigorously and | ‘with great care, in order that there wight not be | further loss of life. All tenants were removed | from No, 15 City Hall place by order of tne Coroner, and no One Will be allowed to occupy it till the threatening danger from the overvaoging wali is | removed. It was announced last evening that the devoted | astor, Father Curran, will this morning ceie- rate mass privacely jor his congregation in the Dasemeat, whe for tfe present noid services im tne body of tue | burch. * Coroner Eickhoff stated that he was determined to make the inquiry of the most searching cbar- acter, and (rom the comp/exion of the jury he had confidence ip them suiicient to say that they ‘would render no pwmiowaaning” verdict, but ouid be governed by the evidence. ed ae THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. A feportér of the Le aaerlh beanie f Gevoted ome tine to discovering the Whereabou's of Super- tendent Adams, Depu.y superimtenuent Duaey r officiaia of the bureag. Tue Superin- aenaent i pis Geputy could not \e found. It as, ver, ‘ascertained that the Superimtend- aby ‘Adams, had been at the oMce for a brief r jay. The Depaty Suaperiutendent, Mr A wis reported, was at the puiiding, oun could to place it in a sale ‘condition, Mf Donaldson, the Secretary, was ap- from desk, and im this emergency tie finan tive sought iu vain jor Mr, din thie Mr. Mount was aosent, Gepartment, where Mr. Fred Gi board, was Mund the Attorney crisis Be boldly stalked into the law uney, Of the ou duty. Mr. Giuney @ can do 80 safely, oat will not | Mr. mial Murpny, George Miadleton, Patrick Lysaght, Andrew H. White, Martin Keese, Jonn H, Von Glaua, Round~man Muldoon and others, A meeting of the’ Tammany General Committee ot the second ANGERS, District will take place at | . M, to-day, which is to be | Columbia Hall at two presided over by Mr. George Middleton, for the Porposs of making a@ farther collection of funds, tis estimated that the repairs to the roof of the church will cost trom $5,000 to $6,000. Mr. Frank D. Heard, of the Bristol Hotel, bas seat the HeBaLD $y lor the unjortunates. MASS FOR TH DEAD, Father Curran ‘has given nouce that asolemn | mass o/ requiem will be celeb: ated in St. Peters churen, Barclay street, to-morrow (Monday) morning, at ten o'clock, lor the repose of tne sous Of ull those who died by the sad catastropne, OFFICIAL INSOLENCE. An ineident buppened wate tre wounded people were veing removed irom St. Andrew’s church on Tauarsday night waiech ought to be related tf only to show that the quelied in the breasts of some men even by oc- currences Which awaken generous feeling 10 those of ali other people. When tne debris of the Shaw building crashed through tne root of the church mr. A. Villuroel, corre- sponding agent of tue Cailean Exposition Com- | missioners, Was about @ vlock distant irom the | place of disaster. Guided by the sounds o! tumult | In the church he raa to that eatfice. When ne reached tne western front doorwuy he found one | of the doors bo ted and the otner only sufficiently ajar to permit one person ata time to struggle | “insolence of office” is not | NEW YUKK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1875.—QUAD ontefs or the Secretary | the altar, one leading into the yard of tne parson- | against panic or any hasty exit of the I age and the other into that of the church; al | these swinging inward like those entrance. There sre no galleries, containing the organ, ST, STEPHEN'S (ROMAN CATHOLIC) CHURCH. | eighth to Twenty-ninth street, and not connected, A space of ten intervenes between them. T | move only inward, but the openings leading | directly into the church swing toward the street. | However, | during service Lhe congregation shall have ample means of exit in case Of necessity. COLLEGIATE REFORM CHURCH, corner Fif.n avenue and Twenty-ntoth street, has three doors constituting the main entrance, swinging inward; they stand open during tne | church service. Tbe doors leading from tie vesti- bule to the nave swing both ways. There are also two doors in the rear of the edifice lated in case of accident the building can be em)- tied lu ve minutes. The aoors o! the gallery also swing doth ways, The stairs leading thereto are boul six feet wide, WRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH on Forty-second street, between Filth and Sixth avenues, has three doors opening into the vesti- bule, which swing inward. There are galleries on either side, the stairs ieading to which turn some tour or five times and are very narrow. In the rear of the audience room are the lecture room and the Sunday school room, to whicha broad entrance way leaas irom the street, the only mode of egress. L$ CHURCH OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER, situate on Third street, 1s one of the largest places of public worship in the city, and it must be said thar tue people—principally Germans—who atteud MG are exposed to great danger in case of @ panic. All the doors open inward, apd they are far irom beiog suMicient in number, he galiery stairways are narrow, and the organ loit, still bigner up, with still narrower stairways, 18 occupied on Suu- gaye by several hundred children. ‘To make the matter worse tue Kedemptorist Fathers fear in- ceudiaries, ani in fact the police are present frequently to watch suspicious characters, There is @ necessity for immediate improvement in the means of egress [rom this really fine and imposing ry building. THE SCOTCH PRESBYTERIAN church, on Thirty-sixth street, near Sixth ave- nue, hag three doors opening into the vestibule, swinging inward, and four leading thence into the audience room, The doors opening on the gallery stairs swing inward and are so uarrow that Do more than two persons Cad pass out at one time. ‘There are algo doors leading trom the ves- tidale into the basement whica migut be utilized in case of accident, FREE TABERNACLE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, on Thirty-iourth street, has three doors at tue Iront swinging inwards. The doors irom the ves- tibule to the audience room swing both ways. | either side of the vestibule stairs lead to the base- ment, in which ts the lecture room. On each side | of this are doors leading into the alleyways, gen- eraliy used by the Sunday school children and | those attending the meetings held during the week, TRANSFIGURATION (ROMAN CATHOLIC) CHURCH. Many years since the late pastor of this church (Fatber Trainor, deceased), fearing & possible panic among his Congregation had all the doors arranged 80 a8 to move outwards, There are now turee entrances on Mott street and two on Park Street, besides two more in the rear, on either side of the aitar. The stairways of the galleries are five feet wide, Tne Transfiguration seats 1,150 people. The seven openings mentioned, in doors, wake this place Of worship safe for ail who attend, CHURCH OF THE HRAVENLY REST, between Foity-tifta and Forty-sixth streets, on Fifth avenue, bas @ broad entrance, with donb'e doors swing.og luwards. As usual, the vestibule doors swing the other way. Means Of eXit aiso eXist in rear of the building, FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST, The entrance to ttis church is through heavy | douvle gvors swinging ip, aud thence from the vestibule tnrough four doors, swinging out to the into ine street. The crowd was crammed pody of the church. From the vestivuie on the in the porch and on the ——, A | Tight 18 @ door leading to the tecture room, number of persons were upon the floor, | wresce there is an exit upou Forty-sixth street being trampled upon. Mr. Villuroel instantly | turougn a heavy sliding door. There 1s #is0& began to push the ball-open door back and tu heip the people into the street, When the aifficultics | Of egress at the wesern doorway was overcome | Mr. Villuroel Went to the other doors, He then | assisted in carryimz the Wouuded peopie from the churen to Sweeny’s Hotel. When he nad ‘been | occupied in his Samaritan-like labors fur some | Ume, and was returning trom the hotel | to the church, wen outside of tha latter edific’ he was met by a_ police- man, who asked him in a surly tone where he was going. Mr. Villaroel answered that he was | going into the church to assist the sufferers, The | insolent policeman responded that the sufferers | would get along without the aid of Mr. Vilaroel, | and in.ormed bim what be Dad better move away. | As other officers had seen him, aod had heiped him to carry the wounded to the hotel, Mr. Vil- laroe! telt that he would uot be treated so insult- ingly 1! some of them were called. Que or two of | | them had already passed him through the | nes. He began to expiain to the surly officer; but biue coat | Would not iusten, and insistea be snould move on quickly. To eniorce his commands the police. man si7uck Mr. Villaroe| across the right arm, aud tuen urged him forward by poking at ium with bis cluo, the outraged gentieman not knowing what means to take in order to recognize bis as- gailant at some time woen he could cave him punished ior tis rumanly conduct. The darkness prevented mr. Villaroel {rom seeing the nuinber Of tre omcer. During bis labors at the church, Mr. Villaroel also mec With a serious loss of property. He wore long overcoat, in @ side pocket of which he pad @ pocke(buok, Which was stolen, containing two promissory uotes, each jor $3v0, and memoranda relative to the coming Cailian Exposition. Lhe notes were drawn by Antonio Montalva, and Lucas Cataldas, both of Carocoles, Bolivia. The lost me- moranda are almost invaluable to Mr. Viliaroel. It has taken a year to gather them, and it ts im- or to duplicate them in time for them to be use ANOTHER MAN INJURED. Yesterday alternoon, about half-past five o'clock while a gang of workmen were employed in takin: down the valance of the wall stili standing at No. 21 Duane s reet, one of the men, named Daniel Costello, aged thirty years, and residing at No. 601 | First avenue, was struck on the head by @ talling brick and severely, if not fatally, injured. The wounded tian was taken to the Park Hospital for | medical attendance, | DANGER IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. THE MEANS PROVIDED IN CITY CHURCHES FOR EGRES$—DOORS THAT OPEN INWARD AND OUT- ‘WARD. The dread{ui calamity that occurred last Thurs- day evening in St, Andrew’s church lias naturally awakened public attention as to the safety of con- gregations who aseembie several times weekly in the many hundred houses of worship in this city. The great peril that Jarge bodies of people are expused to in cases Of sudden alarm by reason of the terror that seizes them when confined within buildings ard their irantic eflorts | to escape has been attested on numerous occa- sions. The great necessity is to estabush confl- dence, and there is no better means ‘of attaining this end than to have 1t understood that the means of egress are ampie and easy. With the view of learning What arrangements exist as to the facilities for reaching the street in the event of @o entire congregation secking immediate exit, representati of the HERALD visited a large number of churches yesterday to obtain informa- tion on this important point. The resuit of their investigations so far is appended. It should be understood that where the outer doors move in the direction of the street the safety of the people, for very obvious reasons, is best secured. ST. ANDREW'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. First in interest, in conaideriog the Sdresight, or the neglect of it, as tothe safety of people who assembie in large numbers for public worship or for other purposes, comes on the present occasion St. Andrew's church, where the recent disaster occurred. The venerable Fatner Curran cheer- fully gave ail the information requested, and took the opportunity to remark that he and iis congregation felt under @ deep debt of gratitude for the kindly considera- tion with which they were treaied by the Heratp during their present severe affliction. The doors that admit peopie from the streets to the church open inward, through the vestibule the doors swing outward— thatis, give way beiore the people as they are \ leaving the church, The gallery stair ‘6 a eizht ieet wide and admit four people abseast passing at & time. Father Curran men- Uoned a circumstance reiated to him by Berrian, one of iS parishioners, Woe that genticman was ia Rome ue attended service | In one of the churcues of that city, and an incident occurred sufficient to create irigaot among the congregation. Tne peopie, however, remained eu- | tirey quiet, hardly removing their eyes from their | prayer books Seon the cause of terror was re- moved by the proper parties and no trouvie of any kind eusued. Father Curran stated that had nis peopie recollected tne advice he had often given thew on Lbis subject the calamuy of Inursday | evening would not have occurred, | THY SOUTH REFORMED CHURCH, | corner of Filth avenue and Twenty-first street, | has three doors on the front, ieading into tne | Yestiouie and swinging iuward, whence two doors open into the audience room, swinging out ward, ‘The only gallery Over the Vestibule, | from which the stairs are ms four feet in wide ‘To the right and lett o pulpit are Goors ica | ing irom the church, Which could be made @vail- | avie in case oO; fire or other accident. GRACK CHURCH, on Broadway, between Tenth ana Eleventh strecta, has three doors leading into the vestipule and inging inward. There are also two doors on the | | door in the rear ieadiag into the lecture room, ST. JAMES’ ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. This edifice nas five eutrances, The doors open outward, but in the centre the chief opening has doors that move on slides. Tuls 1s a defect partly remedied, nowever, by the practice of having Spacious and unimpeded means of egress during service iu cases of emergency. ‘The gal.ertes are provided with wide stairways. The usual congre- gation ts large, aud, as the church only admits of One jine Of retreat in case ol danger, some changes | could easily be made ior the better. DK. CHAPIN’S CHURC corner of Fifth avenne and Forty-fiith street, has three entrances to the vestibule irom the steeet, the doors swinging inward, and the same numoer leading thence to the audience room. ‘There aiso a door on the Forty-fif treet side, to the left of the pulpit. ‘he gaiiery stairs ure broad, as | are the doors leading to them. CHURCH OF THR HOLY TRINITY. ‘There are ample means ol egress iron this very fine edifice. Ine arrangements include the fuliest faculties tor people passing out to either Madison avenue or Forty-second street, There are at least ten doors, besides additional side passages ior | persons coming trom the gatieries, waich are re- markably spacious, ‘The choir occupies @ singu- lar position to toe left of the altar, and close to | | One of the means of exit. The windows on either | side of the aisies, tue sills of which are but slighliy | elevated trom ‘he sinewaik, W uid to case of emer gency permit ready access to the street. DR. RILEY’S REFORMED CHURCH, on Thirty-iourth street, near Eignth avenae, Ras | | three doors irom the street to the vestibule, Swinging inward, and the same number opening | into the nave, swinging outward. The entrance , from the lecture room in the basement ts directly | on the street and there are stairs leading to it from the vestibuie above. DR. LUDLOW'S REFORMED CHURCH, | corner of Filti avenue and Forty-eighth street, | bas three entrances, the dvors to which swing inward. The vestioule doors swing both ways There are gallories on the side with swingiug | doors. The stairs, Which are winding, are about five feet in width. ST. TERESA'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. | Corner Katgers and Heury streets, that special ains have been taken by the pastor (Dr, joyce) to provide against any such sor | row!ul occurrence as tnat wnico took place | at st. Anarew’s. The doors are so arranged that during diviue service the church can oe mptied | in a few minutes i any unioreseen event ald | happen to cause sudden aiarm. Numerous vores lead to the streets above Dumed as weil as tu Bast Broadway, and there 1s a very Commendable ar- | cum reach the open air without mixing with the | occupants o/ the aisies as they quii their seats. CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH. corner of Fourto avenue and Tuirty fourth street, has doors liavie to the same criticism as overs beiore mentioned, They open ouly iuward, but® beyond the vestioule they swing on binzes. The iuver ones Dave brass baudies, which would lead one (o suppose that all were con-tructed to open toward the people sitting in their pews. There are entrances on both thoroughiares, though, consiaering the dimensions oj the vullding, harwy wide or Bumerous enough. TUE BROADWAY TABERNACLE, corner Of Sixth avenue and Tuirty-iourth street, has four doors at the front aud tWo on the side, all swinging inward. Toe vestbuie doors swing outward. Tuere are galleries on both sides, and the stairs leaaing thereirom to the vesupule are broad. ST. MARY'S (ROMAN CATHOLIC) CHURCH. The doors of this edifice all open outward on Grand street, and the same arrangement exists ag to the doors going directly irom the vestibule into the body of the church. There could bardly be any better arrangement made, 40 tar as means ol egress are concerned. {he openings in the rear would, besides, aid materially in an emer- gency to aliow a rapid and sale exit into Attorney street, CHORCH OF THE SKA AND THE LAND, located at the corner of Heury and Market streets, was built sixty years ago. Tne main dvors of strong wood open iaward, but atter passiag through the vestibule they turn toward tne street. The former are slways kept open wheo the edifice ts vccupied by worshippers, and there can be littie danger to the congregation in cast of alarm, 50 long as the sexton faitniully performs bis duty. The galleries have four eutrances, and there are fuli lacuicies Ol reaching botn sireets. THE PRESHYTERIAN CHUKOH, corner of University piace and Tenth street, bas | toree doors at the iront, swinging inward, while those In the vestibule, leading into the audience room, swing the other way. to the right oi tue pulpit leading to Tenth street, | THE BAICK PRESBYTERIAN ( corner of Fiith avenue and Phirty- has tiree ensrances on the ave each side, au SWinging inward. buie dovrs swing outward. CHURCH OF THR DISCIPLES The of sittings than apy other in mainly constructed o! corragated iron. New York, itis ‘There are but three eutrances—tWwo ou Foriy-filth street and | The srout doors open | one op Mauison avenue, outward and are always aniocked, bul tuey cover other equally substantial doors that move the contrary Way. there should be, evidently, a greater Dumber of Passages irom 18 interior to the street in case Of sudden alarm. ST. ANN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. The principal doors of this church open out- | his bead was ward—the great precaution for safety in case of danger. Toere are means of egress by both Eicventh and Twelith streets, the ground ocenpied by the church abd school extendmg an entire block, Tue galiertes are ar pian 4s to faciliues for jeuving them, TEMPLE EMANUEL, corner of Forty-third street and Fifth avenue, has ‘There are 480 Means Of exit at the side, and the build. | five doors at the irons swinging inward. ing Can be emptied in @ very snort time, CHRIST CAUKCH, corner of Fitth avenue and fbirty-Afth strect, has three doors at the tront swinging inward. Vestibule doors, of which there are turee, oul ward, aiforda 4 means of exit to ST. GEORGE'S (RPISCOPAL) situated at the corner of Sixt Second avenue, is provided with Which open outward, and the the main | @ Whe one | located | Ths spacious editice extends trom Twenty. | There are three entrances on the avenue there are numerous entrauces on bot streets, The gal- | leries stretcning irom either end are distinct and t or thereabout exterior coors particular care is taken to see that | It 18 calca- | connection with the prudent manner of nanging | It must be said o1 tuis ediiice, which is located | rangement by which the peopie 1m tne galleries | There is also @ door | com- 1 | gregation that regularly attend St. George's, ST. PAUL'S (METHODIST EPISCOPAL) CHURCH, the corner o! Fourth and Twenty-second street, is attended by @ large and | wealthy congregation, seats 1,500 persons, id two on the street. There are also free and ample side connections with the chapel, The mata door, however, opens inward—tiat 1s, 10 the face oi the people when passing from the churc’ to the side- walk. The galleries are well provided with the means of exit, and there are, besides, passag ways from the chancel to the pastor’s residence, which 13 distant but @ few yards from the churca. IN BROOKLYN. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE. The main entrance to this building is on Court street, from which the parquet, orchestra stalls and family circle are reached by two flights of pass out by the main stairways, or by a staircase, | On the opposite side leacing to Remsen street, | There is also anotner exit by way of the stage through the dressing rooms on a level with the ground on Remsen street, The capacity of the Douse 19 about 1,900, and this number of people usually can lea the theatre inside of five minutes, THE PARK THEATRE, The main entrance, which is about thirteen feet wide, is on Fulton street, and leads to the par- quet, orchestra amd dress circle oy means of & staircase over six feet wide. The gallery entrance is also on Fulton street. Exit can also be made through a stage door in Adams street, which is level with tne ground, There are besides two otnera, one leading trom the orchestra stalls and one from the dregs circle, The peovle from the gallery can also pags out throuch @ gateway 1010 the main staircase. ‘The capacity of this theasre ls about 1,800, aud it 18 calculated that this number can be let out within three minutes, MRS. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE. The exits from tis public resor! are peculiarly favorable, There are two exits on Johnson street | accessivle from the stage, aiso three which lead | into the alley way on the east side of tne theatre, which opens on Johnson street. ‘These are accessible to the audience occupying | seats in the dress circie, parauet and orchestra chairs. In addition to these there is | the main entrance lobby, opening rigit from the | parquet and orches:ra chair-, and into which the | mau staircase irom the dress circle descends. ‘The statrcases are all about ten tect wide, and ibis calculated that a full audience could leave the toeatre within five minutes. ea THE ACADBMY OF MUSIO, in Montague street, 1s admirably provided with means of exit. The parquet opens into a lobby vent, feet wide. Theié are two windows on both sides of the building, through which | peopie might pass in case 01 necessity; also three | O:her Qoorways, two of which open directly irom | the auditorium to the street, and one of which | can be reached irom the stage. From the family | Circle there are two flights of stairs, one on | either side of the house, which descend to tne | | are-s circie floor, from which in turn there are | again two flights of stwirs leading to tne main ‘Jopby. There is also @ passage fron the adress circle floor through the Assembly Rooms to | Street by a separate, wide staircase. Sull anotuer | passage can be had into the Art Gallery, irqm | Which aMmothner staircase, nine ieet wide, leads | dnto the street. | THE OLYMPIC THEATRE, | on Fulton, near Hoyt street, was formerly a | church, Tbe exit is through & passage way from | | Fulton street sxteen or eiguteen feet in width. * | There 1s no galiery. Un both sides there are large Windows opening upon open lots, which could be | used for escape. THE ATHENAE | on Atlantic and Clinton streets, has an exit on | Aulantic street trom the parquet and gallery, aiso | asmall doorway opening to Uiinion street. Tne main staircase 1s wide. The outer dvors open | wide against the wall and are always so kept. RUPLE SHEET. THE BOWEN OF CONTENTION. Saturday Afternoon Tall in Brooklyn. : SPORTSMEN’S VIEWS. Opinions of the Bar, the Bench and the Bowery. stairs about jour feet wide. Tne only The great question of the hour is, “Shall Henry exit from the gallery is by this statrcase. | C, Bowen testify in behailfof the plaintiff or the The people in. the parquet can always | gefendant? A HERALD’reporter called yesterday @t various important sources of information and found that Mr. Bowen was really subpoenaed for the plaintiff. He calied at Mr. Morris’ office on Mon- tague street, and Mr, Morris, the great engineer Of the trial, whose’ information should be of far @nd wide importance, was not to be found there. The troubie of seeing the lawyers connected with the defence was dificult to a great degree. Tne HERALD reporter went up to the luxurious region where General Tracy kept bis office, re- Jotcing in brilliant Brussets carpets, in bronze chandeliers and plate glass windows. AMr. Brod- head, a partner of General Tracy's, occupied she apartment, and he satd to the reporter when asked, “Mr, Brodbead, does the defence intend to sum- mon Mr. Henry C. Bowen?’’ “I think it 13 bigniy impropable.’” Rerortee—Has the plaintin’s side no {atention of asking Bowen to be @ witness in rebuttal or any other way? Mr. BRopHEaD—The plaintiff has not considered it in that wa; GOING TO MR, TRACY'S, The reporter of the HeRaLp went over to Mr. Tracy's house; No. 148 Montague street. It was a fine brown stone house, with a high stoop. The reporter sent up his card, and the servant re- turned with the information that Mr. Tracy was not at home. 2 THE ATMOSPHERE OF BROOKLYN was surcharged with Beecher. Though no one knew where the happy pastor of Plymouth church was spending his afternoon, his case and the variety of circumstances—many of which might be romantic if the element of melancholia did not | shadow them—were ireely discussed everywhere, “Sports,” it is noticeable—and tale has been ne- ticed for the first time—are beginning to make their | bets on Beecher ana Tilton in preference to put- ting down stakes on Goldsmith Maid and Moun tain Boy. These gentlemen do not look upon the | Plymouth business in the lignt of a scandal, They take a muca broader view. Beecher they look upon as a sportsman—a | mighty hunter before the Lord, though not of the | Nimrod type. Tnis class of men like the best horse to win, and they believe in Beecher. Tilton they do not look upon as a first clase trotter. They do not put faith in his legs, which are extravagantly long; but some fancy the shape | of hts chest, its breadth and compass, and the way | he carries his head, which one gentleman at the Everett House last night declared to be the very style of Blair Athole. The bets have been running | two to one against Tilton, owing to the aureola | | The inoer ones swing botn ways. | whieh the illustrious H. W. B.—now, by the way, ‘This arrangement appears to be the rule in all | the above mentioned theatres, | PLYMOUTH CHURCH fronts on Orange street, aud nas three entrances on this street. The outer doors bere open in- are at all times during service kept There is then @ spacious lobby, which auditorium of tue church 1s reacied through four double swinging dours. ‘There are also two doors leadiag througu the lecture rooin into Cranberry street und one into’ an | alleyway whic: extends to both streets. The Cran- berry street Outer doors open inward. Tne door upon the alley swings out. Theinside doors are | bung on swing hinges and can be opened either | way. ‘There is @ gallery on each side of the church, which is reacued irom the main lobby on Orange Béreet by s'aircases on eitaer side, and by two | stairways irom the rear loouby, fhe capacity of | Piymouth coureh is about three thousand peopl and this bumoer can be cleared out in leas tn: ten minutes. | TALMAGE'S TABERNACLE, situate on Schermerbora sireet, has no back en- | trance whatever, fhe ouly way by which peopie | can leave tue buliding 18 toreugh the three doors | on schermern ra street, except by Way Of a small door vpening into the vestry. Tae number of per- 8008 Who can be accommodated in (be bui ding is estimated at 5,000, | Would be danger of loss of lie trom crowding. DR, SCUDDER’S TABERNACLE, on Hancock -treet, has three entrances on the front, the outer doors being, as in all Brooklyn churches, kep: always Gpen, ‘Phe inner qvora, leading [rom the loboy to the church, open both | ways. There are no galleries in tus church, | ST. ANN’S, on the Heights, has only one doorway, which is reached by a high, steep fight of steps. The outer doors open mward, while tue inner or lobby doors are swung on reversibie hinges. lo case of a sud- den alara it is Calcuated that great loss of hie Inust necessarity be occasioned, THE CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS, . corner oi Henry aud Kemsen streets, bas two | exits by means of wide doorways, The outer | doors during service are kept open, The inner doors, Opening into the oody oi the church, can be | Pushed eliaer way. | OLHER CHURCHES. | _ About the same stute of affairs exists so far as can be learned in regard to tne other churches tn Brooklyn. in none 01 them visited yesterday was there iound to be any difiicuity likely to result irom a sudden emergency. The arrangements » that are maue appear to be the best that could be adopted under existing circumstances except in | the cases previously noted. PEDESTRIANISM. | WESTON AND JUDD’S PROPOSED LONG WALK. , At flve minutes past twelve o'clock to-night E. P. Weston and J. R. Judd will commence their Six days’ waik at the Hippodrome. The former feels 80 confident of scoring the greatest distance in the specified time that he has allowed Judda Start of thirty-uve miles, The articles of agree- | mept, a6 sigued by the men, are as loilows:— | ‘ticles of agreement are made the 10th day of u the ar 1873, between J. R, Judd a yson Weston, whereby they agree to walk @ ve to be continued tor six consecutive days, commenc- in the first five minutes of Monday, and ending at midnight of Saturday, March 6, | . Jtis furthermore agreed that boin competitors abide | by the ruling of the judges, who shail reserve their-decise jon until the race is ended. {tis also agreed that the competitors in this race walk | 8 fair heei-and-toe waik, and (huteither of the compet itors departing irom a tair gait shali be immediately warned by the judges, who may demand that the dis- tance uniairly walked Le walked over agaiu, and the competitor refusing to comply with tats order shali have the aistance $0 uniairiy wa Ked charged against him as nearly as can be judged on ‘he books in whlch the ree- ord of tis race shail be kep It is that the competitor who furthermore agree | waiks the greatest number oi miles in the six consecu- tive days as above specified shall be deciared ner an | Baro) itt the win- nd entitled to receive the purse ollered by Mr. P. T. my 's furthermore agreed that Ei wes J. R. Judd thirty-five miley’ start in this race, this stance of tiirty-live mies to be coumed as so many miles walked wien the race is comp eve, - EDWARD PAYSON WESTON. J. R. JUDD. | It is reported that members of the New York | Athletic Club, Mew York Caledonian Club, New Jersey Athletic Aasociation and other clubs will act as judges. gentiewen connected with these well known organizations will Conseut to be present in sucn capacity. Under their supervision «he perform- ce will command attention. o | FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE IN NEWARK. inner veati- | The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail- road, at the Orange street bridge, in Newark, was but, aiter passing | 18 capabie of aifording perhaps a greater number | the scene, yesteraay, of @ most horrifying specta- | cle—vhe suicide, under appalliag circumstances, of an unknown man. Between ten and eleven O'clock the stranger, @ man about tiirty-tiree In case 01 fire or a panic toere | e id | Judge. ard Payson Weston | It 1s to ve hoped that some of the | | read as “Hub’'—has gathered around his head, | Among sportsmen the facts of the case are en- tirely ignored. They are of opinion they know all about them, and that no more evidence is re- quised. ‘Look for a needle in a bundle of straw,” said one gentleman at the Filth Avenue Hotel toa HeRALD reporter. knew what he was about? Do you think he isa darned fool.’” “Frustrate their knavish tricks, on Beecher our hopes we fx,’’ said one enthusiastic pewnolder of Plymouth church. “That’s what Miss Pross said in the ‘Tale of the Two Cities,’ and a sensible oman sue was.’ ABOUT LITTLE RALPH. Throughout Brooklyn yesterday the news was strange fascination of this case shows itself from this tact, that the tilne: nd impending death of this boy should arouse such widespread interest, | His paternity, as it will be remembered by the readers of the HERALD, was a subject of dispute between Beecher and Tilton, and jorms still a dispated element in the case. JUDGE WILLIAM PULLERTON. Jadge Folierton was engaged on some important business when he received the card of the HenaLD representative; but, waiving ali other auties, he received the member of the fourth estate without delay. The journalist felt rather nervous, no: be- and commenced the conversation with some anxiety. HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—I have called, Judge, to see tl you can throw some light upon the card publish rete ty he is anxious to testily, both sides are | afraid to call him. Judge FuLLEKTON—It is nardly professional to taik about any one connected with @ cause at issue, but I donot mind saying that to the best of my knowledge Mr, Bowen has been placed in a faise position. HERALD REPRESRNTATIVE—What 1s the objec~ tion that both sides appear to bave against Mr. Bowen's testimony? Way is he not called to the | witness stand? Judge FULLERTON—I cannot understand what objection there can be to Mr. Bowen’s testimony + hearing what Mr. Howen has to say, are going to invite him to the stand when we commence the rebuttal. We believe Mr. Bowen will tell the truth, and that is all we desire to put belore the jury, HeRaLD RerresentativE—Well, then, Judge, I can state on your autnority that the counsel jor the piainti® have no objection to bearing Mr. Boweu’s story ? Judge FULLERTON—Yes, sir, you can, as we feel that in ait justice a hearing is due Mr. Bowen, and as we are confident he desires to speak che trutp, | it is our intention to give him the opportunity to giich his connection with the parties litigant. HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—I am much yuliged, Have you anytning further to say that l can publish ? | Role FULLERTON—No, sir; brevity is the soul | of wit. | _ The HgRaLp representative then bowed himselr out and Judge Fullerton revurned to his business, GENERAL BR. A. PRYOR, Aran up two flights of stairs, @ knock at @ door—“Is General Pryor ia %’—'Walk in,” and the HERALD representative found himself seated in Iront of the object of his search. General Pryor Was deep in some legal work, but laying his book courteously on one side prepared to answer the questions that the HERALD representative was | revolving in his mind, | HERALD REPRES¥NTATIVE~I have called, Gen- | eral, to obtain your views upén Mr. Bowen and | bis Connection with the Beech¢r-Tilton case, General Prror—I am sorry, iT, 1 cannot afford you Guy assistance in this tter, as t have not | the pleasure of the gentieman’§ acqnaintance. HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—Hpve you any idea of the navure of the evidence that he desires to | swear to? | General Prror—No, sir; andif I had [ should | Mot tell, ag it might damageour case by such action. HERALD Rerresentative—fow long do you think it will be before Mr. BoWen is put on the | stand by the plaintur? General PRYOR—I| do not know whether he wiil joes not belong to hor consult upon tion chiefly to the ever be:put on the stand, as it my share of the work to turn the evidence. 1 devote my att searcning Jor legai autiorities. HERALD REPRESENTATIVE— General, of the case, so far as | , General Pryor—I cannot 9] heard General Tracy's openi defence, a8 I have been sick | three gays, | The HSRALD representative MR, WILLIAM M. , Bite reading for the for the last two or en retired, ARIS, “pon’t you think Beecher | spread that little Ralph Tilton was dying. The | img thoroughly au courant as to legal etiquette, | oy Mr. Bowen, in which he states that, | in Jact, our side, instead of having any objection to | For ® cuurch 8» largely attended | Boate ed on ab admirabie The wing A simall door to the right of the pulpit gy <4 | ~ of pascor, br. Tyag, ide voward Teuth street and Gwo im cue rear Of | seems to Lave given special atventiou vo orowidsuat sitting at a small LD representati The ex-Attorney General w: years of age, slightly bald, with red mustache and | desk, writing, when the He was opserved to pause near the | was ushered into his presegce, He gractously track at the point named until the Chat- | morioned toa chair, and wi the interviewer ham train came aloug, when he gave @ | Was comiortably seated stoppq@i writing and gave | sudden pound, threw himself under the his atteniion to the coming qupry. | woeeis, and was literally made mincemeat ot | HERALD Representative] have come, Mr, severed from his body ail but a , Evarts, [0 see if you can expihin why M owen strip of fet was broken, bows and his legs were nearly severed. Was Speedily stopped, the remains ga and taken to the Morgue at Newark, woere up to | last evesing they tad not yet beon identilied. | The rauiroad track for @ considerable distance was covered with the unfortunate man's blood, There | Mr. Evarrs--1 must positive Was found on the person of the suicide | my Opiuion on any issue i @ silver waten, $225 in money, @ scrap ol @ | Which | have the honor to be HERALD On Which was writven, “Don't biame me | | Aller expressing regrets I Rong please; a "hick cord Wilt & slip Noose ana a | Mr. livarts’ vainable time thi | piece of a New York ilustrated weekly paper, | tative retired. which contained a picture of @ French suicide—a | MR. BOWEN INTEH oung WomaR Who had destroyed herseli in her An, evening contemporary house. ‘his and the noose and the HERALD scrap | the following, purporting to | leave no doubt of 'he delib-rateness of the suicide, | Mn Bowen ;— | Provably be intended to sang himself, but seeing | ‘BERCHER'Ss ORJECTION TO the train he changed his mind. deceased nad the “Have you not been subpar appearance of a respectaple mechanic. Tie ) tT had w subpoena me Motive of his masnness is thoagut to lave beep | the /idependent, checks and #O1Le frouvle about @ WomAL, Dut | Was ut the see time aud nearly every bone of the body | Both arms were cut oif at the ei- ‘The train | thered up as Dot been put on the stand|as & witness. Mr. FvaRTs—You must excyse me, but | cannot eXpress an opinion upon sucit HERALD REPRESENTATIVE — a litte irregular, Mr. Bvarts, like to be enlightened in the matter, read Mr. Bowen's card. alter having decline to express a cause on tnalin e Of the counsel. having occupied HERALD represen- RWED. plished yesterday an interview with NAS A WITNESS, id, Mr. Bowen ?? rer to get flea of pument: ik (hat the atter, udant | did not warit me personally. 1 am staying {0 thie city now, when my family and physivian want me to go aw order to be ready (or any suinmons from that rt. My family want me to go to Florida, My publisher at Cnicago, Mr, Heaton, naa business reasons for seeing me out there, bui ti £ should start f7om this towm you or some other public writer wuid say that I was dodging a sub- na. I have tid my family from the outset tat should be in a piace to be always found.” INTERVIEWED BY THE LAWYERS. “Mr. Bowen, has there ever been any trouble between you and Mr. Tracy, that he should de- nounce you as he did in opening the case tor Mr, Beecher 1” “No, sir; no diMcuiry whatever. What can be more cowardly than ior @ lawyer, who has held the public offices that Ge’ Tracy has, t@ use bis speech to tnsult an absent man, on whou he dare not serve @summons? ‘Tbe lawyers on both sides of this case have been to see’ me, te sound me.” Here Bowen junior chimed tn, “But the’ princi- pais have not.” the sunny side of the situation, MOULTON AND TILTON. “Mr. Bowen, were you acquainted with Frank Moulton before this cage came ont?’ enna little. I think I saw him with Tilton some- mes. “You have noticed, I suppose, that Tilton has: poken Of you in a suriy way once or twice in his evidence?” “Yes, 1 have, Tilton ha no right to say anything il of me.” . IMPOSSIBILITY OF SMOTHMRING THE SCANDAL. to whether this: In response to an ns court scand@al could have been delayed or pre- vance Mr. Bowen gravely suook his head, and his gon said :— “No, they could not have stopped it. There had been too much lying for that.’” Mere the interview terminated, TO BE HANGED. SEER EES SULLIVAN'S SENTENCE YOR MURDERING MB. TALMAGE—LAST SCENE BUT ONE IN THE ME- TUCHEN TRAGEDY—THE PRISONER PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE—‘‘IT’s A HARD DEATH TO DIE.” The last scene but one in the Metuchen tragedy was enacted yesterday in the dingy, ill-ventt lated Court House of Middlesex county, New Jer- sey, at New Brunswick. It was the sentencing of Michael Sullivan for the murder of Daniel Talmage On the 1st day of last December. Long before the opening of court the auditorium was packed with people eager to witneds the dvoming to death of their unfortunate fellow creature. In many re- spects the muraer, the trial and the aetors com- binea to form a singular tragedy. No case | has excited sueh interest throughout the State since the Bridget Durgan case, eight or nine years ago, aa this one. The conviction was had upon -purely circumstantial evidence, no third person | having witnessed the murder or the murderer leaving the scene of the tragedy, so as to be able to positively identify him, Still, the chain of cire | cumstances forged around the prisoner was se | strong that no impartial person doubts the justice | of the verdict. THE MURDERED: AND THE MURDERER, | Daniel Taimage, the murdered man, was 9 vem- erable septuagenarian farmer,,of Metuchen, widely | and favorably known throughout Middlesex county. He was quite well off, and appears © have been an old gentleman of exceedingly ‘ind and sympathetic disposition, always ready to cor and help the needy and to counsel snd aid @paustrious and deserving. THE MURDER, tated, took place on December 1, 1874, Monday alternoon. Sullivan had beea thi out loyment, Some time beiore this | he wt rked for Mr. Talmage on the farm e «latter. On the day of called at: the Talmage homestead ‘k. He was Kindly treated, invited th the family, and while in the Image change a ten-doliar note | Subsequen' ir. Talmage started to visit his | barn to avtend fo his horses. He was followed by | Sullivan. flere/it should oe stated tuat Sullivan's | appiicatio& for work was not successful; he was. | told by the old gentleman there was nothing for | bim to do, The old gentleman nad not been gone @ great while, when fiom the house | he was observed to stagger out and fall against @ wagon. ‘Several persons | ran to his assistance. They found him welterin; | in blood, which streamed from a trigutfal wouns across tie oid man’s head, at the back, near the ear. He neverspoke. The doctors of the neigh- | borhood were called, but taev couid not save him. His skull was fractured, and he died next morning | (on the 2d). Nothing was seen of Sullivan by the | family that day after ne followed Mr. Tali e to | the barn. ‘There had been a slight fall of snow Monday afternoon, and in it tracks were discovered leading from the rear ; the barn to @ neighbors house across afield. Thia neighbor was arrested on suspicion. He proved an alii and was ireed. At the Coro ner’s inquest the evidence pointed clearly to Sul- | ivan as the murderer. !ut he was nowhere to be found, At length, on the Saturday night follow. g the murder he Was arrested on @ train bound | tor Rahway and was taken to the Newark station, | the arrest being etiected at the Market street de- tin toat city. On bis person was found a pocke® ook and sone bank papers with Daniel Le od Bame thereon. He was taken to New Branswick, | @uly indicted and on Tuesday, February 9, was PLACED ON TRIAL, ‘The trial lasted eleven days aud resulted in ®& | verdict last Saturday of guilty of murder in ¢ first degree, The facts were clearly proven on the | trial that Mr, Talmage was mai witn a blow of # flail swingie; that Sullivan suddenly became flush of funds, buying clothes and spreeing about in New Jersey and New York and that the pocketbook and papers found on hum belonged to Mr. ‘aimage, and taken from his body by the murderer. | stand Suliivan told a story which nobody be- | Meved and which he was uauble to substantiate. It was to the effect that he met @ Strange man, who asked him to “crack @ job” and thea ga: | him Talmage’s pocketbook with $100 in it. Hi | gatd he agreed to go into business with the Man, but refused to tell wnat the business was, | THE SENTENCE. Yesterday he was called up forsentence. AS stated above the court room was crowded to saf- focauion, hundreds being uvable to gain standing room. it was jeared tbat there might be sume demonstration on the part of Sullivan’s friends— | go, beiore openiug court, Judge Scudder ordered | the oMcers to arrest any person who might be | disorderly and he would be punished. The Court was opened amid breathiess | silence. The Court asked the prosecutor if he had any motions, The prosecutor at once moved toat judgment be pronounced upon Michael Salitvan, Sullivan was not then in Court, but upon the Judge’s order he was brought in by | the Sheriff under a atrogg guard. He was placed | at the bar and the Judgé toid him to stand up and | asked the usual question if he had anything tosay | why jadgment should not be passed upon him. | Beiore sullivan could reply one of his counsel, Mr. Adrain, arose and moved for a new trial, on the ground that one of the jurors in the case had | been heard to on or about Decem- | ber 6, that Salli ought to be hanged | for murdering Daniel Talmage, The motion was | demied, the Judge saying that the rule in the State | had aiways bea to hold that these must have been expressed with malice against a prisoner under trial ior murder. ‘Tne judge and jury, he | said, were satisfied that suMicient evidence nad | been produced to prove Suliivan guilty. At this | the doomed maa twitched ana grew pale. Again | the stereotyped question was put to him by the Court, His only reply was, “{ AM ENTIRELY INNOCENT of the robbery aod murder of Daniel Talmage.’* Followti nis words, clearly and unialterty | spoken, there was a Slight rastiing among ¥ | audience, This was followed by an ae. | stilinesa. A pin might almost have been heard to | drop, as the presiding Judge spoke Leal and ia | @ “more in sorrow tuan in anger” tone of voice, THE MURDERER’S DOOM. Addressing Suilivan, who stood trembling at the bar, Judge Scudder said he had been convicted after a carefal hearing o1 evidence, and the Court, | atser a critical review of tue proceedings, saw no | cause to doubt the truth of the verdict nor any error Which would justily an arrest of judgment. His able counsel were not able to remove the con- | victiém forced upon the minds of ail oy the testi+ mony that, both in law and in fact, he was guilty. Aiter briefly going over tne facts and making some Suygestions and observations, the Judge @: “We are sorry that you have done this great wrong, but none can justify tt orsay that your punishment ts not merited, This Court has no power to relieve you [rom the position in which you lave placed yoursell. The law which we hive sworn to enforce commands us to execute ‘he judgment upon this conviction, and ‘duty, however painful, must and will | done.” Continuing, the Judge warned Sallivan | that tt was vain to ook for interference with the ntence by any otuer Court, and, in conculsion, said, in a solemn tone: shall now pronounce. the sentence of the law apon your conviction. [ft | 18 considered by the Court that you have feceived @ fair trial, and tt directs that you be taken to tie jail of this county and there be retained antil Fri- day, Apri 9, 1875,0n which day, between the houra | of ten and three o'clock, you are to be banged uns | til dead, and may God have mercy upon your foul. Many persons Were moved to tears. | bore the ordeal well. a@hard death to die”? His father, Who sat near Nin, wept bitteriy. Sailivan was then bandcufted, and, under a strong guard, removed to the prisom, On arriving there a temaie prisoner, who, it ape ears, Has fallen in love with the murderer, burs nto (ears, and succeeded in kissing him passion~ ately beiore he Was placed im the condemned cell, Aremarkubie feature of the case is the rapidity With which tt bas been conducted, Toe murder took place in December, the triai im February and We execution will Drabably take piace in Aprils Sullivan He was heard to say :—"'1ts Father and son smiled, and appeared to be om |