The New York Herald Newspaper, October 5, 1875, Page 3

*~ ‘THE TOMBS. A Remarkably Fruitful Session of the Committee on Crime. PRISONERS ROLLING IN FILTH. What Five Dollars Will Pur-| chase from the Keepers. FAVORITISM SHOWN TO LAWYERS, The Committee on Crime held yesterday a very fruit- Jul investigation into the management of the Tombs, The evidence disclosed an amount of corruption and dishonesty on the part of the officials, and of tilthiness of the prisoners, which shocked all who were present, It will be seen that Warden Quinn’s testimony is con- tradicted in many important points, more especially where he says that friends of prisoners are allowed to send them food, and that they are not compelled to pur- chase it from Mrs, Foster, the matron of the prison, and where he speaks of the liberal supply of clothes to the prisoners, The testimony is very circumstantial ‘on these points, as it is also im regard to the havitual | bribery of keepers for granting all sorts of indulgences, The inhumanity of one keeper named Duffy was also Misclosed, and the favoritism shown to certain lawyers, | which have been matters of notoriety, was- inquired | into at considerable length, The investigation was held at the counsel room of the Tombs, and began at twelve o'clock, Previously the committee had all cone through the prison and inspected it thoroughly. ‘TESTIMONY OF WAKDEN QUINN. John Quinn, Warden of the Tombs, was the first wit- nees, Ho defined the duties of his position im this | Way'—To gee that the prisoners are properly fed, to | | $25 to Mr, answer the orders of the courts and to care for the health of the prisoners generally.” He obeyed the | orders of the District Attorney, but sometimes also of the Assistant District Attorney. Mr. Townsend—By what authority do you obey the Assistant District Attorney? | Mr. Quinn—I don’t know of any authority, I havo Just taken it for granted, | Mr. Townsend—You send prisoners out to court sometimes with court attendants? | Mr. Quinn—Yes, sir. Mr. Townsend—By what authority do you do that? Mr. Quinn—I have no authority for it that I knuw of, Mr. Townsend—Have you known of any instances in | which prisoners have been taken out by a boy? Mr. Quinn—I have Mr. Townsend—How old was that boy ? Mr. Quinn—About sixteen years of age; he fre- quently comes here with orders from the District At- torney, Mr. Townsend—Have prisoners ever escaped from that boy? Mr, Quinn—No, sir; I have never known such an in- | | should perform this examination ; sptance to occur. e Mr. Townsend—What’s the boy’s name? Mr. Quinn—I don’t know his name. Mr. Townsend—Eow often does this boy come here? Mr. Quinn—Quite often; they are generally bail cas he takes up there; sometimes they are felonies, Mr. Townsend—With how high a crime have you known prisoners to be charged whom this boy has taken up? Mr. Quinn—I suppose felonies. Mr. Townsend—Are you sure that the boy is sixteen years old? Mr. Quinn—I should say that was his age, Mr. Townsend—He is a very small boy ? Mr. Quinn—Yes, sir, ; Mr. Townsend—And yet he has perfectly free access 0 prisoners? Mr. Quinn—Yee, sir, SOMETIUNG ABOUT POLICE COURT OFFICERS. The witness admitted, in his further examination, | that the rule not to admit visitors, except from ten till two o'clock, was frequently violated. He denied that he favored any lawyers in granting them access to | prisoners after these hdurs. However, he asserted that he “equalized the business” considerably by not allowing any lawyer to take another’s clent away from him. Most of the prisoners who came here bad cards of lawyers with them, and these cards were often fur- nished by'the police court officers, who were in the interest of special lawyers. In fact, the cards were generally given at the first moment of arrest. The in- stant the law laid its hand on @ man there was a lawyer | ready todefend him. (Laughter.) He admitted that it | ‘was generally understood that the police court officers who furnished the cards received a commission from the profits which the lawyers derived from their recom- mendations. He had heard prisoners complam that the Jawyers after taking money from ‘them did not attend to their cases. Mr. Desart—Have your keepers ever recommended lawyers to any prisoner? Mr. Quinn—Not to my knowledge. Mr, Desart—Well, is it possible without your know!- edge Mr. Quinn—Yes, sir; it is. | Mr. Desart—Have you ever heard that keopers are in the habit of receiving commissions from lawyers for Buch recommendations? 5, Mr. Quinn—The only instance of the kind I have ‘heard was when the ner denied having been spoken to by the keeper; it’s very easy for keepers to make such arrangements with prisoners without my knowing it. Mr. Desart—Is there not a system here of allowing | “runners” for lawyers to come in here? Mr. Quinn—No, sir. WHAT THR WARDEN DENIKS. The Warden went on, in answering the questions of Mr. Townsend, to deny that men who had a little money were first put into very bad cells in order to extort it | from them for giving them better ones. Mrs. Foster, | the matron, kept a restaurant for prisoners who chose to pay for their food, but their friends were, noverthe- Jest, not prevented from sending in articles of food, to- bacco, &c. He admitted that it would bea great hardship if prisoners were forced to purchase in Foes viands and their friends’ gifts were excluded, as used to be the case. Some articles he did not allow to be sent fm when he thought they might be of an injurious nature, such as Bardine boxes, for instance, which were admitted until 1 was found that the waste pipes were choked by them, In regard to the dampness of the prison he contessed that the “end cells” were always wet, and, therefore, | never used, The building was much too small for the | great number of prisoners sent here, The cells were originally intended for one each, but often four had to ‘be put into them. Mr. Townsend asked him as to the © Saleguards that were employed for separating young Offenders from old, hardened ones; and he said the only Tule of distinction was that set oy cleanliness. A clean ‘Vagrant might be put, and often was, with an old sea- soned burglar if the latter was only clean. Mr. Town- send suggested that it might be wise to separate them in order to reform first offenders; but the witness only shook his head, and said:—‘“Well, I havn't much idea of * reforming ople ’ when they come here on crimes!” when asked, + how- | ever, whether he could suggest a better school of crime | ‘than such mingling of young with old offenders, he was | forced to reply, “I's very bad,” and, after boing driven to it, he at last said that tt would be an excellent thin, to try some classification, and “he might try ue Buch were the profound views on prison experience given by the worthy Warden, The fair sex is not only favored at the Bar, but also in prison, Mr, Quinn testified that the female pris- oners were allowed to mingle freely in the halls all day, while the males have only an hour's exercise. He suid that young girls were often separated from the old drunkards, and sometimes he sent them to a reforma- tory. Mr. Townsend remarked that the male prisoners were not allowed the same liberty as the females, and the Warden admitted that such was undoubtedly the fact. It appeared from his testimony that the pris- ouers during their halt hour's exercise in the morning and afternoon were allowed to talk freely with one nother, Mr. Townsend suggested that where two or three prisoners were held for the same offence this Might give them an opportunity to concoct ‘bogus’ Aetences and otherwise, but the Warden said H% COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THAT; be denied that the messenger, Savage, carried liquor tato the prison, and that he charged grossly exorbitant Prices for delivering messages to prisoners! friends; he ud found empty bottles, however, and when he first Mame to the Tombs the men used “to go staggerin Wout drunk; the barber of the prison was fount smuggling liquor into the Tombs, but he was dismissed W consequence, ‘The War. after the recess, gave the number of sells ip the main prison at 180, and their sizes as fol- ows:—First tier, 10 feet 10 inches by 5 feet 6 inches; yecond tier, 9 feet 6 inches by 6 feet 8 inches; third vier, $ {cei 3 inches by 6 fect 8 inches; fourth tier, 7 feet 2 tehes by 2 feet 8 inches. Mr. Townsend—Do you mean to say that you have wornetimes as many as four prisoners in a cell 8 feet 3 tivhes by 5 feet 8 inches? Mr. Quinn—Yes, sir; we have had them in the hot ‘ummer weather, The witness said there were not sufficient accommo- fations to bathe and wash the prisoners upon their ar. fival. Those that desired baths or clean clothes got ein readily, but most of the prisoners rathor dis- ked baths than otherwise, and they were not forced 0 take any, however dirty they became, The bed lothing was not changed regularly, as the washing was fone outside, At the suggestion of Mr. Townsend he “dinitted that it wonld be very gvod to establish a | erally understwod to be the agent of the keeper. yin i fe hud heard the word in the Tombs. | oners bad to wear their clothes till they rotted off their washhonse and to utilize the female prisoners by mak- ing them do the washing. r. Townsend called the ‘tion of the Warden to the case of a woman who was fined $100, being un- able to pay the fine, had already been bere Wy days. The Warden explained that a dollar was considered equivalent to a day’s imprisonment, Aceording to that rule she would have to remain here fifty days more. Mr. Townsend asked bow many people were commit. ted to the prison, not for detention, but for puuish- mept. © witness gave a list of seventeen commitments of that description from the Special Sessions alone. One of these prisoners—Mary Ryan—was sentenced to oné year in the Tombs tor escaping from prison. Mr. Campbell, the chairman, remarked that it was an abuse to fill the prison, when it was already over- sromgee, with a class of men who should go t the sland, | A NOBLE WOMAN'S TESTIMONY, Mrs, Deborah Julia Millett, wife of Rev. J. Millett, of | Martyrs, a dignified, kindly ‘old lady, who has visited the prison for charitable purposes for thirty-five years, made the following statement The male prison has been for years in n filthy condi- the Church of the be tion, and is still 60, ‘The prisoners could be ‘kept perfectly clean if they had only or- dinary attention for that purpose, he contradicted the Warden’s assertion that clean clothes and linen were furnished; on the contrary, it was impossible to get a piece of clean clothing or linen. She kept a woman employed at home making up clean clothes. By changing the sheets regularly every week such filthiness could be avoided, She had seen vermin crawl all over the bed clothing. This used to be frequently the case formerly, but now it was very seldom the case. She had not known @ male prisoner to receive a bath for years, though many were in a most repulsively filthy condition, A mau might be here months and never receive a clean shirt. The prisoners would rarely ask it, and it was never given them without their asking it, She often paid ten cents to have some man’s shirt washed, She strongly repro- bated the lack of any classification of the prisoners. They could easily be separated. The prisoners had told her that the keepers* recommended to them certain lawyers. All the prisoners are kept “posted” in re- gard to the lawyers who are success(ul. How- ever poor they were they all read the newspapers, One of them bought the Haratp and loatied it to the others. Mrs. = Millett had heard many persons complain about lawyers who took money from them without ever attending to their cases; a girl, whose name she could not recall, bad paid lowe, the lawyer, and he never came near her again; these complaints were of constant recur: rence, and not only about Howe, but about many other luwyers; she understood it was a practice of tue keepers to put well-dressed men into bad colls so that they might offer to pay for a better one; FIVE DOLLARS WAS THE PRICK generally charged by the keepers; K dirty, bad coll, saying, “They'll squeal before night.” Mrs Millett’ thought liquor was smuggled tuto the prison very easily, a8 the person who exaimined the ar- ticles brought in Was some female crigina!, who would certainly let liqaor pass in if twenty-five cents were given to her; some conscientious person, in her opinion, she denied the truth | of the Warden’s statement that food trom friends was allowed to sent into the prisou, but bad found that prisoners who had money were compelled to buy it from Mrs, Foster, the matron, She had known a couple of eggs to be included, although there could cerwuinly be no concealed weapons in eggs. There were only half a dozen spoous in the prison, and the poor men had to eat their soup just like dogs. The clork informed her sotne me ago that seventeen dozen spoons had been sent for and he had not yet seen one of them. Mrs. Millett did not think the present Commissioners had done all in their power to improve the condition of the prisoners, “1 only know,’’ said she, in good piain English, “that every master should look after his ser- vauts in person, and they do not do that enough. If they carn any money by their position they should be here more, A TOLD MR. BAILEY that he should come ofvener, but he said Mr. Cox was a better man to visit the prison.”? Mrs, Millett could not suy whether it was true that some people were allowed to see iriends laye_in the evening, Wut when Coroner Croker was here she said there was a great deal of visit- ing after hours. He hada great many friends. Mr, Townsend—Didn’t you hear that Corouer Croker was takeu out of the Tombs in night time? Mrs, she ad heard of 1 Others were taken out, too, ac- | cording to rumor, and they were by no means the poor- est people in the prison, “If Raymond, the forger, were here,” said she, “he could tell you ali about the | payments to keepers, for he was one of the keeper's nancial agents {or the Whole tier.”” As one ol the Inost brutal keepers she mentioned Duffy, who once slammed | fhe cellar door upon a poor boy, greatly injuring his eel, to tel! the truth, for, imprisoned as they were, they de- pended entirely upon the gracious conduct of the kevp- ers. Daily would be very gentle ip her presence, but the moment she turned Ler back upon him he was most brutal. She thought it an outrage that the prisoners were | not ail compelled to take a bath regularly. ‘They aan ie put into Uae tub just like naughty children,” said she. "The had been informed by prisoners that they were ‘not allowed to see their wives once a week while Ray- | mond, the forger, had his wife there three days in the week. “But she was the wife of some commodore,” she added significantly, SACIA’S TESTIMONY, Marcus T. Sacia, a thin, pale, sickly looking man, was called. He said he was committed on the 13th of Junuary, for ‘conspiracy, while it was a conspiracy against him; beans his fwshor conveyed toa man, named G. W. James, some property representing that | the title, was clear and perfect, and it was claimed that it was a “bogus” title, and they were arrested on the churge of couspiracy to defraud; he had been here since January, and demanded a trial a dozen times, and then, when they saw that By could uot try him on that ‘charge, he was indicted In March for forgery, “a matter,” said he “I know nothing whatever about.” The witness was rather afraid to teil about the keepers’ misdoings, but Mrs, Millets encouraged him by saying, ‘‘gpeak the truth!” Raymond, the forger, was the * financier” on one of the tiers and was gen- ‘his impression was strengthened by the fact that he had more privileges than any other prisoner on the ter. Janes Coddington, who was im the cell with him tive months, paid $5 to a keeper for being put into a better cell, and the father oj the witness paid $5 for an “extra walk.” Young and Dufly were at that time the keepers of the tier. To get a clean cell upon one’s ar- rival also cost $5, and for $5 the keeper would see that it would be kept clean. Whenever he had sent letters through the prison authorities they had never reached their destination. No washing could be got without for it, aud as to baths—this was the first time The poor pris- bodies. One man, whose body was long coverea with vermin, got a shirt through the kindness of oue of the keepers, Thomas Sullivan, and he was dismissed ‘be- cause he knew too much of the affairs of the Commis- sioners."” ‘After counsel were refused access to prisoners his own connnet, cries Barry, of No. 176 Broadway, was insuited by Certain lawyers were more favored than others, prin- cipaliy Mr, Howe, who could do as he pleased. As soon as 4 prisoner was brought bere HOW WAS KECOMMENDED TO 1M, and often men who bad already engaged other counsel were sent down to the counsel room to see Howe. The food was sometimes good, sometimes miserable, and the soup he characterized as “dirty water, with a little rease thrown in.” Food was brought here to him by riends—veelsteaks, potatoes, &c., and refused te be ent in, “I suppose they thought if I had any money to spare bad better go to Mrs. Foster’s restaurant. He gave a very melancholy history of his father’s fave. He was detained in the Tombs from Septem- ber, 1874, till January, then sent to the Lunatic Asy- | lum, brought back to’the Tombs, and after staying there five weeks Lnally discharged’ altogether, without having any trial, Dr. Brekes, the physician of the Tombs, testified that in the case of Fleming, who was very ill with consump- tion, he made application to the District Attorney to have him removed to the hospital, but it was never done; he never received a reply. The man died a few days afterward. Dr. Brekes sald he made ne exertion to have the man removed beyond bis application, and several of the cominitvee expressed the opinion that he was a very incompetent man. Patrick Welsh, a boy, waiting trial for burglary, . stoutly asserted his innocence, He has been in the Tombs since April 29, and cannot get atrial. The shirt he wore he washed himself in his cell, as ten ‘cents was charged for washing a shirt! He has bad no counsel all this time. , Mr. Townsend observed that counsel should be as- signed at the time of pleading so that yers could prepare themselves tor the case and not on the day of trial, Patrick Welsh also declared that to get a good cell and an extra walk money had to be paid to the keepers, Pever Fink said he was arrested on the 24th of March for obtaining goods under false pretences and had NWVER KVEN BEEN CALLED TO PLEAD, He had not seen his lawyers, Kintzing and Mott, for three weeks, though he had paid them “before they ever used pon and ink. Patrick Duffy, one of the keeper: a very rough look- ing man, who had a set expression as though he had ag ory for what lhe was to gay, denied ali the charges of Millett in toto, He bad never even heard of the statement that keepers were paid money. He de- nied even that Mrs. Millett had complained about the lack of soap, the filthy linen on bis tier, &., at which the good old lady rose and exclaimed, “Perhaps be doesn’t know me,” but Dufly remained unabashed. Mr. Vantine, clerk at the Pombs, gave an account of the clothes furnished to the prisoners on the ters. During the whole of September only three shirts were furnished and thirty-six pounds of soap, It was also found that the names of the prisoners to whom they were furnished were not stated in the record, 80 that there was nothing to prevent the keepers from walking off with the goods, The committee adjourned till eleven o'clock this morning. CHARLEY ROSS. THE CONFESSION OF NELSON BOOTHB—EXCLTR- MENT IN PHILADELPHIA—MR. BAKER TURNS ur, PHILADELPHtA, Oct. 4, 1875, The publication oxclusively in the Herat this morn- ing of the story of the latest ‘clew” to the place of concealment of Charley Ross has rekindled the public interest In the great mystery and revived the discussion of the theme, The early editions of the afternoon papers kidnapped the story from the Herap columns as boldly as Chartey Ross was stolen, only one or two having the courtesy to acknowledge the origin, _ Rarly in the afternoon Mr. Baker, the young man or Dutly, as | she was informed, once thrust several such men into a | Miliewt laughed and said she did uot know it, but | The prisoners, if called, woud probavly be afraid | ‘arden Quinn and driven out of the prison. | who disappeared so mysteriously after the meeting with Nelsog Boothe, presented himself to Mr. Ross, ex” pressing surprise aj Joarning that he was being sought for, saying that he hed bee in this city for some time, If this is true he cannot blame Mr, Ross for being una- ble to find him; for when he wag lash heard from, two weeks ago, he announced his A na of going. !9 Darlington Corser, Chester county, to work for mas- | ter corventer, prombing to let Mr. Ross know imme- ; diately if he changed his address, This he did not do. A thorough search for him having been unsuccessfully mude at the address he gave, and no messages reaching him, it should be no matter ‘of wonder to him that he could not be found at the place he announced bis in- tention of going to. He did go to Durlington Corner, he says, and came back immediately, since which time he has been in Philadelphia. Neither of his uncles in this city, however, knew of his whereabouts when your correspondent sought them, one surmising that he was in New York and the other stating that even his parents had lost trace of him. Mr. Buker seems to be @ good natured young man, and was much annoyed that he had unconsciously surrounded himself with 80 much mystery. No word has yet been received from the London police authorities, so that the truth of the story cannot yet be decisively known. A CHILD, BEARING A REMARKABLE RESEM- BLANCE FOUND ON THE BOWERY. The Central Department was the scene of consider. able excitement- yesterday afternoon, the occasion being the finding of a child bearing a striking resem- blance to the photographs of Charley Ross. The little fellow was picked up en the Bowery, near Grand street, by Officer Wells, of the Fourteenth precinct, who found him wandering up and down the street, evidently lost, When the officer asked him his name he replied ina prompt and intelligent manner, “Charley Ross.” No time was lost in bringing him before Superintendent Walling, who was struck with the close resemblance the child bore to the abducted boy. In general ap- pearance he looked from four to five years old. His hair was fluxen and hung down his back in ringlets. His eyes were black and his features were strikingly like those depicted in the pictures of Charley Ross. Several detectives were promptly sum- moned and their opinions asked, Nearly all agroed that if he was not the boy the resemblance was well nigh perfect, the child stood in his soiled pantaloons and jacket looking inquiringly on the large number of persons who critically examiuing him, and seemed very much d atthe prominent position mto which he had been so quickly thrust. To scttle the question of iden- | tity Superintendent Walling despatched a messenger | for Mr, Lewis, the uncle of Charley Ross, who resides | in this city. That gentleman, however, was found to be out of town and not expected to reiurn before to- day, Inspector Dilks soon came upon the scene and ata glance dispelled all hopes that the long-lost Charley had been found. He explained that the child had once before been brought to the Central Office some four months ago, having been found in almost the same place where he was picked up by O18- cer Wells yesterday, At that time also he gave his name as Charley Ross, and he was contidently believed to be the boy; but his father and mother, who reside 1m East Fourth street, came after him the following day and satisfied the Inspector that he was not the sought | | for child, After the examination and explanation the little fellow | was taken into the lost children’s. department and de- livered over to the care of Matron Webb. In a hittle while he became talkative and readily conversed with a In answer to questions he said that his name was John Meighan and that he lived on Eust Fourth street. He never rod in a wagon except on one occasion, when his Aunt Sarah’s trunk was carried away, He still persisted, and no questioning could hake his answers, that he was Charley Ross, ‘The police believe that his remarkable resemblance to the original induced either his parents or their neigh- Dors to call him by that name so frequently that it be- caine impressed on the child’s mind, | A | CREEDMOOR. | END OF THE FALL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. With the conclusion uf the long range natch yester- day afternoon at Creedmoor the third fall meeting of | the National Rifle Association ended. the association are satisfied that the meeting has been | so completely successful in all respects as it was, © THE LONG RANGE MATCH, | This competition closed yesterday with the following result:— Totals. 35 544 | | 38 548 87 | | 54455 5-47 \ 0445 5 330 86 | 45553443 | 5325 5 4-42 85 | 55555 5—46 | 54433 520 8 | 545544554445 534450445 520 84 | Webber. } 845255455543 8455445 45 0-30 82 | jorge Crouch. | 554455442442 teveess 044456456 5 3-30— 81 | A.V. Canpeld, Jr. | { 454553554 545 \ 55524422 3 4 36— 81 | Sanford. 45354555354 | | 83844545 6 536-80 | thbone. | | -§35558555546 | 334545504 63-19 | . Yale. 453455354442 i 4404453534 2618 f. Rabbeth. i | +3802455424-92 5555355533 4-76 | Contin. | 555433544543 140034 5,46 6 3-33-76 | '. Bruce. 55443535 4 5-43 45553323 —30~73 \ i. Swan | 44423553844 28 | 558504332 4-472 | H. Fisher. \ 854554535 544 1,000 Lill 2243044 0,0 52468 | From the scores given above it will be perceived that Mr. Bruce won the fourteenth place. with two shots to spare. | The number opposite each name corresponds to at of the prize won, THE NATIONAL GAME. THE FLYAWAYS BEATEN BY THE CONFIDENCE CLUB OF NEW ROCHELLE. ‘The Confidence Club, of New Rochelle, champions of | Weatchester county, caught the Flyaways shorthanded yesterday and defeated them. The game was prettily played except on the part of the Flyaway’s third base- man, whose wild throwing gave the Confidence boys ail the Fung they obtained The following is the score:— | CONFIDENCE. | R1B.O. A.B, — Players. B.1B. 0. A. BE. ' 022 0113 0 0 | oii 0452 410 02331 000 ee w 41 1334 | 000 1100 nu 00 0081 000 0200 2 4 8 Carroll. 1000 62712 7 Totals.... 5 52716 9 ‘ INNINGS. _, Clubs, Ist, 2d Bd, 4th, Sth. 6th. 7th. 8th Oth. | 0004 8 0 0 Me | Ok. Oo Oe 2. OO Gam OLYMPIC VS. RELIANCE. The Reliance Club, of Brooklyn, visited Paterson, N. J., yesterday, and were beaten by the cmb of that place. Both nines were short the services of three players, und the play was not up to the stand- ard of either club. Darkness necessitated the calling The directors of | ofthe game when the Olympics had but one man out in their last inning. Appended 1s the full score:— OLYMPIC, RELIANCE. | Players. —-B.1B, 0.4, R1B.0.4. | Titus, 2db.....3 0 2 1 0110 1 | Jas. Mullen, 041 0000 Bt. Lawrence,’b 8 2 3 2 Maloney, p....0 0 0 1 Jno, Mullen, 1b 0 0 9 O Start,r I. 0231 McCormac, ft. 1.0 0 0 0 11328 Nolan, p.......1 8 021 1100 Warren, 1. f...2 0 1 0 y Rea Kolley,o.......9 2 7 3 2014 Neild, ©. vOELO 0020 Totals.......13 827 8 5 62510 INNINGS. Clubs. Ist, 2d. Sd, Ath. Sth. Oth. 7th, BEA, Oth, Reliance, 030.00 € 8 2 Os Olympic. 68 10 8 8 80 tow BASE BALL NOTES. ‘The Mutuals and Bostons play an exhibition game on Wednesday, on the Union grounds. The return gaine between the picked amateur tens, of New York and Brooklyn, will take place on the Union grounds on Monday or Tuesday of next weok. WORK OF THE CORONER, + Peter Healey wns found dead in bed yesterday at No, 544 Pearl street. He was forty-five years of age, and i# supposed to have died of heart disease. ‘The body of an unknown man was found in the water at pier 83 North River yosterday. 6 remains of a male child wero found in the Fulton farry alin at two o/cloak yesterday morning ALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. Ne RUT RR Ee eR le NE? RTE tg AM 4 ace “= RAPID TRANSIT. The Commission’s Ninety Days’ Work in a Nutshell. How the Horse Car Companies and the Albany Lobby Were Defeated. A STEP TO SECURE QUICK TRANSIT. + Herald Illustrations of the General Plans of Construction, When the present Rapid Transit Commission was appointed by the Mayor, on the petition of certain prop- erty owners, as the law provides, and were empowered, under what is known as the Husted act of 1875, to give the residents of New York rapid transit, there were few who placed much hope in the success of their efforts in that direction, This was not owing to any lack of confidence in the ability or the honesty of Mesars, Seligman, Mott, Canda, Brown and Delamater, byt rather to a recollection of the difficulties encoun- tered by the property owners of New York in the past eight or ten years in their efforts to convince their servants at Albany of the necessity for such (ntercommunication between the lower end of Man- hattan Island and the annexed district and the out- lying towns adjacent thereto as would enable persons doing business in the city to reach their homes within a reasonable time, Every effort in this direction, as the readers of the Henatp, which has been the champion of'rapid transit from the first, are aware, has been de- feuted until last session by the corrupt lobby system at Albany; but, to use a familiar couplet, “The patient dint and powder shock Will blast an empire as a rock.” | And the persistent clamor of the property owners stampeded the “BLACK HORSE CAVALRY’? OP ALBANY and gave us the act under which the present commis- sion is working. That the act is defective, that many loopholes are left through which a cunning lawyer might “drive a horse and cart,” nobody will deny, But still the legal phraseology of the act was sufficiently expheit to justify the Mayor in organizing a commission, and reputable property owners in accepting office under it, When the commission, after sixty days’ deliberations ‘upon a route with the representatives ot the horse car railroads—who had not only elected and sent to Albany members of Assembly with the single aim of defeating the will of the masses, but backed them up by LOBBYISTS AND WELL FILLED CARPET BAGS —located the route and ineluded the Third avenue, which, by virtue of its long occupancy, one company had come to look upon as its own private property, there was general rejoicing. ‘The readers of the HxRAtp will recall the great fight made in the Board of Aldermen less than thirty days ago, when, after an exciting night session, lasting until ten o'clock, the horse car interests wpre de- feated and tho route was ‘ adopted. They | will remember, too, that next morning the Herato published a full report of the commission as to the route, as weli as a map of the city on which the various routes were marked, thus giving a general birdseye view of the streets and avenues which are likely to be benefited by rapid transit. With this report the public seemed more than satis- fied, especially as it resolved to defy the officers of the ‘Third Avenne Railroad Company, who, through Presi- dent Phillips, when before the commission with Harry Hart, of Chatham street, threatened to spend $4,000,000 to prevent a road being located on the Third avenue. ‘The pmblication of this report spread terror into the ranks qgfhe horse car companies and the lobby which for yeara has been bleeding them and distributing at Albany money indiscriminately. For a few days they deserted the rooms of the commission and centred ‘about the doors leading to the office of the Eighth, Sixth and Third Avenue railway companies. Daily they had rupners between their headquarters and the doors of the commission, and at the proper time THE “DEPRESSED RAILWAY SCHEME” was sprung upon the commission, after an agent of the horse car the press and deceived reporters who had never had experience at Albany. The most remark- able fact connected with this part of the Commissioners, work is that one of the engineers of the commission was by argument won over to the ‘depressed plan’? and the commission out of respect for his opinion consented to call in counsel and devote several days to # consider- tion of their powers under the law to abandon their record in favor of an elevated plan and adopt a de- pressed plan. Fortunately, the Hxra.o was the first to detect the plot, exposed it, and since that publication the emissaries of the horse car companies have never attempted to appear within a block of the rooms of the commission. They are occasionally met on Broadway, Park row and Chatham street, but they give a wide berth to Mott, Seligman & Co., and the reporters who exposed their double dealing. THE PLANS OP CONSTRUCTION. ‘The Henaxp has kept the public advised from day to day as to the second section of the work of the cot mission, viz, the character of the structures that th: commission, in their report (hourly expected), will a thorize built. The details given in the Hxravy of Sunday, exclusively, are in the main correct; but it is enabled to present this morning, twenty-four hours in advance of the official promulgation of the plans, the following illustrations of the style of roads authorized by the commision ;-— PLAN POR NARROW STREETS LIKE PEARL. SIDEWALK SIDEWALK This plan provides for two tracks, running in the contre of the streets, with the pillars (or columns) that support the structure at either curb. The roport will describe m detail the strength, dimensions, &c. It will be seen from the above engraving that no pillars aro deposited in the streets to obstruct the movement of carriages, drays, or trucks loaded with merchandise, and that fF narrow streets of (say) thirty-five feet, with sufficient girders to support the structure, the road will not be an unsightly one. ANOTHER PLAN POR NARROW OR PROAD STREETS The sptcifications give the chartered companies, and tho Manhittan Company, organized under the act, con- siderable atitude in the style of structure, For instance, if it be foind, owing to the opposition of property own- ers along the line, or capitalists, that the above plan spanning the street from curb to curb will not be sati companies had systematically led to | _ the company electing to build a one column road over factory, the companies are empowered to eonstruct a Toud after this plan :—~ ee SIDEWALK’ SIDEWALK | Rudald KALLE HEROD COUAUNGU ERARRR REDUUUU) RUDODED BD EPEY OD EDEDD eee ae es ee AA CHAQUE AADERED RORMOG DUOUDAU GOMER DOU OEGN EREUEOH Ht The points in this plan are that one-half of the road ‘bed is ieft free for traffic, One line of pillars is to be erected at one curb, another in the centre of the street, beams put in to connect the two lines of columns (or pillars) upon which two tracks are to be constructed. This will leave space for general traffic on the streets. ‘The companies, under certain conditions, have the op- tion to use this plan, with slight modifications, in broad streets below the southern end of the avenues. HOW IT WILL LOOK. ‘ That the reader may better understand tne effect of this form of construction a view of it is annexed. The reader must imagine that he stands at one end of the road or avenue and is looking up or down, When the various pillars, crossties and tracks are thrown together in an end or transverse view it will be noticed that the road, owing to the action of the rays of tight, gives it the appearance of a tunnel, THK PLAN WOR THIRD AVENUE AND OTHER BROAD STREETS. In considering the character of the structure to be built on Third and Sixth avenues and streets and avenues of similar breadth the Commissioners have been compelled to exercise especial care, They have considered all the laws bearing upon the rights of the present horse car companies operating on the leading avenues, and have finally adopted the following com- bined plan:— O DUDE OUE INDRIQEOH MOGDHNG LEORRES REROEE Re a? MOSRRE EPS Under the interpretation given the Halstead bill the commission have decided that the New York Elevated | Railway Company shall build that portion of the route that is to run through Third avenue, and as it is one of | the broad thoroughfares where there are horse | cars, and in which they expect a fight in the courts from property owners, they have taken the Third avenue as a general illustration of their Plans on broad avenues and streets. In the specifica tions for Third avenue provision is made that in the event of the company electing to construct a line in the centre of the avenue on double columns of pillars (double track), as shown in the engraving, the road shall span the present car tracks, and eighteen inches in the clear be left between the columns and the sides of the passenger cars. The columns are to be not more than fifteen inches 1n diameter, and the whole structure not to occupy over twenty-two feet six inches. This | will leave on Third avenue, which is sixty feet wide, eighteen feet nine inches on either side between the road and the curb, By reteronce to the illustration above it will be seen that surrounding this central plan is a‘ road located on either sidewalk. The plan is intended to represent the present structure of the New York Elevated (or Green- wich) Railroad Company. The specifications give this compsny the option of selecting the centre of the | streets, or abandoning the centre and selecting either | side for their single column road. In the specifications, however, care is taken to provide for (in the event of the sidewalk) greater strength of structure and artistic effect. The general plan for broad streets and avenues, other than the Third avenue, differs under the specifications 80 little from the above that its illustration is not deemed necessary. THE SESSION YESTERDAY ‘was mainly devoted to a discussion of the details of the formation of the company who are to build that portion of the road not covered by the Gilbert and New York Elevated Railway compan charters, but provided for in the Husted bill, and to such changes in the specifi- cations for the chartered companies as their offi- cers insist upon being embodied in the report. For several evenings the Commissioners, with the single exception of Mr. Brown, who daily retreats to his Long Branch residence, have been hold- ing sessions at the residence of Colonel Barton N. Harrison, the Secretary, in Lexington avenue, but yesterday afternoon they closed their re- port, sent it to the printer, and Mr. Harrison reports that it will be given to the representatives of the press to-day. It is barely possible that some question may be sprung upon the commission to-day that may defer thoir report until Wednesday, but under the law they must adopt plans and take the prelimi- haries for an organization of a company before to-mor- row. The public, however, may rest assured that in the above all the leading features of their ninety days’ labor are covered, and they can patiently wait one day for the full text of the report, KICKED TO DEATH. BRUTAL TREATMENT OF AN OLD MAN BY HIS SONS. Dr. Preudergast was called yesterday afternoon to attend a dying man, named Michael Goodwin, at No. 26 Railroad avenue, Jersey City. The man presented » pitiable appearance, His face was bruised and his neck was s0 Dluckened that jt was evident he had been sub- jected to great violence. He died shortly ‘after the physician was called in, A report ot the case was immediately made to the police and an investigation was made, Three sons of the de- ceased were thereupon arrested and locked up in the First precinct station on the charge of brutally assaulting their father, It is alleged that Goodwin, who is about eighty years of age, was beaten and kicked by his sons till he became unconscious. County Physician Stout was notified and an inquest will be held. The state. ments of the accused were confused and contradictory. FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT, Miss Carroll, a lady, of Plainfield, was run over bya train in that place on Sunday night and instantly killed, Yesterday the county authorities began an investiga- = tion of tbe ucts, — PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS, FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST FALL TROTTING MEET+ ING—TWO CAPITAL RACES—BLANCHE THB WINNER OF THE 2:24 pURSe—THE 2:40 RacD UNFINISHED. ‘The first fall trotting meeting began yesterday at the Prospect Park Fair Groynds, and very good trotting took place; but there were not the pumbers present that would have been there had more publicity been given to the event. Two good races were trotted, the first between horses that had never beaten 2:40, and the other between horses that had never beaten 2:24. The latter race was won by Messrs. Briggs & Ross’ black mare Blanche, after five very closely contested heats, The 2:40 purse ‘was not decided, four heats being trotted when dark: ness came on, The race was then postponed untfi Wednesday next at ore o'clock P.M. At the ek of the affair T. B. French and Bay Jack had each scores two heats, The following are the summaries of the trotting ad far as it progressed :— ‘THE PIRST TROT. Prospect Park—First Day ov tur rest FALL MERT- ING, —Purse $400, for horses that have never beaten nay $250 to the first, $100 to the second and $50 to th third horse; mile heats, best three in five, in harness, STARTERS, J. H, Phillip’s b. g. Bay Jack.. Jobo Trout’s ch, g. T. B. French. W. P. Mallory’s br. g. Mac. a Ray’s &. m. Elsie... H. W. Howe's b. g. Corderillas W. Lovell’s br. g. Fred Hicks. ... J. Somerindyke's 8. m. Melissa, . H. G. Dobson’s 8. m, Martha Was! W. H, Fisher's b. g. A. T. Stewart, a TF enmomcny Caton sore 1 3 2 6 5 7 8 4 9 Bateowwes ee First heat. . Second heat, Third heat, 1:15 Fourth heat 13153 THE SECOND TROT, Same Day.—Purse $1,200, for horses that have never Deaton 2:24; $590 to the first, $300 to the second, $200 to the third and $150 to the fourth horse; mile heats, best three in five, in harness, STARTERS, Briggs & Ross’ b!k. m, Blanche <2 £ Re W. C. Trimble’s ch. m. Music... 8 1 See W. C. Comee’s b. g. Comee 1138346 J. Splan’s ch. g. G. B. Daniels. 1424238 TIME. Mile, First heat.. 22836 Second heat. 24 Third heat. 23 og Fourth heat. 2684 Fifth heat....... 2th is AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB. SECOND DAY OF THE FALL RACING MEETING At JEROME PARK. ‘This is the second day of the Fall Racing Meeting at Jerome Park, and five events are on the card, Tho rst of these i¢ a purse of $500, with penalties and al- lowauces, dash of one mile, and will probably bring ten starters to the post Next is the Hunter Stakes, for three-year-old fillies, $100 each, half forfeit, and $1,000 added; closed August 15, 1873, with thirty-sis nominations, of which but three will face the starters) one mile and three-quarters, Third on the list is the Maturity Stakes, for four-year-olds, of $200 each, hat forfeit, and $1,200 added; closed July 15, 1873, with twenty-five nominations, of which five will yery likely make an appearance; dash of three miles. The fourth event is a purse of $600, with penalties and allowances, dash of one mile and a half This will bring seven te the post. The day's sport will close with a handicap steeplechase, purse of $800; about two miles andé hall, There’ will be eight contestants, but from the li will be missed that favorite jumper Woodfield (late Harry Felter), who broke down Yesterday afternoon 1” his exercise. Pools were sold on these events last night as follows, the betting at times being very spirited :— DASH OF ONE MILE, Subscription Tuy Room, pc Egypt, 108 Ibs 55150 100 15d Josie B,, 106 30% 65 «(128 Springlet, 85 1b 2 © 60 11088 Leander, 95 lbs an) D>: 2:50 35 Australind, 85 lbs 20 80 2 at Rambler, 95 Ibs.. 1% 16 30 Paper Maker, 90 ibs. io 5 25 Arcturus, $8 ibs. . 2 6b Lioyd’s Asteroid io Emma, 100 lbs. 4 ge Johnson’ s.. Olitipa. 150160160140 300800. Matuie so so 100 60 260 108 Guilytlowe: 10 10 1 1S Sitscription tg r 1) Room. Exchange. Johnson's. 400 90) 120180120180 20 4 65 540120 20 445 «100 = 150 7 80 315} yy 8590 60 4G 6 20 30 6b ONE AND A ALP MILES, Subscrip- Turf Ex- tion Room. change. Johnson's, Joe Cerns, 88 Ibs. +4 90 100 «140180 St. Marun, 88 Ibs 40 80) 120 no voice, 86 Ibs. 20 8 (8 40 Nettie Norton, 105 ibs.. 20 35 50 40 Survivor, 114 Ibs. 2 8 | 45 55 Warrior, 105 Ibs...) g yg 18 20 Rambler, 95 ibs... 25 20 Trouble, 158 Ibs, a eS rouble, Shaughrtaun, 146 Ibs. seater f 0 106: 140 Diavolo, 158 Ibs, . 5 130 Dead Head, 152 tbs. 20 90 60 Coronet, 146 Ibs ih 60. Busy Bée, 123 Lbs 20 — Minnie Me, 135 lbs. 10 15 35. Boz, 126 Ibs. hae ES #25 ‘*}usy Bee and Boz as the field. ‘TRANSPORTATION, Tn addition to the regular trains by the Hariem Rail- road {rom Grand Central depot, which leave at thirty- five minutes past ten, forty minutes past eleven A, M. od five minutes past one P. M. for Fordham, two ecial trains will be run to the Jerome Siding at five nutes past twelve and thirty-ve minates past twelve P. M., and will return immediately after the races, NASHVILLE ASSOCIATION. FIRST DAY OF THE FALL RACING MEETING— PLENTY, KING ALFONSO AND WEATHERBY THE WINNERS, Nasuvinte, Tenn,, Oct. 4, 1875. To-day was the first of the fall meeting of the Nash | ville Blood Horse Agsociation, Tne weather was splendid, the track in fine condition and the attendance large. Kentucky stables were well represented, SUMMARY. Nasuvinur, Texs., Oct. 4, 1875—Fmsr Day or rma Fatt Racin Mextine ov tae Nasnvitts Boop Horse Associatios—Finst Race.—Young America Stake, No. 1, for two-year-olds; $25 entrance, p. p.; association to add $400; second horse to receive $100; closed with 21 nominations; value of Mephe $925. Dash of one mile, George Cadwallader’s ch. f. Plenty, by Planet—Ma- ch “£” Giemimie’ “G:; ‘8 ch. £ Wire’ Grass, ‘oy’ Jack J. Walters & Co.'s ch. f Sparrow Grass, by Jack Malono—Sallie Crow.......... 4+ tee W. R. Tompkiris’ ch, c. Little Fellow, by Harry of the West—Mattie Lewis...... wees ee Time, 1 ys Berrina.—Richards' entries, Cadwallader’s, $35; Walters & Co.'s, $13, and Tom, 8. Sroonp Racr.—Lincke’s Hotel Stakes, for three-year- olds (winners to August 1, 1875, excluded); $25 each, P.; association to add ; second horse to . OF Frostve $100; closed with twenty nominations; value of stakes, $900.’ Mile heats, D. Swigert’s b. c King Alfonse, by Phaeton—Cap- : R. B. Cheatham’s b. a Asterlite, by Asteroid— W. T. Linck & Co.'s dal—Chariotte — oe seeesee eoeee & ythias, by Lemsaenaaprrasdi Time, 1:46—: % Brrtixg, King Alfonso left out—Misdeal, $50; Sallie Gardener,’ $12; Asterlite, $8; Pythias, $7; Highland Mery i. Purse $150 ‘nro Rack—Purse ; entrance five per cen’ Dash of one mile and a half’ vente: MeGibben’s ch. g. Richards’ b. ¢. % Cheatham & Co.'s br. ¢, Newbern. Rice's ch. f, Rosebud... Atehison’s br. c. Grenoble zs Williams & Owens’ b. ¢, Meinotte Taylor's ch. f. Hester Ann, Durham's br. f, Sue Wyn Time, The pools in this race ave: noble, $21; Wynn, $12; fel SHOOTING AFFRAY IN BROOKLYN, Yesterday afternoon James King, twenty-four years. of age, colored, was taken into custody by OMcer Chambers, on charge of felonious assault, preferred by Absalom Rumford, of No. 18 Lawrence place, Brook- eeccomne lyn, The accused charged King with shooting him in the groin, during a quarrel in Wilehman’s & No, 268 Jay street, The wound is not dangerous, who is held to answer, elatu Rumford and a pariv of bia trienda,