The New York Herald Newspaper, November 10, 1875, Page 5

THE COURTS Ex-Deputy Collector Des Anges. Convicted. Arrest of Judgment and Pris- oner Remanded. MEMENTO OF HENRY W. GENET. Settling in the Courts a Bet on His Trial. ‘The case of the United States vs, Ro) Des Anges, late a deputy collector of customs at this port, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government of revenue by smuggling silks at an undervaluation, was yontinued yesterday before Judge Benedict and a jury. United States District Attorney Bliss resumed his closing argument for the government, He claimed that the most of the entries made by Charles L. Law- rence of importations of silks were made before Des Anges as Deputy Collector; that the alleged conspira- tors presented powers of attorney from importers using fictitious names; that during the years 1878-4 from thirty to forty invoices of silks in seven and eight case lots were invoiced, and on each invoice one of the cases contained cotton goods or, hosiery, and that on each invoice the case selected by Des Anges to be sent to public store for appraisement representing the balance of the invoice was the case of cotton goods. He insisted further that Des Anges, as the Deputy Collector, might have accidentally sent that case from one or two invoices, but that he could have 80 done in the case of all the invoices was more than any ace man would believe. ir. Matthews, counsel for the defence, said that Des Anxes had had ample opportunity to eseape since the charges wore made against him, and that he had not attempted to take advantage of his opportunities was, he contended, evidence of his innocence, He con- tinued his argument at great length. The District Attorney, in response, said that Des Anges was so imphcitly trusted by the government that, even after the frauds were detected, there was no suspicion entertained that he was implicated in tho conspiracy; that he was consulted by the government and urged to use his best endeavors. to stop all further importations by Lawrence; but he considered himself 80 safe that hé even wrote to Lawrence the letter placed in evidence ;— No further communication, verbally ar in writing. You are followed, so um I. Let everything go to the devil. Ix. Port, all you.cau. Lot me alone to try aud save myself for he future, 5 —Which was captured on the person of Lawrence when he was arrested at Queenstown by the English detec- tives. Des Anges never dreamed of the discovery of this letter, or that it would ever be produced in evidence against him. ‘Judge Benedict charged the jury elaborately, review- ing the testimony, saying, in the course of bis remarks,» that from the evidence the jury could not but find that there had been a conspiracy’ to defraua the government by smuggling silk at an undervaluation, and it becamo their duty to determine whether or not the defendant ‘was a purty to that conspiracy. His Honor re- ferred to the Hartloy invoices of eight cases each, in which in every instagge the one containing hosiery was the one select&f to go to public store; | also to the shipment of eight cases by the steamship Bremen, in which three cases were lefi over and sent by the Donau, the threo lef being all silk, which Des | Anges marked on the invoice “Examination waived,” and they were sent, in bond, to Canada, The boldness of fraud, he charged, showed that some arrangements had been made with some officers of the Custom House for the designation of the public store case. He charged, further, that if in the minds of the jury the evidence showed that Des Anges was concerned in the i conspiracy they must convict him, ‘but that the fact must be borne in mind that there had been no evidence adduced that any money had been paid to Des Anges. He also charged that as a deputy collector i was his duty to desiguate cases to go to public store, That there was no evidence that any direction to mark certain cases for public store had ‘deen given to Des Anges by Lawrence, Graat!, Ball, or | any one else, At the conclusion of the Judge’s charge the jury re- tired, and, after an absence of ten micutes, returned into court and rendered a verdict of guilty. "The jury, it was ascertained, were unanimous on the first ballot. Counsel for the defence moved for an arrest of judg- | ment. The motion will be argued on Saturday next. | The extreme penalty that can be enforced {s two years’ | imprisonmeptand a fine of from $1,000 to $10,000, or one or both, The prisoner was then remanded for sentence. IKRTCH OF THE PRISONER. 4 Deputy Collector Robert Bruce Des Anges is a native of the south of England, and a man of excellent educa- tion and great conversational powers. He was for-- merly in the English army as paymaster’s clerk, but owing to a deficiency of £1,200 in his accounts he was forced to take to flight to the United States, He landed | here in 1861, at the commencement of the civil war, and entered tho federal army. After some time he was placed in command of some colored troops, and showed | considerable intelligence and bravery, so much so that he attracted the attention of General N. P. Banks, to whose staff he was subsequently attached, with the title of colonel, At the close of the war on General Bauks’ recommendation he obtained a osition in the jal Office of the Boston Custom | ‘ouse, but which position, it is alleged, through a cer- | tain scandal, he had to resign. Provided with recom- | mendations from General Banks he came on to this city, where le was appointed Inspector of Customs. Subse- | quently to this he was on duty at the Barge Office as | bookkeeper with the rank of inspector. Owing to. in- | fluence being brought to bear in his favor he was ap- pointed chief clerk of the third division in the Custom House on March 18, 1871. On the sd of April, 1872, ho was a pointed Deputy Collector ad interim, but draw- ing only chief clerk's pay. When Deputy Collector James was appointed Postmaster his place was filted by Des Anges, the dato of his appointment being 30th tember, 1878, The information of his misdeeds in Eng: land have been obtained at the War Office in London through United States Minister Schenck, The amount ot his defalcation to tne English Army was made good by his relatives, His father disowned Des Anges on account of his marriage, The prisoner claimed connection here with several aristocratic Eng- lish families, but these claims are said to be unauthor- ized. He has a brother residing in London, an artist, and another residing in Illinois. Des Anges” home was out at Plainfield, N. J., where he possessed a property worth about $16,000. "From all accounts he sold hun- self very cheaply to Lawrence, Graf and others, who were committing frauds on the government, relying upon future benefits, BETTING ON GENET’S TRIAL. Before Judge Spaulding and a jury, in the Marine Court, yesterday, there was tried a case of peculiar in- terest in relation to the criminal trial of Henry W, Gonet, . The suit was brought by John Halloran to re- cover from Charles H. Medicus the sum of $1,000 and Interest, The plaintiff's claim and his testimony to the game effect was that while the trial of Henry W. Genet was ponding ho was introduced to the defendant in the new Court House by John R. Foley; that on the following day they met by accident at Sweeney's Hotel, when the conversation turned on the probability of Genet’s conviction, the defendant expressing his belief | ‘that the result would be an acquittal and Halloran that | there would be aconviction, Medicus was energetic in his opinion of a conviction, and Halloran was equally so; that he offered to bet $1,000 to $5 that tho result would be a conviction. The bet was taken, and the defendant was permitted to hold the stakes. When a verdict of conviction was rendered the plaintiff called on defendant to receive the bets, aud defendant put him off from time to time, until he was foreed to commence the present suit, The claim of defendant and his story was that his partner, Mr, Val- entine Schnyder, was on the Genet jury; that Halloran sought an introduction to him; that he asked him (wit- novs) if anything could be done, and he replied “No that he could not approach his partner on any suc subject as that; that again they met at Sweeney's, and Halloran offered to make the bet of $1,000 to $5 that there would be a conviction, but defendant remarked that he was not a betting man and left, On the follow. ing day he was again at Sweeney’s, and Halloran took a seat beside him and submitted a receipt that he had received from ono Fitzpatrick $1,000 for services to be rendered; that he refused to sign this receipt, and Halloran then tore it up and said he would make it inthe form of a bet of $1,000 to $5, and forced the money into his hands, Under this alleged state of facts it 1s claimed by defendant that Halioran’s act was an attempt to corrupt Mr. Schfiyder, his (witness’) partner, to cause a disagreement of the jury, and, being such, he 1s not liable for the return of the money; that he je willing to dispose of it according to the judgment of the Court, and, if there be no such judgment, he wishes to dispose of it to some charitable institution, John R. Foley testified that he introduced Halloran to Medicus; had @ conversation with Halioran about one of the jurors; he knew Schnyder, and Hailo- ran asked lim to see tefendant and have lim use his influence with Schnyder, Lis partner, to have him go for an acquittal, ‘The case is still on trial, and will probably occupy all of to-day, DECISIONS. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, B _ Donohue. Pletcher va. Clark; Phillips vs, Vaughn; Whalen vs. Hayes; Beckett vs Odell; McCulloch ys, Carr.— Motions dented. Decker vs. Baxter; Remsen ys, McEvoy.—Motions denied without costs, Bergh vs. Busteed.—Order shall stand, ,Hegman ve Abraham; Andrews ve. Noonan vs, Swift.—Motions granted, Ribbet vs, Pierce.—Memorandum, Leopold vs, Herzig.—Granted. SUPREME COURT—SPRCIAL TERM, By Judgo Van Vorst, . Vanderpoel; | argued to-day and will doubtless result in the relative while plaintiff’s clerk, who was in charge, was on the a oy va, Johnson et al.—Order modifying decreo ‘Marshall otal va Macy ot al.—See opinion NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. judge Larremore. Coffin vs. PIR ior ror for plamutiff and for an eeGoulie ‘vs. the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Wetzler vs. Brown,— Motions granted, By Judge Robinson. Gent vs. Westervelt.—Motion granted in part, SUMMARY OF LAW CASES. Richard Sailing, a sailor on board the steamer Maas, claims to bo unlawfully detained on the steamer by the captain. Judge Donobue yesterday, holding Su- preme Court, Chambers, granted a writ of habeas cor- pus in the case, under which all the facts will be in- vestigated before him. In the suit brought by Hugh J. McCulloch & Co, against George Carr, and in which the latter was ar- rested and held in $35,000 bail, the facts of which have been published in the Hexaup, an application was made recently, before Judge Lawrence, to reduce the bail. Judge Lawrence gave his decision yesterday, refusing to make the reduction asked for. Judge Donohue yesterday relieved from the notice of lis pendens in the Tweed $6,000,000 suit the prop- erty at the southwest corner of 129th street and Fourth avenue, It was shown by Thomas Henry Mason that he purchased the property in good faith at a sale in the Real Estate Exchange salesroom. The proprietors of the Tivoli Volks Garden and the old Chatham Theatre were restrained yesterday by Judge Donohue from giving apy further performances until after the payment of their license fees, As usual in these cases the orders were issued upon tho petition of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delin- quents, During a further hearing of the Barmore will case, contested by Mrs. Eldridge, a daughter of the testator, heard before Surrogate Hutchings yesterday, a Swedish lady, Mrs. Baby, and her daughter Linda were called, They testified that previous to the death of the testator he was incensed against the husband of his daughter Emma Eldridge, and applied yiolent lan- Guage when speaking of hia ‘The suit of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Boston, against its former agent, William G. Manning, to recover gome $14,000, alleged to have been collected by him as premiums on risks placed with the company by him, was continued yesterday, 1m the United States Circuit 'Vourt, before Judge Wallace The defence set up that Manning was wrongfully dis- | missed from the position of agent; that he was greatly | damaged financially thereby, and that he justly re- tained the money to indemnify himself, The case is on, Herman Volkstein, a saloon keeper, of No, 98 Hester street, was arrested and taken beiore United States Commissioner Shields, charged with having uttered counterfeit five-cent nickel pieces, Willam Muck, the principal witness against him, testified that he sold some smoked eels to Volkstein about three weeks ago and received in payment a counterfeit five-cent nickelcoin, ‘The following weck the transaction was duplicated and another counterfeit coin passed. The prisoner was committed for exammation, Charles Sullivan was among the throng which on the Fourth of July, 1878, Went to see the fireworks in the evening at Mount Morris, Unfortunately some rockets exploded, terribly lacerating and disfiguring his face. He brought auit for $16,000 damages against the city and Edge & Co. who furnished the fireworks. ‘Tho trial of the case was commenced yesterday before Judge Robinson, in the Court of Common Pleas, Tho city was absolved from the responsibility, and the suit is how progressing to discover the fact whether there was any negligence upon the part of Edge & Co., and if so to what extent they are Hable for damages. Three motions were made yesterday before Judye Donohue, in Supreme Court, Chambers, m the suit brought by Catherine Crowley against Joseph Hughes, for $10,000, for alleged seduction under promise of marriage, ‘One of the motions was to vacate the order of arrest against Hughes and another to reduce his bail, both of which were denied, The third motion, which was made in the plaintilf’s behalf, was granted, and the case set down for triul the first Monday of next month. In the suit of Charles Knox vs. David Hester an order has been granted by Judge Lawrence turning the Sheriff out of the Prescoit House, It'is claimed on be half of the defendant that the reason he has not paid the judgment against him was because of a prior judg: ment jor a larger sum obtamed against. Mr. Knox, whereas the latter says that, having uppealed from tho judgment against him, he, of course, cannot be ex- pected to pay the santo until the final settlement. of the case, all of which he claims has nothing whatever to do with the foreclosure of the chattel mortgage on the furniture of the Prescott House, ‘The case will be | status of the two judgments being judicially settled, | In the Court of Oyer and Terminer yesterday, before | Judge Barrett, Bergstein, charged with the killing of | Athon Nordstorm by stabbing him with a knife, and | indicted for manslaughter in tho first degree, retracted, | through his counsel, William F, Howe, his former plea | of not guilty, and pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the | third degree, This plea was accepted by the District | Attorney, and Judge Barrett. sentenced the prisoner to three years and six months in the State Prison. Tho trial of Joseph McGinty, indicted for the killing of An- thon Crawford, on the 26th of June last, went over for the term. The case of Scannell was set down for to- morrow, to which time the Court adjourned, Frank H. Phillips bought a stock of groceries from Francisco Arteago, giving in exchange some property in Brooklyn. Arteago claims to have discovered shortly after the sale that the Brooklyn property was not worth more than one-quarter or one-third what Phillips had represented it to be worth, Claiming upon | this state of facts that title to the stock of groceries had been obtained from him by fraud, Arteago sought asbort cut to its restoration. Finding Phillips absent en one occasion and his clerk out on the sidewalk, he entered the store and took possession. Phillips then | brought a suit in replevin to recover the grocer- ies or their value, which was tried before Judge Shea and a jury in the Marine Court yesterday. Aiter the | testimony on both sides had been submitted Judge | Shea charged the jury that, notwithstanding the de- fendant might have parted with his property by reason of plaintif’s misrepresentations, yet he was not justified | in resuming possession. by force, and it was absurd for him to claim that the property had been abandoned jidewalk. A verdict was thereupon directed in favor o, plaineur for the return of the property, the value thereo ing assessed at $2,100, and $37 damages for detention’ , COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before Recorder Hackett. THE BATTERY OUTRAGE. The trialof Officer Finnerty. for the alleged outrage committed upon Maggie Igoe, wis resumed yesterday, ‘The case was given to the jury shortly after noon, and they deliberated til] four o’clock, when they entered the court room and announced their inability to agree. The Recorder discharged them and remanded the | prisoner t await a new trial, PLEAS AND SENTENCES, Hugh McKeon, of No. 1,465 Second avenue, pleaded guilty to burglary in the third degree, in having en- tered the store of Philip Valdes, No. 45 Second avenues on the night of October 12, and stolen therefrom leaf tobacco to the value of $65, Ho was sentenced to State Prison for two years, Theophilus Winter, a German lad, aged sixteen years, living at No. 340 East Forty-sixth street, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a gold watch worth $75 from Jobn Ballweber, of No. 447 West Thirty-eighth street, on October 12," He was sent to State Prison for two years William Tate, a waiter, sixteen years old, living at No. 24 Rast Twenty-ninth street, pleaded guilty to grand larceny int having stolen a gold watch and chain, valued at $100, from Mrs. Harriet Willams, of No, 24 East Nineteenth street. Joseph Dickson, indicted for hav- ing bought the watch from Tate for $1 50, knowing it to be stolen, also pleaded guilty, and they were each sent to the Penitentiary for three years. Waldo E. Puiler, aged ninoteen, pleaded guilty to as- saultand battery. Sentence was ‘deferred. It will be remembered that he, 1n company with his brother, kept a drug store at Eighth avenue and Fifty-ninth stree and that on September 4 George J. Smith, of No. 23 East Thirtieth street, a deputy sheriff, and Patrick Keenan, of No. 193 Hudson street, his assistant, called at the store for the purpose of ejecting the brothers, ‘The latter resisted and made an assault upon the officers with their fists, and also threw vitriol upon them, In- dictments were found against the Fullers for felonious assault, and the brother not pleading guilty will bo tried upon that indictment, Charles West, of No. 344 East Thirty-second street, & laborer, aged nimeteen years, pleaded guilty to having on (October 12 stolen a wagon valued at $100, the property of Henry Beck, of No, 220 East Forty- first street. He was found seated in the wagon driving through East Twenty-fourth street on the second day after the theft, and was thereupon arrested at the in- stance of a friend of the complainant. He was sent to State Prison for the term of two years and six months, John O’Brien, a baker, aged nineteen years, who re- sided at No, 62 West Broadway, broke into the store of Eleazer J. Lazarus, No. 5 West Broadway, on the night of October 14, and carried off 1,200 cigars, valued at $90. He was captured by a private watchman, with the property in his possession. He pleadod guilty and we sentenced to two years and six months in State Prison. Charles Gale, © Iaborer, twenty-five years old, who lived at No. 209 Hudson street, pleaded guilty to grand larceny and was sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment in State Prison, On September 28 he stole two sets of harness, worth $75, property of Samuel Walsh, of No. 267 Hudson street, Michael Garth, a cattle driver, twenty-one years old, and living at No, 246 East Forty-sixth street, broke into the liquor store of Bernard Kelly, No. 801 Second enue, on the night of October 11, and attempted to steal twelve boxes of cigars and 100 bottles of various liquors, valued in all at $600. He pleaded guilty and was sent to State Prison for two and a half years, TOMBS POLICE COURT. Before Judge Bixby. A BRACE OF BURGLARS BAFFLED, As Officer Dyer, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, was patrolling his post in Warren street yesterday morn- ing he heard @ noise in the store No, 73 which excited his suspicion. Peering in through the smail glass win- dow in the door the officer observed a light moving to and fro in the rear of the store, [t was two hours aiter midnight, and he at oneo suspected there were burglars ered that the coal hole was open and he rapped for as- sistance. On effecting an entrance to the building the officers arrested two men. They gave their names as John Hunter and Edward Barrett and their respec- tive trades as printer and machinist, They had a com- plete set of burglar’s tools of the finest mechanical nish in their possession. The burglars were taken before Justice Bixby, atthe Tombs P Court, yes- terday, and were held in $6,000 cach to answer. The ob- Ject of the burglary was to break open and rob the safe, WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE COURT. MORE OF THE UNLICENSED. Yesterday morning the returns were very light at the above Court, there being but twenty prisoners brought in from the different precincts. Among the number were John McManus, No, 892 Bowery; Frederick Men- ken, No, 428 West Thirty-seventh ' street; Michael Brady, No, 25 West Thirty-third street; Matthew Gar- vey, No. 56 West Thirtueth street, and John McKeever, No.’ 88 West Houston street, who were charged with seiling liquor without license. ' They were held in the usual amount, $100 each, to answer, and the bail was promptly furnished. DISHONEST SERVANT. On the 4th of November Mr. Frank W. Tryon, of No. 9 East Forty-sixth street, missed a quantity of jewelry, consisting of a gold handkerchief ring, gold pencil and a Ninth Corps army badge, in all valued at $55, ‘The day after the property was missed a colored ser- vant, named Henrietta Weal, left the house, and after her departure part of the Le orey J property was found in a bag of clothing belonging to her. She was arrested by Officer Taylor, of the Broadway Squad, and was committed by Judge Morgan in $1,000 bail to answer, BOLD YOUNG THIEVES. OMcer Gaylord, of the Twentieth precinct, while on patrol Monday afternoon saw two young men walk past the Imperia! Wine and Tea Company’s establishment, No, 350 West Forty-second street, take up a chest of tea and run away with it, The officer followed the thieves und captured one of them named Kylie McPher- son. The prisoner, who is about sevenicen years of age, was held by Judge Morgan in $1,000 to answer. FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET COURT. Betore Judge Murray, EXCISE VIOLATIONS, The following persons, charged with violating tho Excise Law, were held for trial:—Owen McBride, No. 746 Second avenue; Peter Cahill, No, 311 East Thirty- ninth street; Hudven Lynch, No, 564 Second avenue; Michael Kernan, No. 724 Second avenue; Thomas Colby, No. 617 Third avenue; William Conner, No. 540 Second avenve; Christopher Bruner, No. 141 East Forty-first street; Catharine Geoghan,' No, 1,216 Sec- ond avenue; Michael M. Hanley, No. 1,861 Third ave- nue; Michael Burns/ No, 685 Sevond avenue; Cornelius Gibney, No, 1.148 Second avenue; Robert Dougherty, No, 308 East Sixtieth street; Edward Specher, First avenue and Seventy-fourth street; James Noonan, No. S44 East Seventy-tourth street; Abraham Crapp, No. 584 Third avenue; Cord Englekin, No. 721 Eleventh avente, and John Murphy, No. 645 West Forty-frst street, THEFT OF APPLES. John J, Sullivan, of No, 519 West Forty-ninth street, was held for trial, in default of bail, tor stealing four- teen barrels of apples, valued ab $40. Ho pleaded guilty. POLICE COURT NOTES. William H. Grogan, of No. 42 Market street; Patrick 1. Griffin, of No.-41 Market strect; John Walsh, of No, 126 Cherry street; Henry Schroedor, of No, 85 Second avenue; Jacob Renney, of No. 86 Willett street; James Breslin, of No, 345 Water street; Louis Loeffler, of No. 200 Allen street; Frederick Geister, of No. 186 Allen street, and John Murray, of No. 354 Grand street, were arraigned betore Judge Kasmire at Essex Market Court yesterday on a charge of selling liquor without license. The four last named were dis- charged; as the officers who arrested them could not swear that they had seen the prisoners either sell or give away liquor. The rest were held 1m $100 bail to answer, ‘At tho Court of Special Sessions yesterday Francis Huyhes was tried for beating and otherwise ill using his own son, and, being convicted, was sentenced to the Penitentiary for six months. The prosecution was con- ducted under the auspices of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children, COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. Supreme Covrt—Cuamners—Held by Judge Dono- , 75, 82, 94, 106, 110, 189, 176, 180, 199, 218, 224, |, 282,"'268, 280, 282, 283, Supxewe Cocrr—Srectan Term—Held by Judge Law- rence,.—Case on—No. 21, Mitchell vs. Reed. No day calendar. Surreae Covrt—Circurr—Part 1.—Adjourned for the term. Part 2.—Adjournea until Monday, Novem- ber 15. ¥ 1853, 2483, 1443, 1625, 1133, 963, 343, 8039, 323, 1621, 1695, 24332, O81, 1437, 1761, 1359, 3441, 1401, 1835, 831, 8503, 8377, 698, 1247. Svrexior Covrt—Genenat Tenm—Held by Judges Monell and Sedgwick.—Nos. 52, 65. Sursrion Court—TRia. Teew—Part 1—Held by Judgo Speir.—Nos. 207, 1309, 769, 1781, 1629, 855, 1419, 805, 181, 165, 673, 741, 725, 823, 827. Part 2—Held by Judge Curtis.—Nos, 384, 183 800, 534, 838, 808, 854, 862, 454, 870. Superior 'Covkt—Srrciat 'Tera—Held by Judgo Freedman-—Nos, 14, 83, 43, 50, 51, 18, 46, 13. Common PLkas—TUAL Tekm—Part 1—Held by Judge Robinson,—Nos. 1550, 2685, 1265, 1578, 1560, 1434, 1264, 1577, 2516, 1580, 1087, 1551,’ 649, ‘1115, '1650, 2798," Part 2.—Adjourned for the term, Commox PLEAS—GENERAL TerM—Held by Judges Daly, Loew and Daly,—Nos. 7, 28, 29, 56, 219, 8, 46, 9, 40, 82, 223, 232, 233, 140, 143,146, 147, 149, 150, 161, 1 456, 157. Manixe Covrt—Triat Term—Part 1—Held by Judge Spaulding.—Nos, 4877, 4960, 6648, 5688; 3637, 8538, 3539, S040, 8541, 8544, 8546, ‘8547, 3548, 3549," 3550. Part 2— Held by Judge McAdam.—Nos, 582%, 3471, 3499, 3506, 9867, 4858, 5187, 376, 1868, 3059, 4003.’ Part 3— Held by Judge Shea.—Nos. 1875, 4483, 2338, 5254, 5155, 65239, 4583, 5436, 5643, 5356, 5814, b214, 5402, '2056,' 2444. ‘COURT OF GENERAL aaaprn Haid by Rovord@t Hack- ett—The People vs. Andrew Gilligan, burglary; Same vs, Michael Burns, robbery ; Same vs. Charles Shomaker and William Powers, robbery; Same va. Robert Mullan, felonious assault and battery; Same va. Willam Glea: son, felonious assault and battery; Same ys. Jobn E, Owens, mayhem; Same ys. Matthew Ryan, burglary; Same vs. Jano Gibb, burglary; Same va, Joseph Costello and Roddy Brewer, burgiary ; Same vs, William Dignan, burglary; Same vs. James Burns, burglary; Same vs. Daniel McKenna and Charles Scott, burglary; Same vs. James W. Buchanan, grind larceny; Same vs, Thomas McCormick, grand, larceny; Samo ¥a, Simon Abrams, rand larceny; Same vs. William Freeman, gran larceny; Same vs. Frederick A. Brady, forgery, Samo va, John F, Beard and James Wood, false pretences; Same vs. Carl Krentzen, petit larceny; Same vs. George Williams, petit larceny; Samo ‘va Charles Tack, gambling. COURT OF APPEALS. Aunaxy, Nov. 9, 1875. DECISIONS HANDED DOWN. Judgment affirmed, with costs—Luck ys. Campbell; Holden vs, Burnham; Stume vs. Atfantic Mutual Insur- ance Company; Boynton vs. Andrews; Hill vs. The Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad Com- pany; McGarry vs. Loomis; James vs, Hamilton; Rider vs. Stryker; Rechner vs. The Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company; Frusom vs Bissell; The Union National Bank vs. Kupper. Judgments affirmed—The People vs. Powell; The People vs. Linsday. 594, 1484, 958, 876, | ns a 696, 876, Judgment reversed and new trial granted, the costs . to abide the event—Carman ys. Beach; O’Brien vs. The Commercial Fire Insurance Company; Washburn vs. Barnham. Order affirmed, with costs—Gibbs vs. Tho Queen In- surance Company. Order granting new trial affirmed, and judgment absolute for dedendant on stipulation, with costs—Strong vs. Lyon. MOTIONS. Ross vs. Roberts. —Motion to open default, Samuel Hand for motion, Charles 8, Baker opposed. The Excelsior Petroleum Company vs. Maggie B, Lacy and others.—Motion to place on calendar as of date of filing return under class four of preferred cases. Upon motion of W, H. Dickenson, for appel- lant, granted. . No, 26. Mervin D. Hawley, respondent, vs. Artemas E. Sackett and another, ministrators, &c., and others, appellants.—Upon motion of A. J, Parker or- dered back to No, 19944. No, 179, Willian Johnson, appellant, va, Robert A. Williams, executor, &¢., respondent.—Upon motion ordered forward to No. 24134. No, 230, The Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Rail- road Company, appellant, vs. The Vermont and Canada Railroad Company, respondent,—Motion to dismiss ap- peal. E. ©, James, of counsel for respondent, for the motion and Mr, Southmayd opposed. The Court took the papers. No. 206, The Atlantic and Pacific Tole, yh Company ve, Barnes.—Motion to dismiss appeal. Thomas K, Souther for the motion; Samuel Hand opposed. Lester Bradner, President, &¢., respondent, vs. Wil- liam A. Coit, impleaded, &c., appellant,—On motion of Samuel Hand, counsel for respondent, appeal dis- missed. No, 205, Knowlton, respondent, vs, The New York and Harlem Kailroad Company, ‘appellant —Motion to dismiss, [Charles Mott for the motion;, Elliotts F, Shepard opposed. @ Court took the papers, Morgan vs, Crocker.—Motion for reargument, <A. J, Parker submitted papers for both sides. No, 46. The People, &e.. Soot, va, Mason et al, respondents. —Motion to dismiss appeal, E, Bur- lingame for the motion; Thomas 8, Fairchild opposed, Motion postponed, Isaac F. Lansing, appellant, vs. William B. Harris, et al., respondents,—Motion to revive cause and place it on the calendar. On motion of N.C. Moak ordered to be revived and placed on the calendar as Mo, 1634. APPRALS PROM ORDERS, No, 333. The People, &¢,, respondents, va. William M. Tweed, impleaded, &c., appellants. ‘No. 3%. The Same vs. Same.—Argued by David D. Field as counsel for appellant and by Wheeler H. Pock- ham for respondent. Adjourned, COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR. ALBANY, Nov, 9, 1875, ‘The following is the Court of Appeals day calendar for Snside, After a little investication the officer discov. Lis Pr ead November 10, 1865;—Nos, 1, 2, 3, 6, 6, 7, A CRUEL SWINDLE. ROBBED OF THE SAVINGS OF A LIFETIME BY ‘THE BOSTON AGENT OF THE INMAN LINE—A POOR ENGLISHMAN’S SAD FATE—4A WIFE DEMENTED AND A FATHER CONSIGNED TO THE WORKHOUSE. A poor, honest man, buying a draft on Liverpool with the hard-earned savings of his whole life, and return- ing to the old country, where he expects the fruits of his industry will give bim, his sick wife and old do- crepit father a good home for their old days,to find that the draft is worthless, that he is a beggar and must re- turn to America to begin his Iffe’s work anew—can & more cruel, a more outrageous swindle be im- agined? It was such a story that was told yesterday at the Heratp office by a man who appeared in rags in consequence of this vile imposition, but whose sturdy look and honest face bespoke the truth of what ho said. Before giving this unfortunate man’s statement at length; it may be premised that Samuel Joynson—that 18 his name—is a locomotive carpenter by trade, an Englishman by birth, and came to this conntry nearly twenty-five years ago, As far as dili- gent inquiry could ascertain yesterday he seems always tohave been an industrious, saving and sober man, upon whom his misfortunes fall, therefore, with double force. After having worked hard in various portions of the country to secure a competency, he finally determined to become a farmer and settled some eight years ago in Harlan, Shelby county, Iowa, where he Purchased a farm of about two hundred acres, It is curious and sad to witness how a thread of misfortune rung through certain ill-starred lives. ‘This man had several times accumulated a little money and several ‘times he lost it through fraud or misfortune, Thus he had not money enough to buy the farm outand out, but had to pay off part of its value by his arduous labor in the locomotive shops of the Union Pacifie Railroad. Misfortune pursued him again in the shape of a severe domestic calamity, His wife was attacked by o serious mulauy, and in order to restore her to health he had to leave his farm and travel with her to California and other salubrious regions which the doctor had recommended, Last summer he found that ho had spent a very large por- tion of his little fortune im this manner, his wife was sult very ill, his father—a venerable man of seventy- six—also in’ feeble health, and upon the advice of a physician, who told him ‘that a decided change of air might improve them, he resolved to sell his farm and return to England, his native home, there to estab- lish a bee and poultry farm, which, he’ felt sure, would be sufficiently lucrative to keep him and his loved ones in moderate comfort during the remainder of their troubled lives, As he says, he could have sold his farm—which, of course, had been rather neglected during his travels with ‘his ailing wife—for $4,000, if he could have given the purchaser time to ay; but as ho desired to effect the change immediately e had to take $2,500 in cash for it. The sale of his horse and cow, &., netted $500 more, so that he had $6,000 when he arrived in Boston, where he expected to embark for England. It was really touching to hear poor Joynson rolate how his wife, realizing that this money Was all they had in the wide world, and remem- bering how often they had lost the savings of years bo- fore, clung to it with something like feverish anxiety. She would not give it up to him on their why to Boston and kept it sowed up in her dress, Even in Boston, when he wanted to go to the Inman steamship office to pur. chase a draft with his all, thinking that it would be safer to have a draft, she would not give up the money. It was as though she had an indistinct premonition of the evil that was to befall them, and he had well mich to force her to surrender the much-prized treasure to him. No wonder she Was so nervous, for it repro sented life, hope of returning healih and happiness and acomfortable old age, And now comes the recital of his robbery, which is related in his own words:— “I though” said he, “that it would be safer fo have a draft on Liverpool than to carry the, greenbacks on our persons I was brought near Liverpool, and had — heard uy all miy life of those rich old” Intaan and Cunard lines I thought they would certainly be as safe as anything could be, I Went into the Cunard office, but they would not give me a draft for so high an ‘amount as $2,900, and referred me to the Inman office, I went there, and, sceing a dig oflice and the name of the In- man line over the door, I had perfect confidence that ail was right. A number of printed handbills wero lying about stating that drafts “or £1 and upward were here sold, and it was this which indueed me to Duy my drat.” ho following is a copy of one of these handbills, which would scem to establish the responsibility of the Inman line for tho traud of their agent in this in- stance:— INMAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY Mail Line. Drafts for £1 and upward on Live Edinburgh, Dublin and all parts of land ‘andthe Continent for sale at the lowest rates. For BARES oF father, information ‘apply to” MERIICK 8, REAGH, General Agent, 102 State street, Boston, The following is the draft. which this worthy gave to poorJoynson, and from which it appears that it was not @ regular Inman draft, but his owm individual aper, ‘But I should never have taken it,” said joynson, who Was, of course, not versed in such mat- ters, “if he had not been thé authorized agent of tho Inman line, and that is why Thold the line responsi- e. 01, London, Glasgow, England, Ireland, Scot THE DRAFT. Merrick S. Creacn, 102 State street, Boston. Exchange for £519, Rostox, Angust 20, 1875. On demand of this sole bill of exchango pay to the order of Samuel Joynson five hundred and nineteen pounds ster- ling, value received, and charge to accouut C. B, R. & B. Yo Epwanp W. Yatus & Co., 87 Castle street, Liverpool, England. No. 51,828 Pinned to the draft is a littlo slip containing the fol- lowing:— Memorandum of issne. To be kept by the purcliaser. . 51,325, Bostox, August 20, 1875. ‘ M. 8. CREAGIL No, Payable to Samuel Joynson. Bought by himself. Drawn on Liverpool. Amount draft, £519. ‘Amount paid, $2,900, M. 8. CREAGH, per G. J. G On the back of the draft is the following entry, made by Yates & Co., of Liverpool :— The within draft has been presented to us several times ment, but has been refused, there being no advice jexsrs. C. B. Richards & Boas, on whose necount it is rawn, DWARD M. YATES & CO. September 15, 1875. “When I presented the draft at Live 1 payment was refused, and for two weeks I kept running every day to Yates & Co., but without success, At the Inman line’s office I was told that they bad nothing to do with the dratt of their agent. Here wo were, in utter destitution, and I made up my mind that the only hope 1 had was to reurn to America and see if I could not get my money back. Mr. Inman would do nothing for me except to give mo @ steerage passage back, and I had to sell all our clothes to get the ready’ money to pay her passage My poor old father Lhad to leave behind” (here the faithful son's eyes fited with tears) “and I suppose ho is now in the workhouse—at the age of seventy-six. A suit of clothes which cost me $55 1 had to sell for $5 50, and soon. I arrived again in New York on September 25, loft my sick wife at Castle Garden, and went imme- diately to Boston. There I found that Creagh, who had been agent for eight years, had been removed. Ho, however, claimed that he sent $5,000 to Richard & Boas, in New York, to cover the draft, and they said that ho was indebted to them on general account, and that they applied the money in liquida- tion of the debt, I had Creagh arrested in Boston, but in after two days, and now lam hero bsisting on the charity of one of my wife's uncles, ricklayer. She is demented in conse- quence of ail’ these troubles, and God knows where it will end!” Such is this poor man’s story. Creagh is a fast man, who spends his money in drink, and there is no hope of a ponny omy 4 ever recoverea from him, as his vic- tint is perfectly helpless from his destitute condition, But as the fraud was committed under the vory mgis of the Inman line, by their agent, and in their office, it would only be Just, as well as humane and generous, if Mr. Inman should replace this poor man’s loss, The fact of a man being an agent of an eld company such as the Inman should be a voucher of honesty, and it cannot be considered ve if an ignorant country- mau does not trouble himself to scrutinize the wording of a draft which he receives from their agent, THE DERANGED DELANEY. THE PRACTICAL TURN ASSUMED BY HIS IN- SANITY—HI8 RAVING MOMENTS DEVOTED TO FILING AWAY HIS FETTERS. Some days ago the story came from the Queens County Jail that Delaney, the murderer of Captain Lawrence, was ill and in danger of starving himself to death, as for several days he had taken food only in very small quantities: This condition, however, it now appears, was only {pint to cover an intended effort to obtain Nberty, Sheriff Sammis’ becamo con- vinced of this several days ago, and after some observa tion determined to make a close investigation, when ho discovered that the condemned murderer had planned the method of escape with two colored burglars who wero confined, without irons, in an adjoining cell and awaiting trial before tho Court of Sessions next week for having broken into and robbed Mr, John Doxscy’s house at Jamaica South. Delaney had by some means become possessed of a small file, with which he worked diligently for three days at th shackles on bis feot, and scores in outeing eo that he could have removed them at leasure, filling up the cuts with bread crumbs and ‘Fast, so that they could not be discovered unless by close Inspection. Being a large and powerful man, !t was his part of tho work when cell door was opened to assault tho keeper, and, if possible, to dispose ot him, and then to unfasten the cell of the other two, when the threo were to make common cause for escape, As the cells open into the lower hallway of the, building they might easily have made their way out had the plot not been discovered, but it is not likely that they cogld have got far away. Yostorday their programme Was disarranged. Delaney was taken to another cell, where naw shackols were put upon him and securely ri to the floor, and the two colored burglars were placed in different cells and ironed. It is fortunate that tne plot was Siecovered, otherwise ‘one or more of the keep- er would probably been killed. Delaney, as be- fore , was taken with hemorrhage on Sunday, ap- parently from the Jungs, and has been bleeding more or ss since, but Sheriff Sammis yesterday said to a re- porter that he did not regard his condition as so dan- Berous as was at first supposed. DEEP SEA SOUNDINGS. OPERATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY—THE CRUISE OF THE STEAMER BLAKE—VALUABLE = SCIENTIFIC . RESULTS LOOKED FOR. Since the close of the late war the Coast Survey has gradually adopted the old system of availing itself of the services of the officers of the United States Navy to carry on its hydrographic work, especially that per- taining to deep sea or “off shore” soundings, On the Pacific Goast the steamer Hassler, so well known in connection with the very interesting and important in- vestigations of the late Professor Agassiz, is now en- gaged in hydrographic work, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Taylor, aided by a corps of reg- ular navy officers, On this coast several steam and a number of sailing vessels are engaged the year round pushing the Coast Survey work at various points from the northern boundary to the Mexican /frontier. A large number of them are in charge of naval officers, and the result of their labors has been specially gratifying to the friends of the Coast Survey and to the public at large. By @ harmonious arrango- ment between the Navy Department and the Coast Survey a large number of parties are kept in the field and a consequently increased amount of work accom- plished yearly. Within the past week three vessels of this service have been fitting out at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the coming season's work, which will be prosecated in Southern waters, Two of them—the steamer Geaney, Lieutenant titchoock, and the schooner Bache—have departed for the scene of their future labors, The steamer Blake, Lieutenant Commander Sigsbee, leaves iu a day or two for the Gulf of Mexico, The Blake, which is a good type of the first class of the steamers in the coast survey, is $26 tons burden, schooner-rigged and is fitted with a compressed engine driying a screw. Her quarters for officers and men are large, roomy aud well ventilated, specially adapted for the service ahe is upon to perforin—t. ¢,, deep sea sound- ing. This winter she will run lines of deep sea sound- ins in tho Gulf Stream, and the fruits of her labor are looked forward to by the scientific world with great in- terst She is fitted with a new and perfect working deep sea sounding apparatus, designed ‘by Lieutenant Commander Sigsbee, which has proved, by actual and continued trial, to be superior to cither the Thompson (Snglish) machine used on the British frigate Challen- ger og that perfected by Commander Belknap and so successfully tried in his ous soundings of the Pacitic Ocean trom the western coast across to Japan, By Bigsbee’s machine the desired amount of friction on the deep sea wire can be at once applied. It is automatic almost in its application, and when the shot reaches bottam, by a new and ingenious contrivance, it detaches itsell, and the wire ceases to pay out, and the officer in charge knows at once when jo pull up again and bring to the surlace the apparatus, which indicates the temperature of the water and the nature of the bottom. In addition to these great improvements Lieutenant Commander Sigsbee cau, by one cast of the wire, obtain the tem- perature and specimens of the water at any number of desired depths at the same time, Soundings can be taken, if necessary, to the depth of 8,000 fathoms, and in a poriod wonder. fully less than that by any other known machine, No vessel has been fitted out with greater care than the Blake, and it is confidently expected that adopted charts will undergo great alteration, especially in the lines ‘of deep sea sounding, when the Blake concludes her work. Already in her last summer's operations | very itaportant corrections haye been made in pre- vious “off shore” work, showing by the crude and un- satisfactory methods in use in old times that nothing like exaciness could be obtained. The headquarters of the ship for the coming winter will be in Tampa Bay and Pensacola, Fla., where she will occasionally call for coal and provisions when necessity requires, She will sail for the scene of future operations in a day or two, and will not return here again until spring, pre- paratory to her summer’s campaign off the northern and New England coast, LIST OF OFFICERS, The following 18 the list of oflicers of the Blake:— Lieutenant Commander—C, D. Sigsbee, Commander, Lieutenant—J. KE. Pillsbury, Executive Oflicer, Masters—W. 0, Sharrer and M. F. Wright Ensign—W. E. Sewell. ‘Assistant Paymaster—O. ©. Tiffany. Engineer—T, L. Churchill, oe, Benoes.—On Monday, Nov. 8, 1875, at half-past four A.M, after a long and painful iliness, Mrs. Faepenmy = pee ne ay late George Bender, aged 62 years months ani ys. Relatives and friends of the aalty are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, No. 256 East Fourth street, New York, at one o'clock P. M., Wednesday, Nov. 10. Bexptx,—November 9, 1875, of paralysis, Groras L, C. Buxprx, aged 58 years 11 months and 8 days, ‘The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from hig late residence, No. 123- Meserole avenuey Greenpoint, on Thursday, at one o'clock P. M. a ERuITENDERGER.—In this city, November 9, after a short illness, Fampenick Brurtanuknaen, aged 10 years and 10 months. The ‘rieuds and relations of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral from the residence of his parents, corner of Seventy-fifth street and avenue A, on Thursday, the 11th, at one o’clock. CuaNbLeR.—In Brooklyn, on Monday, No' Euisna V. B. Cuanpisr, in the 24th year of his age. The funeral services will be held on Wednesday, November 10, 1875, at eleven o'clock A. M., at the resi- dence of his’ motlier, Stuyvesant and Greene avenues, Brooklyn. Red Bank (N. J.) papers please copy. Curups.—On Tuesday, November 9, Hanoy Howarp, only child of Childe Harold and Lizzie Howard Childs, aged 1 year, 3 months and 21 days, Notice of funeral hereafter. CutLds.—At Acton, Sumter county, §. C., October 29, 1875, Mrs. Axx Kuiza Cum.ps, widow of the late General Thomas Childs, of the United States Army, aged 75 years, CLARK.—On November 7, after a short illness, Witiam Cua, in the 45th year of his age. Relatives and friends of the family are respeotfally invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No. 52 Skillman street, Brooklyn, on Wednesday afternoon, November 10, at two o’Glock ‘ Cosreito.—On Tuesday, November 9, after a short ahs Detta Costei.o, beloved wife of Edward Cos- tello. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to at tend the funeral, on Thursday, the 1th inst., at two o’ctock, from her late residence, 30 Scammel street. DoyLk—On Tuesday, November 9, after a short ill- nes Mra. Maxcarer, the beloved wife of Laughlin Doyle, at her residence, 475 West Thirty-second street, New York, Her remains will be taken to St Michacl’s church, Thirty-second street and Ninth avenue, from thence to Calvary Cemetery, Her relatives and friends are in- vited to attend. * Drvm.—On Tuesday, November 9, 1875, Mary, the beloved wife of James Drum, aged 67 years, Relatives and friends are invited to-attend the funeral, from her late residence, 186 Madison street, on Thursday, at two o'clock. Farmwkatugr.—On Satarday, November 6, WitLias H. Farweaturr, aged 56 years. ‘The relatives and friends of the family, and members of the Williamsburg Yacht Clab, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 105 India street, Greenpoint, on Wednesday, November 10, at one o'clock P. M, Norwalk (Conn.) papers please copy. Frron.—In Norwalk, November 8, Joux Frren, aged 87, only son of Harvey Fitch. His funeral will be attended from hrs father’s resi- dence, on Thursday, at two P. M. New Orleans papers please copy. Fox.—On Tuesday, November 9, Saran, relict of Rich- ard Fox, aged 68 years, Friends of the family are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral from her late residence, 444 West Forty-third street, on Thursday morning at half-past ten o'clock, without further notice, Jamaica (L. I.) papers please copy. Harars.—On Tuesday, November 9, after a short but severe illness, Isaac, the only and loved son of Abra- ham E. and Lena Harris, at the age of 2 years and 14 days. Puneral to take place from 1,053 Second avenue, on Wednesday, at one o'clock P.’M. The members Pr Lodge, No. 389, L 0. 0. F.; Judah Touro Lodge, No. 95, 1. 0. B. B.; Joshua Lodge, No. 21, L 0. ¥. & of L, and Columbian Lodge, No. 484, F. and A. M., and ail relatives, friends aud acquaintances are re- spéctfully invited to uttend the funeral. Havens.—SuddenJy, on November 9, Loviz, son of George H. and Carrié A. Havens, Horrmax.—On November 9, 1875, Saran, wife of Zachariah Hoffman, aged 68 years. ‘The relatives and friends Of tho family aro invited to attend the funeral, from’ the Memorial Chapel, East ‘Thirtieth street, on Thursday, November 11, at ono o'clock P.M, Hvauxs.—On Tuesday, November 9, 1875, Jomn A. M., youngest son of Charles and Sarah H. Hughes, aged 8 years and 6 months. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Thursday, November 11, at half-past ten o'clock, from the residence on Lexington avenue, between Eighty-ninth and Ninetieth streets. IxsLee.—On Monday, November 8, 1875, at his lato residence, 414 Eighth avenue, Joun H. Exscer. The relatives and friends of the family are fully invited to attend the funeral, to be held at Thir- tieth street Methodist chureh, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, on Wednesday, at one o’elock. Surgeon—J, B. Ritter, M. D. Captain's Clerk—L. P! Sigsbee, AN INSOLVENT SCHOOL, CLOSING OF A GERMAN KINDERGARTEN AND DISAPPEARANCE OF THE PRINCIPAT. ‘Theodore Thrum lately managed in West Twonty-ninth street, near Ninth avenue, an educational establish- ment knownas the German-American Kindergarten or training scbooL The annual charges for tuition varied from $50 to $400, payable in advance, On Saturday or Sunday last Thrum disappeared, and it ‘was intimated in some of the evening papers yester- day that he had victimized the public out of about $6,000, The facts in the case are these. Nearly four years ago Messrs, Sigismund Kaufmann, of No. 30 Nassau street, Boopke and others, believing Thrum to be an honest and competent teacher, raised $3,000 which enabled him to buy out a certain Dr. Gerke, who until then had directed the same school, but who was, through love of gambling, it is said, obliged to sell out. The establishment, thus burdened with debt from the time of fhratn’s taking charge of it, has never since been in a paying condition. Last year Mra, Plodterel, an instructress, invested $5,000 in tho school, taking as Beeurity & chattel mortgage to the amount of $3,000, It was thought that this sum would be sufficient to put the school on a solid basid financially. It appears, however, that the anticipation was not realized, and last fail, as well as during tho anes spring, it became necessary for Mr. Kaufmann and $ is friends to raise another voluntary contribution of 800 to pay off sinall outstanding liabilities, Still the school did not $9,000 annually, , althoagh its income is ¢stimated at The situation will be taken in at a glance when it is stated that in 1874 120 “pupils of all creeds and classes at- tended the school from different parts of the city and country, while in 1875 but seventy names are on the books, Add to this habitual bad management on the part of Thrum, and thero is seen a state of affairs that would ruin any enterprise, At times, when but fifteen er sixteen pupils were on the rolls, ten or twelve tutors would be engaged to teach them. Mrs, Plodterel was a teacher with Dr, Gerke, and remained over with Thram, She went to Germany two months ago, Mr, Kaufmann states in his opinion, and judging from what he can learn, Thrum was a steady, moral man, not at all given tofast living. Mr. Kaufman, as attorney for Mrs. Plod- terel, has puta marshal in charge, and taken posses- sion of the schooi furatture, books and other movable property. The entire amount of indebtedness of the school to all parties, so far as can be ascertained, will reach $15,000. The assets are, of course, but nominal, ‘The only thing that thus far appears against the sup- osed integrity of the absent principal is that he has failed to account for about $150 of ers’ salaries. Mr. Kuufmann received and banked moneys collected from the ss i When salaries were to be paid he usually gave Thrum a separate check for the amount due to each teacher. 1t is now ascertained that at least a por- tion of these checks he deposited in bank to his own credit and afterward drew against them. Mr, Kaufmann” believes that this was a temporary expedient employed to raise money, and not done with a fraudulent inten- tion, On Friday last the missin, a issued a cir- cular announcing the closing of 3 i8 school, and stating that arrangements had been made with Mr. Muller, of Twenty-ninth street, to take his scholars, without any additional charges, for the time up to which they had oe Up till a late hour last night nothing had been eard of Thrum, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, _ \ ENGAGED. Go.p—Hrrscnrretp —On Sunday, November 7, Mr. Micuaxt Gorn to Miss Bersy Heascurig.n, both of this city. No cards, MARRIED. Levy—Gotpstnow,—Mr, Soromon B. Levy, of this city, to Miss Resnoca Gotpstrom, of Baltimore, Md. No cards, Residence, No, 822 West Thirty-frst street, Baitimore papers will please copy. Prxxy—Psaiey.—On Wednesday, November 3, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev. H. Db. Ganse, Lucy B., daughter of Charles Perley, Esq., to H. H. Penny, Esq, of A’ Ga, SxypkR—BaLbwix,—On Thursday, October 28, at Orange, N.J, by Rev. Eldridge Mix, W. Watua SNYDER, of Orange, N, J., to Purnr, only daughter of the late C, W. Baldwin, of samo place, BIRTH. Larogor,—At Greenwich, Conn., @n Sunday, Novem- der t, the wile of Georer W. Laronas, of a daughter, DIED. Apams.—Saddenty, on Sunday, November 7, 1875, Eins A, Anant, tae 48 yours, months and 2 days, wife of William Adams, Jr. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attond the funeral, from hor late residence, No. 74 Perry street, this afternoon, at two o'clock. AnTHoN.—On Sunday afternoon, November 7, of pnen- monia, after a short illness, Wittiaa Hangy Axtuon, in the doth year of his ago. His relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral this (Wednesday) morning, at ton o'clock, from the Church of the Transfiguration, No, 1 East Twonty-ninth street, without further notice. Barury.—On Monday, 8th inst., Mary Keiuy, wife of Samuel A. Bailey, aged 33 years, Friends are invited to attend the funeral, from her Jate residence, 7% Nelancey street. on this day, at ono o'clock P. My COMPANIONS OF ZETLAND’ Rrr brig ve 141, R.A M, are hereby summoned to attead at the Masonic Hall, on Wednesday, 10th inst., at twelve o’clock M., to attend the fungralof our late companion, John H. Tnsiec. Companions of sister chapters aré fraternally invited to join with us. Br onist JOEL 0. STEVENS, H. P. 8. E, Ganpwer, Recorder. ‘Sir Kyicuts ov Morton Commanprery, No. 4— Knights Templars are hereby ordered to assemble at the Asylum, Masonic Hall, on Weanesday, 10th inst., at twelve o'clock M., in full uniform, to attend the funeral of our late Sir Knight John H, Insiee. Sir Knights of other commanderies are courteously invited to join with us, By order, OLIVER G. BRADY, Commander. S$ E. Garpwer, Record Jacksox,—On Tuesday, 80x, the beloved son of Jackson, aged 23 years. Relatives, friends and members of the family and the Plate Printers’ Union and also of the Frank Perry Social Club are respectfully imvited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his mother, No. 345 East Seventy-seventh street, on Thursday, at one P. M. ManxksteIN.—On Monday, November 8, after a linger- ing illness, Josera MARKSTEIN, Aged 23 years, Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral, on Wednesday, at one o'clock P. M., from 256 East Forty-uinth street, Magrengs.—At Flatbush, L. L, November 9, Mrs, He.sy Mahwenss, in the 76th yoar of her age. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her son-in- law, Jobn D. Prince, at Flatbush, on Friday, 12th inst, at two o'clock P. M. Kitcuett.—At Hanover Neck, N. J., November 9, Asxa Mania Exy, wife of Josoph Kitchell, aged 76 ears, : Funeral services will be held at her late residence, on Friday, November 12, at haiftpast twelve P. M. Car- riages will be in attendance a? Madison depot, Morris and Essex Railroad, on the arrival of the 9:10 A. M, train fram New York. Morse.—At Mott Haven, on Tuesday, 9th inst., Ar- uv T., son of Jobn L and Rosalio F.’ Morse. aged 2 years, I month and 26 days. Funeral services at two P. M. Wednesday, at the res- idence of his parents, Macomb avenue, Mott Haven, near depot. Munsox,—Suddenly, on the 7th inst, Geoncr M. Munson, aged 63 years. His relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from No. 210 Kighth avenue, this day (Wednesday), at one o'clock. McBripx.—On Monday, November 8, Many McBripg, aged 65 years, Funeral on Thursday, November 11, from 650 Fifth street. McGnrape.—On Tuesday, after a short illness, Many Lovisa McGrape, aged 23 years, ‘The funeral will take place from the residence of her father, Michael McGrade, No.58 Marion street, at one o’clock, on Thursday arternoon. The relatives and iriends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. OxsseN.—At North ag igs N. J., on Tuesday, No- vember 9, 1875, Rictarp H, Oxasex, aged 47 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral, on Thursday, 11th inst., at half-past ten o'clock A. M., from Grove church, on Bergen Wood avenue, town of Union, N. J. Osnonxg.—Suddenly, on Monday, November 8, at Gravesend, Long Island, Mary £., wife of George K, Osborne and daughter of the Inte Lewis Harway. Funeral services will take place from the residqnce ofher sister, Mrs. E. Van Wart, Gravesend, Long Island, on Thursday, November Il, at ten o'clock P, M. ovember 9, Tnomas Jack- Mary and tle late Thomas HEAby.—-Wigans, gon ot hap and Bridget Ready, ro months an Anal Mvuuetal ob Wednesday, November 10, from the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Fourteenth street and avenue A, at twelve o’clock M. ‘Rerpy.—Mroan, son of William and Bridget Reidy, aged 11 years, 4 months and 2 ‘Funeral on Wednesday, November 10, at two o'clock, from 611 East Fifteenth street, Ricu.—On Tuesday, November 9, Saran V., wife of Edward R. Rich and daughter of Edmund and Maria Brown. ‘Tho: relatives and friends of the family aro respect- fully invited to attend tho funeral, from 300 Wyckoff street, Brooklyn, on Thursday, tho 1th inst, at two o'clock. Taonwe.—At White Plains, on November 8, 1875, Jauxs H. Trorws, in the 69tn year of his age. The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his son,m-law, William White, Whito Plains, on Thursday, November Il, at twelve o’ch Trains leave Grand Central di at 10:30 A. M. Carriages will be in wait at the depot, TixoMans.—On Monday evening, November 8, Dixpricu TrkDMAwN, aged 47 years, The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the fun from his late resi- dence, 87 South Fourth street, Willi LL, on- Thursday, November 11, at two o'clock P. Van Scuaack.—In Brooklyn, E. D., on Friday, No- yomber 5, after a brief iliness, Euarinae G., of Stepben Van Schaack, aged 46 years, ALLING.—At Key pot = J., on Monday, November * fated See ESREO, 3, want ‘une! id at Key i. J. November 10, at haltpast ono Fa? pice rd Westermay.—On y, 9th inst, Toomas F. Wrstruaan, in the 32d year of his The relatives and friends of the family, also the mom- ders of the Twenty-first precinct and’ the municipal force in er at respectfully invited to atiend tho funeral, from his late reside No, 25 West Thir- teenth on Thursday, the Lith inst, at balf-past nine A. M. The romains will be conveyed to St. Joseph Church, where a solemn high mass of requiem will be offered for the repose of his soul; thenoo to Calvary Cemetery for interment, Witttams,—At Granton, N, J., on Na agen (Boh bony 8, Naomt Cunistive srivkenmorr, wife of Mitchell 3, ‘illiams, in the 34th year of her age. ‘The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from hor late resigence, Grantom, N. J. j on Thursday, Lith inst, at one P. Traine foot of Chambers street, via Northern Railroad, at 12:30 P, Me