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assessed and levied until the entire amount of the as- sesements, with interest, shall be paid. However, whesever an instalment is paid an entry shall be made in the proper books, showing such payments, and the amount of the Hen on the real estate shail be reduced portion to the amount of each payment made. Git EVERLASTING CONTROVERSY, 5 Another debate sprung up this morning in the Sen: The Question of Patronage Between the lasting eubject of the Governor's Message. | S {™ re A resolution to submit to the Canal | none ce that part of the Message relating to the | Governor and the Republicans. pe which ‘the Governor says there are matters | yet unexplored tm regard to the management of the | canals that will throw in the ebade all the revelations | thus tar raade, Two other republican Senators, Messra, Rogers and McCarthy, followed Woodin in the line of | THE STATE CAPITAL.’ Le a AN AGREEMENT TO DISAGREE | depreciation of Governor Tilden’s course of action, and 2a all three called loudly for the — testimon tines by the Cana} Commission, kor j ‘ Tnder Diec have been furnished at the opening of the session, Tilden Again Under DiSCUS-' Starbuck, democrat, came to the Governor's rescue and | : 3 aah insisted that the motive of assailing high pubtic officers sion in the Senate who were honestly and earnestly engaged in the work of administrative reform was partisan and question- SS ae able. In regard to the nttack made om Secretary of State Bigelow, he considered the grounds for it were explained in the fact that he had retused a nomination SENATOR BIXBY'S NEW CHARTER: | tendered bun by t blican Convention and ac- | cepted one frown a Dem atic Convention, McCarthy | read bis speech, gand established his character ALBANY, Feb. 2, 1876. | for being the chief bore of the Legislature. Despite the little byplay that is indulged in from | His remarks consisted in 4 long, dreary scolding, much e by the republican members of bot! like a garrulous and petulant old woman’s trade, of fae 84 hb houses | ii Executive, ‘Tilden is ‘MoCarthy’s bete hoir, ‘His on the one side and by vernor on the other with | iisefulnoss as a Senator, so far has been shown in po the view of settling the mach mooted question as to | other ling then this, Itis the fourth occasion he has who ought to be the real master of the political situa- | mitloted his jeremiads concerning administrative ; errors and lapses cn the Senate, and no adequate equiv- tion and the dispenser of the sweets of patronage, the | alent can be hoped for in return for bis consumption ressions of both the Senate and Assembly, with one or of the public time. two exceptional days, have thus far been insufferably | LEGISLATIVE NOTES. The y 1 scale, £01 aia Sipe Asiéedy a8 entire month bas e Committee on Cities of the |enate reported passed away and the idle crowde that day after day favorably and without amendment Jobo Morrissey’s cccupy the same seats in the galleries and to whom the | A tee ace se ebt to the city of New York morning only to go away with a sense of disappoint. | DY instalments at stipalated periods | ent Board of Aldermen shall hold office until May, 187 to put Mayor Wickham out of office by a spring election ow bharter proposes that the pres- Dill vesting the authority to regulate the laborers’ ages in the Common Council | ary routine and rush of the business of the two houses | for arrears of assessments, a bill introduced to-day by are just so much Greek and Latin, come early inthe | Mr. Morrissey provides that payments may be made THE NEW CHARTER, ment at ‘not hearing somebody ray something that | senator Bixby’s mi . is interesting. A New York charter or a proposition ; | On the tirst Tuesaay of April three Aldermen shall be | clected in each Senatorial district, who shall be resi- | can alone put an end to the dreariness of the daily | dente of the district, no voter to vote tor | proceedings which thus tar has thrown its soporific than two, The Clerk of OF Boe yet » honorat » and dor 4 vo | Aldermen shall act as supervisor of the City influence over the honorabies up and down stairs. No | josorg without extra compensation, The salaries doubt Mr. Woodin and Mr. Bixby in introducing their New York charter amendments did s0 to-day with the charitable object of enlivening us all up with some of Aldermen sball be $2,000 annually, said officers to hold office for two years.” A Mayor shail be elected in the spring for two years, and his salury shall be $10,000 annually. It provides also for the election of fine talk about the extravagance of the age, | Comptroller in the spring, to hold oftice for two the deleterious influence of pull backs or | years; transiers from the Mayor's office to the Comp- t icalhaed ni iroller’s office the Permit Bureau; also trans- raw backs upon economy in the departments | /rmler th Obie te porno) collection of Cro- and the unreasonableness of having any class of menin | ton water rents. from the office of Public city offices who are unwilling to do as State politicians | Works % the parte hyd ae in the Rec ers 2 1 i S _ | office, The Counsel for the Corporation to be elected | want them to, What the upshot of their good inten- |}. the spring with a salary of $12,000 annually, It re: | tions will be it would be very hard to predict, butit is | quires the Corporation Attorney to perform, also, the to be devoutly hoped that they will infuse something |. duties i 4 porformea by the Attorney for the Col- , | lection of Arrears of Personal Taxes; vests lke life into the two houses before they get through. | 1 appointment of Police, Commissioners, who | Yesterday, it is true, the vill relative to therogulating are to be appointed, for four years, in and grading of New York str nd restricting theex- the Mayor, Recorder and Judge of the Court of Sessions; requires the medicai staff of the Health | Board to perform the duues of police surgeons; pro- hibits any icrease in the police toree without the con- pend:tures of heads of departments to a certam figure during each calendar year, gave rise to an animated dis- cussion which bid fair at one time to current vote of the Board of Apportionment; reduces the number of police commissioners to two, witnesses PRAY OPE Ph Tee wey NORERRA | confined in the House of Detention are to be paid $— per #0 that they would be obliged to show their hands on | day. Itgives the Superintendent of Police power to the spring election question; but, somehow, just when | Suspend any officer for derelection of duty. Provides expectation was on tip toe along came a stupid motion | for the appomtment of a Commissioner of Public Works | so-adjouta, and the arome of rouse turkey being wanted | QZary at Qo o0annually. Consetidaies the eight, Do- n mn Congress Hall the | , . - Wivie debate came two a confused ending. But | reaus now existing into four, Provides for two Com- 1 te the Governors name which, after all, | missioners of Charities aud Gorreaston, snd one, Fire can alone make the present session a lively one; lerges the Building Department into | nor does he need to Mc anpthin especially prondarial the rep eet aaa eaten cag peri | as ap aspiring candidate for the Presidency or as a | for that account to annually, The Health manipalalor of distastetul vetoes to bring ft about In- | Department, to consist of the President of the Board deed, of himself he need do nothing Whatever: The | $e mes ie Hesieh Oftver of the ern one ofteer, two houses are ever on the alert when a resolution is | cal a “Commissioner 0: ealth,’? an 0 be offered or a bill la introduced which smacks of guber- | “ppoinied in the same manner as Police Commission- natorial longings, and if @ member is imprudent | ers The provision in regard to Police and Health enough to intimate that the Governor does not | Commissioners to take effect on the passage of the act. like his or that feature of some measure, then and | The expenses of the Lealth Department are re- there the republicans make a note on the margin of bie to $100,000 annually, except in cases of epi- their files or in their working list diaries of the mon- — demics, snout revelation, th the determination to have some- | ane gabe of rane Lid jon ime pe cl thing to say about that measure, right or wrong, when | of Taxes an ssessments and of Docks are to have the Proper time comes On the other hand, the Goy- | one commissioner each. The salaries of the various ernor, seeing clearly bow the land lies, bas apparently | commissioners are fixed at $5,000 each. No person made up his mind to stand by his colors in every battle, | shall be eligible as head of a department who shall not und thus it has happenéd boi he and the Senate bave have been a resident of the State three years. i over Scbuyler, the Auditor and other | THE TAMMANY HALL CHARTER, ete wits people as well as the politiciaas | The Senate Judiciary Committee held a session to- take considerable interest just now. Take, for avother | day, and among other bills, had under consideration instance, the case of the nomination of Mr. Southworth, | Mr. Woodin’s bill, the chief object of which is to repeal of to the Supreme Court, in piace of Lamont, | the charter of the Tammany Society, A New York It is matter of record already that Mr. | lawyer fully credentialed by the Mumeipal Reform pene ah lus tue is met with fiche oan pgs Blew babel mai Piye! boetie LS og ate en approval the leading citizens o1 1s tela! who has is speech written out for the bene ol e f t who are not politicians, regardless of party. | Committee, argued in favor of the bill, All his telling They have im letters to the Governor and by other | points were taken from the speech and circular made and means but added if possibie to the strength of the ar- | issued by Henry’ L. Clinton, now a Sachem of the Tamma- guments in favor of Rim sent here by Judge Noah Davis | ny Society, when that gentleman belonged to the Apollo and Judge Daniels, and yet the Senate still hesi- | Hall Democracy. The representative of the Council of tates w confirm him because Crowley and the | Municipal Reform alluded to the doings of the society federal office-holders under Crowley’s coutrol do not | and the indirect way in which they manipulated con- think he is the “kind of a man” they want as a judge, | ventions and made nominations in a manner that Though a suggestion has been ing to ec pce bee s the country senators open their eyes in that if he withdraws the name of Southworth his nom. — wondermen' ination of some other democrat will be confirmed he After the committee's session ended Senator Mortis- refuses to give in, and will allow the Senate to reject heard what had been going on and remarked, Dit i! it sees fit, even if it can give no other reason for ell, that bill ot Woodin’s doesn’t amount to any- its action than that the politicians, including Crowley | thing. If the man who drew it up bad only been ex- and Senator Cole, have the best right to define the | pelled from Tammany Hail two or three times, as I qualifications necessary to make a good judge. This is | was, he’d know how to draw up a bill of that kind.’” the second square THE KKK RAILROAD. " FACE TO PACK ENCOUNTER The committee also considered Senator Rogers’ bill the Governor bas bad vith its henge tnd there yes Butoh gives the hodinlaete of pan palllliges the right remains the confirmation 0! turges to be acted | to vote Jor the directors of 1 CO! . Argument upon as Canal Appraiser, and the appoimtment of a | by lawyers employed to Advocate the bill were made a Btate insurance superintendent, over which a deal is | considerable length, desired by the Insurafve King, which in the House CITY. REFO: where a packed tnsurance committee oo pam at the bead of the committee up stairs) has made its ipfuence already felt.to no unprofitable purpésa | MPORTANT BILL RELATING TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT—LIMITATION OF DEBT—PRO- VISIONS FOR THE PAYMENT AND REDUCTION Indeed, even to-day the pull and haul game between the Governor and his opponents was made mant- OP THE PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY CITY DEBT. ifest in the Assembly over the Canal Commission. Mr Schieffelin attempted to explain why he had objected to Mr. Burteigh’s resolution of inquiry of the day previous, and in doing 60 he stated a aig of fie seaueny ‘of the Commission was already in type. 8 wtate- te creat ‘was just what tbe republicans. wanted, and | ‘The following is a synopsis of an important bill in. Imagining they saw the Governor behind the | troduced in the Senate yesterday by Mr. Woodin:— fence once more, they began to ply Schieffetin SECTION 1—Transfers all the legislative powers heretofore conferred on any ofice, board or department of the city to the Common Couneil Sx. 2—All ordinances or resolutions must be approved by the Mayor of passed over hie veto by a four-Afth vote, Src, S—All ordinances or resolutions involving the ex- with all sorts Of bothersome questions caicu- Pendieare,ot money shall: requires four-filths vote of the ul | Commissioner. se lated to throw discredit upon the fuir dealing of the Governor throngh his pet Commission. Had not the testimony been in print for mouths? Did the gen- tiemen speak by authority? Would it not be better to call upon the commitice to report at once? Was there I] Board. really anything new in the report after all? These were Ske. 4—Al) ordinances imposing assessments must be pe- a few of the posers what so confused Schieffelin that titioned for by at least one-fourth of the owners of the front line of the property improved, and all ordinances providing for expenditures not to be repaid by assessments must be certified as uecessary by the head of the department or offl- cer having charge of the execution of the matter to which satdown satisfied to leave the Governor's side of U question to take care of itself, Right after this followed a discascion in which Mr, Sherman distinguished him- | seif by advocating the beauties of the same relates. Suc, 5—Limit mente to $1,000,000 & year until the THE ONE MAN POWER he expenditure on work involving assess- 3 orary deot (they say Sheraian and the Russian Urar are old cro | Tat he eacad ww S00.0KL and. thereafter no increase in nies) on the proposed amendment to the constitution | such debt shall be allowed beyond the maximum sum of providing for the appointment by the Governor of & | g5.000,000, State Prison Inspector for four years, who will have See. G-Provides for the immediate separation from debt of all that portion for which the city is ortues the issue of consolidated stock to to be added to the permanent debt. mits the expenditures for works not covered by Assessment henner a your. Src. Requires all work of the description hereinbefore referred to to be performed by contract Sxo. Requires bide to be opened in the presence of the Pomptrolier. x0, 10—Provides that all work be given to the lowest bidder uniess, at the request of the head of the de ent, the Mayor and Comptroller agree in writing that the lowest bid aball be rejected for the interest of the city. Ske, 11—Provides in case of the rejection of the lowest bidder, of his refusal or neglect to, quality, for readvertise- propriations in excoas of absolute control of all the prisons. Mr. Sloan vigor- | ously Mage eae the amendment (which. it will be borne ‘m mind, already passed ope Legisiature, and, therefore, cannot be altered in the least degree by the present Logislature if it is to be submitted to the people atall), and Mr. Post, of rig county, denounced it as | & monstrosity, conceding, however, that under the present system the convicts “run’’ the prisons, h wag in vain that the republicans tried to find something | in the bill that would give them a good chance to get A BIT AT THE GOVERNOR. One member, however, came near putting his foot in tt | ip his anxiety to give Mr. Tilden jessie for what he called ‘his grasping for power in the amendment. He had his peech all written out and with emphatic underlings, | 4), a. Fequires the Comptrotler and he intended to ring the changes on poor MF. | to refuse to indorse any such ‘additional appropriation upon Tilden’s desire to appoint the inspector immediately the certificate of the head of the department. after the adjournment of the Legislature, but when told | (ns, 1é- Does away with al pec ative bids by prectading by a friend that the amendment would not be sul e contractor ° nd ssised to the people until next November he concluded | compete te a Cpe eee Pane to postpone his Greex fire until a better occasion for its | 'Ly0"'ts Srvat the city shall not be liable beyond the | display offers, Ina fortnight or so it may be that the | awount of the certified appropriation, and that no judgment New York charter will make even the Governor lose | or Cg an Fon ; Sgsiast the city Lot Te tne | sight of come of his little disagreet with the Ser | “See. 16—Makes it a misdemeanor punishable with fino and ‘he. House leaders: onthe Roduen criaareungeaat | and imprisonment for any officer or employe of the city to power in order not to be obliged to either veto or sign) ©*rtity fee to the work of auy saci uae & spring election measure, the vetoing or signing of lie Re ide: it ery ri rimtende of public works shall be experts of five years’ practical ex- Shieb will be sure to get him in trouble. with at least | pertence, ahd tm if ote faction of bis own party. If thing can be so ar. perience, and makes It a misdemeauor for them to neglect ranged that the charter of any special bill that bas Sivendance d works. no person acting as Inspector ot epring election jor New York city as its n object can | Mperintendont shall hi Teceive its quietus in either House the will ay claim agaings the city for any the good. Governor be thankful, But great C portion of the services rendered by him if be fails to be in Gaily attendance upon the work over which he is placed. Sic. 18—Makes the Bor Assessors to consist of three fervice to a political toe the 5 ns murt be duly nd provides for the speedy payment and collection of compensated What will the consideration be’ All nents, 1 RT Aya wi Hers bere are anxiously awaiting the ‘20—Changes the present jon and Cor ead 9 keene ite “a - reeti from the Comptroller Recorder and ( hal ‘verdict. Counsel to the President and Commissioners of the Depart ment of Taxes and Assessments; tranfers fully to the new Board ail the powers of the old Boat ic that in contested or doubtfal eases the mn and Correction of ents shall pro~ A SCRROGATE’S POWER. If Mr. Strahan’s bili relative to executor Become & law the Surrogate’s powers In s would be somewhat dungerous. Howey onld over bad is not wholly commited to the bill case containing an sathorised statement of be simply introduced u vy rcquest. its main features estions, and submit the same to the General a eae 7 {| Term of the Supreme Court, whose decision shall be final, ere that upon application of any executor, Ae ft and not subject to appeal or review. ministrator or collector to whom Jesters shal Sec. 22—Prohibite any action or proceeding at law or fn have been granted by the Surrogate of any i are vacate ao Aevoroment ‘of remove alien on the “ the State, or the testamentar ‘operty assessed under ruch decision by the Coort and the ronan of guardian named in any will proved in he | ay went revision by the Board for Revision aad Correc- eoart and On notice to the pers mterested in the catate a8 he sbail direct, the Surrogae may, by bis , Pevol uch letters and discharge such executor, administrator, collector, testamentary guardian oF Ske, 23—Gives the Board of Street Opening and Improve- ment the same authority over all the streets and avenues of the city im regard to such opening and improvements as they now pomose over the str below Fifty-ninth street, When commissioners are appointed mn sirects all work trustee froin bis trust upon sach terms and conditions ree: 1 ae in his judgment may be proper for the fee of te chy ri fet were | security of the estate, and thereupon issue jaa been held that the taxation of costs | in Uy the ‘courts le. conclusive against the cliy and preclades | farther defence, are to be ned, and the city is allowed | to come in and defend all sach cases on their merits, despite | such taxation, without invalidating or in any way affecting | ‘An Assessment made or imposed and confirmed in such pro | fevers of administration with the will aunexed or letters of collection or appoint a successor to such trustee or guardian, Any executor, administrator or collector whove letters shal been revoked, or any or guardian who shall have such testamentary tru: pm been disc! from his trust may be required to ren- Sxc. 24—Extends the sinking fund for the redemption of der an account of his proceedings, in the same manner | the city debt of the whole city, and pledges it to the full and } as before such revocation or disc! , and the Surro. | _ re: ion of all ek ogeens of tie sanites | shail have the same power to direct and contro! Lae that re) uae ied] Bie ‘contact all sings wl be shall ave fully CoB | SVMS rear ge inte the winking fond forthe redenp on pled ‘Ogat of RELIEF POR TAXPAYERA ue, 30-3 that all moneys and revenues of the | “ul val fa ot jee Meemse fees collected in the city | Mam | Soail go inte the sinking fand for tbe redemption of the city | im New York to pay, = real a | abe eee i poctons y been the eunpect of | “anc. 27—Declares & contract between the city and its ee Oe eT ak TT nae] Re | creditors to bold feainkiag fund fr the redemption of the po nny Aero sed ea en iaeircr the groanas | “Uyqtttt regres te thet parpeee util the sala, debt is fully an more carefully. It provides that ail asvessments now | Sxo. ee eetics for the ‘paymént OW miatarity of all ot hereatier levied and aspessed of apy real | bonds and stocks of the city am prohibits the postponement estate ip the cit and county of New York and bridging ever of such payment. paid thal f than twent Ane. 20—Probivits vent of the salary to any head | be in eats of Bos lene ved any Pe of department or of the eity from the pro- ‘and that al! assessments shall remain and con | ceeds of vonds or s.ovks auu seyuies bhem tO be raise Sivab hens Op tg seal eviaie on which poqy pre] snuuiuaun, by RUBENSTEIN. The Murderer’s Pathway Tracked with a Microscope. A PIECE OF CORN HUSK FOUND. | The Woman in the Car Points Out the Prisoner. The Kings County Court of Oyer and Terfiner re, sumed the trial of the case for the People against Pesach N, Rubenstein, the alleged murderer of Sara Alexander, at ten o’clock yesterday morning, Judge Pratt presiding, while County Judge Moore and Jus- tices of Sessions Wolfert and McKibben occupied seats on the bench. The court room was crowded during the entire day, while several hundred men and boys stood in line in the corridor awaiting ‘their turn’? to take the place of some retiring spectator. The pris- oner occupied his accustomed position by the side of bis counsel, and conversed frequently with his de- voted father, Israel Rubenstein, and his brothers Jacob and Louis. There were several female relatives and friends of the prisoner in attendance, District Attorney Britton recalled Officer Clifford, and called the attention of the witness, to the fact thas on the day previous he had said that Professor Eaton had taken from the shank of the prisoner’s boot “some shreddy substance.” Mr. Britton asked when was that, to which the officer replied, “On the evening of December 14, in the office of the Superintendent of Police,’ The substance he spoke of was about an inch in diameter and was mingled with mud, which was hard. To Mr. Beach—Rubenstein removed the boots from his feet and gave them to Detective Power; they were ‘then taken in charge by the detectives, who fitted them to the footprints in the field; the boots were not fitted to the imprints nearer than twenty feet from the corn stack, for the reason that so many people bad tramped abyut that place; a perfect foot print was found about 100 feet from the stack, and some within thirty feet of the fence; these tracks were leading from the south, Detective Zundt, recalled, testified that when he ar- rested the prisoner in New York he had on the same coat he has on now. To Mr. Beach—Searched the room of the prisoner, and removed clothes and trunks found there; also a bureau and some papers; did not take away the bureau; took away some letters and bills of lading; searched thg house generally. Detective William H. Butts testified that he made a trip from No, 83 Bayara street to the scene of the mur- der in the corn field in East New York; he went over the route with Detective Zundt; the time occupied in the trip was three hours and forty-five minutes; they left at 1:30 P. M. and got back at 5:15 P. M. Arthur H, Walkly, Chief Clerk in the office of the District Attorney, identified the knife which was handed him as the one which he had kept. in custody after it had been given him by the Coroner, Detective David N. Corwin testified that on January 22 ho procured some of the soil {rom in front of No, 83 Bayard street and delivered }t to Professor Eaton. Professor A. L. Eaton testified that he is an analytical chemist; has been such for twenty five years; took from the bottom of the prisoner’s boot a black scale; took it from the centre, between the heel and sole; took some of the soil from the corner beneath the heel; the soil adhered with some degree of firmness; took a piece of leather from the upper of the boot, on which thero was a dark spot with radiating edge, as though a liquid | bad dropped upon it; received soil from Officer Corwin ‘and also from Officer Clifford; the spot on the boot was blood; the scale taken from the sole was dried blood, intermingled with vegetable matter and a woolly sub- | stance about half an inch tn length; made a com- parison between the woolly matter alluded to and the fringe of the shawl; they were precisely alike; analysed spots on the coat of the prisonor, on both sleeves, and found them to be blood; there were two spots on the inside of the left sleeve and one on the inside of the right; the pieces were from the lining and cloth; one piece of the vegetable matter found on the boot was corn stalk, Mr. Beach objected to the question and its ans The objection was overruled. Witness said he could swear positively that it was corn stalk; the soil analyzed on the boot was mixed with vegetable matter, such as would adhere from a field; the samples were examined and showed that the soil from the boot, the corn stalk and the field were auike; the soil from New York did not correspond with the soil on the boot, to which he alludea, except that they were commingled; received the specimens of soil and the cloth on the 23a, 25th and 26th of January respectively. To Mr, Beach—The shreddy particle taken from tho shank of the boot was abotit half an inch in diameter, but it spread out a good deal; the scale when broken w ‘Scattered into particles of ‘corn husks, spotted wit! blood; from an eighth to a tenth of an inch in length was the size of the corn stalk; it presented its texture pretty wel!; the microscope showed its fibrous structure, could hardly explain the differences between that and some other fibre without a micro- scope, so as to make it intelligible; in a great many vegetable structures the fibre 1s long and continuous; we decide the difference by the appearance to the eye, aided by the tnicroscope; made no comparison, in this case, between the fibre ‘anda full grown corn hus! husks are all of the same general character; the diffe! ence 18 only as to fineness; as to the picce examined it could not be determined whether it was from tne inner or outer part of the husk; by experiment it is known that these continuous fibres are bound by hgnin or woody matter; could not give an accurate idea of any of these fibres there were in the particles analyzed on this occasion. Mr. Beach remarked here that it was now conceded that the scale Was rom from the boot on January 23, instead of Decembe The Court and the District Attorney assented to this, Witness—The spots taken from the boot and the woollen snbsiance had not been determined to be hu- man blood; science undertook to discriminate between the blood of fish, birds, sheep and other animals and that of man; the corpuscles of man’s blood are larger than that of some animals. Sergeant William Meeks, of the Twelfth precinct, identitied the knife which he found in the corn stack hear the corpse. THE MAKER OF THE KNIFE, out in court; the man was dressed in black ail I said to him was that “the knife was not finished,” and he said “that made no difference.” @ You understood what he said’ A. Yes, sir. Did he speak like au Englishman, an ordinary Lane A. He spoke in en lish; he fooks pale and thinner now than he when he bought the knife; | Detective Zundt told me when I got home to bis house that the two men who at the Sail'were brought in first were the father and brother of the prisoner; I see the father present in court now; I was told in ante the oe that it was to @dentify the man who bought the nives; I was told I would be paid as a witness two | dollars’a day. . At this point the prisoner’s father and two brothers etood up at the request of coensel for defence, to give the jury an opportunity to observe the difference in their appearance, ON THR CARS. Edward Buckholtz testified that on Sunday, Decem- ber 1%, he cressed the ferry from Grand street, New York, and noticed a young on the boat who had no hat on; on the 'n side Witness saw her go in the Broadway and East New York car; she hada | striped shawl, bght skirt and a brown overskirt; a man came in with her and sat down near her;*witness was | seated on the same side of the car; the man had on a Diack soft hat and had side whiskers; did not see them get out; was pretty sure, but not positive, when shown ‘the prisoner Lhat as the man that was ou the car; 14 was about ten minutes after tive o'clock when wit- ness saw them on the ferryboat; on the car the man ane verte gat two or three seats away from each ovher. To Mr. Beach—The man came in first; saw his face; did not notice whether any words or signs passed ba- tween them; did not hear him speak, nor did witness observe who paid the fares. ‘The prisoner, at the request of Mr. Beach, stood up, and the counsel asked the witness, ‘Did the man havo tho same side whiskers bat this nan has now f”’ “Yes, sir,” replied the witness; the hat worn by the man in the car wag a soft black felt hat; there was no peculiarity that enabled the witness to identify the man; when he was taken to the jail he was led ( un- derstand that he was taken there to see whether he could identity the prisoner; could not say positively whether the man had a mustache or imperia! at the time, ‘Augustus Taylor, of East New York, who travelled on the Broadway car, at the ferry on the night ta ques- tion, testified that he got on the car at five minuies past five o'clock; alady got on the car, closely pre- ceded by a gentleman; she had no hat on,’ and took a Seat near the door; the shaw! shown me is similar to the one she wore; she had on a black overskirt and a slate-colored dress; the man sat there very uneasily, and kept moving about; be was sitting side- ways; he had sharp features, a black overcoat, a felt hat drawn ever his face and a black mustache; witness rode on the car to the end of the route; the man was about five feet eight inches high; the man and woman got out atthe junction of the East New York and Ja- maica Plank roads, opposite Jacob Hoock’s house; the entieman got up ina barry, closely followed by the fas didn’t notice them after they got out; on the Weuhesday following saw the remains of the girl at the station house; witness was taken to the station house to identily the man, but was not certain the prisoner was the one he saw m the car; there were about a dozen people in the car; the prisoner is the man | saw at the station house. i “Do you mean the man with the white face?” sald the District Attorney. “Yes sir; seated right there,” replied the witness, pbb toward Rubenstein, who looked more corpse- e than ever. Mr. Beach then at length cross-examined the wit- ness ag to the correctness of his recoguition of the man who was seated in the car. Witness said the man got off the car first, about halfa second or so before the woman; the man sat sideways in the car, with his coat collar tarnea up; he had sharp features. “Any sharper features than you have?” inquired Mr. Beach sharply, “I don’t know that I have as a nose as he has,” replied the witness. The rejoit awoke a mirthful murmur among the audience, which the Court checked. Witness continued that the man’s features were sharper than his own; was not certain that the man had black eyebrows; he wore a black overcoat with a short nap; saw the same coaton the defendant at the station house and also in the court. Henry ©. who was conductor on the car which left the South Seventh street ferry at eight minutes Ba eight o’clock on Sunday evening, December 12, 875, nouced a woman On the car who had no hat or head cover; one block from the junction a man got off, and the woman got up from her seat; witness told her to wait till the ear wag stopped ; about a minute and a halt elupsed before the car opped, when she got off; never saw her again; don’t know whether Taylor and Buckholtz were on the car at the time; the paid her own fare; didn’t see the man after the girl got off the car. RUBENSTEIN AGAIN IDENTIFIED. Lizzie Cook testiflea that she lived at No. 128 Seventh street, Jersey City, and was in Willhamsburg on De- cember 12; she was with Louisa Kerr and Coristina Walters, and got on a Broadway and East Ne: ‘ork car, where she saw & young Woman with no cevering on her head seated on the right side of the car; she wore a shaw) Jike the one showu now; there was a tieman in company with her. (0! was made by the defence.) Witness saw a man there and thought he belonged to the girl; the man sas near by ber, but did did nothing; the man had black, yellow. skin, a black batand black overcoat; he also had biack side whis- kers; the girl had ber bair combed ; her face was kind of thick and fleshy; went to the mond Streets Jail about three weeks after seeing those people on the oar, and was then shown the man who was on the car; there were six men standing inline at the jail and 1 picked out the man I saw im the car right ‘away; “that 18 the mao,’’ said the witness, poin out Rubenstein, Q The man with the pale face? A. Yes, sir. (Sen- sation.) By Mr. Mots—Am living asa domestic with Mrs. Brown; read about the case in jail. Witness told of her movements on the afternoon and evening of December 12, and her business on the car on that occasion. Wit ness was asked to describe the man in the car, whero- upon she pointed to the prisoner, saying “There he is, tere!’ (Laughter). She then repeated the descrip- tidn of the man as given above, On the car the man had his coat buttoned up and the collar raised, Christina Walters testified that she is acquainted with the last witness, Lizzie Cook, and was in company with her and Mrs, Kerr on 81 December 12, on the Broadway and East New York car; sawa lady on the car with no baton herhoad; a man was sitting near the lady; he was dressed in a black coat, buttoned up to the neck, and had ona black felt hat; went with Olficer Zundt to Raymond Street Jail to iden- tly the manTsaw on the car; could not be that the man she saw at the jail was the person on the car; when in the car didn’t notice whether the man wore whiskers. By Mr. Beach—The gir] and man sat on the right hand side of the car, and Wituess and ber iriends were ‘on the opposite side. Lizzie Cook was recalled, and testified that she saw Mr. Buckholtz on the car; he was on the right side of the car. Louisa Kerr testified as to being in company with the last two witnesses on December 12 while in the car; noticed a girl there without a hat; saw aman there, but could not tell how he looked. By Mr. Beach—When taken to the prison to identify tho man there she recollected saying that “the man in the car had curly hair and did pot look so old as the prisoner.”? THE JAILOR’S TESTIMONY. Thomas A. Stinson, keeper of the Raymond Street Jail, vestified that Rubenstein looks now about twenty years older than whi e first came-to the jail; bad | frequently taken the prisoner out for identification in company with five or six others; made selections of prisoners as near like Rubenstein as he could; mado these men wear their hi nd button up their coats; had talked frequently with Rubenstein ior six or eight August Simmon, cutler and grinder, of No. 138 Division street, New York, testitied that ‘the detective catied on him and showed him the knife thus found and obtained specimens which he (the witness) bad made; be knew the knife because he put three rivets in the handle, whereas other cutlers put in but two rivets; he was positive that he made that kni‘e; it was not a finished knife. To Mr. Beach—Any cutler could make a knife like that, but very few used three rivets; there was no other particular distinguishing marks on the knife; on the Saturday night belore December 16 four men called minutes together, and understood bim very well; whe he first came to the jail he acted in a sickly mannet he looked very delicate, To Mr. Beach—He looked darker when he first came to the Jail; he speaks more English words now than when first he came there; witness did not intend to imply that Rubenstein was more refined in his English since he came to the jail, but thought he bad learned since then. THE BROTHER OF THR VI J. P. Alexander, testified that he was the brother of Sara Alexander; witness came from Russian Poland four yéars ago; knew Pesach Rubenstein, the prisoner, at his store to buy a knife; did not say that that knife haa been stolen from his place; sometimes he had sold aknife with acrack in the handle; ifany one wanted to bay one be would sell it; that knife had been sold by his httle girl about a week before the detectives came to his shop; bad seen that man since in Brooklyn; never saw him betore; did not take notice of the man’s face who bought that unfinished knife; Detective Zundt had deen at the shop, but never promised witness any- thing; bad promised to give the daughter of witness $2 day as jong as she was kept over in Brooklyn; on De- cember 16 witness was brought over to the Police Head- quarters to’ see Whether the prisoner was one of the four men Who were in his shop the Saturday night be- at home; the prisoner came to this country one year belore witn Rubenstein had a wife in the Old Coun- try, Whom the prisoner said he would send for; about a month beiore his sister's death prisoner told witness he expected his wife; Sara knew Pesach before she came to this country; deceased lived with her brother seven weeks after she landed, and then went to live at Isracl Rubenstein’s house, where she dwelt for ten months; Pesach was living there at the time; stie then went to live with witness; up to the tme of her death, after leay: "s house, she very often visi there; the prisoner e Sara some earrings, the same she had on when she was killed; that was about nine fore that; did not know exactly at that time that the knife shown had been sold; was asked by tho officers if he would know these four men who were in the store; he said, "Yes," and thoy brought him to the Brooklyn jail, bat he could not identify the prisoner. To the District Attorney—Sharpened four knives for the four men who called at bis store, THE PRISONRR THE PURCHASER OF THR KNIPR, A bright-faced little girl of twelve yeurs, Augusta Simmon, was then called, and before she was sworn she was asked as to whether she knew the nature of an oath. She replied that she did; that if she told @ faikehood “God would puvish her.” Augusta said that on December 6 & man came into ber faiher’s store and ought an unfinished knife; 't was six days before the murder; & man caine in and asked to see a cigar knite; she showed bim some that were finished and ho asked her the price of an uniinished knife; she gave him one, and he paid her two ten-cent stamps? “I afterward saw the man, that man, in Brooklyn,” said the wituess, “in the Raymond Street Jail.” (Sensation). “i knew bim by the mastache and whiskers and by his looks; | noticed him because he took the unfinished knife, and | had never sold an unfinished knife before; the man at the jail came into the room while I was sitting there at the desk; there were two men who came into the room first, ‘and I did not recognize them; the prisoner is the man I recognized at the jail as the man I sold the knife to at the store—(sensation}—I know the knife,” said the child, taking Is mm her hand and drawing her finger along the imner part of the handle), “becanse—because it was not cut down smooth,”” To Mr. Beach—I have been stopping with Detective Zandt since | have been in Brookiyn; | recognize the | knife by the roughness of the handle and by the split whieh is in it; aid not recognize the dress of the man who vougtt the knife; the knife was frst shown me by the Chief of Police in Brook. J first read about the murder | lym; | on Wednesday in the ts; it was between four and five o'clock in the aftefnoon when this person came into the shop; father was standing at the end of the counter; he was sharpening a razor; the unfinished knives were not sharpened; spate be tween my father and myself; the knife w: otin the showcase ; it was on the counter; I never saw the pris- r since I was down to the jail till to-day; I did not see the prisoner til) the District Attorney pointed bim weeks before her death; dian’! the prisoner and deceased together, but saw them in Pesacn’s hoase; never saw them Cd Btreet; never saw any other man in company wi er. Q What was her manner as to bashfulness or free- dom? Objected to and question with¢rawn, @ When did you last see her before death? A. Be- fore one o'clock, December 12, @ Do you know who took care of P. N, Rubenstein when be was sick? A. My sister; he was sick in April of last year; saw her last on December 12, cf house; she ‘had not then @ hat for the winter; clothes she had on were the same that were on the body at the Morgue; the shawl was given by witness to deceased; am in the dry business; P. N, Rabenstein was asked by witness on December 13, his house to make inquiries for Sara; be was advised to an advertisement for her in the German Ros, and er; then he Pesach wont to give & description of went to a house ‘nd handed witness a written pa] off to some country saying, “this will cost you $4;” then first heard of Sara’s death on mn tert Mowe A a her lace and ki er ; ‘ednesday mornt ‘wien he went to Rabenstein’s house; Jacob told wriness of \t; Jacob Rubensteia read the description of the body foand, and ‘then he knew it was his sister; called at the Coroner's officeand went from there to Horget, where te ee wa noere the afternoon Tarset natein and several others ‘accompanied nen to Brooks. To M Mott—Don’t remember the month Sara camo to the country, Wes 5 yon ie os eyed 1874; og tg the seven weeks aver ber arrival she boarded winess. st Mf, Quint’s; she Rabenstein’s in the jatter part of 3 he was was @ servant sracl z witness’ or also while he was sick; NEW YORK’ HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. THB TRAGHDY AT DRER PARK. | REVELATIONS AT THE INQUEST. A Growing Belief that There Was ’ Foul Play. Coroner Preston’s inquisition into the cause of death of the four persons—Skidmore, Weeks, Wright and the woman who passed tor Mra, Wright—was commenced at Lux’s Hotel, Babylon, L. L, yesterday morning. There were about 300 persons present. The jurors empan- elied by Justice Cooper, having seen the bodies as first discovered in the rains, were continued, with the ex- ception of a few who were excused as witnesses. ‘The first witness called was Maud Taylor. She testi- fled that she had lived at the house of David H. Skid- more, Sr., four mouths; the people who lived there besides Mr, Skidmore were Fleet Weeks, Wesley Wright, Mra, Wright, herself and Charles Terrell; Terrell had been there four weeks; witness last saw the family at eight o'clock on Sunday night; she then went out to Hegeman’s hut with Charles Terrell to sit up with Hegeman, who was sick; Mrs. Hogeman went to bed about ten o'clock; no strangers were about the Place on Sunday; witness first saw the fire through a@holein the top of the door of Hegeman’s hut, be- tween twelve and half-past twelve on Sunday night; first thought it was @ charcoal kiln; after ‘witness and Terrell ran to the house and found that the on fire; there was no appearance of fire inside; she called her mother, and thought she saw her at the window, but thinks now it was only :magination; can’t Say positively that she saw her; after they bad watched the fre for Give minutes the house fell in; after that witness went back and told the Hegemans; witness HEARD NO WAGON PASS at all that night; witness did not know whether the folks in the house were burned or not at the time, but supposed if her mother escaped she would como to the hut; her father was agent for Mr, Skidmore and her mother his housekeeper; David and Carl Skidmore wore the first visithrs to the burned house; they called some time in the morning, perhaps nine or ten o'clock ; Mr. Weeks and Mr. Wright were sound sleepers, but her mother and Mr. Skidmore Id hear the least sound. To a Juror—There was only one fre in the house. and that was in the basement fireplace; no charcoal ‘was stored in the basement; none was in the house at all; the fire was burning briskly when witness leit. No one left the hut {rom the time she and Terrell en- tered it at eight o’clock until they saw the fire; old Mr. Skidmore frequently complained that his sons were continually stealing from him; she had never spoken to the sons before the fire occurrod; her mother used to vell her she was afraid to live there lest she or Mr. Wright should be killed or hurt; witness did not tell one she beard a wagon pass that evening. he recognized a et knite found beside the body of Wright aad a match safe carried by her mother, who always smoked ; witness’ mother told her that her step- father had been threatened by David and Carl Skid- more; two weeks ago there wasa fire in the house which consumed apartof two mani jeces on different floors ; there wasa dog kept in a kennel near the house that always barked when strangers approached; he did not bark that night. Mrs. Elmira Bouman, the wife cf the sick laborer, testified that she last saw Skidmore and Weeks after sundown on Sunday; they were sober; witness was asleep when the fire was first discovered; Mr. Skidmore ‘used to talk a good deal of his lawsuits with his sons: she heard no wagon pass that night and saw no strangers about the place; Terrell went to Deer Park about seven o’clock the morning after the fire; no one offered to go before that, and if they had offered she was too scared to let them go; Muud Taylor and Charles Terrell stayed at the burning house only ten or fifteen minutes; the Skidmore family were in the habit of going to bea at any time between nine and eleven o’clock; does not know what hour the lights were put out the night of the fire; Mand and Terreli never stayed over night in the but except the Foo nthe to the fire; they used to come tn fre- quently. In answer to a i resiralet to whether there was any pecuhar affection between Mand Taylor and Terrell she Baid they were friendly. When this question was pat Mand Taylor seemed to enjoy it as a good joke and laughed at it, She at no time exhibited any sorrow for. her mother, nor did she seem to realize the calamity in its full extent. $ A recess was taken at noon, and on its termination Charies H. Terreil was sworn. He belongs to Middlo Island and had lived four weeks at Mr. Skidmore’s; when he first saw the fire 1t was BURNING ON THE FRONT STOOP outside and on the stairs inside the house at the west end; the fireplace is on the other end; he left the house about eight o'clock to sit ap with Hegeman; none of the folks at Skidmore’s appeared to have been drink- ing to excess that day; witness went twice to Deer Park on Sunday forenoon; the first time alone after groccries, the second time with Mrs. Wright for medicine tor Hegeman; the medicine she & was a gill of whi ; she wanted to get ale at could not ft any; Mrs. Wright said that day shi was afraid to her husband go be ig the woods; she said the colored man, Henry Wood, with whom Wright was to measure some timber, had made threats Foe t Mr, Wright; late in the afternoon r. and Mra ‘Wright went out toward a place called Dublin for a waik; witness heard a wagon go by about an hour before the fire was discovered; the other inmates of the hut, except Hi did not “hear it; it moved slowly and appeared to be going east; never before heard a wagon pass so late; it sounded like a beavy farm wagon. Coroner—Did you have any idea of how this fire originated ? ‘ferrelt-_-wetl, I kind o’ thought it ‘was sot afire the stoop first. I could not see how the fire could a’ got there any other way. The stoop wagon the north- west corner and the chimney on the east end of the house. Coroner—Were they in the habit of putting out their fire before going to bed? Witness—The old gentleman usually covered the fire up atnight; Mrs. Wright used to keep her light burn- mga night. ‘itness said that after the fre the Hegemans kept him until daylight; Mrs Hegeman was afraid there might have been some one around there that would come in and kill them if be went away; witness by the ruins at daylight and saw the bodies; he aiter ward found a broom handle, the broom of which had been burned off, in the garden west of the stoop; that made hot was set on fire: the broom was ged in the basement. The wit- noss stated that no relatives of Mr. Skidmore bad called at his house during the month witness was there. The old man compiained to him that his sons were cutting and carrying off bis wood, and said he did pot want anything to do with them; he was afraid they would take his life; they were to have a lawsuit in pring; witness heard Wright tell Mrs. Wright that the Skid- more boys (Carl and David) had sworn vengeance against him (Wright); Wright told her not long ago that tne boys said ‘they'd be damned if he’d ever win- ter there;” he acted as if he was afraid to go alone to Deer Park at night, and his wile used to say shi would not jet him go; Skidmore’s crib bad been broken into shortly vefore and some things stolen, and the ticket agent at Deer Park says he saw some of the stolen yperty in the jon of one of the sons; witness seen the father and sons pass on the street without speaking to one another; witness is on friendly terms with Da- vid and Carl Skidmore, Coroner—When David and Carl Skidmore called and ag father in the ruins how did they seem to e. Witness—Not as bad as they had onght, I should think; they did dot seem much troubled. Witness tracked the wagon he heard pass on Sunday night all the way to Dear Park on Monday morning, jing all trace of itas he approached a barn near thre depot Eoroner—What was the first impression the inmates of the Hegeman shanty entertamed about the fire and the inmates of the burnea house? ‘Witness—Wo all thought they had been murdered, because they were found under the rooms where they slept; if they bad not been stunned or suffocated they would have moved around. A STRANGE EMBARRASSMENT. Last night (said the witness) | was afraid that the boys—meaning David and Car) Skidmore—would feel mad enough to kill me if I should come down here and Swear to one certain thing. Coroner—What was that one certain thing? Witness (looking confused and hesitating)—I forget; now, let me think; | know very well what I want vo say, but l want to think before I say it; now, 1t wag this:—Dave’s oath that Mr, Wright would not winter there. David H. Skidmore described his visit to his father’s promises the morning after the fire, and said he had ‘not been on his father’s farm for six months before; be said he had a friendly conversation with bis father about two weeks ago in the woods where he was work- ing; the father said the wood witness was cutting be- longed him, and witness said he had papers to show he had bought it; old man said he was going to pnt men to cut that wood, and witness told him that he would take the wood when cut; then the old man laughed and went away; when the old man’s leg was broken, about two year's a ‘witness took tare of him for eight weeks; witness: his father’s house about twenty years ago, when he was bi Oy years oli; a brother and two sis- ters. been driven away since then, through Westey Wright’s influence, a# witness neard; since that Lime he supposed he would be an un- welcome guest; witness never had any lawsuit with his father; witness’ best judgment about the value of his father’s effects was that they would about cover his indebtedness; the old man was always short of money; ‘witness never had any @ificulty with any of the people in bis father’s bouse; he told his father IT Was QUEER that he should keep Wright thers while he had children of his own; witness never made any threats against Wright nor his tather, i was out of the room when Pb ond being examined, and Carl and 4 Bil jatter of April and was able to Jon; bad seen her make bis bed; after lew she wont to work, but witness could not tell wl was At this point farther examination was adjourned till ten o'clock this forenoon, it while Terrell bar Taylor, the i ‘atker of ‘esa. vig that Wesley Wright corrapted his wife some seven or eight years when a class leader in the Johnton Street Metho- | diet Epiocopal church, Brooklyn. Wright's weaith at What time was estimated at, abous Sissi) body, so the town of a pauper’s burial. b ng hia relatives @ dishonorable grave) B ~ in New Yi and rooklyn. Taylor actually rejoiced at the horrible death of the woman who brought so much misery tc him and the children of their uphappy marriage. He is a carpenter, and lives at present in Port Jervis, He was employed for several years by the Brooklyn Gas light Company, and his father was a trustee of the Johnson street Methodist Epi: church. After Maud Taylor and Mrs. man bad left the hotel where the examination was being conducted tc return to the hut of Mrs. Hegeman, the driver of the ‘wagon overheard them congratulating each other ov having escaped from the examination so hghtly, "We were not such fools”? they said, “as to tell all we knew." On this bint the driver returned with them, and the” occurrence being reported to the Coroner he delivere:) Maud to the custody of the constable and allowed the woman to return to attend to ber sick husband. Terre!) is also left in ebarge of the After beigg brought back the girl told the constable she knew » colored man who could tell all about the burning oF Skidmore’s house. Re will be secured, no doubt, and produced next Tuesday. David and Carl Skidmore were held to bail to appear when the inquest proceeds. The District Attorney will conduct the examination of witnesses next Tuesday. WILLIAMSBURG’S. HORROR PREPARATIONS FOR THE INQUEST TO-DAI— - TROUBLE ANTICIP. The little court room of the Fourth Judicial districy of Brooklyn, the scene of the inquest in the cases or the Fanny Hyde-Watson, the Rogera-Donohue, the O’Brien-Whalen, the Wallace wife mur. ders and of the terrible Owyer tragedy, will be thronged again to-day, to listep ” to the testimony in the most atrocious and revolting crime that has stained the annals of Brooklyn. Coro- ner Nolan will at two P. M. commence his inquiry inte the death of William W. Simmons, at the hands of Vic- tor Krotz, alias Andreas Fuchs, and bas summoned some twenty-five or (wenty-eix witnesses. The state of feeling among the people of Williamsburg is very bitter against Kretz, and threats have . been made of taking him, from the hands of the police and lynching him, either on the way to or from the court room. To prevent any such action on the part of the mob which will undoubtedly assemble in the vicinity of the Court House, situated on the cor- ner of South First and Fifth streets, a strong force ot police will assemble around it. The road to and -from the jail will also be protected, by extra patrolmen, In addition to this a covered vehicle, containing well armed policemen, wilh follow closely n the wake of the carriage containing the prisoner. It was thought altogether unsafe to convey him in the “Maria,” as that would be too cop- spicuous.an object to pass unnoticed, At the court roum no one but representatives of the press, the witnesses subpcenaed and those whose duty requires them to be present will be admitted, except by permission of Coroner Nolan or Captain peep nyt tae that a crowd inside the building will be avoided. e inquest will probably be concluded before the end of the week, so that the papers may be placed as speedily as possible betore the Grand Jury. KRETZ SELLING HIS TALK. A gentleman visiting Raymond Street Jail yesterday afternoon attempted to en; Kretz in conversation, but was at once met with the wag | “Have you tobak—smoking tobak??’ “No, I have none,’ “Then,” said Kretz, ‘I no talk.” At this moment one of the jailors came down the corridor, and approaching his cell handed him a paper of smoking tobacco through the door. The visitor then: said, ‘Well, now you have tobacco, can’t you answer: my question?” Kretz, holding the paper up, replied, “his no your tobak; you give tobak I talk; no tobak. no talk, I goto Williamsburg to-morrow; get pienty tobak, cigar; then me talk.’ With this he retired to» the back of his cell. ONE OF PUCH’S STATEMENTS CONTRADICTED, It will be remembered that during the course of his. examination Fuchis stated that he arrived in this coun- try, from Hamburg, on the steamer Cimbria, May 16, 1872 Uf course, if he had taken passage upon that vessel dis name would necessarily appear upon the passenger list A Heraup reporter visited the office of the Hamburg American Packet Company, located at the corner of Broad and Beaver streets, yesterday, and inquired for the passenger list of the Cimbria, which left Hamburg May 1 and which arrived here May 16, 1872 ‘The reporter found that upon that particular voyage the Cimbria carried about 448 \- gers, but among the list no such name as Fuchs, Fox or Kretz could be found The reporter, assisted by one of the employés of the company, went over the list very carefully, but failed to find what they were ing for, Hence if the murderer did ac- tually take passage upon the Cimbria May 16, 1872, as, he says, he must have arr 4 under a name different — those which up to present be has given tho — police, WHAT FOLLOWED A CITY MURDER. A WIFE OR WIDOW AND HER HUSBAND LIVING AT SING SING—END OF A STRANGE LITIGATION— MRS, KING'S FORTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FOR~ TUNE. The legal proceedings that followed the killing of Anthony J. O'Neilin this city, November 18, 1872, by James ©. King, did not end by the conviction of the latter and his incarceration in the State Prison at Sing Sing for life, according te the sentence pronounced by Judge Brady. Neil, it will be recollected, was a con- ductor on the Erie Railway and with his wife was intimately acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. King. Dis- sensions arose between the latter caused by the con- duct of O'Neil, who was charged with maintaining improper relations with Mrs. King, which, however, both of the incriminated persons denied, Separation, actively aided by O'Neil, and a suit for divorce followed, with a reference to Judge Sutherland, whose office was. on Li street, now of the Court of General Sessions. Ata 4» Bostoaiy King and bis wife were nt. O'Neil test! as a witness for the latter and all passed off quietly, but as the party, after adjournment, were desvonding the stairs to re.ch the street King shot and: fatally wounded O'Neil. King, it appeared, had travelled much over the world and was a man of some refinement and education, but his career had been marked with numerous vicissi- tudes. He met Miss Anna F. Stall in the Sandwich Islands, where he married the lady, an only daughter, contrary to the express injunction of her father, who possessed considerable means, Dying soon afterward Captain Stall left all his estate to Mrs. King, with the proviso that she should not be entitled to receive any portion of it so long as her hasband survived. Ac- cording to the law of New York a person sentenced to State n for life is to be regarded as dead, to all in- tents and purposes. Mrs. Sing procnedee. to San Fran- cisco, where the property was held, and applied to the Probate Court, under the will, for the bequest, Tho Court held King. though living in Sing Sing, was dead and his wite a widow, and, therefore, her application was granted. The final steps in the matter took place in San Francisco last week. The executor had rendered an accounting of the estate up to April, 1869, and presented his final statement De- cember, 1874, but he failed to make returns for the in- terest received by him dari is administration. fhe Court has just decided that bound to account for this interest at the rate of ten por cent per annum, compounding annually, from the time wag ap- iuted executor. This decision gives to Mrs, King $0,000 Beet and, it seems, puts an end to the ngs. One thing more remains to be added. Mrs. King’s: toward her unhappy husband, it is said, have entirely changed. She now desires reconciliation and his discharge from Sing Sing. It bas been given out that the first use she will make of the large sum of money that now comes into her jon 16 to insti tute some sort of proceedings for his liberation. If sh Succeeds it will be a strange ending to avery tragical. episode in New York sife. SOMEBODY UNKNOWN. —_— The inquest into the shooting of Mr. John Johnson- of Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn, was concluded yes, terday. Sergeant Smith testified that Mr. Godfrey, gun- stnith, of Catharine street, New York, told him he bad sold the pistol which was found near where Mr. Jobn- gon was shot on December 20, 1875. Mr. Godfrey’s description of the purchaser was such tbat witness recognized It as corresponding with the déscription of Mr. Johnson. The day the gunsmith accom- panied him to Mr. Johnson's bouse and there he iden- tified the wounded man as the of the pistol, He Ce said that’ Mr. Johnson bad acted strangely when he make made the purebase, and said that he desired to the pistol a present toafriend. The jury re- turned the verdict :— That John Johnson came to his death by a pistol shot gy oe oe we once, No. 370 Latnyette wren ait TEMPTING THE GALLOWS. Edward Battersby, who was so terribly beaten om Monday in Jersey City by James McNamara, is now im such a critical condition that the physicians have little hope of his recovery. Justice Roberts proceeded yes- ftaverhent, aor which MeNamars, was’ rearrested and jamara ‘his bail increased, Nr THE SCARLET FEVER SCOURGE. A terrible affliction has fallen on the family of Mr. Richard Harrison, on Montgomery street, near Hender- son, Jersey City. On Monday morning # Wetle son, aged five years, died. Two hours afterward another | died, and ‘yesterday morning & third was added to the list.” All died of scarlet fever, Only one ebild, an ic | tani, is dott, januacy 19,