The New York Herald Newspaper, April 22, 1876, Page 4

“NUMBER TWENTY-NN —-e. L Execution of John Richard Dolan Yesterday. | IN THE TOMBS PRISON. SCENES How the Condemned Man Met His, Death. A REMARKABLE MIDNIGHT WATCH. Extraordinary Coolness and Forti- tude of the Prisoner. i} The Proceedings Conducted with Decorum | and Solemnity. | Jobn Richard Dolan was hanged yesterday morning {n the yardof the Toms Prison for the murder of Tames H. Noe, a crime committed*on Sunday, August #2, 1875, The execution was conducted with proper fecorum, and the condemued man met death quietly, being apparently resigned to bis dreadful fate. As an example of the majesty of the law in the penalty paid by the prisoner for his crime, the legal tragedy enacted yesterday was full of force and terror to the reckless class to which Dolan belonged. PREPARING POR DEATH. Dolan took his last farewell of his mother on Thurs- day night, and also parted for a time from bis wife. It was then nearly midnight, and the sounds of the passing storm could be heard in the silent corridor of ihe prison. As the sough of the wind and the rattling of the rain drops fell on the ears of the prisoner he | stopped for a moment, and tistening intently, said, in an indifferent tone of voice, “It’s raining pretty hard, If keeps on lke this this time to-morrow itll be beating on my grave.” No quiver in his tone could be discerned, and the only trace of emotion perceivable | was in the manner in which he chewed and tugged | wt his cigar. The Ditterest part of his last hours was over—the parting from the woman who had | given him birth—and Dolan had evidently braced him- | self to endure the torture of preparation for the gal- | lows in a spirit of quict determination to keep his body | strong and his mind firm, But the storm was hushed, the wind fell and the rain no longer pattered on the sky- | lights, and then the unfortunate man tnrned to his | confessors and engaged for a time in earnest prayer. At eleven o'clock Deputy Sheriffs Hillyer, Max: | well and Stewart came on duty as the night guard over the prisoner, and as they | relieved their predecessors Dolan greeted them with apleasant smile and a nod. This scene of relieving tho Sherif?’s guard is a striking one, The deputies who had remained with Dolan all the evening and witnessed the sorrowful parting of the wretched mother and son | were gla to escape from their unpleasant dnty, while | the new comers were reluctant to assume their share of | the task of watching the last hours of their prisoner, ‘The new guard were nervous and even agitated, while | the prisoner seemed unconcerned and indifferent, so | that one not knowing who Dolan was would suppose that the sherifls were under the ban of the law instead | of him. | MIDNIGHT. At midnight Dolan betrayed no sign of weariness and he continued to sit in the corridor near the door of the condemned cell until after three o’clock. He smoked cigars in rapid succession and chatted cheerily with those who were watching the night hours pasa, A few minutes before two o'clock a HexALp reporter entered the corridor, and as he appeared Dolan playfully turned on the light of a dark lantern. Seeing who it was Jon turned the bull’s eye aside ayain and went on talking, The reporter passed through | the = hittle gate that separates Murderers’ | Row from the remainder of the corridor | and seated himself in the little circle. For | some time no conversation was indulged in other than between the deputies, the keepers on duty and Dolan, | and it was difficult to comprehend that any one of the | parties engaged in the conversation being carried on could possibly be a man condemned to suffer the direst penalty of the law within a few short hours. Finally, however, the identity of Dolan was made known by some casual allusion to the approaching legal tragedy by the condemned man himself. The reporter then joined in the colloquy, and was not a little amazed at the light and airy manner in which Dolan responded to all remarks that were made No connected or continual conversation could be carried on with him, however, for he would constantly break in with some remark foreign to the matter in discussion. THK CONDEMNED’S MANNER. His manner appeared to be one of rollicksome humor, tnd he laughed and joked on things past and future, on dates and localities, as though be bad many, many years yet before him instead of a few ficeting hours. He | would chad the depaties and recall to their memories | rome sporting house, and then narrate to them some of his experiences in these places. Not a word could | de got from him of a serious nature other than that if | de had not on several occasions turned the woman | sho testified against him on his trial out of a saloon | where he tended bar he would not have been in the “snap” he was, All this time he was perpetually re- | ferring to the occurrences of the day, and quoted | many of the articles that appeared m Thureday’s | Henatp when talking on subjects to which they had pertinence, He showed no signs ot nervousnes oF trepidation at the approaching crisis, Still he ap- | peared at the same time to realize that he must die, yet, contradictory as it would appear, his manner was not that of bravado, but rather that of a man who was physically insensible to fiver teelings of the heart or | brain, as though his mero animal nature was predomi- nant over the intellect, and that it was sufficient for him to live for the moment alone without a thought or a flance beyond, He entered into an accoant of the ship- | wreck of the steamship Atlantic, for instance, and re ferred to the ghastly work that the divers performed at that wreck in discovering the bodies of the ill | fated victims, remarking:—“What a nasty job it mast have been for those divers ts go down between decks of the ship and come | face to face with the bloated and swollen dead.” He also spoke of the hideous appearance these corpses must have presented when brought up. The reporter endeavored to change the conversation, but he still harped on this same string, saying he had paid a visit to England on the Atlantic on her outward trip from this port, on her return from which she was lost. Ho entered into a long dissertation on the lower quarters | of Liverpoot and London and appeared to be very | Jamilar with all the districts peculiarly notorious as | the resorts of thieves. He then came back to the | wreck of some ship off the Battery and the finding of | fndead body and its recovery therefrom by the divers, vaying lie would not like to have anything to do with, or the handling of, such a repulsive looking object aa he saw at that time, FIRST ALLUSION TO TIX PATE. Just then he observed one of the deputies was looking tired, #0 be advised him to retire and few tours, When it was sug ly wanted to take a sice 8 ed to him that he himself, he made the fusion in words to his app pitt not i ‘any sorrowful or regretful tone, the contrary; for suid he, laughing:—“Weil, no; if 1 had wanted to sleep I shoald have turned in so! guess I will take a shake-down ‘about Eve o'clock, before thy final event co ‘an to me.” He then went on to say Whata slap the jaxaLo had given President Grant. One of the depu ties happening to say that he had not seen it Dolan went into his cell, produced’ the paper and banded it to the | Sheriff to read. GETTING READY TO DIT. This done he again retired to bis cell and brought out feveral pots of Howers, which he placed on a shelf in the corridor ready for bis wile to take away with her after her final ting inthe morning. He next di {ributed a jew little trinkets among the deputy sherifts and keepers as mementoes. He once more started con- Yersation, but shortly after broke away and went into “his cell, from whieh he brought forth his bed coveriets | sundry other things, which he neatly folded an Sie in trunk in the corridor, remarki ‘ag well put these in the box and lock Tdon’t there will not be much of them from now,’" ‘ He agein resus conversa’ after completing this opera ty por aw at his cgar, talking ail while until yes uet appeared in the cor. | from out of the condemned ceili where be had — 2 Dolan, ag soon as he saw the venerabic aaaiee onsy his ¢ and went to greet the — ‘and seated hi beside him, This was at | | nounced to” the | was | though | mate the time must have balf-past three o'clock. All now withdrew out of hear- ing, although the deputy sheriffs stil kept an eye on their charge. Dolan shortly after this retired to hw cell ip company with Father Duranqaet for religious devotion, and it Was soon after announced that Dolan, 4 fallen asleep on his pallet. By the de knelt the faithful missionary priest, who prayed to the Almighty for the salvation of the pris- ‘oner’s soul. WAITING FOR DAYLIGHT. ‘The clock struck four and deep silence reigned in the prison, Now and then the attentive watchers couid hear a smothered ery uttered by some sleeping prisoner on the upper ers, Whe perhaps dreamt of happier had brought him within a prison’s Once a rat senttled over the stone pavement darted into a convenient hole, and then the wind soon to enter into eternity. The tamps grew ain the shadows were fainter and the pallor on the fuces of the watchers be- came deathlike in the changing lights from night to day. It was a weird period, and the slightest move- ment of any one of the wearied group startied all the rest Into waketulness. Yet amid all the condemned ian slept peacefully and dreamless, No shadow of the gallows tree geemed to hover over him, und he gave no token of the dreadful end he was so rapidly approach- ing. So itis in nearly all such cases. The tired body of the criminal lays a weight on the brain, and he is mercifully permitted to sieep unconscious and peaceful, ‘THR BREAK OP MORNING, But the iron tongue of Time moves rapidly and day- light came almost before it was expected. The keepers extinguished the lamps anda misty light became vist- ble through the windows and skylights betokening the | coming of the day on which Dolan was wo die for his crime, At halt-past five Dolan awoke and asked, “What kind of a day is it?” don’t make day or not. “Weil,” said Dolan with a shrug, much diiference to me whether its a fin The whole thing will be over pretty soon,” As Dolan uttered the words he began to walk up and | down the corridor with a nervous step. Just at that moment the wile of the prisoner entered the prison, aud news of her coming was sentto the husband. Do- lan merely said:—"All right, Let her come along. I'll be glad to see her,” ‘The poor woman came ma few moments later, and when she saw her husband she tottered forward, and, throwing her arms uround his neck, sobbed bitterly as she exciaimed, ‘On, John, John! what shall I do?” “Ob, be quiet, Maggie, be quiet,” said Dolan; “you know L’ve got to die, so what's the use of making a fuss over it? ‘Take pood' care of mother and keep out of ” to lose her jdently have fulien had not ber As ‘he did so the man kissed tionately and ten As he uttered the ¥ strengih, and would husband supported her. the woman two or three times att der! king at the wretched pair as they stood clasped in each otter’s arms in the early daylight the awtul fate of the man condetnned to die appeared all the more terrible, it was a shocking scene and one not 10 be easily 1orgotten by those Who witnessed it, Father Duranquet then approached Dolan, when the wife threw hersell on a window sill and sobbed as if her heart was fairly breaking with intense grief. A TOKEN OF THR GRAVE, As the clock struck six Warden Quivn heard a signal at the outer Wicket of tho prison, and on bis opening the big, heavy door two men came burriedly in, carry- ‘gin their arms a misshapen burden, covered with arubber bianket, It was the coffin in which Dolan's body was to be placed ior burial after death, Very few people saw the casket carried into the prison, and it was immediately taken to the enclosure behind the gallows to be in readiness for use in a few short hours, A few minutes after the coffin had arrived Father | Duranquet announced that it was, time for mass, 80 the prisoner, under guaré of his keepers, the Deputy Sherif, and Accompanied by his wite and Deputy War- dea Finley, proceeded to the desolate looking chapel, where so many condemned have taken their last com- munion, No one else was permitted to be present, und | when tbe service was over Dolan came back into the yard and passed on to biscoll. At the moment he emerged into the open air the sun was shining brightly on tho house tops, and all nature seemed to rejoice in the season of springtime, now at hand. But no rays of the sunieilon the stony pavement, the few chimneys near by as they glowed 1n the brightness and eilulgence of the sun, the corridor again, there to remain until he left it tor- ever. THE SCEXK OUTSIDE. A fow minantes after seven squads of policemen be- gan to make their appearance in the vicinity of the ‘Tombs, and as they marched toward the Franklin street station little knots of curious idlers gathered and watched these outside preparations tor the execa- tion, While the details of the several neighboring precincts were thus assembling, Inspector Dilks arrived and assumed charge of the police arrangements. He had under his First, Fourth, Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-iirst precincts, in addition to a platoon from the Sixth precinct, under Captam Lowery. This force was mustered in the vicinity of the Franklin street police station, each section being under charge of a sergeant, and the Inspector being assisted by Captain Willams, of the Fourth precinct; Captain Clinchy, of the Thirteenth precinct; Captain Van Deusen, of the Frftcenth precinct, an marched into the yard and go arragged in line that a lane could be preserved for the passage of the proct sion, Behind the police was a space intended lor the spectators. The remainder of the force was posted at the corners of the prison building and kept the rapidly increasing crowd from too near an approach thereto. While the police movements were in silent progress Dolan partook of a light breakfast, consisting of coifee and toast. As be was thus eating his last meal Dolan’s wife said to him sep up, John,” when he replied in an emphatic tone, “You keep up, you keep up!” Then the tinal parung came, and the wife left her husband alive and strong to be brought home to her ina few short hours dead and silent in his coin, As the poor woman came out into the yard she caught sight of the police, and imme u condemned to die, OF THE SHERIFY, parting gift from th APPE, Up to this ume th BA eight Sheri Conner arrived at the prison with his posse. Loaving the deputies in the y with Under sheriff Cummings and the Order-of-Arrest Clerk, Mayor Quincy, entered the corridor and began the last preparations. Previous to the ‘As Dolan caught sight of Mr. Conner he seemed in- stinctively to understand that the last scene of all was svon to be enacted, All of a sudden the healthy color in his face changed to adeath-like pallor, and he be- | came quite nervous. Still he evidently tried to appear indifferent, but the sudden glances of his eye as he 1oi- lowed every movement made about him showed how painfully alert ho was to everything. Fathers Duran- quet and Barry then entered the cell with Dolan and | engaged in further religious exercises, the prisoner | being earnest in his devotions and fervent in bis respouses. At twenty minutes past nine Sheriff Conner an- r that he must prepare for execution. ready. which he proceeded to pinion the prisoner’s arms. To this operation Dolan submitted quietly, his face beng very pale. Then the hideoug black cap and the terrible “necklace” wore shown him. Dolan trembled terribly as the fatal noose was put around bis neck, and as the | cap Was placed on his brow @ remarkable change was apparent. His features became swollen and the flesh nder the sudden rash of blood to the face. was no more like the man he n death is hike life. grow purp At that moment D was an hour betore ti THE MARCH TO THE GALLOWS. Allbeing ready, the procession was formed. First came Inspector Dilks and Captain Lowery, followed by the Sherif. either side by the priests, Behind them were the sixty or seventy Deputy Sheriffs Dolan stepped forward nmaptuily, despite is bonds, and he prayed silently as he marcted to his doom. Passing trom the door of the nile prison into the yard, the cortége moved past the “ten day house’ and turned the corner toward the | rear yard, where the gallows frame had been erected. | As Dolan 'came to this part of the yard he stepped into a broad band of warm sunlight and eaw his shadow | moving before Lim, A moment or two after he again turned an his — course, he passed from the sunshine ito the shadow again he caught Lis first glimpse of the beam where dangled the cord that was to end his life, It was indeed a passa into the shadow of death, Dolan’s eye became stricken: in its horror, and he needed the tender support of the priests. But it was for a moment only, and be walked on calmly and bravely. On reaching the platiorm | under the beam, Dolan knelt on the loose boards and muttered a brief prayer. This done, he rose to his feet and bade farewell to Fathers Duranquet and Barry, Taking the crucifix from the prisouer's hands, after he had kissed it, the priests stepped back and surrendered their charge into the hands of the officers of the law who Were to put him to death, THK DEAIH SCENE. eof bustle and movement. All was now a & The deputies, the Sherit!’s jury and the tew privileged spec- | the gallows huddled thetnselves to; ched the lace of the condemned bn ¥ command given and attentive and obeyed eve seemed an age to him, The eyelet ai the end of the “necklace”? was hooked ito the shap of the pendant cord, the prisoner was genuly placed directly under the beam and the cap drawu over his-tace, At the sume moment the Under Sherif waved bis white Landkerebiet as @ signal, aud in an instant the deep thud of the hangman's axe was he and John XR. Dolan’s bedy dangied in the air, The death of the — uniortu- nate man was happily a brief and comparatively pumless one There were very few struggles Dr. ities and Dr, Pinnell examined the pulse of the | banging man, and found that for the first two minutes at at the rate of seventy, und for the next three Iminutes at 100. Alter that time it gradually declined, and atthe cod of ten minutes ceased to beat The heart, however, continued to pulsate for three and a half miputes longer. At ten minuges of ten the body ‘was lowered into the colin, on which wis a pla ing the words, ‘Jobn Dolan, died April 21, 1876, twenty iwo years.” Coroner Woltman, Deputy Coroner Cashman, then empauelled a jury an inquest was held over the remains, When the quest was over the undertaker wok charge of the bod; and according to the express desire of deceased and t iamily carried itto Calvary Cemetery for intermont. ‘This movement was accomplished as quictly as possible fo asto prevent a gaping crowd gathering and following the deccased’s remains through the public streets Scarcely any one outside of the officials knew what had been done with Dolan’s body after execution until last night’ Thas did the twenty-seventh man on tho Tombs list of murderers executed. HISTORY OF THE CHI, On Sunday morning, Angest 22, 1875, Mr. J. H. Noe received wounds from a burgiat attempting to rob the premises No. 275 Greenwich street, which resulted in wailing for the soul so | Heantitul weather,” replied Deputy Sheriff Stewart, | high | wails of the prison jealously shutting them out; yet | Dolan seemed to gain fresh strength ut the sight of a | In a moment after he wasin | mmand 250 men, selected from the | Captain McCullogn,’ ot the | Seventeenth precinct, A body of 100 batons was then | tely hid her face und her tears | anid ‘the foliage of the potted plats she carried as a | demeanor of Dolan was coura- | | geous and caim, but it was soon changed, for at half-past the Sheri, | rival of the | Sheriff the prisoner was in charge ot Deputy Magonigle. | d, “All right, Sheriff; I’m | A Deputy Sherif then produced a cord, with | Next came the condemped, supported on | and as the final preparations occupied scarcely a | Dear. | esisted by | and | ing of August 27, having lingered in a eritieal condition — five days. Mr. Noe went from his No. 21 King street, to bis store iu, Greenwich street, on the morning of the assault, feeling a little uneasy about | the premises, as a building was in process of construc- Vion adjoining, the ladders belonging to which afforded casy access to the roof of No, 275. The roof of Mr. ve's store Was covered with iron sheeting and on one side was provided with a trap door or scuttle, irom | which a ladder led down to the top floor of the premises, The scuttle was only slightly secured. When Mr. Noe entered the premises he found the first and second floors | undisturbed, and was proveeding up the third | staircase when he saw a man tn the act of | entering through the scuttle and about to descend the ladder, Mr. ioe «= at = once = “tonfrontea the burglar and secured him, but when be had wken him down the ladder into the top room the burglar | struck his capturer with a ‘jimmy’ onthe bead. Mr. | Noe attempted to seize a weapon lying near, but was again struck on the head, and, having received two more blows, fell nearly senseless on the floor. The | burglar then got a stout cord and tied his vietim’s legs at the ankles and knees, aod must have attempted to gag him with handkerchiefs and a check apron, which Were subsequently found tied round hig neck. ‘The task of robbing the unfortunate old gentleman was then easy, aud awatch and chain, which have since played such a conspicuous part in’ Dolan's convietion of the murder, and $25 in money were stolen from him. Mr. Nove stated sabsequently that when he bad deen ren- dered completely powerless he asked his assailant to give him, “for God's sake, a drink of water,” but the burglar answered, “No, no, sir; it’s twenty years for me if 'mecaught! Til sead somebody to unue you; it you make # noise I’ come back and Anish you.” The | burglar then fled. The wounded man lay in the room in which the | bloody deed was done until his moans attracted the at- | tention of Mrs. Harris, who came to his rescue. Her story was as follows:—°'My daughter was getting break- | fast ready this morning, when she heard crics of | ‘Marder! Help!’ I ran to the back window and heard the cries, but couldn’t seeanybody. Then I went to | his death, at the Chambers Street Hospital, on the even- / | the front, but saw and heard nothing, 1 then went | buck to the window again and told my husband, He | said, ‘I guess it’s on the boarding house,’ I then heard | crics of ‘Murder! help! For God's sake, help!’ I then went to the top floor, through the skylight and | across the roof, and looked over into the new building, | thinking somebody might be hurt there, but didn’t see | any one and calied toa woman tn the opposite house, ; but she couldn’t tell me anything. I thea hatlooed | out, ‘Who are yout? ‘Whore are you?? ‘What's the | matter’’ | then heard the votce come up the scuttle | and L went down. It was piteh dark im the corner, but | 4 could seo a par of bands up in air. | 1L thought perhaps it was a -watchman that had veen hurt or beaten, He said, ‘For God’s | suke untie me? J said, ‘What shall I untic you with.’ Ho answered:—'Get a knife.’ I saw @ large pair of scissors that they use for cutting the tu used iv brushmaking. | took it, but his hands were so dreadfully swollen that I was. afraid of cutting them. At last 1 cut through the cord and then scraped the clotted biood off bis face. Lt Was not ull theu that I knew it was Mr, Noe. Tasked him what was the mat- ter. He said:—‘A burglar has robbed and beaten me, but I don’t care about that; save my life.’ He got up, but was dreadiully exhausted, He inanaged to gev down stairs with my help, He then undid the door on | the inside, and I went, by his wish, to get the padlock for the outside, When the door was opened we met my husband, who had gone to look for an officer on accouut | of the cries of ‘Murder,’ When he got outside ho | Wanted to come into my bouse to get washed and | dressed. He was covered with blood from bead to foot, He said he was well able to pay for attendance, and | wanted Lo be taken home; but the officer, secing bis | condition, refused to let him go and took him to the | | Chambers Street Hospital, * SERKING THE ASSASSIN. The Police Department sent out a general alarm for the arrest of the murderer, and the following day John Moore, alias “billy Boston,” alias “Billy DeWitt,” was arrested and locked up im the Sixth precinct station house; also a comrade of his, Michael Walsh, alias “Desperate Mike,” both of whom when taken to the | Chambers Street Hospital and confronted with Mr, Noe were not positively identitied. Witnesses said that they believed they had seen both men loitering about the premises on Sunday moruing. Two other men were also arrested on suspicion, but when taken beloro Mr. Noe at the hospital he could not identify either of them. The arrest of the NOTORIOUS “JACK” CORBETT was made the following day, but as Mr, Noe was now very low, and little hope of his recovery was entertained, there was no possibility of his being able to recognize the murderer even were he at his bedside. After the death of Mr. Noe, on the evening of the 27th, Mayor Wickbam offered a reward of $1,000 for the capture of the burglar, On September 15 the inquest was held by Coroner Croker, which was a mere formality, and ended with the usual verdict, “Came to bis death through violence at the hands of some person un kaown,’”’ + DOLAN ARRESTED. On October 7, Join Doian was arrested by Detective Dorsey, oif suspicion of being the murderer. The clew which led to the arrest was tbe discovery of Mr. Noe’s watch, which the murderer had stolen. Aaron Black, @ young man employed in a loan office at No, 86 Chat- ham street, called, on the day alter the murder, at the | Police Central Otlice, and delivered to Superintendent | Walling a watch answering to the advertiged descrip- | tion of the wateh stolen from Mr. Noe. Mr. Black de- scribed the man who had pawned the watch as about twenty-six years of age, of dark complexion, black hair and eyes, beardless, und avout tive feet seven | inches in height. Black aided the detectives im every way he could in the bunt for the muraerer, and it was when visiting a saloon in the Bowery im company with Detective Dorsey, on the night of October 6, that they saw Dolan, and ‘concluded that he was the man who | had pawned the watch, Dolan was “shadowed” to his home that night and on the following day was arrested. When taken to Police Headquarters he was submitted for identitication to Black, who was positively sare he was the man who had Steg the waten, except in the one particular that Dolan now wore a mustache, whereas the man who had pawned the watch was beardiess) Dolan, however, admitted that he had pawned a watch at Black’s store, but that he had ob- wauned it from a friend of his. Justice Wandeil was then summoned to the Central Office, and gave a com- mitment for Dolan’s detention as a prisoner, The following day the prisoner was arraigned ut Washing- ton Place Police Court, charged with the murder of Mr. Noe, and an examination was held by Justice Wandell und’ continued next day, when he was formally com- mitted to the Tombs for trial, The widow of the mur- dered man, ber son, Mr. Isaac W. Noe, and Detective Dorsey were the witnesses exammed. On Sunday, October 10, Mary Reed was arrested and the following day tola a’story which fastened the suspicions already entertained irretrievably on the prisoner, ‘There was a scratch on his face, she said, when he returned to her residence, at No. 43 Bowery, about nine or ten o'clock on the morning of the murder, which was not there at about six o'clock, when ho had called before and remained a few minutes, atter being out all night. He said he had got the scratch Coxe iy by his nails, He admitted he bad made a | ise, and lefé to change his shirt at his mother's. ‘hen hecame back at nooutime he showed her $43, which he bid away in acloset, He cautioned her to say nothing about the money. Maggic Casey, another | friend of Dolan’s, stated to the police that Dolan had told her that Mary Reed kuew something about him, | Which, if divalged, would make him ily from the city. | The clothing worn by Dolan when he tirst called on | Mary Reed, a few hours alter the murder, tallied | with the description of the clothing worn by the mur- | derer as given by Mr. Noe, Next caine the finding of | the cane with the monkey’s head and the bloody hand- | kercnief, the incidents connected with which are still fresh in the minds of the public, PLACED AT THE DAR. On October 18 Dolan was placed at the bar of the | Court of Oyer and Terminer to answer on the Grand Jary’s indictment of murder. He pleaded “Not guilty,” and seemed in no way nervous as to the issue, | and his counsel, Mr. Howe, read a speciat plea that the , Grand Jury which indicted him for murder in the first | degree Was not a Grand Jury of the county of New | York, because the list was not wholly selected trom | the petit jury list, and vecause Douglas Taylor, une Commissioner of Jurors, did not supervise the drawing of the atleged panel, having been by duress prevented by the Clerk of the County from so doing. The Assist- at District Attorney ask«d time to consider the plea, and Dolan was remanded to await the result. On Mouday, Octover 25, Dolan was again placed at the bar of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. At the close of the day the toliowing jury had been obtained :—Car- | tis Boud, N. J. Philips, Bennett J, King, William M,. | Leeds, Rosweld T. Fish, ‘Myron A. Docker, Henry Cher- hsb, Thomas Dunlap, Jr., William Glover, Samuel Browning, Francis W. Doane and Abraham Steinfeit, Judge Barrett presided and the District Attorney con- ducted the prosecution, ex-Judge Curtis bemg sssoct- ated with Mr, Howe for the deience. The testimony on doth sides closed on the second day ot the trial, a night sesston being held, beginning at balf-past seven'o’clock, during which Doav continued his evidence, and an alibi Was attempted to be broved by the deience, There were some nine witnesses produced by the prosecution. ‘Lhe witnesses for the defence were the prisoner bim- | self, Margaret Casey and Bartholomew Sweeney. On the third day of the trial counsel made their addresses and the case was given to the jury. FOUND GUILTY, After a deliberation of eight :ninutes the jury re- turned to Court with a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Judge Barrett then sentenced Dolan vo be hanged on December 10, 1875, at the City Prison, | On November 22 Mr. Howe applied to Judge Barrett to have the execution of the sentence stayed to enable an | argument to be heard upon the special plea interposed | at the trial, and the Judge took the papers, but gave no decision, and again on December 2 tae Supreme Court, General Term, refused the writ of error and stay of exes cution asked for. RESPITED. On December 6 a petition for re: to Governor f:iden by the prisone: December 9 the Governor granted a respite for sev day sowe now testimony in Dolan’s favor baving been discovered and aflidavits made to that eilect, On the same day Orville Williamson, a convict im Sing Sing, 1 was presented counsel, and on made an affidavit charging that the murderer of Mr. Noe was a brother cracksman named “Diamond Jim.” Then tollowed within @ few days other affidavits in favor of Dolan’s innocence, | and on December 14 another petition tor a further re- was forwarded to Governor Tilden, but he de- ito interfere again, Dolan inight now count his ot execution, : led. ae Serena in appealed to, bat im vain; but to Mr, ‘8 el Pp Loewen arguments Judge Donohu yielded and granted @ stay of proceedings. Th then a strong hope that evidence would be discovered | which woula eventualiy save Dolan; but {t proved to | ve delusory, as the statements put in cireulath never verified, Janaary 20, 1575, an argument was made before Judges Davis, Brody and Daniels, in Sa- preme Court, Raenergtited ard hf 9 of error, her 4 29 the Supreme ‘erm, sustained | cavities of Abe Court of Over 1d Terminer. RRSENTENCED, | On Febriary 7 Dolan was once more placed at the | summoned, and after a consultation with Dr. Watson | | neutralize tho effects of the strychnine, Before theso | horrified to find that it was the body of the gentleman | bar foul Soe as Ray gd Court and was ——- tenced to be hang: fixed being March After the sentence on this occasion Dolan said: —“Your Honor, | stand for the second time to be sentenced to death for a crime which God knows I never committed, 1 was convicted throagh that wateh, and God knows it came innocently inte my bands. ‘I never lifted my hinds against any man, and God knows I ought not to be convicted for something I never did. [never shed human blood.” Dolan then burst into tears. Af some further preparations before the Courts, Mr. Howe rough: the case befora Judge Rapatlo, of the Court of Appeals, fora stay of proceedings. As the Court of Appeals had adjourned to March 20 the case could not be heard at the intended time, Dolan’s resentence naming March 24 as the day of execution, and Mr. Howe, therefore, asked for a respite, AGAIN RESPITED, The District Attorney opposed the motion, Judge Rapallo said that if a stay of proceedings were now xtanted Dolan might have to be resentenced, and he, therefore, thought a respite by the Governor for a sul- ficient length of time would mect the difficulty. Tas was to, and on application of the District At- torney, the Governor respited Dolan to April 14, which Bare to be Good Friday. On Tuesday, March 21, Mr. A. Uakey Hall argued Dolan's case vefors the Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals on April 4 rendered its decision, unanimously confirming the decision of the lower courts. Dolan was again respited for one week by the Governor, so that his execution Should not take place on Good Friday. A TERRIBLE ORDEAL. JAMES M'CARTHY’S NARROW ESCAPE FROM A ¥EARFUL DEATH—HYDROPHOBIC EXPERIMENTS AND THEIR RESULT. The medical fraternity in New York and Jersey City | is just now agitated over the case of James McCarthy, a resident of Grand street, Jersey City, who was rescued from an untimely death by a mere accident. It is not too extravagant to state that the case bere Presented is the most remarkable that has come to | Public notice within the memory of the present genera. | tion, and it should convey | 4 WARNING TO PHYSICIANS which should never be forgotten. The facts are briefly these:—A servant girl, named | Lizzie Molloy, employed in James McCarthy's house, | was taken ili in Janoary. A physician was summoned, | and observing symptoms of hysteria he inquired into | its cause, The answers did not satisfy him, and the | case was shrouded in mystery till some person re- marked that Lizzie had been bitten by a dog. The physician at once jumped to a conclusion that the gir, was suffering from hydrophobia, and he resorted im_ mediately to.a desperate test of his belick A glass of water was presented to the patient, and she drank it without manifesting any repugnance, But the physician could not be mistaken (f), and the girl was | | removed to St. Francis’ Hospital, where glasses of | | water were continually presented to her, and she | was even informed that she had hydrophobia until | Anally she was overcome by terror, Thon sho was ut- | tacked with convulsions and died within a few days, | The cause of her death is still a subject of discussion, | the prevatling opinion being that she did not die of | hydrophobia, Tho reputed bite of a dog was only a | scratch, of which the girl never complained, | Not many days after her death James McCarthy, ber | employer, was taken sick. Dr. Watson was summened and pronounced him to be suffuringtrom hydrophobia, To set at rest the fears of tho family Dr. McLaughlin was he agreed with the latter. Another physician | was called upon, but through his regard tor ofessional ethies he declined to give ah opinion till Be consulted with Dr. Watson, He did so, and co. | incided with his opinion. As a last resort Dr. Austin | Flint was summoned trom New York. He, too, con- ferred with Dr. Watson and agreed with his views. Nothing now reniained for the unfortunate man McCarthy but to await his doom by the VERDICT OF THE ALLOVATHS. Everything being in readiness he was advised by his physicians to make his will, bid farewell to his family, make his peace with God and pass from this vale of tears to a better world. Now for the treatment, Strychnine was first admin- istered in doses of one-third of a grain every two hours. This was continued tll the physicians found that no hydrophobic symptoms were developed, and ‘they at last conciuded they had made a huge mistake, Instead of admitting the error and giving the family the opportunity of obtaining the advice of more com- petent physicians, they resorted to the use of curare, | which was administered in hypodermic injections to | injectious were applied the temperature of the room 1n which the safferer was lying was increased to ninety degrees, until the heat became almost insupport- abe. ‘*For God's sake,’ groaned out the ill-fated man, “give me a breath of air; dun’t smother me. 1am prepared to die; but I will die like a man. Let me see my family.” But his entreaty was disre- garded, McCarthy’s brother-in law, who was presen and who had misgivings from the beginning in regar to the case, revolted against this continual torture, and the result was that Dr. Watson was informod his services would be no longer needed. MeCarthy had at this time passed through FOUR DAYS OF TERRIBLE SUSPENSE { and mental anguish, Dr. Achilles Rose, of Seventh strect, near avenue D, New York, was then summoned | to McCarthy’s bedside. ‘This physician’s statement, given toa Henan reporter yesterday, is as follows “Some time wm February I was called to attend Jamos McCarthy, in Grand street, Jersey Cuy. Itound him laboring under very great excitement, and I prescribed bromide of potassium to ailay the nervous irritation. | Nothing was the matter with the maa from the begin- | ning except some gustric affection. I inquired into the previous medical treatmentand learned that strychnine had been administered in doses of one-third of a grain every two hours, Now, according to the highest medi- cal authorities, this was a teartul specific. The largest dose that should be administered is one-eighth of a grain three times a day, and I am astonished that the patient bore up under this treatment. Moreover, strych- ‘nine should not be administered at all in cases of hy- drophobia. McCarthy showed no symptoms of hy- drophobia whatever. I was astonished to learn that the physicians had water brought to him—a most reprehensible thing in such 4 case—anJ yet the man drank it, 'Yhe physicians might then have ensily seen that the chief symptom of hydrophobia—inability to swallow—was not present. Even if hydrophobia ex. tsted a patient should not be frightened by having water presented to him. There is AN RRRONKOUS IMPRESSION in the public mind regarding hydrophobia. A person may have that disease without being bitten by a dog, A woman may be attacked with what is termed hydro- phobic hysterics through anger, fright or shame, and develop all the symptoms ot hydrophobia. There was not a tingle symptom of hydrophobia that I could de- | tect in McUarthy’s case, 1t was evident that when the | doctors found out their mistake in adininistering | strychnine they injected curare to counteract its eflects. | One of the reasons why strychnine should not be used in such cases is that it develops all the symp. toms of hydrophobla. ‘On the third day after I was called to attend McCarthy he was ALL RIGHT AGAIN, Ib consulted with eminent -physicians on this case, particularly Dr. Frank Hastings Hamilton, and they have agreed with me that McCarthy would soon have succumbed if the treatment to which he was sub- Jueted were continued, The terrible excitement under which he labored was the most serious phase of the case. Had Lizzie Molloy been attended in time, or re- ceived proper treatment, she might be now living, as I | do not believe she had hydrophobia at first. She was | gcared into it, to use a common expression. There ‘was no warrant for presenting water to her or telling her she had hydrophooia.” McCarthy has completely recovered and is thankful to Providence for his very narrow escape from the rave. ‘‘l believe in my soul’? said McCarthy's Grotnerin-taw to the Heratp reporter ‘that if those doctors bad him in hand foor hours longer he would | now have pine boards over him.” ‘The supplement to all this blundering is almost in- | credible. A child of MeCarthy was taken ill atter its | father’s Lapkpaltd and Dr. Watson being summoned | treated the child for hydrophobia, as Dr, Rose alleges, | bo i child soon after recovered and is new fh goo ealth, REMARKABLE SUICIDE. DALLETT BLISS, THE COFFEE MERCHANT, SHOT HIMSELF IN CENTRAL PARK YESTERDAY, About eleven o'clock yesterday morning a finely dressed geptioman entered Central Park by the south- east gate and walked past the lake, crossing over to the west side of the park. Keeper Edward Burns, who had remarked him on account of the elegance of his | dress, here lost sight of him. Returning to his beat after dinner, the officer was walking along a little | stream called the Loch, which rons from Kighth | avenue down to the Iake, when he Saw some object | floating in the water. On going nearer he was he had noticed in the morning. Not thinking tuat he could have beon drowned in such shallow water, the | keeper pulled the body tothe bank. The cause of death was then at once apparent, Water stained with blood dripped from the man’s clothes as he was drawn from the brook, The officer then summoned help, and | the body was taken to the Morgue in an ambulance, Here the corpse was examined, His clothes, which ‘were saturated with blood, were a biack coat, vest aud pants, white shirt and undercloths. centre of his body, was a wound which mu artery reast. He appeared to be al filty years of age, bad light brown hair mixed with whiskers and mustache of the same color and biue eyes. His silk hat, which the officer had pickea up, was deeply trimmed with crape. In hb ‘was found the sum of $76 82 in winding wateh and chain, a knife, two sate keys | and a blue silk handkerchief, embroidered on the corner with the letter “B.’ ifis shirt buttons and studs were also of gold. In his hat were fow pair of kia gloves and a morning paper of the 2ist. It ts supposed that he had deiiborately walked into the stream and shot himself through the heart, think- ‘ing that his body woulda sink and trace of the act be lost. The pistol had probably sunk to the bottom Of the stream, as!) was novfound in bis baud His | YE ae ‘ NEW YORK: HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1876—TRIPLE: SHERT. ; 4 z i = : i dence ce decelaed, “Nee th bark, aveun, b, io. where he the family already acquaint: with the sad fate of their head and surrounded by frienas who came to extend their sympathy 1m the try- ing hour, They objected to giving any paruculars of the deceased's life, Itis supposed that business troubles were the cause of his untimely end. The hard times have been felt more particularly in the coflee trade, in which the de- ceased was engaged, and there has been an unusually great shrinkage in values in this branch ‘The case is in the bands of Coroner Croker, who will begin an investigation to-day. zi A reporter of the Hexaxp called ov Coroner Croker t his residence last night and learned from him that deceased's brother, with a physician, called on hin and got a certificate em: iz the removal of the body to No, 91 Park avenue. ‘But,” said the Corot “I ‘did pot know that Mr. Bliss had commitied suicide unt I had a@ talk afterward with the officer who found him, ‘They are very wealthy people, I believe, but did not give me any reason for the rash aet of thei relative. In fact, I do not at this moment know any more than that he is be- lieved to have shot himself, I have not issued any orders for the holding of ap inquest, nor have I insti- tuted any Inquiries in the matter, To-morrow I will order an inquest. which T don’t suppose will begin until next week, From what I can learn important testi- mony will be given then.”” Later a reporter visited the dead man’s residence, but it was closed up and none of the family could be seen. Mr, Bliss belonged to the firm of Dallett Bliss & Co., No, 135 Pearl street, and wasa well known member of the coffee trade, His sad end bas created @ profound gensation. PLYMOUTH PRAYER MEETING. The attendance at Plymouth prayer mceting was a3 large as usual last evening, and many were disap- pointed at not seeing Mr. Beecher occupy his accu: tomed chair, Mr. Beecher is off on a lecturing tour through Massachusetts, and will end it by preaching | next Sunday in Boston, Mr, Halliday presided atthe prayer meeting last night, and a larger part of the time than usual was taken up with prayer and singing, after which Mr, Halliday gave quite an interesting account of revivals in the olden time aa contrasted with those | of the present; but Plymouth prayer meeting is not Plymouth prayer meeting withont Mr. Beecher. — ‘After the customary exercises Mr. Halliday said:—T have lately been much iuterested in reading the inemoirs of Mr. Finney, and I have been led to coh pare the work he did with more recent revivals. I re- member to this day, although occurring almost fifty years ago, a revival in Morristown I remember the great seriousness and solemmity that pervaded the community. L venture to say there was not a family nor an individual but felt its influence. Subsequently the revivals occurred in New York, about the time of Mr. Finney’s coming, under what was known as protracted meetings, and in these revivals ft seemed as though the whole city was pervaded. Whoiesalo mer- chants shut up their stores to attend these protracted meetin, How different the revivals we see in these days! @ hardly have revivals now. has not been anything like what would be called a ro- vival m it, and yet there have been accessions all the time. At the close of the meeting a collection was taken up for three destitute families, The Examining Committee met after the prayer meeting to confer with any who were desirous of Joining the church, PALETTE CLUB ELECTION. The following officera were elected at the annual election of officers of the Palette Club last evening:— Yresident, Clark Bell; First Vice President, William A. vamp; Second Vice President, Charles H. Isham; Re- cording Secretary, Professor Adolph Werner; Corre- sponding Secretary, Samuel G. Jelliffe; Treasurer, Robert Dunlap; Librarian, George Kirchner ; Honorary Vice Presidents, Noah Davis, Oswald Ottendorfer. Will- jam Kurtz, Julius Gerson, Julius Ochme, Joseph Wiener, M. D,; Albort Crane, 8. P. Avery. The Council—Clark Bell, Will.am A. Unmp, Charles H. Isham, Morris Ellinger, James H. Breslin, 8. G. Jellitfe, Adolph Kohn T. 1. Smith, Lawrence Turnure, John Snedecor, Robert Dunlap, ‘Charles H. Maguire, Charles N. Miller, John F, Petri, Adolph Wiener, John | Kiderkin, Rufus Hatch, 0. D, Munn, George Kirchner, William Schwarzwaclder. NATIONAL GUARD CONCERT. Last night a grand promenade concert was given at the Hippodrome, under the auspices of the Eighth | régiment N.G.S.N.Y. The audience was large and fashionable, and a large amount of money was collected toward paying the expenses of the regiment for their proposed trip to Philadelphia during the Centennial, Grafulla’s Seventh regiment band supplied the music. The manquvres and drill of the regimeyt were much and Colonel Scott commanded. The reveille aud tattoo, by the Eighth regiment fife and drum corps, were given | with great erlect. NATIONAL JOCKEY CLUB. ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR A BPRING RACING MEETING. Wasuixarox, April 21, 1876, The National Jockey Club, of the District of Colum. ‘Dia, was organized yesterday and the following officers elected :—President, Richard Wallack; Vice Presidents, Governor Oden Bowie, of Maryland; Henry H. Dodge, of Georgetown; Colonel Thomas W. Doswell and Mar- shall Brown, of this city; Secretary, I. K. Burritt; Treasurer, D, W. Middleton, Jr, ; Executive Committee, J, W. Thompson, Colonel H. R. Rathbone, General E. F. Beale, H. M. Huchinson, 7. Roselle, General J. H. Watmough, Richard Smith and John A. Baker. This association has made arrangements with F, P. Hill, proprietor of the new race track at Benning’s tion fora spring meeting, which will take place on the 16th, 17th and 18th of May. They also have been cor- responding with a number of prominent turfmen throughout the country, and have promise of a good attendanee of horses, BASE BALL NOTES, The opening gamo of the season in this vicinity will ve played on the Union grounds, Williamsburg, this afternoon, the contestants being the professional Mutuals and the strong nine of the Amateur Arling- tons. Play will be called promptly at three o’ciock. On the Prospect Park grounds there will be a number of games, the most attractive and interesting of which wil! be that between the Nameless Club and a strong field nine. ‘The first game of the series between the Athletic and Boston nines will be played at Phiiadelphia this after- noon. Much interest is felt in this contest, as both teams contain a number of young and comparatively inexperienced players, and the base ball public 1s, as yet, at a loss to decide which is the stronger nine, The betting, however, is in favor of Boston. The Hartfords have been practising very assiduously for some time past aud are now said to be in capital trim for the approaching season's work. Ferguson stil! captaims the nine. THE GAME IN NEW HAVEN, The third game of the championship series betwoen | the Bostons and New Havens, at the home city of the latter club yesterday, resulted, as have the previous two, in a victory for the champion Bostons, It was a close and interesting match, however, the visitors find. ing it more difficult to deteat their hosts on the grou ot the latter than in Boston, The game was witnessed by a large crowd of spectators, who ifested their picasure by ha “metry the good plays made on either | side, Score— GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING. joston, 9; New Haven, 8. The match for the light weight championship of the | Greco-Roman wrestling will take place this evening at Contral Park Garden between William J. Austin and Harry Howard. The mateh is for $250 a side, and will be decided by the best three falis in five. Between the wrestling bouts the following well known professionals willappear with the gloves:—Professor Miller, John Dwyer, George Rooke, Steve Taylor, Professor O'Neil, Profestor Judd, J, M. Latlia and Professor W. Movie!" MILLER'S REPLY TO CARTERON. To Epitor ov tur Herano:— In the Hexatp of this morning Ond a statement | that Mr, Louis Carteron, who styles himself champion of Lyons, France, desires to wrestle with me. After defeating Bauer at Boston 1 published a challenge, open to all, for from $250 to $1,000 a side, which is still open. championship of Amerien, lam ready to defend that tue wing to make a match for any reasonable amount—§2,000 a sido or less—to accommodate Mr. Carterov. If Mr, Carteron really means business tet him put up a deposit in responsible hands and it will be covered at oyce, WILLIAM MILLER. New York, April 20, 1876, MINIATURE YACHTING. The opening regatta of the American Model Yacht | Clab will not take pixce to-day at Prospect Park, as was anticipated. At a meeting of the club, held 17th inst., several of the member stated that they would be unable to participate im a regatia to-day, as thoir boats could not bo pat im trim in time On that ac- Count the regatta was postponed to 16th prox., when it ‘will undoubtedly be held. The Long Island Miniature Yacht Club will bold ns frat regatss for 1576 ut Prospect Purk om next Sat- Ihave been in | this church eleven yoars, and during that time there | Not having been defeated since I won thé | ‘THE CANALS. — ~ ANSWER OF THE CANAL BOARD TO THE PROP: ject of canal enlargement :— gg HONORABLE THe SkNaTR Ov TUR STATE oF New ‘ORK :— In response to the resolution adopted by your honor- able body on the 13th of 1876, following in Papen Sti Message on canal eit Basal ne apltation st eae eneune of 6b | deepening the prism thereot to the depth of | It or eight feet or ‘the banks to at- tain the same object and an appropriation of $400,000 to comuneoce tet eths haat Caaaea requi solved, Tha nate report 1o the Senate at the earlient dete pescticabione | Tehvrst'=Tho condition of the rie or thier enlarged or par tially enlarged canals dating the past season, oad Adaptation of the Erie, Oswego, Cayuge and Senecu cause tu boats of 240 tons tonnage and six feet draught of tnd’ the cupacity of our several canals to accommodate the busine: therto offerit then ‘ively, .. her in @ ent wareiettkanes a the ris Canal ov send laced ‘by the expendi - ir Si materially enhauce the vahie ly cheapen transportation can be rand of the ums recommended. Third—An approximate esti of the cost of the posed iinprovement appiied tothe entire length of the Erie Canal, and the probable time which will be required for its completion. | Fourth—-Whether sach tmprovement, ifthe same shall be made by depressMag the bottom of the canal below the ortgi+ iy ade fi ti largeinent without deprensii t mites oillvof the Hoare of the ‘au aq no culverts, would essentially benefit navigation ¥ Fyih-Aw approximate estimate of the cost of the im- ovement, if it shall also include the adaptation of all the focks, aqueduets ani culverts to the increased. ot water of seven and one-half or eight feet, and whether such ‘ll improve naviyation or ch rate with the expe estimate of the cost of obt: creased depth of water by raising the surfiuce six or twelve. inches, including the cost of raising the banks, locks, aque- | ducts, waste weirs, feodors and bridges—including tn both | of the above estimates the damage to adjacent property ‘and a comparison of tho relative cost of the two plans ? ‘sith-Whether the cutting down of the priam will. not endanger the stability of existing walls and what would be the effect of the proposed change on the present water supply? | “Xivawth—Whether the Commissioners fsporehend any dif. | ficuity in opening the canals at ly day for the ‘comin; season and maintaining ma quite as 1 | your with the means wt the | Tepair fund and such furti 4 approprintions as wre usual; made from the revenues of the caual, and whether the | asem any extraordinary appropriations necessary to th De sout englieer- ‘any information a] tox, together with the irely sufficient to im; Y) Tho undersigned Board of Canal Commissioners re. spectfally report upon each of the matters referred to in the resviution in the order in which they therein ap- ear Ppiret—The Board regard the following extract from the last annual report of the Commissioner for the Eastern Division, which was prepared some time alter the close of navigation last fall, as a reply to the drst inquiry:—A season of unparalleled good navigation, and at a largely reduced cost, within the period for | which the present Commissioner is responsive, is the | best evidence of the propricty of the course adopted by | the Commissioner in this trying emergency?? Tho unanimous testimony of those transuctiig busi- ness on the canals is that they havo had an unexampled season of good navigation, and that never in the history of the canals have they suffered so little from detention and delays from any or all causes, It is believed that the statement above | quoted will apply with equal force and truth to the Middle and Western divisions, There is no difficulty 1m navigating any of the canals mentioned, except the Champlain, with boats drawin; fect of water and carrying 240 tons. The Board is of the opinion that all of the canals mevtioned in the resolutions, except- ang, perhaps, the Champlain in its present condition, are capable of accommodating more than double the tonnage of 1875 or ot any previous year, Second—In the judgment of the Commissioners no effect which will materially enhance the utility of the Erte Canal, or sensibly cbeapen transportation, can be roduced by the expenditure of the sums named in the Haig ot His Excellency the Govertior, referred to in the resolutions The addition of a foot in depth of water through the length of the Erie Canal would facili- tate the movement of laden boats; but the expenditure proposed would ‘be so trifling that no appreciable cheapening of transportation would result. Third—he Board, relying upon such data as they find in the reports of the Commissioners and the engineers of past years and the cost of work of like cbaracter during the process of the enlargement us well as upon careful estimates of the cost of sach work, 1s of the opinion that the cost of the proposed .mprove- iments appiled to the entire length of the Erie would be not less than $4,500,000, Fourth—Such improvement would benefit navigation, ag stated in the answer to the second inquiry, to some extent by reducing the resistance througn the ‘enlarged waterway; but with mitre sills, aqueducts and culverts remaining six inches or a foot above the proposed cana! bottom it is evident boats could have no jucreased draught, and the obstructions, bars or dams caused by mitre sills, aqueducts and culverts would occur so often that the gain would be so small as to leave no substan- tial benefit resulting or to be derived from the proposed. improvement. v4 Pifh—The adaptation of all the locks, aqueducts aud” | cutveris to the proposed increase of depth can only ve | accomplished by the reconstruction of all these strac-. tares from Albany to Lockport, the cost of which can- | mot be extimated from any data now at hand. it would be so large as to exclude it from serious consideration. | 1t is the opinion of the Board that one foot additional | depth of water over the present bottom, mitre gilla, | aqueducts and culverts may be obtained without mate. | rially disturbing these structures or the prism of the canal by raising the banks and bridges a @ cost of not more than $2,000,000, In regard te land damages growing out of the pro; change in the canal bottom it 1: known fact thu: considerable portion of the Erie Canal passes through porons material, or soil which was originally puddied | or has been lined with watertight earth and the de- posit of sediment for many years, and before the bot- tom and banks became solidified apd the pores filled with sediment the leaking and porcolation caused great ; damage to adjoin! lands and buildings. The pro- posed work woul@ necessarily to a great ex- tent produce injuries for which the State would be called upon to make compensation. The amount of such compensation cannot be estimated, Agitn the disturbance of lining or puddling on high embankments, or over culverts or other structures in the prism of the canal, s liable to lead to results most disastrous. Breaks and the consequent obstruction of navigation, as well as damages to adjoining property, are among'tho results likely to follow, An estimate of the cost of the work of reducing the prism may easily be made, but no estimate can be made of the conse. quences. Sizth—The Board cannot but regard reducing the hse below the foundation of the existing wails a \ikely to produce slides and disturbances of the walla | in many places, The effect of the proposed chauge upon the water supply would be this:—Of course it would require more water for the greater depth and the quantity required to maintain it be somewhat in- | creased, and in addition sufficient to overcome the loss | of water by percolation and waste through the bottom would be considerable, and might in a protracted een productive of serious difficulty im navigay jon. Seventh—The Board does not apprehend any difficulty in opening the canals at an early day for the comin season and maintaining navigation quite as good as year with the customary amount heretofore appropri+ ated for ordinary repairs. Eighth—The Board does not deem it necessary that | an appropriation of $15,000, or any sam in addition te | the usual appropriations, be made in order to deter: | mine the real condition of the canals, | ~All of which {s respectfully submitted, ADIN THAYE! ©. A. WALRATH, JAMES JACKSON, Jr., | Board of Canal Commissionera, | a CINDERELLA. PHOTOGRAPHING THE LITTLE PEOPLE WH¢ PLAYED AT THR ACADEMY OF MUSIC. | The ladies and gentlemen who gave such a delightful- performance of ‘Cinderella’ at the Academy of Musig on Thursday afternoon, under the anspices of the Dramatic Committees of the Woman’s Centennial | Union, were photographed in costume yesterday after noon at Mora’s, The little people were attended by | their friends, and were, in all probability, more dif- | dent before the camera than they had been on the previous day before the lorgnettes of the vast assem. | blage in the Academy. They were photographed ia | groups and singly. The following is the list of those | whose likenesses were taken :— Miss Estelle BE, Doremus, as Cinderella; Miss Cor. nelia C, Van Auken, as the Fairy Serena; Clarence | Doremus, a8 Oberon, King of the Fairies; Miss Lili | M. Carnochan, First remoangl Sister; Miss Jean C, Second ity Sister; Miss Martha W. mua le Tetclle M. Curnoshan, dice tn peer | Master Mortimer 1. Schuyler, as the Prince; Masiet Thomas Hitchoock, tho King; Miss Edith Kendall, the Queen; Joun C. Piatt, Dromio; Master Alexander Lam. bert, licens The gentlemen of the Court were Masters Ohristian Bayard Bors and Johu Bloodgood; ges, ur L. Doremus and Wille Dinsmore; ‘roubadour, Miss Maud Morgan; rds, Leon Monto and Saleolm D. MeLean; ushers, I more easily im: customed raiment, bespangied with silver and go: and gorgeous in colors even when the pe Hg | enhanced by metailic adornments, the little ones | found it exceedingly difficult to retrain trom glances at either their own costumes or those | the others who were near them; and | | the blowing of whistles and — promises astounding presents failed often to ki the little cherubs from winking, even when they did not make other motions. At length, however, they were all | taken satisfactorily—the sieey Beauty, Little Req Riding Hood and the handsome youth in tite fex'a skig trying of the paim for pertect comperses coher When eir most trying ordeal, ph | work had been eted the child: Sire et cited ie ehiiren wie aot