The New York Herald Newspaper, March 25, 1877, Page 5

THE LER EXECUTION. —_--- “Graphic Deseription of the Seene at Mountain Meadows, An Interesting Conversation with the ’. >.) Herald Correspondent. ‘HE DESIGNATES POINTS OF INTEREST. The Doomed Man Sees His ‘ Coftin Made. CONCEALING THE EXECUTIONERS. _ Owing to the lateness of the hour at which we re | @eived our despatehes from the HEKALD cerrespondent present at the execution of John D. Lee, and the imper- fect condition in which they arrived, it was impossible to give our readers the story in its entirety. What wo -published yesterday contained merely the general facts, hurriedly prepared and forwarded to New York. To-day, therefore, we lay before our renders the full Feport, which will be tonnd tull of interest, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) | Cxpar City, Utah, Fripay MGut, March 23, 1877. Mr. Stokes, the Methodist clergyman, slept with Lee uring Thuraday might. Hoinformed me that ho found the prisoner quite ready to engage in conversation on any subject that might be suggested to him. During their talk Loc quoted extensively from the Scriptures in answer to Mr, Stokes when they toucbed on the question of Mormonism, These quotations were mainly intended as supports to Li belief Inthe Mor- mon doctrines. He was warm in his defence of the Mormon faith, Mr, Stokes naturally argued with the Prisoner, but found bim impassible in his belief, MY WANTS A BIG CROWD. Lee exhibited a strange anxiety during the whole Journey from Beaver City tothe Mountain Meadows ‘that there should be a large crowd of people present at his execution, and at times he exprossed a desire that ibe might make adying speech. Me frequently said it would bea long one, Yet he did not seem to be much shagrined on being tola on Thursday for the tirst time that the execution was to be a comparatively private 2, IGNORANCE OF WIS DESTINATION, It was not until we bad passed through Cedar City on (Bburaday that Lee began to realizo that be was being taken tothe Mountain Meadows to sufler death Itts strange tact that the scenery along the route, the hills and the valloys, which had been so familiar to bim for many years, did not attract bis attention; butat length the truth dawned upon him. GOOD BLERP AND A HEARTY APPETiTY. " But the knowledgo of ibe fact that bis desire for a Ahrong of witnesses to the execution was not to be ‘gratified, and that be was to be shos to death on the “very ground where his crime had been committed, did fot affvct Lee im any visible manner. H¢ had no dif Acuity in falling into easy slumber daring th» progress of his ninety-mile journey.. He ats heartily of the fat ‘bacon and crackers given‘hiia and ocoasionaily drank Grams of whiskey witn evident relish, FELLING STORIES ON TH VEROK OF THE GRAVE, © Hie gitt for telling stories did not diminish, tor he frequently indulged in remixisconcox, and many of bia yarns were of acbaracter unit for publication, This ‘was a singular trait in the man’s character, and though he no doubt enjoyed this method of whiling away the Sew hours of life left tonim the effect on his hearers ‘was by no me pleasant one, ANXIETY TO END HIS MISERY, While we were camping out on Thursday night Lee asked Marshal Nelson to shoot him then and there and so end the dreadiul suspense be was enduring Tater on that night Deputy Marsha! Pratt hud occasion bo walk out of camp with Lee, and while they were away the Murshal was led to inierfrom something that Lee said that the prisoner had contomplated the idea of ruoning away in order to have the sentinels shoot bim down, On this information the leutenant who commanded the military escort decided to change his previous or- dors to the sentinels, and directed them not to fire on Lee if he should happen to try an escape, but to throw down their guns and capture him unhurt, PULLING THE WRONG TOOTH. {t appears that Leo bad been a copious consumer of medicines for some time, and particularly relished patent compounds, which, he said, maintained bis con- stitution, Once, while we were ata halt, he asked for the army surgeon who accompanied the troops, and Requested hin to pull one of his teeth which troubled bim. The surgeon complied, but accidentally pulled Yhe wrong tooth, upon which Leo coolly asked nim to pull the other—*‘the next one,”’ as he expressed it. LEE’S GARKULITY. ‘The readiness of the prisoner to talk with any one gear him was mostremarkable, Ifasked any questions about his religion ho could casily be drawn intoa discussion lasting for hours, During those conversa- Sons he was always quoting Scripture with great Jacility, though at random. To an officer he remarked, *1 heard you talking and laughing while I was praying Jor you.’? Nothing seemod to escape Lee's notice. RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE, Aswo came upon the ground where the dreadful Massacre had taken place none of those who hap- pened to look on Lee’s stolid and hardened visage sould feel any sympathy for the fanatical monster who fad taken part in that flendish butchery. The scenes ‘Wacted in those Meadows twenty years ago came to the minds of the spectators with greater force than Wer, and as we remembered tho tnuocent blood that aad been #0 cruelly shed on thut September day the feeling that retributive justice bad ovortaken ut least one of the murderers was paraimount among the spec: tators, It was, indeed, a peculiarly solemn spectacle, this bringing of a murdorer to the scene of his crime to wuffer the death he so riclily merited. 4 TALK WITH THR HERALD CORRESPONDERT, During « briet interview tnat your correapondent bad with the condemned man eafly this morning She following conversation occurred :— ConrResPpoxoeNt--Where were you born, Mr. Leet Lex—t was born at Kaskaskia, Randolph county, IIL, on the 6th of Soptember, 1812, Corngsroxoxxt—Whea did you embrace Mormon. | tom? Lwa—Thogh I was born and baptized a Catholic, I was brought up as a Methodist, Alterward [ joined the Mormon Church, and have still faith in the gospel As delivered to Joseph Smith, But 1 do not believe in | ny of the ideas engrafted on the Church by Hrig- bam Young. LER SACRIFIOED BY BatauAM, Conazsroxpaxst—You are very bittor seaigst Brig- ham Young. Laz—Yosu He has sacrificed me through his lust | THE PRISONERS Haut OF rue NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY. MARCH 25, 1877. QUADRUPLE S SHEET. ' jor yomer, ahar ail} bets dows for hima and the Mor | mon Church, Couxssroxpext—Did you get auy of the emigrants’ | Property? Lxx—I never gaw the property of the emigrants vor received any of it until allerwards. 1 saw it at Cedar | City. I bad some of tl as Indian | agent for the Church, and turued it oves to the In- dians, MX DESCRINES THE MASSACRE. ConkesronpEst—Have you been here often since the emigrant massacre? Lxe—No; I have not been to this place, to my knowl- edge, siuce the massacre. 1 was through these inead-> ows only twice belore the tragedy. Mere Lee pointed out to me the positions occupied by the Indians at the time, and continued: — “They were hidden benind the sage brush and could Bot be seen by the emigrants.’ CoRRvaPONDENT—~Are you satisfied that you hay a fair trial? Lxx—No, The witnesses on the trials against me swore to Nes, for which they will have to answer, Nepb! Johnson's testimony relative to me bar as false as hell, bad NON-COMMITTAL, In regard to @ question as to George A. Smith’s ac- ton tn going through the settlements, urging the peo- ple nov to sell grain to the emigrants, be refused to speak, saying that he did not wish to place constfue- ‘ions op the conduct of others, He would not say whether the parties resyonsible for the massacre acted to accordance with orders trom the higher authorities of the Mormon Church, ‘This affair,” said be, “has been the greatest trial of my ‘ife and of my faith, [ am the selected one to shield this people. I was refused un opportunity on my first trial to show that when I came to these Meadows four men came with me. Even after I had had the affidavit of one of'them takea on his deutb- bed, the Court refused to consider it” LER'S FAMILY, Cognxsroxpenr—How many cuildren bave you? Lus—l have filty children, as many grandchildren, ‘and four great-grandchildren. When | think of my large family, of the little ones remaining, and their mothers who have been good wives to me, J feel for them very much. (Here Lee showed evident emotion.) Ido not feardeath 1 only regret my having to die on account of my family, ConkxsPoxDENT—Yon seem to be brave enough. Lex—Yes, 1! could give the word of command when they come to shoot me, for 1 am innocent before men and the angels. I can meet the mysteries of hereafter without dread, relying, as 1 do, upon the mercy of God, A GREAT HOOK RKaDER. ConresronpEst—Y ou seem (o have read a good deal, | Les—Yes. 1 bi reada good many books in the course of my life, and at one time I bad a large library of my own; and | was a librarian at one time in Nauvoo, I have made some statements about Brighain Young in my forthcoming book which is soouto be pubhsbed by my counsel, Mr. Bishop, That book is a true history of my lite. j Corexsroxpext—Have you prayed for strength in this last trial? | Lxx—Yvs, and I hope for strength and will have con: | fidence to the last, for my hands ure not dripping with biood. 1 beliove every man is amenable {na future state for the deeds. done bere. If a man is prepared he will go {nto tho presence of God, If not he will go into ® preparatory state. DOKS NOT SERK REVENGE. CorRESPONDENT—Are you resigned to your fate? Lez—Oh, yes. I bave requested my boys not to seek revenge for my killing, but to leave vengeance to God. A NEW STATEMENT, While we were thus conversing I was standing with Lee at a little distance outside of the camp, Mar- shal Nelson and District Attorney Howard being near us. It was then half-past nine o'clock, and the Dis- trict Attorney interrupted us by saying that he had some business to transact with the prisoner. Lee then signed a statement attested to by three wit- nesses in reference to somo new point of the massacre, at least so I understood. A DRKARY SCExE. No more dreary scene can be imagined than thoso Mountain Meudows, From the point of tho mas- gucre to the emigrant camp measures 4 distance of about a mile unda halt. Tho meadows are cut up into deep gullies and covered with sage brush and serub oak. At the lower part, where the emigrants ‘wona encainped, is seen Murcerer’s Spring, the point where the first acts of the assassins were per- petrated. This spring was twenty years ago on a level with the surrounding country; but it has siace been washed until it forms a terrible gulch some twenty feet in depth and eight or ten rods wide, s THK MONUMENT. Coming down to the easterly bank of this ravine is tbe monument of loose stones erected by Licutenant Price about thirteen years ago. Some of these stoues have slid down the declivity. The ravine monument Js oblong in outline and about twenty feet in leugth, boing some three feet high. Uuder the monument at the time of itf erection were placed all the bones that could bo obtained on the fleld; but on uncovering some of them to-day, down to, tho level of the earth, ‘we discovered no traces of bones. TRACES OF THR ILL-VATED CAMP. The traces of the emigrant camp ot twenty years aco are but dimly visible, but the entire surroundings of the spot show thatacump capable of more complete ine vestment by an enemy could hardly be imagined. Di- rectly eastisthe hill from which Lee watched tho movements of the doomed emigrants, whiie ou the west are hiding places whore avy number of Indians could rest with safety and covor every exit, It was scarcely necessary for the imagination of your | correspondent to be exercised in finding the very path over which the little girls dressed ir. white passed to the spring to obtain water for the famishing camp, for it lay clearly defined on the tandscape. ‘Beiore the arrangements for his execution were com- pleted Lee coolly pointed out to Marshal Nelson some points in the viemity, evidently with a view of show- ing the movements of the ill-fated people previous to their being so cruelly massacre Betore niue o'clock the soldiers, under the command ot Lieutenant Paterson, had been placed in wagons and driven to the scene of the emgrant camp, where the great criminal was to expiate his share in the dreadiul work of butchery. ‘Tho civilians uccompanyiog the officers were still kept back fora time, Some ot the soldiers were posted on the udjoining hills to guard against surprise from any quarter, | CONCRALING THB FIRING PARTY. The wagons were meanwhile placed in line near the monument and army blankets fastened over the | wheels, Bobind this improvised screen the squad of men who bad been appointed to shoot Lee were to be stationed, The purpose of this coacealment of the firing party was to prevent the men composing it from being seen by auy one, there being a reasonable tear that some of the numerous relatives of Lee might wreak vengeance on tho heads of nis executioners, ‘ MAKING THE CoPFIN, The boards of which the coffia was to be formed were next unloaded from a wagon and the carpenters began to nail them together, 1t was a rough pine box. While it was being made Le satat some distance away with Marshal Nelsou intently watching the scene around him, ARKIVAL OF THR SPECTATORS, The civilians began to arrive just then, and those specially invited as witn were allowed to come withia the military eaclosare, All of the others were allowed to witness the proceedings irom a con- sidorable distance east of the ravine. At Murderers? | Spring there wero only some twenty-five or thirty per- | sons guthered from the neighboring settlements, for the time aud place of the shooting had been very sonsi- bly kept private. | COOLNKSS OF THR CONDEMNED. Lee sat like an Indian chief near the spot where he was to die, as cool and collected as ever. He begau writing an autograph uote in tho District Attorney's memorandum book, Then he exchanged a few words | with Rev. Mr, Stokes. H At balt-past ten o'clock, the preparations being com- pleted, the military were drawn up tu a line and closer | | up to the scene of execution, I'hen the photographer made his appearance on the scene, Soon after this the prisoner rose, aud holding Then the reporters present wore pose to = saomesall | and Marshal Nelson proceeded to read the death war- ruut of Lee. During the reading of the document the brisover displayed no emotion, and on its conclusion he was informed that be could then make a statement if he so desired. He proceeded to deliver his random speech, | His voice was very clear and his manner self-pos- sessed, but be talked sometimes with remarkable precision and then rushed off into a humid style, He did not gesticulate or appear rewarkably im carnest. When he spoke of Brigham Young’s treatment of him ue exhibited the most feeling. THR LAsY SCENE. The speech being ended, Lee requested Rev. Mr. ‘Stokes to say a prayer, aod they both knelt beside the cottiu, The minister prayed with fervency tor the prisoner and his family, and asked thatif be was an innocent mau, as he claimed to be, that his innocence might be established hereafter, Then came the last sceve of all. The reporters withdrew, Lee tvok off his overcoat without assistance and shook bands with Mr, Stokes, Marshal Nelson, District Attorney Howard and CONSPIRATORS FOILED. = | Startling Bond Robbery Exposure in| Newark. omnia SSUP'S LITTLE rs NETTLI Actors in the Washington Safe in a New Role. Burglary Of late Newark has won unenviable distinction be- atew others, The handkerchiet wus uext tied over his eyes, and as it was being done not to ve his hands, ‘This favor being granted, the askod the Marshal | doomed man clasped bis bands over his head, bracing | himself up tightly at the same moment, exclaiming, | “Enter my beart!’’ 4 SUDDEN DeaTH. All near the prisoner stepped euddenuly aside, and Marshal ) pronvunced the words, “Ready—aim—tre.”? instant a flash was sven and Lee tell over with a dul thud upon his coffin, his arms talling on either side of the box; then there came three or four slightly dia- connected reports. His pulse ceased to beat probably at the moment his heart was penetrated. Several of the tive balls with which he was shot passed entirely through his body, and cut ridges in the ground in the rear, Nine guns were tired in all, four of them con- taining blank cartridges. Three of the balls pene. trated the heart, making but one hole on the bouy, A SOLDIER PAINTS, A few moments alter the shouting a corporal fainted in the ranks, boing overcome by the scene, The body Was then placed 1n the coflia and a photographic neya- tive was obtained of it, and the spectators were ullowed to view it, The color bad entirely left the face, the moutb had falien open und the face had a repulsive look, The coffia wus nailed up at once and will be brought by the soldiers to Cedar City, and trom thence to Leo's wile Rachel, at Pangwitch, forty miles north- west of here. Betore execution Leo gave what money he had to the District Attorney to be given to Rachel, one of his wives. He gavo bis coat to Marshal Nelson and bis scurf to Howard. THE SLAUGHTERED EMIGRANTS, A REMINISCENCE OF THE MASSACRE BY ONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE PARTY THAT LEFT ARKANSAS—A DISSENSION THAT SAVED SOME LIVES—-EXCITING MEMORIES, [DY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] San Francisco, March 24, 1877, The following {s the substance of somo intormauon of interest concerning the Arkansas emigrunt train which was intercepted at Mountain Meadows, Utah, on the 14:h of September, 1857, as furnished by one of the original emigrant purty. With the exception of the seventeen intanis spured by the Mormons, or such of them as yet survive, but four persons are known to be still alivo who set out with the train from the Arkansas lino, The lives of the latter were saved through a quarrel which resulted in their separation trom the miu party a few days previous to tho massucrs Thole names are Ephraim Mathias, reatdingiu Nevada; Joseph Ware, believed to be somowhere im this State; Mrs. Duek, widow of W. B, Duck, who was leader of the little party which abandoned the train, rosiding at Fort Wayne, lnd,, and P. K. Jacoby, a brother of Sirs. Duck anda momber of the police torce of this city, who farnishes these particulars, * JACOBY 'S STORY, ‘The train was organized at Fairville, Ark., ard started on its journey in April, 1857. It numbered about 140 souls—men, women and children. They had with tuem 900 head of cattle in uherd and 100 work- ing oxen drawing the sixteen wagons. The leading families were the Bakers, of Arkausas, consisting of the jou, at alittle distance to the southwest, | Un the | Elder Baker, with his wife and family aud two married? sons, with their tamihes; the Hough family, irom Arkansas, and tho Keods, from Missouri, comprising Reed, 8r., aud family, and his son and family. Mr. Duck and party, including Ollicer Jacoby, jowed the train from Onio, The Reeds ana Bakers wero the principal owners of the stock, and also had ia their possession a considerable amovnt of specie, their design being to muke large investments in land im the southern part of this State. There wore also hall ao dozen other families, whose names are not now rememvered by Jucoby. large number of hired train ag bullwhackers and stock herders, and tne party included between thirty and forty children, ranging from iofancy up, Several tamities joined the train at a station in the Iodio Territory, the last point of depurture from civilization, THK ROUTE. The route taken was up the Arkansas River to the vicinity of Pike’s Peak, and from this lo- cullty on the middio emigrant road to Fort Bridger, which point wus reached about the beginuing of September. During the journey the emigrants were frequently moiested by the Indians, | On one occasion, shortly before reaching Fort Bridger, the whole 900 head of loose cattle were stampeded and run off in the wight, A strong detachment was counted off from the train and started iv pursuit of the Indians under command of o noted plainsman from Missourl. : RECOVERING TUR CATTLE. The chase was continued for threo days, in which time the party captured an Indian and pressed him Into the service as a guide, To save his own lite the redskin conducted the party to an Indian village among the bills, The savages were surprised and stumpeded iu turn, and all the cattle were recovered, with the exception of seventeen head, together with a good quantity of lout in the way of buffalo skins and other effects to partially compensate for the trouble the Indians bad cuused. Belore reaching Fort Bridger, Hough, one uf the leaders from Arkansas, was bitten on the baud while asleep by atarantula, and bis sufferings, which delayed tho purty e days, re- sulted in death, leaving a widow and a large fumily of young children, but, as Fate decreed, they did not long survive to need his prowetion, TROUBLE IN CAMP, ‘The train was composed of antugonistic elements. | The larger proportion of those composing it were from Arkausas and Missouri, but a party, of which Dock was the leader, came from Olio aud other States (hat had been slow to recoguize the walidity of the fugitive slave law, On reaching Fort Bridger, then au outpost of the Mormon horde who were in rebellion against the government, the defection in the train resulted io the withdrawal of Duck. THE SEPARATION, ‘The Ohio tamtly, with about 100 head of stock, had strack out from Fort Bridger down the Bear River, on what was known as the northern route, and reached Cal:fornia without further mishap of consequence About two weeks from their departuro from Fort Bridger they received imtelligence trom a party that overtook them that the Arkansas train, which they had abandoned, bad all been massacred, The bloudy deed was attributed to Indians. DISENTA NGLING THE WEB, The examination of witnesses and proots of the con- ficting claims Letween Eugene A, Heath and James H. Ingersoll is proceoding very rapidly beloro Mr, Charles O’Conor, the arbitrator, at No. 167 Broadway. fhe proots, ural and writien, on behalf of Mr. Heath, were presented with great abiliy and Ingenuity by Royal 8. Grave, his counsel, is On beball 1 be presented oy E The tan who ts assisted by Colonel John 5. Loo Of the claims oi Ingersull the proot the coming week, to Root aud A. T. Compto Web of suits, including twjuuetion ders of arre: the arm of Mr. Stokes, and preceded by the Marshal and District Attorney, advanced toward the littie curral | of wagons, The coflin had been in tho meantime | placed about twenty-tive feot from the wagons, MARCUS TO HIS COFFIN, Lee was drossed in a gray coat and light brown over- coat, and seated himsell on the coffin us soon as he ar- | ved at it, As he seated himself he looked arvund bur- niedly, though quite coolly. A few ininutes were then this morning. Two-thirds of occupied by the photographer, who tovk 4 picture Of) ted up in worthless the coudemoed man ana tho grouped line of spectators, I except the stock holders wil! lo: receiverships, buukruptey proceedings, ibel,, slunder, false imprisunment, 18 being thoroughly examined 10 with great putieuce by Mr. O’Conor, Who is probably the only manu who can grasp tue mater sulliciently to make & docision satistactory to all parties. NATIONAL BANK FAILURE. Troy, N. Y., March 24, 1877. The National Bank of Gloversville closed its doors # capital—$150,000-—1s cinimed that no one by the suspension, aper, I al men accompanied the | srs. Elihu | | was the place cho cause of an almost endless reeurd of vioody crimes, | and now it commands attention in consequence of | being the scene of criminal plot and counterplot, the details of which are highly interesting and the actors in which are persons of national notoriety. One of them is ex-United States Detective Ichabod C. Nettleship, familiarly known as “Nettle,” the same | who was indicted us the urch-conspirdtor in the famous Washington sate burglary, Another 1s Thomas ¥, Somerville, the New York lawyer, who was implicated and indicted for complicity in the same piece of villany, SUll anotuer is George Engel, of Brooklyn, a woted forger, otherwise called “Major Howard.” The plot was one ip which the lawyer ana the forger sought to convert over a quarter of x mill. jou of stolen United Stutes bonds, tive-tweniies, mio money al the expense of the government. The coun- tor plot wax that iustead of ther buving “skinned? ihe goverument, the government has “skinned them They sought to get Nettlesbip to conspire with them, | and he entered into their scheme, which after tour mouths of careful labor on the part of ail three has Just ended ip their being tripped up and safely caged in the Essex County Jai, and in the ex-detective being the hero of a most extraordinary piece of misplaced contiiesce. Last November Nettieahip received a despatch from nis old triend Somerville, asking him to vast im in New York. Netthesuip did wo. Believing that Net- Uesbip was ready to join ina protitable job Somer. villa told the ex-detective that a friend of bis nad between two hundred and fifty and two hundred and sixty thousand dollars worth of United States five. twenty stolen bonds, which it was desirable to change into money, As the owners had, beyond doubt, stopped payment by advising the government that ceriuin numbers had been stolen, it was necessary to concoct some plan whereby the government could be gircamvented, Newtle’’ gave ‘fom’? to understand that he could proceea aud talk treely with Lim. “rom? did 0, PLAN Ov TIKk RonuERY, ‘The plan whereby the Treasury wus to be robbed wus as loliows:—bBy some means the numbers were to be vbiained from the Treasury Departinent of a suit. | cient number of good bonds—bonds in possession ot | thoir owners, ‘The uames were also to be procured. ‘The names und numbers of the stolen bonds were Lo be akillully erased aud the nomes and vumbers obtained trom WaShiugtou were to be torged in their places, ‘As “Nettle? was so well acquainted with government peopte in Washington, and especially in the Treasury Department, it was believed that be couid find some employé there who, for u handsome consideration, would secure the names and numbers required, Georgo Engel, the ‘Major,’ was on band to do the forging and alteriug, and that was enough to assure that part of the business being done Iu tirst class at ‘Toe altereu bo were to be nto the Treasur, rtment, exchanged tor four-thirty bonds and thus turned into cash: Nettiestip listenes to the story through, He would, he satu, take a little time to coti- sider the matter nud would give Tom an answer ina day or two, Meanwhile Tom could rest assured that , “Nettle,” would stand to hia dutv like aman, The pair parted vowing everlasting friendship. BKENEPIT OF “SETTLER?” CONSIDERATIO: The ex-detective (ook into his confidence as an a viser a Newark triend, Alderman De Voureney, aud Was docided that Nettlesiip shoula go on to Vanda - ton aod lay the matter belore Secretary Morrill. He id xo, and it was there agreed that Nettleship should " d with the scheme and have the forger und the lawyer caught in flagrante delictr, Meanwhile Nettte- ship had seen Soinerville and imiormed hin that be was ready to ‘go 1m aud win.” He bad been working Jong enough for others, getting ali the kicks and few hu’pouce, he said; but now that a good chance offered he would do @ hittle work for himeel!, Meanwhile ) Newtleship procared the following to siow that he was in the coufldence of the Treusary Department:— No This t rk CL Nettiestiy has imvor the Seerctaiy of the Treasury of certuin frauds, which 1 Deleved ard meditated vy wh States vouds ure to be frauduiently altered a vo that tuelroxehanze at the presentation. The method divel does nut prejudice kovermment or its creditors, mad approved by this departinent. GEORGE F. FALMOT, Sollertor of the Treasury, Armed with this Nettleship proceeded with his plans, From Messra, James D. Urieu and James A, Hedden, two Newark bunk cashiers, he obtained numes and numbers of bondholders and bonds, proots that he was gomg along swimmingly. In bis co fldence, lending him whasever aid he weeded, was Mr, James J. Brooks, Cet of thes t Service, | FAILURE NUMBER ONE. When everything had buen arrangod, the bonds beautitully ulterod und names torged, ‘Mayor’ Howard backed dowa, He was alraid to go on to Washington. He wight be “nabbed” on sight there. Upou con- sideration he wouldn’t go. Somebody cise coud, but no Washington for hi ‘This upset Nettles’ have the puir bagged at the Treasury Department us uescribed above, Tbe ‘Mayor’? sent the following tolegral cn To Mr. Nerinxsiir, 98 Pennsy Don't leave, 1 will com Th ayor’? didn't, but Tom Somerville came ine stead the next day aod explained why backed down, to make new arrangemeuts to tnake the urrest in Newark instead of Washington. He offered a plausible excuse to Somerville tor delay, and consulted with the | department. He tolu Tom he would write to a friend in Wasbington to know if certuin papers required to be fighed there. That night Nettieship received a letter Irom Somerville stating that perhaps it would ve better for hit to go on to Wasuingtuo and get the informe: tion tustead of trusting to the answer by mail, tlesnip agreed ww this, got $20 for expenses a turted, ws Somerville posed, tor Washington, 1 tend of that hu stayed av home and completed his plaus for the capture. i} | | PAILURE NUMBER TWO, | Finally the couuterplot was completed, Tuesday | night was set for the urrest of Somerville and Kagel. Nettiesnip’s house, No, 9 Brunswick street, Newark, n jor the atest. Somerville and sttloabip, Dringing the bonds with | in his bed- | ‘ork Dopart- Aikinson an assist- | other officers, Small holes hud | been bored in the bedovom dyors, €0 that everything | xoing on in the purlor could be seen, as Will as | heard, A tew blocks off, im Dr, Lyous’ house, No ¥ Orchard street, United States Commissioner Joun Whitebead sat reaay to bold court im case any law- Ureakers came belore bin, At the appointed tne Somerville turned up, alone, Kugel bad remained in | Brovklyp, Nettieship and Tom bad along chat, every | word of whic! rd and noted by the officers be- hind the doo’ Somerville pulled out a bundle of Nettlestp's that Netilesbip should wke th hanged, returo and divide on Friday wight, and get £130,000 worth more on Moa- Engel was to come sure and get his “divvy”? ou y night alowg with Somerviile. ottieship eon- cluded to wait aud catch both, so Somerville went away unmolested ARKESTED AT LAST. On Thursday there was posted 1u Washington a letter written by Nettieship to Somervilic, and on Friday, “on bis Way home,” ax it were, Nettlestip had a | sent tu Somerville from Wilmington. (t was sent between twelve and e o'clock, the time tne Washington train stops tn Desp and letter were duly recvived by Somerville, and satisied hin that all was right. ‘The same evening, according to | agreement, he turned up at Neitl Engle were to vixit bonds, sore $19,000, ana placed them hanas. It was agre time accompanied by the "Mayo iuto the parlor they found Nettlestip with his boots and coat off, bis travelling vuixe by his wide, and showing every appearance ol beim travel stained und = wearied, — The man had not been outside his house wil day. | while, as on the Tuesday the othcers were | in the adjuining roo Jommissioner | ng ut Lyons’ residence, After suluting his gIVing them to Understand that everything was wil right, Nettioship arose, took out tis Keys and suid ho would get them something. He reured, as ‘Yom and the Major supposed, to yet the sway avd pro- ceed with the “uivvy.’’ Seureely had Netueship dis- appeared When in marched Clict Brooks wud three other officers. iu the twinkling of an eye aimost the ‘To say that d rendered spec hiess, ve their situation, They were x founded they were mot pair Were seized aud securely Landeufted, they were atnuzed, astounded w buviaintly de. nd added couls of fire on the head of the wretced lawyer-crimmal, Ln a tow seuld- | ing words he denounced hit jor having attempted to | Hleship, ‘The latter nppoared tead =ohim into) “a damnable conspiracy and | fraud,” and said ho oWed his present predica- mut entirey to himselt and not Nettleship, The pair were then removed to where Mr, Whitehead wa and after a brief examina’ awex County Jail, on were consigned to tl where they now remain in d 1 eweh, “They are a iu Englishman by birt, 10 and He has @ wite and family about fitty y re gol 18 @ German, about thirty years iu New York. plan to | | ally f age, and kept a foro bank ‘somewbore im tue metropolia, Ibis believed the balance of the stol bouds will be recovered. The bands obtained ou Fi day might are described tollows:—One in which ‘Mas inserted the name of Verry Hemsley tor $10,000; eo with the name of Leonard Kean jor $5,000, and | | tour of $1,000 ewe im the name of J, Ogden Sn A sourch warrant was tesued by Justice Walsh, of Brooklyn, yesterday ww the United States 3s Vice officers to enable them to search the res the “Major,” No. 278 Provident street. importance was found, howev MR. HALL STILL MISSING, NO TRACE OF HIM YET FOUND LY THE DETEC- TIVES ~ SPECU JECLURES OF HIS FRUNDS—A COMRESPONDENT WHO THINKS N¥ HAS GONE TO EUROPE. ‘The Hall mystery is a myetery still, and the theories to account for the unexplained and proionged absen: of the missing ex- Mayor still grow tu number aud va- riety. It 18 uO exaggeration to say that since Brooklyn thoatre disaster nothing las been so geoer- laiked avout as the disappearance of Mr, Hull, ‘The theme 1s on every tongue, aid as there are almost | no facts to support auy theory that may be offered speculation is {ree to roam ut large, One mau think that Sir, Hall has been foully dealt with in Brookly avother rather suspects that im a fit of mental aberration he committed suicide; a third insists that he bas gone to Europe, aud neither of the three has any defuite ground for his opinions, However, the Vast majority of intelligent people,who were heard discussing the event yesterday in the courts, at hotels | and at theatres still ling to the opinion that Mr, Hal hud absented himself tor some reuson or other and | would turn up before many days were over, This | opinion prevailes more especially ainong the law. | yers aud court attendants who know Mr. Hall's char. | acter best, and who seem to have @ blind faith in the lively ex-Mayor’s pluck and smartness, and theretore would not believe that fate could already have cou- quered bim who had tought It su gallantly in the past years, “1 think be bas gone to Europe, and that wel | hear of hun next Tuesday or Weanesday,” said a clerk ofthe Supreme Court, und the writer heard this view | echoed by mupy others during the day, “f believe Hull 1s too wide awake a man to be mur- dered by some Brooklyn cutthroat,” said another geu- Homan at the Astor House yesterday, “Yes, aud he is too smart to cummit suletde,” an- other returned, and doth finally agreed that he must hive gone to Europe. MALL BUYING CANADA MAM, A novel and striking fact in this case was discovered yesterday by the Writer, which, though insiguiflcaat in itsoll, may poraibly prove a clow worth following up, An uptown boukseller, who 18 well _kuown to the con munity, and who Wou'd not be suspected of a desire to create u Sensation at the expense of truth, Mr, Bre tang, tells this remarkable story :— “A tow evenings betoro Mr, Hull disappeared, ho came to me and asked me if I bad any good maps of Canada anda tourists’ gutdo of Great Britain, as be wauted them tora tl Tasked him to go down stairs and luok wb my laps to see it Le could Und any that would suit him, He went down stairs, aud woul he cume up again tasked him if oe had tuund any that had suited aim, He suid yos, and promised to call in Qfew days tu gel tem, Un Luesday, the Lib of March, three guys velure his disuppearance, be came again’ ute my store, at about uine o'clock in the) = morning. 1 sat im front, as usual, but ait not ove lim come in, so that ne tmust have come im very quistly, He got ‘Bruayhaw's ioustrated Tourists’ Hana took Of Great Britain and Ireiand, with Maps, Town Plans and Views,’ and Col- wou’s inups of Upper Canada, of Lower Ouuada and of New Brunswick, Suva Scotim and Newfouudiand, Mr. Hull pain $2 75’ for the guide and seventy-live cents cach tor the three maps. Lnese mape gave every town aud Village, every post roud, anu, in aot, everyting that a tourist could desire. "I noticed ut the ume that Mr. Hali, instead of taving the book aud the maps charged to bis biil ws usual, paid the boy itstend of paying ie, abd sipped OUL Without accosting Me, as be hud Yoon iu the babit of domy tur the last iwenty years. W ver he came in be would say, Woruiny, Broutano,’ ve *Goed evening, Brentuao,’ aud yencraily said yoodby wheu be left, dad tis quiet, Uoobserved ‘entrance a.d stealthy exit without 4 nod or a word ye to thinking that he probably did not cure to be seen by me, ur LO lot me kuLW of bis pur- chase, and this suspicion Was afterward cuntirimed 10 my mind by weiguing the act that be paid the boy in- stead of buving the book and maps charged in bis bill, Now | waot you to be very particular to stuio that L guard the secrets of my customers uel would my Own, Hod thal my only object in revealing these facts is to pacify the public ind und to show that there us @ probability of nis baviug gone to Europe by way of Cunada, That isthe ouly reuson thai impels me to xive Wee fucts to the public, Who, L think, are need. | lessly excited murder, 1 have twenty years, und | believe be bus neitoer been tuur- gered nor has he comuitied suicide, but that be bus slinply gone to Europe.” THE PRIRNDS AND FAMILY WITHOUT NEWS, Recorder Hackett went to the Long Istuud Sports- men’s Club house at Isitp, yesterday, on bis usual Sat urday jaunt, He certainly required this day’s recrea- ng been greutly ullected by the disuppear- his lile-ioug friend, Phe Kecurder kuew wotn- iby whatever that Was uew and was unable tu give any detinite theory beyend bis uadetined dread that sume accident had velailen bit. Judge Brady was also Without avy hew juformavion, but sill bopeiul that Mr, Hall would turu up iu Europe th a day or two, al- tuough the tong ery began LO Wuar a threutouing look also to win, At Me Hal's residence Was a stream Of Visilors, mostly imtumate [rends of the fanny, who cuime to cousule the sorrowing wile and duaguters, A iriend of Mre, Hail suid that be had Gone bis utmost to console ber, but that every discus: sion of the subject ended io ber breaking Gown uoder her load of gftel, so that be was now convinced no cundoling and delusive assurances of Mr. Mull’s surety could quiet Hackett, it should ve adde: Wighly indignant yester- day atthe ay pete pablished im a moraing journal that he (Mr. Ha ueW where Mr, tall was, but Wua purposely poping tho public im the dark, anu pro- nounced tt fulse. A REWARD TO BE OFFERKD, Mayor Kly was usked yesterduy whether ho did not ¢ ulurming reports of possivle propose to oller a reward tt Mr. Hai did not turn up | rouw, ‘The Muyor tuumated that if the famiy of the the Mayor | What Nettleship now wanted was ume | rar ————— issing man Would request it, aud the mystery cone tinued much longer he would p biy ieet bound to dy 0. When asked waat he thought of the suange Jair he said, “111 were any man in the world besides Oakey Hall [ should suppose that be hud met with foul play; but he is such a practical Joker that [ toed certain Wat be will turn up again.” ‘Tho Mayor laughingly assented to the remark of a fricud ul Wis Who Was present that the first doiuite uews avout Mr, Hail would come trom Europe. Yhe memorunua in Mr, Hall's privaie diary would oem to indicate that he had a “Brooklyn engage ment;’? but beyond this nothing by to elucidate the mystery of his cot . ‘Tue name of Mrs. Eilou Davis Morga made pubs Lo yesterday as aclieut of Mr. Hall, seeking a divorce trom her husbund, Leonard Morgau. Who this lady 19 is w profound secret, Netwber Ler name vor her wus. | band’s appears in either the Broukiyu of New York directories, NO PROOF OF A VISIT TO TROOKLYN. Superintendent Campuetl, of the Brookiyn Police Departinent, bad no further infurmation (an on the vious The Superimtendent expressed humselt bo tanh he rookly v bueory The reporter asked the of any professiuua buxiwees ever ; iat Your wind in relation to the theory of the murder of Mr. Hail ia Brookiyu?’’ continued the reporter, “None whatever,” was the reply, “Oa the coutrary am the more convinced that that theory is cotirely uu- tenavle. Mr, Hall hag not yet beeu even pro Have v sited Brooklyn, ‘The mystery ot his disappear ance and coniinued auseace ix Undoubiediy very great, but there ure yet oud grounds for hoping that be may be think, HOW, As a SU arrive m Liverp I have not pat any o! because | have rece dirom in a tew days 1 last Saturday w week, paruy d hy request to do so Irom New York, bucit [ thoaght that there was any probabil.ty of His having met with toul play here | would nos wait Jor apy such request, but I #c@ ho reason to velieve any | such idea," AMONG MR. GALLS FRIENDS, Diligent inquiry among (he intimete {rlonds of ex- Mayor Mall yesterday tailed to elicit anything new ree garding bis whereabouts, Ail the clews that have been advanced have be: onchision—an unsacist ilar language of the cetvcuy 1 them will show water.) Among the dramatic profession the opinion obtains that Mr, Hal! saved for Europe on the steamer Brivannic on Savurday morning aud it 1s shared by the family aud friends Oo; the missing man, Those tearcst aud | dearest to Mr. Hall tuink that when he culled aloud for Jimmy, his clerk, on Friday might, be wanted him to post or carry # jeuer tw his tuuily, Jimmy had gone, and it is DoW supposed that be thrast toe jewer Wto bis pocket and carried 1b out of town with kim, whether to Europe or vot is nut known, March 24, 1877. To rue Euston or tux Hexanp:— Avent the disappourance of Mr, Hall nearly ovor one has a theory, Permit me to give you min I know Mr, Hail, and knew bim quite well in New Orleans belore bis débutin this city, He is a natural genus, but a very eccentric one. Great wits are to mad, And thin partitions do their bounds divide: ‘This fact should be borne in mind tn endeavoring to solve the problem of the gentieman’s disappearance, About two months ago | was in the taw office ty Lon. don of Jadah P, Benyatmin, ox: tary of tho Treas. ury for the Confederate States, with whom Mr, Hall read law In New Orleans. Mr. Benjamin is in the fore- most part of the first rank at the English Bar, and by many lawy is thought without a peer im that coun. try. 1m Chatting about old (riends and the Bar gener- ally On hoth sides of the Atlante Mr. Benjamin spoke of bis lormer pupil ond associate, Mr, Hall ior woom « near allied, the | “Good | nown Mr, Hali well for the lust | there | | to Kurope, as 1 | | he had great reapect and admiration. He toi me that he Ne ciery Mr, Hall to Loudon Se Seseeee | they could | chentage in the world, Mr. Hall would by ve hia inerative ehice and his tond triends | country, even for # more proitable Mr. Benjamin said be thought Mr. Hall would conquer this weakness; that be lad taken hes (Benjamin's) aunts ito serious consideration, and that he believed we would vot have to walt very long 70 hear of Mr, Hall as a Queen's Counsel. Une dav, a ft weeks ago, | mentioned to Mr. Hail what Mr. would necept trength lo tear himself really believed he could from his friends; that he ake his profession pay better in London than here,” and he playfuily concladed, with a pun ou bis own name, that “if hard tines contintied inuch longer he to make a ‘haul’ wayhow." tric ht go there long enough Now, may not the eccens gentiemnas, in a moment of pique, or trom ce, lor which be seems to Lave had ample abt the sympathetic Kociety ‘OF, wince bis tamily and friends land, may it not be thag, ro himself and them deprecated tis removal to in order to avoid & scene and 8 win of uttering that er | deemed it better to tear himselt away clandest ‘Vuking this theory with the well known character of he man, is it not plausie ble? c A.D. D COME HOME.” “I WISH H THE STRANGE CASK OF A, L, MACNAB, THE MISSING LAWYER—HIS DISAPPEARANCE STILE A MYSTERY. A case, whicn io many of its aspects parallels that of Mr. A. Oukey Hall, bat web, tu the coucentration of the public mind on political issues at the date of its occurrence, excited little attention, is furaisbed by the mysterious disappearance on the night ot February 17 of | Alexander L, Macoub, a real estate lawyer, thirty-two yeurs of age, doing business at No, 73 Nussau street, in conjunction with bis partner, Mr, Robert Gilien, Hye left bis home, a modest woodea structure at No, 63 128th street, on Saturday moruing in good spirits and Re acney directly to his olfice. H1s clerk stnied in un interview with a HxkaLp reporter yesterday that he started for Harlem at five P. M., Intending to call by the way ona chent in Fourth avenue, by whom he was detained so long that be missed the quarter to ten P.M. train, and was compelled to wait af the Grand Central depot unul a litte after ten, He stepped into a brilicnt saloon on Vanderbilt avenue and remained a few minutes gossiping with the passing acquantances, of whom every professional man nas so many, “Good night, geatlomen,” he cried airily as tho hands of the clock marked ten minutes past ten, “T must not miss my tram again.’ And he stepped out of the saloon, As he was always in the habit of telegraphing to his wile when he was dee tained op business im the city, Mra Macnab pussed the night in sleepless worry because ot bis failure wo do so in this instance. Sunday and Monday passed aud he did not uppear, On Tuesday moroiog Mra, ab repaired to bis office in Naswau street, und learned to her consternation that he bad started tor home on saturday alteraoou at tho usual hour und had not becu at bis oitice since, The case Was promptly reported to Superintendent Walllug, who handed it over to the eng 8 SULLEN ITALIAN, An Italian, who! keeps a candy stand in front of No. 76 Nassau sirect, tt appears had had a turiods quarrel with Mr. Macnab, w tew days betore, and the latter hud ftruck his wptagouist during the ute, This man was missing the kext inurning and did not turn up tur several days. Upon this clew, with the report that the man hud vowed vengeunce, the detectives worked for a few days; Lut presentiy the Italian reappeared al bis place ‘of business, und a# there Was abso- lutely no evidence against him, thougn suspected and shadowed, he Was not serivusly mole: sted, wud still dispenses dingy aud adulterated confectionery to itn- pocunivus oflice boys. [tis conldently stated thas this man was compelled to come tv America in conse- quence ol a eriminal curcer at home; but, on the other laud, It appours (hat vows of Vengeance are everyday alfuirs With him, and have never amounted to violence hitherto. A lawyer's clerk at 70. 76, who, ho ciara, is tudebted to him tn the sum of ene centon meandy Iraunsuchion, has been devoted to sauguinary | vengeance every dav for some weeks, aud still lives tu laugh at the jargon of tbe dark-eyed retugec. So with ali the office boys 1m the vicin A trkin of butter also mysteriously disappeared trom Mr, Mac. nab’s vilive on the Monduy alter his ceparture, and it Was thougtit (hat Macoub’s key bad been used to enter the apartinent; but us it was occupied in common by several persons, this clew was as iuelieetive us the other, In the meantime ft was taken for granted by all connected with tbe case, except Mrs, Macnau heroelt, that the lawyer has teen the victim of some sudden onslaught of violence, He hud from 200 to $400 sinh pocket when he set out ior Harlem, bata thorough exami. ution ot lis allairs has shuwn tbat be converted no property iuto money previous to bis disappearance, wnd that he left his buminess in pertect order. He ha | co! ected for cents ouly the day bolore a considerable umount of mupey, and had pata it over to the last dollar. His clerk was busy yesterday 19 overbeulog hw papers aud analyzing his atures, but fuds uo nyagoment (hat can explain his absence, while there gyno heavy gratuitics tu the, case the detectives practically abandoned it. INTERVIEW WITH MHS. Macy, With « view tu obtain and verity ull tho tacts in the case, Mrs, Macnab was intervwwed yesterday alter. hoov, That ho did not enter the Grand Central Depot alter leaving the billiard saloon op Vanderbilt avenue 18 established, but that a stroug man, well muscled and alert, suould Lave been spirited away in such @ puptic quarter of the city also staggers credulity, | Mrs. Macnab said that ber hasbuad was very regular and domestic in tis habits, and that she bad never seven him tipsy during the several years of their um She believes, however, that he is noc dead, n questioned as to the grounds ior such belief she could only shake ber bead sadly and say, 1 wish he would conw home!” Mis neighbors speak of the man as a kind and gentle husband wud fathe 1 tho suggestion that there might be w tady ia the case. His disappearance eaves his family comparas tively destitute, for he was us yet a struygiing man ine difficult profession and had accumulated no property of ALY COMsequence—not enough, ab least, lo teinpt the detectives to Piligence, He was very popular smong the citizens of Harlem, who regarded hin as an boo. orable member of the protession, who would sooner 0 Jator distinguish himee MISSING MEN. Mr. Delapierre, a’Frenchian, arrived some time ago | in this city with quite a large sum of money which he intended to invest, He stopped ut the Van Dyke House until last Wednesday, when he weut outto take a walk, He bad bis moiey with him and lias not been heard of since. His clothing and property are astili at the hotel, ustave J. Adolph Sebulty, of leit bis resid it No. 18; | MORE Koenigsberg, ou Moon: hau « considerable suin of money with bin, THE $ STRANI DE D ~ STEAMERS, CONDITION OF THE RUSLAXD AND THE AMERIQUE YESTFRDAY — PREPARING 10 TRANS© FEB THE KUSLAND'S CARGO, [py RAPH TO THE HERALD.) Lose Buascu, N. J, Maren 24, 1997, The Rusland is iu good positon tor unloading, if the Sea remains smvoth, The Relief came down this morn- | ng; Wut was kent back about haif-past eight A. M. for | liuhters whic have been lying inside of Saady Hook. Evertthing was ready for transtorring the cargo to lighters, although the sea was very rough. Captain De Horsey says he does not think the vessel has moved » | thore than ten feet in any direction; her bow is headed | West of north; she liys nearly level with the er which is breaking over her trom stem to atern at tall tide, Tho saloon furniture and swall stores are alt | packed up and ready to be paton the Relief as soon ae the sea moverates, The Kelief, with two lighters im tow, arrived off the stranded snip at hulf-)ast one, and was itatnediately ordered buck to Now York for'more | Hahvore ‘Those that were down being partly loaded 16 did not take loug for the completion of “argo. the other at hatl-past ony returning at half-past the | five. M. The freight was taken out of the forward | batch, and water coud be seen | second deck, It 18 the intention | Merritt, who has © | nunervision of | loading atdaybreak to-morrow, The pumps have not been put to work yet, there being but one small pump | on board, The sea was so rough that the ti ler ag | the larger pumps trom the Retief was not pi It is wndersiwod the diver will xo dowa ane the bulkheads on Monday, alter which the pumping of the steamer will be commence THE AMBRIQUE. Your correspondent was ou board the Atmerique to- | day. The captain expected to move her ut bigh tide, Dut Was unable to do #o 4s there was no Working sea, It is Very smooth at that point. MAD DOGS IN CONNECTICUT, {From the New Hav e n Journal, March 23,) Newhailviile, Coon., was wrought up to quite a high pitch of excitement yesterday, and many of the tof habitants retrained from venturing out of their houses for fear of hydrophovia, a report being rile that @ | number of wad dogs were raging around, It appears that a large dog belonging to Mr. Dart, of the Orne of Dart & Reynolds, carriage mavuiacturers, w | mad, oF ab least exhibited decided symptoms of ‘madness, as be rusted bout foaming wb the mouth, with eyes wildly glaring, and snapped at yihing be met On bis travels he bit several Andsat la 4 vumnber of mea tarned with guns avd pistols and sbot the mad dog, and, | reports are true, despatched his canine vietime alae, | The terror which had alfecied People owing to tt had not bh dige ui a8 hue te | that some one of the dogs whiel been bitten might | not have been killed,