The New York Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1878, Page 6

6 TOSS OF THE THATCHER. | Springs a Leak and Founders * in a Storm. SAVED IN A SAILBOAT. ———— + Terrible Sufferings and Providential Res- cue of the Crew. ‘The accumulated misfortunes and miseries of ship- wreck, bodily suffering and loss of goods were pa- thoetically related yesterday by Carl Anderson, chief mute of the American schooner George E. Thatcher, which was lost on the 19h of October last while on ber voyage between Boston sud the west coast of Africa, She went down in latitude 32 deg. north and longitude 35 deg. west. ‘The Thatcher was a three-masted schooner, of some 600 tons burden, and hailed from Boston. She left that port on the Sth of Ociober last on her way to Almina and intermediate stopping places along the west coast of Africa, taking on board a cargo of rum, wobacco and provisions. The voyage weut on pros, porously, the weather being moderately favorable Hil the thirteenth day out (October is), when it began to blow very hard from the northeast. The wind continued to increase in force and fury all that day, and in the afternoon it blew a perfect hurricane. The force of the tempest lashed the waves towhiteness. ‘‘hey came on with the strength of moving mountains, and their jagged trests were dashed into icy spray by the driving blast. The mate, who told the story spoke with » Norwegian accent, and as he went on to describe the fearfnl scene of the storm his shaggy brows became sontracted over his flashing blue eyes, his sandy beard quivered with excitoment and the man’s whole frame swayed to and fro as if moved by the motion of the vessel at the time of which he spoke. SPRUNG 4 LRAK. It was about five o’clock in the afternoon. The wehooner was laboring heavily and the seas frequently washed her decks, when the mate discovered a large hole in the port bows, about three feet above the water line. It seemed to him as if the port had been struck by some powerful spar or other timber and the planking knocked out, leaving an opening about three feet square for the angry waters to rush through. Anderson looked upon the frightful sight with dismay—all the more so because the vessel was at the time on the port tack, which brought the yawning chasm in her bows under water every lurch she gave. ‘The schooner was under bare poles, ex- cepting @triaail on the mizzenmast, which remained ap so as to “balance her.” Anderson was ths first to discover this disastrous leak, and fearing to alarm Captain Johusun, he went up quietly to him where he was standing on the fore- castle and said— “Look here, Captain, there’s a hole in the port bor the old port has been knocked in.’” may ,”’ replied the captain, “we are sink- The mate said, encouragingly, “It is not very bad rs the planking is not started yet.” After some ther remarks the Mate again said to “the old man’ “This is no place for us; we may be knocked over- board.” “Yes, that is so,” said the captain. While this was passing both skipper and mate were on the forecastle. The latter then hastened below to try and stop the hole. He took three new tarpaulins and an inch and a half plank, stretching the cloth across the bole by the of some of the crew, and wedged the plank between the stanchions and beams to keep all snug. Just as he re- turned on deck from his effort to the hole a heavy sea came along, carrying destruction before it, and smashed im the forecastle, Anderson ran up to the wreck of the forecastle but missed “the old man.” The mate looked around on ides but could not see his superior officer. He saw five of the crew on the lee side working hard to pull aman on board; he thought it must be the cap- fein; “the stan wae Soon brought on deckl and he proved to be a Frenchman, Paul De Bois. The fear- Tul truth now flashed upon the minds of all that Captain Jounson had been swept overboard, and that while they were rescuing one ot their shipmates from the jaws of death their commander was struggling tor life. The men now laid hold ot the rigging, gome of them got on the spars and all tried their best to find the missing captain, thinking he might be Boating about and that it would still be possible to Yescue him. He was never more seen. GOES DOWN IN THE STORM. The mate vow assumed command of the deomed vessel, and the crew seconded bis efforts in doing all that could be done for the com- mon safety under ,such singularly trying circumstances. A fearful sea carrie? away the buiwarks aud smashed the cabin door; another, more frightfal still, came in curling its green, serpentine foids, till it overtopped the spars of the ill-fated craft, and bursting with all its might upon her, almost buried vessel and crew in the caves of the ocean. The Thatcher, as if struggling for life, arose again to the surface, shook herself free from the foamy tlood and renewed ber batue with the bil- lows. One of the boats was stove in, the rudder was goue, the jibboom broken aud the working year on the pump smashed. In aword, the schooner lay a helpless wreck, Duileted about by the relentiess storm. The gearing of the bilge pump was shifted to the other pump, and a fruitless attempt was made to work it. At this supreme moment came a calm, which lasted for about ten minutes. The vessel, not being able to steady lerseif, was pitched about like achip. “My es, how she rolled!” exclaimed the mate; “she looked like a cork in a storm, and seemed as if sho ‘would roll all the sticks out of her.” He saw the danger of letting her toss about in this fearful fashion, and, seizing an axe, to ent away he. mainmast, but was not able to com- ete this duty till the wind set in with Tenewed strength from the* southwest. The mate Gived into the cabin and looked at the barometer; it was down 25.7. All hands were placed at the pumps, but the water, which had not been kept out yy the temporary covering over the damaged port, ¢ontinned to rgain, and as e' hing wae wet in the hold, it was impossible to sound the vessel. She was sinking gradually. By eleven o'clock at night the Mizzenmast was carried awuy amid the howl of the winds which swept the rigging. The wreck around the fallen mast was soon ¢! away. At half-pass one o'clock the fore and inain Tastes were broken like reeds, and the vessel began to settic down fast. Then, in tho dismal darkness of the night, amid the boiling waves and the screeching wind, the crew bethought themselves of the remain- ing Hoat. It was successfaliy launched, the cabin hoy put into it to keep the oars, and at two o'clock the crew followed. They had n0 time to save any- thing but what was on their backs. Three-qnarters of a barrel of Dread and one ham composed the stock of provisions that was saved from the whole cargo; no water was at hand, and in addition to these stores the mate was able to add his sextant, the ship Pom nometer aud a few other nautical instruments. The boy in the bout held on tothe thwarts and the re- mainder of the crew ju in as best they couid, The Thateler was now at e mercy of the elements, and the crew iu the boat bad hard work to keep away from her on account of the suction. The crew had not been long off the sehgoner when she was strnek in the counter by a heavy sea, and then gave # great lurch to leeward before she plunged head dowuward iato the fachoimless deptlis. At THR MERCY OF ‘TITH WAVES. ‘The storm continued to rage till near when the wind begon to lull. The waves calmed down. The z in mid ocean, ina ship's boat, with only quarters of @ barrel of bread among them, no h staring them in the face. They lay rom Saturday til Monday, bat no rail appeared on the horizon, and they began to realize almost certainty of a agonizing death. In this drewdful t men kept cool and behaved well. They suffered like martyrs and were resolved to die like About three o'clock on Monday morning a fair breeze set in from the northeast and the lingering hope of life Legun to revive im the breasts of the suffer: ariners, A blanket and agailor’s coat, which shoul we been mentioned as among the articles in the beat, were made into ® sort of sail, and with this spread of sail the boat bore sway for the track mort frequented by vessels plying between Burope of America and the West Indica. The island of Trinidad was believed to be the nearest land, aud that was 1,000 miles away. The sufferings of the crew were fearful, Exposed to the inclemency of the weather, in a stark starving condition, their tongues swollen and lips parched, with an excruciating thirst that became Almost unbearable, time and again they fervently prayed for relief in death. A BALL IN SLOW, On Wednesday, October 2), at half-past seven in the morning, the splendor of tho ascending sun showed them the unspeukably weleome sight of a sail be ha Mind on hur starboard wek, si #mad shout of gladness, Gent alott with ali the remaining sirongth of the faanithiny saile ‘The stranger bowled along in her bourse oud the buat's crew fforta of men in their awfal condition to art the Hotice of the approaching vesecl. But she did not see the boat tintil it and its eargo of living skaletous were within @ mile aad o haif off. Then she made them out, hove to, tnd took thom on board. ‘fhe shipwrecked mon had been for five days in their boat, and cried for joy to find theruselves safe on the Norwegian bark Terzo, Captain Beily, icom Liverpool bound for Sandy Hook, (o await orders, Captain Reily and bis crew did everything possible to make the reseued seamon com- fortable ee picked them mp in latitude 27 deg. 15 min, aud longitide 67 deg. 40min, wert, The boat had thecn about five hundred miles from the spot Where the Chataher went down, The Terzo arrived off Suudy Mook late ou Vhareday night, and yest jue ore of the Thatcher were brought to tiie ity om NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1878—W1TH SUPPLEMENT. a tug and taken to the Suilors’ Home, Cherry street. In the afternoon they were sent by the Seamen's Friends Society to Boston. The names of the res- cued crew are:—First mate, Carl Anderson; second mete, Prederick Barrs; cook, Robert Jackson; se men, Dominieo Louraier, G. oe Clements, W. Cc land, Charles Brown, Joby Nilles, Paul Bois aud Lichard Allen, cabin boy. RACING AT PHILADELPHIA. SECOND DAY OF THE MEETING AT BELMONT PARK-—-THREE EVENTS~—SHYLOCE, GOVELNOR NEPTUNE AND WAVERLY THE WINNERS. Pautavecena, Noy. 15, 1878, ‘This was the second day of the Belmont Park run- ning meeting. The attendance was somewhat larger than yesterday, about one thousand persons being Present. The weather was fine, and the flat races were run ina very satisfactory manner, There were thrve events on the card—a mile and a quarter dash, two mile heais and a hunter’s steeplechase. ‘TAME FIRST RACE was a mile and s quarter dash fora purse of $150, which brought eight horses to the post, with Florence Payne the favorite. After two breakaways the flag fell, with Florence Payae in the Jead and the others well together, Passing the stand Florence Payne con- tinued in the’ lead, with Carrie Mack second and | , Hattie F. third. At the half mile Hattie F, had run to second place. These positions were main- until the three-quarter pale was reached, when Shylock, who had been running fourth, began to move up, and at the seven furlong was on even terms with Florence Payne, who quit badly and wes soon passed by both Shylock and Hattie F. Shylock took the racé by @ length from Patriot, who had come up With a rush and passed Hattie F.; Florence Payne, Carrie Mack, Fawin A., Holinswman and bt. James were uxplaced. ‘Lime, 2:16. WHE SECOND RACE, The two mile heuts for a purse of $300 had six starters. For the tirst heat Governor Neptune waa the favorite. At the second effort Deadhead jumped off with the lead. After passing the fst quarter Governor Neptune went to the front, Dick Sasser second and Deadhead third. Passing the stand Nep- tune was two lengths ahead of Sasser, who was six lengths abead uf Deadhead, Higgins fourth, Vontile tor fifth and Edwin A. sixth, lengths, Sasser second, Deullezd third, Higgins fourth, Ventilator fifth and‘Edwin A. distanced. Time, 3:41%. « Second Heat.—Neptune was the favorite over the field at the odds of two to one. As the flag tell ull tive got sway on even terms. Sasser soon showed in front, followed by Higgins, Neptune, Deadhead and Ventilator. g the three-quarter pole Neptune took second place. ing the stand Sasser led by « length, Neptune second, Higgins third, Deadhead fourth and Ventilator last. These positions remained unchanged until near the three-quarter pole, when Neptune went to the front and Deadhead to second ce, Sasser dropping back to third. ‘The race was hed in this order, Neptune ning by two lengths, Ventilator fourth and Higgins last, Time, 338A. THE THIRD Rack. ‘The Fox Hunters’ Steeplechase, for a purse of $200, enilemeg riders, had four starters:—-Dr. Bray's Vaverly, William Costigan’s Brayally, John Mc- Crystals’ Joe and A. M. Stevens’ Tom Moore, The race was a rather one-sided affair, «ll the horses refus- ing the jumps, and, although Brayally came to the wire first, the race was a to Waverly, who, the judges said, was the Sole horse to go over the course property. The races be continued to-morrow. the following are the probable starters and pools for to-morrow’s races, Mile and a half dash TROTTING AND PACING. ALABAMA STATE FAIR——RIPTON, BILLY KING AND MATTIE HUNTER THE WINNERS. Eoravta, Ala., Nov. 15, 1878. ‘The attendance at the Alabama State fair this after- noon was large. The races were as follows :— Fimstr Racxe.—Trotting between Ripton and Gouger; mile heats, best two in three. Ripton won two straight heats. Time, 3:00—3 ~ Skeonp Rack—Txorrinc.—Entries, Billy King, Lizzie wut Katie; mile he: best three in five, Billy — was the winner. Time, 2:47—2:47—2:4i. The third event was the great pacing race between Mattie Hunter and sleepy George. Mattie Hunter won the first heat in 2:26, Sleepy George the second heat in 2:22 and Mattie Hunter the third in 2:39,. PEDESTRIANISM. NAPOLEON CAMPANA’S ATTEMPT TO BEAT O'LEARY'S TIME—HE 18 DOING WELL. Barcrrort, Nov. 16, 1878, Napoleon Campana, alias “‘Young Sport,” is still on the tramp, and seems determined to beat the world in a long walk should he hold out the six days, and from his present appearance thore is no doubt in the minds of thore who are attending him but that he will. He is in mnch better condition to-day than he wae yesterday and is not troubled with any soreness of the cords of his limbs and is free from blisters on his feet. His wonderful powers of endurance still astonish his attending phy- sician and those who see him. The sore ness in his right leg from the knee to the ankle, which was 3 drawback to him yesterday, and a greater portion of this forenoon has partielly left him, and during the afternoon and evening he has appeared more limber. He has ran nesrly all this afternoon He has taken no and a portion of the early morning. nourishment to-day of any ac white grapes and figw and drank was taken off the truck last night at ten o'clock, aftor making his 402'¢ miles, and by the advice of his after eating @ little barley bed. He remained off the track wirtil 1:40 A. M., but only slept one hour and thi uurter's. At 1:40 he resumed his waik. At 12:30 this noon he had completed 44% miles; at 448 miles; at 2:33,450 miles; at 3: 5:05, 460 miles; at 7:15, 462 miles; at 7 at 7:46, 465 miles; at 7:58, 466 miles; at 8 miles and 6 lay He bas only been off the track for actual rest for a little over ten hours, and seems to complain every time that he is taken off about losing time. He keeps O'Leary's record by him, and seems bound to keep ahead of it. He is in excellent spirits to-night and says that he will beat O'Leary's best time or die on the track. He was presented this evening with s flannel walking suit by his friends. He has also received a number of fine presents, including several sums of money. He says that he will run 100 miles to-morrow, anil, jndging from his appearance at this writing, he will fos pba one he od the last day. A uumber of O'Leary's from New York were here to-night, also an artist from I'rank Leslie's, who is taking Ghewhes of the pedestrian. BASEBALL NOTES. ‘The Albany Baseball Association have secured the follewing players for next season:--Leonsrd, Man- ning, Murnan, Allison, Schaffer, Corey and McKinnon, Hetpechlager and Kent, the catchor and pitcher for the Alaska Club during the recent tournament on the Union Ground, have been engaged by Manger Ban- croft for next season's New Bedford team, Connors, of last season’s Hudson Club, of Hudson, X. ¥., hus been engaged to play with the Jersey City Browns next season. Bob Ferguson will run strong local team in Brook- lyn next season. Lip Pike, of last seasan’s Cincinnati team, is talking about running 4 strong professional team mext sea sou, and locating them at Coney Island, RACKETS. Two matches at American rackets were played at Hicks’ court, Hudson street, Hoboken, yesterday afternoon. In the first Michael Landy played against Joseph Benson and Thomas Godwin, Following is the seore:— «19 at 4b 2 18 18— ext aud last cont # between Nat Hicks, proprictor of the court, and Alderman Dwyer and J. ‘O'Sullivan. This mateh was @ spwited one, and resulted aa follows :— Hicks... Dwyer and 0 alliven. MeQuade's court, in ia_city being overhauled and put iu first class condition. FOOTBALL. In the football mutch this afternoon (Saturday), he- tween the University of Penusyivania and Columbia College, the following men will compose the Jatter's oun. Backs~ Morgan, Le Dour, Francke, Halfvacks—Herrick (1. 8.), Lincoln (1, §.), Weaver Ss Seamans (M. $.). ough, Potts, Cornwall, Hyde-Olarke (L. 8.), De Forest, Wilson, Patton, ds 8.) Law Selool (be 8.) Medical Sehool, The yame will be called at about forty-five min Titer past two on the Cricket Grounds, at Hoboken, Bagby Union rilcs:*iwo games of three-quarters of ou Dour cewek. A close aud exciting game is iooked fon ‘eptine continued to | increage his lead, and finally won tho race by four | | by Perk Commissioner Lane to Comptroller Kelly, in RIVERSIDE DRIVE. Serious Charges of Frand Made by Commissioner Lane. THE IGGER IN THR FENCE. Commissioner Conover Denies the Im- peachment and Talks Back. —— + ‘The following communication was sent yesterday reference to the alleged fraudulent performance of the Biverside drive contract:— Deranvtent ov Punuc Pans, } 36 Uston Sqvanm Nov, 15, i870, | f Hon. Joux Ketuy, Comptrrite siit—In your ledter of (he Gth of November inst. you ac: <> tie yeculps of # lettor fram me stating that [ ined to audit the vill of Decker £ Quintard for uit of contract for Kiverside avenue nthe ground that my persoual exami f the a iisfies me that it has not been performed according to the contract, and. you aml ine to polut out wharaia my Associate Comthissioners asa in errur tn cectifying tis bill, dnd iv what particulars the specifications have’ nos beet complied with, he contract and specifications have not beon com- th in vations particulare. 1. npecf which have bee tito sa wit, tho parapot wall and the pavemento! Th VARAPET Walle Thin wall serves as 4 parapet on the edze of the sidewalk overlooking the stoup declivity. which separates the avemua from the park. ‘The contract culls for. a wall one foot and a hall wideands foot and a balf high, wo be tiade of solid stone in one or two courses. If of ony course tho atone Tuust be of tie fall widsh and height of tho wall. Ifof two Courses. one tiust be of the full wldt of the wall, whtlo the Othor way be uf two stones, with a euntral vert exceeding one inch fn. thicknese, b ‘ to bo covered with a granite coping. Tho coping 19 all right, but the question arises us to the Couszenction of the wall. The wall which the contractors have built, and which tho intending enginecr, Mr, Vrauktin, has certified, aud Y proved, fs bullt ac follows: ixene foot and ahalf wide, two feet and a hall in pel all laid in two courses. It has no etonds running the full width ot the wall except the show onds, wud insiead of the stoues meeting iu the centre, with @ vertical joint not exceeding one inch, they are face slabs, with a space in the centro that averages, und sometimes largoly exceods, six Iuches, aud filled in with chips aud cor over with mort he objections to this wall are that such face slabs do not pose a solid stone wall. ‘hat it is in violation of the laws laid down by the Counsel to the Corporation, as stated in an opinion to the depurtuent in auswer to a question in regard to 1 tion in this same psrapet wall, that the dep. 0 such wltoration "or varkatis riution presents one of the wo: of what are known as “un balaueed or traudule ! An ttem in the contract for which » be ig is extcnded by the engineer for the benefit of the contracter deyond the quantities required by the contract or stated in the estimates on which tho bids were made. ‘The bid for this wall was $12 cubic «sai on an esti- mate that #25 cubic yards would bo 4 The quantities are increased by the vhanse in the height ‘of the walls sixty per coutur, wall as built is not worth over $6 per cubic yard, “Phis lucrease in the quantity of an item of profitable work is profitable ww the conirac- tors, and, being beyond the authority of the department, opens the door to the gravest frauds. PAVEMUNT OP THY DRIVE. ‘The conteuct requires that this roadbed should be exca- vated sixtean inches below the grade and thoroughly rolled. ‘Chat upon this a stone foundation shall be laid of quarry stones from seven to ten inches in depsh, nut excoediny fi- inehes in height snd generally fron three to cight es in width, to be evenly adjusted and coinpactly brought together as pavement, guarty chips are to Ue placed upon this, with a mixture of gravelly earth or hard Pan, 0 as to bring it to a jevel and make thie stone fonnda- tion ten inches in depth. And this is aiso to be thoroughly rolled. Upon this there are to be two successive coursos lak of gravel composed of stones from one to one and a halt inches in diameter, cach course tu be veparntoly rolled down to s depth of two inches, and upon this to be ® top layer of Roa Hook pare, aality equal to that, which 1s to be thoroughly rolled down to a’ depth of two fuches, This provides for a smooth, solid and compac stone. road pavement sixtecu inchos deep, such as has been laid down in the Contral Park and on the boulovards, and with whieh say nel on who observes the processes vt such road building iv familiar. ‘Mr. Franklin, the engineer of the work, appointed by the department, certifies on the 30th of September, 1478, that 9,800 square yards of this pavement of drive had ‘been completed in accordance with the contract. I have asked him to point ont on the ground where this 9,000 yards can be found. Ihave gone ovor the work personally, and know that there isnot one single yard constructed in’ this, way, Mr. Frankitn, of course, could not ao, this, but in ti statement he submitted to the Board, dated 11th October, ich ny assoviates hay In7s, he says that this has not yet been completed. ‘The work which bas been done, and which is now in progress and reveals itself to the obser- Vation of every one who chooses to look at it, is of « very bad wholly unfit for the purposes of a pavermont Park drive. Hough quarry stonos and chips, without the sizes required, huve been dumped upon the ind, and sometimes in single layers, and, exeopt in oueor two small places, evidently designed for samples, nowhero adjusted or compacted together. This has been covered with “bank sand,’ which ts not called for by the contract, is in violation of it, and makendt impossible to make « good stone pavement, The contract calls for five rollings oe @ ecu owed pavement, but no ler s been seen on ive Prom one-ond tothe other. Mr. Franklin is in the ditermiua between bis certifiexte of the September, 1878, that 9,000 square yards of this pavemer we been completed. ‘according to the contract and his letter of the Lith of Oeto- ber, 1878, in which he states that it has not heen completed. He is correct in his letter, tor he now contesees that ho is now unable to point out on the ground & single oue of the 9,600 square yards of pavement. A GROVE CHARGE PROKOUNCED. rtifieate, therefore, on which money has been pai jeliberate falsehood, and if it is not « fraud he shoul Lave the opportunity to show it. This gives another ilustration of tho evils of an un- bulaneed bid. The contractors’ bid for this stone pavemont was thirty couts per square yard. It is obvious that they could not butid {t, for the estimated quantity is 90,000 except ‘at great loss, for the average of the bids was ®1 por square yard. They, therefore, in order to suve tho 10; Of $00,000, ad to obtain the false eertificate of the {ineer’ that wach rough and worthless work as they did Was u fall performance of the contrac THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS OVERHAULED. square yards, wu Under any other circumstances 1 would consider it my duty to refrain from any cominents upon my nssociate Coumirsioners, but I recognize your right us the chict financial officer of the city to un auswer to your question. I think they have been in error in certifying these esti- mutes and sending them to you for payment month after month when the work was not performed according to the contract, and thus paying moneys of the city out to persons who are Lot entitled to it, in violation of the G6th seetion of the charter of 1873, In the winter of 1877 and 1878 the work had substan- tially stopped Because the jast requirements of Mr. Al- drich, then the superintend{ug engineer, in respect to the ex ccution of the contract, was such that the contractors conld not aud would not comply with them, |The first step of my associates was on the Lith duy of March, 187%, to remove Mr, Aidrich aud to appoint Mr. Franklin in hia place. They voted down my resolutions off h y for an inves tigation of the differences between the contractors and the department, and also for an inquiry as to the®testimonials and capacity of Mr. Franklin. I therefore voted against the removal of Mr. Aldrich and the appointment of Mr. Franklin. My ansociates after this proceeded to andit and approve for payment monthly estimates to tho contractors. Ip each case I refused, as chairman of the Anditing Committeo, to approve the bill, and algo voted against the moti tranammit the same to you for payment. on be essimutes 73 94 August i ust 7.... S50 st Rolember'é BI4I 14 October 2. duly 4. io In evory one of thone cases I explained my negetiv L have explained it in my lever os on the last Piwrote the following certiieste after it had ed by the other member of the Auditing Com- “L refuse to audit the foregoing vstimate of Docker & Quintard for $1512 00 for the reason that my porsoaal ex- the jafes we shat is bar not boea per. formed according to contraci, and that the certificats cf tue ongineer, Franklin, that it hes been sv periorined be Lu correct.” RESOLUTIONS WINCH WERB DEFKATED. . On the eh day of October, 1878, you communicated to the departmont a letter from Mr. Leopold Kidlics calling atten- tion to the defets in the ance uf the contract in re- ‘the parapet wall snd the roedbed and aleo in ro- spect to other items. At that rip! LoWered the follew- reumbiee and resolutions for an invest — “Whereas the irregularities and defects in the execution of the work ander the Riverside contract hav been Known to the Oummissioners and to other persons, and are ow forced gpon the attention of the Board py the! etior of the Comptrelier inclosing the letter and speciticatlous of Mr. Bialite; nad wherens the “yiesione nescnted act povorely the integrity of oicors the depas tients, as well fan tho public im “Resolved, That See the gerpece of o Pane vest gation an examination be had by the fall Board, the , Mr, Eldlite end the enginvers ‘ul cube? Jal_mecting of the Beard for thie th of October Inet., at half-past nine Jes and resolutions were voted down by my es. T think, therefora, they pose bo held th urpuse be ° Preloek A. Me” tho change thoy inade in the enyineer, in audi pase: Ing the etimades for payment aud fn refusing an invent Sion. Hee pottita in which T have criticised the perforin the coutract are the parapet wall and the pavement he Pp: able invtanees of the comtractory’ bad othe most te work; bat my Knowledge of it leads moto add that if « aud Honest investigation uf the work ie made sinilar defeets will be fownd jm every portion of the work bad in alvicat ever; itera of the conteaet SMITE. LANE, ‘Treasurer Departinon Public Parks. Annexes to the jeter arc numerous exhibits in con firmation of the statements made by Mr. Lane, and also a serics of elaborate drawings showing at a glance the differences between the parapet wall as required by contract and as built by the contractors and certi- fied by ihe snperintending exginecr, Mr. Franklin. COMSEASIONMA CONOVEL's DENIAL. Commissioner Wenman was out of town yesterday, and Comniasioner Wottiore could not be reachod, but Park Coumnissioner Mr. Samuel Connover was found by @ reporter of the Henatp last evening, He had not up to that time seen the let ter of Commissioner Lane to Comptroller Kelly and after reading it was at first disinclined to pay the matter the attention of any reply. He war sw quently induced, howe to wuswer veriain ques tions, the substance of wi Was a follows Hterowrku—What is the basis of Mr, Lano’s letter to liy? nmissioner Cosoven—I don't know or care what the basis of his letter was or is. Ail I kaow is that be is adiseppointed man. From the first day he entered the Board his ambition was to become its presi- dent, Foiled in that, he makes war without caase upon lis fellow Comuniasioners. Why, just to suow you the kind of man he ia, he wauted me to offer a resolution in the Board giving him $5,500 4 year as treasurer, which of course I declined tw do, That's the secret of his animus against me, “Does he not virtually charge corruption om hia Jelluw GomminiesoLeis eae Ts Me teney OE Bt etter wens tape id you certify to the monthly estimate on the report of your chief engineer ?” “Of course, and so did the other two Comutission- evs, Messrs, Wenman and Wetmore.” “Has any other engineer made a report besides Franklia, your chief engineer, and itso, what the purport of his investigations, oud at whose sug- gestion Was the investigation made ?* “Mr. Kelly, the Comptroller, sent an eugincor about two weeks ago, who nade a thorough investigation and rej that the work was being done according te contract and spovitica- tious. By the way, about a month after I was appointed Commissioner I suggested to Mr. Martin, who was Give peenidens ot the Board, that we should investigate i@ work being done on the Riverside drive, We went over the ground together, and in speaking of this ‘parapet wall’ and its construction especially Mr. Marti: made the remark that the work was done in # tar betwr manner than the contract called fgr, and the contractors would lose money by THE CHANGES PROMPTED BY MALICE, “What is the actual cause of Mr, Lane's antagonism to his felow Commissioners ¢” HB as I told you before, disappointed am- wn. «What has been his general course during the time of tris being Commissioner?” “A general assun:ption of power not delegated to him. He: eet auctions in his individual ca- pacity which only could have been delegated to him by resolution of the Board in regular mecting.”” “Then Mr, Lane has not always acted in conformity th the regulations of the department?” “No, most emphatically no; but that will all be determined in the future."” “What about lis charges in connection with the yadbed?” ‘That's all bosh, Tho work upon the roadbed has not reached that stage which his letter implies and will not until early sp: . His conclusions are based on entirely false assumptions and not on the facta of the case.” “Wheat other contract work is being done under the auspices of the department ?” “A¥o are buildiug a large sewor, called the Mill Brook sewer, in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards. Jvuer & McQuade are the coutractors. Lo show you how fallacious Mr, Lane’s argument is it will only be nec to state that he audits the monthly estimates on this contract without criticism, the mode of transacting the business being exuctly the samo as in work done on tho Riverside drive. Of course we have to depend in agreat measure upon the reports of tho engincer and inspectors in charge, I prefer not to say unytbimg more to-night on this subject; but if thero are any further developments T shall be happy to make pnbife many things which perhaps at this time it would not be courteous in me to speak ot.” . . WESTERN UNIO’ THE MFLON BE CUT?—A PETITION AMONG THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. It was currently reported on Wall strect yesterday that a petition was in cireulation among partics in- terested in the stock of the Western Union Telegraph Company requesting President Green to call special meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of considering the advisability of increasing the capital stock of the company frpm $35,000,000 to $50,000,000, by using the surplus stock in the w ro: WILL, ireasury, which was, in tht event, to be divided “pro rata” among the Stee nar y a ‘This report was started some time xgo large holder of Western Union stock, who stated that the petition bad been signed by holders of one-third of the stock. It had the effect of sonding the stock up in ten days from 88}; to 10234. The petition, however, was never presented, and the whole thing was denounced us # stock-jobbing operation, causing the stock to decline, President Green sfated at that time that he had heard the snbject discussed among some of the largest stockholders, and be would not be surprised if such a petition were handed to him. He said that he would be obliged to call a special meting ot the stockholders if requested to do so by the hold- ers of one-third of the stock or by a majority of the Board of Directors. A DIRECTOR'S VIEWS. Yesterday’s rumor could be traced to no reliable source in downtown circles, but last evening a Huratp representative was informed by & prominent director of the com that there was some truth in the report. He sui that a petition asking President Green to casi a meeting of the stockholders had been in circulation for three days among the directors of the company ‘for signatures. It had slready been signed by some of the directors, and the first name on the list was that of a man who had been prominent in the politics of this State. The idea of the authors of this petition was to the stockholde-s come — together and consider the proposition of dividing this surplus stock, 80 as to have the matter svitled and thereby prevent gambling on the stock in Wall street. He and others of the directory did not wish to be identi- fied with any company whose stock could be run up or knocked down at the pleasure of Wall street spocu- lators. For his part he was in favor of a division of this gurplus stock, even ii the company paid w less dividend than six per cent as ai prosent. He said, however, whether the stock was divided or not it would make no difference to the stockholders, as, with the capital at $35,000,000 and the surplus re- maining in the treasury, the company would un- doubtedly pay a larger dividend than six per cent for the coming year, and they would have tho advantage ot holding a large snares in the treasury with which they could meet any obligation: FUNERAL OF A PRIEST. The funeral of Rev. John R. MacDonald, pastor of the Church of St. Mary of the Imuuaeulate Concep- tion, corner of Maujer and Leonard streets, Williams- burg, took place yeeterday morning. For over an hour before the commencement of the ceromonies the streets surrounding the church were blocked with the numerous sympathizing friends who desired to participate in the éxervises, and after all who could crowd into the church had done so hundreds were compelled to remain outside. When the hour arrived for the commencement of the service the parents and family of the rev- erend Father entered and took the seats reserved for them, and as soon as they were in their places @ procession of priests entered thesanctuary from the sacristy, and the oftices for the dead were at dnce commenced, Rey. Father Malone acting as hebdome- darius, Rev. Father Bouviére master of ceremonies, Rev. Fathers Michael Hickey aud Thomas Ward chanting the office. When had concluded Right Rev. Bishop Loughlin and Vicar Gencral Father Burns, of Boston, entered, preceded by acolytes, and the high mass of requiem was commenced. Rev. Father Keegan was the celebrant, Rev. Father Smith deacon and Rev. Father Woods sub-descon. ‘Yhe funeral sermon by Rev. Dr. Freel, ot St. Charles Borromeo, was an eloquent exposition of the life and dutics of a good priest. At the close of the remarks the mass was concluded, and then for upwerd of two hours the congregation passed in, taking their last view of the dead, after which the sepuiture took place in the Cemetery of the Holy Cross, at Fiathbueb, DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA, Samuel Bartholf, a well known charactor in Hudson county, N. J., died yesterday at his residence on the river shore at Guttmberg, from the effects of hydro- phobia, after suffering tho groatest agony for four Gays. A tow months ogo, while sitting in front of his boat house, near KoMer’s brewery, a man passed along the wagon road, and a little black dog with bisr. ran up to where Bartholf sat, sprang up to luis face and bit him in the lip. The man took the dug olf and Bartholf went to hie house. Dr. A. Vi Hill waa sent for and cauterized the bite and thought that [age 9 nse result bg it. Oa fs. pA last Bartho! Ly oy show symptoms o. hydro br. E. P. DeGratf, ‘of Union Hill, was summoned, The pees tren corse Gait avail, howevor, as the man grow Worse un hs stendants were obliged to pinion him to tho bed him Le himeclf aud those in agony until carly when he died. The corpse pre- sight, the eyoballs protruding from their sockew and the limba “distorted. Rartholf had resided in Guttenberg for forty-eight yours, aud at the thue of Lis death was the propriewr of the “Sunny Side,” a resort of pleasure sec! THE PRIOK OF CHIVALRY, “So you struok Johuny Schaefer here in the ince, Alfred Wittenheim 7" said Judge Morgan to a boy who was arraigned beforo him yesterdey at Jefferson Market Court. “I did, sir, end I'd do it again !” boldly repited Alfred, glaring at the other boy. “What did ho do to your” “He insulted my girl, he did.” “How 2” “Why, ho said she was a tough |" “go your seuse of chivalry inade you strike him. Well, chivalry is expensive in the ninetecnth century, because it isa luxury. The luxury in this instance will cost you just $1, Alfred.’” “Lend me fity een said Alfred to a friend behind lim; “i've fifty here. fhe friend failed to respond materially; so Alfred wor locked ap. SEAMEN IN IRONS. Daniel MeGuire, second Mato; John McGuire, boat- wwain, and Thomas Marsdon, & sailor, of the English Dark J. Walter Scammell, Captain Carl H. Johmstvom, were allin irons when the vessél arrived at the Erie Kosin, rooklyn, at # late hour on Thursday evening jast. ‘The ps it ix alleged, used throatening Tangy rd the captain, and refased to work. They insde go resistance, and had been in irons seven weeks. EDWARD REINHARDT. Ellward Weinhardt, tho alleged murderer of Ann Deqnan (Silver Lake horror), will be brought by Sheriff Brown, of Staten Island, to the Court House at Brooklyn, before Judge Pratt, of the Supreme Court, at nine this day (Saturday), when his cou wir. Howe, will urge that ho be admitted to bail, District Attorney Croak will oypose SHOCKING TRAGEDY. os An Infuriated Man’s Attempt to Brain His Wife. SUICIDE OF THE WOULD-BE MURDERER. Another Chapter in the Records of Tene- ment House Crime. The records of tenement house crime were aug- mented yesterday by a bloody tragedy at No, 405 West Pifty-fourth street, in which a ian, sixty-five years of age, almost succeeds in murdering 4 woman of forty-five years, and then cuts bis own throat from ear tocar, The parties in the affair were Lawrence Reilly and Catberine Reilly, mun and wife, For | some years pest Mrs, -Reilly has been the housekeeper or janitress of the above prem- ises and lived with her husband and two sons in two rear rooms on the first floor of the building. Most of the tenants of the house say that they were quiet, orderly people in every re- spect; hut some were found who hinted darkly at oe- casional quarrels and jealous bickerings, None of them, however, if would appear, were prepared for the tragedy of yeste: Reilly had becn out during most of the forenoon, and returned, it is said, about eleven o'clock, He had not been at work for a number of months, and his movements, being somewhat irregular, were not particularly noticed by the tenants in the adjoin- ing rooms. What passed between the man and his wife when he first entered will probably never be known. Enough, however, was gradually learned from the woman ufter the tragedy to show that Reilly must have been laboring under the most intense ex- citement at the moment of entering his apartments, and that the excitenfent increased as the moments wore by, and finally culminated in his ferocious tack upon his wife and subsequent butchery of him- self, A MURDEROUS THREAT FULFILLED, It was about half-past cloven, it is suid, when Reilly toki his wife that he thought he would shave himsel?, and asked her to bring him some hot water for that purpose, She was ironing at the time and paid no inunediate attention to his request. It was repeated with cmpiusis, but received no reply, nor was the water brought. A third time the water was called for with the same result, and then the enraged man became furious. Turning to his wife he suid, “By God, I will kill you if you do not bring the water.” ‘The frightened woman stood still and trembled for a momeut, and then started for the stove, presumably to get the water. Reilly, however, sprang forward in front of her, and stooping down behind the stove grasped » hatchet lying in the,coal box. Then he turned and bought it down with crushing effect on the woman's head. Staggering buck sho sought to escape, but he caught her by the shoulder and pulling her toward him, strack her again and again with the hammer end of the hatchet. Her hair was coiled upon her head and served somewhat to shield her from the effect of the blows. At any rate ube was net so badly burt as to prevent her from making another effort to ¢ , and reaching a table which stood between two windows overlooking the back yard. But tho infuristed man sprang after her, and; catching her about the body, pushed her over the tuble and struck her a number of @mes with the edge of the hatchet. ‘fhe blood poured from her wounds, dying the white table @pvering, the carpet and the wall with a deep crimson,"and the blows were repeated until she Jost all consciousness and saak upon ihe floor. Then, it would seen), the first idea of what he had done occurred to Reill, nd he do- lite, SUICIDE OF THE ASSASSIN. Going to the muntel-piece behind the stove he took a razor which had been recently sharpened, and, to where the body of lis wite was tly deal, drew the blade aczoss his where he first cut his throat, dor a track of blood ex tends from the table to the bed in tho adjoining room, where he was found, After cuiting himself tho first time ho ‘turned and crossing the room passed into the one “used by his two sone as a bedroom und threw himself on the bed. With his remaining stréngth he again drew tho keen razor across bis thout, severing it trom to ear, SEEKING £0 ESCAPE. Mrs. Rielly was not entirely unconscious for moro than a minute, Gig ear first Dreariad cone sought to escape um the room. ar to the doorway she, with great difficulty, reached the knob, and opening the door fell out- ward into the haliway. Blinded with the blood which flowed from her head, and, weak es she was, she yet crawled through the ball to the door of « tenant on the same floor. The door was open, and lying across the threshold she groaned with pain. The inmates of the room were horrified at the sight and sprang to her assistance. Raising ber to a chair they plied her with questions as to how she had been hurt. She could not speak at first, but after awhile moaned pat :— ono) he will kill me! He will kill me and you too “Who do you mean?’ was asked her, he has killed me,” shoe “Reilly—he will kill me; again moaned out. ‘The thoroughly frightened woman in whose room she had sought protection hastened to lock the door leading to the hall and sent ‘one of her Little boys for a policeman. The latter soon arrived, and, secing the condition of Mrs. Reilly, who had again relapsed into unconsciousness, he sent for aid to Roosevelt Hospi- ce arrived and aiso some policemen from the f'wenty-socond precinct. THY. RELLY APARTMENTS. The rooms were in the rear of the building, on the first floor, One of them overlooked the yard and lad a doorway opening into the public hall of the house. The other was 4 dark room, with a window opening also into the ball. The image | diagram will show the location of the rooms and the scene of the tragedy :— at Fifty fourth Street. Te oat which Mrs, Rol!ly was first attacked, pon which abe was turowm and beaten with » hapebior C—Doorway, through which she afterward crawled to 2 noighbor's roots, jvuing room, whore hor husband eat bis throat E=Koom to which Mra, Retlly escaped. WLOOD KV RAY WHERE, The door of Reitly's rooms Was open a8 Mra, Reilly had left it in hee effort to escape. Blood wax upon the Hutel, the posts and the thresbold, The marks of bloody fiugers were plainly seen on the panely, Lite tle poois of blood were here and there on the floor, and even the ceiling was spattered. On aud about the table, where the poor woman had been chopped, were thick blotches of derk red, and the biunted hatchet was lying on the floor, dyed in the crimeon dye. A trail of blood led into the dark room, and the pol followed it to the bed. Here Reilly was found, ying on his back, Iie left hand ries shut and his right still grasping the razor with whic’ he had hacked nis throat. Mi REILLY'S DAT! His cyes were clored and his tecth clenched. The bedding and his thes were literally soaked with Dlood. It wag at first thought that he was dead, but a gurgling ¢roan told that there was yet life, He was removed, with his wife, to Koosevelt Hospital, died about four o'clock in the afternoon, conscious- ness never returning. EVIDENCES OF A DESPERATE #TRUGOLE. It was evident from the of the room that there had been a desperate struggle made by Mrs. Reilly for life before she was overpowered and re- duced to insensibility at the table. The room wus the tle were she bed been ti ing wan rerserued, the table where s! had mn iro o be Some pieces of neddlework, in which the needle still | remathed, rested upon the window sill as she hod termined to complete the tregedy by tuking Lis own | it is thought, must have been the spot | doubtless left them, but they were bespattered with ore, One of the most curious fucts in connection with the tragedy is that the tenauts, some of whom were mediate proximity to Keilly’s rooms, were not of it until Mis. Reilly bal escaped from her apartments. ‘Tao two sons of the unfortnuate couple, respect. ively ten and eighteen years old, did not learn of the dreadful affair until in the a’ternoon, They were, of course, terribly uffectod by tho nd the younger one, Thomas, was wimost pros! by wriet when he learned of bis fathor's death at the hos- pital. ‘Thoy could throw no li;ht on the matter and were taken away to the house of an aunt. Mes. Keilly last night was very low, but the physi cians at Roosevelt Hospital entertain hopes of her re covery, THE MURDERED BOATMAN, JOHN M, WRIGHT PLACED ON TRIAL FOR TAKING WHE LE OF “BARNEY” FERRON, ‘The trial of Joba M, Wright, the youthful murderer of Bernard Ferron, the South Brooklyn boatman and river speculator, was begun in the Kings County Court of Oyer and Terminer yesterday morning be fore Judge Gilbert and Associate Judges of Sessions, ‘Two remaining jurors, necessary to eompiete the patel, were obtained without Gidiculty, The pris oney, who sal by the side of hia counsel, Colone: E. T. Wood, watched the proceedings in a careless sort of @ manner, never ouce manifesting more than & passing interest in tho case, which is to decide the quesiion of his life or liberty. The court room was crowded when District Aitorney Catlin opened the case for the prosecution, In his opening General Catlin reviewed in detail the incidents connected with the disappoaraace of Barncy Perron, the subsequen recovery of the body of the murdered man in the river, between the Eric Breakwater and the Brooklyif short; the indisputable evidence of murder—the rope thut held the body fast to the canvas bag containing ship’s irons; the working wp .of the links of the chain of evideuve, and the “arrest and confession of the prisoner, John M. Wright. In the course of his address General Catlin said that the injuries to Ferron could/act have been produced by the prisoncr’s boots, as Wright had ptated to the Superintendcat of Police and to Captain Riley, but they were caused by blows dealt the de ceased on the head with a ring bolt or hammer, which instruments the District Attorney exttibited to the Jury. He then showed the jurors an inden tation on the skull of the vietim, which the imple ments shown appeared to fit. His theory of the crime was that Ferron was in a stooping position when Wright struck him on the head, and, im con- cluding, General Catlin said he would show that the prisoner hed been guilty of murder im the first de gree. THE EVIDENCE BEGUN, The first witness examine@ was Dennis McNamara, a ‘longshoreman, who Barney Verron for ten yeurs. He suid he found the body of the deceased on the 26h of April, while pulling in a bout near the Eric Basin, with a man’‘named 3 3 his atten. tion was firat attracted by seeing a little black speck on the surtace of the water, aud on pulling the object he found it was a plece of rope, to Which the corpse of Ferron was tied, Py! ‘fhe City Physician, Dr, A. Warren Shepard, testified that he anwde 2 post-mertem cxamination of the body, which was very much decomposed; the tongue pro- truded and there was a mark, on the side of tho face that indicated compression; the picce of the skull was attached at the back of the head by a portion‘of the sealp; the piece is about three-vights of an inch thick, which is of greater U 8 than the average skull askuil of this character would resist considersble force, and witness did not thiuk that it could have been’ erushed in by being jumped with the heals of boots; if the body lay on the floor the skull could not be broken in that way, as tho bone that is broken is neaa the top of the head; the heavy bolt or the hammer fits the fracture and it could have been made with either; the blow was saflicient to suspend animation, if not to cause death; when witness suw the body the ropo had been removed from the month; lis ima} #ion waa that the rope had been placed aro: the head before the’body was taken from the water. On the cross-exaniinstion the witnesa said a heavy blow from a passing vessel or a blow from un oar might have ae in the skull after the first fracture been inade, ustive of the Peace, Daniel Ferry, before whom ht was arraigned, was called to the witness stand and identified the paper on which the affidavit containing the charge against the prisoner was write ten; when the charge was read to the prisoner before the witaess he pleaded not § ng ot the time Wright said he was twenty years old; lived in Indian River, in the voluntary statement the jsoner said he Was guilty of the off_nce; Wright had no, counsel at the time; witness did not recollect the pened 8 saying that he did not exactly unde: his posi- tion, WRIGHT'S COMPANION. Ernest Tabbot, who was left by ths cay schooner Mary 8, Verris in charge of esse) in company with Wright, in March last, testified thas on the morning of the sth of that month he went ushore sboat halt-past seven o'clock, rowing in the yaw! bout, which he made fast at the dovk; lie went to New York on business and did not t buck till four o'clock that afteengon’ he thea jed the Harris and Wright rowed off "thd took him on board; Wright made no communication at that time; in May last he went with Detective Looncy to see Wright in the Raymond Strect Jaii, and bad a con- vesation with him in which the prisoner told of the iurder; he then said that Ferron came on board in the morning, and wanted to buy some coffee that he saw in the cabin; Wright said he told the that the coffee wae the captain's and he would not sel it; Ferron said he would have some her Put 4 then hud a quarrel, in which Wright said he knock t stove mas! is skull; he tor a while on the cabin deck, and Wright he Jumped on his head and supposed he killed him; about that time's small veswel lying near the Harris was rob! and witness agreed with Wright to stay up on deck half the night, by turns, 80 a8 to protect the property from thieves. He noticed, however, that Wright was very cowardly after dark and ap. peared to dread being alone on the lookout aftet nightfall. Wright's general character was peaceable, witness belleved. He would not positively identify the irons tonud in the canvas bag as belonging to the schooner. George A. Jowett, mate of the Mary B. Harria, tea- tified that he had known the prisoner fora year; the schooner arrived in the b: water February 14; he positively identified the irons found in the bag as bee longing to the Harris; on May 3 he saw the prisones at the Eleventh precincé station house, and told his that the proof# were then strong sgainst him, and they would be made stronger when the Harris urrived; the prisoner said he Knew nothing about ti uurder, On the cross-examination witness said that he went to the foot of Fifty-soventh street, New York, With Detective Dailey, and pointed out the prisoner on bowd the schooner Abbio H. Hodgeman, which yeasel arrived there Muy 2. Coroner Simms was ¢xamined as to whether the ime jury to the skull could have been caused by junip' ouit. He said that he was unable to say a4 a 51 expert. THE CONVERSION. -rintendent of Police Campbell testified that he saw the prisoner on May 2, at the station house, and the frons were then shown Wright, who said he bad no recollection of having seen them before; on Sundey, May 5, wi ain had a conversation tain of tho vi Suj with the prison and said to him, “Why not recogn'ze them; this murder may haya been committed im self-defence?” Wright then eaid, “Well, I will tell you ail about it; he then said that when Ferron came on poard they talked about iron, which he wanted to buy; they next talked about wrestling and clinched, when, Wrigitt said, he threw Ferron down, throwing him t the stove; when down he jumpedon hia and ticked him; he drew the body on the deck, tied the bag ot irons to it and threw it overbourd; he next rowed Forron’s boat ashore and returned to tha Harris in the yawlvoat that had been left there in the morning by Tabbot, Captain Riley ond Detective Dailey corroborated the main points of the # jutendent’s testimony. Captain Crowley, of 1 ris, aud Mrs. Ferromy widow of the deceased, also testified, but their testl+ mony We tmimporte Shortly after five jock the prosecution rested aud the Court took 9 recess till seven, ‘Tie DEVENCE. When the court reassembled Mr. Hull opened the case for the defence, He said that Wright, who lad not seen Ferron before March would tell @ straightforward story, Counse) he would not only show that the prisoner hed no ard Ferron, but alxo that the rope found by poles around the boatman’s head was placed there by four boys, who had endgavored to tow the ‘body ashore, Wrivht, he said, was led into Livan d of tha murder by beng locked up in the several days and Made to believe that Superintendent of Polive Campbell was his friend. ‘The first witness called was Phillip FE. Crouch, wha tertified that while rowing to Staten Island with three other boys, on Easter Sunday, be observed in the water what he enpposed to be a melon or a p ine, Upon rowing near It he found it was a man’ ee He made a noose of the boat's ‘pain’ and placed it over the head, na oa were ee A move the body. ‘They finally cut the rope and rowed away, "two captains of vessels, by Whom Wright ad employed, testified to the prisoner's former g character, bins Gilbert them adjourned the case until tem o'clock this miggning. A FRACTURED SKULL. An unknown man was found last evening in the hallway of No. 236 Sixth street, Williameburg,] aut fering from a fractured skull, The occupants of the promises on tho top floor say that he called, looking for a friend who did not live there, and that, express ing his disappointment, he went down stairs. From Appearances he tmuust have failen from the second to the first floor by a misstep on the stairs, but the ae are thoroughly investigating the matter, loan while the sufferer ie lying in the Rastern District Hospital. Ho seems about forty years of age and is elad in dark clothes,