The evening world. Newspaper, May 31, 1895, Page 6

POOL, GRANT AS JUDGE, @rder went out for the men to change their biee Scimeta tor white onee and thelr walforms for those of lighter weight —>— CONLIN, PRESIDENT. i} He Trice Delinquent Policomen| peice cavtt-service oned Orgnn- at Headquarters. " Unearths Insurrection in the Leo ; ard Street Station. f Roundsmae Charged with Falsely PL Accusing # Patrolman. The Police Commissioners did not fold their regular meeting to-day and will not sit again until next Monday Memorial Day, the trials of delinquent policemen morning. As yesterday wat Went over until this morning. It was painfully hot in the trial room, erowded with policemen and citizens, including a number of women. - Col, Grant sat for the first time | ehief trial Commissioner. ‘The delinquent officers had put Col. and it themselves fortunate when ar- /Grant down as an “easy thing” ‘ ed before him. One of them sal >) “The old man’s got too soft a heart ‘throw us down. ) Stephen A. Darcey, etation, Cc pan of being off post on the mor! of May 18, | the. roundsman. He of the telegraph offic: ‘It developed that there was a myste-| House Raises a Point That Pussica _Tious key in the case when Capt. Cro testified against Colligan. It also came ‘@ut that there is an element of ineur- fection in the Leonard street station.| Jonn A and several policemen were Sriyea nee! afnat Golligan’and a number | Svenus’ ass ai on iman Rodgers swore that he had| before the Board and rained the to the tel yh offi ‘in question had” gi it it Thirties Ww 4 tion, oy Patrolman Samuel iam up for trial. He accused him ‘with failing to prevent a burglary in a@| served very serious consideration, hing goods store on peel furn! ah avenue, the morning of Ma © “4 could not help it, iceman. “It taxes thirty minutes d back. | When “ it | atrived at the store & big pla were ested mii One of th ng. firm was obs And property stolen, “Weill, it common report, | tpeke Up Policeman McGrahani, is firm makes 4 great hue _ When ore of thene alleged but occur, for advertising purpose: these. ofan ad. “How of burglary in your Grant of the merc ore?” ai latter said ne knew of no reason. ks like an advertising doug Nerjectea the policeman, ‘a the only way I've been able explained | to get any reimburseme: ke ‘and, you pu in a hole, Til tell you that much! Piled Policeman MoGraham bitterly. an able ofcer, Capt. Pickett, street station, also the agains Patrolman John McGrath, ied escapade with the “woman 2, in an Way, contiguous to a jewelry store Beventeenth street and Broadway. ‘The witness against McGrath, who e phatically denied the charge,’ and who said he at all that night, | was Willam Darwin, a night watchman, perwe the in black in the alley-way and was not on post employed in the jewelry stor salah woman ordered them out into the atreet. @, discovered McGrath and Darwin said that McGrath threatened to assault him and he left tne couple $54 soins outside wrote a letter to Capt. Willism Westercourt, a citizen, test!- fled that he saw McGrath coming out of the areaway. Counsel for the defendant {he attention of the Commissioners fact that Darwin had sworn that the Tuesday, ind called Capt. Pickett to the stand, who said McGrath was not on duty that ir occurred a week ago night. “What night was it Commissioner Andrews, who had May 2.” “Al aid Mr. Andrews, Meeman McGrath must complaint on that date. McGi he wi teenth strest at the time, but was Sixth avenui inentioned they met him at points Temoved from’ Seventeenth. pire Broadway, mistaken identity. At 2.15 a rece: ranted in was cases but that of the Jeffers: Market Police Court Squad, charged with letting jeveral’ weeks 0. “Roundsman Thomas McGee, who has since been transferred to the West Bixty- th street station, was called up to He denied he was Crook Murray escape nd himself. blameworthy for Murray's escape. Bergt. Foody, who is also on trial a similar charge and who was incom: fOurt Squad unti his re- to Union Market station, tr aane n Mar that Chief Byrnes had refused to mand cf th cent trans! fe f, allow to say that ed for more help at Jefferson detail any more officers there, Acting Chief Conlin was In answer to questions he ‘he number of men in the Jefferson Court squad has Market been the escape of Murray?" ea. Mr, Newburger recalled Bergt. Footy, ing at Jef: ferson Market to see strangers inside the with prisoners. “Ie with who said it was a common thi sling, rail mi and talking said “This, Sergt. the consent of the have frequently tol it were allowed I More men to guard the court-room.' ‘ody, ding ‘justices, POLICEMAN BECOMES CRAZY. Insane Over Jo Patrolman Richard Mullin, of Ca, 3 q Schults’ last night. Mullin has been acting queerly for >» several weeks. His mental troubles fi Geveloped after the death of the Re- publican leader, John Collins, who se. ‘als g@ured Mullin's appointment on the poll ¢ —_- Me Police Parade To-Day, as Ip wiew of & resolution adopted by the ef Police Commissioners, there will of this] was authoris march. Leonard street was accused by Roundsman ‘Cross mrde a complaint against charged Col- S ligan with making o false complaint against Darcey. Col, Grant first tried Darcey, who swore he was not in the F American District Telegraph office, #7 fa) Broadway, and that when the Rounds- By man and he met in Broadway, near Lis- street, it was impossible that Colligan could have seen him coming d on| that under the common law the register- y, 17, pleaded the yw had been eerie p and some good: resent aa a wit- He said that his windows had broken four times within the pant aries ieee een at eases | e big advertisements y re the pollzeman submitted the copy it that you have so many an honest man re- Pickett sald that McGraham was the West Thirtieth mplainant who illey= hen drew Captain,” asked come “There is no question about it being “Po- nswer to the ith denied the charge. He swore not at Broadway and Seven- He called up_ several policemen, who swore that at the time t and They thought it a case of witnei the Justices that if would have to have Delancey street station, is a Patient in the insane ward, BeRevue Hospital, having been taken there late faen for Business. The Police Department's Civil Service Examining Board met at Poltce Head- quarters this morning and organteed. The Board is composed of Acting Chiet Conlin and Capts, Smith, Cortright and yy | Brooks. The Acting Chief was chosen Presi- dent of the body, and William H. Bell, man thoroughly conversant Bervica procedure, was elected Secretary. ‘The Board adjourned for an hour, and then reconvened for further business in Acting Chief Conlin’s private office. DID POLICE BRIBE THEM? jors Inquiring Abou Reorganteation Mill. The Special Assembly Committee ap- pointed to Investigate whether or not the police of this city bribed legislators at Albany during the Jast session in orde. to defeat the Potice Reorganiza- tion bill heid a preliminary executive geasion this morning at the Murray Hit jatel. ‘Tho Committee in composed of As- semblymen — O'Grady, of Rochester, Shairman; Robbins. of Allegany; Hus: ted, of Weatchester; Norton, of’ Rens- selaer, and Wray, of Kings. Chairman O'Grady said that the ter part of to-day would probably fortaken up in conaidering tho appli- cations of reveral lawyers who want to be counsel to the Committee, When asked if the names of Lawyers William T. Jerome, Frank Moss and Tha: Kenneson were offered, he sald that he could not commit himself. The committee was in session about an hour. During that time Speaker Fish joined the committeemen. After the Chairman O'Grady sald that to- would hold another meet- ing. used to say who would be the committee's lawyer. —_.—_—_ O’NEIL’S HOTEL CASE. n= the a. to the Exeise Board. A complaint was lodged some days ago with the Excise Board against O'Neill's Hotel, One Hun- third street and Kighth orderly how To-day k B. House appea point Lawyer Frederi to] ing of man and wife in a hotel register might tuke the place of a marriage cere- and that the proprietor of a hotel has no right to question the relations th | of the parties L.| _Comminasioner Woodman said that the point was a good one and that It de- ‘The matter will be referred to the counsel! for the Board, IT AIDS SALOON-KEEPERS. Not Now se Much in the Brewers’ aud Landlords’ Clutches, The Excise Commirmioners lately ruled that @ saloon keeper may transfer his Mcense to another man, or may move h saloon. This was done to break up the system under which many saloon keep- era were controlled by brewers and land- lords, Whenever a saloon keeper rebelled, lunder the former regime, the brewer who owned his place would foreclose, and If the retailer would not come to term sold out his place, and he could not hin licenne elsewhere. ‘The landlord also had the same hold on him for his rent, ksaosy orale FALLING STONE STRUCK HIM. to ed mn Hadly Hurt. Henry Jordan, of 158 Kast Fifty-third street, was seriously injured this after- noon whim at work on the annex of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com- pany Building, Twenty-fourth street, near Madison avenue. He was seated in the sub-cellar of the bubdtag eating lunch with some of his fellow-workmen when a xtone, which had been raised to the fourth floor, broke from its fastenings, crashed through the % planking over the aldewalk and struck Jordan in the buck, He recelved severe internal Injuries kK him to ‘the New York Hospital. nt Is sald to be due to the cure charge of the work, EAST RIVER TUNNEL HEARING. Those Favorin Opponing the BI Make Accusation: There was a hearing to-day before the Mayor on the bill which gives to the New Yerk and Brooklyn Tunnel Com- pany, the privillege of building @ tunnel under the East River between this city and Brooklyn, Ex-Judge Edward Brown, who op- Foued the bill, sald that It gives the tun- hel Company ‘the right to locate the termini of the railroad, which it is pro- wed to run under the river, anywhere etween East Sixteenth sircet and. the Battery in this city and between Atlan- He avenue and North Eighth street in Brooklyn, There is nothing in the bill, he sald, which provides that the city’ shall re ceive a penny from tie Company in re turn for this Juable franchise. that there was no bona nthe part of the Tun bun a in at m= to on enting +s Apanies, also spoke aguinst the bill, as did City Chamberlain O'Donohue, Lawyer Page for the Tunnel Company said that tt was the Intention to bulld a four-track tunnel from the bas tof the Equitable Building in this city the basement of the Real Estate change in Brooklyn. It was inten he sald, to carry passengers between these tWo points In four minutes. Mr, Page declared that. his company was bona fide and that the money to carry out the project’ would be forth- coming when tt was needed. A fentleman who was présent at the hearlng and who pald close ttention to the arguments of both sides told an “Evening World" reporter that the whole thing Was a scheme of the ferry companies to get a franchise for a tun nel, in order to prevent anybody else putting such a project into operation ‘The Mayor tok the bill under advise- ment, —- ALL NIGHT CORONERS. to on in- 1 Now Compels Them to Offices Always Open. ALBANY, May 31,—Th signed the bill of Senator Sullivan com- pelling coroners in New York to keep their offices open at all hours and allow ing @ clerk, appointed by the Hoard of Coroners, to iss Heates for the t. | removal of bod! LYNCHED IN OHIO. van us aed with As- Attle Girl, LOGAN, O., May 31.—-A mob last night took Nelson Fuerhoff from the lock-up at Laurelville and hanged him, He was ice | charged with a brutal assault upon a Uttle Kir] whom he overtook tn, the road, He was Afty years old and had six chil- | dren. — ro The New Ca ALBANY, May 31 ve Governor has be Morton has named the the Laws of | 1595, ie ae follows: The 1 ate Eb Public Works, architect, of Syracuse, and Ire M. Hedges, of Havers:raw. THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENIN BELIEVED HER CHECK GOOD, Mrs. Golden Had No Aooount, but Had Drawn Often on the Bank. Defaulting Teller Gillette, Her Fath= er's Executor, Told Her 80. Detective Price, of the Central Office, arraigned Mra, Elizabeth J. Golden, a handsome and stylishly dressed you! woman, before Justice Simms this morning at the Jefferson Market Police Court. Bhe was charged by McClain, Simpson & Co, furniture dealers, of 639 Highth avenue, with defimuding them out of $60 by means of a bogus check. The young woman resides at 4 West Twenty-seventh street, Some months Ago she purchased furniture from the complainants on the installment plan, for which she made payment, some- times by cash and at other times by checks drawn on the State National Bank of Rome, New York. This bank passed into the hands of a receiver, ow- ing to the peculations of the paying teller, Samuel Gillette, ‘The checks she gave were duly hon- ored by the bank up to the time of that difficulty, Feb, 12, Afterwards the young woman pre ited a check for $100, to McClain, Simpson & Co., and sald ‘sh wished ‘to pay $50, She credite with that amount and received the bal- ance, $90, In cash, The check returned by the re- celver of the bank with the statement that the woman had no account there, McClain, Simpson & Co, procured a war- rant for her arrest, ‘The President of the bank confirmed the statement of the receiver and added that the woman never had an account with the bask, ‘The prisoner, who was much agitated, told Justice Simms that the bank ha lways honored the checks, She sal that Paying Teller Gillette, who Is now tnder $10,000 ball for trial,’ was the ex- ecutor of her father’s estate and had her money. ‘The po belleve that the woman gave the last check in good faith, supposing that, like its predecessors, it would be honored. Mrs. Golden told Justice Simms that she Is well known under her maiden name of Kelly, In Rome, where she was born and where she resided previoun to coming to this city, She was held in $600 bail for examination to-morrow morning, LAWYER WANTS $10,000. ima Thi 8 $75,000 Hatate. Aaron Kahn argued a motion before Surrogate Arnold to compel Mrs. Min- nie Fisher, as executrix under the will of Christian Grotian, to pay him. $10,000 ax counsel for Grotlan's nieces and who are among his heirs, x estate ie valued at $75 be distributed on the death of Mra. Loulse Grotian, who is te of Bloomingdale Insane Asy- Kahn claimed that the executrix had not even paid for the care of Grotian’s widow, and the estate was being dianl- pated. Decision reserved, a NO LAW FOR A DUPE. Fisk Found that His Wife Had fy Married Hefore. Judge McAdam, in the Superior Court to-day dismissed the application of Stephen R. Fisk, for a divorce from Mary Frances Paulin’ Fisk. Fisk claimed that at the tlme of thelr mar- riage his wife failed to inform him that she had been married and divorced, Judge McAdam holds that as Mra, Fisk has a perfect right to marry a and there was nothing In the’ law compel her to Inform her intended hu: band of her former matrimonial ¢ 1 aid, a blind credulity, no how it may be produced, In such MARRIED, NOT MATED. Dinaatiafied " as Judge McAdam, in the Superlor Court, this morning heard two divorce cases and an application for alimony, Domenico Sirant applied for an abso- lute divorce from Clementina Siranl. He says he found her locked in a room with rl Alberts, whom he names as co- pondent. Sirant was married in June, and left his wife last March. ul Grossman sald his, wife, timore Sept. 30, 1894, and ts ving thers ith him, an absolute divorce, Dora Jahn asked for an allowance for counsel fee and alimony pending the trial of a sult for divorce brought against her by Carl Jahn. as reserved In all cases, DR. ABBIE MAC IVOR CHOSEN. Her to Ne a law afforda no rellef, Dr. Abbie Hamitton Mactvor, East One Hundred and street, appointed to-di Strong to be a Schovl Inspector in the Eighth District. Dr. Maclvor was forme natural sctence in. the New. York rmal College, and has given much at rational at . yr the School I y Hresident, Hunt, of t and Behool Commissioner of irty-elghth of Ni hay Maclvor ts the wife of Major-Gen, Maclvor. —— ie, > eclored girl, was held for trtal by Justice in the Jefferson Market Po: Hoe Court this morning, on a charge preferred ageenat her by Hertha 1 USAIN sree! wih axa domestic. The girl stolen $20 from her CHACE AND FOOTE WIN, Fisher a naglan, acknowledged haying Paret Defented in Doubles, NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 31—It was hot weather for the tennis tourney this morning, but one contest in the doud! was played. Chace and Foote defeated er and Paret, 6-1, 36, 6-3. ct ‘oote won easily in the first net, but in the second, F.scher and Paret picked up and took ‘ix games, h only hal many to the New Ha boy's. In the rubber, Fischer and Paret started in finely, Fisehe je some erb drives and though would win the set, r three 1 played, how Fischer ff and th won them the game, BREWER HANDICAPPED. He I and Pa of ther oppone te Kil with js Out of 100, plbow, Capt. John L. Brewer, the crack pig- eon-shot who, on April 24, at Dexter Park, L. 1, svored @ record of 100 birds stright, made a match with Philp King, of Brooklyn, Dutfy dis- puted Brewer's Dexter Park record, and sald that Brewer could not shoot 100 Dirds straight if he handled the birds, The match will take place at the Park- ville Driving Club, Li. June 10. Duty stipulated that Brewer hold the gun be- low his elbow, which was agreed to. The conditions are that Brewer must Ktil 8% birds to win, 30 yards rise, with & yards boundary line, Helow y by Mayor! | NEWTOWN CREEK AUISHNCES, The Kings County Grand Jury Files a Presentment. Several Concerns Doing Business in the Vicinity Indicted, The Kings County Grand Jury filed a presentment in the Court of Sessions, Brooklyn, to-day, calling attention to the filthy condition of Newtown Creek. The Grand Jury heard the testimony of many witnesses, and they say that the creek In its present condition is a men- ace to public health. ‘The presentment declares that some outlet to the East River ought to be provided to carry the sewage from the bone-bolling establishments, instead of emptying it into the c Bulkheads should be bullt along the entire length of the creek, the jury thought, and the night sol! boat should be emptied and disinfected at least once every day. District-Attorney Ridgway sald to-day that nome cf the indictments handed in ay, the Gi were against In- vidual sf ‘Creek Whcse business has-been objected He sald there were six or seven indlot- ments found, and that the accused will be arraigned to-morrow. He would not tnake known their nami Among thoxe who have been com- lained of are the Fleischman Distilling ‘ompany, Hildebrand’ ana Isfand. Preston eter Van Iderstein and fertilizer works, Ridgway said the Peter Cooper ee factory Owners had not been in- icted, ———— MRS. HILTON’S POSTSCRIPT. Warned “Hubby” Not to Ask Di- vorce Except for Desertion, Justice Cullen, of the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, has directed that Mrs. Laura R. Hilton be served by publication in the suit for Hmited divorce brought against her by her husband, Calvin Hilton, of 128 Sumner avenue, Brooklyn, Mrs, Hilton ts supposed to be in Lisbon Falls, Me. The Hiltons were married Nov. 25, ist. They have had seven children, three of whom are living. All are of Age except Mabel E. Hilton, twelve years old. Mr. Hilton 1s a ship carpenter. He ¢laims that on Dec. 17, 1893, his wife left his home at, 274 Hart’ street, and went to live at 268 Van Buren ‘street, He afterwards learned that she had left the Van Buren street house and gone to Lisbon, Me. He wrote a letter to her and recelved this reply: Rosen- Doo. 18, 1894. ved. In_anawer Lin your power Ti 14, Mr. fllton will nay. thal Don't ever with to. set in. Your room ts better than WIM treat you as a perfect #0 ansioun to ft that Widow 8 you went around with six months. aro welcome to hei I 1 not trouble you, God “above, and he may trouble you. et married but there is . HILTON, Jong as you nh deser- tlon, have no other cause. As for mynelf, I have had all 1 wish of married life an¢ do not wish to get married again, —_——— BROUGHT BABY TO COURT. Vogel Convinced that She Cared for It. Mra, Julla Vogel, a young woman, who currled a neat-looking baby in her arma, was brougnt to the Lee Avenue Police Court, Williamsburg, before | Justice Goetting to-day. 1t wis alleged that she Was unable (> properly care for her child, ‘The complaint was made by Mra, Rachel Miller, of 43 North Seventh atreet. Mrs. Vogel held up her baby for the magistrate to Ket a good look at it and said: “Does that baby look aa though it needed care? This charge !# brought becauge this woman ta in love with my and, and she wishes to get rid of Miller dented this, but the case was disinissed, —— DEAD IN “BLOODY STRETCH.” Another Unknown Hody Found in the Jamaica Woods, Ihe body of an unknown man was found yesterday in the woods behind Cypress Hills Cemetery, near the Brook.| ¥: lyn City line, His throat was cut, a wound, prob- ably from a pistot bullet, was his neck, and an empty bottle that had held carbolic acid lay beside him. e dead man was middle-aged and well dressed. He had probably committed sui- ° During the past twenty yea bodies, most of whom were | have been found In the same woc the tract of, quence as “The Bloody Stret A gravedigger in Cypress Hills Ceme- tery declares he saw a man a w go pick a rose from a wreath on krave, and after kissing the walk off in the direction of the strip of woods, The gravedigger says the body resembles the man of the grave- yard incident, JANE CAMPBELL’S BODY. ke forty tifled, a flower, ‘olson and Jumped 0 board While Insane, John Campbell, a resident of Windsor ‘Terrace, Flatbush, called at Undertaker Rouass's morgue, 10 9ushwick avenue. Brooklyn, to-day and identified body fe drowned in third. stre nes Campbell, She left and came bought near the ferry slip. ‘She had been demented some time. Coroner Creamer will perform an au topsy. night, thirty home * morning to Brooklyn, Where she Mra. Edward Diels, of 415 Fourteenth it, Hrooklyn, this morning created a scene in the Butler Street Py'tce Court before Justice Tighe, Her husband preferred a charge of vagra Dots sald his wife bad been away from hs for. four daya apd. returned last night. Mra wept, fell on her kne > pray help th gay her to Ket up, vic They went Sp lat One More Coney pad ¢ Assistant Corporation Counsel ¥. ing wid Ju ort, age this morn. nor in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, that the objections of M. Schteren, and the’ Board of Excise had boon withdrawn to granting a leense to James OConior for = convert hall at Coney Island oe My om the Left Arm, treet, Hrcoklyn. was on complaint of William him with biting bis daugh ter, Dolly, on the left arm. The prisoner say» Doily Dit bis child and he tried to frighten the KITL, to prevent her from assaulting Ler again. mie Frank Di the Judge | 1 | jury bottle of poison of a druggist | WEAR “THE WORLD” MEDALS +. John J, MoGovern, John McKenna and Chas. P. Treelan the Men, They Are Brave Brooklyn Police- men, Very Properly Honored, “The World's” public service medals for acts of heroism, designed for mem- bers of the Brooklyn Police Department, were presented by Police Commissioner L, R. Welles this morning. The cere- mony was attended by a number of city offic including Deputy Police Com- missioner George Crosby, Superintendent of Police William J, McKelvey and In- spectors Thomas Murphy and P, H. Mc- Laughlin, The names of the policemen whom Commissioner Welles selected to receive the honors because of their exceptional bravery in saving life at the great peril of their own and in rendering great pub- le service are: John J. McGovern, second Precinct, John McKenna, of the Fifteenth Pre- cinet. Charles Treelan, of the Beventh Pre- einct, They were too much overcome to make any response to the laudations of thetr superior offcers, being only able to stm- ply vow humbly and utter “thank you’ when the beautiful medals were pinned upon thelr breasts, in presenting these metais Commts- sioner Welles said “You have been catied here this morn- ing for a very pleasing ceremony; one very gratifying to see; for it shows that when a man does gooi and meri- torlous work, {tt ts found out and ap- preciated. The New York ‘World’ very kindly presented these medals to the Brooklyn Police Department, to be gtven to three men aelected to recelve the honor for meritorious conduct. After careful consideration of the manv acts of bravery performed by members of the Department, I have eelected you three men to receive these medals. “Patrolman Treelan, you risked your fe to save children’ from @ burning house. “Patrolman McGovern, you fearlessly gfresed the maniac murderer, ‘Thomas jolt. “McKenna, you rescued a man from drowning. “It gives me great pleasure to present these beautiful medals, and {t should af- ford great pleasure and pride to you to wear them. The man who takes his life in his hands for the sake of others is certainly entitled to great consideration. ‘This kind of work Is what promotes you in the estimation of your superior offi- cers, and when you may come before the Examining Board, this record will be a mark in your advancement. I wish more men would emulate your example, cause It brings great credit to the De- partment,’ set conclusion, the Commi erning to the jence: s “I sincerely thank the New York ‘World’ tn behalf of these men and the Police Department, for the beautiful medals here exhibited. This ceremony wil! have @ tendency to stimulate the membera of the Department to a more diligent performance of their duties, not to be content alone of the performance of mere routine duty, but to cause them to be always watchful for the oppor- tunity to distinguish themselves. ‘That is what we necd in the Department, and “The World’ has found a way to meet It, Greater effic.ency must follow and deeper and more careful attention to ty. “Supt, MeKelyey instructed the men to wear the mecals on all occasions of ceremony. They will all appear in the annual police parade to-morrow wear- ing the medals on thelr bosoms, He wald in substance: ‘{ feel a great interest in the pres- entation of” these medals by ‘The World,’ because it will be an incentive to others to work harder, render better service and do more to maintain the Credit. of the Department. I hope that the display of these badges, too valu: able to be worn save on special occa. sions of gre mony, Will serve t Ineite your © to acts of courage aud heroism. AS IT HIS WEDDED SISTER? Strange Conduct of a Man Who Viewed a Drowned Wom In Ruoff's Morgue, Williamabur, the bodies of a man and a woman, The woman was found floating in the Greenpoint ferry #lip Wednesday night, d the man was found tn a strip of wo ren Cypress lis Cemetery, vl it had bees a week or more. In Toutes a bottle that had contained poison was found on the bodies. Undertaker Ruoff says a tall, good- looking young man called at the Morgue yesterday, and after looking at the body of the Woman, wept and then went away, declining to say who he The same man called at the Greenpoint police station and asked If a brass key ad been found on the woman's. body. When answered in the affirmative, he said the body might be that of his Wedded mister, The police belleve the man recognized the body, but was too mean to bury it, and refused to disclose his identity, $100 FOR A DOG BITE. Why a Case Was Tried by Eleven Jurors. In the suit brought by Mrs. Sarah Hooper, against Mr. and Mrs, Edward P. Morse to recover $5,000 damages for Injuries alleged to have been caused by Brutus, a big St. Bernard dog, a the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, to-day, returned a veriict in favor of the aged plaintiff, awarding her $100. When the case was given to the jury on Wednesday afternoon, Justice Cullen said they could bring a’ Sealed verdict Charles 8. Selbach thought they were excused until to-day and went away. lawyers age to let the case cided by eleven men, Juror Sel- bach appeared to-day and apologized to the court, of the Twenty- loner sald, [this morning. Artint Nelnon Arthur, Nelson, an Hrookiyn, way removed to th ton-house at jock this morning. He was in- sane, od a disturbance by threatening to kill He trie! to Jump from the window. In ry Street Court to-day he was reman inination into bis mental con Not Investianting the ‘The report that the Kings County Grand Jury had been investigating the doings of the ‘*Cold 137 of the Brooklyn Board of Aldermen of 1893, lew of indicting certain of ite members ng Valuable franchises to Kins Couusy Electric Railroad Companies Caras out to be groundiess, — “ A Beresford Her 4 A well-drensed young mai aa John Belmore, and maid h ing at 47 West Thirtieth street st night. He Hing with a fruit Cold 13." was, | | cline ot MAY 31, 1806. | BROOKLYN NEWS. INDUSTRIALS THE FEATURE. Shorts Pat to Flight in the Early Wall Street Trading. Then Came a Decline and Small Business on Reatizattons. Business was resumed after the holl- day with the bullish feeling still in the More favorable advices ascendant. concerning the growing crops, Improved railway earnings and higher quotations from London all com- bined to bring about a further material appreciation in value. Tae feature of rev'val of interest in the industrial group and some of the speciaities. The deaiings taken altogether were well dis- tributed ana the shorts filght soon after the opening. Stocks after the early rise, showed a reactionary tendency under sales to re- Manhattan Elevated de- clined 21-8; Susquehanna & Western preferred, 33-4, and the remainder of the list i-2 to'11-2 per cent. The de- cline, as usual of late, was accompanied by @ reduced volume of transactions. The drop. in Susquehanna & Western was accompanied report that pay- ment of the Wilke & Eastern in- terest would be defaulted to-morrow. ‘This is emphatically denied by friends of the Company. ‘There were few features of interest this afternoon, The fluctuations were confted within comparatively narrow Unite and bystess was much lighter flan usual, Erle was noticeably weak, Hing to 101-8. The selling is due to the belief that when the road Is re- organized drastic measures will be re- sorted to in order to prevent another callapse in the Likg 5 Tne crop accounts trom, the West, are te encouraging, and the fac Fe, Ses ae pian Chicago tended to corroborate the rumors. ‘The Clostng Quotations. iy 118% ape ug a American American Cotton Oli: Alton & Ter. Hat Top. & Santa Fe ‘ont Ganada Southern. Chic, Mil. & St. Paul... Ghic., Rock Is, & Pac. Chie.” & astern 11 Col. cl vi Col. Con. i Delaware & Hudson Denver & Rio Grand Denver & Rio G.I Dis. & Cattle Feed, Raison Electric Il Goneral Towa Central Laclede Gi Laclede Gas pt. ex. div. i L., New Alb. & Chic... Li N. Alb. % Chie, ‘pt. Flint @ Pierre Mar. pf.. 4. Tl Cent... Manhattan | Michigan Centra Missourl Pacific Mobile & Ohlo Minn, & St. Le 5 Minn, & St. 1. Tat pf. Minn. & StL. 2d pt. M Pt 32 FERRE. . & New Engiand 0. & StL. 24 pf, & West. aeSuss Northern Pacific Northern Pacific pt. Metropolitan Traction. Mo,, Kan, & Tex Lead pr. rtolk & Western Ontario & Western Pacific Mat! Phila, & Read Peo,, Dec, & Evansville. Pitts, C. 0, & St Te pt. Rio Grande Western... Southern Ral Tenn. Coal & Bouthern Pa Trou: OPENED AT A DECLINE. Cotton Fell Of 4 to 7 Po! Improved Later. The cotton market opened at a de- cline of about 4 to 7 points lower in Liverpool, but !mproved slightly on some rumors of damage by bad weather in Texas. The early sales included July at 7.14.8 718; August, 7.19 a 7.21; Septem- ber, 7.22 a 7.26; October, 7.26 a 7. vember, 7.31; December, 1.35; Jal 737 a 7.39. Wheat at New York opened at a de- cling of about 7-8 cents, July starting at #2 1-8 cents and September at 82 6-8 cents while Chicago was from 1 cent to about 1 1-2 cents lower, Corn opened at a de- about i cent, July selling at 57 5-8 cents and September at 58 1-2 cents. Oats were weak and dull. — JOHN OSBORN, SON & CO. FAIL. janment Filed To-Day with Preferences of 819,200, The firm of John Osborn, Son & Co., importers of wines and liquors at 45 Beaver etreet, made an assignment to- day to Ferdinand Hirsch. Preferences are given to Robert avd May C. Osborn for $9,600 each. ——__— = — MAY HAVE TO RIDE AGAIN. Several Wheelmen Chicago's Road Race Did Not Go Course. CHICAGO, May 31.—There Is a lively possibility that It may be necessary to run the Chicago road race over again. "The winner of the second prize for t fastest time, Fred Rau, was disqualitied to-day. He admitted that he did not ride over the whole course, A thorough investigation of all the leading men in the race will be made. ‘The scratch men, Decardy and Bain- bridge, make affidavits that they saw Emerson, the time winner, sitting down near the sidewalk in Evanston, and that 4 pirate ou of the Rif al leclare that some sixty ride The’ aninhed uhead of them were passed in Evanston. GOULD ADMITS DEFEAT. The %0-Rater WN Breese ke Vigil LONDON, May 31.—Mr. Howard Gould has sent a despatch to the Associated Press saying that Niagara was fairly beaten yesterday in the race off Lowes- toft by Lord Dudley's Inyont in a very Nght air, He adds that he thinks Niagara, like Vigtiant, needs a strong breeze, ‘Phe next roce tn which Niagara will compete will be Harwich, June 3 the receipt of the market was the were put to LA SAGESSE’S OAKS. James Miller's Filly Defeats a Ficld of Fourteen at Epsom. EPSOM DOWNS, England, May %1.— Sir James Miller's bay filly, La Sagesse, by Wisdom—St Mary, won The Oaks Stakes, of 4,500 sovs., run here to-day. There were fifteen starters. A. W Cox's bay filly, Galeottia, by Galopin—Agare, ran second; Lord Bradford's bay filly, Penkridge, by Zealot—Blue Ridge, was third, and W. Low's chestnut filly, Garter Queen, by Ben d'Or—Braw Lass, was fourth. The betting was 6 to 1 against La Sagesse, 100 to 15 against Galeottia and 33 to 1 against Penkridge. Galeottia led until inside the distance, where La Sageese challenged her and won by a length and a half. The same distance sevarated second and third horses, The conditions of the race were as follows: The Oaks Stakes of 4,000 sov ereigns, by subscription of 50 sovereigns each, for three-year-old fillies, carrying 12% pounds each, the nom!nator of the winner to receive 400 sovereigns, the owner of the second horse 200 sover- eigns and the owner of the third horse 100 sovereigns, Distance, 1% miles. The weather was beautiful and the attendance large. A special train con- veyed the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and other members of the Royal family to the course. ALEXANDER ISLAND ENTRIES. RACE TRACK, ALEXANDER ISL- AND, May 31.—The entries and weights for to-morrow’s races are as follows: Firm Race—Five furlongs. ‘ +105 Criterton Free Press Kentucky Lady. McKeever... Connors: Duke of Fi Prince Johi Fidget Karan Traitor Fan King Sixth Ri Marie Inds Alongs GOSSIP OF THE TURF. ‘The announcement of an extension of the meet- ing of the Brooklyn Jockey Club proves that finan- clally the meeting has thus far been a success, So sure is the management of continued favors from the public, that four interesting stakes bave been arranged. The credit aystem of betting 1s working much better than one would expect. Al- most any one of respectable appearance can put down a bet with the bookmakers. The pen- cillers trust to the man's onor to pay up if he loses, The men in the ring will doubtless be- come expert judges of character as seen In @ man's face, for they give the bettor @ searching lance before accepting the wager. It Im only @ matter of time whi will be weeded out. A wi wld not the same book twice, probably knowing that hi would be exposed. A big bet is not taken unless the customer is personally known to the bookie or fm vouched for by some of the penciller's ac- quaintances, There were probably @ thousand who did pot bet. The proper for a stranger to paddle around the lawn until he finds some one he knows. This some fone, if he does not bet himself, probably knows some one who does, and thus the all important question is settled. T! mis all right. Racegoers cannot totally new system of betting, strange to this country, can be put im successful operation in @ couple ot weeks, the welchers oe Here {sa particularly unpleasant plece of news, Aa yet it is only @ report, but It comes from semi-ofictal source. It ts to the effect that the Coney Island Jockey Club will thie se son dispense with the band of music that has Jong been one of the distinctive features of the Sheepshead meeting. It is to be hoped that this Feport 1s not true, While it may be necessary to cut down expenses, the band item ts 90 ve small that it would seem parsimony to cut it off oe e Tt seems strange that, with @ prize of 5,000 ‘almost within ite gragp, did not exercise a titile mor Brooklyn Derby and put up Johnny Lamly. “Amore rob been able to hold Couuter Tenor tor that final sixteenth, and the fone to Ruppert instead of to Gideon & Daly. he writer does not want to criticise Jona Lamly. He te a ttle gentleman, does hls best. Tt 1s known that nd oe due not do Justice to ofa, employer simply because of that hess, He owes it to himself to reat up and re: Kain his health, Johnny Campbell made a te Fife bluft after thy race and shouted that he would bet OF could defeat again. Hyland would make it weak, at him and sald if would consider the offer, ee The Stato Racing Association will me day to conside: the advisability of gran: Aqueduct track a Hcense, This cou! j enlarged, and the natural advant frat ss. ‘There 1s really no reason why good rac- should ‘neu be held there. The fact that H chased each other 0} : thin year, William C. Vreeland ‘willbe. clerk of ‘the Mr. Sass has long ‘been Identified with and is at present Secre en each Atwoclation. Mr iter on turf toplea, ‘a it the scales, as he Mlle ly atthe cross-country: meet, ven ‘at Pelham and Cedarhurst some years fie ante tn anmime that there will’ be no juggling of weigate with Mr, Vreeland in charge ‘of the scales, eo 8 8 It Is announced semt-oMclally that the stew- arda of the Coney Island meeting will be Joseph J. Bark, Dr. Gideon Lee Knapp and J. MH. Brad~ ford. A stronger trio could hardly be selected, Damsel 1s a filly of rare merit, and the writer believes that at alx ferlongs she would prove the superior of either Floretta or Axlom, Her Performance veaterday was very gratifying, and er owner will probably drop her into the Stakes offered by the Brookly Club for McKee and Buckrene, sammed th two hot tavorites, talent down’ very bard yeaterda; (O14 Lamplight «has dropped into. the selllay plate class Two! very ordinary performers. be him out a la Yesterday. PENNSY CREW AT ITHACA, U, of P, Freshmen Take Up Training Quarte: Cayuse Lake. ITHACA, N, Y., May 31,—The Pennsyl- vanla Freshman crew arrived in Ithaca this morning at 6 41 o'clock and were met at the station by the members of the Cornell Freshmar, crew. The Pennsylvanians’ will haye their training quarters at Glenwood, about three miles down the weat side of Ca usa Lake, The Quaker o very light beside the ¥ Cornell me Mr. Guy Richards, of Columbia, bi accepted the invitation to refer. race, which will be held on June 14 removed a Company, receiver by Justice xt | EVERHART WARD AS AMLS,: —_-+—_ Took Enough Punishment for Ten Men in Twenty Hot Rounds, Lavigne Did All the Fighting ia Their Go at Coney Island, In the arena of the Seaside Athietie Club last night, Jack Everhart, the Southern lightweight, demonstrated that he could take punishment with any man ever seen in his class, but falled abso+ lutely to show that he knew much about the game of “hit, stop and get away.” Kid Lav.gne hammered him for twenty rounds at a rate which would have placed any other man hors du combat im @ quarter of the time. Everhart had the advantage of height, weight and reach, but fought em tirely on the defensive from start to fins ish, About three times in the contest he led and managed to get in several stiff counters in some of the rallies, but La- vigne did practically ‘ll che fighting, only falling to put his man out through Jack's wonderful appetite tor punishment. In the nineteenth round a right-hand swing that would have floored an ox put Everhart in Queer street, but he hung on to any part of Lavigne's frame that happened to be near best girl on a gard to stay in the ing tactics all through the hart's body was fearfully, peppe! Kid” devoting most of his efforts to- wardy the heart and wind. The Souths erner evidently hoped he would tire with hip work, but Lavigne didn't, In the preliminary bouts, Zimpher, {he Buffalo youth, clearl, outclassed Kelly, although the police made it a draw bes fore the fourth round could be finished. style is unique, but effective. His ‘eyes are constantly fixed on his op ponent’s hands and feet, and he figh! with both hands and his legs. Kelly was lucky to get off #0 casi Tom Denny and Iter, Hall fought nearly three rounds of their pound pout, when police interferen: saved Halligan. It was a rattling mb up, while it lasted, but the Australian’ unches had the force which the Brooke fyn iad's lacked and a knock-out, was ine evitable had the bout continued longer. —_————— DALLAS WANTS THE FIGHT. Representative Stuart on Hin Way, Here to Bid for the Big Mi CHICAGO, May 381.—D. A. Stuart, of Dallas, Tex., is here en route for New York, where he will go to make a defin- {te proposition to Fitzsimmons and Cor~ bet¢ regarding a purse for the big fight. Mr. Stuart will leave here to-morrow and will be in New York on Monday at noon, He is confident that Dallas wil et the fight. He is certain that it cam BS held in that city. PUGILISTIC POINTERS. Marty McCue, who defeated. «= Tommy Gaftney, of the Scottish-American —Athe Ietic Club, in New London, Wednesday night, te matebed to meet Freddie McGirr, of New Lome don, for ten rounds, the latter part of oex month, Jack Everhardt at the decision last draw. Everhard says vigne again for a twent; pounds, ee 14 he was very much surprise@ pected @ allenge Lae five-round bout at 138 Before the Lavigne-Everhardt go, Owen Zeigler, the Philadelphia light-weight, offered to Sght the winner, Aer folly Smith ts out with a challenge to fight Tom Denny again in the Seaside Athletic Club for a Nmited bout at 118 or 122 pounda, Smith saya Denny should give bim frat chance, Jack Hamilton, of Elisabeth, is still after Bare ney Reilly, of Philadelphia, ‘to meet him in @ Mmited round bout 118 pounds before @ ree sponsible club, 4 Johnny Glynn, of De! good record, has chi jan who ts matched to ‘meet Stanton Abbott for twenty rounds in thei Suffolk Athletic Club, Mor night, 1s training at 'H ported to be in excel successful he will challenge Young Corbett, any other 135 pound boxer for @ limited round of Buffalo, wha next Important ub, on June 14. ve started training. Dixon fs at Coney Island , and Erne will prepare at his home In Buffalo, They will meet for twenty-five rounds at 129 pounds. eee Casper Leon still has $80 forfeit posted with the Police Gazette, and no one ‘has’ covered It | Leon and Bob Cunningham were to ‘bees ched, but the differen betweem | boys resulted in the watch being de: eo ee 1 Johnny Murphy, of Boston, is very much) pleased ‘to think that Billy Plimmer a to ree tuha to this country In « few months, as Mure hy expects “to get on another witht 1m 1m & twenty-Ave round bout at 116 pounds Char his bout with Pra ba iy would have for a return with Kelly te number of ‘o et, the, ee Jgbt for a lim ei e Johnny Lavack, of Cleveland, jewsk!, of Cincinnati, 4 draw at Wheellng Van Heest had + alx-round dra Perry, of Homestead, Pa. Billy | Murphy declared winner of the glove-fght with Jack Dougherty at Cincinnath Tast night, The police stopped It im the slats round. oe Dick Moore, of Boston, fought a ten- draw with Tom McCarthy, of Dubols, Pa, Bradford, Pa., last night. PRINCETON TO PLAY ORANGE, The New Jerrey Athletes to Tackle! Another 'Varnity Team To-Morrow,. The Orange Athletic Club and Princes ton University basebal! teams will play‘ at the Orange Oval to-morrow after noon at 4 o'clock. This game will ne doubt attract the largest crowd that hag visited these grounds this seaon, as Orange has been playing unusually strong, and stands an excellent chance of defeating the collegians. Orange has defeated Yale and the University of Pennaylvania in succession. Trains will ' run directly to the grounds at Grove nd Christe 30 and 8 Jou vith Jona Bireet station from Barciay topher streets at 1.30, 2.20, o'clock, —_— GIRLS RAN AN EGG RACE. Enjoy Theiz Games, ‘The employees of Simpson, Crawford: & Simpson had their annual outing yess terday at Pleasant Valley Grove. ‘The games resulted as fotlow: handicap, for senlore—Won by 4s, \ ‘Juntore—Won by J. Gibb ¢ ‘second. Time—1ss. ‘ Bo-yard hurdle race—won by J. Quicleyy Ps de « ¥) + with J. Howard second. ‘Time—zis ioo-yard ‘exe race tor female empioyecs—Wom , Mise Costello, with Miss Arcnur secomd. Time—20s. o i, 1F-pound ahot—Won by J. cies warns Te Dry-Goods Employe: a0 Teer W “Smith wa te mile run, hapA\eap— : hak Handling third, a lernan second, W