The Sun (New York) Newspaper, March 29, 1872, Page 1

———s KING A ROBBER. Clear Documentary Proofs of Robeson’s Guilt. Administration of the Navy Department, and every effort made on that occasion was to procure the largest pos- sible scope that they might not be confined to charges in regard ibiishod, but other charges as grave knowledge. navy attended here, and that was the first they heard of what was to be the mode of procedure Mr, Dana’s whole object was by no means as misrepreseeted in the press, namely, to abandon the charges as made in THE He repeated if they were not allowed to substantiate their charges in the manner fixed by the committee, their future action at might now be determined, ROBPSON AGAIN. Mr. Archer inquired what charges the gentle- man intended first to take up. Mr. Bartlett replied he would rather wait be- the question to know what the committee determined. Secretary Kt rs in the Tennesse j ’ of the committee, THE FIRST EVIDENCE OFFERED. Tho Secors Paid $93,000 in Open Violation of Law. a a ee JOUN LENTHAL ON THE son said he had coples of the sntract case The Truth Drawn from an Un- willing Witne: voce ™ Mr. Bartlett sald one was not here, 1 d under the act of Congres f the papers called for seipt of $115,000 July 90, 1868, ROBENON'S APPEAL TO THK COMMITTES, scretary Robeson sald ther vipt inthe Navy man remarked that it was in the Department, [Some gentle- Treasury De- retary Robeson ash be first mado, on the stand. that specifte charges rof THe SUN be put He Wants Mr. Dana to Testify and Clear Out. t said they must put their pre n between the mem! RESPONSE OF THE COMMITT the New You Sent examine witnesses, 4 not t Tal the evidence to sustain the charge trucd to ex= They Agree to Circum 7s Investigation, was anopted, Mr. Sargent ¢ Mr. Bartiett then calle attention to the statutes authorizing th tle the claims of § » and the subso- sy March 28. taken this evening by the Robeson Inves- tigation Committee shows, by incontro- “The testimony & Co., and Perrin, § imseh and the Mahopac, and the law provided it should be in vertible documentary proofs taken from “sand the the records of Cons the Treasury case of premed y of the Navy a a 1 ‘0 xu Mr. Bartlett then read the orders signed by al, Chief of th tion and Rep ation of law by and $20,451 to F Linthal was sworn and was interrogated erning those orders for extra pay. FINST TESTIMONY, mont to the Secors of above ninety-three thousand dollars, in defiance of an ex- Congress applying =~ reotly to their © Those facts were Lenthal, late Chief of the Bureau of ( 1, & very unwilling witness, ‘o's bills were settled wu did not recollect anothe tter settled by one admin! ned by another. roborated by A abel might or might ° of the Navy. board of nayal oMle but one Interview with th ease, he had had Secretary of th Wastiixaton, March 28.— res against All the members Mr, Blair of Michigan, Chairman; Messrs. Sargent, Peters, Warren, and ‘The last named in place of Mr. V heos, declined. mittee tu investiga oR 3h pretary wished to know was any fund out of He replied to the present, namely : h the money could be ecretary there Was & E etary there was no fund appropsiation The Secretary made no re- The conversathe ex-Senator Cattell committee had but that of the first entered the room after th taken their seats, and then Mr. Charles A. Dana and his counsel, Mr, Willard Bartlett. Robeson occupied a chair on one side of the Mr. Dana and counsel seats on the Nine or ten witnesses were in attend- © payment was mad the witness there was no ¢ payment of was paid like other } pald out of the money struction and Ke twithstand! Bureau of Con- was no other irs when ther of which bills could be paid Secretary never ordered him unsel, he had determined intended to be present at all th Ings except when prevented by the pressure to the end that h ress of the prov ormation as the committee might might be in formed of th to give such tt retary a receipt in full of these claims’ He never did proclaim against thelr payment, e never said he would not pay He voluntarily called on the See BESON'S ADDRESS. retary then read a paper he had pre- sald charges had been made in Tae New York Sux, impeaching Secretary of written order, retary to say that, so far the published statem name dd him injustice. er further exam whether Admiral Porter was pre pared, in which bi nts In connection with his vation, Mr, Bartlett n Admiral Por. tatiend on ac ter, saying he ution under which the committee net ited, he called attention to t * referred to In the pre CORRUPTION IN HOBOKEN pgularities in for the last three years, they appeared in th and 13th inst © of enriching himself #,to the ex- © City Clerk for 200 So F bezzling Clty New Youk Sun, Mareh of robbery forthe f Rowald, a young man, not more ad other erin an twenty-eight, of gentle manners and good ared with counsel. ent charges, he demand: ent in person or by counsel n this privilege. ned his position ive of County Clerk in the f almost unanimously whet PeiPeo) Bsl "Sl ranted and the city clerk nt to the Comm Rowald was al- day to procure sures tno ong bad A CONSPIRACY EXPOSED, ——— MURDER CHARGED AFTER A LAPSE OF FIFTEEN YEARS. — Michael Hayes Demanding a Speedy Trint re of the Prosecit= tion-The Story of the Killing as Told by Probability of a Fail Hoth si omicides «Only a William F, Howe, attorney for Michael Hayes, who, it is alleged, murdered James O'Donnell in 1857, made a motion before Judge » yesterday to have his client admitted to the ground that the indictment had beer found solely on the aMdavit of Lewis C. Roches- ter, a brother-in-law of the victim, whom Mr. Howe described as a blackmailer, an entirely of belief, He thought it unjust should remain imprisoned on the testi- mony of such aman, pending the next term of nt was ready Cardo: bail, o principled man, and on Hay and ‘Terminer, as his ¢ to be tried at once, He also sta year Ii Attorne His Honor replied that he who is ¢ ned inthe To Thompson, who ts ur Hayes was re bly cheerful, reporter cordi were visiting him highly complimented Tue SUN for its fair and impartial account of the arrest, MR. MAYES READY FOI TRIAT y for trial ‘As T told you some Twas prepared at any tiie f Hayes—Well, here Ls try to escape arrest ? days investigation Lato my « gards my connection with the ind an Immediate trial. Reporter—What about this man the prosecuting witness? Hayes—L never saw him previous to the en he Thave Hie to discover Who he Is, and from the best of my knowledge he was nol present in [sti w ws nothing of ntioned in yesterday's BUN, w to extort money from 1 nell Was stabbed, and ku nea other & When seal You a « Hogan at the ompanied Rocheste are about the rm pointing his fr the man T want; fet MeTiern: looked at the jnan in surpri that he must be insai t eto testify, m like a mad Bimself so « ¢ missed the vint would not entertain one agaist me GETING BOWS TO THE PN Reporter—Mr. Roc) of witnesses to pr Hayes Rotts, who f It Roosevelt stre SI nothing of the affair, others have told her,’ Ht to one John Tay! ofthe murder, Tknow b ward young man, and am almost knows nothing of his own know ing the affray. Peter O'Dor Who Was 4 Was not present ai the ti such Was thie cis Reporter What about your reside fornia? Hayes—T was never th born July 141 iJ When quite y with Walker ned co chis city a In the evening in company with prige Oght in Water st THE FIGHT DESCRINED. Mr. Hayes continued: After th midnight. my brother and myself ! Halavia and met Troughs who were very dr sfor a tilt, Am James O'Donnell, They made som observations atid th: immediately * (the ro: there was au 8 atre tion and told the captain, Murr: Twas afraid iny life would b n. He offered to send an office ho ti ay Lwas infor livan, now dead, that O ll stabbed, and that I was mitting’ the deed. I knew ve he friend's of G'Donnell would in the city tw position on board and opened a sal T remained three years days and then Cherry str PHMEATENING TO HANG HUME In Ist, 1 heard O'Donnell had } that f should hang for the murd rand that he would k of four months in 1385, Twas er Mai tre gation Into my caree t, and then a sale ances in political I they can testify re CONFIDENT OF ACQUITTAL. Reporter—What do you think will ter cannot iiate what hes ue ut le red hit o have the ew The great t eporter at oneo, and neerning the ¢ K rT have ¢ vtend doing, First ‘ailist Michael Hayes? AN OUTRAGE rod t i 1 Lof the first. 9 Co Rochester, He the only or Mdavit. alone Mr. Hayes wast bs. Oh tis an outra, trage. When Rochester went Grand Jury and made an affidavit, Hayes with the on of his. br \ bound t Metriet) Attorney the names a but Mr. Garvin's und y mm the he had as thing would aight this meu le by Koehestor that Mr. Howe t some length of Mr Taye it 1 H f manslaughter in t whom 1 wid i tat It Mul Vrench ere at i wns, He ls aman otmed lear « sion, and dark, ¢ He is very cexeltable and. "ire me polite and graceful Formerly he Was a steward ont ut ey sistorednelawy 1 ' ive dependent on hin for As invited towseat at a tal ROCHESTEN'S STORY, Mr R ris English is fairy a t accent. ‘Throwhn vid somewhat after the manner Issed Was T present at the time of the murde Wo this poor un? ‘Certainly 1 did (throwing Ah, yes. Did 1 not self back, and almost) shouting uurting James O'Donnell’s — sister, present. wife, and — had just House when I met a crowd of mien Hayes knock James O'Donnell down and j ly rolled ove n the crowd separa shed, and fn: him. ‘They dim on top. "th Mike stood back a few paces from yelling), and oh! T shall never fe Miko draw a knife from his belt ¥ hand, ‘Lhe bulle glittered in the moviulight but nie K, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1872. LIVE IN THE METROPOLIS, DASHES WERE AND THERE BY THE SUN'S REPORTERS, N WHO MAY PROVE INNOC fA moment, when Mike sprang upon poor J ‘alled Upon to Defend ishing the Dott rtant Personage, Alexander H, Reavey Himacif before F WHY HOCHMSTER'S DELAY. ed to tell his t insixted on. sh ha mannor that it became unine atory coolly, bi tled it off ins Yesterday Goneral Sessions was occupied for several hours with the trial of John M. Vanhouten, who had boon Indicted for burglarte Speer's stables in 17th street, in August, 1860, and taking @ horse, a wagon, harness, and other property, worth altogether nd elaborate defence was presented on behalf of the prisoner by his coun- ler H. Reavey, whose office is or was at IT Warren street, though he seems to have © of business In Chambers street. e the evidence on It was then @ livid with ughtlin Throwin, Harry Hill's Indian Clubs, Harry Hill's Variety Theatre, 26 Bast Houston street, was crowded to overflowing you terday afternoon. Th down, lils counte “ the reporter with an eagerness which was de- ‘ly unploasant, he said he was willing to nawhr Any ques! yr was about te swith Fourth Ward Rum y Frustrates a Jabway Robbery sly entering Mr, ar First ayenu Last night while Ome »wiey was on his er and Itoosevelt streets he heard cries of w four rufflans trying to rob a man ‘One of them had a ask him why he had ‘any previous efforta to secure Hayes, he started off with a tirade against C who held the inquest over the bi mnneéll, and the then murder, and whom they had knocked down, revolver pointed at the man’s head, the alarm rap and seized James Mooney, alias “Stralght- District Attorney, A. An ingenious Major McLaughlin, the Homer Lane. mer $1,000. McLaughlin stands 6 feet 1, and weighs 250 pounds. Lane stands 5 feot 10, and weighs 160 pounds. When the men appeared om the stage Lane looked like a plgmy beside « The conditions of the match declared the man who gained three square back throws in five, the men grappling collar and elbow, the winner of the championship and the money. Few sporting men were there, the spectators being mainly busin three to one money changed hands, Harry Hill was the Mr. Albert Ellis was umpire for Mo+ Laughlin. and Mickey Coburn for Lane. At 4:45 P.M. time was called, and when the their feet they were greeted with the enthusiast! They shook hai and the frst round besa utes, being a succesai T'll answer cheater—Certal notwithstanding holding tight! Downs and Savi arrested James Lyn ‘Thomas Byrnes, aling Kit Hine Guiuiny, of hn sullivan, of 24 Alp to hla prisoner, ecamie to hfs assistance and of 259 Greenwich ‘The case reached a point whe both sides had be nearly 3}¢ o'clock. witnesses besides yourself to Hayes was th Will you tell me who they are ? ROCHESTR'S WITNESSES, Recorder Hackott { Officer, Crowley wey Were ail locked up In for the purpy he would be brie! I can’ fasten ly tragical t Ourish of his hand) Fat the man who ake Mike Hayes swine. He then proceeded in his ti talking at random, and did not stop until the him who he was, forth a snail black setehe papers, and exhibited a discharge from the army m the navy, adding th had generally been that of a ship's steward. me, if you pleas his thing on Wrongs Ine in a Friend of Stokes. gentleman of short statue, but heavy build, with florid complexion and reddish of the General Sessions nd his flashing this morning, give the jury the Meer Doherty was the adjournment tion among t and would adjourn the cas ‘order proceeded usual charge, and Court ¢ the time of the murder, Hayes surren- dered himself and was at once admitted to ball, and the ball bond fs still on file In the District ‘s office, never having been forfeited. ould not admit the prisoner to bail, but would assist Mr. Howe tn having the case speedily brought to trial then transferred to the General Sesstons, and will probably be called the coming week ASUN reporter yesterday visiied Mr. Hay hs, and conversation, He isin a cell with one E arrest for aesa ial animated style, inated the interl Court rooin yesterday, by his presence, filled with letters and corder to | use Was s0ON Th ailed for servi d the learned « fence on a heneh warrant, and mbs in default of Reavey stepped forward and appealed to the ‘agitated, and pleaded n his own recognizance ising to give bail t '. that he could do nothing for him his bail if it was offered. 1. Fellows that the case pending *alfected in sor Io of the counsel engaged nal, and an atte Jurors who. hi this occupy Mr. McLoughlin is celebrated for two things ¢ to wager money that he could unsel for the proposed to t are people who are will siness Sor at , ie Ma tabs es Ais give sny Ashmonger, n for obvious reas’ Dut who will appear at the prc I him to the 7’ and still triumph ina came of posed to know something K is his ostenpible busl: time, told the corder rephi¢ Laughlin jumped « greater weight than Lane ushed to the stage, 'T Ing of the alfray, jt snd Wateratree A grudge against pmurks made nt wateh they had wit Tt was then suxwested by ichit possibly dinary spect lin Is aH) faithful to Stokes, Hotwithe consequence clared "no f nd round buying fast horses, and ble tad hina beew excited at & real or supp F fricnds of t heased, and said to in THE PROVOCATE A falling off of 1 started out N FOR THE CHARGE. rry Ldid not mash that (oath him, anyhow, and masiy bh: he first announs 4 to adjourt Jurors havin the call was mad rder Hackett charge the juri as Bieral and another sald he would to-morrow, and thea the court in the usual form back to argue tr urder os | EMU Aye he atruck hin, choked hi ng tO such extrem was wiarply € rney Sulit au, What ts your bi Majiltona by his agit Lane's superior tactica finally enabled him to himself, and his libs use from the thereantile men, More skirmishing was followed by MeTa and endeavs The Grand Jury recently found an indictment against Re in the firet d about two months ties ‘of argument Forty-third street, w ual or fancied trot r erty, she was advised by an emissary of Re that an injunction was seizing Lane 1 saw no knife iyromedy, and J only through a lawye tavenged hy the the Sixth Avenue R Boston and marr bandoned alter {a wife'in Ph sal to send for the oni whe could serve her. cordingly Introd. It is charged that h in hand as very pressin Fr. Twas not arrested Mr. Reavey was a jan against the Sixth Court of Com In the case of Ratiroad, tried tn thi before Judge J. F. Daly, t Sixth avenue care as @ passenger at paid her fare, mn atruick the ear, and the ts, Injured her aplue him” to the court clock that night. ited to Mra, Taylor @ paper for he that It was in blank, an untoered io uive a large wooden Ke pounds eacl described various, artist «Massive nead. Ane aus MLapprov al stling now be round was won by Lan on his back in three minutes. ‘The suo ntest resulted in“ no fall.” with coms nts coming down tat on thelr faces, exiant Me to the work. gether, the skir preceding rou lin taking Lane by ing him over his h and the refere rminut e ith round MeL nen now ste of falls, but a would be the wit Wto 1, with but few takers, famply Justin a three min was declared the champion, and the audience quietly dispersed, Fifty-ninth street, Near Fifty: third street a rubAWay rtoward me, shoute No ‘special nex <ae application tor was to be written in above hes ions to being a prize ateibuted to the weet > her injury, aud 1t5, tion Was as Tue Jury awarded hi e enacted, and the bush to be'ina fair way of satlsfactory adjust But a few days ago Mrs were surprised by learning that tl signature hed “yin to Reavey tinall the real proj d had been du 4 subsequent conveyance had n made by him to a third: perso sion was now demanded, © having been made known 88 Was sald i's Lawsuit, nul street, 14 adeal- 1 Mra. Georgiana Barber is In February Mrs, Barber ‘Taylor and her friends reays he ha the Seventh ito be a deed title, and inter Owned ; that recorded, and tha: eu »L understand. “He speaks boys! cups in Chrystie str verly resided at Hatayi ed to Bilberbe terial for a doze ver heard 0 uundrel of thi urth Wards are promptly made up perior quality wer pting also. voy at the tin: 1 to be a stralg Seventh and the tated over this opinion that haif-erazed blackmailers, who, n their attempt to extort . have souxht Fever, For the first lot Mra, 1 Jded not to part with the second un pl er to the Grand Jury money from Mr. i his arrest. vdue ina hurry aad despatened « boy to Witness, for he has frequently admitt and it is well kno} id told ilberberg’s hi deend her the ati: rder Hackett, THE COLORED MEN'S FOURTH and Mrs, Barby ther patience wor Anniversary at wind ple suit A that Mr. Ke nantly dente r yesterday and th tained a Judgment for Attempted. to |p ad that the © Enthusiastic ved Church, Last evening the colored men assembled wed Church, grand demonstration in my life SLAUGUTERING THE TARIFY. nt to sea, and in IS w Entering on a as been institute Court by Thomas P Mace and Phil, Hargreay The Sennte P A Woman Ro! lay last, Mrs, Em tress of & boarding hous king with her #40) in Un Jton, proprie- Repeal of In) in honor of the rat aiversary bein sumed consideration of the bill for the At an early hour the colored men by rive, and ats amendment adding the free list of the 8 An amendn eel rails 10 pe evelt streets we the erowd wt to stand in ned to whip us ‘The second section oft the duties on bill, reducin slik, iron, ear nt, was add) juently amended by strik- f silk, now sub, ral fight. tried to defend my- self, and hardly kuow what I'did. As soon as I could get away T went to the Fourth Ward Diteh; taken by the doep Interest iu t Was @ solitary white close of the jody—An En to Light. Mr, Judson J searching for se sons for whose arrest warrants are out. SUN reporter Was informed yesterday that the persons to be arrested are cha ing implicated in gizantic frauds on the State, and were not concerned with the Municipal manufactures Jor Joseph Walker called the metting home, but | finally departed alone. perty was merely by Eugene Sul- t gentlemen Mr. HaMnry (it the Tariff bill repor harged with ex convention of the milk producers met in the tion, and he 1 das a substitute nd Coffee bill nc He would except, however, th nd to iron wire cloth, so. as to leave th t duties on that Lirst section be nything; but notwithstanding this I remained that Bret section b ft only te fll my . Lreturned in Iss, herry street er O Donnell was at that tine a ruuner for a sailor boarding house in He said that an imny Saloonmen’s 8 proposed de f West Cornwall Ik were brought to this clty daily that one quarter of the amount was chat Fit reached the city tig wil milk found diluted, “The Farmers Milk E the obtaining a unite nn., sald that 100, fetyfhad charge of the ting held in that room afraid T can't . Ihave had men out after them all day, but'theyare bot to be found as eusily as & At this juneture Mr. William Freeman entered Land was met with d When this had subsided, th d that be had no « cof hands, but he was Opposed to the use of feet on tie floor of that moved an amer 1 taxes on ium taxes impos providing that all jection to the clappir hour this t Time on si oming alarmed, T went to the District At- ney's office, and as already stated. | Svs, found Twas not wanted, During ap ad'in recruit- ing, Afterwards I kept a boarding hoi at Loggerheads, dd liis partner Char ey entered futo part Theatrical Partue ts, wh frauds diseov Hany heretofore published irvis assured nin an ever wison wanted boa » report of th wal to take elfect TOES then expre nul be killed: by th 's Opera House ; pe Til see you all agal amendment bellowed it wat ave Hot sought to evade an investi It will stand the most Careful scrutiny. [have made many acq in privat t the reverend gi int wd feared that the persous wanted arose to his feet ag amendments, whieh it ed by the Senate: f Fait Charles G. Patterso and Feathe Henry Wilkins and wife of Sag Harbor, [, Hayes—Tam confident of acquittal urned until M An Oficer who Bey Death Preferred ton Scop Killed by a Blank sten to It, He Judge Vorkeyts suc Kobingon, been done in the Janta, and the ¢ to the bi y Hall is as false as ments of New Ye A Vlog of Disive thereinel the object of his visit the er of Uhe murdered man livable alte evil William O'Neil vognized in the 1 Bank Robbery, lonal Bank of Charles SPARKS PROM TUE th Carvlina Bank, a very dillerout tu Seventy's Charter, t. Va auetting with Phirty-third atre A mass meeting of the several Reform o The Superintendent of the Tron Mountain Rail road ways that Missourt on Tuesday 1 Uae Wu ABPIICRLOM WHAbEV GE bu biel Fyne r comes fram dy Well bo Lua Hato glade. IMP Dunean a Vie Board ot Higa Wul akg Co ata ev lor bugle <== PRICE TWO CENTS. HILL'S WRESTLING MATCI —— 4 FINE DISPLAY OF SKILL IN THE RIETIES THEATRE, ——- Lane Over bis H coasion was a wrestling present champion, and ‘The Major {put up $1,500 and Ho as men. The betting was n McLaughlin, and considerable plaudits of the business men. ds in the centre of the stage, It lasted five min+ 1 of feints and trap moves esulted in nothing until Moe Lane's back, This was @ vuld carry, and he is was de= sted but one minute. Mo« vied with Lane's hrough« pastoral side soon dM Hills stage, “ No fall.’ ‘came up prompts h it olay. Lane still struggling, at ren on brought much ghlin ing to raise him from f these ates while tt did fd rulse his jacket, and. pooled s head. A chorus of laughter fole ng which the e. ‘The men Jin insertin nd the giant in's exploit wh back to utes, nh now retired for a brief interval of ertain the audience, Harry Hill vol- Jndian club exercise. He weighing 3 as Harry himself, and = elreles with then now and us bi an afresh. The fourth he throwing the giant Laughlin was by this time warmed, When the two men next came to= hing was less cautious than ds. tended by McLaug up In his arms and throws d. He struck on his back: jared ita" fall. hlin went down, Th ad equal in res he nut present saw or, Bets wer piles’ struggle, in the Supreme Fowler & Co., 4 Broadway, against While in part P ineaday eveniug, by Deputy, Shera just before the Ibe eh Greclan statues on tae aly re SOMETHING AVOOT, an aod his Deput Looking rmous Fraud about vis and his deputies have eral days for pere ‘wed with be- vn sald to the SUN man, “I'm rrest those parties until to-mors son Jarvis retired, at an earty ning, the arrests had not beem will create a stir, the. different direction SUN reporter that the paper to the effect thas din the Metropolitan eet. He was sorry that any re nied arrests had reached: the n made. red being ht oe n, who has been holde for the Derby Coal Company, that position at the annual election ow There have been (wo partics struggling mastery anovg the stockholders for over Cively aa the Patterson and Andere ro held control * CLL a msJority Of The atoeks y buying Jersey Clty Charter, h to Jore t 1, Fist’ » a) t 1 ron 4 a uM, i how oul wb ) Post Ofivos and iment to enn) ( avd y v to che JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN, Hond " LU on * { 4 Howe A aw 45. Curtis has been apy steatuabip. Murty « ustic f the Crescent ¢ Was unfounded, Capt. Curtiy wa Nronuineter for His gallant cat } Uorough the terrible storm of WACO WIMTEE WLUCK GL buger ne Boge | | nae et Flaten tee + ei Pn 3 Ne sae st