The New York herald. [volume], April 28, 1878, Page 9, Image 9

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EDISON'S WONDER.
I'm Phonograph and Its Application
Described by Its Inventor.
GREAT POSSIBILITIES.
Fugitive Sounds Captured and Im
prisoned in Tin Foil Sheets.
TELEGRAPHY REVOLUTIONIZED.
From an Authority so worthy ol attention at the
LYonior hliusoll we learn ol tho uiauy applications
? wlncb that new mechanical wotider, the phono
graph, can be put. Under the title "fb* l'bonograpb
ind Its Future" ilr. Edison publishes an urticio :n
Ibe North Ain rican Uecuw lor May-June, In which be
totalis tbo marvellous results lie has obtained from
ais experiments when developing bis luveution, and
points out tho muaorr in'wluch tbo now instrument
Is to simplify, anil in tuuny instances render un
necessary, tbo labors ot tbo telegrapher, the writer,
speaker and finger. He undertake* to show that in
the near lutura a complete revolution will bo
accomplished in Win now costly and labori
ous work ot bookroaltmi:, and tliut iuipor
tshable records ol tbo identical utterancos of
mon can be secured and reproduced as often and
In as many places simultaneously as is desired. It is
with the view of setting unintelligent conjecture at
rest that the inventor ot tbe phonograph gives bis
own description of tbe instrument to the public, lie
says:?"From tbo very abuudanoe ot conjectural aud
prophetic opinions which have been disseminated by
tbe presH tbe public is liable to become contused aud
less accurately Informed as to tbe immediate result
and i fleets ol tbe phouograpb than If tbe Invention
bad been one confined to certuiu speciQo applications,
aud tbereiore ot less interest to the masses." Aud
# with regard to tho possibilities ol tbe application ol
tbe phonograph he adds:?"In tbo case ot an inven
tion ol tbe nature aud scope ol tbo phonograpb it is
practically impossible to indicate It to- lay, lor to-mor
row a trifle may extend it almost indcflaitoly."
WHAT HAM BKKN ACCOMPLISHED ALREADY*
The Muccobs already achieved by Mr. Kelson Is
thus summed up by him in answer to categorical
questions assumed to be put regarding tbe pbouo
gr.ipb
X. A vibrating plate or dislc Is "capable ot receiving
a corupl- x motion which shall correctly represent tbe
peculiar property ot oach aud all the multifarious
vocal and other sound waves."
:L i^ucb u complex movement can "bo transmitted
Irom sucti a plaio by moans of a single embossing
point uttucliod thoreto, 10 eflcCt a record upon a plastic
material by indentation, with such fluolity a* to glv*
ittth indentation tlio samo varied and complex
toriu," aud tbis being the case, "this ombossiug point,
apou being passed over tuo record tbus made, will
fxlow it wittt inch fidelity as to retransmit to tbo
disk the same variety of movement and tl^us effect u
restoration or reproduction ol the vocal or other sound
wlives without loi* of any property onsontlai to pro
ducing upon the ear the same sensation as 11 coining
direct iruin the original source."
With regard to the loregoiog Mr. Ediaon further
Holes that "by application ol power lor uoilormlty
?1 niovemont and bj attention to many seemingly uu
Iniportantand minor details?such as the form ana the
material ol the embossing point, the proper dampen-'
lug ol the plate, the character ol the material cm
jossed, ttio lormatlon ol the mouthpieco over tho
plate," &c.?ho b?a '*at various times during the past
sucks reproduced these wuves with such decree ol
iccuracy in euch and every dotail as to enubie his ai
tisuu s to road without tho loss of a word one or
more columns ol a newspaper article untamlllar to
theui and wnlch were spoken Into the apparatus when
tiny were not present Tho ouiy perceptible loss WM
(ound "? be In the quality ol the utterance?a non
etfHCMiti) in the practical application ol the apparatus."
lie uiukcs the curious ana nu|>ortaut announctment
that ??ilie articulation ol soine Individuals has been
very perceptibly improved by passago through me
phouourapb, the original utteranco being mutilated
by imyerleciiou of lip aud mouth formation, and these
aiutiiatiuiiB eliminated or oorreoud by the mechanism
01 the phonograph."
3. A recotd can "be removod irom the apparatus on
ahicli It was made and roplacod upon a second wtib
Dut mutilation or lo?s o( effective powor to vibrate
the second plate. "
Tills Mr. KiIIhod regartN a* a matter of "mere me
ehunical iteinil, presoutlng no greater obstacle than
having proper regaid lor uie perlect luterohaugeable
ue.-M ol ibe various working puris ol the apparatus.
4. --But about ten or fifteen seconds aufllco lor plac
ing or roinoving the recording shsot. A special en
velope v> ill probably oe required lor the present, the
weight aud lorm of which, uowever, will but slightly
Increase ibe po?tage."
[>. "Kcpealod experitnents have proved tliat the In
dentations possess wonderful cbdunug power, even
when the reproduction has been ellectml by tde com
paratively rigid plate used lor their production. It l?
proposed, however, to use a more flexible plate lor re
producing, winch, with a perfectly smooth stone
point?diamond >>r h*i piure?will render ibo rrcord
capuble ol irom Oliy to a hundred repetitions, enough
lor all practical purpoi-es."
tik - Many experiments liuve been made, with more
or less succeur, In the cDori to obta.n electron pea ol a
record. This work has beeu done by olbors, and,
though the writer (Kdisou) has uot as yet seou It, he
Is leliably iniormed that, very recently, it has been
auocc'Mlully accomplished. tie can ccriainly see uo
great practical obstacle lu the way. ihis, ol course,
pe run is you ludeliuitc multiplication ol a record aud
Its preservation lor all time."
7. lu rcpiy to the inqniry, "What aro the re
quisite lorco ol wave impinging upou the diapuragtu
and the proximity ol the mouth to the diaphragm to
eDect a record T" tho mveuior ssys:? ?
These depend In a great mea?ure upon the relume of
toiin.t dasirad In tlis repiudoeiIon If the rei redaction Is
li< 1to made audible to an auiiieiioe considerable fores Is
requisite In the oiluinal ultersiice . If for the individual ear
euit the ordinary conversali. nal tote (even a whlapnr has
been reproduced!. Iu bolt, eases the original ulleraucos
nro delivered nireetly In the mnntnpiere of the lustra
ment. An elidible reproduction iusy. however. b?i had
by ti>eal>lng at the Instrument Irom a distance of
Irum two to torse feel in a loud ton* I !ie "apidleation ol a
flarniK tU'ie or fuuael to cuoeci the sound ?am asd the
construction of an especially drlicste dlapbramu and em
ta-Mui. p?dnt. Ac.. sra the simple means which surest
thetnseivss to elJset this. I he writer lias not as yet given
this ?tace of the ik-eelortnen: much attention, but ?"? s no
lo iM't.eal difficult* in gaiheriag up ao-i retaining a sectional
Dart ol the vouud waves dl3u?ed about the orlrlual ?ueroe
v?llhla a radius of ?a> three est .sufticiaiiliy removed not
tu be annoying to a speaker or a slugar/.
ibe actual prsc.lcal results obtained Irom tho
phonograph Ulujr ho set down as loliows .?I lie cap
tivity, pertnancut retention and reproduction at will
with original characteristics, ol all eound waves here
to loro designated as "lugitivu " Tho transmission ol
captive Rounds in material lortn "lor purp ses ol com
niunicatiou oraa nierchaaiablr goods." The ludellnite
inulllplicailou aud plc?eiVulion ol sounds, without
regard lo tho existence ol U.e original >ource, and tho
cart.valiun ?'! sounds with or ? itnout the knowledge
Of consent o| the source ol their ortitlu. Among ibo
Biore important prospective applicut.oos ol Uie phone
graph may be n.entmued letter writing aim other
ionns ol dictation, tiooks, education, reader, music,
latniiy record and such electrotype applications sa
boo**, musical taiX'-a, toys, mock*, advertising and
vunaiilig apparatus, .poecho*, *o.
rua LaTTKR warTra I'Hoxmimi'H.
"The apparatus uow beiug periecud lu mechanical
details will ue the standard phonograph. I he general
principles ol con miction are a 11.1 plate or disk, with
a kinril giot?vn "n the lace, opetai?d by clockwork
ttLuirtioatn the plate, the groove, nro cut very eloseiv
to ether lO ss to give ttiu greatest length to ea? h inch
ol"surface?a Close calculation gives as the iiapscliy
Ol oacn sheet ol loll, upou ?b,Ch I ho record IS bad,
lu the neighborhood ol lony llioii.au l Words."
? ?the praC'ioal upplicatiuu ol ihis form ol pbouo
craph lor con:mullIC .lions is very simple. A Sheet of
loll is placed III the phonograph, the clooKWerk is set
In motion aud the matter dictated luto the mouiii
i-icoe without other illorttban ? heu dtclutlug to a
stenographer. It I* then removed and placed In a
fcUiiahle form ol ehvelopo aud sent through tue ordi
nary chaiiuols to the correspondent lor whoiu de
aigued He placing n upou his phonogrsph, start*
In* clockwork and listens lo what nis c?treepond?ut
pas to eay."
books, music, KkCOHDS, *0.
liooks may be read by the cnai itubiy-inclined pro
festloual reader, or by such loaders especially em
ployed lor thai purjoae, aud tho record ol iiueh book
tued lu the asylums t.1 lite blind, hospitals, the sick
Chamber, or even with great prolltauu amusement by
the ladv or genthnicn whone eyes ur.d hands mny bo
otherwise employed; or, asain, because of the greater
enlo) ment to be had irom a booa when read by an
elocutionist than Wbeu lead uy tho avrtVago reader.
I'll* ormuary record aheet, repoatiug this book iroin
any io a hundred times as It will, would command a
once that would P?y me original reuo?r won lor the
?lightly increased difficulty in reading it nloild in the
t>llOtlOMrill?!>e . a a a.
?All an elocution iry teacher, or as a primary teacher
lor chllurtu, it will certamiy be invaluable. Uy it ml
Qi-ult i.aa?a*ca may be correctly rendeieu lor the pupil
bat oucr, alter Wb.oli lie has only to apply to Ills ( no
no raph lor instruction*. The child limy ibus le*rn
lo spell, commit to memory, a le-aou set lor It, ?o.
"i be pliono*raph will undoubtediy bo liberally de
eoted to mu?ic. A ?ong ?ung on the phonograpO la
rooroduced with maivelioua accurao/ anu power
Tims a friend may, lu a looming cuil, *mg a sung
which ana,I uelifcht an eVJUing colupany, fee. A* a
niosteal twehtr It wilt be utd to suabls on# (0 mu
ter u new sir, the child to form its first w?|i, or to
aing bun to sie-'f. "
"A book of 40.ooo word* upon a sioule metal puts tea
Inches square becomes a strung probability. 1 he *d
?milages ot sucb books over those printed are loo
readily seen to need tneuiion. Sucb books would be
listened to where uow none are read." We m;?v add
In tnia eonnoctioii tbat pbouofrupbio books would bo
C"iue as uselul and lnture*iiug in ttie uulettereU as to
ttie highly educated, as botb would receive the Infor
nation they contained by bearing ouly.
TOYS, CLOCKH, TkLKOKAPUT, KTC.
It Is possible uuw ty means of tbe phonograph to
attach to toys,*10118, &o., an interest betoro unknown.
Spenkibg figures can be made to utter familiar coin
otiinplMos aud indeed carry on a prearranged couver
suliou. Clocks, with a phuuograph attachment, in
stead of slrlcktng the bour will call it out distinctly.
Will my in tbe niorniug, '-Hallo Jobul lime to got
up," like a lorty horse pow>r mother-in-law, or as
Mr. Kdison suggests, may politely invite "dear
Charles" or *'Uenry" to go homo when tea o'clock
1*. M. arrives.
A more important uso, however, can bo bad lor tbe
phouogrupli. Mr. EJignii says ol it:?
i.astly. and In quits another direction, the phonograph
will perfed tl.B telephone and revolutionise the present
sy?te>ns u! telegraphy. Hint utel'ul itiventwn is now re
sirtcted la Its iieid ol operation by reason of the toot tffat
II l> a weans ol Couiuiuiilcatiou winch leave* no record of
its transactions, thus rs-lricliug us use tu simple convsr?a
tloiial etiit-clitst. ami sucli uiiiniportant details of business
as are not considered el sutHeisai importance to record.
Were this different, und our it'leplione c^uversatl<>n auto
matically recorded. we should Bud Hie reverse of tbe pres
ent status ol tli? telephone. It would be expressly resotled
tu us a :ueuns ?l perfect record.
"Mow villi this application be made T" will probably be
asked by those unfamiliar with either tbe telephone or
phonograph.
Keth these Inventions cause a plats or dink to vibrate,
and thus produce summ waves in harmony with those
of the value of the speaker. A very simple Oevioe may
be made by whieb the one vibrating disk luay be made
to do duty lor both the telephone and the phono
Krapli, thus enabling the speaaer to s!iuultaurou?ly
transmit and record bit message What nyteiu ol
telegraphy can approach tbat J A similar coiubtuatinu at
th? distant end oi the wire enables the con espoiment. II
lie Is prei>eut, to near it while it is bein^; recorded. Thus
we have a mere passage ut words lor the action, but a ediu
plrte and uurable record ol those words as the result of
that action. Can economy or time or money iro lurther
than to annihilate time aud space, and bottle up lor pos
terity tbe mere uttera ice ol man without other effort on
bis ;>art than to speak me worus.
THIS SOVKKMGNTr OF ETHICS.
In his paper on the Sovereignty of Ethics Mr.
Emorson aays many ihioga thai are not only bound
to attract attention because said by blm, but because
ihey aio about matters that ore ol groat Interest at
tbe present day:?
In the Christianity of this country, sajs the writer,
Ibere is wide difTcrenco of opinion in regard to iu
fcptraliou, prophecy, miracles, the future state ol the
boul;cvery variety of opinion, aud rapid revolution
in opinions, in the last half century. It is siuiply im
possible to read the old history ol the llrst century as
it was read In the ninth; to do so you must uboiisn in
your miud tue lessoui of all the couturles lroui the
ninth to the ninetevnth
Sball 1 make the mistake of baptism* the daylight,
aud time utid .space, by ibo nauiu ol Johu or Joshua,
id whose tent 1 cb.inco to boboid daylight, aud spuoe
and tluief WUal anlhroponiorphists we are in this,
that we caunot let moral distinctions be, but must
mould tbcui into human shape I "Mere morality"
moans?not put into a personal master ol morals.
Our religlou is geographical, belongs to our lime und
place; respects auil myihologues soiuo oue lime, und
pluce, aud person und people. So ll is occasional. It
visits us only on some exceptional and ceremonial oc
casion, on a wedding or a baptism, ou a sick bod, or at
a tuueral, or perhaps ou a sublime national victory or
or a peace, but that bo surs is not tbe religion of the
universal unsleeping providence which lurks lo trifles,
in still, small voices, in the secrets ol the heart aud
our closest thoughts, as eflloieully ss in our pfoclama
ll?DS uud successes.
Fur be it trom ur 10 underrate lb* men or me
churches urn have llxed tho hoarts of men and or
eauized their devoul tuipulses or oracles lulo good in
stitutions. The Church of Horn# bad iu saints sud
in-pi red the coosoienco ol Europe?St. Augustine,
and I'boinus a Kernpis. auu Kduelou; the piety ol llio
fciigiisb Cbaich iu Crunwor, uoa ileroort, uod l'aylor;
tiio Belormed Church, Scougal; the myotics, Behmen
uudswedonborg; tue Quaker*, Kox uud James Nay lor.
1 con less our luler geueralion apposrs ungirl, irtvo
lub compared with the religious ol the last or Caivln
Uti'o age. 1 here hi Iu ibe lust century u sorlous ba
buualreiereoce to tue spiritual world running through
diaries, letters and cou vcrsulloo?yos, and into wills
and legal instruments also, compared with which our
liberation looks a little l.ippuU aud dapper.
"1 ne religion ot seventy years ayo wax an Iron belt
to tbo mind, giviug kt concentration and lorce. A
rudo people were kept respectable by tbe dotermtna
tioti ol thought ou mo elerual world. Sow men tall
abroad?waot polarity?suffer in onaracier and mu-l
Uou A sleep ueeps oyer tbe great luuclioua ol m-n.
Kmbustuain goes ottt. lu Us stead a low prudence
teoks to bold society stanch; but its aruis are too
sliort; coruaga and machinery uever supply ibe place
?'l!u "her would cut bis band oil soonur than write
thes*s against .bo l'opo if be suspeotod that he was
bringing on witb all hl? might the pale uegullous oi
litistou Uuliarlanism. i will not now *o into the intta
physics ol ihat reaction by wUlob In history a period
Si belief is followed by an age of criticism. In which
wit take* the place of laltb IB the leaulug spirits, and
*n excessive respect lor lorms out ol which U>. beari
lias departed becomes most obvious iu the least reli
gious uiiudM. 1 will not uow explore tbe causes ?f the
result, out tbe fact most be conceded as ol irequeut
recurrence, aud uevcr more evident than In our Amur.
,.n ohSrcb. To a sell-denyIbg, ardent church, de
liebtiug in rites and ordinances, has succeeded a oo d,
intellectual race, wbo analyze the Pr?*?[ ????'| l>?">
ol tiioir loreimbcra, and the more intellectual reject
every yoke ol authority aud custom with a petulance
uiiDrocodeuled. It is a sort ol mark ol probll*. and
sincerity to declare how little you believe, while the
Uiass ol the community mdoleutly loliow tue old
loruiS with childish sci upulosity, and wc have punc
tuality lor laitb, and Hood tuts lorcharacter.
But 1 hope Ibe deled ol laltb wnu us Is only sppa
rent We shall liud t'bat freedom has its own uu irds,
uud.'us soon ?s in me vulvar u runs 10 license, sets all
reasonable men on exploring tbuso guards. I do not
tbiuk the summit ol tbis age truly reacued or ex
pressed unless it attain the beight which reliniou and
philosophy reached Iu auv loruier ago. If 1 miss the
lu.n,ration of the saints of Galviuistn, or ot Piatonism,
or llliuuduisui, ou*1 times are uot up to Ineirs, or
uioiu truly, have not yet their own legitimate lorce.
? * * America -hall Introduce a jure religion.
Klines are tliouutil u?i to taaaiy allection. Uut all
the relmlou wu have u the oihios oi ouo or an
other holy persou; as soon us character
appears be sure love will, and venerailou, ana alieu
doteH aud tables about hi in, and delight ol ?wl ?"?
and women in hiui. Aud abai de. ps ol grandeur and
boauiy aro Huoan 10 us iu eihical iruth. what diviua
tion or Insight belongs to ill >'or iiiuocenco is a
wouoeriul electuary lor purgiug the eyes to search
tbu uature ol thu?o souls iha pass bolore it What
armor It is to protect tLe good from outward or iu
ward narHi, and with, what power it couveris evil
acuidsuta Into beucUts; tbo power ol Its counte
nance; the power ot its presence! lo it alone culms
H ue iriendsinp; to it come graudeur ol situation aud
iKctlo perception, eurichinn ail it deals with.
Once m< u thought spirit divine and matter diabolic;
oiioormuitd. the other ahriinan. Now science and
Philosophy recoguUS the parallelism, the appio*iuia
t on the unity oi tbo iwo; bow eacii reflects the other
as nice answers to lace lu ag.a?e;bay, uow the laws
ol boih aro one, or how one is the realixauou. to e
are learning not to fear truth.
The man ol this ago must be matriculated to tho
auiwraiiy ol bcmlcv* and WiniiilttiW llo#iug lroiil nil
nasi oerioda lie muat not be one wuo can be sur
prised .ou shipwrecked by evorv bold or auotile word
which maiiguant and acute uiru may utter iu Ins bear
ing but Should be taught all aoepliclsms aud ?nbe
llels aud mane the desiroyer oi all Card houses and
paper wails aud the sliter ol all opinions by being put
face to lace Irom his mlaucy with reality.
A man who has aecusioiued niuiseil to look at all
bis circumstances as very mutable, to_ carry his poi?
aesKions. his relations to persons, aud even his opin
ions. in h.s hand, and lu ail thess lo pierce to the
principle aud u.or .i law, and everywhere lo And that?
has nut hnn-eii out ol the reach ol all ?c pticisin; and
it ??ein* a? it whatever is most affecting and suhume
lu our intercourse, in our happtuess and in our lossss,
tended steadily to uplnt u? lo a life so extraordinary,
sod, oue might say, auperhuinau.
AN OLL> OFtfifiNDEU.
Roundetnan Price produced In the Joncrson Market
Police Uourl yeslenlay a man named John liurke,
all ot Keynoids, wbo said he was a bailer aud was
lwoul)-Uve years o.d. llo had been seen by John
Uibon, ol .it. Francis Xavier's College, carrying
away trom tho ohurcli, lu .Slxteenui S'.reel, tho coat
cl August Dupil. which was Valued at 130. to'hen
Captured tie was recogUUed as the man who had
enured Ihu choir on the day ol General Devins'
luuiral and stoleu the ov?rcoilOl i'roli ssor to'ililaiu
Her e, ti e on.au'1 . .t third charge w?? prelerred
agataai hiui by i.eor?e C. I?ye, ol No. 2i *nlu avenue,
wno.o coa, he had purloined iroiu tue vestry oi Ibe
Scotcii Apostolic Church in rsitta.ei.tli eireet. Wbeu
arrested Be alieu.pled to throw away a blank bonk,
wnl. U was recovered aud in wlneh entries ol numerous
Iheils wiieie lound. lb II *ere alro lound the ad
dieines ol clergyiued in Heading, Pa. ; 1 uckahoe,
prcvidouco, It L; WaUrtowu ?nd lievorly, N. J.,
together Willi the ualues and reeidenc^s ol poople lu
Urooltlyn, Cape May and b..ua llraucii euKiged iu
rhailiable enlerpn-es. rfudge liolly eomiulMe,iblui
lu IbUO on ?acu ot the iwo hrsl Charges .ud in SoOU on
M, e in ud. A short uiue since Uuike ? as a*- rostei lor
auteriug the roote ol a lady at .>u 1-U Woel I ?eaty
lourtli street, who locked him iu aud summoned the
nol cu. lu Cuurl lia men pleaded Wi it he w?a intoxi
cated and nad wauuered Into me plate lie waa ols
Charged al the lime, but the repeliuon ol Iho plea
yesterday proved luulieoiuai.
i.ANDLOUU AN U DUAUDtiU.
Hr. W. O. Wright, a physician ol Jersey City, was
yesterday arresled lor threateniBg lo kill Mr. A. U.
Pe trson. Hie Uoclor and Ills erne boarded with M r.
Pearson's lainliy al No. al& Warren street, and
tesieruay they moved. As the iruck.nan was
takiug me trunks out ol lbs house Mr.
Pearson tuade su eilort to Stop uuu, claim
ing mat there was su uuseliled board bill ol
iff Wright met mis with a bill el SI* lor meotcal ai
Ivndance on one ol Mr. Pearson'''"J1"
then presented auotBer b.li for $??, In which the
iivctor Mt?s mere aero soverni libellous siaurneuts.
the doctor iheit threw the bill in Pearsou's lace and,
drawing a ret .lver, tlireaiened to "i?.re a hoio
ihruoaU him Piarson ih?u caused the wurreiit lo ne
laaue* lor u.e Doctor's arrest. Or. tonght senior
his cwdusul aud aa? Uaiied by Judge Davis,
CARTMEN'S PRIVILEGES.
THE DIFFICULTY BETWEEN THE NEW YOBC
iKP ItBOoKLTN BOtBD OF ALDKKMKM?ME
MOBUL TO THE LKOISLATUBE.
Tbe New York aud Brooklyn Aldermen b?vo got
Into ? very decided tingle relative to tbe operations
of a certulu ordmauce govoruiog car mien's licenses,
lb ore are seid 10 be iiu.OOO -aruneu iu lb* city ol Now
York?4.000 more uoing busiuess bere white residing
in Brooklyn. Tbo metropolitan Aldermen buve
recently passed ? law prohibiting uon-reslileul
carimen Iroin carrying on tbelr business in New
York. This la a serious prohibition tor the thousands
ol carimen reaideut in the "City ol Churches," who
are lbu* deprived ol curnin; a livelihood on this aide
ol tbe water. A almiUr nou-resiucut ordinance was
in exldteoco lor yoars In Brookl>u; but two weeks
ago tbe municipal uiiltiorit.es repealed It and now
ask their Aldcrmaulo biethreu bero to taao similar
uctiou. But tbe New York City Father* sternly ob
ject to any such course. It is said lh.it tbe
political light over the spoil* going on at
Albauy between tbe McLaughlin interest ol
Kings county on one side and the representatives ol
J auituany llill ou tbe other hits bitterly luivnsibcd
this particular contest. A bill has been just passed
by lite aouaj.e audi* now befuro the Commute on
Cities ol the House, permitting carimen. ou being
du'y licensed, to transact tbelr business in auy part
ol the State, no matter where tbey muy reside. An
ellort Is to be made by the New York muuiclpal au
thorities, it Is said, to drleat tflls measuro.
HfbCIAL MKKYINU OV TilK ALUKKMKM.
A special moiling of tite Hoard ol Aldermen was
held at one o'clock yestorday lor tbe parposo oI taking
the wbole subject iuio consideration.
President Honoris presented the following memorial
to tbe Legislature, ytiicb was adopted by unanimous
vote of the Board:?
To Til* Asskmdlv or tnr. or Nkw You*:?
Having loarnecl thai a bill annulling an ordioauce of the
city uI >ew Yor* in r. lulloii iu licensing puollc carl* uud
curtiuen ha* passed the San it* with most unseemly tiasi*
a ad without aflurding iu* umiiiclp.il authorities of this city
au opportunity ol briug neard id protest against ?aid
measure, the Board ?l AlJurinnii ot tin) city of hi'tr Vork,
without regard to party ur political affiliation, unanimously
iiieiuorMllse your honorable body against tlie passage ol
?aid bill by ilie Assembly, lor tin* lollowiug reasons:?
(?or twn hundred yours or inure a municipal law ol this
city prohibited those who were nut residents fur at least six
months Iroin receiving a liceuse to drive or use a public
cart. In MM this ordinance was changed by ?uhstitu'lng
the word "State" lor "city." The resalt ol this ohauge
was that a lAne iiamher ot cartuiou wlio made their living
lu New Yont, removed with their laiullie* to lirooklyn,
thereby evading the taxation ul a ureal city and withdraw
iug a large revnuoe w inch, iu Justice, should be expended
anion.; the people from wbuucj it came.
loaddto tin:, the municipal authorities of Brooklyn,
iviih characteristic selfishness, repaid the goneroslly of
New York by enacting au orulnance uupoeing a hue ol 4J5
upon auy .New Vork uarttuau wli<> -h nd b ? lound loilo.?
In* his railing lu their city. This oi.linance remained in
lor e until tbe New Vork Hoard of Aldermen, ou the -'tlth
ol March last, re enacted the ordinance which for centuries
was a law in this rlty. Thou, and uot t.ll then, the lfro"k
lyu authorities repealed ineir ordinance, aud. tailing lu
their < (Torts to got this Hoard to reconsider its action, sent
delegations to Albauy. asking the Legislative aud Kxecu
tivu authorities t > annul, by au act ul the Legislature, an
o.dinauce as old asthe chartered rlibts ol the city of ai*
York, aud one wh.cli was and is, deemed nee ssary to pro.
toct the JO.IHJM cartuieu who reside tu our midst, and the
people who pay our taxes.
I be government of this city has Important duties to dis
chargs and vast interests to protect, aud hence we are com
pelled to maintain a large municipal poilc* lorce to protect
lite and property: we expend large sums annually iu clean
ing and repairing our streets; our real estate is very heav
ily taxed lor fctate and local purpose*, aud it 1* uiaiiiiestly
ur.just that some 4,1**) cartnieu who reside lu Brooklyn,
but who uiaku their money in New York, should encumber
our thoroiightares with their trucks day and nl/lit, and not
coi.trluutu a single dollar In taxation tor the repair ol our
streets, toward the war and tear ot which they contribute
to largely wita tlielr lieuvy truck* and drays; Ilka the Chi
nese in California, they take everything with them, even
their bourn*.
We would remind your honorable body that this city baa
ever been toreuioat in it* tloeraliiv lo uur IraJea proles
aiona una bu-ine*? cuierprWc* winch ~ou?ut lU inlruu.M
and protection. It is tbU liberality which baa built uu uu
merou* Iuwiib uud cities in the adjoining State ol New
Jersey, mul which lot* beou brttuwgU *ith a lavlab bund uu
our m>ter city ut Brooklyn. lu tact, Brooklyn I. the out
growth ul the ..enerosity mill onterprtka of .Sew York Wo
Kraut lorry eoiui.auiaa moat valuable franchise. tor'mare
nominal ir?nclilim? which ?fi tlnroKluiiv# rljcliu uf
tlii* city, beyuuii evontlitale itilerlerciico .if control?to eli
able a lar?u purtluu of our bualnes* people to realde In
Brooklyn, aud thereby deprive tbia city of niillloua
annually, in taxation on their personal property. Beside*
all Una. we b ,ve contributed toward the erection'of a brid -e
between lUc two citlea nearly W.IJU .Ui*>s the banedt
which. II any, will inure to Brooklyn, aud the lilurv If
any should c one Irom it. will fa I <>u New York. '
But we thin* mere ia aucb a tbiiitf aa carrviujt liberality
beyoud the oouuda of Jualico; Ju.tlce t? our own cllUeu*.
wiio, in time* ol >;roai bu.lue** deprenaiou, are atraiuinic
every reanurce at their command to meet their public
did private obliitatloua. If the ruaideut* uC ml* city are
to bear all the burd lie of munijtual taxation while
the resident! ol a Joining territory receive the i.eunbi*
without "baring any ol out buritaua, our dwelling, will soon
be empty and our laxe* unbearable. Already a vaat
number of huiluinja In the lower wfcrd* of onr city nr. in
w?ut ol tenant*, while tb.<*e wbu abould occupy them fly to
Brooklyn ?ud New Jereay to al^ep. If New York city had
f, . lo "r?*,!u? lu ?w" intoreata tbia atate ol' alfaira
would be speedily and permanently i-hanired. But aia* i
the only privilege loll to na, which aucue.aive Leiri.l.ttnrea
could take away, is tne privilege under mate lawaol bein
ln?r otuera to despoil ua of our *ub*tanoe and cur auci.ni
prerogative* aa a municipality.
Y oar taeiuerlailata therefore pray that your honorable
body will not pea*, auy bill annulling the ordinance in roia
llou to pubiiu carta aud cartmou. itlaajuat and wim or
dinance, and il lueu want to follow the buaineaa of Mil.IK
cartuien lu our ei ty ICey hava ..my to real.ia n.ra, and tbey
will receive all tuo benefit. aud proteotion our city can bo
In couclukion wo deaire to aay that politica or political
couai.iei minus had nothing to do with tbe re enactment of
the ordinance relorred to hvery mourner of tbe II >aru
irrespective ol party voted for It. allow.il* that where the
Internal ..I the oily la at .lake there U but oue'parly In li.e
prcmtut Uourd of ^luermen.
DUllATk OS Til K MKMURI41.
l'realdent itob.-rls iidvoojleu ihu adoption ol tint
memorial, He called atieuiiou to llie depn.aed co;i.
duiuu of all budiii<-aa iu the city ol New York and tho
nccoa-itty jil uamg ovory ell.,it to relieve tnu burdens
ol tbo people, it was not luir lor meii wbu earned
Uicir livelihood und aiiiaaaod wealth in this cliy 10 iso
somewhere else 10 spend it. ileal estate tad deuru.
ciuie-i no much in New York that many peraous
who be id mortgage* ou properly could not
ruulize tnelr iiivceiinoi.ts on u forced saic
Tbe iniere.-u ol tbo twenty tliouaaud cartmcu oi
tlila cit> abould bo proiectou. in? Lealitlature bud
ruled u.t lont; enougn, and it wim only oroper tbut
?oine ell'ort abould 0v rnaue to proioct tile cuy irom
llie lliturfi reiice in tended by |.ua?a((0 ol tbo proposed
bill ua to lioeuaea. llie geuilamaii tutu narrated tbo
tll/rta ol toe iirooklyn Anieim?ti to aocurn Ha><ir
Kiy'i veto ol tho c.irtuieb'a ordinmice, denlgnal'iiu
tbe conduct ol thai body it? "docideuly imi udeni."
Alderman I'lnckbry, upoaklug irom a repuulican
point ol view, socoudcd the reaululion aa to auoi)tin?
ibe memorial.
On tuciion ol Aidcrman Lewla tho memorial waa
amcuded ao an to atate thai llie appropriationa lo tbo
llrook.yu Hritlgo had been '?forced" Irom Now York
toalca.i ol "contributed."
Tho foliowlug committee wis appointed to proceed
lo Albany and pruaenl ibe viewa ol llie iloaiuol Al
dermen before the Commute* on Ulilea ol the Aaaeiu
:?Aldermen ^ aohner. ICoenau. S>auer. a.evln
on tela, Pincknor, Uorria. Jauoou*. Iligiiu, Forley and
Freaideut Kobert*.
NON-KEMDi-M CABTMRX.
Tbe member* ol ihe Carinicn'a Aahoclallon ol tbla
city rcHidont in Now Jvraoy, who are prevented from
obtaining work iu thle city onunoountol the ordinuuco
lately paM?ad by th? Aldcrmeu lorbiddlng the licencing
of uuy carl belonging to a boa-roaueni, have ai?
pulnled a Cjiiuuitleo to Wa.t Ou tbe Uoard of Alder
man la liojokou and Jwiaey City and retjueat the re
Deal ol a ooruin 01 uina ice eimiiar lo ihu one recouily
paiaed in lUi* oil), luey neiieve that the eiiat.-nro
ol ibe ordinance iu New Jerxey oauaed tbe New York
curimeu iu uie <nit udopk^u iu tuts city*
THE cm OF lklo DE JANEIUO.
Tbe iron ateatiiiL p Cnjr ?l Klo de Janeiro lor the
Brazil trade, conatructed at the worka of John Koacli
k Son, at Cheater, Del., Ilea at pier No. 17 Kaal Kivcr,
bat will Immediately leave lor Uobbma' whirl, Brook
lyn, where ?b? will take iu her carga An invitation
lo lb a pert tne veaael waa y eater day reaponded to by
hundred! ol merckauta, railroad men, public lunctton
ariea and the public generally, inoludiag many lade a.
i.U.*iJ1' "'u U* J-uoiro ?oeoti.uio.utioua lor
liio ih-tii cla.a and lor 400 al?era(e pianenger. Ti?e
Ktaterooma ar? HPtfiuiiiy luroiaiied, while ner Mlooaa
an marveia ol ex^uUite pUoeiiibK* >n? arn.iic Uii.*h.
mi* ia ol 8 000 lont nur.,<)ui lengih, Uij lovl; wi.itb,
jtUfeei; depth, i?ol ribu iu* *ix cylindrical
tubular bolier>, la ieet in ill..meter, wim compound
eiiglnea, laaving cylinder. 4o i?> ?4 inonea In diameter
nuil a Ieet ?troao. nlie It-.* a i ut. ht ?loeriiiK uion
ralua, wi.lob ia wortm! i?y Meain, with an ?iix
lli..ry ati erilig aj.paratua ol the mual klnu,
wlu-.h can l>? workotl m c >ae too *t?am
?leering m.icbiaorv alroulu give Way or bro-.k down.
/llie la lui niaii.-d witn a patent l?e ioak lug maobibo.
which will aupply ail the ice requited during n*r
voy iite. She h*< >evuu approval nieboaia, and,
bri.ily, ia BU|>plied wim every pel looted appliance lu
model u ntttainaiiip building, irom lorocaalle lo main
lop and irom gailoy to ia.ilea' boudoir. Un her trip
from l,hosier to ihia pori aba averaged thirteen knot*
per hour .-he will be undor Ihe command ol Captain
IV un,.m Wi. r, lorinurly coininauder ol ibe aioamaiiip
Merrlftiae, ol tlio Ur.xu line . Cr?u?, and In exi.uclo'l
-to make her round vota*e iu diiy daya,
1.IUE KEUlidAMZED.
l'ke Brio k .nroud aaie waa conllrined, by order ol
the Court, on i huraday. Tbo proport) waa duly cou
vey.id lo Irimieea, aa purrliaaor^, on Kriday, by tbn
rearer, purmiaut to ??i0. Yealerday tne article, ol
Incorporation ol the new company, named the "New
*<>rk. Like Km ami Weatoin Railroad Company, '
noronou in tliu office ol ibe Secretary ol mate and
cori-oralloV. C?"V""U U" "Uul" Pro^'ty to tho'now
At a meet in f of the Hoard ol Dlreciora ol tbe new
company heid yiaurday, llugh J. Juwett wa? cboaeu
preaidcni and A. U. Mc<l>ouoit|li, Mcrelary Ibe
nll.ee ??l I r.'usurer l? aim Vacant. Ihe Oonellt. of Iho
In i.rofl?.fi,"fc* VV 0,'?" "" ?'?? mlureoied lu
lb' property, ?hn?iiboae to uuilc in it. Near,y all the
boiiubol.leia (lava ..lre,..ly ?eit?d Wild li. aa well a. a
niaj.ftiy ui the cloak bolder*, in* latter bavu ci? 1
months' time to cone* In, and tho terms are payment
ol four |ter caul iu money in tbe preurreJ stock aad
Mix ?er vcoi iu the comuiou.
Ihe following geutleuicu were ?looted directors o(
the new orguoiz illon:?Divid A Wells, Jauie* J.
Goodwin, William Walter Flieipo, K. suydarn Uruui,
Solomon 8 Gutbne. Bugh J. Jewell. JolioTavlor
Johnston, Edwin D. Mur?*u, Coruanui Farker, Ho:nor
K .msuoll, s niiel Sloau, Hear* G. Steboins, George
F. Talman. J Lumbar Walsh. J Frederic I'ltraou,
Therou K. Butler aud ('tiurlea Dana. Many ol theso
were numbers ol i lie olii Board. Tbe members ol tbe
old Board who retire are Herman K Baltzer, Jobo B.
Drown, I nouias Dickson, Giles W. Uotcbkiss, Asa
Fackcr and Marshall O. Roberts.
THE NEWELL SCANDAL.
CLOSE O? THIS SUIT POU D1VOBCE?DISAQIIEE
MENT OF THK JCtt*?TUE1 ABE UNANIMOUS
? ON TUB QUESTION OK MUS. NKVEIx's GUILT.
The Noweii divorce case roaclied tbe lame and im
potent conclusion yesterday wblcb bad been vyry
generally anticipated?tbe jury dltagieod. At half
past ten o'clock in the morning Judge Lawrence took
his sunt as usuai upou tbo bench, and tbo
Jury wore culled. liioy had been out amce
lour o'clock Friday afternoon, or eighteen
and a hull hours, much to the astonishment of the lew
who had declared that they must soon bring lu a ver
dict lor tbe one parly or Hie other. None ol the
lauies who tlgured in tho case were ptoseul. Mr.
Nuwell, however, was present with hi* counsel,
Messrs. Sbaier and Arnold, and though apparently
nervous he looked quite hopeful. Ol Mrs. Kowell's
counsel, Messrs. Fuiierton and Fellows were absent,
Mr. Ten Kyck alone being present Whou the jury
oame in, looking all worn and sleepless, aud lairly
"beaten out," theie was a geueral biuz ol expectation.
NO AOIIKKMK.VT.
"Bavu you agreed upon tho issues submitted to
you, geutiooieu 1 ' Mr. Von Giahu, tbo clurk, asked.
Mr. Reabody, tho lorumiin, replied in a low, weary
voice, "We bavo not, and It la impossible lor us lo
agree."
Judge Lawrouce look tbe foreman at his word, and
with prompt decisiou suid, "Ueutlomen, you are dis
charged lor the term." Then there was a general
scramble lor tho Jurors to ascertain how they stood.
They hud been taken out Friday evening to Sweeny's
hotel lor supper, and bad passed the night lu their
room extended on chairs, on which only ono, the
twelfth juior, was able to sleep. Ihe others had not
slept u wink duriug the ulgbt.
now tb<c juuv stood.
According to the siuteiuouis luu'ia by a numberof
tbujuror* tbe jury stood as lollows:?
lu regard to the ilrsi issue ar 'o whether the de
faudaut, Lorenzo D. Noweil, liai> boon guilty with
MlssCanaaco M. Olney, ten voted lu tbe atUrutauve
and two iu the uegiilvo. .
lu retard lo tbe second issuo, whether tho plalnilfT,
Mrs. Newell, bad been guilty 01 adultery with tbe late
William H. Hoard man, ol Boston, tho jury unani
mously agreed that the chargo waa pioven, and that
she was guilty.
In regard to the other two issues, whether Mrs.
Newell had bvou criminally lutltuato with an unknown
man lu the Kuowltou llouso ill fiouiersel street, Bos
ton, uud with tue lawyer 1'ickoring, tbe jury uuaui
uiously agreed that both the charges were untrue aud
thai xlie was lioi guilty.
Tbe Ilrsi vote was naturally taken upon the Newcll
Olney issue, with the result alrondy indicated. The
two Jurors who slojd out lor Mr. Newell and Miss Ol
noy were the .-eooud Juror, Mr. Ltusly, an artist, aud
the eieventb Juror, Mr. Konn, a cigar dealer. When
It was uexi seen by the vote ou tho Mrs, Newull
Board man issue that th" jury were unanimous as to Mrt,
Neweli'a cniuiual intimacy wtih the late William 11.
Boardmau the tou jurors did their utmost to persuade
the other two lo subscrioe their veruict in the Qrst
issue also, but the two ineu wore obslluale and could
nui bu moved H um their ilrsi vote. 1'ue leu then de
clared thai ibey would no', bring in a verdict condemn
ing Mrs.* .Newell without condtinulug Newell aud Miss
Olnoy also, us tuey beuevod them all bad, aud thus no
agreeuieui wua ri ucuud.
WSIGUINO THK kVJUKSCK.
Several ol the jurors said that tbe two who stood
out tor Mr. Newell aud Miss Olney took tbe position
thai Newell was undoubtedly gut ty of adultery, be
cause the cublession ol Uls Condition lo Flattering
showed it, bui not with .Miss Oiuey. Tbe Jury uuaut
mously look tbo view that the letters ol Mrs. Newell
lo Boaruman, about which so much had boeu said,
were uot ol u pure character, as claimed by tbe plaiu
llll's coulhoi, out, on the couirary, showed a criminal
relation. Ou tll? strength of these letters ttojury,
upon ibcir very Urst vote, lound that Mrs. Newell was
guilty. In re.uienoe lo the chai'gu ol her cruuiuuliiy
with nu uukuowu man, the Jury disbelieved it, bo
cause they wholly rejected the testimony oi the ser
vant gul, Mary Campbell, and ol Kuowltou, and they
louud no prool whatever lo show an improper in
timacy with i'lckermg.
DOAIEolIO TiiOUBLES.
Msrtiu Murphy, a privuie coachman IB the employ
of Mr. Morgan, ol No. 178 Madisou avenue, aoparatud
irorn bin wile, Surah, about u year ago, and m order to
avoid legal perplexities agreed to pay bur a wook.
Ho auliered to bis agreement until within a
ween or two, wbeu the payment* suddenly
I'l-iiaod. Without inquiring into the cu?o
Mrs. Murphy, wbo lives ut No. 410 Kusl
H3ib aire l. applied to JUdao Whoeier and obtaiued
a wurruot against her bu?baiid. Ullloer Waller* ur
lOsluu tllu latter ou Friday iu ble stable ut Njl 17
Lait I'bii ly-uiolii street, iud thu id ?tler caiue up
vusterday in the Harlem i'olico Co'iri. Muipby as
signed Uuaucial eiuoarrasstncul aa the reason lor bis
negligonce. Ju<],u Wneeiur declined to accept thu
exuuse, and told him Uu must coutlu'je the pa) meuls
or go to prison. loo prisoner ch>?o tho llrsi ulierua
UVI-, and iii* Honor inquired him to give bonds IB
$a(IO lor iu laithlul poriormauoe.
AltttLSTl D ON THE UlIiDAL EVE.
The banns oi malrlmouy were anuounced ou two
successive Sundays iu au i'eiei's Church, New
Hrlgbloa, H. 1., by tho Kev. Father Hurry, between
i nomas MuiCibeuuy aud a 11l.-a Douohue. A tin In
M ickoo atterward caliod upon Father Hurry, and made
u statement which caused him to refuse 10 porlorm
the marriage coreinouy ua anuounced. Mus Hackee
thou wi'iit boloro Judge Corbett, and inadu complaint
tlmi McH bunny, under promise ot marriage, bad had
lrtprop?r relation* with her. A warraui waa it>?uod
according to law, iteiuu brought oy .-superintendent ol
th? 1'oor Duinpsey, aud Mi K.ueunv was srie.inj and
arraigued. lis counsel demanded to sco tho papora
Iu the oaae, when tUo warrant was lound missing, ao
the priaoner wua discharged. He wa.> to have boon ro
arr??ted uu u new warrant yesterday, but the olUcera
bare not yet louud mm.
OoMPUUMISf.D.
Mips Matilda BarUett, wbo wu awarded J4.01K) by a
Jury In Newark, N. J., ou Friday, Iu her suit agaluat
Ferdluaud Krauas lor breach ol promlae or marriage,
yesterday compromised witu the deleulani lor
'$1,000 in cash, which auui was supplied by thelultci 'a
irleuua.
DISTASTEFUL ATTENTION'S.
Fur mime time past the placidity ol 0 III car Willlaui
Muore'a life baa becu disturbed by the obtrusive at*
leutiona ol MIss Haute Lmumt hi, a young woman
who resides ou Sixth avenue, and who in tne evening
beguiles the vigilant patrolman into conversation.
"She will not let me aloue," plaaded Moore to Judge
1JuQy. yi aterday. *'1 have been lined by the I'ulice
C'liiiuiissioueri lor conversation, and all ou her ac
count. l,ssl nlatu sho came alter mo again aud I
could do nothing but lake her in." Haitie, who waa
arraigned belore the bar, promised the Court that bor
attentions would bo discontinued, and, eyeing the
coinplaiuant vary uulovably, she tip-toed away.
DESPAItt AND tOibON.
Mrs. McDerinott, tho jamtreaa ol Na 1*'>6 l'rince
street, had her auiplcioua urousod yesterday aftor
noou by bearing groaua coming Iroin a room on the
llrat Uoor ol that building. Kgieriug the apnrtmeut
she was startled lo Itud Mrs. Kliza Somerset Iu ler
riulc convulsions ou the lluor, and bor two liitle oh it*
dreu, the youngest scarcely aolo lo walk, cry lug and
croucmiig iu a corner ol the room. A pbyajolan waa
sent lor and restoratives applied. When the sufl r
iiig woiu<u was partially relinvtil ot li?r pains
she lold 11"' doctor that slio liau taken
i'aria greeu. aha nam that she waa tired ol lile aud
wanted to dlo. Her hu oall.l, she i:oni| i iliuvl, wa*
addicted lo drink auu be wan in the niiint ol iifustng
her. It ta not likeiy, however, thai her wish will bo
graiifled, us licr cou.illion la lavoiably roporied Irom
tne Now York Hospital. ?
A 8iNUIJL.AU M'ltlKK.
The men employed on the krie Oil Dock* at Wm
liawkeu repsirinK aud making oil barrria are on a
singular strike. They were directed ou Friday to.
mark every barrel made or mpairud with their name
In red olialk. Tho munition of the coinpauv was to
IInd out who were working and who idllug. The uieu
retuseii to mark the buriuis aud itMrtj-llve ol Ibetn
quit Work. \ osierday tney held a meeiing iu the
Kiyslau K.nliis aud np|K>lnieu a commiMea lo wail on
the yard master and luiorm uia that ihey would re
sume Work wimu tin) order was Countermanded. The
comniiitdo was iniorm d tuat the strikers' places had
been Biled liy new m< n.
8W0UN INTO OFFICE. ?
Freeboldera-oh'Ct Jamea Conroy, Joba F. Mangala,
Mlehavl Uesmoud, Marnard MoUarlhy. Horaoo Mcher
??rbtri, > rednrick Holier, William Froat, Audrew
J. Kspp, Jonn Hull, H M. cook, I'liiiothy Folay,James
ti. Morgan and I'eier Mauck, of Jersey City, were yas
terda) sworu mto iiltn of Ju. ge Vauayckel, and pre
snnte i their batida lu $lu,t>jij eatlu I be Hoard wul
Vigauutu ou 1 uursouy.
A HOODLUM'S END.
Execution of John Kuiik al San Franriico for
the Murder of Police Oifieer Coots.
STRANGLED TO DEATH.
Pitiable Career of the Youth Who Died on
the Scaffold at Eighteen.
A REMARK A.BLE DEFENCE.
The execution or John Kunlc. at San Francisco, on
Friday last, win aa remarkable a* the career ot ibe
criminal, aud ua apposite end ol ilie youth's lile. 11
Hill be remembered tliai be raur<lere<i a police olllcer
named Chariot J. Coots. Up to llio time when ibe
Slienll' adjusted the noose h? was oool and onllous.
Hut wben Hie drop tell, the noose turned and shpood
under bit* chin, threw buck bis bead and slowly stran
gled hliu. His struggles were terrible to behold and
biscllprts to breathe causrd a painful rattling which
could bo beard lor quite a distance. It la reported to
have boeu a sickening sight.
ItUMK'H OARS It.
John Hank was a native of fian Francisco. and at
tho time ol the commission ol tiio deed lor which be
p.tid tho extrrme penalty was only eighteen years
old. He belougod to a class called "hoodlums" on the
PaciUo coast?a class not unknown, though by other
designations, in cities on the Atluntio side. On the
nmbtol the ittth of April, 1877, Hunk and ? com
panion wore loitering through Sacramento street
wheq they encountered Charles J. Coots, a special
police olllcer, a powerful man, weighing nearly two
hundred aud lilty pounds. Sono words passed be
tweeu tho parties resulting in Coots urresliuir Hunk's
Iriund. Wnlle conveying him to the station Hunk
asked the olllcer to let tho prisoner to, promising at
the same tune that be would lake him home. The
request was refused Tho youth then went up to tho
door ol a bouse al which two women ol notoriously
bad character wero standlug, aud said he had some
trouble with ho olllcer, and that he would *'0x him
before morning." Ho pulled a pistol from bis pocket
when he tnado tho threat. Soon alter Hunk met
Cools, and drawing his weapon Qred, iutllcliog a
wound causing death He was immediately taken
Into custody and on the l:ilb of July brought up lor
trial belore Judge Morrison, In the Fourth District
Court
TIIB TRIAL.
The killing of a police olll er by a "hoodlum" under
these circumstances made a deep impression on the
public mind, and, though tho laws ot California per
mit Juries to alllx either tiie punisbmeut of death or
imprisonment for life, In cases whore verdicts of
murder in tho Urst dogree are returned it wits the gen
eral Idoa that the extreme penalty should be visited
on the prisoner li lound guilty. The killing was
admitted, but premeditation was domed. Tho
evidcuco to sustain tho latter olomont In tho
caso onmo Iroiu women ol questionable reputa
tion, but other testiinouy was adduced to show
that Huuk harbored icelings of animosity toward tue
entlro polico loroo. ltuiiic himsell was allowed to
teitily in his own bohall. He staled that on thu night
of the bomicldu ho nad no conversation with the fe
mulca who were called a* witnesses and made no
threats ugaintt Coots. Wnen the latter rolusod to re
lease hie iriend lie said, ''Damn you, I will arrest you
too." "1 then," remarked the prisoner, -"shot him
aud ran away." The prisoner's mother was also
placed on tho staud, but all sbo could do wai to tell a
?lory ol domestic misery in which sbo ondeavorod to
place on tho shoulders of hor husband responsibility
lor flrtt placing ibeir son within prison wall*, blight
ing his early yoars ana briuging him to bla then most
miserublo position. The following additional tacts
came out during the trial, but iboy had little eflect on
tbojury, who only occupied a lew minutes ta roach
lug a verdict.
A DOWNWARD CAHKIR.
The marriage ol Uuult'a pareuta proved a most un
happy one, und beiore bo was thirteen year* old they
were divorced, llu was reared unJvr tho moat in
auspicious circumstance*, uiiU from his oariiost days
waa permlltod to run wild, go into bad company and
cultivate an aptitude for crime. Wben barely twelve
be wan soul 10 tne dun Francisco Ueioriu School on
a charge of thelt, wbonce be succeeded In ellecl
in^ hi* oacupo heioro his sentence expired, llo waa
recaptured und bis toriu extended four month*.
Kuuk subsequently eonnnitted au assault on a lellow
prisoner, lor wiiicb he hud to suffer two wombs' addi
tional cotiUuemeiil. luiinedlHtely alter bl* liberation
he was again takou into custody on suspicion of
larceny uod detained lor some tluio, but no caso
? an brought against bun on that occasion.
The youth, now thoroughly burdened and bis moral
Henalbllllie* vuiutod by jail associations, untoreu upon
a downward career to ruiu. llo becatno a "hoodlum,"
and lived with bis mother wbeu not in tno bauds of
tne law. She could obtain no employment lor the
unfortunate boy, unu he manitested uoueaire to work,
he became an iul? rowuy, pass.ug ills time louigmg
about street corners, vacaui lots and disreputable
saluous wltn others ol the aaiue class aa# himself,
I hey lr*t|U'dile?l iho uisordeily part ol the'city, und
Kuuk, 01 course, sood became utterly vicious and
depraved. 1 iiu "noouluius" constitute a uially dan
gerous oiass iu Sim 1' ruiici.ico, tliey are a terior to
puaecubie cm* lis aud nave irequiiilly sot Hie police
ut UeBatttAU l'liey act Hi ,?augi and are ready
lor vuy outrage, no matter how black, l'liey indulge
In pr.unity an l ob.ceuiiy toward passers by?male
und female? flid wuen remonstrated with resort to
actual assault with hats, oIuIm una stone-, Two
inoiiibs belore the murder ol Uotila, Kuuk was urrested
lor vagrant v and disturbing tbo notice aud soul to
prison fur lorly days, ilo waa bardly woll out ol Jail
?bun he committed the crime lor winch he aullured
death.
A BUUUIW UII I.MH.
The defence luaue ou b?tiall of ihu accused at the
irial by bis counsel was rutber novel, but tar Iroui
belli, judicious. lie admitted tbut there waa uotbing
iu tne case amounting to jusiilloa ion, out more were
iiiiiigitiug ciroutusiaucse. ltunk bad been cou
dun.ued, he at^ucd, witb alight cause to keep
tbe company ol criminals and tbe coiuiuuuity
by its conduct toward blm had lorced tmu uown to the
lowest point o. uegradatiou. 1 be buy had a most un
happy n.story, and uo Just and liumane aiteiupt bad
been made to roclaim him. it would lie a soil ol bar
barity, counsel continued, to loacti him llial crime
might be the glory ol his luo and Uitu liaug nun lor
obeying the Instructions be bad received. I be pris
oner's <>xi?teuce bad been one lull oi hardships and
luu ol teinp.atiou, aud tbe law bad uo rigul to expect
a pure nlo irom oue trained as lie hud been; and,
though such youths are uol wholly irro*pon?l >ie, yet
tbe r< sbonsibllity IS el Usees-it/ lessened. ItuuK'a
extreme youth, tbe lact tbai bo nad received excess
ive punisnmenl lor trifliug oB'eucos; that ne bad been
thrown into the worst possible associations;
tbat alter bia term ol imprisonment bad
expired be hud been oauselssaiy arrested by
Hie police and kept in prison without anv pro
oesa ol law whatever, ought to be oontidored
in mitigation by tbe Jury. Tne deieuue denied tual
the uvtuenco disclosed any premeditation; the fatal
act waa tbai Jl au kugry man, wbo considering that
he waa csusolesaly insulted gave way to p.isaiou. I be
system ol ?pecial police, it waa couioud?.l, coustltutid
u homed ol crime and corruption, lor lb? ofliovra, who
received uo couipensatiou irom the city, were m tun
pay of the lowest characters. 1 it this way, bsving tne
power to close bouse, ol bad repute, ttielr inmates
were obliged to agree with them wuenevur adispute
arose as to tue discharge ol duty, it was such char
acters as Uio.to relvrrcd to wbo bad been usou to
testily agsinst toe prisoner. Couuaui appealed to toe
Jar; to spare tne Hie ol tbe boy. i hey had It ill their
power, wuiie lully vindicating tbe lew, to f,re the youth
it pos-ioir chance ol luture Improveineiit by imposing
imprisonment lor llie. lie should bave au oppottuaity
to learn something beside what be Was pci untied to
p>ck up among the wioked and abandoned.
uaiatXAi. ax rsctiiiB.tra ?o Miriosrwa.
Tbe prosecution emphatically i?oudmu>.eu tno Joc
truie advauced on behail ol ltunk, lor u eeuutionod
It Would g.VO Irne licOUSu to luv rulliauly element
running riot in sau Krauclscu, Tue puuieiituent the
accused bad been subjected to in the past Was luiiy
warranted, and It waa uupreoedefc ed that a man uo
trial lor hie llie should ask uy reason ol bia ortminai
ttuietedeniH, by reason ol bis aula ol Violence and by
leaaon mat lie had speuttwo years in Jtil tbat liieae
dark transactions stuul. go to m.iigate ms offence ol
murder. The piitouer was in bad company, lu a dis
ropuiublt' locality auil at au hour wbeu all bun<:?l
men sought repoM When lie s?ut Coots to au un
timely euu. It was not ulalute i luat mere waa any
tbiug the matter aitb bia tuiud, but it waa
pleaded that be was Vicious by natars and
auould tL.return be acquitted. Much a prlu
np.e. tbe District Attorney iiisisied, was abborreut
io uvory priuoiplu ol law, and II it were annulled tue
grualer llie crimiual ino greaier tue exemption iroui
aesponsibilitjr. There sbouni lie uo ex*u*o lor rturk
nec.iuse ol liM youtU. There was no city in the
I uitnd Aisles wuurn there was so much beiuous crimo
ou hi touted by boys ol bis aje, or even ander, as iu
Ban Kranuiaeo. .-eveoty-llve per cent ol prisoners
brought liuiore the courts was oi m* elsss, and proba
bly he was looked upon aa a here by many ol his
former companions Auove lourteeu every oae is
held responsible for his deed*. It would b? a prosti
tution oi Justice, II the evidence was solllclenl to ea
iithiisn the guilt ol the ac used, mat ne should be
siiivlded Irwiu pacing the tuli penalty bj' ? false SJ'Ut
patny created on account or cirencei hs Bad pgn?
viou.-ly conitnilud.
UKA fll HT TIIK U4W.
The C<>urt, to char^u# the jury, stated thai no cm#
Witi known where a persou w*e allowed lu plead *
previous career ol crime us a defence, out tue book*
wore lull ol iustanees where prisouers wore permitted
to give cvldenc* of good clmrscter, for lite purpose of
creating a doubt an to the probability ol their having
Committed the offence eti irgtd. Alter an abseuce of
ouiy seveu minutes tba jury returned wild a verdict
ol murder In the first decree without any quallllcation
or recommendation. This meant tbu uu.au penalty,
the Jurors declining to use clemency, as tboy had the
power ol comtnitiibg the accused to State l'risou lor
life. On tbe 21st or July Kuult wan brought up lor
seutenoe. A motion m .Jo lor a new trial was denied.
Judge Morrison, In pronouncing judgment, remarked
mat even according to tbc prisoner's own evidence il
appeared that Coota bad beon deliberately Killed while
in ducharge ol bla duty an au officer ol the law, slid
tbat nothing remained but to tlx Friday, Septcuibeg
7, aa the day ol Hunk's execution.
arrsH juoumknt.
The condemned youth at urst did not lo<k (or any
stay of tbe ?eutenae or tbe excrcise ol Executive
clemency, lie declared that tbo witnesses swore ?o
deud Mguinst liini as to make every oue believe that ho
was u hardened criminal, and tint be bail commuted
h cold blooded aud atrocious murder. Tbe wiluesees,
lio said, perjured themselves, and while awaiting exe
cution repeatedly denied ever matting any thru >1
or sbowiug the pistol to any oue, and main
tained tbat he bat uo Intention ol killing Cool*,
tie was under tbe influence ol liq>i r, which
lact be forgot to state when on the witness Mau l,
but spoke mildly to tbe oflicer, wbo tie tuou-bl acted
very inucb as il lie was intoxicated. Uuuk seemed
entirely resigned to bis late. Alter judgment bis con
duct wns docile, una bis whole bcariug snowed tint
lie tally reuli2eu tbe necessity ol properly preparing
himself for death. It Is suid that tbe unbappy youth's
mother disposed ol all her available propafty ami
mortgaged tier homestead to secure able i-ojiisel l?
defend bun during tbe progress ol tbo legal proceed
ings. 1 he dato ol bis execution was UBully chungod
to April M, 1S7S.
THE MURDERlD BJA1MAN.
A CLEW THAT MAY LEAD TO THE DETECTION
OF HIS ABSA88IN8?POLICE BPECCL V'HONS
AND TBEOUIKM.
The cbiol topic ol conversation In South Brooklyn,
yesterday, was tbe mysterious murder ol Bernard
Ferron, the boatman, whoso corpso was found oh
Friday, at tbe bottom ol the river, within
the breakwater, near the Krle Dry Doulc
Basin. It trabsplred, in tUo course of in
quiries tnado In tbe case, yesterday, that
Mrs. Ferron, tbo widow of tbu murdered ra?u, several
days alter the dtsuppo.iraiice ol her husbunJ, In March
last, inserted ua advertisement in tbe Hkkam> asking
lor lulormation concerning him, and offering a reward
to any peraou who would lurnlsh It. ?
MVHTKRI'ILM OOMMUMICATIOMS. (
A lew days later a letter was received by ber, wblclt
Was written on black-edged paper, and unci >sed lu au
ouvelopo similarly marked, purporting lu have been
written by Kev. Thomas Kauibaut, D. D., formerly
pastor ol tbo Tabernacle Baptist Church, Souta
Brooklyn, who resided at No. 514 Cltntou street
Tbe baiidwritlug was fair Mid tbo spelling correct
The coutents ol tbo letter were to tbe elfvct that If
Mr*. Forrou would call upou Dr. Kumbaut ho would
be able tn give ber some important itilormaiiou cou
cerulug the whereabouts of uoruusoand. She showed
tbo letter to Capuiu Iteilly, ol the Elevontb precinct.
Tbat was about three weeks ago, mid tbat ofneer at
obco suspected tbat itwaw not genuine. At that tun 3,
aud up to the actual finding of tu<*
body, the suspicion ol foul piny had not
cutered into tue minds ol those who ?ere
looking lor some trace ol the mUsing mau. Whoa
Mrs. Ferron called ou Captaiu iteiily no detailed ait
olllcer to accompany her to Kev. Mr. Katubaut'S
bouse and to waluu closely, to uscurtaiu whether aba
was followed by auy oue. l bo loiter wus at onoe pro
nounced by Dr. Kambaut to be a lorgory. Ou Wednes*
day lust an envelope containing tbe uusiuess oard of
1 bo tuns Koran, uudertukur, wa? received by ber
through the mail at bet residence, No. &11 Van Brunt
mreet. Written lu a largo, botd baud ou the back of
the card ware the words, ''Caudles aud liquors, eta,
gratis." ibis oard Mrs. Kerrou tore up. i ho piocca
were subsequently secured by Captain llei'iy, how
ever, wno pasted them together and reuuued tuetu to*
Investigation.
TIIK OSLT clkw.
About the only r< ai ciew upou which tho pollc?
have to work uow is the canvas oaf in which tbe iroa
chain aud sbaoklcs had oceu piaced to aucbor tne uvi
denoe ol tbe murder beneath tue auriaco of the wa
ter. lu tbo opinion ol lu. pecior Waddy the fatal
blow which crushed In tbu skull ol the victim was
struck with an irou pin. lie a>so believes that tbu
rope gag wus securod by a sailor, as it was tiod in ?
mauner not geuerauy laminar to landsmen. Whoa
tho black mud with which the canvas bag was d*IU?
rated bad beeli washed oil the trauo mar* of the hous?
at which it was purchased was disclosed, tbe inscrip
tion beiug "Lew istou, team leas, Maine." I'boro wu?
also another mark ou the bag wo ion may aid the po
lice In their scarch. Superintendent Carupboll, wbeu
asked about tbe latter murk lost evebing, declined to
say anything conueruiug it.
There is little doubt in tue minds of tbe police but
that the veasol ou which the louruor was committed
was a lumoet utah wuieu bad aocbored tn tbe Krt?
Baslb lor a sbort lime, awaitibg orders from owners,
becsuse within tho bi-eakwater there Is no wbarlau*
to bo paid. Inspector Winldy says H Is pretty
clearly established that the manor was commuted
ou board a vessel betweeu the hours ol tun o'clock A.
M. and ono o'clock I'. M. on Saturday, March ? ti, and
that tbe tlitee lueii who were seen to row Into the
dock in Ferron's boat, mnko it lust aud then laud
were tne persons wno committed tlie deed. Tun
guilty parties, ho thinks, may have been Staton
Isl <nd flshormon, among whom are to he louud, ha
said, some desperate men, who would not hesitate at
tbe couihiissiuu ol crwue where money was to be ob
tained.
I'he rem tins ol tho murdered man will bi> Interred
to-day lu the Cemetery ol the l(o|y Cioss, FtalbaM.
A rewaru ot |u.?o uas Oveu oilered by Mr. A. r.
Clark, of Uroiiktyu, tor tbe arrest o tbo murderers,
aud it Is said tbat t ie common Council will also off**
a reward lor loo came object.
TIIE SUICIDE AT NIAGARA.
DETAILS CF TltK INUAITK AFPAlll ? SKLF-DC*
BTIiVCnOV WllUut'f 1 XClCLMkMI OU I-SDN
C \T10N OIT 1NTLN 1'ION.
Niaiiaha Fau.a, April 20, 1S7S.
' The lollowmrf nro iho lacta in relation to tbe iuovo*
meut* ol ibe atrauger (vtia lo be Irom Wlaconalup
during tbo laal boura ol lilt lite, which bo anded tin*
rnarulng hy jumping into ilie Niagara ltlver Irom lh?
upper auupeiuiou Bridge. I bey arc entirely reliabe,
having boon gathered Irom u coo veraalion villi Mr.
Murray, the gatekeeper, on tbe Canadlau aide, of the
lower op railway .Suapoujlou Bridge, and they will
doubt loan be ol apodal luicroal to tho relative* ol the
uulortuuaia auiclde. It apueara that ho paaaed the
night at tbo Kxcbanve Uotol at auipeuaioo Bridge,
and at about auven o'clock Una tnorning croaeed tbo
bridge, and entering Mr. Muriay'a ollloo, tat down,
imokeJ a pipe and tulkod a while witu Mr. Murray.
He Hoemeil lo hu ptsrieclly rational, atuiml ma in
leoliuu ol going wmtoaru by rail nt ion minute* past
ten a. M. or a ijuartar p.tai Oue 1'. M., aaid lie bail
purciiaaed ula ticket ami waa deeirotl* ol looking al
the Kalln brioro bia departure for lila western
home. Obeerving wiiat Bee mod lo be a railway liukol
protruding irom ina veat pocket, Mr. Murray aaid: ?
?'You tnav loan thai ticket.''
"UU, no," be repiiod, "that lent my rallrojd ticket.
I bate thai aale bere," laying bia hand on hi* panta
loon* pockot
He then aakod Mr. Murray l( ho knew ol any bojr
whom be could turn to waU with hitn aa far a* the
Kali a, Baying itial he bun aaked ouu who told him b*
eouiun'l go beuauan lie hail lo iilland achool.
Juai then a lad, a am all pedler, cauio along and
the airanfor euaaged him to walk wiiu him to lb*
Kalla, prouiialag to pay him well (or the eervi??.
They loll Mr. Murray'* office and Went a* f.r af
Buckley* Motel, Oiilton, where the atrauger wrote ?
letter wbiob be deposited in the Posl OIUuo.
tub aVK'iDa.
After thia, accompanied by tbe boy, he walked up
tho river road to tbe (?alia, looked at them lor aotuo
minutea. and ou hi* return ntupited al tbe entrant
tu Ibe upper bridge and reqneatotf Ibe (toy to wa I
there aulil bo could go to the middle of tbe briu^w
and return. Ho guve the lad ball a dollar,
walked hall way arroaa the bridio, ptuaed
lor a lew momenta, uiveatod huiiault ol Ins
hat and coal, and horrified tho** who wur?
looking at liliu by throwing blmaoll irom the learlul
height into the river. N?w? ol tbu cataairopbn *ouu
apread, and tbe unloriunuie man'? body *m aeon by
aeveral peraona beiore it paaawd beneath the lower
bildgo.
Tba raab act aeema lo bave been deliberately eon.
oetved and certainly waa carried into vitrei with tint
ultn"-l deliberation. So lur aa 1 oan learn lite un lof
tc naie uiau betrayed uo excitement whatever?noth
lug lo indicate thai he waa bent upon anything nor*
atrioua than a quiet alroli to the K..i;? u?d hack. I'm
teller wincii he poated before leaving Ultimo will
probably throw light upon Ihe a id aflair, and Stiff
mine the lacl na to wbellier eulcide waa the roault if
? auddeu luipula* o. a loregouo conclusion.
COJIUNE1W OAJsES.
Bryan Waters, aged amy aoven, proceeded y*?i?r.
day lo cluen Ibe cellar ol III* reaidence, No. 154 W<it
Tweuty eighio aireet. a* be wo* unuaually loog
about it hla wllo went Mown lo aacertain tbe enmo.
When (he found bun dead. Coroner Croker loon
charge ol the oaae.
I'eior Marah died auddrnlv yeatorday at bl? real,
denoe. .No. le Chr alopner aireot
An inquual Wat uuld yesterday lu tbe caao Ol Jean
Vraacoia Horue, liie aiulele, who aua aupi'O.el lit
haVv diad irom injuriee r?. eivod while wri ailing witu
? oear ou Ibe I4ili mat. 1'ne auio|>ay dliproveu Una
theorjr tad eatablial'Cd the Uci that be died Irom
uf?mia, and a vuki.oi to that effect waa accordingly
Wud J red.
Patrick Murtha, aged oighteon month-, died yeitrr
day from neiug calami with hot lea on tli? inh that.,
at ilia reaiuuuce ol hi* pareula, No. 4i7 Kaai rtwait.
leeiith atreou
Au mquaei waa held yeatorday in the raae ol laeob.
Wuldenield, who waa iun over ?r?l klile<i on tne IJui
lU-L, at I oiirUiettth HfMt alld I'lturib tVenue \
, verdiOl vl auotdoutal dvutb waa fvudarad ibaitma^^