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if. HATDES'S TRIAL.
The State Rests Its Case on the
Thirty-Third Day.
MRS. II AY DEN TESTIFIES.
She Explains How and When She Employed
Mary Stannard.
YOUNG STUDLEY'S STATEMENTS.
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 6, 1879.
The State hail two import ant witnesses ou the
ataua in tlia llaydeu trial to-day, and both gave evideuct
all): j interesting and of value iu establishing
a motive for the crime. Susan Hawley, lialfaiater
of tiie murdered girl, was recalled and
completed her testimony, the strongest point being
her evidence showing that the letter from
Mary enclosing cue to llayden was genuine,
and that slm never tampered with it before transferring
it to the authorities. Edgar Studley, ?oit of
Mrn. studley, who employed Mary just before ht-r
death, teatified that she declared to him that Haydun
waa her soducer and that it was for the reason
of her condition alone that it was insisted that she
be sent home. Nothing was ascertained on the
claim that the relations between witness and Mary
Staunard were such as to excite his mother's
apprehensions and induce her to send the
girl away for that reason. Mr. Studley, who is a
mau of forty, gavo his testimony with ureat care and
was one of the best witnesses tlio State has presented.
Tina afternoon the State rested ita case. To
fairly sum up the testimony put in during the thirty
days it has consumed would occupy columns.
It la a reproduction of the testimony at the preliminary
trial strengthened at many points. Some of
tho scientific testimony will not be likely to weigh
very heavily with the Jury; i>ut by plainer people
than experts the State haa woven a chain of circumstantial
evidence which, as it now atanda, points
to Hayden and establishes a motive. How far the
defenco may be able to diarupt this, and
especially by the evidence of Hayden and hia
trusting wife, remains to be seen. The latter
was called to the stand this afternoon for an hoar,
the defenco getting the benefit of the jury going off
lor the weekly recess with her testimony fresh in
their minda. Upon the opening of the proceedlnga
this morning Judge Harrjson, for the State, announced
the convaleacence of one ot ita most important
witnesses, old Benjamin Stevena. and that?-bo
would be called to the stand as soon aa practicable.
This notice was given in view of the probable
close of the testimony in chief before
Steveus' full recovery. The first witness called to
day was Odeli Stevens, son of Benjamin Stevens. He
accounted (or hia whereabouts on the day of the
tragedy. On cross-examination witness waa
closely queatioued as to the condition of
liis lather, the teifbr ot the questions pointing
to a suspicion that the old inan waa
feigning illness, to avoid being called into court.
Kothing to support this view was admitted, the witness
asserting that liis fattier had been ill for several
week*, and under the constant care of a reputable
physician. On redirect it was ahown tbat the
old mail ia aged sixty-four, and ia worth about
$20,000.
SUSAN HAW LEY RESUMES.
Susan Hawley waa recalled on redirect examination.
Mr. Waller said tbat the State would not now preaa
the question as to whether the wituess had told a
neighbor of Mary Stanuard's declarations of
Hayden's responsibility for her troubles bofore
she (the witness) knew ot Mary's death,
because the defence had agreed to admit that the
witness had not concocted and told on this trial a
torjr different from that told on the day ot tlie
tragedy. Vet the State would hold this evidence in
reserve for use in rebuttal, if necessary, because ot
Ky contradiction of ber by testimony by the defence.
Mr. Waller next referred to the mattar
ot the intimatlona that this witness
may have written the letter which she
claimed to have received from Mary onclosing
one trom liaydeu. She refuaed in court, ou crossexamination.
to give a specimen of her handwriting,
alleging that she was so nervous tbat her hand
trembled. The State offered the defence u private
test, but thta was not claimed, and Mr.
Waiter said that he now proposed to
have the girl write in court and show
the jury how frivolous was th? charge of forgery.
Mr. Watrous protested that thisjfriitlmony was now
inadmissible. Chief Justice Park ruled to that
effect, and Mr. Waller then aaked whether he could
not preseut a sample of her wrltino. aud aak her
whether fhe wrote it? After some cdBtroversy the
matter went over to be used in rebuttal, if necessary.
Mr. Waller?Susan, when your aiater came home
from her.employer's (Mrs. Studley) in (iulltord, did
Fbe statu her reasous for cominu home, and if so.
wax tlio displeaaure of the Studleys about her having
lier littlu boy with her one of the reaMons assigned?
A. It was one reason, but not the only one.
L)ul (the ho state to you when sho talked with
you privately? A. >o, sir.
V- l>id she nl*o any reason to your father, and, if
no, wuh it in regard to the displeasure of the Studley
a? A. Yes.
Thia OciuK objected to by the defence Mr. Waller
explained that the State wished to ahow by thia that
Mary gave u different explanation to her father with
the object of concealing her shame from hint.
The Court ruled it admissible.
Mr. Watroua?Susan, (lid she give any other reaaon
than about the Studleya to your tatber? A. I think
not; be naked why ahe came home, and aho aaid the
child was troublesome to the Htndleys.
y. liid Mary tell you the Mine story when aho flrit
caiue home? A. No, air.
This question was repeated in different forma, to
i;et an admission to thai effect from the witness,
aud 11 u ally ahe aaid It waa oue of the reasons Mary
K"ve.
Q. And then when your father came ahe told hlin
the same thing? A. That waa the excuse ahe made
to liim; ahe told me after ahe had been home
, u while that the child had been troublesome, but she
had told me somethiug elso tlrat.
Mary'a letter to the wituess was now produced
and submitted to the jury lor examination as to
"doctoring."
'Mr. Watrous inquired where it waa on the day of
Mary's death. A. Iu a box ou the table in the front
room; 1 took It out tho next day aud showed it to
Henry Stone.
V. Aud what became of the letter to- Hayden
which you think wan enclosed in this letter? A. It
was put iu the umo box, but Mary took it out aud
burned it.
liy Mr. Waller, for the State?Did you know anything
about thia letter before you received it? A.
Yen; Mary had told mu that she had aeut it.
Henry K. Stone was rwallfd, and Judge Harrison
ii;<juirc<l whether he had ever m?ii the letter. Tho
defence objecting, Judge Harrison said the State proposed
to Hhow that ever sluce Susau llawley gave *
the letter to Mr. Stone, wlio was the Uyrouer at
ltockland, it had beeu in ofliclal custody. Tho defence
admitting thia, the witness waa withdrawn.
TRACIXO Tllfc MOT1VK.
E.lgar Studley. sou of the venerable Guilford ladv 1
Vbo had employed Mary Stannard Junt In fore 11 to j
mui-ilar, wuH recalled and' luatillod:?Mary Stannard
caiuo to work at cur houae on the 1Mb of Aunuat, |
]#ih. ami remained until Sunday, the 3.1 of Septein- |
bar, two day* butore her death, whan I
drove liur in iuy carriage to lier home, I
leu nillea dlatmt. The letter of Mary to her '
later bclnu produced, witneaa ?aid:?I addruaaed
that lotu-r to su?au Uawley on ttic Fri lay evening
beiore the murder; 1 received the letter from Mary
tstannvd to addroan and 1 paa-ed it to my aou to
c?*ry to the poat oflU-?-; i uo nut know whether it
wax nettled wlleu.I wrote t!ie addrenn.
y. Did you liavo auy oonvrraatton wltli Mary
Stannard on tin* Sunday inoralnit be'ore you took lior
borne? A. Yea.
y. in that convocation did Mary Stannard tell
you wuat her purpoae wax in n"ii'K to Uocklaud aud
whom ah^ ItilMidw to go to aee?
Wo object." ruUimed Mr. Watroua.
Ju<U;e llarrlaon ?Me propto *how that at that
tinuOlary Informed hliu ot her object and that her
deciaraboua-were mn.ilar lo thone made to her ai?Wr
nft. r h. r arrival home. We propone to connect that
. onveiaatiou with a declaration aud au act by her
lu tiiim wiliicna' prraonca after njm-Iudk Uocklaud.
iir. Watrona?If th? him le^al <|tie*ti<iti a* to the
dmUaibiilty of Mary-* declaration* la uow prebeiju-d
a^alu wo don't care to dlacuaa it, for Your
lli.iora Hive ruled auoh evidence adliiianible. Hut
thin la only eiphmatory of the act of ({oliig homo,
not tlio act of koium to nee Ilaydcu.
'1 lie Court decided to admit the qttnetloti.
t?' Who did Mary tell you alia purponed to nee OB
r< arinnu lti? kland? A. she did not tell mo her motive
dtre.Mly -until alter 1 had had aomn couveraatlon
Willi Ler,
g. Well, then, what did alie aay her tnotlTC w??J
A. Mhe kald ahu wax Kulii|{ Uouiu to aee Mr. Jlayileo,
and an aooii aa Hhe could.
y. I-'ur what puipo-eT
Mr. JoMtn We ubjecr. That don't couie within
the rulii.K- It ta not explanatory of iui act, but
fill lire ilitvut.
Alter further argument Judge llarrinon aald the
v Statu proponed to ahow thai thla wltnonn proponed
to go with Mary to arc llaydeji, if he waa at houie.
When they panned iiln hmiia on the way to Mary'*
iiniiae. I In* Miry propoaed to aacertaiu by noting
whether hUoarvlatfc waa in the ahed.
Mr. Watroua?la it claimed that aho wont home
ruiunwrlky I
Mr. Waller?Hot at lint, but auUttquuBtly. Whoa
NEW YOKK
I her supposed pregnancy *u revealed she was told
abe must x?. anil then decided to.
Mr. Watrous?We think the real reaaon waa thai
I the mother?old Mrs. Studley?inputted ou It iu pari
through apnrehensions ot certain relation* between
her hou- thin wituess?aud Mary, Hut tlie principal
reason, we think, wum the disagroealile character oi
Mary's little child. Now, is her act of going home,
which she i* torced to do. a voluntary act regarding
which her declaration* aa to her motive are admissible?
Chief Justice Park remarked that wheu going
home she declared that her ptirpoae was to see Hayden,
aud therefore, as a part at her act, her declarations
were admissible.
Q. If there waa any conversation between you and
Mary about aeeing Mr. Haydeu ou that Sunday, if
Mr. Haydeu should be found to be at home, atate
what it was. A. We had a conversation: she said if
Haydeu waa at home we could see his carriage aa we
passed by.
CJ. Did she aay anything more about a purpose to
aceHuydeu? A. I said to her
"Wo object to what you said," protested Mr. Watroua.
Chief Justice Park?If his remark aud her anawer
thereto may be given together so as to make her declaration
intelligible it is aduiissablo.
Witness continued:? i said to her that if he waa
at home I would stop to toll him of her condition;
she rouliM. "I wish you would:" as wo panned Ilaydeu'a
house we looked and llayden's carriage waa
not there.
MAUV'S CNKOBTUNATE CONDITION.
Q. Had you had uny prior conversationa, ao that
you understood what was nieaut by tho word "condition
t"
Objected to, and Judge Harrison said that the State
did not claim that Mary said to him that she was
pregnant, but that she knew that his mother had
told him about it. He told her of couYerxlng with
his mother, aud Mary assented, and told him that
Haydcn waa responsible for her trouble.
Mr. Watrous?What this mau said to her certainly
I is not explanatory of the act of golug, aud caunot
come within the ruling.
Chief Justice Park?We think If this witness knew
Mary's condition it can be shown.
Q. Do you know wbst her purpose of going to see
Hayden wax from conversation witb her, ana if so
what was said?
After objection and argument this question was
dropped and Judge Harrison renewed the prior quesi
tiou as to the understanding witness had regarding
Mary's condition.
Witness replied-?1 asked her who the gentleman
was: whether he was a married or single inau; she
repliod that he was a married man, Mr. Haydeu, a
Methodist minister in Rockland.
"Shall that remain in evidence, Your Honors?" inquired
Mr. Watrous.
Mr. Waller said that it being in testimony that it
was Know? that the girl was to loave on account of
her pregnancy, it was only natural that tho
witness should make the inquiries related. This
explained the use of the word "condition," and ia
therefore admissible. We don't claim here the name
of the party. It only dropped from the witness.
Q. Did you have any further conversation about
her condition? A. No, sir.
y. Did you have auy conversation with you*
mother about it?
Chief Justice Park?We don't think that is necessary.
He gut his information froiq some source or
other.
Q. Did Mary say anything about having an operation
performed and setting Mr. Hayden about it? A.
I don't think she did on the way home, but in the
conversation before we started she spoke of having
an operation.
Q. Did she say what her exact purpose was in
going to see Mr. Hayden? A. Not in so many words.
On cross-examination witness testified that he
waa a married man at the time Mary lived
at tho house with his mother; he lived
there also. "Where waa your wife?" was objected
to and withdrawn. Witness stated that his
wife was there a part of the time, and there
were others besides his mother; his wife went away
to New York four days after Mary's arrival, and did
not return until after Mary left; witness brought
Mary from ltockland in his carriage; her little boyf
who was with her throughout, was troublesome.
Maui hadn't a little lamb.
Q. Haven't you said that he was tho "ugliest little
boy you ever saw?" A.' (with a smile) It is posaible
I did. (Laughter.)
Mr. Waller?Oh, give the boy a chance, Mr.
Watrous, for the future.
Q. Haven't you s*idthit his mother couldn't make
hint mind aud whipped him almost to death ?
Objected to, and the Court ruled it inadmissible.
Mr. Watrous claimed that his object was to show
that this boy was largely the cause of Mary leaving
th- Studley employ.
Q. Have you not said that Mary was Rent homo becium'
of that troublesome child? A. Never, air.
Q Uuln't you Hay ho in Durham a few days before
you took Mary home? A. 1 haven't been in Durham
for eleven yearn. (Laughter.) *
Q. Did you tell h<-r the Sunday morning that you
took her home that ahe must go home? A. In substance.
O. Did you know Mary before she came to work
for your mother? A. Ho, air; 1 only knew she had
worked in the village,
Q. When you told her she must go home did she
object? A. Mho did. Continuing, witness said:?
Driving up to Bookland that Sunday I sat on the
trout and* she 011 the rear seat; I first apoke to her
that morning about going home, my mother having
previously spoken to me about it; when mother
mentioned Mary'a condition I acid that she must be
sent away; mother had not told me of
Mary's "periodical condition" and I know
nothing About it; on nearlng Hayden's house,
going to her hoafe that Sunday, she said it his carriaue
was in the shed it' would show that he waa
home; I did not know whether he would probably
be at home or not, nor whether ho would probably
be at Madison, whero lie preached Sundays; I don't
know whether the girl hud any hope of seeing hlu
that day, tor I did not know her thoughts.
Judge Harrison?Did you ever say that Mary said
to you that if she went up on Sunday she was afraid
she might miss Mr. Usyden, who might come over
to Ouiltord to see her in response to the letter she
had went him on Friday?
Objected to and not pressed.
Q. Where did your wife 00 to when she went to
New York just after Mary came? A. To England
with my sou.
Charles Oris wold, postmaster at Guilford, testified
that letters placed in hia office alter the closing of
the mails at six P. M. would be postuiarkod aa of tlie
following day. A letter to Kockland, dropped in on
the Friday evening before the murder (when Mary
wrote), August 30, would have been postmarked
31st, and would have gone away on Saturday mornlug.
the 31st, reaching Durham that day, where
liockiand people get their letters.
The point 01 this is that Mary's tytor could not
hivn reached ltockland until Saturday oveninu. It
was obtained in Durham Saturday night by Dewell
Stcveua, who hauded it to Mary'a half-brother,
Charlon F. llawley. The latter, called to the tttaud,
testified to receiving it and delivering It unopened to
the person addrea-od, Sumuu Hawley. Mary waa at
home then, four P. il. Sunday.
Judge Harrison then announced, at ten minntes
paat throe P. M., on the thirty-third day of the trial,
that the State reated its caae, reserving the right to
call old lienjaniu Stevens, alao one or two minor
witnaaaea, who would occupy but a few inluutee.
lie stated that ha had not thoroughly examined tha
whole caac, and aome minor tninga might have been
overlooked.
THK UKKKNCK?MKH. HAYDKN'S TXUTIMOSTY.
At twenty nnnutea to four a aunastion waa created
by the calling to the atand of Mra. Hayrien, wife of
the accused clergyman. She la a matronly looking
lady, of lull phyatque, pleaaant face, and waa neatly
drea-ed in dark oolorH. Under examination she
reatuil her head on her hand and anawured deliberately
and in pleasing tone*. She teatifled:?My
name ia Uoaa C. Haydeu and I am the wite of the accuaed;
my age ia thirty; I lived in Uarver, Maaa., at
the time of my marriage and Mr. Hayden resided in
Fall litver; 1 have been married ten yaari and have
three children.
An interrogatory aa to her occupation before marriage
waa objected to and passed over.
t;oulinuiiig (the said:?We livou in Orconwieh, R.
1., for a time, and theu removed to Middletown,
Conn.; he entered Wealeyan University and meantime
preached in Weal Rocky Hill; thou we went to
ltockiaud in tho apring of 1H7?, and had boen living
there two year* and four luontha when the affair occurred;
he began preachiug at once and ooutiuued
one year; afterward at South Madiaou, ten mllea
distant.
Q. From the time of your marriage down to the
time of the murder were the reiatioua of your huaband
alway* pleaaaut? A. They have alarays been
p.oasant; at the time of the tragedy ho ha<l been
preachiug over a year at South Madiaou; in addition
to caring lor my household I taught the
Koukland school from Septumbor, 1170, until
the end of the term, ana other terms, making
llfty-two wecka in all, duriug two voara and a halt.
Mr. llayden, beaides preaching, worked on bin larm,
which he rented, and this waa in coneetjuuuce of his
head troublea; lie had typhoid fever onoe, which left
him no he could not study much; he alao taught
rtCUOOi ill 90U111 .nauiaon iroiu uchiuki, un, iu
Man b, 1878; I taught during thla aame
period, tUo tti-at year I , taught I hud
no one to help at our houao; I had two children, but
Mr. Jiayilfu took vara of tbeui during the day, he
not teaching at that time; aubaeqiiantly 1 had
help," and in Api-ii, 187J, Mary Slannurd waa eugattcd;
my temporary liineaa led me to hire her Brut,
and thou X koj't her when 1 rocovcrcd and rcaumed
teaching.
g. 11 ad you ever hea.d of her beTore you oame to
ltockiaudY A. Mo, air; we employed her uutll July
a, ahe returning home every night; ahe waa not
tiH're on Saturdaya or bundaya at all; ahe left in
July mid returned 10 work Tor mo in December,
Uti, remaining until Maruh 1; ah* aUyed tliia time
every night excepting Friday, when aba went home
to bi- with her child; my huabaud came home that
night, ao that 1 did not need her tor company.
g. l)id ahe ever may lu your ltouao ovor night
wbeu your husband waa at homaT A. Mo; but lot
me think; yea, ahu did; ahe waa taken aick and r<maiued
over Friday night; her (ace and hauda wire
poiaoned with polaon ivy; at other than
the tinn'a mentioned I employed Mary occi tonally
to waab and clean houae; ahe worked
t other piatoa at intervala, and on returning it wan
her habit to coiuo to aee me; ahe eeenied fond of me
and my com pan) ; ahe aometimea obtained from mo
clothes for her little boy aud butter, eggs, &< ., for
her family; <uy children were very foud of iter.
holiday run tHt juaoiui pnoroar.n.
At thla point Mr. Watroua aroae aim aald the defence
very much wlaiied to have the Jury vlatt the
cone of tha tragedy. It would aavu calling many
witneseoa aa to the topography of the ground, liuea
of aight, Jtc\ It the Court and-jury were willing tomorrow
would be a good day. 'the undurataudtug
would be that the counael accompany tbem and that
H be trgardud aa a court day.
Jud*e Hnrnaon (for tho ritate)?1 abouid not wlah
to have anything aald to the jury. Mid If the viait ia
agreed upon the Sheriff ahould be aaalated by eat
HERALD, SATURDAY, DE
I eral deputies in keeping strangers from talklaf or
Interfering in any way with the jl>ror*. Wo don't
t want the trial brokuu up by some ou? netting hold
t of a juror aud talking with liuu about this catxi.
i Mr. Watrous?We do >>ot object to tbat. But we
I would like to have counsel aioug to poiut out the
various place* which have Iwu ten titled about. l>et
u? get out of the wood* we have been iu here aud
get iuto the woixla of nature.
' I JuU^e Harrison?I K%H'c*t tbat it the judges can,
i they al?o go, and that the Sheriff take Hayden along
and to the bedside of Benjamin Stevens and the
I Court take Ilia deposition.
I Mr. Watrous?We can't do all this in one day.
! A juror?Our families expect some of ua to "hum''
| to-night.
This was followed by a discussion among tbo
) jurors, who finally agreed they could go to-morrow.
Chief Justice Park?It will get generally noised
around and the whole town would bo out. There
should be time to make proper arrangements to prevent
interference.
A'ftar a private conference between judges and
counsel it was concluded to defer the visit to some
future time (probably next week), and the court then
adjourned to Tuesday uoxt, at ten o'clock.
It is anticipated that the arrangements will be
mode, if at all, privately, carriages prepared aud the
Jury and others make a sudden and unexpected
i start, so that the people of Rockland, to which there
{ is bo telegraph wire, may not ba apprised of their
I comiug. It la alao understood that toe State will insist
ou a written agreement with Uayden'a counsel
aa to the places to be visited.
ANOTHEK ALLEGED POfSONEJi.*
[ox telegraph to the hebald.]
Cuicaoo, Doc. 5, 1870.
Christopher Kegel, an old farmer, sixty-five years
of ago, died suddenly at his home, in E-iat Orland,
in this county on the 10th of November laat. Since
hia death there haa been considerable gossip, and
charges have been made that Daniel Zinnel, a horse
doctor, who made his home with Kegol tor some
six weeks prior to Kegel's death, had had
illicit relations with decaaaed's wife, and that
they ore responsible for hia death. It la
claimed that when Dr. Uartaon was called
to proscribe for the deceased Zlnnsl threw his
medicines out of the window and stated he would
attend to the case himself. Zinnel purchased some
bluestone a few days before Kegel's death to use, aa
he claims, to doctor a horse. This story has since
boen found to be untrue, and when asked what
he had doue with the bluostone he claimed that he
had lost it through a holo in hlb pocket. *
These facts taken in connection with the assertion
that Kegel's wife, who is oaly thirty years
of age, haa been apparently unoonoerned
in regard to her husband's death, and
that Zinnel has continued to make hia home with
her coming to the ear of Juatlce Aaa Karum, he yestorilay
had Zinnel committed to the County Jail
without bail pending an analysis of the deceased's
i' stomach.
A reporter visited the accused in the Jail this
morning. Ho denied the oharge and stated that it
Kegel was poisoned it was by some other party.
Two yeara ago Zinnel was arrested for committing
an assault on a la4y eighty-live yeara of age, but he
was not convicted.
FiiANK WALTQN'S CASE.
[by telegraph to the herald.]
Waynes bo no, Miss., Deo. 6, 1879.
An appeal having been granted in the case of
Frank Walton, sentenced to be hanged her* to-day
for the mnrder of James Sullivan in June last, the
execution is postponed until action can be takeu on
the appeal.
THE "DliOP" IN MARYLAND. *
medford waters, a colored mcrderer,
executed?a tebt bbiep address from
THE SCAFFOLD? DEATH MADK EASY.
EiiETON, Dm. 6, 1870.
Preparations for the execution to-day ot Medford
Waters (colored), aged eighteen. for the murder oc
November 13, 1878, of Jenkins Whaley (colored), near
Cecilton. in this county, were completed tills morning
by the erection of a scaffold on the almshouse
property, three and a half miles from the town.
Waters was visited yestertUy by Uev. Mr. Williams
and other colored ministers, and his manner, heretofore
Indifferent, was changed somewhat. Since his
sentence he has boon visited in succession by Kov.
Messrs. Hidgway and Smith, Methodist ministers,
and lior. U. A. Skinner, an Episcopal clergyman,
whose efforts seemed to have no effect on him. More
recently Bev. Messrs. Benjamin Freeman, Henry
Williams, Charles Bouldln. Samuel Scarr, J. H. Manley
and J. H. Coliett, colored ministers, have succeeded
in making him realize bis situation, assisted
by John Perkins, a lay reader, for whom Waters
manifested some attachment. The colored ministers
left him ut ten o'clock last night and
he retired, but was unable to sleep. At oue
o'clock this momlnu Mr. Perkins went into his
cell and prayod with him uutil six o'clock, the prisoner
sleeping a little during that time. Mr.
Perkins left him at half-past six o'clock. Bev.
Messrs. O. H. Wliliams?and J. H. Oollett visited him
in his cell a little after eight o'clock, and conducted
religious exercises. The services conslstea of the
reading of the twenty-third Psalm and the fifth and
fifteenth chapters of Kevelstion by Mr. Coliett. and
the singing ot the hymn, "I'll meet you there."
Alter which Waters' breakfast was brought to him.
Ue ate sparingly and smoked a cigar, while the
services were continued by slugiog.
PUItl'AHIMU FOB XHB OALLOWS.
Mr. Perkius came in later and took part in the exercises,
after which Waters was dressed for the gallows.
During the exercises he maintained a stoical
demeanor, though while at prayer he uttered au Unintelligible
ap;>eal ior mercy, lie was resigned and
said he bad forgiven everybody. James Wbittington,
colored, who had atept with Watnrx since hia
condemnation, refused to stay in the cell last night,
but was present during the religious exercises this
morning. At a quarter to ten the services were
over, and the condemned, after taking leave of the
other prtaoners, was taken from his cell and placed
in a wsuon, with Sheriff Bouldon and two deputies,
and utarted for the place of execution. The Qroome
Guards, numbering forty men, formed the guard.
The crowd at the jail was small. The procession
, movod out to Cherry Hill, the point where the gallows
had Doon erected. Here the crowd numbered
about one thousand persons, consisting principally
of farmers from tne surrounding country. Very few
negroes were preseut, that class seeming to take little
Interest in the execution.
A tabdt exhortation.
A few minutes past eleven o'clock services were
commenced on the scaffold and occupied thirty-two
minutes. The service consisted in reading the
Scripture, singing "X am boru to die," aud "Jssus.
Lover of My Soul," in which the prisoner joined.
After prayer by Mr. Perkins Waters made un address.
He *aid:?
"My Dkah faiknds?Do you see what a condition
I am in? But, tliank Ood, 1 am able to say with a
cle.tr conscience that Uod haa pardoned me. Never
let your angry passions overcome yon as mine did
ine. I trust you may never be where I am. May
Uod bless you and stand by you to eternity. May
God receive my soul through Jesus Christ, my Bedeemer!
Amen!"
The black cap was put over his head and the noose
adjuitted. There being some delay in lengthening
the rope, at Wotera' own request he remained standing
on tb? drop, exhibiting uroat firmness and called
out, "Don't u?ue of you ever take Una pattern.
Keep out of it!" He thanked the Sheriff and cried
out aeverai "goodbye" to Ul? crowd and for Ilia
! fellow prisoners The drop fall at twonty-Hvo minute*
to twelve o'clock. Tho rail waa nix feet and hla
death waa easy- Thl* ia the first public execution in
this county since 1865. Tho body waa buried noar
tile scaffold.
THE BLAlli POISONING CASE.
In anticipation of the tr.ai of Joaeph VoUcmer and
Mary Volkmcr, charged with admlnlatorlug poiaon
with intent to kill Charles K. Dlair, a large crowd aaaemblod
in tho Court of O&neral Heesion* yesterday.
The priaoners were formally arraigned by Assistant
I District Attoruoy Hell, and pleaded not guilty.
I Judge Cowing ordered tho trial to commence on
' Monday next, lilair ami Mary Connolly, wUnoaaea
; in tha case, ware remanded to the Hooae of Detan|
tlon.
I MUKDEiiElt BELLI) IN THE TOMBS.
Frank Bello, tho Italian, who on Tharaday stabbod
and killed Antonio Calendono at So. 4X1 Kaat 111th
traet, waa yesterday arraigned before Coroner
Elllnger. The prisoner admitted tha murder, but
rt>fu?ed to make a statement regarding tha provocation
which led to it. Krauelaco Nercetta, hi* alleged
accomplice, was also Interrogated, lie too doc lined
to answer such questions aa were put to him by tha
Coroner. They were sent to the Tombs Prison to
await tha actiou of tha Coroner's jury. The witnesses
in the case?namely, Vinceuso Capuccio,
Antonio l>ematta and Catherines Mttrhio?ware committed
to the House of Detention.
THE ROSE STREET MURDER.
Plotro Balbo, the Italian, was arraigned tor trial
in the Court of Oyer and Terminer yesterday on an
indictment for the murder of hla wlfo, at No. 14
Rose street, in this city, in Heptembar laat. Tha
motive of the alleged murder, all tha known facta
relating to which have aire^r appeared la tha
11 Kini.i). la said to have been j?wouay. After a Jury
had beeii selected aud sworn in tha Court adjourned
to Monday. .
"A PUKE ACCIDENT."
Ocorge Hriiith, the negro who killed Harriet 8aville,
in Leonard street, on tha >th nlu, waa arraigned
before Coronor Woltmau yesterday and
committed to tho Tombs, without ball, to await the
| inquest next week. Hmith made a statement, in
i whioh be said"I was married to Harriet Seville
| three years ago by a colored prsaahsr aeiad Patter
ICEMBER 6, 1879.?WITH 5
I son, who 11 vow on Seventh avenue. On tho noraicg
of tiio sth ult. I returned homo from tlie steamer
Hath Chapman, on wh.m I w?a employed. 1 had u
package of chestnuts for her iu my hip pocket, and
when X polled tlieiu out my pistol fell <>u the floor
aud exploded. I did not know that Harriet wax shot
until she said ho. li w.is a pure accident." Smith
avers that he speut four hours at the bedaide ot tliv
woman In the Chambers Street Hospital ou the day
before she died, but that the policu luudo uo attempt
to orreat hint.
JERSEY'S MASKK1) BU KG LA US.
JOHNSON, F8EDEEICK3 AND SAWYKB INDICTED
FOB BOBBING THE BOUGH FAMILY?FACTS
ON WHICH THE EVIDENCE AGAINST TUEU IB
BASED?THE PRISON KISS FULLY IDENTIFIED.
Tkenton, N. J., Dec. II. lbT'J.
The three men who committed the masked burglary
recently in Wantage townahip, Sussex
county, were brought before the Court of
Oyer and Terminer thin morning and pleaded not
guilty to the indictments found againat them yesterday.
For three day* pant Uryo numbers of tho
beat citizens of Wantage township have beon in this
place anxiously watching, so far a? they mi^ht, the
action of the Grand Jury with respect to this matter.
Thlrty-sovou witnesses were subpoiuued to appeur
before the Grand Jury lu this case and many others
bad gone alter buying tickets for New York;
the other one lia<l taken the westward
bound train. Tbe prisoners were not carefully
guarded, and an opportunity occurring one of tbeui
broke away and rau out of the door, closely followed
bj a crowd of meu. At the door he turned on bis
pursuer* and bred. The ball clipped one man's
whiskers, went through the collar of auother man's
coat and paused within two iucnes of two other
men's heads. Tlie man wboao whisker* wore cut,
who is a powerful blacksmith, was ao excited by the
shot that bo drew a large knife trout his pocket,
seized the other prisoner and would have put an end
to bis career had not the officers interfered. Alter
firing the shot the tugitivo ran through tbe
garden, which extended down to the top of a
ten-loot wall, bordering on tbe street. In
tbe darkness he plunged over this wall, but
was not seriously injured, although he was stunned
tor the moment. Continuing his flight he met
another man and fired a shot at him, and then made
good his escape. Soon after this tne milk train arrived
from the West, and tbo constables, thinking
the third mail had gone West to elude them, intending
to return and join the others in New York,
boarded the passenger car and captured their man.
Tbe two prisoners were searched, and a lot of
skeleton keys and other burglars' tools aud revolvers,
besides about $76 in bills. were found on tlmir
persons, the money being found in the linings of
their clothes. They gave their names as Uoorge
Johnson aud William Fredericks.
HAWYKit THMCATKNKD BY A MANIAC.
Tbo man who escaped instead of leaving the State
returned to the vicinity of beckertown, hiding in
what is known as the "browned Lands." He was
seen several times?once in the viliago?but managed
to keep out of the way of the officers. Several
evenings later, while the milk train was luring
at Martin's Station, near beckertown. Conductor
Johnson saw a man get on board whom'he believed
to be the escaped burglar. Ue telegraphed
Conductor Cody at Ogdonsburg to bo prepared to
assist in capturing him. Wbeu the train arrived
at that place Cody discovered the uiau on top of ono
of the cars. Climbing up on one end, und a man
named Murphy on tbe other, atter a short struggle
they captured the fellow. Tbo prisoner gave his
name as John Sawyer, of Boston, aud proved to be
the man who escaped from the officers at Deckertown.
He was in a terrible condition, his feet wore
badly frozen aud be w*s nearly starved, having
eaten nothing but some corn which he baa
picked up in tbe fields. Ho was taken to
beckertown and an examination was held
by Justhe Stoddard. Sawyer was haudcutfod
and placed in thu cell with Frederick Crill. who is
awaiting sentence for the murder of his daughter.
When Sawyer entered Crill had retire 1 for the night.
He had heard of Crill us the crazy murderer, but
did not know he was being contiuod with him at
the time. As soon as tbe light was removed to tho
hall Crill stood up in his bed and commenced going
through his coutortious and making his peculiar
noises, snd in the dim light reflected through the
small hole in tho door presented a terrible sight.
Sawyer realized the situation at onoe. The climax
was reached when Crill stepped out of his bed und,
seizing a club, commenced to chase Sawyer about
the coll. The fellow, who but a short time beiore
had been ao bold and daring in escaping from the
officers of tbe law. aud had suffered such privations
in the hope of making good his rscape, was uow
thoroughly rrigliteueti by the actions of this old
(apparent) lunatic, and, getting down on his
.knees, begged aud cried ttiat the Sheriff remove
'him from tbe coll. lie satd, "My hands am
bound; i tun helpless; this old man is not responsible
for hla actions; he will kill me; (or Ood's sake
tsko me out." Some one sskod him if he could now
imagine what were tho feelings of Mr. Hough's ramily
when bo and his companions were standing over
them threatening to take their lives. To this be
msde no answer. CriM was Anally removed from
the ceil.
Tor.is COXTKSRXS HE KXKW UOUOll.
U*i? . I .a tfillla.1 ?>._ ..^s.ihAf's
Mil, in company with Mr. Hough and Tboinas II.
tttitll, tho father of Hough's work hand, and heard it
convocation botwocn them ami Joliu Tobin. .dr.
Hough a?k?d Tobin if he remembered working for
bliu hIx yourn bolore. lie aaid bo did, and acknowledged
that Mr. Hough bad aaaisted hint wbeu bo
was very poor, given hlzu work and been
vary kind to bini. lie waa aaked why be committed
tbe burglary. In ana war be said thai
be knew nothing about It, bad I'.ot boeu
at Mr. Hough's place, wus not acquainted
witb bia two fellow prisoners, and bad novor sceu
them until ahortly before tbe arrest; that be waa In
tbe neighborhood looking for work, and wm travelling
aloue. lie aaid alao be waa satisfied be could
prove his innoceuce. Mr. Hough nay a Tobin ia tbe
man who stood guard over hlin and who did all tbf
talking; be can a wear to hta voice and
to bia general appearance. Mr. Bt&ll recognized
tbe throo prisoner* as tbe aame pcraona
who took dinner with hire the day betoro
the robbery and who made Inquiries of btm concerning
Mr. Ho ugb. There la aufflcluut evidence lo
convict them all. Part of tbo money found on
them haa been identified and some admissions bavo
been made by them. Mra. Hougb haa not reeovered
from the effects of tbe shook received that torrible
night. 8he ia in a critioal eondltion and will probably
not long aurvl ve.
I'LL KILL ^YOU FOR THAT J"
Roundsman John Clark, of the Twenty-eeventh
precinct, appeared at tho Chambera 8treat Hospital
laat evening, having in his arms a boy who waa suffering
from three stab wounds inflicted by a large
penknife. One wonnd waa in the shoulder, the aeeond
In tho aide, and tbo final thrust penetrated the abdomen
and Is likely to result seriously. When the boy
waa questioned by tbe doctor in charge ha described
himself ss Luke Murphy, of Mo. 'J7 Washington
street. He said a number of hla companions with
himself had been attending the lair in Ht. Peter's
Church, iu Itarolay street, and, returning, they
began a game of "tag" aronnd a wagon In front of
Mo. 10 Washington street, whon one of the boys,
named William Stanton, began quarrelling with his
younger brother. He protested aud told him to leava
hla brother aloM, which tbe other did not seem willing
to do. A quarrel ensued and Stanton, be alleges,
drew a knife from his pocket and stabbed him three
tlmea, at the aaaae time exclaiming?"111 kill you
for that." The doctor waa unable to state the extent
of the boy's Injuries, as he had lost considerable
blood from the wound in the abdomen, whleli
had penetrated the Intestines. Murphy u but twelve
years of age and hla aaaailant eleven. Up to a lata
haur glatiiaa aould net ha found by the poUea.
came voluntarily. It in tlio ilrst case o? the kind
that Uas cvur occurred in tliis county and great
Interest ia manifested ou all aide*.
BBixr uesumk or tuk crime.
About two o'clock one moralug Mr. Sanford
Hough and his wile were awakened by the appearauce
in their bedroom of three masked mou, who
presented revolvers at tlioir haada aud threatened to
kill them it they made the least nolae. Mr. Hough
ia a wealthy and respected farmer living about Bis
miles from Deokertown, to the right of tho Clove
road, Uesides hiutsoif aud wife there were
in tho house at tlie time a man named
Stall, (his aister Jane and Mr. Hough's
sister Sarah, who is eighty years old. Hough is a
very nervous mau. aad his wire has heart disease
Naturally tbey wore frightened. Xhey begged for
their lives, offering to give up everything and promising
to be very quiet. While one burglar stood guard
the other two rilled the house of money to tho extent
of $300. The work hand. Stall, aroused by his sister,
went to Mr. Hough's room, armed with u revolver,
but he was so surprised at what he saw there that ,
he tontot his pistol for ihe instant. A movement of
Houuli cttuaud tlie burglar to turn toward Stall,
lie told Stall tuut if any motion was made by liiiu
to fl.ru the old man should die. At the same time
the burglar called to bla coinmuiiotiM, aiid tUey came
up and disarmed, bound and gugged Stall, us they
also did bin Mister. They brought the old sinter into
the ruomgtoo, but a* she wus helpless they took
her back to bod again. Before leaving the house they
told their victims not to movo out of the houso
for the apace of three hours on pain of
being shot, saying also that they had just
killed Mr. Wilson, the next neighbor, for
disobeying instructions. To embarrass pursuit
they changed the horses in the stables and cut the
harness. Mrs. Hougii was completely prostrutod.
Mr. Hough did not recover troin his fright sufficiently
to allow any one out or the house until ten
o'clock the next morning, when he sent Stall
to report what had occurred and inquire after his
neighbors. None of bis neighbors had been disturbed,
and all wore greatly surprised and alarmed.
CAPTUJUt OK THE THLKVKS.
The same eveuiug, just after dark, a young man
natnod DeWitt, while taking milk to the station at
Deckertown, saw three strauge men at the Midiaud
Depot, in that village, who answered the description
of u party ho had seou the afternoon before near
Mr. Hough's residence. Officers in the village vtere
notified, and two of the follows were arrested
... ........i,.!,,,, .? fh,. TTi.l.-tti U.u.?
had real live Indians among them, in *11 their picturesque
barbarity, who lounged around the city
with their interpreters, were stared at for a few
days and went away. Mew York knew no more of
the Indian question after their departure than before
they came. An Indian speaking English fluently
and addressing a New *York audience on the rlghta
and wrongs of his race will be something new, but
a pretty Indian girl making a speech in good Eng.
lish will be a real treat for a city always wanting
something new.
Yesterday morning a party of three Indians arrived
In this city from Boston, accompanied by Mr. 1. H.
Tibbies, from Omaha, and are now at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. Their namin are at. followsMa-chana-zhe
(Standing Bear), a chief of the Poncaa; In-shtathe-am-ba
(Bright Eyes), daughter of Iron Eye, Head
Chief of the Orn alias, and Zon-thc-bah (Wood
Worker), son of Iron Eye and brother of Bright
Eyes. Their object is to appeal for sympathy for
the red race generally and in particular to expose
the bad treatment received by the Poncas at the
hands of the United States government. A number
of meetings will be hold aud uddrusses delivered.
Bright Eyes being the principal speaker, her brother,
Wood Worker, also shaking and such prominent
white sympathizers as may be induced to plead
their cause. This was the programme in Boston,
where they w^re very favorably received aud remained
two weeks, but they will prolong thoir stay
here for about a month. Bright Eyes and Wood
Worker speak English fluently, but Standing Bear
knows only h& own language.
WBoXOS OF THK PONCAS.
Yesterday e^uing the whole party were Invited to
spend with Mr. Joslah M. Flake at his residence,
corner ot Seventieth street and Fifth avenue, but,
owing to the ratigtie of t&eir iate unusual exertions.
Blight Eyes and Standing Bear wore obliged to retire
to rest at an early hour and Wood Worker and
Mr. Tibbies alone were found them. The following
is a summary of the story told of the wrongs
of the l'oucas:?It is clainiod thst the Poncas are the
only tribe of Indians in the United States that have
a vulid legal title to their laud. It was bought from
the United Stales government and held iu foe simple.
This land la situated along the Niobrara Itiver, in
Dakota, and they lived there as early as 18UU at
least. Thoy were always frieudly to the Unitod
States, but, notwithstanding this, they wore "robbed
of their land" in May, 1377, by ua order of the Executive
and taken to the Indian Territory, where
they huve since been held by force. The laud given
them, it is claimcd. though good, is curbed with
malaria, and Mr. Tibidus claims that the
average death among the tribe has been greater
since tholr arrival there than iu Memphis during tho
last yellow fever epidemic. The tribe wax 717 strong
on leaving their old settlement, and over 2.10 died ltf
three mouths m their new quarters. There were
ten chiefs, ot whom Standing Hoar was tho second,
aud having lost all his childrun and many of his
lrlends he dcclded to run away aud go back, as ha
said, "to his old land that h?> had never sold." He
was arrtsicd by order of the lndiau Bureau and
started back for tho ludlun Territory. Arriving in
Omaha last April Mr. Tibblus sued out a writ of
hubcas corpus in his favor, and Judge Dundy, of tho
United Stales Court of that city, granted the order
for his release. II- then undertook a suit to
rvcover hi* land and reluaao the tribe from
tlm reservation iu the Iudian Territory. Tho salt
Will, II ! *sa?vavw? (HHJVI M |IIIUI.I|NI'H auiwiiuu
the whole lodiau race"?such, (or iuxuuoe. iw, Shall'
an Indian'* life and property bo protcctod oy law tlie
name as with all liuman beings of every other race
but the ludlan In the United States? The suit will
lis started iu tho Wuat and carried to the Unitod
States Supreme Court.
It la claimed that In the district whnro tho l'oneas
are located HOO out of 3,U00 Pawneea died wltblu the
flrat year after boln? taken there, and that the Nea
Perces, Modoca and Cheyennes aaffered in the iuho
way.
pkooaammk or wobk.
It ie on these topica the Indian orators and their
white friends intend to speak to New York audiences
with a view to mako the Indian question better understood.
No deliulte tluio has yet beun fixed (or the
first meeting, but It will be announced in a few daya.
There are four other tribes kindred to the Poticas
and speaking the saine language, via., the Ouiabaa,
Usages, guapaws and Raws. Wood Worker Informed
the 11hald reporter that ho and his ?later learned
English at the school on the reoervatiou, and he
speaks It With great fluenuy. lie la a young man of
fine physique aud haudsome, Intelligent face. The
i whole party dress In ordinary civilian dtusa and
look qulto at their eaae.
liEil HUSBANDS WOIiTU.
Salt has been begun in the Brooklyn City Court
by Mrs. Catherine Banta againa* Francis O
(juevedo, secretary of the Park Commissioners, to
recover $10,000 under the Civil Damage act. Plaintiff
sets forth that the defendant owns the promises on
Church lane known aa "Mrs, Pulton's Mouse," and
plaintiff's husband has frequently become Intoxicated
at that place. lie has, she alleges, been unfit
for any business and has squandered about $7,000
there, tthe has repeatedly warned the people lu
charge of the premises not to furnish her husband
with any liquor. Defendant denlea aU knowledge of
I the grievances oomphuaed ef.
SUPPLEMENT.
THE llE COMMISSION.
Lou VmoB Aokscy, Col.. Dw. 4. 1879.
The commission la progressing finely. Chief Jack
ia aiill ou tlie stand. So far bo liua proved the most
valuable witness yet examined, answering all que*- i
tioua promptly anil keeping nothing back. llo
claim* that tbe removal of ilie agency ?a.i the com- 1
inducement of tbe trouble; tbat on au elevation of
8.10U feet, with froat every mouth 111 the year, (arming
w?i impossible; that be ano bia hand* received
mi ration* lor a year, which ho claims waa a violation
ol tliu treaty of 18&i, and that lii* engagement
with tbe troops wan a fair tight, lie calls Douglass
a squaw man for having attacked the agency, and in lata
that a whito man under the same circumstances
would have fought Tboruburgh.
FAVOUiBLE KEbULTS ANTICIPATED BY SECUETAltY
SCHUBZ.
Washington, doc. 5, 1870.
General Hatch, of the Utc Communion uow iu session
at Los linos, In a telegram to See rotary Scburz
to-day ?ay>t the boatllea are all coming in and a
favorable result of the work of the Commiaaion la
expected. Tho Secretary ia anticipating a corroboration
of the reported aurrender of Chief Colorow.
INDIANS IN CANADA.
AUTHORITATIVE DENIAL Of SENSATIONAL
STOKIE* CONCEBNIMO SITTINO BULL'S WARBlOliS
AND OTHEB INDIANS ON DOMINION TEHKITOHY,
Ottawa, Ont., Deo. 5. 1879.
The Department of the Interior htales thoru la no
foundation whatever for the senaatioual reports
telegraphed from Wlunlpeg to the Weatorn paper*,
In which it la made to appoar that the Northwest Indiaua
were driven by want to commit overt acta.
There has boon no auch occurrence as that alluded
to iu connection with Captain Herkimer ut the tiino
of tho Indian treaty payinonts In September. At,
Fort KUlco the Indians killed throe head of cattle,
which they thought had be?u broucht thore to feed
thcui (the Indians) (luring their stay. Captain Horkimer,
wliO happened to be present with some of
the mouated police, arretted the Indiana who killed
the cat tic, but releaHed them again on their agreeing
that the price' of the animals should bo deducted
from their annuities.
Abbe Murtiu, liishop of St. rani, had a conference
with some of tnu reiugee Sioux, but ho did not see
Sitting Hull. The sensation about the Indians at
l'riuco Albert has no foundation. They are quiet
and well disponed. Colonel llicharusou, who is reported
to be in Ottawa in connection with the Indian
affairs, is bore on private business, having obtained
leave of absence. The department have positive information
that Sitting Bull is not urging an uprising.
Lieutenant Governor Laird has not gone to
coufer with the Sioux; but advices were received yesterday
stating that there was no foundation in fact
for the report which obtained credence somj little
time back that the Sioux wero killing settlers'
cattle at Prince Albert, and further stating that
everything was quiet and no disturbance with the
Indians was apprehended. The report that Sergeant
Gray burn was shot is true, but it remains to be
proved that he was killed by Iudians. The opinion
of those conversant with the situation as regards the
mounted police and the Blackfeet and other Indians
near Forts Walsh and MacLeod is averse to the assumption
that Grayburn was murdered by them.
Tho impression is ttiat wheu tho facts are made public
it will be seen that the Indians had nothing to do
with his death. I
The following is an extract from a letter received
from Captain Patrick, Dominion Land Surveyor, on
duty iu Cypress Hills Territory, dated the 10th
ultimo:?"The Indians are now all quiet; lots of
buffalo. The country north Is all burned for a
hundrod miles."
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dec. 5,137'J.
S. P. Wadsworth, agent of the Department of the
Iuterior, who has been superintending the locating
of Indian instructors in farming, and who accom/
panied Superintendent Walker, of tno ipounted police,
and Indian Agent Clark, sent by the Lieutenant Goveruor
to Prince Albert to Interview the numerous
Teton-Sioux reported arriving there, has returnod
and says ho is iully convinced of the pacific disposi;
tion of these refugees.
INDIAN VISITORS IN THE METROPOLIS.
THE WBONGS OF THE PONCAS TO BE BECITED
B* INDIAN SPEAKERS TO A NEW lOBX
AUDIENCE?OPENING UP TOE INDIAN QUESTION.
The Indian qneation is about to be agitated In New
York and the whole case of the Indian race stated in
a. riMur And fttt?ntiv? form. New YorkMM hnvn nffnn
nNHHRHflnnnnHnnnHHinBi
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TWENTY-FIVE MILE WAL*.
EXCITIXO 8TKUUOLE AT MADISON KQUABE OA*
j. a. clauk riik wiaflt.ii.
An exciting twenty-flvo mild walk for the amateai
championship of Ainnrica took place at the Madison
bijuaro Uardeu list evening, the start boing made at
tlvo minute* past seven o'clock. It was the tiiird
auuual coutcst tor tho champiouship, aud wan under
the aubpiceo of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, at
thi-ir regular wiuter meeting. Only a small audience
was present, not five hundred persona being In
the building at any time, among whom
woro a dozen ludies. But the walking waa *
good euougb to have drawn a crowd. If the
peripatetic fever had beeu raging at the time in
the city. Thirteen entries were made for the race,
Uudd How, tho winuer of last year, being No. 1 on
the list. Tho others wore W. 11. Ccngdou, New York
city; Alfred Varian, Knickerbocker Yacht Club;
Thomas M. Buckley, cf the Adelphi A. C.; Daniel
Lehane. Pastime A. C.; Charles Pfaff, Jr.. Knicker. '
bockor A. C.; George A. Vandenhofi, Jr., Ravenswood
A. C.J C. A. Davenport, Adelphi A. C.; William
O'Keefe, Manhattan A. C.; A. Itehage, Clinton A. C.;
J. D. Clark. Kclipae A. C.; T. F. Smith, Montgomery
A. C., and John Macauley, American A. C. Prizes of
silverware were offered for the first, second and
third In the race.
The aturt wax made in good style, but almost in a
moment the difference in gait win apparent. A little
cluster of four?Smith, Clark, O'Koefe and Lehane?
broke away from the rest and kept eloae together,
while the others straggled behind at irregular intervals.
How, who was a favorite at the start, tell behind
half a dozen, but after walking a couple of miles at
a moderate gait he warmed up and went to Work for
the lead. His stylo of walking is most surprising,
and to one who did not know his record
it seemed good evidence that he would
not last for five miles. Every joint in his
body seemed double and every muscle seamed
to be working both ways to Its utmost limit. Hia
arms swuug like flails and each bip seemed thrown
out of joint at every other step. His features Were
an active on his limbs, and photographs, even If
taken at tho shortest Intervals, would have had
barely a family resemblance. Notwithstanding this
apparently reckless expenditure of force he kept at his
worn, ami cropt by man after man till he took hlf
place in the group of four thatatlll continued ahead.
Tho applause that be got warmed him up, and
he took the lead, and kept It for aeveral miles,
without any apparent extra exertion. It would havs
been impossible lor him to have made any apparent
extra exertion. The first live miles were finished la
43m. 11)4., How coming in first, O'Keefe second,
Clark third and Smith fourth. The field was still a
straggling one, but none of the thirteen gave up ths
contest uutil after ten miles had boun passed. This
was done iu lh. 37m., Clark coming in first, Smith
second. How third and Vandenboff fourth. At ths
end of fifteen miles Smith had won the po
sition of favorite, as well as the lead. He walked
auoarentlv ''within! himself," easily and graoe>
fully, Mid without spurting lie had picked up place
after place till it looked aa though he would finish
winner. Tho fifteen miles were done in 2h. 16m.,
Smith first. How second and Clark third. The gait
among tho leaders had been almost a nine minute
oue, and Congdon, Lehane and Pfaff had retired. TUe
others kept at their work, and the twenty
mile post was passed in 3h. 8 m. 10*.
Clark was now leader," but led Smith only
by a few feet, and the race was apparently between
them alone for ilrst place. Buckley was third and
U'Keefe fourth. At the. twenty-first mile 8miti^
staggered, and the audience knew whHt his friends
"had known all tho evening?that he was a sick man.
A friend *?< by his side and supported him as he
seemed about to fall. For nearly half a minute ha
rested, with his aru* across his friend's shoulder, .
and then straightening up he stepped out at the
same gait he had been in for three hours. A burst
of apulause followed and he* hurried after Clark,
good second, with a diminished chance lor fir*t
place. It was only for a few minutes longer, however,
that he could keep at work, and when h*
retired the race looked virtually settled. UnleM
one of the threo broke down?and there was no
prospect of it?Clark, Buckley and O'Keefe stood
to win the silverware. It became a question of inturest
whether tho best record would be beaten,
which was not Impossible. The beat English reoord
is a minute and odd seconds inside of lour houra.
and this, it was soon seen, would stand aa the best.
Tho best American record was made by Armstrong
in 4h. 9m. l'Js., and thia was beaten, Clark making
a spurt on the last mile and finishing the race in 4h.
9m. and 35s. Buckley finished second and O'lMk
third.
thotting law.
decisions bt the boaed or review or tbs
national thotting association.
The Board of Review of the National Trotting a?
oclation held a lengthy exeeutlve aeaaion at the
Filth Avenue Hotel yesterday. At eleven o'clock
laat night they announced a few of their decisions,
of which tho following aro the moat important:?
807. J. H. Phillips, Philadelphia, Pa., vs. Brooklyn
Driving Park.?The Board ordered that Messrs.
Williams it Sou, the late managers of the park, be
suspended until the entrance money wrongfully obtained
from l'ti ill inn be returned.
882. A. Do 1 an, Poughkeepaie, N. Y.?The application
(or the removal of Dolan'* auapenaion is
granted; bat the horse* Charles Haydan Mid loo*
are atUl liable under a previous order.
884. Joseph Parker, Allegheny, Pa., va. Oak Qrorm
Aaaociation, Warreu, Ohio.?Bradley'* suspension 1a
removed.
The application of Aldan Goldsmith, of Washingtonville,
N. Y., for the removal of the penalty of expulsion
imposed upon hU bay gelding Allay, at Baa*
con Park, Boa ton, laat September, ia granted and
the horse reatored. The Board held that the judge*
or the race ahould have been governed by rule 'J8,
and where they failed to establish any implication
of the owner in tho alleged "pulling," the horae
should not have been punched and they had bo
right to order hi* expulsion.
The Board made a Unal ruling in the Edwin Porrest
cane. Aa to the charges affecting Charles 8. Ureen,
it was held that the evidence was ao oonllleting and
directly in oppoaitlou, and that there waa auch a
want of corroboration for or againat blm, it waa ordered
that this brauch of tbe caae be dismissed. Aa
to tho accusations affecting Dan. Mace, it waa also ordered
that that portion of tbe matter be diamiaaed.
In relatiou to tbe other parties placed
under ponalty for being implicated In (he
great turf frand, the Board adhere* to lta
previous action, and the case i* diamiaaed from the
docket and will not be again considered. The effect
of this decision la to relieve Higbee, Oliddou and
Biggs, and act them free, whlcb, with the Board'a
previous rnllng, all tho?e guilty of perpetrating th*
greatest turf fraud of tbe age are now relieved from
poualty, (except Edward pyle. He a till atauda expelled.
RACING IN CALIFORNIA.
Oakland Pans, Novmubkb 27, 1879.?Puna $100;
heata of a mile.
J. Stinson's cb. h. Lee, by Olives Cromwell, hi*
dam Virginia, by Havana* 1 1
L^ltelner * b.g.Jlm Lick, by lAp. Haddington.
pedigree of dam unknown 2 t
Time, 1:49?1:50.
Hakx Day.?Half-mile dash for $?.
Sam Brannan . 1
Little Oeorga |
Time, 0:61.
HOUSE NOTJfiS.
Tbe premiums of the Chicago Jockey and Trotting
Cluo for the coming year for twelve day*' running
and trotting will amount to about 1X1,000 in panes
and added money to stake*.
The Coney Island Jockey Clab have the following
takes open:?The Bouquet Stake*, for two-rearolda,
$100 entrance, half forfeit, with $1,000 added,
to be run for at the fall meeting of 1880, originally
advertiaed aa one mile, ha* boou changed to three
quarters of a mile. The two other atake* to be ran
for at tbe same meeting are aa foliowa:?The Ureal
Challenge Stake*, a * woo pa take* for all- ages, of $30*
each, half lorieit, $'1,000 added, Sue mil* and a half,
aud tho Long Inland St. Leger, for three-year-old*,
$100 ontrauoe, half forfait, with $1,000 added, on*
mile aud three quarters.
Mr. Pierre Lorillard will sail at private sale the
following thoroughbred mares and fillies:?Emerald^,
buy (Illy (1870), by Imp. kuou, out 01 imp. owona
Uiuid, uy Stock well; stinted to imp. Gluulyon. Nell
uwynu, bay lllij (1H75). by Imp. Leamington, out ot
Lady Duke, by Lexington; stinted to Imp. Mocoaaln.
Oleaster, bay mare (1474), by Imp. Kcllpae, oat of
Ollata (dam of Olitlpa), by Loxiugton; bred to Imp.
(ileulyoii. ltebeoca, slater to Zoo-Zoo (1HTS), by
Imp. Australian, out of Mazurka, by Islington;
stinted to imp. Haxon. Marguerite, bay Ally
(1878). by Imp. Kclipae, oat of imp. Merry Wife,
by Ueadxman; stinted to imp. Glenlyon. Orange
liirl, chestnut mare (1H70), by Colossus, oat of Hslly
Watson, by Uluggold; stinted to OakMnd. Vixen,
bay Ally (1H76), by imp. Haxon, out of Coquette, by
Lexington; sunted to imp. Moocaaln. Phantom,
bay Ally 11*70). by imp. Haxon, out of Imp. Maaterman,
by Kingatou. Poetry, bay Ally (1876), by Longfellow,
oat of Orange Oirl, by Colossus; stinted to
Uismarek. trotter. Spirit (sister to Silent Friend),
cheetnut Ally (1070), by imp. Australian, out of
Hprlngbtook, by Lexington; stinted to Diamarak,
trotter.
SPOltTINO NOTES.
Messrs. O. L. Haigbt, of Mow Jersey, and W. Bay*
lis, of New York, shot a match of A(ty pigoons at
Woodbrldge, N. J., yesterday. The conditions of
the match wore $00 side, as yaida rise, single barrel,
H aud T traps. Long Island rules. Mr. UaigUI
won, killing 42. Mr. fiaylis 30.
Tho return match at 100 glass balls, betwen
Messrs. D. L. GUilemUeve aud William yuimbo, took
place near Hod Dank, N. J., yoeterday. The ball*
weru thrown from a revolving trap, 31 yards rite,
liogarrius rules. The match was for $100 a sldo.
Mr. Oildarsleeve won, breaking SB, Mr. Quiiubo HS.
Yl Twonty-four geutlcmfcu shot for a pigeon gun, of*
red by Captain Kills, of the Middlesex dun Club, at
lUiiwey, N. J., yesterday afUraoon. The oondltloaa
were 10 blrda each, S at 31 yards ri#to and I M 11
yards. Mr. M. bexter, of the Long Branoh Pigeon
Clab, won by killing all his birds, Ike uext boat
shot killed 7.
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