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WILMINGTON, DEL., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,1879.
WASHINGTON.
S FROM THE CAITTaL
Flnane'al SialeinSEt.
niNGTON, Sept. 15.—The following
Inancial exhibit of the Treasury at
or lusiness to-day: Currency,
300: special deposits of legal tenders
Jemption of certificates of deposit,
75,000; coin $6'*,772,725, Including
•ertificates, $14,430,900; outstanding
enders, 8374- 345,708.
io) ter Bans Ashore In « Heavy
Gale.
sniNGTON, Sept. 15.—Signal Service
Observes at Cape Hatteras reports the
H. W. McCooley, of New York,
is burden, bound from Washington,
to Philadelphia, and loaded with Ju
li ingles, ran aground at 6 p. m., Sep
: 11th, on south side of Hatteras In
ri n r a heavy northeast gale and 6oa.
few and passeugers were taken oif by
boa's at 8 a. m., September 12th.
from Norfolk are assisting her,
' cannot be conjectured whether she
e saved or not
ensei) Washington Telegrams.
; a il service has been ordered to be ex.
the Little Rock & Fort Smith
bad, a distance of 120 miles,
jtids were opened at the Navy Depart
to-day, for the construction of a see
I dry dock at Pensacola, Fla.
'lie Secretary of the Navy requested the
adlcfon of the report telegraphed
, that arrangements had been made
ie transfer of gold from San Francisco
w York. No sifoli arrangements have
in «n'emplation.
i dispatch to the State Department ar
that a trunk belonging to Dr.L. C.
linger, of Highland, Illinois, has been
vcred from the wreck of the Schiller,
trunk contains articles of value.
The Secretary of war during his recent
nee visited and inspected many military
s in tlie West. Tlie Secretary thinks
this trip will save for the Governm e nt
ge amount of money.
Telegraphic Dispatches are furnished to
t Morning Herald, by the American Tress
Ifi'atioM, over the Atlantic and Pacific
nraphic Co's wiresj
■I he Weather To-day.
pr Xeic England, and the Middle Atlan
States ami the Lower Lake Regions general
toady weather, and ligld rain, Kortlicust to
Vhmst winds and noticed change in tem
itisrc or Barometer during the day, followed
par weather in the Lower Lake Regions.
The 8t. Lcger Stakes.
iONDon, Sept. 15.—The great race for
St. Legcr stakes was contended for at
Doncaster September meeting to-day.
* race, which was very exciting, was won
t'ruigmillar, the second place being taken
Balfe and the third by Earl D'Artney.
I The Late Judge Woodruff.
Ibw York, Sept. 15.—At a meeting of
■liar, held this afternoon in the Circuit
Irf, to honor the memory of the late
Ige Woodruff, addresses were delivered
|cx-Judge Bosworth, George Differed, S.
Goodman, William M. Evarts.
Protest Against Carbolic Dlslnftc'
lants.
Jew Orleans, Sept. 15.—At a recent lu
nation meeting of creole doctors and
ers a s'rong protest was made against
use of carbolic dislfectants by the Board
lealth. Several doctors declare that the
nfectan s are worse than the yellow
■he
se
er
ters
on
Ices
tie
:r.
I A Preacher N«ut Is PrlMn.
New Yohk, Sept. 15.—George C. Iloland,
lore J, minister of the African Methodist
lurch, is on trial for assaulting and badly
lumliug KobertfH. Scott, on the 13th of
ly, was to-Jay sentenced to States Prison
PiurJ labor for three years. The assault
furred in the uppartincuts of a married
lored woman named Brown, and was tlii
(ult of a qqarrel arising from Jealously
yarding the woman.
The Idda Ladder Accident,
Vew York, Sept. 15.— At a meeting of the
commissioners to-day a resolution was
roduce(l declaring the Udda Patent Aerial
dder worthless, that it had .been foisted
ou the fire department at an enormous
reuse by corrupt means and ftirtber ex
iraents be discontinued. The resolution
8 laid over to await the result of the in
itigation into the cause of the accident
ficli will be shortly made.
From Canada.
Sept. 15.—The amoun
a
Montreal
lien from the Bank of Commerce is nowj
led to be $76,000, nothing has been heard
Jet of Nichols.
flic prohibition convention opened at 2
ii-with an able address from Mr. Rosa
fi there Is a large attendance.
About three o'clbek this morning tbe
lai- fiB, still stationed at the Protestant
ictery, were alarmed by yells coming
"a the woods. They turned and fired. In
e direction from whence the yells
" l,e y°' n d hearing the roughs scatter and
!0 f.'?Ds were nd|,
came
no
lbs New York Convention.
Syracuse, September 12. —The panvass
for candidate is quite lively. There is a
strong sentiment in favor of Biglow for Sec
retars of State, and as he is understood to
have expressed a. willingness to accept, he
will probably be nominated. The other
candidates mentioned in case he declines,
are Clarkson, N. Potter, Judge Charles
Wheaton, Hon. J. C. Campbell. E. P. Ross,
of Auburn, is a prominent candidate for
State Treasurer in opposition to E. K. Apgar
The other candidates are Caaal Commis
sioner D. P. Dey, of Watkins, Mr. Britton
and D. O. Solomon, of Onondaga, State
Engineer D. M. Greene, of Tro?, Comptrol
ler Lucies Robinson, Attorney General
Judge Perate, Judge Charles Wheaton, W.
H. Sawyer, Levi II. Brown, J. T. Spriggs
and S. M. Weed, and for State Prison In
spector, Major Zeenes C. Priest.
LATER.
Syracuse, N. Y., September 15.—Large
numbers of delegates and prominent poli
ticians have already arrived to attend the
Democratic Convention, and the prospects
are that there will be one of the largest and
most exciting conventions ever held. The
hotels arc thronged, and the interest is in
creasing. The sentiment is strongly in
favor of standing by Tilden, though there
is an undercurrent of opposition, and an
entirely new ticket will probably be nomi
nated, though a strong effort will be made
to secure the renomination of Attorney
General Pratt. It is reported this afternoon
that John Bigelow, of the Governor's Canal
Commission, has consented to accept a place
on the ticket. There will be a bitter fight
between the Morrissey and Kelley delega-'
tions, from New York. The two Albany
delegations have been on hand since yester
day, and urging their claims upon delegates.
The State Commission meets this evening.
The Governor's Canal Commission is repre
sented here by the Hon. D. Magone, who is
a delegate, and by John Van Buren, Esq.
There is much discussion as to the financial
plank of the platform, there being a differ
ence of opinion as to positions. The Con
vention will probably take a 6tand in favor
of hard money.
The Ileccnt Terrible lake Dlmi ter,
Buffalo, Sept. 15.— No tidings have
been received from the bark Evening Star,
one of tlie undertow of tlie ill-fated Meudota,
and it is becoming a certainty that she also
lias foundered with all on hoard. The loss
of life ty last weeks gale, to say nothing of
the vessels and cargoes, is the largest for
many years. By tlie loss of the schooners
Onondaga and James Dunn, the pyopellers
Equinox ami Meudota, and the steam barge
Evening Star alone, 40 lives have been sacri
ficed, and many eases of loss of life yet re
main to be heard from. In the cases of the
Equinox and Mendo'.a, which comprises !!8
lives out of tlie 40, there is evidence to show
that botli crafts were little better than float
ing coffins.
The Mendota drew 12 feet of water when
she left here, whereas she had not loaded
as that by two feet for several years, being
so old as not to be Insured. It is not sur
prising that, her engineer openly protested
before leaving port, that the first gale would
send them to the bottom; Indeed, so well
known was her unworthincss, that ever
stnee the gale last week, was first reported,
Vessel agents In the city have been predict
ing that the Mcndote wovld never reach
Chicago.
The Erie Ra'lrond.
New Yohk, Sept. 15. —President Jewett,
of the Erie Railroad, to-day received, by
eable from London, a proposition signed by,
bond and shareholders for the reconstruction
of the company to place its finances on a
sound footing and insure the success of the
road. The proposition is to Issue fifty per
cent more common stock at $25 per share.
By this issue and funding of coupons,
eighteen million dollars would be made
available for expenditures di.rl ig the next
two years in allowing improving and mak
ing additions to the line and paying off The
the floating debt. Subscriptions to new
issue would be made available during two
years by providing for half yearly Install
ments.
The parties making the proposition argue
that by new issue of stock and judlciouy
outlay of money the company will be placed
o:i a solid footing
Tbe Pefenea Closed.
Specia. despatch to thl HtY- l I.
Philadelphia, Sept. 10, p. m.—The wit
ness continued to answer questions by Hag
ert to gfre account of tbe two occasions
when he attempted following Mosher and
Douglass ; that he conld not remember the
uame of any person he ssld gas burners to
In Philadelphia, and Mr*. Westervelt was,
recalled for cross examination by Cumroon
wealtb, and said she was baptised at St.
Msry's Church, New York ; could not re
member when. She gave further testimony
as to her family. Mr. Ford then announced
the case fof the defense dosed, and th e
Court adjourned.
Mr. Bayard* Rpseck Psstpeasd,
. ? Special to the Herald.
Baltimore, Sept. 15.—'Tbs Democratic
raestln) has bsen postponed on account of
a tain storm, to Friday Right.
TUB QUICKSTEPS ATUABBISBVKQ.
THE EXPERTS VICTORIGRS—HEAT ON THE
EIGHTH INNINGS AGAIN.
Special Despatch to tlie Herald.
Harrisburg, Sept. 15.—The game be
tween the Experts and Quicksteps was
oalled at 3.30 P. M., with Talley, of Wil
mington, as Umpire. Tbegame up to the
8th inning stood 8 to 4 iu favor of the Quiek
steps, but when the fatal eighth-arrived, the
Experts by errors, made ten runs, and one
in' the ninth, the Quicksteps only adding
two more runs to the score. The manager
of the Experts, Miller; treated the club in
first-class styie. The club stays over and
play the Actives on Friday an Exhibition
game, and will be home on Saturday morn
ing.
Sinking of n fivcamcr.
Cincinnati. O., Sept. 15.—A private dis
patch from Vicksburg announces the sink
ing of the steamer Indiana near that city.
The Indiana left here for New Orleans and
ran aground at Cdoctaw Bend, two hundred
and twenty-five miles below Memphis, on
the 11th inst. She had a very valuable
miscellaneous cargo.
A Price In Jeopardy.
Montreal, Can. 15.—The United States
Custom offices have seized the merchants of
London's Cup, won by the Nova Scotia Ri
flemen in the recent dominion matches, on
its way from here to Halifax Island. The
news was immediately telegraphed to the
government and they arc in communication
with the Washington authorities on the
subject.
4
The Nebraska Convention.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 15. —The Republican
State Convention met at Kerney Junction at
10 o'clock this morning, Judge W. R. Mor
ris, of Crete, Temporary Chairman, and C.
E. Yosli, postmaster at Omaha, Temporary
Secretary. Only about one hundred out of
one hundred and seventy-six delegates were
present, the balance being represented by
proxies. Committees on Credentials and
PermanentOrganization were appointed and
the Convention took a recess.
JR TUB NEWCASTLE TOILS.
It was in the old town of laws and whip
ping posts that Jaininah Duckey, who,
like Othello, wore tlie "shadowed livery of
a burning sun," alid Harriet Handy,, also of
Hamian descent, were perambulating the
streets, eaeli leaning on the gallant arm ol
a brave defender. They were going in op
posite directions, and, as they passed, 'tis
said tlie gentle Harriet remarked upon the
eclipsed visage of the other lady. "Mis-,
like me not for my complexion," said Ja
minah, and thereupon, like tigresses, they
set to, Harriet in the nonce masticating the
lily black fingers of her rival. Appealing
to justice, Janiiiiah drew the terrific Harriet
before Squire Frazer, who said, "Hurt her
haiid, eh i Handy ! it shall be done—jus
tice shall be done —justitiaflat mat caelum—
though the heavens fall. So, Harriet
Handy, stand up, draw wallet, and pay to
this goodly municipality $3 and costs."
TUB (l MAM) Bit S' PICRIC.
The following gentlemen are named as
speakers st the Harvest House to be held at
Newport on the -83d inst.: Mortimer White
bead, Master of New Jersey State Grange;
Win. C. Kates, Lecturer N. J. State Grange;
Win. Dean, Master of No. 5 Grange of New-,
ark, Delaware; Jeliu Tharp, Master of No.
19, Delaware; and John j, Roso, of Dela
ware State Grange.
Round trip excursion tickets will sold at
stations on the P. W. & B. and Delaware
Railroads at two-thirds the regular rates.
Train North from Baltimore reaches New
port at 9:29 a. m., and South from Wilming
ton at 10:14. /
PBACUBS.
SHIPMENTS WEDNESDAY — THE MARKETS.
68 ears. .
To Jersey City,
Boston,
6
8
B.&O.,
8 "
1 "
Philadelphia,
Newark,
Elizabeth,
Per Puma. R. R.,
P.&R.K. R.,
Empire Line,
at
1
2 "
11
4
109
Total
JR TUE TOILS.
His Honor had only two cases to dispose
of yesterday, both of these brought /bout
through the Indefatigable efforts of John
Barleycorn, Gent. Thomas O'Brady was
one, his companion of the bowl being Michael
Jones; and receiving the usual fines drawn
from them the treasury box closed with an
angry snap as tbe Herald man moved
hence.
Arrivals at lisa (Tnyton House,
W. A. Dunn, New York.
A. J. Hedrick and wife, Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. Warne, Delaware.
Miss M. J. Dickey,
Miss Dickey,
Jno. Y. Huber, Philadelphia.
A. A. Moss and wife, Camden, N. J.
Thos, Stewart, Washington.
Jno. W. Pearce, Philadelphia. '•
Mrs. R. Keyser,. "
Miss Kate Keyser,
Miss Hattie Keyser,
•Miss Nettle Keyser,
Jabez Wood,
W. A. Williamson,
Robt. Du Bois, Jr-,
Jno. Chandler, Caltiuiore.
Ed. W. Houston and Lady, MUlboro, Del.
Kupell St. Stoadly, N. Y.
W. S. Anchlnelots, City.
B. 8- Osborn, N. Y.
Jno. McMakiu, Cape May.
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of
TUB HORTICULTURAL PAIR.
A BRILLIANT OPENING LAST EVENING—
THE HALL AND THE DECORATIONS.
Last evening, the usual Fall fair, given by
the Horticultural Society, for the benefit of
the Home for Friendless Children dpened in
the large Auditorium of the Institute.
The opening proved to be the most bril
liant since the inception of the enterprise.
The fair opened at 8 o'clock and In a few
moments the extensive hall was flooded with
the beauty and elite of Wilmington society.
The costumes were both modern'and antique,
but in each case elegance and good taste
combined to render them unusuallv marked
for their appropriateness and beauty.
Thedecoratiobsofthe hall aresuperb. We
don't recollect of having, on such occasions,
seen a better exhibition of good tart: and
artistic araangement. The feature of the
ornimentation is the evergreen grotto which
decorates the centre of the auditorium, and
peeping from the cedar and ivy of which are
the flowers of the exhibition, whose blush
ing pinks are-only rivalled by those of the
fair dispencers of their floral sisters. Mrs.
Preston Lee presides over both the grotto
and its fair inhabitants.
Fronting the entrance and extending from
the corner of the hall, is the Home table,
surmounted by arches draped in the most
delicate of cream silk, the novelty of which
is relived by occasional drapings of ever
greens, producing a most agreeable contrast
and very pleasant effect. The ornamentation
of the cake table, extending to the West, is
not less beautiful, being a drapery of green
surge, tinted by just the least bit of green
tastefully intertwined about its folds. Mrs.
General Richardson, assisted by Mrs. Lydia
Moore, have charge of these elegantly ar
ranged departments. A strikingly arranged
nook, immediately in front of the refresh
ments table, extending some distance along
the north wall trimmed with evergreens, is
the Restaurant, the outer portion of which
is used as an exhibition stand for the fruits
of the Peninsula, which are displayed in
tempting profusion.
The stage, which fronts the east end of
the hall, has been decorated with cedar
and evergreen arches as a lemonade foun
tain, and its apearance is especially attrac
tive, Mrs. Chas. Tatnall being the Rebecca
cfthewell. Fronting it,at the extreme end
of the auditorium is the music bower, in
which Prof. Ritchie with his excellent com
pany of musicians is ensconsed, and a con
stant stream of delicious waltzes fills the
large hall during the evening.
The exhibition of fruits, flowers and veg
etables indeginous to the Peninsula, is very
large and well arranged.
The following are the two committees,
which have had charge of tlie exhibition,
and so well fulfilled their duties in arrang
ing for the fair.
Committee of Arrangements—Preston
Lee, H. B. Duncan, E. T. Warner, Ed.
Comly, Harry Hoffecker, Dr. Mitchell, Aus
tin Harriugton, William and John Vaugh.
Committee on Flowers and Decoration—
Mrs. Preston Lee, the Misses Du Fonts,
Miss Whitely, Miss Jordan, Mrs. Chambers,
Mrs. Maples, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Bringhurst,
the Misses Ferris. Mrs. Baker, Mrs.Walters,
Mrs. Corbit, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Dr. Mitchell,
Mrs. Moore, Mrs. George Sparks, Mrs. Gil
pin, Miss Johnson.
The attendance was very large last even
ing, and the fair this year promises to be a
success. Nothing could be better than the
management this year, and especially
have the ladies exhibited excellent taste iu
their beautiful decorations, some of which
we have casually mentioned, but many of
them space will not allow us to comment
on except in general terms. The music
was very fine, and altogether the Horticul
tural lair this season may be pronounced
most decidedly the best that has yet been
given.
The fair will continue the remainder of
this week, and will increase in attractive
ness every evening. Those who desire an
evenings enjoyment and at the same time to
assist in a good cause will attend.
The Hall arrangements are under the im
mediate supervision of Joseph Richardson,
Esq., Henry Tatnall and Austin Harrington
Esq., and also William Canby, President of
the Horticultural Society.
TUE STOVTB LESSEE VS. KILLER
'CAST.
An Appeal pbom the Verdict Taken
—The Case to bb Resumbd at the
April Term.
The ease of Stoute's Lessee vs. Klllen,
which attracted such unusual attention last
spring, and which was decided by the jury
adversely to the plaintiff against the rullngs
of the Court, will come up again at Dover'
at the npxt April term. The counsel for
.the plaintiff, Messrs. Salusbury and Com
egys, have filed an appeal, but although
the case may he put on the present calen
da/, It Is not likely that it will be tried be
fore next April. Experts from Washing
ton and Baltimore will be brought to tes
tify as to wbat constitutes live birth
and the trial will be of Interest both to the
public and to the legal and medical pro
fessions.
In the meantime Prof. Russ has written a
paper to the Medical Times, of Philadelphia,
sustaining the Court In Its decisions, which
were adverse to the defendant, and it has
been copied in the secular press quite exten
sively.
In commenting on the article, the Mover
Delawarean says :
"We do not feel called upon to express
any opinion in relation to wbat the jury In
the Stout case ought to have done, or wbat
another jury should do when tbe case
edmes up
at tbe next
seem to us to
I
I
in
to
again (as It Is rumored It
April term); but there does not
be any Impropriety In saying
of tbe article referred to, that it is a very
able pa peep and seems tobe based upon Im
pregnable grounds."
will
CHARLIE BOSS.
THE TRIAL OF WESTERVELT.
of
is
is
a
EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER CON
TINUED—THE WEB TIGHTENING ATtOUND
HIM—MRS. WESTEltVELT AGAIN ON THE
STAND—THE PROCEEDINGS OF YESTER
DAY IN PULL.
The trial of William H. Westervelt was
resumed this morning, and the examina
tion of the prisoner continued as follows :
I bad several interviews with Detective
King since the death of Mosher and Doug
lass ; I recollect having conversation with
him at Girard and Bowery, but couldn't
say it was in January; it was about that
time ; I asked him how he made out up at
Fort Jefferson; he told me he could get no
information there ; I had told him previous
ly about a party that lived at Fort Jefferson
he asked me why I never spoke to him
about the case before ; I told him I never
spoke to any officers about It except Super
intendent Walling; he said if he had had
the case he would have got the men ; he
said, "Do you know what I'd done? I
would of hired a room opposite your house
and I'd a took my mate with me and wait
for them ," I told him 11 that had been
lone in tlie first place they would have got
them ; he did't say that he w ould have
watched me to get them ; I didn't say if he
had watched them he would have got
"us."
Q. Is there anything you desire to state
to the Court that you have not stated in the
case ?
Objected to as indefinite but withdrawn.
A. There is nothing that I know of.
Q. William, under the solemn obligation
which you have already taken, can you now
furnish or could you at at any time have fur
nished any clue to the facts connected with
the abduction or place of abode'of the child,
Charles Brewster Ross ? A. No, sir.
CROSS EXAMINED.
for
After the 26th of June I saw Mosher and
Douglass in New York nine times; I can't
mention them in their order; saw them
twdee in my house; four times in Strom
berg's saloon and twice at Mrs. Morris';
saw them at the latter's place the Saturday
proceeding their death and in the early part
of November; saw them first at my house
on August 14 and the next time Was short
y after my sister came there ; I think about
four days; i think she came on the 20th;
could'nt mention the dates I saw them in
Stromberg's; saw them there iu the middle
of August until the early part of October,
during that time; to the best of my knowl
edge the first one was on tlie 14tli of Au
gust, the next one some four or five days
after my sister came ; I could'nt say bow
long it was after that the next time ; tlie
fourth one was some time about the 20tli of
September, and the fifth one I think was in
the firstoweak of October ; I might be
wrong in them, but that is my belief.
My third visit, was about September, and
it is my impression that it was in the morn
ing; I didn't say any paper was picked up;
Mosher said he was going for a paper; didn't
say what it was; he said here is one I got in
Trenton; didn't say when he got it in Tren
ton; didn't say what took him there; I was
at 8tromberg's that morning, because I was
in the habit of sesorl ing there; for the want
of a better place I suppose; I first began
going to St romberg's saloon shortly after
removing from Philadelphia, in April or tlie
first part of May; first went there to meet
Hartmann; had no stated time for remain
ing in the saloon on these visits; I sometimes
remained there two or three hours, doing
nothing in particular; had conversations
with Hartmann and whoever would be there
that I was acquainted with;,the Mott street
saloon was about a mile from my home in
Henry street; the fourth visit I can't fix
with more certainty than about September
20; was in the saloon that day with Mosher
and Douglass not more tliau a quarter of an
hour I suppose; that visit was in the morn
ing, I judge somewhere between 9 aud 9
o'clock; can give no reason for judging it
was that hour; I don't think It was later;
the three of us left together, and took the
cars for Rhinebcck; reached there the same
day; it is, I judge, about sixty miles from
New York to Rbluebeck; reached in Its
neighborhood at noon; we returned to New
York on the following night; didn't get in
New York the following night; don't know
what time the boat reached New York; we
left Poughkeepsie the evening after reach
ing Rbluebeck; it is my belief that it was
about a mouth after my sister came to my
house; have no other way of fixing it except
that when we were eoni|ng down In the
boat, I heard some of the parties talking
about a fair, and when I went up with 811
Ifck and Titus I asked when the fair was
there and was told that it was on the 22d;
don't know that was*a fact that there was a
fair there, only from what I was told; be
tween January -1,1874, and my arrival hack
in April, I'was In New York twice, I be
lieve, the first visit there wzs about the 1st
of February; I went there to get money that
was due me by the Police Department, for
services for three days In the month of J
uarv; It was about the 10th; I thought I
uld get something there I could seirhere;
objects in my mind; I had
an
co
I had both those
books in my mind to sell, nothing else; had
no particular books in view; I got the
money; was in New Yo.rk on that visit
about two or three days; I'stayed at my mo
ther's; I went alone; my wife remained
here; purchased nothing in New York that
I recollect; I was to see about books at Dick
U. Fitzgerald's, in Ann street; didn't buy
the gas burners for a while, but saw them
in Maiden lane; I think the man's name
was Blackman; I saw it advertised In a
New York paper; I tlilnk they were $10 a
hundred; I didn't buy them because I
ight I might see something else that
would suit me better; it was a case to fit
into another burner, with a lava top; It
spread tbe light more, and to use It you
didn't have to remove the old burner;
(witness produced cue of tbe burners); the
reasonT>f my second vlslt-to New York was
to see If I could get anything to do there;
think It was In tbe latter part of March; I
went to the Police Department for one
place to get./mployment, and to several
others, but can't mention certain places;
was there for three days I Judge, but it
thou
might have been less; don't - tblak-I Ml
there any louder; can't fix that time in
Marfch; saw at the Police Department Gen.
Duryea; on the second visit I went In alone;
my family removed to New York some
where near the middle of April; I wee
doing nothing then, but I didn't go with
my family back to New York*, because my
ife and children were going to stop, at my
sifter's until she could get a place to
move in, and there was no accom
modation for me, her sister having a large
family; there were other places in NeW
York where I could have got accommoda
tions; I stayed about a week after my wife ;
Mosher and Douglass were there when I
left my lister's ; they were away about s
week, but I didu't stay that week on pur
pose to see them when they returned s 1
stayed at my sister's; shipped our goods the
day after my wife left; don't know Richards
or Richardson by any other name tbafl
" Tom;" on June 12th I was selling the
i powder around New York, or Brook
Williamsburg, Harlem, the suburbs of
New York; I went with my brother to Al
bany to sell moth powder: that I think was
in June; the fare was twenty-dye cents each
sold moth
:
I
w
moth
lyn,
I
way; that was the only time
powder on the Hudson river ; sold It in New
Jersey City, at Newark and Jersey City,and
nowhere else at any time; can't say what
my sales were in the third week in June,
they were very low ; some days they would
amount to $3, and tlieu agaiu not $1; in two
or three days when I first started
out in the beginning of Jnne, they
amounted to $6 a day; I left here
ou June 25, in the 11.40 train, I think, for
West Philadelphia; got into the cars at Mar*
ket street and some other street that I don't
know the name of; we came in the cars from
Girard avenue to Market; think it was Sixth
street that we got into the ears; am not cer
tain that it was Sixth street; my sister, Mo
sher and Douglass came down with me; left
Girard ayeuue somewhere about half past 10
o'clock and went to my sisters; it was with
in an hour after supper. I went to the Stable
with Mosher to look at the horse and wagon
before supper, between 5 and 6 o'clock, I
judge; returned to the house in less than half
an hour, I judge; wo walked there; stopped
long enougli to feed and water tlie horse and
walk back ; I took the box that I sold from
and the starch box up to Girard avenue; did
not leave the starch box at home in NewYOrk
with any packages of moth powder in it; I
went to Gilbert's that night because I didn't
want to stop at my sister's when they were
all gone; went also at the invitation of my
sister and Mosher; saw up there Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert and some strangers; while I was there
Gilbert did not sit outside with us; Mosher,
Douglas and myself sat ou'side; Gilbereand
the women were inside; Mosher, Douglass
aqd I were outside, aud Gilbert passed us
cigars out the window; we went, there in the
cars; Michael Driscol lived in Governeut St,;
not to my knowledge did he ever live at No.
298 Henry street; I have brought ice cream
home from picnics, couldn't say when or
from which one; I know ou July 6tli I slept
late in the morning, and rememlier iu the af
ternoon taking my wife in tl e front room;
locked her up in that room merely for a joke;
she was looking out of the front window;
and I locked the ilwir; I don't know what
time that was or how long I kept her there,
don't know whether I went out or stopped
in tlie house that evening; I think my wife
is twenty-eight years old; when living in
Brooklyn, 1 lived in Nineteenth street^ be
tween Third and Fourth streets; iu.was then
five miles from Williamsburg, and bordered
on to Brooklyn; I never saw the letter I
mailed to Mr. Mosher; I mailed it in New
York; I got no reply; 1 don't recollect what
were tlie threats Bill Mosher made after re
turning from Madame Morrow's on the 14th
of August; he said he didn't know what he
could be forking after him there for; I can't
recollect what was said; he concluded to
write a letter and get pen aud paper off the
barkeeper; he appeared to be very excited
all the time; I wrote it; don't recollect that
it was dated at any place; I wrote to Gil
that Bill had "no time or money to.spare to
come on there," meaning New York; Bill
was standiug beside me when I wrote; I
made no objection to lending myself to this
deception; I didn't know that I was doing
any wrong; I had previously written to Bill ■
to meet Gil; I changed sides, and aided Bill
in these deceptions because he said Gil was
putting up a job on him; I took this letter
to Gil's wife, and told her that I had • foW
days previous sent a letter to Bill or Gil, aqd
had tlie ang ver to It, and read it to her: I
ktRw she and Bill wero not good friends,
that she and Gil had had him arrested on
the Red Bank affair; I knew that fact wherf
I wrote the letter to Bill to fix the meeting
with Gil; I was not trying to fix something
for them; I sent the letter at Gil's req
the letter I wrote was that Gil had said
there had been some men to his house in
quiring about him, and one of them was
named Bendigo; I am not certain, but I
think Gil's letter requested him to come
over to New York, aud the reply was that
he had no money or time to spiire to come
on there.
There was at this Interview some out-of
the-way questions such as anybody would
ask; Stromberge's saloon in Mott street is
about 9 or 10 blocks further down towathan
Alien aud Houston streets; Gil Mosher's
bouse was 2 blocks south and then directly
east of Allen and Houston; I told blin I
woqld meet them at Stromberg's alter go
ing to Mrs. Gil Mosher's, I had no reason Tor
saying I would meet them there only that I
was acquainted there; I told Bill Mosher all
that I recollected Gil's wife saying, I told
him that she proposed I should make a
stake and go and see Superintendent Wall
ing about the Charley Ross affair; In answer
to that Bill said that she and GU were try
ing to put. up a Job on them a?aln; they
questioned me about what she said.
Q. Did they ask you or did you teT them
what you proposed doing In reference 'o Mrs.
Gil's proposition ?
A. I did not tell what I proposed doing;
they did not ask me; that is about all tne
Conversation I remember having on that
subject; it is all I remember; Mosher and
Douglass talked among themselves but I
coulg not hear what they said; after talking
Mosbpr asked me to come on to Philadel
phia, Rn 1 told his wife to come on and ta
rooms in the upper part of the town; he
not say when he had heard from he
when he had seen; he asked me whether I
would help her move on; he told me to ask
her if any one or anybody had been looking
for him; I don't recollect uny thing being
said about the bouse being watched or
searched or any thing like It; h
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