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The last literary work of the late
liam Carleton, comedian, was to complete, a few da>. I
before his death, a drama to which was given the name
x>t “Zilka.” The story is romantic, and the play is sensa- I
tional. The heroine, a Russian peasant-girl, is abducted
and betrayed by an officer of the Imperial Guards, whose
two friends and constant companions attempt to save
him after he has been arrested for his crime, and are
banished to Siberia. At this point, it Is said, the action
of the drama begins to assume strikingly original fea
tures. The scenery being Russian, the opportunities for
a display of distemper are abundant. A contract for the
production ol “Zilka” was signed on the night of May 31st
by Harry Minor on the one side, and Dr. Colligan and W.
T. Ward, executors of the Carleton estate and guardians
•of his only child, on the other. The date of the produc
tion has not yet been fixed, but a company is now organ
izing for it. The play will probably first be seen at the
People’s Theatre.
At the Opera House. Brook
lyn, to morrow evening, will be produced an entirely new
original, musical comedy, entitled “The Baron,” by Har
ry M. Pitt. Mr. Pitt has done some very clever work in
this city and has established a reputation for himself.
He will jointly star with James O. Barrows, the popular
comedian. The principal characters will be assumed by
-James O. Barrows, Harry M. P:tt, Victor Harman, Earl-
Stirling, Edward Carroll, All Feely, Miss Olga Brandon,
Marion Fleming, Fanny Addison, Mrs. Sol Smith, Flor
ence Thropp, the others by Kitty Langdon, Belle Con
way, Marion Langdon, Leslie Elliot, Martin Hayden, E.
J. Pizzini, Eugene Adamson, Henry Cottrell. Alter the
Brooklyn production the comedy will be given in this
city at one of the leading theaties, then Philadelphia,
■Chicago and direct to San Francisco.
It costs Annie Pixley about SI,OOO to
try anew play. This amount is her share of the cost of
producing a play—that is. putting it on the stage—and
she is beside at the expense of paying the author ot the
;play an advance lor his work. The amount usually paid
to a dramatic author when his play is accepted for pro
duction is about S4,OCX), and the price generally asked for
apiece is about $5,000, which includes the sl,oooad
vance, and which may be paid in royalties or in any man
ner agreed upon. She has six or seven newspaper men
writing plays for her, each of whom has had an advance
of SSOO or S6OO, and some of whom have been at work
three or lour years. She is going to try eight or ten new
; pieces, one after the other, next year, and let the people
determine which suits her best.
A concert for the benefit of the Third
avenue strikers was given at the Th rd Avenue Theatre
last Sunday night, to a full hous<e Frank Bush was down
as a volunteer, but Captain Ryan, of the Thirty-fifth Pre
cinct, took his name otf the bill because, so the story
runs, he feared Mr. Bush’s Hebrew eccentricities might be
regarded as a reflection on President Henry Hart, ot the
railroad company, and thus provoke a riot! Manager J.M.
Hill donated the theatre to the strikers, and they cleared
nearly SBOO.
The Tichborne Claimant arrived here
June 1-from England. It was known that he was coming,
but he wasmot expected so soon. He looks well, and his
physical proportions are such as to suggest that he lives
well. Richard Fitzgerald is to manage him on a lectur
ing tour, and it is not unlikely that Dudley Me Vdow will
handle him directly. For t b e present the Claimant will
content himself with taking the sights.
Mr. Henry Irving gave a midnight
banquet to Mr. Augustin Daly and the members of his
company. Qn his right sat Mrs. Gilbert, on his left Miss
Rehan. On Miss Terry’s right and left, respectively, sat
Manager Daly and Mr. James Lewis. Several private
guests were added, and the party did not break up until
dawn.
Miss Margaret Mather, who closed
her season Saturday, the 29th ulto., has in the past four
years played 083 times, never missing an engagement,
being late at a performance or causing a stage wait.
Sheas justly pi oud of the record. It was five years ago
that she signed her contract with Mr. Hill.
A well-known ballet dancer of irre
proachablecharacter. when asked if changing her short
■.skirts and tights for the long rones of Katisha in a “ Mi
kado” ballet did not annoy her in dancing, answered:
“No, not that way; but I felt awfully ashamed when I
first appeared in it ”
Cora Tanner will leave for San Fran-
Cisco, June 9. She will take with her Ada Dwyer and
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher. The remainder of the “Alone in
London ” company will be furnished by the Ban Fran
cisco manager. The piece will be done fora season of
four weeks.
A fine entertainment for an excellent
cause will be given at the Bijou Opera House on Sunday
■evening next, June 13th, the occasion being a benefit—
not a testimonial—tendered Mr. Frank Farrell. A bril- <
liant array of well-known artists have volunteered.
Mr. Charles Hoyt has tried his hand
at writing music again. *His first effort in that line was
the “Dancing Mad ” song in “The Tin Soldier,” and its
reception has encouraged him to be tuneful again. The
last effort ho calls “ An Educational Ballad.”
The Metropolitan Opera Co., now on
the New York circuit, includes Louisa Lester, Emma
Elsner, Annie Ross J. C. Campbell, John Reed, Kirt
land Calhoun, Lottie Laselle, w. T. Raymond, Julia
Earnest, E. A. Eagleton and others.
W. F. Cody—Buffalo Bill—was very
seriously injured last Monday, his leg being caught in the
bridle during the running Indian fight in the Wild West
show at Wheeling, West Virginia. He was much im
proved at last-accounts.
Billee Barlow’s trunks were seized,
. just before she sailed for England w»th the “Adonis”
Company, tor a debt 0f570.35. a grocery bill. May 29th,
Judge McAdam reserved his decision upon a motion to
vacate the* attachment.
Louis James’s company for next sea
eon is composed entirely of Americans. Mr. and Mrs.
James will retire to their country home, near Boston,
and will re>t till August. Their season will begin in Chi
cago August 22d.
Henri Rochefort has completed his
drama, and has chosen “L’Trlandaise ” (“The Irish
Girl ”) as its name. The play deals with Fenianism to a
great extont the plot being based upon the outbreak in
Canada tn 1866.
Alexander Salvini, the promising son
of his illustrious papa, will become a naturalized Amer -
can <itizen, and will, after a time star in English in the
same characters with which the name ot his sire is asao
elated.
George B. Densmore, dramatic critic
•of the Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, is the adapter of
the late unsuccessful version of “ Sappho ” produced in
that city. Mrs. McKee Rankin assumed the title role.
John W. Hamilton, who has done
such good work as business manager of the Brooklyn
Theatre.'will retire for the Summer to a secluded nook on
Staten Island, within easy reach of the c ty.
Mr. Joseph Jeffersoa’s next season will
-comprbe twenty weeks, beginning August 30 in Denver,
Col. The new mmnheni of his «omt>-ny will be Miss
Henrietta Vaders and Mr. George Denham.
Aug. Pitou has engaged Eleanor Ca
rev and Louisa Eldridge for R. B. Mantell’s company in
:«he Fall. Miss Carey goes to California with J. T. Ray
mond this month, but returns August 1.
George C. Brotherton has his “Jap
anese Village ” almost readv. About July 4 it may be
aeen at Coney Island. Later he will take it to Atlantic
City, Philadelphia, etc.
' D. Gilfeather has secured the absolute
Tight to produce “A Messenger from Jarvis Section” next
reason. part of Clip will be strengthened for Miss
Jessie West.
J. Charles Davis is now hooking onto
'Stars and combinations for four theatres, viz.,"the Peo
ple’s, the Brooklyn, Miner’s Newark, and Wareing’s Ho
iboken.
Mr. Edward Lamb played Tony
jXumpkin with Wallack’s company at the Grand Opera
Souse in place of William Elton, who has gone toAus
alia.
Agnes Ethel Tracy’s inheritance from
lier husband’s estate will figure at the moat but comfort
able sum of $2,000,900 at the very least.
The supplemental season of “Fedo
■ra” closed May 29th. R. B. Mantell and his wife sailed
jfor England last week for a short visit.
H. C. Husted, for the past three years
popular as the business manager of the Star, will manage
Dion Bouclcault next season.
“Patsey” O’Conner, the gentlemanly
little treasurer of the Fifth Avenue Theatre, is now on
Jiis wedding tour.
Anna Dickinson is watching by the
bedside ot her aged mother at West Pittston, Pa.
Mr. J. M. Hill is said to be interested
in the new theatre enterprise in Pittsburg.
Mr. John E. Owens will not return
to the stage ;:gain.
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HUMORS OF THE POLICE.
More Than a Question of Veracity-Half
a Dczen Oaths Against the Roundsman
A Raid By the Rcu-dsmen of the Twenty
ninth Precinct Police-How He Got a
Paper-An Open Drink-Caught Fibbu'g
Swore He Was Not in a Saloon and the
Proof Very Clear On It —Oaths Against
Oa hs, Two to Two—Bcunced With a
Kick—Hew Kelly Said He Clubbed— Taking
Advantage of His Power—Disgraceful fcr
Policemen.
BEFORE COMMISSIONER VOORHIS.
ROUNDSMAN CHAPMAN'S TALL SWEARING.
In the liquor saloon. No. 464 Fourth avenue, was
the charge against Grey and Shannon of the
Twenty-ninth Precinct. Roundsman Chapman saiu
the charge was true. Grey said it wasn t; he
hadn’t been in any liquor saloon. He saw
roundsman coming at 6P. M. He went down tne
avenue and met Shannon. They saw the rounds
man coming and not to be caught off their reliev
ing point they stepped into the vestibule of the
house leading upstairs to dwellings, but lursner
back you can enter the liquor saloon by the si e
entrance. The vestibule door and the hall were Be
tween them and the liquor saloon. The inside ooor
of the vestibule was cfosed. He and Shannon
in the vestibule and did not go beyond the closed
door. This was done that the roundsman might no.
And them off their relieving point.
Shannon said that he went to the vestibule lor
the same purpose, so that he might not be
off his relieving point. Even then he was not on
post. There was a barred door—the vestibule door
—between them and the liquor saloon and that was
closed and locked. It was the entrance to families
living upstairs, and the door was kept checked.
Herman Massing,.living at No. 486 Fourth avenue,
said he saw the two officers in the vestibule. He
rang the bell to deliver a parcel to a lady «P-« ta J r ®;
The vestibule door was opened and shut and he leu
the officers there. He saw the roundsman coming
as he left and he then knew something was up.
Heinrich Frost, 464 Fourth avenue, bartender of
the saloon, said be was tending bar the afternoon of
the 25th all day till the place closed. A good many
gentlemen were in the place about six o clock, out
neither of these officers entered the place Irom the
trout or vestibule. .
W. Jorkev. a barber, said he went in the P* Bo ® a ‘
the time specified to have a drink and lunch. He
saw the two officers in the vestibule, but saw no
officer in the liquor saloon-
Martin Dougherty stood opposite the liquor sa
loon with a friend, had a full view of the vestibule,
saw the roundsman come up the street, the officers
Aodge in the vestibule, and he could see they did
not pass the vestibule door, which was closed, till
they came out. He saw them all the time in the
vestibule. . , _
Passing th. liquor store, .aid roundsman Chap
man, there was a colored man rushed back. Chap
man went to a tailor's store and gave him an order,
and went back, and the colored man again acted
very strange. A band of musicians came out of the
liquor store, and he looked in the hallway, the ves
tibule door was open, and looking through the hall
two children were at play. He saw two ladl ® a
ting on the stairs. Looking back he saw an officer
but thought if he went in the hall the officer would
drop out of the saloon, and if he w ® n tinthe
saloon he would get out the hall. So he.went
to the middle of the next block and saw the
barkeeper come out and look up and down. The
proprietor cams out and looked. The proprietor s
brother came out and looked up and down. Inen
the barkeeper came out again and made a sign and
Shannon came out. and the roundsman whistled
for him. Grey then came out. Both denied being
in the place. Grey, he was surprised at h«ing in
there as he was a very good officer. He couldn tbe
positive that they were in the bar-room. They
were not in the vestibule when he looked in and he
stood watching the door twelve # mi “ ute ?r o
were inside somewhere, they were further than the
vestibule. Both doors were open and he saw
through the hall.
GETTING PAPER GOT A PAPER.
Clenton was found in store No. 297 Fourth
avenue by Roundsman Chapman. The officer said
he found an excavation in the street, he had no
paper and he went in to get a piece of paper to make
a report, and got it.
•• Do you think that is so asked the Commis-
did not state that to me. I saw him «tand.
ing at ths desk with two sheets ot paper, said
Chapman.
WAS READING BUT NOT LEANING.
••Finnigan was leaning against a tree, May 25,
reading a paper,'' said Chapman.
The officer said he had good reason to do it. It
was his long day. He was sent to look for a man
that bad assaulted another then in the hospital,
and be looked at the paper to see how the man was
getting on.
«• How about leaning ?”
♦• 1 stood close to the tree, but was not leaning.’
TOOK HIS DRINK OUTSIDE.
May 24. Rhinehart, of the Twenty-ninth Precinct,
was found outside drinking a glass of liquor, 11:20
m the evening.
•• Have you any excuse ?” asked the Commision
er'"l*nino drinking man. After eleven o’clock I
had pains in my stomach and I thought thia would
relieve me.” .
“ Where did you drink it?
“On the sidewalk."
“You are not in the habit of drinking on your
tour of duty ?”
•• No. I suppose the captain can testify to that."
“He can’t; he is not always behind you. Well,
this is the first charge in three years; it is a pity to
blur the record."
FOUND OUT AND A FIB.
Regan didn’t relieve on his relieving point at mid
night. He stood on the relieving point till a quarter
to twelve o’clock, when a boy cams and told him
there was a row in a tenement house in Twentieth
street. He went there and found it to be only a
family quarrel.
Captain Williams said he sent Roundsman Cahill
to this tenement bouse, and he reported no quarrel
had been there that night.
Cahill said he went to see If the officer’s state
ment was true. He went there; it was a double
house. Nobody knew of any trouble or of an of
ficer being there.
Regan said officers had been in that building doz
ens ot times.
From the above cases it will be seen that the
Twenty-ninth had a general shaking up last week.
A GENERAL DENIAL.
A bad case was made out against Kelly, of the
Sixth Precinct. There were three specifications in
the complaint.
First: He allowed William J. Welsh, alias Weil, a
prieouer, to go in a liquor store while conveying
him to the police court. Second: He went in with
the prosecutor, McCormick, and drank with him.
Third: He advised Welsh, alias Weil, to settle with
McCormick by giving him $25 to refrain from pros
ecuting.
Kelly denied everything except making the ar
rest.
Captain McCullagh said he preferred the charge
from reading the testimony taken in the case, given
at the Tombs, after five or six adjournments.
Win. D. Welsh, alias Weil, said be lived at No. 69
Ludlow street, and was bartender there. He was
the prisoner alluded to. After they left the station
house they walked through Centre street to within
three doors of Leonard. The officer walked in first;
he followed, then McCormick next, and went up to
the bar. All three had a drink. Then they had a
second round, then a third, that he was expected to
pay for, but he was broke and he had to tell the bar
tender to hang it up. Kelly then called him aside
and said he looked like a nice young fellow and told
him to have a talk with McCormick. McCormick
told him to talk with the officer, who told him to
• give him something for his trouble. He wanted
$25; that would settle the whole case. He said he
would give $5. He was taken to the Tombs and
put under SSOO for examination. He had three
i witnesses, McCormick had two, and the complaint
i against him was dismissed. The charge against
him was stealing a chain from McCormick.
“ I never had a drink in that place,” said Kelly.
“ Passing the liquor saloon, complainant jumped in
• and said, T want to see a man inside.* He was so
drunk, I went in and pulled him out. All the rest
is manufactured. I gave no advice to settle.”
••Is it customary to take a prisoner to court
drunk?”
“He wasn’t so drunk. He had three hours’ sleep
—from 3to 7. He was dazed. At 3in the morning
’ Mr. Weil gave the name of Wm. J. Welsh. He was
intoxicated. Mr. Weil said in court I went in his
cell an hour after he was locked up and wanted to
settle the case for $25. I went on post immediate
ly afterward.”
The case was adjourned at of Kelly to
get McCormick, who is barkeeper for Billy McGlory.
COULDN’T BE SEEN.
Failing to discover a pane of glass on his post
broken at No. 42 Stanton street, was the charge
against Barry. The owner of the grocery store,
> Herman Egers, couldn’t say when it was broken.
- Nor could the officer see it as it was the glass of a
’ bed-room back in the store,
INSULTED THE ROUNDSMAN.
Fay, while the roundsman was looking at him
1 entered the liquor saloon at 125th street and Eighth
avenue, and was in long enough to take a drink.
- When asked by the roundsman afterward what he
went in for, he said an errand. The roundsman
said he ought to have more respect for him
than go in when he saw him (the roundsman).
He told the Commissioner he went in to
deliver a letter for a friend. The Commis-
’ sioner said he could have rapped at the door
as he had often seen officers do, and they were an
swered.
COULDN’T WAIT THREE MINUTES.
i Kevelin, of the Twenty-seeond Precinct, entered
the liquor saloon at Fifty-sixth street and Ninth
1 avenue, three minutes before relieving time. Nature
i he said compelled him to go there.
i CHIMNEY CLEANING.
Duffy and Cochrane were found seated on the
i elevated station, at Greenwich and Houston streets.
They said they heard the report of a pistol and that
led them up. The porter at the station said he
• fired a blank cartridge through a stove-pipe to
clean it. The roundsman said they were up ten
minutes.
THINKS HE WAS INSULTED.
George W. Lail, proprietor of the Grand Hotel,
■ Coney Island, with his friend, Thomas C. Abbott,
entered the station-house of the Sixteenth Precinct
to get police information. Mrr. Abbott’s son had
died, and his body was at the Morgue. They want
ed to find the son's boarding-house; the police had
that iniormation.
Sergeant Tims was at the desk, and was anxious
to give them all the information he possessed. Ser
geant Lunsdale, however, wh? wa» behind the desk,
NEW YORK DISPATCH. JUNE (!, 1886.
ho had driven him (Lail) from the corners;
that he didn’t come for information. He said this
y. i Y?® U P and down, and Lail said to his friend
Abbott they bad better get out when ordered.
Abbott said be went there with his friend to
make inquiry in regard to his boy s effects. Lons
dale told nim he hadn’t come for information; he
had often driven him from the corner, and be had
better get out.
Lonsdale said Mr. Abbot's son died suddenly.
Ho had just written up the* report when the two
gentlemen entered and askutU if there had been a»
lamination of the case. Ho 1 said “No.” They
asked what coroner had charge of the case. He
They asked him telephone to the
office and find out. He couldn’t. Then they became
* a dignant because he couldn’t do as they wished.
-*bere had been considerable troubl<rabout the case,
and they were the third or fourth s>»rty that bad
called. He said to complainant that he looked like
a gentleman, “ but don’t come and aefc me things
that I can’t do.” He said he looked like a gentle
man that was there last night, that came in half
di’unk. He never' saw the man before ? Why ;
should he insult him ? Ha never said he had
driven him off the corner, or ordered him out of the
station-house.
Sergeant Tims- corroborated his fellow eevgeant.
and thus made it oath' against oath.
HE SAYS HE- WAS KICKED.
Kennedy, of the Twentieth! Precinct, was charged
with giving citizen Thomas Carey, of No. 446 West
Twenty-sixth street, a kick on' the back, from w&ich
he still suffers. A man' was- lying at Twenty-sixth
street and Tenth avenue,, and a crowd of several
hundred around him, which was ordered back. He
was in the act oi go ng back when Kennedy shoved
him. He said you needn’t. The officer said. “I will;
see that you go lively,” and raised his foot and
kicked him.
The officer denied raising his foot to any one in
the crowd, but simply pushed them back to give the
sick man air. Two officers by him, who also were
pushing the crowd back, saw no kicking by Ken
nedy.
It was statement against statement.
WHAT TULLY DID AND DIDN'T.
James Quin and Daniel Shannon, charged Tully,
of the Twenty-second Precinct, with assaulting
them without cause. The officer said the charge
against him was partly true. Shannon said he was
a builder. He had been to a reception downtown
and met Quin about half-past twelve o’clock, and
with two more friends went to the train at Fifty
seventh street to see them off. He came back with
Quin to Tenth avenue, as far as Fifty-seventh street
and then to Ninth avenue. At twenty minutes to
one o’clock the officer came from Fifty-eighth street
up to them and said: “ What in are you follows
doing here ?” They were about parting to go home,
when the officer said: “Hurry up and get out of
here." Quin said they would go as far as the cor
ner and part there, to get out of the way of the
officer. The officer said: “You’ll find you’re warmed
there." Quin said they intend to loiter. The offi
cer then said, “Go on: go home,” and poked the
club in Quin’s jaw, and hit him again. As Quin
stumbled bis bat foil, and he was airaid to pick it
up. Tully said to him (Shannon): “You big loafer,”
and hit him on the mouth. They were told to
move ou, l>ut didn't get the chance.
“ Your uVother was arrested once ?” said the offi
cer.
' Yes, sir; for defending himself from a drunken
policeman," was the retort.
Quin s story was about the same. The officer
came up, and, without cause, jabbed the club in his
jaw. He never was ordered off the corner.
••Didn’t you want to shake hands with me?” said
the officer.
“ No; and if I did, would that justify clubbing
me ?’*
Mr. Duffy corroborated the two complainants.
The officer said the three were sitting on a coal
box, and he told them to get home. They said,
“Yes, when they shook hands with him.” Quin
gave him a push, and he drove him away, and
Shannon made a rush at him, and he put his stick
•• that way ’—a hand at each end—and pushed him
back like that.
ABOUT LONG ENOUGH ON THE FORCE.
Coughlin, of the Twenty-seventh Precinct, ar
rested and assaulted citizen Thomas Malloy, evi
dently without cause. Malloy, who is a laborer,
working in Ann street over hours, was going home
through Broadway at midnight. Coughlin camo
up and said, “I am in to catch you;” raised his
club and hit him. He had drank no liquor after
work; nothing since three o’clock. The Police Jus
tice in the morning discharged him.
It came out on the cross-examination that, before
Coughlin got on the police, Malloy had once pun
ished him, do doubt deservedly, and the officer
then said he would get square with him. Now was
Coughlin’s chance. He had just been appointed,
and seeing Malloy going peaceably along alone
home, hit him on the leg with his club and arrested
him.
“Let me say to you," said the Commissioner, “if
you had an old grievance, and you thought to use
your authority for any such purpose, I will be very
severe with you.”
This a case where the little brief authority just
obtained is abused.
SHOULD BE SENT ON THE ISLAND.
Finnegan not only smoked on the platform of a
Sixth Avenue Elevated road car, against the rules,
but used language on the car which, if true, would;
give a citizen six months in the Penitentiary. Con
ductor Goldpn swore to it.
When requested to stop smoking by the conduct
or, Finnegan paid no attention to him. He re
quested him a second time. Finaegan then opened
the door and went inside. There were a dozen
policemen in the car, and the conductor shortly
after went inside. The officer sitting next to Fin
negan said, “Suppose so and so was the case with
you on the car, what would you do?” Finnegan
said he would make a reservoir of the conductor’s
throat. A dozen policeman in the ear swore they
did not see Finnegan smoke, and did not hear the
disgraceful language.
OUR FIREIiAPiniEVT.
MISCELLANEOUSJFI RE NEWS.
Last Wednesday morning the medical officers re
ported that Foreman Ahearn. Assistant Foreman
Kinsella, and Firemen Bresnan and Potter of
Engine Company No. 32, and *• Probationary ”
Fireman Regan oi Hook and Ladder No. 16, who
were all more or less severely prostrated at the
“ tobacco ’* fire in Maiden lane and Pearl street, had
so far recovered, that they would be able to report
for duty as usual the following morning.
THE PAY ROLL.
General bookkeeper Savage reported that the total
amount to be disbursed for all purposes of the de
partment for the month ot May was $123,011.34.
SICK FIREMEN.
There are at present forty-two sick and disabled
officers and men on the medical officers’ books.
A PRESENTATION.
Noah L. Larnham, Post No. 458, G. A. R., on
last Tuesday night presented, in Lyric Hall,
to Foreman Luke Clayton of Engine Company No.
18, a handsome medal in recognition of the heroism
and bravery displayed by him in saving life at a
fire in Ninety-third street last year, by risking his
own, in being suspended in mid-air by his com
rades, and seized an unconscious man from certain
death.
ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE.
At the meeting of the Board on Wednesday last.
Engineer William Wray, of Engine Company No. 44,
was tried on a charge of being absent without leave
for forty minutes, on May 23d, ult.
He pleaded guilty, and said: •• On my way from
dinner I met some friends, and they got talking,
and I talked longer than I intended to, but I got
back to my company quarters as soon as I could
afterward. That is all 1 have got to say."
He was then fined throe days’ pay.
The following is Wray’s record in the depart
ment: He was appointed October 30th, 1865, and
assigned for duty in Engine Company No. 36.
While in Engine Company No. 23, on October 13th,
1881, he was fined two days’ pay for being absent
without leave and using disrespectful language to
his commanding officer. On October 25th, 1882, for
failing to report a personal injury; with falsely re
porting his inability to report to the medical officer,
when he was able to do so; with failing to respond
to two alarms of fire with his company, and being
absent without leave, be was fined ten days’pay.
On September sth, 1883, for being absent without
leave, he was fiued ten days’ pay. On September
13th, 1883, for failing to connect the coil in the
heater stove, he was fined ten days’ pay and trans
ferred to Engine Company No. 31. While in Engine
Company No. 2S, on May 6th, 1885, for being absent
without leave, he was fined ten days’ pay, repri
manded and transferred.
DIED.
Superintendent D’Oench, of the Building Bureau,
reported the death of Inspector William McNamara.
CLAIMS.
There was a very large number of unpaid claims
received irom merchants and others against fire
men; they will be notified to pay up.
FUEL.
For the third time the Board opened proposals for
supplying the department with 3,000 tons of egg.
1,500 tons of stove, and 1,500 tons of nut coal, and
finally awarded the contract to Winant and Ter
hune, at $19,500, or at the rate of $3.90 per ton for the
whole.
KILLED.
Chief Eckel, of the Syracuse Fire Department
was run over and killed by a hook-and-ladder truck*
while going to a fire on Tuesday morning.
FIREMAN HOBURG’S ESTATE.
Last Wednesday afternoon, Surrogate Rollins is
sued letters of administration to Charlotte Hoburg,
the mother of fireman Henry W. Hoburg, of Engine
Company No. 41, who was drowned in Cromwell’s
creek in January last, and whose body was recov
ered a short time since in the Harlem river. The
estate amounts to $l,lOO.
THE DEATH OF MR. KELLY.
The Board held a special meeting on Thursday
morning to take suitable action upon the death of
Mr. John Kelly, and after adopting the following
preamble and order, immediately adjourned :
i •• Whereas, the Board having received information
of the death of the Hon. John Kelly, desires to place
upon its records an expression of sincere sympathy
, for the surviving family of the distinguished de
ceased, and of admiration for his many good traits
of character and virtues as a citizen and public offi
cer.
Aud it is ordered that as a mark of respect the
offices at these headquarters be closed on the day of
the funeral.”
A PROMOTION.
The Board met again on Friday, and promoted
Fireman James Connaughton, of Engine Company
No. 2, to be an engineer of steamer.
NEW FIREMEN.
The forty-one •• probationary firemen," who have
been “ on trial" for the past thirty days, were made
•• regulars” at thia meeting, with a salary of SI,OOO
per annum.
They were all well pleased when they got their
certificates of appointment, their badges, and other
i emblems of the department. With this addition to
the force, the total number of officers and men now
in the department is nine hundred and forty-five.
PLENTY OF WATER.
First Assistant Chief-Engineer Hugh Bonner, re
ported that there were fifty one inches of water flow
ing over the Croton Dam on Friday morning, so that
there seems to be no fear of a “ water famine" in the
Dear future.
EAST NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The new law annexing the town of New Lots to
the city of Brooklyn, goes into effect on the first
day of August next. The fire department thereof,
; consisting of seven companies, which includes two
engines, three hose carriages, one hook and ladder
r aud one bucket company, all in first-class order,
manned by about 300 men, all under the command
of Chief Engineer John Hogarth. With the annex
i ation, as above set forth, the entire department
will be wiped out, and the men composing it set
adrift without recognition in any way for their
past services. It has been suggested that the men
come together for the purpose of organizing
association, patterned after the volunteer organiza
tions of Brooklyn and Nevz York. Should this be
done it will, in a measure, strengthen the hands of
all the old volunteers who have been discharged
throughout the State. Now, boys, get to work. In
uni y there is strength.
DECORATING FIREMEN’S GRAVES.
To the Editor of the New York Dispatch!
Dear Sir : According to sn arrangement previ
ously made, a number of old firemen composed of
members of Mazeppa Hose Company, No. 42. and of
other companies who formerly performed duty in
the Old Fire- Department, met on Decoration Day
for the purpose of participating in- the parade of Che
G. A. R. After the paradv they proceeded to the
severel cemeteries, particularly New York Bay,
Trinity and Calvary, and al«>-Trinity in Carmans
villo, and placed floral tributes on the graves of ex-
Chief A?ford Carson and F. CFark in New York Bay
Cemetery, and late Chief of Battalion Frank Ma
■ hedy, ex-assisthnt engineer John Brice and others at
Calvary Cemetery. They propose to show that' they
cherish the memory of the dead firemen by deco
rating their graves every year. The President. Mr.
Charles Brice,.of the Mazeppa Association made a
few well chosen remarks at the grave of their old
chief, A. Carson.—Yours, T. Thomeeson.
aid
A GENERAL TIE-RE.
workmen against capitalists.
Tha People Have to Walk to Business.
No Proof of Success Anywhere.
Will '.he Workmen Succeed in Their Great
Endeavor?
A general tie-up on all the Brooklyn car lines and
on all the New York car lines was ordered by the
Empire Protective Association early yesterday morn
ing. The whole matter was arranged with such se
crecy that no one knew anything afcout it till they
saw that the cars were nor runnings
Early in the morning people began as usual to
wait for cars at the corners, and it was a long time
before they began I©, realize that the cars were not
running on the lines on which the tie-up was or
dered.
ASTONISHED TRAVELERS.
Every one was bewildered, and when it was real
ized that the cars were actually stopped, such ques
tions as •• Why are the lines tied up?” “What is
this new strike all about ?’’ “ What does this
mean?” &c., were often heard. Most of the people
who had time on their hands preferred to walk to
their destination; others, after they found that
three lines were running cars, utilized them when
they could. There was little or no grumbling, the
prevailing feeling being one of genuine astonish
ment.
ON THE ELEVATED ROADS.
When it was realized fully that there was a tie up
a great rush was made for the depots ol the elevated
roads. In a few minutes the depot platforms and
stairs leading to them were jammed with a surging
mass of bustling people anxious to get down town
to begin their day's labor. The employees of the
companies were at their wits* end and the ticket
sellers could not take in the money fast enough.
Train after train, as it rolled in, was crowded, and
in several instances people narrowly-escaped acci
dent in attempting to get ou board of the oars.
Wise people tramped to the uptown depots, for they,
knew that unless they did so the chances were that
they would have to wait hours before they would
be able to get even standing os- rather clinging
room on the trains.
ON THE EAST SIDE..
On the east side the crush at the elevated stations
was greatest, for here lived most of the toilers, whose
work requires early attendance. They thronged the
depots and streets thereabout, waiting anxiously
for an opportunity to be carried to their destina
tion. Those whose business necessitated using the
crosstown lines were in a quandery. They had to
get out of it by facing the inevitable, and, to use a
common expression, employed “ shank’s mare."
THE SIXTH AND NINTH AVENUE LINES.
On the West side the rush was almost aa great.
Particularly was this the case on the Sixth avenue
line. People poured in from the side streets by the
hundred, and waited for the trains. Soon the jam
became so great that there was danger of pushing
those in front over the platform and on to the
tracks. It was only with the greatest difficulty
that accidents of thia nature were averted. Hacks
did a thriving business, and even trucks bound
down-town were pressed into service by the anxious
ones.
On Ninth avenue, too, there were pushing and
struggling crowds at the depots, and the line did a
heavy business. Those who succeeded in getting
on the trains breathed a sigh of relief, and those left
behind howled with regret.
THE WAY IT WAS DONE.
Every means was taken with success to keep the
press in ignorance of the proposed tie-up till it was
actually consummated. In Brooklyn the cars were
stopped on all the lines shortly after the first cars
started, except on the De Kalb avenue line, where,
for some reason or other, the cars continued to ruu
until seven o’clock A. M. In New York the Third
avenue line was run with the “ scab ” drivers and
conductors, and the Eighth and Ninth avenue lines
continued running under the old arrangement.
EIGHTH AND NINTH AVENUES STOP.
Shortly before eight o’clock the cars on Eighth
and Ninth avenues stopped running, much to the
surprise and perplexity of large crowds ef people,
who were walking about hither and thither in
search of cars to convey them to their places of
business and who were fuming and chafing at the
unexpected delay. Bevies of shop girls went hur
rying along, their faces flushed with the unwonted
exercise and many of them glad of an excuse for
being a little late.
THE ELEVATED ROADS.
The tie up of the horse-car lines naturally caused
a large increase ot travel on the elevated roads, es
pecially during the early morning hours, Many of
the trains were uncomfortably crowded, and there
were frequently long waits at stations, to permit
the struggling passengers to get on or off. Still, the
increase of traffic was not so large apparently as on
the day of the last previous tie-up, though on that
day the Eighth and Ninth avenue surface roads
continued running.
The fact that the day being Saturday and the
first day on which the half-holiday system went
into operation, is supposed to have had something
to do with this difference. Then the weather is
milder than on the previous occasion, and people
are more disposed to walk. The Third Avenue
Railroad, too, is running now with its full comple
ment of cars, and the Ffth Avanue stage lino is
running to Bleecker street. It is estimated that
the elevated roads are carrying about 50 per cent,
more passengers than usual, while at the other
time the increase was nearly 90 per cent.
At the office of Colonel Hain, the manager of the
elevated roads, it was said that there is not the
slightest apprehension of any trouble among the
employees on those lines,
THE TROUBLE IN BROOKLYN.
The cars on every line in Brooklyn stopped run
ning yesterday morning at four o’clock. A re
porter called on Mr. William H. Richardson, Presi
dent of the Atlantic Avenue Surface road, Brook
lyn, yesterday morning, but was told that he had
left his house at seven o’clock and had not been
heard from since.
Mr. Frost, the treasurer of the road, expressed
entire ignorance of the president’s whereabouts.
“ I know no more about this strike than you do,” ho
said, “and that covers all the questions you can put
to me. No day cars have run at all this morning.
The first one should have left Greenwood at 4:20.
I was never more surprised in my life than when I
came here this morning and found no cars run
ning. In the absence of the president it is impossi
ble for me to say what steps the company will
take.”
A solitary policeman was on guard outside the
offices. A lew men and youths were loitering about
the stables, apparently merely for the want of
something else to do. One of them said : “The
order came for us to quit work and we quit. We
don’t know what it is for. We have no grievances
against the company, except that the towboys on
this line are only getting a dollar a day, instead of
a dollar and a quarter, as they should by agree
ment. I guess that will be settled now. And that,
I think, isn’t the cause of this strike.”
CJlul>t>ing Uncalled JU’or.
A POLICEMAN THAT SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED
WITH A FINE.
Daniel Lyons, the prisoner, appeared at the bar
with his head bandaged up, suffering from a severe
clubbing. Officer Shiels charged him with assault.
He said the prisoner hit him with a whip on the leg
in Baxter street; then he clubbed him.
Prisoner said he lived at No. 76 Mulberry street.
He was standing in Worth street with the boys; he
had a little ten-cent whip in his hand, and was fool
ing with the boys; the officer came up and said,
“Ttouget out of here." Then the officer up with
Jiis club and hit him on the back of the neck; he
stooped to pick his hat up, when the club was
punched in hia eye; then be turned to grab the
stick, not to be clubbed to death, when he was hit
on the legs and head a dozen times.
The officer was recalled, and said he had the whip
in the Tombs, but didn’t know where it was now.
The accused was acquitted.
Mr. Kelly Non-Sulted.
HE GOES INTO A BOWERY STOKE TO GET FIT
TED, IS NOT SUITED, AND IS BOUNCED OUT
ON THE STREET IN HIS SHIRT.
3BK- James Kelly would have made a presentable
cut for a comic paper when kicked out of Mr. Cra
ger’s clothing store. No. 142 Bowery, standing on
the sidewalk in hie shirt, putting on his pants, etc.
He made no complaint of being compelled to dress
on the street. He couldn't. He voluntarily un
dressed in the store, and if he didn’t get out quick
enough, when he didn’t buy, they had the right to
make him start At the word •' go,” just as he was.
Mr. Kelly said he was *■ Brooklynite, bnt he
thought he could get a suit s»f ready-made in the
city of sinners suitable than in the town Of
the saints across the Bridge. With his wife, and a
lady friend, he entered Mr. Crager’s place. They
measured him, found pants and vest that would suit
him. He went behind the screen, stripped, and
put on his now rigging. Dfessed, bs came oWt and
surveyed himself in the glass. Mr. Crager said it
was a fit to a T. Kelly didn’t like the trousers.
They were-baggy; they went down below the heels
and bunched up in front. The charge was S2O for
the suit, bwt they came down to sls. They didn't
suit, and he went behind the screen and ‘’un
hitched.”’
•'And you won't take the suit?” said Crager.
” No, "replied Kelly. "Then he caught ma-by the
the throat,”’ stwd Kelly, “and sadd you Irish ——
—«- of a ——and threw me out as I stood in my
shirt, .and I hadto drees in the street."
*' Who was with you ?’’ asked counsel for the de
fendant.
” My wife and 1 another lady."
•’Before you went in to try on the cSothes did you
lift a-vest and put that o» under your vest ?"
“No, sir. When I was bounced out on the street
I had no coat or vest or pants or anything on."
“Didn’t a man l come in- behind the screen and
take a stolen vest off you?**
“ No, sir; I had neither eoat or vest on; I had
only my shirt on- when 1 was unmercifully hit in
the face."
The defendant said he wao salesman for bis father.
Three persons- came in- the- store and the under
clerk waited on the man and- two ladies. Kelly was
measured and they had their selection. He told the
man be had better try on the pants. The lady said
she kept boarders in Brooklyn, and if he was suited
she would bring custom* She asked the price*. He
said S2O for the suit. They were not a one price
store and be came down, to sls. Mr. Kelly went
behind the screen to-try the pants on. He came out
and said they were too long, and they were going to
get another- pair shorter;, when Kelly said- they
guessed they- wouldn’t take th© suit. Defendant
then told him to go behind the screen and: take
them off. Lt was then that the clerk saw Kelly had
a vest under bis vest. Defendant went in and told:
him he had better take it off. Defendant’s father
came up when ho heard- loud talking and he told
Kelly he had better get out. He did not strike him,
he only shoved him out in the street.
Clerk Greenfield said he saw the vest under the
vest, and told Mr. Crager, who- told him (Kelly) to
take off his vest. Ha- did not see his boss strike
Kelly; if he had; he would have seen- him. He
walked out in his clothes as he came in in them.
The wife of Kelly was called* She heard her bus
band behind the screen-hallo and yell. When she
ran in his mouth was all fulLof blood and he “stood
in his shirt-tail " holding his face. Her husband
was struck again, while she was in the room be.
causo he wouldn’t buy the suit of clothes. She was
shoved out, as well as her husband,, in his shirt.
He dressed himself outside*.
Mr. Crager-was fined $50..
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are necessary to perfect happiness. If you wish to
possess these, cleanse your blood with Ayer’s Sarsa
parilla. It is perfectly safe to take, and is a thor
oughly reliable,, highly concentrated and powerful
blood purifier.
No- T Stryker’s Lane.
NO NEIGHBORLY KINDNESS THERE.
Stryker’s Lane years ago was one of the pleasent
est places to live in in the Twenty-second Ward. It
seems it is not so now. John Killeen, who lives at
No. 7. said that his neighbors Wm. A. Phelan and
James McCormick, on the 22d, assaulted him.
Phelan held him while McCormick “put a head”
on him with a rolling pin. Ha did nothing to them.
The Court did not ask him to take the towel off
which bound bis bead.
On bis cross-examination he said be gave no cause
for the assault. He bad no knife in his hand, and
did not know what led to the assault.
Kate Nichols, living at No. 7 Stryker's Lane, said
neither Mr. or Mrs. Killeen were drunk that day.
Defendant Phelan said coming from his place of
business he went in to see his mother-in-law who
lived below,'then he went to go up stairs. Killeen
stepped up and said ha shouldn't use the hall or he
would kill him. He made three attemps to get up
stairs from twelve to a quarter past one. He went
to get an officer but couldn’t find one. He got a
club from the switchman and struck for an officer,
but none came. He then went back to No. 7 and
beard Killeen in the yard and saw McCormick
going to the yard. They were wrangling. Killeen
jumped for Phelan and made a pass at him with a
knife, and Phelan struck him with the rolling pin
on the head, but he only intended to knock the
knife out of his hand. Tbs man was drunk. He,
(Phelan) had only been homo once since then, and
when he did venture in, he got in the back way by
getting over the fence to keep out of Killeen’s way.
Killeen had been dogging him around since Sunday.
He said Mrs. Phelan owed him ten cents for clams;
if she did, he never saw them.
McCormick, the other defendant, then took the
stand and said: “He was in trouble with other
people when I came up and he says to me, • I’ve
got yi yi Scotch bastard.’ Somebody said • Luke
oot, he's got a knife.* I asked him to go to bed
and shake hands, when somebody sung oot, ‘Jim
he’s got a knife** Then Phelan came to knock the
knife oot his ban*, but by mistake bit him on the
heed, whaur he deserved it. He was as drunk as he
could be, an’ be in fighting trim. He kept calling
me a’ nicht, a Scotch, this and that, an* the fact is
I could na get t’ my room till next day."
The two were acquitted.
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editor Medical Clinic, Richmond, Va., says: “ Liebig
Co.’s Coca Beef Tonic is a wonderful reconstructive
agent, building up the general system and supply
ing lost nervous energy. In all wasting diseases
and broken-down constitutions it is the agent."
Also in female complaints, shattered nerves, dys
pepsia and biliousness.
Urleks and Mortar.
THEY ARE MIXED UP, THEN THE CARRIERS
MIX UP.
Joana and Michael Corino are brothers and hod
carriers. Antonio Pigaro is also in the same busi
ness, but while he carries the morter, the brothers
carry the bricks. Antonio charged the brothers
with assaulting him without cause, but counsel for
the brothers arid guilty, with extenuating circum
stances. ihey did not intend to do what they did,
A plea of not guilty was entered, and Antonio was
asked where he lived; he said Italy; fa© forgot that
he had crossed the briny deep. He said all three
worked on the same building. He was ahead of the
brothers with his mortar, and going at, as t hey
thought, a slow pace, Joano dropped bis bricks in
his mortar and it toppled over, and Michael made
it a pretense do drop his hodful of bricks on his
toes. Then the three clinched, and he was pretty
well cuffed about the face.
The boss, Jacob Steifel, said be saw the assault.
Joana “kicked Antonio with his fists and feet."
•■ What time of the day was it ?’’ asked counsel.
“Don’t know," said Steifel.
“You didn’t see it ?’’
“Yes, sir, after it was over.”
Michael said Antonio called him, his father and
his mother what they could be, and he defended
himself. Joana said he was a peacemaker. He said
it was usual when a man interfered in a quarrel, he
got abused himself and the worst of it, as he got.
The boss got there when the fight was over.
The Court fined the brothers $5 each. They had
been in prison several days.
It is sorry jesting to talk lightly of a
cough or cold. They are the seeds of which death
may reap the harvest. Deal seriously with these
germs of danger. A few doses of Hale’s Honey of
Horehound and Tar will make short work of them.
It is infallible. Sold by all druggists.
Pike’s Toothache Drops cure toothache in one
minute.
Cat and Dog,
THE DOG WHIPPED AND ITS OWNER AR
RESTED.
Paul Bresner was charged by officer Cummisky,
Eighth Precinct, with cruelty to a cat.
•' What do to the cat ?’’ asked the Court.
“He kicked it twice, and hit it with an umbrella
and broke its back. He claimed that the cat jumped
on his dog, but he had no occasion to kick it. I
went to look for the cat but it had ran away," said
the officer.'
“You didn’t find the cat?” remarked the Court,
“No,” replied the officer.
Very funny, that three Justices should sit and try
with the gravity of owls, cruelty to a nameless, un
known cat.
“I went down town with the dog," said Bresner.
“The dog was perfectly harmless and muzzled.
There was a big crowd in Wooster street, and all of
a sudden tip cat jumped on the dog and clawed if
all over. I merely struck the cat with the umbydla
and tried to pass through the crowd. There was a
pile of bricks, and the dog backed and the cat came
for it a second time, I struck it, but not enough to
kill it* The dog had a muzzle on and couldn't de
fend itself ; it wasn't a square fight, and that’s why
I hit the cat when it came for th® dog the second
time."
“Discharged," said the Co’urt.
Cummisky should have Eponorable mention for
making that arrest, and the Justice that' held Bres
ner for trial should be elected a dbetor of laws.
-A. Great ConsoliiclatloJi.
HGW IT PUT MONEY IN MR. HANKINS’S FDCK
ET, AND THEN IN PRISON.
The complaint of James Norre, of No. 448 East
Eighty-sighth street, a man well advanced in Ilfs’, a
New Yorker, and business man, shows' that sharp
ers can gather into their folds home birdiras well aa
birds of passage.
Two gentlemen’ named Clarence C. Roberts and ,
Geo. W.- Hankins formed themselves into a Co.
Hankins was ths talking' manager, Roberto the si
lent partner—but’the man of brains. He was the
chief manager of the “National' Consolidated Board
ing-house Agency.” It was a* big scheme on paper.
They were to get boarders for the* Summer hotels.
People didn't' know where to go-to spend a week or
month, hence a bureau that could give this infor
mation was invaluable to the public. They would
get their fee from the person'seeking information,
an>d their percentage from the hotel that got their
lambs.
Thus there was a double profit;, and Mr. Nerro*
seeing apparent profits, allowed himsoti to become
an active partner, which they permitted, by his
forking over seven fifty dollars. The
chief office was located in Union Square. They
opened a sub*office at No. 882 Broadway, and sent
there Mr. Nerre, their junior partner; but the old
est man in the firm, to manage it.
They gave him a room at No. 882 Btoadway, desk,
chairs aod a “couple of tourist books," with lists
of hotels.
The junior took possession of his office, but narry
a visitor called to make inquiry about hotels any
where,, from here to Kingdom come.
He fancied in bis loneliness that he had been
swindled, and called upon the police to explain.
They took him to court and a warrant was issued
for the arrest of Roberts and Hankins. Roberts
couldn’t be found, but Hankins was, and brought
before Justice Patterson at the Tombs yesterday.
Mr. Nerre was cross-examined by counsel for
accused. He said he was not in any business now,
but had been in the grocery line eight months pre
vious; before that in many other businesses, and
for several years a miller at Harlem. He couldn’t
say that he got any security for the money be ad
vanced.
The defense said they had given him a mortgage
when they took him in partnership. He said he was
to get a mortgage on real estate in the city when he
parted with bis money, but he never saw it.
Defendant said there was a mortgage filed and re
corded for the behoof of Nerre at Riverhead..
The ease was adjourned to enable the defendant
to got a copy of the mortgage recorded for Nerre's
protection. If it is genuine real estate, that would
be an end of the case; if it was not satisfactory to
the Justice, defendant would be held te answer.
There was another complaint of the same- nature
made by Camden Moore, who said he had been ta
ken in as a partner in the “National Consolidated
Boarding-House Agency." He paid in S2OO, but
the money was refunded, and he withdraw, his com
plaint.
Policemen Should Have Eyes
WHILE LOOKING OUT FOR OTHERS THEY MUST
LOOK TO THEMSELVES.
Adolph Molfstal. was driving through Central
Park in a wagon, with his wife. Central Park Po
liceman Collins was in the centre- of the drive, and
thought the drivers should look, out for him, not ho
for them. The accused came driving around a cor
ner, and before he could pull up Collins was lifted
off his feet and thrown aside*
“ Was the prisoner traveling at a rapid gait ?"
asked the Court*.
“ I don’t know; but there was plenty of room for
him to pass," said Collins.
“ You can’t say that he tossed you aside inten
tionally ?’’ said counsel.
“I didn’t see him."
“ Why didn’t you step out of the way ?" asked
counsel.
“I didn’t see him; all I know there was plenty of
room.”
“ Do you know if he saw you ?"
••I don’t know."
“Was he sober?” asked the Court.
“Yes.”
“Was there a load in the wagon ?"
“Himself and wife.”
Defendant said he was in the real estate business.
He drove frequently through the Park. He was out
on Sunday giving his wife an airing, and did not
see the officer till the horse was on him.
Counsel held that the officer should have got out
of the way; so thought the Court, and discharged
accused.
A. Bum. Aggrieved.
AND MAKES A CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROB
BERY.
John Moore, a regular “ bum," charged Timothy
Collins, a very old man, with highway robbery ac
companied with violence. Jahn’s face was so band
aged up that it must be with difficulty that he can
now work the growler. He said that coming from
the Pacific steamship this old gentleman was by a
keg of stale beer in Mulberry street. Defendant
asked him for five cents to treat him. He had his
coat over his arm, and said he had no money to
give. The man was drunk and broke the pine in
his mouth, then he took him by both legs and threw
him in a basement, when he dislocated his ankle.
Then some one ran away with bis coat.
“He says you wanted money from him ?” said
the Court.
“No, sir," said Tim. “This is a concoted job.
Since born I never had any trouble, and I'm near
seventy,"
“Had you been drinking ?’’
“No, sir," said the complainant. “I was not with
any one. I was going home when he struck me to
get a bap’orth of t'bacco, and a drink; he kicked me
down the cellar.”
“I’m old enough to be his father," said Tim.
“There is an officer there who knows him to be an
old bum.’’
Court officer Sinclair, referred to, said complainant
had been on the Island a dozen times.
Tim was discharged.
To Suppress Crime.
A PROBLEM THAT WILL NEVER BE SOLVED.
Louis Schorzky was charged with the larceny of
a chicken from a butcher’s store. He said another
boy gave it to him after it was stolen. Even if his
story were true, his guilt was proven by the fact
that the two came back and stole a second chicken,
when they were caught.
The larceny itself is of little account, but the thief
is. By his own showing and the record, once a thief
apparently always one. C)ur prisons and reforma
tories punish, but they don't reform. There is no
way to prevent those going back to crime who have
once stepped into it, more particularly if they are
without parents. They fall back to crime as soon
as discharged, and when they to be grow men they
become what are called “ the dangerous classes."
And there is a plentiful crop growing up. When
convicted, the boy was asked if he had ever been
arrested before.
“ Yes, sir; once."
“What for?"
“I had no home."
“What was done with you ?” asked the Court.
“I was sent to the House ofßefuge."
“ When did you come out ?’’
“Six months ago."
“How have you been making a living since
then ?"
•• Couldn’t tell you.”
“How old are you?’’
“I think seventeen; but I couldn’t tell you."
He was sent back to the House of Refuge.
A Fraud.
TUBS OF BUTTER IN THE MIND’S EYE.
Henry D. Morris, alias N. H. Lanson, entered the
office of John A. Waddell, produce merchant. No. 24
Fulton street, and said he had just shipped to the
city, from Baldswinsville, sixty-seven tubs of but
ter, valued at s4,32o—worth twenty-five cents a
pound—and wanted an advance. He bad a check
on the Irving National Bank for S3OO, which it
would be a great favor to get cashed. Mr. Wad
dell cashed it, but when he presented the check at
the bank he found there were no funds to meet it
Mr. W. then went to Mr. D. F. Britton, head of the
shipping department of the Delaware and Lacka
wana road, at No. 27 Harrison street, and learned
from him that no shipment of butter from that
town had come over the road.
Defendant was held in $2,000 to answer.
Beattie-Hoag.—On Monday evening,
Joseph A. Beattie, and Miss Emmie A. Hoag, of
this city, were married at the residence of the
bride’s uncle, Orange, New Jersey. Rev. James M.
King, of Park Avenue Church, performed the cere
mony Tne bride was dressed in satin, with
natural flowers and diamond jewelry. A collation
was served, and the festivities prolonged until a
late hour. The couple will make an extended
wadding tour, and on their return will reside in
Now York.
John Kelly.
HIB FUNERAL SERVICES IN ST. PATRICK'S
CATHEDRAL.
The funeral of John Kelly took place yesterday
morning from St. Patrick’s Cathedral. There weto
no services at the house in East Sixty-ninth street.
At an early hour people began to arrive at tho
house to take a final view of the body. Thors wore
no flowers upon the coffin. All was black, save ths
silver plate and handles at the sides. Tho plate
bore the words : “ John Kelly, born April 20, 1821,
died Juns 1,188 G." At 9:30 o'clock the relatives
entered and took their last look at the dead. The
widow entered ths room supported by her brother-*
in-law. Mr. Cleary. The pall-bearers next viewed
tho body. Then the ltd was placed over the face
and fern branches were laid upon the front of the
coffin. The undertaker's assistants bore the coffin
to ths hearse, and at 9:45 the funeral procession
moved toward the Cathedral. The pall-bearers
i were Judge Hilton, Arthur Leary, John T. Agriow,
Recorder Smyth, Judge German, Commissioner’
Brennan, Eugene Holly and August Belmont.
When the funeral procession reached the Cathe
dral the vast? interior was already The
only vacant sjnee witbin it was that between the
sanctuary vaiFand the pews, and tho entire aisle.
On either side of this the pews had'been reserved’
for toe relatives, the pall-bearers, and public
official*. Every other seat was filled end the aisles
were crowded with standing men and women.
Among the many present in the church before the
arrival of the funeral procession were Lieut.-Gov.
Jones, Senators Pievce and CWllen, Judge Donohue,
i Benjamin Wood, Judge Van : Brunt, Commissioner’
, Croker, ex-dtegister Docherty, Rastus Ramson, ex-
Sonator Fostbr, Judge-McQuade, John C.
bounty Clerk Flack, Justices Mbnoll and Clancy,.
.Sheriff Grant, Orlando Bi Potter; Grand Sachem P.
Henry Dugro; Justice Dbffy, J. Rhinelander Dillon*.
Mbcgrane Core; and James Lynch.
in the centre aisle were serving as volunteer’
ushers: ex-Aiderman Peter Serry, John H. Carnp--
bell,-and John F. Carroll7 in the north aisle: John
C. Menziger and Michael 1 T. Cummings; in the
south aisle: ex-Aldorman George Hall and Thomas-
Lally; ex-Aiderman Sievin’, Edward C. Sheehy,
Michael R. Brennan, and John D. Toal served as
ushera-at-large. A black ante pendeum, bordered
with gold, draped'the altar, and the sanctuary rail
was covered with black velvet bordered with silver*
In the centre aisle stood a catafalque covered with
black velvet.
As seen -as the body had Been placed upon the
catafalque in the centre aisle in front of the high
altar, the celebration of the solemn pontifical re
quiem mass was commenced,. Arcb-bishop Corrigan
being the celebrant. The assistant priest was Mon
signor Farrelly, and-the deacons of honor, tho Rev.
Fathers Clarkson and. Maher of the Dominicans.
The deacon was the Rev. Father O’Keefe,
of Westchester, and the Sub-Deacon, the Rev.
Father Lavelle, of the Cathedral. The Masters
of Ceremonies were the Rev. Dr. McDonnell and the
Rev. Father Kelly, of the Cathedral. The sermon
was preached by Monsignor Preston. The mass
was.Cherubini’s, and. il was superbly rendered by
the Cathedral choir, under tho direction of the
organist, Mr. W. F. Pecher. The soloists were Mme.
Martinez,- soprano; Miss Gom.ien,(alto; Mr. Law ton,,
tenor;, and Mr.. Stembuch, bass. Tho chorus cou
sisted-.of forty voices.. Mozart’s offertory was sung..
The plain chant choir of men and boys stationed
near the chancel, under the direction of. Father
Lam>mel, sang the responses of the mass. The ser
vice was an. exceedingly solemn and impressive
one, and was intently followed by the thousands of
worshipers. At the conclusion of the mass the
absolution waa given by the Bishop, and then, after
a short time, the funeral procession was reformed,
and the body, taken to the old Mott Street Cathp-.
dral, where it waa placed in the family vault.
Vic io xis Girls.
BGLD BOBBERY BY A FIRE-ESCAPE.
Two girls, named Julia Fiannagan and Mary-
Lyons, aged fifteen respectively, but who gave their
ages at seventeen, so as not to be seat to tho Hous®,
of Refuge, were charged with larceny of some r.ibr.
bons. the property of Mary Delaney. The girl Mary
could only testify to her loss and the ideaification
of her property. Several witnesses said they saw
the girl Fiannagan go up tho fire-escape and try
several window* before she got into Miss Delanoy’n
room. When she got in through the window, a
woman, from a neighboring window, saw Julia ran
sack the bureau. She came down the- firo-escapa
three stories, after the robbery, and. joined Mary,
who stood below.
The officer who made the arrest found the stolen
ribbons concealed in an empty room, with the girl
Fiannagan. Mary was on the roof, whore she chiefly
lived. Both girls occupied an empty room at Sixty
third street and First avenue, on Battle Row.
“Six months each," said the Court.
“So far, and no further,"said Julia, laughlug.
“ That woman with the satchel in her hand (onu
of the witnesses} is just down from Sing Sing, after
serving two years," said Mary, with a smile.
“ Me," exclaimed the astonished lady.
The girls danced back to prison in roaring laugh
ter at the scene they had made.
Fifth avenue and Best English Tail
obs’ Misfits cost leas than ready-made clothing in
other stores, at Shea's, corner Broome and Crosby
streets. Dress suits loaned.
Work and AVamcr.
THEY MAY BE TAKEN BEFORE THE JUNK
GRAND JURY AND BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL.
A new United States Grand Jury will bo sworn in
next week in the criminal branch of the United
States Circuit Court. This will be the last Grand
Jury to sit until next Autumn.
The query now going through the Federal Build
ing is whether United States District Attorney
Walker will take the cases of William 8. Warner, J.
Henry Work and E. H. Tobey, who were charged in
connection with Ferdinand Ward with having de
frauded the Marine Bank, before this jury. The
District Attorney has kept his own counsel in th*
matter and will not say what his intentions are.
The former indictments against these men were
quashed simply on technical grounds and owing to
an omission in the indictments. It was intimated
by the Court at the time that the decision did not
affect the merits of the case ; th® .defect could be
readily remedied.
The delay ou the part of the District Attorney in
regard to thesa cases is considered by many as evi
dence that the government has not a strong enough
case against Warner and Work to convict them. An
other rumor is that negotiations for a settlement
are pending with the United States Judiciary De
partment at Washington. These are things that th*
District Attorney does not care to affirm or tQ deny,
and, indeed, a weary look comes over his face when
questioned on the matter.
Suing for a Pension,
THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS ASKED TO PAY
ONE WHERE THE OFFICER DIED A NATURAL
DEATH.
A motion was made in the Supreme Court, Cham
bers, yesterday afternoon, on behalf of Mrs. Ann
Lee Kiely, to obtain a peremptory mandamus
against the members of the Board of Police, to com
pel them to entertain her application to them for a
pension, which the Commissioners have heretofore
refused on the ground that they lacked jurisdiction
to entertain it. Mrs. Kiely is the widow of Law
rence Kiely, who was appointed in 1848 a member
of the police force, and served for about sixteen
years. He was severely injured during the Tribune
building riots in 1863, and resigned the following
year on account of his injuries. He lived until 1883.
The Commissioners contend that they only have
the power to grant pensions to widows of police
men who have been killed while actually perform
ing their duty, or who have died from the effects of
the injuries they have received.
Judge Donohue reserved decision on the ques
tion. _
Seamen Must Not be Paid Before
Working.— United States Commissioner Shields
yesterday discharged John L. Ruse, mate of the
bark “Sam Spring," who was charged with paying
a seaman, John O’Neill, wages before the vessel had
left port or work performed. The mate was arrest
ed under the Dingley act, which provides a penalty
for paying advance wages to seamen.
This is the first case of the kind that has come
before the Commissioner. The man was dis
charged, as there was no evidence offered that he
had paid the seaman the money, as was charged.
Bobbers on the Bowery.—Frank Bo
maine charged James Fahey, sixteen years old, of
No. 60 Mott street, and Michael Haggerty, thirteen
years old, of No. 69 Baxter street,with snatching his
chain and watch while he was standing at Hester
street and the Bowery Friday evening. Justice
Patterson held them yesterday morning, at the
Tombs court, in SI,OOO bail to answer.
An Incapable Driver. —A Third ave
nue car collided with an express truck in Printing
House Square yesterday morning, and the driver of
the latter had a very narrow escape from death. Ho
fell from his seat toward the car and was struck by
it and thrown backward to his feet. His hip and
arm were bruised, and he was badly shaken. Iha
driver of the car continued to drive up town.
Cold snaps roughen ana chap ths
skin. Heal and soften it with Glenn’* Sulpho*
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