The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-07-27
City Intelligence.

OF the General Sessions yesterday morning on writ OF
ncbeas corpus issued by her Counsel After some
saonal gSment by the legal gentlemen both sides in
which a request made by OF her Counsel for the
of decision by the Recorder until the
turn of Mr. Warner from Washington, Recorder Tall
riadge decided that the accused being committed by
United States officer having magsteral power hs in his
capacity state officer had power or jurisdiction IN
the case therefore ordered be reminded to the
custody Of the United States Marshal In alludpg to the
granting Of the writ of habeas corpus the Recorder re-
that he would take occasion to state that reusa
on hs part grant such writ the sfdavts presented
to him would have rendered him subject to penalty Of
$1,000 which the fine imposed for such refusal in ac
cordance with the laws Of State. This tact we pub
lish to the statements that have been
made by portion of the prsss relative to the issuing OF
the writ.
Mosr MELANCHOLY Accpvrr.-An accident Of the
red the south EAST side OF
the LIST Avenue and Second streets whereby ono man
d lnis Conroy. killed almost nssntaneonsy, ana
others Andrew Leary and Patrick Kevins so severe
ly injured that but very slight hops are entr'ahen LOT
their recovery. The accident occurred thus maser
builder named Longsrpot, erecting three STORY
brick house the sid streets for MT N"rs'
and the building had reached to the third story. me
front Avenue A, was some courses lower than tear
fronting Second street and three men we're employed
te tend the mason working thst side They had lua
surned from their dinners, and with their hods
Ill assembled the ladder and dumped on the scafold
each his load This brought the three together on the
scsfodng which ahorse raised on the ledger scat
fold used in building the second story. The weight was
much and the ledger pole. slight dry pine spar.
gave way precip1ting the scafods bricks mortar and
the three unfortunate hodmen to the below, con
founding all tog ther in most unsgbtly manner The
mason who working on the same scatolding az the
farther edge herring the crash, threw himself acrossthe
wall and thus saved himselfrom being mingled among
the On removing the bodies from the heap OF tim
bers bricks and mor'er Conroy all but dead Leary
had his legs fractured and the hack o. kevins
appeared broken in two, Those who witnessed the
scene described it most agonziDg Doctors Archer,
Billings and Harlow were instantly summoned ano 10y
their directions the torn bodies carried TO the city
hospital, where they remain To-day tho coroner
will hold an inquest the body Of Couroy and II upon
the evidence given before the jury such grounds Tor
blame think exists he shown, we have every CON
fdence that that officer will charge the jury upon their
pow will the conduct Of those in fault that
in future masons or master builders will be cautious
in the disposal of workmen's lives We learn that the
day previous three work employed at the same bull
ding refused to peril their lives the same scaod and
were in consequence discharged
ACCIDENTALLY DRowrsp "A vonng lad aged about four
teen years, son Of Captain George Hartw'ck' OF the
schooner Elizabeth" was accidentally drowned on
Monday afternoon while sculling small boat up the
river to fresh water for the vessel which lay Mt
her moorings At the Tarytcwn Dock The father,
alarmed seeing his bov at the proper time
went in quest Of him, and found the boat swamped and
the bows hat floating on the water which evinaeh the
fortune that had happened Efforts were made to re-
the BODY that evening" but ne purposes hu tne
father succeeded the next morning, and Immediately
brought to the city where inquest was held on L.
Verdict, accidentally drowned.
THE Touch CAMS AaAiS.-Another victim TO the mer
cess pilferings of those miscrean' who i've on the
Of infamv and pollution Yesterday avoung I'm
GRADER named George Helm who has but recentv IAN
d"d on our shores was en'iced by girl named Mary
Conckln into "a touch house" at No 80 Leonard ST. and
there robhed Of cent he possessed not leaving
him enough to get breakfast with His story is thai al
ter they entered the he'd room he retired frst and the
girl in order she sal prevent person fr dis
covering him. let down the curtains, which were thick
and very closesbe laid his garments upon chair out
side the foot Of the he'd and then blew out the candle
Som. minutes after. she len the nm Ter some
pretence and did not return Halpn thinks he heard
rap ut the door signal before she left him He got
up how dressed himself, and found his purse con
tanning 80 - in soveregns silver and bills missing He
secured mo OF officer welsh who desired him to
keep possession Of the room until some person came ana
then call in the watch. This the lad did and about
remove hor furniture knowing there would he close
search made for her but Hpn opposef the removal and
very opportuney met the same officer Who wen with
him and arrested her She well known NJ the Police Of
fee adept nj the touch game ard twice before
capped the pentsntiary through want Of sufficient evil
dence to commit.
TRIAL OF ROGERS FOR MURDER The trial OF
Abner Rogers, u., for the murder Of Charles Lin
coin, jr, late warden Of the State Prison, common
ced in Boston on Monday morning Mr. Parker
opened the for the government, and introduced
several witnesses, after which Mr.. BemIs opened
the case for the defence, but did not close until
Tt lay forenoon.
Tne Boston Post SAYS. that before a iurv was inn
panneled. the prisoner had exhausted his twenty
moned aso He then revoked two Of his challen-
ges. and the rejected jurors we've sworn
The jury was then organized asfollows;-
Isaac Schofed, foreman; Thomas 9. Bacon,
John 5. Bake, Charles Johnson. John Osgood, Jr
George Passsrow, Charles P. Plympton, William
Reed, Jesse Stevens John Thompson, Lewis Went
worth, David Wild.
After the Indictment was read Mr. Parker, for
the prosecution. opened The in very lmpres
sve and elaborate address; and presented To the
jury the whole law Of murder in a v"rv learned
manner, and also referred tn numerous medical an-
fhorltes unon the subject of INSANITY, 10 meet the
defence relied IN by the counsel for 'he prisoner.
He said the prisoner was born in Newburv. became
early addicted to dssipated hahirs-learned The shoe
makers trade-was sent 10 The State prison tor pass;
ing counterfeit MONEYS served two vears-behaved
well for some time after his dscharge-ihen went
on a fishing VOYAGE To Labrador. and on his return
reIapeed into his former bad habits-Nroke open a
store in Andover. and in 1888 sentenced to five
wears in the State prison. which term expired in
March last. In February last, Mr. Lincoln in ODE
dience to the statute reported him to the county al
torney Of Suffolk second conner, and on the
trial on the information in March, Mr. Llpcolo, as
witness did not speak So well Of the conduct Of
Rogers, as prisoner as he did of others who were
in the same predcament; and while the Others
were severaly sentenced TO one, two. and three
months additional, Rogers received six months
On this account, and because his aziness and re-
fractorv conduct had exposed him TO frequent nun
ishment, II was supposed that he cherished deep
resentment against the warde,. and there wou'd be
some evidence that he ID uttered repeated threats
to "6x'' Mr. Lincoln DE had been three times
pun shed during the week previous to the murder |
In conclusion, Mr.. Parker said no intmaton had |
been received from the friends Of the prisoner that
he insane
The first branch Of evidence put into the case |
was docume ntaiy. consisting Of the commission OF |
the late warden the several convictions Of Rogers,
and his sentence as a second conner
As the facts Immediately connected with the mur- |
der have already been presented 10 the public inthe
Post, we shall not give the testimony ct the wit
nesses this point, full Ii was in substance as
follows:-
On the 18th Of June. between five and six in the
afternoon, Mr. Lincoln, IN company with Moses
Jaquitb, OF this CITY into the sine shop, 10 see
a prisoner named Thorn, to ascertain II ne was The