New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-27

rho fsr,s Are ,he.e On the sth Of February l-41,
HOY va. nrocured from Packing-box Maker In GOd-st
,.,veen Fulton and John and taken 20 Jersey City
where /, was secre,ed in the Ropesctory Of Maxwell
That night the body Of young female who II s charged
aaI died a, Madame Cosiellos residence in Lispenard
through malpractice was deposited IN SACK and con
gcred thence in sleigh % Jersey City where II was
oced in the box and subsequently, delivered al Adams
Coz Express Office and BY them forwarded agreeaoiy
20 the following direction Samuel Whitney WOOD
rlck Vermont Care Of Petsr Dudley, Concord y H.
from information given Officer smith some ten days
,-, he vss led 10 believe that a certain cog
m ant Of the above facts and accordingly arrested MN
,,s though he denied al guilty knowledge he was de-
"a ned in confinement I'LL be finally confessed the matter
h, stated that before he nailed the the box he
ookcd the body and found it be that OF avery pretty
e,nale with black eyes and profusiOn Of nch black
har apparently English girl. There Is second charge
against these parties which involves in its guilt third
person
In the Month u June Las, Mr. Charles Mason, who
keeps dry goods at No Avenue D. took young
r of very respectable parents this City who had De
co me involved in disgrace through her intimacy WIN
i'm 70 Madame Costello who became the instrument Oh
mos, foul and unnatural deed. The gri mas re'a''o MI
he particular. TO the Mayor before whom the nve'tss
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he was led 10 the house by the deception OF Mason
Who ve,red that be was taking her 10 friend Of his,
a. sici., and that once there she was forced 10 sub
mi, ~ the opcraiion several days subsequent her
oodi,ion was such a. Obligc her in order ~ avoid
o,.,sure IN leave her home aud remain for time in
Ms Costelo's house under her immediate care which
abe did She farther adds that her system has been ut
Frustrated by the shock her health impaired and that
her constitution is now in wretchedy delicate and
Al eased stale Mason is married man and has family
which only aggravaes his guilt in this most horrd affair
vi and Mrs Maxwell and Mason committed 10 the
Tgbs Las, evening 10 answer the charge before the pro
~ tribunal and unless the Habeas Corpus writ be
sorted 10 they will doubtless be made 10 suffer an ade
l,iate penalty for their murderous deeds. Too much
praise can scarcely be awarded 10 A. NJ O. Smith for his
ezertions in this He is one of our most vgsnt
officers and an esimabe citizen.
~ A singular case of matrimonial litigation,
Which has been for time pending was decided yes
e-day by Vice Chancellor McCouD. The parties were
Mr. Henry D. Cruger and his wife Harriet d. Cruger-
This case was argued last Summer Messrs Butler and
o Conor appearing in behalf OF Mrs Cruger, and Mr..
Anthon and another gentleman. whose name we cannot
now call To- mind for Mr. C. After the opening argument
will be recoleced assault was made by nephew
IF Col Monroe (brother in-sw Of Mrs c. upon Mr. .
Conor for words spoken in relation TO Col NJ
Mr. Cruger married a daughter Of the late George
Douglas who inherited from the father and other rcla
res large estate On the evening of the marriage and
srbsequent 10 the ceremony he made settlement Of the
whole of her estate agreeable previous arrangement
1 = said upon his wife A few days aiterward she
ave an order to her Trustees pay her husband the
In ONE Of her estate but difficulty long time AZ
forwards in relation to it, separation ultimately occur
red between them. In November l-4l, being strongly
nporuned by OF her relatives and acquaintance
Ms Cruger signcda deed comforting upon Mr. {. one
half the income Of her estate during the term Of his nau
raj life but no part of which was paid Mr. C. filed bill
thinning that the post nuptial settlement (Which he had
irawn up himself he being lawyer was not valid a. II
lid not conform to the statute and asking that he be put
possession of the property by right OF marriage the
same as fthe post nupta settlement had never been Civ
.n-but should this be denied and the subsequent order
,n her part not deemed permanent and binding that the
heed Of sil be enforced aud he be allowed from that
time one half the income of her estate.
Mrs C. denied the positions and filed cross bill in
hch she seeks have the deed of l-il aside !,
v obtained through undue and improper influence &c
and is null and void.
The Vice Chancellor. in his decision, declared the
1-i nuptal settlement to be valid. The order on tho
Trustees to pay Mr. c. the income OF the
workable a, peasurc-but the deed of l-i is valid md
, ndnr Ordered that the subject be referred to Martin
Cambrcng to report what amount is due to Mr.. Cruger
under the deed from November ls4l costs to await the
report.
ty@ The investigation of the Chief of the Police
relative to the melancholy death of Sophia Smith,
though conducted with the rigid fidelity has ye,
lied to elicit any fact which tends TO throw the least
iht upon the subject lift the dark veil which mys
icriously shrouds the horrid event The developments
10 place her character IN favorable light yet they
by warrant the assertion that she persisted the
victim of villains peridy, either through private
wrongs and remorse of conscience from subsequent de-
erton directly by the assassins 1t APP
pears it is true that she frequently received the visits
+ a down town book keeper named Gray, and oiien
accompanied him out of an evening but he left the
Cty many weeks since. and has not returned. So
that he cannot be implicated in her death. In spite
Of the laborcd efforts OF the excitement papers To
, .iablish the opinion that che could not have
mittcd suicide We still incline to the belief that
hers was an act OF selfd,s,ruciion, conceivng il
perfectly possible for her TO have filled her mouth
with saturated linen. then bind the kerchief over
her head and tie il under her chn-nex TO wind the
strip II linen five times round her hros, and yet not
fsten tightly produce instant strsngulaton and
easily ina zine that determined monOmansc
bent upon suicidal purpose finding effort at srsngu
alton TO fail might grasp knife with desperate effort
infct seven flesh wounds upon her person and
ally die from sirsneuation produced by the bandsge
about her throat Her body inferred yesterday
7. NJ and Chambers thronged with the thou
sands whose curiosity had been excited in the matter
The Judicial invest cation viii be resumed to-day
~ As an offset TO the Meeoric de spatches from
the respectable New Haven Astronomers We state that
se SAW very magnificent Meteor over Jersey City
night before last which after remaining stationary
time burst in shower Of many coored hight
Damascus green and golden blue I'VE think this is the
Down East phraseoloey) and fell somewhere about Pier
No. /. North River This beautiful Meteor was goi up
by Mr. Edge who will be happy furnish mcteors # all
coors warranted 10 stand still without winkng and be-
shot Al by all the telescopes in Yale College
~ We call attention TO the large tract OF Land
near the Wabash and Erie Canal advertised for sale in
this days paper.
~ NJ. GILBERT the distinguished vocalist las
returned 10 town aler highly successful trip Buf
fdo. Detroit ami through Canada accompanied Sig. An