New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-21

,,.,0ss never found fault with the work or the
nn.ss,;sl. the beams averaged sixteen incnes
III, have the whole Of the plans now and can
pio5ure them think the foundation Is the cause
fine accident saw two braces on the rear,
1hought the walls were all night nave ne .he
1917 al an snv other houses Of that size when '"o
49,. =, are not carried up till all was finished
An hours recess was here granted.
Afo Recess. at ZIG
LANES B. GlentT 0rth sworn-hesspIVI wrote
Tventy.third.s Certificate prod so5,s as at his
sh;s At the dictation OF Mr. Wui. 1nI handed
sn m s;sned his name at bis reqaes' Ia ma
A., tbe naDer 10 write it himself .ha writing OF
would do it better Previou,.s that complaints
This letter Mr.. Emmet tolo a1syd 20 the lumber
had been made to hin ID .Led me to see or send
psed in the buildings; nrs,,scate as 70 the charac
Mr.. Thomas, or se Ut was on Tuesday, the day
Ger oil the iumv S;us. fell on the morning Ui TUG
before 'ne n vent to the oulpinss III en-
a0n, ~ - nesr Sixth-ayenue 10y ~ &c The
fy-second'st In there; then hailed one oil the
Thomas bad DsscsfFold and directed him to send
men on w speDoer's apprentices, Wlhiam
one oil m Mn TO ThOmAss Office, and BRING
Mooney. ssnty. first.st. where would meet him
him 70 iround to Twenty irst-st and remained
wes .tree quarters Of an hour when the BOY re-
tne'es and told me that Mr.. Thomas hAd gone
9o~ st into an omnibus, rode down town and saw
IEc.,as in front of 81. Paurs Church got out
- called after him q Mr.. Stebblns joined us
ID we walked down together to Watst. az sne
Soor of my Office Mr. Peck spoke to me l had 20
nav him 81 400 for payments cue on oulidInss ~
twenty second and Twenty third sts.; l t S
sone paper and gave it to Thomas and tola a,n
~ write the certificate; Mr.. Thomas said; MI
s5lentworth, you can write it better than me, sup
,sose Won write it," explained to him the oolec
for which il was required ne olcsa'e1 tue lo'so.
from the style you can see that mechanic "roto
;t 7 40 not pretend to be one the reason
.rb;ch Thopss assigned that i should sign his
name to the letter was TO give 1t bona
6da aDpeerance, so as not to look as II
!. vss got up for the occasion; when
7 had written the letter | sent check for
$500 TO get casbed; took the money and Psia
Ar. Peck 81, 400 and took bis receipt Mr. Peck
bad returned bis brick bills every fortnight; we
all started for Mr.. Emmets Office AID met him
at the entrance. Mr.. Hmmet asked Peck to take
back the bin until the whole order for Twenty
frst-st. was filed. when he would settle 1t to-
xether handed Mr.. Emmett the certificate at
that time the next morning Imet Mr.. Thomas at
ahe corner of Pearl and Wall SITS. we went to Nc.
Emmett Office; we saw him: | think Mr..
Reiger and Mr. DOrr were 10 the office at the same
time. Mr. Emmett asked Mr.. Thomas how ne
would give certificate OF that kind, and Thomas
then offered the explanations as testified t. by
che certificate then Mr. Emmett then suggested
10 Thomas to publish something in the shape OF
card be said he would and left the office, saying
he would come back in ten minutes. Mr.. En-
met had written something Tor Mr.. Thomas 70
publish
The Coroner here read q letter to Mr. Client
morth from Mr.. Fleetwood the Attorney OF Mrs.
Pel which set forth that he (Glentworth) was
engaged agent Of the property
BVa Juror had an interest in the completion
OF the building only so far as my commission as
agent concerned; Emmett gave Thomas
note for $50 as part payment Of his bill against
chose buildings
Mich0el DoTT sworn am a mason met Mr..
E3lentworth and Mr.. Thomas at Mr.. Emmet's Of
fee Emmett called upon Thomas to publish
statement in explanation OF the accident; Ihom,
rs did not deny the certificate being his; he SAID
ahe accident was in consequence oil the lore ana
aft partitions not being up
Mr. Thomas here came forward and offered to
contradict under oath several statements MADE Dy
Mr.. Gentworth He called the letters forgery,
got up by number OF cOnspiratOrs for the Pur'
pose Of his ruin.
Mr.. Emmett stated to the Coroner, that Mr..
Thomas had never given him to understand that
che certificate was not his own.
The Coroner refused the application.
,Joseph De Camp sw0rn-I am carpenter;
have seen the houses in Twenty.trstst when
they were first began; have seen them every day
since was not employed upon tnem tue iounu'
1tions not strong enough; thought so from
che size and quality Of the stone; the mortar was
very poor; about New Year saw the bullying oil
che walls; there was a . inch bulge then next
ching saw the buildings lean over to Fitth-avi
Ielt uneasy about the buildings, and lookedtw1 or
ahree times day st them on the morning wneh
1hey fell saw the beams on the parlor story oelhB
about 3 inches out of level thought the houses
would fall mentioned this in my shop; sawthe
buildings past 70 clock on the day they fell
fhen'saw The chimney breadths Of the parlor story
did not range inches together; saw the walls
" ere all swayed toward Fifth ay. nave also eAt
amined the ruins the accident | think was hrst
caused by the settling of the foundation; some OF
ahe beams were not strong enough to bear aman's
weight when put down; they were OF the poorest
hind Of hemlock timber. :,
The case then adjourned; the testimony IS all
In, The Jury will be charged at 10 O'CLOCK on
"Wednesday morning.