The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-23

Intestsaon into The late rape ON board ue Caal Boat
james Watson Yesterday stgation into the late
alleged rare board the canal boat James Watson
on her passage down from Waterloo to this city
held at the Jefferson Market Police Court before Judge
Pogart The complainant, Lmiline Dewey, being OK.
amined, dtposed that she was engaged by prisoner
Ssmuol Stevenson, plain If ooat at Waterloo to
cook their tvsioDs of 90 Der wees that
on The second evening OF ,hsm Oassage wha she Was
Gown, and, push Der the bed, there snd then
did forcibly against wiz pro- e.tA'ion, commit
rape upon her person that oher occasions he re-
leaed his ASSAULTS asacy stated violating her per-
SOD second time. On arriving Mt New York, Tires
o:rtr violations OF her tcrs.D place. she said the
captain ihr. atenDg lie made any noise bout
It. be was discharged 'he tn day after arriving
Ct New fois and was 20 ~ 'h, was M sary for her
TO so TO Belieyue hospital the captain had
With Der four times ali. Sc her
On her animation he laid abe was married 1c
YEARS ago; she made complaint against the Captain
after his FIST violation the complainsnts per son.
lat on Ter arrival here in Nos York, Burst hell hse
meda sitiaion ulon her yer o.; the could not mako
shy boise as his n her mouth she al not
save tho boat that p,shs hcsass being stranger shs
hnew not whtre to go he Saturday fo;.oying tho
assault she went board Of boat that 10y alongside oe
thtm comraraut On svery ccasion cid all she could to
resist these mt but wss unsb BILE 70 help herself And
the assaults err committed sl against her will: COM
planant told como persons the boat alongside Of
III Of tho assaults tiat Lad been committed on her
person. thsre boats her at the time Of tha
assaults In New York she noise because sho
VAS afraid Of them she lived with her father in March
ssf Blu: broke up hous. ktepng the 4th Of Marchs
her husband shc bad heard West got married
eSain and haa chdrep this se only heard by rumor;
when complainant arrived At the station house she told
her story to woman theIe
Here tho counsel for the prisoner, samuel Stevenson
made motion to dismiss tie complaint a. The COM
plains did not go the boat after the alleged
were committed but waited there for three days,
alo"rg the rel clifton of the offence. Previous to
which, hoHeser he produced three witnesses for tho
purpose OF showing tie questi character Of the
complainant One witr Gspo ed that her father he
urcerstood turned her out doors played
wAnton Ibis e,icerce wsh all ses,say tho question
OF Its adnis bty Will 10 dciGed bv the to-day.
lhe evidence Icing conclucsd the adjourned
for the day.
Arret cf a Fp9bire FROM Juaice-OeRcer Armstrone,'
OF tho Third ward, arrested ; yesterday named
Amos sttly, suspicion Of b-lug concerned In the
stealing VI S357 from Christopher Gibson Of Paterson.
J. Ee was detained at the lower Police Court ~
Jnstice ake, until the Ne~ Jersey authorities should
convey him ba IL to Patterson .tt
Serious Row and .Na6os.g Cdse On Monday night q
number Of aors met ~ the house No 202 Heser street,
for the purrose Of ,hemseves hot whskey
pinch. They had not bern there than hour OK
80 whep usual they quarrsled, and Hght ensued,
in which two men named Patrick and Edward Ryan
stabbed Philip Qun with oirk knife ipjuring him ssr-
ously. The fight becoming serious, she alarm
muni,att 10 the Fourteenth ward police who quickly
arriving the SPOT arrested the parties in fault and
quoted the disu bance. Judge Clarke before tho
two RJ were brought committed them 70 the Toabs
for examination. Tho injured man taken to The
hospital