New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-20
ARSON CASE IN THE SECOND AVENUE.
THOMAS DEhIhG COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

Ah>ON CANE IN The SECOND AVENUE.
Before Justice FLAsDREAU
THOMAS DESING COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
il will be recoleeod fire occurred, the night e
,a S ,,Sre By hons. De- penina sna ,1ss No S
UPPER part " the building by syeri families
e,si H. poee al ,be Fire M.,ha 70 make an ersma.sso.
OF the pr They found evidences Of the positive
;I rot. , md S SorsS 4 III. r,n,, Ward
police took Thomas Dcninr and wife into custody. the
.rdoy Fire Msrsbs BAKER concluded til. sramn,iou o
yire,,e, and the Justice committed Tho@ Denins full fS
,risl refusing 10 admit him 10 bail
TIE following il ..,synCPs' Of TIE testimony, ~
svsrue advanced $50 M Denas TO open grocery and
euor store business TO be transacted In her name sna
uce which time Deuing h. reduced the 'toch down to
boe; % few da Sa Ro 10 hs s5S Ss H. n.
not paid M. Brown any pat Of the advanced money nor IN
@ The FIRE in 'as 'S' SSsu,cS G, ' m.Ss moo
IN, dolsr.' worth Of 'i9ef could Be found Mr..
D. iuE and wife occupied the back room of the store
xer. md studied various parts Of the store s,u.
rated With csnphene The bins we're billed VIVA o'nnS
sI bor wa. bored IN the aoo and directly underneath !. the
cellar found tub Pisced on table ana hliea "n
rae and piece. OF kndng wood extensively soaked WIZ cam
PEsne On Nh. p De p.Gsns S r., % %s
,b rsT,v nav be inferred from removal Of Mr
property by the sccused hence the hre 70 prevent
anec Company.
MoREIs and Justices E~MoSs and ScHooSsAksh
TRIAL OF JEREMIAH BUTLER FOR MAssLArGHrth
rested Judge Moore opened for the defense
The follow ing witnesses were called 5000
j. NJ Dixon saloon keeper No. 1872 York street, tes-
tilted that Mrs been brought into his place eeasy
dunk ,nd he took her home she fell upon the .de~sh
twice and tell from hi; this the day before her
erq''s samlnedIDO9t know Why she came there when
the 5rh OF June from entry he had made 10 III,
S ss b, s bsp On tho tho oT .he
not in the habit OF drinking Mt my sorr the prisoner was
Mary Ann Files. sworn-Iive next door to prisoners
md wife for about eight for last two yeas she
have seen her intoxicated both in the and In the
ysrd sunday week before she died shetws in the yard
dressed on the night Of the there wss
excitement went what the matter did not
Butler hi wife saw Butler go up Hudson
after the wd dispersed never saw prisoner un' TO-
dsy saw the boy did his brother that day to my reco
John +. Wall. sworn-Lives in the Navy Yard, and
an police officer the prisoner and his wife Tor
prisoner was Corporal and setting sersssn o
the North Carolina have refused hsr sdn .aee 10
the Navy hen she To the gate with her husoand
dinner times; have her several times In the same
state bed nsnsbe picked her up drunk on IN"
sidewalk. pn,.,.u.a
DirrG-Whcn picked her up it avery cold night tho
MIR Rebecca Williams of No. II Hicks street sworn
knew Mrs. Butler by sight for the last thirteen months 'eS
IN same house 20 18th April iasti Mrs b"ueI Was Ao''
drunk have seen her intoxicated both in the house and
in during the day and night she so afuok ns'
sh. could stand when she was IN quor sne was no "'
| less she " too drunk 10 speak IL,
Cross, xamined-I married woman but do not i've WIN
,b times AZ the ia since his he said he should want
me A. witness: intimate terms win nm IN rfvs-
pect street his sister called upon me 10 20 and see hm 'ne
| jail. :. A. No.
| H. Goodhue sworn-Am Waterman IN the Navy
Yard for the last hive years and nave Know"
Butler for that len 9Th OF time Mrs Butler for three
lived opposite them years; have seen her drunk se't
tines about her house her two days before her
death he sitting the yard the stoop this WAS about
Mrs Mary swift, sworn-Live corner Prospect and
Navy streets In the same house with Butler saw MIA Butler
M ~, ming before death between endI ocloch she a
he
mill heard next day she dead saw her brought home
intoxicated by Mrs Higgins about before her death
| Michael HAYES swom--Iivc nj No 3U9 Avenue A,
NewYok am for paving and tagging; Butler
{. my cousin knew Mrs b. came 70 Brooklyn night before
her death along with Mr. Dwye carpenter in New YORK
came over Butler about getting job for Dryer IN the
Navy Yard; the closed went IN without knockis
gu first into the store; there light asked any body
was in got no then went into sitting room wyer re-
n,ued in tie store IL between daylight and dark saw
Mr. r. sns in chair said SIS anybody h, w she
advanced step reeed and fell backward; called In Dwye;
lifted he, up she had fallen on the stove ited her on 10
chair; got and tried TO on the blood heped
DIV the bed she appeared 10 De nsensioe
there about twenty minutes Butler did not come III
xsnined-Ncxt Butler three days after In person
fonirh Job in forkylle and came over to see him i'm
1et ed @ ns sS, dIy s . be- ns,
mentioned pin him several times In i me boy
Sleeping chairs in The sitting room near the windows
he wok while there put him In bed with his mothe
| Mrs. X. In her ordinary dress
John Dryer conoborated the former witness in
| every particular. . Al, "a
| This concludes the evidence, and the case will be
| SUI med up III morning. =,
Previous to the CONNIE of the trial the fol-
lowing prisoners aTrsgned and pleaded Not Guilty Joseph
jackson and John Dxson rape John Williams and Ueorse
burglary degree; Edgar q. Perrne and VIM w Heed.
forgery second degree having counterfeit bills In their poe.
| session with intent to utter the same
| ppoOkTyN COTRT OF SFSSIONS-SyPT l9-Before