New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-05

MtSSre FRI uch aud Spercer; Long l-iAud, MI u"llfl
Cincinnati, Mr.. Coolidge; Amsterdam. Mr.. Jackson
JoHS W. MCALPISE, ALIAS LlEUr.-COL. GEORGE
MAKMADUkE REEyEs, AGAIN IN LINBo.-Our readers
will doubtless recolect that last summer the notorious
John W. McAlpine gained the good graces of gen.
ueman in Brooklyn by representing himself no less
a distinguished parsonage than Lieut.-Col. Georg"
Marn aduke Reeves in the service Of her Bannc
Majesty Queen Victoria. His plan was to make the
Brooklyn gentleman believe that he was commissioned
bv The British Government to enter into negotiations
with some Ofthe American rearm inventors for 900
stand of arms Being pOitc aud accomplished McApne
obtained from his victim $4,000 IN money and
valuable gum which the inventor had taken from the
Patent Office at Washington 10 the job from
Great Britain. McAlpne enjoyed the hospitality
of the inventor and made his house his home. His
course here, however, quite short, a before he
had fully accomplished his purpose, the Lieut. Col
George Marmaduke Reeves turned out to be none
other than John W. McAlpine, man well known to
the police numerous CHARGES. Upon the complaint
Of the inventor be was arrested and consigned to the
Tombs where he was kept several months, but was I'M
ally discharged. Nothing has been since heard romthi
distinguished individual until Yesterday, when Officer
Sweeny, of the First District Police Court, arrested
lin on a charge of subOmaton Of PERJURY, preferred
by James NJ. Gross, one of the Directors ot the Access
sory Transit Company Of Nicaragua.
1t seems that suit was brought in the Court of
Common Pleas of New.York against the Transr Com
pary by William Keenan, Ia recover -, ~ for the
ALLEGED ios~ ola trunk belonging to McAplne, and that
Keenan, and McAlpne caused a woman named Mary
Moore to to certain facts, which are alleged to
have been fafe. Upon the facts obtained by Mr.
Cross the following affidavit male before Justice
Osborn and a warrant issued, and McApine arrested
James Cross OF No. - We rwenty-secOnd street
testified that be Of the Directors OF he Access
Sory Transit Company that IN the month at February,
1871, a suit commenced against the Company IN
the name of William KeeI an plaintiff in the Court Of
Common Pleas for the recovery Of 80 lV; that the
plaintiff after the commencement of the suit, caused
Il woman bamed Mary Moore TO be examined ne bcae
,sc in the suit and To make affidavit falsely that she
resided at No 100 Thompson street. and to facts and
circumstances rs annexed in deposition marked A;
that the allegations made in such deposition were ma
teial 10 the action against the Company, ana hat me
same were false and untrue, and were conupty AMI
feoIiOusly made by Mary Moore, and were falsely
aud Couupty procured, or caused 20 be made by john
McAIpine and William Keenan,. Deponent found on
inquiry that such person May Moore had resided
or stopped at No. 100 Thompson street at the time
stated IN her deposition.
Marg aret McAlpine, wife Of John w. hcAplne, de-
posed that when her husband went To Nicaragua ne
was very poor and had 10 money or other property;
that the women who passed as Mary Moore ana male
the deposition hereto annexed IS one Ellen Boland,
and who has heretofore lived aud as this deponent be-
lieves It'll lives with McA pine as his mistress that
about June 1871, while McAipiue was living With de-
pcneut, he saw him writing on paper, and that upon
askirg him what i: was, he said that 1t was paper
which Mrs. BOlsnd was 10 commit To mem'fy and
swear to AZ a witness and upon which he was 70 get
out Of the Vanderbilt Company the sum Of S50V0.
DepOnent read the paper and told her husband that
was false whereup0n he admitted that such was the
case.
Mary Moore wifi Of Andrrw Moore Of California being
drlv sfFTmed-Deposed that che knew John w McApnei
that IL. on board the steamship Star u the West from
New York 10 Pueuta Arenas February lb that she took
from her trunk some money and handed o ner husband f)r
the purpose paving John w MICA for goods which he
had sd 10 her husband and brOtheraw the money IN
odd in 20 gold pieces there us pieces which be pls
In tin iox IN bis trunk deponent McAlpne deliver tue
tr to the Puer Fret Officer Of the boat and receive
check tor IL after they landed Puenta Arenas two small
gsde the passengers pat IN one
boat sud the bagsge Ia the other while the river sue
Jaw McAlpue- oyebOard she knew BY Ms name De-
rg pptd upon cover in black letters the trunk went
dow ana lott nusharG spoke 70 tue captain aD'h
when he got the boatmrn were careless as
Gals Tor they had let trunks fall overheard before
Witness upon her crO.s-exaunat0ni stated that
she resided At No. 100 Thompson street. and was On
her way TO California where her husband lived, be
being farmer