New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-05
LAW INTELLIGENCE
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OLD MAS .sD TIE SCHOOL GIRLS.

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OLD AID TEE SCHOOL GIRLS.
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DsnN, lrvi,g GEO on tie 6tn OF at Octooef vorso
.sue 81 80 N real estate. de EFT tSS crndfea-
L. irving al Ms Eliza MieeOerger. By az %
=ruDeut pUFrcring 10 be b. vi ts devised os
xtc.e properly to as grs5:oaLd Augusta l-yIGs SAB
jec. boEeTeT. 10 TIE o0Lh5eeocy OF MA hIi@ oSe-
Fl outIVlpg her L-sOaad-in which c.ss hsE Has 70
20 10 Der support
Tbs VII Il cou;s7.ed on the grouHd thG the deco
4. nt who l.: "a from ~ ysa-s ct aye s. the tune
Of h death. ~, nc. in 4, right ulod veeu ne in9Ia
rnent vss executed Tho tacts oui1ed oetcT. 'HiCn
we're moe 81 isss known = The public al e time %
theI OcoalT.noe, sl-OS Peculs- interest soous toe
Gaze sad rsse sCsp.coEs CT wsa, may be s-d esae
IN tbs civ 10. specially pleasing to PIenas,
II. Il. baaOrcen CONDUCTS the case tor ne popo-
cents. asa Gen. " IL l. Morris .Or the c0oee Aa's;
AGO with rerpeci to the iornshtes of The VIII. saa 10
cav tho contestants went on. They cAAe1 80
Edward L. NcAyery. 81 oyster dealer a. No iUV
Hudsen street nslotSe at M. Leonard stree, ns'
over the way Eou Mr.. Irving sho AFed ~ TSn -ls
street lie testified Ihs be knes the etcedsut sluce "
tobet 50 from which time I'll his dssta nc usei 10
cone over to see witness almost every day for months
would 1T round anc cns; about htLe iaiugsi yo1lg
nan IN tie employ OF witness Used 70 get Joking VIA
,bn cd gentleman who would gros angry snd 1srre.-
some bot would be cooled right down sSsin on oeog
sroken 10; on these occasions lie would Jump up ana
dosn square OF, set az Il 10 were very y0nps, aad
- Il beauty.
In srswer 10 question with reference 20 hs opinion
A. 20 deredt state OF mind witness stated ths he
oererallv scted cbldishly wLGisn wnen walked up
little bu. would cool down on bSing spoken 70
In TIE course Of protracte1 crOcs eXamR3lon WIT
pe went into the details OF the coloQues bet zooo tn.
vo,,ns man in his store and toe dececeat. Ine by
tsed 10 cal the Old man Pop ask hun when ne
meant to marry; fhe woldn leave HIM rs house IN
Er,nkjin street, sc. Whatever the Ole nan bought
he maid lor and never got snGry with sltness-ooly
u,;,b the hoy WHO teaeea ulm.
On the redirect witness said that De bad known o.
little girs from eight 70 twelve years OF asc gong into
the Old man room their way to school, aud staying
hre an hour or So They did II 40 tJqusnuy ~ 10 al
tract attention III the neighborhood. This witness no
,iccd tljl Nav when b. himself moved The old man
had no fsmi, " .tness never asked him The'hef ne
invited the girls in, thinking delicate mstter; wit
roe. never looked into the window to see what was
doirg but Lsd his suspicious from having seen hin
mpfo perly lay lis hapcs on them while about the door
Inc boI Ia the shop vas .eS scrupulOus, and would
ask Pop" Whist be did with tho hIse girls, Nheteat
"Pon" would generally leave. Atter the deoeden'
xss arrested witness no more OF him ~ nls store
Jscob Webb Sergeant % Police OF Fifth District
v.s the uext wtness-He arrested the deceden IN the
month of January last on q charge OF attempting
rare on Mis- Carter he found HIM In front OF his ou'e
hsninc srsins, the railing; whom nailed, be walked
AWAY but the Sergeant oyerh sned him Again, saying
Mi Irving, | waat you TO tase a walk with ne
on. oh. said he, "I see yea Id tirs', At the
same time knocking bis cane on the pavement sn1
adding hard words; " want you 10 take walk and
s.e tho Magistrate dandy ri lined the Sergeant
On The Magistrate" said the Old gentleman;
"lct everybody take care Of their own chi!dfen.
Wi,ne.s accompanied him a. FAR a. West BIosdway
when the old nan refused to 20 farther and raised h.
cane and cried ii you don't 60 away from me III
knock your brains out asking, At the sau1e time,
what was wanted witness then told him tbs; he was
going 10 take hun TO the rombs in obedience 10
warrant: SAID the deceJent, "A warrant iN giving
those little girls Pc mics, | suppose, those LIE curb
frcquect came 10 my house gave them pennies ana
cleared the out. dn il If people would take care OF
their own children, they wouldn't bother ms"
After couple OF stoppinss and talk, the old man
Vas ITALY coaxed before the Magistrate, who com
nitied him, and witness took him to the Ioinb'
where ne remained until Sunday afternoon. WIT
ness utcd o ace the old man wandering about
the streets night after night, 81 late as H. o'clock,
standing at corners, knocking his csne on the side
walk King 10 women black and white. Witness
used 10 keep carpenters shop next door and the old
man would como thse and lean against the wal tor
two DAYS be was missing; on lis resppeerance, wnen
witness ssked him where be had been, he SAID, about
nj. bnsinsss" The neghbNrs thought be might n,
dead I he cid man lived alone. Sometimes he looked
quite .pruoed up snd again il no didn't have COO
ter in The world IN old clothes and dirty. Witness re-
udcd the decedeut q man incompetent To trans act
any business whatever. Adjourned.