Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-08-24
chanical power, the Times gives the following

condenser, and air pump, forms III Itself com
plete and separate engine, capable OF easy DIS
connection from the other three, SO that the
whole is a combination of four engines A
friction clutch connecting the two cranks Is
the means by which the engines are connected
or disconnected. All the sets OF engines, both
screw, paddle, and auxiliary, are provided
with governors expansion and throttle valves.
The paddle engines work up to an indicated
power of 5000 horses of $4,000 pounds, when
working II strokes per minute with steam in
the boiler at Is pounds, the expansion valve
| cutting off at one third OF the stroke.
All the parts, however, are so constructed
that they will work smoothly either at eight
strokes per minute at % pounds, without eX-
pansion beyond what is unavoldaby effected
in the slides), or at sixteen strokes minute
with the expansion valve cutting of at one
quarter of the stroke. Under the latter cir
cumstances the paddle engines alone would
give an indicated power of 5000 horses. The
boilers are immensely strong, and have been
tested TO double the pressure they are required
to bear. Their weight, including donkey en-
CINE, pumps, tunnels, &c. is 30 tons, andthey
are capable of containing LOT tons OF water.
Each set has about 5000 square feet OF tube
surface, exclusive of tlue or furnace, and about
400 square feet of fire-bar surface. Each Is
equal to supply freely with moderate hrlng
steam for an indicator of 1900 horse power,
when working with Is pounds, but with full
firing can supply an indicator of 25O0 horse
power.
The screw engines are constructed on the
same improved principles. They have four
cylinders of 81 inches diameter and 4 feet
stroke. The cylinders are capable OF being
worked together.of separately. When work
ing 40 strokes minute, with steam on at 15lb.
and cutting off at one-thrd of the stroke, these
engines give an indicated power of 4,40J
horses, but at 55 strokes minute, steam on at
25lb., and cutting off at one-quarter of the
stroke, the power will reach to $500 horses.
Thus the united efforts of both screw and pad
die engines will drive the immense vessel
through the water with power of not less
than $4,000 horses. What feet could stand
III the way OF such mass, weighing some 30,
| O00 tons, and driven through the water by IL
900 horse power at the rate of % or % miles
an hour The screw engine boilers are in
three distinct sets. Their weight is 1862 tons,
and their capacity for water 270 tons. The
probable consumption of coal when both en-
gines are at full work will average $50 tons per
day.
REMARKABLE CASE OF CrRcUMsTANTIAL
EvIDENcE.-The English papers contain a
report of the recent trial of young man
named John Isaac Jones, an attorneys clerk,
for the wllful murder of Harriet Baker at Led
bury, on the 18th of May, 1859. The deceas-
ed, an elderly woman, had the care of the pre-
misses of the employee of the accused at night,
and was found ON the morning of the 18th of
May, dead upon the floor of her room, having
apparently been stranged with rope placed
about her neck. Her clothes were considera-
bly, burned, and from appearances it was the
design of the murderer to burn both body and
| in nr1a IN Lao
office was robbed of considerable money The
evidence collected against the accused was of
a most remarkable though wholly OF a circum-
stantial character.
1t was evident in the first place that the
building was not forcibly entered, and the sup
position therefore, was, that she had been
murdered by some one who had obtained ac-
cess to the house in friendly way. The wo-
man when last seen was mending pair of pan
falcons belonging to the prisoner. AT that time
: there was nothing upon the table of the de.
ceased, but the next morning there were glass
es one OF which contained gin and water.
The prisoner had recently bought some gin
and was seen at 10 o'clock of the previous
night going towards the Office The next
morning the accused got up unusually early
and went out. Near spot where he was seen
was found a parcel of silver coin, among
which was sxpence identified as having been
stolen from the office on the night of the muir
der. In the prisoners box there was found a
bludgeon, such as might have caused the blow
which was on the forehead of the deceased.
There were other suspicious circumstances,
snch as the prisoner being lald up " for mo
ney before the murder, while at the time of
his arrest about $50 was found upon him, for
the possession of which he could not account
Postage-stamps were also stolen, and sixty
four were found in his possession. On the
18th of June, some ashes were found in the
prisoners fireplace which proved to be the
ashes of Bank of England notes; and, as two
bank notes were missed from Mr.. Masefeld's
office, 1t was suggested that these were the
two stolen notes, which the prisoner had de-
stroyed Part of the word Clearer was still
visible on the ash. 1t also appeared, that
when he bought the gin it was put into green
bottle, which he promised to return Il was
proved, however, that in order to do this after
the murder, he exchanged a white bottle for
green one, and washed it with gin. In an en-
velope in his possession there were found some
blue stamps which cost I'd. 1t appeared that
| every stamp was marked with letters, and
those found on the prisoner were shown by
the letters not to be the duplicates with those
which remained, and therefore they might
have formed part of the same sheet of stamps
| There was another popularity, which seemed
to show that they belonged to the same parcel
| Notwithstanding all this cumulative evil
! dence, the jury, after a consultation of about
three hours, acquitted the accused who seemed
a good deal astonished at the result of the trial
though he loudly declared his innocence of the
murder.
SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN WINE SHOP
Letters from SaXony give accounts of a mys-
FERROUS tragedy which wasrecently perpetrated
in the small village of Wetzeargrun. On the
morning of its discovery, the only wine shop in
the village remained closed, to the great aston
ishment of the inhabitants, as during the pres
cnt season, when the peasants go early to work
it usually opened at daybreak AS the house
remained still shut up all tho morning, the
Mayor of Wetzeargrun proceeded to the spot
with a lockSmth and two witnesses. He
knocked several times at the three doors of
the house, and receiving no answer, had the
front one opened.
To the great surprise of the Mayor and those
with him, the shop was completely empty ;
even the heavy counters, covered with zinc,
had disappeared He then pursued his inves-
LEGATIONS in other parts Of the house, when a
dreadful spectacle presented itself. All the
inmates, eleven in number, viz the landlord
his wife, his three young children, two
female servants and cellerman, stable
man, and two men who worked in
his fields, were all found murdered All
of them had their bodies literally covered
with wounds made by sharp-pointed weapon,
and handkerchefs were tied tightly round the
faces of the females, doubtless to prevent their
screaming. The floors of the rooms where the
bodies were found were covered with blood
prrtly coagulated, and in no part Of the house
was there TO be found the smallest article OF
furniture.
The police were sent in all directions to