New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-23

At IN early hour yesterday they aecersinsd that the
fugitive hat come up to the city on the stltsn Is
snd boat soutb6eld ard thai he arrived at the B,tsry
sbont "a O'clock the morning Of Wednesday.
While on board the SontlGcld he made the scquain.-
ance Of one of the deck hands on whom he i'm.
porcd story Of mis- being sbipwrecked in the Bay,
and bis hurry to the city in consequence.
After showing bag full Of money, (about the size
Of shot bsg,) he went on TO say th 1 he was the
Captain'and owner Of sloop named William Tell;
that schooner had run into them that morning, aud
with the collision, one man had been killed by the
bowsPit which forced inward, Punched him in the
stomach against the mast, distributing his entras all
over the deck; and whether the other man got on
board the schooner OF not, he could not tell he did
not see where he went or what became of him. he ha
not reen him since. At the time Of the collision he
below in the cabin asleep; when he awoke he ran on
deck, went forward, and found the soop sinking. He
Immediately returned to the cabin secured his cothez
end the " Deedful." When speaking of the need
fol- he exhibited the bag of money.
At this juncture he requested the to coun
bis money for him, he was fearful that he had been
imposed upon by some person with whom he had been
doing business. The deck-hand proceeded TO count
the specie, but only got through with the gold which
consisted of two ten-dollar gold pieces and two five
dollar gold pieces. All the rest was In silver, and
looked as if it might amount 10 $500.
The officers alec ascertained that when taking his
stew in the saloon at the landing Staten Island he
kept vigilant lookout from the widow toward the
Narrows He said he was in great hurry to get up
TO the city to charter tow boat and try if he could
save the sloop. When asked whereabouts he eft the
.Ioo,, he ranJ;ol cd knona uhara sha Ia non. I
will be all right if can only get up to the city,"
DISCOVERY or THE YAwL.
Yesterday afternoon reporter, in company with
the two police officers already named started for Staten
Island in search of the yawl, information having been
given by Mr.. A. e. Entrikn overseer at FoIt Temp
kns to the effect that small boat had been landed
the Fort early in the morning. under suspicious cir
cumstances. Att o'clock last evening the exploring
party found the yaw lying the shore high and dry,
in mediaely on the south side of the new Fort Temp
kins.
The stable.keeper conne ced with the Fort had seen
the leave the boat and take the road for the lower
landing. He met him about o'clock, or, probably,
short time earlier when he asked him if bis boat would
be all cafe down there The hos,ler replied that no
one would disturb the boat no was in that
vicinity to NEEDLE with it. He says that the man in
ly well stuffed with clothing, and had sort Of glazed
cap on his bead. He seemed very anxious and un-
easy.
After the stranger had left the boster went down to
the boat the beach, in which he found broom the
tler for the helm, two oars and argesized boot for
the right foot The boot tastefully lined with red
leather and ia supposed to have belonged to the cap
tain He took the oars and the boot up TO the stables
Al l.. L. IL
officers. Having got all the articles, the snow was
swept from the seats Of the yawl, and the party pro-
ceeded toward the city, but owing to high wind and
boisterous sea, accompanied by heavy fall of snow,
and eevere cold, they were obliged ID put into Bay
Ridge, tie Long Island shore, the place where the
inquest was held upon Fanny Dean Halsey.
The officers, our reporter, and the boy Giser, then
took the for South Ferry, aud arrived in the city
between 10 and IL o'clock.
The officers will proceed 10 Bay Ridge this morning,
and bring the boat to the city and make fast their
station, near the Custom House barge Office.
The boat ia good and substantial. The outside IL |
painted green. No name is to dist aguish it from
any other, but il easily be identified. The oars
and other fittings were in good order.
BY this meaps the murderer is undoubtedly traced
almost from the sloop itself-at least from the place
where he landed the boat-to the time when, and the
place from which, he stsred in quest of other scenes
Further than ths it deemed important for the pur.
of securing his capture not TO penetrate until the
developments are officially announced by the police.
But we may add that the facts connec ed with his |
ftergbt clearly coming to light that we hope,
within the next twenty-four hours, to record the |
eznre of the perpetrator of the barbarous and
oldblooecd murders that have stained the annals of