New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-23


,,Sy, 1898 48 during February, and s470 20 during
Ms,qb-totsl, sI,06S 81. In she sarogaie's Off %,
81 424 a. were. collected during January 81 l<o Is
during February, and sl,3l9 for hsroh-tossi, So
:ss 81. In the County Clerks Office In J4na.'y,
81, 329 q; in February, 81, go 81; and In March,
q, 800 s9--to.sl, s3,77s42
MURDER III ORCHARD srREEr-ARREsr on sus'
rIc,os-About 10 o'clock on Saturday night an ARRAY
occurred in Orchard street. near the corner OF Canal
which resulted In the stabbng and
death of Thomas Greensn. The particulars OF the
afffsy, ss gathered by reporter are az follows;
Greensn, and friend, named John Crlnion, had
been spending the evening at the house of Greenaus
brother where they played several games Of cards for
amusement. While 20 engaged, Cinion and Grseuan's
brother drank quantity Of beer, but the deceased
positively refused to dhnk any. They lef. the house
Of about o'clock but where they went from there Is
not known. At ths time Of u afray, Thomas Gree
nan and Crinion were proceeding through Orchard
street. both evidently somewhat In hquor. Crinion
says that, when the corner Of Canal street, they
encountered three Germans ons Of whom jostef
heavily against Greenan. The lsttsr thinking the act
intentional on the par. Of the German, made use of
some abusive language toward hin, which finally
resulted in a scufHe. The German was violently
thrown to the pavement and while Gree held him
down. Crinion told his friend to kick and stamp upon
the German. Instead of doing 50, Greenan told the
German to get up and go along. On regalning his
feet the German made fwious rush a. Greenia,
whereupon be instantly cried out I'm stabbed" and
fell heavily TO the ground All three Of the Germans
thereupop ran away.
Officer Wright, of the Tenth Precinct hearing the
grosns of the wounded man, proceeded to the spot
Calling to bis assistance officers Miner and Wood, the
two latter started with the wounded for the Sta
ton House. but be died before reaching there Officer
Wright went in pursu of the perpetrator and fually
arrested Charles Rabert, as be WAS endeavorng to
gain admission to negbboing saloon. He was taken
to The Tenth Ward Station House and locked up.
Crinion was also detained witness. Rabert as
sers most positively that he knows nothing of the oc-
curenoe that be was walking alone, and did not hear
any disturbance. Crinion asserts as positively that
Rabert Is the man with whom Greensn had ths sc1fe
aud that he believes him TO be the man who inflicted
the wounde
Coroner Jscbman was yesterday summoned TO hold
an inquest the body of the deceased and by his d.
rection Drs. Beach and Gallagher made pos!mortem
examination. They found two ipcised wounds in the
back, evidently inflicted with dirk knife. Thelargest
one, an inch and half in length, having downward
and outward tendency inflicted between the tenth
and eleventh ribs on the left side of the spinal column.
IL found to have deeply penetrated the lower lobe
of tie Jeff lung and was sufficient in itself to have
caused immediate death. The othsr wound was three
quarters of an inch in length the right sdo Of the
spinal column between the eighth and ninth ribs,
ming downward and outward, and had slightly peDs-
tated the right lung, but not necessarily fatal.
The internal organs were in a remarkably healthy
ditioD.
Coroner Jackman then impaDnsled Jury, who
viewed the body after which the Inquest was adj
jcurned until this morning Meantime, Capt. Davis
aad his len will ,llect such evidence msy tend to
throw light upon the matter.
The deceased was native of Ireland unmarried, 20
years Of age and s spoken OF as sober and ndustr-
GUS man. BE was brassfounder by trade, and
worked for James Gregory, in Cannon street, near
Houston, but resided at No. I24 East Broadway. He
and the witness Crinion were cd friends, and asso-
ciated much together.
There il mach doubt expressed as TO whether the
prisoner Robert s guilty Of the deed. One theory of
the sray is that the deceased stabbed by of
the friends of the German with whom he was scuf-
fling Their precipitate fight, and the nature of the
wounds, seem rs,hsrto cOrroborste this idea. Tec-
ysstigaon to day before the Coroner may elicit some
additional facts.
SUSDAY LIQUOR LAw.-It was generally under
stood that the new law in relation to Sunday amuse
merts and liquor selling you'd be inf,rced yesterday.
III compliance with general order, issued by the Po-
lice COMMISSIONER to the various Captains of Police,
the propreors of drinking saloons notified that
it wss expected that their places would be closed on
Sunday. Very few propristors refused compliance,
aud their binds remained I'D and thsr doors closed