New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-06

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tract for The three years past The other BID was ~
William Robinson.
FIRE IN TENEMENT HoUsE-ARsoS AND SUfcrDs-
About o'clock Monday morning great sx
element caused In the tenement house NO. I'D
Hester street. by the that the place was
On fire Men, women and children were IN the grost-
est alarm, and all rushed franticaily for the street.
Some OF the women, fearing they woud be unable TO
escape by The door, carried their children 10 the roof
and screamed loudly for assistance. One two Of tbs
male occupants began searching for the fire. aud at
length traced It to room the third floor, occupied
by German tailor named John g. Fisher. Finding
the door locked on the inside was Of burst 10,
when q fire was found IN one OF the closets. Il was
instantly extiDguisbed, and then search made for
the occupant. Proceeding TO The room used as bod
roc Fisher discovered hanging BY the neck from
ere of the iron bars which ventlator RI Tho
wall. The body was cut down at once, but though
ftill quite warm, life extinct. appears that the
deceased had pulled TO pieces bis furniture, and ripping
open sofa had used the Sufiing TO kDdls the fire.
pilipg the broken furniture top 10 feed the fames
lie had also scattered campbene about the room 70
insure coDlseradon. Then attaching small rope TO
be ventiator bars had placed !. about his neck, aat
kicking the stool from under him, he had thai put an
end to his life.
Coroner Jacknan was Immediately summoned 10
hold an inquest and at proceeded toinvssigsts
the The testimony taken shows the deceassd to
have been insane for some time pass. He excsed-
ngly industrious temperate and frugal aud had accu-
INFLATED some few hundred dollars which was de-
ported in Of the Savings Banks He has mani
tested thorough dstestatop Of the human race and
would never allow any 10 come into his r0om- IL
any approached his door he would hastily lock it
and bid him go away. On one occasion little girl
veDtured inside, when the lunatic seized her and
get fire to her head but without nuring her severe
ly. The neghbors generally considered him very
eccentric while many asserted that he insane.
brother of the deceased lived in the locality,
but for four years had not seen him more than
two or three times After hearing the testimony the
Jury returned verdict Of Suicide by hanging"
The preparations made by the lunatic TO fire the
place were complete and would undoubtedly have
succeeded had the attempt been made at night Instead
Of early in the morning.
GONE TO P, Isos..-Wm. J. Lane, jr., recently coz
vcted of embezzIng $50 900 of the funds of the Fulton
Bank yesterday took his departure for Sing Sing 70
work out sentence of three years and six months.
was complained of before the Mayor by three different
parties yesterday. In connection with John Ellis
be swindled person going to California named VIM
F. Townsend out of $50 by falsely representing that he
had to 20 through New Orleans where an additional
check was to be given him by somebody else. Not
being satisfied with this arrangement Townsend
for ticket direct for California and paid 800 Ellis
therefor. Ellis agreed to give him the kind OF ticket
he wanted but after he had the money refused to give
either the money or the ticket and demanded larger
sum teSorc he would do &c. The Mayors Marshal de-
cided the question by ordering an officer to commit
Ellis if be did not refund or give genuine ticket and
Ellis chose to dothe latter.
Two Englishmen named Robert Randall and Jona-
than Burnley, on their way to Liverpool were taken
in by paying $50 each forthe following certifcate
This entities the 6sur Robert Randall to stesrsss ps..sss
% % ns % o. a tns eA'sPea h'o'e 70
"T0 be exchanged at No Isl Cedar s.Tss r.
On the strength of the latter complaint warrant was
issued to have Seover arrested and brought up ths
morning.
On Friday, at 2o'clock, man named August Gunter.
with bis wife, went to the California ticketofics
under the Collins Hotel at the foot of Canal street. and
paid to a with large black whiskers" the Of
s2l5 passage money 70 California via the steamship
Baltic, which sailed yesterday. In return August
ceved passage tickets for the steamship and also the
Panama Railroad, which he kept snug until yesterday
afternoon about 81 O'Clock, when. the man with the
large black whisEers from the ticket-oce under the
Collins Hotep approached August on the wharf, and
asked TO his tickets wbereupon he presented them
at The ticket agent thereupon abstracted the
railroad tickets from the envelopes which con-
tanned them, and handed it back to August, who
proceeded to make a fuse" In the course of which
Mrs. Gunter found her way on board the steamer,
much to the delight of the ticket man, who informed
infatuated August that he had handed the railroad
tickets TO his wife.
August went in quest of his wife, but she had not
received the tickets represented. August then went
to the Office of "the man with the black whisker,'
which he found locked. he returned to the chip Dis
comfted, when Captain A. g. Gray informed him that
he would see that he got the railroad. Meantime
the swindling ticket man was allowed to depart. Any
amount of impudence be practised by these ticket
selling scoundres, fearless alike of the law ito
{ goats.
PUGSAcIOUs DRUTRARD--A youug hishmsn,
named Patrick Martin being considerably the nnusne Of
liquor yesterday entered the saloon No @ West street and.
edbes pIoscuousy about the place. Having satisfied hm.e
with this amusement he commenced assault trede,cf
called to the and also assaulted
BY Martin. Watching hi, 9ppsanty Martin ss5dsn s'ys
attempting 70 save himself the strstched forth his hands
sud % hs With sbs wS w rss
ed and being taken before Justice usckenbush was
ted to answer
fI .r. r..' Acknowledgement
Voters wanted for Union party
With accommodating Princples-pl1lon
Or nothing Those who nei,her have
Care for nisseTs or anythsinns og S. sas 0"st
Union da holy rsgard TOT ONCE