New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-07
CRIME.
ATTEMPT TO POISON HOTEL SERVANTS:

ATTEMPT TO POISON HOTEL SERVANTS
For considerable time past, Winifred Prce
has been engaged the United States Hotel as an unuer
servant aud as such waited upon the table OF o upper
seryants and was, TO a certain extent su'9o' !" 'no
orders She is described by the proprietor VI VIC
and others as very vndicve woman anu P ossoso o W
violent temper. Lately she mas Deeo rned a9sinst
her and has threatened revenge. NO h stIeenuOn
was paid to, her threats, rr 10 them into exec2,
ton. Yesterday the servants nau ,,t t q, ianSanrT
large puuu,ns d ali bat partook OF It made sick
Suspeetng Wlniired, the servants causeI nor anu
& tho intenton OF destroying the party Her reason
for doing SO was she had Dee ny
that sire is insane None OF the victims are dangerously
SHOOTING AFFRAY IN THE FOURTH WARD.
Soon after II a. m. yesterday, an alteration
occurred at tho corner Of Oak and Jamests between
Jobn Keatipg No es Cherry and Wm Coakley, No 20
Oakst during which Heating shot Coakey in the thigh
making n serious wound. The assaant was ariesleu.
Coakies wound was dressed by Dr. Hudson ana ne was
sent IN Beeyue Hospital. In the afternoon keaung was
taken before Justice Bowling, VINO G9'nnil.cu h
bers Of the Mark Lanegan Association In the Fouru
Ward Wv .o,,
Coroner Keenan, yesterday commenced an IN
yestgation into the death Of Jason Carson, injured on
tho ostb Inv collision between car OF the Belt Railroad
line and locomotive OF the Harlem Railroad Robert
Carson No. 6l6 NiDthave, father OF me poy eSnea
ar 4 d. m, and at witness heard that ne was ueau
Henry r. Holloway OF Dover Plains, engineer, testlned
that he had charge Of the engine which run INTO inc
street car. While his train was crossing blXueths,
no saw span OF horses about TO cross at
Fv-nnhs ST. he could not the car, or any other oD
iect in Fifty ninthst account OF ODsuuctOhs III bA
inRtop and Fourthayes; when he saw the horses no
whstled down brakes" and reversed his engine; inc
street car came on aud in about 10 seconds was struck y
the locomotive and the platform torn OF ne was on
the lookout at the time; going az ms usual epteu
Thomas Elliott conductor OF the steam train. esuned
that the train was driven the usual speed; when De-
tween Fftyufnth and SiXcth-sts he heard the whistle
blow for "down brakes" and the train was stopped
about Fiftyeighths walked back TO where the collision
occurred and found and boy lying on the ground
the deceased was lying between the two tracks; the man
was 10 the west the track trains were allowed II
minutes from Harlem TO FOrty.secOndst that was the
only ~ guation regard TO speed. Isaac W. Wooey
M 3s5 Fourth ave, heard tho whistle, and saw one
of the cars OF Belt line about 20 the track tho
block away and rapidly advancing the small car passed
locomotive struck the rear platform ana pIOAe u
| partly off, Case was adjourned
BURGLARY IN FOURTH-AYE.
On Monday the Office of William ii. FalcOner,
real estate agent Fourthaye., entered the
safe opened and $50 and valuable papers and Saw
nrs Bank books were stolen. Detective Duscnbury,
Yesterday arrested Jacob Sheelcr and Andrew Ruu IN
whose possession lie found the box and papers Ihey
| locked