Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-01-21
New York Gossip.


Sjfc'dt Correspondence OF The Commercial,
NEW YoHx, January Is 1869.
The one great topic OF conversation for three
weeks back has been the mysterious Rogers mnr-
der; crime which has excited more universal
comment than any which has been committed
within the past thirty years. Notwithstanding
the large rewards offered by Mayor Hall and the
Police Board, amounting in the aggregate TO
about 81, 900, the case still remains as mysterious
us ever, and the murderer is yet unknown and At
large. Your readers will remember that Mr..
Charles VI. Rogers was murdered ON the last day
OF the old year, while he was engaged in reinnv-
Ing the snow from his pavement, and that The
urdcr was then stated TO be the result Of his re-
sislance to an attempted robbery on the part OF
his assailant. II now appears, from card pub
lished by the Rev. Mr.. Enyard, warm personal
friend of the murdered man, that the murder was
premcditatcd, the assassin having rushed al his
victim with dawn knife, and, after snatching
from him his watch and purse, stabbed him sew
erll times IN tue abdomen. Mr.. Rogers, strig
CLING with hs assailnnt To the last, seized his mt
At the moment he was stabbed, and The thci in
making his escape, left II portion of the coat in
the sands of his victim. On this fragment of the
coat will probably depend the solution Of the
mystery, for in lis pocket was found M envelope
addressed To "James Logan Cytty" and in tie
corner were the words this will be handed you
by Tom"
AfllhH IN lHt tnlOTlUNtlOn given ny tile eHVtl-
ope, the James Logan supposed lp I've thc one nd
dressed, vii. curnrrcd by the police, aud to avoid
capture, and perhaps to obtain the reward. sur
| rendered himself about week ago. and 10 after
| all the trouble he had given was found to be the
| wrong man Then commenced another search
AIN ug the large family OF Lugans, with great
success too, numerically speaking, for James Lo-
gan turned up on every side and the only trouble
gu police had was to discriminate between them.
So great wa. the demand for men Of the name,
| tluf journal .tny I'd nll
| 1.-THE senator, Olive Logan, and ail The rest,
either tn change their names or keep out of the
range Of the Metropolitan police.
| The mysterious Tom, the bearer &C the letter
elsewhere mentioned, is now believed to have
been the criminal, but he cannot be found, and
| i'll all probability never will be,
The telegraph has doubtless informed you o
the death of one of the most useful ard popular
| of the police force, Inspector james Leonard
He was Il member Of the force for many years
and was universally esteemed, not only us g6oc
officer, but as gentlemen. His death occurred
on Thursday afternoon, of hemorrhage of The
| lungs, ans was very sudden and unexpected
IIs funeral will t,ke place to-day.
When we get tired of talking about the Roger
murder, we have very excellent topic In Grant
Cahine-making operations. GLOW many trade
he has badi) We have definitely settled thu
whole thing, 90 our own satisfaction. at least.
aud il the Cabinet Is made up diilerently-well
il will be because Grant has changed his mind
Of course everybody knows that Seward is to b.
replaced by Washburne, schOiield to remain a
he is, Wclles to be succeeded by Porter &c &c
You may think that these speculnlons as Il
things which arc as uncertain rs the weathe
ITSELF (Which is putting il very strnngly,) are III
only useless but silly but can assure that hay
not given you one half of the governmental gos
sip and on dis which pass current among ccrlai
circles. As 10 their probability ! can only say
as should be said In regard to all such matter.
that they arc about rs well founded rs any yo
hear.
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citizens had been held to devise ways and mean
Of displacng the present corrupt police mngis
trates and filling their positions with gcntcmc
who would la above the petty brides which rcl
der justice IN New York perfect farce. Sine
that lime .hc agilators of the movement hay
been constantly ut work, and have organized 81
G cc,rs In all ol the wards under the mystical It'll
a P. j. Il or Police Justice Reform. These meet
ings have been secret and but little is known a
c to their recent operations, but think that al
+. Justified In stating that the p. j. II will yet be
piercing horn in the sides of the Police Justice
!. -snd that II Will have great influence on I'll
c abatement of crime, even # II do not succeed j
aboishing an elective Judiciary. Al meeting
. Circle No D, held on the 10th, delegates mad
startling disclosures rs 10 the course of certai
/ Justices, and it was openly asserted that the onl
e salvation Tor tile honor and responsibility of TIL
, city lay in the organization of vigilance commit
tees, similar In power to those appointed in Sa
o Francisco during its early years. 1t was eve
c proposed by delegate that the Circle organl2
c itself into u vigilance committee, but this WI
voted down. the sense of the meeting Being til,
the duty of good citizens was to try all leg
T.: measures before resortng TO violence.
This meeting WINS significant. IL WINS none
your primaries, whereat the ronghs md rowdie
the bumners and reporters assemble tO do Il
q dictates of Tammany, II was an assemblage of il
;. fuentnl and wealthy citizcns-men who hol
large amounts of property and responsible pos
tons in business, and the determination of sue
men to do away with a few ut least OF our abuse
shows how great those abuses have become.
q must b. inrmbered that In this city politics BIT
ceasrd TO be gentlemanly calling, Or 1t ever WI
one) and that all men Of business dete.t anythr
resembling political meeting. What then mu
q be the extent of grievance which calls t0geth,
men of the highest position to take measures
= abolish ii
In the Court of Common Pleas yesterday jam
McVickers complained against the Merchan
70 Union Express Company, o whose stock
l. owns one hundred shares, and asked that r
T. eeivcr be appointed His allegations, If tru
will be sufficient to swamp the Company for CIV,
more. He alleges that the managers, havu
d raised the capital stock from S15, 900, 900 To $50
n 10000, held on to the additional shares, or
~ portion of them, until they had reached $40
= share, (they were issued at 500 although the
par value was s10O) when they sold them an
pocketed the proceeds. They bought govern
Is ment bonds at low rate and sold at n prof
u pocketug the proceeds. They voted Intensely,
q high salaries and In fine managed to exper
/ 900, Gall the paid-up capital Of the Con
pany) when they effected q consolidation viii
= The American Merchants Union Express Compau
!, without the consent of stockholders. This
d Mr.. McVickers' statement and 1t remains to
seen whether the other side can refute 1t.