The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-26
3 NEW YORK ITEMS,
4 STRANGER FLEECED.

New \ oRK, AprllZJ.-Charles GTeen,
of Parker's Landing, Pennsylvania, q
stranger in New York City, made a
complaint to Justice Shandley, at the
Jefferson Market Police Court, On Fri
day last, that he had been induced to
enter a gambling house, No. SlS Broad
way, by John Mccormick, who is
understood to be a partner Of John
Morrissey in the ownership of the bank
ing establishment, and beguiled at faro
out of all the money he possessed,
about $4,000. He asked for a warrant
to arrest Mccormick for keeping
gambling house, which was granted.
THE FREsHET.
PorGHKEEPsIE, April 24.-RepOrts of
disasters by the recent freshet are still
coming in Greene county has suffered
greatly. Bridges, factories, mill dams
and entire roads have been swept
away in the town of Durham, and two
persons were drowned, one girl named
Powers, fourteen years of age. Fifteen
horses and twenty-eight head of cattle
were also drowned Dwelling houses
were DESTROYED, and one man had
great portion of his farm destroyed In
Ulster county the lowlands are flooded,
and many families residing there wee
compelled to fee for their lives.
THE l'r,pI,SD TRIAL
New YORK, April 2j.-The McFar-
land trial was again resumed today.
The public interest, which had slept for
the past few days, broke ont again and
filled the court room with crowds of
both sex
The first witness called was John
Orr, assistant warden of the city prison;
prisoner was accustomed TO read in the
night time in his cell noticed he could
not sleep.
Reuben A. Vance, physician of the
Bellevue Hospital, testified that he Wis
ited the prisoner on the Sth, l1th and
18th of March, in the city prison; on the
Sth of March conversed with him on his
family, his history and everything con-
nected with him; examined his heart
and lungs in the ordinary method. His
sensibiity was deceased found conges-
ton ofth brain developed; examined
ois pulse; when he commenced his cX-
animation it was ~ TO the minute, and
at the conclusion of his interview it was
llj.
On the | lth witness came with some
other gentlemen his pulse at the com
mencement was l07 and at the end l2S;
on the 18th witness remained an hour
with the prisoner, and examined him
again with same result as before; tested
Mcfarland as to his sensibility and
found it normal; there was no organic
disease; the temperance of the prisoners =
eyes indicated the presence of conges-
ton of the brain.
Mr.. Gerry here showed the witness
some diagrams of the brain, on which
he explained the condition Of the brain
when affected with congestion; witness
testified that person may he under the
influence of congestion Of the brain and
commit violent acts; i'll congestion of
the brain the whole character Of man
is changed; piOus men may become un-
godly; prudent man, spendthrift
and soon exhalation and depression OF
mind alternating; witness had heard
all Of the testimony, and believed the
prisoner to be insane at the time of the
shooting, and not aware of the conse-
quences of his deed his state of mind
was such that witness did not think
him morally responsible.
Mr.. Graham at this point stood and
said that some city papers had repro
duced an article from some Western
papers, which stated that he (Mr Gra-
ham) had gone to the district attorney
and disavowed his conduct in the trial
with regard to Mrs. Calhoun; he wished |
to state that neither to the district at
torney nor to any other human being
did he make such a statement
The district attorney corroborated
Graham statement.
The Court then adjourned until to-
m