Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-13
Our New York Dispatches.
COunterfeiter Arrested-LibeI Suit against
the Times-CuriOus Game among the
Lawyers and Judges-FOr the Diamond
FieIds-A Forging Lawyer, etc.

NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-E. A. Doemer was ar
rested yesterday for passing some eight hundred
dollars OF forged checks. Several bogus checks
on Park bank were found on him.
A suit has been commenced in the supreme
court, by Geo. p. DAVIS, one Of the victims of
the defaulting and Ascending collector, Joshua
H. Bailey, against MeSsrs. Raymond, Jennings,
Jones and Others, alleged proprietors and pub
fishers of the New York Times, for an alleged
libel published in that paper on the LIST of May,
1869, laying his damages at $4,000. The arti-
Gle containing the alleged libel was published
while Mr.. Davis was in Ludlow street jail await
ing his trial on charge of perjury in criminal
prosecutions, then pending against the ex col
lector, and charges him with committing arson
in Montreal, while holding the position Of depu-
ty fire marshal in that city.
Some time ago Mr.. Lawrence, a wealthy
stranger, was put into Ludlow street jail ON a
trumped up charge of some sharpers. A per-
son named Abraham Greenthal, protesting to be
a lawyer, called on Lawrence and offered his SER
vices to get him out. MIR. Lawrence as he
result was an order for his release and repay
ment to him of $1,000. "Wbat did you paw the
rest of the money for?" asked Nh. Lawrence.
ii paid $500 each TO judges Barnard, Cardoza
and Sutherland, making $500. have retained
$1,000 for my own services, and the remainder |
have given to you" Subsequently Lawrence
discovered he had been the victim of fraud,
an applied for an order of arrest from Judge
Barnard. The order was promptly granted, and
the judge, in giving the order expressed the be-
lief that be once sent Greeuthal to Sing Sing as
a receiver of stolen goods. The matter came up
yesterday on au application to show cause why
Greenthal should not be discharged. 81 decline
to give the ORDER" promptly spoke the Judge.
"On what grounds2' asked GreenthalPs lawyer.
"On what / deem good and sufficient grounds. /"
answered the judge. "a man who has paid $500
to the judges can get out now without further
pay" said the judge. 'Do you hold him on
general principlesp asked the counsel. 81
don't mean it on general principles" replied the
judge. mean for going around and lying about
the supreme court judges. | will teach him to
keep civil tongue in his head. The judges he
has DETAINED are strangers to him, except my
self, and think have seen him twice, once when
| was recorder, and once when sat in Oyer and
Terminer. Three-iourths of the bar, when they
are beaten, lay it on the judges, and when they
collect any money tell their clients they have
paid it over to the judges. The district attorney
told me Yesterday that such statements were
continually made by lawyers about him. The
defendant must take the usual notice OF ten
days, unless you get the plaintiffs counsel to
withdraw"
A vessel loading here for the diamond fields
Of Africa has received considerable freight, but
only twelve persons have applied for passage.
She sails next week.
A lawyer was brought before Commissioner
Belts yesterday on charge Of having forged
the name of James T. White, referee in bank
ruptcy, to protection paper, given in the case
of one Robert Downing. He was held in $1,000
to appear for examination.
The "Sunburst' floats no longer over the walls
of Sweeney's hotel for those whose presence there
Ii indicated have left it, and taken themselves
to private homes. The band of exiled patriots
has broken up and nothing now remains OF
them at Sweeney's but their memory