The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-02
NEW YORK.
A Fight Between Germans and
Rumans.

hour last night fight occurred al Int
corner OF Fourteenth street and Avenu'
A between a number Of rutfians ant
some Germans. During the fracas Pau
Bulgre, a man OF sixty-four years oil age
was knocked down and beaten anC
kicked about the head and face In
most brutal manner. He was convey
ed to the hospital where he died aoou
one o'clock this morning. He refused
to give the name OF his assallant; Nc
arrests have vet been made, but the au
thorities have information which vii
doubtless lead to their capture.
LATER
The murderer OF Paul Bulgre, who
was murdered last night at the corner
OF Fourteenth street and avenue A. sur
rendered himself today. He gave hi:
name as L. J. Murtha, and states thai
he struck Bulgre with his hand only
He SAYS he had been hit in the face by
the deceased.
The DR.. Rosenwis Case.
The answer to a writ of habeas cor
pus in the case OF DR.. Rosenwig was
dismissed to-day on account oi the
inquest being in progress. At the In
quest, which was commenced this morn
ing at Bellevue Hospital, large num-
Der of persons were present. kosen'
wig looked pale and anxious, having
lost his brayado since the identification
OF the body.
The WestheId Case.
The grand jury in the Court Of Gene
raj Sessions will reassemble this morn,
ing, when the special indictments drawn
up by the Assistant District Attorney
against Messrs. Vanderbilt and Braisted,
the president and secretary Of the
Staten Island Ferry Company, aud
Robinson, engineer Of the Westheld,
charging them with negligence, which
resulted in the explosion OF the boiler OF
that steamer, and, in consequence, the
death of over one hundred people, will
be presented for consideration. The
evidence before the Coroner has been
under investigation for some days, aud
it is understood the bills will be
brought into court at an early hour to-
day. The term for which the grand jury
was convened, ends to-day, and they
must either present the indictment or
abandon the charges.
The Court OF General Sessions today
assembled to reconsider the indictment
in the Westfeld case. The grand jury
handed in their papers and were dis
charged. Reporters were not allowed
to see the indictment. tits thought the
parties will be rearrested and placed
under heavier bail.
The Trunk Mystery-Inquest.
The inquest was commenced at the
Morgue to-day in the case OF Alice y.
Bowlsby, the victim OF the trunk mys-
terry.
The fret witness was DR.. King, Of
Patterson, who testified to the recog-
milton Of the body, stating the marks BY
which he recognized il; how he went
to Patterson for further proof and re-
turned with Dr.. Parker, who also recog-
nized her as Alice Augusta Bowlsby, OF
Patterson, New jersey; he also ident
fled the cambria handkerchief found at
Rosenwigs house, 6S7 Second avenue,
as belonging TO deceased; has been the
medical attendant of deceased for or
dinary sickness for FIVE years past; had
10 trace ofthe identity OF the young lady,
but vaccination marks were in1ubitable
proof.
Dr.. Parker was then examined Am
dentist identified the deceased oy the
filling OF the teeth on the right side; the
teeth was filled in style peculiar to
himself. The remainder OF his ,estimo-
nv corroborated that OF the previous
witnesses. Dr.. Parker stated tie rea-
son that the mother OF deceased was not
present was that since the discovery OF
the untimely death Of her daughter she
bad been in a state OF continued con-
vulsIon.
Mrs. Catharine Taylor was next ex.
amined; she knew nothing of the case
and was allowed to 60.
D,al-..t l.. S,o,a.t
the fact OF being engaged 10 take the
trunk to the depot for one dollar by a
woman; took it from 6S7 Second avenue;
asked her name and was told it was
Julia SYDNEY; Rosenwig helped him to
put the trunk on the truck; he eidentifed
Rosenwig in court stated he had no
suspicion as 10 the contents of the
trunk; have seen and recognized the
trunk in Warden Berry's custody.
Alex. Peats, the lad who showed the
woman the ticket office, was next ex-
amined: He assisted the caman with
the trunk; she stated there was some
glass and o:her things in il could re-
cognize her again, but hav, not seen
her since; she seemed excitec and in a
hurry to get away.
Mary Ann Archer, of No. 3 Amity
street, testified that the pris.ner hired
rooms OF her under the name OF DR..
Ascher; be kept his Office there.
Frank Dunn, baggage nan at the
Hudson River railroad depot testified to
having received the trunk finn a lady.
J. 7. Boyle, undertaken, testified to
DR.. Rosenwigs calling at hii place and
asking fees for the burial ol female /;
| recognized the prisoner as hs visitor.
Jane johnson, Roseuwgs servant,
remembers Of young woman calling
at mis- house on Wednesds, or Thurs