Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-11
Miscellaneous Dispatches.
Domestic Notes.

ITEMS FROM NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10-Chief of Police futile
of South Norwalk, Conn.,, yesterday identif I'd
Smith, detained at Jersey City police station
on suspicion of committing a murder three
years ago, near Stroudsburg, Pa, as Wash
burn, the convict who escaped from Connects
cut state prison, where he was confined for stab
bling several persons.
The indign ltion against some of the Hudson
River railroad officers and employees increases
daily, as the excitement abates and the truth il
known of the heartless indifference for the vic
Tins Of the late accident. Eager energy is man
tiested in rcconstructiug the bridge and track
while stragglers and idlers, mostly through Gu.
riosity or desire for plumber, have searched for
the bodies. Articles of clothing have been
stolen, thus the means of knowing whe
more than tweny-one persons persisted are lost.
A general impression prevails that there are
mole bodies yet uncovered, as several of the
passengers say that the car was crowded, and
they found 1t impossible to secure passage in
It, Watcher this is true or not, the neglect,
disorder and hcartcSsness manifested will leave
u lasting disgra e on the history of this road.
The father of Walter II. Forbush, one of the
victims, lost his life in the Angola disaster.
An eyewitness of the accident says he saw
that something was tie matter with the oil
train, and followed on after 1t to sec what was
the difficulty. He saw the oil truck topple over
on the opposite track, and was near by when the
train stopped and the conductor and engineer
got OH 10 sec Wuht uau happened. Ine con-
dqctor, engineer and brakeman, instead of rum
ming forward to warn tic express train, stood
sIill aud wrangled among themselves each one
cursing all the rest and charging them with
the blame for the accident. 1t was fifteen min
uteS from the time tie accident happened to the
oil tram before the express came up, and those
men could have walked far enough TO signal the
trains from either way, and prevented the posi-
hity OF another accident. Nothing yet has been
heard of Kinsella, the Italian consul at Mon.
treal, aud DR.. Lucca, his attache, supposed to
have been on the train. The friends of RoSen-
field and Burns, whose names appear upon Con-
ductOr Vosburgh's list of the passengers, are
still searching for the bodies. A pair Of shoes,
containing the feet OF giTl, evidently about If
teen years old, were found yesterday.
The greatest anxiety is felt here for the safety
of the Tennessee, with the San Domingo COM
misSioners. Inc Herald this morning says that
at seven knots per hour, on a direct course it
would take at least nine days to reach SANTANA
Bay, five days at SANTANA, two days at st. Do
mingo and six days to Havana, surprising
steamer would go right eff and carry news, and
twenty-two days is the shortest time she could be
heard from under favorable circumstances. If
there should happen to be no steamer stopping
at St. Domingo city, or if the steamer should
stop at other ports to take in passengers and
mails, Ii would be some DAYS later before the
Tennessee could be heard fron-certainly not
before the 18th of this month. On the whole
there seems 10 De no ground Tor apprehension
nor no real foundations for the rumors that pre-
vail concerning her. The president has no anx-
iety about the vessel. He stated last night that
no understanding or agreement was had with
the commission to send vessel Immediately to
Havana with dispatches; that the commission
was to land where they deemed best, and he did
not expect news from them Tor some time to
come.
John H. Devine, an accompllce of William
Kelly in the murder of IA wealthy drover, Gar
net W. Nostrand, at SYossett, Long Island, yes
terday confessed the crime. He says he knocked
Nostrand down and Kelly fixed him. Deyine
was drunk at the time. Kelly denies the whole
statement.
Adams express car, on the Cincinnati express
train, caught fire last night, from sparks enter
ing the side door while going through Bergen
cut. Half a car load of silks and ribbons, con-
signed to Phi adelphia and Baltimore, were de-
stroyed. Loss $4,000.
NO NEWS FROM THE TENNESSEE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 - The navy depart
ment this afternoon had received no intelligence
concerning the steamer Tennessee. The only
reasonable explanation of the delay in hearing
from the commission, is that they concluded to
examine part of the island distant from the
capital of San Domingo, before visiting Presi-
dent BaeZ.