Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-04
Miscellaneous Dispatches.
Domestic Notes.

ITEMS FROM NEW YORK.
New YORK, Nav 3.-The trial of Foster, the
murderer of Putnam, will begin before Judge
Cardozo Monday next The counsel for the
defence, to whom Fosters father has already adj
| vanced $4,000, will undertake to prove an albi,
1t is reported that John Graham refused to take
the case, and that eX-Judge Porter of the court
Of appeals and VIM, A. Beach of Troy will be
the leading counsel for the prisoner
A sneak thief, named Sutton, who stole tin
box containing $1,000 in railroad bond coupons
| from the vault of the Chemical bank, Monday
was arrested yesterday at the office of the Far
mers loan and trust company, while attempting
to collect the interest on his plumber
A young and beautiful lady, who had rpois-
tered herself Monday as Mrs K E. HARRINGTON
Long Island, was found dead in her room, which
she had taken for three days, paying in advance.
A bottle OF chloroform was found IN her hands
and on the table letter addressed to the propri-
etors OF the house, stating that no one was to
blame Tor the act but herself, and that she had
sent to friends who would come for her body
Parties of striking quarrymen were raidinq
through Harlem and Yorkvlle nearly all day
yesterday, breaking up work. and driving off
laborers wherever they dared to interfere A
large force of police, however, prevented anv
hght OF importance, and the contractors, having
paid off all the men engaged in the strike no.
lieve that the difficulties are practically ended
Two leading contractors yesterday sent letter
to VIM. Tweed, requesting him to issue orders to
the employees of public works not to interfere
with laborers.
The motion for the attachment against JAY
Gould for contempt of master Whites order di-
recting the production of the books of the Erie
railroad company was argued yesterday.
Gould, through counsel, submitted long afi-
dayt declaring that he had done nothing in dis
| respect 10 the authority of the court; that he
had no desire, nor had the officers of the COM
| pany, TO deprive Heath and Raphael of any
stock TO which they were lawfully entitled, and
mat the recent issue of $1,000 shares OF the new
STOCK was made to meet the necessities of the
company. William A. Beach appeared for Erie
and supported GOuld's affidavit by protracted
argument, 10 winch William NJ. Eyarts replied
| declining the invitation to adjourn the court 10
the Grand Opera house for the purpose of an
| examination OF the Erie books and DENYING tbe
| power Of the judge so to do Judge Blatchford
took the papers and reserved his decision.
Surrogate Hutchings yesterday decided that
the counsel for the contes lantS of James b. Tay.
lor's will was not entitled to the costs and al.
lowances out of the estate.
letter IRON the scene of the great break in
the Eric canal, near Pittsford, n. " saws il will
| require the labor of one thousand men and one
hundred pairs Of horses for a month to repair
| the damages so navigation can be resumed, and
| that including the loss from the detention Of
merchandise, the damage will reach a million
| dollars.
Gen. Spinner, William J. Florence and Bar.
hey Williams, with their wives, and Olive Lo
gan, sail on the Scotia for Liverpool to-day.
=, The difficulty with the workmen of the Nc,
Nay IRON and locomotive works in Jersey CITY
u; nas peen amicably settled. The men were paid
u NV and operations resumed. The company's
aredp. us to the employees was only one thou
sano S1ollars, aud the trouble was mainly nro
duced by the interference Of outside narte s pro
Foreign Notes.
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