The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-10
NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-N. w. Bnrgart
was yesterday arrested In Patterson, N.
j., as an accessory to the murder of II, /.
Burroughs, the girl, Lizzie Lanabrant,
making charges duplicating BOrgart In
the poisoning. Prof Doremus has found
arsenic In the stomach Of Burroughs.
William Totten, seventeen years Of age,
was killed yesterday, by barber, named
Wade, who was firing toy cannon lrOm
his door as q salute 10 target company,
believing IL contained only powder. A
piece Of copper rod which had been used
as a rammer, was in the cannon, which
struck Totten in the stomach, about the
same place as Fisk's wound, md went
through him. .f.'.g
The Committee Of Seventy have issued
a circular inviting citizens who have
knowledge Of any fraudulent movements
OF the city administration, u COmmuni.
cate such information TO them.
Stokes continues at the Tombs, M.
parently cool and collected.
The Congressional Committee con.
tinued its session today at the hotel. An
illustrated paper took sketches OF the
members to-day. They received a tele-
gram from Washington notifying them
that;a resolution was passed by the Senate
authorizing them to continue to sit during
the session sA.A. Garrison, II Cartman,
was examined relative to the custom
house carriage.
The steamer Weser, IRON Bremen, is
quaraniined with smallpox aboard. IA
The New Jersey Legislature assem-
bled today. A message was received
from Gov. Randolph, recommending the
Legislature, before the new Governor is
sworn into office, to pass law giving
him an equitable salary. Tie message
represents the primary condition of the
State as excellent, and volunteers many
recommendation suggested by his eX'
pcrience in the gubernatorlal chair which
he Is about Vacating r| a"a,
The suspension 0I Sprague, Colburn &
Co. is announced.
Bricks clothing store, on Catherine
street, was burned this morning, Loss
5000. 4 80.
SArailroad war has broke outin Hemp
stead, L. 1 ThcS Brooklyn Trust Csm.
pany yesterday took steps tO4orecOse the
mortgage Of the Hampstead Branch rail
road on behalf Of its bOndhOlders, who
have NOT received their over due coupons.
Al disphteas to WHO should have posses.
sion Ofthe trains resulted in the wound
ing of several men.
Miss Manslleld's house is closely guard.
ed by officers under orders Of the CorOn.
er to prevent her leaving it without his
special permission. ma u,
Mayor Hall publicly announced to-day
that private affairs will prevent him at.
tending 10 the duties Of theOtflCe OF Mayor
during at least week. The President
OF the Board Of Aldermen, he says, will
act as Mayor untlh notification be
voked. This step IS regarded as pre-.
liminary to Halls actual resignation. BY
Mayor Halls action Gen. John Cochran
becomes acting Mayor.
The counsel Of the Board OF Police has
been requested TO give his opinion wheth.
er pigeon shooting matches ConLrAvcne
any statute, and what are the relations OF
the police towards the claims Of Henry
Berglr in regard to the arrest of persons
who eAgage in such sport. i
Three persons indicted fora violation
OF the election law were acquitted today. |
Jugde Barbour has postponed the sale
of the property OF the New York Print.
ing Company until after the argument,
which begins Saturday.
The run on the Third Avenue Savings
Bank continues; $1,35O,O00 have thus far
been paid out The Post says that many
depositors sold their bank books at tho
rate Of 70 per cent. ~ ..'t. ~
Eleven deaths from smallpox occurred
to-day.
Fallon, who was shot in Cherry street,
is not dead. A brass cylinder, two inches
long and one third Of an inch in diameter,
was extracted from his body. The wound |
ell man is doing we'll s8Gsk iigtEl
The Fisk inquest was resumed this ar.
tenooD.
Patrick Hart, porter at the Grand Cen.
trail Hotel, testified 10 helping Fisk TO the
reception room, and TO subsequently pick.
ing up bullet. ~"
Captain Byrne, of the police, identified
the conical bullet US the one given him
by Crockett, who got II from Hart; he also
identified the pistol found by lady on
sofa near the staircase, two barrels of
which are discharged. 3 50 Ky 5
DR.. Upton testified as to the wounds of
Fisk, and that the one in the abdomen
was necessarily fatal. The shock and
peritOnitis arising from the penetration of
two loops of the intestines, making four
holes, caused. death. The probing for
the bullet had nothing to do with it.
Fisk's anti-mortem statement was read,
despite the objections Of the prisoners
counsel.
DR.. Marsh read the result of the post
mortem, and produced the ball. He also
thought the wound necessarily fatal.
Counsellor Graham thought It was
burlesque of justice to give the case to
the Jury without allowing it 10 be proved
that Fisk was armed, and was as we'll
prepared to take life as Stokes, but the
Coroner declined TO take any exceptions,
and left the case 10 the jury. The Jury
retired at 8 o'clock, and ut 7:50 submitted
the verdict, which all signed, that Fisk
came TO his death in consequence OF
wound or wounds inflicted by a ball or
balls from pistol in the hands Of Edward
L. Stokes, discharged by him in n delbe.
rate manner at the person OF the said
Fisk, at the Grand Central Hotel. The
Coroner committed Stokes to the Tombs
to await the action ol the Grand Jury.
His counsel urged the Coroner not to send
the case before the Grand Jurles now in
session, on account OF the present excited
state Of the publi6 mind, md said he
would be justified by the act, and the
papers could be sent to the next term OF
Ihe Grand Jury. The District Attorney
said that by the next term It was under.
stood to mean any part OF the then cur.
rent term. The Coroner reserved his
opinion. sl;iatas $i,ig ,3s,HiI
AT a meeting oil the Committee Of Sew.
eIlty tonight tho President delivered an
address, urging continued exertions in
the work OI reform until all the city
okHnn, nyonON;,,o aud tu1;ofol Al ra ,,,,n;dnd