The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-26

100000, alleged to have besn enhsszlea By
him while Treasurer Of the Erie Company IN
1868, by the sale of $4,000 shares of watered
stock
President Watson of the Erie stated in an
interview last night that he should at once be-
gin suits against all persons shown to have in
any manner defrauded the Erie Company He
was satisfied that Daniel Drew was largely In
debted to the company.
Good Riddance
During drunken affray, corner of Pelham
and Cherry streets, about l o'clock this NOM
ing, between a gang of rowdies and thieves,
Thomas Delaney stabbed William Lee in the
abdomen and Thomas Donovan in the left kid
ney. Both men were fatally injured, and Cor
oner Keenan, took their ante-mortem state
ment.
The Murder List.
OF 118 cases of homicide sent to the District
Attorney of this city for disposition since JAN
uary 1, 1870, only forty-two convsctions have
followed. The total number of homicides dur
ing that time was 139. Six of the murderers
committed suicide ten were discharged by the
coroners, and twelve of the murders were COM
mitted by unknown persons.
The Stock Gambling.
William Butler Duncan publishes card de-
nying all connection with the present pool or
corner in stocks.
There are rumors of fresh arrest of Gould
to-day, and that the shorts in Northwestern are
preparing to make a fresh issue of stock.
The Erie-Gould Matter.
1t was expected ia the street to-day that Jay
Gould would be re-arrestsd at the suit of the
Erie directors, but no movement against him
has vet transoired. Judge Fancher to-day, on
application of T. G. Sherman issued an order
against the Erie railway to show cause why the
arrest against Jay Gould should not be va
Gated An order was also granted to take
the deposition of Horace F. Clark, to be used
in the motion. Gould has made an affidavit, in
which he denies Peter ii. Watson and Henry
N. Smiths affidavits in general terms, and
states that as to all the matters of fact in Wat
sons afidavits they are made to appear in q
false light by the suppression of other facts
whish must have been known to Henry n.
Smith, from whom Watson obtained all his in
formation; that Mr.. Watson knew that the
Erie railroad had granted him release at a
meeting of which neither the deponent nor
Fisk were present; and purposely suppressed
the fact that prior to and at the time of his ar
rest he was actively dealing in Northwestern to
advance its price, and that the parties to whose
management this action was committed were
engaged in depressing its price; that plaintiffs
attorney, under the encouragement of Smith,
Drew, Traverse and other spectators for the
fall, sought to have the deponent held to bail
in SO, 700 000 under the impression that he could
not procure such bail and would be compelled
to remain under arrest; that panic would
have been produced upon the market; and he
states it his belief such a result was contem-
plated by the attorney in the action and by the
others he named, and thus the Erie railroad
would never have been able to recover anything
from him if anything was due.
Explosion of Nitro Glycerine.
Near Yonkers to-day an explosion of nitro
glycerine took place, blowing two men, named
Gallagher and HILL to atoms, and injuring IA
tally two others, named John Donnelly and
VIM. Ferry. The nitro glycerine belonged to
Coffin, road contractor. The young men, in
spirit of playfulness, threw stones at the cans
in which it was stored and an explosion fol-
lowed.