The New York herald., 1872-11-29

scenes al the court room OF Recorder RoDert r.
Taylor last evening, the occasion OF the further
examination OF Henry Porter Tension, the alleged
''lineal descendant oi the Archbishop Of Canter-
bury.r Such scene has not been witnessed here
before In many years. The court room referred to
is miserable affair and disgrace 10 such .
wealthy city as this il. When closely packed it
will not hold one hundred persons. and Yet
last night hooting and howllng crowd of at
least one thousand wanted TO get In. AT first IL
was supposed the examination would be held I'D
the large court room attached to tho Court House,
but az the earnest solicitation Of Jerome Williams,
counsel for the people, the Recorder decided 10
hold IL in the miserably inadequate department re-
ferred to. IL had been rumOred that It would be
held In the large court room, and tmther, long be-
fore eight p. NJ, hundreds OF citizens focked,
though no lights were there visible. they crowded
the stairways and lobbies, filed into the Super
visors' room and packed the jury rooms and yet
many were lett in the street. While this was going
on a little knot OF citizens and lawyers ana press
reporters were in Recorder Tayor's private ofice,
back OF his diDgy court room, holding consultation.
Finally the prisoner was sent for, and
THE DIRTY, NARROW, CONTRACTED COURT ROOM
was opened from the rear and privileged few
passed in. When they became seated on . low
wooden bench, within q ricketty railing, the
prisoner was brought in. He was attired IN
.stunning' style, Ills clothes being cut IN the
latest fashion. He sported tan-co,Ored kids,
standing collar and light SILK nccktie. His
countenance bore cheerful expression, which,
however, was not maintained to the last. There
Is no prisoners box in this Court, therefore he
had to take his chances Of finding q seat two
officers always watching him. soon after
Recorder Taylor took his seat behind the
judicial desk and invited Alderman Meeks
to chair alongside OF him. Other Al
dermen and city officials We're scattered
a"o1n hncn s sa Hn o. na s e friends
At this time the door leading to the street or City
Hall square was closed and fast Almost filling
beings swaying to ana fro, all anxious to gain ad-
mission. Suddenly the door was opened and there
Was ohe e n he res on6 and ces
of pain Nimbe-iOoted young men climbed upon the
high wardrobes Of the policemen and crawled along
positions, where they could look down upon
THE STRANGE SCENE.
Near the door is large gas-burning stove in
which a good fire was burning. II made no diner-
ence however, Tor a rush was made Tor the top or
that stove, and one young fellow managed to gain
good seat on top Of the urn, but was compelled to
get down for the warmth. The Court endeavOred
to proceed but it could not so great was the con-
fusion. Suddenly crash was heard and In went
the sash and glass OF the west window and crowd
OF men came tumbling through the aperture. This
greatly increased the confusion and things COM
menced TO assume serious aspect Another crash
and the sash and glass OF the east window gave
away and another mass OF human beings tum.
bed through another aperture Here loud
voice cried, ~ move we adjourn to the Court
House" Another voice exclaimed, II second the
moton!" and third voice yelled, "All in favor OF
that say ayer' There was one univel sa, shout OF
"Ayer' but it~had not an effect upon the Court In
fve minutes more halfway order was restored, and
fusion great that the reporters could hardly
hear word.
The fact OF the marriage OF Tension to the POugh-
keepsie lady was proved, and then Dewitt G..
Spaulding, the Detroit witness, was called TO the
stand. He testified as f0llows:-
Ihave seen Tension Detroit prsoner pointed
out to witness) saw him first about Aye weeks ago;
married; mar this Was before November IL he called me
into his room ons evening where he and were board
hs s asked me i Ri for hs
sSen asked What he was going 40 Win Mrs Tension,
was not married, but told him knew he was when lie
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The above letters, with two others Mr.. Mapes
testified to, were found In the custody OF the prs
Oner. immediately following the testimony coun-
sci on both sides had an exhaustive discussion on
points of law. When Gerome Williams, was
speaking there were frequent cries ns & from the
rome"
''GIvE 1T TO HIM LIvELYp'
And when William TnOrne, counsel Tor the prisoner,
was speaking there were cries OF Now you got
him, Billy ~ 'Go int" The Court was utterly pow
erless to suppress the contempt as there wefe only
police enough present to guard the prisoner.
Finally Mr. Thorne, counsel for prisoner in opposi
ton to the opposite counscls motion for an ad-
journment tin Saturday morning at ten O'Clock,
moved for the prisoners discharge from custody
and that he be not restrained his liberty by the
motion was denied and an adjournment ordered
till ten O'Clock saturday morning.
During the examination and Immediately after
MI. Spaulding gave his testimony n scene occurred
which, however. was noticed by only few in the
densely packed room. In the Jam the prisoner had
been forced to q standing position in The only win
dow left whole in the room.
THE PRISONER on HIS MUSCLE.
When Mr.. Spaulding finished his testimony he
stepped back, and by mere accident, close to the
prisoner. The prisoner, seeing him close enough
struck at him three times, each time missing him.
when the police interiered. AFR. Spauldng gave
TenSon n disdanful laugh and then rot nm
along side OF him, apparently counting
another attack, but 1t did not come
journed the prisoner was escorted to the street by
two oflcers. all starting for the JAIL a block OF.
They were pressed closely by the immense but
assailed with cries OF "Ialloa, old Canterbury y,
How are you, Duky" Flows things, Old boy ~
&c. The jail was reached in safety and soon after
Tension retired 10 rest. To-day lie has partaken
OF an excellent thanksgiving dinner sent him from
the Forbus House and IS passing the day quietly.