The New York herald., 1872-12-02
THE BLUE-BL0oDED FRESHMAN.

THE BLUE-BLOODED FRESHMAN.
Henry Porter Tension Still Arfstocrat.
icaIly DcGant-Is Hs Insane ,-In.
dicted for Bigamy-His Appearance
In Court-The Trial Pending g-Domcs-
tic DiAic ultics or the clinical Do
sccndant.''
PoUGHKEEps1E, Nov. 80, 1872.
Henry Porter Tension, "the alleged lineal de-
scendant Of the Archbishop Of Canterbury" who
is still In jail In this city the charge of bgamy
is as defiant as possible In his demeanor. In fact,
his department Is such that 1t Is now believed he ia
to q considerable extent insane. It will be re.
membered that In his card to the public he re-
ierred to Mr. Stets0n, OF the Astor House, and to
Tiffany & Co., the New York Jewellers, as to his
standing.
Letters were sent to the parties named and the
following replies received
Such person was here during the Summer for few
days; otherwise we do not know him. - !.
New York. Nov %, 1877.
Web We have your favor favor Of yesterday. We have only
had S%s
sans hhEs been almost nnS S f oae his
Mr.. Mapes, the father Of the young lady with
whom Tension eoped from this city, Is daily in the
receipt Of sympathizing letters from different parts
of the country. The majority Of these letters are
from relatives and those who knew him as q North
River steamboat captain, and o great many, too,
are from utter strangers.
TENSIONS EXAMINATION
was put down for this morning before Recorder
Robert E. Taylor, but 1t did not take place in cone
sequence Of other engagements Of counsel. At twd
O'Clock this afternoon the Circuit Court and Court
of Oyer and Terminer convened at the Court House
for the reception of the Grand Jury and the or.
raignment OF prisoners. Justice Joseph F. Barnard
and Associate Justices Hunter and Baker occupied
the bench. The Grand Jury presented twenty-fouf
bills Of Indictment among which was one against
Tension for bgamy. When the latter fact was an.
nounced Sheriff Pitcher was instructed to bring
the prisoner into Court. But few knew OF the pro-
ceeding and therefore the court room was not nall
full.
In due time the prisoner made
HIS APPEARANCE,
escorted by two officers, and took a seat by the
side fhis counsel, William J. Thorne, within the
He was attired as for an afternoons promenade
on one OF our most fashionable thoroughfares. His
toned closely around him, and, upon his hands.
half drawn on, were q pair Of fancy-colored Kid
gloves. He was resplendent with jewelry and his
Savne BEEN carefully combed T He had not been
seated more than q minute before he arose and
nimby and airishly stepped to the table and poured
out glass Of water and drank it, wping a few
drops OF water or the table with . nney-hemmed
ON the presentation Of the indictment against
him, and in accordance with the desire or the
Court Tensions counsel moved
AN ADJOURNMENT,
which was acceded to- and the prisoners arraign-
ment and plea were put over till ten O'Clock on
Tuesday morning next. Tension was then re-
manded to jail As he passed along the lobby to
the door he rammed his stylish Captain Jinks''
nervous twitch 30 as to make it set good
On his way to his cell he exclaimed to one OF the
officers "l'll have my wife now II have to die for
william J. Thorne, the prisoners counsel, win,
on Tuesday next, move that the indictment be
that there was not sufficient evidence before the
Grand Jury to warrant an Indictment. Tue ques-
I Sa wss married in this city
lie was In Detroit, and addressed letter from that
place to gentleman in this city, the tenor OF
which showed the state OF his mind then. ] here
with append the gree".s.er part OF
THE LETTER.
S~n MowARD HousE, DETROIT. Nov. ls, 1877
ssTs Sss yw Ti's
yards ofMr Mapes house viii md let her know
%s sSsf SSRss apa
@ T * aps sss and S5s: o
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%oS Calm 'ss
A.'s' has hs' prisoner not ieS! sPe
ono line. I am perfectly caazy with doubts and fears
Telegraph telegraph and write for heavens sake SEQ
Mr. Seaman and say my was left behind, and to in
crest lion rampant w X II belongs to dear friend o
mine For Gods a sake advise Use me what to 90 shall es
only write more fully Telegraph at once Do notpay
Write TO well. Your friend forever. II. PIT.
THE NEW SERVANT
alluded to above was, without doubt, Tenis0nn
coAfdanto In Mr.. Mapes' house. It was noticed
that on the day Tension arrived here and before
he came that she was very nervous and uneasy
and wanted to 90 out but her request was NOS
acceded to- IL Is also understood that the Irish
woman referred to was another conddante OF Tenf.
son In the elopement AFFAIR, and that for carrying
one letter to Mr. Mapes' residence she got five dol
lars. AS one OF the features OF the re.
markable case 1t Is worthy OF note that
one day last week "the new servant girlu
alluded to eloped with ship carpenter, having
met him the first time at ball the night previous.
1t is a fact that Tension was quite drunk when ha
eloped from here. At the depot he missed the noon
fast train bound West, and had to wait over hour
for the 1 :34 p. M. While waiting he entered tha
railroad refreshmcnt rooms for something to eat,
His front suspender buttons had given way and
his suspenders having slipped over his shouders
hung down behind from beneath his swaIow.taii
coat not adding greatly TO the appearance of nthe
ineal descendant OF the Archbishop OF Canter.
bury"
RELICS OF THE BOSTON FIRE.