The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-02-28
NEW YO sK.



New YORK, Feb. 27.-The trial for Jury in
the Stokes case was recommended to-day, Judge
Cardozo having refused to admit questions put
to A. T. Pruyn, one of the grand jurors
Whether Fisk appeared before the grand jury
and # the District Attorney opposed the find
ing OF the grand jury in that case" Exceptions
were taken by Stokes counsel. Mr. Gerry con-
tended that they had a right to show that Fisk
tried to influence the grand jury. Mr. McKeon
said that they had right to show that the
grand jury was willing to do Fisk's will and he
would not hesitate to say that the district attor-
ney's office had been used for evil in the mat
ter. He had right to show that Fisk. with
three prostitutes, had made affdavits before the
grand jury upon which indictments for conspi-
racy against poor Stokes were found, and as
serted that Fisk was living with one of the pros
titutes at the time. Mr. McKeon said that
Stokes was the only one who did not know that
an indictment conspiracyhad been found against
him, and yet it was the general belief that
after the hearing of such an Indictment that
Stokes had shot Fisk in a fit of passion. The
case is still progressing.
REVENUE SUIT.
U. s. District Attorney Davis has commence
ed suit against Naylor & Co. of this city, based
upon the evidence furnished by the Special
Treasury Agent, Frank Z. Howe, obtained
from books of that firm, showing that certain
invoices were undervalued by them. The suit
is brought to recover 100000 by the govern
ment. The district attorney has given several
months time to Naylor & Co. to produce the
books from London, by which they claimed they
would justify their action, but having submitted
all the explanations they could Attorney Davis
deeming them entirely unsatisfactory has pro-
ceeded as above stated.
THE PENALTY OF TRUTH TELLING.
Geo. 5. Stillman, lawyer, was fined $75 to-
DAY by Judge Barnard for contempt of court,
In that he told Barnard he didn't believe there
was any justice to be obtained in that court
MAYOR HALLS CASE.
The case of Mayor Hall is adjourned till to-
morrow. There is no jury yet.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
Hank Smith, President of the Bowling Green
Savings Bank, has been indicted but it is I'M
derstoCd he compromised with the depositors
to prevent his arrest.
MAN FOR DIoGENEs.
Adam Engel yesterday requested the Comm
troller to strike his name from the nav roll of
Assistant Clerks of the Assistant Bosrd of AL
dermen 1.-THE new Reform Board), as he was not
desirous OF drawing $4,000 year without earn
ing it.
MIsMANAGEMENT OF THE SAILORS RETREAT
A Legislative Committee from Albany find
that the Seamen's Retreat ON Staten Island is
very badly administered. Infectious diseases
have been disseminated from it, and patients
have been excluded from improper motives by
the management.
f'- -.- THE CUSTOM HOUSE. ..-
The committee appointed on behalf of the
Custom House have prepared tariff of gener-
al order charges which is to be presented to the
Chamber OF Commerce with the view of secur-
ing their adoption.
ROWING MATCH.
Henry Coulter and Lew Cavtt to-day signed
articles with Barney and John Biglin to row
pair oar five mile race for $1,000 a side ON the
Schuylkill River at Phila, May Goth. The men
will go into training March 18th. IsHf-
THE YORK CITY CHARTER.
ALBANY, Feb. 27.-The New York city char
ter OF the COMMITTEES of Seventy passed the as
sembly tonight, 70 to %.