, 1872-12-07

Adjourned to Monday.
NEW YORK.
Execution of Rodgers. the murderer-
| The Erie Snits-Graham, the Banl
] Defnu1ter-lmp0rtant Sult-St0kes to
| be Tried on -MiacelIaneOua
Local News.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
New YoRK, Dec. 6.-Hanging murderer ia
| such novelty here, that the execution Of Henry
Rogers, in Brooklyn, to-day, caused no little
sensation. The condemned man contested his
crime freely. He said he beat the policeman
over the head with q club, not because Of any
grudge, but because he was drunk and WAS told
to do it by the ruffian gang With whom be asso-
| ciated- Rogers spent s1eep1ess night, and
took nothing for breakfast but = cup Of coffee
| For twelve hours before his death be WAS para
lyzed With fear, and died abject and fainting.
| The execution Was private, but very uprulY
| crowd gathered in the street outside the jail. !.
and the police we're forced to use their clubs to
keep outaiders back. After the drop fell, Z
having been properly adjusted When cut
down, after hanging fifteen minutes, his teetR
we're found pressed deep into the lower lip.
stanleY's career as q lecturer seems to haTe
come to q lnme conclusion. He has appeared
twice in New York, once in Brooklyn, and waa
to have lectu1ed here again tonight in SteinwaY
Hall. People who vent to the hall this evening".
however, found the building dark and
the The door, they brought s out tie h9ss ja6itor< ~
who said: fMr. Stanley will not lecture here
any more, because his expenses are more than.
his receipts" Even the Herald admits that
Stanleys elocution is bad, and his matter diffuse
and heavy.
ITO the associated P5ssaI
New YoRK, Dec 6.-The testimony Of Mr-f
Barlow, q Director Of the Erie Railroad Con<
1R1,xC 41n4 zrIs si.-ttr
Watson against Gould was not to benefit any
clique in Wall street, and that the release given
to Gould by Sickles Was not absolute, but was to-
be confirmed BY the new Board after the books
had been carefully examined and Gould's state
ments that he had not been guilty Of any misap-
preparations we're verified.
It Is proposed to erect . Printers monument
to Alr. Greeley.
Graham Of the N1ddletown Bank, is still in jail
unable to procure bail. His examination is de-
layed with the hope Of securing Horton, tha
Cashier. The latter endeavoured to effect g.
compromise from New York, but falling, he fed
The depositors have sued the Directors OF the
bank to recover their losses. At the request Of
the Bank Examiner the case was further post
poned till Monday
The Erie Bank Of Pennsylvania has brought
suit in the United States Circuit Court against;
the Ocean Bank, to recover $4,000 deposited
with the Ocean Bank to be loaned by the latter,
as agent Of the Erie Bank. The money ycS
loaned, and $50 900 in United States bonds taken
as collateral. These bonds were stolen, and the
plaintiffs claim the principal and interest on the
ground that the Ocean Bank did not exercise
due diligence to prevent the robbery. Decision
reserved.
Judge Leonard Of the Supreme Court, to-day,
decided in the case Of the Rockford, Rock Island
q St. Louis Railroad Company rs. Henry H.
Boody, that the affidavit proves there was no re-
fusal to make the proper certificate. The GER
t1hcate being in proper form, the order to to e1-
anime ls therefore vacated.
111$ $f,c1 -G -
the bank forgery in Ireland, Commissioner
Osborne says, unless the evidence to be- intro
duced BY the British Commission is presented
by T4esday, be VII discharge the prisoner.
fsas soEe5 15ea{ nea MdpdRy Tn REe1a0y preside at the trial
The Coroner's Jury, in the case Of Anthony
Eaton, who died from injuries received when
knocked down and robbed, Nov. q, rendered
IT James Fitzpatrick, and that John Lynn VAS
accessory: The prisoners, who are respectively
L6 and % years Of age, were committed to tha
Eombs to await the action Of the Grand Jury.
Recorder Hackett, to-day, sentenced Jno. B.
Chambers to seven years imprisonment in Sing
Sing, for fe1onious assault and battery on
lanes Brownlee, during the general strike
asst year Chambers was among the strikers, and.
'e and another man finding Brownlee at work,
q 8 carpenter shop, ordered him into the street,:
de- went into the street, and Chambers fired
'istol at his head, the ball passing through the
heck: Notwithstanding the jury recommended
Chambers to mercy, be was sentenced as above
Attorney General Barlow to-day got an order
\ the Supreme Court Of Brooklyn against the
Kings County Board Of Supervisors, Teturnabla
le1t Monday, to show cause why mandamus
hou1d not be issued compelling them to levy
Canal De6ciencies ta1.5 4 similar order vas
1so obtained against the Queens County Board
t Supervisors, returnab1e at the same time.
Late this afternoon there VAS report in cir
ulation that United States Marshal Barlow and
}6DutlEH SAINT mt tn 1ta ~
est on the Kings County Supervisors for fail
1g to levy the tax.
A rumor is in circulation among the employees
the Brooklyn City Gas Company that the
nd adopt the twelVe-hour rule, and, unless the
len accede to the change, they will be- dis
harged:. The Company employs $50 men.
John scanne]l pleaded not guilty today to the
ser for trial.
T@eed's case WAS continued, the counsel for
le defence arguing that the Assistant
istrict Attorney had shown q preju-
'hecting on Tweed, and was consequently unit
appear before the Grand Jury as advisory
,unse1 to urge the finding OF Indictments.
tier lengthy argument the District Attorney
owed that Tweed plead to the third Indictment
felony, but after discussion On this point,
te Court adjourned to a week from next Mon
Cyril1e Dion has accepted 3 challenge from
aurice DAILY to play game OF billiards IN this
ty for the diamond cue and $500 side, JAM
ny 2.
Var Department Weather Prognostin
Cation8s
WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHRh
oNA1 OFFICER, DIVISION OF TE1EaRA,fB Ayk
poRTs FOB THE BENEFIT OF CoMaERoK
ARLINGTON, D. c., Dec 6.-Probabilitieg-r
the Northwest, and thence over the entirs
fe region and to the Alleghanies and Tennea-
;, high barometer, general clear weather, and
rtherly winds, veering in the northwest to
1theasterly tomorrow. In the Gulf and
nth Atlantic States high pressure, ,norther1y to
,terly winds, and cloudy but clearing weather.
d probably occasional rain. In the Valley of
Lawrence, New England, and Middle States
high pressure, without change IN tempeEa,