, 1872-12-12
NEW YORK.

Losses oY LIeC Antwerp EAlR1fe-hAnK
Run Subsided-TWeed's Case-An I'm.
Gle Shoots His Niece in q House of
Prostitution - Swind1cd Italians 49,
Another Defalcation-Specie Exports
The Brooklyn Poisoning Case
Miscellaneous Local Items.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
NEW York, Dec. 1.-THE mysterious middle
aged man, who walked into fashionable bagnio
on Nelson place, yesterday, and shot dead q
young courtezan in her chamber, and then coolly
walked off, saying to the woman keeping the
place that he had murdered his niece, and in
tended to surrender himself, Wis found in q sta
tion-house this morning. He had kept his word
but did not confess his real crime until to-day.
His victim was Mary Smith, an Irish girl,
Of slight build and stature, with regular
and rather pretty features, and long chestnut
hair She was child Of hair-dresser in Cork,
Ireland. Her mother destroyed herself two
months ago by cutting the main artery of her
right arm. Her murderer fred four shots, two
OF which took effect, one penetrating the lungs,
causing instant death. Her a1ayor gives his
name as Robert P Bleakly. He is short, thin
penter. The deceased was daughter Of his
sister Bleakly paid the passage of thetwo across
to America. After working as q domestic
for a time the deceased entered o life Of shame.
Bleakly Says he visited the girl, yesterday, to
entreat her to reform, but she defied and abused
disgrace, he killed her. Another reason assigned
By him is that her conduct drove her mother to
suicide.
The trial Of DR.. Lucius B. Irish, of Brooklyn,
Anderson, with arsenic, is progressing. rapidly,
and exciting great interest. Mr.. Anderson
Was large, athletic, stout, joEial fellow
about 80 years Of age, in the yigor Of youth
Until 1869, he and his wife lived happily togeth-
er. In that year, DR.. Irish made the acquaint-
ance of Mrs Anderson. It is claimed by the
prosecution, that at once DR.. Irish commenced to
undermine her virtue, and there WAS criminal in
timacy between them. This intimacy continued
until the death Of the deceased. short
his fathers house, and there was taken
sick with burning pain in his stomach, accom-
panied by retching. he vent to DR.. 1rish's
store in the afternoon, and from there to his
deathbed. DR.. Irish and Mrs. Anderson attend
ed him during his last days. DR.. Doremus, VITO
aualyzed the contents of the stomach, testified
to-day that he found therein arsenic enough to
Kill two men. DR.. Irish is . showy inaiyiduel,
with great self-possession. His wife ia his con-
stant companion in Court.
ITO the associated Prcss.]
New YORK, Dec. lit is now thought that
American creditors will not lose seriously by
the failure OF Jacobs Brothers, Of Antwerp.
The run on the Mutual Bank has wholly sub
sided.
The motion to quash tho indictments against
Tweed, to-day, was denied by Judge Ingraham.
Robert r. Bleak1ey, the man who shot the girl,
Maude Miller, in house of prostitution, last
night has surrendered himself to the authori-
ties. He states that he is an uncle OF the
urge her to leave life Of shame. Undor-
standing from her sister that she
was armed with q pistol to shoot him, he went
prepared. She met him defantly, and refused to
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