Wilmington journal., 1873-07-18
MOTION TO REMOVE TO WASH
INGTON REFUSED.

NEW 1GKK, July 1i-NoOn. The
Coroner's Jury has convicted Lizzie
Lloyd King, alias Kate Stoddard, of
murder The inry accompany their
verdict with some general remarks
asserting it to be their conviction that
the Coroner's Jury, as an institution
for the discovery of crime or the de-
lection of criminals, has outlived the
period of necessity or usefulness be-
supplied by some legally designated
combined The Coroner's Jury is
prisoner than to result in the discov-
cry and detection. It is also urged
that while the present system exists
the body should be inspected by the
Coroner's Jury as soon as possible
after the discovery and a post mortem
examination should follow and not
precede such inspection. In answer
to the usual questions from the Cor
oner the prisoner said her name was
Lizzie Lloyd King, and that she was
twentyslx years of age, but she de-
clines to answer the questions regard
ing the murder.
| For further details see article in
another column from the New York
Tribune of Saturday.--ED. JoURANL
Capt. A. E. Nelson, Norwegian;
Judge Durant, of California Wm.
Darrow, of Richmond, Va, and other
passengers of the City of Washington,
arrived here to-day. They all unite
in ascribing the loss of the vessel to
the carelessness and inability of the
Captain to perform his duties proper
! ly in consequence of sickness.
| Jefferson Davis has gone to Mem
phis.
Three of the six white men from the
Polaris who expected to go on the Tt
gress in search of their comrades with
drew. The government has paid them
to date.
New YORK, July 15-Night. Advi-
ces received here from various parts
of the State say the crops are much
less affected by the prolonged drought
than heretofore represented.
The Brooklyn authorities, who have
investigated the matter, are positive
that Roscoe was not only present, but
assisted Kate Stoddard in the murder
of Goodrich.
NEW YORK, July 6-Noon.-Byron
A. Stief, nephew of Charlotte Wellet,
whose half-eaten body was found in a
house on Eighty-seventh ST., Sunday
night, and which was the subject Of
the days mystery, made application
yesterday in the Surrogate's Court for
letters of administration upon her
personal estate. He alleges that the
deceased left no will, and her personal
estate does not exceed six hundred
dollars that she was never married,
and her sole surviving heirs are Eliza
Haywart, of Savannah, Ga, and him
self
The weather to-day is slightly cooler
A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Penn
reports that apprehension is enter
tanned of a general movement among
the miners for their wages, which led
to long strike two years ago.
The Trustees of the Peabody Edu-
cational Fund will meet here to-day.
The President, with other Trustees,
is already here, including Governor
Aiken, of South Carolina, and DIR.
Seers, of Virginia.
The first bale of cotton of this year s
cents per pound. The cotton was
grown in Cameron county, Texas.
The natives of Alsace and Lorraine,
residents in this city and neighbor-
hood, celebrated yesterday 10y grand
festival, it being the anniversary of
their option for French nationality
New YORK, July -Night-The
case of r. Shepherd and Henry ID.
Cooke against Charles A. Dana, was
up before United States District
Judge Blatchford to-day. Judge
Fisher and District Attorney Harring-
ton, of Washington, argneu for reno
val to Washington, and United States
District Attorney Bliss made formal
motion to that effect. Ex-Judge Ship
man, on behalf of Mr.. Dana, opposed
the motion. The argument is still GO
ing on. The Court room is densely
crowded by gentlemen of the journal
lstic and legal professions.
The sales i'll Southern State bonds
to-day were confined to 81, 700 of Vir-
ginia State Consols, at 53. and 81 900
| Missouri skies, at 934.
The engineer and steward of the
steamer Merida, who died of yellow
fever, We're buried at quarantine.
Several passengers are sick at the
quarantine hospital
Judge BlatcAford has denied the
| application for warrant for the reno
val of Charles A. Dana to Washington
for trial. He held that it would be un-
constitutional to send him for trial to
a Court where there is no trial by
jury, as in the Police Conrt of the
| District of Columbia. The decision
was received with cheers by the large
crowd in The Court.