Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-05
NEW YORK.
Proposed Suit against the Gold Clique
Damages Set at S5O,O0O,OOO.

NEW YORK, April 4.-Richard Schell and
a number of Wall street brokers propose
legal proceedings, it is said, against the
gold clique, to recover fifty millions of dol
lars damage alleged to be sustained by the
city and county of New York by the con-
sPiracy with which the clique is charged.
Investigation will be also made into viola
tions of the usury laws by the officers of
National Banks and others.
Banqaeting.
The President and his family will at
tend the theater this evening. At the
conclusion of the performance banquet
will be given them at Delmonico's by Hen
ry Clews, to which alsrge number of prom
inent persons have been invited.
A Sad, Sad Story.
Mary Thomas, aged nineteen, who left
her husband because of his drunkenness
and abu e, died yesterday at Bellevue
Hospital whittier she was sent the day be-
fore from the police station where she had
gwen birth to child. She informed the
polio Captain that after leaving her hus-
band she found work and entered q girls
lodging house in St. Marks place, but the
mstron obliged her to leave on learning
size Was ucdI COOuleuienb.
'Cheaps Sailors.
1t is currently reported that the officers
of one of the Liverpool steamers lately ar
rived, are considerably excited over the
crew shipped in Liverpool. Most of these
men are said to come from The workhouse,
and only about one-ffth of the men ship
ped as ablebodied seamen knew the differ
ence between a ships bow and her stern.
The officers had to do the greater portion
of the ships work on the outward voyage,
and they will not go to sea again with the
same crew.
An 0VerWOrked AttGrney.GeneraI.
The case Of Robert Bleakly, who shot
bis niece, Maud Merrill, in a house of i'll
fame shors time ago, was called to-day.
The counsel for the prisoner asked for
postponement of the trial until commits
sion 70 be appointed has taken testimony in
Ireland relative to the insanity of Bleak
ley's father. The case goes over till Mon
day. During the argument of counsel for
Bleakly, ,she said he was ready to try the
case of Louis Resenger in the Tombs on
charge of homocide, when the District
Attorney astonished the court by stating
that he had never heard of the case.
Doomed to Die.
Nixon, who was yesterday sentenced to
be hanged, remains in a most pitiable con-
dition in his cell. he is only kept alive by
stimulsnts. His wife was with him this af-
ternoon, and the scene was the most psin-
ful that can be imagined. Unless some
change takes place, it is believed he cannot
live until the time fixed for his execution.
A Profitable Divorce.
Georgianna Alden obtained an order of
arrest yesterday that her divorc-
ed husband might be prevented leaving
the State until the last judgment of the
court had been settled. Alden subsequent
ly paid over to the woman fifty thousand
dollars cash, and the order of arrest was
vacated.
The Goodrich Inquest.
The inquest in the Goodrich case was re.
sumed this evening. DR.. Speer testified
He was of the opinion that the deceased had
received the wounds in the morning. Did
not think it possible that the deceased could
have committed suicide.
Detective Folke believed Goodrich must
have been killed in the morning, as there
was a clean, perfumed handkerchief in his
pocket.
Frank w. Williams testified that the de-
ceased made purchases at his drug store.
fbe medicines were those used for disor-
dered st ate OF health in a female.
Reuben Smith testified. He is the ply.
sician and friend of the deceased. Went to
the house in DeGraw street, and saw a
woman there. Had seen her before at his
house in New York. Goodrich asked him
to examine her. He did SO and found her
three months pregnant. Goodrich asked
him to produce an abortion. He refused,
but an abortion was produced, he believed,
by man named Butts. Did not know
where Butts lived. Did not remember the
name of Kate Stoddard. Deceased said
she was woman of violent temper. Wit
ness could identify her if he saw her. Mrs.
Myers is not the woman. The invest iga-
ton lasted till after midnight.