Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-22
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE GAZETTEl
From New York.

New York, Dec. %. The Polish exiles in
this country propose to erect statue 10 Hos
ciusko 10 Central Park.
The committee of the church of the Pilgrim
and Clinton Avenue church, Brooklyn, have
addressed long letter to Henry Ward Bceclier
and the members of Plymouth church d,clar
ing that UNCONVENTIONAL aIliaoce with that
church will be suspended should they aft III
the previous proclamation of the right OF Ply
mouth church to judge in every case what tel
lowship, advice or assistance may, according to
the laws OF Christ, properly be offered by or
received from other churches.
Harry Genet, who was found guilty Of fraud
on Friday last, has taken flight. Since his con
vicinn he has been 10 the custody 1T deputy
sheriff Shields at lis r, sldeucc. Shields sat up
with him last night until three o. clock. Gene;
then asked permission 10 60 up stair, to sec
his wife. SAYING it may be the last time -
Shields was sati,fed it Was ali right, as he had
allowed him to do The same thing the night
previous and he had returned promptly. :
Shields lelt tatguel aud fell asleep, not awak
ing until o'clock this morning.. when he dis
covered that his prisoner was not to be found.
He spoke to Mrs Genet, tut she denied that
she had seen her husband at all, aud said that
he did MT come up STAIRS. Shields then went
to the central office and lufJrmcd Superllen-
dent Matsei Of the escape. a general alan
was Immediately telesraphcd over The city.
In the Court Of Oyer and Terlnlner to-day
the Judge characte lied the escape OF net as
gross neglect and gross misconduct On he part
Of the deputy sheriff but until it was asccr
tanned whether tie efforts for his rccapturc are
successful, no steps should be lakeu III the mat
ter .t.
Michael Norton Thomas Conan. John J.
Walsh and George S Miller, ex-liug country
C 'urt house commissioners, were called to-day
for trial on the charge OIL! mlsdemeanor while
In office the defendants failed to app ar
Their racogrlZancc were then forfeited on all
the indictments with the exception OF one
against Conan, who is in Washington.
Andrew j. Smith, indicted the same as the
ubove, appeared, aud plead not guilty
EX- Mayor Hall was III court all the morning
with his COUNSEL but his case was nor called.
I. Supposed Robbery and Murder.
NEW York, Dee % About half past t"o
this a. H. cries of murder were heard from a
window in five story tenement house No. 20
Broume street. Officers entering the building
tIuud the body Of "a man lying il pnn of blood
with his throat Gu; from ear tn ear and on Gu
t.'rinr the 70 m OF the deceased tnuui the dead
body Of young woman with her throat cut
The walls aud stairway we're literally covered
with bl jod from The room where the dead body
of the woman was found 20 the second landlug
where the body Ut the nun vas found. 1t was
Ii ST believed he deceased, Michael Ryan, haG
cut his sister S throat and then his Dwn. but the
police On n,ti;utiug a search found 'he vest OF
the murdered man on the root The button
hole which held the watch chain was puled out
and the y JcketS riff ID. a box in which the de-
ceased kept his bank book was missing aud on
the stairs Leading TO the roof as well as there
on, bare feet prints were found, AID 1t is the
belief of the police that robbery aud murder
has been committed So lar ~ clue TO the per
petrat0r has been discovered.