The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-01
NEW YORK CITY.

New YoRK, June 90.-Prank Haver-
straw the German so brutally beaten or
The evening Of June 2Sd, died Saturday
night.
Board Of Supervisors, has not yet been ar
rested. He Is included In the recent ring
indictments.
James and Henry Holland have been
arrested in Brooklyn on the charge oil
causing their house there TO be fired Satur'
day. The affidavit alleges that the houses
owned by Holland In New York, Brook
lyn and Corn1eld, l.. l., have been wilful.
" burned and the insurance collected.
Samuel Jones, farmer at South Oyster
Bay, L. l., was.murdered on Friday aight
last, his body thrown into well, and the
house robbed. .....
The absence Of q iurYmRn made It nee.
essary 10 postpone the WalWorth trial I'm.
Ill this afternoon. The Court room was
crowded and women were numerous.
The trial Of Taintor, the detaulting
cashier oil tho wrecked Atlantic Bank,
is postponed until the October term, Mr.,
Rsynor, one the Directors. Is now In Eu.
rope, and tho defence alIege 1t will be
proven by him that Taintor speculRted
with the moneys OF the bank with the
knowledge Of the Directors.
Woodruff, Clafflin & Blood have been
indicted under the obscene publication
act oil 1872.
The Walworth trial was resumed this
morning, the missing jurynlau having
arrived. Mrs. WalWorth took the stand,
and after objections, which were overruled
BY the District Attorney, who said her
testimony should be confined 10 acts Of
insanity, she testified she was made
aware oi acts Of violence Of the deceased
IN the summer Of 1865.
Mrs. Walworth then continued, saying
that in the summer Of 1895, she had one
evening returned home, and was met by
Walworth with looks Of fury; their pre-
vious intercourse had been quito frequent;
but he seized her by the arm and dragged
her into room, saying he would
teach her not 10 leave him alone OF
an evening; and almost tore the clothes
Of her back; again In 1860 he arose
In the middle Of the night from his bed
and began swearing loudly atshis sister,
and acted in very violent manner. At
another time he caught her fingers In his
teeth and bit them severely. He had sud.
denly In the night time shook her until
she had tainted. These fits came on with
out any apparent cause.
To Mr. Phelps-0nly on one occasion
had these fits ofhis Immediately succeeded
their quarrels.
Z Mr.. O'ConOr said lie had another batch
of letters which he had wished TO
submit 10 the District Attorney and
the Court, but did not care to read them
10 the Jury, as he did not think they
would make uuy difference In this CASE.
One OF them was such as could not be
read openly in Court.
.Lemuel Hardin, of Louisville, Ky, q
brother Of Mrs. Walworth, testified to
the smiability Of Frank Waiworth.
General Martin 3. Hardin was next
sworn. Hc testified that In 1871, when
he was stopping ut the HOLMAN House,
one morning about 4 o'clock, while ho was
yet asleep, The. deceased had come into
bis room. Witness had not then fully re.
covered from the effects oil his wounds
and disease contracted in the army; when
lie came 10 deceased began to call for his
vile. Witness got up and proceeded to
dress himself and LETT the room, closing It
after him. Walworth followed and point
ed q pistol at him. Several persons COM
ing up, he was taken away by police.
man. Did not know Frank as well as his
brother did, but from the acquaintance he
had with him knew him to be good boy,
To Mr.. Phelps: Witness again described
the scene at the Hoffman House, saying
1t was about the time Mrs. Wslworth was
applying for divorce, At his request no
complaint was made against WaIworth.
Witness had received several letters from
the deceased, all Of which he had burned,
except the one read on Friday. He had
also received from him something to
blow HIM up in the shape Of powder and
balls,
Charles L. Pond said that he was q
student Of Union College at Schenectady,
and that he was an intimate friend Of the
prisoner; for the last year and a hall he
had noticed great change In his manner
and he became morose and moody. The
prisoner, Molly Barbour, his cousin and
the witness, had In April last started for
q walk; th0y had gone but a short dis.
tance when the prisoner suddenly attack.
ed him and threw him down, and upon
asking him what he meant, Frank made
no reply, he did not even look at his ques'
TONER and soon after wanted him TO take
tea with him. Ho never made any allu-
sion to his strangeconduct, and acted as
ifhe was not aware Of what he had done.
The witness was with him on tho Sunday
previous to theshooting when he acted as
Il he was sick. l..'''
Considerable additional testimony was
given as TO tho singular conduct OF the
prisoner.
Adjourned. ,... .-..-,.... q d.,
The body Of man found on Saturday,
on tho south beach OF Staten Island, was
recognized as that of Col. Lionel Percy, Of
Sidney, late of the British army, who has
been stopping at the De Soto House, In
Bleekef' street. BE left the hotel on the
2lst inst, 10 draw q large sum Of money
from his banker, and has not been seen
since. As no money was found. on his
person, foul play Is suspected. is
The First Gun of-Iho War.
WASHINGTON, June 8O.-The War De.
nartment will send TO West Point from