The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-21
NEW YORK CITY.

| .,4 4ANEWG YORK CITY. 'sal
NEW YORK. Oct. 20 Complaints hay
been lodged with the police commissioner
against certain detectives and officers 70
their actions In connection with the arres
OF George Med Donnel, the bank Of Eng
land forger, charging generally that tb,
officers had been guilty Of malleasance
The course pursued by the detectives Il
connection with that arrest, was Of th,
time the subject Of unfavorable comment
James Irving and, Phillip Failey Of thl
detective force were responsible fol
MacD Donnel In the criminal charge o
forgery, and deputy Sheriff Judson Jarvil
for the seizure and attachment Of al
property that might be found In McDon
nel's possession. The detectives die
not aid the deputy Sheriff, but Il
was alleged that they procured theil
detection on the quarantine boat while
they went on board the Thurilgis and
made the arrest When Mr.. Jarvis aud
his sssistant was allowed 10 board the
steamship and serve their writs Of at
tachment they were disappointed TO find
only very small portion Of the proceeds
Of the iorgers. Not o single bond was
found. Tie lawyers were ;Bnpprised al
the result Of the search, ,as they hadzin.
formation that the greats portion Of tho
proceeds Of the foreeries, $500, 900 In gold,
were upon: Med onnepa person. After
learning the circumstances Of the deputy
sherifPs detentiongtheyI directed him to
serve attachments upon the detective Off.
GERS named, also upon the superintendent
Of police, James ]. Kelsey. It Is said the
papers In the case will be laid before the
grand jury when the statements contain
in themmayi be definitely known u
Rev. DR.. Newman Hall, Of London, at
the conclusion Of his sermon last evening,
called attention to the monument which
was about to be erected In connection
with his chapel In London by the work.
the memory. OF Abraham Lin.
coln.s He reminded hisf hearers that
during their great civil war the SYM
pathizers with the Federal powers held
meetings in his church in London, and
that 1t was at their instigation the rhonu.
ment of Lincoln was about 10 be erected.
He said the amount required for It's com.
pletion would DO 2, 900 pounds; that they
would be able TO raise hall that amount
in England; and that he had no doubt that
the people OF the United States would con.
tribute theremainder. la1i. ~ -
Gen. Van Buren,, the Commissioner
to the Vienna Exposition, has arrived
here from Europe. -.
The Herald has q letter stating that
Colonel Hughes, the Republican candi-
date for Governor Of Virginia, Is ineligi-
bic, having conveyed q challenge to duel
to Albert Fowler, Of Bristol, Tennessee,
in 1870. The constitution Of Virginia
prevails that no person who knowingly
conveys a challenge shall be allowed to
vote or hold any Office ofhonor, profit or
trust.
FItis reported here that a tow Of thirty.
five canal boats on the Hudson river,
loaded with grain, broke loose early this
and twenty-five or thirty were
sunk opposite Strong Point, with men,
women and children on board. I'D
Large failures are reported at London
on Friday last, which has q depressing
effect In New York. .s'a + - '3sses
Friedrich Il; Sherwlp, one of The arres-
led, bankers of Charles Fl. Phelps, de-
|aulting cashier in the State Treasury De.
partment had not given bail up to noon
lo.day. He was ut his office to-day in
charge Of two Deputy Sherifis writing to
bis friends 10 furnish the requisite amount.
Il appeares that -6herwin only rents the
furniture in the Office he occupies so that
though there are several attachments
against him in the hands Of the Sheriff,
he property cannot be seized. Phelps,
method Of procedure was similar TO that
't Rodman In Brooklyn, the money re.
nitted by the County Treasurer having
been pocketed instead Of deposited 10 the
States credit. nj. .,ai -gs,a Efiz
The races over the Pimlico course
nave been postponed TO Thursday next,
and will'be continued on Friday, Satur.
lay and Monday following. u
IL Is reported that State Attorney Gen.
,ral will demand Mayor Havemeyer' s re.
noval Of the Police Commissioners for
not acting upon the Observation-Disclosures
70 them relative to the alleged completely
,t the detectives in keeping the money
seized from McDonell, the bank of Eng
and forger, on his arrival here. The
amount thus obtained iS said to be about
100000. He also said If the Mayor
does not remove tho Police Commission.
ers, the Attorney General will request
Governor Dix 10 suspend Mayor Have.
meyer until the afialris investigated. One
Of the Police Commissioners stated 70. day
that the charges will be laid before the
Board tomorrow. Detectives Farley and
Irving, the two. thus implicated, say there
g no truth In the charge, and the court
closes the investigation. Jarvis states that
when he went to the steamer to arrest Nc
Donnell he was not allowed on board
whileboth Failey and Irving were there
and had arrested Mcdonnell and seized
some OF his effects. E q,
The Express Company to day,received
$4,000 ia currency, and 1t is'believed
other companys received enough from the
Interior 70 swell the aggregate to about
WI -
The trial Of ex. City Treasurer Sprauee
OF Brooklyn, was postponed till the 10Th
oil November. f3l
EIone thousand and one hundred emf
grants arrived to;day.J augrTsf
The United States Court Martial met
today at the army headquarters, corner Of
Greece and Houston streets, to investi.
gate the circumstances attending the
removal OF Colonel Gibbin, Superin.