The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-08-01
Our Ne1c York Letter.

SECRET CRIMES OF THE METROPOIIs-I-S
WITNESSED AND UNDETECTED MYSTERIES
--STAGE-sTRUCk. GiRLs-How THE BAL.
LEI is REINFoRCED-A SCENE AT THE
DESTRUCTION OF MARKET NUIsA y NCEs-
THE BROOKLYN TRUST STEAL.
lFrom Our Special Correspondent
/ NEW YORK, July 90, 1878.
/ SECRET CRIMES
AS IWo men We're rowing in East River,
on iWenty-eighth street, the other evening,
4 large steamer stirred ub the waters and
IeNeaied the body of a woman, which the
two men secured. The body of a boy a bout
eight years of age was tied to the woman s
I rght foot while AROUND her left arm was
a rope the end of, which held pieces of flesh
indicating that still another body had been
fastened to her. The woinaIi's remains
showed the marks of dreadful struggle.
A woman III the crowd which gathered on
the wharf claimed to recognize the dead as
one whom she had seen sitting on the wharf
near where the body was picked up, and
nothing more seems to be known of the
horrible mystery. This case naturally suE-
gests the many crimes which go unwitness-
ed and often undetected in this great CITY
Inc BODY of the woman was held down by
weight of stones and nothing but the
mighty churning of the wheels of a great
steamer could have raised it TO the surface
| he tying of the two dead bodies together
and the preparation of the weight shows a
great deal of deliberation There was a
terrible struggle, for the woman's face
SHOWS that, and yet no Outcry testified to,
and the deliberate preparations TO conceal
the murder, and the, throwing of the bodies
from the wharf, all unwitnessed. 1t is full
OF terrible suggestions Of the secret crimes
of the metropolis.
HOW THE BALEET is REINFORCED.
n l-alA III -, -. =
witnessed at Niblo's Theatre on FRIDAY
morning. In response to a short advertise
ment III one of the morning papers. over
three hundred girls, none of whom 'shad
ever appeared on any stage applied for
positions in the dancing and extra ballet
for the forthcoming "Black Crook 1t
was study for a philosopher to observe
what a motley crew. of the softer sex as
sembled They did not seem to be confined
to the lower classes, as might be reason
ably supposed, but many of the applicants
seemed to come from the medium strata of
society. They were all neatly and prettiIv
dressed, and from the assembled multitude
the management selected q hundred and
nifty of the most attractive, personally, and
we shall have chance to see them about
August 18th.
TOUCH OF THE LUDICROUs.
At the demolition of the Washington
Market booths the other night one incident
occurred which attracted attention. Mrs
Martha O'DOnhell, a booth holder of large
proportions and yiyaCiOus tendencies, seat
ed upon box near her booth. harangued
a multitude of her associates and number
of idle spectators. In voice heard for
considerable distance around, she said
Il am Mrs. Martha O'Donnell, the A No. 1
fat woman of Washington Market. came
into this market weighing 200 pounds and
NOW weigh 345 pounds. I have been here
fifteen yearS, have paid SIS month, have
made 500, 600 and intend to make $780,
600 more. have farm of ten acres on
Long Island; support husband like gen
tleman and family in luxury, and l give
them fast horses and carriages with which
to enjoy themselves. / have stood the
most. intense cold in winter without fire,
and the greatest heat of summer, and have
never taken cold or been o@erheated'' She
concluded by saying that there were loads
of manure nowlying in the cellars of Wash
ington Market which had never been dis
turbed, and the lessees were not troubled
for reasons Best known to the Board of
Health.
MIS-TRUST.
The deposjtOrs of the Brooklyn Trust Co.
are promised dividend Of fifty per cent.
on the lth of August. Affairs at the Office
Of the Company remain unchanged. Mr..
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