The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-05
NEW YORK CITY.

eFS IN all IN BEOOhIyuO awaiting ulhI VI
the charge Of forgery and check raising,
were detected yesterday, attempting to
make their escape. A keeper heard the
sound Of hammering in the cell occupied
by the prisoners, and on examination 1t
was found that they had looSened the
stones Of the prison walls by means OF
chisels, q jackscrew and hammer. a
confederate was subsequently seen on the
outside with ropes and hooks, but he got
of.
The remains Of Charles NJ. Bsrras, au.
thor OF Black Crook, killed Sunday even.
ing, was buried yesterday at Greenwood.
The funeral services took place in the
Episcopal church at Greenwich, Connec-
tiCut.
The farewell reception Of Miss Emily
Faithful took place yesterday, IN Stein
way Hall. DR.. Bellows presided, and on
the platform were many members OF the
Sorosis and friends Of the movement for
the advance Of woman.
Nixon, sentenced TO be hung on the 10th
Of May, has completely broken down, and
tho prison officers say, from present indt.
cations, II he does not die Of fright he will
have to be carried TO the gallOws. On
reaching his cell after sentence yesterday,
he cried most bitterly, and subsequently
was found utterly unconscious. His vile
was refused permission to see him.
Mary Thomas, aged 10 years, who left
her husband because Of his drunkenness
and abuse, died yesterday in Bellevue
Hospital, whittier she was sent the day
before from the police station, where she
had given birth to child. She Informed
q police captain that alter leaving her
husband she found work and entered q
girls lodgings, who obliged her TO leave
on learning that she was near conhne-
ment.
The proprietors OF a number OF hotels
in this city announce that they will enter.
lain, free Of charge, oil the passengers ol
The Atlantic passing through here to their
destination.
Gcorgiana Alden obtained au order OF
arrest yesterday that her divorced hus-
band might be prevented from leaving the
State until the last judgment OF the court
lNd been settled. Alden subsequently
paid over to the woman $4,000 cash, and
.he order OF arrest was vacated.
Ten thousand dollars worth Of laCes
las been seized by the custom officers on
he steamship Algeria.
Richard Schell and number OF Wall
trcCt brokers propose legal proceedings,
t is said, against the gold clique TO recOv.
r $50, 100000 damages, alleged to be sus'
aimed by the city and county Of New
York by the conspiracy with which the
;lique Is charged. The investigation, he
.lsO states, was made in violation Of the
lsury law by officers Of the national
ranks and others.
Judge Woodruff this morning granted
! writ OF hAbeas corpus returnablc on
Monday, In the case Of George McDonnell,
# the Bank of England forgery notorlety,
IN the ground that the otFense charged Of
to dofraud Is not covered by
he exlradltion treaty.
The case Of Robert Bleakly, who shot
lis niece, Maud Morrill,, in a house Of i'll.
anne, short time ago, was called to-day.
The counsel for the prisoner asked for
,ostponement of the trial till commits
ion to be appointed has taken the esti.
nony in Ireland relative 10 the insanity
3leakly's father. The case goes over till
Ionday. During the argument Of
counsel for Bleakly, he said he was ready
o try the case Of Louis Resinager, In tho
ombs on charre Of homicide, when the
District Attorney astonished the Court by
tating that he never heard Of the case.
1t Is currently reported that the officers
t one of the Liverpool steamers which
ately arrived, are considerably OK.
tied over the crew shipped in Liver
oOl. Most of these men are said to have
ONE from the work house, and only
bout one.ffth OF the men shipped as
seamen know the difference
etween the ships bow and stern. The
iflcers had 10 do the greater portion Of
40 ships work on the outward voyage,
nd they will not go tosea again with the
lme crew.
Nixon, who was yesterday sentenced to
Q hanged, remains in a most pitiable
OndiLiOn in his cell, and he Is only kept
p by stimulants. His wife was with
i'm this afternoon, and the scene In the
ell was the most painful that can be i'm
ginGd. Unless some change takes place
is believed he cannot live until the time
xed for his execution. Il
The President and family will attend
le theatre this evening. At the cOnclu.
on Of the performance, a banquet will
@ given them at DelmOniCO's, by Henry
lewS, to which a large number ol the
rominent citizens have been invited.