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in the Goodrich murder case is that Jas
W. Knox, a prisoner confined IN the
Kings county jail on the charge Of
forgery, claims to have information that
would result In the detection Of the muir
derer Of Goodrich, but refuses to disclose
unless the charge of forgery be dis
missed. He claims to have documents
to prove what he alleges, and says he
will dlvulge when he is released.
The Times Halifax special says peo-
pie are continually visiting the scene OF
the wreck. One hundred and sixty
bodies have been recovered, most oil
these being men, Only about thirty
women have so far aoated ashore. The
magistrate has all the ornaments,
watches, letters, ETC., in safe keeping for
Identification. Most Of the women aud
children we're calm and placid in ex-
preston. The vessel has settled further
into the water. Two or three hundred
vessels Of all sizes were lowering around
the wreck yesterday to pick up what
they could. The doctor Of the ship lies
sick at Prospect. Conyersing on the
disaster, he said, "Murderl murderll
murderlll It's strong language, but It
is the only word that ought to be used.
SorAe Of the bodies found are disigured
very much, notably those Of Miss Hew-
1T, Mr.. Metcalf, second officer, aud
Rice Merritt, second saloon passengers.
Government agents of the line here are
bringing them to Halifax and burying
them in the public cemetery and erect
ing monuments. Application was made
to the City Council yesterday for permits
sion, and the request was granted.
The Times special from Portland says
the steamer Falmouth arrived there at
two a. m. to-day. A number of the
Storage passengers of the Atlantic we're
on board. Several Of the survivors, on
landing, we're questioned as to the dis
aster. S. W. Wick, of Wilmington, North
Carolina, was rescued after clinging to
the rigging for eight hoursi be thinks
over three hundred persisted within the
first FIVE minutes after the ship struck.
VIM. Roberts, second purser Of the At
lantic, was aboard the Falmouth; he
gave a clear and detailed account of the
disaster. Great credit Of saving so many
lives rests with Quartermasters Owens
and Speakman; he thinks Captain Will
liams ran into Halifax to avoid a storm
which seemed impending.
Richard Schell, in conversation last
evening, said that if most thoroughly
searching investigation should be had
into the entire transactions Of the nefar
ious gold clique which had conspired to
defraud the people Of this city and rem
der the transactions Of business on any
sound basis an utter impossibility, he
was of the opinion, after consultation
with his legal adviser, that there would
be no difficulty in fixing the alleged
crime of conspiracy upon a number of
those whose completely in the affair has
not been discovered. In conclusion he
said: 1--WE have strong evidence on an
other point which will merit full inves-
tigation, and that is that prominent
banking firms have, since the recent
furry in money, been in the habit of
sending out their own clerks upon the
streets to buy up the price Of money,
and then eli orders themselves, thereby
pocketing handsome profit out of the
transaction"
A Halifax dispatch to the New York
Herald gives an interview with Captain
Williams in which he says that he con-
sidered the Atlantic sufficiently coaled
if it had net been for three days OF
heavy weather. He was quite certain Of
the position of the vessel on Monday
afternoon, and accounts for her being
so much out of the route afterward solely
in consequence Of the strength of the
current. he was in the chart-room when
the vessel struck, the light being clear
though overcast, and thinking the Sam
bro light only fifteen or twenty miles
distant he did not use the lead. He
considered Metcalf, the second officer,
perfectly competent to take charge or
he would have remained on the bridge
Nth him