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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-18
MARINE COuRI-pAaT 3.
A Bond Transacfion.

Before Judge Rowland.
Jacob Fischer vs. Magnus Gross.-This case came IN
for second trial on Wednesday last, ana continued
through the greater part yesterday. Plaintiffs story
he wanted 10 raise money, and offered to sell him
certain securities which he declined, and that then
produced $1,000 bond Of Buena Vista county, Iowa. pay
able in four years with ten per cent interest which he
agreed purchase for S775 defendants representa-
ton that 1t was good as gold and that he would hold
himself responsible for the payment of both principal
and interest that the interest not being paid when due
he plant wrote out to Iowa but could get satisac-
he informed that these bonas were over ISSUE
and that descendant offered to refund him his money with
interest which he did TO the Of $685. then
stopped and refused 10 make further payments II
ant Induced the purchase with design to iaIentenay
defraud but techuieal fraud was alleged in the making
Gross, taking the wsess stand, totally denied pla
ts statement to the proposition raise money
bond Whatever, but being asked by genteman~a Col.
onel Smezer-who came ayorably introduced to him,
such bends he sent him to Mr. ssieren Sroke =.
through whom the plaintiff obtained purchaser
he n %a semi w. Go told S Sa
USone Sme d to be an M
they were not genuine and that toreupon the purchase
age being handed Mr.. Gross and BY him 10 smeltzer
and that representations the goodness OF the
nave repeated as having been said BY smcitser and TIC
Clerk Of Buena Vista county, who was also in New
was unable to Collect his money after Sending him
several times 20 Smezer he felt morally bound 70 return
his GIossg RECOMMENDATION Of smslt1er, and did in
a pay In 1ack o son WHICH ne
witnesses called their testimony being principally
The action. The case was summed up at conside rabIe
length by COUNSEL and the jury, after absence
beas Tie daeren Between sS and @ % Gr
calculated Tor the times OF the various payments on &C
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to Zone by the state officers were acts they were law
tuhy empowered TO do, illegal and wrongful acts
done under color of State laws but without valid power
right and IL the latter ascertaaed he The fact
II had power to restrain these acts II Is then held that
the grant to the road is contract between il and the
state, made by competent authority which cannot be
repealed, and that the acts OF the state officers
planned OF unauthorized, and not within their
official discretion, and were therefore, within the re-
sraning power Of the Court. The decree is afirmed
Mr. Justcd Swayne delivered the opinion Of the Court
Mr. Justice Davis read dissenting opinion, In which
the CHIEF Justice concurred holding that the bill should
have been dismissed because the suit was IN reality
against the State and asserting that by the decision me
state deprived Of the power to dispose In It's own way
OF It's public lands.
No. 2O2 Lyon ct al Brown ct aL-Error to the Cir
cult Court for the Middle district of Aabama-Ths was
abel to confirm and test the title to the Bibb County
IRON Works and Rolling Mills formerly the property OF
the confederate States, in Lyon ct al as purchasers
from the government under proceedings IN con;
nscaueh Brown ct al, exhibiting pardons claimed
As owners alleging that the property was sold
NOT useM IN e interest OF the rebean with their con-
sent The Court below dismissed the libe went
70 determine the rights raised by IT, and decided that
brown ana MS associates we're entitled to the property
ana ABUSED their conflicting claims 1t held,
SUBSTANTIALLY, that the Court without Jurisdiction,
the property having already vested in the United
States by ca ptre from the and there being
no seizure nor subject OF seizure and title passed
10 the purchasers BY the government is valid De-
cree reversed with direction dismiss the whole case
Mr.. Justice Clifford delivered the opinion
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-18
Irregularities I'm thc New York Revenue
Eialricta.

In Yesterdays HERALD under the head OF the washing
ton dispatches, appeared statement relating TO heavy
defalcaon In the Second district Of this city and which
also contained reflection upon the Supervisor Of Now
York. who authorizes the publication OF the following
facts as they actually exist
1t appears that Commissioner Douglass sent an agent
to the Second district to examine into some of the ac-
counts Of the defautng collector Joshua =. Bailey
From some indications observed by this agent
during the two weeks he spent In the ex-
animation OF the books in the Office of Collector
1readYe, he was led 10 suspect that the unsolicited
taxes held ceectable on lists from three TO nine
months old should be Immediately paid in. On reouir
ing this to be done the Collector and his deputies did
with great speed gather in at least pay in some
ortyiive thousand dollars within two days The list Of
these payments was copied by the Department clerks
making the examination in Treadwells office and taken
70 Washington, This list was Immediately referred TO
supervisor Hawley for investigation, and IL was
found that about twenty eight thousand dol
lars Of the amount had been actually paid by
the respective taxpayers during period of IRON three 10
Immediately in all their details by letter and in nerson 10
the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue and upon this re-
port prompt and decided action taken and
the renewal OF Collector T-endwe followed Supervisor
Hawey must receive the credit handling this case in
an energetic manner and Is fully sustained by the
ment In every respect -
Mr. Hawey states that there not one case Of unco
lected taxes which Is chaFgeabe 70 collector otsde
OF the Second district TO the amount any OF the
districts q the state OF New York, the limits vi which
embrace his territory.
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TIE WIFE MURDER.

Continuation of tho Trial of George
Sheffiin-He Will Not Plead TO Man.
slams hter-His Mothers Story About
the killing Of HIS wife-TerribIc Pic
turc of Drunken Degradation and De-
pravity-Shemin's Good Cha racter and
His Wife's Bad Characteristic Own
Statement.
The trial OF George shen for the murder of his wife
was resumed yesterday morning before Judge Brady in
the Court of Oyer and Termner the court ROOM as on
the two previous days, being densely crowded For
nearly threcquarters OF hour after the opening of
Court Mr.. William F. Howe and Abe II. Hummel the
prisoners counsel abored vigorously to induce him TO
plead guilty TO manslaugher in the second degree Dis
trict Attorney Phelps having sgniaed his willingness to
accept such plea.
..You arc you must remember" whispered Mr. Howe.
but loud enough heard throughout court room
such the urgent cagerness of his entreaty indicted
for murder In the first degree ana the jury may find you
guilty Of this crime and then you will be hung"
~ am innocent of MURDER insisted shenn. II will
take my chances with the jury
$50 you insist upon going on with the deencef' pur.
sued Mr.. Howe
II insist" said Shenlin with marked emphasis
Mr.. HowE's OPENING.
Mr. Howe, finding his persuasive powers lost upon his
Client proceeded to open The He has rarely spoken
more eoQuenty or fcengy. The case, he began, in
no respect one of murder Great had been taken in
their selection to have but married men on the
Jury. The circumstances such they could best
Judge Of the aggravauon inducing prisoner
life OF his wife. Never until the present sad
occasion had he ever been accused Of crime. lie was
IN the highest degree respectable though belonging to
the humble and hardworking class He entitled to
tne same care, respect consideration IL he be
ionged to the wealthy class The District Attorney had
said that this was sickcninG case from the conempa-
uon o. which the mind turned with horror At first as
pcct 1t would look so. A woman was found nude and
covered with bruises and her scalp nearly torn off, Alter
MI the iact OF the scalp being was the only hor
rbe feature In the He would endeayor TO explain
ns 20 .nem and rob the OF is seeming
morrors " lns respect His wife had long led dssoute
MT. nnu hau .et MN three weeks for the vilest
PURPOSES lie uad little and an aged father and
molAeb ~ VI 'hom wero In Court to sympathize
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THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Meeting to Consider tho Best Means Of
Opening the Harlem River and Spuv-
ten Duyvil Creek.
special meeting OF the Chamber of Commerce was
held yesterday afternoon to hear The report Of Commit
fee No. on Canals i'll reference to the opening of Tho
spuyen Duyyil Greek and the Harlem River They were
only able to progress the reasons set forth in
the suboned report The matter referred back to
the committee, with power
Committee No g. to whom was referred the preamble
and resolutions in reference 10 the Improvement OF the
Harlem River, beg leave 10 report as foows:-
The committee have tried in vain 10 get conv Of be
blu referred to pending in the Legsa nd there
fore unable yet 10 report its proyisons They
also nnd that full 10 improve The Harlem River
have been given to the Commissioners of Public Parks.
that bulkhcad lines have been agreed ON and other nre
liminary steps taken. They further lind that during the
administration OF the ring private charter for the i'm
provement of the Harlem River granted and that
there is danger that any legislation expenditure with
out the previous repeal OF that charter might accrue
SIMPLY to the benefit OF the company in que stion.
Under these circumstances In view of the abse NJ
the proper information and the urgent of na
the whole matter carefully examined before Chamer
act the and also Of the fact that il too a IL in
the present the Legislature secure prsner
action the committee beg leave ask that consera
ton of the matter be postponed that they have further
time 10 report
JOHN taylor JOHNSTON, Chairman.
APRIL u.s. 1873 - "'
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UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
WASHINGTON, April IL. 1873,

WASHINGTON, April H. 1873.
No. 80 Davis Governor, and Knechler, Commissioner
Of the General Land olcc Of Texas Gray Receiver
Of the Memphis Ell Paso and Pacific Railroad Company
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Western District
Texas-This bill filed by the receiver OF the railroad
to restrain the state officers from granting patents
tain sections OF the public lands of the State in violation
OF grant made to the road by Of the Legislature
Of the provisional State in 1906 tho officers taking the
view that the law making the grant void, because
the act Of the provisional Legislature, and also
lhslsns at had been repealed by the new c0nstitu
ton OF the state; The judgment was for the road
on and the case came here the state officers
contendin that the bill should have been dismissed be-
cause the State wasethc real defendant and the Court
was therefore, without Jurisdictions and IL insisted
that py the decision below, the Federal Court has inter-
iereu 20 control the action Of the State public officer hay
Ing N cnage the disposition OF the public lands IL IL
here ned a IN that al the property Of the road
by the SUIT 20 which the receiver appointed. had
persons from Jurisdiction 70 restrain any ana a
f iep INJURY upon III. and that By viz
twas Its duty 70 deterne whether the acts threatened
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-18
COURT OF SESSIONS.
The Notorious Criminal Norton Sent to
the state Prison for Twenty Years.

Before Judge Moore.
Edward Norton, of the most noted and desperate
criminals Of the arragned in tho Court of
sons yesterday morning and pleaded guilty to an indct-
ment for burglary. There other indictments
of similar character against him Nortons career has
been remarkable Beginning his course lawless-
in his youth his first great exploit robbery ana
arson in New Jersey, An old lady who resided in the
reas ~ d@rng hS ne ne Ta he about twenty
Prison at Trenton for the term of twenty years.
he engaged in w reyo With some On oRsr convict.
the prison officers and after that conducted himself very
term he pardoncd principally through tie efforts Of
COMMITTEE Of the New jersey nssemby i No ss r pro
ised to reform and Mr. Pope gave him money 10
pursued very different course than he had Promised
Mh one G re e oer aa ire n @ %as 70
Pope his bsneiaetor near Paterson The gang gagged
LocEfp Mr.. rorr IN A CLOSET,
and then robbed the house of about six dollars
wards concerned in other roberes in New Was ercv
f lie saf haze o hot Sey for hum nd he s
around BroCkiyn after that A. but one night about two
IN Marcy avenue The credit OF the arrest due to
proving the Veny ha hight and ooM M%
him until he caught him breakng into the house
led to the recovery of about thousand dollars worth
be % be GhGT S nor s i
Pope, who had read Of his arrest in the HERALD came
cned being in the robbery at NJ Popea
@ as ssa edy MSIa m
he e9Sid m bear Tor ,he rest o. his Ire"
Prison for The term Of twenty years lie received his
neutrality-suspicious.
Theodore Ferguson plead guilty burglary in the third
degree and Judge Moore sentenced him 10 the pentcn
uary for four years and six months
assncd os their a '0ner' were afrAsnsd ana days
The Court then adjourned.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-18
TONES POLICE COURT.
Chatham street Concert automatically
Costly Champagne-A United states
Marine the Vfctim-Judge Bowling on
the Situation.


Marine the Vfctim-Judgc Bowling on
the Situation.
Before Judge Bowling
The concert saloons in Chatham and the Bowery
have been frequently described In the papers Raid:
innumerabe have been made upon them and their
vicious inmates arrested but still they flourish and bust
hrves in them with undated vgor Nearly every
day strangers in the city-sodicrs and scafarng
cspcciallyare lured into these deps drugged robbed
and even murdered and is the WISER Occasion
ally when case of Of this Kind does come to light = e
guilty sfe,thus enabled q escape lasilce;
returned ON the 18th inst from
- THREE YEARS CRUISE
had about one hundred and seventy dollars in his
Red % hs On a' ss
nee by one Of the sirens She asked him 70
inmates ma same and the Vent sasE
nscordns Seyer sasa ey Saa
- ..,s.s osE SMALL BOTTLE or Ri,lSr wins -
s oas *
called Chatham street saloon and saw the barr r.
Sat BEEN pe. By
A. the purchase Of wine he having ordered no less
FIVE DOLLARS BOTTLE.
aa hsn e s' an. nSufs aSs s
r we sn Cash S the ana sS e S
Emma and Amelia Smith. Yesterday aiierncon he
three WORTHLESS were brought before Judge bowling, at
the Toabs Police Court His Honor listened attentivey
TO the marines story, questioned him closely and
ceived satisfactory answers Ne then turned TO Cash
wine.
Judge--How many bottles and how much a bottle
Cash-Thirty-four bottles, IS dc bottle.
for concert saloon swi There must be something wrong
%y Ss%SSeG S:G q S5 En'
Judge bowling burning 10 the marine) You make an
afhdavit and will hold all three Of the parties The
idea Of such things being allowed within stoaes throw
The marine made the necessary AFFIDAVIT, and Cash
and the two girls were committed In default Of S5O
His Honor then directed an officer TO take the marine
70 the barracks aud inform tho commandau that uplcss
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APPRAIsING CITY PROPERTY.
Numbering Stupidity OF the Commissions
of the Sinking Fund--A Fat Job
That Was Not Sc Fat After All-Three
Months Work and Two Years Hope
fuI Waiting, and All for Nothing.

Some two years will be rendered, the Com
missoners of the Sinking Fund employed Anthony j.
Blocker Cortlandt Palmer and Adrian H. Muller TO ap-
praise the city property. Tho job originated in the
suggestive brain Of Mr. Richard -. Connolly then CITY
Comptroller. The theory that it was necessary to
have the real value OF the city property known
in order to negotiate advantageousy In the
European markets loan of s20o0o,OOO on
sinking tuHd bonds After the appraisers
the city property $24oO0OO0 it was sought at first
under the usual per cent allowance. to extract some
$l5,00l from the city treasury for tho work dene The
Commissioners OF The Sinking Fund thought this an
extTayagant price and voted to pay them $1,000
Green he thought this amount extravaganza and
said he would pay them only $4,000 each Meantime
Mr. Palmer refused to receive any pay and Mr. Muller
concluded to wait the disposition made of Bleeckers
and failing In his effort to obtain In the Supreme Coura
mandamus directing the Comptroller pay the amount
Of his claim brought suit in the Court Of Common Pleas
against the city,
Judge Larremore Mr. Beecker the principal witness
lie told how he lost thirty pounds
the work. and had subsequently sustained $50000 dam
ages in his business through delay in being paid He
the labor imposed upon them, dying before
the work, which occupied three months was Completed
Mr. DeaH Assistant Corporation Counsel moved TO dis
miss the complaint He urged dismissal principally ON
did not have authority to order the work done and
that there was no appropriation from which TO pay the
amount claimed
Judge Larremore confessed that II was a hard case
1t evident that the work should be paid for the
law law, he could find nothing In the statutes
authorizing its direction by the Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund He, therefore was compelled to grant
the motion, and dismiss the complaint
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An Attempt to Observation-Disclosures
ing stolen (sOods.

ing StOicn HOOOss
Two young men, named Charles Mathews and Henry
d. Brown, who stated that they belonged in Boston,
brought at the Jefferson Market Police Court yeser
day, before Justice Ledwh, charged with attempt
poison Daniel d. Tredwell, Of laS Ninth avenue The lat
ter testified that the prisoners one of whom he was
quainted with called upon him at his residence Thurs
day and asked him to out with them. He consented
and together they visited various drinking saloons In
one OF them his attention attracted tor moment by
one OF the prisoners while the ether poured
a portion Of the contents Of vial into
q glass of ale he was about to drink. he
observed that the ale drugged, after drinking por
tol OF IT, and through the proprietor OF The place the
two men were arrested. The liquor, poured into the
glass proved to be Dr. Brownies chorodyne, patent
medicine, and powerful anodyne. The prisoners were
sis IN order to The Of ~ ingredients
CHARGED with burglary in breaking into the distlery Of
lag away quantity of brandy and other property the
value OF $O2 he was committed in default OF 81 QUO
bail to answer.
james Murphy, of 80 vandam street. charged with
breaking into the premises Isl varick street occupied by
Elisha Wilcox the night Of the 18th instant and steal
ing quantity OF hsh and oysters valued at $50 He was
committed In default of $4,000 bail to answer.
Peter Lynch OF 81 Cherry street. arraigned on the
charge OF receiving stolen property The c0mplanan MT
julius Berllner testified that Henry Meyers stole
from him eight pairs OF shoes OF the value of $50 and
that he solo the same TO the prisoner for 81 Lynch
was committed in default of $500 bail to answer.
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THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL.
Suit Against Henry &. Bowen for
SIOO.0OO DAMAGES.

The publication in Henry @. Bowcn's paper of certain
statements touching Mr.. Thomas w. Field superintend-
en Of the Brooklyn public schools and referring to the
meeting between Mrs Field and Mrs. Thomas Kinsea
Coney Island road hotel has been regarded by Mr.
Field gross libel his character and he there
fore instituted action against Bowen for 500 oJ
damages. The complaint in the been filed in
the City Court of Brooklyn and the main points embod-
led in II are follows
That on the 10th day Of April 1873 the defendant was
the proprietor publisher and editor the Rrookly
daily Union newspaper published in the city Of Brook.
That the Paintla j., ana long time has been
resident o. he sad city OF Brooklyn having ned in said
That on tas = i, day q March sz the plaintiff
schools Of the city Of brooklyn by majority OF The votes
OF the Board OF Education the said city and that he Is
as sna ne Dsss Of ra
SAID S e p ss
h so ns PSs at ID s
manded; - ~
@ q q e and Always
That ti BIZ avn %ils pm xe' w. Fe sd WE
was az Gne e e kasea editor :. the Brooklyn E
Education OF the city Of Brookya and resident Of said
Tna, as the plaintiff is informed and believes the said
be elected the ONCE Of saperne Of
Public schools q said city voted for the Paint for
ever nusnee hs painsa we're SS Sased
u'Hn I'M aofendsn %e ST SS petition
said 10th day OF April 1873 malic olsy wrote prepared
and published concerning the planti in said
called cal Tue BrSsctlyn DAILY Uo az the city Of Brooklyn
Poor Tom Field (meanng the plantif.) And you,
700 meaning the plaintnl the superintendent OF the
fubc schools! You, poor fellow (meanng the paintln
were appointed 70 your position by Kinseila. What
price you neaning the PLAINTIFF paid for your honors and
p6n, .n We PITY y29" meanng the painhn
and malicously wrote and published said article in sa
newspaper with intent TO charge this plaintiff with
having Dcen elected to the position OF MT of
Public Schools in shameful and dshonorable manner
through the influence of the said Kinsea, member OF
co posfh q ad1caton As aforesaid and with intent to
wicked, unlawful and criminal intimacy between Inc
said kinsela and the wife OF the plaintiff 10 obtain he
vote ana uence OF the said knsela position Of
supernendent Of Public schools nd that he did obtain
the position OF superintendent of Public schools
t,ing SUCH criminal Intimacy between hs wife and the
That by reason Of the premises the plaintiff has been
Injured ~ his reputation and credit to his damage
:
The complaint was served last evening
it's understood that Mrs Field also intends to bring
suit against Mr. Bowen for alleged bcllous ments
concerning her which were made IN the same issue Of
Bowen's paper. "a -