Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-06-23
Eastern Dispatches.

New YORK, June 90 VIM. J. Brown,
the notorious counterfeiter from Cincin-
natl, who escaped sometime ago from the
Ludlow Street Jail, was placed on trial
yesterday in the criminal branch Of the
United States Circuit Court, on q charge
of attempting to sell counterfeit two dol
lar and ten dollar national currency
notes. These notes had, after their cap
ture from Brown, been placed in safe
in the Office OF the secret service division
by General Mauck. The notes were not
produced on trial, and to prove their
loss. the testimony of Colonel Elmer
Washburne, Misses Emma Ralph and
Rebecca Moore, of the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington, and Detectives
Kennock and Porter. was given. Brown
withdrew his plea Of not guilty to plead
guilty. and was renamed for sentence.
VIM. H. Willis, the holder OF $1,000
worth of bonds OF the Buffalo. New York
and Erie Railroad Company. for the pay
ment Of which the Erie Company has
guaranteed, and which are secured by
the second mortgage of the Buffalo
branch, has commenced suit to fore.
close the mortgage. He includes as de-
PENDANTS in the suit the Buffalo, New
York and Erie Railroad. Hugh J Jewett.
Receiver of the Erie Company; Charles
| F. Hunter and VIM. Butler Duncan, as
Trustees of the Buffalo and Erie mort
cages, and the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company.
CINCINNATI, June 22.-W. L. Tabb &
Co. s wooden and Touring mills at Dover,
Masonry county. were burned to-day.
Loss. $50, 900; insurance, unknown.
Some twenty or thirty persons are
thrown out of employment by the catas-
trophe.
A fire at Georgetown, Kentucky. de
stroyed a livery stable and four dwell.
ings. A number of horses were con.
sumed in the flames. Loss, $40. 900; in
surance. $4,000.
New YORK. June 22--A dense crowd
filled the Brooklyn Courtroom this morn.
ing. Judge Nelson states that some OF
the jurymen were in his room this morn
ing, and from conversations with them
in regard to the occurrence of last even
ing, he believed they were laboring under
misspprehension. Fullerton and Evars
made few remarks on the same subject
and said all issues Beecher had to meet
were those presented by the witnesses on
the stand and not those advanced against
him in newspapers containing outside
issues. Nelson said he had observed in
some papers paragraph stating that hi.
charge had been prepared some tive
months ago. and that he had some time
since received requests to change from
some of the counsel; but, in justice t.
himself and counsel, he felt compelled
to state his charge was not yet finished
but was now in process of prepa
ration. and that he had not received
a request to charge. He was Of the
! opinion that il he was allowed to de
} liver his charge first he could do it il
such manner as that counsel woulc
have but few requests to make, ant
I these they could advance after tn,
y charge had been given. Fullerton ant
q Eyarts acquiesced in this matter. Beach
. continued summing up to the jury ant
8 read letter from Beecher to Mrs. Til
ton in which he speaks of "the Dir,
singing in his heart, and in which h
, mentions "true inwardness. The mes,
hiding letter was also read by counsel
New YORK. June %. = Boss Twee
appeared in the Courthouse to-day i
custody Of the deputy Sheriff. He wa
struggled off Blackwell's Island at /
o'clock last night and drove around th
city in carriage. He went to his ofic
in Duane street and spent sometime i
Q consultation with his counsel, Rfts
o which he proceeded to the District A
Q torneys Office with his and son and Sc,
! rotary. In the Supreme Court his cour
i sci presented to Judge Davis the ords
{ Of the Court of Appeals for his dli
charge from the peniteptiary. which wa
signed by the Judge.