, 1877-12-05

Sptctat EsspatcA N ThH Cafcd1a TrioHHt.
ST., LOUIS. DEF. 4.-Tho iirst Of tho Custom"
House Hing cases calnc up for trial In tie
United States Datrict Court to-day, the dcfena-
ants, Michact Lytllon. ali e.nployo ot stTer1n-
tcndcnt WnIsh, t}eiu1 Indicted Tor perjury 10
swearing that tho piers Ut tic lalf-ilntsflcd
structure are Of solid granitc. While, III iact'
many Of them are hollow. and made ot concrete.
Tho case wilt te fought hnrd OH both s!des, anu
tho trial will probably Inst several daye.
The D!strlet-Altori,cy asked that tho
Court appoint experts to examluc tue
suspicious piers, and, II necessary, bore
Into them, 10 asccrtatn whether they
are hollow or not, or made Of granite .or, con-
strongly objected to this mode Of investiEati9n,
as It would weaken the foundations Of fllobuild.
Ing. Tie District-Attorney then telcgrapllcsl
tu the supervising. architect ~ "asn,nsto.i.
asking h'n to Instruct r. su. ,a. ,,:.irc n1,s hp w
the GoveEn,nent II no serious Injury would , r.
suit to tho foundations Of tho structure. The
supervising architect psonttly acslt tclc'
yrlphlc order to Superintendent Ma'Ah 70 co1n'
pIy with tho request of the eDlstrct-AttorneY, aug,
avcUr1Ingly, Tic experts appointed proceeded to
tie building aul began their examination. A
furce Ut wurk.ntn were put TO work removing
tho granite blocks IN tho exterI9r of the piers.
Ills process il tedious und diillenlt, anl no dst-
mite results were arrived at bcoro Night Get in,
and, consequently, the work Will DO prt's.
erultetl to.morrow until It Is known
Of what stuT tue pliers arc actually
made. So fur ~ tte examination went ths
afternoon nottiag but solid rrantte wa iouia,
an,l e,,pt. Walsh confidently INSERTS tlat flo
hollow and NO concrete tan bu found. lilo con-
ylctlon Of M!uhacl LYddou, thu purity OIL trial,
will depend on tho rrport OF the cxpertfs as
tlcrc is no doubt ns to Ills hwutn Testimony tAAt
tho pliers arc of solid granite.
ANOTHER MURDER IN CLEVELAND.
ybscfaI nispaich tn 7as chicago Tribune.
CLEVELAND, O., Dee. 4.--Charlcs Pagcl kept
o saloon OH Mcrwln street. 4 sailor named
Charles Sottcr boarded with him for some time
past, and last night, about 7 O'Clock, packed
satel,cl anil started. saying ho WAS going AWAY
On tho steamer Holland up tho lakes. pagel
followed hin anl orcrtook h|tn III saloon OIL
Columbus street. Nottcr attempted to ctcapa
by the back way, and was closely followed by
Parcl. Soon after Nottor appeared ln uaEen-
mayef's on the sa1no street, and saitl ho Ind
lust had u light With pugcl. llc aail pagel came
in bolItnl lt uusl struck him, knocking lin,
down. lIe shcn gave PaEe' caiiple q efncks.
| b. said. and ran away. lie asked for some
la.i washed, was giyrll some. Then laa bcxul. to
cry, suytug thnt lie was afrald he Ind hurt ~
| rel batlly. Then the cry was learti III ttlt
streets that Charlcg paEel l,ad essn found aeal
into tue darkness nlll disappeared. paCel wu:
iound to hare bccn la.lEy bruised about tht
ileud, and stnb us with q lrk.knlfe hal beer
upatle III Ills throut, which probably pcnetratct
tie juunlnr vein: lla was pcrlectly 'ISaa %l.el
nl,ont % q; ycaFs old and Souttcr wis about y
Noticr Will undoubtedly DO arrested bclor
| morning,