The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-28
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Mr.. Clinton put in d verified answer. that the
allegation Of undue influence was unuuaIiHedly
false; The answer vas accompaSjea BY a Ts
ford. absolutely denying that they exercised
| any undue influence,
Mrs, Crawford says she never spoke to the
contents, and did not know when they were
executed
the tes impny of M rs. Jenny Danfnrth. Coun-
sci agreed at length againsO introducing the
names Of the ladies mentioned. a.
After further argument, the Surrogate grant
ed the he motion for the amendment Of the c2m-
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt tTsn took the stand
for re-dire t examination. proceeding upon
matters Of minor Importance.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A Brutal outrage
NEWPORT. r. l.. Feb 27.-It is Charged that
Jesse A. Palmer. aged forty-Hve, entered the
residence Of Widow Eek ie Dyer. aged eighty.
in Little Com pton, an committed brutal as
sault upon her. The villain was arrested.
Fell Dead.
NEWARK. n. j.. Feb. 27.-Last night middle
aged man fell dead in tho passenger room Of
Western Railroad t newark. The business
were found upon him. but whether he was Com
greve has not been positively determined.
Assault with Ratchet Upon Young
Lady. o o
New York Feb; 27.-Miss Frankifo Holmes.
court to- day made charge against Thos. II.
Clar KEEL for felonious assault upon her with u
Ratchet in August last
as Miss Holmes was entering her residence.
she WAS assaulted by Clark with q Ratchet, and
dsspaired Of. Til affair caused no little excite
ment at The time Clat ke escaped, and the police
traced him through ohio, Indiana, illinois and
was arrested Monday evening.
The arrest was kept quiet until Mss Holmes l.,
could be found I'd. Clarke Is no t represented BY"
tute nnd hungry. Thev understand he will
rlead insanity. Those who havo employed him
gve MIN gG"d and add tast he
mittted in default OF $4,000 bail
Miss Hopkins, the Kieptonlaniac, Sem
fenced.
BROOKLYN. Feb. 27.-Miss Anna Hopkins. Of
Fla bush, who was arrested Monday for shop
lifting, was before Justice Bloom to answer to
two complaints for petty larceny. On each she
was sentenced to pay tlne OF 5000 Or stand
committed to jail twenty five days, Miss Hop
kins father paid the fines.
Examination OF Madame Lohman-Kes-
telIe.
New York. Feb. 27-The examination In the
case Of Madame Lehman Rsstee was resumed
The marning an motion was m 3 DE-, e dis
served his decision until the second charge was
disposed Of.
Tho preliminary examination of Madame
Res ellie was then aken up. She said that her
occupation was that Of 9 midwife,
Anthony Gomstoek then testified rs t, the
facts connected with the arrest. and after some
other testimony the case was Adjourned until
A small Defaulter.
Ashland. Pa. Feb 27-Isaac Miller the miss
ing express and ticket agent, has not yet been
heard from. as far as an investigation of The
boots hay. been made; it shn.s him to be de-
pany will not lose anything. his bond being
held in the sum OF $1,000
Trial Postponed.
RICHMOND. Ind. Feb ,27.-The case OF Fork
ner and Hustled charged with rape. which was
ties vas continued till March Is.
Horse Stealing.
RICHMOND. Ind. Feb aT.-1Wrn King. who
lives SIX miles north Of thia city, had valuable
black horse stolen from his stable Tuesday.
This is the first case of the kind in this county
for some time.
jagged for Ten Years.
RICHMOND Ind Feb. 2T.-The case OF Mncer.
et Randolph county. which 1t will be remem-
bered was brought t.9 this counts, on change
sent back to Winchester. was finished yesterday
at Winchester. and the jury brought In d verdict
years and to pay n fine OF 5000. His partner in
crime. Mundane. who broke Jail six weeks ago. |
has not yet been heard from.
The Dickey-Tytus Breach or Promise
Case.
CINCINNATI. Feb, 27.-The breach of promise
trial Dickey vs. Tytus, at Hamilton, ended its |
bird day with the defendant on the stand in |
The midst of a scathing cross examination. |
Hs appearance on the stand esnssd intense e9
man and his manner Is cool. aggravatingly SO |
TO plaintiffs friends. and his testimony |
strai gh- forward and unmiSed. and he denies |
en- pha' ically that he ever had xual relations
with plaintiff or that he promised to marry |
her, ,,.,,,.
ing her straight in the eyes, without 81 mixing |
till her eyes finally dropped. she ayerted her |
face and began shedding tears. Ii defendants
on O witness stand Other damaging witnesses |
we're introduced by the defense among whom |
was lady wh whom plaintiff form Tbs ,ss
mony will probably close tomorrow.
Trial Postponed.
P1rTruRa. Pr. Feb A special to the zee
graph says " v. Tarrill whose murder der OF tn, the
September 1'a i.i' created such sensation in this
part of the country, came up for trial IN Logan,
Ohio, on Monday. The trial was vel nigh com
oner having under oath confessed his guilt
when the counsel for the defense moved the
discontinuance OF the trial, beeause the docket |
set apart for the trial. The case WAS dismissed
court.
Attempted Murder and su,cide-Jeaiousy.
MonTrE1IsR Vt. Feb 27.LLast evening Mr.;
shoot Miss Demmon. at this place, The ball
struck her belt and glanced off. She then ran
into a closet where he fired twice at her
through the door. falling to hio her. He then
attempted to shoot himself. the ball entering
his breast. glanced upon the breast bone fol
lowing The rib till IL came out on the right side:
The wound is not dangerous. He was arrested
this morning. Jealousy the cause.
VITO Of the virginia Anti-Ds,e Payers
Bill.
RICHMOND. Feb 27o-Goy Holiday has vetoed
the Barbour bill, which SmbSiIiedothe scheme
of the antbdebt payers In tae Virginia Legtsla,,
tule The veto created great excitemen, and
Hofsterous attempts we're made in the HoSse to
prevent Its r.sading being heard; The bill, it l.
saRl cannot Sbe passed over theoveto and will
ytroa of IA Leg n