New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
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pro.ecutor Abeel, Of Newark, received . telegram
-a.serday at / D. m. from Toronto, CANADA, an
Scuncins the arrest In that city Of William A man.
the fugitive chief clerk OF s6e S9 nseetys Reyer
~ the Prosecutors Office, who has been tracking
Hall for some time. Tho Prosecutor telegraphsdd
ths dstectiye for further particulars and received
m answer that IL would be necessary to send on
witnesses or dispositions in order TO secure hali,
who fight hard for Liberty The
the necessary papers for Halls extraditon.
The wife Of Hall has remained In Nswark d eyer Yer
he left tho city on December a. sss snS o nes
time ago she left her house and went to live 10 tne
family of E. r. Cahoop at No; AZ Freinghnysen sen.
informed that Mrs Hall was preparing to leave the
ctv Detective Rever sscertained that she hao SEM
trunk and packing box TO Providence H. a for
was about to follow He Immediately s1arsea ,or
that she was shadOwed.' did not start and md
she still remaius in Newark Inc aeIec'T w
h eters addressed to Mrs Hall from her husband in
ferred &c previous meeting with her and some OF
his friends at o place in Vermont The detective
returned TO Newark and reported this si
70 the Prosecutor on May Is, and on the tollowins
asv he started for Vermont to follow up the clew he
had gained. The Prosecutor did not near rom hilh
again until the receipt of his TELEGRAM yesterWSay
Hall was appointed chief clerk Ill the Newarh
Controllers Office in 1876 succeeding Frederick A;
Palmer who was elected Auditor OF accounts ae
who has since oeeh lIleu a"u b;s office
Of tho SS'I amount and of a sS5S pasT
confessed his rCD6or dsS Hall on dssppeared In
yesi,isstion has since disclosed the TACT
that he had robbed the tax arrears ,sf o &C,
count and assessment accos sao 600 Palmer
a,d Hall had been In collision in their rob1erles
Both men were indicted and reward was oneIen
by the Mayor toT halls arrest I9' is believed that
Hall can throw good deal of light upon matters al
the Civ Hall about which there has been consu 1
able mystery. 1t is not known VINO "eIc '"o
friends that went to Vermont to see MN.
NEWTON MARTIN CURTIS FOUND GUILTY.
sealed ie in the of Of Genera sfafGa n nj
Court YESTERDAY morning before Judge Benedict
II declared the defendant. Ne wton Martin Curtis,
entity under the first and eighth counts OF 'he III
5,"t'oe,t and not guilty under the second, third,
fourth nth sixth seventh ninth and tenth count
The first count CHARGES General GURUS VII VIII
from Pet.r VogeIsang messenger in the Custom
Uonse. The eighth count charges the receipt OF a
check for $50 from Charles lreichner' enpi'SeG as
an au.itor in the Custom House. h: Is. Snlth
counsel for General Curtis, gave notice tnat nc
would move for an arrest OF judgments on Tue
ground that the conviction was o
ON T ,He motion. General Curtis was allowed to go
on his own recoSnlzance'
THE CONTINENTAL LIFE BUILDING SOLD.
Tba old Turner Building, better known recently
as the Continental Life Insurance binding al the
southeast of Nassau and Cedar1sts., was SOFA
nj auction yesterday AT the Exchanee oaies!1on ny
The order Of Mr. ONeill, the receiver OF the COM
many The bidders few. among Them Dcing
MIR Loeb of Kuhn. Loeb u Co., George Bliss, OF
Morton: Bliss Co ana Chates 6 a. nag, Tbe hid
ding started at $2500o0 and soon ran up 10
100000 The property was s3 e TO Inc %
OF the sale require the purchase money TO be 1uIi
paid ny JUL ST. The company proposes to occupy &C p;
The huildln0 with its Offices when the lease OF us
present quarters at No. 2o7 Broadway has expired,
which will be in two years
The Continental Building is the upper half Of the
white marble building extending from Plne-st. 10
Cedar-ste' on the east side of Nassau-st. 1t has
frontage in Nassau-st. OF 73 feet l inch and IN
CedaI-st. of rs feet inches It's depth Is ~ Ieet
seventeen wears ago In 1869 it was bought by the
Continental Life Insurance Company for $o0O,o0o
and i'm 1871 a nansard roof was put on II and other
siterations we're made, at cost of $4,000. In
1876 when the company passed INTO inc NAMES VI a
receiver. the building could mol oe O soa d1i
$500 900. The highest offer Receiver ONenl on
famed for it then was 1915 600 its value was set
down at 100000 III the schedule of assets
turned eyer by Receiver GT TaSe TO Of bc
prJpertv is 1926 600. The rents received from IL
amount to about $4,000 a year, against ABOUT
$40 900 obtained III rents from the lower nan OF
1he building The reason for this difference lies IN
the fact that the receiver cannot lease the rooms
for more than year. The building was never
known to have an unrented room. Among It's
present tenants are WInslOw, Lanier d Co, the
Thrd National Bank and the Brooklyn Lie Id
surahce Company. o,>- -, -,
j. o. Tobias chief clerk to Receiver ONelL SAID
YESTERDAY that the sale was made against the
wishes Of the receiver by direction OF the Court;
He thoaght more money could have been realized
fIom the property if the sale had been deferred
MANY persons were restrained from bidding ior II
now from fear of litigation, growing out OF thf
recent investigation of insurance recelVeishlps ana
the ciamors of the public against the receivers
The lot Of ground oil the east side of Fiith-aye.
henuning 90 feet south of SIxteth-st. and fronting
the Central Park plaza, the dimensions being 20
feet by 100 feet was advertised TO be sold at auc
tion Yesterday. 1t withdrawn, however
bayillg beeu disposed of at private sale TO ParK q
IiuOrd The price paid could not DC learned.
THE PRIVILEGES AT CASTLE GARDEN.