New-York tribune., 1882-04-18
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
. ,,ypYY orrc VOYAGE THROUGH ICE.

PERILOUS VOYAGE THROUGH lCE'
The steamship Hermod one of the overdue steaIi-
ships mentioned IN THE TRIBUNE on eatuiuaS, VI
yed from Haxre s gsse.Gsyt told by Captain Helm is
ns follows: I'VE sailed from Havre on March o.,
and had fair weather until Apr when IN ia,ouro
acc 20 north longitude Acc so west, we encoun-
sSred 1erri2c northwest snowstorm, which con-
finued without decrease In force until nearly isGS
At3p m. when the storm was most severe, we u,s
covered the edge of field of ice on the staip1a,o m
bow and changed our course TO the southwark 10
clear il. but soon found our vessel completely sur
rounded with ice AT p m the weather sso slgi was
in the midst of an immense ice-heW,u Ws
with no open water IN sgn' H cha ;ce
but as it became dark the engines were stopPtu
for the night. At daybreak the ice had ci9seu III
around us, but we steamed out INTO siial' ,lpw
space strong northwesterly gale began 10 lily; lily
and this was followed by heavy sweli, 'ias wIron
piled the ice up dangerously about u.s. Inc euelnee
were kept, working slowly. Az p +ba ha' fopchold
Upon investigation we found that 9ui pom M ,snre
iad been crushed in by the ice Inc pumps WIi9 -
starred Int the water continued TO increase uht ~
was as high as between decks at p. m me crew
were sent into the forehold to transfer the cargo
and about $50 tons. most of 1t beans, were thIoWn
overheard The ice sarged and ground agnst gla inc ne
sides of the vessel under the heavy swell causeu ny
the gale, and short distance from us were several
icebergs some OF them 1000 feet IN length ana
from 500 to 600 feet in height. As our situation
was extremely critical, and was becoming more so
hour after hour, ordered the boats MADE rea1S 10y
the morning of the 10Th the great quantity OF water
IN the forward compartment caused the VesSei 70
settle In the bows. We saw open water TO the
southwest of us and as we could not stop the leaks
in the bow while were surrounded DN tne ICE an
effort was made to work Glear TsaSaS Gi .G We ni
reached open water at 10 a. n lhe cargo sui re-
maining in the fore hold had become loosened ana
the rolling of the vessel was throwing IL from Sue
10 side with much danger to the vessel =,
"It was found that our chances for reaching New
York better than they were Tor reachihe iall
hood farf fhQ
would have rolled fearfully In the cross sea- lne
continual working of the pumps had no eiiect 10
ment SO we tired TO stop the leaks by passing
a sail over the ruptured plating. me heavy
seas tore or washed away, t1e camVas nnisss S1 we
could stiiicn the main bulkhead, 1t would
be torn away and then there would he no nope oi
saving the vessel The boats were kept ready ana
every man knew where his station was and what he
was TO do in case the vessel should SINK ne lasV
saw of the ice was IN latitude , III burr;canc
force for four DAYS it began 10 moderate, ana we
wcre then successful in checking the leaks by haul
ing piece OF canvas oyer tb. dag condition
and it was only through the presence OF mlnd OF
the crew and their ceaseless efforts thal tle IesSea
lived through the trial" The Hermod Will be
raised in one OF Cramp & Sons dry-docks ON Fri
day and be repaired
MrRDERERs SEEKING NEW TRIALS.
An appllcation was made yesterday to Judge
Brady, in the Court OF Oyer and lelminer IN Dehal
OF William SlndTam WHO Is sehtehSeu 10 og 1aEcu II
on April u for the murder of Mrs Ell2abeth crave
for n new trial on the ground of newly discovered
evidence. The application is doubtless the hrst
made under the statute passed few days ago
Sindram was taken into couIt by three deputy
sheIits and maintained his usual selI-contTOI our
ing the argument His mother sister ana brother
cnnnsel stated that evidence had been discovered
which If il had been offered on the trial would have
caused different veTdc bHd me Gp,on Heen vi ed
the LAWYER said was incorrect. Dr Forrest had
expressed the opinion that Mrs Crave had ded from
the effects of the wound inflicted by the prisoner
II conld be shown that Mrs. Crave was afflicted
with tumor and an abscess which were the real
cause of her death. . =,
read He says that the pistol shot wound inflicted
by Sindram not necessarily fatal and that the
abscess which Mrs Crave had might nave caused
her death. The next affidavit vas that OF Dr.
William L. Shine who said that Mrs; Crave dld not
necessarily die of the pistol wound, but might per-
hans with proper treatment, have been cured.
Aside from the pistol wound the abscess could
have caused death. DR.. Forrest, whose tesl imony
was given at the trial SAID In his aihdavit that
Mrs. Graves death in his opinion. was caused by
,wo assesses. Charles BOrnlman, in an affidavit
said he had known Mis-. Crave for about ten years
beforeber death. She was In lll-heaIth ana had
frenuently complained to him OF her sunerlDgs ana
EXPRESSED a wish to die. A daughter of the muir
deled woman said that her mother had peen Ill ior
wound was entirely healed up about three months
after the shooting, The affidavit OF George Crave
a stepson OF Mrs. Crave was to the same elect
Judge Brady said that If everything IN the atiida
Wis Was true he did not understand why with
nIoper diligence the facts could not have been
assistant Dlstrict-Attorney Vincent then read
in opposition to the motion the ahdaylt OF Dr war
ner " no said that he had known Mrs. Crave about
fen wears; her health was usually GOOD ana ner
death was caused by The wound inflicted by Sin
dram. d. Goldsmith who attended Mrs Crave AZ
she ,time of the shooting and conducted the post
mortem examination, declared IN an alldavlt mat
the pistol wound was the cause of her death. Dis
trict- Attorney MckeOn made shoIt argument
against the notion lie said that all the persons
whose aidavits had been read in behalf of the prs
oner were In the city at the time of the first trial
and might easily have been summoned as wit
nesses. Judge Brady sad that the Importance OF
his decision induced him to take until today to
should deny the motion for new tlal. The law
in his opinion very clear; however, his mind
was open to conviction; He particularly cautioned
the prisoner not indulge in any false hope, OF 10
remit his preparations to meet death.
James F. Walsh, whose conyleuon OF murder IN
the first degree recently affirmed by the Court
of Appeals is awaiting sentence OF death in the
RAYMOND Street JAN III Brooklyn. HIS crime was
the killing of his sweetheart, Barbara Groenthal
servant who was tired Of his attentions. He
hopes to secure new trial on the ground
of new evidence. This relates to the cpl
lepsy which he suffered from when a child. Some
of his schoolmates profess to remember that he
was "aneer" when a child and will testify to IT If
another trial is secured lie also received severe
falls on the head when working IN bagEng Fac
tory and those who worked with him say he was
"l1ney" at times. These persons have come for
ward since his conviction and volunteered these
statements Walsh's near relatives are mother
and sister, both of whom are ILL., the latter having
consumption. Ills brother sentenced to State
Prison Tor twenty years for burglary was shot
while trying TO escape from sing Sing Prison last
year Walsh says that if he did Kill the girl he did
il when he did not know right from wrong.
CITYS TROUBLES WITH A RAILROAD.
A policeman detailed recently to watch the Della
ware Lackawauna and Western Railroad employees
TO nee that they did not lay tracks across Thirteenth
and Fourteenth-sts, jersey City, at the
river front amazed yesterday morning
haH haap land in fha
night and a complete connection made from
the depot to the cOmpany's dock. The work