New-York tribune., 1882-02-28
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
AID w11rrNry,s HORSES Rim AWAY.

The horses OF Corporation Couhsei Mh'iio! Ill ln
Eighty seventh and Eighty -eighth-st. Mr. Whit
hey was thrown out Of his wagon. the smaller
SSOSc SSOS the ' ankle ini and w his left wrist
was spraiued. Mr Whitney had been driving alone
Central Park III In h1yS ne Tss iSe aes cnr6
stone, when small boy suddenly wheeled cart
from behind the, wagon Mr. WMtney's LETT eft horse ie
of the road,wagon This frightened the other
horse and both at once ran Apout TWO
hundred feet in d front ordST OF 70 aSod tSis Ths
Mr Whitney guided his dlagonally across the
street. They were running at full speed, and be-
against the curb on the east side OF the avenue dl-
rectly opposite telegraph pole. When the wagon wagon
ing the telegraph pole. The horse ran down the
avenue to Eighty -third-st.., where they ran
against heavy wagon ana MeiT os stotpvi tpten into
carriage by friend and driven to Eighty thiTd.st:
where he alighted. He found that one OF S horses
Herman Weisse shot the animal. MI Whitney was
then taken home.
THE DEFACER OF THE ANDRE MONUMENT
George Hendrix the painter of No. ia Eldridge-
st. who was arrested on sunday on charge OF We-
facing the Andre monument erected by cyrus w.
Field was arraigned in the Tombs Police Court yes
ferday morning. and, at the request of Inspector
Evrnes was rcmanded to Police Headquarters until
an M Three witnesses had visited the city IN the
Storms Who lives near the monument at Tappan,
rScognzed S,oroi Hendrix as the man who inquired
Nc wav To the stone on the night it
was is dsfaced Hendrix, aftcrward was see seen
Lv Mr. storms TO climb over the IRON rall-
ing which surrounds the monument. ADran
X Lawrence a nephew OF Judge Lawrence VINO
also resides in Iappan saw HendrlA: tolnI aHH@S HS
from the monument after it had been injured per
nard Baer cigar maker of Nyack, met hendrix
the same night IN beer shop at Clos'er \. y. lien
dirk said he had been to see the Andre monument;
and hintcd that the public would be surprised
shortly. These witnesses, accompanied by Delec-
live Healey. went 10 Nyack yesterday, and war.
Nv
Flat place upon the atlidavits made by thc men
Detective Healey returned to this city with tHe
the police court again. The warrant was shown to
Justice Smith, but before the prisoner coud oe put
into the custody of the officers, TO De Iakeh 10
Eyack a writ of habeas corpus was served Oy ihe
prisoners counsel. The writ was issued NY Judge
Donohue and is returnabe Tomorrow. Inc counsel
In serving the writ, said to justice Snhth: lHe I
prectinr of a monument TO Andrn was an extremely
nnnatiOnal affair. If Andre had not been inter
repted and punished you would not be fohce
Hendrix was taken back to Police Headquarters.
The friends of the prisoner say that he maze etel
mistake in submitting to arrest on sunday WHen
fhe no ice had no warrant and conclusive proof
against him. 1t was declared also that the ponce
b3d violated the law in aTresting Hendrix without
a warrant. Inquiries on tins p0lnt were lnauo ~
Police Headquarters yesterday, but the ohclas,
from superintendent Walhng down refused 10 eN-
plain the matter. 1t was SAID however liidl nc
arrest was made IN the interest of law ana lustlcc
and that Hendrix was guilty of the oicnSe charged
Inspector Byrnes has in his possession the stone
with which the monument was defaced and the
verses left beside the monument. me handWiEthS i i
of the il is claimed rs i'enncal win lhat & "l
other manuscripts found III the possession OF heh-
dirk.
MIR. MANTROP TAKEN TO PHILADELPHIA.
James B. Mantrop. who was arrested at the An
thony House >aturday evening, was taken Pc
fore Justice SOon b. smith, at the I0mD? fonce
Court yesterday. The charge against MN is gTand
larceny, as blllee of 5000 shares OF Denver Cliy
Consolidated mining stock, and not Peruvian
bonds a. at first reported. The prisoner consented
10 90 IN philadC
OuisitIon and took afternoon train for that city
a. cLaroe of Detective Uagan. IL is said that
eral times since his arrest the prisoner has threat
ened TO make startling disclosures concerning
the Peruvian scheme" which wonld be greatly to
the discredt of several prominent men 1t IS
thought that he desired 10 tell the tory in order to
strengthen his defense. The police say that they do
OTTO HarwItz, Mantrop's counsel, claims that bis
client instead of being embczZicT Is hilnseit the
victim OF conspiracy. According TO. hlm' Manlr2p
owned ne-twcnteth of the entire interest III the
guano claims. Oue-half of this interest he suOse-
guently sold in Philadelphia, receiving III payment
the 8 900 shares of mining stock. II was also agreed
that he should share the profits that should arise
agreemcnt was violated MI iIarwitz also said that
MautrOp's arrest was made IN order 10 keep MN
Quiet concerning the Peruvian matter
1t was learned that Mantrop lived at the An
thonv House several weeks under the name o1
Scbeberg. 1t was a wonder to the clerks that a
Trenchman should have German name. lie
talkedSo freely about his business affairs that he was
regarded with some suspicion. one oI me claims
he made was that lie was swindled out OF q dia-
fnOnd ring worth III, 600 by paWnbrOkerS Iii lIOdu-
way. This, he said he would let 90. as he dld not
wish 10 have his name appear III connecuon with
pawnbrokeTS il would HJure ms reputation.
One of The singular features OF the case Is that Man
trop was first arrested last Thursday. Before the
complainant could make make statement OF the
case the prisoner charged him with embezzemcnt,
and in the confusion tat followed he escaped from
the courtroom. He succeeded III eludlng the detec-
1ives until Saturday at midnight
A DOCTOR INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION
II Mo- Of No WpSt RI X--fp h.
ST. was severely mi red yesterday while expert
menting with gas machine IN the basement I 0I
Richards Il RotheTmel's hardware store, No l,3O|
Broadway. lie had been making expert
ments for some time with new ma
chine for manufacturing gas, although ms
family was ignorant OF the tac'. Yesterday
he was alone in the basement of the store when the
machine suddenly exploded. The sound of the eX-
plosiOn was heard III an adjoining room by some
wworkme9 who ran N M anI 4oor iouiia DIi on
unconscious condition. An ambulance sum
monod and DR.. Macleod was taken home, 1t
was found that ms nose had been broken and posi-
bly, his jaw. His face was much dIsllgured. Dr.
MacLe Od able 10 speak few words last even
ing He had been i'll rather poor health and the
fhOck His physicians thought mat
there was further serious results TO he appchcnd
ed from the injuries. Dr. Macleod has lived IN tins
CITY about six months. He came here from Chr
cago where he had lived for over twenty years and
had an extensive practice. lie is ffty-Seven years
Of age
ONLY FEW WITNESSES EXAMINED.
The halls and several rooms on the fourth floor of
the Post Office building were filled yesterday with
witnesses summoned 10 appear before the Grand
Jury to testify in relation to the charges against
General y. NJ. Gurus, treasurer OF the Republican
State Committee, OF receiving money Tor po-
ltical purposes from employees OF the Govern
meut T. Plat Carpenter the chairman Of the
State Committee, was the first witness. About
ay,tuioy Of y