New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-25
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
ou r,,r IN CENTRAL PARK DEFACED.

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A STATUE IN CENTRAL PARK DEFAChD,
A raat deal of interest was shown yesterday Wy
members of the 9TH Regiment and othe J - -, Cen
gard TO the discovery that the statue of the
reiment who fell in fhe Civil War had been u,,
lated Early on Tuesday morning PARK roii'o orna
Carr noticed that part OF one Oh ;lH the statue
which stands rising ground BACK nom .b 90 he
drive. near Eighth-ave ana onSd raady To- be
nour;ed off and parts OF two Others missing Inc
base of the monu nlent is of Quincy granite party
polished and each side was adGr irtT Mounds Pro-
netting from each shield was bronze SWORD n' &c
scabbard and two sprigs OF ianre ron rom broken
80 aad two from another and the sword nut Was
m;ssine from the third shield. The fourth smioit
was not touched No other part of the monuinon59
was defaced. and the shields were not injured
in any way excepting that the PGU gov as
ornaments were broken off and carried away pas as
pstria eft Gloria The one that was loosened hung
by one screw but the sword hilt and tW1 Iaul es
leaves on il were brOk ken on showing 'ua. t n else
either no intention of carrying on the seid OF etsG
tha, was an afterthought. The value OF INC iho'''
carried away would not be more than u; .,.,o,
Captain Beatty OF the PARK bo ,xo, s of band Of
boys who live in the shanties on the ROCKS d
Seventh and Eighth-aves anl SH KY psrb Police
Seventy -tirst-sts They have gwen the farR foLce
uncb tronbe and have stolen the LEAD water PlpeS
from the closets the zinc from the noOrS anu eNenS
thing they could get away VIII; II hot Moi W. have
than 3 cents He thinks that the boys must INV
ian sd off and thus prevented from carrying
away the shield which they had looseheu. ne lau
men at work endeavoring to discover tho P'ip0
The statne was unveiled on June % 1874. II IS
n bronze figure of heroic, size of an American sU
,lier i'm the uniform.of the 9TH Regiment IePaII
scented on outpost duty leaning on nis iuShet Wis
an alert expression indicative oireaIneSs ioI gti
1t was executed by J.Q a. Ward lh Pe 5in|ion
was the work of Richard NJ. fuat one llScI!2tlohI
reads: Erected by the 7th Regiment, Natlo9ai
Guard. s. n Y, MdccclXXln" another r9 p;
"ip honor of the members of the 9TH kegl-
ment n G. s ", fftv-eight in number. who gave
their lives in defence of the Union, lcol-leoo
and the other one reads: 'th heglniIt , n ms
mortal, 1e6l-loG5" Inc reglhe4lt VIZ t6 06o Each
orc of the ten companies gave SZ,oOo, anu .no ~. IL
mainder was raised by subscription among 1nS
active aud veteran members. OcneTa JIA Nv tG
the Grafton II the presentation of the statue to the
Colone Emmons Clark said yesterday that he did
moi believe any one bad defaced the statue because
of enmlty 10 the regiment Ii too late al le
war TO think it could have been done because
Of the mart which the regiment LOON III
that struggle and there nothing III the lhsCrp-
lions TO give offence. lie Thought IL hlsi nav po.
the work of vandalS, vino wanted 10 sen the IN. m
10 iunkmen The regiment had no ehelllSs to n
tnem Of II took part In the riots of lS49, ana
when ordered to fire killed abOuo lou persons IHeio
was considerable feeling shown tat Ias long
time ago Ii also took part Ill suppreSSins tlo uIait
riots and there for IA time some 1ceIhs growing
out of that. But that had dled OUT
THE QUESTION OF DIR. LAMsoN'S SANITY.
The case of Dr. lamson. who is now under SEN
fence Of death Tor the killing of his brolherln-law
has excited considerable interest III TINS country
and has led to an examination into the antecedents
Of Dr Iamson who lived here, by gentleman OF
Tins city interested in the 1t has Oeen 1onnd
that Mrs Lucretia Is. q. LamsOn, the granddaughter
of DR.. George ii. Lamson, Mrs. Caroline o. Nc
Greror. her daughter, and William b. Orhe her
brother all died in the BOOmngdale Lunatc Asy-
INN IN fbis city. An affidavit proving these facts
Wa obtained from DIR. Charles II. Nichols, the
medical superintendent of the asylum. Mrs Nc
Oregon and William b. Orne were the paternal aunt
and maternal grauduncle of DR.. LamsOn. Another
affoayit TO prove The relationship, was secured from
s. weiJ-lnown merchant of this city, who had been
long and well acquainted with the LanSon family.
Information was Immediately sent by cable To Lon
don 10 DR. Lanson's attorney, and on March u me
afidayits were sent 10 London on the steamship
Alaska A cablegTam in acknow ledgment OF me
dispatch was received here yesterday Announcing
that the evidence of insanity In the young man MN
self is strongly increasing. Efforts are now uelng
made TO obtain a repreve for DR.. Lanson, and
formal request has been made 10 President Arthur
asking him to instruct Minister Lowell to try TO OBJ
far rcprieye until more evidence touching the ~
sanltv of the accused can be obtained ana te
afidav:s already Oh the way to London reach tneli
destination.