New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-24

after this had been done it was found that a..
teIles were injured above the knee and the on. or
action had to be repeated. IL had been deciJSed !.
amputate her arm yesterday but In the Ino,,,;' %
was found that her strength wonld NOT rora,t ~
operation 10 be performed, and an later c'l ths
Ton 1t was Thought that herarm may yet be saved
| although 1t Is terribly crushed n :.
! should DO amputated 10 will be ~
of near the elbow. but alo ca.
it. Yesterday many relatives and friends called =,
see her and to inquire concerning her cond,fioV
but no one was allowed o. see her. There were -
physicians, Drs Saunders and Palmer @ith ber coy
stanily. She had several sinking spells in the mar"
ing but was resting quietly IN the afternoon /,
~ not known when the amputation will occur III,
should be deemed necessary, but It was said thar -
attempt II nov would doubtless cause her deafS
ana ~ i feared that she not recover from ~,
severe shock which she received.
The condition Of tine two Misses Bennett stan
daughters OF Inspector Matthews, OF Mount VecnoD
who are AT the Grand Union Hotel. vas som qb,
improved yesterday. The elder sister thougAt iba,.
she could leave her bed In the morning, bgt VIZ
unable to do 50. She was seized with dizziness. tbs
result of the severe shock which she received ~
thrown from the tram. Both girls ars hail,
bruised, bui 1t Is thought that they wii be able n
return home IN lew days.
lhe only person receiving hospital tfeafIn.n,
sherman Abrahamson, was reported to be bette,
yesterday. Ills mother, Mrs. Z. 4. Abraham.OD n
New Rochelle, IS nursing hin III private room IN
the hospital His left leg l. broken but il J., nn,
probable that II viii have TO be amputated Mr.
AbrahansOn is a designer and has been employed
BY "A. l.. KILLER. at No. 81 East FOrry-ninth-.t.
- ~ llou8utOu, VINO was SllLluL Win MS IN
the car that was wrecked, VS. permitted yesterday
10 visit his son at Mount Vernon. Mr. ilonghfo1
lives at No. 2G7 West Forty-hlth-st., and has sew.
eIal scalp wounds and bruises Oh the rght s. lu,er
his son. {. II. O. HOughtOn, mad scarcely recovered
from injuries received ~ this city III the summer Dy
being run over by truck.
! he funeral OF Mrs. Aubort the teacher VINO yas
instantly killed at the accident Will 10 held To-
morrow morning IN he Church Of the Nativity IN
cecond-aye., near Ihiri-si., at hal-past 10 O'clock
Inc lntelmcnt VIII take place IN Greenwood Gene
terry.
The body of William Howe. who died at the Grand
Union Hotel on Friday afternoon. taken 10 bis
home III Mount Vernon late yesterday afternoon.
THE INDICTMENTS AGAINST HANFORD AND M4LUs
The accident in the tunnel Of the Hudson River
Railway and the arrest Of some Of the railway en-
poyes recall the previous accident at Spuyten
Duyyil the same railroad. Conductor Georxe
F.Hanford and Brakeman George Meiius were tounI
responsible lor the accident by the coroner's jury
Immediately after the occurrence. They vera
indicted TOR mansaughter several weeks after tho
accident, and were admitted 10 bail at the District
Attorneys office. These indictments have never
been tried. The was placed the calender Of
the Court of General Sessions several tunes by the
and efforts were made 10 hayo
the prisoners brought to trial. They pleaded not
guilty 10 the charge made against them anG were
manded for trial, but the time OF the court
wa. fully occupied by hearing prison cases tnat
it found to be impossible To take the two weeks
WAlcn III was Thought would De nrCe>s to try tbs
indictments against lianfOId and 5lelus. Recorder
Smyth finally sent the case 10 tine court % O,cf
and 1erniner for trial Judge Barrett, OF that
court, found no time t. Ia Ike up the and It Was
sent over o the November term OF the same corr.
DlstrIct-AttOrney McKeOn said yesterday. when
asked at what time the accused men would b. tred:
- cannot tell The case is To come up AT the No.
ycmber term Of the Court Ot oyer and Iermluer,
but the Judges who hold that court object to taxing
up crlmlna. cases that occupy much time. judge
DOnOhue holds the next term, and | have already
spoken To him and VIII try 10 get the case tried as
soon as pOss bic. The time OF The COur OF General
Sessions IL fully occupied. The rule vi this
office Is 10 bring to trial nTst the cases
III which the witnesses are imprisoned, then
those in which the accused persons are ia prison,
and finally cases IN which the defendants are ou5
on bail. At Tie beginning OF tins month tuere
were 220 prisoners IN the Tombs awaiting trial.
here have Deen two courts sitting every day and
al OF their iIne has been occupied aud viii b, TIL
the end OF the term Ia hearing prison cases. NOt1
slnge case where the defendants have been AL ntted
to bail VIII De- tried this month. although tho
work Of the court II expedited rs much possible.
We may have a little more time mex. mOAtn when
we b, gin vita the prisons ccar.V
Recorder Smyth aud other judges of the Court Of
General Sessions complain That the petty cases
occupy 80 much time that 1t Is almost lmpOss Die TO
try the more nnDO tant case, the trial OF any one
Ut which takes several days,