New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-28
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
owvNn OF SHEPHERD F. KNAPP, JR.

DROWNING OF SHEPHERD F. KNAPh 'K
Shepherd r. Knapp, jr, son OF Snep fn NO e.
Enapp well-known citizen of New-fork, ie!i mo
fbe Hndson E.yer from q small row-ooat at lne
$oot of One-hundred-a nd-sixty-tirst-s yesterday
and was drowned. He was twenty-sM years ola
and unmarried. The information of his death
caused great surprise among his acquaintance, who
knew him to be an athlete, an expert swimmer anu
a GOOD boatman. He had lived from his infancy IN
his fathers fine house In One-hundred-ahd-nfty-
eirhth-st near Twelftha ave-. and he was very popu-
lar among the young men In that part OF the clty;
dis tail. ll-shaped figure was familiar 70 most
owners and drivers of fast horses as he was
on the road nearly every day Dehlnu
one of his fathers trotters BE was
n member of the Carmiue Rowing Association also,
and took a lively interest IN boating In several
Iegattas OF that association he had taken an active
part, and his skill with the oars was admired Dy
his comrades His only business undtrtaEing was
10 furnish capital for young man VINO IteTWaIu
became builder and contractor on his own ac-
count. -
At an early hour Yesterday morning young
Knapp drove a fast horse down Seventh-ave. and
back again to the stable. soon alter 1 a. H. nc
went down 10 the river and took small Doal, IN; M
tending TO fish until luncheon time. lie was nsnlhg
alone in the boat about twenty feet from the shore
at 1850 a. NJ. when he suddenly 1eI mo
the water John Kennedy, hagman In the
employ of the Hudson RIVER Railroad Company
saw HIM fall. He SAID that Knapp went INTO the
wafer like log as If III faint. The young man
had caught a tsh only moment before, ana he was
LEANING over the side OF the boat. tbs i;lI dld not
upset the boat, and his hat and hShlng ROD renalheu
floating on the water. Ills body SANK and dld no.
persOLs went out IN boats to search Tor the DouS'
Word was sent to the Ihute.h Precinct foHce
Station and to knapp's home PoIce-CaptaiD otccL'
Sergeant McAvov and several patrOlmeh Oesah 70
drag the river, and from l. r. ~
IN ii dark two cannOuS were hred at intervals cIoSe
10 the waters edge, but the body WAS not louhu'
Niltiam r. Knapp a broker at No. ) Broadst, an
older UTo!her oil the crowned man. was suhluonoui
by telegraph. Ills father was I'D the IOWel paIv %
Tie cliV al the time. lie did not hear OIL his son
death until he was met by George d. GrhueiI az tho
Onc-huudred and-fiu y-ttIh-st. station Oi me Ele-
Nateu Railroad. Inc information was Diohen ~
HIM gently as possible, but ne was nearly pros
1rated with gIiet. Many friends OF me IalhlIy
called at the house In the afternoon 10 express lhe
sympathy. -,
1t IS believed that the young man was seized with
q sudden attack OF apOpieXy or vertigo Otherwise
he would have been aOlo 10 save himself aIler Iai-
ing INTO the water Search tor his body VIII be con-
tpucd tO-day.
INSPECTOR RAABS CASE NOT YET ENDED.
Jpe trial OF Charles Raab the inspector in the
Id Election District Of the With Assembly DIS
trct who Is accused of violating the election law,
was continued yesterday before Recorder Smyth:
The defendant with his associates, We're indicted,
for refusing TO receive the vote OF JOnH +. Cerdth
whose name had been voted ON by some one else.
lhHu Root RaaU'S counsel, opened the case. lie
declared that there was no evidence OF 1raud on lne
part OF the inspectors. They had taken advice as
10 the best plan 10 pursue, ana thcy thought mat
they were dong what was right. HE evidence
was not sufficient TO warrant "a conviction. Assist
ant Dlstrct-AtjOmey Fellows made the 3reuIncnt
ON rie ,art of the prosecution. lie called the at
tentOn the jury 10 Inconsistencies III The tcstl-
iuouy of the defendant, ana charged mat lIlcIe was
q conspiracy on the part Oh he inspectors hecoTCeI
MS is probably one OF the most I'M
pcIiant cases which can be submitted TO
you. After long and thorough examination
OF the election laws. am satisfied that II they
are enforced, there can b. no danger OF illegal
Voting. on 10 approach tins case independent
oi any pOntcal feeling. / change you as matter
OF law tlat the inspectors were bound to admin
lister the oath, and If that were taken they were
r.ol,lied 10 receive Inc vote Ii they refused to
z.I Ia. vote IA NJ II.
!. was fciOnlOus neglect. IL the defendant was
wiling To receive tie vote, but was oveIIuieu be Is
nos guilty. III lie WAS honestly OF the convection
that NE was right III his construction OF the law
and lac had 10 intention of cong wrong, lie IS not
guilty OF Wliulll violating he .aw."
HE case was gwen To th" jury al $50 p. No. ana
al $50 u'COck recess was aiken. AT about $50
Recorder cmyth sent The jury word that he would
receive any communication that they desired 10
N. he. fhev HnsV cred hat no agreement had been
reached, and about 10 p III. they were locked up |
for the nigh.
BETRAYED BY HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER. |
Adoph Gutzmer and his wife, of the town of |
Malnaroneck, quarrelled about four months ago,
and separated The woman weut to Mount Vernon
and took up her abode with Frederick Greens" aid,
with whom she lived for q month. she then told
her husband that she Iepenied her wrong
q ume the relations between the couple
Ppp1rcotly went along smoothly. On OctO-
Der % Mrs. Gutzmer asked teansler, owen Nc
Keuny, 10 take ONE PERSONAL properly IRON uer
house 70 Mount Ner>Ou. MS. Outzmer put the
goods over the fence, where Mckenuy put them on
lIS WAGON. Mr. GutZmeT Traced the property To
Mount Vernon, and caused the arrest of MS wife,
Greenswald and the tcamstcT While IN jail Mrs.
Gutz,uer and Greenswald made at1davlts thai her
husband mad taken pant IN a number of Tobbeues III
the neIgbbOrhOOd, Constable Woods soon ascer-
tanned that property found by hln at Gutzmers
place Lad been stolen IF III the Manor House at
LarchnOnt, from q. T.. NaudenbuIgh. at Chats
WORTH Nil Coles. OF MamaIOneck and the station
Of The Aew-l Ork and New Haven Railroad Company
nj the same place At the examination before JUS Ice
j. ii. shepard, at Mount Vernon yesterday, 1t APP
pcar,d that both GutzIner and Greenswald were I'M
plicatet IN Iobbcrles aud hey were .he.d 10
await the action OI the Grand Jury. Mrs. Gutzmer
was discharged.
TOO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIM
A boy OF less than medium size. age eighteen. and
giving Ills name as john FOgarty, went before sec
rotary jackson at CaSte Garden with sad face
yesterday. lie ana six 6otncrs and one sister, the
youngest ten months O.d. arrived from Queenstown
OF the steamship Cl y If Montreal, lntendIng 10 20
10 Phlladelpina, where they have sister III con-
vent. Their mother died SIX months ago, since
winch time the father has employed neIghbOrS
daughter about twelve years % age as nurse for
the Youngest child. When the party about 10
go ard OF Tn. steamer at Queenstown, the
father suspected OF kidnapping the httle glrl
aud was aires As The left the pier, the
father thre" some money 10 the oldest boy. but
failed 10 hand him the address OF the sister at
Phil phla As the little fellow tOlu his story.
large teaIs oleu down his cheeks
Tut the worst of all" lie said, "is that baly
would mind little Eta he nursel but he's awfuily
naughty with me- The boy seemed 10 feel that
the responsibilities 80 suddenly thrust upon HIM
were vcrwheimng, but MC. jackson conferred
HIM some haI when lac said that the children would
be taken care OF until the arrival OF their father,
v no Is cx pected Oh the next Ipman steamer
DROPPING DEAD ON The WAY TO JAIL.
For GODS sake let me SIT down |" cried a man
Of middle age, whom Officer Francis Becker WAS
lcaCmg IN hamlllOn-st, Paterson, yesterday morn
Ing. moment Ia,er The prisoner sank NlelesS on
the STA, walk Assistant CITY Physician liurd was
summoned, and lie pronounced Inc man dead. lie
wa, Jam PrOud4OOt, native OF scotland, who
had been pulled out OF the aceWaV lust IN Time TO