New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-15
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
vo,,,N ,r,oNs IAID ON THE TABLE.

Mayor would send IN the names OF n9nnhoeS W ~.
{hc vacancies for Police Justices and PARK Comns-
sioner The first movement In this direction was
Communication from the Mayor w1thdrawing Iho
name Of William Wetmore Cryder as Park OomH .nr
Homer in Mace of Smith u. Lane. This NOMINATION.
was sent in TO the Board many months ago ana nus
been living on the table ever since. second eoun-
ans Michael j. Costello to be Police Justice in
wlace of Marcus OtterbouTg, whose 'e ah
fas expired. This was la,a upon th apS
comm from the Mayor nominated
Butler H. Bixby to succeed himself as f9iioo Sn
lice. This was also laid upon the ,nn,f for PARK
commissioner IN the place of Smith T. Lane a,.
Charles L. MacLean as Park Commissioners 10 SUI
Michael j. Costello is a lawyer, He'was at one me
<ms time prominent in the Land League lie
served in the last be a. elected by Tam
many Hall and the County Democracy. put
jor H. Bixby was formerly elsne years s,oc'
Police Justice when the office was VAS ei9 &C.
ave He was nominated for Police Justice oy
MAYOR Havpmeyer under the act of 1873 ana con-
rmed by the Board OF Aldermen. ne mas oT1p Cen
eral Committee but has taken no actiVe par Io
work of the organization: Charles f. MaeLeah ID
aiawver He has served for a time as Ponce CoiIi-
missioner aud was appointed q Park CommiSsioner
by Mayor Cooper. John d. Crimmns Is one Vi onV
largest contractors in this city, de has done gIe@
deal of the public and private work on the s,Iee, S
and boulevards in the vicinity OF CehuHi 1 1
Riverside Parks and in other parts OF the cry, tv
Is a member of the County Democracy Sou"''
Commttee from the kid Assembly District.
There is no PROBABILITY that any Of the nomIIna-
tons will be confirmed very s9os nio AZ he made
There are twelve of the TWENTY-FIVE members u .
present Board who have not been ree TSs Mayor
said Yesterday that he had nominated men WnV
Were not only not connected with the CIuzenSS
movament but most of them were acuVeN opPoseu
70 IT. Neither had he appointed or nomiha'eu any
Republicans.
LAST SCENE OF THE OLSEN TRAGEDY.
The last scene in the Olsen tragedy was the death
of the husband yesterday, in PADDED cell AT Deme
yue Hospital. Louis Oisen S%euSS, o VI accom-
anolis arrived in this city on Saturday, accom-
ranied be his wife Sophia and their three yolHHiIs
children. They look rooms IN the SahuTI oiiU
Hotel ar Fourth-ave. and Forty second-st 6arly
onSunday morning while suffering from the effects
of a prolonged deDauch. Olsen shot ms VIE; 1nYuL
ing her badly that she died on r MSau tyo
attempts to kill himself After being placed IN a
padded cell he continued to rave ana struggle
pleading for the thing which had eausod LIS ruln 3
TyhiskeS some LIQUOR was given TO him by order
of fine phyecians tut its effect IN quoting MN was
only temporary. His dellrum Increased untll ~
WAS found necessary TO place him IN a sualV-
,a@Iet. Frequently he called for his wife, whose
body was lying in the MorGue not far from ms cen
His strength yielded yesterday morning ana NC uAeu
fIon exhaustion at IL a. I'D.
Olsen had III his possession enough money " pay
for buGying his BODY aud that OF MS WE. I1e zen
children in the custody OF the coclety ioi 'Ho
Prevention Of Cruelty TO Children.
TO MAKE POLICEMEN FAITHFUL.
THE ROard of Police Yesterday gave ptIuIiosAon Z"
A. r. PbTfe and George n. Fills, of No. II John
ST., connect police patrol indicator Wl.1 tno
telegraph wire from the Central Office to the Car az
mansyiile station The indicator, which was IN
vented by Mr.. Fills. is intended to act as cneck
on the movements of policemen on pairoi, ana az
the same time to furnish constant record OF tnelr
movements 20 the officer in command at the sta
ton. Automatic slgnal-boxes al eacn, eiu
of policeman's post are connected oy
wires with the Indicator in the STA
tIon When the patrolman reaches q box ne
open it with bis key and pulls lever ana his pres
ence at the box Is shown py tne I9uio1eSSt ,en an
theory the indicators Will do the work OF rounusnen
but If is said by ex,ereDced officers that thele IL no
mechanical device which could he trusted 10 walch
keen-wltted policemen who WISH 10 shlrk toer uuy:
Said one officer Yesterday: lhese indicators, IT
they are adopted BY the Police Department, VIII
only encourage reckless patrolmen IN leavlhg thel
posfs By placing thrir signal box keys 10 the care
OF friends who willing to pull the boxes ior
them at regular intervals, the men Will be able To
spend half OF their time On ouUy III hquoi eVoAoS VI
The indicator IN the Carmansville Precinct will
be used for short time on trial without expense "
the department
REPUBLICAN FRAUDS NOT PROVEN.
Officers Thomas Chrystal and Francis Fuchs, of
fhe Tenth Precinct, were taken before Recorder
smyth yesterday tor trial on charges OF having IN
terlrred with voters at the election oil 1851 IN the
eases ON which Assistant discretionary
Alien relied showing Republican frauds IN 1881
Policeman Chrysal was first tired YESTERDAY, a "a
whom IL was SAID mad been nt.nidated by the
ponoe officer denied tina he had been III any way
iuterfered with and said that he had no converse
tlon with Chrystal. julius simon, County De,
mocracy watcher swore that lie heard CDrYstal
threaten Kolb if he did not vote the Republican
ticket. The witness on cross-eXamlnatIon admitted
that he had been once arrested by Chr sta Assist
ant District-Attorney Reqmer Withdrew tne case
from the Jury. Policeman Fuchs was immediately
placed on trial Jasper q. Carpenter aud William
IL Denarest, also watchers Tor the County De-
mocracy were witnesses for the prosecution. lhey
charged that Fuchs had assaulted Carpenter at the
polling place OF the seventh election district OF the
VIIltn Assembly District IL was testihed Tor the
nefenOe that theodore Miller, chairman OF tne
Board of Inspectors, had ordered fuchS 10 remove
Carpenter from the room, and that IL was done
without unnecessary violence. The jury after an
absence of hour, returned Verulct oi not
guilty.
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PEARL-ST. FIRE.
Fire Marshal Sheldon Yesterday finished his IN
yestigation of the fatal fire in the store of lsley,
Doubleday & Co. at No. 243 Pearlst, on November
s. Ii was believed for q tune that electric light
wires caused the fire. The testimony of John
brown VINO was burned seriously at the fire, shows
The ca,se. Lying on a cot in Bellevue Hospital,
Brown gave TO Dir. Sheldon the following state
nent:
was OF work in the cellar filing barrel with
ash and Conrad tanctner worknan) was near me- pour
ing it INFO cans. Several gas jets were burning one
v@rnish fOarsaen can INTO the barrel took the
funnel from barrel and placed In the can ABOUT
wood and held it near the bunghSe OF the barrel SO
wood on the floor behind Then the DIRE came all
around me. The barrel and the can aud the door al
seemed on fire. and for the Cliff ST. door. There
was fire between and that end OF the building but
1t followed me up very fast
POLICEMEN IN ARNOR.
Policemen In the upper precincts of the city
waistcoats of heavy ca1skln that protect the chest
aud the entire upper part OF the body. They
valuable "a douuie sense forming warm cover
ing protection against the malarial atmosphere
at night, "a coat of mail against the stones that
are used by the gangs OF petty thieves and law
breakers that ntest those districts. Most of the