New-York tribune., 1883-03-09
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
BROKER PONDIR's OUTRAGED DIGNITY.
,,v pprpsrApr TRLIS HOW HE rAuSrrD "kVfE

Tn thu Jefferson Market Police Court ycste,-
dav there was q hearing IN an aeuou "rl w. n
sa1lt brought by John Pcndir against ,. met him
e. Snha,Sep piace opposite the building OF ,he
Farmers Loan aud Trust Company, on ,s"tsa sc
last, and after calling h. az a"an0 bs ancestor. struck
him once on tn left eye anu tnch on v nr vesIer-
hi, head. Mr. Pondir was in tue elsrra
day, and so vas Mr. Ebsrs;ad s;i mid defiance in re-
~ ., VIC rha%ics " Brooke was Mr.. Pondirs law,
ar md ,be interests OF Mr. Eberstadt were looked
aiter py y; was called by his lawyer to testify in
h;s avn nrhaf HIS story was substantially as toll
lows II walking sop He %s accom-
nanied by Freaerick T.. Bailin. was about TO pass
when Mr.. Ebers adt called me we ,ane,
turned around aud said to his friead aSu M
ness to that With tnat Eberstadt struck me 'w,ve,
Then a crowd collected, aud my son hu,e Ha''
slone EDerstadt then ran away towara Mu,ldin,s;
with my son following him. lie eh'e'e" '""''
anu %In i'o "'u saTetp aSeried Mr. Phelps, why he
came directly to my Office on the mrs hoor, a.,
We'll" answered Mr. fona'r WIN 0e''''0"' 10
On the cross-examination, the, witness SAID that nat
his left eve was backened and that the force OF he
blow sent him agains; a lamp-post, lie adden ,naI
MIR. Ebrrsadt mad cacl him bad names several
times before. He was positive hat his assaiiant
looked at him at the time of the blow. Mr. fOhdlr
ended his testimony by saving that lie dld noI
strike the defendant or attempt to do so.
MIR Balm was first called as witness tor tne
prosecution but after some reflection MI. ionuir
decided that his was sufficiently strong without
further testimony. Mr.. Balm was then called
for ths defense. He said: met Mt. Eoer-
stadt on Saturday about o'clock IN the aiterhoon'
We linked ar ms and walked down Exchange-place.
We were talking about man named STRAUSS, when
Mir. Eberstadt remarked, oh, you let nun alone;
He's Pondr inst Fhsn sane and aGna ah
be gan TO dance around nav iIlend, crying 0ut, iou
vas Won liar Won thief. Vot for you call dot name
pondr tried TO strike Mr.. Eberstadt. but stepped
and i'm the eCrImmage my nat Was
Knocked off my head. Pondir asked me 10 witness
the name sad would and walked away; \ SUD
seonently saw Mr.. Eberstadt running up W Imam
ST. with Ruie Pondlr at his feels. Pondlrs name
was not men toned in the conversation peIore lno
fight saw lot Of arms fly out at the same tlme
but don't know whether Pondlrs iau was 'ho ie-
suIt of a blow OF because he slipped" .
Mr.. Eberstadt SAID that after Mr. Pondir had
fallen, his (Pondirs) son came rushing up 70 nun ,1
vatteri' lie answered that ne coud whP sodi tue Gu
fir, Pondir family. Then" added Mr.. Eberstadt,
away The defendant was quite pHs,sre re
served his decision until Tomorrow morning a' ~
O'Clock.
SITES FOR THE BROOKLYN BUILDING.
MORE SUGGESTIONS MADE TolTHE COMMISSION
APPOINTED BY Mr.. FoLGER.
Messrs. Andrews, Schultz and Laimbeer, the Com
missoners appointed TO select the site Tor the new
Federal building Brooklyn, which Is TO cost
$500 900, held second meeting yesterday IN me
Brooklyn Common Council Chamber. several WELL
known citizens were present among them Coionei td
r.. G. Ward, John French, E. ID. Berri, w. Z. DE
Witt Deinas Barnes. l.. s. Buruham and $. ID.
Morris Commissioner Andrews stated that w. Nj.
Gook Offered "a SITE at to- aoo o csrv ara srye6
son. real estate dealers, offered the blocks bounded
by Fulton, Nassau, Concord and Liberty-sts Tor
S.,5O 600. A. b. Davenport offered the corner OF
Washington and JohnsOr-sts.,, now occulned by
Haverlys Brooklyn Theatre and the Post Oihce, ior
100000. ~
Morris advocated the selection of site at Myrtle
ave- and Fulton-st, on either of the opposite cor
ners. George w, Mead urged that the BEST ste was
on the opposite side of Fulton, at the head OF Nor
taQue-st where tae Mechanics Bank now
stands Ex-Mayor Hunter and ex-Judge
Greenwood favored the site in Joralem9n-st.
where the Reformed Church now stands. h. ~. befrl
smoke in favor of the site bounded by Fulton and
Nevins-sts and Flatbush-ave. The extension OF the
las-naned street to the bridge, he SAID, would make
this 81 one of tue most central and convenient ln
the CITY. Albert Woodruff favored the site AT At
lantic-ave and Lourt-st which was also advocated
by 5. A. Unoerhill A. f. Carman urged Snat 'he ne
bought. Mr.. harSness urged the selection Oh site
upon the proposed extension OF flatDlsn-aVe. lrDm
ul,0n-st to the bridge. Horace h. Deming again
nrg.d tine selection of size in Washington ST., the
natural outlet from the bridge. Commissioner An
drews announced that no more public meetings
Low would be considered. he Commissioners
would visit all the sites mentioned before making
their decision.
RECOVERING JESSE WILLIAASS MONEY.
The Philadelphia police sent a dispatch to In
spector Byrnes early in the week requesting that
search should be made IN this city for two conil-
dence swindiers no had stolen 81 900 IN gold from
.Jeese Williams, of Orange County, n. T., on Mon
Gay Mr.. Wliiiams, who recently sold his farm,
went to Philadelphia on that day, carrying his
money in a small aichel lie made the acqualDt-
ance of stranger the depot of the Pennsylvania
Railroad and accepted an invitation to take a
drink. Leaving his satchel on bench
in the Depot ne went with the stranger
TO a neighbOring lquor-store When he
xI hi al mic mn
packages which the stranger had eft behind him
were still there, and in one OF them the police
found the toe S tie nes 10 believe G t6st
the thieves had fled to this city.
On Wednesday the cashier OF the Union
Dime Savings Bank informed Inspector Byrnes that
n woman VINO gave her name Carrie Affleck had
deposited $500 III gold. Detectve-Sergeants Far
ley, Gerowe and McGulre were sent to watch the
bank and IN the afternoon they arrested the
woman, who returned TO draw out the money. Two
men who had accompanied her were taken
into custody One Of them said that he was the
womans husband. George L. Afieck. lie was
recognized as George Adams, ALIAS Davis, an ex-
CONVICT whose photograph in the Rogues Gallery ls
No 1,2Sl His c8mpaniony was was James Dnnn' Que OF
is known also as Pop" White, His
picture has been in the Rogues' Gallery
FOR long tlme In the pockets OF the two men
were found tickets issued az the Pennsylvania Rail-
road depot Philade phia on the day that MIR.
Williams's money was stolen.
Sergeant Thompson, OF the Philadelphia police,
prisoners as two men who were talking with Will
Jams in the depot OH Monday. The detectives have
recovered 81 900 of the stolen money. The prls-
oners will be taken to Philadelphia to-day. 4.
CHARACTER OF MRS. WEHRMANN'S HOUSE
The examination in ihe case OF Mrs Annie WeRr
mann, who has been accused by Officer Cahll, oi
keeping a disorderly house at No. l56 East Twenty
hist was continued before Justice Herman al
the Yorkve Police Court yesterday afternoon
James H. Slocum, of No. Zl9 Hooper-st., Brooklyn
testified that Mrs. Wehrmann had acted as collector
for MIN OF the rents of two hat-honses at Nos 235
and 237 East EIghtieth-st., during the past fifteen
months lie stated that she was an honest, respect
able Won an. Joseph Selling, Cigar dealer. who
bOards with Mrs. WehrInann, said that he had seer
no persons of questionable character IN the house
Mrs w ehrmann said that persons Of bad reputt
bouse in the time that sns had occupied it, She
added that sic had been annoyed by persons call