Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-28
NEW YORK.
COnkl1ng Discharged = UprOariOus Ap-
 pIauss in the Court Room.

COnkling Discharged = UprOariOus Alp. p1ause in the Court Room.
 NEW YORK, March 27.-The examination
 into the shooting of William H. Haversticl
 by George Conkling, jr., at the Vienna flats
 on the 18th inst. was conducted by Justice Solon B. Smith in the special sessions court l room this afternoon. Shortly after o'clock 1 the accused, accompanied by his sister, Mrs.
 Uhler, and his counsel, entered and the party
 proceeded to the bar. The sister was evi dently still in feeble state and had to be
 supported to her seat. She was attired, as on previous occasions, in @ maroon colored
 velvet dress and sealsldn dolman with fur
 trimmings. Oonkling was net in the least
 disconnected and paid not the slightest heed
 to the gaze of the spectators, which was more
 in pity than otherwise. After listening
 to the arguments of the counsel for
 the defense and assistant district at-
 torney, Justice Smith said that there
 defendant apprehended grevious bodily harm
 when he discharged the pistol, consequently
 he ordered the prisoners discharge. The
 decision WAS scarcely announced when all the
 spectators arose to their feet and manifest ed their pleasure by loud cheers, clapping of hands and throwing of hats in the air. No attempt was made to subdue the uproarious applause, which was continued for several minutes and until Conkling had received the congratulations of many friends and left the Tombs. He repaired to his lawyers office near by where his sister.
 who had been unable to compose herself in the court room, had been taken and commu- nlcating the good news to her an affecting scene transpired between the two. They embraced each other and cried with joy. They will probably both depart for Reno, Nevada, tomorrow.
 Counsel for Mrs. Uhler will tomorrow, he said, sue out an order of arrest for Dr. Ami don on charge of illegally taking possession of the goods found in Haverstick's apartments which are claimed by Mrs. Uhler.
 A Religious on Trial for Rape.
 BUFFALO, March 27.-In the trial of Brother Frank, director of St. Joseph's Catholic college, a jury was secured at noon to-day, and the testimony began. All relig- ionists have been excluded from the jury to avoid supicions of bias in the verdict Mag gie Zimmerman, little girl who accompanied Hattie Carr, the seven year-old child said to have been raped, to St. Joseph's college, tes- tifed concerning the visit there, and the giving of candy to the child by Brother Frank, who took her into another room and kissed her when she went away. Under Maggie testified that & young man named Frank Winters boarded with witness mother. Mrs. Carr had rooms on the same floor. She testified that Winters had frequently talked with her about little Hattie Carr's injuries, and told her to testify when called into court that Brother Frank didn it. This caused great sensation in court, going to show what had been quite widely believed since the investi- gation of the case by the Evening News some time since, that the charge on Brother Frank was an afterthought to cover up an as. sault by some one else. The witness testi- fed that the little child was not ill for several lays after the visit to the college. The 1 theory of the defense is that some one know 1 ing the children had been there took ad- l vantage of the fact to charge the offense | against Brother Frank.
 Verdict Against the Consolidated.
 NEW YORK, March 27.-Patrick J. Me | Phillips, as administrator of his son John B. 1 McPhiIlips, brought an action against the | New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad 1 company to recover damages for the loss of 1 lis son. On May 3d, 1881, the boy was rossing One Hundred and Sixty-ninth street nd Railroad avenue, when his foot was aught between two tracks of the company, 1 nd before he could extricate himself train an over and killed him. The case was tried o-day before Chief Justice Daly, the plain if obtaining verdict for 4,oOO, the full mount claimed.
 Policemen Recover Deducted Wages.
 NEW YORK, March 27.-Judge Lawrence in supreme court chambers to-day granted Frits of mandamus requiring the police com missioner to pay over to number of police nen moneys which had been deducted from heir salaries on account of their absence rom duty in consequence of sickness. The |