New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-31

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discovered. Louis Zeiner, cousin Of the witness
had been in charge of the Custom House bushes
for ten wears as a clerk. He gave no accounts y
the firm. Henry Zeiner testified abouta converse
ton which, he alleged took place between nlmse,,
and Thorne. A small boy came to the witness
Office and said that Mr.. Thorne wished to see nun II
Broome-st Thorne. according to the wltless
wished to have a consultation between the lawyer
of Zeiner and himself. BE said that one OF TN
| lawyers had "patent scheme" by wmcn ,n ~
could all get off at cost of $780, The trial Will d
continued for several days more
JUSTICE WHITE ONE OF HER VICTIMS.
| A woman of respectable appearance and wei
dressed, having In her company brlght-i9ok Ooh
little girl accOsted two in Fult0n-st On NUTS
day night and asked them for money 70 enable me-
| to reach her home IN Hackensack. NJ j. she salO
that she had come to this city to do some shopping
[ and had lost her pocketbook. The men gave hei
| rs cents, and after expressing her gratitude she
| left them. The men continued on their way In an
| opposite direction from that which the woman
| men were again approached by the woman, who
failed to recognize her benetacors OF rev minutes
before. and who repeated the tale OF her loss Du.
stated that her husband In Jamaica was anxlously
awaiting her return home. They had her arTested,
| and yesterday morning she was taken to the lonos
Police Court, when complaint was made agaihst
her for vagrancy She stated that the 70 cents that
she had received she had handed to her daughter
| and had forgotten 1t. She maintained that she
| lived In Hackensack and had lost her money ,
Justice White
81 lost 1t once BEFORE" she replied.
"Where was thatf'
"In New-York, about two months ago."
Correct" said the Justice. Now, as yorr mem.
ory Is so clear as to that perhaps you re col
knowledge of, nor did she know how she secured
her fare home on that occasion. Justice White en-.
deavored In VAIN to bring to her mind the fact thaY
she had received 80 cents from him, having told
him O similar story. The Justice finally committed
her to the Island for six months as yagrant She
gave her name as Mary Welsh, thirty years old,
and said that the little girl was her daughter
Lizzie, age ten. The child was sent to the Catholic
Protectory.
THE CHILD PERFORMERS AT THE GARDEN.
There was large attendance at the afternoon
performance of Banums circus, at the Madison
Square Garden, yesterday. The possibility OF the
arrest of the Elliott children was general SUBJECT
of conversation as ii had been announced that they
would positively appear. lew minutes DeIoIo
the appearance of the children was looked for Mt
Barnum walked upon the platform between inc
two rings and made little. speech. lie was
greeted with o round of applause for when nc
bowed his thanks, and then he spoke as follows;
LA4Es AND M am the las, man M n 1e
lection of law Without law we should be IN state or
anarchy. love law and Will abide by H. but knew be-
fore engaged the Elliott children in Portugal that their
beautiful performances are quite within the law. MT
Gerry is an old friend OF nine he Is gentleman OF cur
ture honorable wealthy and desires to do nothing un
Justly But most large institutions Ike his or mine nave
their yeOw-plush jenkins who delight TO do their
dirty work and run their little idea into the ground.
They fanatical think they rule the world, and IN
make no effort Riding their bicycles is much easier
arrested within minutes you will the most de-
lightful bicycle exhibition imaginable, On Monday
children on their bicycles before several hundred of
New-Yorks chief physicians and surgeons and also be-
and his medical advisers win also be invited
to witness the exhibition II is unique and quite easy
and free from danger walking parl0r skating, ana
intend that millions OF my patrons In this city and
throughout the country shall be gratihed by witnessing
INN
The children were then introduced and gave their
performance on bicycles to the great delight of the
was attempt made at interference by the officers
Of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chill
dren.
THE REPUBLIC LIBELLED BY D0WSE.
complaint was filed yesterday In the United
States District Court in Admiralty suit begun by
Thomas Dowse against tho White Star steamship
Republic and Captain T. J. Irving. The complaint
charges that Dowse was deprived of his liberty and
forcibly imprisoned on board of the steamer on
voyage to this country from England. The damages
as ked for are 1000 The steamship is belled to
that amount. As the Republic is to sail for Europe
to-day 1t will be necessary for the owners to furnish
bonds as security TO await the trial OF the case
Captain Irving said TO TRIBUNE reporter last
night that be had not been informed that the
steamer had been seized under the libel The law
The Marshal h and judges that they would not lend
themselves to any scheme for the annoying deten-
ton of the vessel as II was on the point OF sailing
made that he did not fear any detention account
of the libel suit. What he feared, however was
that some effort would be made to have him
arrested and taken before police magistrate JUST
the steamer was the point OF sailing. lie
called attention TO the fact that he had been port
for several days. and yet action against him had
apparently been delayed until the time when 1t
would be most troublesome.
CARS TOPPING DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.
The PhiladeI, ,hia way-train on the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad met with an accident yesterday after
noon on the eastern shore of the Hackensack River.
When the train reached point known as the
" hs-hOuse the engineer, owing to the thick fall
of snow was unable to make out whether the
proper signal for him to advance was displayed.
lie therefore approached the bridge slowly until he
espied the signal. Then he opened the throttle and
his locomotive sprang forward. The motion was
so sudden that it pulled the tender and baggage and
express cars from the track. Their couplings broke
and they topped down the emblnkment.
The smoking car was also deraIled" but was
not upset. II was full at the time, but not single
person IN il was hurt. The trainmen also escaped
without injury, excepting one of the express
sengeTs, whose hands we're burned while he was
clnging 10 the hot stove TO steady himself. Traffic
was interrupted for two hours. The damage to the
was slight