New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
THE CASE OF BOICE AND SHAW.

The trial of Garrett s. Boice and Edward II
Shaw president and cashier respectively OF the
wrecked CITY Bank of jersey City, is set down posi-
lively for tomorrow. and will probably be Degun,
as the Court determined that there snail ne no
unnecessary delay Ex,Jndgo "man Goe' Knapp
in the Circuit Court yesterday to have tine case
tried by foreign jury-that is, jury from solno
other county. In support of his application, MI
Hoffman read affidavits signed by Boice and shaw,
in which they set forth that they believe that ~
impossible to secure fair and lmpartlai u tha
by Hudson County Jury They allege az the
basis for this belief that the newspapers have agl-
tated and are still agtatlng the matter OF the pk
failure and that the public mind is thereby kcPt
heated and angry In urging ms nI Woiiman ' saId
that the indictments had been hurried thiough nv
q Grand Jury specially called together lor ne liz,
purpose: that the time allowed for the preparation
of defence was too short and that the newspapers
had commented on the case to an extent TO make
them iabefor contempt ofcOurt, The defendants had
been alluded to frequently as thieves ana they hau
been charged with committing the monumental
crime of the times The public nina was co1ss
Guently greatly excited and prejudiced and IL
would be only far to the defendants to nave jury
from some other country TO try tho cases .
District-Attorney McGill opposed the motion say
ing that il made only 10 secure ueuiA' la
could see no reason why the defendants could not
have n far trial by jury OF their own t0whsnen.
Judge Knapp denied the motion declaring that every
case of the kind should be tired solely upon lne cF
dence and he had no doubt that the jury selected
would i'm accordance with their oaths. render de-
cison upon the facts set before then IL Tumored
VpSfpr6aV
morrow 10 Withdraw their former plea and plead
guilty but ex-.J udgc Hoffman informed TRIBUNE
reporter that If they had any such intention he had
not been made acquainted WIN IL.
MACE WISHES THAT HE WAS YOUNGER
The second appearance III this city of Mace and
Slade the pugliSts drew about . 800 spectators to
the Mad son Square Garden last night. The crowd
was n different one from that which assembled on
the first Occasion. The price of admission hal
been lowered and OF the persons present not so
many wore silk has. and more were co.lariess.
Good order was maintained, however and Inc p0-
lice present had little or nothing To do. There was
some delay before the performance began. ana
monies. Pop" Whitaker entered the ring the sat
isfactIon was expressed 10y general stamping Oh
feet and capping Of hands. -,
George Taylor and The Black Diamond"
were the first 10 put on the gloves. They were fol-
lowed bv BLACK sam" aud "Jocp Ryan in a
wrestling bout. coilar-and elbow style. ne IrSt
and third falls were won by Black SAM Ryan
having TO content himself with the second. Then
f tbe s IOVe";' "fsny Monroe with In
dian clubo; Young" Bbby and Herbert
in GrncO-Roman wrestling each man winning one
fall and Mike" Donovan aud his pupil, JACK
smith, with the gloves In three heavy Singing
rounds jimmy" Kelly and " jerry Murphy
stirred the spectators into tumultuous applause ana
then came the wInd-up between Mace ana Sll1e.
Mace seemed in better wind than on ms hrst
planted blows he delighted his old admirers. De
tween the rounds, in To some OF their shouts
be remarked; 81 wish was ten year yo"nerr ,
boys, Td warm 'em up Sladc con
firmed the good impression that he
had previously made. and knowing ones were
heard to remark: les mighty andy teller Tor
big 'unr HIS defence very good against MS
clever adversary, and he planted some well aimed
and well delivered blows on Mace's face and body.
Both men were cheercd heartily upon leaving the
stage.