New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-20

him as Jack" Wright, employed by Edwalo ''
WOcsey large No robbery
or knocking down took place The ponce nave ~ ,at
vestigsted the matter thoroughly II Is true rna'
Jack" Wright rode horse over the 5oute nt anH
bnt he rode slowly, and had no trouble WIN any
ona 91e World rcporter who wrote the fiction de-
scribes himself as "the great World detective" ne
police say that he is the ablest person they Ko" Oh
In "detectinG" what does not exist.
Jack " Wright was seen by TRIBUNE reporter
in Astoria Yesterday and said :" drove carriage
from Mr.. Wooseys Astoria residence TO ns rt cSe
horse back. think know enough about horses
not to run them over city pavement. dlaa
knock any man down didn't rob any man ana
didn't run over any old woman"
THE NEW PARK AVENUE CHURCH.
The new Park Avenue Methodist Eplscopad,
Church. at the southeast corner OF saov Il Is
a massive pile of Portland brown stone occupyihs
more than a hundred feet on the street anu ,no
avenue, and comprising the church chapei anu par,
eonage In has tall, square tower rising nearly
hundred and fifty feet. The general type OF the
structurs is of the tenth century. The total cost
will be about $4,000. ,.ra; -
August, j s2, and the corner stone was laid by
Bishop Harris in tho following November.
Since last June the congregation have o sNa1
and the parsonage was finished for occupation on
month ago. The new church holds the field that
it has Occupied for forty years Inc Odf aSd
Fourth aves Its congregation has grown 10
membership of 700, and the Sunday School more
than that number. This EVENING by special inv IL
tation of the Building Committee, a number OF
guests will inspect the new CHURCH; ,,ooo.+
-" We think it will be one of the handsGim rest
c9 tSa in ssa F church
finished in cherry and the decorations are IN sort
neutral colors There will be galleries
three sides and Accommodations Ior Ivy W
persons The parsonage fronts on Eigbty,,sixtI.st.
1t is handsome four-story house htted up WIN
everything modern, and the pastor can enter the
church from his house. The chapel will he used as
a Sunday-schOol. for lecture purposes and sociabes
and the basement is lifted with faciIltles Ior
kitchen" c,
Bishop Andrews will preach in the morning. A
platform meeting at $50 will be addressed by the
Key. Drs A. d. Vail and o. II. Tiffany, the Key
Messrs. A. j. Palmer, pastor of the church, {. H.
Gregory and Merritt Hulburd Chaplain McCabee
General c. b. Fisk Mayor Edison and j. b. Cornell
Bishop Warren will preach in the evening.
A CITY MISSION CHURCH TO BE BUILT
The dog-training and rat-catching establishment
in the old frame buidlng at BToome-st. ana Celiue
Market has been been removed TO new quarters
placard on the building announces that II VIII ne
torn down about the first of May, and that church
will be built on the site by The New-i York City
Mission. In regard to the project John kusstOn'
acting secretary of the Mission, SAID yesterday; -,
There is no doubt that the church Will be built
Mr.. Cady, the architect, is now making
the plans The City Mission. purchased
cost of about 100000. Ii will probably spend
about $50 GOO more on the church structure, The
Mission has now four churches-the Calvary
Church in Worth-st the De Witt Memorial Church
in Rivington-st. the Olivet Chapel in Second-st..
and the Carmel Church that is held N the ola Rhine
Wine House. No. ia Grand ST.. 1t IS for the con-
pregation of the Carmel Church that the new house
will be built. They have membership OF nearly
100 and a Sunday school Of more than 800 winch
the present quarters only poorly accommodate. Al
first il was intended to put mp the building on TWO
lots but the third was purchas so as 10 give more
ground room. The new building probably VIII re-
semble the De Witt Memorial Church in general
appearance but will be more complete III detali
The position is central and the field for the work
most admirable There will be rooms for Young
working men and women in which to pass their
leisure hours in good reading or instructive exer-
cises, n library and gymnasium. | ne Work VIII
be begun before tie LIST of May Ii possible.
CONFLICTING STORIES OF POLICEMEN.
The Police Commissioners who were trying delin-
quent policemen yesterday were puzzled by con
dieting testimony in the case of PatrOman Dennis
Slattery, of the Twentythird Precinct, accused or
failing to take prisoner TO police court AccOrh-
ing to the testimony of two sergeants and door
man in the Seventeenth Precinct, Slattery TOOK
Young woman TO the Fifth Street Police Station on
the night of March 1, and had her locked up on
charge Of disOrderly conduct She was dcilNercd
into his custody the following morning. but she was
LET 10 in the street instead of being taken to police
court as the law requires. The woman at me time
of her arrest gave her name as Nellie 4ller, ana
said that she lived in Twenty-hTst-st. Her services
as "a witness could not be obtained yesterday.
Slattery told the commissioners that he was not
the policeman who made the arrest. some Other
policeman he declared, had persOnated HIM. ne
witnesses against Slattery swore that he wore
mustache at the time that the arrest was h2Ic
Satterys barber testified that ne shaVcd on Ihe"n-
GERS mustache some time IN FEBRUARY. Slal'eIN
said that he could produce other Witnesses 10 provo
that it was a of mis- AIKEN IDENTITY ana tnal ne
was in another part Of the city when Nellie Miller
was locked up. Az ms request the commissioners
adjourned the trial until tuesday.
A BOLD ROBBERY IN LONG ISLAND CITY.
H. II. Davis, employed as agent by the Long
was walking in Fery-st, gil ntersPoint, early yes
teTdav morning When passing "COckwach Castle"
dilapidated frame building known as the head
was struck from behind with blunt lnstru-
ment and knocked insensible then robbed
of 81, gold chain valued at $2o and AN an
finger They then left HIM lying on the sidewalk
Soon after man on his way to the ferry discovered
Davis on the sidewalk, aud dragged him to the
Long Island railroad depot A physician was sum
Inoned who dressed the wounds. There were two
large cuts the back of the head, causedprob-
ably by a cold chisel. When Davis returned to
consciousness he was taken to his home in Jamaica
Yesterday after lie had improved somewhat he
said, however, that he ccnld not identify his as,
sailants as the first blow knocked him down, and
after that he did not remember what occurred until
he reached the depot. The Long Island City police
we're Immediately informed but made no arrests
yesterday
ROAMINGS OF A TYPHUS FEVER PATIENT
Notice was received at the Sanitary Bureau yes
terday that James Lamb, a typhus fever patient
who had been wandering about the city since sun
day. had been taken to the Riverside Hospital.
Lamb was employed as waiter in Cnatham-st
and had slept in Tire lodging house at No. New
CbambeIs-st where more than a dozen men have
caught the fever within a month DR.. COnan Of the
Fonfth Sanitary Divisonlfcund Lamb suffering from
the fever at No 23S William-st Sunday after
neon and sent for an ambulance to remove him to
the hospital. The sick man appeared TO
be willing to 60 but before the ambulance arrived
he secretly left the tenement house and sought fOr
lOdging-houses were warned, and Lamb was turned
away from several such places during Monday night
and Tuesday. He appeared at Bellevue Hospital on
Tuesday night deliriOus and dangerously Ill with
the fever. lie could not give any account of his
wanderings and it is feared that many persons have
been exposed to the conagiOn by contact with hun.
The sanitary inspectors did not learn where Lamb
slept on Sunday and Monday nights.