New-York tribune., 1885-07-08
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
TIMOTHY MCCARTHY CONVICTED.
,,sr,r ON rx.upcE BEpFoRp's VIGOROUS PRosE'

"Tim f" Mccarthy, VINO mas grown run go II
yicted yesterday before Judge Gildersleeve OF o,
criminal assault: He is stout burly man ana ~
as be boasts. by political influence, Catherine
Barrows stout young immigrant charged tnat
Mccarthy induced her to go to his place at NO. ~
Oak-st. and kept her there as prisoner ior throo
weeks frequently assaultink her. and finally beat
her and drove her from the house. Enorts were
made on the part of the defence to snow % 1ne % mo-
planning witness has been in the House OF Deten-
tion and both sides requested on Monday tnat hHr m
trunk: should pc ,L pronaIea arks on them whether
they had csme from Europe. An ordinary tiunn'
apparently of American manufacture. was pro, aSo
dacsd portion 81 0napspty aGs ~ Ihs the 'H letters Of
word. Ex-JudQe Bedford, who labored earnestly
TO secure convection pointed out that the letters
were the last in the word Ethiopia the name sSs Ca
sa9 came se hs country The lawyer defence
was equally pleased ph sne the cy from
which the defence declared she had come
Matron Tillman. Otthe House OF Detentisn. was s,
called as a witness, and testified that on MONDAY
evening after the lawyers had spoken IN the court
room about having the trunk prSduGe9l
Catherine Barrows did not answer the bell
promptly, and the matron on gong 10 her aIoIs aIo
fsund her engaged apparently Ill tearing the IapeIs
frem the trunk. 1he trunk was opened IN .ne
courtIosm and the defence exuted IN the scor.
ery of Philadelphia papers from one TO three years
old and an envelope addressed to Catherine lsner'
House Of Correction, Philadelphia.
EX-Judge Bedford MADE au carucse aPPo"i IVA
conviction. lie SAID:
such men as Timothy Mccarthy the very pestience
of the earth Their acts OF savage brutality DTng more
OF heaven can eface. This scoundre, who makes his
boasts that his political 'nfuence VIII protect nun .s
creature who has with his foul breath to polnte
the channels of justice by Dragging that he controls the
authorities. stands before You today. ~ M o
this quick and bis brain grows d1zy a. @ ,he
Of your verdict & ask hy you VIM ccart s iI
the politician that influence on earth can swerve you
one instant duty in this case ana thus
riddng the public OF this living DEVIL
The iury, after an absence of over an hour. re,
turned with a verdict of guilty Mccarthy seemed
dazed as he listened to the verdict Inc punish-
Ex-Judge Bedford was congratulated on the result
OF the trial.
A ROCKY BEARS DEN IN CENTRAL PARK.
BLASTING OUT A sEMI-cIRcULAR YARD AND CAVE
"A GRIZZLY WANTED.
short distance in the rear of the Arsenal in Gen.
trail Park rises great rounded ledge OF rock about
twenty five feet high and stretching away INTO inc
centre of the park. For several weeks hali dozen
workluen la We been drilling and blasting into this
ledge. They have scooped out large cavity Id IL
the shape s half circle Inc M exeava'loGs ;,tnr nave
tn. Arsenal is open. but the remaining portion Is
bound by a wall of SOLID rock and at the furthest
end an excavation like cave Is being
made at the base of the wall Visitors
to the Park Menagerle gather IN crowds 10 walcn
for what purpose they are engaged at this task;
None OF the mea seem 10 know the object ana
questions seaye the inquirer without hgat on the
eubiect Superintendent Cenklin smiled the other
day as be was giving directionsabout the Work ana
the question as to its purpose was put to him.
alt is a rather curious locking hole" said he,
"bnt the use to which 1T will be put is simple
enough. II is to be bear-pit TOR the menagere.
We have no special Accommodations for he bears
except in cages and this rsck, If put INTO shape,
offered most appropriate place for them, SO that
the Park Commissioners determined to have 1t
done. The bear-pit, You know. used TO be one OF
the institutions of Europe where lights between
them still remain about Berne, IN switzerland,
though they only serve nov, to catch q1nwary pc
destrans Someone is always fang lin D,hrs into
however can hardly be called a pit. There
will be an iron fence on the open side and the high
wall around the OF her portion will make secure
animals Bensath the wall the bears Will have the
cave that Will give them shelter, and IN iroht
there will be pond for them to wallow H." 90,
How many bears are there In tue menagerle =
six are in the cages now. 1t is expected that
as the agerie grows to obtain larger collection
particularly of American bears We want TO get
Which good in 'as''4asW few years s 's likely '' 70
through tSTSii the West. They are not to bo found
as an OK which wouId spread panic formerly
among a whsle tribe of Indians Then the Park
ought to have one or two Polar bears among Its
Would you put them all In together ~
There Will be partitions dividing them, b9t
giving each species full advantage OF this open-air
Confinement, which will be much better than a
cage. Only those Of the Same species can be kept
together in the same inclosure. One species OF
bears has astrongprejudice against another species
In this respect they are decidedly haman.
WEATHER THAT TRIED MEMS SOULS.
DIFFERENT SORTS OF ADJEcrIvEs AND DRINKS
UsED-MUCH-NEEDED RAIN