New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-29
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
FERDINAND MAYER'S l)EFENCE.
rrsr,cr VAN BRUNT HOLDS THAT TaE SUPERIOR

FERDINAND MAYERS DEFENCE.
yUsrlcE VAN BRUNT HOLDS THAT NE sofh"'0
COURT HAD JURISDICTION.
Tho trial of Ferdinand Mayer on a charge OF per
gury was continued yesterday IN the Court OF w.
and Terminer. Louis HIrsch. formerly cashier Ia
j. Mayer & Co. testified that tn "s for 900 to
Marin ritz Ciayburgh, nor was there any
record Of any liability to G Clay %aae
80 Late for The form of promissOry note sWore
that n was made and delivered to Arthur q Dull
he hs tsStiSny for the prosecution being all in
ex-Judge Cardozo asked the Court to direct me
iury to acQuit Mayer oa the ground that tno gu
Which the perjury was alleged to have been COM
mtted Justice Van Brunt held that the Constltn.
tlona provision that the sTpsOr T TSil
T. had I"'' previous evil Son." to the adoption
of the Civil Code overcame the objection raised a
upon the Interpretation of the clause III secilo
which was relied upon upon to prove thaI ihe
Superior Court had no jurisdiction. his note, De
ing opposed as corroborative proof of the debt 10
MARITIME lay burgh, material issue III tle case
II was for the Jury TO determine whether the oath
was correctly taken or not. ,,up
John F. Plummer. Nathaniel Meyer joseph Il: b
Edgar, Mrs S. Simon, Alfred ID. Griswod, WiIliam
II Smott. Thomas i. James and Benjamin Mayer
were examined for the defence. MI. James Ioi9
the amount of the assets which as ne
Naver who is the son of the accused man. swere
that he borrowed 81 900 for his father from Mr;
cave If 70 Mr. CIaybnrgh When the time for pay;
mont arrived his fathern-aw sald t1e eGU. Ie
stand for five OF SIX TX moa'aS demand note.
and the witness obtained blank filled it out and
sent it to Chicago He did not know why the ud I
was made the same as that of the other note ne
sunposed his father-in-law had given him the same
date in letter. When he testified at the trial IN
the Superior Court that the note was made on July
is, 1881, he believed it to be true.
The trial will go on to-day.
CONTRACTS FOR LIGHTING STREETS.
The Gas Commission awarded contracts yester-
day for lighting the city for the year beginning
May l. The contracts with the United states IL
Illuminating company for electric lights were az re-
newed and it was authorized to light IN addltloh,
Catherine from Chatham to tho East River,
Chambers-st from Broad way to the North River.
all of Fulton-st and Canals ron the bo%o1y foo 90
each night. The Brush Illuminating Companys
existing contracts were renewed at the same rares
To the, Equitable Gas Light Company M f0s
awarded a contract for all lamps on the line
of ITS mains at $12 each. To the Mutual and Con
soidated Companies were awarded al , gs 90 %
to be lighted by the Equitable Company. Inc
Central Gas Light Company for lighting lamps In
each To the Northern Gas Light Company was
awarded contract for gas lights in the Twenty
fourth Ward at $50 each, and to the f0nkers Gas
L.sht Company another contract at the same rates
The New-York and New-Jersey Globe Gas Light
smt to receive wocda SaSh eshs
SION by Alderman Cleary, which was
signed by Thomas G. Acton 20 Nils so and others dnT
town be lighted with electricity Secretary Nc
Cormick said that only $4,000 was available Tor
that purpose.
Mr. squire-we can't do much with that.
The Mayor don't want You to have surplus iet n
be surplus the Public Works department might want
1t transferred to other fund-presumaby the salary
MIR squlre-Your suggestion is like the diagnosis Of
disease before the disease has manifested itself. .
The MayOr-Hardy. as that has been the practce OF
the Public Works Department for years
Mr. Squire said that he was in favor of electric
lights, and it was resolved TO use the $4,000 In
that way.
FOOLISH GIRLS WHO LEFT A CONVENT.
Considerable agitation still exists at the Domini-
can Convent Of Our Lady OF the Rosary IN sixty
thrd-st near First-ave, over the disappearance OF
Agnes A. Haden and Josephine tlynn frem Tue
convent on Sunday night After attending vespers
they went to bed in the third story and talked and
laughed for some time. When one of the sisters
was making the last round bofore closing the
house for the night she found the bed where Agnes
and Josephine usually slept empty Search was
made for the girls but they could not be found.
Out of 800 or mere inmates of the
convert this is the first time the sisters say, that
any of the children have shown adispeStion to run
a% TWers tbosa Girls ever nuuisbed,n a TRIBUNE
reporter asked the Mother Superior yesterday,
mo- they were both good children 4; Agnes wore
a medal as a mark of excellence in study aud de-
pertinent. do not remember that they were ever
punished They had no friends, money or relatives.
and where they could have gone 1t is ImposslDle lor
me TO conjecture Abductedi No; that is not pos
sibe, for they never met an outsider and could not
communicate with any one without our knowledge.
On Monday they were seen together by one
the servants in Third-ave. The servant recognized
them, but did not attempt to bring them back, as
she had not heard of thor escape"
" How long would they have been kept at the
convent ~
1.-TWO years longer, until they were sixteen,
and then wewould have secured place for them
In some store, as thoy were bright and Intelligent
beyond the average They were sent to us by po-
lice justices, not fer committing crime, but On
account of restitution"
TOO MANY FOWLS IN EAST-SIDE HOUSES
The Board of Health yesterday discussed report
from Major Billiard regarding the practice OF keep
ing fowls in the Hebrew quarter, east OF the Bow
cry below Cana-st. Ii was stated that fowls were
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