New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-30
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
GENERAL, sHALER GREATLY SURPRISED
v,,p.Rys A GOOD DEAL FROM Mr.. wilson's les
Y,uoyy-sRNAToR GIBBS LETTER

10 he shown that he ana otheI ihspS ,nr &c tbo
NO real effort TO ascertain the character OF ,nc
NJ thew were sent to examine. Monmouth -
Wilson Superintendent of the Ere HatrSS,, odSi,
Sed that he had acted as broker for MI ecneII III
h;nnn0 70 the attention of the Armory Doard,
more particularly General Shaier, the ploI o,
1ronnd taken for the 18th Regiment ATinory, az
sytv-frst-st and Ninth-ave. For the Sth Regimen
arnorv site $3.50 900 was paid. After the SAFE tne
witness received 81 900 as his commlssioh. ~
the GOodwin-Cassey case the eale Oh site he re-
Dedge9 ESQ, 600. His total commissions
awonnted to $l665O. He was asked now ne
could reconcile mis- statements with tho testimony
oG General Shaler, who saiG that the Armory
Roard had dealt directly with the princlpaIs ana
that no brokers had been recognized. Nr' "A'0"
Thef ClSrk Perley, of the Excise Board, was re-
called The letter Of Senator gibbs 10 wmcn Iet-
SrecteS to Excise Commissioner Mitchell, and
si',ted that the writer had known Theodore r. Par
Eer for several years while he was employed IN
Maiden lane and knew of no reason why his aqpli
cation for license should not be granted. 1t Is al
legged that Parker wanted to take out license i1r
"rom" ienld's place IN West lnirtyhr aa 10 The
1easoSs which led Messrs. Mitchell
and Hanshi0n to grant licenses ot to me ne
sorts IN Sxth-ave. Notwithstanding the objections
of Mr. Norris. The reports of the inspectors OF lne
Excise Board were produced snowgS unSf IN
n few instances Police Captain Williams mao re-
ported that the reputation of the places reported
M QDOu, In rcleltuCc W INC
patrick O'Rourke for license at No. ll3 B0wery
he testified that Inspector John Bennett ana zap
tain Alaie had reported the place as OF good Iepute
last May but that the license was not eIaht CO.
The anplicatOns of George Thesis for licenses LOT
his place in Fourteenth-st, next door TO @[aC re
Chapel with the protests OF the re ctor anu oihclS
of Grace Church were put I'D evidence III appeaicu
by endorsements on tho last appllcatOh lhat Ooni-
nssioner Morris opposed it. as he dId large nam,
Der of applications for places wmcn were hceii'ou
not wthStanding unfayorable reports;
General Shaler being recall ed said that 1t was q
revelation TO HIM when he heard Mr. Nllson TESTIFY
that he had received commission on the SAFES 81 tne
properties for armOTy purposes ana mat ne nau Ie
linked Wilson since the latter had gwen MS testl,
mOny for not letting him know that he was real
estate agent.
WALKING ABOUT WITH A BROKEN SKULL.
A BRICK FALLS SEVENTY FEET AND BREAKS TO
PIECES oN MICHAEL M'LAuGHIlN's HEAD.
Michael McLaugnlip, age thirty;six OF No. 10
John-st walked brskly Ito the Chambers street
Eusnitai Yesterday and asked the attending physl-
clan 10 dress slight wound IN ms scalp Opol! re-
moving McLaughnns nat the physician was aston
was bleeding profuSely), but also compound DC
pressed fracture IN the top of the Skull The iIao-
xiii ony ordinary man. But Mclaughlin does
not belong to that class. lie Is, WEI -huC"n
for his strength and power OF endurance.
He was standing IN the Daseme1t Oh tne
ST where lie was working as laborer, wnen
brick fell from scaiiOd about seventy 1eet
above the basement ana STRUCK Nun idiIly vi IuS
top of his head The nrick was broken by the lerce
of the blow and the pieces bounded from McLaugh-
lus skull as if they had como III contact WIN u
LOOK out there" said Mclaughlin when the
brick struck him. a." and don't be a-dTOpping pebbles
upon me SKULL ,, - $50
pared to 60 on with his work as If nothing had nap
pened he flow of blood from the wound, however
attracted The atShion o. be ca e fraa Gbnmbs1
Street Hospital. Mclaughlin. secuted the ldea OF
beng carried to the hospital and walked there as
cheerfully as II he was going home TO MS dihher
The whole top of his head was depressed ana
bruised and the broken bones pressed UPON the DTaIn
hard enough to produce unconsclousnesS but mere
was no change from the normal condition. WNis
the PHYSICIAN was examining the wound ana the
extent OF the fracture, which Is AN exceedingly
Painfui OPERATION Mclaughlin dld NOT wlnce, p9o
talked about Lis condit on as III amounted TO
nothing. Aftor his wound was dressed ne wanted
TO o. back to his work, bat after much persuasion
be consented to 20 TO the newborn hospital
where as soon as the expected brain symptoms set
in. his skull VIII be opened with trephlDc, the
depressed bone elevated from his BRAIN, ana All
the splinters tnat have penetrated the brain sub
stance will be removed. lie may recover, but the
chances are all against MIN.
FATALLY STABBED WITH A PEN-KNIFE.
DYING on THE sIDEwALK-wAs 1T A MURDERf
A boy ran up TO PollcemanSnllIvan in Tenth-ave.,
at 800 D. III. yesterday, and said: There is light
atsIxteenti-st and ION Foley has been stabbed"
Sullivan FASTENED to the cornell On the Sidewalk
in front OF a liquor store lay Thomas foley age
twenty, gasping and half nscnslble. Blood 1owed
from q wound in Ills left breast. James Carten, a
laborer, of No. 40l West seventeenihst, was bend
ing over the young man trying 10 Stop the
flow of blood with piece OF paper. An old PEN
KIN f. with blood on its blade lay on the walk Sui
hYau picked IL up and was told that II belonged 10
Carten. A boy sent to the pol ice station In
Twentloth-st. to summon an ambulance put
Fo.ey died long before the ambulance
arrived. ne knife blade had penetrated his
breast near his heart and death was caused by ln-
terual hcmorrhage. Carten made no effort to avoid
arrest and lie SAID that the staOblng was accidental
AZ the police station he sad That he was 1Ortyone
years OF age and unmarried. lie frequented the
hquor-Store in front of which the sabblng occurred
but he was not known TO be more quarrelsomc than
other Customers there To Sergeant Blair he said
have known Foley some year. and we have always
been friendly. We had no quarrel today and We were
We standin4 In front OF the quorstOrs and had
my knife open my hand. He tried to take 1t away
from aud lie got hHid OF the handle wnie the blade
Ia the struggle he suddenly jerked the
knife away and stabbed himself
Cartons story was not believed by the police, and
detectives were sent out to find witnesses of the
stabbnG. john DOuOhue, OF No. 4l6 West SIX
teentn-st. said that nc was standing on the oppo-
site side Of the street from Foley and Carten and
saw them struggling for the possession of the
kniie. He Thought tnat Foley hurt himself by ac-
cident. Aterward he said that he did not zee tue
knife in FGey's hand, and ne made other contra
dictOry statements. Two other men, named Lee
and Brow, who live III SiXteenth-st., were men,
toned as witnesses also. Foley WAS IA 'lOngShOre-
man. aud lived with Eis widowed mother at 4oS
West SIXieenth-st. HIS reputation was not of tho
best although 1t was SAID that he worked and
helped TO sup port his mother The pc Ice decided
To hold Caftcn unul Coroner Martin had made an
investigation.
THE SECOND DEGREE OF MANSLAUGHTER.
Andrew Spainer, a cOursc-lOOking rough" be-
longing 10 "A gang who iuiest the shantes about
Seventy -tblrd-si. aud the East RIVER, was tried
yesterday before Recorder Snyth on q charge Of
homicide. He was indicted with several Compan-
tons who have not been tried The crime took
place on August s. wnen most OF the policemen of
the city were detailed TO duty IN connection with
the Grant funeral parade. A crowd of young men
gathered in Seventy-fOurth-st near Ave-A, be-
tween and O'clock III the evening. A dispute
arose between one OF the men and Bohemian and
q cry went ~, Clear out the BOhemlanS." GOtt-
Iclb Kaiat "A BOhouIuu raQmau. WAS surrounded