New-York tribune., 1885-09-17
LOCAL MISCELLAN NY.
o.,,sr,or,x4 HgALTn OFFICERS.
A ccMpLAryIxG LETTER yEoM CORNERSTONE ~

-, .,,,,xc LETTER IRON CoMMIssloNEf
,o,,,y- WORK or THE SENATE ccMNIlrEE.
TN sena,e Committee yesterday continued its
;nvrslgaiicn OF tie departments o. no CiSS HU,
5ra,f Comnissioner squire OF the DepaItu1eint ~
cth51, cthb,i, Wcrl.s wrote to the committee that he
La1 NOT suficiGat funds appTGpiateu !" 80 o.o- o
and maintain properly the XSSt ySa sy6tea a was oo.
pprpnriated for this purpose, whlle ia tTn n;neS
TX 900 was appropriated. Some OF Iho y P2ipoo pc
along the Iyer fronts are tSongIt % thai some egsa-
i've measures should be taken to remedy tmt1
of things There was BOW c0hhIet VI d au othcyr
between the BnIcau OF lnc.lhot"nU1o trsof obstrnc
eenar,ments With reference to street oos2"O b",,
Hons he thought all authority cQgcerIIing If
shonld placed under one head. me ort conId
Street Opening and ol Sueeii Susrienp ap TO the public
orr;cc He Thought q mandatory act snon,u - ~
ossed compelling the Board OF Estimate " pP;
pirate 100000 each year lor Squire
Soyyn new street pavements Comm ;Ii h r
,ii aunear before the committee ana VIII oo e''''
;ned With reference to these matters o,,os4;o,,o1
Care,oI ShoIer was recalled and was quest tloiiou
aiati 90 70 the letter he had written ASKING lo1 ~
larassed povers in regulating plunDlhg III .otO 70
ments he admitted that fhe nSng DTaru He thought
~ much of The disease III tenelnents WIS uuo " "
moor pIumbng or to needed repairs. W Ia. W. e"9 ~
Board wished was 10 have a%ntnorirS % " wsVch The
tenement and perform hccucu 'NP'
owner had failed to do. su. rrooi,b I,gnect
ors was questioned concerning the ths{ there
moving nuiSrpb S,boro oreot DELAY had occurred in
sbatinc nuisances after notice had pceu M I'd
the persons interested. The cause OIL 'hiS ho "''
Jr' Woolsey Johnson one Of the Health C9ininls SG
soners was also questioned as 10 the N1lhius M r 80
fLe Health Department. lie adlhittou u,t .ti'. ~ of
ba1 heen DELAYS Relative 10 The pfeSehtIlent VI
tnc Grand Jury last May concerning alleged shoTa m
Jennings of the department, he sara iiIt INV VIII m hl
lad hs a%Gst 6s 5SSS2 tnS S %
hotter than any outside body. When guuginfhasi y y
had been obtained against pToTey and aS there Fad
Eoen cases where the judgments were hoV colio0'0"
md the nuisanees were continued. ,,.;.,oss Uo
Mayor Grace was 10 be the next WltuesS, ti I, ~,
cont word that be was not ready, Dnt NJ thc neAs ~
Meeting of the committee he would De rcauy witn1
socts aud figures TO elaborate the subjects touched
on m his letter to the committee. An aUlourhnen'
was then had until Friday sepVeihOer 10
DIR. AUSTENS BONDSMEN DISCHARGED.
DR. DayidP. Austen. of No. 25l West Twenty.
ffth-st., was physician of good repute wHeh, 0 0
Tbird-nlace BROOKLYN, Just before she dled said
something which was construed to mean ulat III ~,
Austen tad committed criminal opeIatlon .Pou .P,
her three days before. The autopsy slOWed ina'
on orerotiOn of some kind had been performed, oal
DIR. Austen said that the marks were the result "
the removal of poiypus An examlna'iOm Ms a su
before Police Justice Smith. and Dr. AUSTEN Wa
held to await the action of the Grand Jury on
charge of bomlclde J. l.. J),..,i ot
subsequently snappcaton was maze 10 Dlst'!Ja s 4t
Attorney McKeOn for an examination OF VIZ
case. A communication was sent ~ tL'
District-Attorney, in which the father
mother. husband aud sisters, of the deceased
woman stated their belief that Dr. Austen was nol
gnI,tv of the charge brought against hlm. one
OF tie sisters made an affidavit show ing that Mrs
Birchly had been suffering from the free l use o.
ouinIne and that her statements made Just DeIoTt
her death were incoherent. There was scaTOeS
any evidence other than the dying womanS re-
mark, and Assistant Distrct-AttoTney keqaier
who examined the case, reported to Dlstrlct-Atlof
nov 0lney that there was no proof of DR.. Austen
gSIlt but that, on the other hand, he appeared t.
have suffered much wrong. Mr.. Olpey TOOK M
action but Mr.. MARITIME, having found the paper
Containing Mr. Requier's report, applied yesterdal
to Recorder Smyth for q discharge OF the bones
men The bali was immediately discharged anS
Dr. Austen is free from any custody.