New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-02

gladly consented to have him take the prisoner te
the East Eighty eighth Street Police station: .on
| prisoner gave his name John OBren, age seveh
teen. of No. 4O2 East Seventy seventhst ne ne 'O nt
Justice Wede ia the Harlem Court that ne dia mos
steal the silver The detective sag ~ st ~
the capture would put stop TO SNEAK % sone,
the neighborhood. Justice Wede held the pr'sohe'
| in 81 800 bail
ADULL DAY FOR THE MOUNT KIsCO dHooI
| III sULKs IN IT'S TENT-THE Boosted oKi0iNnL'i'
OF THE THING.
The ghost ut Mount Kisco languished IN soIiIaayy
confinement all day yesterday, and was Ien9cloJd
exceedingly sullen by the experience IL refuse.
utterly TO rap or sweep even at the mos, e'an
solicitation The sceptica posnstress Oh i,o nh
lage suggested that 1t had read the recently Puu
ishcd accounts Of its performances ana nau Decn
made sick thereby. The invention OF the sweeping
sound is the pride Of the townspeople Ihey
! Iy claim that their ghost has originated
Something new in spirituaistic manifestations
Heretofore the inhabitants of the ether world nave
of rapping, ringing bells, humping tambourlpes
and snI ar useless and undignifed procedures hen
communicating with living friends out ,nelr eUJs
mo great spiritualstlC dust. Letters have
been received by the family from believers
in spilituasm asking the and %p everySedv in
the neiehborhood who leans Mt all toward that be-
lief firmly maintains that old Mrs. HubbelPs spirit
is still potterlng about her torer boy saw "The
tbumpuS of her broom handle is heard ali over the
floor aud at times on the wall. and the sweeping IS
U %ay 'nG that t00r renders the explanation Of
| ratsi or loose boards or anything Oh .nit
kind impossible when you also take INTO
conditions under which the affair has Deeh invcsl-
| aed require an extended conspiracy IL human
agency supposed to be ut the bottom Oh Inclined
have evolved the theory OF "'lectrlcltyr wnich N
is lpopularly supposed. ito be capable OF OF
working ian, any ana al oe wpa"SrS instrument
| which is known TO the craft as sounuei,
| visited the house some time ago, firm IN me oellei
that electricity" which was satnratlug the atmos-
phere, would cause the sounder to ACT IN some s IN
applicable manner and prove me trn' OF ine ~
theory Unfortunately Miss 4bbe v o5s1ie sa d TO
| nrlved of what would doubtless have been the
greatest discovery since Franklin brought eiecrici-
Stawart Zadock Hubbell, the second son of old
Mrs Mary Hubbcll. stood under the ide-spread-
ing in front of the house ana talked 10 'e re-
| potter Yesterday. Il helped build this house
| twenty-five years ago." said he and there arci l
| any crbly-hocs passages under the 1oors ior
the wind don't bes NS m gn% s
| tIey weren't ghosts at all I'VE corhefeu ei III
the churcll-yard and found 'em nothing but mullen
stalks noddng in the WIND. B1t this Is SOFT y
| thing | can't get at and don't understand.
Then he went INTO the hail and tired TO STR up Inc
| ghost for the reporters benefit, but without sue
| cess Miss Lizzie lubbcil returned from brooklyn
Yesterday, and the question whether the spills VIII
| resume work for her benefit is the one with winch
| the Villagers wrestling AT present.
CARPENTER CONVICTED OF MURDER.
| THE DEATH SENTENCE TO BIZ PRONOUNCED TO-
MORROW.
Precisely one year after his first conviction, John
| Carpenter was found guilty Yesterday OF murder
| in the first dc gree stabbng to death MS wlc,
| Mary f.. Carpenter on May 20. 1881. inc pris-
oner was taken TO court al 10 o'clock. three dep
| cal from the Tonb. After twenty minutes delay
caused BY the tarlncss of juror, stephen = Blake
addressed the jury IN behalf OF the pms pms
oner While the lawyers were Speaking, Gar
| penter sat quietly. hanked by two officers,
| and, with his head thrown back and ms eyes hxed
upon the ceiling, seemed TO pay niue attehton 10
| what was SAID. Mr.. Blake said II WAS not denied
that the prisoner had killed his WIFE, ana the DC
| fence was hat he was insane lie maintained nat
this was fully proven by the testimony Ass,Tram
| ter's mud was diseased, but SAID that was not
enough to excuse hun. If nc had enough of sound,
| ness 10 be able to distinguish between rlght ana
wrong he must De held responsible. lie INSISTED
| that the crime deliberate and atroci0us mnr-
| der committed by a man who wei knew What lie
| Judge Barrett defined murder in the first aud
second lie yrccs and manslaughter, and rccited inc
points of the testimony on whlch the prosecution
relied Ill The effort 10 show that the pri.oner had
| for years premedtated murder; The de-
fence was insanity about , whIch Tier; there
| were a great many loose ideas.
| If tney knew the nature and quality OF the acts
| they performed no were excused FOL commit :
ting CRIME though their minds might be weak. III
|
was insane or neither his defence was sham. he
! Judge embodied in his charge the substance Of all
put one Di ro,ns He defined To- charge that
| 'lf 1T was uncomfortable impulse without insan-
| ity II eXcusabie"
The jury retired at 400 p. m, aud ten minutes
| aftcrward came into court with their verdict.
Tire prisoner manifested no emotion when the fore-
| man pronounced the words Guilty OF murder IN
the first degree" Alr. Blake lnmed ,ntciy moved
for a new trial OH the ground that the verdict was
against the weight of evidence, etc. Inc motion
| lao. ta.R ~
at | | "a. ill., as the time for passing sentence
Carpenter was handcuted and removed from the
court house, followed by crowd. lie wasquIckiy
placed on u street aud taken back to the CITY
Prison.
EFFECT OF THE CHANGE IN POSTAGE.
The change in the postal laws which went into
effect yesterday did not cause any increase III the
weight of mail matter that could be easily ascer-
tanned at the Post Office. The new Law does not
affect the postage ordinary letters such as have
heretofore been sent for two cents. Heavier let
tiers. however. can now 20 at cheaper rate IMAM
before The rule formerly was That letter postage
must be prepaid at the rate OF two cents Tor each
half ounce fractional part thereof he rate ls
now two cents for each ounce or fractional part
Ii was considered impossible yesterday mt the Post
Office to predict the result oil the change. III was
conceded that the mails would increase IN weight
but how great the increase would be and how soon
il would be felt could not be foretod. The Post
master General has gwen directions as TO tho
weighing of mails in order to ascertain the eject OF
the law. The mails have been weighed daily
recently at some places and the weight " i'll be com
pared with that shown hereafter. IL Is believed
| that the effect OH the weight Of the mails Will be
| gradual, but the diminutIon OF the revenue Will
probably be Immediately felt
The transfer of the wagon service OF the New
York Post Office took place yesterday. George r.
Otis has been for several years the contractor who
had charge of conveying all mails bet gcen the Post
Once and the railroad stations and steamboats,
The service has not always been satisfactory to
the officials of the Ncw-York Office. The New York
Transfer Company, which formerly conveyed the
Ills. again secured hc.contracs last year and tho
new service went into effect yesterday. 1t was
said to work satisfactorily.
THE GROCERS EXCHANGE NOT TO BE CLOSED
A leading member of the InpOrters' and
Groccrs Exclang, wasaskei by TRIBUNE reporter yes.