New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-24
TEN YEARS FOR BUDDENsIEK
THE BUILDER PUNISHED FOR HIS CRIME


prcoppgR sMYrH THIN Ks THE TRIAL FAIR AND
THE VERDICT JUsr-HAUG IN THE ToMBs.
Builder Charles A. Buddensiek wno .t u
taTest IN the proceedings apparently reaHzeu niS
situation when taken to the court Oh He sto Il
with deep lines of distress. and he
oayei at the lawyers and the Recorder with pope
iess look. The entrances ana Lars OF sno 'nnt
were crowded with persons ahAious W oo'"'' " avn
~ w Dstrict-Attorney Nico who conducted
the proseeutS Rr oase i the Defendants counsel
said when Clerk Mosher asked II tne p,SDpddi h ns
anvthinr to saw, that all the arguments hau oeeh
nrssviousv submitted. lie called attention. now
over 10 The fact that the indictment did not aIege
anv motive to nure on the part OF the pllsVn .
The only accusation was one vi hoI'eo., on W. h,
rr;scuer had aready been punished severely ny
The disaster which had caused bis hnancid, run.
Recorder Smyth, turning toward bua"ehns?oH t
whose whole appearance WAS hcdn an" "''"
said: ,.. ,,o,, IN
accordance with the testimony presented ON Don sIues
o. The r,os mart men engaged Ia business lhey eA-
anined apparently the whole case car9 n tho haze
sasanrant I'm bjs BUSINESS actuaed Vy tne Ddse
mo,ve Of obtaining money without any adequate return
He has erected large number OF ps or,,v anV 81
them nave been built conformity with me re9I ,t
ments 81 aw fell wnen they did before their oceupa
ton by large number OF families d and the manner
81 was bad Tue defence presented no ex
cuse n water had collected so as to weaSen Tue
@ hnS has been taken and widow and children
have been left penniess 0tner Duiae's are shon
constructing of this kind ana an exanpc ~ h
he made to teach them that II human ives are u Se
endangered the consequences Sscreton and have
carefully considered rs TO my uuty
ue then sentenced Buddensck to ten years in the
State Prison and fine OF $ooo. Inc ,ega px;ab
discretionary fine. Buddenslek was TAKEN W LILO
Tombs through a dense crowd OF spectators, s5o,
tnlle
s;ek for manslaugher, could not be found Dy tne
prosecution while the trial OF the builder was III
progress He was called by Assistant Dlstric. na
torney Nicoll, and as he did nDt appear nls oqIuS
men were ordered to produce him in court lie is
an Ignorant workman. who, according 10 buddeh-
sek's own testimony, was pnS other n napers lie
was the ostensibe owner oil the ialieh o'llhss IN
West Siyty-secondst- He was released soon 4 1
miah A. Halloran. of No 236 East Eighty -hith-St:'
and Michael j. DAILY. Of No. 347 East Eighty-Sev-
enth-st Mr. DAILY has been PsreSu ar fron G5ief
Clerk Sparks of the General sessions an eXeinpnc-
ton of the bail bond. He discovered that rang
inc him Haug was surrendered to Clerk Sparks
and was sent to the lombs. -. .,.,
Mr. Ncol has written to Inspector Dyrnes annn nd
de1siek He says that the jury were surrounded by
professional jury hxers upon whose uLlawi,ni
efforts the defendant mostly relied" lie espeGlaily
co nm,nds Sergeants Reilly and Won Gcrichten
District Attorney MARITIME joins in the thanks
BOIND TO SHOW THAT THERE is NO LIBEL
MR. M'wIIIIAMs TAKES ANOTHER DAY TO EXPLAIN
1ur FINANCES OF THE MANHATTAN COMPANY.
The Keen libel suit was continued yesterday In
the private examination roomot the Essex Market
Police Court. Mr.. McWillans, the treasurer OF
the Manhattan Railway Company, was on hand
early. accompanied by Messrs Bookstaver ana
Goodwin, while Mr.. Keep remained without watch,
ing for NJ SpSba Ga Began he
ton by saying to the witness: " Here is state
ment showing receipts of Sl,7o3,o4l on August
IA, while on the actual return as sworn 10 LOT pre-
sentation T., tho Railroad Commissioners the gross
earnings are put down 1T 81, l26.413. How you
explain The dIffercnceT
Mr. McWllliams-The first amount included the earn
ings OF the Nsw-York system OF roads
Mr.. Goodwin said that he objected to the line of
examination.
Mr. strahan-And object to the appearance of these
gentlemen this matter 1t is the duty OF the public
here and protect the interests OF the
case They both appear here protectnOt the public,
but Gould and his methods We claim that we have not
circulated false statements, but that these
parties have with the design OF imposing on the public
The statements deliberately false and viii prove It,
Mr. Strahan--What do you make the total hoatihg
debt of the Manhattan on June 30, lssli
Mr. Mcwilliams-About sl,4Gs,ooo. Not including
the pr, M ana loss account.
~" NJ strshan-Whats when you have told us that the
floating debt OF the Manhattan Company Oh september
Mr. McWnliams-I do not call real estate a floating
Mr. strahan-when did you pay the wages due on Sep
III.
city taxes were not due for "a month or two
Mr. Strahan-NOw | want To know how with only
s254372 05 in the bank proposed to pay S34Oll2
of wages, and dividend OF S390OOOi
which were usually payable the 7th Sth and 10th OF
the month Some not paid for month part OF
the dividend had already been paid and deducted from
the amount Of cash in the bank.
Mr. strahan-was a part OF the $254,372 In the bank
on September 80 part Of the proceeds OF the sale OF
S335.OO0 of bondsi
The wtness-I think not.
Mr.. Strahan-IIad you paid out all OF thatf .
The witness-I think The money for the CONSOLE
dated dividends with The exception sf $33,752 90 was
deposited with the Mercantile Trust Company.
Mr. strahan-What was the floating debt OF the Man
haitian Company December 81. 1891
The witness-I should say from the general balance
sheet before about $2.455.193 o.
Mr. Strahan-What Was the funded debit
The witness-We owed two or three Institutions and
banking firm about 81 100000. On December we
borrowed 1925, 600 and on the 9th 100000 TO pay
taxes. On December 26 we borrowed 100000 and on
the 81 ST $4,000 Some OF these loans made TO
pay other loans falling due. On September % Dor
rowed from the New-York Elevated Company 100000
and on August 100000.
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