Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-12

Commissioner, was again discharged by
Judge Gildersleeve to-day. This appar-
emily ends the threatened international
episode.
SUSPECTED FRESHMAN.
New York, June 11.-Thomas Walsh,
the Irishman, who was said to be impli-
Gated in plot similar to that which
resulted in the murder of Lord Caven-
dish and Secretar Burke in Phoenix
Park, Dublin, in 1881, arrived in New
York to-day. He came under the
assumed name OF M. Walters. He was
met by several well-known Irish Nation
alists and was driven to the Hotel
Albert.
THE MITKiENuTcZ AFFAIR.
New York, June 11.-Count Mitkie-
witcz's attorney denies all the statements
made by members Of the blind pool, and
sent in these dispatches. They charge
that the dissatisfaction Of the Chinese
was with the actions Of Barker, and when
the Envoy left the country, disappointed
and disguised with the latter's conduct,
he gave the Count the power of attorney.
AT the Chinese consulate the Off
cials said they thought the power
of attorney given to Count
Mitkiewitcz by Make Chang, should be
sufficient to refute Barker's assertions.
AS far as the Chinese Government was
concerned, its only care was to have the
contemplated enterprises pushed through
and it mattered but little to it who per-
formed the work. Confidence was ex-
pressed in Count Mitkiewitcz's ability to
carry through all he had undertaken to
perform.
DuNN's TRIAL.
New YoRK, June 11.-John I. Dunn
was placed on trial for grand larceny to-
day in the Court of Oyer and Terminer.
r. t. Scott, teller OF the Manhattan
Company, absconded to England in 1885,
having embezzled about $150,000. Sub
seouently he made a sworn statement
that he had entrusted the greater part Of
the stolen money to his brother in-law,
Dunn, who is lawyer by profession.
Dunn has been imprisoned in Ludlow
street jail for the last ten months.
In opening the case for the people it was
contended that Dunn did not advise
Cashier Scott as a lawyer, but as friend,
that the proper mode OF procedure when
he found he could not make good his
shortage was to steal enough to cripple
the bank and force a settlement with the
Manhattan Bank Directors. II the testi-
mony bears out the assertions Of the Dis
trict Attorney it will show thar when
Scott faltered the lawyer urged him to
rob to the extent Of over million dollars.
THE DIss DE BARR CASE.
New YORK, June 1.-THE Diss de
Barr conspiracy trial was continued to-
day. John B. Mccormick, a journalist,
testified that Madame Diss de Barr, in
his presence, spoke OF Mrs. Salmon as
her mother, and testified that Madame
was not the daughter Of Lola Montez.
Albert Bierstadt, the artist, testified
that in the pretended production of a
spirit picture for him by Madame, he
detected General Diss de Barr in the act
of substituting a picture for the plain
canvas in the frame which he (Bierstadt)
held on his head. Madame and the
General afterwards substantially ac-
knowledged their fraud by saying they
wished to 60 into some legitimate busi-
ness, and witness loaned them $500 to do
it with, and tried to sell some OF their
pictures. Then the prosecution rested,
and the counsel for the defense asked
for the discharge of the accused. He
wanted the court to beware lest he
prosecuted a woman, who for all that
man could know, might be a medium
through which the Infinite Being made
his manifestations. He quoted the
Bible to sustain spiritualistic theories.
The court did not look at it in that way,
ann allowed the case to go to the jury.
SUCCESSFUL SMUGGLING.
New YoRK, June 1.-THE Customs
Agents and Collector Magone were exer-
cised over the alleged discovery of SNUG
Cling on an extensive scale by Mrs. Rose
Ludvigh, a fashionable dress-maker of
Fourteenth street. She makes gowns
for actresses and many people of
note, and her patrons frequently
have Paris-made costumes received
through her. Last year her brother,
Maurice Desseldorf, who is in business
in Paris, visited her here and the two re-
turned to Europe in the fall, the dress
maker with large order from customers
for Worth costumes. While at the
French capital she perfected clever
scheme for evading the customs duty on
dresses, most of which were
seized to-day by the Collectors
agents. When the costumes were
prepared. Mrs Ludvigh went to Miss
Bessie Montour of this city, who was
studying elocution in London, and in
duced her to return home as an actress
with Worth costumes as her wardrobe,
and acting herself as Miss
Montour's maid. In that way
the dresses were passed duty
free on the usual declarations. Many Of
the gowns are now being worn, their
owners being innocent of the manner of
their importation, and these have not,
and it is likely will not, be seized. Miss
Montour has returned to London to pun
sue her studies. The entire Importation
is valued at $4,000.