New-York tribune., 1896-10-06
coJ'RTS BEGIN BUSINESS.
.ur LONG VACATION SEASON ENDED
ov ruE CASES FOR IRIAL.-MARIA BARBERI
,rv0RE JUSTICE SMYTa-COLONEL FELL

-, NJ THE CASES FOR 1RIAL-MARIA BARBERI
arsonE JUSTICE sMyTA-CoLoNEI FELL
LOWS ACTUALLY AT WORK.
r. oc,ivity in the Court of General Sessions yes
...asv was in marked contrast with the dulness
.sh prevailed there all summer and all through
w.. month of September. For the first time all four
".. ~ the Court OF General Sessions were open
f husiness on the same floor Of the building, the
,,,room for Part " having been fitted up in the
mmer vacation The Criminal Branch OF the Su-
r.me Court was open on lower floor. Most of the
,,s,ices and Judges were back from country and
ssaside pleasure places. DistrctAttorney Fellows.
nnarently unwearied by his long tour Of political
secbmaking was IN his office actually attending
a. business All his assistants were back in their
u,aces ard at work
:, the corridors Of the Criminal Courts Building
,owds of people moving about the greater
nort of the day. Those corridors had been almost
deserted since June. Never in the history of the
court of General Sessions old attendants said. had
cha Judges taken such long vacations and trans
acted so little business during the last few
,,onths II has been the rule for the Judges ana
the Dstrct-Attorney and his assistants TO take va
cstions in summer. but the activity usually has
,sen resumed early In September This year the
whole month of September was given up TO Vaca-
,ions practically although there were more Judges
than ever before. While the long vacations Iasteu
the prisoners in the TOmbs increased III humper
until il was necessary TO keep them two In "a CELL
although no attempt had been MADE 10 "! oa''
cases In the course Of the summer
There were large calendars for each part OF 'he
Court Of General Sessions and for the Criminal
pranch Of the Supreme Court yesterday and mum
her Of murder cases were in the lists The Judges
had decided not to try any murder cases IN warm
veats.r because such cases are likely 20 consume
much Of the time OF the courts Justice Sm!t tn pre-
.,ded in the Criminal Branch OF the Supreme Court
n al homicide
,x,r,aen on his calendar. Among them was the case
of Meyer Dietschek. indicted with Adoiph Hirsch-
kopf the irebug. for causing the dea'h OF niue l'~
xie Jaeger by tenement-house fire. DetscheK mas
been in the Tombs awaiting trial for months' po' as
soon as his case was called yesterday the indict-
ment against him was dismissed on the recon-
m.rdation of Assistant Distrct-Attorney Davis
and the prisoner was set FREE.
In the four parts Of the Court Of General Sessions
the attendants appca red for the hrst time III ther
uniforms OF blue clotn with brass buttons The new
courtroom for Part ". where Recorder Con pre-
sided Is arranged differently from the other court
rooms The witness-char is in front OF the oeheh
he,ween tables at which sit the lawyers for the
prosecution and the defence. Terence l-ynch. ac-
cused of wife murder. called for trial III Part
", before the Recorder
Maria Bsrberl who was once convicted of the mur-
Ser OF Dominica Catado and sentenced Il death by
the Recorder but was sent back from Sing Sing TO
the Tombs when the Court OF Appeals decided that
she ought 10 have new tral. was cdlieu 'e'o'e
Justice Smy;h. Assistant District Attorney mcintyre
has been willing let her plead giltF 10 man
slaughter in the first degree. but her counsel would
rot consent Her trial has been set down Tor octooe:
q Justice Smyth was asked 10 fix the time for tlt
trial of five men who were indicted for mansaughter
In connection with the collapse of the Ireland buld-
ing. at West Broadway and Third-st. The men are
John H. Parker builder: Thomas Murray. foreman
Thomas Walker superintendent. Charles X. Behrens
architect. ana Dennis T.. Buckley building Inspector
Their trial was fixed for the frs; week IN Novembei
Samuel Meyers who was indicted for the murder OF
his wife. Annie several weeks ago at taer rooms IN
East Twenty-ninth-st. was brought into court. lie
was not represented by and was told 10y As
sisIant Distrct-Attorney Mcintyre that he would ne
placed Oh triai neAt me nth
The first homicide IrIdl then got under way. Ii was
that OF haIstead ICwhsehu sI, VINO was eHdtteu
Win mans.augnier in causing the dea!h OF ms "ie
by beat ting hei. lie .nan nfty years old and
a trrcK driver. The Iiai was nearly completed yes
ieJddy en5n Eel IN pas e;enerai Gem SESSIONS
swore IN the October Grand Jury. and in MS nssruc
tons 10 tnem cautioned mem 20 DC cdreiu! IN hnd
ol.ences While not naming me cass it was un-
GcTsiood in c0urt that ne 1duced ~ complaints as
~ VIOLA lions OF the I~quor-TaX law
rne iolowing ale t'e members OF me Grand jury:
man; Henr! D Barnes pub i'her. No East Forty
oaa,se Pace s.s.nunI ;. Lenman. millinery. No
20 20 a. a. ,nue g. J,ss IN H. gehme IfIl esIa.e No
-, n' Broa&way; Thomas loushrsn. meats No:
10 esn5 gT5' SoDock % btoker iga s e n H.
dodge. metals No II Clin-st.: j. ". Prngle. i'm
pcr;er No. 40 L.oeTtyst; c. Y. Faile teas, No 45
o,uth-st.: James BdnkdrG. importer. Nc. l2J East
TNenty- .ourin-s.: cyrus Lawrence. banker. No
3: BrCdd-st: AsheI J.. Phillips silks, No. ., West
ra.rt-s,; Louis T. Romane. merchant, No. 81
Beaver-s,; A ;. Ward pres dent. No. a Pine-st;
H. {. Ward. storage. No Broadway: Seymour j.
HYDE, Innings. No. ga Broadway: }. a. NewbuIg.
cdsps. No i)l Broadway; Isaac BLUR. tobacco. No
u Maiden Lane: Henry Hughes. real estate. No
IL Springs, Henry Spies, president. No 3H South
Boulevard
Among the trial Jurors summoned to Par. ~.
General Sessions. William X. Vanderbilt. Mr..
Vanderbilt sent d letter the Court saying that ne
vas not a resident OF NeW-York City. and was.
therefore. amenabe to jury duty. His excuse
accepted.