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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
POLICEMEN TRIED FOR bribery.
Two witnesses Declare That They Hat
Beep Exempted from TcstifSing.

Policeman Michael J. Hickey Of the West
125th street station was tried before Commits
sioner Grant yesterday on charges that he had
takon brides when he was ordinance man OF the
Church street squad. The charges were founded
on evidence obtained by the Lexow committee,
A motion that the charges were outlawed By the
Statute of Limitations was overruled.
Leroy NJ. Lyon, who was formerly in the fruit
business at 9e Barclay street, was called by
Mr.. Moss as the first witness. 1t was alleged In
the charges that Hickey had received $50 a
year for a period OF several years from Mr..
Lyons firm. When Mr.. Lyon took the stand
he asked Col. Grant II he could be compelled to
answer any questions. The Commissioners said
he could decline any questions on certain
grounds. The witness then said:
tee. When l testified; | was promised that |
wonld never be asked to testify again. This
promise was also made to me in the private ex-
sandy beard. | cannot say now who II was.
Tho promise was also made when testified be-
fore tho Committee. | now refuse to answer
any questions because that promise was made
to me-"
Committee contained no mention OF such a
promise being made. and added that no such
ever. that such a promise was made by some
one representing the Lexow COMMITTEES.
= M Mr.; ma M9s +, p MSs noS in to Su sfS@,p a., Is: ass w Wnsh.:
ington street. Mr.. Moss then asked the witness
II he paid money yearly to Hickey FOR a period
OF FIVE years while he was In business at 9o Bar.
question. on the ground that 1t might tend TO
incriminate or degrade him. Mr.. Lyon also
said he did not remember ever having had a
conversation with the accused policeman,
Charles A. Schott OF Brooklyn also said that
he had been promised, when before, the LeTow
committee. that he would not again be called on
as q witness in the case. and refused to answer
questions as to bribing Hickey on the score
that the answer would tend TO degrade him.
The case will be continued next Friday.
Policeman Bernard O'Reiily OF the Centre
Street Court squad was tried on similar
charges. There was so poor q case against him
that Col. Grant told Lawyer Charles Brooke.
his counsel. that he needn't put in any defence.
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Business Troubics.

Deputy Sheriff Loub took charge yesterday
of the nlace Of business OF John II. Won Dohlen.
dealer In coal at 1873 and 1s5 Bank street, on an
execution for 81. ore In favor OF Adelheid G.. M.
Won Dohlen, the coal dealers wife, to whom he
had confessed judgment for borrowed money.
Healso confessed judgment for 1855 to John
Oehlers. and transferred property at 734 and
738 Washington street to Mrs. Won Dohlen.
The Sheriff received yesterday an execution
against George Wolfe of 200 Broadway and
Simon Payser of 1000 Third avenue. from
Phillips & Avery for S9,o36, in favor of Fred
eric q. Moore. They guaranteed the payment
OF q bond and mortgage made by another man
at Fifth avenue and Hath street. II, was q
second mortgage. Tho property was sold under
foreclosure OF = first mortgage. and there was
no surplus for the holder Of the second mort
gage.
Judge Smyth has granted a motion for the
appointment of q receiver IN supplementsry
proceedings for Robert ID. Buchanan OF lag
East Fortieth street on tho, application, Of
Thomas 3, Crane; Buchanan has no tangible
assets outside VI such interests as the courts
may decide he has in patents got out by the
plaintiff. Mr.. Buchanan married . niece OF
samuel ]. Tildsn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
MURRAY MIL BANK RECEITERs.
Appellate Division Cr'ticises tho Attorney-
General, but His Men Keep the Assets.

Appellate Division Cr'ticises the Attornes-
General, but His Men Keep the Assets.
The Appellate Division Of the Supreme Court
has upheld Justice Pryor's appointment OF
Miles NJ. O'Brien and Spencer Trask as tempo
rary receivers OF the Murray Hill Bank. This
appointment was made on tho application Of the
directors of the bank. The Attorney-General
had other receivers appointed BY Justice Dickey.
The Court say that the interests of creditors
"seem to be seriously imperilled by the %institu-
ton of an unnecessary proceeding by the Attor-
nev-General. out OF which appears TO have
arisen an unSeemly dispute between him aud
the officers OF this bank as to the
method of procedure by which this corpora.
tion is TO he dissolved and its property applied
TO the payment Of its debts. This should not be
encouraged. 1t is the duty OF the court To pro-
tect the interests OF the creditors of an insol-
vent corporation. and not TO allow its assets to
be wasted through n dispute between receivers
appointed in different actions
In another branch OF the same matter the
court upheld Justice Truax. who had denied a
motion made by receivers O'Brien and Trnsk to
compel State Superintendent OF Banks kllburn
to turn over to them the assets.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
Last Day. OF "N,erer Alley"

A petition Of several owners of property near
"Nigger alley or, as 1t is usually called.
Bone alley asking that 1t be opened as far as
Thompson street. was presented to the Board OF
Street Opening yesterday, and 1t is likely that
the alley. which has also been known as Muir
derers' row." will soon be abolished. The alley
lies midway between Broome and Grand streets,
Just opposite the eastern end OF Watts street,
and II is tenanted by negroes, with a sprinklirg
OF white people. II is partly paved with cobble-
stones, and. as 1t is private property. Col. War
ing's men are strangers to its confines. The
place is very filthy ut all times. The Board OF
Health recommended some time ago that the
alley be opened. and the petition which WIS re-
ceived yesterday. together with the recon-
mendatlon OF the health authorities. were re-
ferred TO n committee composed of Gen. Coils,
Col. Crugor. and President Jeroloman of the
Roard of Aldermen,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
DO DETENTION IN BELLErUE.
The Physical Culture Hastructor Tries to
Get Ont on Mnbens Corpus.

The Physical Culture Instructor Tries to
Get Out on Hnbeas Corpus.
Prof. Donald C. Dowd. an instructor in physi-
brought before Justice Lawrence of the Supreme
Court. yesterday. on n writ of habeas corpus.
which he had obtained to procure his release
from Bellevue Hospital. His wife was ap-
pointed committee OF his person and estate last
March. and he was put In confinement, but. on
seeming to have recovered, he was released at
her request. He eats excessively, sometimes
taking two and three quarts Of ice cream at q
time, and then uses a stomach pump.
Dowd and his counsel waited about two hours
ton Counsers office. As q motion Tor the re-
lease of the man was being made. Assistant
Corporation Counsel Farley came into court and
said he had just learned about the case and de-
Justice Lawrence said that an answer TO the writ
could readily have been made. and added
warmly:
"A man has some rights to walk the streets.
count"
.Dowd's lawyer insisted that he should be dis
peared that Mrs. Dowd had got a warrant in q
Magistrates Court for his commitment for
examination on Monday. but relented. and de.
cided not to proceed in that way. On Wednes-
get the opinion of the physicians as TO his con-
dition; He was kept q prisoner after being
specifically examined. and his wife did not OPP
pose his application for discharge on habeas.
Lawyer Farley said that 1t would not be right
to discharge a man who might he dangerously
insane until the physicians were finally heard
from.
Drs. Fitch and Anderson OF Bellevue. as well as
Dowd. appear ut the hearing.
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DID THE o coMMIr sUIc1DEs
He Jumped or Fell from the Roof In His
Young Master's Absence.

AAe Jumped or FeI from the Hoof In HIS
Young Master's Absence.
Three weeks ago Walter McDermott l2 years
old, of 2.43o Eighth avenue, met a mongrel dog
one stormy night and took him home. The
dog ate n hearty meal. curled himself up by the
fire, and thereafter credited his good home to
the boy, 80 he was never content except when
with Walter.
The boy is employed as helper on an express
wagon. and the dog inoped all day during his
absence: and nearly fell In q fit with delight
when Walter returned at night.
AS he grew fonder of Walter the dog grew
more demonstrative in his expressions OF grief
Mt his enforced absences. The beast moaned
and cried so much that on Thursday Mrs. Nc
Dermott put him out in the hall.
Several times the dog scratched at the door
and tried to get In, but Mrs. McDermott paid no
attention to him. Finally, the beast seemed to
have concluded that he had lost his comfortable
quarters for good and all.
He made his way TO the roof. and either fell
or jumped of. The building is FIVE stories tall,
and no was killed. Walter Is disconsolate over
the death Of the dog. and insists that the beast
committed suicide.
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Appointed on the Application or q County
Attorney.

TOPEKA. Kan. Nov. 6.-Much to the surprise
Of those connected with railroad interests.
Judge Louis Myers Of the First district yester-
day placed State Senator Charles F. John
son of Oskaloosa. Kan. as receiver for
tho line OF the Santa Fe Railway In Kansas.
The action is brought under the Kansas law Of
1901, which provides that no corporation more
than 20 per centum Of whose capital stock is
owned by aliens shall acquire real estate ip the
State of Kansas, and that If any real estate
should be acquired In violation of this statute
It shall be forfeited to the State. The statute
authorizes any county attorney to bring an ac-
ton in the name of the State for such forfeitur o
and authorizes and directs the court to appoint
a receiver upon presentation by the county at
torney of n verified petition. Tho suit was
brought in the name Of the Attorney General of
the State by Henry Keeler OF Topeka. County
attorney OF Jefferson county. in the Jefferson
District Court at Oskaloosa,
The Solicitor OF the Santa Fe and ex-Gov.
ernor Osborne OF the santa Fe's Board of
Directors have been in conference all morning
with Judge Keller in the latter's office. They
refuse to make public the nature OF the confer
ence. but II Is said that an effort is being made
Keller announces that the conference will prob
ably continue the greater part Of the day.
Victor Morawetz. general counsel Of the
Atchlson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Com
pany, said yesterday that the receivership APP
piled only TO about 4SO miles OF the road In
Kansas. and that it would not interfere with
the operation OF tho System by the company.
He said that the suit had been brought without
notice and was n surprise TO the company's oti-
Gals. and that he did not think the appointment
would stand. The company VIII take the
ground that the statute under which the suit
was brought cannot be held to, amply to rail-
roads. Mr.. Morawetz said that there was moth
ing In the suit which should alarm tho security
holders.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
REAL ESTATE AUCTION SALES.

At the Broadway Real Estate Saiesroom yesterday
Peter +. Meyer sold In foreclosure proceedings q
lease made ly Charles y. Soutnnayd. PHILIP Kissam.
and Henry Day as trustees for William Astor, under
the will OF William BIAstor. dscensed. The, property
is ct No. l4b East Fourth street. o nvestory brick ten.
emrnt. on n lot 25xp5.2 ., and was sub leased TO the
defendant. Louis Besendahl by William Schrader.
Jr., who WAS the p aintif in the action. The lease
runs from Nay I, lH;g, Tor twenty years at an annual
erty amounted to 81 .o5d. The bidding was dull aud
was confined TO an outsider and the plaintiff, who
bought the property for So. $50.
James L. Wells sold In foreclosure interior lot 100
feet west of Vanderbilt avenue. and 6y feet north OF
10th street. IS to private rosd x46. threestory brick
building. TO the plaintiff. David II. Sickels. receiver OF
the Harlem River savings Bank. for eI.032.
d. Phoenix TnSrahGm & Co. sold in foreclosure old
Macomb's Dam road. west side. les feet south T. o.
Woin's farm. 2Jxll2.8. being lot No. 9I6. map OF In.
wood. tn the plaintiff. West End Cooperative Building
and Loan ASSOCIATE on. for o.. 200.
II. g; Mapes a Co: sold in foreclosure Boone or
lotte place, plot 5oxloO. to tho plaintiff, Mary p.
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Appellate Division Decisions.


David I. austen rs receiver Of respondent va. Brad.
Icy salt Company, appellhnt-order Arirmed, with
80 costs and disbursements, but with leave 10 renew
on further papers on payment OF the costs OF this OBJ.
People .ex rel. Albert A. Jordan. appellant. va.
James J. Martin ct aL-Proceedings aRrmed. with
costs.
Joseph +. Russell ct al, respondents, va. Now york
Elevated hallroan Company, appellant-Judgment
Michael Mcclure as administrator respondent, va
Third Avenue KailroaI Company, appeiiant-Jnag
People eX rel, Edward j. Barrett. apneIIan, -.
annrmpd and writ dismissed.
People ex rel. William j. Lawson. apneIIant -.
James J. Martin et al, respondents-Rtit ousihsd
and proceedings Dismissed with costs. '' sNe'"ou
Daniel Mooney. appellant, vs.. n Y. ELEVATED u n
Co. ct al, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES affirmed Win SIo .cc ~
and disbursements. o''
Otto Nlendorn Va. Manhattan RAILWAY conn.nx
Motion DENIED Sith $40 eostS and diSburSsments.
respondents Judgment affirmed with costa oninion
O'Brlen, u, disSentingl. ""'A" qua
Thomas Baring, respondent. vs.. James II. Water.
ordered. costs TO appellants TO abide event. NV" '"A'
Charles Buck ct al, respondents, va. MetronoIt.n
6 insN y sm ri mstiw wiyh Company ct al. appeilaRtS-Judg
Charles Eemsen Ct al. respondent. Va Metropolitan
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
Two Itanaus Burned to death.

KINGSTON, N. Y. Nov. 6.-Salvator Calabour
and Peter Manteiita, Italians. were burned to
death at Cairo. Greene county, yesterday.
About q dozen Italians were on the second floor
of a frame house. waiting for their dinner.
when the building caught fire from the kitchen
stove below. The men got out quickly, but
when part way down the stairs Calabour and
ManteltR went back for the money In their
trunks. one having Sl20 and the other $40.
This was the last seen of them until their
charred bodies were found In the ruins. After
the nre had burned out the remains OF the two
men were found. One OF the men had a wife
and four children In Italy and the other q wife
and six children.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
Persons smoking
Segnra Cigarettes or Pipes
Are Not Allowed TO Ride on This
Elevator. The Elevator Operator
VIII Enforce This Rule Strlckty.

The sign was marked exhibit A, and another
mo smoking sirn exhibit b. Both were in
the elevator. Cunningham said, and when he
kenburRh to leave the car or obey the rules.
Then. Cunningham says, the lawyer struck him
blow on the LEFT eide OF the forehead which
John. Mcclure, q boy employed in one of the
the elevator willie CaSnningham wa, pointing at
the sign prohibiting smoking and saw Van
volkenhurgh strike Cunningham. Mcclure
turned with the bluecoat the car had left the
ground floor. This closed the evidence for the
fence. told the jury that his client was the son
of the late Philip Van volkenburgh. who
amassed u fortune in the dry goods business in
Mi Van volkenburgh is no. a bruiser or a
man who goes about picking Guarrels;" AID
Mr.. Gerry. owner of the building at 26l Broad
way. to nut people out OF the elevator, II he
engaged in a reference in Wall street the day
of this occurrence. and at recess he had need Of
Office at aoi Broadway. He ate his lunch down
town and bouGhta cigar. He boarded a Broad
way cable car with the cigar in his hand.
building. Mr.. Van Volkenburah entered the
elevator carrying the unliEhted cigar. The ele-
up MIR. Van Volkenburgh replied. Then Cum
ea ia ,R+ srs0 6im G ons. by Nh the 3 HsGs voIk s1'smp5,
than vas necessary. After the occurrence he
tried to find MIR. Gerry TO com plain. but the
owner of the building was out of town. Now
Mr.. Van volkenburgh vii! tell his version OF
the affair. and then we will produce men OF high
standing in the community who will testify to
his good character"
The defendant was called, and after saying
that he was ~ years old. was admitted to the
bar in 1875. and lived at sos Fifth avenue. he
told substant!a ally tho story as his counsel had
told. Assistant District Attorney Weeks asked
him to illustrate how CUNNINGHAM grabbed
him. The defendant left the stand and grabbed
MIR. Weeks about the head and jerked him
downward SO swiftly that II made the Assistant
District Attorneys teeth rattle. He jerkcd Mir.
Weeks.s head down a second time. and II was
while in that position. he said. that he had
struck forward to push of his assailant. Mr..
Van Nolkenburgh said he didn't know what
part OF Cnnningham,s body his fist landed on.
He couldn't see. as his head was down. He was
released and walked out of the elevator, and
Cunningham shot upward in the car.
Hamilton Odell. Henry s. Van Duzer. William
II. Holdane. all lawyers: John ~, Beach Of
Teft. Weller 81 Co., dry goods merchants. and
Waldo p. Clement, manufacturer of paints.
testified that Van Nolkenburgh's character was
first rate.
The case was submitted without summing up.
and the jury In thirty minutes brought in q YER
dict uf not guilty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-07
THE READING nEonGAN1zAT1oN.
Report That the Charter OF the National
Company Will Be Used.

Report That the Charter OF the National
Company Will Be Used.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. ca step In connec-
ton with the plan to rehabilitate the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad and Coal and Iron
companies was taken this afternoon ut n spe-
cial meeting Of tho stockholders Of the National
Company, at which the capital stock of the
company was increased to $40, 000. 900. 1t Ia
reported that tho National Company is TO pur-
chase the controlling interest In both the rail-
road and coal and iron companies and operate
tho properties under the name OF the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railway Company.
The charter OF the National Company confers
most liberal powers and was secured from the
State In 1871. The act OF the Legislature In
cooperating the company and comforting the
powers contained in the charter is known as
An act to incorporate the Excelsior Enter
prise Company. with power to purchase. i'm
prove. use and dispose OF property 10 contract
ors ana Others, and for other purposes"
IL was stated this afternoon that the Reading
receivers will turn over the property TO the Re-
organization Committee on Nov. 80, which date
includes the fiscal year OF the company.
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MIXED UP THE FORCED CHECKS.
Henry worden's Mistake Resulted In HE
Arrest After q Chase.

Atreut AFTER o Shnne.
Henry Norden is a grocer at 25 West l2oth
street, and his friend. Charles Metzger. keeps q
butchers shop around the corner Mt ESQ Lenox
avenue. Yesterday afternoon messenger boy
No. 30. known in private life as Thomas
Whalen. OF 407 West 124th street, presented q
note to Butcher Metzger. It was written on ex-
pensive paper and in a woman's hand. and
sealed with wax. Altogether IL was an i'm.
pressive document. 1t read:
Will you please cash the enclosed check for
me. because l have just returned from down
town and | expect to receive q Z. o. ID. package
which l had entirely forgotten"
Although the note was signed Mrs. Shrader.
the messenger boy said that 1t was from Mrs.
Tennebaum of West 12lst street. 1t was ad-
dressed to Grocer Sorden. The note contained
q check for S3s on tho Merchants Exchange
National Bank, which was signed Joseph L..
Sinners. and WAS made payable to the order of
Mrs; Shradcr. The check had apparently been
certified.
"some,hinG is wrong with this, Where did
senger said a young man had given it to him,
ana was waiting on Lenox avenue for an an
swer
picked up Policeman Allen on the way. The
policeman went around the block to head Off
the messenger boy and his companion. Police
man and storekeeper closed in on him after n
chase OF a block and took him back to the store.
There he tossed n note under the counter. Tho
note was addressed to Grocer Norden and was
found to contain the material intended for
Butcher Metzger.
The request and an enclosed check were du-
plicates of those received by Metzger. The
sender had evidently placed them in wrong
envelopes.
Both checks are believed to be fraudulent and
the prisoner was held for examination In the
Harlem Court. The police think that he has
been doing. enough business in worthless checks
TO insure him N long term in prison. He de-
scribes himself as Henry Worden, aged 90 years.
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Nine Seats In tho Produce Exchange TIC
He Sold.

The Board of Managers OF the Now York
Produce Exchange has ordered, after having
given due notice. that nine certificates of men,
bership OF the Exchange. with all interests
therein, shall be sold at public auction In the
reading room of the Exchange building, on
Wednesday. Dec. 9. This action Is taken pur-
suant to the bylaws OF the Exchange relative
To unpaid assessments.
When the announcement WAS made public
yesterday great surprise was manifested among
members. The certificates TO be sold are No
1856. standing In the name OF Charles o. Hale
No. l.775. Dwight w. Curtiss; No. 1907, Ed.
win l.: Johnsoni No. l.251. Robert J. Boys, No
No. 2,s43. Joseph G. Tracy; No. 1858, Nathan.
lei II. Wolfe. and No. @,9l6, issued to William
ii. Lloyd.
Az seats in the Produce Exchange are at q
premium, active bidding is anticipated at the
auctioneer'b sale.
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DR.. wyl,s'. Addre.. ON william of Orange

On Oct. 22 the Rev. David J. Wylie delivered
an address before tina New York Scottish Celtic
Society In Union Square Hall. He chose as his
subject william of Orange" and 1t was said
that his choice was distasteful to many of his
auditors because of Williams connection with
Scotch history. Yesterday President Archibald
Campbell and Secretary Hector Macpherson OF
the society stated that this report was without
foundation: and was evidently inspired by some
disRruntled member of the society. They added
that Mr.. Wylie confined hi. remarks TO VIII
Hams career in the Netherlands as an exponent
of liberty. and did not touch upon his operations
I'm Scotland. The address. they declared. was re-
ceived with enthusiasm, and n vote of thanks
was given to Mr.. Wylie.