LANCASTEK DAILY INTELLlGENCEfc TUESDAY APRIL 18 1882. SLamastcr friiteniflencer. TUESDAY EVENING, AFBII 18, Tue Chinese ExclulM. The Heuse of Representatives has passed, by a very large majority, a Chi nese bill amended te meet the president's objections and likely, therefore, te re ceive his approval and te become a law. Under it -Chinese immigration is cut off for a period of ten years. The president objected te the twenty years' limit of the former bill as an unreasonably long period. The force of the objection is net very clear. If the exclusion of the Chi nese is a geed thing, it is a geed thing for twenty years ; if a bad thing, it is bad for ten years. The real question is whether they should be excluded for any period. The question is one which man ifestly has two sides te it, and the real solution is te be found, as it is in most questions, in a mean between the ex treme opinions. On the one hand, it is clearly repugnant te the spirit of our government te exclude any race from our land. Xe race exclusion is asked for against any people but the Chinese, a race with the eldest civilization en the glebe, and especially noted for its devo tion te labor, which is the wealth of na tions. But, en the ether hand, it is clear that the American laborer has a valid ground of objection te being forced into competition with the labor of a human machine which is habituated te main tain itself in life and-vigor at se small a cost as that which keeps together the Chinese soul and body. And the fact being that this competition would net assume alarming proportions from Chi nese immigration, but is brought about by Chinese importation, it seems that this is the thing te be forbidden by the law. A half dozen Chinese companies import into California shiploads of Chi nese laborers te answer the demand of large labor consumers, such as railroads and manufacturers. It ought net te be difficult te prohibit and prevent such a wholesale importation of "what the coun try does net new want ; and this without forbidding a purely voluntary immigra tion of Chinamen. It Is certainly re pugnant te our sense of justice te forbid the Chinese te come where every ether race is welcomed. When we admit the descendants of Ham te our civilization we cannot fairly shut our doers te any ether of the human family ; forno ether race is mere distinctly different from the white in color and constitution than the black. On such bread grounds the presi dent might creditably have rested his veto. It isbuttrifling with the question te put the fight or the wrong of it upon the number of years of the Chinese exclu sien. Judges Salaries There has been much complaint en the part of the judges of the several courts of common pleas throughout the com monwealth that the salary of $4,000 per annum is inadequate compensation for the labors required of them in the dis charge of their duties. But from the developments made by the beard of audi tors of Lancaster county it appears that out of the 313 working days in the year, including all legal Hely Days, 171 of these working days are required of the judge and jury commissioners te proper ly fill the jury wheel and draw the jurors for the several courts held during the year. Of course when Jehn I. Hartman and A. Z. Riugwalt, the present jury coinmissiencrs,testified under oath before the beard of auditors that 171 days, eccu pied in filling the wheel and drawing the jurors, were just and true estimates of the time they were engaged in that ser vice, it must be assumed as correct until proven untrue. But the reader will naturally inquire what right have our judges te complain of their salaries of $4,000 a year, when 171 days of their time is required te perform the mere ministerial duty of filling the wheel once a year with names of proper men for duty as jurors, and te be present at the drawing of the juries for the several terms of the court te be held during the year. The Legislature in its wisdom has fixed the compensation of the jury com missioners at $2.50 per day; and the duty of the judge of the court in this business Is precisely the same as that of the jury commissioners, and is only en titled te the same compensation. Xew, if we deduct 171 days at $2.60 per day, equal te $427.50, from the salary of the judges $4,(K)0 per year we have for their pay for actual jddicial service for the balance of the year $3,572.50. If we take the 171 days required by the jury commissioners and the judge of the court te attend te the jury business, there only remains out of the 313 working days in the year, 142 days te be devoted strictly te judicial duty, and at the pres ent rate of compensation te the judges of $3,572.50 for actual judicial duties. This is mere than $25 per day, or ever $7,500 per year for all the working days in a year. Dees any one suppose or a moment that any judge of the courts in the rural districts of Pennsylvania is entitled te $25 per day for his services as judge ? "We apprehend net. "We have known the judges of our own courts te cut down the fees of auditors in passing upon exceptions and distributing estates, te less than $8 per day, whose reports, in everything that relates te profound legal learning, judicial composition and scholarship, the judges themselves might feel proud in being able te ap proach. We take pleasure in commending Judge Livingston's instructions te the grand jury te inquire closely into the management and operations of the pub lic institutions. He does well te use the information he has received en some points te direct their inquiries into cer tain definite directions. If they push their Investigations far enough they will find that above all things a resident physician is needed at the almshouse and hospital. It is outrageous that such an attendant is net provided there, and that the medical care of the unfortunate Inmates is peddled around in quarterly installments by the political hucksters. Judge Livingston did well, tee, before appointing the industrious Andy Eichhellz constable of Lan caster township te order the constable-elect te come into court with a view, no doubt, of inquiring what he gets or is te get for putting the consta censta blsship where it can de the most harm te the tax-payers. The .court will de well te inquire whether there is no ether fit citizen of the township willing te ac cept this office before handing it ever te an attache of one of the city aldermanic courts, which are just new in such dis repute. It is most natural that an alderman who draws about $2,500 a year from the county treasury for costs in cases which are only worthy te be dismissed, and makes about $1,500 mere for his con stables in the same way, should be indis posed te have his methods inquired into. It is net astonishing that he should claim the prerogatives of a " judicial officer," inasmuch as the emoluments of his place amount te about as much as these of the president judge of the county. But his lawyer's advice is as lacking of virtue as the client's conduct is without conscience, if he in structs him that the county auditors cannot lawfully inquire te the full ex tent of ascertaining whether or net the commissioners have paid out any money which the county was net liable for. Nothing could be mere clearly within the scope of their powers than te dis cover whether or net the aldermen and constables, or some of them, have a combination te manufacture all the business they can and make their costs out of the county treasury, regardless of the public interest. The iimiense preponderance of dismissed cases and the fact that this business is of such late development raise a presumption of such a conspiracy, and aldermen and constables may swear themselves black and blue, the people will believe them guilty all the same. Even the forms of law may be observed by the mere expert officials; they cannot escape moral and even legal responsibility for prostituting its plain intent for private gain. Xe adequate curb can, however, be put upon their practices while the law remains as it is, and the work begun by the auditors should be supplemented with a movement for the legislation necessary te correct existing evils, se far as they are inevitable under existing laws. The " encore " Give it a rest. is getting unpopular. The Lackawanna Democrat is a new, bright-looking and well edited paper, which starts in te de geed work where geed Democratic papers are needed. It premises that the natural Democratic ma jority of that region shall be restored, and thinks Eckly B. Coxe for governor is one of the ways te de it. Xe class are se alert te catch the current popular phrases for tiade marks as the cigar men. The famous "Juiobe" ele phant has been adopted by quite a number of them and there will be some law suits te settle the prier right te it. Before they are concluded "Jumbo "will be super seded in popularity by a dozen different sensations. A popular magazine puts this in its funny department, but no doubt it is an earnest matter with all whom it may con cern : A deaf man lately married was asked at the club about his bride: "Is she pretty?" "Xe," replied the deaf gentleman. " Xe, she is net, but she will be when her father dies." People can no mere easily lift them selves by their bootstraps than they could a hundred years age. It is no protection te the workingman te raise his wages from $1 te $1.50 and double his cost of living. Recent investigations of the Massachusetts bureau of labor statistics preve that while wages in that highly "protected " state, siace the beginning of an era of unprece dented industrial activity in 1878, have ad vanced en an average less than seven per cent., the cost of living te the laborers has advanced ever 21 per cent. The sentiment in favor of Gen. Fitz Jehn Perter scarcely knows party limita tions. The Independent Philadelphia Ledger says : "The mere incumbent it is upon Congress te act promptly te de justice te a man upon whom a most grievous wrong has been inflicted. The restoration of General Perter is net one man's cause alone, but the bread cause of justice." And the Republican Inquirer says : "Gen. Perter is a deeply injured man, convicted en partial evidence bv a military court. acting hastily, in a time of great excite ment, and that he was most unjustly con demned en a false accusation." The Bellefonte Watchman, which is just as geed authority and as near te the place as the Centre county Democrat, tells hew that jury did award an editor cempensa. tien for "printing tickets" and " compli mentary editorials," which were never or dered or authorized by the candidate against whom the suit was brought te re cover for them. There is no ether way te account for the amount of the verdict ex cept en the theory that the editor sought and recovered pay for his voluntary edi terials. He sells himself cheap and is willing te advertise his shame for a slight consideration. Xe court ought te have allowed such a verdict te stand en the facts as presented by the Watchman. PERSONAL. Judge Jeremiah Black is expected te address the members of the Irish Land League -of Maryland in Baltimore this evening. Felix Adler says that " in the eye of morality" the great palaces built by rail road barons out of the spoils of monopoly are " an eye-tore and a shame.' ' Lord Houghtek, new recovering from a bueck ei paraiysia at Athens, once said, when asked why he had net visited the United States : " I am afraid te go, be cause I may never want te come home again." The opposition te the appointment of Dr. Xewkan Bictth te the vacant chair in Andover seminary seems te grew in strength. A recent meeting of the Con gregational ministers of St Leuis re solved that " it would be unwise te con firm the nomination." Southern papers are complimenting Senater "Wade Hampton for paying for his telegraphic dispatches, when he could have the fraaksfer the asking, if he doesn't have te decline them with thanks." Mr. Randall never aecepts the railroad and telegraphic passes tendered congressmen. It seems that MacVeaeh had no inten-' tien of posing before the public en the tripod of " Spoils, Besses and Repudia tion." He said te a friend en Saturday : " I had no idem a reporter was within a mile from me or that I was talking otherwise than te a select family party, in a most unimportant way, and was utterly sur prised, and net at all glad, te find it, with mere or less accuracy, in print." Congressman Bayke says that the newspapers have misrepresented his posi tion as regards Senater Cameren. It is net the individual, but the political methods represented by the individual that Mr. Bayne says he most dislikes. "I have get no love for Cameren," said the Allegheny congressman te-day, " but I have a sort of admiration for the nerve the man displays in disregarding the wishes of the people and manipulating the machine." All that was mortal of the late Judge Ress was laid te rest in Doylestown cem etery yesterday in the presence of a large assemblage of sorrowing friends and rela tives. The precession was composed of the Bucks and Montgomery bars, mem bers of the Reading bar and many ether distinguished members of the legal pro fession and prominent local civilians. The questions of the successership is creating net a little- factious fighting among the Republican members of the bar. Beecher said en Sunday "there are many less wise men laughing at him than Mr. Oscar Wilde. I de net wonder that by leasen, possibly, of some slight pe culiarities, hn has laid himself open te some ridicule ; but if there is any one thing that the American people need, it is an education in the love for the beautiful, and I am very glad that Mr. Wilde came into our land, either for ridicule or other wise. I think his visit will be healthful and helpful. I even think that some of us may improve in our love and appreciation of the beautiful." They say these Adamses always had a little taste for the game. When Jehn Quincy Adams, Mr. Clay and Mr. Gallatin were co-commissioners at Ghent, te nego tiate a treaty of peace with Great Britain in 1816, each of them purchased a fine painting te bring home. Mr. Gallatin had made choice of a picture of the Virgin Mary, the work of an eminent artist, which Mr. Adams was exceedingly anxious te secure, and proposed te Mr. Gallatin some kind of a game of cards te decide the question. Te this preposition Mr. Gal latin is reported te have responded in - his broken English : "I did net git de Virgin in dat vey. and I shall net part from her in dat vey." Brewster has introduced lestheticisra into the federal department of justice. He has taken out the desk that used te be there and put a table in the middle of the room, en which are a large number of wax candles blue, red, white and all the colors and' the fleer is covered with Per sian rugs ; and there Brewster receives you with the magnificence of a Grand Vizier, his shirt besom full of ruffles, ruffles at his sleeves, his sack and vest of velvet, and his trousers of white cloth or flannel, and low-quartered shoes. His fingers are full of rings. Until he came te town Arthur drove the best team and were the best clothes in Washington, but Brewster outshines him as much as the circus knight outshines the ring-master." MISCELLANEOUS NEWS OF THE DAY. Blown te Pieces While Making Powder. - On Saturday, en top of the mountain west of Highland Falls, Xapoleen Rese, aged 30, and a boy were blown te pieces while making giant powder. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Fragments of their bodies were found scattered ever a considerable area and in the trees. In Washington,Gperge Phillips and Jehn Stewart, attempted te break a shell which they had found in a pile of rubbish near the Leng Bridge. The shell exploded, instantly killing Phillips and wounding Stewart se badly that he died in about two hours. A wealthy gentleman in Ferest City. Iowa, being somewhat seeptical as te the amount of labor which a minister would be willing te de, offered te pay such clergy men as would saw weed for him one dol lar per hour for their services. He was quite astonished when nearly all the . min isters came marching forward with saw and buck te accept his terms. Some of them have been working right along four te six hours per day, Sunday excepted, ever since, and their grit will probably last as long as the sceptic's weed. The reef of Dee Gully tunnel, en the Baltimore & Ohie railroad, thirty-three miles east of Cumberland, caved in about neon yesterday, burying twelve laborers under the debris and maiming them in va rious ways, some probably fatally. Phy sicians were summoned. The read was blocked and trains stepped for several hours. The company is widening the tun nel, and a force of men was engaged in this work when the accident occurred. The first large haul of shad at Glouces ter this season was made yesterday after noon, when four hundred and fifty plump, wriggling fish were gathersd in the big seine at Hewell & Hunt's fishery. At Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland county, the Pennsylvania read has run tracks of its branch across the Baltimore and Ohie line and the latter applied for an injunction te restrain them from se doing. The Baltimore and Ohie have two hundred negrees at Bread Ferd waiting for the breaking out of hostilities, while the Pennsylvania has a force of several hundred Irishmen waiting for orders. In the trial of the Fords, at St. Jeseph, Me. for killing Jesse James, yesterday the grand jury found an indictment against them for murder in the first degree at neon. About an hour later the boys were brought into court and pleaded guilty, and were sentenced te be hanged en May 9. Subsequently Governer Crittenden granted them an unconditional pardon. The Watsontown lumber company mill, property of Aris Pardee, burned at one o'clock yesterday morning. The less is $80,000, and is partly insured through the local agency. The mill had just commenc ed sawing in a laree stock for the West Branch Exchange at Williamsport. It is a total less. A man was excused from serving as a juror at Washington, Pa., lately because he belonged te the Cevenanter church, which holds the belief that ours is net a Christian government, and declared that he .had conscientious Bcruples against tak ing any part in its proceedings. The Heuse Democrats refuse te fellow the lead of Mr. Randall in the question of the renewal of .National bank charters. The ex-speaker perceives that the system is acceptable te the country, and wishes te continue it if allowed te make some changes. His proposal te withdraw from the banks the power te retire their cur rency is the old Carlisle amendment. n A Youthful Garreter and a Brave Little Maid. Charlie Gustin. a nertlv little gentleman of the mature age of nine, who lives at Xe. 15Xassau street, Xew Yerk, called atXe. 62 Broadway and took his little six-year old sweetheart, Lena Calhoun, out for a walk. They stepped at an old woman's stand and the lad bought the girl an orange. He offered in payment a $1 bill, but before the old woman could take it Martin Sullivan, a 12-year-old highway man who resides, when he is net en the read, at Xe. 45 Washington street, threw his left arm around Charlie's neck after .the style of a finished garreter, seized the bill and started te run. But the brave Latly Lena caught held of Sullivan's leers and held him firmly, aided bv Charley. until a tewcrimr nelieeman came ud and carried him off te a dungeon vile. C0UBT. 4 Tta April Tana of QurUr Se lent. Monday 4&rn0.:-Cem'th jReuben Batdorf, horse stealing. ThPVridence showed that en the 9tbv of March last the defendant procured a horse, wagon and harness from T. C. Pritz of Manheim, for the purpose of buying rags ; he was te have been gene ten days. Instead of that he was away for ever two weeks. He took the team te Baltimore and sold it and was afterwards in Harrisburg : He was found in that city by Constable Gipple. of Man heim, and admitted that he had sold the horse and had done wrong. The team was afterwards recovered by Mr. Pritz. The defence was that Batdorf was buy ing rags which he sold te Pritz every evening. On this day Pritz told him te take his team and de the best he could ; he went te Baltimore and sold the horse ; the money for which he received ; when arrested in Harrisburg he telegraphed te Pritz, who went te see him ; he then told Pritz that if he would go with him he would recover the team for him and pay expenses. This Pritz refused te de. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty with a recommendation of mercy. Cem'th vs. Jeseph Hess, James Quinn and Charles Coalman, larceny. It ap peared from the evidence that some time in March Coulman, who is a beet black, went te the office of Dr. J. O. Boyd. He was shivering with cold, and finally the doctor told him that he could sleep in the chair in his front office if he would make the fire in the office. One morning, after Coulman had been there several days, the two ether boys came te the office and left an order for the doctor te go down te Mr. Eberly's, a clothing dealer en Seuth Queen street. The doctor said he could net go, and gave the three boys a valuable coat te take te Eberly's ; they said they would de it, but instead sold it at a store en Middle street for 60 cents. The defendant's counsel asked that a verdict of net guilty be taken, as they could net be convicted of larceny as bailee as it was net shown that the boys were te return the coat, but were only entrusted te carry it. The court ordered a verdict of net guilty, which was taken. Cem'th vs. Frank Lutz, Wm. Leng, Harry Resh and William Hoever aliat Wm. Wilsen, of this city, larceny. The de fendants are boys who reside in the north western part of this city. They were charged with taking between 700 and 900 pounds of iron from the Pennsylvania rail road company. It was shown that the iron, which was identified by the officers of the company, was sold te J. A. Bestick, f a junk dealer, en Xerth Christian street. It bad been brought there and sold by the defendants who mostly came at differ ent times but were several times there to gether. Bestick testified that all the iron of that kind was brought there by the de fendants. Officer Pyle testified that when he arrested Leng he stated that be and Lutz had taken iron and Hoever was with them. Fer defense Lutz was called and he tes tified that he sold no railroad iron te Mr. Bestick that he knew of. The iron he get at Finger's coal yard with permission of Mrs. Finger. Leng testified te the same facts. Hoever swore that he never sold any railroad iron te Bestick. Resh testi fied that his father deals in iron in the winter. He took seme iron te ' Bestick, under instructions of his father, but none of it was railroad iron. All of the boys testified that they stele no iron from the railroad company. A number of witnesses testified te the geed character of the defendants previous te this charge. The grand jury returned true bills against Eliza Masch for murder and Jeseph A. Bestick for receiving stolen goods. Tuesday Morning. In the cases of Frank Lutz, Wm. Hoever, Wm. Leng and Henry Resh, charged with the larceny of railroad iron, the jury rendered verdicts of net guilty. TIie -Masch Murder Case. The first case attached this morning was that of Elizabeth Marsch, the woman who en the 17th of February last, mur dered her mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Marsch, who resided with her at Xe. 404 East Orange street, this city. The prisoner was brought into court this morning from the hospital and was in charge of Superintendent Spurrier. Upen being arraigned she plead "net guilty." A jury was then selected as fellows, there being no challenges : D. B. Becker, War wick ; A. Scott Clark, Drumore ; Israel Carpenter, city ; W. H. Enck, Warwick ; David P. Frankheuscr, Brecknock ; A. H. Heward, Maner ; Henry A. Kern, Brecknock ; Christian X. Mayer, Dru more ; Geerge Miller, Upper Leacock ; Henry Rill, city ; Jeseph Wolf, eity ; J. Fred. Yeagcr, city. All the facts in regard te this case, have been published in the Intelligencer be fore and the public is familiar with them. The following is a brief history of thecasV: On the morning of the 17th of February last Augustus Masch went te his work at Best's boiler works, leaving his wife, the children and his mother at home. About a half hour afterward-he was sent for and when he arrived at the house- he found his mother lying en the fleer ; she was un conscious and was covered with bleed, which was flowing from several terrible wounds en her head. She was carried up stairs and died in a few mo ments. The defendant was before the coroner's jury ; she stated that she had struck the old lady with a hatchet and a beet jack and afterwards stamped upon her. When asked why she had murdered the old lady she said that she had great treuble and believed if she committed that deed some one would kill her as she wanted te die. Drs. Compten and Welchans testified te having made a pest mortem examination of the body and.they testified te the nature of the wounds, giving a minute description of them. They also told of the statements made by the woman. Ur. Welchans is also a physician at the hospital, and both be and Dr. Compten testified that she is insane new and was at the time of the murder. She was se insane as te be un able te tell right from wrong. The defense offered several witnesses te show that the woman was insane when the murder was committed by her and has been since. Geerge Spurrier, superin tendent of the hospital, was called and he testified as te the woman's condition and that she is insane. The court charged the jury after this evidence was -.heard, recommending that they find the woman net guilty of murder by reason of insanity, and that she was se at the time of the murder. This verdict was accordingly rendered by the jury, who did net leave their seats. During the trial the prisoner sat almost motionless in a chair between E. E. Mar tin, esq, her counsel and Mr .Spurrier. She seemed te have no concern for what was going en and presented a very insane ap pearance. After the verdict was rendered she was taken back te the hospital and an order in her case will be made by the court. Henry Davis, a rather geed-faced young man, plead guilty te stealing a dressing gown from the office of Alderman Barr. He stated that he had resided in Chicago, where he was a book-keeper. The only excuse he had for the offence was that he was drunk and ' never had been in jail before. He was sentenced te 60 days im prisonment, as be has already been in 82 days. Daniel Brown, of Earl township, plead guilty te the larceny of 100 pounds of tobacco from Jehn M. Reyer and was sen tenced te two months imprisonment. It was shown that the man had always born an excellent character, and he stele the tobacco while drunk and then Tetnrned it when sober. The following cases were net proved, some of them having been settled, and ia ethers there .was net suAcient evidence. Jonas L. Minnieh, false pretense ; Chas. Fritz, seduction ; Mary Shay and Emanuel Shay, surety of peace ; Xathau Hartman, fraud ; Elmer Hemsher. J. A Stun wandcl, Hiram Leckard. Cyrus Showalter and Jacob Geyer, fornication and bastardy; Henry Wise and Wm. P. Linville, assault and battery. A verdict of net guilty was taken in the case of Jeseph H. Bestick, charged with receiving stolen goods, for want of evi dence. The grand jury returned the following bills : True BithEemy Hess, fornication and bastardy ; J. H. Obct, violating liquor law ; C. S. Herr, felonious entry. Ignored Jacob Beyer, larceny. ST. MAUI'S FA1B. l'respectlie Opening or a BrlUlant jreMlval. The fair in aid of St. Mary's orphanage will open in Fulton hall en Thursday evening, April 20th. It premises te be one of the most brilliant ami a tti active yet held in this city. Xe cost or pains bave been, or shall be spared te make it such. A large number of costly and beautiful.articlcs have been given by kind friends, and will be displayed en its tables. These are in the best et hands, and if their success be equal te the reputation and popularity of the ladies who preside ever aud assist at them, the result will leave nothing te be desired. Miss Kate Kelly, well-known as an indefatigable worker in every geed cause, presides ever ene of them, and Mrs. Richard A. Maleue, widely known and esteemed, ever the ether. Mrs. Carpenter presides ever the confectionery table, and Miss Beyle, assisted by the Misses (Joyle, Altick and Haberbusu, ever the cigar table. The management of the lair is in the hands of gentlemen whose urbanity and experience are a suficient guarantee of geed order. All the details connected with it have been se arranged that it is believed ladies and gen tlemcn, young and old, will be able te spend a pleasant hour in the hall, free from many of the annoyances tee often felt in places of this sort. Children shall net be allowed te solicit votes or chances in the hall, and every attention shall be shown strangers who may visit it. Unclulined Letters. Following is a list of unclaimed letters remaining in the posteffice at Lancaster for the week ending April 17, 1882 : Ladies' List. Miss Martha H. Binkley, Mrs. Augustcer Black, Barbara H. Bra baker, Mrs. Martha Coffee, Miss Ida Char Char ren, Miss Elizabeth Crumphy, Miss Ellie Clinc, Miss Emma R. Charles, Miss Louise Cameren, Eliza Evans, Mrs. Susanna Hare, Miss Sarah C. Harper, Miss Sallie Hains, MissMarg'tLanning, Mrs. Rebecca Springer, Miss Anna Werth. Gents' List. Edmund Ahrens, Jehn W. Archer, Jehn Bigler, Sig. Balaz Balaz zie d'Buerta, Wm.M. Brown, Chas. Web ster Bess, W. S. Buckwalter, Demish Col Cel lins, (for., J. B. Champien, Geerge Cooper, Win. Day, Michael Derr, W. B. Essicks, Jas. S. Ewing, Jehn L. Fees, Mr. Hams, Hill, Kaser & Ce., J. J. Heners liek, D. D. Hess, Jeseph Kenig, (for.), Benj. KauffmaUf Jehn McLanachin, Michael McHall, Jehn B. Miller, C. Packer. Albert Sherman. Juhn Sehner, Lehman Strauss (3), Xerris Walsh, Eman uel K, Zug. Ulnder's Performances. The performances of Jee Hinder, the wife beater, appear te have been en an even mere extensive scale than reported yesterday. Besides twice beating his wife, he subsequently went te thoheusoof E. C. Rittcnheuse, where he drew a razor en Mrs. Rittenhouse and assaulted her. His wife sued him for assault and battery and surety of the peace befere Alderman Barr, and for assault before Alderman A. F. Dennelly. Rittenhouse made com plaint before Alderman Barr. Alderman Dennelly this morning returned Hinder for court, and he will have a hearing before Alderman Barr at four e clock this afternoon en the several charges preferred against' him before that magistrate. Hinder led the officers a long chase, but was finally captured in the neighborhood of the furnace. .Shaw Net In Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. J. Harlan Hess, formerly of Quarry ville, new of Gloucester, C. H., Virginia, write us that the report that the Celcrain murderer and fugitive, James Shaw, had been in their country and had stepped at their heuse before they knew of his crime, is entirely false. They had very slight acquaintance with Shaw, scarcely knew him at all ; de net knew in what part of Virginia he bad lived, and have never seen him since they removed te that state. Of course no person ever entertained the idea for a moment that after Shaw's crime became known he could have ventured near Mr. Hess' without being promptly apprehended. Decoration Bay. Gee. H. Themas, pest Xe. 84, G. A. R. has issued an invitation te persons in terested in the subject and the public generally te unite with that organization in honoring the memories of the fallen heroes of the rebellion who gave their lives that the republic might continue. The committee of arrangements express the hope that the forthcoming Decoration day display may equal that of 1881, which was the most imposing for four years. The circular is signed James Sweger,chairman, J. K. Barr, secretary, Martin X. Stark, Benjamin Henry, Jehn Rees, Theodere Wenditz. Last KlghtM Play. Frank Frayne, in the play entitled "Marde, or the Nihilists of St. Peters burg," was before a fair sized audience last evening in Fulton opera house, and with the bear, well trained, a very saga cious deg, who was always en hand when needed, and a large lien, and plenty of guns and pistols and death, made a hit with these who prefer such gory amuse ments. There was nothing commendable about Mr. Frayne's support, although he himself was satisfactory te the audience. Net a Tram Jumper. We are informed that Marks Smith, of East King street, whose arm was accident ally broken, did net break it by jumping from a freight train en which he was rid ing near Columbia. He went te Colum bia en Thursday evening en the 7 o'clock passenger train, arrived safely, and broke his arm by falling, while walking en Frent street. Knee Injured. Elmer Reideubach, of Xeffsville, while working yesterday with his father, who is engaged in putting up a new heuse near Roseville, accidentally struck himself en the knee with the edge of a hatchet, split ting open the knee cap, and inflicting a wound that will probably lame him for life. A Broken Ball. This morning as. the Yerk accommoda tion train was coming in, the officers in charge discovered a broken rail en the track at the first read crossing east of Robrerstewn. The timely discovery prob ably prevented a serious accident. Contract Awarded. The directors of the peer have awarded the contract for flooring six rooms of the insane department of the county hospital with zinc te Humpbreville & Kieffcr for $90.10. ALDEEMAtf SPUEEIEE. BIS EXAMINATION s 1-- i CUNTlHUSD. ., He Ju-tlfles Bit Big Bill as Being "Accord ing te Law." Aa Expensive Gang of Tramp, who Cost the County S400. The examination of Alderman Spunier, by the county auditors, was resumed at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The exam ination related almost entirely te the nine teen tramps arrested in Frantz's meadow, near Witmer Station, and very few facts were elicited. Auditor Greider opened the ball by say ing te the alderman : " Yeu stated this morning that you committed nineteen men sixty-two times within ten, days. Please examine the record and see whether it shows that hearings were had in all these cases and at what time. Here are five commitments in the case of Thes. Bennett ; commence with them.' . Aldersian Spurrier examined the com mitments and answered that they showed that Bennett, who was one of the nineteen tramps, was committed first for a hearing for drunken and disorderly con duct, then for a hearing for malicious mischief, thejafera bearing as a profes sional tramp, then was committed for a term of days for drunken and disorderly conduct and then te answer, at court as a professional tramp. He could i net say that the dates of these several commit ments were entered in his docket, but they were entered en the stub of the commitments. Q. Hew often was this man Bennett out of jail te attend these several hear ings ? A. He was out of jail for a hear ing every time the record says he was. On the 9th of September he was committed for sixty days for drunken and disorderly conduct. The commitments befere that time, ou the 5th and Gth of September, were for hearings. Mr. Reed Let us see your record of the cases. Mr. Spurrier There they are ; you have seen them. Mr. Reed We care nothing for the stub book ; we want te see the docket. The docket was produced and Mr. Reed examined it at some length, turning ever page after page. The caption of the sev eral cases jind the entry of the fees ou the margin opposite, were written in very black ink, and had the appearance of being written some months age ; while the fill ing in of the disposition of the several cases was in much lighter colored ink, and appeared te have been written within a few days past. After examining the docket Mr. Reed said te the alderman, " Ou your oath as a magistrate, when were the records here presented entered iu this book." Mr. Spurrier answered " I made correct entries of the several complaints and the fees and costs pertaining te them at the times stated in the docket. The details were filled in subsequently." Q. Hew long subsequently? Was it seen after the hearings or quite recently? A. I don't knew, and it is nene of your business. Mr. Reed. 1 notice the ink leeks fresh and is of a different color from the original entry. Was net the docket filled up a very short time age ? A. I don't knew, and you have no right te ask the question ; it makes no difference when the docket was filled up. A spicy wrangle ensued between Mr. Spurrier and Mr. Reed, but no new facts were developed. Several ether of the tramp cases were gene ever, all of them being very much alike, each having four or five commitments for hearings, drunken and disorderly conduct, &c, &c. The al derman explained that this gang was one of the worst that ever iul'eated the neigh borheod in which the arrests were made, and that the arrests were made ou com plaint of some of. the best people in the neighborhood. Albert Murr, underkcepcr of the prison, was the next witness. He testified that Themas Bennett was committed en the 4th of September, net the 3d ; that he was net taken out of jail en the 5th or Cth for a bearing, but was taken out en the 0th and recommitted for trial. Witness made similar statements as te Quinn, Mnnsan, Taggart and the rest of the gang. They were in jail from the time of their first commitment until they wcre held te an swer at court. Mr. Murr further testified that Mr. Frantz, en whose land the alleged tramps were encamped when they were arrested, had ceme te the Lancaster county jail and declared that the arrest of these men was a perfect outrage ; that they had committed no ofl'ense nor dis turbed anybody ; and that it' was their custom te encamp where they were found for several years past. J. H. Mentzcr, undcrkeeper of the pris on, and Jere Cooper, the clerk, corrobor ated Mr. Murr's statement. Alderman Spurrier cress-examined each of the witnesses, and elicited the facts that it is quite a common thing for officers te arrest persons and ledge them in jail befere any commitment et them had been made by an alderman, the commitment being received afterwards ! This is done for the convenience of the "Officers making arrests in the vicinity of the prison, as otherwise they would have te take the prisoners all the way down te the alder man's office te get a commitment and then escort them back te jail 1 The cross cress examination also showed that after a pris oner had been sent te jail for ene offense, it was a very common thing te send up another commitment charging another offense, as a retainer in case .the first wouldn't held water. The cress-examination also showed that notwithstanding Mr. Frantz's geed opinion of the gang ar rested, several of them had been tried in quarter sessions and convicted and sen tenced as tramps. Auditor Greider stated that these nine teen cases had cost the county ever $100, and asked the question whether one com mitment instead of five would net have answered in. each case, and Mr. Spurrier answered it would net. "Why net?" asked Mr. Greider. " Well, I don't knew hew te answer that question, except by saying that one wouldn't de." Mr. Greider thought it very strange that a man arrested for drunkenness en the 3d of the month should liej in prison until the 0th and then be, committed for drunkenness. He must have been very drunk indeed net te be sobered up in that time. " Don't you knew," said Mr. Spurrier, " that a man cannot be fully committed when he is drunk ?" " Xe, I don't knew that," replied Mr. Greider. " Then you had better pest yourself. A, man cannot be committed finally when be is tee drank te defend himself." Q. Hew is it when a man is drunk but net disorderly ? A. A man cannot be committed criminally for drunkenness. Mr. Reed Were net these several com mitments made for the purpose of multi plying the costs? A. That is a question you bave no right te ask. I will say, however, that no illegal commitments have been made by me and no illegal fees charged. Mr. Reed Are net these complaints generally made by professional complain ants officers, who make them te increase their fees? A. As I have no professional complainants about my office, I never kept whisky in a cooper shop te make tramps drunk and then have them arrested ; and I never made out commitments for men that I knew were in jail and about te be discharged, as had been done before I was an alderman. Mr. Greider I see here there are thirty cases in which one of your officers is com plainant. Where de you find law te send your officers out into the country te arrest men as tramps or for being drunk and dis orderly ? A. The law gives me jurisdic tion in these matters throughout the en tire ceaftty. After some further catechising by the auditors aud some tart replies by the al dermau the investigation closed for the present. Alderman Dennelly ei te Seventh Ward en the Stua an KwHiata by t Audi tor Ne imperiaut Developments. Teh o'clock this morning was the .time set by the county auditors for .the exami nation of AIdermaisAlex. Dennelly, of the Seventh ward, relative te his bills for dis missed cases ; but as the alderman had an important hearing at, that hour, the ex amination was postponed eritil 11 ocleck. At that hour the alderman appeared, and en being sworn the five leading ques tions put te the ether alderman, and here tofore published, were put te him, and he answered them all in the negative, except that he allowed officers te fill in the names of witnesses upon sabpeenas. He stated that he had been an aldersian nearly thrce years. Mr. Greider.? notice here that Sarah Diggssues Susan Sapling for assault and battery and Susan Sapling sues Sarah Diggs for the same offence, en the same day. Could net these cress suits have been heard at the same time ?A. I make out separate cemplants and separate ar rests in' all such cases. If the complaints are sastained I return them te court ; if net, I dismiss them. Q. Is net this multiplying cases ? A. Xe, I de net regard it as multiplying cases. Mr. Greider I notice here that there is a complaint against A. Ureff, a search warrant issued and no goods found. There was no hearing of the case, the defendant was discharged and the county pays the costs. Was this right ? A. Yeu will find there a charge for complaint, oath and the search warrant. I think I am en titled te pay ler this work. Mr. Greider. I see that you have enter tained complaints and discharged the ac cused without a hefting. Hew is that ? A That may be se ; I discharge com plaints wheu the defendants cannot be leund. It costs the county less than te return them te court Mr. Reed That may be right se far as it concerns these charged with serious offences ; but in surety of the peace and assault and battery cases where the parties would uet be likely te run away, why could you net find them ? A. I might be able te find some of them ; but it often happens that the complainants are hus bands or wife, aud after the complaint is Drought they come and ask te have the case discontinued, and it is cheaper te the county te dismiss them than te bave further hearings or send the case te court; Mr. Reed Ought net the prosecutors in such cases be made te pay the costs ? A. That may be se, but there is no law for it ; we allow the county te pay costs. Mr. Greider Hew many cases have you returned te court during the past year ? A. 41 cases. Q. Hew many cases did you hear dur ing the year? A. Over 800. Mr. Greider Frem the bills it appears yen dismissed 007 cases at a cost te the county of $1,309.15. The policemen's costs amount te 879,70 ; the total being 2,248.29. Mr. Dennelly In many of the cases which you call dismissed cases the defend ants were committed for terms varying from 3 te GO days. De you call these dismissed cases? Mr. Reed De yeufenter the names of witnesses en your dockets. A. I de uet. I cuter them upon the subpoenas. I pre sent my complaints and warrants and all ether papers. Mr. Greider. Have you'anyjprefessional prosecutors or are there any such ? A. I knew of nene. Mr. Greider. I find in your April bill that 15 cases for malicious mischief were brought by James McKennan, that there were 53 witnesses subpoenaed, and that all the cases were dismissed. Tell me why is this se ? A. Mr. McKenna is a re sponsible citizen of the Seventh ward ; he had been much annoyed by the parties complained against, but at the hearing they wero discharged for want of evi dence. Mr. Reed De net many persons make criminal complaints before you who pay no taxes and are generally worthless charac ters? A. I de net knew that that is the case. Mr. Greider. Who is Frank Leaman ? A. He is an officer of the police ferce. Mr. Dennelly Ought net the testimony of an officer te be sufficient te sustain a charge made by himself. A. An officer frequently brings complaint at the in stance of a citizen in order te screen the latter, and when the hearing comes ou he is unable te sustain the charge. Mr. Greider I find that Leauiau brought three suits of larceny in one day, and that all were dismissed. Hew is this? A I suppose the evidence offered would net sustaiu them. Mr. Reed We held that where officers are complainants and their case is net nus tained, the county is net liable for cost. Mr. Dennelly answered that that was a matter between the auditors and the of ficers. The examination was continued further, but nothing of importance was elieited, and the investigation was adjourned until 1:30 p. in. Tuesday Afternoon. The examination of Alderman Alex. Dennelly, of the Seventh ward, was resumed at 2 o'clock. His attention was called te that part of Judge Livingston's charge te the grand jury which states that when policemen make complaint before an alderman he lays aside his official mantle and -makes the complaint as a private citizen, and it the complaint he makes is unfounded and the charge is a misdemeanor, the costs may be put en the officer. Alderman Dennelly replied that he had never heard that interpretation of the law before : but it only applied te cases returned te court, net te costs in hearings befere aldermen. Mr. Reed. Hew long did it take the city solicitor te examine your bills? A. I went sometimes as seen as the office was opened and have remained until eleven o'clock. Q. Have you the complaint ; against Gee. Thompson? A. Yes ; he'hM fa his possession $1,800 worth of postage stamps believed te be Btelen. He was arrested, but none of the stamps were found in his possession ; he was ene of a gang of which Wm. Clark, J. Maik, a man aamed Liney and ethers were parties ; Clark, Liney and Maik were also complained against but were net found. Thompson was dis charged. .'Mr. Reed. I see here that there la $4.50 mileage charged iu each of these four cares. 3Ir. Dennelly I knew nothing about the mileage, further than that the officer makes a return of the warrant and states the number of miles te which he in en titled ; and I put it in the bills I make out for them. Q De you consider the" complaints, subpoenas warrants, &&, as part of the records of your office ? A I de ; I never destroy incut , nk uiem away in pacK ages of about one hundred. Mr. Reed said te Alderman Dennelly that he found nothing wrong in any of his entries, though he objected te the multi plying of cases and the great cost te the county following this practice. Mr. Greider also complimented the alderman by saying that his papers were in an orderly condition. Alderman Dennelly said he had tried te carry ent the law in the disposition of all cases heard by him. Q. Bave you ever had before you any cases of ticspass against persons stealing .! S?1 1 1
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