THE COMMONWEALTH'S DAY
Testimony Regarding Prussic Acid to be AdmittedNew Bedford, Mass., June 14 - The girl whose life is the stake the lawyers are playing for was not at her best to- day. Her face looked swollen beneath the eyes, as if she had been crying, and she was again limp and without energy. There was excuse enough in the horrors of the charnel house performances of yesterday for almost any degree of poor health to-day, and it turned out that she had been so racked the day before that both sets of lawyers had agreed to allow her to leave the room as she did in the afternoon. Under the Massachusetts law a prisoner must hear the testimony at the trial, and she was seated in an ante room, behind the witness stand, where she could hear the witness, but could not see the gaping, battered skull and the blood saturated paraphernalia of the government side of the case.
To-day she again had to pass the sofa on which her father was butchered, and the trunks and bags and boxes of ghastly and sickening exhibits were again before her on the floor, when she took her seat. For a few minutes there was a flutter of bloody clothes and carpets that needed identification by one of the doctors, but that was all. The slaughter house phase of the proceedings had passed away. In place of it the subjects of cold poison and unnatural hatred kept the attention of the court.
The chief of all the opinionated police of Fall River, and the mayor, who
is the chief, told of a very Frenchy call the mayor made upon the girls, after
the murder, to tell how to behave, and both related how, when the prisoner heard
she was suspected, she said she was "ready to go anywhere," a remark
that the government considered indicative of deep and damning guilt. The matron
of the central police station, the only feminine connection of the police, who
are heaped together against Lizzie BORDEN'S way out of jail, also came along,
with a significant remark she had heard the prisoner make. The prisoner and
her sister quarreled, and the prisoner said:
"You gave me away."
The full effect of this was marred by the remarkable efforts of Lizzie BORDEN'S
lawyers to prove the matron untruthful, and still more by the matron's utter
inability to remember that she had more than once pronounced her own testimony
a lie. Finally, at the end of a long and hot and tedious day, there was waged
an earnest battle for and against the admission of the evidence that Lizzie
BORDEN tried to purchase prussic acid, to clean a cape with on the day before
the murders.
Ex-Governor ROBINSON maintained that to buy prussic acid was not in itself a criminal thing, and that if it was criminal it must be relative to some other crime than the one with which Lizzie BORDEN stands accused. He held that trying to buy poison was no proof of the commission of murder with an axe. The court took a recess and came back with a desire to know for what intent the commonwealth wanted the prison incident brought in. District Attorney MOODY replied that it was solely to prove deliberation preparation, and intent. On that understanding the drug clerk and two others who were present with him will swear to Lizzie's peculiar errand.
Taken altogether; in fact, the only one that has cast a visible shadow on her. There was nothing in any part of the testimony that was of great weight for or against either side, unless it be the prussic acid incident. But the damage was done before that came along. The jurors were hustled out of the court so as not to hear the talk of the lawyers. Then they came back and soon were marched out again, each time hearing and seeing enough to know that the government had testimony about which they had all read, and that Miss BORDEN'S lawyers were extremely anxious to keep that testimony away from them. The lonely woman's lawyers tried also to keep out other matters without succeeding, so that the marked peculiarity of the day may have seemed to the jury to be, that the prisoner's friends were timid and nervous, while the government was business like, without any absence of candor, or show of too great earnestness.
These occurrences may not prove important in their effect on the jurors, but they have had the result of changing many of Miss BORDEN'S friends from enthusiasm to thoughtfulness. Only last night there was a great deal of talk of the chance the prisoner's lawyers had to put in no testimony for the prisoner, simply letting the case for the government go to the jury just as the government left it. A considerable fraction of the community believed that the woman's lawyers could safely adopt that course. It was even said that the Fall River police had given up all hope that the girl would be convinced. To-day's proceedings have not strengthened these conditions.
_________________
Yesterday's Proceedings
New Bedford, Mass., June 14 - The BORDEN trial was opened promptly at 9 o'clock, every seat in the room being occupied. Emma BORDEN is now living at the BORDEN homestead in Fall River. She has not attended the trial.
The first witness this morning was City Marshal HILLARD of Fall River, who
testified as follows:
On August 4th, last year, my attention was called to the trouble at the BORDEN
house by John CUNNINGHAM, newsdealer; I sent Officer George W. ALLEN at once
to the house; I did not notice the time accurately; I first went to the house
about 3 o'clock; first I sent ALLEN, then DOHERTY, MULLALY, MEDLEY, GILLON,
WILSON and FLEET. When I got there I looked around the yard and searched the
barn; the side door of the barn was open; the door on the left was closed, but
I am not positive whether the window in the west end was closed or not; I think
the east window was closed. It was extremely warm in the barn; I only looked
at one or two of the rooms in the house that day; the next time I went in the
house was on Saturday forenoon, after the funeral. I looked into the room of
Mr. and Mrs. BORDEN, then into Miss Lizzie's room, and then into Miss Emma's
room; there were other officers there who were looking for anything they could
find; I made no examination of the dresses. I went again that afternoon and
in a general way searched the house; there were other officers there; I spent
my time in examining closets and the dressing cases; I took a dress away; I
asked Mrs. JENNINGS for the dress she (Miss BORDEN) wore that day; I was then
in Mrs. BORDEN'S room and she went out, returning with this dress, which has
been shown; I saw Miss BORDEN afterward in Emma's room; when the dress was handed
to me I passed it to Dr. DOLAN; I had no talk with Miss BORDEN while I had the
dress (dress shown and identified). The dress and a white skirt which Mrs. JENNINGS
gave me about the same time were rolled up (skirt identified) with what I called
a lounge cover (cover identified) in a paper and given to Mrs. JENNINGS, who
afterwards gave them to me, and I passed them over to Dr. DOLAN; I have not
had possession of them since; the lounge cover I got from the dining-room, but
I do not know where it really belonged. I was there three and a half hours Saturday
afternoon. I went there again about 7:45 in company with Dr. COUGHLIN; there
was a large crowd of people present; perhaps two or three hundred people; I
sent for officers and had the crowd removed; then I went into the house, where
I saw the prisoner; her sister and Mrs. MORSE; there was a conversation, but
Dr. COUGHLIN and the others did the talking; after we entered the parlor Dr.
COUGHLIN asked that the family remain in the house for a few days, that there
was much excitement, and he thought it would be better they should remain there
and not go on the street; I think he told them that if they were annoyed by
the people to send word to the city marshal or himself and they should be protected;
Mr. MORSE asked about the mail; and he was told they had better send for it.
Then Miss Lizzie asked:
‘Later on I received a pair of shoes and some stockings and other things this was on the 8th of August; some I received from Mrs. HOLMES; some from Mrs. BRIGHAM. The first I received from Mrs. BRIGHAM; they were shoes and stockings; Mrs. HOLMES gave me the shams and the spread; I took away the marble slab from the dressing case; the pieces of wood which were stained and a piece of plastering; from the barn I took a box and basket containing lead. The shoes and stockings I gave to Dr. DOLAN; the piece of door jamb was finally delivered to Professor WOOD. The basket was found in the loft of the barn on a bench; there was considerable dust in the barn when I went there. I don't know whether the basket and box were substantially in the same position when I found them, as they were on Thursday. The shoe and stockings were, later on, given to Professor WOOD. The piece of plastering I kept until the trial took place, when it was given to the clerk of the district court." (Counsel explained that the piece was brought here last night and turned over to Clerk BORDEN). It was produced and identified by witness. Resuming, witness said: "I received on the 5th of August about 8 o'clock A. M. the two hatchets and on the 9th they were given to Dr. DOLAN; I also had two axes which were given me by Officer EDSON, who also gave me the hatchets; these too, I gave to Dr. DOLAN. On Monday following I received a handleless hatchet, which had a white substance all over the blade; I don't know what it was (hatchet identified); where the break was the wood looked clean and bright; Officer MEDLEY gave me that and I placed it in a trunk, locked the trunk and retained the key; I had possession of the hatchet-head until it was delivered to Professor WOOD on August 30th. I have had the marble slab since and have had in my possession the clothing which was on the bodies, and also the handkerchief found on the floor of the guest chamber. I have made efforts through my officers to find out about a note which was said to have been sent to the BORDEN house on the day of the murder." It not appearing that witness had done anything himself about the matter he was not allowed to state the result.
Cross-examined by Governor ROBINSON: "Mr. ALLEN was the first officer I sent to the house; he was in citizen's clothes; I think it was about 11:15 o'clock; I went up about 3 o'clock for the first time; when I arrived there I first went to the yard, and I won't be sure whether I went to the barn first or to a pile of lumber. There were other officers there, but I don't think we all kept together; the lower door in the south side of the barn was open, but I can't tell about the west window being open; I went in the house about 4:30 or 4:45 o'clock; I saw the doctors and the bodies; I went upstairs with Dr. DOLAN: I met with no objection to my going into the house.
"I asked to have no doors unfastened and I only looked at one door, the front one. On Friday I did not go there. I am not aware that I instructed anyone to search the house on Friday; I went there next on Saturday at noon time, at about 12:15 o'clock. I was in the yard only that forenoon; in the afternoon I went in and up the back stairs with Mr. FLEET and District Officer SEAVER and into Mr. BORDEN'S room and looked over the room; Miss RUSSELL showed us the way. I don't remember about unlocking it. We looked at the bed, under it and at the head of the bed, where a stick which was handed ??e was said to come from. (No importance was attached to the stick and the subject was dropped). Then I went into Lizzie's room, Miss RUSSELL going ahead and showing me the way. In the room I looked over the bed and at the sofa or lounge. Then I went into Miss Emma's room and looked at the bed there. I found nothing in either room. Then I went down stairs. I next went there about 3 o'clock that afternoon and stayed there three and one-half hours, searching the house from top to bottom. There were six of ???s altogether; there were Mr. JENNINGS, Dr. DOLAN, Officers FLEET and DESMOND and Mr. SEAVER with me. When I first went there I saw Miss Lizzie, who gave us full permission and desired us to give a thorough search. I said while there that I wanted a hole cut in the chimney to see if anything had been dropped down, and there were no objections made.
"I did not search every room myself, for we divided up. We went from the kitchen up to the attic, and went into a room on the northeast side, searched the room thoroughly; it was Mr. MORSE'S room; as I understand, FLEET and DESMOND were in Bridget's room at the same time; we searched the water tank in the clothes-press room; then I was in a room on the south side of the attic, searched it carefully; there was one trunk which bothered everybody; then Miss Emma and Miss Lizzie came up stairs, and I think, although I am not positive, Miss Lizzie showed us how to open it; it had a spring lock; we were looking after a key and they found it for us; it was tacked onto a trunk; when we first went there Miss Emma said if there was anything about the house which hindered us from making a careful search to send for her and she would aid us, or words to that effect; I don't remember the exact words now; after getting through in the attic we went into the room of Mr. and Mrs. BORDEN and searched that carefully; from there we went into Miss Lizzie's room, searching it thoroughly, Mr. DESMOND and I, and Dr. DOLAN and Mr. JENNINGS were in this room. Mr. FLEET was then searching Miss Emma's room; the guest room was also searched; I did not go into the big clothes press; when I got the dress and skirt I don't remember seeing Miss Lizzie going into the closet for them; I got them almost immediately without any fuss. Mr. JENNINGS and I looked at the parlor."
Q - "In fact, as the doctors say, this search had a negative result
only?"
A - "They might call it that; I call it a thorough search." The
court smiled at the answer.
"I asked Miss Lizzie if she would be kind enough to hand me the shoes
and stockings which she had on at the time of the murders and she went up stairs
and I think it was Mrs. BRIGHAM who brought them down to me; there was a dress
pattern brought from the house, but I don't know where it is now. (The district
attorney said the dress had no significance and the subject was dropped.) I
don't remember asking Mr. JENNINGS to ask Miss Lizzie to come into the room
and pick up something, nor do I remember his saying that he did not propose
to have her trying any experiments, although he was willing she should do anything
in reason; I can't remember any such talk. I did not tell Mr. JENNINGS that
I suspected Miss Lizzie, but I did tell him somebody did. That night when we
went there it was the mayor who did the talking, and advised them to stay in
the house. I did not have the warrant in my pocket then. I knew Mr. MORSE and
Bridget SULLIVAN were about the house on the day of the tragedy, and I had been
looking after others in connection with the case. When Lizzie asked the mayor
that Saturday night if any one in the house was suspected, he replied that he
thought Mr. MORSE could answer the question, considering what took place that
night. When Emma made her remark about trying to keep the fact that Lizzie was
suspected away from her, Lizzie spoke as earnestly, openly and frankly.
"I am ready to go now if I am suspected."
"This was about 7:55 o'clock and there were five persons in the room who heard her. The door was partly open. After she told us where she had been, we went away. I don't remember saying at that time we had completed a search of the house except the cellar, but I did say to Mr. JENNINGS before that something to the effect, and I said also that I wanted to have a hole cut in the chimney, but did not do it until Monday. Mr. ALLEN was nor in uniform; Officer MULALLY, was in uniform, but I can't say about the others. The two hatchets I received on Friday morning and the one without a handle I received on the following Monday. This was not produced at the preliminary examination. I first got it, it was wrapped up in a paper, but I can't tell what kind of paper. I don't think Mr. KNOWLTON saw it until after August 30th. Dr. WOOD had testified at that time and I heard about all of his testimony. I remember he said there was blood on the axes and hatchets." Here Mr. MOODY said he desired to show that the statement of Mayor COUGHLIN to the household was in good faith, as meaning protection, because the night before Mr. MORSE had been subjected to violence or threats of violence while going to the postoffice. Governor ROBINSON, however, said he objected to this because it had not been shown that Lizzie knew what had happened to Mr. MORSE, and the answer was excluded.
DR. John W. COUGHLIN, the next witness, said that on the Saturday evening following the BORDEN murder he went to the house with the marshal; there was a large crowd present and he instructed the marshal to disperse the crowd; it was done; in the house the first person we saw was Miss Emma. Said he: "I have one request to make of the family and that is that you remain in the house for a few days since I think it would be best for you all. Lizzie asked: ‘Why, is there anybody in the house suspected?' and I said, ‘Well, perhaps Mr. MORSE can answer better, as his experience of last evening might tend to convince him that somebody in the house was suspected.' Then Miss Emma said: ‘We have tried to keep it from her the best we could," and Lizzie sais: ‘Well, if I am suspected I am ready to go at any time.' Then Miss Lizzie, in answer to my question, told where she was when the murders occurred. Miss Emma then said she wanted us to do everything we could do for them, after I had told them to call on me for any protection needed."
Cross-examined: "When in the parlor I don't recall that the marshal did any talking. When Lizzie asked if anybody in the house was suspected she spoke excitedly. When she said she was ready to go if she was suspected she spoke without hesitation and earnestly."
Mrs. Hannah H. GIFFORD, Fall River, testified: "I live at No. 29 Franklin street, and am a manufacturer of ladies' outside garments; I have made cloaks for the BORDENS; I made a sack for Lizzie BORDEN last spring; I had a talk with her about her stepmother, I think in March, 1892, (Lizzie here put her fan over her face). Ex-Governor ROBINSON objected to witness telling the conversation because it was too remote, but the question was put and exception taken. "I spoke," witness said, "and called Mrs. BORDEN ‘mother.' She said: ‘Don't call her mother, she is only my stepmother, and she is a mean, hateful, old thing.' I said ‘Oh, Lizzie, don't say that,' and then she said that she always kept apart from her and ate her meals alone."
Miss Anna H. BORDEN, the next witness, said: "I am not a relative of the prisoner; I have known her five years; I went abroad with her in 1890 and occupied the same cabin with her on the outward and homeward voyages."
Witness was asked to state whether she had had any conversation with Lizzie about family matters on the voyage and the defense objected. The court, after deliberation, ordered the witness aside and the jury to retire and then Mr. MOODY stated that the evidence which they were about to offer was in substance that the prisoner regretted returning home after she had passed such a happy and pleasant summer because the home to which she was returning to was such an unhappy one. He held this expressed, better than anything else, the permanent condition things in that household, even though they occurred two years before the homicide. It is an expression of the state of feeling in the family by one member of that family, and it is to be taken into account also by what we know of people about to return home from an absence.
Governor ROBINSON said the statement was "altogether too remote. Here the witness had been abroad and as they were coming across, this conversation occurred: there is only one thing to object to and that is the statement about the happy home. There isn't a party who ever starts to return home from a pleasant trip but what is likely to say, ‘I wish I wasn't going home I've had such a pleasant time.' If she made that statement the fact that she went home and lived there showed that everything was all right."
Mr. MOODY said it had been shown by the previous witness that the defendant most of the time or a large part of the time didn't sit at the same table with her parents tending to show that the alienation had been continued after she arrived home.
The court was of opinion that the language used was so susceptible of other references that it would be better to exclude it, the idea evidently being that it might refer to some other member of family besides her stepmother.
Lucy COLLETT testified she was at Dr. CHAGNON'S for several hours on the
day of the murder. She did not see any one pass out of CHAGNON'S yard. She said:
"I was not looking particularly. If there had been a man coming down
the driveway and another coming along the other side of the house I could not
have seen both; the driveway is on the BORDEN side; I never saw any man getting
upon the fence and walking along; I didn't see any man at all."
Thomas BOLLES, Patrick McGOWAN, Mrs. KIRBY, Joseph De ROZIER and John DENNY, who were in the vicinity of the BORDEN house on the day of the murder, testified that they did not see anyone in the BORDEN yard on coming from the BORDEN house that morning.
Hannah REAGAN, matron at the police station, Fall River, testified the prisoner
was in her charge at the time. "She was in my room," she said. "On
August 24th Emma came in to see her in the morning; I was in the room cleaning
up; Emma came at 8:40 o'clock; she spoke with her sister, and I went into the
toilet room, and, hearing loud talk, looked out and saw Lizzie lying on her
side and Emma bending over her.
"Lizzie said: ‘You have given me away Emma, but I don't care; I won't
give in one inch (measuring on her finger).
"Emma said: ‘Oh, Lizzie, I didn't,' at the same time sitting down. They
sat there until nearly 11 o'clock, when Mr. JENNINGS came, but Lizzie made no
talk at all with her sister after; never opened her mouth to her; when I first
heard the noise of loud talking I was about four feet away in a closet.
"When Emma left that morning there was nothing said by either, and no
‘goodbye' was exchanged."
Cross-examination by Mr. JENNINGS: "Emma remained there in that room
until you came and when you came you said to Emma: ‘Have you told her all?'
and Emma said she had told her all she had to tell.
"Emma came again in the afternoon, but I can't tell just when. Mr. BUCK
was there, I am quite sure. He came every day.
Mrs. REAGAN resumed: "When Miss Emma came in the afternoon I can't tell. There was no one there in the morning, but her sister and you. I don't remember whether Mrs. HOLMES, Miss Annie HOLMES, or Mrs. BRIGHAM were there or not. I know that Miss BORDEN looked more excited when you left the room than she did before. I do remember something about an egg that same afternoon; I said an egg could be broken one way and not another, and I made a bet with Mrs. BRIGHAM about it. Lizzie took the egg and tried to break it her way, and, failing, said this was the first thing she ever attempted to do and didn't succeed. When I spoke of the affair between the sisters I spoke of it as a quarrel; this was before the first hearing. I don't know what day of the week the quarrel was on. I don't know whether the story of the quarrel was published in the morning papers; I was asked about it by reporters; it was that very afternoon and also in the morning. I never told any reporter it was all a lie, that there wasn't a word of truth in it. Mr. BUCK spoke to me about it in my room, but I never told him it wasn't true. I never said a word to Mrs. HOLMES about it. There was a paper drawn up subsequently in relation to this story; it was brought to me by Mr. BUCK. (Statement read, in which it was set forth that there had not been a quarrel between the sisters, and that she had never said so.)
Witness said she never expressed a willingness to sign the paper. Continuing, she said: "Marshal HILLIARD never said a word to me about signing the paper. He never said, to my remembrance: ‘If you sign that paper you sign it against my express orders.' Mr. BUCK never asked me about signing the paper if the marshal was willing. The marshal told me to go to my room; there was no one in the room when I went back, for I had the door locked and the key in my pocket. I never said to the marshal that I'd rather leave my place than have such lies about me. I never had any conversation with Mrs. HOLMES about the papers; I never said to Mrs. HOLMES in referring to the story: ‘You know they didn't quarrel because you were here and we were talking about the egg.'
Re-direct: "The reporter to whom I told the story in the afternoon was Mr. PORTER of the Fall River Globe. I never saw the contents of any paper, but Mr. BUCK came to me and said he had heard of such a report; that he had seen it in a paper and I said, ‘you can't always believe all you see in the papers.' He wanted me to sign the paper; that if I did all would be right between the sisters. I said we would go and see the marshal about it. We went down to the marshal's office, and he told me to go to my room; told Mr. BUCK to mind his own business and he would attend to his. The marshal said then what story I had to tell I would tell in court. I don't remember you (Mr. JENNING'S) being in the marshal's room, and I don't remember your conversation with him; I never heard you say to the marshal, ‘If you refuse to let this woman sign this paper I'll publish you to the whole world."
Dr. DOLAN, recalled: The piece of plaster removed from the guest chamber was shown him and identified. He said he had examined the carpet in front of the sofa for traces of blood, in company with Dr. WOOD.
Cross-examined: "This piece of plaster came from the wall on the north and east end; the small end of the ‘pear' was down."
Bridget SULLIVAN, recalled: The handkerchief found in the guest chamber was shown and identified as the one used by Mrs. BORDEN as a duster. She said when she went out to wash the windows, the screen door was locked and she left it unlocked.
Eli BENCE, drug clerk, Fall River, testified: "Have been in the business
about fourteen years; in the place where I am now," said witness, "three
or four years."
(Here the defense objected so strongly that the jury was sent out and the
matter argued.)
Mr. MOODY said it was proposed to show that prussic acid was an article of commercial use; that the witness never had a call for it until the 3d of August, 1892; that it is not used for cleaning sealskin sacques; they offered to show that the prisoner went to witness's place and asked for some to clean a sealskin sacque.
Governor ROBINSON, for the defense, said he understood there was no evidence to show a sale. It appears, said he, that examination of the stomachs of the deceased showed no symptoms of prussic acid, and there was no connection with this case. She is charged with slaying or killing those people with some sharp instrument. Now here is an attempt to charge her with causing death by wholly different means. It can't be considered here now, for the reason that this charge refers to August 3d, when the killing was on the 4th. There is no weight in this evidence to connect it with the crime charged. While this is not remote in time, it is entirely remote and foreign to the question. It is, in amount, an attempt to buy an article for another object; it is an article which anybody may buy; its sale is especially provided for in the statutes.
Mr. MOODY argued at length upon the ground that an act committed or attempted at or near the time of an act committed for which a person was held, should have some weight and bearing as upon the other case. He cited numerous cases to show that similar evidence had been admitted in other cases.
Governor ROBINSON once again reviewed the case and repeated that the evidence should not be allowed unless it went to prove the crime with which defendant had been charged. He held that evidence might as well be introduced to show that the defendant had attempted to shoot Dr. BOWEN the day before in order to show evil intention toward her parents.
At the conclusion of the arguments the justices withdrew for consultation.
The court remained in consultation nearly half an hour, and then came in
and announced that the evidence was competent and would be admitted. This appeared
not to satisfy the counsel for defense, and they made at once for the bench
where the other counsel joined them, and another long discussion followed. The
jury were conducted to their seats again at 4:45 o'clock and given at once in
charge of the sheriffs and court adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
****
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. Almira Galusha Died at 4 O'Clock Yesterday Afternoon
Mrs. Almira GALUSHA, widow of the late Martin GALUSHA, died at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the residence of her son-in-law, Hon. John VAN VOORHIS,
at the corner of East avenue and North Goodman street. Mrs. GALUSHA was ninety-six
years and three months of age at the time of her death. She was in the full
possession of her faculties and had not been confined to her bed until yesterday.
She has resided in this city for over sixty years and for the last twenty years
has lived with Mr. VAN VOORHIS. She was born in Shaftesbury, Vermont, on the
18th day of February, 1797. She was the daughter of Peleg and Olive COLE. She
married Martin GALUSHA on the 20th day of September, 1815. Jonas GALUSHA, her
husband's father, was at the time of her marriage governor of Vermont. He was
a widower and his daughter-in-law took charge of the governor's mansion, and
for several years was the first lady of the state. A few years later her husband
and herself removed to Rome, New York, where they resided for several years.
In 1833 they removed to Rochester where Martin GALUSHA died February 19, 1868.
His widow survived him by more than a quarter of a century. Martin GALUSHA bought
back in the ‘30's a large tract of land in the old fifth ward, which ever since
has been known as the GALUSHA tract. He was a deacon and a leading member of
the Second Baptist Church. His brother, Rev. Elon GALUSHA, was one of the most
eloquent Baptist clergymen of his time and one of the leaders of the anti-slavery
movement in the Northern states. Mrs. GALUSHA, after her husband's death, continued
her relations with the Second Baptist Church, and up to the time of her death
was the oldest living member of that church. She left two children surviving
her, Norman H. GALUSHA and Mrs. John VAN VOORHIS, both of this city, and a daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Freelove E. GALUSHA, of No. 32 Gorham street. Also a brother, P. Charles
COLE, who resides at the Park Avenue Hotel, New York city. A sister, Ann Jeanette
HUNTINGTON, wife of Elon HUNTINGTON, of this city, died in March, 1883. Another
sister, A. Jane ARMSTRONG, widow of General ARMSTRONG, of Rome, died at Troy
in 1888. There are eight grand-children who survive her, Eugene, Charles, Nellie
and Norman VAN VOORHIS, Martin, Myra and Harriet HUNTINGTON, of this city, and
Morgan G. KELLY, of Banning, California.
It need hardly be said that Mrs. GALUSHA was widely known and that her death
will be a cause of grief to many outside of her immediate family circle. Her's
was one of the city's historic names and she was honored and respected throughout
a wide circle.
****
ANNOUNCEMENTS
-Robert KELSO, aged 65 years, died at his residence, No. 23 Seward street, last evening.
-Gertrude ENGLISH died at the City Hospital yesterday morning, aged 16 years. She leaves one brother and five sisters.
-Mrs. Mary L. HASKIN died last evening at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. BARKER, No. 7 Garson avenue, aged 81 years.
-Phillipine BERNHARD, wife of Adam BERNHARD, aged 68 years, died last Tuesday at the family residence, No. 238 Lyell avenue. Notice of the funeral will be found in the proper column.
-Martha S. SCHLEYER, daughter of Peter and Sabina SCHLEYER, died yesterday morning, at her home, No. 15 Clifford street, aged 15 years. Besides her parents she leaves three brothers and four sisters; Peter, George, Leo and Agnes, Rose, Sadie and Mrs. A. SANDERL, all of this city.
-Mary A., wife of John DUFFY, and daughter of the late Thomas MALONEY, died at her home, No. 29 West Alexander street, at 6 o'clock last Tuesday evening. Besides her husband, she leaves four young children; also her mother, one sister and three brothers, Mrs. John KENNELLY, M. M. and T. H. MOLONY of this city, and D. MOLONY of Toledo, O.
-Christian J. SCHAEFFER, aged 38 years, died last Tuesday at the family residence, No. 94 Sherman street. He left a widow and three children, Herbert H., Christian J., and Ralph W. Five sisters and three brothers survive him, namely: Mrs. J. F. SWARTZ, Mrs. C. P. SEEL and Mrs. C. TOPPFEL, of Rochester, Mrs. A. S. MARSHNER of Webster, Mrs. S. G. BRINKMAN of New York; Charles F., George J., and R. S. SCHAEFFER of Rochester. Notice of the funeral will be found in the proper column.
****
GETTYSBURG CELEBRATION
Rochester Veterans f the 49th N. Y. Entitled to Attend it.
In the year 1862 a company was raised in this city for the Thirty-third New York Volunteers, At the expiration of the term of service of the regiment these men were transferred to the Forty-ninth New York, and served to the close of the war. They participated in the battle of Gettysburg and all the other engagements in which the Sixth Corps had a part. The following members are now residents of Rochester and are entitled to transportation to Gettysburg and return:
William J. ARMSTRONG, Thomas H. BENNETT, Bastain DE PLAA, Walter GIBBS, Freeman GROCE, Marcellus E. HAZEN, George B. HERRICK, John HOUSAM, John H. JUSTICE, Henry C. KENNISON, Franklin MILES, James H. NOYCE, Schuyler PULFORD, and John B. TELLER. It is desired that those who have not already signified their desire to avail themselves of this opportunity to attend the reunion will notify John B. TELLER, No. 88 Hickory street. Dr. John JENKINS, of Shelby, Rev. S. S. BALLOW, of Wiscoy, and Peter THOMAS, of Batavia, members of the original Forty-ninth Regiment, accompanied by their wives, will attend the celebration. There will also be representatives from Buffalo, Jamestown and other points where the Forty-ninth Regiment was recruited.
****
POLICE COURT
Rochester, N. Y., June 14, 1893****
DIED
SCHAEFFER - In this city, Tuesday evening, June 13, 1893, at the family residence,
94 Sherman street, Christian J. SCHAEFFER, aged 88 years and 4 months
-Funeral Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. Friends invited.
GALUSHA - In this city, June 14, 1893, Almira GALUSHA, aged 96 years and
3 months.
-Funeral Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock from No. 256 East avenue.
BERNHARD - In this city, June 14, 1893, at the family residence, No. 238
Lyell avenue, Phileppine BERNHARD, wife of Adam BERNHARD, aged 68 years.
-Funeral will be held Friday at 2 o'clock from the house and at 2:30 from
the Allen Street German Church. Friends are invited.
TIERNEY - In this city, Thursday morning, June 15, 1893, at the family residence,
No. 104 South Clinton street, Mrs. Jennie TIERNEY, mother of the late Michael
L. TIERNEY, aged 80 years.
-Notice of funeral hereafter.
****
ESCAPED THE GALLOWS
Brazil, Ind., June 14 - Grant OLDS, a young man of this city, was killed near the Putnam county line at an early hour this morning while jumping from a fast moving train on the Vandalia railroad. He was being pursued by officers and jumped to elude them. OLDS was wanted at Anderson for murdering a fellow workman in an iron mill.
****
A Receiver Appointed
New York, June 14 - Thomas F. GILROY, Jr., was to-day appointed receiver for Ernst E. KIPLING, importer of precious stones at Nos. 182 and 184 Broadway, with officers at Providence, R. I., and Paris, France. The liabilities are about $150,000 and the nominal assets exceed that amount. The concern was caught for $48,000 by the failures in the past two weeks.
****
SCHAFFNER'S BODY FOUND
Chicago, June 14 - The body of Hermann SCHAFFNER, the banker, who has been missing since the day his bank collapsed two weeks ago, was found floating on the lake late this afternoon. It was brought to shore by a fisherman The body was fully identified by papers found upon it, and by the relatives of Mrs. SCHAFFNER.
****
A Long Term
New York, June 14 - Dr. Sarah B. CHASE, who was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, in causing the death of Maggie MANSONI, upon whim she performed a criminal operation, was to-day sentenced to nine years and eight months imprisonment.
****
RUSSIANS AT NIAGARA
Niagara Falls, June 14 - A special car containing Admiral KAZENHOFF and the officers of the Russian flagship lying in New York harbor, arrived here to-day. The party was driven about the falls. They left over the Michigan Central for Chicago to-night.
__