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| OF peculiarly distressing character, and to an
nounce the death OF man once highly respected
IN this community, but whose memory must now
DC stained In consequence Of his suffering his evi
passions 10 gain the predominance. The publca
| uon, however, OF the circumstances connected
wi.n tnis anair, may, perhaps, act as preveniiv
course AZ once dshonorable to themselves ano
criminal IN the eyes Of the law, and which soone,
or later must bring disgrace upon their heads to
stop In their mad career


Mr.. Forman, who has of late kept an Office OF
the cerner of Pearl and Centre street, has for Q
long time past been an agent for the Janeway es
tate In this city, which yields verv large income
lne per centage OF agency alone affordlng hand
some income. Not content with the annual salary
Mr. Fcrman commenced certain speculations, anc
among others, ndulged 10 great extent in the
purchase OF lottery tickets To indulge this fatal
passion, ne has been in the habit of APPLYING t.
tenants to advance per centage on their rent, al
legng thaf the estate was encountered that il was
necessary to raise money. Within few days past
y was discovered that he had collected about $50,
OOO, and wasa defaulter to that amount Knowing
mat ne was discovered, he purchased on Tuesday
last large phia OF laudanum, and left the city TO
Newark, New Jersey, where he has wife and
he took leave of them, and went to neighborine
town where he took the laudanum, and expired in
the course of a few hours. He was about As yean
of age. afl


UPON Youso GiaL nv GAEo OF RuryIANs.-One Of
the most gross and infamous ourages which has come
to tho knowledge Of the authorities the public
thank heaven! many long day, was perperatsd In The
heart Of our city on the evening Of the aOth inst But
Of the rusns engaged in this transaction has been
arrested but he Is principal AMI the evidence against
him is conclusive, punishment should be q, mn-
steed and will unquesonahly This presents worse
he scene Is laid in the next great tsoloushtsTs.
Bowery. The circumstances Of the case are these A
ssSsos pa.sn. resSs


Goshen county came to this city short time since upon
VISIT to her aunt, Mrs jennings who lives IL the
n6lgnOOrhOOd "a aavan thoQ QOth
she was invited to attend the Bowery Theatre by her
cousin young man residing in this city and after wit.
nessng the performances they started for home but un
fortunately the intoxicaion Of the young girls compa
uion produced the most deplorable. consequences.


bis companion 50 down and get oysters but upon
her refusing compliance he left her alone in the street
some fsw minutes when two men came up to her, aod
one Of them PIT his hand upon her neck and .ezine
other one then seized her the legs In that manner
the two ruans bore her the street. where they
wnseo several times; and in very short space of time
three men came The 'kerchef twisted so tight


about her throat that impossible for her to utter
ged into an alley and laid upon the ground Her head
held down by Of the scoundres and her feet by
her This then took the place Of the ono at
her head, when he. too, accomplished his hellish
design upon the Of an unfortunate young girl One
Of the rulans, who had remained the of the
alley cried out that some coming, which caused


and she and 70
was, however prevented BY ths geader who seized
her by the throat and thrust her back in her struggle
with all her force Hs then ri rsd her pockets Of 0
Purse containing $5 and in few minutes after dragged
house. into which the ruans endeavored to force her
Fortunately for the girls life perhaps watchman was
ravshers and running to the waschman told him briefly
her case He took her to the watch house-one of the
hsnds following them all the way and abusing and threat
house she recognised the who had followed them
the chief of her ravhers and he


The natter be before justice ober who mms
diately commenced rigid investigation and notified the
the family Of one Of Il ese Friends She now s receiving
every attention which her unfortunate situation demands
The rnffian, who stands committed charged with this
80 lou. crime gives his Alexander Edwards
that his family is highly respectable"


w o. 81 s dH. HH .as


s m o o. man sSo% I'd
lower Of his fac. and upon neck aspear. that hs


eo@%i,,: .e :SI' nos


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justice Gilbert, to fa,tsn itupon Mary. -.


se q P1s
has ben made out against McQusde
McCuRRY, THE MuRDERER.--The Baltimore
Sun, noticing the story OF McCurry having made
will, says:-


We have made some inquiries touching this mat





should have $1,000 and an indefinite amount oi
real estate to bequeath, be we have no conf.
dence In the statement, but with view of getting
Mr. NowIin. that cCury asked him several times
dunng his stay with him, to cash an amount Of
$3.50 in Treasury notes for him, Mr.. Nowln al
o S.a e 9r G b. did not DO
ever, exhibit the notes. Here is fact with OBJ
ject palpably in view, from the fairest reasoning
after the event which has since taken place. Can
ana AntsHf stSntx4 L. -
McCurry's proposition, and he had assured himself
OF the fact that such a sum of money was in the
house, but that he would have possessed himself OF
L, even though murder had been necessary TO his
end Another fact in point is very applicable in
this connection. Recently, we believe during the
present week. Mr. Nowlin has found in the drawer
OF table or bureau an ordinary door key which
bears the marks of having been filed and made
thinner, az If to fit some particular lock. On apply
ing the key to the lock Of Mr.. Nowlins chamber
door, it was found to fiji exactly, and TO unlock the
door with facility. We merely state these facts,
and leave their application to the judicous reader
A portsmouth, Va, paper adds that this s'same
McCurry was In this town, Portsmouth, on the first
OF December last, on which day he entered his
Crawford House. He then changed his quarterssto
Mr.. Hills boarding house, in Gosport, where after
remaining few days, he succeeded in breaking
open and robbng a.iellcw ,boarder's trunk Of some
70 or so dollars, with which he made his escape 10
Baltimore. Had due diligence been used to detect
the robber. and publicity given of the robbery it is
more than propable, that McCurry's hands would
now have been unstained with human blood, and
that Roux would now be in the midst of lite and
friends. So much for not using the press
ANTI GAMBLING LRcTuRR-Mr Green's Lee.
ture, which was to have been delivered last even
ing, at Clinton Hall, was postponed to Tuesday
evening next, In consequence Of the wetness Of
the evening
Circuit Court.


Before Judge Kent.


JAN 24-Baring, Brothers \ Co. vs. Davis and Brsoks


This was en- action Of assumpst to the value Of


quantity Of railroad spikes shipped by plaintiffs to the
Alabama Florida and Georgia Railroad Compar y, at
Pensacola amounting to about $40 200 The defendants
Il appeared in the year 1896 ordered from the plaintiffs
Liverpool as0o tons Of iron and splicing plates for the
above company In addition to the iron and plates plain
tins sent quantity Of spikes which put in their
defence were not ordered by defendants. The spikes
were received by the company and hen they began to