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CHECK QUESTIONED |
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Midi* Banl Hooks Furnish]
Ground for Sarage Cross-E,r
timinaiivti of Defendant.
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• V hrihrrvimT*tlr»*'™ br»ns conducted
, ,1,0 gnat* M«rtin W. UUWoa bla
laV-yrti to-<!*y P"* or - tbr v Jt"^s Hand j
M;« n :i. IlaniHt-.n. 04 Auburn. .1 tlinn- j
Ut nn« pluo**** rspert, «1» for It*
j,«. t mrnty-flv^ years has m:<de wrt of 1
hts Jiving !•: f.ppeaxing in «*ourt cases, j
H* • wore tl:.t the words "Albany mat
!rr"*n<l MTtato other Irtt^Tl" J'nii fipure* I
, m Ih<- stu^ «>f Ibe $«.:.f'ft «hork >\bi«-hj
I.jrured In 'T»e»ron Hi" Mo^'s testimony I
vtrr nrlttd vitbiti th* last *ix month* j
«t)u> Ihe rest of the Mt:b wa.* wr:tKn
e^irrH! jear* ago.
Thf .J!'«'Ct «l llli? trs-timon; «*• to
indicate that an attempt lad t*^n made
i< • -•■}■ to roomed the monfy obtahrNl
«-n '»ii«t ch^i-k with HfTair? In Ibi CapltoL
Si vas 11 bn].l ctl*ck <•" «< vital point of
1 c Mary ti Ji fagr srnntor p««mi Co&£*i**
r!ii*>t v. »f!i< f* r« tr?ir<li»ip th*» «>l>tjminc of
11. •■ money wJ.iih h* p»"oro J^ i<r..uciit to
A'-.r.i nnA 11.460 Of wijlcji h* sni-1 h*>
S*\* '■" Senator AU&t in «'onsT*s x>rrs
f 1 1 1 ■
\rrmnj>»TiWl by rnbrprd ptnkomph* 1
„<• 1 1,. ,«!,.,(, ATI( j „ ptuli. a»td rtnpha*
1 ••!! ly the e^dltbltlon of tli«* original
. i;b '11 dHf«TWrt j •"■itjons u'i«ler a mi
ifownpg man:piilat»»'i !>>• t!i"- nitswa]
Hamilton, 'Mr int-Jd^nt v.i« diftinotly
dramatic W hat^vrr ««iti«^r ••tT»rt it may
1 • • had tt rrr<v^d n wleodM break in
::■ 1 . ••< r.-dings for th«- t«>nat<>r!=, for ■
i.< >.«-$ ..an d^cJarrd |o ht llirm «xanii]i«»
Th" •> formal in lin.-, and fninrwhal
lik' <l il<lr»Mi martliinjr to Ins-iMHt a • uri
aritv uinlrr th»» cuidaru-o ».f a BCttOj] j
t'a-li'r. tlKy 01H j.;ist Ibe s-trnogra- !
[liTs flrck <>n \vht<-h thr exhibit was I
ji!a«-' <1. and nt.lcmnly squinted through
th«- p.'\\«rful Tnii.Tosi-^}>o.
RV know at mud) about it n..w as
>• • did before," cowmrntod ooe of th^m
• • this jwrformani't*.
. Si.. :■««(» .liork, Mr. Hamilton trsti
' • !. !..iJ not born altered. M.w ttstifled
• • 1m jr*w this check tho morning of
Ihr. i!yy «.n TihUh h* CMXOO vi AMiany,
f :i«! that th»* liaiik In GrotoQ, tinding that I
there via not roousb «-ash «<n hand. 1
• r.»t*> ir.ti» th^ face of it an indication]
t*.»i :t na» payable in Now Y<>rk draff.
'■;Tt «.f this tntrv h»* F\v..rr he notttl on
t..r rberk rtjiti »!iat day. T!i«* r«-st h^ j
v -<v tht- <!■>■ «ft«-r his rriurn fruit) the j
Capitol after he had boen told that the .
lii'.iiry had. bo^ti Ufod t'» l>ril'O log'tia- |
Solutions Used, He Says
Urtuiilt"n fiMTr that th>> clioii stub'
orisinally had l>eon mado out for on* 1
<ir;ift for $'>,<'•'**. I'Ut had l»ocn retouched
to rliow that drafts had l>oi n purchaFjil.
'h«t S.Vm l:ad beta «»lit;i ; nol in »ash
Find tliat tlrr $<'„<*«» notation had boon
r- • urhed t<» eonvcrl it into £•»,."•<»'•. I!«
0. ,,,, also that on both the « ho< k Ftub j
pii-l ibe ••h«^*l'. be found evkSeneei <>f
"im Rtdutlona 4*4 * linving been applied. |
|U |»tnt*d «-»ut on tlio photocrapblc cn
i; ryrornts just vliorc thoso had ln-rn
. lied juid explained t»io rffed on ink
111 f-lcborate t« rhni< al jihrasrologj.
Tli*. aiidl lawyer did not c^t fur
• nuogii in his examination of this wit
ni>.^ to ndi'-ato the jir<<-;so j>urjM».«o <»f
■I. i irsilmaoy. It is njps>oaod tliat it;
v IH le . Mjjiocted in Kotno fashion with!
RCrotf if the i.'oTiS'rs in an attempt to!
rtip« :''.ut th«. «-ht*i k stuli was d'M.'tored
1 Mi> bitKis for a gigantic ccAspiracy to j
' rimiiiat'' Srnator Allds.
Tin- t ; \jXTt aisu tc.stifiod tliat an CfitrjT
n tin d:aft b'»ok of the. Qroton liatiK
b > '•<<M altered l>y .s^rat< litng to j-ead
ijjst, ad of *."...>«•. Tliis testimony
il i!->t need to v.orry the <*ongtT lav.
in uny dearer. Tiny have a hand
ling expert :itkJ « bendst Of their <•* ii. j
1 prohalily vill put liini on the ttand
■ aUtt\ th'F testimony. Also, it is
|i ratood that they intend t.* prove.
I the ch«H k nt>d rbock Btub aVrsj
» Led ::i» in h aaffa for aevcra! jwara]
1 >.i«ir to th«* actual lime when they were :
Uroiittii ljrre to bQ IntTOOttOCd in < vi
1. »n f
rttiarti iiio Introdurtioa of ihli cvi- !
U* d^y had l^et^n going badly fort
■ •••• AH.Js, «xre r ,; f,, r a ruling by 1
'■•...• .1 Jjavis very fa\oral/!i to hhn. 3
la was whtn the chairman rrtwmA to!
■'."N i:: rridence ■ tetter from
Acma itn;,d Machinery Oorapany to
«■'■' <t cotnjianjr demanding .1 in
•" II ►•<! pod] .similar to tin- 1 r,.1»,-i. , otn
a l"«jl und<T th«; OmvSaad agrw
nnm \v <>>).,. ti.r, Brnator Oonpr 1 !
■ ■ . laij creat Rtrrn on thU dw^u-
tooffpri id. • bri.ic.- company pools,
■••■•I, Rftnator l»a\is rrfoxed t-. re»j
" • " 1 • <!■ tnanded that »h.- «*l-v. !;.nd :
► '■•n.fj-.t, v, i.ir], bad m» blackrned th. .
• ■■ -• 1 roneeroa, »..• ruled out a!. 5.,. T.'ii.- •
"ator l» :i v.^ r.f, IS r,i to do. and no
>«-n..i.,r acoej** Mr. Qsboroe'a oj,e n m
•' ''"• t-» tij.jK-ai from „^ n;:it _ of
O«nk Accounti Again.
:i1 "^n,. , uriiri , 1 ,, 1!1( . ri1 . iv . 1( . I , lv |
*«*• AUds allda lld „I^,, to , Mi , t; ,, i
" <W 1! " luln< ■« -'-.ut „itrie, in Lis
••> J now vxh. .r 11. „„„„
?*^>^Vf ta :«**Wtad
■
Wi OKborw ,M,d lihnmiM, tbW
■ .1.. k«- rould not e<» Into Umt
T ili»iKt Upe-t) it/ .Jr.lar^.j « tr
'•••■'' not]] -a, , ftiuinc tt, •„ i|
C» -H that-"
r Littleton protected «hst K#> nb1 ,^. '
«?s nit truing «o ranr*a) any.
: >nd that ihl« tranatrtion a»a
itnj th»» «oy!J reflet-t en hi« rr^flit.
" ou a^k me. 1 think the ?1<««» ,»
• m#r» neahlte," : - ; ii jji «• Lurne, :
' •»<. :■ r <l <U Ilibd T'-i**
l«-««< MMI la-Marnm, (air
RETURNED $;»S)OOGEMS j
I
Negro Pullman Porter Gets a
$10 Rexcord.
!By Te>gr»ph t» The Trlhur.e.l f
Bh:e\ci>ort. Im . March 15.— Mr» v
Fannie J. nick?. «f <.-hingtr, n . while
travelling from there at Tazoo. Mi**.. '
left a chamois bag containing i::. dia- j
monda and other jewels valued at $25,000'
in tlw> Pullman l^rth when she left the J
train at Jackson. Mi*-*., <o-day. The ;
negro |>«.rter. thinking it a hot water)
Kig. tun^d it over t.. the conductor, who '
banded it to the authorities here on hi?
arrival. The porter received $10 as a
reward. i
NO BRYAS FREE'AEOUT
Norman E. Mack Intimates
Self- Refrigerating Process.
Hot Spring*. Ark.. March I."..— Norman j
K. Mark, chairman of the National Dem- !
«H-ratio Committee, denied to-night re- !
I>ort* that the councils of Democratic
I>nrty leader* ftrM here are to "freeze
I.ryan follower.* out of party affair* '
Mr. Ma-- explained that Mr. Rryan j
had made it *"> plain that he would not I
. p.vm attempt party leadership that any
Btternpt to throttle Mr. Bryan's influ
♦ tioe wouM I>r unnecessary. He BaM lie .
believed that the Democrats were a unit
in wanting only the strongest man for :
leadership, and that when it became ap
parent who vas the best man the Demo
crats would unite in his support.
stop ( AS!))' -jags:*
Chicago Bonbons Contain .11
cofwl and Ether.
«"hicacp. March IS.—^letting link on '
"candy" has becoHHi such a widespread '
praetieo nmong men. women and < hii- j
<lren in th^ stockyards «iunrt«*r that the j
State Pood I »epjirtTn«*nt ann<»nner«l to- j
day that it would stop the pale of the
Intoxicating l«>nbons.
"i"»ne parti-uiar 'candy' eveels the
>ilest whlckey for Intoxicating result?." I
»»nl<l Assistant commissioner John B. !
New man. "These lionlwins contain a ;
tnedieal intoxicant containing : :■_■ per j
rent ether. »'; i»cr cent ether oil and <»■"• (
per rent alcohol. It causes not only |
<lrunkenn«"*is, but sickness. W. found i
ihat many candy shells filled with whis- ■
key ajf sold t«> women and children."
ROCKEFELLER WINS. \
Carries His Ticket in Xorth\
Tarrt/toicn Election.
The active {nterest taken l>y th** cm- :
|il«>yes of John I». rtockcfdler on his |
HMKKI-acre estate at I'ocantico Hills tar- i
ried the village flection of North Tarry- j
town jnesterday, and elected the «'itizens' '
tl<kct over the People's nominees by a j
vote of ;t t«. 1. Th< total vote cast was*
*»!«•, the large«t in the history of the i!- '
lage. Just before the polls closed auto- I
mobOesk farm wagons and atone carts !
loaded down with workmen from the!
Rockefeller place arrived at the i»olls ;
and voted solidly for John Wirth. who \
h'-atletl the Citizens' ticket for Pr«si
dent, and for the candidates fur trus- I
lees.
The pronodtion t>» appropriate ?l'.O(»0 j
f<>r ;in ant .-unobile hose cart for •lum
bi:i Hos.- <"omp:*ny was «ls<» carried.
T '..:.- oompany*a house i.« in Sleepy j
Hollow, In the heart of th. John i
Is. Rockefeller estate, an.l the motor car
wiTI \>o of ?r<a» h»-n»-flt in making a rec
ord run jigajTist ;im<- t«» the Rockefeller I
estate in case of fire in the f."iJHMrt» \
mansion or in Ms other line i>ui!dings
In th«» \ i«-inity.
Rlectlona were Ije'.d ?n fifteen of the j
villages of n'catcbester County > ester- i
day, but in most placet there were o
contests, as the residents were aMe to'
cgre<- on oflie ticket.
•'Honest Jim" Ktilly, the *\ii:aee
Itlacksr.ilth" an<l R< publican candidate '
for I*resider.t of the village of North
I^'hatn. tn Westchester County, was re
elected yesterday by twenty-foor votes ,
over Peter Coder, hii murratie opi«»- j
i.ent. The annual charter election was '
hotly cootested, a«id the different leaders
hin-d all th< automobiles and carriages
in the neighborhood, und commuters I
were rushed t<> in« polls before they j
started for their offices or places of busi
ness in Manhattan.
WOMEN MAY GO FREE.
Van Xorden. Who Lost $28 r\
000, still in Europe.
The «as.- «.f May Williams and Hes«'e |
Roberts, who <n rf indicted for robbing;]
Warner M. Van Xorden of $:«.<)<•<> i:» '
last .'Ud street on tin; night of January]
•$, is sei for trial to-day In General
gesrfejns. Mr Van Nord«n is htil! Inj
Kuf>»pe, :nil th«- women are in the T<«mbs j
v.i.*'.* t ISB.OOO bail each. Van Nor«l.
presence i« necetaary l>efore the prose- .
«;uti< n ctn pr«H*«-*"d with Its ease.
\Vli<-n tlie cane urn first tailed lor
trial. thr«-e weeks ago. former Magistrate |
VV.tii'e, mull." I lor the d< f<|.i c. urged
that tlie tiial j.pM-eed. a« it was an In- j
jiisiici- to l.c, p The defendants in jail i
under .-v« h m« avy lM»nd when t' -y veru]
not r*"«lion«lble for the Inability of the
pruserutio*) !•» s»« ure tlte presence of the I
contplainirf; witness. It was then said]
that V;'ii Norden nould return by I
:.i,i«it 13
I'ii less aseured Ihat \'an Nardrn wtll
v,-,il in a few «l*ys for this country to
..j.jH.ir i.gair»l Ibe women it was tai<l
11i«- DWtlct Attorney's office woatd not
uijo.^f t!;eir i ••lease without bail. Th" t
< ;i:e may iie\er cmi' < to trial.
Oil. OPERATOR SHOT?
Gauzer Wounds G. S. ( ullinnn i
in 1 1 on xt on, TcJt.
ii, T>:'« r »rl' !• Tt>«> Tfih'ji;* J
llourt.n. T.v. M«r. !« IV loßeph F Cut-,
Unan precMcjrt of «••* T««a« *<>™v*ny. oil J
proJ«eera »«"1 rentier*, mm »t the largest >
cormraUoos »» 'he Bouih. w f»»«>t M i..t ,
• niotifiv vraonded this afltansaaa by 11 W.
Qtosa in -II gauser. tald t«, l.aie br*n In I
tll LmS^^ .'n-V^X. .» n«M cv I
. LrtX .'f>r. " *iU*-* w* s arreMed. The
V r.if.c - Vi '•• h^e re»u!t'J iron, a
i <~i t.- I*. ii/'i" . . i' »'
RETURSEI) $23JH0GBMS
NEM'.YORK. \Vl«!nvi^r\iv MABIII 16. i«i(» r ri?lJ r \f PAGES. * * PRICE n\'l' f*l?YT '" c«»«r %••» Y« r t..T*r«*jcitj>»n<t not*
.MjU-iuiu\, >» IjUA r^IJA \ , jLVnI. !l 10. I..' l U.— lMJijl* •JMi«i> li* l - 11^- • i.v.iv-i.^ v/o v }~j\Zi+\ I. ciaswueke two cent*.
SAVING CITY MOM; V
XEW FINANCIAL PLAN
SHOWS BIG GAIN.
Controller Sees Benefit of
Millions in Abolition of the
"General Pot."
Controller rrendergast expects to ef
fect a saving to the taxpayers of $2.4.»,
000 a year by doing away with the sell
ing of corporate stocks under the blanket
designation of "various municipal pur
poses" and by the abolition of the "gen
eral pot" practice of receiving and dis
bursing the receipt* of the city treasury.
In the official circular announcing the
terms of the city's next bond sale, on
March 111. a clear statement in made
of the general purposes for which the
money received from the sale of cor
porate stock will bo used, instead of
leaving it hidden, as formerly, under th©
designation of 'various municipal pur-
JMMWS '"
The Controller also purposes to treat
the money received from the sale of these
I'inds as trust fund?, whi.'h will be kept
on deposit In the hunks to the credit of
the permanent improvement accounts for
the purposes for which the bonds are to
be aold. Thin means the abolition of the
"general j>ot." under the operation of
which in the past the Controller's finan
cial statement shows over *I 4. «h«».<mh» "'
• orporaU) t=to<-k proceeds* diverted and
'; « <1 to ray the coitt of city government
it. violation of the provisions of the. city
charter.
owing to the custom of misusing this
money Jn past years contractors and
others having claims against the city for
work done upon permanent Improve
ments were unable to get the money due
MB promptly, and as ■ result by com
iii. consent added ." per cent to their
Md i>ri<es to recoup them for having to
wait for months before the city had
money available to pay their claims. It
ts by prompt payment of these claims
in the future that the Controller expects
to be al>lc to effect the saving of «*_\4."iO,
000.
Origin of Discredited Practice.
The custom of selling corporate stock
•for various • municipal purposes'* was
1-egMn l>y Controller Grout in 1988. Al
though the <it\ charter does not i»ermit
any such practice, it was resorted to on
the plea that the custom In \ogue previ
« usly of selling bonds for aadi perma
nent improvement account rendered un
available large amounts of money. In
asmuch M it was not legally possible to
transfer unused balances from one ac
count to another. The celling of bonds
under fhe l.lank' designation of "vari
ous municipal purposes" permitted the
Interchange of these account balances.
The. working nut of the practice, how
ever, resulted In the "general pot" cus
tom of receiving and disbursing the re
ceipts of the city treasury. Corporate
sto«k •■for various municipal purposes"
was in reality sol.l for- money. After the
bonds were disposed of and the money
icceived the proceeds were transferred
to the various |>crmanerit improvement
a« counts as required, but Inasmuch as
thej-e '.M.nds were n<»t sold for any spe
< in. purjnti»e there was nothing to pre
vent th" Controller from temporarily
N rroming th. fun<ls for the purpose of
meeting the co of city government.
This is exactly what was done. Cor-
I»orate stock proceeds wore constantly
borrowed for budget purposes, and the
practice was defended upon the ground
that there was no sense in the city going
lit-, the money market and borrow inj;
money upon revenue bonds for current
in. .i when it bed a large amount upon
deposit in the l>anks to the credit of
permanent Improvement accounts. Grad
ually the leeway which the operation
of Iks* system |»ermitted grew to be a
disgraceful license. Not only were un
used corporate stock proceeds applied
to current nereis, but the money was
Dot returned to the accounts from which
it had been taken.
Used Money Indiscriminately.
Finally the line of demarcation be
tween money raised for current needs
and money raised for |*er«nant-nt in.
1-r'ivements was lost and the entire re
relpts of the city treasury weru used
for whatever purpose the Controller tie
sire.i t<» v.-« them without regard to the
purposes' for which tin- money was re
ceived. This ■ a.- the genesis of the
"general pat" system under which th«>
correct balance of Use city's accounts
was completely destroyed.
Without returning to the old practice
of selling corporate sto«.k for each one
of the permanent improvement accounts
uj«»:i the city's hooks, the Controller by
lis new pi. in h* paves] the way to a
i:ai»j>y medium which w ; M conserve in
ta<t all money raised for main nt lin -
provements. and at the MUM tun. oh
vtate the holding of Urge unused Lal
aiU'es that could no. under the practice
in vogue during the years following con
solidation be traniu.rred legally from
one \* rmanent Improvement account to
another. IS>* the creation el nine func
tional ■permanent Improvement groups
..i accounts nil corporate >-\>* k formerly
nold under the blanket designation of
"various municipal purposes" will now
I** disposed of ' • specific purges. The
Controller alaa Int n«Js to hold this
mono upon .!• p. -M in the banks to the
credit of the>e nine groups of accounts.
This ineana i ami there will in future
1., no borrowings from permanent im
provement a«count bakaarea t«> supply
, urr« i.i budget tutds, Lv«. t>:at all money
rait«-<l lor permanent improvement work
by the mil «•» corporate .-t... k will be
available at all tunes . .r the payment
„f « laims duly rccUtcred against ikaaa
U c<«.. 'U.s. This nuan.s t:;« complete,
abolition «f tll<s •«- m ral POt."
How the Plan Will Work Out.
The Finance Department officials es
timate that after the next bond sale, for
a |»erio«l of • .-. three months, there will
„, -p approximate. a%erage balance to
the credit of pivataaiai improvement
accounts **. W. "•••«■••• Tbjm
money will I* '•• M <>•» ieaaaM until such
time ** ii i* required for the purpofes^
for the lior'- are to R. sold.
l'l-o> liiev ai mm ac Mm city ■in r«-
tti' u>»ual Jntereb. ..f •_• |VT .i nt
t. ,i-» flier-* j3 .'••c:l Ban.
ACCUSJSG.U.CROCKJSR
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CHARGES MADE OF
JURY BRIBING.
Ex-Treasurer of Boston, Who-
Upset Wealth/ Father's Will j
Arrested nith 7Vo Others.
18.. Tel««r»ph to Th» Tribune. 1
Bofiton. March 15.— Oaarg* rj. Crocker, j
former City Treasurer, was arrested at
noon to-day on a warrant Issued as the
result of an Indictment charging him
with being an "accessory before the fact |
In corrupting a Juror sitting in th" trial ;
of the eas« of Crocker agt. Crocker, in j
April. i!M»4. also conspiracy to corrupt a
certain Juror impanelled and g worn in i
above trial by offering Bald Juror gifts j
and gratuities. ' The Juror sat in the j
trial at w hlc!i the nil: of Crocker's father (
was broken.
John J. Conroy. of Roxbury. and!
I'harlej. H.l^aeh. of No 127 State 'street. |
were also arre.otefl in connection with th- ■
same. case. They pleaded not guilty
when arraigned before Judge. Wait in
the Superior Criminal Court. Crocket
and Cr nroy were released la «•.•"■" aaU
each, an.l I^»:ieh In «_'."f>" b;iil.
Uriel it Crocker, a well Known Boston
nttorney. author of « number ■•? standard
legal textbooks, and a man who was
socially prominent In Boston, died on
March 8, IMS leaving an e*jat<» amount
ins; approximately to |I.aaa,aaa. His first
wife died yeurs l«*f»re. By thai th lrn.ig
he had Ahree children— George Uriel
Crocker, formerly city Treasurer: Joseph
B. and Kdgar CveHier, «h<» latter •<••
being banker?, with offices on Plate
street.
During the ?<V> Mr. r>noker th»> eMer
married again, his Me pad wife being his
stenographer, who was his Junior by
pome years. This marriage was lajahjat
the wishes of. the family, and caused
an estrangement.
Mr. Crocker's will left his entire estate
to his second wife. Mrs. Annie J. Crocker,
to be he'd by her in trust, but providing
that she should be entitled to the use of
the entire Income for her own benefit.
The ill gave her power to .lisp..se of It
at her Je&th by distributing It among his
children, their wives or children, in such
manner and hi each share or proportion
as fhe raw fit. the will stipulating that
In case all his descendants died he
fore Mrs Crocker died she might then
dispose of the property In any manner
that she saw fit.
The will was admitted to probate, but
an appeal was taken by th" three sons
from the decree- allowing the instrument,
and the case went to the Supreme Court
upon that appeal It was tried before a
Jury in September. 1!"'.5, and the jury
found that the will was duly executed.
The jury, however, was unable to agree
as to whether Mr. Crocker, the testator.
was of pound and disposing mind, and
also as to whether the will was procured
by fraud or undue influence.
A second trial was had in the Supreme
Court before Judge Braley an<! a Jury in
April. 1!«». This trial lasted several
days, and resulted in the jury finding
that Mr. Crocker was of hound mind at
the time the will was executed, but that
it was procured through the fraud or un
due Influence of his wife, Mrs. Annie J.
Crocker.
The case went to the full bench of the
Supreme Court upon questions of law.
but the reMilt «-f the full bench inquiry
was that the verdict was sustained, and
later a decree was entered yetting the
will aside.
Since then the estate has bet*n settled
by an agreement which was entered into
by all of the parties to th<- contest.
District Attorney John B. Moran. how
ever, secured the Indictment ef two of
the Jurors, Matthew F. kjimoi. and John
W. Cronin. on charges of accepting
bribes. Killion and Cronin were tried In
the, Superior Criminal Court. KHlioa
\»as convicted and sentenced to two
jears in the Haaa of Correction in ltH)7
for having accepted a bribe while he was
serving as a Juror. Cronin was ac
quitted.
/ I : REST SPECULATORS
Fifteen Taken for Atmotttnz
Metro pttlita n Pa t ron*.
A IWMMhjB of ticket >p« i ulator
made last nig!it in froi.t of UM Mir,
politan Of era Pause Hfl gath
ered into Urn police ntn t a i atnt la
the nigl.t (<>urt
For a week, according to th com
plaint of the manager of the Metropoli
tan Opera House, the speculators have
been particularly obnoxious. Mocking
the sidewalks and interfering with pa
trons of the house. As a result of their
behavior, the management received many
complaints from patron?, who said that
they had b.en insulted and importuned
by the speculators, and demanded thai
something l>e done to remedy the evil.
Leal night, after the audience had be
gun to tile int.* the open hou><\ the
management placed several detectives | n
plain clothes at various points «.ut. i.i.
the lobby, with orders to arrest any
speculator who annoyed patrons.
SHOT BY PLAYMATE.
Roys' Mimic Army Disrupted
by Accident.
Edward Gaitleman, eleven-year-old s'm
of Richard Ualtleman, who lives on Wil
!• it. ii Imi1 mi Head ii- .■ Whitestorie, I^ns
Island, was accidentally shot by a play
mate neat his liome yesterday afternoon;
He was tak«v. la Flushing Hospital, but
aftT an operation ■ •• ■ performed it was
taid the boy would probably die.
Th- hajri had gathered together all
their playmates, and after ransacking
their homes hoi found a lot if eel
swerdai and guns, and were plajing sol
dier. I-M ward « aril brought out a 'JJ
eallbre rifle, which he banded a%er to
Charles Webber. As ih»« boys *tart«-<1
to aaraaa down the road Webber stum
bled and fell to the ground. As hi di I
to the rtfl- was discharged. The terrl
tlei frVis in the company hi ard v -• ■• im
am! cir.v F.dwaid (ialtlem.m, «Ii • was
marcbttig a | the rear of tho column, all
altll a lu!Kt 111 I:' btcoet.
THE -WELLSES HERE
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CHORUS GIRL ASKS
$500 ,000 DAMAGES.
Daughter-in-Lazy Brings Suit
for Alienation of Husband's
Affections.
James Raynor St«rra Well?, the hus
band of Irene Bishop, a former chorus
girl, ho yesterday brought suit for
?.»0,«*«"> against his parents for aliena
|lea of his affections, arrived here la«t
right on the North German IJoyd liner
Kroaarteaaaaia Ceellle from Fremen.
With him was his mother. Mr?. William
<x+rr* Wells, wife of the president of tho
Fairbanks Scales Company.
Mr. WeIN vas In .1 surly asaai when
the steamer came into Quarantine last
night at i»::*J> p. m . and when the re
f» rtera sent cards to his room It was
said by ■ maid that he was on deck. A
steward found 'nim, but he sent back
word that he would see no on*. When
th» reporters went to the deck above Mr.
Wells and his mother returned to their
suite?, and when the card.= of the n«?ws
raper men were again ?»nt to him he
FhoutM 'No!" and slammed ft* d^r
Hardly any one aboard the steamer
•< ai aMe to identify 'he young man. and
f.\\ aboard knew of the stormy leave he
had tak*>n of his young wife on leaving
Faris. It aid aboard the steamer
that Mr?. Wells and her son took th»
meals in their rooms and did not appear
in th" dining saloon until last night.
The gangplank of the Cecilie was mad»
fast '114". p m. and Mrs. Wells and
|Mf .>-«." ware among the first passengers
tc go aaaafft A reinforcement of re
porters approached him on the pier with
the news of the action brought yester
day In the Supreme Court, but young
Wells replied that he had no <lesir» to
hear about it.
Friends Screen Htm.
A part- of friends met him on the pi»r
and aetaafl artara him from the photog
taph^rs. When the reporters walked
an ay they separated, and only one per
!»'>n remained in conversation with him.
Mr. Wattl va.s suddenly startled, as
ether persons ea the pier, by the
■bar* crack of a flashlight exploaion.
and when the smoke cleared the young
man saw |we photographers reloading
their cameras in preparation for another
■feet His face colored with rage, but
;ttt.-r realizing that his picture had been
taken he laughed and turned his back on
»h. caatera mm Mr. Wells and his
mother did act leave the pier until 1
•'clerk 'his morning.
Married in 1906.
Hia Wrii?. the plaintiff, was a choru3
fsirl at Waaar & Ftolds's when sh« mar
rie.i \\>!l?. in in<>«'. The young man's
»;i»ii>r 's the head of the Fairbanks
Scale Caaaaaay. She sa; s that the. de
nts wrongfully intended to deprive
her of her husband's protection, soviety
and support, and induced him. by alleged
false statements, to abandon her and en
list in th» Initcd States navy. All these
thtaajs BB) Mr* W^lls. have caused her
great aVatreaa af mind and body, and she
thinks $."i*»Mi»io w<-uld be fair compensa
tion
Mrs Wells tells how several months
after hrr marriage she was compelled to
go to h-^r mother, in Madrid. Spain,
where .she was sick, and of the latter's
death. The plaintiff "-ays that her
BMtsV I left her 989 MM Oa her return
le N« v York Mrs Wel'.s was surprised
-*> leant that hat husband had joined the
United St it. 3 na\ y
The <i, lei.tl.tnt? in the suit deny all tht
aUaaatsßM af th^ plaintiff.
Sim c hi. marriage to Irene Bishop.
which Mrs. Wells's stage name.
jreaaa Wells has had an exciting career.
He eniistrd in the navy, was court inar
tialle.l. and wntenc»d to fifteen days m
»!.• atiaj far aaaraca without i«"a\e. ha\
nei] hi.x wif. ashore. His fannlv
later aaaaaJes] to the Na\y T>epartment
far hM dlarharaji fraaj the navy, which
'! WMm hi Pans with his
par* all ha asH his vifr. and, according
to raaarta. then wai a stormy scene be.
ger Mrj. Wells and her
I up nts-in-la v.
COLUMBUS MEMO in ll
Countess Annie Lean/ Plans a
Great Project.
Announcement was made last night
that Countess Annie Lear;, of New
York, created a countess by the Pope
and universally known for her benevo
lence, had made plans to found a grca.t
memorial to Christopher Columbus.
It was said that land already has been
given for the. purpose.
No further detail? were made public.
STRAYED OLD MAM FOUND.
Former Contractor, Missing Three
Days, Doesn't Know Where He Was.
Joha AdaJr, niiiety jeara old. Who. until
l.l.« retirement, * •• prosperous builder
and contractor In this city, was found lyin^
on the steps of the Municipal LeaglNa
llou.se. In Ka«t "">th street, early yesterday
moraine, by Night Superintendent O'Don
nell. The eM man hv..i »t No. gi 6 Highland
nrenue, Newark, N. .i . and on Saturday he
iM*appeare«l. Hi.s son. Mor>taj;ije. who lives
nt N->. S3 ••linton Ktr-ef. Brooklyn, informal
the Newark jm.;!.*-. nh» sent uq! a general
alarm.
Superintrndent O'Donnell carried the 01.l
man Into tha lotlghig house and gay» him
voinc .on"cc. ||*> then •n> -Mm . Van Kle««clt.
„f EJellevuei «ho renvDved Ad.iir 10 the htm
pltal fUffering from »xpo.*! 4 r«> ;in^ MB |Qty,
Tb« I •>!!..- \vrr« able to rev<.gji| 2 e |,| n » from
th' .!• >-Tl;i«loii sent out an.) communirated
with the ho:i. who «-.«nie in an autotaobUa
and took hi:« father bom*. The eM nun na.i
mi <■■>•- •*» say what be had been doing since
Saturday.
FOR RAISING THE MAINE
House Naval Committee Favorably Re
ports Bill Appropriating 1500.000.
Waihmston. March ■ -Th* n.-,ij t'om
mlttert on N*\al Affairs ti>-<tjy favorably
reporf-1. » Mil «•!•!>• »,. r , M» to
r.-»i»^ tie wreck of n,.. t,,ttl. : nn. Mesas
tn Havana n.ni-..-
Th-» action «« taken on th» itaUtwimt
of i»,« N«tj lM P .r» m -nt that the wr»ck i.
• luiii^.e lo nau-ulloa
ARTIST TOOK MILLET.
Wanted to Make Copy of
$10,000 Picture.
San Francisco. March 13.— Declartn;
hat he took the picture in order to make j
a ropy >■' It. William Kunze. a young i
artist. was arrested to-day while holding
in his possession the Mt>.f« <> painting. |
•Shepherd and Flock.* by Millet, which j
was stolen last Sunday from the Golden
Gate Park Museum. Kurze was ar- '
rested in his studio.
After he was booked on a charge of
srand lureny the prisoner said that he
waa led to take the aft tnr* by his l©\e.
of the beautiful and a desire to make an
adequate aaaav
SENT TO SIBERIA.
Mme. . Breshkovskaya Refuses
Aid of Friends.
St Petersburg. March I."*.— Th* verdict
against Mmc Freshko\ skaya. which was
officially pnblirhed to-day, condemns her
to exile to the settlement tn Siberia.
She has refused the offer of her friends
to pay for her transportation and special
privileges.
IF JOKE. MA V BE DEAR.
To Drain Bis Yonkers Reser
voir to Find Body.
Believing that the body of a suicide is
in th» big Fort Field reservoir, the Ton
kers polii"< and w,»t*-r departments have
tlfcidedto pump out the. reservoir if th«
b-xJy d«-»es no» come tr* th* surface to
day. Following th» discovery on th*
reservoir banks cf an overcoat, bat and
bottle of carbolic acid, with a not* at
tached, th* pol.'ce have been grappling
for th© body for several days. The note,
signer! "Joe M idiand, ' read:
"This is to Vt my friends kno that
I met my death at my own hand?, and
not to blame anybody far it. Mv last
cent is gore, and there is nothing for
me to live for. *,oodbv '
No on*, named Madland lives In Ton
ke.rs. Some j^eople. belteve the note was
left as a Joke. As Yonkers Is In the
middle of a typhoid fever epidemic re
suiting 'from an impure water supply,
most „f the. »»x»j>!e are wrought up over
anything concerning the condition of the
water, and th^re Is a fueling that nothing
must be left undone to determine wheth
er a body really li> a &t the bottom of
the reservoir.
If the letter i* a hoax and the reservoir
is drained off It will prove a costly hoax,
fat the city, a3 fully sixty million gal
lons Of water wilt be wasted.
BEAT ELEVATOR MAS.
Three Thugs Attack Him in
Apartment and Escape.
. Ulrlch Christen, fifty years old. eleva
tor man In a twelve »t<>ry apartment
house at No. 901 Lexington avenue, was
beaten on the head with a milk bottle by
three men. who demanded money from
him in his elevator last night between
the ninth and tenth floors of the apart
ment house. Though he got a severe
scalp wound he was not seriously hurt.
The three men escaped. The attack oc
curred within a hundred feet of the East
♦>7th street station, but the polite learned
nothing of it until nearly three hours
later.
About gelt o clock last night, accord
ing to i.'hristnn's story, three young. well
dressed men entered the building, and.
mentioning the name <>f a person lhing
<>n the tenth floor, asked to be taken
there. Just hefara they reached the
tenth floor on* ef the men demanded
money of r Msi on being refused
tht thre? attacked the elevator man.
They then ran the elevator to the sixth
iloor. darted flown the »tairs an 1 out of
th<> building.
Superintendent Kin- and several
plumbers heard the noi3e and pursued
the men. but were too late to catch them.
After a surgeon had dressed a bad scalp
v, ound in Christens head the latter went
home. He gave the polio a description
of hi" assailants, but it was so meagre
that it will be hard to find them.
>»<> (URLS L\ i;if)T.
Break Furniture in Revolt at
Industrial School.
Ix»« Molnes. lowa. March 13. — Five
hundred girls in the State Industrial
School at Mit.-hell\ broke Into open
revolt thi? afternoon. Furniture was
("nia.sh' > (l, and the girls threatened to
demolish the building"- Miss Hattte.
Harrison, the iratron. telephoned Gov
ernor Carroll for assistance.
Quiet was restored when eight girls
wer? locke.l up for In days in the Polk
County jail, after pleading guilty hi riot
ing and destroying state property. De- i
flant t.i th« last, the girls declared that
the] would rather bo imprisoned In a
dirty. squalid Jail than to live in th* care !
of Mi Garrison. Governor Carrol: has
ordered an inquiry.
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LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS.
Legislative Commission Reports Bills
Covering Death and Injury.
fi: v Tt!*fT«ptl to Ti>» Tribune. I
Albany, March li — The report of the
leg: . latt\e commission investigating the
*mpJo>er»' liability question t.« expected to
be *,;bmitt*.l »•• both boost* Of th« (l .i. ;
tatture next Monday. It was learned that ;
the recommendations of th» committee nil!
jni-l't'l»* a workmen' ■« compensation act. cov
ering persons engaged tn hazardous occu
pations; an optional esaapaaeaj act. to
cover all other traded aad the strengthen- !
ing at the employer*' liability law «»n- j
•ratty. Bitls having llwwo provisions wilt be '
Introduce*! by Senator VTatawrtghl and A»- i
?eml>l> m.»n Phillips, two r:« -inie rs of the |
r.i!!iniUs*on
The compulsory act. It Is said, will pro
side that tn easo of death the compensation
•haf he |3.00>\ nhtc!) is twtct that allowed
by the English law. In ••«— of injuries the
compensation I* to t>e at th« rate of $!•>
a week whlta the disability last*, and in
the ea*e of total disability it '■•* to be on
a basis of Sl«> a week for ten years.
In case the employer elects to waive the
optional act he •• •<> be governed by the,
general employers' liability law. which Is
to be greatly strengthened in favor of the
employe. Th* commission now Intends to
»•>* i>p the •■du-ea of ■••■•Ittenta incident t«»
eni^lojm-nt an-l thttr pr?«-"*"
ONE CENT
I.NSI Ki,i;.M\s
WIN IN HOUSE
m use .ix ai to ron
cjyxoy.
■ .
Also Try to Cripple Corpora'
tion Tax— ■ House Leader* '••
Caught Napping. -{*
irrcm Th» TrtiMn* r;r»vj.!
Washington. March 15.— The insr.r-
gent-Democratic coalition again d«mon-'
strated to »h" House to-night that thaH
have sufficient votes to overthrow th?
organization when the opportunity pre
sents itself. To-night's victory was a
peaty and a hollow on*, but It has aan>«|d>
to arouse the. Rouse, leaders againeff
those members of the organization wha>
do not attend the daily sessions and re«
mam until 'he end.
The committee of the whole, had been
considering the legislative appropriatlo.il
bill all th*» afternoon, and the iiKumra
•■Hi favorably reported! to the IIotj*;.
Hearing that some coup waa planned by
the Democrats, who had been naaeatasi
their forces in the House office butldtng,
and fearing that a motion would be
made to recommit the bill with Demo
cratic instructions. Representative Bea
n»t moved to recommit it without in
structions, and* demanded the previous
aaai ii>»n
It was her* that the coalition tried ita
strength and succeeded in defeating the.
motion by 10 to 97. This left Mr. Ben
nefn motion open to amendment an.i
Representative Foster, of Illinois. a
Dtmocrar. moved to recommit the bin
to the Appropriations Committee with
instructions to strike out the provision
making appropriation for the mainte
nance of automobiles for the Speaker
and the Vice-President; that the appro
priation for the collection of the corpo
ration tax be reduced from SSOfjjjCQQ to
$73,000; that the contingent fund of t!»e»
House be reduced by .r_'.%.fi»»>. and that
of the Senate by flT.«W#»>. This mot lor
was carried and the Appropriations
Committee reported back the desire*
change?.
Representative Tawnej- demanded a)
s^parat« vote on that part of the amend
ment dealing with the corporation tare,
and when the vote me it showed that
the Democrats had lost heart, for they
reversed their former action ami the ap
propriation remained at $10O.CO>. That
part of the amendment dealing with the
automobiles and the contingent funds]
was then passed by a vote of 1 1.1 to 04.
Throughout the debate Speaker Can
non sat grimly watching the fray. Ma
saw visions of himself whirling up Pennr
svlvania avenue in a government fur
nished car. driven by government bought
gasolene, but they were rudely shattered
"Our Tn< Joe.' is dangerous enough
when he. is mitting still, presiding over
the House. " said one of the exultant in
surgents, without our taking any
chances of his overturning us and run
ning us to cover outside."
Mr. Cannon had nothing to say.
Neither had the. Vice-President. Both
will continue to accept all invitations to
ride in the Taft official car.
For the first time in the history «f th;
present leadership the organization waa
defeated by superior strategy. Many
Democrats were told to remain in the
House office building until the bill had)
been reported to the House, and then t*>
emerge in all their strength, in the hope
that the Republicans might be caught
napping. Tho trick worked, for when
Representative Dwight. the Republican
whip* saw the danger it was too late for
him to rally his forces. Many Repub
licans had 1- ft the Capitol, and. although
he sent automobiles and messengers
scurrying all over the city. h« was not
able to gather a majority.
Representative Tawney announced n*»
tor the fig; t that he was happy it had)
no* been more serious, and said that th«
organization had had a narrow escape.
"There will be no more Joy riding, pin'%
tana and dinner engagements." h* djfr
c lured to The Tribune's correspondent.
"Wo have got to have a majority hero
to do business. The attempt of th*
Democrats to cripple the President in
his administration of the corporation
tax simply shows how far they will ge>
to embarrass the administration. I hope
this will prove a lesson to. those mem
bers who persist in leaving: the fiotsaa
before It adjourns."
SUIT :> YEARS Ol.lh
In That Time Claim Has
Grown from $S? to &?oQ.
Justice New burger appointed a refer; •
yesterday to determine the claims of
several litigant^ in an action that wa«
begun in the Court of Chancery in IS 10.
wherein tn*- original claim of each liti
gant amounted to !!•> .*.;>. Th« fly*
claimants t »-la prc»secutlns the action
ar© the great-grandchildren and their
collateral relatives.
Vhe. Una was brought by charle*
Marvi i against Theodore L* Mil sen and)
others It was over some lots In Bvooe>
lvn. and aft"r some ; «r-. the money wan
p"nid into court. On January 24. 130?.
»he cla.!m. with interest on the origins*.
$:.J75. amounted t.» $:'.'>•>. The whah)
amount was then turned over to the
t<Mte Controller, »nd the great -fjrnaeV
.•hildren are no v try; to collect "la
fro:.i t!.at offlci.iT.
DEMOCRATS MAKfI GAINS.-
Central ITew York Villas Elccticm
Show Change in Vote.
Vtica. N*. T.. March IS.— Returns of th«
village eie«'titni!* throughout < •ntmt ?»•■•
York, ti>-day t:<dicat» that the Democrat'"
won la a majority of eaa*«. In *****
It b *uU\ that many Republicans voted th*»
[>emoi-rat!c ticket. The same condition (»
..*•■'. to bat* rasssd in Canastota.
■asrhhna* and r>oig«viii« have Ton* Dea>
ocratie. the latter for the first tisae hi tst«
years.
Waterloo. N Y. March tk-Tne am i
election here to-day resulted, tn the - •- •
tion of *. plate Democratic tic aa*
K\-r> office In the village unit toivu*hi;v
of Waterloo is tow held by » Pimaiaat, .
tJli'l»:i FalN. N. V.. March tSi-gar- Mj JJ.
K«nfJrtck. Dvmocrat. «as» elected AL'ijOT
tcv.lay. si!i.'ce«ding Charles W. Cool, A*
* raadtdaita far r|