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MacArthur Is Indicted on j Attack Charge Jersey Jury Acts After Questioning Two Women Accuser? Three Hours; ' To Be Arraigned To-day Artist Eager for Trial Papers To Be Brought Here and His Immediate Ex? tradition Is Expected The Essex County Grand Jury in Newark last night return?;d two indict? ment?, it was reported, against Alex? ander A. MacArthur, foster son of John R. MacArthur, of 177 East Sev? enty-eighth Street, arrested Saturday on charges preferred by Miss Mary Louise Bradshaw and Mrs. Helen D. O'Neil, of Cedar Grove, N. J. Each of the indictments, it was said, charged assault, battery and rape. Miss Brad? shaw and Mrs. O'Neil were before the grand jury for three hours. A certified copy of the indictments, it was said, was made out and turned over to Captain Walter Godfrey, of ihe prosecutor's staff of Essex County, j II? was instructed tc> appear in Tombs j Court to-day when MacArthur is to be j arraigned. The Newark authorities last' night expressed the belief that as a result of the grand jury's action the New York authorities immediately ? would turn the prisoner over to them, and that MacArthur would be taken to Newark in the afternoon. Yesterday afternoon MacArthur of? fered to waive immunity and extradi? tion and faco his accusers before the LVsex Grand Jury. By coincidence the offer was made to District Attorney Harrison, of Newark. at the very moment the two women W*ro testifying- before ihe grand jury. It was made by I'mil E. Fuchs, of 51 i Chambers Street, attorney for the I wanty-eight-yoaf-old artist-Actor. Dis r;(t Attorney Harrison rejected the i offer on the ground that it would be; ^possible to accept it under the New j r.etsey law. Another Charge Made Another woman resident of Cedar rove, where the MacArthurs have a ! "iiro summer home, alleges she was j attacked by h young man three days ! -.'tor the alleged attack upon Mrs. ! >'Noil. This woman is Mrs. John 11. I Monroe, who lives on Love Lane, Cedar ? rove. Her story was brought to this ?ity by Deputy Marshal James Bogan, | ?ho came to Police Headquarters yes- j ; ?relay in company with County Detec ."<? James P. Mason with certiiled i ip?ea of the complaints against.Mac rthur. Fachs Goes to Newark Mr. Fuchs, on his return from Ncw i rk yesterday, said he had been re? ceived courteously by District Attorney Harrison, but. the tatter had informed him that under the New Jersey law it was impossible ?or the accused to ap? pear before the Grand Jury and waive immunity. "There was nothing I?-'ft under the circumstances," said Mr. Fuchs, "but to iro ahead with the ex parte evidence, and there is no doubt an indictment will be found. We have shown our good faith in the matter." Just before he left for Newark Mr. Fuehs issued the following statement: "I have had a long interview with my client, Alexander A. MacArthur, who I found to be a perfectly normal and far r.hove the average young man in in? telligence and character and am con? fident not only of his innocence, but that he can establish his innocence at the first opportunity given him; so much so that I have arranged for a conference this aftcrnon with the Dis? trict Attorney of Essex County, whom ? shall inform that we shall stand on no technicalities and do away with all red tape to the end that he may by waiving immunity and extradition confront his accusers before the grand jury at its first, meeting, where he hopes to estab? lish, beyond a question of a doubt, his p.bsoluto innocence." Ready to Show His Arm In connection with the latest charge made by Mrs. Monroe, Mr, Fuchs said: "Some other woman has made n statement since Mr. MacArthur's airrest, that another assault had been com? mitted in the same neighborhood and that the assailant could be positively identified by marks on his body. Mr. MacArthur is ready to have the Dis? trict Attorney of thia county or of Essex County have a physical examina? tion of him made, as the best evidence that a grave mistake and injustice has been done him, this being one way of proving, his absolute innocence." According to the story brought from Cedar Grove the attack upon Mrs. Mon? roe occurred on Wednesday morning, October 13, when a man alleged to answer the description given by the ether two women, broke into her home. Mrs. Monroe attempted to telephone for assistance, it was said, but the in? truder made her stop. While she was struggling with her assailant her two dogs attacked the man and Mrs. Mon 10R fled to a neighbor. The dogs, ac ?erd'ng to the New Jersey detectives, bit the stranger on the left arm. Defectives Barth and Qorell, who arrested MacArthur, said they had no? ticed a bandage about his left arm. When asked what the troublo was he is said to have replied he had a cut there, which was healing up. While Mr. Fuchs was emphatic in his conviction of the innocence of his client tho Cedar Grove officials are equally positive that no mistake has been made. County Supervisor Lewis Q. Bowden, chairman of the Township Committee of Cedar Grove, said yes? terday there was abundant evidence to connect MacArthur with the attacks. He is an uncle of Miss Bradshaw. Summer Home in Jersey At Cedar Grove it was said that the MacArthurs have spent some time each year at their summer home on Ridge Road, but had not been there for sev? eral months. It was also said that Alexander MacArthur was on the es? tate on the days of the alleged as? saults. Mrs. C. Snowden Redfield, of Hill crest Terrace, Glen Ridg?, N. J., a dis? tant relativo of MacArthur, to whose -home the latter said he had gone after tho family left for New York, said yes? terday that MacAruthur had been there in the latter part of September. She refused to discuss the caso be? yond saying: "It is too serious a mat? ter to talk about. Alexander always seemed to us to be a very nice young man." Tli? complaint brought to Police Headquarters yesterday by Detective Mason alleges* that MacArthur as? saulted Mary Louise Bradshaw, nine? teen years old, a Montclair Normal School student, and Mrs. Helen I). O'Neil. fifty years old, of Cedar Grove, Detective Mason was surprised to learn that MacArthur had been released in 925,000 bail. Ho said he expected to return to-day with an indictment against MacArthur. ' Rescuer Has Hard Battle j In Saving Drowning Boy | Albert B. Vinch, three years old, of 534 East Eighty-third Street, while playing with other children in Fast Eighty-fourth Street yesterday, fell into the East River. Shouts of his playmates were heard by Carmine Maritto, thirty-four years old. of 326 East 117th Street. He dived after tho youngster, but was unable to make his way back through an off-shore current. He retained his hold on the boy while children ran for help. John Bums, of 317 West Fiftieth Street, and Patrick Murray, of 98 East End Avenue, were working on the dock. They obtained a lifebuoy and a rope. In his excitement, one of the rescuers threw the preserver to Maritto without tying the rope to it. Then by fasten? ing a weight to the lino they succeeded ill heaving it to Maritte. Swimmer and lad were hauled ashore and taken by tug to the Metropolitan Hospital. Both were suffering from! submersion, but will recover. Two Georgia Negroes Lynched After Fight Over Dollar Loan WATKINSVILLE, Ga? Dec. ?.?Roy G rovo and Wcs Hale, negroes, were taken from their homes near Snow Hill, in Oconee County, late last night and lynched and Aaron Birdsong, who is alle?ed to have shot, and wounded two white men, was shot and killed by a posse. The negroes lynched were accused of aiding Birdsong in his flight from a posse of Oconee County officers Sunday. The trouble started, it was said, when Bud Loving, a farmer, do- ; ciined to loan Birdsong a dollar. 1 Seek Mystery Auto in Death of Woman Doctor Authorities in Connecticut Reject Theory Dr. Radom Ended Her Life on Hear? ing Story Told by Boy Tells of Two Strangers Declares Brown Liquid Was Poured Into Mouth of a Girl Seen in a Window Special Dispatch to The Tribune BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Dec. 5.?Devel? opments in tho investigation being made into the. death of Dr. Elisabeth L. Radom, of Bostwick Avenue,'to-day strengthened tho theory that the woman did not take her own life, as was at first believed. The police are conducting a search for the automobile in wTiIch tho woman is reported to havo driven to the A8h Creek gasoline station the hightfbe fore the body was found on the Beach road, near Fairfield. Sho wan said to have been accompanied by two men at; tho time, and from the station called her housekeeper on the telephone. In connection with tho automobile Bedtime Stories The Watchman's Alarm By Thornton W. Burgess Truo friendship's based upon Ike plan Of helping neighbors when you can. ?Paddy the Beaver. Gentle Mistress Moon, flooding the pond of Paddy the Beaver with sil? very light, looked down on a3 peace? ful n scene as was to be seen any? where in all the Great World. There was no sound. It was so still that the rustle of a single dry leaf would have seemed a loud noise. Blacker spots appeared among the Black Shadows. Honker tho Goose and his flock slept a little way from the shore where no enemy could reach them. They were very tired, for they had flown many, many miles the day before. They neded to rest, for they still had hundreds of miles to fly to reach the place in the .Sunny South where they would spend the winter. Could you have been there you would never have guessed that there were any living things about save the trees, for it is doubtful if you would have seen those Geese in the Black Shadows. But if you couldn't, have seen them there were other eyes that could and did, for things were not at all as they seemed. At different places along the shore, eager, hungry eyes were fixed on those big sleeping birds?the eyes of Yowler the Bob Cat and of Old Ian Coyote and of Reddy and Mrs. 1-ox and of old Granny Fox. And back a little way was big Buster Bear listening instead of watchinrc. And there was another who was watching and listening, only this one was out in the water. It was Paddy the Beaver. And Paddy knew that peaceful as that scene seemed dread? ful things might happen there, for liis nose had told him where each of those hungry watchers was. So Paddy was keeping watch, for he did not dare go ashore to work as he wanted to. "I suppose T could waken those Ge.ose and warn them," thought Paddy. "But if I waken them they probably will worry and lose sleep and I guess they need all the sleep they can get. As long as they keep away from the shore they will be safe enough. I'll just keep watch. It will be time enough to give them warning when there is any real dan? ger." So Paddy crept up on the roof of his house and sat there in the black? est of Black Shadows. He could see the sleeping Geese, for they were very near Paddy's house, and he could just make out the shore. For a long, long time Paddy sat thero without moving. But all the time he was using his cars and his nose as well as his eyes. His eyes told him noth? ing, for no one excepting the Geese was to be seen. His ears told him nothing, for there was not so much as the rustle of a leaf. But now and then his nose caught just the For a long time Paddy sat there without moving faintest of smells from the shore, and ho knew that Yowler and Old Man Coyote and the Foxes wero pa? tiently watching. By and by some wandering: Little Night Breezes happened along and made tiny ripples, silvery little ripples, on the water. These little ripples ran toward the shore and niter a while Paddy noticed that a couple of those sleeping Geese, the two that were furthest away from 1 his house, were slowly but surely drifting toward shore. The silvery littlu ripples were gently pushing them that way. Some one else saw this. too. It was Yovrlor the Bob Cat crouching Jon the shore right opposite thoso ' two big birds. His funny stub of a tail began to twitch. His eyes grew more fierce than ever. Once or twico he licked his lips. Without making a sound Paddy slipped into the water, dived and finally popped his head out of tho water closn to thoso two drifting Geese. But ho took care to keep in the blackest of the Black Shadows. Slowly, very, very slowly those two Geeso drifted in toward the shore. Paddy watched. A little more would hring them into shallow water. Paddy knew Yowler well enough to be sure that even though he did hate wet feet he wouldn't hesitate to spring just as soon as one of those ; Geese would be. within jumping dis? tance. "Slap!" Paddy's tail came down on the water with a report like a terrible gun. In an instant all those Cecj-e were wide awako and swim? ming toward the middle of the pond. There was 'a splash in the shallow water just behind two of those frightened Gees.*-, and then a screech of ,rage. Yowler had been just too late. . (Copyright, 1?21, by T. W. Bur?esa) The next story: "Yowler Make/ Dreadful Threats." feature of the cose, Charles Matyns. eighteen years old, of 73 Churchill Street, Fairfiold. is reported to have, told a story'which tho authorities arc inclined'to believe may have some con? nection with the caso. I The boy said that he was walking near Ash Creek after 6 o'clock Friday ! night when he chanced to look in a ' window of a large white house near the Beach Road, lie said that he Baw a ? woman lying on tho couch and that there were two men in the room. "One was a young follow," Matyas said, "about twenty-five or thirty, who wore a mustache. Tho other was older. I saw one of tho mon pour something out of a quart bottle, containing a brown liquid, and put it to tho woman's lips. "I went along toward Fairfiold, but noticed as I was leaving that there whs a Bc-dan automobile standing in front ?jf tho house." , It was a sodan car in which Dr. Ro dam is said to have motored to the gasoleno station. On the veranda of the Fairfield Beach Club, now closed for tho winter, and less than half a mile from the spot where Dr. Radom'a body was found, Con stablo Arthur Bennett found surgical supplies and a piece of white paper with the telephone number written on it in pencil: "Longacre G108." Tho writing is said to, be Dr. Radom's. The telephone .number' is that of the People's Investment Company, 62 West Thirtieth Street, New York City. Dr. Radom had no account thcro and was unknown to officials of the investment company, inquiry revealed. The police say,that a.stain on the corner of the paper was made by dye from a coat which was on the body when found. ' Prosecutor Bacon .Wakeman, of Fair field, said to-day that it was his opinion that Dr. Radom did not take her own life. No autopsy has been ordered and interment will take place in Hartford to-morrow. Jean Cunningham Released Jean Cunningham, twenty-three years old, former sweetheart and accomplice I of Elwood C. Adams, now serving a I term in Sing Sing for burglary, was j placed on a year's probation by Judge I Alfred J., Tallcy in General Sessions I yesterday. Miss Cunningham, who appeared in court with tho baby in her arms which was born while she was in prison, was charged with having robbed places where she was employed as a muid. At her triai it developed that she had I stolen at tho instigation of youhg I Adams. Adams's mother, Mrs. Beatrice ! Adams* ir.i'ictcd on a charge of receiv ! ing stolen goods, will go to trial next ; week, when her former maid will be j : one of the witnesses. H '.vas said yesterday that a charita- I ? bly inclined woman had offered to take i th? girl into her home. I Weather Report Hun rises. . . 7:05 a.m.'Sun sets... 4:29 p.m. Moon rises. .11:41 a.m.l.Moon sota.l 1:21 p.m. ; I .or at Forecast*-?Kftir to ?lar and to- I morrow; fresh to strong northwest winds. ' T-ocal Official Record. -The following- of | Arial rocoril from the Weather Bureau I ?:?ows tempera tu rp;i during the last twen? ty-four hours, In comparison with the cor? responding ?late of l:?st year: 1921. 1?20.I 1021. 1920. 5 a. m... 30 621 3 p. ni... 34 .17 6 a. m... 28 f.",j ? p. m... "'J 4? 9 a. jn... . ?0 61] 0 p. m... .''? I 4 6 12 noon... 33 49111 p. in... :;o 44 Highest, 36 degrees (at 1:30 p. m. ) ; low? est, 1.K (at 6 h. m); average, :i2; average same, clat^ last year, &0; a ve?a go samo dato for thirty-threo years, 37. Humidity 8 ?. m... 73 i 1 p. m... 61 | 8 p. m... 9r l?arometrr Ktvullng* 8 a. m. .29.07 ', 1 p. m. .29.60 [ S p. m. .29.CO ignorai AVenther Conditions "WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.?The storm that was central off the Virginia Cape? lafit night continued to move r.ipldly northeastward, Increased greatly hi in? tensity and wan (.-entered in thr vicinity of Newfoundland to-night, Rt. Johns re? porting a barometer reading of 28.24 Inches. Pressure was also nbnormally low over the- lower Bt. jAwrencc Valley, while It continuod high over the Rocky Mountains, the plateau rtglon and tho went (Julf states. Iylght snow ha? fallen within the last twenty-four hours in the lake, region, the upper Ohio Valley and the middle Atlnntlp states and rain along the north racine Coast. In all other regions the weather was fair. The temp?rature has fallen In the Florida peninsula and It has risen in tho I m'.ddle Mississippi Valley and the middle j and west Gulf states. Elsewhero tho tem pcratur?? changes were not Important. I The indications aro for generally fair ! weather to-morrow and Wednesday In the I atatCB east of the Mississippi River. The I temperature will not change materially except that cooler weather will ovorspreud the north Atlantic states Tuesday. KoreeaM. h?' Pistrlct?.?Kantern New Torl??Fair to-day and to-m?rrow; colder in Interior to-day. | Southern New lOngland *?Fair to-day I anil to-morrow; colder to-day. Kastern Pennsylvania?Fair to-day and to-morrow; colder In extremo northern portion to-flay. New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland ? Fair to-day and to-morrow; not much change In temperaturc. -Western New Torlc?Clouily to-day and I to-morrow; little chango in temperature. FAGGED at four o'clock? A handful of Dromedary Dates will keep you on your toes? Nourishing hut not fattening, sweet hut not too sweet? dates contain valuable properties to give you energy and help your health. .The personal package Dromedary Dates On Sale NOW THE HILLS BROTHERS COMPANY, 375 Washington Street Telephons Cans? 119X OMEDARY ^T? (But fflx?&muZ ff?nrt Easily reached Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co. Broadway at Ninth Street, ?Vat? Yerk Interbereash (Aster Flaj-e), B. n. T.snd Broadway (*?? St.) Subwsr ftfsties? in the Store. Hudson Tobe ut Nliith fit. un<l Hlxth Ar?. From 1'pftm.yUaab htfttlon take ?. R. T. gubway at ?rowflwHys from Grand I'mlra! Ink?. loOr borough, ?read-way, Ataalson Avenue and ?Hi nt. aurtma tars pa?? tue Mort Diamonds, Pearls This Store is Like its Spring So long as the spring is pure and clean at its source the river that flows out of it must be clean, fresh and sweet to its last inch. That's the secret of all business operations that expect permanent success. To acquire the necessary qualifications for such business one must begin young and be on guard day and night. [?Signed] December 6, 1921. ^i?%mf% U/HO Wouldn't Y* Love a Christ? mas Feast in the Com? pany of These Little French Figures of Terre de Lorraine Pottery? AU QUATRIEME And what hostess wouldn't love a gift of one or 3iiore of them to decorate her dinner table? Above all that hostess who loves to use filet lace on lier bare dark table, for their ivory-toned pinkish white combines peculiarly well with the color of filet lace. Full of the grace of old French figures, eighteenth century shepherds and shepherdesses and milkmaids in their panier gowns, this modern French pottery made in Lorraine elTccts artistic reproductions of the old designs. Not only are there little single figures, and groups oC figures, but open-work baskets to complement them, for glace fruit, nuts or bon-bons. Center groups, $75 each; small figures, $10 each; baskets, $20 each. Fourth floor, Old Building. Watches, Clocks, Gold, Silver We have right now the largest and most beautiful collec? tion of these things that we have had in our history. This is a particularly great Christmas fof jeweled gifts?for Silverware, Gold Watches?for treasure things in general They are good investments* for their prices are less now than they have been in several years.?Always buy jewelry and precious wares from a store upon which you can absolutely depend. LITTLE GIFT TABLES in Belmaisoa Just as high as arm of your chair in. high, 21^x18 ??cross the top. These little tables are the sort people love to have beside them when they are doing things --for they are of just the height of the arm of the easy chair in which one sews, knits, smokes, reads, or has one's tea. ? Their little turn tops and drop leaves are a clever feature, and their dull walnut surfaces are in good taste with any other furniture one may chanco to have. Their tops are solid walnut, their legs and bases, walnut-finish. $15 each. Fourth Gallery, New Building Nssr the Bridge of Progress CHRISTMAS TABLE RUNNERS $7.50 to $44 each The Avenue of Draperies had a wonderful imagination when it bought these runners. No type of table in any sort of room was neglected in the selection. And such useful, decorative, altogether ac-* ceptable gifts as they make ! Runners of gold tissue brocades in various colors, edged with gold galons, tassel or fringe trimmed?many with panels of fine silk velours, in similar or contrasting shades. Chinese brocade runners, many colors; rich, and ornate, quiet and sim? ple, as your taste directs. Fourth Gallery, New Building. (gift* of filter Pateo ^are COMMUNITY SILVER PLATE GROSVENOR SHERATON ADAM PATRICIAN At the New Low Prices Dozen Teaspoons . $7.50 Dessert spoons.$ 14.50 Table spoons.$15,00 Soup spoons.$15.00 Dinner forks.$15.00 Dessert forks.$14.50 Salad forks.$14.00 Butter spreaders. . .$12.00 Hollow handle dinner knives. . . .$21.00 ?dessert knives.. . ..$20-50 Each Butter knives.$1.25 Sugar Spoons.$1.25 Berry spoons.$3.25 Meat, forks.$2.25 Baby spoons.$1.00 Baby forks .$1.00 Sugar tongs.$1.50 Cream ladles.$2.00 Gravy ladles._. .$2.50 Poultry shears, $3.50 to $10 3 pc. stainless steel carving set, stag handles, $8. Stainless steel dinner knife, celluloid.handles,. $1,2, $14.50. Special lot of pearl-handled cream ladles?$1.50, $2.75. Main floor, Old Building. ALL-WOOL BLANKETS Best we know of at $10 They are made of Cape Colony wool, warp and. weft, which means wool of superfine quality. We have not seen any that could compare with them at the price in years?$10 each. Not only are they unsurpassed in warmth, but they are also an attractive bed-dressing, being made in plaid patterns as well as in solid colors. The weave is the old-fashioned homespun kind, which gives additional strength that makes for long service. Satin bindings match the shade of the blanket. Each blanket is woven 102 in. wide and then shrunk to 72. Fourth Gallery, New Building LINEN LUNCHEON SETS 300 at $6.25?a very low price Similar sets sold a year ago for $12.50 13 pieces, Belgian linen, putty shade, mosaic hand-em? broidered and finished with hand-made picot edge. Round or square pieces. Six 6 in. doylies, six 10 in. doylies, one 24 in. centerpiece. 150 Luncheon Sets at $2.75 Round thread pure Irish linen tri-scalloped edge in blue or white. Neatly boxed. Six 6 in. and ten 10 in. doylies, and one 24 in. centerpiece. Irish Linen Tea Napkins, $3.75 doz. 200 dozen, scalloped edge, very daintily embroidered corner effects. Neatly boxed. First floor, Old Building SILK MUFFLERS Christmas Sale of 500, at $4.65 Last year's prices?$8.50, $10, $12 Mufflers for MEN?WOMEN?BOYS GIRLS. A piece of good fortune at any time; but very unexpected at Christmas time, when silk mufflers are so much in demand. All just out of their boxes. All perfect. Plain white. Plain gray. Big variety of colors in tasteful combinations. Black with white. Pebble weaves. Accordion weaves in a good range of combined tones. All fringed in colors to match the muf? flers. Burlington Arcado floor, New Building. Ehe l^anamafcer Chri?tma? Poot Atore The port from which you may embark for the castle of your dreams You may spend hours ! here just looking at books, ! if you wish, -without being disturbed. You may poke about into I all the corners of the Book Store?and there are many of them?and take all t)he j timo you like to make yp j your mind?to choose your ; tsingle book, or your dozen j or more Christmas gift | books. If you are in a rush and I hear the next uptown sub- j way train coming you have j but to shout out your order ! ?nd speed on your way re- ': joicing that your Christmas shopping may be so speedily i done. At your elbow will be ! some one of our la*rge nu3*n ber of Christmas sales peo? ple ready at your word to anticipate your needs, to suggest exactly the right book for Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, Grand? mother and "your uncles and your cousins, whom you reckon up by dozens?and your aunts." 25 huge tables for the children Heaped with the most en- i gaging books? ?The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, a beauti- j fully illustrated gift edition i for the little folks. ? Woodland Tales by ; Ernest Thompson Seton? j that lover of the woods and wood creatures? all the way up to Roose- i velt in the Bad Lands by Herman Hagedorn?a tale of the great Teddy's adven? tures in ranges of the west that will thrill every big boy heart! Poetry and Drama Tables of books with all the latest poetry and drama ?some charming little Christmas play.-*, the popu? lar plays of the theatrical season. Tony Sarg's Mar? ionette Book, Latest Fiction Five tables are heaped with books of fiction?the latest, the next-to-the-lat est, the most popular novels of the moment?what went over "big" last week, if you like ? the standard novel.?. that everybody loves to buy once in a while. Finely bound books Books in fine bindings form an important part of the service rendered by the Book Store, such books as will make the real book lover's eyes pop out and his book appetite fairly burst with desire. Such as. for example, George Cruikshank's Omni^ bus, etchings, first edition, three-fourths morocco, Lon? don, 3 842, or Le Sage's Gil Bias, with colored plates, 8 volumes, tree calf binding, London, 1819. T^ome in. Mi*, and Mrs. Christmas Shopper, and get your tickets for your? or some one's ? castle of dreams. Main floor, Old Building. Downstairs Store, Old Bldg. r? J