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I, Saturday and Sunday World's House and Home Days. 1
I LIST EDITION
Jh EIGHT PAGES.
1IN ONE FATAL
CRASH.
Floors of Ford's Old Opera
House Fall at Wash
ington To-Day.
834 LUES IS DEADLY PERIL.
Latest Roturns Say Twenty Men
Are Known to Have
Been Killed.
AND FORTY BADLY HURT.
The Building-Is That in "Which
President Lincoln Was
Assassinated.
Ont of those perfect and reason-defy-7
'FI Ins coincidences of which there are so
h I few In history was furnished this morn-
Ins In the calamity at Washington
S which occurred there while the funeral
of Edwin n.ooih.w.! helnsr held In this,
j' city.
J The one memory that shadowed the
Eg life of the great actor was made per
il slstent by Ihe preservation of Ford's
f I Theatre at the National capital. It was
I ' In this theatre, one April night twenty
if eight years ago, that John Wilkes Booth,
yl brother of Edwin, shot President Lin-
, eoln, giving him his death-wound. That
if Is the building which fell to-day, and
I ' most startllne and singular of all the
j I ' circumstances connected with the catas-
I L X trophe Is that as Edwin Booth's remains
I. ft were being carried from the Little
wJL Church Around the Corner and the
J . tragedian was passing out of the midst
l ' his friends and admirers forever,
i " Ford's Theatre, whose awful shadow
had been across the path of the actor
during all his later career, should pass
out of existence.
i Its eftneement Is practically complete,
f Ford's Theatre Is no more.
j Psychical students will make much
ll of this coincidence. Superstitious peo-
1 pie will rend of It with shuddering
I dread and refer It to supernatural
S i cause. Kenslll neople will simply won-
I der at It.
I V, WASHINGTON, June .-At 8.50 o'clock
this morning, with dreadful crash, the
floors of the old and lons-condemned
Ford a Opera-IIouie bulldln?, the scene
ef Lincoln's assassination twenty-eight
years tgo, went down.
i I They carried a great weight of Oov-
eminent records, of the Army and Pen
sion Departments, the building having
been In use as the Rocords Division of
the War Department. But, far worse,
they carried also a human burden, about
i 4M Government clerks having been em
I ployed at desks In the structure.
J The building stood In Tenth street,
northwest, between E and F.
First fears were that over a hundred
lives had been lost. At 11.23, with the
roturns still Incomplete, the actuality
had developed Into twenty dead and
forty badly Injured. All the Imperilled
clerks were men.
Following are some of the dead and
Injured:
SOME OF THE DEAD.
GEORGE M, ARNOLD, clerk, col
rad. JARVIS.
II S. WOOD.
HOWARD S. MILLER, Ohio.
THE INJURED.
Some of the Injured are the followlns:
FRED CALVERT.
CHARLES METCALF.
8. D. DEWEV,
WILLIAM LECLTURE.
F. N. TEST.
KUQHLER.
PENNINGTON AME.
CHARLES R. MILLER.
C. F. HATHAWAY.
It. M. PATRICK.
J. A. STEWART.
F. F. SIMS,
t LOUIS DUSAPV.
O. N. MCLAUGHLIN.
J. H. THOMAS.
F. IJ. BMITIi.
A. N. GERAULT.
JtSTERLl.SU, of Fort Scott, Kan.
8HADBOLT. of Missouri, a col
rl man, dangerously.
it-i : !L-:
VOIID'S OLD OPKHA-UOUSr.
Policeman PODY, badly Injured after
the accident.
Building Had Been C'endemned.
The building had been condemned a
unsrfe and unsuitable for the purpose
for which It was occupied for some time,
but sentiment prevented Ita being pulled
down.
For a long time past, whenever a
heavy loade wagon had gone by, the
building seemed to sway backward and
forward, as the clerks describe the sen- j
satlon. I
When the first rumbling warning of
the approaching collapse of this morn
ing came, the clerk on the third floor,
to" the number ot eighty or a hundred,
rushed to the windows and Jumped for
the roof of a small building adjoining on
the northwest side. Many of them es
caped In this way.
The reports of the disaster state that
the first floor fell first, and that the
other floors followed, the walls being
so shaken and weakened as to be In
capable ot sustaining them.
JUMPED TO HIS DEATH.
George M. Arnold, a colored clerk ap
pointed from Vlrgl.ila, was seen at a
third-story window. He was warned
not to Jimp, but despite the protesta
tions of numbers of people, he climbed
out, and lowering himself from the sill,
let go.
He fell upon a covering at a lower
door and slid off Into the cobble-stoned
alley, striking on his head, Instantly
killing him. His head was mashed to
a Jelly, and the cobbles for a distance of
several yards were bespattered with
blood.
A HERO IN BLACK.
One of the bravest and most daring
Incidents connected with the calamity
was performed by a colored boy nine
teen or twenty years of age named
Basil Lockwood.
As soon as the floors collapsed and the
dust cleared away, reallilng the danger
of those at the rear windows, who were
wildly climbing out and calling for aid,
he climbed up a large telegraph pole as
I high as the third story, and lashed n
j ladder to the pole, putting the other end
In the window. By this means ten or
1 fifteen people were assisted down the
ladder In safety.
Assistant Secretary CSrant On Hand.
Assistant Secretary Grant was one of
the first officials to visit the scene of
the disaster, and Immediately gave or
I dcrs by telephone and mounted mcssen
' gers to the offlcers of the Department
to render all possible aid.
Gen. Grant said to a reporter, speak
ing under pressure of great emotion :
" I am appalled at the magnitude of the
i disaster. It Is Impossible for me to eay
anything as to the cause of the acci
dent, for I know nothing of the condi
tion of the building."
Can., nl llie Accident.
In other quarters It Is charged that
the final collapsing Impulse was given
' to the weak old structure through the
work of excavation which was betnj
carried on preliminary to the establish
ment of an electric light plant.
One of the workmen on the plant, a
colored mn, who was employed In ex
cavating the cellar, and who escaped
with only alight cuts, says: "I told
them yesterday that the archway would
fall, for every time any one walked over
the floor It would bend.
"I tell you, I was scared, and got out
Just as quid; as I could. There were
twenty men at work with me. 'Deed I
don't know what became of them."
This explanation of the cause of the
accident la the only one advanced, but
It seems somewhat strange, In view of
the fact that the top floor gave way
flrit, and the weight ot falling timber
and furniture carried the second and
first floors with It. Fortunately only
the forward half of the floor gave
way, the outer ends of the floors and
the rear part of the structure remain
ing. The walls did not fall.
Soldiers to the frfnr.
The news of the terrible disaster flew
fast and crowds of people began hurry
ing to the scene.
Realising the need of clear working
space for tho flrimen, who were quickly
summoned, and for the various corps
ot rcscpei's, Gen. Schotleld or-
dered two troops of cavalry
from Fort Myer. Just across the river,
and two companies of Infantry from the
arsenal, to the scene of the disaster, to
I keep the crowds back.
The Secretary of the Navy or-
t dered out all the naval medical officers
stationed here, and also opened the
Naval Hospital to receive the Injured
The Commandant at the Navy. Yard was
ordered to render all assistance In his
power.
All the ambulances were ordered to
the place and were kept busy removing
the dead to the Morgue and the Injured
to the hospitals. The Injuries, from the
very nature of the accident, are of the
severest character, crushed and broken
Lo,.n'1 ,n,erna Injuries prevailing.
I STORIES OF THOSE WHO ESCAPED
Among those who escaped from the
theatre by Jumping was Clerk James
Stewart, who leaped from a second
story window He was In the Surgeon
General's ofllce.
Mr. Stewart said there was a snapping
noise, followed by a tremendous crash
ing, as the third floor came down.
He turned to se If he could render as
sistance to any one, and saw the floor
polng from under him. He had barely
time to Jump.
ClltTe Lowe, who was on the first
I floor, heard the crash and started to run.
, but was hi tand badly cut in the head.
He pried himself out of the wreck with
an Iron box.
. T. S. Lowry and C. A. Huper were
both at work on the second floor, and
tell of the suddenness with which, after
I the crash, they found themselves burled
(in debris. Both struggled out, badly
cut and brulssd.
In less thnn an hour after, about twenty-five
people had been taken out, and
every few minutes thereafter some still
form would be borne on a stretcher from
the building. Tollce and army nmbu
lmces, rabs. cnrrlages and vehicles of
every description were preosert Into
service for carrying away the dead and
Injured, Scores of physicians volunteered
their servlos.
The Commissioners of the District
took possession of the building and
vie nlty In person, and helped direct the
pollco and rescuers.
LlWC0LS ASSASSINATION.
The Terrible Event Whloh Made
j Ford' Theatre Famous.
The sad event which plunged a na
tlon Into mourning, while It made the
name of "Ford's Theatre" known to
every household In Amerlee, occurred
, on the night of April 14. 18S5.
I Cheerful, a.d hopeful of the success
of his broad plans for the kind treat
ment of thepeople of the South, so re.
cently Ms bitter enemies, he accepted
Ithe Invltntlon of the manager ot the
thatre to attend a performance of "Our
American Coutiln," with Laura Keent
, as leading lady.
1 With Mrs. Lincoln, Miss Harris,
daughter of Senator Htrrls, of New
York, and her afllanced lover, Major
Rathboi.e. the President went to the
theatre, entering the "Slate Hox," re.
served for them, at .:o. The party
was enthusiastically greeted by the au
dlenee, and for an hour watched the
performance Interestedly, little dream
ing of the terrible tragedy to come.
At 10 o'clock. John Wilkes Booth, a
hot-headed young actor and grother of
the great tragedian burled to-day, en
tered the theatre.
Producing a card telling a messenger
at the door that the President had sent
for him, the nssnasln was allowed to
pass to the President's box on the sec
ond tier, at the left of the state.
(Julckly, yet quietly, boring a gimlet
hole In one of Ihe box doors, he obtained
a view of his Intended victim, who sat
In an easy chair, nearest the audience,
pulled a pistol and fired.
As the President sank hack uncon
scious, the assassin dashed Into the box,
and drawing u long knife stabbed Major
Rnthbone, who (-rippled with him.
Then he leaned to the mare, nine feet,
below, but his spurred boot caught In
the folds of an American flag that
draped the box, throwing him heavily
to the stage and rpralntng his ankle.
In fplte of his injury, however. Booth
leaped to his feet, and Hiking theatric
ally across the stn:e, brandished his
bloody knife and shouted:
"Hie semper tyrsnnlst The South Is
avena-edl"
IWore the audience realized what
had happened, the murderer had er
caped, only to be shot down, however,
eleven days later. In a barn near Port
Royal, by Sergt. Boston Corbett.
President Lincoln was carried across
, the street to the house of Mr. Peterson,
1 where he died at 7. the next monilnj.
THE NEW W ARD LINES,
Brooklyn Sunorvisors Oomploto
the Now Apportionment.
All Republican Wards Are Given
Larger Population.
Figures anil nrmnrtarj Llnei ai Sub
mitted To-Day.
The Committee of the Board of Bu
pervlsors In nrooklyn, appointed to re
apportion the Eighteenth Assembly District.-
In Kings County, In obedience to
the writ of mandamus obtained by the
Republicans through a decision of the
Court of Appeals, reported at a special
meeting of the Supervisors to-day.
The second apportionment of tho
county differs from the first Inasmuch
that the population In ell the districts
hns Deen kept equal as near as practi
cable, the advantase leaning a little
towards the party In power.
In the first apportionment the First
District, represented by a Democrat,
had a population of 22,000, and the
Fifth District, represented by the only
Republican, had a population of 102,
000. In the apportionment offered to-day
the First District Is given a population
nf 49,197, and tho Fifth a population ot
67.R33.
In making the second spnortlonment
the Committee have shifted the waid
lines In such a nay that the Republi
cans claim It will confuse voters In lo
cating the polls at which to cast their
vote.
There was some question as to tho
power of the Committee In taking liber
ties with the ward boundaries but In
the opinion of Lawyer Jesse Johnson,
i acting for the Republicans, they had this
right. Tho districts, by population and
1 boundaries, are as follows:
I rirst DUtrlct-l'opulatlOD 43.107, lonniled lij
Dint nitrr. llrlJge street, Fulton, Court (quart
fuitl Atlantic athdu.
Sucnna Dl.trlct l'opultalnn 63,07.1, lieunilM Vv
Fulton, Court uiusre, Fltittmih uvnrme. Fourth
iTfnuf, Duller street, Nrlru, nouRlass, Hon,
Snckrtt, tv.urt stnet ami Atalimln avenue.
Third District Iiricly Hcpuhllcnns pnniila-
I tlon U.44U, Iwundrd by lent llllrr, Jlrlilff
' street. Myrtle mcuue. Prints street Jolmu
street, Hudson avenue, Itnrninnd street. IMI.
Tir street, Canton street, Portland avenue,
Wathlnxton Tart:, South Portland nvenne, At-1
lantlc avenue, Wa.hlnjton avenue, Flushing
avenus, aisithwekt corner ot the Navy Yard
anil along Navy Yard to the East P-lver.
Fourth nutrlct Population, 4S.044, lionnde
hv Uaat Idler, Atlantic annus. Court street.
Fourth place. Henry stroet, Colsa alrttt sad
UnntHtm aenne.
Fifth Dlstrlot-ropulatlon, 87,8.10, hounded hy
Hmodway, Flushing arena, city line, Kent
nvenne, Park avenue, Franklin avenue, Wi.
loughhr avenue, nedford nvenne, !.afnvett ave
nue, Clifton place, Claason. avenue, Fulton ave
nue. Washington aenue, Wallalmit Canal to
Wnllahout Iluy, Division avenue, Bedford ave
nue, Wllsoq street, Lea avenue, Keap street,
Msrer avenue. Term street, llarrl.on avenue.
Division avrnus to Droadnay, taluL heguf
t Blj'th District Population, 64.000, hounded hr
non-anus Day, New Ulreeht, Prujpect nveuue,
Slith avenue. Twcntr-thlrd street. Seventh ave
nue, Twentieth strest, lnterseetlon of .Ninth
avenue and Twentieth afreet to Twentv-Orst
street, Ninth ateuue, Twentieth street, Tenth
avenue, Tnentj-secoud street, to Flathu.h, and
all th tonns therein. ...
Kovsnth District Population 87.11B. bounded
br Mjrtle avenue and Brides street. Trine,
Johnson, Hudn avenue, to Mrrtle, Itaytnond,
nollver. Clinton. Mrtle, Portland avenue, Wash
InRton Park, Atlnntlo avenu, Washington avenue,
Fulton street, Orraond pine. Putnim avenue,
Franklin, n.incoek, Speneor place, Fulton, lied
ford, lircvonrt place, Fmnklln avenue to cltr
line, Flatlinsh avenue, Union street, Fourth
avenue, Flitlm.h avenue, Flathuah avenue to
Fulton, nrl'ls street, to heglnnlna.
Ulthth District-Population P3.0M, lounded
hv Cast P.ler and Hamilton avenu to Coles
sireet, Henry, Fourth pl.tce. Co.irt street. Mr.
kctt. novt. Doujla's, Nevlni. Under, lourthi
! avenu, First street. Onwanus t-cnal, to o-
wanuv Pay. to Fnt nlver.
Math District-FoplsM''n S1.8S4, hounded nr
Iet Itlver and North Llghlh street In I'nlon
avenue. North second street, Itodney. Proadivn,
Dlvlilon avenue. Harrison aiennc, Penn street,
Marry avenue, Keap, le avenu. TAIlson. nd-'
fonl. Dil'.in. Kr.n niver to l.eslmilnir.
Ti nlh Dl'trlet Population, 83.O00. bounded br
Mouth Second and Rodney street., North Seintid,
Union avenue, Drlxg airline, Van Prlt, Leonard,
niehardson, Jleiker aienuo, Neion Creek, to
Hue of Queens t'.iuiity. to Flushing avenu.
Ilushnlck aienue, Ten Crek street, Union ave
nue. South Hecifid street. ..,., . .
i:ien!h Dl.trlct Population, 80,SI(!. Imunded
by llodcers street and llrrudwaj to Flushing,
Ba.hwIcU avenue, Ten Eyck street, Unlou me
nus, South Howl street, Kodney street, to
''Twelfth' District Population. 54,711, bounded
by Fnst niver and North Flahth. to Itnlon nv.
nn, Drtsgs nvrnuc. Van Pelt avenue, I.mar.l
street. Richardson, lleekr, Nentown Creek, to,
EThlr?e'inth District-Population, M.IM. Iwf '
ed bv Kent avenue and Flushing, along Flushing
to hmodway, Ofayntt avenue. Itedford to
Wllloughby aienue, rranklln, to Park, Kent to
point of beginning
Fourteenth District-Population, 80 303.
Fifteenth Dl.trlet-Poimlatlon, A0.M1,
Fliteenlh DUtrlct- Population. MtM.
Snventelicth District-Population. Sfl,T.
Eighteenth District-Population, 88,850.
The Republican districts may be told
by the large poulutlonp. i
i When Jess Johnson was seen by nn i
"Evening World" reporter to-day he
aid: , , ,
"The Supervisors have refused to let
me see the apportionment until It Is
paesed by the Supervisors, or to give
, the Republicans a hearing, I
"The plans are, 1 understand, almost ,
as unjust as th others. They have ,
muddled everything." j
OPERATOR NESBITT ARRESTED.
Uar Reveal the Conneotlon ot Tele
graph Companies with Peol.Rooms.
NEWARK, N. J., June . J. J. Nes-1
bltt, of 111 Vesey street, was arrested
late last night on a warrant from Hud-'
son County. Nesbltt Is a telegrapher,
and has been employed by the Western ,
I'nlon Telegraph Company for three 1
years at Lancke's pool-room In llarrl
rum. The rule of the Company has been
that the pool-roomi muat pay the rent
for the leased r.lrs every day, the,
money being hended to the operator at
, the close of business. The Company i
now charges Nesbltt with having re
ceived some of this money and falling
to turn It over to the local manager, ,
Nesbltt denies the charge. The opinion'
, here Is that Nesbltt will now reveal the 1
connection of the telegraph company ,
, with the pool-rooms. I
nenv in Titn rniNTBiw ltrritp-tT. j
Justice Itjsn, In the Tombs Court, to-dvy fined
Jsmea Hsnrahan J.1 and advised F.arteader Klug,
ot the rrlnters' Iletrrat, S Park How, is b
less free In Ihe u cf a club. The men had
been having a Hi ely Aaht, caused br a man '
named rinoerty, ho wanted a schooner sf beer
I for nothing. I
Visit Hum's Riverside" lountiln anil
gt a class of i he flncit soda In l lie cits Hie 1
larreMt fcunttln anJ purest syrups In tha I
Viille.d btkteil Kuta a, rid tu and 0th
arc, V I
The Sphinx Up to Date.
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He Would Relieve a Painful Anxiety by Naming the Collector of This Port.
DESPERATE ESCAPE,
Burglar John Moyer Breaks
Out of the Tombc
Pieces of His Bedstead and Its
Coverings His Only Aids.
First of All the Criminal! to Ac
complish Such a Feat.
It was learned this morning that John
Meyer, a prisoner conflned la tba Tombs
awaiting sentence on conviction ot burglary,
made his escape between 8.60 and u.ao
o clock last night by dlggtui; through too
walls ot bu cell ana scaling the outer wall,
lie has not jet been recaptured.
Jleyer wna confined In cell 143 on the
fourth or top tier in the old pmou. There, u
no window except In the crated door, which
opens Into the corridor.
There Is, however, a ventilator about four
Inches bleb by sixteen In length, which opens
into the yard between tha lm atreot nail
and the prison building. It Is a framo work
of haiMncu Iron, and extended atout elht
Inches Into the nail, which la nearly four feet
thick and principally heavy btjne blocks laid
iDtement.
Through this excellent piece of masonry
the desperate prisoner digged his way out to
freedom, thus gaining tho notoriety ot being
the first In the blttory of the celebrated
prison to break through ill walls. I
What renders the escape the more remark-'
ble Is the crude inurumiats tho criminal
utilized In the accomplishment oi what even
Danny Drlbooll, the desperate Whjo chlof, j
who was eiecuted for the murJcr of Beey 1
Garrlty, found to be a hopeless task even
with a penect tooL
Ibe tools used by Meyer consisted ot three
pieces ot Iron that bad been wrenched from
tho Iron framework of bis bedstead. They
were the bracei between tho legs and aid not
eten afford the advantage of a sharp edge,
bring round and only about nve-elgbthi ot an
inch In diameter.
I An old tin spoon that was found la tbe
cell Is also supposed to have been used In
scraping out tbe cement, while the prying
was done wllh the Impromptu crowbars.
The hols made was large enough to admit
the body of a man of aftO pounds.
'ihe task ruubt hate required at least three
weeks, and In new of the heavy pieces ot
stons, one of which was thirty-two Inches
long by at Ira it fourteen inches In width,
and thickness and weighed over 200 pounds
It teems remarkable thai neither the day or
night keeptr beard any suspicions noises.
The large piece was tucked away In a
corner where It could not Bo aeen from the
corridor and the other pieces sad plasier
were concealed la the corner under the bed.
The mattresses and bed clothing bad been
torn In shreds and twisted Into ropei, and the
frame of the bed, with canvas Ins ead of alats,
was pulled In front ot the hole, so tha:
the watchman la making his rounds might
not have his attention attracted by tne light
which It admitted.
Merer must have been la wait until Yard
rolleeinan Laurence Lamb, who was on duty
last night, passed cy his cell and then low. 1
ered himself to the ground.
lie brought with him aaother rope and a
piece el Iron, which he doubtless Intended in
use as a bludgeon should any one attod In
the war of his escape.
This pleioot Iron was found this mort-lor,
on the Ieonard sirevt aienue inside of
tbe wall, just tutslJe of Mutton lc.
K eon's office wludcw, in tho female prison,
where Meyer' bad laid It down to climb up
Into a Ilttlo shanty, 10 feet blgb, between
tbe boys and tbe female prlaonars.
lie must have reached tbe roof ot this
structure with Uttlti difficulty, but there he
was confronted by a dangerous feat.
Along the wall of tbe female prison Is a
sheet-Iron pipe leading to tbe roof.
It looked frail enough, but tbe desperate
criminal climbed It, and that rapldlr, for
his footsteps on tho tin rnof ot tho
shanty vtrro hoard by Matron McKeon and
Ebo at once gave I be alarm.
Meyer, It Is evident, had bis plans -all laid,
and knew juat which way oxorded tho easiest
avenue ol csoape.
He knew that once he had ranched tbe root
Ot tho female dormitory he could step down
onto tbo copln; of the outer wall and lower
himself with tbe rope be had provided him
self with ti the sidewalk on Elm street, just
around tbe corner from Centre and almost la
the full flare of t be corner street lamps.
It was 0 .'JO when Mrs. McKeevcr heard tbe
footsteps on Ihe shanty rouf, and flvemlo.
utes later Night captain John Orr was noti
fied and began an Investigation.
Night Watchman George fludel was hoisted
up on the roof, but saw nothing auspicious.
The nolso made by the keeper attracted
Warden Fallon to the window of his resi
dence, and he asked what tbe trouble was.
It was then t'."3.
Then It (courrcd to Matron McKeon that
Immediately after bearing the noise on the
Hhnnty roof she beard a noise as
If aomo one was tcamperlng over
the root of the ferrule pitson and
Intesllgsllon In that quarter showed that
tho prisoner had gone, leaving the evldor.ee
; of how bis escape had been accomplished.
Tied to tbu water pipe was ono of tho ropes
male ot tbe bed clothing Toe end nearly
reached the sidewalk. Down this the bur
glar had slid and made gcod his escape.
William Fletcher was the night guard
svnoso duty It was to patrol tbo corridor In
wblcn Mr era's cell Is located, and to aee
whether prisoners were all In their cells.
: He told tho Warden that at o.ao he
bad looked Into Meyers cell and that
'he was still there. Ihls tbe Warden
says cculd not to so, for Meyer
must hava left his cell between 0.12 snl
0.15, else he would hate been detected by
the yard gunrd.
Yard Guard Lamb failed to discover tbe
rope dangling from Meycr'ocellon the second
rottni after the escape and did not see It untl
It was lound oul by tho Warden hltnsdf.
None ot tbe keepers has as yet been sus
pended, but thoke named "111 be called upon
to in a Ho an explanation to tho Commls-iloners.
HAD FIVE BATIKS. YET FAILED.
And this Gfclcairoan's Aaaetn Are
i Only $60,000.
, CHICAGO, Junn 9.Jfrph Hljririot, prl?tt
banitpp, at Hi Waiblostm itreel, ntid eperatlDS
ton at Itiarutab, Sorrento, GlllMple and St.
Ann, In tbtt fltM, baa smIciiM tn Ottori W,
I Hi. -n. A flu. K'O.O-n); ltuhitlllra tnM fill
mMfd. Tba atitfumrnl roTrrx alt tba tanks.
t Tvourcrcn x nrmsn untit to live.
NKWAUK, N. J., Jun P.- Co), Kt.nnr'K Hi,.
prlntrn4nt of tb Kw Jtnejr fcariftj tcr tha
rtf rent Ian f Cruelty to Animals thla tnnmtng
nuifd the arreit ot Louta Drlukt, an Italian, o(
in G-omt'i alley, tbl fit)', for Inhuman UMt
rotnt of a brrae, A tirr tic- tor and an pxr?rt
fcwueman tMtlfl1 tl'at tb ttrn drlirn y th?
primer aa p.ot fit t I1ti, It alona mrl(,
In' Italian wai fined Sl& aad bld for tbe
Otand Jnry.
nuvs sAii.oit ?ijit.s one.
ri.riD( t1ar an1 HaturAif prMani ti terj
hey a ratvliftma chol ratnpinion with tomlilna
ttf5 lu k. lOSIIAM A LlVFiatOviL tLOTBINO Co. ,
inow TAT
. And lwpra jor aopaia-sca, 1 ntXirraiiinat HI
1 Taraphlet fra. Tnisicciv l'o,,i49 l.toaJway, ,
! h Str VTdW Sjairina.
i lortudinff a no-maj dowc jitm, at Jimn Mo
rnJ Turuttart Wnrvciui,yu iTt,,coCta it,
triv ? s"itv .
jjjjttAjfcjjyaiiUydBft
DASTARDLY REVENGE,
Chatham Looal ExDnna Almost
Wreoked at Oroton Falls.
Tho Would-Be Wrecker Coolly
Watched the Crash.
When Arrested Ha Confessed HI
Crime, but Onva No Itensoa.
CIIOTON FALLS, N. Y June
dastardly attempt was made this morn
ing to wrecit the Chatham local passen
Ber expresa, bound for New Tork.
This train leaves Croton Tails at I.O
o'clock. It makes all tha lecal stops be
tween Chatham and New Tork, and car
ries a large number of paasencers. There
were fully two hundred passensers on
the train this mornlns when It left
1 Croton Falls.
Conductor Samuel llanna wae In charge
of the train, and Enflneer Outcher was
In the cab.
I When the train was midway between
I Croton Falls and 1'urdy's Station, It
suddenly ran Into an obstruction on the
I track. Fortunately the train was not
coins at full speed, as It was running
on a section of the road where It Is the
rule te run slow, on account ( the
I grade.
Knglneer Dutehrr did net see the
utructlon. The first he knew of it waa
1 when his engine plowed Into It. The
I crash nearly knocked him out ef the
cab, and badly frightened the passen
I gers. Many of them were thrown to
the floor and received slight bruises.
I The forward truck of the tnilne
.was broken and the tender was smashed.
, but no further damage was done.
The smash-up occurred about 8.U
o'clock. Investigation showed that some
Iron bars had been piled on top of the
fish-plates on the track, In a deliberate
attempt to wreck the train.
It wan a miracle that the train waa
not derailed. Had It been, the loss cf
life would probaly hae been great, for
the train would have tumbled over the
embankment.
A m.in who was discovered near by
was Immediately arrested by Constable
Casey. M
He rve his name as AVIllalm Cro
tler. aged thlrty-tno.
He confessed the crime, but would give
no definite reason why he committed
it.
It Is believed, however, to have been
done from motives of revenge. Crosier
fancied he had a grievance axalnst the
rallmad company,
('roller was lucked up to await a hear-
I "f'he train consisted of five pasaenger
i couches. There was a great deal of ex
citement among the passenger when
, the shock was felt, and loud expres
sions of Indlcnallon were heard when
1 tin passengers were told that Crosier
lis.il attempted to ditch the train. They
were all grateful over their escape.
! After removing the obstruction an
other locomotive was secured and tbe
train went on to New Tork.
Will Express Gratitude
I WKaTCUESTIUt, June 0. The people of
the lown of Westchester will show Itslr
gratiuds to.Mr. Collls r. Huntlsglon for his
gin to them of an endowed free library by
I holding cert monies thla evening ana to-morrow
sitrrnoon In the Library Halt T -bUbi
. a large portrait of Mr. Iluntlngtoa, tTeurs4
I by puoilu subscription, will n unvsllsd.
rhs hstt Tiat.i li'unre Is sltr (TSa.). ssstslrs
11.00. lisinunui.lt f. lIiiiit..D.r'sf. V
iMi.Tr.rt NOUYMNiitn
Aad a handssrn strsw er Mseklasv has wllh svevr
bs:e to.uy and i.ni0riew, l.osimin a Livsar.'Ot
Ci.otHivi Lo , ti Ueesrr, Uita l-stf at ustll
lOx'clk. V
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LUST EDITION I
EIGHT PAGES. fl
THE BORDENS' AXES. I
Witnoss Float's Story of Thoir
Disoorery in the Dollar. ifl
One Had a Rod Spot on the Blado ijH
and Had Been Washed. yk
Folios Oapt. Harrington's Interview"
with Llxxle Dordeja,
NEW DBDFQRD, Mass., June J.
About one-half of the spectators In the .'.jalH
court-house this morning were females.
Bo persistent hare they become In tbelr '-
attempts to get Into the eourt-roora
that a barrier of itout boards has been "'41
built across two trees at the entrance t'il
so that enly one person mar pais In at
a time. 11
Miss Borden remarked te Deputy fH
Sheriff Klrby, ene ef her guards In tbe
dock, as she glanced about and saw the 'H
swarm, that In some ef the house In
th city th housework must be nes-
Miss Borden waa In her seat at S.I5
this morning, and her counsel were on
hand about the same time. Llxrle con- 7a
versed with ex-Oov. nohlnson until Court
opened, and appeared very much In f 'H
earnest about something;. H
Miss Borden thl mornlnai wore a
sacque in th court-room; she did not
watch tho testimony carefully, but was
much Interested In Mr. Adams' x- 'x'jM
amlnatlon of previous testimony and th 4f3H
Inspection of several law-books. ssfl
One of the thing talked about among Om
spectator thl morning waa the bloody
and partly burned handkerchief pro
duced yesterday, said to be the one. Hr.
Borden ware about her hsad while 'rH
weeplne;, and whloh witnesses saw on
the floor near th dead body,' It It
believed an effort la to b made te con- 'y!H
nect this with th charred parcel In the jH
stave referred to In th reutlon'
epenlng. 'cH
rae first witness called thl rooming;
was Assistant Marshal Fleet, and hi
eross-examlnatlon by x-Oov. Robinson
was resumed.
He aald It wm a fact that he arrived
at the Borden house before II e'deck.
"t don't know," he said, "whether Allen .V
waa there bfor that or net; when I K:
went there first I went In th house br lm
the beck door; looked In alt th roams (
downstair, upstair, Into Mrs, Berdtn'a 9,
room, er th room where eh was lying;,
and looked Into the closet; then went
te Llssle' room; th door waa dosed.
but I don't know whether It was Jeeked ;' j
or not; I 'iad my flret talk with Utile t 9
, there; no officer was prteant, fll
I " I want from that room down stain t
then I went up te Mr. Borden' roam H'l
It waa locked ; then up autre and to1 9 I
nrldget's reom ; It we not locked : S I
then I tried th ether attte room, end I
found It was locked : then I went t the !M I
j cellar and found Officer Mullaly and 91
I Devlne In the cellar ; I think; this was iJM I
th time I found th,m there ; It might ijl
I hava been another. ,$M I
"Mullaly had some axe en the fleer '-S
of the wash-room, twe of them and twe j9 I
hatchet ; I don't know where they VJ
came from ; I wai told by Mullaly after- Im'M
I wards, that the hatcheU were taken f'M
I from th middle cellar, en the south J
I side ; the hatchets, I think, eame from jfl :1
! th back part ef th cellar, one from "M i
th chopping bloek ; the furnace was n I
the paeeage way, further west towards S I
' the front of the house ; those hatchets itS I
i were found near the chimney In the H I
same box where the broke handled -pM I
hatchet was found.
HK HID A IIATCIIKT. Vjf I
I "In the middle room there wa a six- I
I foot pile of ashes near the chimney ' M
and near the box where the hatchets M I
'were found. They were coat ashes, I cS'ai
! should say. t saw another pile. I think, m-m
near th furnace. I put th claw- & M
headed hatchet In the cellar room under ,i 'tW
the stairs, behind soma boxes and a ' M
"I went out Into th yard after I a 'M
eame downstairs and then up In th
, barn. I talked with air. Mors In th l 'M
yard at that time, and then went Into J
th house the second time, I went up- 'M
stairs, and then It wa t had the inter- 4
lew with LUile In her room. That j 'M
was when Dr. Bowen was there. I;
" I afterwards searched theelothes
closet ; then went down stairs and was .jH
' given the key to Mr. Borden' rom by
I Brldgt ; then I went lnU th attle ; I V -M
' could not sar a t the roam being ti
looked then ; th storeroom, n th 2J '
west end of the house, wa locked ; I
cun't recollect whether Bridget' reera
was locked. iM
' I searched all th room ; w did I
I look In the trunk ; It was leekad. end . -
w asked Bridget to unloek It ; w Just I
! leoked In, but did not disturb anything; .'' S
there ; we looked Inte everything we I
could look Into, but not' very closely ; ,
there wa some clothing la ene ef the ;
rooms, but we didn't Uk It down ; Z H
didn't dlsoover any blood en Bridget's ;
dresse ; I did not look closely, and I i
wouldn't say to-day titer was er there S
wa not blood en them." H
Q. What did yeu really leek at those , kH
dresses fof ?"
A. For bleed, er anything else. '1
Q,-An4 yet yeu didn't see anything t i'