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H From That Time Until the Grime 'H Was Discovered No Sound e Was Heard in It. H-THE GIRL'S QUEER HOME LIFE. B Sho and Her Roommate, Miss jB ' Koh'.er, Had IYany Male H Visitors. Hn JEs HHn J No doubt remains this morning In the B'' Ypunds cf those who have Investigated B the case, that the girl Minnie Weldt, HB I who was found strangled to death at HH ' S2 East Sixty-first street, last night, II was murdered. II It Is quite as certain, also, that Bhe II l' was killed by a lover or some one ad- I I mltted to the most Intimate relationship Ul with her. 11 Thero is evidence that the murderer MU la a man of medium height, stout figure KJH .. and fairly well dressed. Such a man IBu, 7 was at her room yesterday, and was the Ht, only' man known to be there. He was Hg seen to go In and go out and was heard W to laugh to himself as he descended the HHt stairs. HSgK- LThe disclosures of this morning put a HjBV new and sensational phase on the death HBf of this girl. The theory of suicide has B Been abandoned, and Capt. Strauss and BflH his men from the East Sixty-seventh MST street station are engaged now on cules Hflgri to trace the murderer. IHMv ' Helen Kohler, who occupied the room IV with Miss Weldt, was arraigned In the HLj Yorkvllle Court this morning, where she H,- told the following story: K. "I am thirty years old, and have been B- In. America one year. Minnie Weldt was HHb twenty-one years old and had been here kB .three years. We are both Germans. m 'W met last January In Princeton, N. B&NJ. and later went to Philadelphia to- JHb gether. In February we came to New 'HL'ork and three weeks ago went to live Ftogether In the rear room of the tene- K m'ent at 324 East Slxty-tlrst street. We K took In washing and went out to work. B "Yesterday morning at 7 o'clock I H went to the house of a Mr. liegeman, nt B 10C3 Park avenue, and washed all day. K Minnie, who had nothing to do, stayed H at home "I got back to the rooms at about 8 B o'clock last night. I saw Minnie lying FX on the bed. I went close to her and saw aaWBBp- that her face was black and she was fiead. I ran out and told a policeman. tf "Minnie waa a good girl. She was H saving her money to help pay the pas- tage of her lover In Germany to this ft. -country. She had $20 In a pocketbook In the closet. That was gone." f Justice Feitner remanded the woman, M to be held by the police as a witness. KB When the police answered Miss Kohl- B ers aiarm last night they found Minnie lllH Weldt's body llng upon the bed. A torn and dirty red bandanna handker- dlef was tied so tightly about the Si WXfoat that It sank Into the nesh. The lends of the handkerchief were knotted f together under the chin and the force I employed to tie the knot had been so il Sreat ; that a part of the handkerchief had been torn away, the scrap lying on i the floor by the bedside. t-' A peculiar feature was that the attl- il tude of the body was one of complete fm repose and there was no sign of disorder r3$&ut the room. But for her swollen Kand distorted face It might have been iVBSBa thought she was sleeping. She was ly- Vllll- tng upon her back, with one hand at I'ber side and the xither thrown back Habove ner neao. IB There waa every evidence that she had Ibeen visited by a man and then drugged mfor made drunk before the murder. This 'Iwould also account for the absence of Indlcatlons of a struggle. B,. The testimony of people occupying Ebther rooms in the tenement Indicates fiBthat these two girls lived a queerly 'Enlxed life. They had been there but Ithree weeks, but had attracted general blttentlon In the house. . Their qi rters Iwere poor; they had no tine clothing, IHIInd they certainly dlil some laundry Vwork both at home and outside. m 3"helr neighbors, however, were puz- : vled over the unusual number of men liltrnt called at all houra to see them. (rhese callers, averaging five or six In HBevery twenty-four hours, were for the BrnoBt part men too well dressed for that 'Vquarter of the city. They Invariably taiked. If required to speak at all, for l&Irs. Lang. That Is the name the grlls Iput on their door, but whether the raur- dered woman or her companion an- siwered to the name it Is hard to deter- 'HBVB It was later discovered that the girls Vwere advertising for gentlemen's wash Ing In the German and English news papers. The name of Lang was signed fc these advertisement!. T Mrs. Anna noes, an elderly woman who lives directly across the hall from jdra. Lang's rooms, has very positive no- iMllons of the character of the girls, and IKwHh her little niece Is able to furnish Ithe only hint of a clue to the murderer Fao far obtainable. fflHKj Mrs. Does says tnat at about 8.30 K o'clock yesterday morning she heard a Lraalr man knock at the opposite door. He was iTsBlllI admitted. Minnie was then at home I 'Hjilone. I jr A half hour later she heard the door l,Kopen and heavy footfalls along the hall ''jmd on the stairway. Her little niece, gj Who was In the hall, saw at that time a I 'VBS4 iOmtinuti en tltoomt faet.i VIGILANT MUST WAIT, Owing to the Fig She Drops Anohor Off Oamp Low. Escorted to Sandy Hook by the Vamoose and Other Craft. Pilot Diaper Sigage'l to Sail In the Champion Sloop. (Or Auoclitxl Pru ) SANDY HOOK, N. J., May 31.-The yacht Vigilant, which passed Quaran tine at 11.03 this morning on her voy age for Glasgow, came to anchor oft Camp Low nt 12.20 P. M. The wind 1 blowing from the northeast, and It Is quite thick outside of Sandy Hook. QUARANTINE, May 31. The yacht Vigilant patsed here at ll.K A. M., out ward bound. In tow of tug Charles H. Ilunyon. She wis escorted by the steam yacht Vamoose, and on passing Quaran tine boarding station, she was saluted by the boarding-boat George F. Allen and steamboat Gov. Flower. The salute was returned by the yacht, which dipped her flag, and also by the Ilunyon. Wind N. E., hazy and cloudy. Vigilant, proud upholder of American supremacy on the wave, left the Erie Basin about 10 o'clock this morning In tow and passed out Into the bay to the accompaniment of Bcreechtng whistles and booming cannon and the further graceful salutes of dipping colors. The flying yacht Vamoose acted as escort to Vigilant and carried a number of frlendB of the Ooulas and a large repre sentation of newspaper men. Howard Gould and a few Intimates were aboard Vigilant, and only left her when the towllnes were cast off Just beyond Sandy Hook. Then the noble white .raft veered her nose Into the drizzle which fell In the outer bay and Jumped Im petuously forward Into the foamy white caps and her real trip to the Kait be gan. Howard Gould and his friend. Mr. Carter, will follow Vigilant on Ata lanta on Saturday If the latter yacht be In ship-shape for an ocean passage. The cables thin morning bring the In formation that Pilot Diaper, who sailed Royal Phelps Carroll's Navahoe In Eng land, has been engaged by the Goulds to sail on Vigilant. VALKYRIE IN PORT. Was SO Dnr In ItcachlnK Gonroolc Bar After Leaving New York. (nr AifocUted TreM.) aiASOOW, May 31. The British cut ter Valkyrie, which sailed from New York on May 3, arrived at the anchor age In Gourock Bay at 11 o'clock this morning. The commander of the Valkyrie re ports that the yacht experienced head winds nearly all the voyage, but that all on board are well. WALBAUM GUfLTY. So He, Can, McLaueJilln nnil Crunlua Plead. Gottfried Walbaum, County Clerk Dennis McLaughlin, John C. Carr and Nicholas Cruslns, the Hudson County "Big Four," pleaded guilty In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Jersey City, this morning to the charge of conducting a disorderly house at the Guttenburg race track. They will be sentenced in two weeks. This Is the result of the long and persistent fight made against the New Jersey race tracks by the Law and Order League. Three years ago the League succeeded In closing the Linden, Elizabeth, Monmouth and Clifton tracks, but Guttenburg defied them, and through the Influence of McLaughlin kept open until December last. Long before Judges Llpplncott, Kenny, Hudspeth and Hoffman took their seats on the bench the court-room was crowd ed with politicians and race track fol lowers. When the cases were called Lawyer Allen L. McDermott, counsel for the prisoners, announced In behalf of his clients that the original plea of not guilty would be withdrawn and a plea of guilty substituted. At Prosecutor Wlnfleld's request the Indictments pending against ex-Superln-tendent of Police Smith, Capt. Kelly. Sergt. Gannon, Detectives Clos and Clarke, Policeman Kelly and Justices of the Peace McCodbery and Toumans In connection with the Guttenburg case were then nolle prossed. The Indictment against Thomas F. Egan, however, will ie looked Into by Prosecutor Wlnfleld. Egan Is charged with managing the betting ring. The maximum punishment for conduct ing a gambllng-nouse In New Jersey Is two years' Imprisonment and a fine of $1,000. or both. It Is believed that the cases will be punished with a fine. DOCKERY EXPERTS AT WORK. Committee Begins Custom-Home Investigation. The experts employed by the Dockery Committee to Investigate the business of the Custom-House started In to work this morning, J. W. Relnhart, one of the experts, was called out of town last night. The others, C. H. Hasklns and C, W. Sells, began their labors In the Auditor's department. They will go over all the books there and will submit their report to the Committee at Wash ington. The aim of the Committee Is to sim plify the methods employed for the transaction of business at the Custom House. Collector Kllbreth savs that the system Is antiquated and should be Im pioved. The experts will Dav particular atten tion to the matter of refunds. In this direction, Deputy Collector Phelps said to-day, that but little could be done to remedy matters here. Work In this line should be directed to the depart ment at Washlncton where the system uced Is needlessly complicated. Floya! Arcanum Celebration, Arm'rotiirntt for tht ctltbrttloa of tht llrth of the Itoat Arcanum In Brooklyn, &&t oetn ccnt(lttd. and fullf T.OOO mambara ara ripctc4 to ptrtlclpata In tha parada on tha atanlns of Juna 1 Tba attractUa faatoraa of ina panda vlll ba float., truiparasclaa ao4 s srroiachala dtaplajr. ALL KINDS OF DRINKS. S I I 1 MiBS Ooddington Says Her Mother Had No Preference. Champagne, Whiskey, Sherry and Even Plain Alcohol. Declares Her Baby Sister Was Afraid or Their Parent. The Commissioners and Sheriff's Jury appointed to Inquire as to the advisabil ity of the appointment of a committee of tht estate of Mrs. Alma Louise Cod-dlngton-Fellows, of 41 East Sixty-sixth street, resumed their Inquiry thli morn ing In Part It. of the Supreme Court. The action Is brought by relatives of Clifford Coddlngton, deceased, the for mer husband of Mrs. Coddlngton-Fcl-lows, alleging that she Is an Inebriate. Mrs. Coddlngton-Fellows denies the charge that she drinks to excess, and says that her ( late husband's rela tives kidnapped two of her children. One of them, Gladys, three years old, has since been returned to her mother. Mrs. Coddtnston-Fellows was not In the court-room when the Inquiry was begun this morning. It. P Warilwell, a merchant, wus the first witness to-day. He said that he had known Mrs. Coddlngton-Fellous for many years. He said that on Dec. 21, 1SS3, he called at her resilience and talked with her. On that occasion, wit ness said, she showed signs of having been drinking. "Did she ask you to go out and get hsr some wine?" "Yes, sir." "Did you go?" "Yes, ana took the wine back to her." "Did she drink the wine In your pres ence?" "I don't remember." Witness Bald he again called bn Mrs. Coddlngton-Fellows. and again found her under the Influence of liquor He said that between Dec. 21, 1893. and " arch 1, 1891, he visited Mrs. Coddlngton-Fellows about twenty-five times, and on muny of the occasions found her under the Influence of liquor. On several of these visits witness said the defendant drank champagne. Mr. Wardwell said that he consulted two bhyslclans regarding Mrs. Coddlng-ton-FellowB's drinking habits, and after wurds took one of the physicians to her residence to treat her. On May 6 he again called at her resi dence and found her so Intoxicated that he could not hold an tntellgent conversatlanwUh her. He called again May 8 and found Mrs. Coddlngton-Fellows asleep on a sofa In the parlor. She seemed to be very much Intoxicated, and while he was there she was car ried upstairs to her sleeping-room. The Inquiry Is still on. During the examination of Mr. Ward well, Mrs. Coddlngton-Fellows entered and took a seat near her counsel. She was accompanied by her husband. Sho has discarded her mourning she wort at the beginning of the Inquiry, before her marriage to Mr. Fellows. To-day sho wore a black silk dress, trimmed with white lace and a light straw hat trimmed with white daisies and light green ribbons. She carried an Ivory and black Bilk fan, which she used con tinuously. The next witness was Guldo Itleck. a clerk In a drug Btore at Sixty-fourth street and Park avenue. He was asked several qeus(lons concerning his having ben called up In the night by messengers from Mrs. Coddlngton-Fellows to buy champagne. All these questions were objected to and the objections were sus tained. The clerk said that two weeks ago last Sunday a. lady whom he thought was Mrs. Coddlngton cimc to the store. Sho was served by another clerk, who gave her something In a glass. "What did It look like?" asked iounsel. The defendant's counsel objected to the question. The objection was over ruled, and witness replied that he couldn't see what was In the glass. Frederick J. Jaeger, a caterer, gave unimportant testimony. Frederick Lahn, cashier ut Hotel Sa voy, testified that on April 22 last while he was acting as room clerk, Mrs. Cod dlngton came to the hotel and regis tered as "Mrs. J. Ward." He said that her hat was awry and her hair disar ranged and her breath smelled of liquor. His Impression was that she was Intoxi cated, and he hesitated about assigning her a room but finally did so. He did not seo her ngaln while she wa at the hotel and did not know when she left. Miss Louise Coddlngton, the. eldest daughter of the defendant, was the next witness. She said she would be fifteen years old June 18 r-xt. "After your father's death do you re member having seen your mohter Intoxi cated?" asked Lawyer Cleveland. . "Yes. sir," replied the daughter without hesitation, "Tell the Jury about It in your own way." "well, It was two years last March. Father had led during the preceding February. I went into my mother's room and found her lying acrops the bed asleep. Her face wna flushed, and her breath smelled. I was frightened, never having seen her In that condition before. "I called a servant and then went for a physician. I returned with him, but did not remain In the room while the physician attended mother." Miss Coddlngton then told of other occasions when she had seen her moth er under the Influence of liquor. "Did you ever see your mother drink any liquor?" "Yes, sir." "Please say what kind of liquor you have seen her drink." "Champagne, brandy, sherry? port wine and whiskey; in fact, every kind of liquors." 'Where did she keep these liquors?" "Usually In her room." MIbh Coddlngton continued to tell of various occasions when she had seen her mother Intoxicated, Witness said that during the past Summer and Win ter the occasions had Increased In fre quency and continued for longer periods than formerly. "Did you ever call a physician to at tend your mother on these latter occa sions?" "Yes, sir. Several times." "Did you ever go to see your mother's lawyer?" "Yes, sir. I went to see him to ask If he couldn't do something to save my mother." "Did your mother confine her drinking to meal times?" " No, she drank at all hours." " Did you ever see your mother drink pure alcohol?" " Yea, on one accaslon." Mrs. Coddlngton said that her mother neglected her little sister Gladys, and that she (the witness) took care of the child. On one ocaslon, the witness said, when little Oladysd was Jjst recovering from congestion of the lungs, her mother came Into the the room and Gladys, who was afraid of her mother. Jumped out of bed. Her mother afterwards raised the window In the room. Fearing that her sister would catch cold. Louise took her rpstalrs with her. 1 4 LOST A WIFE'S LOVE. Harrell Sues for Divorce and May Also Seek Damages. Wealthy Broker Shaw, a Former Suitor, the Accused Man. The Injured Husband Throws Much Illume on Ills Mothcr-ln-Law. An action for absolute divorce has been begun by John Houghton Har rell, a young man belonging to an aristocratic Southern family, ngalnst his wife, Lizzie Thonet Harrell. Pa pers In the case were served on Mrs. Harrell this morning by Ira Miller, of Howe & Hummel's office. The suit Is to be tried In Superior Court. feSf MRS. J. If IIARRELU The complaint alleges that Mrs. Har rell was guilty of Improper conduct with W. C. Shaw, a handsome and wealthy young bachelor, thirty-two years old, who lives at 1D0 Columbia street, Brooklyn. Harrell states that he will bring suit agalnBt Shaw for $50,000 damages for alienation of his wife's af fections. Mr. Shaw Is a paper-stock dealer and broker, and Is said to do a business of several biindred thousand dollars a year. Mr. Harrell's wife was Lizzie Thonet, the youngest daughter of Joseph Thonet, of 228 Ninth street, Brooklyn, and the superintendent and general manager of Tooker & Hlggan's stationery establish ment at 12S William street. Mr. Thonet Is a native of Frnnce, and his wife. It Is said, Is the daughter of a French no bleman, the Duke of Beaupre. They have a large family, Including five sons and another daughter. Harrell met Miss Lizzie Thonet about six years ago. She was an exceedingly attractive girl, with unusually striking features, dark, lustrous eyes and a bright, vivacious manner, which won young Harrell's heart. J. if. HAnrtELL. Lizzie had many suitors, among whom was Mr. Shaw, the rising young mer chant, but Harrell was finally success ful, and distanced all competitors for Miss Thonet's favor. He had good business prospects at that time, and was accepted as the fiancee of the young French girl. They were married Christmas Day In 18S8, and there was an Imposing wedding ceremony and a brilliant reception at the home of the bride's parents In Brooklyn Things went along swimmingly for awhile, when the company In which ! Harrell was Interested, and Into which ' he had put all his money, failed, leaving i him almost penniless and compelling I him to reduce expenses. Then came the first cloud over hlB happiness. He says that his mother-in-law began to make trouble, ami he had a falling out with her because she criticised him for not being able to support her daughter In the style In which Bhe had been accustomed to live. Finally he obtained a position as travelling salesman for a large piano house In thin city and went South to travel. His health was poor, and he was told that he must go to a warmer climate. He took his wlfo with him. and In 1890 a child was born to them a boy who was christened Dleudonnee Jpseph Wilson Harrell. The first name Is French and means "God-given." They were living at Washington then, and Mrs. Harrell'H mother came down and took her daughter and the baby back to Brooklyn with her. Harrell remained South for uwhllc In the piano business. Mrs. Harrell had made two trips North during the year of her stay In the South, and her husband had found out that on both occasions Shaw had repeatedly called upon his old flame at her mother's house, Mr. Harrell objected to those visits, as his mother-in-law was con stantly taunting him with his own Ina bility to support his wife as she de served, and pointed to wealthy young Shaw as the husband Llzile might have hsd. Finally, In order to break off these WHY NOT TURN THE TABLES? And Let the Police Investigate the Legislators? associations at the home of his wife s parents, Harrell secured a position with I the firm of Sherman, Clay & Co. a large piano manufacturing firm of San Francisco, and was made the general selling agent for Seattle and Washing ton. He moved there and sent for his wife after he had been there four monthB and established himself. His wife pleaded Blckness and stayed behind when he first went out. He had no sooner established his little household at Seattle when' his trouble began again. He says tbnt he found that his wlfe'B affections had already been nllenated by the attentions of Shaw, who used to write to her frequently. Mr. Harrell soon discovered the correspondence. His wife's mother also used to write to Liz zie and say nil she could In order to make her dissatisfied with her married life, according to the husband. I The result was Mrs. Harrell wanted I to go home frequently, and In one yenr. Harrell savs, he spent between J500 nml SCOO for railroad fares alone for his wife's Journeys between Scuttle and Brooklyn, to say nothing of hotel and other travel ling expenses. On each of these occasions she would remain In Brooklyn several weeks, und Harrell learned that she had renewed her acquaintance with Mr. Shaw. The expenses of these visits Incrensed so greatly that Harrell found he could not afford It, anJ, broken In fortune, he thought he would try his luck In the East again, so he went to Pittsburg and set up nn establishment as a florist. His wife still kept up her frequent visits to her parents' home, and from letters which Harrell received from friends, he says, he learned that his wife's intimacy with Shiw was becom ing a matter of talk among the net to which they belonged. Her mother, he says, approved of her daughter's course with Shaw. Then came the hard times, and after a long struggle Harrell wa sforced to the wall and, In January last, was com pelled to make an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. For a long time his wife had shown marked coldness to him, and after his failure she made no pretense of disguising her dislike for him. Then, he says, one day last February she made a confeslon to him and tnld him that she no longer loved him. Hhe admitted frankly that she loved another and that her life with him was miser able. She said she had resolved to leave him and go back to her parents. He protested Then followed recrlml nations, and finally she told hltn she would leave him whether he tried to prevent her or not. He says he could not do anything, and besides being broken down In health, he hod lost his heart In the worry and anxiety ot tendnnt upon his business troubles and domestic difficulties.,, lie therefore told her to go. und Feb. pi last, taking her child with her, she left her home In Pittsburg and went back to her mother's house In Brooklyn. The breaking up of his home was fol lowed by a long illness, and Harrell has since been unable to devote himself to any business. When he was able to settle up his business affairs In Pitts burg, Harrell came to New York and put his case In the hands of LawyerB Howe & Hummel, Unknown to his wife and her friends, he has kept watch of all her move ments, ana detectives have been em ployed to secure the evidence uton which the suit has been based. His law yers tell him, he says, that he has a strong case, and that there Is not a link wanting In the rhaln of evidence. Harrell Is ery bitter against Shaw, and accuses him of being the souici nf all his troubles, both In business and In his family. He says his wife Is very headstrong and violent In her disposition, and he fears that harm may come to the child, of which he Is very anxious to obtain the custody. He therefore proposed to apply to the Court nt once for an order giving the boy Into his care, pending the settlement of the action for di vorce, on the ground that the mother Is not a proper person to retain the custody nf the Infant He shh he has learned that the child has been sent to live with relntles of Mrs Harrell. Harrel conies from an old English fam ily that settled In Harrellsvllle, Hert ford County, N t" , away back In the seventeenth century Ills mother's fam ily name Is Houghton, which Ih also an old North Carolina family Both his parents Hre now living at Summit, N. J., on an old estnte known ns "The ItelhurM " Before the war they were very wealthy ami owned large plantations In North Curollnn and had many slaves. "VWatlier rorecnsl. Tha vaathar foracaat for tha thlrtr-.li hour, ending at I T. M tomorraw la aa fjltoftf Clcjdy and ihontrjr tonlar with foK along 'he rr.a.t. ' rt.ii to high northar.terljr wln-la, for Friday fair, allihtljr cooler, brl.a north e.terljr wind, eondltlona favorable for fair on Saturday. Tha following record ahoa the changea In the temperature during the morning houre. aa In. dleatad br the thermometer ai 1'errr'a phar macy i J A. H . UK A. M., (ll A. M . UU H., II POLICE ON PARADE. Clerk of the Weather Unkind to the City's Guardians. Yet Despite tho Storm They -Made a Fine Appearance. . . Supt. Byrnes and Ills Staff Led the Way Up Hrondway. The annual police parade which al ways brings out the largest crowd of the year, took place to-day. Over two thou sand members of tho force looked anx iously skyward this morning, hoping to see a sight of propitious weather, but their eyes met only threatening black clouds and Intermltant showers of rain. Despite the character of the day peo ple began to gather early In little groups along Broadway and the other streets throush which the blue coats were to pass. They were the forerunners of the great crowd that were to cheer the beat disciplined artrly In the United States. The parade furmed and started nt the ' Battery, and the line of march was up Broadway to Madison Square, Madison ovenue tj Fjrty-flrst street to Fifth ave nue, down Fifth avenue to the reviewing stand In Madison Square. Supt. Byrnes rode at the head of the line, a striking figure for all eyes, the breats of his coat adorned with the numerous medals which signified hw worth as a public official and a citizen. At the w-jrd of command, the compan ies whcelel Into line and stood shoulder to shoul ler, twenty-two In a row. The Superintendent rode a few feet ahead of his staff, which Included Capts. Allaire, Washburne, Klllllea and Sergls. Coffey, Oates, Fuller, Flers and Havens. Following these was the band, and then the mounted squad of 120. The five battullons of men were com manded by the Inspectors. The men made a pretty picture In their regulation parade uniforms and their new Summer helmets. , On all Bldea the men were warmly welcomed and cheered from street and i building windows. ' On the reviewing stand were the Com missioners of Police, with the various cltv olIlclulH, The men marched In Ave battalions of about 4.0 men ench. The first battalion was under the com mand of Inspector Conlln. the second, Inspector Williams; the third, Inspector McAvoy; the fourth. Inspector Mc Laughlin, and the fifth, Capt. Cope laid. . . . The mounted squad of 125 men was under the command of Sergt. Itevell. 'KILLED BY A BAD MARKSMAN. a n " Maozaratti Shot Dead After Read ing a Letter from Home. Murclssl Was Practising at n Tnrset on tho Side of u Hum. NOKT1I SALK.M. N. Y.. May 31.-Leon-urd Marclssl, a laborer emploed on the old Greeley furin at this place, wus practising shooting at a target on a bam this morning when n bullet passed through the side of the barn and struck LhiikI Maozaratti, forty ears old, In the neck, killing til nt instantly. Maozaratti hud Just finished reading n letter which lie received this morning from Ills wife ami children, who are In Allnrmont, Fiance. The letter asked hlni to return home. Yt hat tirriumiy 1'nlil Turpln. lily Associated Trent ) PAUIB, May 31. It Is now rumored that Germany paid Turpln four million francs for the new engine of warfare which the latter Is said to have In vented. a. ATTACKED BY MASKED MEN, a Jnliua Zranke Held Up While Driving with His Sweetheart. Got Away After Lnshlnp; Two of Them with n Whip. RAirWAY. N. J May 31.-Jullus Franke, of Newark, was driving along St. George avenue, near Linden, about 10,30 lust evening, accompanied by his sweetheart, when three masked men made a desperate effort to hold up the couple. Frunke took In the situation at a glance, and struck the horse with the handle oi the whip, and In the next In stunt he used the lash on the man who stood on the right of the horse's head. Tho fellow was knocked down. The man to the left of the horse did not succeed In catching the bridle, and was left In the rear In short order. The third man was lost sight of until ho was discovered running behind the carriage trying to cllmli In. He was given a right-lmnded blow, which knocked him off. Mr. Franke Is positive the man who waa on the right of the horse and who received the llrut blow of the whip, held a pistol In his hand. The facts In the cane were reported to the police, who are now searching for the highwaymen. GEN. HEWST0N OUT ON BAIL A Callfornln Pioneer, and Wei! Knott n on the Coast. Illy Associated Press.) LONDON, Muy 31. At Cferkenwell Police Court, an American, who gave hlo name as Gen. John Hewston and who Is charged with causing the death Of George Burton, an Itinerant musician, was remanded to-duy on ball for one week. Hewston, It Is alleged, thrust the point of his umbrella Into Burton's left eye nfter he. the General, had been Jostled In Gray's Inn road, yesterday. Gen. Hewston Is said to claim to be a Call fornlan. SAN FRANCISCO. May SL-Gen. John Hewston, who Is charged with killing u man In London. Is one of the best known of the old Caltfornlans. He came to San Francisco In 1848 and went Into the assaying business. He was active In the Vigilante movement, being a noted athlete and a man of bravery. He established the San Francisco Met allurgical und Refining Company. He accumulated a fortune In mining op erations, but after losing the greater part of It he retired to his ranch In Alamedo County, and since then he has led the quiet life of a herdsman. He was one of the first to Interest himself In club athletics In the early days, and he had a great local repu tation for feats of strength and skill. He was one of the earliest members of the Bohemian Club. Ho Is over sev enty years old. SPLIT IN KELLY'S NAVY. California 'Wenler Will Proceed on Tlirlr ii Honk. tny Associated 1're.s ) ST. LOUIS. May 31. Thousands of people visited the Commonwealers' camp jesterduy "Commodore" Kelly hud planned to leave here to-day, but will be unable to do so, because of a split In the ranks caused by dissensions of long standing. Col. Speed, of Sacramento, has suc ceeded In getting companies N, B, C, H and D. representing the California con tingent, to follow htm, and they will go to Washington by some other route than that taken by Kelly The 'Wealers left cump at 6 o'clock last evening, and af ter being Joined by several local assem blies of the Knights of Libor, marched to Twelfth strtet, In the vicinity of the Grant monument, where an Immense crowd ahsemhled. Kelly and a number of labor leaders addressed the crowd, after which the men murched back to camp. A finiiin Tries to Drown Herself. A onun who eald .he waa Mary Kenny, but who refused to give her address, attempted to throw herself Into tha Eaat Illver at One Hun dred and Fifteenth etreet at S o'clock tbla morn lag. She waa restrained by a policeman, who took her to tba Harlem lloapllai. It It Ikoufht aba la Insane. LUST tlTIOH. 1 'JMJ FIRE FOLLOWS 1 AN EXPLOSION. " !. Little Girl Burned to Death ;m in a Suffolk Street M Tenement House. ' U QUILT DSED AS A LIFE NET. ' 1 Children Dropped Into It from M Upper Windows Through H a Sheet of Flame. - US Mwanasl - ?H THEN THEIR PARENTS JUMPED. igwansi Front of a Distillery on 'H the Ground Floor Pjfl Blown Out. ifH " m Llzxlt Taeger, four years oles, sV '"H burned to death In a tire which folia) sat 3jja nn explosion In a distillery on tha jH ground floor of the six-story tenement 4H 123 Suffolk street at 4.30 o'clock this ' H morning. Four other people were taken jsgi to the hospital seriously Injured. Flf- , vH teen children were thrown from win- rtjgwl dows during the panic which ensued, pl'gwasi and nearly everybody llvln? In the house) ,; .r'tH had a narrow escape fo-a s life, aa '"-i"''H the flames spread with such rapidity . 'WH that all means of escape from the house) ft&jg-fl were cut off. 'gwani Policemen Grancher, Bchrlever and -'"'4s-i Dyers were standing half a block from 'i.l?iqU the house whenthcx heard a low rum- , aM bllng, folfowedimmedlatelybra terrtna'WfaH explosion. To the policemen It looked ''"iaasi as though the entire building had been 'fgwal blown up. The street was filled with gwal flying bricks and glass, the whole co- iSisM veloped In smoke and flames. Vgwal Blew Out the Dlstlllerjr Front. H While Policeman Grancher turned la '"'-wsl an alarm the others rushed to'the burn- , tU ing building. They found that the ex- vilaH nloslon had blown out the entire front of ,; IftaH Solomon Klelnrock's distillery on tha .C?aaasl ground floor. The frame-work of the 'fB windows had been blown Into the houses Ibbbbbi across the street. WM The entire ground floor of the building. jijH was afire, the flames belching half way i&afl across the street. . 4waH Awakened by the explosion the fright KsH ened tenants crowded to their windows)' 'i$lsH nnd screamed wildly for help. Tho fl policemen were powerless to render aid. ' Qgfl Soon the flrc-cscapes In the front and ?(H rear were crowded, but the people could r not reach the street by them because of 4fl the fierce flames below. 'ieH In the rear of the distillery Klein- fl rock lives with his wife and five chS- .,! dren. The, -all succeeded In getting out of a rear door. The other half of tha H ground floor Is a milk store kept by Dl " sH Bock and Becky Itoth. The milk iii ) VH era got out of the houSe. b foVgot tSt , '!i&B retarmroom?0th8ky Was Pta? to 'thS ' $M nan Thronnh the Biasing h'sOI. h'B He awoke to find the hall a burnlnar t&aH g.aSsaCof )VJiK h"' H.3t. he broke th? M Mass or the rear window, honlnc- tn ' ga f,tca.phe lhat y.- hut was &nPfronted. ? !tfDlh(.hea,vy Endows that make the ?. pace burglar-proof. Both WstondS 'JfM P7afCoUhyhUya"heS W burnUenhded.nngt! " th" , M , 5rl" i circumstances prevented' iftM Shm.""" .rrol5. "aching the burnln I i$M forled,.h?ah1.yA Pnly a f4 minutes bX 'vM rore there hsd been an alarm sent out. 4l'tiaasl for a fire at 231 Broome street, so that I TOsH here were only Engine Company-INK ! 3M 9 and Hook and Ladder NoV 11 to & W5M spond to this nre. The houses of both a sH lM-CH.m.panle" are uted a conVlS M erable distance away. .. VnSejgfl ."J!h :. '.??' atter $ne Policeman had-' ,3M ?."' h"iL,he.aIarm' ,Lo.ul!' Zelltner. whS "fM also heard the explosion and saw the) 'JflSB Sft'v. "en,rr..0.ut an 1 front in" lM other box. This served to perplex tha t fteSflB only two available companies? W -" ' 1 here waa Just one corner of the house) .ffgwsl on the north side which the fliiriS hid SM n?' reached In the lower part. Under $fl !ifi. i,lre.c.tl.on . ot ..tne Policemen " who UsaH jelled out instructions from the street . ""TSwaaai the men and women who crowded tho ffi escapes, climbed out of the second-story $? window, along a narrow coping and Into WSgsi the window of the house next door, Nov XlM 131. 5SH While these people were making their 9 perilous escape In the front of theliouse. iisH the situation in the rear was even I'bJgsnB worse. -... vJgwanH Louis Waltman. of H2 Norfolk street. iKgafl which Is Just back of the burning build- fJegsnl lng, and Isaac Frankenstein, ot tha ,ttaH same house, got a big quilt. fljgwaH C'hllil Dropped Into n Quilt. ''ngensni Kach holding an end of It, forming a 'IgwaaB net, they directed the people In tho ' ;jgsl windows above to drop thefr children. 'aSgwanl There was a sheet of flame between the tfgwanaafl men who were holding the quilt and tho JwanH people hemmed In above. It seemed tilgwanfl certain death for the children to bo ..'Igwanaaai dropped through It with the bare chance vS'-aansnaH of them landing In the quilt. But It - ?mgsl was the only chance to save them. ganaal J'hlllp Marks was tho first to throw SsM his three-year-old child. It landed safe- '; gwsB ly In the quilt. This encouraged tha ftenaaaH others, and all wanted to drop their VagsnM children at once. Marks draped his sir ' '"'tflgwanH remaining children, and five of Mrs. ! Igwanaaaal Herman Werdenfeld, on the same floor. 1 ''L-flssnB followed. Then half a dozen from tha -'Casagsl third floor were dropped. sgwanafl After the children landed In th quilt 1JeaH they were passed over a rear fence to. A'nasnaaaH Bose Michaels, a neighbor, who carried '9ganH them to a place of safety. ' iflganaH Then the Elder People Jnmpe'd.' fjegwanfl Hyman F.hrenwost. who with his wife ?'bbzwsI and child lives on the fourth floor, waa VslgenH the first man to Jump Into the quilt, gmd ' ( jH (Cbnhntttd en Stcond ityt ) (. SgH