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TAFT 3IAY SEE FLIGHTS
WKIGHTS INSTALL MOTOR.
Brothers Likely to Scout Over
Ground Before Selecting Course.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau.]
TTas&lagton. June 22— The facts that President
T«Tt may witness some of the flights of the "Wright
aeroplan* at Fort Myer and that the brothers
li«sselvea may scout over the ground before plck
jap out a course for the speed trial were about
jji3 only matters of interest that developed to-day
m the preparation for the cffldal trials at Fort
Myer
Both of the brothers were at work early this
■KrrnlßC. and have put together the main planes
of the raactSne and installed the motor. Orvllle
Wripht said that no results had been reached at
the conference with General Allen the day before
eoncemlae the-conrse over which the speed trials
would be held. This is rather an important matter
froai the point cf view of the aeroplane builders.
as these Is a bonus of C.500 for every mile In ex
oee» of JOrty the machine may make, and a pen
alty ci a Ilk© amount for every mile down to
thirty-six that It falls bejow the forty-mile mark,
In flying across-rough. country the natural Inclina
tion of the aviator Is to run parallel to the course
of the ground. This retards the speed of the ma
ctixie greatly in going up hill, and does not add to
♦t proportionately In going down. Aside from this,
every Ml. dump of trees and building sends up an
sir current tending to disturb the machine In Its
flight All these things together will make the
tirae over the measured course greater than If the
m»chia» were- running on an absolutely true line.
TJiere wTU be a captive balloon marking the end
of tie coarse, and the "War Department officials
wish 1* possible to run a telephone Una over the
proposed flve-mUe stretch bo ns to flash the time
tttm one- end of the- course to the other. It Is pos
slMe tnstbaddltional balloons may be put -up along
the course, both to act as compass points and to
jß«serva>-*n. «yea height. This Is a new species of
test for tha government, and ■while It resembles
ths^pee* trial of a warship -there ax*«>oints that
wCI ta»e«to- bo-worked-out^to-flftbe altered con-
Odeea.
T£ls win. t£e-»2rst%fllght-<hat. a Aeavler-than
atr sachJne iias»ewer made* across re ken country.
Both EleSrof and Farnutu made flights of twelve
«rflttec» mJtea-from town to town In France, and
there were some sensational looking pictures
printed In this country showing their machines
going -ever church steeples and deep valleys. As a,
matter cCfact. according to members of the Aero
Csui> •w£:>*ba.Me»«ee:i the country, both the stretches
wbeae tnase Sights ■were made were absolutely
te«el,£n<l. oi>en. Tha photographs that •were print
ed, It Is said, were simply clever fakes, and this
Is borne out by the fact that the sun's light on
the aeroplane end that In the foreground of the
- plctures-c.o sot agree.
OrvCle 'Wright Bald In connection with the pro
poaed *cr©Bß-oouatry flight that he had been told
'•$? Captain T. S. Baldwin that the ground to the
; *«Bt of Pest. Myer was considerably more level
!Iban that to; the south, along the river. Captain
BsJdwto eokl the first and only dirigible balloon
: to the "War Department and travelled over the
country In Question In It. so that he knows how
the land lies from a practical aeronautic point
,'cx view. A contour map covering that part of
t the*cpcn try shown the brothers, but they eald
ithercouia not gather much Information from that.
as it mattered considerably to them ■whether the
'oosstry was evenly wooded or broken with ecat
tesasd trees and clearings. From this It seems that
the emotion ct the 'cross-country flight "will be
one cf tha last things to be settled.
President Taft. In talking; with General Allen,
chief slgna^cfflcer of the. army, said that he was
cr.xicris to •witness some of the flights at Fort
Mirer, and arrangements vrl'.l be made for his
jWMtiLa atvat least one of the trials.
Officials* the signal corps have practically con
cluded that A. M. Herring, the aeronaut who was
expected to demonstrate the value of his heavier
tharv-air machine this month, will not make his
tests within the required time- They consider It
doubtful it Herring will ever bring his machine to
'W&ahinston. -Ha ws.B 'to i have ' begun bis test»
and delivered his machine by June 1, but asked
that this tlrse be extended to July 1. in order that
i* might complete his preparations. As nothing
l 2» been heard from him and he has only eight
ten to complete his tests, the War I>epartment
tis aUnost- given up hope of eeeing- Mm.
FORMER EVANGELIST EEARRESTED.
Broken in Health, Once Famous Preacher
Faces- Third Charge of Petty Larcency.
Tie Rev. Dr. George Driggs, well known during
the last ten years as an evangelist and lecturer,
wfco was twice arrested 1 In this city recently on
charges cf petty larceny, was again arrested last
sight In The- Bronx charged with the theft of a
broken box of cigars from Wilson's drug stone at
13th street end "Willis avenue. Dr. Mooney. of Lin
coln Hospital, after examining' Dr. Driggs at the
A^raafler avenue police station. Eald that the man
was Fullering 1 from partial nervous prostration and
took hiia to the hospital. If his condition permits,
lie will be arraigned in the Mr>rrisar:ia court this
norslr.g.
Dr. r»r:egs catered Wilson's drug store last right.
and ■Mis Walter Cleary. the clerk, was filling a
prescription he went behind the cigar counter acd.
It Is alleged, took a box containing thirty-eight
cigars. Dr. I>rlggs ran out. followed by Chary. but
•was caught at BJBJHS street and Willis avenue by
YsLXrolisan Kreutser. In the prisoner's pockets
Were found a new fountain syringe, a new pair of
scissor* and seven physicians' tweezers, also new.
Dr. Driggs, who is fifty-seven years old, broke
down while editing a religious paper in New Or
fecca and carrying on his revival work at the
MCI* time.
D. A. E. GIVES TABLET.
General- Woodford Will Speak at Unveiling on
George Washington.
General Stewart L. Woodford and Charles S.
*lHt£a:, 'will deliver addresses at the unveillrg
<t * large tablet on board the eteamship George
Washington, of the North German Lloyd Line, at
*P. m. to-day. The tablet Is of bronze, 32*4 Inches
•We and 2S?i Inches long, and Is the gift of the
daughter* of the American Revolution of New
York State.
Th» tablet will be unveiled by little Miss Lyman,
* granddaughter of Mrs. Samuel I*. Munson. It
*S2 be presented by Mrs. William Cummings Story
•»* be received by Captain Wettln for the ship and
<ra«Uv K. Schwab for the company.
The company yesterday entertained a hundred
*afi twenty newspaper men and ether guests at
nmcneoti. Mr. Schwab said In a ehort speech of
••loonse that Inasmuch as his ancestors fought In
*• Sevol-jtion he was happy that the chip should
t* afiiawj for the greatest man who ever lived. The
Xcrta German Lloyd Company, he said, was praeti
<*2jr dependent upon Americans for support.
SLAYING LIONS
By MOONLIGHT
Is s. Diversion That
Edgar Beecher Bronson
Describes in the Second
of His Series of Articles
"ON THE ROOSEVELT
HUNTING GROUND"
IN
23* TRIBUNE
Mr. Bronson is only a few weeks out of
British East Africa, where the ex-President
. a now hunting.
CHUNG SIX, LEON'S EOO*ntA.TE, BEFORE CORONER HAJfBURGfR.
DESCRIBES MURDER
Continued from first xtago.
"Did you-6ee*-the»handkerchlef-agaln?"
"Yes."
"Where?"
"On the floor."
"Was it bloody?"
"Yes"
SIN WENT INTO THE KOOM.
"Were you still looking through the transom
when you saw the handkerchief on the floor?"
"No."
"You went Into -the room?"
'Yes-
Sin explains! that he pot tired of watching
Leon and Els!« and also n little frigMened,
so he went down to the restaurant L^on, he
eald. came to the door and called him to come
upstairs. H^ went back, and T^e^n said that he
thought Elsie was dying, maybe she was al
ready dead, and he •wanted Sin to help him put
her In the trunk.
"Where was F!??e when you went back?"'
Captain Carey asked.
"I don't know."
Captain Carey interrupted Sin's story at this
point. "You haven't told us^all you saw through
the door," Carey said. "Where was that
trunk?"
"In the closet."
"How da you know."
"Because It belonged there. It "was there., all
the time."
"Did you- see ih« trunk?"
"Yes."
"How did you happen to see It?"
"Leon went Jnto the closet."
"What was he doing in the rioset?"
"He was taking the boxes and things off the
'trunjc and throwing- them on th« floor."
"What dM he d"> with the trunk?"
"He dragged it out into the room."
"Where was Elsie?"
"Elfle was on the bed." I
"How was she lyintr'"'
"Bbc was on her back."
"How was ehe dressed?"
"I couldn't t.-11. The bed clothes -were thrown
over her."
"Was the rope around h-*r neck?"
"I couldn't tell."
"Why?"
BED CLOTHES COVERED HSR.
"The bod clothes were drawn dear up to h"r*\"
Indicating the lino of the chin.
"Could you see her toett"
"Yes."
"Did she- have on her shoes?"
"No."
"Stockings?"
"No. Her feet were bare."
"Did you see any blocd?"
"Yes. There was blood all around her mouth
and on the bedclothes and the floor."
Sin said '-hat Leon kicked the trunk open. It
held Leon's clothing and some bed clothing.
Leon threw everything out of the trunk and on
to the floor. The rope was lying on the floor
rear the trunk. It had hung on the wall in the
corner of the closet, and Leon htid brought It
oat of the closet.
Sin eaid that he went downstairs a second
time, and that when he came back Leon wanted
him to help tie the trunk. He insisted strongly
that he had rot helped put the girl's body in
the trunk.
He was asked again about the blood.
"Yes," he replied, "there waa blood on the
bedclothes and on ths floor "
"Didn't It make you suspicious to see this
blood? Didn't you question Leon'"'
"Yes. I asked him where the blood came
from, and he said that Elsie bit her lip and It
killed her."
DIDN'T KNOW ELSID WAS IN TRUNK.
"Where was Elsie?"
•I don't know"
"Was she in the trunk?"
T don't know."
This last question -was put many times and
In many ways, but Sin would not admit that
he knew that the body was in the trunk. He
denied over and again that he had put his hands
on the body or had helped put the body in the
trunk. He did admit that he had helped tie
the trunk, and described the knots.
Toward the last of the examination he grew
sulky and would hardly answer a question, but
he brightened up when Captain Caxey began to
ask him where he went after the murder. Sin
Beemed to take this as an Indication that his
long ordeal was nearing the end.
He said that he spent the night of June 9
with his cousin. Chung P. Sin. at his restaurant,
at No. 38 West 29th street. The next day, he
said, he went back to the house in Eighth ave
nue to get his suitcase. Ho saw the trunk and
it gave him a scare, and he ran away.
Sin said that Leon had planned to send the
trunk to Europe, and that he was going to send
It to Jersey City to be put on a steamer for
Europe.
Sin was emphatic In denying that he had seen
Leon since the day of the murder. He said that
when he went back to the house the next day
Leon was gone, and that he had not seen him
since or heard from him.
61n acknowledged receiving $260 from Chu
Gain some time before the murder. He said
that he got the money to go into business, but
that two weeks before the murder Leon bor
rowed the money from him
KNEW OF LEON'S JEALOUSY.
Quan Wick Nam. the Chinese interpreter, said
after the examination of Sin that Sin said he
and Leon had been living at No. 382 Eighth
avenue for about six months. He knew that
Leon and Gain were both In love with Elsie
XEW-YORK DAILY TRIBU>~E. WEDNESDAY, JUIST: 23. 1909.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
CITY OF NEW YORK
300 Mulberry Street
WASTED FOR MURDER
LEONG LUM or LIN. or LEON LING;
Alias LEONG CHON WING.
American name, William L. Leon.
DESCRIPTION— Chinaman, thirty y«?ars oHj
not more than 5 f«-*t 4 inches tall. ive!s;^3 120
pounds, pmocth face, good U-eth. t'Lirk hilr.
deep set black eyes, .When last s^cn his hair
was cat American style H- is of very dim
build and consumptive looking. ll* has bun
cheek bones an.i Bis cbeeks are .-«■■■.. Ho
has a. prominent sharp chin. H* t LJKS good
rllsh.
He usually dresses like an American, V. hm
last Been be wore black clothes, wore a ring
<■'. ring finger of left hand, and was very m«ml
He had a fendness for Chinese silk al Irts
with snaps on Instead of buttons, and for low
cut patent leather shoes, which ha wore lar*<i
down from the top with •'•■ bow tied at th«
bottom eyelet holes.
He may now be wearing Chinese costume and
have on a falsa queue.
When excited he ass a habit of frowning or
knitting hi* eyebrows.
He Is slightly round shouldered.
The photograph above was taken some t!mo
agro and represents a man stouter and In bet
ter 'health than Leon is to-day.
This man bad In his possession a gold hunt
i-sr caee watch, elze 16. Waltham rnr> vern-jnt.
case No 929,647, movement No 7.106.64 a mere
may be a monogram "W. L. L." on it.
He may al?o have the watch of the murdered
woman which is a gold watch, hunting ease.
size "O." case No 208.743, movement No. l.<xA.
015 16 Jewels, Wai thorn movement. Design
on front of two birds and, a nest On back ttiero
wae a monogram "M. C. A." \
He might also have in his possession her rold
chatelaine bag of fleur-de-lis design, ai ! a
Email gold locket, about an Inch long. h-:art
8 This man is a good cook and waiter, and
mlo-ht seek employment in a restaurant or a
nrlvate house. He is a shrewd person.
Search all likely places.
If found, arrest, and Immediately comns inl
eate with the undersigned.
THEO. A. BINGHAM,
Police Commissioner.
Serial No. 58737
File No. 79-60
June 19. 1909
Sigel, and also knew that Leon was very Jealous
of Chu Gain. He did not know how the girl
came into the house or at what time. At 12:30
o'clock. Sin Bald, according to the interpreter.
Leon rapped on his door and asked Sin to come
Into Leon's room. Sin went in without knowing
that anything was the matter, and saw Elsie's
body lying on the bed. Leon said:
"Elsie Is dead or dying."
Sin said that he looked at the body and said
that he was sure the girl was -lead. Leon 1 Bked
Sin to help put the body in the trunk, but Sin
would not do it. as he was afraid.
Quan Wick. Nam said he knew that L*OI had
in his room hundreds of letters from Chinese
mission school teachers all over the country,
aril especially from teachers in Baltimore..
I'hi'.ruielphia, Boston and Washington.
Nam said that Leon was a member of the Gee
Kong Tong, a secret organization and very
strong in this country. It was, he said, a hi«h
treason society and opposed to the present gov
ernment in China. There were branches of the
society in cities all - er this country, be de
clared, and Leon would be assisted by the mem
bers of the society in making his escape. Nam
F ai<l that Leon could bo hidden for a long time
by the society and the police would have a hard
time finding him.
After the examination in Mr. Ward's room
Chung Sin was tak*n before Coroner Harburger
and held in $10,000 bail as a more than material
witness. Detective Forbes, who brought Sin
from Amsterdam, identified the prisoner and
made a sworn statement that Sin was a mate
rial witness. The coroner had previously held
a consultation with Captain Carey and a rep
resentative of the District Attorney. As a re
sult of this he asked Detective Forbes if 1 s did
not regard Sin as a more than material wit
ness. Forbes replied that, he did, and the Cor
oner said that under the circumstances ho
would hold Sin in $10,000 bail. The Censer
made a statement in which he complimented
the District Attorney's office on the information
obtained from Sin.
Chung P. Sin, who keeps the Chinese res
taurant at No. 38 West 29th street, where Sin
said that he stayed on the night of June
nied last night that he was in any way related
to Chung Sin. H« Bald that Chung Sin had
worked for him at No. 16 Pell street, but. that
he was neither brother nor cousin.
RECOMMENDED SIN TO KENNEDY
On June 9 Chung Sin went to the 29th street
place, according to Chung P. Sin. and as-ced if
he might be allowed to sleep there. The day
before Harvey Kennedy bad asked Chmag P.
Sin to find a Chinese cook to work for him in
his home at West Gajway, near Amsterdam.
Mr. Kennedy came back on June 9 and Chung
P Sin recommended Chung Sin as a good cook.
Arrangements were made for Chung Sin to go
with Mr. Kennedy to Amsterdam the next
morning, June 10, and shortly before 9 o'clock
on that day Mr. Kennedy went to the restau
rant and got Chung Sin.
Chung Sin's story uas that he started for Am
sterdam on the night of June 10. He did not
say anything about going with Mr. Kennedy.
Chung P. Sin insisted that Chung Sin did not
tell him anything about the murder.
Chu Gain, jealousy of whom on the part of
Leon is supposed to have caused the murder of
Elsie Sigel, was examined before Coroner Har
burger yesterday morning and released in $1,000
bail, furnisht-d by A B. Meyers, who frequently
goes bail for residents of Chinatown
In his examination before Coroner Harburger
Chu Gain said that he came to this country- in
1901. He had known Elsie Sigel for about two
years, he said, and was in the habit of visiting
her home about every two weeks.
He denied that he was ever alone with Elsie
v.'hen he called at the timing but said that one
of her parents was always in the room. He said
that he was not engaged to Elsie and did not
want to marry her. He had received a good
many letters from Elsie, the last on June 8, but
he could not remember what was in that last
letter.
NEVER MADE LOVE TO ELSIE.
"Did you ever make love to Elsie Sigel?" asked
the Coroner.
"No," Gain replied.
"Did she ever make love to you?"
"Only in her letters."
Gain said that Elsie and Mrs. Sigel often wen*
to his restaurant, but that Elsie never appeared
there alone.
Asked if he was a friend of Leon, he aaid: "I
know him, but he net much friend."
He said that he had not seen Leon for six
weeks or two months, and that he had never
lent him any money, either directly or Indirectly.
H* did not know whether L^on was engaged to
Elsie. H-> sai.i that he never gave Elsie any
monny or ;. present of any kind.
Cain said that ho had attended a Sunday
school in H;i<~kettstown. N* J. but that he did
not belong to a Sunday school In this city. He
said he hai never been instructed In Christian-
Ity by either Mrs. Sigel or EL=le His Inter
course with them was purely a matter of friend
ship
Gain said that he knew of the murder of Elsie
on the night that the body was found- Paul
Slgei was in the Port Arthur Restaurant on
that night, and one of his sons telephoned to
Mr. Sipel that a newspaper reporter had Just
come to the house and said that Elsie's body
had been found. Mr. Sigel wanted him to go to
Police Headquarters, Gain said.
CHINATOWN WELCOMES GAIN.
Gain was welcomed with open arms on his
return to Chinatown yesterday afternoon. He
Is very popular among his fellow countrymen,
and they crowded into the restaurant when the
word came tint he had been liberated.
While Chu Gain had little to say. he was In
dignant at the police for locking him up in con
nection with the case. He would not pay that
he Intended taking any action against them, but
he Intimated that some one would be called to
account Chu Gain would not discuss what In
formation he had given the police.
A meeting of th« Oriental Club, which In
cludes all of the prominent Chinamen in this
city, was held yesterday afternoon at the club
house, No. 5 Mott street. A reward of $500 was
offered for th» arrest and conviction of th«» mur
derer of Elsie Sig"l. A resolution was passed
denouncing the, crime and offering any assist
ance possible to the authorities in their attempt
to find the guilty party.
Coroner Harburger reduced yesterday after
neon the bail of Sam Leung; th» proprietor of
the restaurant at No. 752 Eighth avenue: of
Tee Kirn. the cook In the restaurant, and Chin
Song, the waiter, from $1,000 to $100 each. The
bail was furnished by Chinatown merchants and
the men were released The police said that the
men were not Important enough as witnesses to
hold them In high ball. The bail of On Wing.
for whom a writ of habeas corpus, returnable
before Justice Giegerich. was obtained, was also
reduced to $100.
A 'Chinaman who said ho was Jo© J. Kay,
was arrested at the restaurant at No. 782 Eighth
avenue yesterday afternoon. He had admitted
himself with a pass key. and neighbors said that
he had been manager of the- place about three
years ago. He was trying to hide behind the
door when the police found him. It Is not be
lieved that the arrest has an Important bearing:
on the case.
There was a rumor last night that District
Attorney Jt-rome and some of the detectives In
the case -were going to take Chung: Sin to the
" * : 782 Eighth avenue and have the
Chinaman show them, step by step and mov<j
by move, all that he saw of the tragedy. At
11 fVclock a crowd of at least three hundred
persons stood on the sidewalk in front of the
house. Automobiles passing the house stopped,
while the occupants looked on. The police kept
the crowd moving, and by midnight the morbid
sightseers gave up th» watch and went in
search of more promising- fields.
Lieutenant Stahl, in charge of the House of
Detention, eaid that Chung- Sin had reached
there at 4:30 o'clock In the afternoon and up
to midnight had not been taken away. He
knew of no plans for the rumored visit to the
Kighrh avenue house.
XO HELP FROM SIGELS.
Family Gives No Clew to Police —
Father Xo Longer Interested.
The police are far from satisfied with the kind of
help they have been getting from the Sig-el family
in running down the murderer of Elsie Sigel. Not
only did the Sigels put all manner of difficulties in
the way of an official identification of the body, I
but they have told the police little or nothing of j
the relations of the dead K irl with the denizens of I
Chinatown Last night Paul Sigel, father of the j
murdered girl, said he had no more Interest in the ]
ease; that it was now an affair that solely con- j
ccrneil the Police Department.
The police are continuing with the utmost vigor
their search for Leon. A new description of Leon
was got out yesterday and telegraphed around the I
country, while circulars were printed and put in the ;
mails for the police of all cities. The new circular !
hus a later Dhoto»craph of the missing Chinaman
than the one on the first circular, while the de- ]
scription contains several additional points of iden
tification and eutrcrests that Leon may have dis
guised himself with a false queue and Chinese
clothes.
Arrests of Chinamen were reported yesterday
from several places, but the police of this city {
looked upon them as unimportant, and in most !
cases the men were soon released. An official of j
the Police Department said that the police were j
working alcng several lines ai.d that they expected j
to have their man within the next day or two.
The man who was arrested at Schenectady on
Monday satisfied the police of that place yesterday
that he was Chu Hop, formerly a bookkeeper In
a Chinese store in this city, and was released.
Reginald Sigel, who went to Schenectad" to iden
tify the man. said positively that the Chinaman
there was not Leon, though he bore a strong- re
semblance to the missing Chinaman.
The man taken at Revelstoke, B. C. was able to
prove satisfactorily that he was not the one
wanted. The trains are being watched for two
other Chinamen who are said to be on the way to
Vancouver, as it is thought that one of these may
be Leon, and all Chinamen arriving in Vancouver
on 'the way to China will be examined to make sure
that Leon does not get through.
Police officials said yesterday that the special de
livery letter sent to Washington toe Leon on June
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II was not looked upon as having an Important
bearing on the case, but the man who translated
the letter In this city said that it was of much
Importance, and that the police considered it would
aid so materially in the capture of Leon that they
had sworn him to secrecy in regard to its contents.
The Chinese Masons with headquarters in Indian
apolis began a systematic search for Leon yes
terday and sent an order to every branch of
the organization In this country that every effort
must be made to find the man and turn elm over
to the police.
PROTEST AGAINST DEAR ICE.
Mass Meeting To Be Held in Union Square
to Discuss Problem.
The present hot spell was deemed a good time
yesterday by the Tenants' Union, of which Cornelius
Donovan is president, to start an agitation against
Increasing the price of ice to tenement house dwell
ers. A mass meeting under the auspices of thf» or
ganization was decided on, to be held in Union
Bqoere early next week Sor the purpose of discuss
ing the ice problem, which, according to th^ offi
cers of the union, ought not to be a proble-n at a!!.
It was asserted by some of the officers that vari
ous middlemen have been reducing the size of the
chunks of ie<> on the pretext of a scarcity of Hm
article. To show that there is plenty of ice. agents
of th^- union were sent to the depots along the
Hudson, and reported back that there was enough
ice to last out the hottest summer that could be
conceived. Secretary Ijw said last evening.
"Our agents visited overy lcrt storage plant from
Pooughkeepsio up, and reported that th»>re Is an
ample supply. Any attempt of the Icemen to raise
the price because last winder was mild ought Is b*
stopped. Of late the manufacture of artificial ice
also has Increased. This will be explained to the
people with the report of our agents who inspected
the Ice depots."
ARRESTED ON WAY TO COURT.
Chauffeur Detained in New York While Hur
rying to Answer Charge in Brook '.3m.
John H. Springer, proprietor of the Gmnd Opera
House, appeared in Jefferson Market court yester
day bseaass his chauffeur was under arrest,
charged with going eighteen miles an hour. Mr.
Springer put up $100 hail, and with his chauffeur
Jumped into the machine and hurried over to
Hr.ioklyn. where the chauffeur was wanted on a
similar charge
Coroner Harburger yesterday held William Man
dslbaurn, chauffeur for Dr. Julius Joreh«\ of Xo.
15 West 115 th street. In 15.000 bail to await the in
quest into the death of Patrick Dunn, sixty years
old. who died in the Harlem Hospital from in
juries he received when he was run dpTin by an
automobile driven by Marulelhaum.
Char'.es B. ("Boots") Durnell. who formerly had
a big racing stable and was said to be associated
with John W. Gates, was arrested in Broadway
yesterday, charged with operating; Ms machine at
twenty miles an hour. He was later arraigned hi
the Harlem court and held In J3OO hail.
TAXICAB BREAKS BOY'S LEG.
Confused in the crowded crossing at Fourth ave
nue and 26th street late yesterday afternoon. Chris
topher Cimmos. a Spanish boy of fourteen, of Xo.
Ifis Eaat 78th street, walked directly in front of a
taxicab and was thrown with such force that his
left thigh was broken. The chauffeur of the ma
chine. William Quinn, of Xo. 161 West «2d street,
became lrightened. left his machine and started to
flee. He was caught and locked up on a technical
charge of assault.
EAST SIDE TUBERCULOSIS EXHIBITION.
A mass meeting in conjunction with a tubercu
losis exhibition will be held at the Educational
Alliance, East Broadway and Jefferson street, this
evening and will continue until July 1. Isidor
Straus will preside at the meeting, and Commis
sioner Robert W. Hebberd of the Department of
Charities and Dr. S. A. Knopf will speak. Eng
lish and Yiddish lectures have been arranged for
every evening the exhibition.
4TH OF JULY
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"THE" M'MANUS AN "UNDESIRABLE."
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public consideration. The West Sitie Young Man's
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