New-York tribune. [volume], May 06, 1910, Page 3, Image 3

About New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
HEARST PLANS NOT CLEAR
Leaves Question of His Return
to Democratic Pan\ Open.
LEAGUE WANTS TO KNOW
One Office Hungry Member Says
to Shearn, "You Can't Keep a
Family on Principles."
OF X Hearst was asked to appear befor«
t»i#> combined executive committees or tb.e
Independence League organizations of the
various counties in the greater city at the
Rote! Astor last r.U?ht. They wanted to
piWilt to him a set of resolutions, framed
!n e!lver. telling him how proud they -were
C f m« , -work he had done in "rescuing the
city from the clutches of Tammany Hall"
at the last election.
But more than this, they wanted to hear
from Mai If he ' r * a poing to abandon his
party and rejoin the Democratic party this
fall. Mr. Hearst assured them that the
jndependence League ought to bo kept alive.
but it could not l>« told now whether it
xrould v- Brtsar this Ban to fuse ■with as*
-■ the old parties or "go it alone." This
is -what ho said:
In -.* or two little interview? I have
riven to va.-p*r* recently on questions of
DcJUae* the Democratic party has been
rner.tioned Incidentally. Some of my friends
wanted to know if it meant an alliance of
•helndrpcndence League with the Demo
cratic party. 1 said It meant no more than
I bad bU.
1 t.V.rJc the Independence Leacue holds
the balance of power In this state, and I
trJrk It is capable of showing- that it has
th* liaJanre c? power in the state. Con
r*define the chance there Is to use this
rower vnse:*ssh!y, it would be a crime for
tbe Independence League to sacrifice its
ir d'.riduality. 1 do not say that the Demo
eratlc party is any better than th« Re
publican, although the Republican party
ir.av be worse than the Democratic Our
™rty was formed to support pood prln
dolO and pood rara.
It jr.ight he desirable this fall to com
bine wUh one party or the other in order
to maw th«* election of good men. But
■o ar a? my experience goes it is neoes
mrv for the Independence League to take
a etand for right alone and make the fight
alone When the other parties axe good
it is because we compel them to be pood.
In •the Ftate campaign about to be waged
nothing Is more probable than to see both
iho Democratic and the Republican party
controlled by pperiai interests. There is
en Aldrich for every Tagsart and a
Murphy for every Woodruff. V.'- are op
posed to bn***s of all kinds. The Inde
pendence party cannot do better for the
citizens of New York State than to main
tain •.- individuality and to stand ready
to Ten if necessary an entirely indepen
dent ticket.
Clarence E. - esar claimed an the re
forms placed or about to bo placed on the
Cammeyer
Stamped on a
Shoe means
Standardised!
6™Ave-&2G TH St
A Spring Model
Low Shoe for Men
In Russia Calf, Gun
Metal Calf and $r.OO
Patent Leather &
Cammeycr Shoes for Men are
not only free from imperfections
but they- embody all the highest
perfections of shoe making.
Every customer receives the mdi
Liifstal attention of a competent clerk.
Annual Hosiery Sale Starts
Monday. May 9.
You Settle JF
The &£
Vacation jE
Question "\
WherAau Send
for This Book
" New England
Vacation Resorts"
7 .».«.-•! •-.» "- -»»r «-!->Tnpl*t^ information on
' tm«r« to Op. Where t« Sra^. What
it ■will Cost, and VThat to Sv» in
VACATION LAND
including
SEASHORE, LAKE ft MOUNTAIN
RESORTS.
Ii»«: Hot*)? hundred* of Sewide homes
md Country farm booM retreat* offering
excellent ar^ommodations to »u:t «T*ry
t»«i* aril puree.
It* FREE For The Askins.
Other Pnfollcatlnn* •If,'—.; of sad
illustrating e.a<-b **"-tion will b« included
fortb«seos: of mailing.
LET US KNOW ifOOP. WANTS TO-O£Y
Addr^w Mbrat? >«• 4*. BTftl 1 ??^
NORTH STATION, BOSTON, fcKjWS
K^-lL^— &JLr _x_rV_ f^ jßaaaaftaaafc. ■**?* • " ■-? »r :
jW "*" i&j^ aWcJaaaak t/r *i I tit ? » JP
B Sn?3fil LPL9 iT i 4i4 7
TEN CENTS & five CENTS
PATENT AWNINGS.
Ventilated: non-rattltat: wear /wall;
Klvc ■axfatactfaru
JOHN >l I J.I VAN a was,
2.V* Hi^ni:. Tel. .- " Spring
CARPET J. S 1 W. WILLIAMS
Tel. 3B« Coiumbus. Kf.. l!»7i.
CLEANING 35i West Silh st -
statute books of the state and nation as
having originated in the mind of Mr.
Hearst. He deplored the defeat of the in
come tax amendment at Albany, and said
It had been encompassed by men who had
falsely secured the Independence League
Indorsement at the last election.
Referring to the fact that the local or
ganization has been wellnigh disrupted re
eentlj because of those who have not se
cured the places they thought they should
have under the fusion officials. Mr. Shearn
said: "i beg you to remember what we
have accomplished rather than to have
any thought of petty patronage, which has
been a disgrace to both of the old parties.
IV c know we have never been recognized
as we should be. but we never will be
until we have installed a complete set of
officials from here to Albany."
la spite of this rebuke on account of pant
grumbling 1 . John A. Donegan got up and
declared that "You can't support a family
on principles." He asserted that Borough
President Mc.Aneny and IMstrict Attorney
Whitman bad ignored the Independence
League; that the former was trying to as
sist Tammany to regain control and the
latter had declared that there was no
member of the Independence League with
enough brains to be in his office.
Robert Stewart, who presided, took oc
casion to deplore the sentiments expressed
by Mr. Donegan. John J. Hopper, the new*
chairman of the state committee and
others also spoke.
THREATEN BREAD FAMINE
More Strikes Scheduled Unless
Bakeries Grant Demands.
More strikes for bakers are scheduled for
to-day, Saturday and also on Monday, un
less in the mean time the big bakeries make
■ settlement. It was stated that by Mon
day, unless the employers give in, there
would be. la all, fifteen thousand bakers
out throughout the greater city. Charles
Iffland. general organizer of the Journey
men Bakers and Confectioners' Interna
tional Union, said last night:
"A meeting of the French bakers will be
held to-morrow, and five hundred men will
strike In the hotels and restaurants If the
bosses refuse to yield. Cm Saturday two
thousand Italian bakers will strike, and on
Monday, if the large bakeries refuse to set
tle', the English speaking bakers and those
of a number of nationalities which have
not yet been involved in the strike will quit.
Then there will be a bread famine, not in
bpots. but all over the city."
At the Fleischmann bakery it was stated
that there was little change in the situa
tion. Th© iirm had thirty-four new men. it
was said, but could do with a great many
more. Some of the restaurants were not
getting all the bread they wanted.
The executive committee of the Brooklyn
Bakers* Union decided yesterday to keep
up the strike. The strike leaders said that
some of the men in the. big bakeries of
Brooklyn had struck, and it was simply a
matter of time when they would all go out.
In all. about fifteen hundred strikers had
gained their demands in Brooklyn, it was
stated.
HOPE YET FOR NEW YORK
Even in Politics, Say Municipal
Art Speakers.
•The Possibilities of New York, the City
of the Future," was the theme of the
speeches at the dinner of the Municipal
Art Society last night at the National Arts
Club. All the. speakers were optimistic
about the future of the city from esthetic,
ethical and oven the political point of
view. Some of them thought New York
had already shown some Improvement, as
for instance the taking down of the statue
of Purity.
Frederick C. Howe, of Cleveland, said
the statue was an apology for Tammany
Hall. He declared that New York City did
things better than any other city in the
United States, and that the dock system
•was the finest in the country. He added
that some day New York might be Teady
to forget the graft in connection with the
acquiring of property for parks and emu
late Washington, -which erected a statue
to "Boss" Shepherd.
The Rev. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, another
speaker, paid of Mr. Howe's suggestion
that it might be a better plan to Invoke
the Ftatutes against criminals than build
statues for them. Dr. Wise said the muck
maker and not the muck-raker imperilled
the citizenship of the city. He said that
it was a bipartisan combination of the
worst elements of Republicans and Demo
crats that tried to thwart the plans of
Governor Hughes. But the speaker saw
great hope in the return of Colonel Roose
velt, who. Dr. Wise said, would smite and
overcome all corrupt opposition to the
government.
Other speakers were Patrick F. Mc-
Gowan. former President of the Board of
Aldermen, and Louis Wiley.
DODGE FAILS TO APPEAR
Wife and Coachman, Said to Have
Eloped. Freed in Court.
William c. Dodge did not appear in the
Fifth avenue court, in Brooklyn; yesterday
morning as complainant against his wife
and his coachman, Edward Sharp, who were
as a result discharged by Magistrate Geis
ir.ar. The courtroom was crowded to see
the woman who, it was alleged, eloped with
her coachman from her home, at No. 5207
Fifth avenue, and after she was freed she
had a hard time' getting out.
When Mr.-. Dodge saw a battery of cam
eras trained on her she ran back into the
courtroom and went out through a back
entrance, accompanied by an officer, who
escorted her to the SSth street station of
the elevated road. Here her brother James,
of No. 418 West 147 th street. Manhattan.
met her and said he would take her to bis
; 0n ,,. Sharp followed Mrs. Dodge to the
station, but a patrolman kept him from
boarding the same train.
HEARING ON DEBT LIMIT BILL
Mayor Sets Monday and Expresses
Approval of the Measure.
Mayor Gaynor announced yesterday that
he would hold ■ public hearing on Monday
morning on the legislative tin enabling the
city to take advantage of the constitutional
amendment providing that dock and sub
way bonds for self-supporting improve
ments may be excluded from consideration
in determining the debt limit.
The Mayor expressed himself as much
pleased with the bill. which is the result
of a compromise between the Citizens
Union bill and the city bill. As it stands
it provides that the Appellate Division
ehall give a hearing on the proposition to
exclude certain bonds, through the medium
of a Supreme Court Justice designated to
act as referee, after proceedings initiated
by the Board of Estimate and Apportion
ment.
LIGHT ON CAFE DE LOPERA
J. L. Murray Tells About His Interest
in Corporation in Bankruptcy.
waa I '
:- • • ■ - M.jr-
ray . president of "Murray's" (Incorpo
rated), which runs the 4. i street restau
rant of that name, regarding the finances
of the Cafe «V I'Opera. Murray was called
for examination before trial of an action
brought by creditors of the <*afe <i"
I' Opera.
■
<•> rOpem sad I I
. • •
.- ... - ...
■in their rignis. in
XEW-YORK DATLY TRIBUNE, FRTDAY. MAY 6, 1910.
iiiUaL uJuu u\ \\Lf\\\O\
Seventeen Additional SI OO,OOO
Libel Actions Started.
COHALAN OUT IN STATEMENT
Man Over Whose Fee Storm
Rages Says He Welcomes
Proceeding in His Case.
William Ilandolph Hearst has brought
seventeen more suit? for libel on account
of the publication of the speech by Mayor
Gaynor attacking him at the dinner of the
Newspaper Publishers' Association. It whs
said lan night by Clarence E. Shearn.
counsel for Mr. Hearst, that th« summonses
had been served, bat the complaints had not
yet been drawn. Each of the new raits is
for $100,000.
Adolph S. Ochs, publisher o" "The New
York Times" : Herman Rldder, publisher of
the "Staats-Zeltang'* : Henry Wattersrm,
publisher of "The Louisville Courier-Jour
nal," and Melville E. Stone, general man
ager of The Associated Press, have been
sued individually on the. ground that they
had advance knowledge of what Mayor
Gaynor was going to Bay, and took no steps
to prevent the speech or its circulation and
publication after its delivery.
In addition to these • actions, a separata
suit has been brought against the "Staats-
Zeitung" and "Das New-Yorker Staats-
Zeltung Ahendblatt." Other suits have been
brought against "The Louisville Courier-
Journal." "The Call." "The "tin" and
"The Chronicle," in San Francisco, and
seven papers in Boston
It was Bald last night that the suits
against the Boston papers might be with
drawn, inasmuch as they all Joined in th*
action of the Boston Newspaper Publishers'
Association deploring the attack of the
Mayor at a dinner of the organization of
which Mr. Hearst was a member.
And there will be other suits, according
to Mr. Shearn.
"We are not going into this thing for the
sake of getting any money." he declared,
"but In order to see whether it is possible
to get a square deal In the newspapers of
this country."
CoHalan Issues Statement.
Daniel F. Cohalan, who op to date has
pimply smiled at the controversy going ->n
between the Mayor and Mr. Hearst, ga\e
out a statement last night welcoming the
trial of the puit brought to force him to
return 138,090 of his tee to the city treas
ury. He eaiil :
I have taken no part in the controversy
which has been carried on in the news
papers during the past week over the pay
ment to me by the city of New York of
148.000 for legal services In the franchise
tax cases formerly in my charge. 1 do not
make it a practice to try my cases In the
newspapers. But a taxpayers' action has
been started, and I desire to say that I
will welcome the trial of this action, as I
believe it will determine the reasonable
ness of my charge and settle my full right
and title to the money which was paid me.
It will enable me to prove in a court of
law, with definite charges made and with
my defence a matter of record, the entire
regularity and propriety of the payment.
I may add that the work in these matters
covered a perl of more than two years.
The suits involved a total of more than
130.000,000 My bill as rendered was care
fully considered by the proper city authori
ties, and the amount to be paid by the city
thereon was determined after an investi
gation and consideration of all the facts.
I have no doubt as to the result of this
action tried s\^ it must be. in the courts
and not In the headlines of newspaper*,
and I shall do everything in my power to
facilitate its trial.
City Chamberlain Hyde, yesterday per
mitted an inspection of the books in hi?
office giving a record of the Cohalan war
rant. The receipt book showed an entry
recording the receipt of the famous No.
- -v. on December 3". 190?. At one side of it
was written in Ink, "Returned to the Mayor
at his request." Just over the previous
date was written. "1/4. 10,*! to indicate that
the warrant had been returned on that day.
Under it was the Initial "B." which Is un
derstood to have been the receipt of a Mr.
Rrlgham In the disbursing bureau of the
Finance Department, to whom the warrant
was turned over the same day.
In Permanent Book.
There is another permanent book in the
Chamberlain's office, containing a record of
completed warrants. Here was an entry
of the Cohalan warrant, dated December 31,
IPO9. Apparently when the warrant was
sent back to the Mayor everything except
the date was erased and entered over again
on the same line after it was returned on
January 4. Over December 31 appears
•1/4. '10."
troller Prendergast indicated yester
■ tso far a- he was concerned there
be no Interruption of the progressive
work of the Board of intimate because of
. . ling over the attempt to pur. upon
him the responsibility of th< cohalan pay
ment.
•■Ther^ will positively be no break in the
BoarJ of Estimate started by me " he said,
••t was elected on ;i platform calling tor
good government, and on that platform I
stand and shall continue to stand. I have
nothing but the most profound contempt
. man who measures his official ac
■• his personal prejudices ;;;vl differ
ences of opinion."
Charles F. Murphy called on the Mayor
yesterday afternoon, but he would not say
whether the Cohalan warrant was a topic
of discussion.
Herman Ridd.jr also was a caller at the
City Hal., but it was paid that his visit had
nothing to do with the suit that has been
brought against him by Mr. Hearst.
MAYOR HASJEXCISE MINUTES
Magistrate Hylan Gives Them
Up and Makes Explanation.
After having been called to account by
the Mayor. Magistrate Hylan, of Brooklyn,
turned over to Police Commissioner Baker
the minutes of the hearings in the five sa
loon cases which were dismissed by him
because the keepers' excise licenses were
not in court. They had been arrested for
alleged violation of the excise law, but the
magistrate said the cases would not hoW
unless it was proved that the defendant
were the owners of the licenses.
The Mayor wrote, to Commissioner Baker
to get the minutes. The latter reported
that Magistrate Hylan had refused to give
them to him. Then the Mayor told Com
missioner Baker to tell Mr. Hylan some
thing which caused the latter to produce
them at once. The minutes were received
by the Commissioner yesterday and by the
Mayor last night. He has not yet had
tin* to look through them.
"I refused to allow the police to have v.
copy of the minutes or.lv because that de
partment Is not legally entitled to demand
them." said Magistrate Hylaa last night.
"The District Attorney's office has a cop?
and the defendant or counsel in any case Is
also entitled to look over the minutes. 1
dismissed the excise cases over which so
much Interest seems to have been aroused
on v because of the lack of vital evidence '
Regarding • report that the Mayor hid
said that the action of the magistrate should
(•.<» brought to the attention of the Appellate
] Division Magistrate Hylan laid:
"I ehall gladly welcome an Investigation
by any tribunal into my action on th»
bench."
ELI M. STEWART LEFT $6,150,000.
Minneapolis. May The will of Eli M.
Stewart, an eccentric bachelor, who dl«xl
recently. «as opened to-day. The docu
ment bequeaths $50,000 each to three Minne
sota institution-*. The rest of the •■ I its
which Is estimated .it $6,000,000, is divided
among relatives' and friends living In
Maine, Massachusetts and San FVanciaoo.
KIT SECRETS BARED
Miss Hopp Telis Court About
Bernard's "Tantrik Order."
POSED AS A PHYSICIAN
Girl Says Weil Known Men Were
Callers at House, and Police
Are Investigating.
Tierr.- A. Bernard, who until a few day^
ago rulfd as "Ooin the Omnipotent" over
the destinies of the inner circle of the "Lov
ing Seventh Degree Tantrik Order of
Am<Tica" in the house at No. 25S West
74th street, was tak'-n before Magistrate
Breen yesterday in the West Sidf- police
cm:rt. where he heard part of the story
which Hiss Zella Hopp. of No. 4i!S East
14!Uh street, told the police when she
Charged him ■with abduction and led a raid
on the headquarters of the rryst'c cult.
The secrets of the Tantrik guru will be
further bared to-day, when Mis? Hopp will
tako the witness stand and tell all she
knows of the weird ceremony which sho
jivj was enacted at thf me»tings. Bernard,
the "Omnipotent."' known to his friends 3i»
Peter Coon, is under f 15,000 bail, and al
though the high chiefs of the "Loving Sev
enth Degree" hay« resorted to every known
Hindu method of persuasion, they bavo
failed to get any one to go on his bond.
ML-fl Hopp told the court that Bernard
was introduced to her under the name of
Dr. Warren. Then she explained that the
"doctor" told her of the teachings of tha
"Tantrik" and its benefits to those who
were afflicted, as she was, with heart trou
ble. Miss flopp said that the examination
to which she waa subjected appeared to be
in no wav different from that employed by
regular physicians.
"After the first examination I was intro
duced to a man who gave his name as Kel
logg and who appeared as a worshipper un
der the name of 'San." said Miss Hopp, as
she trembled under the gaze of the- "Om
nlootent." "Bernard told me that my con
dition was very seiMous and that if I went
to Ptav at his house he would furnish a
room for me and help my case. I heard him
tell 'San' to go out and rent a furnished
house. 'San' trot a place at No. 70 West
109 th street, and it was there I became a
'Tnr.trik Novitiate.' "
Miss Hudp was prevented from telling
any more, as the magistrate adjourned the
hearinsr until this morning. There la an
other witness who will tell how she was
brought from Seattle to this city by the
Oriental organizer. She is Miss Gertrude
Leo. whose sister, Mrs. Mary H. Miller,
came from the Pacific Coast to take part
in the raid on the Tantrik Order.
After the hearing detectives started out
on a search for a number of men, who, ac
cording to Miss Hopp. were members of the
order and who were familiar with the Ori
ental rites which were a part of an amaz
lns- ceremonial in th^ rooms of the West
74th street house.
"The man who could tell all about the
ceremony of the inner circle i? R. L. Par
rish, who lived In the 'Tantrfk Homo' under
the name of 'FergieV said Miss Hopp.
when she returned to her home last night.
"Tlilf man came to the hou*e with a wom
an. They had a baby, but it only lived a
ghort time. The child's mother was known
to up a.* 'Duval.' We all lived under as
sumed names.
"Parrish moved to Brooklyn, where be
took an apartment in Pierrepont street,
Columbia Height?. He came to my home
on Wednesday, but ieft before the police
came in answer to a telephone message.
When he cam" to the „rder h" brought
several men. who were well known here, but
who always discarded their real names."
The Mor'- which was told by Miss I^po
and Miss Hopp was investigated last night
by a detective, wh'< called ;tt th»> hou?e in
Pierrepont street. It was learned there
that Parrish moved yesterday afternoon.
An old man. who fits the description of
one of the member? of the Ttintrik rirder.
arranged the moving. He told the janitor
that Mr. Parrisb ami his sister, who ram»
to the place aboul Bix weeks ago, had ■i' > - :
cided to move away because of The high '
rent.
The ■ ■ the apartment also t<>i<i
the police that Parrish destroyed a bundle
of letters before h<> left his apartment or.
Monday. He explained that the letters
belonged to a friend and that he was
wanted as a witness in a court proce««d!Tig.
The janitor gave Parrish permission to
burn the letters In the furnace. I'arrish's
representative left no address when the
furniture was taken away.
POLICEMAN UP FOR ASSAULT.
Sergeant Thomas Connelly, of the traffic
squad, who has been a member of the
Police Department (or twenty-seven
years, was arraigned in the Tombs court
yesterday on a charge of assault alleged
to have been committed on November 29.
190 S. The complainant was John O'Connor,
a real estate salesman, of No. 400 East
64th street. The evidence made it appear
that O'Connor kicked the policeman and
Connelly then struck O'Connor on one of
his lees and fractured it The case ha*
been in the courts over since
Truths About
The Meter.
INSTEAD of being an intricate piece of
mechanism, the gas meter is very simple
in its construction and a remarkably
accurate instrument.
I It is conceded to be one of the most
accurate measuring devices in use
to-day. Unless gas is passing through
the meter the instrument is inoperative.
No meter is ever installed until it has first been tested as to its
accuracy. The law provides in effect that a meter not exceeding 2%
fast shall be regarded as a correct meter.
Statistics amply testify to the remarkable accuracy of
the gas meter.
There is no patent on the meter, and it is practically the same to-day
as when it was first brought into use in 1844. Inventors have tried hun
dreds of times and failed to improve upon the instrument. If a more perfect
device could be obtained your Gas Company would promptly adopt it.
Unlike any other firm with which you deal, except the electric light company, your Gas Company installs
a measuring device in your home or place of business, so that you may check the amount ot your
purchase of gas, and keep track of any Increase or decrease in the use of this house
hold or business item.
Your Gas Office will gladly supply you with instruction cards for reading your meter, together with full
information concerning lighting, cooking, or heating appliances ; or, if requested, an expert will call on you.
Consolidated Gas Company of New York
GEO. B. CORTELYOU, President
DEATH OF KATE LENDER
Kansas Murderess Reported to
Have Expired in California.
Rio Vista. <:ai.. May 5. — Kate Beml'i, of
tl!<- notorious Bender family of Kansas mur
derers, Is dead here, according to a state
ment made to-da - by John Collins, a resi
dent of this plac?.
The woman, woo, he says, wan known am
Mrs. Gavin, and later as Mrs. Peters, was
found dead in a place she conducted. Col
lins said she revealed her identity to him
several year« ago, exnctlnp ■ promise that
he shooM not tell anybody until after her
death. The woman apparently died from
natural causes, and had been dead several
days when her body was found.
Collins declares the woman gave htm a
detailed aceo Uri t of many murders which
she nnd members of her family committal
in the Bender home a' CherrvvnK Kan., !n
the 7 ">'.=.
Knnsa.'- Ctty. Mo.. May .".. — It 1* not
know;, Ihiv. many murders the notorious
Render fami'y committed while living in
Kansas. The family consisted of WllMarr.
si.vty years old: his wife, aged fifty-five
yr-«»rs: Kale, twenty-five year? old. and
XT- O'Neill=Ada.ms (s '-■ •
1868 Lstablishcd 42 Years 1910
Lowest Prices for Standard <ioo*h in Greater fieu )ork
Misses $15 Foulard Dresses
I
Sixth Aye 20th to 22d St. Cy^£nJ/ADAMS 10 SiXth AvC " 2 ° th ° 22d St
We Give Surety Stamps and Redeem Them in Merchandise or Premium*
ffir n rL\ !T!mf\tmJ^m Mail iJh»VTrfi *■ VT'S^BM'^^P
a! 3 ReT/t^s*! fS?l^S •T^^^t*
W fro-Wf jr. iffi CBJfj Z^^bS| xF jft »yW f^ mS& A aS j^flfl Bar a^B I ■ fc^V
' &^i H 1 alfcri 8 IL i iI f iffM ill fg HHi k^a ■fl 9 I I
device could be ohta
John, twenty-three. Kate and John were j
children of Bender .by a former wife.
The Benders kept a little store, which t* j
believed to have been only a decoy for
I travellers. Kate Bender professed to be a
magnetic healer Her role was to make
love to wayfarers who .-ought shelter at the
| Bender house, lure them to a bench besid* ,
a canvas partition, behind which her
brother concealed himself and crushed th
victim's skull with an axe. Robbery was
the motive of the crimes.
The family fled as search was mad* of i
the premises. The bodies of nine victims j
were found on the place. The family was
pursued and some of the members were
slain, but Kate. It was raid, unhitched a
1 horse from the wagon, leaped astride Its ;
back and es<-ap«d. She has been reported J
In ill parts of the country at various times |
' slr.c 1 ?. The- last previous attempt to pta:** j
I her was the re^orr that saw »a. < ' id»-ntira! !
; with Mrs. Bel!e GtmsMSß, who slew several j
. men for money on her farm aear Import--.
In.-! . two years ftr-
MAYOR GUEST OF MAGISTRATES, j
Mayor Gaynor was the guest last night j
of the city magistrates of Manhattan and j
The Bronx at a dinner at the Union Club. !
1 Fifth avenue and KM street. Peter T. Bar- •
I low, president of the Board of City Mac
ißtrates. hi ■ member of the club. The din- |
ncr was private.
i
at $10.75
Adams Building — Second Floor.
100 silk dresses, made of foulard,
rajah and taffeta silks, in most at
tractive styles imaginable, for
afternoons and evenings. Some
have lace yokes, some have three
quarter sleeves with lace cuffs,
and some are in what is now
called the Chanteclcr' style;
they all have the famous tunic
skirt which is almost indispensable
this year if you are to be fashionable.
Sizes. 14 to 16.
TWO GRAFT JURIES OUT
Ernil Winter, Under $50,000
Bail, Goes to Europe.
mt*hurs\ May -Two araft Juris* art
locked up to-night considering th« cass* of
councilman who hare be»n tried for hrtbory.
The Jury In the case of Councilman T. "J.
Moran has he»n out s!nc» yesterday doom,
while that in th» second trial of ex-Council
man A V. Simon «a.« charged late to-day
and retired. Neither re^chlne a r inrlininß
at the adjournment of court for the night,
they mere locked up.
Stating that he Is suffering from eonisss
tlon of the brain. Emil Winter, president
of the VVorkin«m»n 1 - -.•)«< and Trttst
Company, who recently pleaded no AmHncm
to a charge of bribery in i! • In* ■ former
councilman S2O.f<v> to '*■ i»!»*d In Influencing
rnunfilnwn in the naming °* i>U b ink *« *
city depository. flle«i a petition to-<lay ask
ing that he be excused from appe*rinst on
May 14 for sentence, and that he be p«r
mitted to leav« the Jurisdiction of th* cocrt
until September and go "> Carlsbad. Ger
many, for treatment. The court granted
the prayer and release.] the ban*»r un4»r
S3>.«y> ball.
*