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; ' OF m WIRELESS
uraham White Says He Will
tifiD to Separate the Wheat
hP from the Chaff.
. oMFANY ATTACKS MAYER
' Kjgs Postoffice Inspector's
Were Recklessly
"fake and Libellous— Mr.
White's Career.
v n T\*nitc associated with the
itT2U£ De Forest Wireless Telegraph
•SLy and said to have had a hand
f Sizing the United Wireless Tele-
-hose president and
SS«3*^ ««« irrestei on Wednes-
charges of using the mails to de
!*r«-« befoß the federal grand jury
SSiw'» a winte£S for th€ eovern "
' , v> al<o qient several hours with
J* inspector Mayer in the latter's.
CoTthe fourth floor of the Federal
Ski and with then: was Robert
**•_- Assistant United States At
:JJr 'ia charse cf thr- case.
v%»s learned that White was a vol
!Lr witness: that, in fact, he had
■rt'if federal authorities the in-
S^tion span which the proceeding
"*^st the officers of the company was
Z*i and «hleh «as contained in the
- th ~ r^toffu-- in
sSs&**J&. arrests had t^ en made.
Sc -itatment was attacked by the
Lpaay In a counter-statement yester
&v eo=m» of the announcements in the
ksst document being called libellous.
■J W. Tornpkins. who was arrested
„. ,' o2 Vednesday on the same.com
j^rt'ur'- which c C. V.-ilson, . the
laflest and S. S Bogart, the vice
pcs:d€=t of the United Wireless Tele
-spl Comp»r.y were apprehended, was
ttsAt from the Tombs soon after 1
-•'ocfcy€£ t < srda - . and was then released
v"rsiied States Commissioner Shields
iaS glvir.p SIO.OOO bail. Mrs. Frieda
Ectcf Se- •">:'• West I99tb street, going
«:ii£bo3<3.
jk White who has red hair, is of
w^ m hfirbt and of stocky build, -was
EiTQfMed in Jersey City to appear be- ;
-- f th grand jury yesterday. It was
f,!d .that he hesitated to answer until
tssr^fl by Marshal Henkel that he
todfl ■ft be detained long. He came
fcto thf Federal Building as jauntily as
jfjfout to attend a social gathering, and
Hint st BBOC to Mr. Mayer's office. The
fsference was a long one. and it was
Bwrstood that his appearance before
the grand (or? "- 1 •».- brief, and prelim
aart- to a long examination either to
ijror early next week.
■ ■'-, White - Turned Away Millions.
|| i •-* fanner backer of De Forest
Otatoatto leave the building he was
i&ed about the charges made against
ftTefficjrs of the United Wireless. Mr.
SEte ■would not say a word against
tea personally, but launched into
p*e of the future of wireless teleg
as*; When he had exhausted this
ame be said:
.1 believe the United Wireless Com
?nr s the best and largest system in
Swrld to-day, but I have no e-onnec
ta 'Kith it or any other wireless com-
Ib/. I withdrew voluntarily — was un
|sa£tc permit my name to be used in
fcicle of wireless stock, as " was un
&to control the printed matter sent
pkftiie seliins agencies. I saved the
*»sss business originally from total
2= "ten I backed De Forest. I can-
Kfoir-To details regarding the charges.
l : laa z "Ritr.?ss for th< government.
ji *"ant to yam stockholders of
-'■- Wireless not to ■..:.-:■ be
** these arrests and sell their
•**& brokers, *ho will offer them all
**■* of inducements. I look for inter-
Ss? developments cs the result of the
station. Of v/>urse. I could have
***-■" millions in the last several
■*"* fa United Wireless, but I kept out
"**fe!c altogether] I hope the gov-
thrashing machine will separate
j**fcat from the chaff so that the
***• say be put on its feet. I may
•J2te to help materially."
*■ White denied that Abraham
*** *' is back of him in the case.
Jt, Grabcr knew - however, of Mr
-*£■ tonaection with the investiga-
*-fa he t«. -aw j-e^n in the afternoon.
, *&'* resigned from United Wire
?av av 1;<!)T Mi Gruber has copies
-« cempanyg minutes. At one ot
-JMniEjrs Mr. Tompkins made a
jSp'-SS * hich ac tiled Mr White a
£* **ne?actcr. That was. of course.
Jj— -* axi f_ i '* ft tne ■■..-'■' It was
rr cxtz-'c xtz -' Xt. Wilson froze him out. Mr.
'v^ **■ ■' " ' from Mr. Wilicn
jjS* art '"'■•• ■'•■<'. to figure in the in-
B>t3r: The lawyer said that he
Siz "-' d stockholders in the West
SS( * €r * - n al'le to sell their stock be
* " vas not transferable.
■•/'erst Statement Challenged.
*is? 0&::es <* the company* No. 42
*** -,*■'"». re Wits mu -h feeling be-
Sij- tt • >-'^ state ment Issued by Mr.
it*. '„ a# FostoSke inspector, who
ft* V m'^uiry that led to the ar
feted ' c V€re inaccuracies, it was
l«t?' Jl * 2nd wbetk ilr - Mayer was
k sv j..*; 15 -- the be declined
**3N c ,, - 5'5 ' Ti!r £tat< ent put out
%:\ '- •' '"I"adwav" I " adwav contained a pen
i*i • of «v«rjthing that Mr. Mayer
a i gf " that the fiscal a?rnts in
%*£,. erf nrj * financially found v.as
K^£ t - : " that tne company ever
<*w n h -<J large- holdings to the
m Ci f i "-«^n;-. Th<- advance- in
l i!^' . l '"ited Wireless stock
EJ^IbSI R<lv " " < " <;n .••■'•
"^y. f . -*at,cd bunneis of tiie com
**«t^J thdt
- 1 " '■"-tt:i'2ers was stamped
S&SSJ2? W^ Jntii mil.
SS^'r? STI : :n^ d - i»- "^»s d*-cl«ir<-d.
/*>r*ti**j:. i^? •*«'J«I in exchange for
J g fefi^, f Ijp Poreirt company.
Ski ,7 tnf " - a -^ of stock by the
«^iheL/ n ' *«»r«any it was -aid
;? t^4rirr yr * lKs S* v «> to •hem v ' erG
s*.i, at th " Mlli ns Price of the
ffrircT* ZL^* 1 '- idv ance<S by them.
V^'^Sed to sell to recoup
T'^^i ♦« usl " GtlKr bolder* «ere
J^j.;/ f n the stock for which
l wi caf:h !t *■** : «^^> ri^ nied
i** 8 th* *„ *-.4. 4n S «xr#nr< - nere greater
v k *i> ' ntE Th«a the company
»^2evi» a Ch£r ?* i bYb V ■:::■.■■■■
'■ ftl ' contract v.-as obtained
Tc-dar. .'-iFfr'
Jo-morrow, cloudy and warmer.
ABRAHAM WHITL.
A witness before the grand jury investigat
ing the United Wireless Telegraph
Com] any. and the man who made a
fortune en d postage stamp deal.
tPhctograph by Bockvood.)
BULLFIGHTING _AT HAVANA
Americans Reported Back of
Cuban Monte Carlo Measure.
Havana. June ltf. — A bill legalizing
the revival of bullfights has been favor
ably reported from committee to the
House and is n<<w awaiting further
action.
The bill gives a company the capital
of -which is principally Amrrkan the
c-xclusive concession for thirty years to
operate a Monte Carlo on a tract near
Camp Columbia, at which the attractions
will be gambling games, bullfights.
Cockfights, horse races and other sports.
The object of the bill, it is declared, is
to attract tourists to Havana.
The House to-day finished consider
ation "f the national budget, effecting
reductions which it is claimed would in
dicate a surplus of $5,000.-000. The bud
get wiii now go to the Senate.
COME BACK HOiViE TO W r D
Yale Elopement Blocked, Bride's
Mother Is Appealed To.
fßy Tdcsnpk tn The Tribune]
New Haven. June 10. — After trying to
be married in East Haven, where so
many couples of Tale men and New
Haven girls have achieved lifelong hap
piness. Morgan Martin Pattison^ of Su
perior. Wis.. and Mildred Mary Eaton,
of New Haven, were married to-night at
the home of the bride's mother, Mrs.
George F. Eaton
Instead of a prosaic home wedding the
couple had planned an elopement in true
Tale style, when suddenly it was dis
covered at the town clerk's office that
the bride, who vas only twenty year*
old. could not get marruu" without her
parents- consent. Back they went.
Mrs. Eaton was then approached and
finally consented to the marriage, but
insisted that it be performed under her
roof by their pastor. Dr W. W. Leete.
This was done.
By the rules of the college Pattison
cannot return next year and get his de
gree, married men being tabooed.
SAVED FROM AVELLINO MOB
American Tells Italian Premier
of Ministers' Experience.
Rome. June IT..— Details of the escape
of a party of American Baptist clergy
men fr...m the hands of a superstitious
mob at Av^Uino. at the time of the re
cent earthquake. srere laid before
Premier Luzzmi to-day by James P.
Ftuart. of ?*. Louie. *> ho was sent by
the American Board of Baptist Missions
to Italy to investigate the Baptist mis
sions in this country, ar.d who returned
a few days ago from the province of
Avelllno
Mr. Stuart reported to the Premier
that the situation in that district was
very serious, owing to the struggle be
tween Catholics and Baptists. On the
night of the earthquake he and his com
panions, he said, were brutally attacked.
The populace seemed to attribute the
earthquake to th' presence of the Bap
tists, and a crowd numbering thousands
■el upon the American!;, with the
avowed intention of hanging them.
•The police officials." said Mr. Stuart,
wanted us to leave the province im
mediately and secretly, but this we re
fused to do. as the Italians would have
said that v.c had f.cd. and we would
have lost all that we have already ac
complished. Later, however, we took
our departure according to arrange
ments, in a public manner, but we were
guarded by two hundred soldiers with
guns and bayonets as a protection
against the five thousand or more per
sons who lined the street*, yelling, curs
ing and threatening OS."
Premier Luzzatti urged upon Mr.
Stuart the advisability of avoiding any
retaliatory measures or any demonstra
tion which would be likely to disturb
the peace. He expressed the opinion
that the action of the Italians was due
mo e to their paniestricken condition
because of the earthquake than to any
enroitv against the Americans.
Mr Stuart has decided to postpone his
return to the district until the excite
ment has subsided.
AIKSHIF LINE FOR HBWPORT
Society May Travel to Narragansetf
Pier in Dirigibles.
i By papfe •" The Tribune]
Newport. R. I. *«« IC.-Ncwport to
IC-rraa*n»eti Pl« by way of the air lire
£§£ promises to be one of the- features
a- the ire*«tt social ' *e«on here and at
the pier If ail of the report, that *: re
current come true. It is plimrcd to estab
iirii a line of dirigible balloon* between
ThTtwo Places and it v,as said here to-day
Ihit th* Zodiac Dirigible Airship Company
32 ..,ind the scheme. Joseph F. York.
representing the company, «M here to-day
In co-i<erence with a Newport contractor
" £&* to the erecting of aerodrome* or
Srmiiial stations at both euCs of the line.
■ ; . ; ... . SKS&SL,*:*
— A<2VU
NEW-YORK, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1910,
[1W BEIOINS MUST
EXPLAIN MIR ACTION
Indifferent in Presenting Case
Against Alleged Women Shop
lifters, It Is Said.
SHIFTED, THEN SUSPENDED
Inspector Russell Started Inves
tigation of Case, and Magis
trate Cornell Got More Fdcts
from Plainclothes Men.
John T. Maddock and Charles Land
ers, former" y plainciothes men. con
nected with the Allen street detective
bureau, have been summoned to appear
to-day before Chief Inspector Schmitt
berper. at Police Headquarters, in con
nection with a recent East Side shop
lifting case, in which, it is alleged, the
two detectives resorted to irregular
methods.
Formal charges will be made against
the two men when they come to Head
quarters to-day, it is said, and they will
probably be brought to trial early next
week before Third Deputy Commis
sioner Walsh. The department' rules
require a forty-eight hour notice of for
mal charges before trial.
Maddox and Landers were reduced in
rank to patrolmen last Monday anel
transferred to sequestered posts in The
Bronx. On Wednesday they were both
suspended from duty, with the usual in
structie>ns in such cases to report each
morning at 11 o'clock at the precinct
stations to which they had bten trans
ferred.
When eeen yesterday neither detec
tive had received the summons from
Headquarters, and they said they were
at a loss to know just what charges
would be brought ag-ainst them, but
wanted a speedy trial in any case, and
expected to prove their innocence at the
proper time.
Quick Work by Russell.
It was learned yesterday it was due
only to the timely intervention of In
spector Russell, head of the detective
bureau, and a subsequent examination
by Magistrate Cornell, in the Essex
Market police court, that two women,
well known to the police for their for
mer exploits.' were not discharged in
court for lack of evidence. This state of
affairs was said to be due to the indif
ference of the detectives. Maddock and
Landers, who made the arrests, in pre
senting the facts in the case. The case
gains interest in the knowledge said to
be In the possession of the police, that
the two .alleged shoplifters are. well off
and that one. .-it least, has an equity in
considerable property.
The women, known as Beckie Bren
ner and Esther. Cohen, together with
Lena Liter! alias; Lena Levy, who was
subsequently discharged, were arrested
on June 4 : by Maddock and Landers a?.
they came out of a drygoods store in
Grand street. Beckie Brenner and
Esther Cohen were held in $500 bail by
Magistrate Cornell in the Essex Market
court to await the action of the grand
jury, but not until further evidence had
been presented by the detectives, which,
it is alleged, they failed to adduce at the
time of the arrests and the first appear
ance of the defendants in court.
The defendants . were subsequently
charged by Charles Farkus, a son of the
owner of the drygoods store, with hav
ing stolen a quantity of goods, some of
which were afterward found pinned un
der their skirts when they were searched
and identified by him as his property.
On the strength of Farkus's testimony
and that of one of the detectives, who
finally swore that he saw some . of the
articles found on the store floor drop
from underneath the defendants coats,
Magistrate Cornel] held the prisoners
on a charge of grand larceny.
The papers in the- case are now in the
hands of the District Attorney, and it
would be brought to the attention of
the grand jury within a few days, it
was said yesterday. The defendants ap
peared in the police court to plead not
guilty to the allegations in Farkus's
complaint and obtained the $I,SQQ bail.
So much for the present status of the
case as it appears on the records.
Looked Ordinary at First.
It would appear from this regular and
unswerving march of legal steps through
the inferior court that there was not
much out of the ordinary in the matter,
and the whole affair might have ended
In routine fashion, as far as such cases
concern the police, if Bom* one at Police
Headquarters had not got wind of its
very beginnings and scented some-thing
going wrong. It happened that an official
at Headquarters noted the two women
as old acquaintances when they were
Brought there by the detectives, and
v.hen it was learned that the prisoners
had been held on a simple short affidavit
in the police court and that one of the
men who made the arrests was alleged
to have made unsatisfactory statements
to the clerk of the court as far as mak
ing out 2 good case against the women
was concerned, an investigation was in
stituted. It was said that one of the
officers told the clerk the arrests had
been made merely because the detectives
knew the women to be old offenders.
Inspector Russell's attention was called
to the case, and he sent one of his men
to the Essex Market court when the de
fendants appeared for examination on
Juno 6. The inspector's man had a talk
with Magistrate Cornell and asked that
the " officers and all the witnesses in the
case re sworn and an exhaustive ex
amination conducted. Assistant District
Attorney Leo was called in Ho began
to look about for a good complainant,
but found that young Mane Fergus,
who appeared aS complainant in the first
instance, knew little about the case ex
, ,t tr what the officers had told him. al
though lie was in the store at \he time
the larceny was alleged to have been
committed. His brother Charles was
cent for and proved to be a much better
witness for the people.
Maddock and Landers proved to be
my* h readier witnesses at that time, it
"-as SaW and their testimony then went
tar to Support the ; baslß of the complaint
Ccatwuei en vetoed page.
come OF THE ROUGH RIDERS HERE FOR THE ROOSEVELT RECEPTKMC
THEY ARRIVED YESTERDAY IX A SPECIAL. CAR FROM THE WEST
ROUGH IKS ■«
And Any One with a Kii.d Heart
Can Show Them Sights of Town.
NEWS FOR A HOSPITAL
If It Stili Wants Warren Crock
ett, Who Found His Hidden
Clothes, Let It Get Him.
If any man who has a kind heart and no
bunk hidden behind his smile of welcome
wants to do a favor to a friend of all
the world, let him go to the Bucking
ham Hotel and show the sights of the
town to the hundred and odd Rough
Riders staying there. They are haunt
ing the corridors by the score, raising
the long howl at the sight of an old
comrade, slapping each other on the
hack, and beseeching the stranger with
an open eye. "Lead me to it."'
J. B. Carroll, of Brownsville. Tex..
rocked back and forth on his heels and
carefully explained the position.
"I ain't an officer," he said, "but I
been one once. I'm a conductor, now,
but I ain't been workin' for two years.
I was an orderly in the war. and served
all through as a private. I sot a great
record, but it wouldn't do for me to tell
it. R would sound "like bragging. I
never was court martialed once. Ask
any of them fellows. They'll tell you."
When the conversation worked around
again to the court martial proceedings.
Ur. Carrol] explained.
"Drunk." he said. "I sure am a great
shot at a ball. Ask any of them. But
the colonel wouldn't let me be court
martialled. Sneaking through the lines,
and all of that. Of course, when they
took me aside and explained the danger
of contagion from such doings I quit-
You know."
The wink would have done credit to a
contortionist.
Mr. Carroll then took his new friend
aside and confided his sentiments.
All About Colonel Brodie.
"You see that fellow with the little
gray mustache?" he asked "Say, he's
the finest in the world. That's Colonel
Brodie. He's all there. Say. he's the
fines-t. You ask any of them fellows."
Colonel Brodie was circulating in front
of the big desk, shaking hand.s talking,
smiling all the while.
And then there was Guilford Chapin.
"Look at that little cuss. He was the
oldest man in the regiment. Look at the
beard on him. We called him grand
father."
Guilford stood about o feet 7 inches,
and had a fine growth of ivy on his
chin, a pair of bloodshot eyes, his hands
in his pocket? and a smile that spread
all o\er his face.
"Yes," he said, "that's my name.
G-u-i-1-f-o-r-d Chapin, from Nutriosis,
Ariz. Yes, sir. I reckon I was the oldest
man in the regiment. I'm sixty-three
now; that makes me fifty-one when I
went in. But I didn't tell "em that. I
didn't go back to the Bible. I gave my
military age, forty-two — just right to
slip in."
How a Hospital Was Fooled.
Warren Crockett only tame from as
far as Yonkers. but the hospital officials
there will be glad to know where he is.
They told him he could not come, and
he got away from them' last Monday
because they had not hidden his clothes
'veil enough. He came up from Georgia,
last \* ?ek. and after he got here found
out that he had appendicitis. So he
went to the Yonkers hospital. They
told him there that he would have to
have an operation.
"Wait a couple of days," said Crockett,
■Tni not strong enough to go through
it yet."
They hid his clothes and wafted.
Crockett waited, too. La^t Monday
they left him alone for an hour and
Crockett found his clothes and cam
along to see the boys
"Sure." he «ald last night "I'm going
to ride."
All of them were telling last night
about the girl baby born on the train
between St. Louis and Cincinnati.
"I'm a Mexican," said Mr. Carroll,
"and I wanted to call her Juanita. But
the other fellows said. 'No. Nothln'
goes but Theodora.' You get the con
nection—Theodore, Theodora. I was
sure a wolf for Juanita. but the other
fellows said Theodora, to Theodora it
was. We took up a collection for her
and got $41. It goes in a bank in St.
Louis, and is to stay there for her till
Ehe's fourteen years old."
Governor Hughes Names Envoy.
Governor Hughes set at rest, yester
day all comment on his failure to be
among those to greet Colonel Roosevelt
by appointing Adjutant General Verbeck
Continued on Mth page.
-FOURTEEN PAGES.
YOUNG ALDRICH ILL
Son of Rhode Island Senator Has
Typhoid Fever.
Richard S. Aldrich. third son of
United "States Senator Nelson W. Aid
rich, of Rhode Island, is seriously ill
with typhoid fever at the Presbyterian
Hospital, which he entered as a patient
a week ago. The hospital doctors said
last night that Mr. Aldrichs attack was
severe, but that no complications had
set in, and that his ultimate- recovery
was expected. Mr. Aldrich was gradu
ated from Tale University with the class
of '06.
His son's illness brought Senator
Aldrich to New York. Dr. John S.
Thacher. of No. 2O We?t 50th street, is
the private physician attending Mr.
Aldrich.
VICTOR HERBERT- IN PERIL
Composer, with Family, Has a
Narrow Escape at a Fire.
Lake Placid. N. T-, June 16.— Victor
, Herbert, the composer; his wife, daugh
; ter and son and Mr?. Rida Johnson
i Young, the dramatist, who is a guest of
the Herberts at their camp on the east
iem shore of Lake Placid, had narrow
! escapes this afternoon, when the Her
! Berts' boathouse was burned. The party
1 was preparing for a boat ride, and Clif
ford Herbert, a Princeton student, was
i starting the engine on his motor boat.
! when the engine backfired. The boat
house took fire and a twenty gallon tank
.of . gasolene exploded, wrecking the
building and the boat.
Young Herbert had a miraculous es
j cape from injury. The other members
I of the party were just outside the boat
| house, about to enter, when the ex
| plosion occurred. No one was injured.
! Mr. Herbert estimates his loss at about
$4,(Wh which includes the motor boat,
valued at $2,o<V> and uninsured.
TO CONFERJON_VETO POWER
Asquith and Balfour Agree to
Call Council Soon.
London, June 16. — The Prime Minister.
Mr. Asquith. and A. J. Balfour. the
leader of the Opposition in the House of
Commons, have had several private
meetings this week, and an agreement
has been reached between them with
reference t/r> holding a conference on the
question of the veto power of the House
of Lords.
The conferrees will probably be the
Premier, the Earl of Crewe, Chancellor
Lloyd-George and Augustine Birrell,
representing the government, and Mr.
Balfour. Lord Lansdowne, Earl Cawdor
and Austen Chamberlain, in behalf of
the Opposition. It id expected that the
conference will assemble in a day or
two.
ELIOT AHEAD OF ROOSEVELT
They Lead List of Harvard Ove-
seer Nominees.
[By TVVffrarh to The Tribunr]
Boston. June 16.— Charles W. Eliot,
president emeritus. h<ads the list of can
didates for Harvard overseers nomi
nated by the graduates, and Theodora
Roosevelt occupies second place. The
nominations were made by postal bal
lot, and ea-me from every state and ter
ritory in the Union, with the exception
of Indian Territory, and from all the in
suiar possessions, except the Philippine
Inlands, and from the Canal Zone. In
addition ballots were received from de
gree holders living in foreign countries,
as follows: Canada, ">;», Great Gritain,
13; France. 10; Germany, 0; Italy, 7;
Mexico, 7; Cuba, 3; Panama. '2. Den
mark. 2; Japan. 2; British West Indies.
1: Switzerland, 1; Hungary. 1; Helgium,
1; Norway. 1. and Turkey. 1.
Of the ballots received from graduates
in this country. Massachusetts has the
largest representation with 2..°»9(i; New
York is second with 1,0."0 and Pcnn\»l
vania third with 251. Ther>± are six
vacancies to be filled on the board of
overseers this year, five for the full
term of six years and one i"or the term
of two years.
MRS. VANBERBILT BILLS TOWNS
Acts as Advance Agent for Lawn Fete
for Benefit of Church.
>^» , [By TMts.-aph to The Tribune]
Newport, R. 1.. June 16. — Mrs. Rrjjinali
C. Vanderbilt is making a good advance
agent as well as general manager or the ar
rangements "or a lawn fete which is to be
given early next month at Alfred (J. Van
dtrbilts Oakland Farm. The fete is to he
for the benefit of St. "Mary's Church, of
Portsmouth, a l.ttle country parish, an>l
Mrs. Vanderbilt has had posters prepared ir.
the colors d her husband's stables, and
with th«pe she is billing not only the coun
try towns "Of Middletown and Portsmouth,
but also Newport, Jamestown and Xarra
ga!:?ett Pier.
'GREAT. BEAR SPRING' WATER.
Its iiurJty has made it lamcua,— Advt. '
• PRICE ONE CENT
KILLED IN 1 SUBWAY
Furrier Either Jumped or Fell
Before Moving Train.
WOMEN WITNESSES FAINT
Fas3engers Locked in Cars to
Prevent Panic — Relations
Call It Accident.
Richard Auerbach. a furrier, at No. S3
Mercer street, living at No. 697 West
End avenue, passed through the ticket
chopper's gate on the uptown platform
of the Broadway subway at the 91st
street station about 6:30 o'clock last
night. He walked rapidly to the south
ern end of the platform and looked down
the track, as though waiting for a train.
His appearance <fid not attract any spe
cial attention from the two or three
hundred other passengers crowded on the
platform.
Within a few moment? a northbound
local train same in sight at the turn to
the south of the platform, and as it did
so Auerbach was leaning over the tracks.
When the first car was within fifteen
feet of where he stood. Auerbach, ac
cording to the police, suddenly threw
himself headlong to the tracks. In an
instant, despite the desperate efforts of
the motorman to save the man's life by
applying his emergency brakes, the for
ward trucks had struck Auerbach.
mangling his body beyond recognition.
Many women who had seen the train
crush out the man's life became hysteri
cal and made a rush for the street exits,
but persons pouring into the station
blocked the stairways, and as the crowds
grew larger and the station more con
gested the danger of a panic was im
minent.
Several Women Faint.
As soon as the train had been brought
to a standstill the ticket chopper ran to
the street and got Bicycle Policeman
Symington, who forced his way through
the huddled passengers r>n the platfrom
and made his way to the tracks. With
the assistance of the ticket chopper and
sr>rr.c track walkers. Symington picked
up the mangled portions of Auerbach's
Lody and placed them .in the platfrom.
covering them with a piece of cloth.
The sight of th? terribly mutilated
body caused several women on the plat
form to faint, and this added to the
panic that seized the passengers. The
passengers on the train had not known
v\hat caused the sudden stopping of the
cars until they saw the body of Auer
bach brought to the platfrom, and then
they made a wild effort to leave th««
train. Seeing that this would only add
to the confusion on the platform. Sym
ington gave orders that the doors be
closed until the station was cleared The
guarels then closed the doors and the.
passengers were held prisoners.
An ambulance from the J. Hood
Hospital was summoned. Dr. Bigley's
only duty was to pronounce the man
dead. The body was then taken to the
We?t 100 th street police station and the
train wtis allowed to discharge its pas-
Bencers, m^st of whom took the surface
cars to their homes.
Kinsman Denies Suicide.
A search of Auerbach's body revealed
se\eral letters and cards from which
his identification was established. The
police then notified his mother. Mr?.
Josephine Auerbach. a widow, with
whom the son had made his home Hn
Auerbach was prostrated by the new 3
and had to be attended by a physician.
David Hays. Mrs. Aucrbach's son-in-law.
who was present, immediately went to
the police station and identified the body
by means of a locket which contained a
miniature of the dead mans mother.
Mr Hays was emphatic in savin.: that
he did not believe Auerbach committed
suicide, but said that he was suffering
from falling eyesight and might have
stepped off the platform by accident. He
said, however, that a favorite niece of
Auerbach's had died a few days ago and
that Atterhach was greatly affected by
thu c .
Richard Auerbach. besides his interest
in the fur business, was the secretary
and a d'rector in the Reailograph Com
pany, of No. S East 14th street, of which
his brother. Edward A. Avjsrtad i~ also
a director. He was forty years old.
G. A. PEPPER CONVICTED
Found Guilty of Petit Larceny in Sche
nectady Graft Case.
Scheneetady, N. V.. June 16.— George a
Pepper, formerly in charge of road con
struction, indicted for grand larceny in
the second degree In connection with the
craft Investigation, was com it ted cl petty
larceny to-night. The jury considered th*
case tor nearly six hours.
NEW YORK CENTRAL AND WEST
SHORE SUMMER TIME TABLE
t a .k-».- effect June l*th Increased cerviC6 to
summer re sort*.— Advt
' la City of »■*»■ York J««r«*T City and Hobokaa.
EtSEWHERE TWO CE.VTS. .
INDICTMENTS MY
IN COTTON INQUIRY
Grand jury C?mplet<ng Its Work
Finds True Bills Against
Staple B::o3 f ers.
FOUND UNDER SHERMAN ACT
Government Counsel Denisa
That Bears Brought Action
to Get Even with the
Bull Operators.
After an investigation of the cotton
bull pool, covering altogether nearly two
. months, the federal grand jury com
! pleted its work yesterday. True biil3
were found and indictments will be
handed down to-day, when warrants "will
ibe issued for the arrest of the persona
charged with conspiracy in restraint of
trade under the provisions of the Sher
man act. The proceedings from fir«t to
last were conducted by Clark SlcKsr
'.her, an Assistant United States At
torney General. The indktment3 were
drawn by Oliver Pagan another a3
i sistant to Attorney General Wick., r
i
! sham.
Witnesses were called in the second
proceeding here, which was closed
yesterday, to appear "in a certain ac
tion now pending and undetermined in
the Circuit Court <>:' the Unied Statt-3
for the Southern District of New York
between the United States of America,
complainant, and James A. Patten end
others, defendant?," etc.. demanding also
the production of all books, papers and
records, cable and telegraph messages,
agreements, notices. ' memoranda or
copies thereof, including authorization
and directions to purchase and sell ra"v
cotton, embracing the period from No
vember 30 last to August next.
On April IS the fhwt investigation was
begun and the defendants then named
were William P. Brown. F. B. Hayne. of
New Orleans, and others, the others «ald
to have been Mr. Patten and Eugene P.
Scales, of Texas. This first inquiry was.
preliminary to the second, and had for
its object the discovery of a bull pool
agreement entered into on February (>( >
of this j ear. The agreement was forth
coming after a grand jury session cov
ering five days. The present inquiry vraa
begun early in May.
The names of the men indicted may
be withheld until the bench warrants
are served. If the persons do not live
in this district there will have to be re
moval proceedings, which will delay the
progress of the case a great deal.
The Government's Allegations.
When the investigation was first be
gun a statement was Issued by the De
partment of Justice, giving a summary
of the situation which brought about
the action.' ,It follows: f ;Y_-
"Information nas laid before th* At
torney Genera! indh ating the fact rhat
a combination had been formed between
several operators to buy up all the re
maining unused raw cotton produced :?i
the United States in the crop of ::*\l-: >.
and that as a result of the Sfjamtsm si
this pool the price of cotton alread;. has
been advanced so largely in excess of
the normal prie« that the cotton manu
facturers had reduced greatly their nut
put rather than buy at this exorbitant
price, thus throwing out of employment
more than 25 per cent of the cotton miU
operatives in the United States, and re
sulting in the monopolization of the en
tire visible supply of raw cotton in the
market and the diminution in th? com
merce of cotton goods. '
Witnesses from JViany States.
Witnesses have been heard from all
parts of the cotton producing section
of the country, and nearly every broker
in this city supposed to have informa
tion of value was subpeenaed. Son: ■ of
the witnesses refused to produce their
books and papers, but only one got away
with his determination not to obey the
subpoena.
Local brokers tried hard to find out
who started the investigation, but did
not succeed • The government ' counsel
refused to give the name of the com
plainant or complainants. Mr Patten
frequently denied that he had any part
in an agreement to control the cotton
stock, and gave out statements in which,
he said that all his cotton operations
were in line with legitimate business
methods— that of buying in the cheapest
market and selling in the dearest.
C^ie of the government counsel, denied
yesterday that the bears in the business
had taken this means of getting back at
the bulls. A few brokers en the bear
side of the market were called at the
preliminary investigation when th«
agreement was being sought.
EXPLOSION ROUTS BATHERS
Patron 3 Get More than Money 3
Worth in Way of Steam.
Orchard street was thrown into great
excitement last night, when a steam
pipe burst in a Russian bath an 1 eight
men rushed out into the street to cool
off. The eight were gathered together in
the hot room of Ellas Berschleiser's
baths, at No. 32 Orchard street, and
were quietly sipping the cold glasses of
water that stood on the arms of the re
clining chairs.
With a roar like a cannon a steam
pipe along the w.jl! burst, and tha
bathers made a dash for the street.
Their appearance created enormous in
terest. The unfortunate men finally
tosssl dark and friendly doorways, and
at last got back to the baths in bor
rowed clothes.
A rubber was struck In the fac- \
piece of broken pipe, and was afterward
scalded while trying Is stop the es
steam He was taken to GouvensMßr
Ho;-p!tal. but is BSI hi a serious condi
tion.
DOCTOR COMMITS SUICIDE
Atlantic City. June 13.— Dr. Herman Mar*
cus. one of the best known physicians -.a
Atlantic City, committed suicide to-day.
The physician, who had bee-: suffering
from nervous breakdown and nielanchoUi
for months, drank . a solution or cyanide
of potassium, and was dying when be wa»
found.
All through rail tickets bet." New York and
Albany accepted en DAY LIN£ st«un*r»
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