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BRANDI 10 TESTIFY
Oelancey Nicoll Tries to Get
Privilege for Schiff and Gans,
but Finds Whitman
Obdurate.
HAND TO SEE DIX TO-DAY
Special Commissioner Eager to
Start Hearings in Public, and
Wants His Powers to
Compel Witnesses to
Testify Defined.
Folk?- '?;. Brandt, the s-hiff valet, who
Is in lbs T??mbs awaiting the habeas
corpus decision ot thi Supreme Court,
will he n witness before the grand Jury
which i*3 Investigating th? method by
which h*- was s? nt to prison under ;i
thirt- for a first offence
f,f?,!i!'_ r~ His counsel had a long con
-?..n..- with him In the office "f ihe
~*Hgiri t Attorney yesterdaj
It was reported that Brandt's tpplica?
tlon under a writ ol habeas corpus Is
likely t" be su Justice i lerai d, ;
jt is understood, believes lhat in < ?.ns'nl i
trati.'ii ??f the Involved legal tangle into
-nhi.h the whole affair has fallen, to?
gether with the further Investigation In |
prospect by th?' appolntmenl of Richard
L. Rand it ? Bp? - ?ui commissioner, ihs
so?")? r he <-.??!-. hand down his decision on
the writ the bettei II will ?be for all eon
err
De Lai ??> Nicoll, who el for
?tward B. Qans In this caae, r.lled on
f>tat**lct Attorney Whitman yesterday
snd ' nd-mvored to get sow -
thai Mortimer !. Bchlff, aa well as Mr
Gana, would be ? ailed as :i ~rtti
the grand jury His appeal for
makes th<- third which has been made
In behalf of the former Assist.-.v? District
trlet Attorney, who was aft?srward mini?
tel for Mr. Prhiff in th?- original Brandi j
caae, when the young valet received his]
thirty - y-..r sentence.
Form, r Police Inspector Mei.aughlin.
for whom a ?-rand Jury subpeena was
Issued is i? di ! T- th< Dlsti
Attorney's <?ffl*<- y?saterday. having baaa
served with a "nubp?na. He di?i not k<>
before ihe grand jury, but h;.?l a long
talk -v'.'h Mr. Whitman.
A Denis! by Judqe Rosalsky.
Judge Rosalsky d? ni? ?i 8 story that he
had attend.-d a conference at the Cri?
terion <"hih on March 3. l!"''7. at which
Mortimer I* Bchiff, Howard B. O-ana,
Inspector MclAUgMln and i man named
Roths? hilt! were present, hat when aske.i
ll fclf dental In the form of a signed
stnt.r,-,. nl r'fused to do s?>
The story of lhat conference was laid
before the Distri? t Attorney, inclndins;
sil the names mentioned above. Mr.
Whitman admitted that the story was
told to him In conn.? ?l??n with his in
?ation Of th.- Brandt caae, nut he
Mid that it had not yet been investi?
gated.
Bp .; Commissioner Hand said
yesterday that he would have s eon
tr-renee with Governor l>ix in Albany i<>
day Mr. Hand added that until h.?
undCTitood precisely the nature ?,f his
appointment h<- would be uncertain
about his procedure, but he hr>i>ed that
he would be able to begin an Immc?i.ii?
hearing of the 'ase in public
The announcement that Hran.it would
appenr as a witness befOTS the gr?-nd
Jury mmf aiter the young prisoner had
hern in conference vvith Mirabeau U
Towns, his attorney, and Kotiert M.
?Moore a .1 Assemblyman Charles Vert,
assistant counsel. The confeven??<? was
held in a private room adjoining th.*
District Attorney's office, and after it
Was over It was also announced for
Brandt that the ihr?-?- men n.im.-d ware
his ?>nly legal r pr?sentaiiv.-s.
It is reported thut the grand Jury
greatly d?-sir?:? to hear Brandt's own
Btory, as thev believe it will no far in
clearing up the muddle Into which pr.-vi
?tatements have thrown It Hi will
h? asked to relate in detail all his rela?
tions with Mortimer I.. S.-hlff and his
various conversations with Srhiff's law?
Further, he will tell in detail the
ptory of all his visitors when he ?
the Tomba just prior to the time when
JudR.- Roaaleky sentenced him to thirty
in prison.
Will Tell Grand Jury All.
Hi? side of the story of his conversa?
tions wllh Sch;.f, both at his home "ii
the night of the alleged burglai and -it
his office on tiV Monday morning fol?
lowing, will b?- gtvea t?. th?- grand jury,
as will his full st?.ry of all his relations
with the detectives who handled th.
In f.o t. th- only Importan!
about win. h Brandt will not be able t<?
aten the grand .buy . ompletely win
b. ih.- dlapoaltion <?f his letters and other
effe is whi. h th? police took from his
room
DeLan? ?-. \" oiri ?.?.?it t,, ||r whit
man yssterdsy constituted the third at?
tempt made by or in behalf .,f Howard s
Qans t.. i?. psrmltted to testify I
I'll*- So f.,r U ?s known It
***? :.s ooly th- sMcoad ..tt.-mi.t it, behalf ?-f
Mortimer I. s< hiff it w;is ond-smood
thai Mr. NtCOll gSV? , bjg ??timalion.
he found lhat the proeeCUtOT'l
'milled 1? keep his < llel'ls
away from the grand Jnrjr, that James
Bucklev. foreman ?,f the gr;i:.d Jury.
would he asked to invite ?Schiff and Qans
pear
rift Attorney is determined to
from appearing as witnesses
Ideally waive th.-ir con?
'"?'' privilege Which otherwise
grand Jury witness from
1 he District Attorney will
' ?> prohibitory order if on at
''"'pt is mad?- t? KH them before th.*
Jury through trie medium of an
?tion ft?.i? the foreman.
'?''"?'n.-i it,.,,. i,,r McLaughlin wai tn
when he apiwared nt the i'rim- ,
JBal Court? Building yesterday to treat j
??i..- <>r HU'-h routine
R*tire that he could not recall it
ut<-t. Later, however, his friends ex?
plained that ii. inn. tor was
(?nlinned on third pu if.
HOW $25,000 WAS ?STOLEN IX BROAD DAYLIGHT.
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TAXICAB THAT WAf H-BLD W Florines IN OUTLINE siiou H'?v, OENO MANTANI IN Mis skat ON THE TAXICAB.
THE V'.vv ROBBERB <X)T INTn T,lE VKHKi.i: ??Pfcata by atthe ?acial ?ur-rtea.)
EQUITABLE DIRECTORS
ME ?O SEIL OED SITE
Will Dispose of Broadway Block
"If Satisfactory Price Can
Be Obtained."
ASSESSED AT $9,500.000
Since Building Was Burned Real
Estate Men Have Estimated
That Land Was Worth
$20,000,000.
The hoard of directors of the Equitable
Life Assurance Kooiety at a meetlnsc
held yesterday In the company's offices,
.it No. 166 Rrondway, voted to sell the
bloeh in Broadway, between Pine and
< ? ?lar streets, where the ruina of the old
Equitable Building; now atnnd, "pro
vid.-d a satisfactory price can be ob?
tained."
It would he difficult to ascertain ,1?ist
what a satisfniti.r'. price for the prop?
erty would Le. The city assess.-?! th.- ? in
lire property last y?-ar at $12,100,000
It was ape? ifU-'l that the building r?
sonted $2,200,000 of this valut-, the land
$9,800,000 ;in<] the vnults nn'lfT the
building .*?<?? m kmi
The Equitable society had a private
assessment made by the Douglaa Roh
Inson. charles V I'rown Company and
John If. Goldlng ihr.-?' y?-ars ?agio, The
average aaveaamenl ??f these esperta waa
found t.? t?.- 118,800,000, bul one ..f them
s.-t his t?.tal as hinh as $16,000,000.
Many real --.?-t?te men are Inclined t >
think that in view of the rapid Increase
In prop?-rtv values in lower Broadway
120,000,000 WOUld be a fair estilil.it.- ??f
the value ??f tin- liroun?-' t<? day.
Tin ploi lias a frontage of 1*37 feet 11
ii ? hea in ?Broadway, 152 feel ?> inches in I
?i ?street, 810 feet 1 Inch in Cedar
?-1r?-?-t and ?">,,?"' t??'t ?*? ln?*he.s In Pine
?street. Th.- ?ity ssenseora plaeed a value
.,- $?180,000 a im ?m th.- Broadway rront
? ?Ko. I4OO.O00 '?n the Nassau lots and
;;;;ini.(nhi on th.? ?Pine street and .Cedar
?tree! I"ts. <"??rner l??ts w?-re raled at a
80 per cent increase ov?W these Bgtirea
The ?Equitable aoetet** 'lid not acquire
the entire block until a few years iik<>,
Whan the Bebnonl property, at tho
corner of C?8dar and Nassau streets, and
the s?-<ti?.n on th.- ?orner of Pine and
Naaaatl streets wer.? added. The build
InS was ci.nstnir1.il In 1888, and en?
laced and Improved lu 1887 under the
p-ersona] direction of Henry B Hyda It
was th?' Hist building In New York to
have a passenger elevator.
Two years UK?? the Equitable society
-rlously conaldering the erection of
a sixlv two itory building on the site,
and. In fa? t, plans ware drawn up by
I?. H. Bnrnham & Co., ot rhlcago, for'
Hi., stt?.iure. The building was to i nst
$10,000.000 It was finallv decided that
business Conditions would not warrant
M.? h an expenditure and the project was
abandoned. Blnce the lire the company
has discussed the advisability of replac?
1 iii_r th?- ruined building with a twenty
story structure, but this plan also lestM J
t. have beep dropped.
After votinK t.. sei] the si??- th.
oil ? ? tore elected the following officers for
tii.- coming y.ar
Preetdent. W. A. Day; secretary, Will
Ism Alexander; actuary, Robert Hender
son.
The following ?Jtsndlng committees
w.-re ais?, elected: Finance committee -
E. H. Thomas. T. De Witt Curler, Prank
S \\ ?tb.-rl ...?. i*. H. Zehnder. Ihe presi?
dent an.i th.- vire prasldtint ?Cxaoutlve
commit t. e Th.- president, the v|.??? presi?
dent. ('. It. Alexan.ler, W. W. Fin.ll.-v,
A. ('. Htitnrihreys. Thomas A. OillaajUe,
Walla?.. I.. Pierre, V. V Snviler. Thomai
Spratt. Samuel Kea, E. M. Out^rbrtdga
Jacob ?? S? hmidlapp, William Whitman!
lli-nry I?. Purest and Charles I?. Morton.
Afc.-n? \ committee A. C Humphreys,
John I?. Keman? Hradlsh Johnson, ttomg
E. Tarbell a.,.1 I'. H Williams. Itisnr
.?nee committee t'harles IX Morton, (>
B, i.ittietieifi. winiaaa C. Radflald, w, f*.
M??'?.ok and K W Hl.iomlnRdale.
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RECTOR REJECTS EDITORSHIP.
Newt.!.,, Mas? , -'eh. |j -The Rev |:,|.
uani t. puiiiviin. rtctot <>f Trinity I.'i?|.
? opal '"hutch, Newtoa Centre? ami.?
to-nlRliI Ihm h?, i,.,,; ,i, ?lin.-.l ,iii ..tt.-r to
le?'<>m? erlitor of The t'hur?*timan," ,,t
New V??tk Tin H, v Mr Sullivan Is edi?
tor of 'The ?Church .Militant," th.- Mus,.,;,
eliusell* dio?.?-san >,,,,... I
MEADOW BROOK HUNT
HALTED BY QUARANTE
Sheriff Has Been Ordered to K
All Stray Dogs in Hemp
stead Township.
EXTENSIVE SCHEDULE UPSE
Six Men Will Be Put to Work .
Once to Carry Out Order of
the Commissioner of
Agriculture.
Mine?la. I ?on g Island. Peb I". ??''?p.
rial). MendOW Brook fox hunters \vi
he compelled t?> forego their usual sprit
bunting, as Bhfl?ff Da Motl tins .-ift?-i
noon received word from Calvin .
H tison, Commissioner of Agriculture, 1
enforce a strict quarantine against a
doRS In the township of BetaPtteaM
irhl? I? is comj. i ut i dorn? riling?
t.. sides small ham!? Is. whl<h li.ndl
phots on th? map. Th? quarantine ma
last six months
The quarantine ?ill prov? s Kr?-?
hardship to die Meadow Brooh club, a
.1 ES. Davis, Its maater, iia.i prepared
schedule of hunts for the fox and drai
hounds which would have attrai :.?1 lov
ers of th? sport from all parts ??f th
country t?? take i?n?t In th? dally runs
As any ?1??k ;it large can be ihoi aft?
the oflicer makes s reaaonabl? effort t?
catch iiim. the hounds would, "f conree
com? under that head, and the <i"i
?catcher would undoubtedly make ai
effort t.. kill some "t them.
Th<- trouble arose ovei s mad dogneei
I'.eiiiiHu?' who escaped after h<- had bit
ten ?? number of dog??, which soon showei
.-? mptoms of disease and w?sre shot
The d"K which started the trouble ea
capad and has not yet been caught al
though there in little ? hance of his belni
alive, as the doga were bitten tin-.-?
Weeks agO.
Th? H.'iii|.si.'.i?1 T??wn Board of Healtl
requested th? state authorities to en
force a strict quarantine, which ordei
the Sheriff received to-day, H" will ut
imee put six men on dut) t?? see that nil
sii.iys are kill??!. In lb? ?olonles about
Westbury, Roslyn, Qarden City and
< ?ilarhurst the greatest car.- will hf
u.s.-?i to prevent the spread of the dis?
ease.
AlmoKt every household in all of thOM
sections has half ? dosen doga, and if
the.*- ar?. not either muzzled or tied tlu-ir
owners will be liable to a tin.- of 111?.
land the doga may also be shot by the
?Jog ' etcher.
The horsea which wars In ih?- field ??n
th? .stiite of John ?S Philips when ono
??f th.-m w;is bitten have shown no
further slKris of rabies, ami It Is thought
by Mr. Phlppa that non?' ot the otheri
was bitten bj th? rabid dog.
A strict rjuarantine has been enforced
In North Ib-mpstead, man. doga being
killed .-very ?lay In ;ill s?, lions of ihe
township the result being that all own?
ers are keeping their doga ..t bom? and
tied, While 111 oth.-r Stray doga ;ir.? shot.
If the quarantine is of considerable
duration many d.?i~ shows will he nf
ferted, as Hempetend Township is ul
waya promlnentl) represented.
Amoni; prominent residents who will
be inquired lo k.-.-p careful watbh on
their doga because of th? quarantine are
i . Van Bsnaselser Kennedy, August
Helmont. James .M.?rtlin<T. who |s super?
tntendenl of th.* Westminster Kennel
Club ?Show; .'"hn Van Vranken. Byrofl
Maker, Pr [?Mill Nop Pan? hart. Mrs.
O M. P. P.lniont. John White, Mrs
Henry wiii.tts. to. ioott Cameron, Bei
man L. l*?-ttit and others win, have coun?
try piares in the affected district
_? ??
PAID ALIMONY IN LEAD
Husband Also Gave Wife Plugged
Nickels and Dimes.
m, r ;? >-' ?p?*- '" T!: '
Cincinnati, feb, ,v ?*"? 'he hearing to?
day before Judge toaxrnm <>f ihe suit of
Anna Alsn. ' for divorce and alim?n, from
Mathias AI m** s:i!o?'i,k..|..|- an.I . .
Mrs Algner 8*eCl.***ed '""t liter b?tng or?
dered to PBV Week!) alimony p.n.lln^; th?
| deposition of her suit, Algner paid her In
donara, ph*gf*~ *?W"* ;""' <
Su?- exhibited a bud dollar and other ?-oin?
whiih she ??ai<i --ii?- rtfeelv-sd froaa ?lgnei
gJM saw testified lhat when she tol-1 him
she would have to Ket a divorce, he said:
"I'll tlx It H >'n" n"r ,ollr la*vy''r'' fln?l
my money and let no b**mmt9." I
PRANK vvi.i'i i \,
?l*h?.t<i I.y I'??*?-* Knarr-.? in* Co)
Th.- slxteet, year-o|d mammenger, who waa
tan by tha robbera in th<- atruggtc to
? iney.
M \ p gHi f\\ ING h ??. ??? iLbOWED
B1 THE TAXICAB -\KTK.K THE
ROBBERS TOOK CONTROL
Th.- cr.ins in.ii.ates where ihey got into
Hi. ..ii? grst the i-tat whrr?' they made
Ih.-ir es.?ape.
Passing of
the Yankee
Do you realize the extent to
which New EriR'and is now
overrun by ?persons of alien
birth ? Some startling facts
on this ?point will b'e present?
ed in
Next Sundays Tribune
BUTTER CORNER IN DANGER
New Zealand Product Reaches
Canada at Low Price.
?Ilv T..|..Kr.,|.l? f Th.- Tribun- 1
Ottawa. Fab IB. ?One thousand |in?k
hk?'-s "f butt.r import?-?I tern New Zea?
land an.) Hhii'i'?'?i a?t??:> the contlnsnl
fr?im Vani'iuvT reached Montreal to?
day, ami will be offered f??r aale there
,,, montra below th?' laieem asked tot
Canadian butter, non ?<> cents a pound
<.ih?-r ahlpmenU of N<**w Zealand butter
.-,re eonlng to Ottawa and T..r..tit...
if th<- eapertmenl provas a auccesa,
regular shipmenta win tollem. The Sem
Zealand article Ii pronoun?ced [Time by
those ?who ?have tried 't. although s trifle
more aalty than Canadian butt?
a ihortaga ol butter snd consequent
hiKh prlcea In Canada caused thla ax?
i?? t iiii.nt t" be mads
T
?JUDGE LANNINO SERIOUSLY ILL
Sudden Relapse May Prevent Him Sit?
ting in Steel Cane.
I Bj t. :.?.?' ipti io Th? Tribe?a l
Trenton. N. I . '"? h Ii Judge William
M Lannlng. of the ttnlted Btatea Cli-uil
Court, who area ???i'?.n??i a- eonvaleedag
from a aartoua IHnaea, lisa auffet-sd ?? re
lapsa ami i.-? sea it? ? ciltlcal condition, a
?pedallo* baa found it eaceeeery to remirt
t.. UM use Of iiL.tl'tiiH" IS the event ol Ma
recovery Ju.i?;.- I_uintns win not b* able to
Btt-nii t?. Mi """' dutlea for sere-al
month*. ., , _ . .
It I? naM that the Illation brought by
the government against th?* United Btatea
si.-1 Corporation win be ronduct.td before
judge ?;ii\ and Judge Bufflngton, wiio.
with .Indu.- UintiltiK. ha.l b'-.-n assigned t?>
trv the es?
_ ? i
ROBINS GO ON SFREES
Redbreasts Get Drunk on "Bird Lick
er," Sober Up and Then Take More.
byeriy <'?? . Wh? " Robins in .hie vl
dnlty have Hffialr?*'! hajilt? of ?nao.irlety.
The 'bird llrker" thst Intoxl-ates them Is
bettered t>? bs obtain**! from Chins lernen.
whlrh ?row In profin*l?*i n.-i.r here
Many of the robin? ,nu' '?av,- bum 'ound
In a "drunken" t ?>t'.<l'tl?n ha te b"*n
watihed during 'h" ,!m" ,,f ,,1"lr ?UpslB?J.
ti?.n. w.-itrhern being eareful to lie p cat?
at a safe dlatance. and It has been . l-?.-rv. i
that In a few h?tn" ,he hlnlii revi.- 9Skt
imme.iiat.iy ge bas* ts the Chios berry]
t!.
_?>
GREAT BEAR bPRING WATER.
???? *, rehZ of 6 f-taas-stsppsrsi bu.tiea.
A-ivt.
PROFESSOR GOES CRAZ1
i Spanks Pupils. Steals Horse ai
Gallops Away.
lit- ? Trlbon* I
Philadelphia, Peb |5, Professor Jo'
p.iifji?-?-, f,,r several years an instruct
at th?- Orange Home, near Hatboi
P.'tin., apparently suddenly went out
l-i?i tnimi this morning, w-h.-n he dl
turhed the regular chapel exercises
the achool and then, without hat
overcoat ruahed from th?- building, stc
a h?????' and ?lash? ?l over the counti
r< ,ois. riding his charger bareback uni
captured bj Conatable Palmer, ?'f Hi
bora He was arrested, charged nil
disturbing a religious meeting and ?tes
Ing a h??rs?> The latter charg* I? at
ballabl ? In thia state. and the instruct,
was sent to Jail, where a commissin
Will examine his mental condition
While the exercises wer? nein*; he!
thia morning, Professor niifgen entere
the thai', i and yelled to Prefeaaor J??h
Percy, who was leading the services, in
demanded why he was teaching th? ohll
dren religious errors.
Professor Percy ordered pufften fron
the chapel, whereupon Miff-en attack's?
several Of the ?-Indents, tliril'il then
ncross his knee and spanked them wit!
ail the vigor at his cotnmand. Who
Profesaor Percy and the students re
. overed ? nougti t?? make a concerte?
effort to go after P!lfK?'n, h? dashed <?U
of ti??- < iiap.-i into th?- bun, ? fieri h<
?..t th? horse utt? started oh lus wll<
?ia.?ii across the couhtry
75, MARRIES "GIRL OF 17
E. B. Alsop Weds Miss Effle Pope
Hill, of Georgia.
Seventeen and seyenty-llve were the ai?es
given by Blhe Pope mu and Bdwird brown
Alsop when they aske?i for a marriage
license it the <'it-.- iiaii yesterday just pie?
VtOUS to their wedding In Trinity Church.
Mr. Alsop admllteil h.? wa.? ths senior mem?
ber of th?- BOW Htm. In spite Of -.n?'' hair
and a gray beard h.> might pasa for a man
?if sixtv
The COUPlS arrived at the Bureau of f.!
<?? i .?es a few minutes bsfora closing time.
and after obtaining a ttesns? ?rsni ??? Trtn
it y Church, where they were marrl'-'l l?y
the ReV Df Hutton. The wedding feast
was served nt the Waldorf-Astoria, after
which Mr. and Mrs. Alsop went to th?
Motel Latham, where they will make their
home f?ir the present.
Mr. AlSOp'S tWO sons, Harold P. U. Alsop,
who Is a stiuleiit at Harvard and Is several
years old.-r than his stepmother, anil Fvl
srai I J. Alsop, who Is at ("iroton gchool,
wer?, present at the wedding.
Miss Fllll. who comes from Washington.
Oa . has been living in New York for sev?
eral months with her mother. Mrs. William
J. Hill. She said she had met Mr Alsop
about a year ago. Mr. and Mrs. Mlnter
Wlmheilev. an aunt and uncle of the bride,
came to New York a f.;w weeks ago an?i
tiled to peifent the match.
Mr. Alsop has extensive steel Inierests In
Pittsburgh. He is a brother of the H.\
Dr. Reese F. Alsop. ?f grOShljU. lit!* for
in> r Wife, who was MlM Knuna Hester
Hussey, died four years ago. Mr. Alsop Is
a member of the Metropolitan Club, of
Washington, D, C, snd the Dtiqifesne Club.
Of Pittsburgh.
BANK MESSENGERS ROBBED
OF $25,000 ON BUSY STREET
NEAR BROADWAY IN DAYLIGHT
TAXICAF3 FIGURE IN
, CITY CRIME ANNAI.S
October 23. 19C8?Morris Tannenholz
shot at his Jewelry store. No. 755 Lex
Ington avenue, by robber whe escaped
in taxlca'i with jrweli.
January ?2. 1909?Harold B. Thomp
son. chauffeur, knocked unconscious and
robbed In Central Park South by four
men who had hired his taxicab.
August 5, iq(**g?Mrs Irene Wright
knocked unconscious and robbed In Cen.
tr.il Park by chauffeur of her taxicab
and two other men.
Febr-iarv ?*5. 1913? Five men torced ?
taxicab chauffeur t"J r?nve them away
from ai fon at 37th street and Eleventh
avenue, vi\tere they had stabbed An.
thony Fo?cIII six times.
April 2, 1910 "Spanish Louis," gang
leacfer. Klll'd it 11th street and Second
avenue by four men, who drove away
in a red automobile.
May 9, 1911?Woman kidnapped six
year-old Mildred Bllsinger from Public
School 28, Ralph avenue and Herklmer
street, Brooklyn, and escaped in auto?
mobile with child.
July 23. 1911?Adolph Stern, a clerk,
shot and killed by hold-up men In front
of the Jewelry store at 13th street and
Sixth avenue. Robbers escaped with
tray of Jewels in taxicab.
September 21. 1911?Men In taxicab
shot Frank Mullen in front of his home
at No. 352 East 32o street.
January "!, 1912?Abraham Hollander
shrt. at Delancey street and Bowery,
by five men who escaped In a grey tour
ing car.
February 13 1"12?Irving Beckerman,
a bookkeeper, held up and robbed of $900
at Great Jones street and the Bowery.
Men esrape In an automobile.
TWO ROASTED TO DEATH
Hut Burns Near Stamford While
Onlookers Are Powerless.
[le. T? 'earapb to Tht th' mm I
Stamford. Conn.? ?Feb. _& Msltrttle
Holly, .'in ?Xpert charcoal t.urnor, and
?:;.-?>r:-.- Waters, ? farm Isborer, w?^r<*
burned to death it East Hunting Ridge
t" nlfhl in a little hut on the farm of
Batnuel Browi ores ??f men and
women, i? verlese to render nid, si.i
around th?? burning building and listened
to the Frensled cries of the vi?*tims.
The men srsre bm bftors. ?Waters? a
?'hit war veteran, was seventy years
"1-1. Molly was flftv The hut waa on
an Isolated p;irt of th?*- Br.--.vn farm, arid
th?- ni.-n had been In it all the afternoon.
At fio.? o'clock Hamos were seen rising
from th?? roof In half an hour *he bull-t?
in-; was a hrap of glowing coala. Th?
?bodies wer** found.
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BLAMES FALL ON AIRSHIP
| Youth Accused of Forgery Says
Money Went for Skycraft.
[By T?l?S**_***ll io Th.- Trlhiin-' |
Boaton, Feh U It Is bettered hv the p?
II? ?? that Th?eodorc II ?'.irt'!. twenty years
..i.i. charged to-day with forging the dsbh
of the Rev I?r Samuel A Eliot, son of
tha prealdent .ni.rltiis of Harvard l'nl
veraltjr, to four chacka fbr a t.-? t a I amount
of $?"?''?-. aought tn meet espensi i ha had
Incurred In building an airship in Dedham.
? iM.-r w.iv arrested on the Instsn-ce ?>t
tha William J. Burns DMsetlre kganey at
N?. 2'S1 Amorv ?street? .lamau-a Plain,
where he lived. II?- was li.-l.l <?n f<.!ir
?outits aft?'r a hearing in tha Cambridg?
? art.-i. tha police s.?v. confaaoad t?>
i.i\-?iik' forged tha nan*.* of I>r. Fliot to
four rhf.'ks, as foll"\?s Jillv ft, *?1_; August
3, pod; Auguat i. UM; August :>. $i<>>
II,? ?1?. Ia!...l. according to the police, that
In? expected to Bell th?* ma?*hlne at a high
fiuiir.- an.I then make restitution. The p<>
i*.-.- say ?'?irt,-r asaserted he was bonding
the airship ?Hi the ?'hut.? of an l.v-hotise.
bot the wind carried It ?town the chute
Into a pond II?- trai form.-rly employe,! bv
I?r Kli.'t
CHLOROFORM GIVEN DYING MAN
Three Burned to Death in a Freight
Wreck on the Grand Trunk.
Yarmouth. Me, |-Vh. || Atlhur Corliss,
Ray Jordan and Mr. Barms, three train?
men, wen- burned to death In a freight
wreck on thr- t.rand Trunk Railroad near
the North Vaiui.'Uth station thla morning
Two freight trains struck with terrific Im?
pact, the wreck.??.? limiting
Arthur Corliss, hrakeman on the Portland
bound train, was <lls?,o\ ere.l alive beneath a
burning bn\ car Riled with grain. He was
conscious and asked his would-be rescuers
if they could <JS*/e him. When they found
that he was pinned fast In th" wreckage
and that th?- li.-e was approaching s?> raptdlv
.is tu forbid any hope ?if releasing him, the
situation was explained te him and be
begged tint something he given him to re?
lic. <? his siiffei Itiir
At the risk of his own life. Or. William
Stui del ant. of Yarmouth, crawl.-.I un.ler th??
car and thrust Into ihe Injured man'-* hand
a handkerchief BOeked with chloroform to
relieve his sufferings. A moment after the
physician had withdrawn from the perilous
position the car collapsed and Corliss's body
was hurled In the burning wre?kage.
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HOG KILLER FACES 7 YEARS
Butcher Who Uses Firearms in Hi
Trade Accused Under Sullivan Act.
[By Telegraph te Tha Tribun- )
BahyIon, Long Island. Fmm, 15. Fdward
Silber Is midst arrest In Llndenhurst. a
Cern?an vlllagt? three miles west of here,
on Hie charge of violating th.- Sullivan law
t, listing to the carrying of concealed
weapons. 8llber is a butcher and he kills
his hogs hy shooting them In the head and
then stahhlng them. He was engaged In
this method of dispatching hogs th? other
day when he was discovered In the act by
August Ra?r. a rival but? h.-r
Raer ina.l- complaint to Justice Irml?ch,
who issued a warrant charging ?llber with
violating the Sullivan act. Silber plead.-d
not guilty and put up ball for his appear?
ance to-morrow. Since his arrest It has
.1-v.?loped, ?he authorities say. that Silber
is not a citizen The penalty for a foreigner
, ,,?.vi?t. t .?f violating the Sullivan law is I
scv? n years In prison.
ANTEDILUVIAN WHISKEY
The good. ?iLl-fashlop?'?! kind Pure rich
mellow and "right." L_uyt.es Bro?.. N T
. .SAvt
I Five Bandits Hold Up Taxicab in
Trinity Place, Below "Dead
Line/' and Escape in
Automobile.
MEN WITH MONEY BEATEN
Chauffeur ' Forced at Pistol'g
Point to Drive Ten Blocks
Past Three Patrolmen?
He Is Held on Dough?
erty's Order.
The most daring and remarkable rob?
bery the city has known In years waa
accomplish?'.! yesterday forenoon on the
margin of the financial ?llstrlct by five
automobile bandits, who held up a taxl
Cnb and robbed two bank messengers
who were Inside of $25.01)0 In $.*> and $10
hills.
The robbers escaped In a hlark touring
car that was waiting for thorn at the
corner of Park Place and Church street,
leaving no clew behind them. After
working all day on the case the polte?
confessed that they were puzzled.
The police, have little to work on. but
that little they are trying to make th?
most of. having detectives all over tho
city detailed on the rase.
It Is believed that the r??bbery waa
committed by the name gang who held
up a clerk as he was leaving a hank
last Saturday, at the Rowery and Great
Jones street, robbing him of $;Ht-, after
beating him with blackjacks, and then
escaping, as did the thieves yesterday,
in a black automobile with a Mach hood.
Belonged to East River Bank.
The monev was the property of the
East River National Rank, to which In?
stitution, at No. t>80 Rroadway, It was
being transferred in the care ,.f two
messengers, both unarmed.
The taxicab, In charge of Oeno Man
tanl, left the East River National Rank
at a little after lOo'clock. Inside were th.?
tWO messi-ngers, Wilbur F. Smith, sixty
one years old. of No. 901 Sterling Place.
Brooklyn, and Frank Worell, sixteen
'? irs old. of Seventeenth and Vreel.in?!
! avenues. Paterson. N. J.
The taxicab took a somewhat round?
about route In getting to the Produce
Kx?hange Rank, at Reaver street and
Rroadway, going down Rroadwsy to
Maiden Lane, to Nassau street, to
Reaver, and then to Rroadway
At the bank the messens;?'rs presented
checks for .*?*_*."?.<Xk? and received three
thousand .*?."> lulls and one thousand fit)
bills, some n?".v and some old. Th AM
they put Into a brown leather tele
bag. about twenty-four Jn?*hes long and
about sixteen Inches in height, and the
sain?* meeeureaaeart in width.
The messengers, w It li the money, got
into the taxicab, and the chauffeur
started on a different route going hack
He ??nt up Rroadway to Fx>*hange
i Alley, turned west and reaching Trinity
iPtaoi turned north in that street.
In Trinity Place, between Exchange
Ph.o,. .inri Rector street, were rive men,?
Four had no overcoats. Three of these
wore cap* a fourth ?rorc i soft slouch
hat. Th.- fifth wore a Kray cap and a
well cut brown over?-.?at.
They had been watting thct?- about
half an hour When the taxicab turned
the crner the five Jumped int.? th?.
Street and surrounded th.- taxicab The
chauffeur came to n stop.
All that followed was in an eye's
twinkling, showing with what care the
-|uint--t liad Studied th.-ir parti, ?"?ne of
the Hve jumped on the chauffeur's ?. ,t
and stu.k a revolver against the driver s
st.?mach. Tero <>f the remaining four
threw ..pen the doors of the taxicab,
while the other two Jump.-d In Tho
Iwo on the outside then slammed the
doors.
Ordered to Put On Speed.
"Put on speed and keep going as fast
as you c-,n!" ordered the bandit on the
seat alongside the ehanffeur. The chauf?
feur ?lid as he was ordered.
Inside of the cab the two messengers
\v?-re b,*ing struck repeated blowa on the
head "-ith blackjacks. They fought back,
but the older man soon fell In a daze
t? the floor of the machine, and a few
more blows of a blackjack put the boy
hors de combat.
When the chauffeur started the ma?
chine b.* had on s*?onnd speed. The ban?
dit beside him pressed the revolvsr
against his stomach and said:
"You have on second speed. Put on
third."
Th.? , hai'ffeur did so, carefully keeping
clear ?if other vehicles, one of which was
a big heavy truck laden with Iron gird?
ers.
At Park Place and Church street the
latter being an extension of Trinity Place
?after n? Ing ten blocks, passing three
policemen and hundreds of citizens. Man
tani "brought the taxicab to a stop, being
ordered to do so by the man with the
revolver.
"Now. don't make a sound, and don't
make a *n*~vei? that's all you have to do,"
was the final warning of the hold-up
man. as h. Jumped from the chauffeur's
sent at the same time that his compel*
ions In the t.-ixicab oponed the doors and
Jumped out. one^of them carrying th?.
brown hag with Its precious $'.'?.0".?
At th. corner of Church street and
Park Place, right under the uptown I."
station, on the north side, was a Mack
touring oar. with its engine throbbing,
and a chauffeur at the wheel.
Into t'n'.H tho robbers leaped. In a
moment the car was speeding north In
Church street and was lost to view.
Chauffeur Seemed in s Dszs.
A citizen who had seen thin walked
over to Mantanl. who appeared to be in
a daze, and spoke to him. telling him
there was a policeman on a Axed post
a block away. This roused Mantanl.
who turned his cat" around and drove to
W-m Broadway and Park Place, where
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