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Hcars Glib Tales of Sugcjested j
??Frame-up" of O'Grady at
Sergeant's Hearing.
ACCUSERGETSTANGLEDUP
Shore1 Contradicts Himself and i
C'^aracters of His Chief
Aids Are Attacked.
O'Grady. serseant of pi
c v;;iff of Inapectof i ?
^ pul "n trial before Deputy
Walah yeaterday, charged
I io eztorl oti from Rn -
? ? par of a dlaorderly
?.. f\ Bhobel . onti adlct. rt
?everal tlmea ln Important par*
i rhlef a Itneeaea, Barney
. ,,; Barah Bekk . bad their ehar*
. attacked by arltneeeei called <?
? ? ? Grad*?
Three character arltneeeei were ?
~. _?. .nt O'Grady. They were Aaatst
LHetrlcl Attorney Lealle Uockhardt,
? t.i to the ICoeii alarkel Coort;
er Newhurgei eoeneel to the
-?? C'ommunlty, nnd Joseph Gold*
nsri t.i thi Jewtob Nelfhbor*
i ,,r d Aeeodatton
Mr ooldetone waa enthnalaatie in hli
the accueed eergeant, ns *.is
\i Newburger, erbe had been with him
in their croaade aaalnat dtaorderl. re*
l ..?, the Baal Slde. and hoth saul thejr
. iv .v .,,.< the sort of man Whl
would accepl or demand a brlbe Mr.
aaid he met the aecused nviti
M]) ia the poltte court, when he broughl
...>. there. bnl O'Orndy'i manner or
isstlfytng was "frank and oonsrientious."
Lawyer Witness Rouses Walsh.
. pourl lewjren were alee
ran>d by O'Grad) One. k. I. nntier. who
had *ct*d aa counael ror Bhobel when he
m ai eated on Novembei I, twe days
O'Grady*! nlleged attempted eator*
? fourth Deputy aometMna
:? - ? when lie began to teli whal
, knew of Bhobel nnd fhe gelders
Mder and hls wife retained me to de
fand Bhobel," said Dittler
DM vr.u have r ooneereatlen with
thaaa1M a.sked Fdwin Joseph attorney for
> r'Orady.
Tea," said Dtttler
Have von any question b? to the pro
?v in anewertna theea ameUoner put
la the trlal teillUllaMwnei
t.tuier thought what be would ^ay
would not he nn infrtnicement of the eon
Beenttal relattons thst exlat tWtweea
lawyer and cMent
"Hut dld Relder retaln jrout" he was
?*ked
Vps. hut not odMally." **M Dittler.
Ther* -?< more talk on the part of tbi
; ity, wbo did not want anythlng ssii
counsel thnt would he an infrlnge
ment Of pi lllll?. and then Dittler began:
Barney fMdei. said to me the foilow
Ing- ?
\Ratn hl was Interrnpted bv Deputy
> ommlssioner Walsh. who eald
"I don't know how far you're going,
bul I ask you to he onreful."
Dittler started off again. and hls refer
. m tO Parah Pelder again roused the
lal i-ornmisMoner. who nclllmed:
Thoee thlngs me not good to hear nor
Cood to see in print"
Mr Joseph rame to Dittler'* aid, and
. latter started tl explain.
Explanatlons only make lt wors*. said
? .-ourt "Plaeaa come to the polnt nt
??ue "
And orwe more Dittler started to teli
? story, only to be lnterrupted again
a ith the caution
Are you quite sure that these thincs
d:d not come to you in your position as
nunsel to fihohel?"
r>lttler wa* quite r?rtain they dld not.
*nd then he finally said 8-jlder had told
him if Bhobel wm convicted he would
frame-up" O'Grady.
Another police court lawyer. VV. A
r-eedland. who has offlres In the MUM
\ ng. at No 30 lat atreet. with Dittler.
?a? another thorn ln the legal fl*sh vt
the fourth deputy.
Tella of "Frame-up" Offer.
iie aiihiy told of Mder*i rleltlna blm
al hls office last fall and offering him $25
?o "frame-up" O'Grady.
" 'Farr.ey' (Selder) came to me." said
Vraedland. "and offered me $26 If 1 would
m with him to the District Attorney and
trajne-up' O'Grady good."
Kr-*dland then went on to fell of de
f'tdtng prt.stltutea and radets who had
POoa nrreated ln Bhobel's house. When
' ? f i ithed Deputy ("ommlssioner Walsh
saked him:
What did you do after you say R?lder
ppteaehld you and offered you $-5 to
iramf-up' O'Grady?"
I advlsed etrenuotisly against it." said
' i"fdland.
Vou, sn offlcer of the court. a lawyer.
snd here is a man who you say suggeeie.i
le you to commlt a crlme. and what dld
>o? def perslsted the fourth deputy.
' Nothing. I thought H a rainWl-ig
?tatamnt."
Selder and Shobel, when they were on
lha stand. declared they had been ms
saulted by O'Grady and other polk-emen.
They alao trld of other men ln the house
beUoJ MMMltld. Two of these men w^ie
? rested and convicted of being cadets.
1 hl taking et te&tlmony waa ended and
i ? can was eleeed, except for th? ad
ii,i-Ki<>n of some recorda showing the ll*
. ; rlmtnal reord of one of 0'Grad> s
Tiis wlll be ready to-mouo.v.
h (lerislon in the case may he
mn.
Tbe trial of Patrolman Ernest Bu.k
.. ,i of maklng a false offi.-ial
?tatei tnt, Kmwing oui of tharges pre
Annio Marshall. keeper of a
houai he taided. foll"?.d
??) .| Aftei five itIIbiimu were
, , irae adjeuraed without the
? \t dati I ? Ing iieilded on.
,i Kelleher, an investigator em*
..i by the Dtetrlcl Atteraey'i odBci
i ii g,, Bartleeen, eaapleyed in a ilml*
ipadty by the Society for the Vre
>.iti i, ..I Ciiaae, sprung aeaaetblna ef ?
ntior. v hen tbey were called In favor
ueed polli > man. Knch said the
aceaaar i.a.i le|d htm aha wa*. o..i of tha
? ai the Mme Boeklaad is aiieK'.i ie
bave ajven her |tt omi they added: "And
?be .Aiu.ie Mar?halli said she an.i ber
Hiends *n< nt s.? mu> h money in .la. k l
reataeraal thal sh?? eeaM g<t 'n? w^aiters
"? swear to anylhlng she said '
ihi* ??, denied by the woman
? -??
NEW POST FOR RAILROAD MAN.
^Riiniu. Iflch., Dec, M. A. R. Merrick.
> 'perir.tendent >.f th" Satlnaw dfvlalon "f
'? Peri Marquette Railroad, hei
I fcn-d hls position, ar.d 0( January 1 t\ill
beceaM grneral superlnt^ndent Of ""
Weytarn Ifarytaad Railroad. with hea.i
?J'^ariara ai fuainmre
DEPUTYCOMMISSIOXEH WALSH PRESIDIXG AT THE POLICE TRIAL VKSTKHDAV
TO
STAVE OFF EXPOSE
I i.nlitnird from flr?t ppige.
irotection they aold nnd did not try tO
'double croaa" the women and cirN
aith whom they deait.
Cfharlea Dubeller and Davld Maier,
he twf. men liehl to the grand Jury
?haxged wltb attemptlng to brlbe
'harie.i Muller, tbe janitor In the 68th
itreet building formerly oceupied b)
dary Qoode, were put Into Cflllfl on
KpTflte tiers in the Tombo yeaterday.
Ittdge O'Suilivnn 1i\ed their bflll al
17.500 eaeh. Maier is said to be atand
ng pat, ftrmly reoolved nol to give any
nf.uniatl.'ti whatever to the authorl
:ie*4, but ef Dubeller th<- hope la enter*
alned thal he arlll aee the adarantage ol
elllng what be kn<'\\,? <-f the Byati n -
ilaeknmil on vi.-e.
To Hold Public Meetmg.
Willlam K. .Mtirph\. counael for the
wo men. said yeaterday thal Maier araa
iot even ln New York in the daya pre
?eding the Lexow InTeatlgatlon This
rraa in anawer to the atorlea creditlng
Vlaler wlth having been nctlve ln the
jndervorlil before tiiat time. Accord
ng to Murphy. Maier arflfl broughl here
n IftoT b\ a former poliee romniissinner
o do aome Invaatlgatlng hh to membera|
)f the force, but pTOTfld to bfl a failure |
i.i an investlgator. Af'er thnt. Murphy j
:ald. Maier kept n .itugstore ln thfl
leighborhood of the r?th atreet alation
Md beeame known to thfl poliee of that j
jreelmt.
Mrs. Gooile was BUbpccnfled yesterday j
V,r the poliee trlal of John ?'? Bkelly
hln morning. aml fll the snme time was
nformed that her grand Jury BUbfKflna
.ari been rontlnued. it la u*ndoiwtood
hat Mrs. Oa-rodfl'fl grand Jury Bubpmna,
lowe-er, referred to the "john Do*''
*rand Jury. whlch wffl not tneet agaln
mtll after the holidaya
The expert on matu-rs pertainlng 10
he oOClal evil iald last night that the
irormen wltb whom ahe foregnthered at
i dlnner last Sunday nlght flgfWCted lo
riret again next Bunday night, an.l that
Blani were being COHflMerfld for a pub
1IC meeting. flf whieh the QUOfltlOfl of
:egregRtioii WOllld bfl dl* UflW i iromalll
jtandpoints.
It was learned at PollCfl HefldqUflltera
hat ComrniH.sloii.'r Wflldo had note.l
,eme tlm.- agO that CapUln Walnh **-*f?
>fen rer.orting si. k frequentlv. and thnt
he CommliaBion..-r had in mlnd an in
,uiry into his physieal conditk.n. wlth
, vlew to aBcertalnlng whether or not
ie ahouid be retired.
The rommiesioner will he one of the
Irst witneases thia morning before the
ildermanic oommlttee. He has bflflfl
mbpaenaed. as the <ommitt?- dedded
it its last meetlng that In view of the
nmmlKsloner's flttltudfl tOWflrd rfl
|Ueata to appear. lt wouid be better all
.r0llnd to eubprena him ns they WOUld
mv other witne.sa.
with waldo win ba auhpmnfled In*
tpeetor Faurot and other poliee officials
*ho have charge ..f the record.s whi- h
thfl aldermanic InvestigatorH have ex
lerieneed flUcb tTOUblfl in getting at
,nd the whole question of Interuieu
ion of the tharter pnvislon whieh til
iowa Ihe aldermen "a.iceaa to the rec
jrda'' will I.e thrashed om.
Captain Ormaby To Ba W.tnett.
Bf the afternoon session I'aptain
,ohn D. Ormflby, of the 5th street sta
ion, will bfl a witness to begln the re
?ital to the committee- whhh it is ex
1f.cted other captalns will continu.- of
he method hy whlch .omplaints are
landled in ibe regular couree of poUca)
mslness *o far no other .aptalns
iave been subpeenaed.
A point along this same line will also. I
n all probability. be put up to i'oiii- |
nissioner Waldo. lt -ame out Ifl the
Decker Brtfll ?*?- cataaiPB-wtfl against .
he "strong arm'' aquad were in many
natancea turned orer directl; to
Bflckar an.l thHt the Commlaaloner
lavor knew Of thflh* existen.-e. Tbe
Udermen want to know OOU man)
,?her .omi-lnints against apectal de- .
aiis. captains or taapectorfl are simi
arly kept ft*om the ? -.mmission.-r'al
tnowledge
pr William H ITpton, wbo la attend
ng CflPtaln Thomas \V. Walsh. in- !
m-med ihe aldermani. rommlttflfl by
ettei tbat I'aplain Walsh hlmaelf had*
aiggaeted that the rmhrnlttee have a
oopetenl mfldloal conunlttee aokcted
,, \f-rifv hl? .on.iitioii, lt i? tindrr
.l.i,,.| thal th' alderilien ai'.- more in
,,-esto.i in whether Captain Waleh vaili j
xHteenl to flrfllve immunity than the
ire Ifl the queatlon of whether be bi
aell enough lo teetlf) now, or whethei
fc??-i-*>
|.__jiiii* -
BAR All BEI DER
tt ?
they wlll have t.i wall untll later t->
hear hla t splanatloni >'r thi
tlom charglng thal II ? ndltlon*
in his former dlitrl t wei
unchecked for flv<
An ?' I1'. p| ? i i:
truded Into the i
and Inqulriei arhli h have erown >"it i f
th.it famo murdei when
Mrs. IT;.i ? Horu itz. * Ife of "0
Blood, ..nd Mra. I?uii
,.i ? ?].' ?? i - applled I ?
,.rty < !.tI. ?>' 1'" ce Head rtei
\h.,- ret u i. f aome of I
whlch iiii'i i"- i' ai laed * hei ' ? '
Uvea ort re arn ited. The m< n In eharge
of the propi i room <ii<i n>>t u*
two prett) women, and Deputy Com
mlaaloner i >? ifhi rtj I ad i" aend one
if his men t< lei l i, aftei whlcb
tbe) \\? n able i" ge1 their effi I
Nelther nf the i nmi n ie< med to be
eoncerned partii ilarlj ai to thi !?'?? ol
their huabanda, wl.re noa In the
death houn
DESERTED STEAMER FOUND
Dorchcster Picks Up Alcazar
and Places Crew Aboard.
Beaufort, N C, Dec M The ateamil :?
Dorcheater, nf the Her ? I Mlnera
Line, haa ; Icked up the ?
tteamer ai ;i/...r, ?' .i ,
nri st "f < 'u;>?- Lookoul The
Al ../..I araa taken <>ff b) ihe I i|
bla ihortly afti i tha Bi Itleh rei tel w. ni
aground "n the Carolina eoaat alonday,
hut ti.H Columbia waa forced to abandon
thi reaeel again aftei I - In i
aftoat
Wlreleei repoi i e I ? i >. >:
? tt.st.r hat- placed Bvi men ln rhargl of
th?* venel, whlcb i report. to be In
good . ondltlon
SALTS SING AND FEAST
Seamen of Port Also Hear a
Temperance Address.
More than llve hundred t;<r^ tacked Into
th? annual dinner glven by Mr. and Ifra
Oeergi B. Hearn f"r thi eeamen ef the
port ef Neat Tork at th* Beamen'i Chrti
Uaa Aaaoelatlon, Nu. M Weol .tr>--t. iaal
night They aere entertalned v. ith eongi
. Mlu Btelli Tltui and i omlc redta
tintis by Mi iin 11ggai i and > leoi -??
aii banda Jotned ln tbe < imr ih and n>>?
aad then gave vni.t to son.;-, ol ll -ii OWI ,
whlch they HUlg wnii rlght | .. ,| aill, m
baftta men ef 11. * - lee. Thi Ret staif'.i.i
Wright, luperintendenl "f th<- aaaoclatlon.
madi an addreaa >" irhleb h<. pleaded for
tempetaaea "Then i? never ? bar with
oui it* wi.'. ;>." h? -;. .. ,,,. i
. h. ered
Hut the real intertalnmenl ime arlth
the dinnei and Ita tbret bundred peuad
of turki y, toi ? ? '>n>- "f tbi tara obaei vt ?>
pntttng hla atomaeti alth .. "Mifttd aii
Th. dinner would be all rtgbi without
tha entertainment, bul thi intertalnmenl
would be no ? ? althout tbi dinnei '
MEDALS FOR LIFE SAVERS
Firemen Who Rescued Drown
ing'Man Honored by Congress.
Captaln Henry Lakeetream an.i pn..t
tterbert B Wblteomb, >.f th,- tirei...*.t
Theeaai wui.tt. recelved COngreealonal
ii.rdais yeaterday at Bra beadouartera for
heroism in the reecue ot Jullua E. Chad*
wick, of wllmlngtoa, n. C, on Beptimbei
Bk Itepreeentatlve Btephen Ayrea made
ih.. preaent >i "tt. ami < lommtaelon.
aon irai eht.
. >i. the e* enlng of Beptemta
Lakeatream
ln the 'i bomaa w Ulett, arh ch i
, hored In the North Rlv< ? ? ?
field atrei ? i b< n I ?? hea
h. ip, Runnlng to tbe t.i.. k .
ii man rtri . watei H.
lumped overboard ; i d iwam I
Plloi whitcotni.. irho aa
bj the erlee f',r help, ?!-*."' ? i nu.. tha
arator to aaalal the ? iptain Th" t\st>
n,,.,i togeth. led ln aavini
dr-.w nin>; man
BRYAN MAKES UNIQUE GIFT.
i
Ralelgb, v ' ? I'" ?*'? W I
i. .. t ? .. unlque < ?hrli I I I
joa. phua i >anli la
,!i.i ii... reoch Mi Pnnleh il
Th. kiit aaa "f Iwo bab] trrraplna i
i ienl< is (.,'<? '??? li nea I i aettle
t;,. qiieation a h> ther ihe lei repln ? <? ? ?.
foi . f i ? <i
|.\Mi:i. IV,
- graft.
OVER CHRISTMAS TABLE
Parents Seriously Wounded as
Wife and Son Wrestle with
Man for Gun.
PITCHFORK ALSO WEAPON
Former Now Yorkers Victims
oi Drink Slave's Rage?
Mother May Die?
Youth Arrested
| ; i, 26 J"hn
. ,. ./??? ? . I la Ifl the
? .t Co ml Jall -.'-'i bla parflnta,
Mi and Mra Andrea Balaa, are In
Hoai Ital, al Morrlatown,
il) wounded aa the reanll of a
? ? | - tha Balao bome, nenr
Bernardavllle, laat nlgbl
Balaa aaya tha! a bI >t*un
Identall) harged ta he wafl
ng wlth hia father to prflvent
him from Bhootlm hli mothor. A
i(,.,, .,?.,,| 0f sii-.t tore tha Cathcr'a
bj m io thal it may have to i.e nmpu
tat.-.i. and tl.ndltlon of Mr.- BalflA
wbo i--eiv.-.i part of the load ln ihe
abdomen, ia crltlcal.
Th.- youth, who !? well educated nnd
? chemlat. told County Dfltflctfrfl
Totten, who flriamtod him. that bla
family bad morad from N?w York
City to thfl Bernnrda nlMfl amnfl months
th tha bona lhat a ctengfl flf
envtronmenl ml?ht cnra blfl fnthefo
? Hia ffltber, he aald,
,, ;i,ii;,.l ,,, _rink ln his new home,
,,,?i wai Intofllcated wl an he aml down
, -. tmai dlnm r,
wi.. n reprlmanded by I la wlf? he
Oe i ini.i a drunken rage. tiu- ?..n said,
an.l attempted to atab ber with a carv
ln| fork. II wafl al this atage that
i . . pltted bla Btrenftb agalnat
? nnd Buccflfldfld m lii-'*
arralng him gfter a atruggte Tba
father waa frantlc when the son fota ed
him from the houae, nnd he returned
oung Balaa aald, arith a plti b
f,,, i .,,,,- attempted to k.n botb bla wlfe
an.l i.i eon. ii- >.?...h agaln o***flt>mflred
by tbe ?"'.
i ii ,, took a hand ln thfl
mi ,e.r . ,.i?i ua fatbei rfltn fltfld t"
hli bedroom, where be obtained ??< flhol
? .i renewed the Bght Frantk*
with fear, young Balaa aald be aprang
at bla fathefa Ihroal when the eblei
man e.ged from his bedroom wltb
ti,.- gun and levelled II al Mra Balaa
The ihre* atruflflied aboul th.- room for
th.- poancaalnn <>i the gun, arhieh, a. -
,,,. ,.,i,. I,, t: . -.'ul b'a atory, ?hk a. el*
dentall) dlacharged an.l botb his
purenta v ?? indi .1 b; a single ehol
Young Balaa will be h< Id in Jall until
iha Somersel Count) authorltlea ln*
. il..- - :?-..
FAMILY SANTA FOUND DEAD
Body Frozen in Boat Carrying
Christmas Gifts.
Bayville, Long letanaf, Daa .? In a
? n owboat tiiie-i with Chrlatmaa Rif'" ?
for bii t iti'ii- an.l food for tha Chrlatmaa
dlnnei tbe froaen body of Charlea wilson.
.ii \.:i.v old, wh? foun.i jnteter*
neai the Loaa ii.il Ltfeeaartng station,
be im i.-iati-i Beach II ih belleaa d
hi loal bla llfi battllng agalaal the bmw*
.-,. i- on Tueedaj inornins.
n waa ,i earpenter, Ihlag ? Ith h *
wife and two daughtera al Pota! ..' Wotma,
, . reeoi t on thfl I lie laland baacb
ii. atarted m -. amall boal oa Monday lo
raa acroaa tha Oreal Routh Bay te Baj
. ii-,- -., parebaaa pioilaleni and Kifts for
|bla fatn.ii Th- aiataao la about twehre
mlk li *. afti i ra on N fore ha reeohed
RARNRT BE1DE
A w II
hli drsttnatlon. and evenlng 'arne before
he bad madi hli p ir. haai I ided them
in hla boat and atarted to row t<a<-k again.
Mrs Wllaon ind tbi children were aot
aoi rled arben thi huibaad ind father dld
i... r. .. h i ome m gbt, f"r thay
ght bi bad bi en detern i from atart
if- i im et tho Htottn etgnaln the
. \ When he dld not api e,. on I ?? i lajr,
they became anzlooa and wait
ad for him untll Iati that night.
? Merel and Charln Meyen werr
huntlng milK 'he hav slde of the hearh.
w h? n they dlacovered Wlloon'i boat and
Ma froaen ho.!;. ln the hottom of the
?. ira i n kagu et frult, candy, eag*
. - , ? md turkey and K't'e tor
Wllaon'a wlfe nnd dauKhters .
SNOW DELAYED THIS XMAS
Snug Harbor Children Have
Tree in Maritime Exchange.
A heisted Chrlatmaa cilibritton, post
poned fruiu Tueeda] becaun of the
!-t >rm. was heid yeaterday on the floor
..f the Maritime Kx.i.ange for elghty-fiv.*
?hildren from the Home fur DeatltBte
ren ef Beamen. at New Hrtghton.
staten laland. Thi ehlldren. aii of whom
are under twelve, aere to have been
brought to thla clty on the revenue cutter
Manhattan, <m Toeeday, but the Indem
ency <.f the weather prevented >!.? rlp.
Cholr boyi from Bt Auguettoe"! Church
ln Brooklyn <-ans: i an.ls nnd the llttle
rtattora themaelvei lupplled nn latereet*
Ing programme, whlch Ineluded marrhea
and danceo Fram ? large tree on the
ti or >.f thi Eachaaga dolla, candy, hand
?tt atid eolegne aere dletrlbuted
io the girls. an.i the boys recelved i
? ? ? r ef toya, Including baeeballa, bats.
I akati aad drume.
Addmm u?ori madi by Wlllard 1
Taylor, preeldenl of thi Eaehange; ' ai>
taln Andrea .1 Kewbury, govirnor ot
Beilor'i Bnug Harbor; John W Birwlnd
.,..] Captaln C. B Paraona, toraaer areal
d.nt of the Baebaagi Bo pieas.-d wer*
the nieml.'TS of ihe B-TOhingl with the
Buc-esa of ttM feHtivitlea that lt wa*
decldi 1 tO make the ChrlMtm.is relehrs
tloa fof tho ihttdrea an annual foature
of the organliatlon.
A rhe.'k for S16<> was presented to thl
ii nm ai Um children w.-r>. aboul te re*
lurn t.> Htafn [Hand.
COULDN'TTRY GEN. O'RYAN
Dix Explains Method Employed
to Retire Him.
Albany, Die M.?Major Oeneral John
j O'Ryan nai retlred from active duty
aa commander of the national guard by j<
dlabandlng the dlvMonal organliatlon I
becauae. aa commander, he eould nol be ?
,.rt-martlalled, accordlng te a itate*
ment by Oovernor Dli to*daj
"Oeneral O'Ryan was retlred la the
only inann.T pOMtUe at the time.' said
Ihe Oeveruor. "Under tha regulatloni
he oould not bi eeurt-martlaBed. and t.i*'
nuaatlon ei bbj retlremenl eould not be|
preeeated lo the state Beaata ai II a*ae
not in leaatoo at ti.Ht tttao."
QUIT CITY TREE FOR FIRE
Brisk 23d Street Blaze Draws
5,000 from Madison Square.
TtM >-ity's Chrletmai tree had str.itig op
poaltlon last nltfht in the shape of un ex
.?llin?r tWO-alarm tire that starte.) shortly
i? 1. M o'clock iii tha four story loft
bulldini ?i No U Weet -<d stieet. Tra.Be
aai btocked for aimoist balf aa hour oa
thi 9d itreit uuntunu ime by thi flvi
thouaand ipectatora, who ran ever freai
lha cbrletmai tree oelibratloa ln Madi*
.,11 Bquare Police Comml-etunor Walde
anived while the Bre was in progreai aai
ordered the Bri Mnn aatonded, an.i re*
mained untll thi Bri was practically ia*
ilngulahed The io-s. nceordlng te Bat
ti.ii.in Chlef Martin. v in i,..t aaeead 9*>9m\
Thi Bri nai .iNiov.-r.-ii hv a panMng
watchman arho saw Bamaa nimoiinK trom
the thir.l and fourth Moots of the building,
ahleh aro uiiirfiiided He ran ta Bwad
w;\y and Sd street and turned ln an
alarm. A fee -OCOndl later tho hr" ap
paratu;1 arrised and the firemeii sniashed
111 the daOTI a?d found that the tire had
axlended from tiie baeemint ef thi bulld*
lag te the roof Hattallon Chlef Martin,
M a precautkmarj luaaaura, ordered a
aacoad alarm turned in. Thi Bri eppe
ratua nai rtreng along Broadway, ^*'!<
t-enue uad toi itreel The Bremen
..,. t bed reveral ttnei Inte lh? building
and aftCI a haid Ighl managed to COnfUM
Ihe Bra lo the hiilldinir
1CK ACTION!" IHE
Al
Harbor Line Board Meets at
War Secretary's Call to
Consider Sulzer Bill.
ALL WANT LONGER DOCKS
Sentiment Against Curtailing
Army's Power, but Better Rea?
son than Theories Is Asked
for Short Wharves
The ii.iriior Uba Board ooaductod "4
hearing yeaterday at i's hoad-iuarters ln
the Army Building on tlie Sulzer bill, PTO*
vtdtng for a permanenl extenalon of piers
on tne r.est alde of Manhattan. Henry
I.. Btimaoa, lecretarj of War, had wrtt*
ten to .'..ngtessriiyn Willlam I'harles
Adamaon, chairman of the House Com*
mittee ,.n Interstat-i and B*09*eagn Com*
merce, atrongly dlaappfoartng of the Sul?
zer blll for taking out of the bandfl of
the War Department what u had been
the tradltlonal pollcy of the I'nlted Stat.-*
te leaara to lta determtnatJon, namely,
encroacbmenta upon aavlgahlo watare.
The CoiiflTeaaman repiied, asking thi Ba
retary of War to dtactiaa th* provlalean
of the Sulzer blll, and Becretary Stimson
thereapon turned tha queatlon over t>> the
Harbor Line Board.
No on-' Of all t!-.o?e |,",iirl on the oun
feei yeaterdaj attacked the mala purpoae
Of the Mll. There Wen tbOOe, hOWOVOT,
win. agreed with Bearretary stimson that
a departure from the poii. y of alloadnj
qualifled engtoeera In the armi to decide
theaa ueatlonfl conatltuted a dang4sr?u?
pm eil. nt. XX. A. >'. Sinith. chairman ,.f
th" Ne*v York Btate Commlaalon t-> ln
r?*etlgate Porl Condltlona and Pler Kx
t?nRi<niR in New York Harbor, depracaAed |
the variation of the harbor Ilna aa pr-> ,
vi.lerl in the Sulzer MU from that r.:< orn
mended by the state commlaalon aft r ;
over a >'-,,r and a balfa eereful atudy. I
Two memberfl of the Kew Jeney Btate
commlaalon, having the ?mc problem on
the Jeney atda ln hand. called for a con- j
alderatloa of the Jeraey alde with the i
Manhattan side
it was appareat, however, tbat what
ovcrybody wanted mor*? than anythlng
e!?e araa action. CohmM Roeaalt, chair?
man of the Hflrbor Line Hoard, who pr.?- j
alded yesterday, Intlmate.l that the Hec- j
retary af War ha-1 brOOght preseure to
hear on th* membera of the Mard to end
the delny. Ml tDOWdl Hawk.s, former
I?ook ConUBB9al09Mr and chairman of the
Jolnt hoard on harbor Im; rovement of the
Mg commerclal organlaatiama in the cltv,
called upon the board lfl satisfy the
public.
Mr. Haarkea made lt rlam that he wai
not talklng fur the Jolnt board. but ln a
peraonal eapactty. He ,lld not approv
the departurn cont'-mpl&ted from _M
usual procedure ln such cases.
"Hut," he contlpued. "your dei-tsinns
muat not be governed by ptirely theoretl
cal englneerlng ennsliieratlone "
John PuiTOy Mrtehoj Presldent of the
Board of Aldermen, flpokfl tlrst, urglng a
Bpeedj derrMon wb1<m would relleve th"
l-resent altuation. A letter from P. A. B.
f-'rankl:n. vice-pn sident and general man?
ager of the Internatinna: Mercantlle Ma*
rtna was read. saylng Ihfll the temporary
extenaion of the Whlte Star pler* 1n the
Chelaafl section bad dleturbed North
Rlver navlgatlon r.of an iota. OOflrgreflB*
nian Goldfogle followed wlth a bilef
sreeeh ln favor of the Sulzer blll.
Kx-.'udge rharlea I". Marljean. Bfiaak
|ag for the BOflnf of Trade and Trans
port.ition. einphaslzed the huge IfltOMflta
Involved whlch would suffer serioua de
raagemflfll If * aolutlea were bot forth
oomlng. Congreeaman <"haries v. Forne8
nid he wouid eo**everytb!ns in his power
to have the Sulzer blll BCted upon ln the
?jr.-?ftit Oongreaa Setii Low sent a Mter
Indoratag the Sulzer blll. John A. Hensel,
St.ite Knglneer, In speaking for the state
. ..mmlsslon. indorsed the bllL A. J.
Qrymea, epeaking for the Erle Railroad.
Maid that as M per cent of the harbor
traflk traarelled wlth the tlde a narrow
Ing of the fatraray, br lnoreasing the cur
rentj arould help rather than hlnder traf
flC Thls point seetned to tmpreea the
army board. J. Spenrer Smith asked for
. onslderatlon of the Jersey problem, and
II. A. C. Smith alflo put la a word for
Jeraey.
i? fl
DAUGHTERSAREEXPENSIVE
At Least, Mother Who Faces
$231 Judgment Thinks So.
on* more Jndginent was rendered >es
lerdai agalnat Mra Helen Bbflldon
White. wlfe "f Willlam O. Whlte, a
mining promoter. Recently the house
feeld and personal efTects of Mrs. Whlte
\reie s. Ized by Shrrlff llarburger to sat
iMfy aa executu.ii obtaaaed hy Mrs.
Merion BarWey in a suit for br?oh of
, mtrai t Theaa gaoda are now it. the
Ubert*. Btortga Werehonee, ftWflttlngaflla
jt fliiflthm,
The ludgmenl for MM glven against
Mrs. Whlte y.-stertlay ln the i.'ity fourt
was for expenses tncurred by her twu
laughtera wbiie pupils in the [aglaaaae
s.hool. at New MUford. ( onn. The tuitlon
ee for thfl two young women, amouni
ng to 11.400, a\as paid, but the suit was
,,r |.. r ,-iisltes. The bill rendered b>
I,,- achool waa a varlad one an.l induded
uieals in the .-ooms of tlie pupils, who
arere known ln the ault a? "V" an-i ' <'. '
ihe gervi-ee of a chiropo.llst, a pair of
GO ?ets, a back massage, carrlage hire
aad flowers.
PLANS FILED POR BIG
EQUITABLE SKYSCRAPER
37 Story Structure on Old Sitc
Conforms with Tribune's
Early Descriptions.
WILL BE 485 FEET HIGH
To Have Four Great Towers on
Corners, with Courts Between
Facing Broadway and
Other Three Fronts.
The new Bquitable office bulldlvg t.. i.e
r . . ! on the site of the ruins of th
Old BquitaMl Building. Rroadwav will Iv
thlrty*eeVOO stories ln h*!cht. Spe.-ifl-a
tions and .Irawimts. ihOWlag in detall th
propooed itructure, te I ? boendid by
Broadway, Naaaau, Cedar "nd rm
atreeta, wera BM yeaterday. Bema
monthi aKo ? flmilpHen af *he>e pian*
was glven in TlM Tribune. There sn
few chanees noti. .al.I.- In th? plans BM
alth thi Building Pepartmint jneterde:
The plan- >'<.n-lsf >>f a Wl of llghty-flVO
mo and Indlcata thal the btrlMlm
aill be i'"..'.' feel hi_.ii ahove the level of
thr curb. ity coet bai hen Mtfcnated b]
the arehltecte, F. h. Andrews * Ce., ?
H ........ Tlie land is under a LOIltiacI ?>'
aala for % 'J0tO9, title t., bi passed to th*
new ownera, the Da Pont company. on
The inaldi aill he itnlabed la Ihe Bmel
marbla and the oin.es trimmed with ma
hogany. The bulldtna aill bi praetlcaU]
four Immenae towera, havtag a ? ourt on
? ?? proadwiy il la and ana on the Na
.111 street shi.tt the la.-ole b'ing <>f hri- '?'
Umeatone, granlte and lerri <iua and
v.iii he in tha itallan RenaManei deitgt
ornamented alth group Bgum at th<
antrancei ln the beaemenl wiii he -.
cafe and bar, a ladt's' dining room, I
men'a dlnlng room ano barber ihep, ind
thi Bret neor win provide for baaki on
the f'lin okm t, wlih lor** in the I
? tti the arcade, ahlch alB run frem
,.,?. to Naaaau atreel Tliere nltl b.
forty-four paeianger ? i atera, Iweaij
i innlng to the twenty-aecond fioot on th
main arcade aad twenty-four runnlng t*?
the tOP BOOT, llXteea Of these be.ng e> ?
The Equttabte Aaaurance Bedet) nlll
oct upj the tifth Boor and prohahly three
and "ii" half floor* ln ad-llttea. Ti.e
featurea <>f th- building aill ba ihe \enti
latlon, arhlch win be aeturel and a.- ne_ -
I] prrfert ;.<* il can he m.i'le. and a:. '
firm that may occup) aeveral floors wll
be ''j pped with prlvate eievators run?
nlng thrOUgh their f}o..r?. therehy mafclM
Idlng Wltl in i lmlldlng.
The Broada ij towen will he Bfty f?.i
widtt aad th.' roi.rt bltWeOB them wtil
ii.. ,,. alde aa tht adjaeem itreete, arhlle
the t'.wers On the Nassa 1 Streef front
will te aech ' vt' fe.-f wide There wll'.
ha aafety depoall rauHa in th* siih-t-av
?eatl ahlch will he for puhllr 1^0 a*
well el for the baaki that oecupy th*
apaeM on the street leveL Ther* win i>.
;,n mtrance trom me mbway te the bulld
mg dtrect
1 ti the Hxht of re,:<nt rumnrj roncet n
ing tiie outcotne ef this great andntah
Ing, tlie gi\lng of the Ko'.ifaMe Lft* A?
auraaei Bodety 11 the ewaar and ih* i>
Poal Company as ie>se* ln the pinns nea
on record gave ris* io aome s-peeijiatio.
Thli was di.ne in order t.> eomply witi
thl iaw arhlch niMp. is tiie retfstrv of the
name ef tiie own. r of th* slt* to h* Im
prove.i. Th* r?u pont compaay is p.-'
jet the owner in fact, sin.e fhe tltl* !??
the propertv has not \et he*n fran^
ferred.
SCHOOLGIRL DRINKS ACID
Victim of Nervous Prostration
Seeks Relief in Death.
Aabury i'ark. n. j, i>ee. :s ->its? __>
vena Luctle Walker. tha etghtMa^jraaitelii
daught. r of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L>
Walker. of No. ti. Cook'man avenue, Ocesn
Grove, eommitted sutcide in her home to
day by drtnklng carbollc add. The young;
woman had been a vletlin of net-votis
prostration, and lt ls belleved her InaM:
Hy to recover prompfed her to take he.
Ufe. Miss Walker was a pupil of th'
Neptune High School.
I_ast night she retired t| hOT ronni. ai. I
when a rnemh*r of the famlly went t'.
arouse her this mornlng they found her
llfeless body. A bottle that had eontaln-1
carbo'.lc acld lar beslde the body.
SAYS HE PAID BECKER
Alleged Pickpocket in Detroit
Confesses and Retracts.
'Hy Telegruph to Tl < Ttlti.in* |
Detrott, Dec. tk?**Wl worked in NV*
Vork a long time. i _mw IdMteenai
Becker well. ahd we were never UTOOte '
OUCI I made him a present of J."Vjr> aad
that tlxed thlngs up all right." Solomoi.
Pachter, shi.I to bl a pi. kpock*t. rnn
fessed to iMe.'tlve Kob.-rt I'arktr M-d.i ?
Pachter and Mrs. Lube Welner were ai
reated last week and their pletures aent
t.. New rork. WOPd came from there to
day that tiie police did not know them
Pacl ter glvei hli former prota tion b)
He. ker a^ the reaaon.
When the couple were arrr.?t*d tbe
cla'med to he honeet New- Vorken who
came iere to start a reetaurant Tbej
had a list of addresses where rrowds eon
gregated, ai.d a big roll of money. Aftei
Pachur* ronfesslon his attorney vlslted
him. Hiid then the prisoner denled th<
confesslon._
UNABLE TO HELP. SEE MAN BURN
{Hy Telegraph to The Trihun* |
New Urunswlck. N J. Dee. ;??William
Jolly. a farmer, who occupied a t.-n-im
house belonging tO Albert V -Namee a'
rialnaboro. was burned to death in a flre
whlch destroyed that propertv on Chrlat?
maa. N.ighbora could see the unfortu
.ate man ln a wlndow, hut were nnebU
to set to him. _
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