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Ifetti'i?irl?
?Sritmne
|i"np? right, il'l?. bv The Trlhun? AM-viatlnn 1_
KT IW1I1 V 24,297
To-da? ;in<l i?>-niorrow, fair;
m?xl?-r?ile ?vind?.
NE\V-Y(>RK, sr.NDAY, MAY ur>, 1913.-SIX PARTS-SEVENTY-TWO IMAGES.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
pians Ear.v Meeting of State
Committee to Prevent Vote
of Lack of Confidence
in His Leadership.
HINMA1M HIS DEFENDER
Talks of Crucifixion and in Bib?
lical Metaphor Asks Opponents
What Barabbas They
"Would Have Released
Unto Them."'
a*?g*?*rlng tii" i""' ' tuteneaa ind
aajjefe ; (which not e> ? n hi*
nled to him?
William rapid ti in ?
movfnv | who
?creed that
he muit retire or be retired ai chair?
man trf the Rei iblican state Commit?
t??e. Ai w- * < ? lold a compalttee reu
sajsgtlng those who hoi?! ho is an r>t>
?tade te- the r*rof*r?ata of th?- party ho
would not reeign, they decided th v
??ouid have to organiza a cam
train?' I
with time they would
probab. su ?? .' In getting a majority
jf the state committee to vou- agalnsl
airman Barm a d*x ?ded la t
sfejfhi to Bet th" committee together aa
won aa possible. At thai meeting u
? In h1?- .
MraUon of the leadership of th" nr
Baajtation will be introd On that
there \?. . ,. ?Ine-up, There :iro
many n I the committee who
MaVn .Mr Barnes o ighl to retire vol?
untan!", ibly could not be in?
ducid si ifa - : me to opi. a reaolu?
tlon ' n the atate chair?
ji?n
The -? :. II of the meet?
hg will be to conalder calling an un
)m\.<?. Btate convention thia fall to ae-1
left candidate! for th" Court ?if Ap
?
The cal] ft.- th? i: ? the com
t | ? but
It may to-day. It la underatood that
Mr. i v the meeting for
tome da* thia week. Thia will a,
Iha en acarcely any Ume foe a.
campaign.
In the early inquiiiea as to the atti?
tude Of II:- I ' Uli
? on th" '?u'.btiun of depot
Biirr.es i* was learned that many of
tbua thought it would hi am am*
p . do bo long
commut.i owed him |60,0(iU, Thia
? advanced to help pay I
last campaign Borne ut
:i ack, but not mmh.
. by those who with
a they
might lucceed in raising this money,
?huh wo ild .?? Iheae members free
.Clot?- | im. Bui it would take
some time to raise tha entire amount
Barnes Will Stick.
The w i. i : man is
'.hat he will I To those who
Iked to him he says he was
elerted to perform certain fui
ior a term of tw< ind ??bat he
? ? uf hla
? ? It would be
sUarardly, ).?? believed, to retire in th?
laea <.f holda tu ba
onable, if tha com?
Mtba wants t<> depose him, an right.
lbs reeponaibillty would be theii
That the state chairman haa care?
ful.y planned t<; ?lay th<? roil <>f martyr
h shown by the apeech made by Aa
lemhlyman Harold .1 Unman, of Al?
bany, at 1 Ha had been
a number of other
friends of th? ilrman. it waa
mowti that H H ?:. WOUld i"e; :
toe point of !.-. Barnes. And
it a-as ais i known that h?- would carry
ta.k to 1 . halrman a report of
??"hat ha?! been said and who had aald
't- T? rticularly desired.
?lasamblyman Hlnman struck out
?straight fr-rn the shoulder. He de?
clared ? npt] t., depooe Mi
???tinned oh kei ?mil jia?|e. thlr<l rolumn.
This Morning s Sews.
local. Page
I "11 Convi? ted of Brlbi ry. -
??ernes Outflanks His Enemlea. l
whin inesa Men - ? ? 3
aaipl ? Silk Sink?- Settlement 4
''?se.?..! srlch Villagers.... 4
r?oo.?eie?t ,,ff for Libel Bull. 7
imph m Par i<"' aaway.... T
Senator I | ...-- ter Weds. .11
Turtle <;???,,, Lawyera Outwit Law...Id
?at Ofiodwtn Again Marrtea.14
OENEEAL.
Thirty.f.,ur Killed by Pall of fier- 1
moua fur Reform. ? ? i
^-?r Killed In Ring Bout. -
aamaker ?'ase. 3
: ?i a ?n Enacted. 4
"??ring i Day al Cori all. 6
Ulan i.??'. 6
ker Cannon Dia? onaolata. 6
???hi Bill Belated. ?
Eaton Reads Harvard Clubs.H
rORSIQN.
^ovi,i <a/addini l? Barils. 8
? ol Japan Improvlng. 8
of Commune In ParH. 8
Br?ti?h Bhlpplna Btiiha kfanaced...? ?
?"?jurt an-i gaeiety la England . a
?aeon to Live in London. 9
E*'*;ljnd am?, South American Trade.. 9
Opinions ?,,i Tango Divided. ?
MISCELLANEOUS.
Army a.-ci Navy. 7
?ditertal .10
Paitaary .ll
?Km ..'.part a
-Pari 2. 7
?"?hlpring ?..?,, a . 7
R?al laute -Part 5.i, a, 3, 4, 5, 6
REPUBLICANS ON
FOR PARTY REFO
Hilles Requested to Call
tional Committee Meel
Within 60 Days After
Congress Quits.
AID FOR CONGRESS Fl
Committee Named to Com
Power of National Body
Make Change in Basis
of Representation in
Convention.
: h? Trinan? nur.nn j
Washington, May *_M. Th?- ?re
putting tha Republican house m
I ? ?'?ti m earnest to-day bj
. ommlttec ,,f thr- Reput
National ?Commutes, which dlspl
s unanimity ?if purpose in maklni
; ni iii. party organisation ? i
lated 10 bring t?iKfth?r all ihe hltl
discordant fa? lions
The executive committee, by ur
mous vote, adopted a resolution
questing the c.iairman to call a rr
"it) of the full national comm
withm sixty days after the ad|0
ment of the present session of <
gress.
Paved the way for co-operation
tween the national committee and
Congressional committee in fu
campaigns.
Authorized the immediate establ
ment of permanent headquarter?
Washington to conduct publicity v
and prepare for the forthcoming
tional campaign,
The question of dealing with th?
inns m reorganisation
lift to th?- national committee. It i
d< Ide Unit j: has th.' authority
carry nut the reforms or it ma- i<
a i ail fur a national con- ention
m.'?-t probably in ihe siTinp in
"t the Congresslonsl ? ami' ill
By direction of the exi i util ?? ei
mitt??- Chairman Hillea appointed
committee t" pass or. th?' qu
t;"ii whether <?t net the power \
? d with O?.- national < ommlttec
make a change in the basis of rei
sentatlon and provide for the ?-. ?r
?.f delegat?as aelected by primaries, ']
members on this committee ar.- s
ator Jones, of Washington; Nstio
Committsemaa Churl? s U Warren,
Michigan; National Commltteen
Roy ". West, of UBnoia; Represen
ames Mann, of minors- ?SJfersn
Oranger, o! ('hm; Aaaiatanl Atton
.? .il James a Fowler and ??>.-u
itatlve M. ?S. ? tlmsted, of Penns
This committee will be :
atructed t.. prepare i"r aubmiaalon
the full ccmmlttee biiefa on th?- lei
. i of the national ? i mmittee
."ii a ?th ever ? i hari^. and i
form airead) euggested or likely io
proposed tor us consideration
To Work with Congress Comrmtte
linnan Hillea, ex-Senator ?'rar
?.f Massachusetts; Senator Jackson,
Maryland, and former Senator Newi
Bandera, of Tennessee, will a? I as
committee t<? co-operate with tlit Co
gressional commute?
Tii?- members ol t!-" executii.t
mit tee present ami those who attend)
the meeting by proxy, repressntii
.ally all shades of Republic
opinion, found themselves aubstantial
m accord when th?- u.u?-stion <>f reo
gunization was put to th?-m by Chai
man Hillea The motions t'< co-opera
with the Congressional committee ai
t?. estabUah permanenl headquartei
were carried without objection and h
Ue debate.
\Vh?-n the question ?if calllni lbs ni
tional .(.mmittee together to take U
th?- proposed reforms in party organ
zation \<as presented by Mr Warrei
?.f Michigan; Mr. Martin, of Virgin?!
and Mr. Estabrook, of New Hampshlri
the only members t" demur. Mi
Martin took the ?xround that ih
growth of the Republican party in th
Southern State? would 1??- r?-t;ir?l? ?i i
ti,?- basta of representati<?n were If.
,? ., , ,i. Mi. ?SstabrOOh said that th
Republicans of hi? state were m fave
Of a Chang? m th basis of iepr.-s.-nta
tlon, i>ut counselled delay in taking n
this and other questions on the gtoun
that any other course would caul
trouble at pr?sent
Mr. Ntedrlnghaua, ? f Missouri, wl*
?anted the rtewa of ex-Gorerno
Hadley. :""i ?Senator Jones, who heii
,,f Samuel A. Perkins, o
Washington, ami represented Um it?.
gresstve Republican Committee ap
pointed ;?s a result <>f the Chicago i -n
ference, were disposed, <"> th? othei
hand, to urge thai the national com?
mittee 1"" called in the n?ar future
Mr. Nledrlnghaus then mo\?-?i that tht
meeting be called within thirty dayi
,,-t,.,- Congress ?-djotirnad, end t?. ?Ivs
Chairman miles sufficient laUtud? to
avoid th?- possibility >-f having to ?all
the meeting in August. ?>xlv ***** Itt
uray ?as given him. and th?- resolution
adopted. As modified, it met the ap
proval of all th?- members.
Progressive Demand? Met.
The action of the executive ?omm-t
,,.,. t?.-day m?'< ts substantially the le
manda of the Progressive Republicans
;i ? resented at the thi?ago conference,
Sena lor Cummins and some other of
the progressive Republicans desired
thai th? naii.-iial convention ta Called
for ti'" present year. The, prospect.
however, that the reorganlzalton w.ll
1?. ;,. ? ..nu lished in time t.? enat.le the
,,,,,. to < titrr int.. the CuUgrSSS
campaign ?>n a reunited basis mini?
mis?e any objections that might have
prevailed t?. poetponlng the national
Continued on ?rcond pott, fourth column.
THE TWELVE MEN WHO FOUND STILWELL GUILTY DESPITE STATE SENATE'S VERDICT.
Pop rou left to right: William II. Thrall, William Waldorf, fohn S. Charlton, Henry B. S'edham, Cornelius. V. B. Burrell, Lowell R.
Craft. Lowerro* left to right: Henry I . Rogers, Horatio S. Kraus John Hutchinson, jr.. William E. Dent, .Lime*; M. Veader
and Fred W. Becker. _ _ _
M'CARTY KILLED
BY BLOW IN II
White Heavyweight Champio
Succumbs in Bout with
Arthur Pelky at Cal?
gary, Canada.
FATAllTY STUNS BIG CROWI
Fight Barely Under Way Who
Punch Over Heart Sends
Title Holder to Floor.
and He Dies in
Eight Minutes.
? ?:
?aigai v Albert '. May "-'. '? lib?
Mc?Carty, of Lincoln, Nob., the whit
heavyweight champion of the wort.
waa kiiieii by g bio? over the h? u
li\er? <i by A r 111 ir Pels I i .hl< op?
Fails Ifaao., ?n tag Bret round of i
scheduled ten-round bout here ihl
afternoon. Aftei 1 minute and l"> t.? ?
..mis if actual hoxini M? i .. I
knocked down, and Edward Smith th
a < nt through the f"t mallty o
counting him ."it. Eighi minute at?
McCart) died without regaining ? >i
-- lo lanesa
Pelhy ?raa arrested <>n the charg?
of manslsughter by th. Mort h wen
Mounted Police, bul ??.< relea
mosl Immediately un ball, He made n<
attempt to escape, and waa on tin
verge of a nervoua ""?lapse a-hen takei
prisoner. Th?- fact that he had wot
the white heavyweight championahli
of th<- world, and thai a golden harrea
could n.." be reaped In ? world tha
i.ii".? waa Riled with nothing bul han
knock.? ?mil reverses, aeemed of no Im
p?rtanos to him. He ?a?-- crushed ir
spirit and overcome with grief at th?
death of hin opponent.
The end came no swiftly thai few ol
th.- ifreat ?row.I ah!? h gathered to ?it
ri??i?i the beut really kn??u what ha?
happened, The men sparred around
fur a few aecondr, feeling each othei
<>ut. Mc?Carty then ahol oui ins lefi
hand and landed a lighl lab ,,!| Pelky*
faca Ttio Mtter retaliated by Joltlni
the champion on the jaw, driving hin
to the ropes. The punch hurt, bul M?
?'arty looked over lo his corner an<
smiled ?t ins *?e?eon<ls, 11 * waa thi
real champion, and defeat a*ould nol
come tu him. Again McCarty lunge?i
out ?ith hla l'-ft and followed with a
right band uppercut t.. th.- head Bv? \
as he led, Pelky put all his powei Ii
one desperate Mow to hla opponent'*
body. The men at th" ringsid?? ln-anj
the thud, but lha tight?-.-* Inataath
Went Into a ? Urich After the bri-.il?
they apar red for a aacond, and then
McCarty settled Into ? crouch.
Fur the moment no one paid nujeh
attention, believing tii??t it was merely
a fi/ihtliiK pose, M?<'arty, however. Bit
tied l?i\v?r and lower, and at last
dropped 10 th" floor. He gasped for
breath and hi? ejrea rolled Instantly
the referee atepped In between iviky
?ind the fallen flfhter and began tollinif
off th<- count. He <HU not realise at
that moment that he was t.pl?nK ?.ff
the final count for the young Bghtef
who only a few momenta before had
entered the ring ?'? Bmlltng, C? ntld?'nt
champion, greeting his frl?roda at tha
rinsrHl'l?" and chatting with hin handl.-rs
and manager.
Cheers Greet Tragedy.
The crOWd, tOO, was iKtiorant of the
tragedy it ?aran ?eitnosatng, and hailed
the man wlm won with shouts that
fairly rent the sk?. Forgetting the
deeds ' f McCaurtjr, ail ayea wara turned
to the con'tueror. Pelky stood clOOC tc
the referee, wat? hing the man on the
floor and ready to renew the battle
should McCarty rise t.. continue. As
Smith brought the count to a dose
McCaity shuddered and settled back
on the floor.
In McCarty'a ?orner all was excite?
ment "Wily" M-farne.. th" man who
brought him out, BtOOd with his body
halfway through the lower rope, plead?
ing with i he fallen man to get up.
(?ntlnufd on third pa*?". *?** relunt*.
STEPHEX .1. STILWELL.
f ATE SO_FAST_HE DIEC
.Taste Proved Fatal to IV
Who Didn't Take Time to Cl
.?.iri..'^ ? Iragor) "f ?vu
?i"iii- .?.-., \n ?mbul '
. ? ? ? ? :.alh
led from ? auaed
too rapid eating id? quate n
Ural 01
? ;i egoi -.? ho " . i f?.i tj ? s. .
.?f age, and ii- ? -i In w ei ' land ?? ei
? ??? ? ' Hotel for ?Im
w h. r, hall ti rough
mi i! ' ?? ollapaed He wi
a drui store, and ? ? telrphon.
to Bt. Man H
: ambulant ? l >r st
dead s hi-ii he
-o
NO FIREMEN'S PLAT00!\
Vetoing Bill. Sulzer Says I
Home Rule Matter.
Albany, Maj -i Governor Bui
vetoed to-daj the Mahkie bill whl
a .i- designed to proi Ids s lwo plate
?n foi 11"- (In ren of N'-w Y"
ti .u.. o and ii'- h( at( I
I am . OH* Hi'?? ?I." Mid the ' rOVSI ti
"'thai the approval of this lie .i-i
I ira ild lnt< 11? re ireatlj a Ith tha el
L'ienrj "f the Fin Department In t
|cltie*s sffi i led, snd fui iher thai t
i. ?julation ..i Hi?' matter should be pi
j ?.u m. .i by ihe loi al authorities.'1
CRIB CAUSES BABY'S DEAT
Mother Finds Child Squeeze
Between Two Slats.
Mi 'tit' lair, N. J, Ma* 1.1 Cedrlc L.
1 r..> Heyer, one \<-at old, s..n of Arthi
P Heyer, a well known automobl
Idealer, of No, 15 N??rtii l-'uil-rton avi
I nus, slipped between the slats at ti
sid?- of Its ?tii? reeterdaj and wi
?. hoked to di ath.
o
?DIES AT EDWARDS DINNEI
?260-Pound Messenger Kille
by Dancing Iri3h Jig.
Wiiii,mi Dowd, a 200-pound me?
I eengsr In tha Bfreel Cleaning ?Deparl
ment, dropped ?dead lael night whll
dancing an [riah Jig at a dinner fo
Commissioner Edwards given by Un
Inspectors of the department stSaen
gerbund Halt, smith and ?Schermerhoei
etreets, Brooklyn.
Th?- four hundred Inspectors, mem?
luis of the Association of ClaSSlns?
Inspectors of the Btreel Cleaning De?
partment <.f Oreater New Fork, and
their friends hud just listened to a
apeech bj the Commissioner, himself n
\?Ty heavy man, when Dowd rose tn
ins feel an?i addressed the Commis?
sioner.
? 'You've K"t nothing on me. Commis?
sn,n? r 111 bet you can't do this?:" ?aid
the m? ss? nerer.
Then he commenced the whirling und
Skipping Irish Jig. but fell to the tl.ior
aft. r l?-ss than two minutes of ?laru ing
When i?r QlMereleeve, ?.f the Brook?
lyn Hospital, arrived i><.w.i was dead.
Badh th?' party broke op leaving the
< ??.mmissioner and his aids with the
dea.i inssseiiger and th" ambulance
i surgeon.
Dowd lived with his wife and seven
children at No. 4.">l? 44th street. Brook?
lyn. ~ I
CULEBRA CUT COMPLETE
I .i
Panama Canal Finished i
Grade from Ocean to Ocean
I. ? ? . . Tril ,r.<- I
i'. : ams m ?M The Culebra C
?n r?o- p.marna Canal was complet
tins afternoon, when two huge steo
?hovela m? ? at grade. One ?hovel hi
worked from th?- ?sat, the ?.ther fr?.
the west, and as the* thi?? oui il
;.,-i of Un- dirt arhlai ? ? and hu
dreda ol men atopped t?? cheer
'I'll? t-.- i- v.-t B.000.000 cubic ? irda
..nth t,, i... removed m broadening ti
? anal. Slides, how? i er, mav add
tbla before the ?vaterwa* Is dug t.. t'.
? I \?. i?lth.
-.
WIFE AD. IS BIG SUCCES
L. I. Man's Mail Increases Unt
Postmaster Begs for Mercy.
?;.ri- .?;' ?lateen an.i aromen of sixt
..i?? among the numerous eppll? ani
a ho are ? ager '-i accept tha offer ?
Erneal ?V. Darron*, of Patchogue, I?on
i-i.ml. who has announced thai 1;
?rant? a wit', arid will allow h?u J4''
?reek for household expena?>a
Mr. Darrow is .1 prosperoua con
ira. tor He Is a widower and has fou
children. Bo great has been th?- pre?
nf correspondence that the local p??s'
master has sabed Mr, Darrow t.< tnak
haste in choosing, a number of photo
graphs have arrived, hut as >?-t n
one Ifaa applted in ?person.
DRIVES RULER INTO BRAIf
Child Who Fell with Metal Meas
ure in Mouth Is Killed.
Tim <?-> ear ?old Edward Bracken we
playing with a small metal ruler res
terday in his horns, No. 241 Floy?
street, Brooklyn, While he ran teros
th?- ?lining ro? .11 iioor hs placed th'
nil? r in his mouth, slipped on a rui
and fall, tii?- ruler being f?>rc?'?l thr?.ugt
the roof "f his mouth and stnkin??- hi:
brain.
n< taring the boy's ?*creama, Mrs
Bracken rushed int.? th?- room Th?
ho\ was later taken to the ili-rmat
Hospital. Every effoil was made tc
save ins ?if?', bul he died while an op
? ration was being performed
a
$15,000 VASES FOR $7
Collector of Antiques Quickly
Recovers Stolen Goods.
| H> Mag-SSI te Th? Trllmn? !
Boston. May 24.? After a twenty-foul
hour search th?1 police recovered in a
[Cambridge pawnshop parts of Svs Jap?
aneas vases, said t.. be more than n\?
Ihundred \?-ars old, which had been
atolen from Lawrence Fiarr>, a Me.i
f ir.i ? otteetor <>f sntlqueo, by waiter
Johnson, on?- of his drivers. The vases
had been sold f"r $7.
Each vas.- stands from five to ?even
feet high and the total value has heen
placed ?' fll?-O0O. For one vaae alone
I Mr. Barry asks .?.'!,(*?i.
i Johnson, who was arraign?-?! in the
Maiden District Conn to-dav. i>ieadrd
i guilty and was held for the grand Jury.
?
SULZER MUM ON STILWELL.
Albany, May -* -Governor Hulxrr de?
dined to discuss Stephen J Stllwella con?
viction to-night.
THIRTYFOUR DEAD
IN PIER COLLAPSE
Double-Decked Shed at Long
Beach', Cal., Falls Under
Weight of 10,000 at
Empire Day Fete.
ALL OF BRITISH ORIGIN
(Throng of 25,000 on Beach
Scatters in Panic?Tide
Out, or Hundreds Prob?
ably Would Have
Been Drowned.
i Long Beat i-.. Cal., May 24. Thlrty
1 four i er sons ware killed and tiftv s>
rtOUSly injured to-day, when the lar I
i end of the doubte-deck municipal pier
I In front of the Cltj Auditorium ?I?
I lapsed under the burden of marie t. n
[thousand human beings assembled for
the festivities of British Empire Day.
Hundreda >>t persona on lbs top deck
wer- plunged up..n til" h? ads of other
Irada b< low. Th.- lower dec? Ih? n
gave waj an.i all dropped twenty-flve
, feel down a chute of shattered wood?
work to the tide-washed sands. < >n
I top of the heap of ?bad an?! Injured
tumbled a lnric mass of wreckage.
The dead, who were mostly women,
were kiu?-d by the ahlvered timbera (,r
lh< I bj falling b.-dii-s. Apart from
the half hundred who w-r.? seriously
i injured a? orea of othera were brulaed
.and i ut or affected b> hysteria and
! fright The ? i< unis were nearly all
subjects or former subjects of Oreat
Britain, living ui Southern California,
i most of them being residente of Loa
I Angeles and vicinity.
The dead, man) of whom were itlll
dentified to-night, were laid in the
National Quard Armory, While the In?
? jur?-d were hurried t.. various hospitals
I in this city and I.ob Angelca
Los Anqeles Sends Aid.
All the doctora in the city are work?
ing to-night, ami their efforts are re
inforced bj aurgeona and nurses who
came from Los Angeles when appeals
for aid wen siiii to that city.
'Ih.- accident oci urred a few minutes
before noon. The Empira Day parade.
Ui" principal feature of ihe ?elebrution
I of ?Jue?n Victoria's natal Bllllll liaUtJI.
I had just ended, and the participants,
with thousands of other visitors, were
? rowdlng up the atepa of the pier and
BUrglng toward the auditorium. The
pier BOOT sagged and a moment later
tin? supports gave way. The crack
and crush of breaking timbers mingled
with the shrieks and ?rus of the vic?
tims Hs a huge mass of timber and
writhing human forms piled up on the
sand. Then a portion of the audi?
torium front fell atop of all.
The ?aus.? of the ecctd?mt area the
overburdening of the pier. This, ao
cording to an oBVlal statement to?
night, was due t" lio- delay in unlock
ing t?a? auditorium doors Had the
doors be?-n opened at th<? proper time,
it wa- aaserted, the crowd would have
gun" Insid??. instead of massing at the
doors, where the weight overwhelmed
the pier Bupporta
Scottish bagpipera had just entered
the portal of the auditorium and were
still marking tine when the timbers
ware sundered.
Two Mayors Direct Rescue.
Mayor Habb of I.oiig Heach. who
was to have been one of the principal
sjseakers at the celebration, was in the
! midst of the throng on the pier, and at
first was reported among the dead or
Injured. He escaped unhurt, however.
and aided be Mayor <;?'"raj? Alexander
of Log Angeles, who came down at the
head of the city's public hospital corps
| and several platoon? ?if police, helped
i to direct the work of rescue.
in addition to the thousands gathered
on the piar and its approaches tho
strand was thronged by a crowd of
probably 2&AJO? persons. There wn-,
little warning. A resounding c??a?.k
ttmafteemad ?it ?iuh otaca. BBBSSSl column.
STILWELL GUILTY ;
FAIE STUNS Hi;
ONE VOTE ENOUGH
Jury, Out Two Hours and Eight
Minutes, Decides George H.
Kendall's Accusation of
Bribery Was True.
SENATOR GOES TO TOMBS
Remanded Until Wednesday for
Sentence, but Prisoner and
Counsel Have Little Hope
Upper Courts Will Save
Him from Prison.
WARNING1 TO LEGISLATORS
| Prosecution, Summing Up, Appealed
for Finding That Would Show
Lawmakers People Would Not
Tolerate " Whitewash" of
Malefactors?Ten Years
Maximum Sentence.
ttsphSB J. Stllwell, state Senator
from Th?- Hronx, was convicted of
bribery m the Suprem?- ?Court before
Justice Beabury rseterdajr. The sen?
ate acquitted him on the same <hargo
by ? vote of 28 to 2\ on April 15. The
Jury was out two hours and eight min
utt-s, Lut only une ballot was taken.
All th?- jurors were agreed upon the'
! guilt, of th?- defendant.
Nin.- ?>f th?? Jurors wanted to return
a verdict ?.f guilty ?mass'diateiy after
leavln their aceta, Lut their associate?
j argued 'hat StllweU'i position in the
' cocnasualty as ?Senator and lawyer an?
I titled him t?. a pronounceassnl that did
.not ha\?' the appearance of too Much
haste
Th.- convtrttoa deprivea Btilwell of
his ofdce as ?State ?Senator and dis?
qualifies him from aver holding off.ce
In the State of New York. Another ?"n
?equence ?>f the verdict of Ihe j'.ry
will bs 'ms disl.arment as a lawyer.
This will t??- forntall) done ?hen the
;.ni ?'f the conviction reaches the
I API ?-Mat.- Division.
The Jurors examined the ?all? nt
points of the avidsnee with minute de?
tail, ami even went through a hand
I writing test to d-termine just what
I weight should be given to the story of
lii'i.r?" .\ field, ?etwas testimony re?
gar.ling his traaacrlpt ??f th?- telephone
conversaron bstwsen ?Stllwell and
(JeorK?' H. Ki ndall was largely relied
upon by th" defen? e
Btilwell ahed n?> tears when he heard
tiu- v.'idut. Ka knew it was againet
, him as soon is the jurors hud reached
j their seats, when his ?'ounsel, William
i T. Byrne, came over t<> the prisoner's
doch .?n?i whispered:
"Keep ??'?.I. 'Steve,' and take it
brav? ly."
A niom?-nt before he had been kan?
Ing carelessly againet the rail, when
: his attorney spoke to bun be straight
I'lu-d and braced himself for the blow.
The announ?-em? nt of ' 'Guilty" had
Bcarcsly i.n uttered by th?- foreman,
I H'-nr;. C Etogera, When two .?r three
: and? lai - ild l>e beard in the rear of
the courtroom Justice Beabury ham
mered the d?'sk with h.s gavel and the
outburst was checked, but, coming
from the public seats, ?t struck Stllwell
like a blow from behind bsfOre he had
i.,i\,ri'd from th?* onslaught of the
law in front.
Ten-Year Sentence Pos?ibl?.
stiiweii nvaj be ?-entsneed to states
' ? rlson for Dot mor?- than ten years, and
' in addition may be lined not more than
so .< 00. Just le- Bes bury remanded lum,
until w.-dnesda. for sentence, He will
be a prisoner in the Tombs until then
Etoberi m. Moore, BtilweU's ioiinsel.
announced bs srouM apply for a cet*
tlAcate of reasonable doubt immedi?
ately aft?r geiitenc, and that the c.j.vj
would be >?arried up, but neither in.;
defendant nor his lawyers seemed t<*
have mu. h bops for the suc?ess of an
appeal.
Stllwell himself Bald he did not want
to comment upon the verdict or the
?ase In any way. K\en to the so ire
or more of personal friends who crowd?
ed around him before he was led out
of th.- . ourtruom to the Bridge of Sight
he had no ready response, satisfying
himself with ? silent handclasp. Coun
sel for Stllwell felt the attack on his
i redibility by th?- exposures of his past
record was chiefly responsible for th<?
\erdlct.
Charles C. Nott, jr.. the Assistant
District Attorney, wh?? handled *.he
?prosecution, said he believed th>- ver?
dict was th? only possible on?-, in vuv
of th?' evidence. ' Th?- lesson of it ..*.''
i ?aid Mr. Nott, "that it ?s dangerous to
latteeapt to give any aecuaed man a
hurried whiD-wnsh. There was a g?*n
j eral lmpr?-ssion that If the Senate had
decided upon the evidence preeented
there to expel Stllwell the present "io
raadlng would never ha\e be. n
brought."
The prosecutor thought the cross-ex?
amination shattered BtitweiTs attempt?
ed explanations of the fifteen" tele?
gram, which, according to Kendall, re
ferred lo the tfemaad for $1,?300 for the
Assembly ("odes Committee, and which
Stllwell asserted was in r? latlort only t?*
the number of men OB that com m it te j.
Talk with Kendall Settled It.
justice Beabury's cberge impressed
upon the jurors the fact that the entire
tase hinged upon their view of the evi?
dence as to ihe conversation in Stil
well's Hew York office on March ?.'?? be

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