The sun. [volume], February 25, 1912, Page 2, Image 2

About The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916

Image provided by: The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation

                
THE StfN, ' SUNDAY, ' FEBRUARY 25, 1912.
that the Supremo Court would decide
the rase within a year, and that would
n bout make up tho two years delay.
Gov. Dix ciinio hero Inst night to Attend
the Amen Corner dinner nt tho Waldorf,
where Justleo Gerard also was a guest.
Tho Governor declined to discus nny
phase of tho llrandt case, but his secre
tary. Commander Eckford C De Kay,
wild that .Mr. Dix will do nothing further
in the en bo until the appeal from Justice
Gerard's decision has been decided. Sey
mour Van Santvoord, the Governor's
legal ndvlsor, will return to Albany .from
Vermont on Tuesday and It was indicated
yesterday that Gov. Dix might have some
thing to say after seeing Mr. Van Sant
voord Commander De Kay said that the
Governor was pleased by' the announce
ment that tho Attorney-General and tho
District Attorney would oppeill. In Al
bany, before taking n train for Xew York,
the Governor's only comment was:
"You see wo aro in harmony."
Justice Gerard's only remark on the
Governor's attitude, that the filing of the
habeas corpus decision barred Executive
clemency even If tho order hadn't been
entered, was that the Governor seemed
persistently to have misunderstood tho
exact facts; that an opinion was not nu
order, and that tho Governor was still
empowered until Monday morning to
pardon Brandt if he saw lit.
Mirabeau Ii. 'towns issued a statement
yesterday in which he said:
"We hnrvo mado our last appeal to Gov.
Dix. Ho Is impossible. He has written
his epitaph for posterity in the last state
ment he gave to the preps.and to the
public attacking the courts and the duly
authorized representatives of tho people
In legal matters in their patriotio en
deavor to uphold tho equal and unbiassed
Bdminlstration of thn.law.".
District Attorney Whitman said last
nhrht that if Mr. SchlfT's counsel want
tho report the District Attorney made
to tho Governor as to the Brandt prose
cution they must get it from the Gov
ernor himnclf .
Attorney-General Carmody returned
to Albany yesterday. He would not
comment on Gov. Dix's course save to
wiy that the Governor should have ex
amined only the record in Brandt's case.
It is known, however, that tho Attorney
General feels hurt because tho Governor
passed over his advice after putting the
investigation in his hand.
STATEMENT BT MH, CANS.
Howard Oaus gave out this statement
last night: "Regarding the rumors in
the evening papers purporting to emanate
from tho District Attorney's ofllco to the
effect that Mr. SchifT or Mr. Cans fur
nished Brandt with his meals while in
the Tombs and that Mr. Gans was a
frequent visitor to Brandt while impris
oned there, Mr. Guns said:
"These Btories aro absolutely without
foundation. Neither Mr. Schiff nor I nor
any ono in our behalf furnished Brandt
with any meals while he was in the Tombs
and my only visit to Brandt in the Tombs
was on the 13t.li of March, 1907, tho second
day following his arrest, when I called
upon him in response to a letter which
he had sent to Sir. SchlfT the day' before
requesting him to call and which Mr.
Schiff referred to me. That was the only
conversation I had with Brandt subse
quent to his arrest and commitment."
BRANDT BEFORE THE DOCTORS.
Notes of His Examination Cover His
Letter to Mrs. Schiff.
Koto nf the examination of Brandt
by Drs. Mabon and Macdonald on March
II, 1907, when he went to Mr. Schiff 's
office hyjtopointmont three days after
the attack on Mr. Schiff in his house,
were givert' out yesterday. They say:
We saw'be Konlke (.ml after a short con
versation told lilm that we were physicians,
travn Mm our names and asked him if he
Knew ht we were there for. lie aald to
examine him as to his physical, condition.
We then questioned him shout his early
lite. He was then questioned as
to the assault that he hud made and wnt
ssked lion- he happened to do It. He said
that he was In want of money and thought
he would ko and see Mr. .SchlfT and see If
he ouM help him, that he went tho pre
edlnc Friday cvenine (March 8) and found
that the iron door in the bailment was un
locked and that he entered the house and
went up to Mr. .Schllt's dressing room.
That after Inline there a whllo ho thought
that iiosslbly Mr. Schiff niiclit call for help
and that he would cot something to defend
himaelf with if tills should take place.
That he then went to the kitchen and se
cured n bowline pin and on the v. ay up
stairs stopped in the pantry And got a
knlfo nuil ice cuttor. Ho n-as then oked
why he made the assault, and said that Mr.
fcchiff n entering tho room saw his shadow
on t lie .mirror and he thought he was going
to tall for help and lie struck him.
At thin point Mr. Itogers, u detective,
who was present at part nf the examination,
asked him if he didn't know that Mr. Schiff
always carried money in hii pocket, and he
raid he supposed he did.
He said that Mr. Schiff then turned on
the light and recognized him and that they
had a .conversation and that at the door
Mr. SchlfT gave him 150. and told him If
he would come down to his office Monday
morning ha (Mr. Schiff! would see if he
could help him, as he did not think he was
altogether dishonest: that he did go to Mr.
SchUf's office. He was then asked If he did
not think that by going to the office he
might be arrested, and he said that he did,
but was willing to take the consequences aa
his conscience troubled him, He said he
thought if Mr. Schiff wanted to he could
get hlra anyway, and he thought he would
go and take the sliances, but If he waa held
he waa perfectly willing because it would
ease his conscience.
He was then asked what he did with the
money and replied tbat he bad spent $10
to get his clothes out of pawn. When aaked
where he had spent hia time he said that be
had spent a groat part of it In Martin's.
He said that he had only 13 left.
In reply to a .question he said that he had
spent the balance of $38 for barber, mani
cure, food, drinks and cigars.
At this point Mr.Utogera asked him If It
waa not true that he had failed to pay hla
room rent and he replied, yes, but he had
left enough articles there to protect hla land
lady, Rogers then asked him If the articles
did not consist of some old shoes and boot
trees, to which he replied, yes.
At this point Dr. Macd onald asked htm
it he had not sent a letter to Mrs. Schiff and
ho replied that he had. When questioned
us to its contents and asked if it waa an af
fectionate letter ho 'said, not exactly, that
it was asking her to take an interest in him
and so forth. He was asked If she had
ever gheu him any encouragement to war
rant htm in writing such a letter to her and
he said, "No, but you can judge by one'H
actions!" ne thought by tho way she acted
that she took an Interest In him and waa
willing to help him.
He was questioned - about his family
history and we were unable to discover
from him that there was any Insanity or
nervous disease in the fnmlly. Ho denied
ever having had an attack of Insanity or
over having had any epileptic convulsions
or fits of pny kind and h.iUI that his only
habit which might have injured hltn was
smoking as many as llfteen Havana cigars
a day. The doctors found him to bo
physically sound aswellasinentally normal.
The examination began at 3:16 and termi
nated nt isu J". M.
WOOIDRIDGE TRIAL PUT OFF.
police Won't Embarrass the Prosecution
by Bringing Out Evidence.
Charges were preferred yesterday
against Police Lieutenants Joseph Wool-
Bridge and John Taylor in connection with
CHARLES
OF LONDON
718 Fifth Ave., Cor. 56th St.
EXHIBITION OF
Fine Old
English China
the Brandt case. Wooldridge is accused
of making a falso report to fprmer In
spector Mclaughlin and to Judgo Ho-
salsky, and Taylor is accused of neglect
of duty In allowing police evidenoe to Ims
taken away by a private detective. The
cases were set for trial on February 28
but Wooldridge and Taylor got notices
last night that "all proceedings had Imn
suspended until further notice." There
are two reasons for this. Commissioner
Waldo found that he .had got to rotiro
Taylor under an application put in
in advance of the charges.
In Wooldridge 's case It was de
cided that testimony- might be
brought out that would embarrass the
Grand Jury proceedings. It w-as pro
posed to call Mr. Schiff and his lawyer
and go into the whole case.
vt ooiuruigo tnaiie tno reiKirt ot iirnnui a
alleged criminal record upon which Judge
Itosulsky nays he acted in Bending Brandt
away for thirty years. This report is said
lu i n.i ims?, . (AJllll iui(t7 wun urriuiictl lu
make this report bv Inspector Mclaugh
lin. Ho has admitted that some ot the
things in it wero not true.
Taylor allowed a private dotectlve to
carry on from Brandts room certain
letters, picture and .papers which aro
said to have lieen de'lvered to Mr. Schiff
or his representatives.
SAYS HE WAS URGED TO BUY.
Head of New York Butchers Dressed
Meat Co. Testifies at Parkers' Trial.
Chicago, Feb. i'4. The New York
Butchers Dressed Mout Company was
on 'the verge of bankruptcy In 1907,
was without n surplus and Its trndo
was slipping away rapidly, according to
Frederick Joseph, the present head of
the company, who testified nt the
packers' trial to-day. Joseph said he
purchased tho company on April 29,
1907, for Kdward Tlldcn after he left
the vice-presidency of the Schwnrx
schlld & Sulzberger Company.
"Stockholders of the company came to
me and urged me to buy the com
pany," said Joseph. "I told Mr. Tllden
they wanted 1400,000 for the concern,
but when he found its financial condi
tion, he said the price was too high.
Eventually I bought It for Mr. Tllden."
Government Counsel James M.Sheenn
wanted to know what money had been
paid him by Mr. Tllden for the New
Yorl: Butchers stock.
"It was kept In a record In charge of
my son," said the witness. "I don't
know."
"Did you receive the 175,000 from Mr.
Tllden to make the first payment?"
"I think I paid It myself from my
own money."
"Did you receive checks for your sal
ary from Mr. Tlldcn?"
"Yes."
"Did the salary checks come to you
as soon as your relationship with S. &
S. was terminated?" '
"I don't remember."
Mr. Sheean then read Into the record
the contract of April, 1907, between
Arthur Block, Aaron Buchsbaum, Sam
uel Block and William Wagner and
Frederick Joseph, who agreed to de
liver to Joseph 4,000 of the 7.500 shares
of the company's stock for !42.",,0OO.
There was to be paid at once $70,000
and 150,000 on tho first of each month
until tho total nmount had been paid.
Under the contract Joseph loaned the
company 1100,000 for seventeen months.
ROBBERS KILL MOTHER MADGE.
Old Woman Who Kept Money In Her
fytore Bound and Hmolhered.
Toledo, O.. Feb. 24. Mrs. Helena
Madge, an aged shopkeeper, was killed
here early to-day by robbers who en
tered her store, tore a money belt from
her body, bound her to n chair and
ransacked the little shop for the for
tune she was popularly supposed to
have hidden in the place. The Coroner
declares that the woman was smothered
by the thieves when they covered her
mouth to prevent an outcry.
"Mother Madge," as she was called,
had previously been robbed of sums
ranging from 15 to several thousands
of dollars. Tho police had urced her
to retire from business and deposit her
money in a Dank. Htie insisted on
tending the shon and hldlnc her monev
around the place.
How much she lost this time Is un
certain. Police are working on the
theory that Intimates of the old woman
planned the crime.
DOCTOR DIDN'T REMEMBER.
Was Arrested Because Max Solomon
Said His Auto Ban Him Down.
Max Solomon, who said he waa a mer
chant living at S18 East 138th street, went
to the Mercer street police station yester
day and said that he had been knocked
down by an automobile at Eighth and
Macdousal streets and that the rirH-or
had gone on without stopping. He gave
uio puiiuu in uumDer oi ine macnine.
Solomon's head was bruised from his
fall, but he refused to go to a hospital
and said he could get home by himself.
The police looked up the automobile
number and later Detective Maher ar
rested Dr. Louis M. Alofsln of 448 West.
Thirty-fourth street and locked him up
in the West Thirtv-seventb street noil
station, charging him with running down
noiomon. ur. Aioisin said ne Jiatl heen
out in his automobile, but that he didn't
remember running over, anybody.
HURT ON WAY T0PARTY.
Miss Marka, Bound to Brooklyn, Had a
Bad Fall In the Subway.
Es telle Marks was going to a Brooklyn
party last evening about 7 o'clock. In
changing from express to local in the
Fourteenth street subway station bIio
fell down between platform and car and
nad to be taken tack to her home at 571
Lexington avenue. Thero arc no railings
on tho downtown local sldo at this station.
as the rush is not supposed to be great
there.
Miss Marks, who is 34 and athletic,
in trying to mind her stop over the gap,
was jostled down by a very considerable
crowd. The tram did not movo and Po
liceman Carey and Miss May Hearing of
378 Motjroe street, Brooklyn, helped Tier
up. Dr. Anderton, who responded from
Bollevue, treated her for contusions of the
left leg and foot and a sprained ankle.
Thirty Tennessee Politicians Indicted.
Bristol, Tenn., Feb. 2t. The Lee
county Grand Jury, which has boen in
vestigating the election bribery charges,
indicted thirty politicians to-day for re
fusal to appear before the Grand Jury
and tell what they did with money which
witnesses said had been given them for
election purposes.
Fifteen men have been indicted for vote
telling;, The Grand Jury will keep on,
HO CLUE TO
MAIDEN
LANE SAFE BOBBERS
Cnrbon, Boris and Jewelry to the
Value of $35,000 Taken Be
low (he "Dead Line.'
JEWELERS ABE -UNEASY'
Board of Trade Will Appeal lo Mayor
flnynor for Better Pollro
Pro'oction.
There was uneasiness below the dead
line the dead lino of Byrnes's day, but
no longer maintained by tho iolloo-.when
it becamo generally known lu the Jewolry
district yesterday'tliat a safe in the office
of Emanuel 8. lloso on tho soventh floor
of 48 Maiden lane had been ripped oen,
probably on Wednesday night, und l35,mo
worth of iewolry. carlon and borts lakdn.
Tho jewellers are going to ask the police
to give them more protection.
The Jewelers Board of -Trade will le
requested next week to appeal to the
Mavor und Police Commissioner Waldo
for more'detectives to trol tho district.
Itecently there has been only one detective
in the district, whereas heretofore 'there
have been nt least tliree. But tho sleuths
complain tliat they can do nothing, undr
the present system which prohibits item
from picking up professional croovs ,in
the jewelry or financial district unless, op
a warrant or a dellnlte charge. ,
In the case of tho Hose robbery tho
police instructed Hose and Mrs. Hose,
who U in business with him, to sUy' noth
ing nbout It. Ko mention of It was made
ut Police Headquarters, so the robbery
did not got into the newspapers until
yesterday morning. So far the police
have made no progress toward getting
the thieves.
The robliery was un unusual one. Koeo
deals principally In borts nnd carbon, He
has a small office and in It was an old
fashioned safe. Lieut. Heap, the expert
on safes in the Police Department, says
that the safe was not blown open. One
end of the door was drilled and then the
covering was torn off, which enabled the
robber or robbers to pull off the outer
covering and get at the combination.
Thero are signs that nitroglycerine was
used.
Mrs. Hose said yesterday that they
closed the office on Wednesday evening.
The next morning, Washington's Birth
day, when practically all of the offices In
the building were closed, tho superintend
ent of the building Dossed the door of the
Hose office. On the door was the follow
lni slcn written in Yiddish: "Please do
not come in: nomeining iosi. ror n
time the detectives thought this sus
picious, but it was explained yesterday
that when a diamond or a piew of jewelry
was lost in one of tho jewellers' offices
it was customary to warn the cleaners.
The principal loss was in borts and car
hoti. Borts aro used to make expensive
drills, tools such as are used by Jeweller.!
and saws. -According to sirs, nose mere
are onlv twelve dealoni in borts in this
city. Thev have all been notified of the
robbery. "If the robbers knew what they
were taking bort looks very much like
ashes maybe they will know how to dis
pose of-it. If they are unfamllar with
borts Mrs. Rose fears that tbeywill dump
them into an ash oon. t
"There has not been a robbery of borts
in this city in forty years, sho said yea
tprriav. l doubt if there aro raanv ncr-
ons who ever beard of it or know any
thing nbout them. Home or the Borts
we had were worth $1.50 a carat and the
most valuable .118 a carat. The carbon
was worth about S75 a carat. We had
just received about 514.000 worth of borts
on memorandum from a firm in Amster
dam and I think wc would be satisfied if
we got them back. Tho jewelry nnd dia
mond loss was not great. The robbers
took about $200 in cash and even went so
far as to carry off the postage stamps In
the sate.
"The borts and carbon were In small
oblong package wrapped in tissue paper.
it tue ronoers are uniamiuar wun irons
thev will get n surprise when they open the
packages. Very likey they will throw
them away."
According to the detectives there was
a watchman in the building. Mrs. Hose
says she docs not believe there was one
there on Wednesday night. Capt. Fove,
who made an Investigation, said that Mrs.
Hose said that jewelry had been stolen
from a bag in the office, but Inter she said
that the jewelry belonged to a woman
friend, who had removed it,
A report that the jewellcrshad employed
private detectives was dented at the
Jewellers Board of Trade. It was ad
mitted In the distriot however, tbat the
jewellers were taking extra precautions
to protect their stock.
COURT AT M'KIM'S BEDSIDE
Judge Questions Wltlett' s Axed Ward
Decides He Is Too 111 to Testify.
Court was held at the bedside of Joseph
McKim in the River Crest Sanitarium.
Astoria, yesterday by County Judge Burt
J, Humphrey, who went there accom
panied by Court Clerk Edward J. Smith,
Court Stenographer John Sullivan and
attorneys who aro interested .in the ques
tion of the sanity of McKim, who was
committed to that inetitutlon as an in
competent by Judge Humphrey after a
trial by jury five years ago.
McKim U 83 years old and is worth
about 1100,000. He was represented by
Attorneys Frank H. Cothern and Edward
A. Maher, Jr. Former Congressman
William Wlllelt, Jr., whom it is sought
to have removed ns a committee of the
estate and person of McKim, was present
in person together with his attorneys,
Wallaco.E. J. Collins and Walter H. Bunn.
Judgo Humphrey himself questioned
MoKim. He decided the old man was in no
condition for tho bearing, so postponed
proceedings for two weeks, McKlm's
wife and two daughters live in Lawrence.
The original action was bi ought by
MoKim's niece, Mrs. Wllhelmlna Collins
of 07 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, but the
action was changed and Mchim himself
made the petitioner.
Snead Case Goes to Jury.
FonT Worth, Tex., Feb. 24. The trial
of John B. Snead for the murder of Capt
A. O. Boyce.whose son eloped with Snead's
young wife, closed to-day. No verdict is
expected until Monday.
READT TO I'SE.
HAVE YOU TRIED IT?
It's Good for Hot anal Cold Meats.
blaktt a Fint KuV Sauct aHma tlnifcr,
At nellcateiten nd.Orncrj fltorei.
10 CENTS. asoon wltk each Dottle.
IN HOTEL WITH GIRL PUPIL.
President of Southern Female College Is
Arrested and t'lred.
Atlanta, Gn Fob. 21. W. F. Brown,
president of the Southern Female College,
one or tho Oldest, Institutions for girls
in the South, pleaded guilty before Judge
Broylos this afternoon to tho charge
of taking a nineteen-year-old pupil of tho
college to an Atlanta hotel nnd register
ing thero with her ns husband and wife.
Brown was heavily fined on the city
charge of improper "conduct nnd was
lound-over to the State court. The girl
was released with a reprimand.
Tho college president and the girl were
arrested livu room at the hotel this morn
ing. Tho girl was returning to college
at Lagrange from a short visit to her par
ents. President Brown met her in Atlanta
by arrangement and took her to the hotel.
An Atlanta woman who saw Brown
and tho girl suspeoted something wrong
and notilled the police, who raided the
room nnd found the college president and
tin girl. Token to the police station Presi
dent Brown admitted his guilt and took
the blame Uku himself.
He said he was carried nway by im
pulse and forgot his wife nnd three chil
dren in Lagrange. He declared he would
at once go before the board of trustees
of the college nt Lagrange and resign the
presidency.
"But your wife?" ho was asked. '
"My wifo will stand by mo In this sad
fall," ho answered quickly. "She will
forgive when sho knows how penitent I
arm. ,l'll have to take a new start in life,
but. thank God, I have a faithful wife to
keep mo straight. Guess I've risen too
fast. We'll just start nt the bottom and
rise again."
The girl in the case Is a (laughter of a
socially prominent futility in western
Georgia. A . telephone message was
sent to her father nt his home. He said
he would come to Atlanta to take charge
of his daughter and take her home.
Brown had been president of tho La
grange college for four years and bus
been prominent in church matters. Ho
is about 35 years old.
A despatch from Lagrange to-night
says that tho trustees met and dismissed
Brown.
BELIEVES MARS IS PEOPLED.
Dr. Arrlienliold, the German Aalronomer,
Reasons From Analogy.
The Cunardcr Lusltnnla had a tusslo
on Thursday night and Friday morning
with heavy seas roused by winds of
hurrlOane force and was delayed half
a day. Ice clogging her dock nt the
foot of 'West Fourteenth Btreet cnused
her to spend more than an hour warp
ing In yesterday nnd she snapped two
eight Inch hawsers. Among her pas
sengers were Dr. V. S. Archenhold, the
German astronomer; the Karl of
Hothes, the Hon. Bernard Howard and
the Hon. S. H. Bercsford.
The astronomer, who said he 'believed
that Mars was Inhabited, explained his
belief by remarking that If there were
10,000,000 houses all fitted alike In the
world and ono was known to be in
habited It would be n 'logical Inference
to suppose that nil were.
The Earl of Rothes and his two
friends are going to buy 1,000 acres of
fruit land in California for a London
syndicate and later will go to Canada.
BULLET TAKEN FROM TONGUE.
Surgeons Now Kxpect Quick Recovery of
Frank K. Barnard, Holdup Victim.
Frank E. Barnard of the Church E.
Gates Lumber Company, who was shot
by a fo'tpad on tho Leggett avenuo via
duct Friday night, was reported yesterday
afternoon as doing very well at St. Luke's
Hospital. The assailant's bullet that
I broke out four teeth and lodged in his
tongue had been safely extracted and his
condition was satisfactory. Barring the
possibility of blood poisoning no fears
were entertained as to the outcome of his
injuries.
Mr. Barnard's brother, Ed war I L.
Barna rd of New Rochelle, tho vice-presi
dent of the Church E. Gates company,
saw him at 2 o'clock at the hospital and
said Liter that his brother had no idea
of the identity of tho man who shot him.
The latter was concealed in tho shadow
of a girder near the southern end of tho
viaduct nnd the first knowledge that young
Mr. Barnard hod of his presence was when
the man shot at mm. Mr. Barnard did not
know he had been hit. To nrevont u sec
ond shot he jumped at the man and hurled
his suitcase at him. The fellow fled and
Mr. Barnard pursued. He suddenly grew
weaK ana men louna ne was snot.
Edward Barnard said some one
might have thought his brother carried
the company's payroll money in his suit
case. THIEVES USE AN AUTOMOBILE.
Visit Lawrence' Manor Homes, Taking
Sllrer. Cash and Lunch.
Up to date thieves went calling
among tho residents of Lawrence
Manor, Bay Side, L. I., in an automobile
early yesterday morning.
The police report that from a dozen
to sixteen families found traces of the
Intruders, although tho booty obtained
was small. Among tho houses entered
were the homes of Prof. G. W. Dorland,
H. W. Esray, Victor Knlcs, Joseph Kler-
nan, Charles Qucbb, William Wagner,
Walter Robertson, Charles A. MacNcl-
lldge,-A. E. McKnlght nnd Alexander
Williams.
They enjoyed n small lunch nt the
McKnlght home nnd found 112 In cash,
while a coat was taken from the home
of Prof. Dorland. A child's bank in the
Robertson homo yielded 19 nnd smiill
articles were stolen from other places.
TEST TRANSIT CASE.
Matter nf Preferential Pajmcnts by the
City to Be Argued on Tuesday.
Justice Mnrcan in tho Supreme Court
in Brooklyn yesterday, signed an order
directing tho Board of Lstiinntc, tho
Public Service Commission, tho Intor
borough, Brooklyn Union nnd Brooklyn
Rapid Transit coman!es to show cauvo
why thoy should not bo. restrained from
entering into any operating contract
which would involvo cither a preferential
navment bv tho citv of tho "confusina
and mingling" of tho earnings of lines
bum by tne cuy wun oinor lines nirenny
built or onerntcd bv transit companies.
The order is returnable boforo Justice
Blackmar on Tuesday.
The Admiral Realty Company brines
the suit as a sequence to another that was
dismissed by tho Appellate Division on tho
ground that the commission had full
power to enter Into construction con
tracts nnd because tho contracts for
operatlonthad not-yot I teen drawn up und
could not bo paused on. Tho present
9tiit is a friendly ono to settle the question
of tho constitutionality of preferential
payments, it is said, nnd is meant to get
a .decision for all tho par ice interested
la the matter.
SHOT DEAD IN HIS '
. STOREJHFJ BOBBED
"Continued from Firtl Page.
with tho gold Initials W. M." entwined.
Tho fob Is worth about 120, ho thought.
Meserlt.'s brother has a watch which is
just the satrio as tho murdered man's.
Ho said their mothor had given them the
watches, and that hor picture had been
engraved insldo tho back of the cases.
Tho seven safely razors which wero
stolen wero of n well known make, and
the manurncturor puts on them identify
ing numliors by which It should bo easy
to trnco thorn. As far as could bo learned
tho police had no trnco of the wutch last
night. , ,.
The pawnbroker whogavoto the police
ono of tho pawned razors is James J.
Ityan of 140 Smith street. Brooklyn.
Yesterday afternoon nt about 4:30. he
said, two men camo and stood in his door
for a moment, and then one of them
entered. Tho other went to tho corner
and waited for his companion to come out.
'I lie ono who entered showed tho razor,
which was new, and nuked for tl loan on
it. Mr. Kyun describes him as about
S feet 10 Inches tall, clean shaven, with
a thin face and black hair: He wore a
black derby hat and black coat, and
around his neck wns a black muffler. He
wus shubblly dressed.
Thero was no conversation. When the
loan was mado nnd tho ticket made out
the pawnbroker's clerk who mado tho
deal asked for a nnmo, and was told
"Mnrnliv. 127 Atlantic avenue. Brooklyn."
Thero is no Murphy nt that address.
Ityan couiu not uescriuo mo man wno
stood on tho corner very well. Ho Bald'
he wore a soft hat and a black coat. He
was short und stocky. Under Ills arm he
carried a bundle which Ityan said looked
as If it contained shirts. He appeared
to have been drinking. Neither or the
men was more than 25 years old, Hyan
thinks.
Th packago under the arm of tho man
who stood outsldo was wrapped in white
paper such ns every haberdasher uses,
and was ubout the size three Bhirts would
make when wrapped up.
In reconstructing the events of the
shooting as thoy took place the i-hirts
which were scattered on tho floor of the
shop led tho police to believe thut lr two
men did tho deed, ono of them had been
back nt tho shirt counter while tho other
was up front at tho counter where tho
safety razors were. It Is thought that a
sale of shirts wus mado und that then
Meseritz went in front to nttend to the
man at the razor counter. Tho man who
had bought, or tullced about buiyng tne
shirts, it is thought, stepped back behind
the counter, followed Meseritz down the
alleyway until the haberdasher stopped
and tnen snot, ino revolver was neiu ai
some distance from the dead man because
no powder marks aro visible to tho eye.
No microscope has yet been used.
Tho safe In the store had not been
touched. Jw Snitzer told the police
that tho steel door of tho safe had been
open when he left the shop a few min
utes In the afternoon. He remembered
distinctly that it had been left oron all
morning and was positlvo that Meseritz
had not closed it. In one of the Meel
compartments was 130, which Mcseritz
kept in case ho should have to change
more large bills than usual. He had
made n deposit in tho bank that morn
ing. Inspector Hughes examined the prem
ises closely and with Capt. Coughlln ex
amined the witnesses. Next door to the
shop, at 773 Flatbush avenue, is a shop
of tne Brooklyn Valet. During tho time
tho murder and burglary must have
taken place Samuel Cohen, manager or
the Valet shop, sat with his chair tilted
against the wali of the haberdashery shop.
Neither Cohen nor May Fltzpatrick, em
ployed in the Brooklyn Valet, heard a
sound to arouse their suspicions. On the
other side is Hesterberg's saloon. No one
in the saloon could bo found who had
heard the shot fired.
Coroner Edwin McGlonnon ordered the
body sent to the Slorgue. Coroner's phy
sician Hartung will hold an autopsy on
it to-day.
ACROBATIC BURGLAR CAUGHT.
Vaulted on Shoulders of Tall Pal to
Second Floor Apartment.
Two small boys playing near tho Monta
gue Court apartment houso at 001 West
125th street last night saw a heavily built
man halt In tho shadow of the doorway
and bend forward, hunching his shoulders
to make a foothold for a slighter man who
ran from behind and vaulted'up after the
manner of a circus tumbler. Then the
big man straightened so that the man
on his shoulders could catch tho landing
of the fire escape nt the second floor.
Arrived thero ho pushed up the window
and went insldo whllo tho big man below
lu tho street, sauntered away.
The bovs told Policeman Buehler what
they had seen and Buehler, leaving
another policeman to keep guard below,
went up to tho apartment of Mrs. Mar
garet Nicss on tho second floor. He
found Mrs. Nless with her daughter
Margaret In the kitchen in the rear of the
flat. They took the news that the police
man had come to hunt a burglar in their
rooms very calmly, Mrs. Nless saying
that now she know why her tox terrier
had been barking so.
Buehler drew his revolver and led the
search. In a bed room in front the
searchers found n pilo of clothes neatly
arranged on the ton of a table all ready
to be tied up and carried away. But thero
was no burclar under the bed or in the
closets. Then they tried tho living room.
and tnere nucidiect up on n coucn and
hiding beneatli a bath robe was tho
burglar. lie kept very quiet wnen
Mrs. Niess switched on tho electric lights',
but he was betrayed by one of his feet,
which stuck out beneath the batli robe.
Tho fox terrier worried the ptojecting
shoe nnd the burglar rolled out of the
bath robe into the grasp of the policeman
He was a very meek burglar and Police
man Unorder had no trouble in taking
him to tho polico station. Thero he said
be was John King, dwelling in n vacant
lot He protested that he was not a
burglar ann mat ne couian t imagine
how lie gpt into .Mrs. Mess's apartment.
CARRIER HELD UP SAVES MAIL.
Throttled by Two Men, Who Drop Letter
Bag When He Yells.
William Wise, a lottor carrier who works
In the lower East Sldo but lives in Brook
lyn, had finished collecting mall from
twelve out of thirteen boxes he has to
tako care of along Madison, Corlears and
Grand streets lust night nnd was on his
way to tho last Ikx about 8 o'clock. He
passed along Cherry street bctwoen East
and Corlears straots.
As ho papsed a dingy doorway two tpen
stepped out. ono of thorn. ise says
grabbed him from liehind while the other
seized his throat. They throw him down,
jerked tho mull bag out of his bauds and
mn. Wiso wus on ills feet, in n mlnuto
shouting for holp. Tim men who had
attacked him dropped tho bag.
Wiso atUMNtled to Policeman Charles
Daly, who Is uttHohed to the Madison
street stutlon. Tho letter carrier was
bleeding from wounds nbout tho head,
but bo insisted on cninz liack to look fnr
his assailants. Nothing could lie seen of
the men, He telephoned to Station 11 at
Grand mid Attornoy streets t get a mun
to tako his place on tho route nnd went
with the policeman to Gouverneur Hos
pital, where the doctors found he was
painfully cut about I ho face und nsok,
but not seriously hurt. , ,
Detectives Ulcneon,, Raphael nnd Mur
phy wore uaigned to tho qxae. Wise
explained ho lived at 22 Elm street, Ridge
wood, Brooklyn, and knew nobody In tno
lower Lust Siuo,
One hundred and forty-seven
Packard trucks are used by
seyenty-one Brewing Com
panies in thirty-three cities
By virtue of their efficiency in
heavy' work and on long hauls,
- both in city and suburban delivery,
Packard trucks are admirably
suited to the service of brewers.
Several Owners
Anbeuter. Butch Brewing Association, St. Louii . . 15 trucki
Goebel Brewlnj Company, Detroit . . . . 4 trucki
Gottfried-Krueger Brewing Company, Newark . . 7 trucks
'Wm. J. Lemp Brewing Company, St. Louit . . 10 trucks
Ohio Brewing Company, Columbut 4 trucki
Seattle Brewing & Malting Company, Seattle . . 4 trucks
,Vftlz A Zerweck, Brooklyn 6 trucks
Geo. Wiedemann Brewing Company, Newport . . 4 truck
Ask the man who owns one
Packard Motor Gar Company
of New York
1861 Broadway
NO LIGHT SEEN IN
BRITISH COAL CRISIS
(rent Agitation Among Consumers
The Continental Unions
Menacing.
fiptctal mrelta DetpotcJi MTnaSci.
London, via Glace Bay, Feb. 21. There
was no improvement to-day in the coal
strike situation and the general anxiety
is increasing as the day sot for tho walk
out approaches. The delegates to the
International Miners Unions' Conference
reached an ngreement with their English
colleagues this afternoon, which makes
the outlook in caw of a strike very dark.
The agreement is to the effect that, in
case the English miners strike, tho con
tinental unions will do everything in
their power to prevent the shipment of I
coal to Great Britain. In return for this
the British Union agreed to perform a
similar service in case of a strike on tho
Continent.
The Bessemer Steel Works at Bolton
not! flea 100 employees to-day that the
plant would shut down in case of a coal
famine.
Sir Thomas B. Crosby, .Lord Mayor of
London, sent an urgent request to a, num
ber of provincial Mayors to meet him
to-day to consider the situation. A
number, of the Mayors responded and
held a meeting at the Mansion House
for the purpose of considering means
of bringing about some kind of an agree
ment between the mineXowners and
miners. A resolution was adopted ap
pealing to the mine owners nnd miners
to consider their responsibility to the
nation and not to Inflict cruel hardships
on tin; community. A resolution asking
the miners to postpone their strike notice
for n week was defeated.
Tho wall of tho yard ot the London
Electrio Company, against which thou
sands of tons of coal had boen stacked
fin tl ntwnn4tn n irn tn at ahnplpna H 1 1 r"i n rr
the expected strike, collapsed this after-1
noon and overwhelmed a number of
children who were playing ear by.
Two children were taken out dead. Many
others were injured.
Premier Asquith la taking no chances
personally with the proposed coal miners
strike. He had several tons of coal
stored in tho cellar of his residence in
Downing street to-day to meet his needs
if the strike is called and coal becomes
scarce. I
It was announced to-dav that the
heads of the miners federation in the
event of a strike will allow a sufficient
number of men to continue to work to
keep tho mine shafts in rep ir.
TRIPOLI IN ROMAN SENATE.
Annexation BUI Passes With Great En
thusiasm Royal Prince Speaks.
Sptclal Wlrtttti DtlpatcH lo Tna Serf.
Home; via Glace Bay, Feb. 21. The bill
annexing Tripoli and the Cyrenaica
which passed the Chamber of Deputies
yesterday was brought up in the Senate
to-day and was adopted unanimously
amid enthusiastio applause. The Duke
of Genoa in behalf of the Tuke of Aosta
and himself strongly urged tin passage of
tho bill.
, This is the first time In the history of tho
Italian Parliament that princes of the royal
blood have attended a Bitting, of the
Senate.
'FIRE ON THE JEAN BART.
Acetylene Gaa Incident on French Battle
ship Pumps Worked This Time.
Sptclal CoOle Dispatch to Tht. Sck.
Hkkht, Feb. 2. Fire broke out on the
battleship Jean Bart here to-night. An
alarm wns sounded immediately nnd tho
men manned tho pumps, which wero equal
to tho occasion.
The lire wns subduod in a few minutes.
An explosion of acetylene gas Is given as
the causo of tho fire.
Ilajti Peaceful.
Special Cnt! Vttpetch to Till Su.v. '
Pantfl. Feb. 21, The Minister ot Hnvti
hero haa Issued a nntlco to the press that
his country Is peaceful nnd that the re
ports of a revolution thero aro without
foundation.
PRAISES STORM KINGTUNNEL.
i colonist Hays It Will Be One of the
Moat EndurliiR of Human Constructions.
. O. Crosby, the ReoloRist who recently
made an lnsnof'tlnn nf ttin llnrlunn
at Storm Klnc, has made a reiort to Chief
Kneincer J. Waldo Smith of the board of
hen tho Hudson siphon tunnel Is
transmission of water It will be ono of the
niiuiiKvni. nniBni nnn iicmest tunnels in
tho world nnd ono of tho most endurine
of human construction. In fact it will
be prac-tlcaUy Indestructible, for oven
earthquakes nrevlrtually Impotent at. this
great depth Jn a rock so strong and ehtBtki
aa the Storm King granite."
Royal Blue Tours to
Washington
March 14, April 1, 11 and
25, May 16 and 29, 1912.
Round
Trip
1 rovers all
w 1m Uxpenses
3 Days
March 9 and 23, April 6 and 20,
May 4 and 1&
Trip d$18 Expenses ' 6 Days
Steurt llluitratcd Itinerary for DtlalU
SPECIAL TOUR TO
FLORIDA
February 27 (via Seaboard Air Line)
'Round dJCA Covers all
Trip pOU Expenses
Railroad and Pullman Farrn.
All Meals In Dlntne Cart.
' Steurt UluitrattA luntrarutor Dealli
For ticket and rerrvatlon rail at ticket
oiBces, 370 and 1110 Hroadwa)-. 7 Con
la rnlt Street, and 4 Court .Street, Brooklyn.
J. B. SCOTT, 0. n. P. A.; 379 Broadway
BAD NEWS AT PUBLIC DINNEf"
Jufde Fawcett Hears That His Brotiir.--
In-law Has Been Htruck by an Aulo.
Judgo Lewis I Fawcett of the
Kings Cqunty Court was on tho llrt of
speakers ut tho Suilolk County Asso
ciation's banquet nt tho Hotel Astor lust
night and was ono of the Rucsts seated
near the dais where Charles D. Baker,
acting as toastmastcr, was presiding
Before tho speech making began Judge
Fawcett received a messago telllnt
him that his brother-in-law had been
struck by an automobile. Ho left the
dinner hastily.
Judgo Fawcett's brother-in-law,
Dean C. Osborne, lived at 1347 Dean
street, Brooklyn, and was a director of
tho Dentists Supply Company at Sixth
avenuo and Forty-second street. He
and his wifo left New York ten days
ago for an automobllo trip In the South,
and when last heard from wero at
Hampton Terrace, a hotel In Augusta,
a a. Judgo Fawcett heard from them
by ktter yesterday that they had had
wmo trouble with their car and had left
It at Savannah.
After a telephone conveisatlon with
Augusta It was said at the Judge's
houso lust night that tho accident was
not serious.
MORE CARNEGIE TRUE BILLS?
Grand Jury of a Tear Ago, Never Din
charged, Beaaaembled.
The Grand Jury that a year ago Investi
gated the Carnegie Trust Company a
affairs and returned indictments against
William J. Cummins. Joseph B. Reich
man nnd Charles H. Hyde H to report to
Justice Davis In the Criminal Branch or
the Supreme Court on Monday. Th
Grand Jury, though it has done no work
for three months, has never been dis
charged. Ono supposition is that it ii
to be discharged on Monday; anothsr,
to which the reticence maintained by
District Attorney Whitman and other
officials glvea some credence, is that a
further investigation is to bo conductor!
and that possibly moro indictments may
he returned.
KEEP A BOX OF
POSLAM HANDY
.Nomine I'.iiiials Its ltapld ttnrk In thr
Cnrr or All KKIn Affrrtlont.
Keen n box of I'uslam handy on 'our
medicine shelf, for it contains the con
centrated healing power Wo ns-Mire per
manent freedom from nil slcini illMa;.
It Is the perfect modern treatment with
out eitinl. dependable, rapid and rertaui.
i se it to cure sntt be promptly rid e
eczoma, arne, totter, salt rlieuni. psorlt
sis, scabies, barbers' Itch, scale crali'.
seven-year Itch, pimples, Inflamed apoli-.
fever blisters, red iiono. dandruff, burn,
solids, htliiKs, rashes and oer A'"
affection.
All druggists sell 1'oslam tin cents) rd
Poslam Hoap. the antiseptic, pnrlfsnw
soap (?5 cents).
For free sample of Poslam, write to
EmirgiMy LabtraUrlit, Ntw York