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THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1920.
H'GRAW GAINS ON
NEW FIGHT VERSION
Airwrtion Made That Some
Other Grill Room Qladiator
- Frnoturcd Slavin's Skull.
1IR PULIi OF BOTTLES
Iambs Club Keeps Silent on
Booze Rattle and Victim
Cannot Talk.
A report tlat John C, Slavln waa
Injured accldigitally whllo trying to
make peace between John J. McClraw
ami William J Hoyd during their en
eounter In the .frill room of tho i.unia
Club, tended yesterday to Increase the
myatery eurroentllng the Injuries of the
popular comedian, wlio ha been In St.
Luke's Hospital In a critical condition
for the laat twl days.
Thin report hall It that neither Mc
Oraw nor Jloyd "wan conscious of Sla
Vln's Injury, as both men were occu
pied entirely In. mutters more Imnw
Slatoly related to themselves at the
time. Neltlier done It appear who could
be responsible, for one or two bysta:id
re aro nald to have participated In the
fight to tho extnl of hurling bottles
and other convenient missiles, and
Slavln, whoe Injuries consist of a frac
ture of the hfltw of tho skull, a Hcalp
wound, ii lacerated tongue and two
Missing front tnelh, is said to nave
omo accidentally within range of some
Of these.
In connection with thin report It was
urinlscd veM'erday that Btavla'l collapse
before McOraw's doorway at 10th
treet and l.troadway was brought on by
a sudden 1i.-h.40'- It mi pointed out
that despite the fracture to bis skull,
Which was alight, Hluvln might have
been able to enter a taxicab and ride
up town wtllh McOraw and Wlnfleld Lig
gett before losing consciousness : espe
elally as It Is pi b.ible that a half hour
did not claque between the time of the
pill room scuffle and the time when
Liggett, according to his statement to
tho District Attorney, "saw Klavln lying
On the sidewalk with blood coming from
his rnoath." Liggett bus stated that he
got the Impretulon at the time that Mc
Oraw had s'.iticlc Slavln, liut this was
mere v be laUMI h was at a loss to ac
count for the roan's sudden collapso and
eould think of no other Immediate ex
planation. DetnlU of I'Ulil Secret.
Both Boyd and MoCMtW have stated
that Slavin's part In the fight was
merely 'hut of peacemaker, and the
house committee of the Lambs Club Is
gued a public statement on the day fol
lowing the fight stating that Slavln, as
far as the jnemlers could learn, was
not struck In the club house, and that he
left the place "hi normal condition." The
Lambs Club, however, has refused to
date to furnish the public with the de
tails of the grilf room battle, and the
District Attorney- .has refused to make
public a stenographic copy which the
club gae him of the testimony taken
at an inojulry conducted by the house
commltUe.
Official of the 1 ... n.t - club alio have
refused to comment upon the atorlea of
bottle throwing In connection with the
bruwl, or Meflraw's (lory that It waa a
blow from a carafe that knocked him
out. In fact both tho club and officials
have clamped a tight lid of aecreoy upon
the affair, and public official! have ap
peared unuaunlly desirous of keeping
the full details of the caae from leaking
out.
The atory of the nltcrentlon which
led up to the grill room "free for all."
as told by the person who Is sponsor
for tho statement that Slavln actua'ly
did receive his Injuries In the clubhouse,
contains many points that have been
omitted from accounts heretofore given
out.
It makes It appear that the prelude
to the fuss whs a heated dispute over the
defeat of William l.ncksye by John Km
eraon for the presidency of the Actors
Equity League. McOraw Is said to have
entered the clubhouse in a slate of In
toxication when this was at Its height
New Version of How.
While the baseball man with n little
group of friends waa consuming various
brands of liquor In one part of the room
this argument Is said to have turned to
a discussion on tho ability of English
actors and a comparison of them to the
stars of the American stnge. Some men
tion was made of the Kngllshmen who
supported Miss Kthel Barrymoro In "De
classee" last seaeon.
Then came the row between McOraw
and the Insurance agent, the flow of
strong language and the rebuke from
Boyd, who objected to such talk In the
presence of the women cleaners. Mc
Oraw, whose Ire had been aroused by
the eulogies of HngllBh thesplans, Is aald
to have mistaken Boyd for an Kngllsh
man, and to have retorted that he didn't
caro to take udvloe from any son of Al
bion. It was then that the fight occurred
and that some bottles and articles of
furniture shifted from their accustomed
positions.
Efforts to obtain a statement fiom the
Lambs Club yesterday upon this matter
were futile. For several days past it
has been Impossible to get any public
statements from the organization on
any phase of tho McGraw-SIavIn mat
ter because of the action of the council
of tho board of directors In forbidding
discussion of the affair with outsiders.
The report thut Slavln was Injured In
the place, however, Is said to have the
support of nt least one member who
was In the grill room at the time and
witnessed the fray.
The condition of Slavln, who Is In a
private room In fit. Luke's Hospital, still
falls to show Improvement. Although
nearly two weeks has elapsed since the
man was Injured, he has been unable to
give any intelligible version of the af
fair or to Indicate in any way who was
responsible for his injuries or where he
received them.
William J. Fallon, counsel for the
Clams' manager.' conferred vestcrday
with James Shevlln. prohibition enforce
ment agent, at the Custom House In
regard to McGraw's statement Uat he
had purchased and helped to consume
four quarts of whiskey prior to his fight
with Boyd.
The matter of this conference was kept
secret, but afterward Mr. Shcviln said
that he would continue his Investigation
until he found whether McOraw bought
liquor of the Lambs Club or from boot
leggers operating In the club. Mr. Fal
lon said : "McOraw has no complaint to
make against any one."
GET RAIN INSURANCE
FOR VACATION BLUES
If Money Will Help You For
get Bad Weather, Here's
Your Chance.
ENGLAND STARTED IDEA
Rates Rased on Amount of
Dampness You Think Will
Spoil Your Trip.
Anybody going on a vacation can now
take out Insurance against rain. The
muggier the skiea and wetter the holi
day the happier he must be If he Is a
soul whom money consoles, for he haa a
rain check In the form of an Insurance
policy, and when he gets home he can
cash It, The more It rains the more
cash he gets. He can Insure himself
against rainfall at a premium of so
much per Inch or fraction thereof, and
If he ts able to estimate In dollars and
cents the worth of the fun he counted
on having If the sun shone he can custi
that too.
No Yankee brain conceived this new
fangled Idea hi Insurance. It comes
from Merrln Kngland. Henry W. Ives.
Insurance broker of 5 Nassau street,
went to England recently and found the
papers full of "rain Insurance," Business
firms were taking group policies for their
employees as uninducement to contented
ness and an advertisement for them
MlVMk The circulation manager of a maga
slne was announcing In type : "Five,
pounds for you If it rains. Five pounds
1k what you get If your holiday turns
out wet." The free policy protecting
the holder against rain at any resort
for one week was to be awarded to the j
reader wno. sent in me Desi rnyrneu
couplet the first line of which must end
with "sun." "We can't prevent rain
from falling, but we can offer you
money consolation," the advertisement
said.
Two Forms of Policies.
Ha In insurance Is not new. For
some time a British company has been
writing policies of any sum per day or
per week, based on the amount of the
premium, for managers of enterprises
v hose success depended upon fair
weather.
Henry W. Ives & Co. began Issuing
such policies In this country last spring,
extending them to cover lasses to cotton
crops, contractors and county fairs.
Now they have added vacation rain In
surance. The rates are based on the
probabilities of precipitation In any
given part of the United States or Can
ada as they are shown by records of
the United States Weather Bureau for
the last ten years.
"There are two forms of policies, '
.Mr. Ives said yesterday. "Suppose a
business man Is going to the Thousand
Islands for fifteen days. He figure.
that hit expenses, with loss of pleasure
In case of rain, comes to $100 a day.
We give him a policy Insuring him
ngainst an inch, or half an Inch, or a
fifth of an inch, or any amount of rain
fall in any twenty-four hour period.
If the specified amount of water comej
out of the clouds within the Epeclfted
period we pay the man $100. The sec-
I ond form of policy carries Insurance
I fur each week or two weeks or any
other period In which the rainfall In
the designated town amounts to, we 11
say, an Inch and a half in tho aggre
gate. How .to Figure Hate.
"The rates are governed by the hours,
tho time of the year, gongraphical posi
tion and Jim amount of rain agulnst
which protection Is desired. For a
period nt twelve hours the rate ranges
from 16 to iO per cent, of tho amount of
the policy. For a twenty-four hour
period tho rate Is twice as high. For a
xlx hour period It Is about 60 per cent
of the twelve hour rate. At this time
of the year the man who takes out a
policy protecting him against onc-flfth
of an Inch of rainfall In a twelve hour
period In tho vicinity of New York will
pay a premium of about 14 per cent."
The company does not Insure against
damage, but against rain. Recently the
Trl-State Fair managers In South Da
kota took a policy whereby they were
to get IM) If rain fell on the first day
end $,1,000 more If It fell on the second
day of their show. There was a flood
both days and they collected $10,000.
Mr. Ives Is now trying to get employ
ers Interested In group vacation rain
Insurance.
INNOCENT 'CONVICTS'
LEAVE AUBURN FREE
Had Served 14 Months on
Eight Year Term.
Frank Pezzullch and Frank Sgellr
rach, two Croatlans who served fourteen
months Of a term of eight years after
being convicted unjustly of participa
tion In a holdup March, 1919, were re
kssed from Auburn prison early yester
day. They spent last night in this city.
Neither of the men can speak English
and they made no comment on their
cases. Justice Burr In the Supreme
Court last Saturday granted (heir re
lease on certificates of reasonable doubt
and Judge Mrlntyre of General Sessions
ordered their release. It was the first
time In the history of the prison that
prisoners left without a keeper. Both
men deposited $1,000 each for hall. Their
formal release probably will take place
in October.
I2STH STREET WILL
HAVE A CARNIVAL
All Harlem to Take Part in
October Fete.
That New Yorkers generally may not
fall Into the way of thinking of 125th
itreet as a way station on the Now
Haven, Harlem Is preparing for a week
of celebration from September 25 to
October 2 worthy of a "hundred million
dollar thoroughfare." From Third ave
nue to the Fort lee Ft fry the street and
Its extension Manhattan street will be
elaborately lighted and decorated. Band
concert! and other outdoor entertain
ment! aro planned.
The men of Harlem who are arranging
the celebration ask the city's attention
to the fnct that 125th stroet Is New
York's greatest community shopping
centre ; that 1.000,000 peoplo live within
easy walking distance of the street; that
more than 100,000 pedestrians traverse
it dally; that every one of the eighteen
streets and avenues by which It Is
crossed has transportation facilities ex
cept one, and for this an application for
g bus route now is pending.
It Is the only thoroughfare running
f'om the ISnst Hlver to the Hudson River
north of Fifty-ninth street. It does an
aggregate retail business of about $20,
000,(100 annually. It has ten theatres.
UNHURT IN 3 STORY
FALL . DROPS ON CAT
But Tabby, Cushion for Mary,
Aged 3, Is Killed.
.Mary Itoaal, 3 years old, climbed to
the sill of a window of her parents'
home at 692 Second avenue last night
and sat there watching tho paascra
by three Btones below. She lost her
balanOt and plunged headfirst Into the
yard.
There was a loud screech as she
truck there, and persons w ho witnessed
the accident thought that she was dead.
An Investigation showed the child's
head hud struck a largo black cat that
was asleep In front of the house and
that she had suffered no Injury. Tho
cat was crushed to death.
NO MURDER CLUE ON
TORSO OF WOMAN
Victim Killed Probably a Long
Distance From Jersey
Piers.
An autopsy performed, yoatcrday upon
the woman's torso that was found float
ing off one of the Jersey Central plera
In Jersey City on Tuesday led the of
ficials to conclude that the woman had
bee.i murdered six or eight woekn ago,
but gave no clue as to the manner In
which she met her death. They think
It possible that the crime waa committed
quite a distance from the place where
tho discovery of It waa made, and that
the fragment found in the water had
drifted a number of miles before being
picked up.
The examination of the scant evi
dence of the tragedy wns mado at the
morgue nt 600 Communlpaw avenue,
Jeraey City, by both New York and New
Jersey officials. County 1'hj'Hlclan Bert
Paly of Bayonne performed the autopsy
In the presence of Dr. Arthur F. 'Hasklng,
Assistant County I'hyslctan, and of Dr.
Otto Schultae, County Medical Examiner
attached to the office of tho District At
torney of New York county.
In speaking of the result Dr. Hasklng
aald: "There was no mark of violence
on the torso. The woman waa not ahot
or stubbed to death, unless by a head
wound. Her organs were healthy. She
had been dead six or eight w'cks. She
wns probably between twenty and forty
years of age; married but childless,
u bout five feet, six inches tall; about
130 pounds In weight, and white."
He said that the usual chemical analy
sis would be made for the purpose of
ascertaining if the woman died of pois
oning. Thla will probably take two or
three weeks.
Although detectives have dragged the
water about the place where the torso
was found. In hope of discovering the
head or limbs, they have not been suc
cessful In their efforts. They believe
that there Ih little chance of these miss
ing partB turning up near where the
torso waa found.
BERGDOLL GETS FOUR
YEARS' HARD LABOR
Found Guilty of Desertion in
War Time.
FrwUn Rudolph Bergdoll. brother of
Orovor Cleveland Bergdoll, fugitive
slacker, must serve four years at hard
labor at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., the
military prison. Mojor-Oen, Robert Leo
Uullard approved yesterday the, decision
of the court-martial that tried Krwln
Bergdoll and found him guilty of deser
tion In war time. LIout.-Cl. Charles 0,
Cresson, trial Judge advocate, made
public tho derision.
Col. Croasoii said that Bergdoll would
be taken at once to prison. In addition
to the prison term Bergdoll forfeits
army pay and allowances and Is dishon
orably discharged from the army. The
finding of the court caused surprise, in
that Orover Cleveland Bergdoll, who is
still at large, having given the authori
ties much trouble, waa sentenced to only
ono year moro than Erwln, who gave
himself up July 21.
Erwln Bergdoll pleaded not guilty to
the charge and made his defenco upon
the contention that he waa a farmer In
Broomall, Delaware county, Pa. He
had, however, mado out a questionnaire
and gone through all regulations of the
draft until tho dny before that set for
his physical examination, when ho re
fused to appear.
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CONFESS ROBBERIES
Brooklyn Rand Admit Br.
fflariziii"; wore of Homes,
Police Declare.
U PAY FINES FOR
SMOKING ON FERRY
Five in Automobile Assessed
$20 Each; Others $10.
For smoking In automobiles oil the
municipal ferryboats to St Oeorge the
fine ia $20. Five men, arraigned In
Tomlw Court yesterday, received that
punishment and a severe lecture besides.
Magistrate Charles N. Harris said he
considered there was great danger In
smoking on ferryboats and that the
cases of the quintet were especially
serious because they were smoking In
automobiles during the ride over.
Nineteen men, summoned for smoking
In other parts of the ferry, were fined
$10 each. The notices recently posted
on the municipal ferries say smoking
will he permitted only in tho men's
cabin.
Ttltet boys who, according to Hie ,,.
lice, have confessed that tl.ey burglar.
lied between twenty and twenty. nv,,
houses In the Flatbush section of Bra
lyn during the last two weeks, were nr.
rested yesterday by Pntrolmen Hun,
and Fink of the Parkvlllc avenue Ml.
Hon. The police say that thev ,nvi,
obtained from the boys the add:,-.-,,
of seven houses which thev entered
yesterday, two on the day before, ntid
others which the boys robbed dutlni
their short criminal career.
Tho prlaoners, who are charged with
burglary, aald they were Qtorga Pas
quale Damlco, 18, of 279 Dean ' ','
Christian Oabrlelson, 16, of 6(2 f"ft!
second atrect, and James A. Held. i; Ji ,
664 Forty-eighth street, all of Brooklyn
A gardener working on a neighboring
lawn aaw them enter the basement of
the home of Dr. M. P. Burrell In 1409 ,!
hemarle road yesterday afternoon, ll,
notified Patrolmen Burton and Kink...,
who followed the boya into the bulla-
lng. Burton came upon Dr.mtco hiding
In a closet, he aald, and handcuffed him
after a hard fight.
The other two boys fled from th
hOUBe, pursued by Patrolman Fluk. Aft' r
a chase of several blocks down E.int
Fourteenth street, firing several slim
I'lnk caught the boys and took them t.i
the Parkville police station. There, thtl
police Huy, the boya confossed and tooli
detcctlvea to vacant lots at Fort Ham
ilton avenue and Forty-ninth street, and
at Eighth avenue and Slxty-otghth
street, where they dug up sever .1
watches and other articles of Jewell
us well as considerable clothing. j
The police also said they found other
loot In tho home of Damlco, The total
loss to tho owners of tha homes bur
larlaed haa not been determined, aa mot
of them are closed for the summer and
the ownera are away from the city.
The police bellevo, however,, that it will
amount to several thousand dollars.
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mstified in
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