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VOL. XI11. NO. 16.
ELDER MBS. THAW TELLS
TALE FULL Of PATHOS
Though Still Feeble She Goes oo
Witness Stand to Tell of
FamUy Insanity Taints.
END OF TRIAL B?nG NEAR
Defense Puts Expert Alienist on the
Stand, Which Shows That Their
CatM ia Drawing to a Close?Thaw's
First Teacher Says That Whippings
Did Him No Good
(By Associated Press)
NRW YORK, Jan. Uli?The end ol
the proceed lugs lu tho Thaw trial is
fas( approaching. This was Indicated
lato today when Dr. Charles 6. Wag?
ner, the Hrst of the alienists to be
called by the defense, took the stand
for hin prellininaiy examination,
Anthony Coinstork, vice prcsldcnl
of the Society for the Suppression ot
Vice, bad neeu heard as a witness
earlier In the day, and Mrs. William
Thaw, mother of the defendant, hau
completed her testimony.
The kindergarten tendier who had
charge of Harry Thaw as a lad of
six also testified.
M. Comstock's testimony, while
nev.i had been discounted by the
known facts of Thaw's appeal to him
to assist in closing up the house
where Stanford While was alleged to
have maintained elaborately furnish?
ed apartments and where young girls
were said to have been mistreated.
A dozen letters Thaw wrote to Mr.
Comstock regarding Hie mutter, hav
ing a detailed description of tho
Twenty-fourth street house, were nd
inited In evidence and read to the
jury.
District Attorney Jerome seemed
as pleased as the defense with the
letters and later In the day read into
the record himself most of Mr. Coni
t.lock's replies to Thaw.
The witness indicated in his tes?
timony that nothing ever came of
tho complaints, legal advice being
lacking.
Mrs. William Thaw, still unable to
walk unassisted because of her re
rent illness, told of Thaw's early life,
of influences before his birth and of
the mental unsonndnees of two of
her brothers.
Mrs. Thaw, S'., Not Cross Examined.
She was not cross examined. Mr.
Jerome contented himself with rending
to th<? jurors the affidavit made by
the elder Mira. Thaw last year, when
the Question of her son's sanity was
1? fore a lunacy commission. In that
affidavit she declared that. In the di?
rect line of descent there had been
no insanity In Harry Thaw's family
for four generations.
As to the collate'.al cases Mrs.
Thaw said in the afildivit the; e were
but two and they were easoily ac?
counted 'for.
In ner statement to the commis?
sion Mrs. Thaw also resented the in?
sinuations which she said she had
been compelled to suffer because of
the newspaper reports of insanity in
the family; she asserted there were
no family secrets to hide and there
were no skeletons io be bared.
Mr. Littleton may continue with
expert testimony tome: row, bif ho may
offer .is witnesses the doctors from
Paris und London who are to testify
briefly of attending Thaw in these
cities. Another doctor Is expected
to testify about :in outbreak on a
it rain and thai will end all save the
expert testimony.
Today the codicil to Thaw's will
was placed In evidence, but the Will
itself was temporary.!ly ruled out
because of the Insufficiency of evii
dence showing Its custody since lOon.
Mr. Littleton said that be would
supply this tomorrow or Friday. The
codicil provided a number of bemtests j
to lawyers and others to aid alleged
victims of Stanford White to pros?
ecute claims for damages attainst him
nnd for the prosecution of all persons
engaged "in such unlawful practices
an said Stanford White."
Thaw names a number of young
women now on the stage ns possible
elalmnnts against White.
Following the reading of the codicil
Mr. Littleton called Anthony Coin
stork to the stand.
C.omstock'?- Testimony,
Mr. Comstock said that Thaw call?
ed at his office In February. HiOI.
nnd complained of n parly who was
wronging young girls.
Thaw went Into detnll* with the
wltnes.s. nfr. Comstock also said he
?-0??
(Continued on Pago Two.)
COL BRYAN HAS VERY
BUSY DAY IN NASHVILLE
Spcakg Before Monster Audience?1
Shows Why Republicans .\re Not
Responsible for Prosperity.
(By Associated Press.)
NASHVILLE. TBNN., Jan. 22.?Wut.
Jennings Bryan rounded out a very
busy da> In Nashville with an address
before a monster audience at the]
Itymsu auditorium tonight. He was!
accompanied by Hon. Judson Harmon,
who also spoke briefly tonight.
Mr. Bryan, In h!s speech tonight,
took occasion to say that the idea thai
pros portly was an Inevitable result of
Republican ascendency and adminis?
tration had beep rudely exploded In the
lust few months and contrasted tho
ridicule heaped upon his advocacy of
the sliver dollar with the prayerful
anxiety with which capital Is so
greedily grabbing for clearing house
certificates,
"LITTLE EGYPT" LEFT $200,000.
Banker Says Dancer Was His Wife
and Wilt Fight for Estate.
NEW YORK. Jan. 22,?Fred Ham
IIa, of the hanking firm of Mnmlin &
Co.. of East Bloomfteld, N. Y.. has
applied for letters of administration
for the ?-st u t cd' Catherine De vine, the
"Little Egypt" of Secley dinner fame,
who died alone In her Hat In West1
Thirty-seventh Street two weeks ago.
Mr. Hamlln asserts that he married
the dancer nearly 12 years ago.
The relatives of tile dancer will
fight Hamlln'a claims. The estate is
valued at $200.000.
At "Little Egypt's'! death it was
not generally supposed that she had
left a fortune, but she owned real
estate in New York, Long Island,
Canada and New Jersey. In addition
?he had several bank accounts- and
much jewelry.
sie- had been on the stage more
than 20 years and her income after
Hid Seoley dinner, it Is said, averaged
nearly $1,000 a week.
GLORYS 1? HiS DEED
frank Cawlhorn, the Murderer of
is, Ada Jones Makes Confession.
CRIME WAS GAHEFUi.LV PLAKNEO
Woman Was Wedded Over a Year
Ago and on Tuesday the First Op?
portunity Presented Itcslf to Com?
mit the Act?Ready to Die.
(Special To The Daily Press.)
CHRISTIANSBURG, VA.. .Inn. 22
?Krank Cawthoru, who yesterday af?
ternoon shot and killed Mrs. Ada
ones, the beautiful young wife of
Sidney Jones, because the girl had
rejected his suit to marry the other
man, was given a preliminary trial
today and remanded without ball lo
await the action of the- grand jury.
The evidence showed lliat the mur?
der was deliberate and carefully plan?
ned. Cawthorne voluntarily went
on the stand and told how he- had
waited for his opportunity eve;- since
the girl was married more than a
year ago. He said thai she was the
only woman lie had ever loved and
that he had rather to have killed her
than to see her the wife of another
sum. lie said that tie does nrtt re?
gret the deed and would do the same
tling aga'n if need be.
While- glorying In hl? deed the
young m<n realizes that lie will
probably be called upon to pay the
penalty with his life. He says he
hopes Ihey v.ill give htm an early trial
and have it over with. The sheriff Is
lak'ntf precautions to protect, the
prisoner, who has expressed fear that
lie will be lynched.
Mrs. Jono.s was Miss Ada Illanken
ahlp; the daughter of n prosperous
farmer. She was a very handsome
woman, with dark eyes and hair. Mrs.
Jones seems to have had no fear of
the man*, who told h<-r prior to hor
tnarr'agd thai he would kill her if she
married another man. Mrs. Jones waa
the moMier of a baby three months
of age.
Huntington, W. Vn., Park Fails.
HUNTINGTON. W. VA. Jan. 22?
The C!Isens bank at Reekley, near
here, closed Its doors today and Is
in charge of Banking Comrtilsslone'
Snch V. Mnthrws. it Is said a run
made bv the ileooslto-? caused the
suspension. The capital stock in
$100,000.
Hill Crest Burned.
OORDONSVILLE. VA.. Jan. 22 ?
"Hill Crest,' the home of Mr. Reed
McLane, together with nil Its con?
tents, has been totally destroyed 1>V
lire Mondnv night, rntnlt'iif a loss of
about $1.000 or $"..000. This was one
of the handsomer; residences in Cor
ilonsville.
NEWPORT NEW
FLEET STEAMS OUT OF
BIO JANEIRO HARBOR
American Battleships Depart From
Brazilian Capital (or Punta
Arenas, the Hext Stop.
WILL ACRIVE THERE IN TLB DAYS
People of Rio Gave Fleet a Royal Fare?
well as It Sailed Out into the Open
Sea?President Penna Makes Last
Call on the Admiral and Other Of?
ficers.
(Ry Associated press.1
RIO JANISRO, Jan. 22.?To the
booming of nuns and the cheers of
thousands on the nccomphnylng pleas?
ure crnlt. the American warships sail?
ed from Rio Jauern this afternoon,
hound for i'iiitta Arenas on the Ma?
gellan straits. 'Pen days will bring
the ibet almost midway on Its 14,000
mile cruise to San Francisco, and the
ships und the men carried with them
today the God speed and the good
wishes of the winde Brazilian nation.
Not an untoward incident hud mark.
i>d tho visit of the Americans here.
They feasted and feted, both officers
uiiil men, during their sojourn in Rio
and half the population turned out
curly In the morning to give them a
fitting farewell. The quays, the pub?
lic buildings und the h'.U? were crowd?
ed with thousands watching the war?
ships until they bud disappeared
through the mouth of the bay Into the
open sea.
President Penna Visits Fleet.
President Penna came to Rio Janei?
ro from Petiopolis about 11 o'clock
and proceeded on the yacht Silva
down to where the warships were
laying. He went aboard Hie cruiser
Benjamin Constant, which was In
readiness to accompany the American
fleet, nnd made a tour of all the Am?
erican warships. Accompanied by
Admiral Alenciir. the minister of inn
rlne and Hr. L. Muller. the minister of
public works and other high officials
he visited the divisional flagship Min?
nesota, remaining there about an
hour. Admiral Thomas, commander
of Hie flagship, Captain Hubbard and
the American Rmbassador Irving B.
Dudley, received him with all honors',
and the hand played the Brazilian na?
tional anthem.
In the saloon of the Minnesota, there
was the usual exchange of greetings.
Admiral Thomas made a little speech
In which he expressed his best wish?
es for the prosperity of Brazil and hot
people, concluding With "Brazil, God
bless you for evermore."
The president responded with 0
thousund wishes for a good voyage
for the splendid fleet, prosperity for
the United States- nnd the health of
President Roosevelt
While the president was aboard nnd
during his trip among the vessels
snlutes were exchanged and on his
departure twenty one guns were tired.
President Penna then returned to
bis ynchi which proceeded to a point
off Fort Villegagnon to watch iao de?
parture of the ships. About three
o'clock the American fleet began to
move, passing out in single file and in
review order according to divisions,
the Alnhania leading. Three divis?
ions of the Brazilian navy foiowed,
composed of Ihree battleship, seven
cruisers nnd six destroyers.
The Final Salutes.
In the vicinity of Fort Villegagnon
many steamers circled about having
on board thousands or spectators from
shore. Hundreds of launches nnd
smaller craft from the sporting clubs
and gaily decorated, were there also,
forming u stirring spectacle. As the
warships disappeared from view they
w< re steaming at a 10 knot pace. One
by one as they passed the president's
yacht they saluted with twenty one
guns and the forts replied in kind.
There was much waving of small flags
and handkerchiefs and the cheering
seemed incessant.
Captain IL IL Ingersoll, chief or
staff to Itear Admiral Evans, on be?
ing interviewed before tile dipattit.e
of the fleet said that he had no special
plans for the passage of the ships
through Magellan straits They will
go through, however, ns a solid fleet.
With their departure from Hlo Jan?
eiro today the sixteen battleships un?
der the command of Rear Admiral
Evans enter upon the third singe <>T
their voyage to the Pacific. In this
run of 2,2:i0 knots which will termi?
nate February I. according to Hie
Bcheduel, at Punta Arenas, the most
Southern point In the world, the ships
will traverse the hazardous narrows
at the Eastern entcrance to the Straits
of Magellan.
Since Ferdinand Magellan, the great
Portuguese navigator, with a squadron
of discovery, fllted out by Charles V,
King or Spain, descovered In 1620 and
passed through the straits named after
him, no grenter nttentlon has been
^8. VA.,TIIUHSDAY,
illrootcd toward this famous tutor- 1
ocaulc waterway !>>? any event than
!?>? the coming passage of it by tho
Hcct m' American battleships.
Magellan Straits consists of two
neatly oqual hranchca runnlnK from
Northeast to Southwent ami from
Northwest tu Southeast with a total
length of :i-1 it miles, ami a width v.ii v j
lug from 20 miles to hardly two und a
half.
In going through the straits. Admiral I
Evans Meet will have the liest time of
the \ i nr for the voyage, the mldstim- I
mer of the Southern hemtsphero. I
There "re few obstructions lp Ma?
gi Han straits from rocks ami Islands '
The traits lies entirely within Chil?
ian territory hut It Is tt free water !
way an.I Is considered neutral terri-j
tory. ... j
a compared to the Cape Horn
rant, the straits has an advantage of
Bomowhat more than one hundred
miles. Steam vessels seldom ta..e
the Cape Horn route. The passage
Of Magellan straits Is In most respects
comparatively sale tor steam vessirfls,
there being few dangers. The mala
difficulty It that there Is toti gteat a
depth of water. In places, it teaches
over 3.000 feet, to permit of anchor?
age. The straits tire well lighted, how?
ever, by numerous lights.
Steamships of the commercial lines
.navigate the straits by night, hut two
parts they always pass In day llglt'
These are the Narrows, at the Bast
era part of the strait and Crocked
Beach.
PROMINENT RESIDENT
OF NORFOLK IS DEAD]
George E. Bowden, Republican Nation?
al Commlttecman and Former
Congressman Succumbs.
NORFOLK, VA.. .Ian. 22.?George E.
Bowden, Republican national commit
tcemun from Virginia, former member
of the congress and clerk of the Unit
ed State? court for the eastern district
of Virginia, died in his honte here to?
day after an Illness that had confined
him to his bed since Christmas,
IB1 was .17 years old. lie hail held
many positions of trust, city state and
Federal, including two appointments
as collector cf customs of the port of
Norfolk and Portsmouth.
I Mr. Bowden wns a member of the
Fiftieth and Forty-first congress, and
for a number of years was conspicn
lous in Republican politic:; at the nat
[ iona] capltol.
He was a warm personal friend of
the late President McKinley, ami dur?
ing the McKinley administration was!
the Republican referee In nil matters
of Federal appointment in Virginia.
I Mr. Howdi n is survived by a widow,
two sons and a daughter.
ORGANIZE BOARD OF TRADE.
Willianisburr. Business Men Took Ini?
tial Step Last Night.
WILLI AMSHIJRG. VA.. Jan. 22.?A
number of the representative business
men of Willlninsburg met last night
In ihe Peninsula Bank building and
took the preliminary steps towards
the organisation of a local hoard of
trade. Mr. K. T. Crnwloy, represent?
ing the n til estate department of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com?
pany, was present and made an Inter?
esting speech regarding certain plans
which his department of the company
has for assisting In tho development
of the towns and territory along the
line.
Mnydr E. \V. Warburton, president:
Mr. B. Y>. Peachy, vice-president, and
Mr. F. H. Ball, secretary-treasurer, are
the first offices of the new Institu?
tion. A committee <>f seven gentle?
men was appointed to solicit members
among the busine.-s men of the town.
A meeting to effect a complete or?
ganisation of the hoard will be held
in the courthouse Friday night
S IS IT LUL/T JOYNER?
Long-Lost Girl Supposed to Have
Been Found in Gypsy Camp.
SUFFOLK, VA.. Jan. 22.?Hurri?
cane Ilrane.h this afternoon received
Information that a girl supposed to
be Lulu Joyner, who has for live
years been mysteriously missing from
her home at Church Roads, not far
front Petersburg. Va., baa been res?
cued from a baud of gypsies. Branch
declined to say where the rescue was
effected, but slates that In a raid on
the gypsey camp three girls, one be?
lieved to he Lulu, were discovered.
Branch tonight wired a relative of
the girl at Church lioads, asking that
he meet the detective here on the
first train and accompany him to the
scene to identify the Child,
Lulu, then live years old. disappear?
ed from her home something over
five years ago, and despite systematic
and prolonged search by county con?
stabularies and City poiice, no trace
was ever discovered. Lulu's mother.
Mrs-. Ida Virginia Joyner, literally died
of tlic consequent grief and suspense.
Betrayal is the Charge Made.
LYNCH BURG, VA., Jan. 22.?R. D.
Grlmsl?y, of BlueflclJ, W. Va.. former?
ly of Lynchburg, was arraigned in tho
nolloe court today on the charge of
betrayal, Miss Irma Wade being the
prosccutrix.
Grlmsleyj who came here upon re?
quisition, admits unlawful relations
with the woman, but denies It was un?
der promise of marrlago.
JANUARY 23, 1908.
B. F. 8 P. DECLARED TO,
BE A HUGE OCTOPUS;
Hearing on the Repeal Bill Attrac-'
ted Big Crowd at the
State Capitol
NEWPORT ?OELt?Ail?li THERE
Prcdericksburg and Richmond Speak-j
ero Preoenl Reasons Why the Dill
Which Will Allow the Road to be'
Paralleled Should be Pasu;d?Un?
written Law Riven Black Eye.
(Special To The Dally Press.)
RICHMOND, VA., .lun. Iii'?Croat I
was the outpouring of people who'
came to the state cnpltol this morn-|
lug at lo o'clock t? hear the opening
guitg in the much discussed light to I
bilng about the repeal or the statute
forbidding the paralleling o( the
Richmond, Frcdericksburg ft Potomac
Railroad.
The Joint session of the Senate nnd
Dome committees on roads and In?
ternal navigation was held lu the
court room of iho corporation com?
mission, which was packed to Us lull?
est capacity.
The Richmond, Fredorlcksburg ft
Potomac, the slate board of sinning
fund commissioners, the state prox?
ies, the Richmond chamber or com-!
inerce. the Could Interests, nnd dele?
gations from Hampton, Ashland nnd
Newport News helped to swell the
throng, which crowded the rooms to
uu uncomfortable degree.
The gathering was railed to order
jiy Delegate John H. Churchman,
chairman of the House comuiltee on
roads, nnd Senator \. W Harmon
was made chairman of the Joint ses
Klon.
Dleogate Coolrlck, one of the pat?
rons of the bill, presented lo the
Join I committee W. w. liutznor, pres?
ident or the Frodotlcksburg nusltioss
Mens' Association, who made the
opening unreinem in favor of the re?
pel of the antl-pnrnllellng statute.
Mr. Hutzner said that he spoke for
n section comprising about one-fifth
of the state, and represented one
sixth of her population. He declared
that under existIiik conditions hit
people, despite their thrift, were for?
bidden free and open railway compe?
tition.
Clutch of the Pennsylvania.
He rapidly sketched the history of
the IL. F. & P., and told of the fu?
tile efforts to throw off its yoke. Th*>
speaker likewise had much to any
about (he clutch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, which hemmed in his peo?
ple by land and water, choked them
:>ff from nil open competition, nnd
left them subject to one railroad com.
pnny, All these burdens, declared
Mr, Hutzner, were home simply that
Virginia might get $52,000 a year
from her interests In the IL F. & P.
This owm rshlp the speaker char?
acterised as governmental sanction of
monopoly. "We maintain." said ,1"'
Froder jcksburg man. "that tho rov
! enue derived from the R. F. ft P. Is
no more to be considered in paying
the State debt than any other taxable
properties/'
In scornful terms the speaker harp?
ed on the cry that the repeal of tie
autl-paralleltng statute would result
in the IL. F. ft P. not being able to
meet its running expenses. This
statement, he said, was preposterous
?especially In view of the fact that
six i tllronds own stock In the it., F.
ft .P. Does it seem reasonable, ask?
ed Mr. Ilntzner. that these other roads,
which own an Interest und who are
backing the $8,600,000 Indebtedness
Of Hu- IL. F. ft P.. will pot mil them?
selves lo throw their trade towards
n competing lino end thereby defeat
the obligations or the R.. F. ft P?
"We are no? bore asking that nny
particular person or persons be per?
mitted to parallel the Richmond. Frcd?
ericksburg ft Potomac." said tho
Frederlcksbttrg man. "but we are to
anybody and everybody. No. we are
not representing any railroad. We
are representing none but the people
of Virginia. We have been laboring
under this burden a long, long time."
A5.hi,nid for Repeal.
S. 0. Weisiger, representing the
I Ashland chamber of commerce, nrn
I sen'ed resolutions adopted by that
! body, which pray the repeal of the
present monopolistic law "in the in?
terest of the general public and of
. Ashland In particular."
Siokft foe Richmond Chamber.
Fervid and convincing was the
, ringing sneech of A. Werne Rlilr,
who presented the resolutions of the
Richmond chambtBr of commerce. Mr
I Iilair, f'om the very start, fu'.^ahiatd
in acurthliig terms agnthst the prcs?
ni attitude of Iii?.' commonwealth. Ho
declared that Hue people want to gel
"our grand old K?it?' "in .,r ilu- rail?
road business, where she does not be-|
Ioiik." Tho iieoplo or the the Prod
cricksburg section, ileclnrod ho, should]
be allowed to work oni their own sal-,
vatlon In an Industrial way. They
should not in- crumped and compi llbd
to grapple with a monopoly.
For F' ederlcks Council.
s:roiiK and well uilth unanswerable
was the UPOCeb of W. ii. Carter. WllO
represented the Kroderlcksburg city
council, lie declared at the oulaei
ihat he felt that the objoctloimulo
statute already was as good aa re?
pealed. A moment ItltOr In* added:
"If I ho government doesn't give tlio
Anglo-Saxon people what they want
In the way of inlvllev.es. It has been
I heir custom to so or rnngd mattem
that they get them nevo> thelosi. That
will l|- the result In this mailer of
he people against this alien corpora?
tion."
Mr. Carter openly charged thai hid
people were ?enmeshed In the ten?
tacles or an octopus." lie declared,
too, that conditions In connection with
the present tight wore dangerous and
uiineci st try. What good can they
sei vet
"IT the stale he not content to lake
her share of chance with lite other
holder*, oi Richmond.; Frede) luksburg
A Potouino stuck," said the speaker,
"let her get out of i he ipiandry by
disposing .'>f her holdings at the.
present market rate. In every argu-1
?none that I have seen, opposing the
rupwil from a nuunclal standpoint, the
gentlemen who make the argument ]
nntl put forth the llgurcs assume thai]
the value <if ibis stock i.i going to be
absolutely I st to Virginia."
Wants RhcaV Nam? Withdrawn.
Dblegtite .lohn it. Row of Accomao]
county, tab) this m:> uiug shortly be
(Contlnued on Page Klg'..?.',
Bryan mm im
Colonel WaUersnn Says There is
No Doubt About Kqmlnallon.
'BELIEVES He WILL BE ELECTED
Great Editor Addc Hughca is Only
Republican Who Could Beat Bryan
?Would Not Take Senatorship if
Given to Him.
WASHINGTON, U. C. Jan. 22 ?
"Rryan is as good as nominated."
".lust so sire as the convention of
the. Democratic parly meets in Den?
ver next .inly, Bryan will be named
tin the standard bearor of the party."
"If tin- country remain's in its pres?
ent condition of unrest, Bryan will
be elected."
"Governor Hughes is the only enn
idldale the Republican party can nanio
who could defeat Rryan under no'mil
condltlen:;."
These quotations express the Int
ori opinions of Henry Wnttoraon, the
famoiis editor of the Louisville Cour?
ier Journal, and are part of an In?
terview with him.
Tlio fact that Colonel Wnttorson
I n been leading lite ilglit against
Bryan's nomination by the Democrat?
ic party makes his utterances sig?
nificant.
"It Is too la*o to defeat Bryan for
the nomination," continued Colonel
Whttersou. "Had I been given six
moths ago the support of those Dem?
ocrats who are now clamoring for
another nominee, we might have ac?
complished something When I sug?
gested that if Bryan were to with- ]
draw from the contest I could name j
a man who measured up to nil the
requirements a good, winning Dem-i
! erratic- randidate for President should j
possess, some of my Democratic
friends made fun of my suggestion, j
When I named him, and It was found:
that lie possessed all Hie qunllflc.a-i
tlos I claimed for him, some Demo-1
erats gave me credit for having some1,
? perspicuity; but it's now too into." I
i Then followed the quotations made
? at the beginning of tills article.
I "Who appears to you to be in the!
' l"id. so far as the Republican nom
I inatiou Is concerned?" Colonel Wat-]
I terson was asked. |
"If Taft is not nominated on the
j first ballot Governor Hughes will bo
. chosen on the second," was the laco- j
i nlc reply.
"What about the senatorship out
In Kentucky? Would you become n
compromise candidate If Governor
Borkhorn is not. elected?"
"I would not como to Washington
to tako the oath of office If a cer
j tideate <>f election were handed to
me," toplicd Colonel Wtitterson.
THE WEATHER
Fair, colder Thursday and
Friday; light to fresh winds
?mostly northwest.
miCE TWO CENTS
Cafe of Klacy's Deparlment Store
New York, Scene of Sensational
tHurder and Suic'da.
BELIEVED HE WAS M1HG HER
Victim Was Frank Brady, a News?
paper Aderlioing Solicitor, and tho
Woman Who Did the Killing and
Then Took Her Own Life Was Mrs.
Miiy Roberts Clark.
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORIC, .Ian. 22?Sweeping
through Hie crowdod restaurant which
takes up the eighth lloor of Mdcy's
department store and Into the geh
Ilemon's cafe today a tali stylishly
dressed woman bent for a moment
over the shoulder of a d'ner whisper?
ed sitiucthliig In Ills ear nnd then,
drawing a revolver from her muff,
emptied the contents of five chambers
Into his body.
Ab bee victim. Prank firmly, a
newspaper advertising solicitor, slip
pod lifeless lo tho lloor, the woman
flung the weapon from her, nnd tak?
ing a second revolver from her muff,
i hot herself first In the head and
; twice In the breast. She died a half
I hour Inter.
A note lu the woman's purse piov
! ed her to be Mru. M/ity Kobe Is Clark,
a manicurist, the widow of a poltcu
nttluer and stepmother of a tdx yearn
old son. Raymond. *c&sAj
Hrndy wa.i :io yffrffo vffi1 \ttoiSmX
sole support of a helpie.sj aud aged -
mother for whom he made a home.
The shooting was the culuuuutlou
of a series of violent quarrels, aud
acordlng to the woman's intimates, .no
fulfillment or a threat to murder
llrady In a public place. The sui?
cide, who was about Hi) years old,
was Maiy MuLenn when she married
Joint Roberts,
Claimed She helped Brady.
When tthe latter died a year ago,
she assumed the name Clark, nnd
supported herself and child first us
' the wardrobe woman .11 an uptown
theater,' and then us a manicurist.
She \vti3 of a preposesslug appear?
ance and had marked uujlncsg abil?
ity.
Willie she wbb in prosperous clr
cumsinnoes and before the death, of
her husband, Brady bad lodgings nt
j her home and she declared that she
had holpv d hint to be Buccensful.
A .few monta ago he left her home
nnd made a homo for his mother,
whom he brought here (rom New
Jersey. Recently Mr. Clark thought
that iBrady was avoiding her aud
when lie called nt her home occasion?
ally they quarreled.
To|iy Mrs. Cln lt went r?' her .
bank, made a cash deposit, wrts^e a
note identifying herself and referring
tho rentier to her attorney, and nrm\
ed with three revolvers, went to the
store where she knew that Brady us?
ually lunched. Sbo made hor way
hastily "-to a small smoking room for
gentlemen, just off the main dinlrig
?hall. Tho big room wan filled with
women, who were lunching after tho
rooming's shopping nnd, tanrid line
buzz of conversation,, her agitated
manner attracted the atteutlon only of
the waitresses.
Her Words Will Never be Known.
In n moment she stood behind Bra?
dy's chnlr and spoke to him. Before
lie had time to reply she hnd shoved
a revolver in Iiis faco and commenced
ft' Ing.
The head, the neck, the breast nnd
the abdomen were successively pierc?
ed by bullets, and llrady lay dead at
her feet. Olving one glance to the
half dozen men nearby who were mo?
mentarily stunned by the pitiless
murder, Mrs. Clark whipped another
weapon from her furg and put a bul?
let near her right ear and two oth?
ers lu her bosom.
The report of the discharges created
consteruat'on and there was a rusn
for Hie elevators. Employes of tho
place quickly closed the doors, shut?
ting off 0 view of the smoking room
and reassured the women patrons,
? some of whom"realized what bad hap
I ponej, The police broke the news
I to Brady's nged mother and the C.er
1 ry Socloly took charge of the dead
woman's body.
Norfolk Calls Rev. R. W. Hogue.
I NORFOLK. VA., Jan. 22?Rev. Rich?
ard W. Hoghe. of St. James' Eplrcopal
'church, Wilmington, K. C., has been
extended a call to the roctoraie of
Christ Episcopal church, this city.
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