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39TH YEARNO 141 I I OGDEN CITY UTAH TUESDAY EVENING JUNE 15 1909 I I PRICE FIVE CENTS I
ALEXANDER IJNfi OPENS TiiE
AROUMENT IN BEHALF
OF CAL OUN >
Southern Lawyer Crosses the Continent to Assist Defense of Former
Legal Associate He Denounces OGara for Enveloping Case in At
mosphere of Suspicion and Appealing to Presupposed Prejudices
of Jurors and Characterizes Him as Most Ungenerous
San Francisco Juno 35 Alexander
King of Atlanta Gu who crossed the
continent to assist in the defense of
Patrick Calhoun with whom he was
once associated In legal practice open
ed the argument in behalf of his cli
ent today With friends and business
associates pressing about him and his
wife and daughters seated in full view
of the jury the president of tho Unit
ed Railroads listened attentively to
every word of tho smoothvoiced
Southern attorney whose remarks
could scarcely ho distinguished at the
further end of the crowded court
room
Roalizingafter the sevenhour ad
dress of Assistant District Attorney
John OGara that the battle of argu
ments Is to he ono of the most import
ant ever waged In this city an Increas
ed throng of men and women sought
admission to Carpenters hall early In
the morning and under police super
vision he court room was filled hair
an hour before tho argument opened
1 warn you against the atmosphere I
of suspicion with which the prosecu I
tion has enveloped this case said
Mr King in his opening You must
try It on proof alone and Ignore every
hypothesis that has been commonly
spread out for your inspection
dir OGara has presented his case
in a manner most ungenerous He has
appealed to your presupposed preju
dices elso why does he continually
refer to Mr Calhoun as an Eastern
man as a man of great wealth and
why does he refer to great corpora
tions as pirates
Mr Kings address was quickly di
rected to a review of tho testimony
and ho began by attacking tho prose
cutions motive In commenting on Ti
re L Fords failure to testify for < tho
j defendant
F Who alone has Moon calling the
witnesses in this JseV ho asked
The prosecution It Ford as they
say could have swept away all this
suspicion why did they not call him
hero The defendant has taken the
position that ho did not have to call
witnessed and should ho discriminate
calling a witness on one issue and
failing to do so on another
MORRIS MALLOY
TESTifiES fOR
DEfENSE
TELLS OF MRS GOULD USING IN
TOXICANTS AT CASTLE GOULD
I
Howard Gould Was Given Permission
to Present Evidence That Her
Behavior Had Humiliated Him
New York June 15 Abandonment
was the only charge upon which Mrs I
Katherine Clemmons Goulds suit for
separation from her husband Howard
Gould rested when tho hearing the
case was resumed today
The charges of cruelty and non
Fiipport which were a part of Mrs
Goulds original complaint having
been stricken out by Justice Dowllng
at the motion of counsel for Mr Gould
todays evidence was confined to the
hearing on abandonment only
Mrs Gould has declared that she
has not spotfia 1 to Mr Gould since
Jul flOG when she had complained
to him about the condition of Maurice
Malloy whom Mr Gould had put In
charge of Castle Gould the Long Is I
land ionic of the Goulds Subsequent
ly Mrs Gould said her husband sent
Elijah W Sells to her to say that Mr
Gould would return to her If she
would agree to certain conditions or
he would arrange either for a sep
aration or divorce Those proposals
were rejected by Mrs Gould I
Under the ruling of Justice Dow
ling Howard Gould was given permis
sion to present evidence to support
charges that Mrs Gould was addict
ed to the use of Intoxicants and that
she Imd humiliated him before his
guests
Before the resumption of the case I
tOday a letter from Mrs Charlotte
Nlcoll Weston sister of Delancey NIc
oil Mr Goulds attorney wa given
out denying that Mrs Gould had giv
en her a dress Mrs Weston said
she had never seen Mrs Gould When
tho letter was shown to MIB Gould
she said
I did not give the gown to her per
sonally but she was one of tho ac
he H > 8 who received a box of gowns
that I sent lo one of the theatres
Morris Malloy superintendent of
the antic Gould estate was the first
witness today called lu the interest of
Mr Gould Mr Shearn for Mrs
Gould objected to BOUIO of the ques
tions asked him by Mr Watson asso
ciate counsel for Mr Gould but Jus
tice Dowllng ruled that il was proper
to have the habits of the plaintiff
Mrs Gould proved Malloy said hy
L tt
was given control of the Castle Gould
estate
Did you go to Europe with Mrs
Gould
Yes I went on the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Grosse with Mrs Gould and Mr
Sells on February C
I How soon after you went to Castle
I Gould did you see Mr and Mrs Gould
on the estate
I Early in June 1906
i At what time at Castle Gould did
you find Mrs Gould under the influ
ence of intoxicating liquors
I object said Mr Shearn and
I want to argue this point If tho
statements show that she was under
the Influence of liquor It would not
give him any Justification for abandon
ment
Mr Shoarn then cited several auth
orities and a number of precedents
and there was considerable argument I
RECEIVES
c
MO RTAL I
WOUND
Noted Stalker of Game
in Fatal Encounter
t With Lion
Naiacha British East Africa June
15A member of the party of F C
Solous the noted African hunter and
Goo McMillan a nephew of the late
Senator McMillan of Michigan was I
brought In here yesterday mortally
wounded by a lion The mans name
is Williams and he was in the service
of Mr McMillan as a secretary The
encounter with tho lion occurred in
tho Solik district where he party has
been shooting
The Roosevelt party left here for
the Solik district but nothing has been
heard of the expedition since Its de
parture c
St Louis June 15C N Prynno
one of the managers of the McMillan
estate here today Identified the dead
hunter as Perry C Williams an Eng
lishman 10 years old
Mr Prynne who hunted on the Mc
Millan ranch a few years ago said
that Mr Williams had seen much ser
vice In the Basutl and other native
wars of British East Africa and had
been wounded
Mr Prynne said that Williams was
noted as a stalker of game and as a
sure shot His strength was prodig
ious and his coolness in time of dan
ger had been proven often Williams
visited St Louis In the autumn of
1907
THEY MAY SECURE
SUffRAGE IN
18 MONTHS
MRS OLIVER P BELMONT MAKES
THIS STATEMENT
She Say Women Would Only Have to
Refuse to Marry Until Their
Suffrage Is Granted
New York June 15Tomen would
get suffrage in eighteen months If ev
ery woman would pledge herself not I
to inarrv until suffrage war granted
I think every woman suffragist should
pledge herself not to marry out of
the cause Just as every member of
he Salvation Army has to take an
oath not to marry outside the Army
In these and other statements Mrs
Oliver H P Belmont reiterated her
recently avowed purpose to assist the
causo of womans suffrage In this
country
I have been in favor of woman suJ
fragc all my life she continued I
da not understand how any woman
who respects herself and other women
can feel otherwise But it was only
after observing the methods and
acaioveuients of the English suffraget I
tes that 1 saw how I might be able to
take an active part In the fight you
know It may come to actual fighting in
England yes to warfare between men
and women battling for their rights
I think that If most women over
eighteen told the truth thoy would I
say that they hate mUll But of course
udder the present unjust and unequal
conditions they conceal their feel
ings How many wives would dare to
tell their husbands what they really
think of thorn How long would the
husbands live with them if thoy did
What is a home today Often the
loneliest place on earth A place from
which the husband goes away and
leaves his wife alone from which the
children go away and leave the moth
I er alone
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RAY LAMPHERE DYING
I
IN THE PENITENTIARY
I
Laporto Ind June 16In response
to a letter from her brother Ray Lam
phere Mrs James Flnley yesterday
hurried to the Michigan City prison to
see the prisoner notorious through
I his association with Mrs dimness tho
archmurderess for the burning of
whoso homo Lamphere was sent to
the penitentiary
Lamphere In his letter stated that
he recently had suffered four hemorrh
ages and believed death was imminent
This belief was confirmed in tle mind
of Mrs Finloy by the refusal of the
prison authorities to allow her to vis
It her brother in the hospital ward
Despite her pleadings the deputy
warden was obdurate replying
Lamphere is extremely low and
cannot see any ono
It is understood that an effort to
secure his immediate parole will be
made but his demise Is expected be
fore this step can be taken
BROTHER AND SISTER ARE
REUNITED AFTER 42 YEARS
Chicago June 15A reunion of
brother and sister after 42 years of
separation has made a redletter day
for one Chicago family Charles Fish
er left Alaska with a fortune after
five years of arduous toll determined I
to find his longlost relatives
He wont list to Now York where
his investigation directed him to the
home of firs J P CHons in this city
They became orphans In Syracuse N
Y when Charles was two years of
age He was adopted Into one family
and other friends cared for his sister
The boy drifted west and his ventures
In placer mining were unusually suc s
cessful
ThOUGhT E AD
BURIED HIS
WifE II
RECEIVED TELEGRAM FROM HOS j
PITAL SAYING HE WAS DEAD
Second Telegram After Burial Says
She Is Better and He Visits
Her In Her Ward
Chicago June 15Theodore Sell
ing who Is proprietor of a small res
taurant received a telegram Oh Wed
nesday from the officials of the Dun
ning hospital where his wife was a
patient in which ho was informed that
his wife was dead He at once en
gaged an undertaker and a priest and
the body was taken to the cemetery
where the funeral took place
On Sunday Mr Selling received a
second communication from the Dun
ning authorities advising him that his
wife is feeling better and asking
him to call and see her He spent tho
afternoon with her In the ward at the
hospital
Now the husband and hospital au
thorities are endeavoring to ascertain
the identity of the woman buried as
the wife of Selling
I
UTAH WOOL SELLS
FREELY AT 24c TO 25o I
I
Boston June Transactions in
domestic stock In the local wool mal
Icot are beginning to fall off although I
staple wools are In demand Values i
however hold firm and In many cases
I prices are the highest on record I
Business IH generally confined to
original bags Utah selling freely at I
24c to 25c tho scoured value being j
6c to 70c Business iu pulled wools
and foreign products continues active
CHICAGO HAS A STREET
CAR THAT IS A HOODOO
i
Chicago June 16Car No 5 of the
Chicago City Railway is In a fair way i
to earn the title of hoodoo I
In less than six months three con
ductors who were regulars on that j
car died one while on duty and the i
others suddenly Conductors Kirk
Charles Miller and Nicholas Walters I
wore the throe men Walters died I
from paralysis while on duty Tho
motorman Is seriously Ill
I
THIEVES RETURN 15000
OF 20000 TrjEY STOLE
i
St Paul June 15 Aspecial to the
Dispatch from Seattle says Mrn Goo
Shea of Duluth who notified the po
i
lice that on May 30 20000 which
she had concealed under the mattress
of her bed had been stolen while she
was watching a parade has received
15000 In a letter signed Two
Thieves
The writers of ho totter say that
they used 5000 to furnish their home
and having no further use for the mon
ey returned it to the owner
OOOOOO00000000
O 0
O FRANCIS E LEUPP 0
l 0 RESIGNS POSITION 0
O + 0
O Washington June liiThe 0
O resignation of Francis E 0
O > Leupp as commissioner of In 0
C dian affairs which has been 0
O pending since March4 was ac 0
O cepted today by President Taft 0
O and Robert G Valentino assist 0
O ant commissioner was named 0
O to succeed him Mr Loupp has 0
0 wanted to retire for some time 0
O on account of ill health 0
O Mr Lcupp withdrew his res 0
O ignation three months ago at 0
O the personal request of Pros 0
O dent Taft but his health con 0
O tinned so bad that J10 was com 0
O polled to ask the president to 0
O relieve him In accepting the 0
O resignation President Taft 0
O wrote Mr Leupp expressing 0
0 appreciation of his labors and 0
O hoped he would regain his 0
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PLAYING GAME Of
PETTY POLITICS
IN SENATE
SENATOR BURKETTSAYS THIS OF
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Assertion Is Made In Reference to
Cigars Recommended to Be Im
Ported Free of Duty
Washington June 16That the
senate committee on finance has boon
engaged in playing a game of potty
politics was today definitely charged
In the senate by Senator Burkett of
Nebraska The assertion was made in
connection with a report of commit
tee reducing 150000000 to 70000000
the number of cigars vhlch may be im
ported ee of dutvj annually from the
Philippines This ohango has been
arrived at by the committee at a
meeting held today and was tho re
sult of representations of Senator
Burkett of Nebraska The assertion
was madE in connection with a report
of committee reducing 150000000
to 70000000 the number of cigars
which may be Imported free of duty
annually from the Philippines This
change has been arrived at by the
committee at a meeting held today
and was the result of representations
of Senator Bulkier of Connecticut
with an Important product of whose
state tho Philippine tobacco importa
tion would conflict
Senator La Follotto had previously I
presented an amendment reducing the
number to 75000000 and the Nebras
ka senator found In the action of tho
committee a discrimination in favor
of Bulkley against La Follette i
As soon as the committee had
brought in Its amendment Senator La I
Follette took the floor
Expressing gratification that the
finance committee had reduced the
number of free cigars to the extent of
five million less than was called for
by his amendment Mr La Folletto
said he was encouraged to change his
amendment so as to provide for the
admission of only 60000000 and he i
did so
I
Mr Burkett declared that the action
of the finance committee in making
changes In the Philippine amendment
was sufficient to cause senators to lose
confidence in it The amendment he
said has been brought Into ihe senate
as approved by the president and in
face of that fact the cpmmittoe had
brought In its recommendation for a
reduction of five million below that
called for by the La Follette amend
ment and in this circumstance found
cause for complaint
This he said is a matter too im
portant to juggle with and It looks to
me like a game of petty politics
There is no mystery about it pro
tested Mr Aldrich and no politics
except a desire on the part of the com
mittee to do x the right thing and
above everything else to pass this
bill
Senators Dick Gallinger and De
pew defended the committee
Saying he had intended lo vote for
a decrease of the number of free ci
gars from the Philippines without
regard to the source of that sugges I
lion Senator Oliver said he proposed
to vote for amendments without re
gard to whether thor came from the
committee or anywhere else I
An extended colloquy between Sen i
ators Aldrich and Bacon occurred with
reference to the duty that would be
lost because of the freo entry of 70
000000 cigars Into this country
Mr Aldrich said he did not believe
anything like 70000000 Philippine ci
gars would bo brought Into this coun
try under the allowing of their free i
ontry i i
Mr Bacon asked why It was thought
necessary to make such a provision I
If the cigars would not actually be
brought Into the country Mr Aldrich
replied
It Is to encourage a people who
I
arc under thc United States flag1 I
Estimating the loss of revenue that
would result from the free entry or
cigars from the Philippines lo ho
United Slates at 3500000 annually
the loss from free sugar at 10000
000 Senator Nowlands declared that
It would behotter to make a direct
appropriation for the benefit of tho
Filipinos HPdeclared the tariff cou
cessions would benefit the great Phil l
ippine tobacco trust chiefly J
ANOTHER
THREAT
MADE
1
I
Leaders of Black Hand
I
I Defiant and Demand
500 From Man
Cincinnati Ot June 14 Notwith
standing the eleven arrests made last
week among tho leaders of the Ohio
black hand the extortionists have
flaunted defiance to the government
authorities by sending black hand let
ters to Intended victims within a
stones throw of the federal building
In Cincinnati today
Herman Brelner proprietor of a res
taurant received a black hand letter
today which was mailed here last
night threatening to kill him and blow
I up his restaurant with a bomb if he
did not mall 500 to Z Y M general
delivery Newport Ky
That the black hand operations In
Ohio and adjoining states were con
ducted by the Society of the Banana
a secret Sicilian organization which
Is an outgrowth of the old Mafia Is
confirmed by Postofflce Inspector R
M C Hosford who said the name is
a real one and not as some supposed
a joke
NEW COUNTERFEIT 5 NOTE
REPORTED TO SECRET SERVICE
Washington Tune IA now coun
terfeit 5 note so crude In workman
ship that It cannot escape detection
before the eyes of a careful handler
of money has just been discovered
and reported to the secret service bu
reau
Tho note puports to be of the series
of 1907 and bears a portrait of An
drew Jackson It is a poor photo
graphmechanical production on a sin
gle piece of paper No attempt was
made to imitate the silk threads of
the genuine and all the fine work la
badly blurred
Tho counterfeit first came to the no
tice of an employe of the Irving Na
tional Bank of New York City and a
report of the matter was sent lo Chief
Wilkle An Investigation was at once
inaugurated In the offorl to ascertain I
the source of the spurious money
WOMAN SUDDENLY
lOSES I1EB
MIND
IS FOUND WANDERING STREETS
AND HAD GIVEN JEWELS AWAY
I
i Little Children Arc Left at Home With
No One to Care for Them and
I
With Little Food
I
New York June 15When the po
lice found the bank book of Mrs John
I Dfiuglas on a street car Sunday they
called at her homo in Harlem and be
I sides learning that she had been
strangely missing from there since
II Thursday thor found that her three
little children had had no care and
very little food since then A matron
I was placed in charge of the children
and last night Mrs Douglas was
found wandering In Mornlngside park
Jewels worth 2500 which she had
worn when she left home were miss
ing and she said she had given them j
to a strange small boy who had none
of his own
iiu psychopathic ward of Belle
vue hospital where Mrs Douglas was
sent It was said that several months
would be required before her mind
wcUlc become normal
PASSENGER TRAIN DITCHED
AND SEVERAL INJURED
El Paso Tex June 15A passen
ger train on the Guayamas branch of
the Southern Pacific railroad was
wrecked last night at PesQuero pear
Hermosillo ilex Conductor A C
Budge of Nogales and eighteen pas
sengers are reported to have been ser
iously injured All the coaches except
I the sleeper turned over
I So far as can be learned all the In
jured with tho exception of Conductor I
Budgo are Mexicans A broken rail I
caused the wreck the engine and
I coaches plunging Into the ditch
I The train was regular passenger No
2 which left Nogales for Gun llln5 at
10 oclock last night All of the
coaches left the track excepting one
which was loaded with Chinese The
injured none of whom was reported
as seriously hurt were taken to Her
moslllo
I
CARLOAD OF ALLIGATORS
SHIPPED TO LOS ANGELES
I
New Orcans June lfiWhat is said
to be the largest consignment of al
ligators ever shipped over a railroad
lIen Now Orleans last night for Los
Angeles There was a full carload of
the reptiles comfortably eiisconsed In
large vessels partly filled with water
The rate on tho shipment proved a
tangled problem for the railroad offi
cials A diligent search failed to find
the word alligator In any of the tar
iff hooks and it was finally decided
to apply the rate on animals not oth
erwise specified
The freight charges amounted to
I040
1
CLOSING QUOTATIONS OF I
WORLDS MARKETS
OPENING MOVEMENT IN
STOCKS IS IRREGULAR I
I
New York Juno 16The opening
movement of prices of stocks today
was listless and irregular except for i
large transactions In the Wabash and
Harriman stocks and U S Stoel
I Wabash pfd sold al Cl 12 and 61 1
4 compared with 61 last night and
there were also running sales of the I
common stock at 23 12 to 24 11 com
pared with 23 31 yesterday
The strength of the Wabash stocks I
created a temporary demand for the
other Gould issues but the general I
market did not respond Later on
drastic liquidation of American Sugar
set in on account of the government
Inquiry into the recent litigation of
the company The stock broke as
much as four points between sales
losing eight points in all but a three
I point rally followed The slump In
sugar caused heavy selling all around
i Tho gains tho Gould stocks had run
I from 1 to 1 12 but thero were losses
I In the reaction Wabash pfd drop
I ping to a point below last night Un
I ion pacific lost 1 5S American Beet
I Sugar 2 12 United States Steel 138
St Paul and American Linseed pfd
1 14 and Southern Pacific the Hill
stocks Baltimore and Ohio Chicago
and Alton American Linseed and
Corn Products 1 Prices were steady
at 11 oclock
The decline went somewhat further
at some points but tho 4 12 point ral
ly In American Sugarand 2 in Ameri
can Beet Sugar Induced recovery
Reading Intorboro Met pfd and Am
erican Woolen roso 1 over last night
I Metropolitan Street railway 1 34 and
Great Northern certificates 2 31
I Bonds were Irregular
NEW YORK STOCKS
Amalgamated Copper 84 5S
American Car and Foundry 56 12
American Locomotive 60 1S
American Smelting 91 14
American Smelting pfd 109 34
American Sugar Refining 125 14
Anaconda Mining Co 50 1S
Atchison 114
Atchison pfd 106 14
Baltimore and Ohio 117 3S
Brooklyn Rapid Transit 70 11
Canadian Pacific 182 14
Chesapeake and Ohio 75 14
Chicago Northwestern 182
Chicago Mil and St Paul 151
Colorado Fuel and Iron 44
Colorado and Southern 5712
Delaware and Hudson 190
Denver and Rio Grande 50 14
Denver and Rio Grande pfd SS 58
Erie Railway 35 34
Great Northern pfd 149 11
Great Northern Ore Ctfs 76 34
Illinois Central 118
New York Central 131 11
Reading Railway 151 3S
Rock Island Co 32
Rock Island Co pfd GO 14
Southern Pacific 130
Southern Railway 31 18
Union Pacific 391 34
Unite States Steel G714
United States Steel pfd 124 12
Wabash Railway 23 3S
Western Union 74 12
Standard Oil company GS5
Chicago Close
Chicago June 15Closo Wheat
July 115 l2a58 Sept 109 11
Dec 107 58 May 110 1S
Corn illy 72 Sept 69 78 Oct
69 3S Dec 59 1S May 59 04
Oats July 51 5S Sept 43 31 De
cember 44 18 May 46 3S
Pork July 2037 12 Sept 20
57 12
Lard July 1177 12 Oct 1175
Ribs July 1102 l2a05 Sept 11
02 L2 Oct 1015
Rye Cash S7a90 July 85 Sept S3
Barley Cash SOaS2 12
flmotbySep13 375aP90
CloverCash 1060
Chicago Livestock
Chicago June 15 Cattle Receipts
estimated at 20000 market steady
beeves 530a720 Texas steers L =
G5a625 western steers I75a630
sctoclcors and feeders 3GOa550
cows and heifers S250aG30 calves
SGOOaSOO
HogsReceipts estimated at 12000
Market strong light 710a7SO mix
ed 730a795 heavy 740a805
rough 740a760 good to choice
heavy 7GOaS05 pigs 615a705
bulk of sales 750a790
Sheep Receipts estimated at 1000
market steady native 375a600
western 375aGOO yearlings 6OOa
715 lambs native 5OOaS10 west
ern 575nS10 spring lambs 630a I
930
Kansas City Liveotock
Kansas City June 15 Cattle Re
ceipts 8000 market steady Native
steers 500a700 native cows and
heifers 250aG60 stockers and feed
ers 4OOaC50 bulls 300a500
calves 375a700 western steers 1
75a675 western cows 25a525
HogsReceIpts 14000 market 5c to
lOc higher Bulk of Hales 735a775
heavy 7Goa7SO packers and butch
ers 40a780 light 725a7GO pigs
GOOa700
Sheep Receipts 10000 market
steady Muttons S475nfi7B lambs I
G90a7nO range wethers 450a550
range ewes 375a525
Sugar and Coffee
New York June 16Raw firm
fair refining 342 centrifugal 360
test 96 molasses sugar 317 Refin
ed steady crushed 5flfi powdered
505 granulated 495
COFFI7FSteady No 7 Rio 7 7Sa
S No d Santos 0
i
Wool I
St Lotus June 15Wool quiet
territory and western medium1 23n2S
fine mediums 22a25 12J fine 15a22
Metal Market
New York June 15Iead dull I
r5a4J5 Copper dull lo 5Sn3J Sil
ver 52 14
ATTEMPT
P
TO KILL
MAYOR
Assassin Throws Bottle of
I Flaming Kerosine Into
I W R Nivens House
I Bellefontalne 0 June 15Wht
is believed to be an attempt to assass
inate Mayor William TL Niven and
burn his residence in this city was
I made early today whcq a bottle filled
I with kerosene which had been sot
aflame was thrown through a wlhdow
of his house The bottle was wrapped
with rags saturated with oil rho cur
tains carpets and furniture in tho
room were sot on fire but the fire do
partmont quickly responded and ex
tinguished the blaze The mayor was
I away from home at the time Two
i policemen standing nearby saw a man
running awajy but supposed he was
giving an alarm
Mayor Niven was elected on a dry
ticket two years ago Ho Is a well
known Democratic politician Mayor
Niven issued warrants in tho Black
I Hand cases last week 6
I mGH SCHOOL BOY
IS fATAllY
ShOT
WAS READING ALOUD EXCITING
WILD WEST NOVEL
His Chum Flourishes Revolver to Il
lustrate Story and Weapon Ex
plodes Without Warning
I
New York June 16While Frank
Steinberg a seventeenyearold high
school student was reading aloud An
exciting chapter from a wild west
novel in his home last night his chum
William Williams flourished a revolver
to illustrate the text of the story The a
weapon was exploded and the bullet
entered Steinbergs abdomen At the
hospital where he was taken the doc
tors said that Steinberg would prob
ably die
In the confusion following the shoot
ing young Williams disappeared and
the police were Instructed to find him
BRANDENBURGS
TRIAL BEGINS
TODAY
MRS GROWER CLEVELAND PLAC
ED ON WITNESS STAND
She Says Signature of Former Presl
ident Cleveland on Article Sold
By Defendant Is False
I New York June 15Wlth Mrs
Francis Folsom Cleveland widow of
the late Grover Cleveland called as a
I witness the trial of Broughton Bran
denburg the magazine writer on a
charge of grand larceny began In too
I supremo court today The charge
grew out of the sale of a newspaper
article which Brandenburg is alleged
to have disposed of to a newspaper on
the representation that President
Cleveland was the author Mrs Cleve
land afterward repudiated the article
Mrs Cleveland accompanied by H
S Hastings one of the executors un
der Mr Clevelands will arrived at tho
criminal courts building early today
She was dressed In deep mourning
Her testimony was expected to be tak
en as soon as the selection of the jury
was completed and ono or two wit
nesses had been called to establish
the sale of the article by the defend
ant Counsel for defendant asked the
talesmen If the fact that the article
on which tho charge Is based was po
litical written during tho last cam
paign and favorable to one of the can
didates Mr Bryan would influence
their opinions or prejudice their
minds
The work of selecting jurors pro
pressed rapidly and the jury box was
filled before noon
Assistant District Attorney Nott said
the state would show that Branden
burg waited until Mr Cleveland died
before ho attempted to sell the ar
ticle purporting to have been signed
bv Mr Cleveland
< JfA man who will attach the name of
a former president a falso article
and inject tho article Into a national
campaign performs a grave Injury to
the public said Mr Nott
The attorney claimed he would in
troduce evidence to show that It was
a physical Impossibility for Mr Cleve
land to write or sign the article In
question at the time at which It was t
supposed to have jbeon signed
Mrs Cleveland this afternoon on tho t
witness stand was shown tho alleged e
signature of Grover Cleveland attach
od to the article wild to have boon
written by him and Declared it was
false