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ESTABLISHED 1832. ~ NEWARK, N. J., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1908.—16 PAGES. FAIR AND WARMER TONIGHT; WEDNESDAY SNOW.
CORBALLY TRIAL DRAGS
IN THREE CITY OFFICIALS
Former Members of Council Lia
cense Committee Are Queried
as to Bock License.
WERE NOT INFLUENCED
BY ACCUSED DETECTIVE
• Police Officials Also Among Wit»
nesses to Prove Extent of
Work of Department.
When the sixth day of the trial of
Detective .Sergeant Thomas J. Corbally,
indicted for nonfeasance and malfeas
ance in office, the former charge only
being pressed by the prosecutor, how
ever, was begun before Judge Ten
Eyck and a struck jury in the Court
of Quarter Sessions today there were
just half-a-dozen people on the
benches, outside of the men connected
with the courts and one or two wit
nesses not excluded.
Sheriff Sommer was very much an.
noyed yesterday when a report became
circulated that the Grand Jury would
probably not take up the most recent
. charges of subornation of perjury
against Detective Sergeant Thomas J.
Corbally.
“Why, X never discussed the case
with anyone," said the Sheriff, “and
cannot understand why such u. report
was made. Wo are too busy on I lie
present case to talk of others.”
As on previous days during the trial,
. ihe lawyers . for the prosecution and
defense engaged in many tilts.
The defense, which is a full and Hat
denial, as Samuel Kalisch, of counsel
for the defense, announced yesterday,
was continued along that line. There
was a short delay in the opening of the
vase for the day eatmed by the ab
sence of .several witnesses whom Mr.
Is aysch informed the court had been
..Wpoenaed. %
They included Joseph M. tox, ck tk
of the Board of Police Commissioners,
. who has already testified for the prose
cution in regard to tlie rules and regu
lations of the department; Captain
Cyan, of the First Precinct; Chief Cor
bitt, the head or the police deport
ment, and Detective Sergeant Thomas
Purcell, of tiie Second Precinct. The
last-named xvas the first to appear In
court and was promptly placed upon
, the witness stand.
In answer to a question by Mr. Ka
Jiach, he said that, he was desk sergeant
in the Second Precinct and produced a
„ record of tho captain’s office made by
the former head of that precinct, AV111
iam P. Daly.
The object of the testimony was to
show the amount of labor that xvus in
* xolved upon the defendant and to show
that he had so much to do that lie could
not possibly attend to ail the business.
Prosecutor Henry Young promptly
objected to the introduction of this
line or testimony on the general ground
that it xvas Irrelevant, because Corbaily
was never attached to the Second Pre
cinct, although it was Corbally s duty
to cover the city as his whole field.
As a police officer, Mr. Young in
• stated, it was Corbally’s duty to sup
press vice wherever he found it.
“it xvas not his duty.” added the
prosecutor, “to make a fake report to a
captain or a true report to a fake cap
tain.”
Mr. Kaliseh jumped up and had one of
liis characteristic hit:; at the prosecutor,
quoting Shakespeare, saying that if the
prosecutor’s contention was true, “we
might as well quit and make no defense
at all. The State can’t crawl out of a
hole when it gets into one.”
, On another occasion in this connec
tion, Air. Kaliseh said:
T am not hero to give any advice to
the State or say what the State should
. do or not."
"The xvholo question is.” Insisted Mr.
Kallsli, “whether the defendant had
,uy knowledge as to the existence of
tho houses which lie is charged with
* I laving failed to suppress. AVo also
wish to show the extent of his duties,
what his duties were throughout the
city.
o,-..).• iVinf rlelY-rwlfiii!
lid not lawfully refuse to suppress any
fuc-Ii disorderly houses."
Witness Purcell was asked where 85
— , Spring street, ono of the disorderly
houses on the "little list," was, and he
.aid it was on No. 12 post, and de
tailed Us boundaries. Three different
ones arc assigned to the post, one man
being on duty all the time, explained '
the witness. , I
Amenities of counsel enlivened thej
taking of this testimony, and long j
Fortes of "Ohs! ohs!" "Stop that and
, “Never minds!” flourished.
When Secretary Cox was finally
■ailed and the first witness of the day ]
gave way to him he testified to the ]
rules of the police department.
Mr. Young objected to the inti'orluc- ]
lion of tlie book of the rules and regu- I
tetions. saying that the duties of me
Officers of the department were de
termined by file common law and
statute and that no by-laws could
change these duties.
The court, however, admitted the j
book "for what it is worth,” as the
bench put if.
According to the records of the police I
commissioners, read by Mr. "Cox. there j
was an entry in which the captains of ]
the five precincts. Captain Scriba. of |
, the First: Captain Daly. of the Sec- j
ohd; Captain Corbitt of the Third, now !
chief: Captain Vogel, of the Fourth,
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ntTcimBo ,txn apm uno Hunches.
Mocknet A Dsfsniut Co., 7W-79A Broad St.—Ad
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WIDOW WANTS $20,000
FOR BREACH OF PROMISE
Check for 1,000.000 Kisses, Which the Maker Had to Pay in
Person Said to Be Part of Evidence-Batch of 81 Letters
Also-Suitors Fell Away When They Found Her Poor.
Papers were served this afternoon on
Edwin G. Koenig, of 323 Washington
street, in a suit for $20,000 damages for
breach of promise brought by Mrs.
Margaret Ives, a widow, of 157 Will:
lams street.
It is alleged in the bill of declaration
that Mr. Koenig made three proposals
of marriage to Mrs. Ives in 1906. Eater
his love grew cold,according to her, and
finally he turned his affections in an
other direction and married another
woman a few months ago.
There will be offered in evidence, it
was said, eighty-one letters of a most
endearing nature, said to have been
written by Mr. Koenig to Mrs. Ives. A
check will also be offered. It Is drawn
on tlu; Federal Bank and orders palad
to Mrs. Ives 1,000,000 kisses.
On the back of the check a few lines
notifies the owner of the check that
the bank refuses to honor the check
u,nd that the signer will have to pay
the amount in person.
It is said that at tho time of her
husband's death Mrs. Ives xvas sup
posed to come into possession of a
considerable sum of money. She had
many suitors, but nohe more ardent
than Mr. Koenig. That he pressed his
suit most assiduously and fervently
tho plaint!If expects to prove by the
letters that will be used In the suit.
It is further said that when the fact
was announced that Mrs. Ives was not
In such financial condition ns report
had credited her with being, the suitors
fell away gradually, until only Mr.
Koenig was left, and finally he. too,
left her and married some one else.
Abner ICalisoh lias been engaged to
prosecute tho suit for Mrs. Ives.
MYSTERY IN CASE
i OF WOMAN GROUND
BY YIN WEEELS
I
| Miss Virginia Young, of East Or
ange, Meets Tragic End
in South Orange.
HAD RICH RELATIVES;
SUICIDE IS HINTED AT
Boarded with Friends Who
Made Identification Today.
Killed in Out=of«way Spot.
Tho woman whoso horribly mangled
body was found on the tracks of tho
Lackawanna Itailroud near Mountain
Station, South Orange, last night, was
identified today as Miss Virginia
Young, 38 years old, who was well
connected in the Oranges, and resided
at 53ti Main street, East Orange.
Her tragic and awful end is a
mystery. It is thought by the police
that she may have committed suicide
by jumping in front of tile train, but
nothing certain is yet known.
The victim had wealthy relatives in
tho Oranges, and she, herself, had
been left money. She busied her
self, while boarding, by making fancy
articles and cake and pastry for the
Woman’s Exchange in East Orange.
Tlie account of the woman's death,
with her description, in the Morning
Star, led Mrs. Katherine Orr and
Mrs, William A. Stewart, with whom
Miss Young resided, to make the iden
tification in Kuna's morgue, Orange.
The remains were in such a mangled
condition that it. was almost impos
sible to recognise the woman, and it
was only uy means ui. nor mourning
dress and a handbag which she car
ried that her friends eouid positively
say it was she.
Stuart IJuilHlry Her ( onsiu.
Stuart Lindsley, a cousin of the
dead woman, and who is ono of the
most prominent road builders in this
section, took charge of the remains,
and will have direction of the funeral
tomorrow afternoon from the morgue.
Miss Young will be burled at 4 o’clock
tomorrow afternoon beside her parents
in Rosedale Cemetery, Orange.
Alts. Orr and Arrs. Stuart were out |
yesterday afternoon when Miss Young i
left the house, about 5 o'clock. The two |
women waited up for her until 11:30!
o'clock last night. Tltcy said today it
was her chief pleasure in life to visit
her numerous relatives iti the Oranges
and they were not surprised at finding
her out when they returned. AVhen she
had not come back at 11:30 o'clock, how
ever, they began to worry. Their anx
iety increased when they saw the ac
count today of the woman’s death.
Miss Young's mother died lust No
vember. She was a member of the
Munn family, one of the oldest families
in the Oranges. Former Councilman
Charles Lindsley, of Bast Orange, who
is associated in business with Stuart
Lindsley, is also a cousin of the dead
woman.
It was said today that while Miss
Young had been left a competence at
her mother's death last fall* she made
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Defend Irvington Youth Nabbed
for Doing Stunts on Wee*
quahic Pond.
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SCIONS OF ELITE OF
THE TOWN IN COURT
Park Officers Handcuffed Hini,
Says Leonard Kent, After
He Talked Back.
From a story told In the First Crim
inal Court before Judge Howell this
morning a riot was Imminent in Wee
qvahic Park yesterday afternoon, and
four of the park police, with Chief
Gllhooley, were the centre point of the
commotion. Aside from hoots and
yells and side remarks and other dem
onstrations, nono of the oltlcei‘8 wa;:
molested.
Racing skates are hot allowed on
any of the ice ponds under the care
of the Essex Park Commissioners.
Here is where the trouble started.
Leonard Kent, 22, of 28 Thomas street,
is a racer on ice skates Of no mean
ability. Yesterday lie was on Wae
qualilc pond, cutting fancy figures and
testing his speed ability, when Park
Officer Wildman overhauled him.
“You can’t use racing skates on this
pond,” said the officer.
“Oli, you can go to Jericho, and if
you wan't to stop mo you'll have to
catch mo,” is what Wildman says Kent
replied.
Kent sailed away with Wildman do
ing the chase on land. When Kent
grew tired he entered the boat house
to take off his skates, and, according
to Kent's story, four park policemen
set upon him, handcuffed him il'd
marched him off to the station house
cell.
Frederick ”■ Adams, of 52 Grove
street, Irvington, amt Wesley V/lngale,
of the samo address,' entered the boat
house and began to abuse the offlcci s,
it was alleged. The OoO other okate-s
on tlio ponn gainerca aruunu mo uum
house, after all who could entered tlio
house.
Cries of "Shame!" "Cowards!"
“Brutes!” wore hurled at the offices.
There was nothing for the police to <10
but to arrest Kent and the two men
who had interfered with Kent’s captor.
This was practically the story told
by Park Officers Wildman and Thomas.
Tile accused, before Judge Howell,
pleaded not guilty. They bad a law
yer, who tried to show that tho offi
cers were at fault, and that Kent had
a perfect right to use the skates in
dispute.
Kent said his skates were not racing
skates, they being only the fourteen
Inch variety, while racing skates meas
ure sixteen incites.
Judge Howell gave the trio a lec
ture, dismissing Adams and Wingate
with costs, while Kent was fined |io.
“Kent unlawfully interfered with the
police,” declared the judge, “and he
ondangered the life and limb of others.
It must be stopped.”
CHEAT PARSONS OUT OF SUNDAY.
A steward on a trans-Paciflc liner
das given an order to an engraver to
furnish him with menus dated Satur
day, February 30. 1908. Out on the
Pacific sailing Eastward, it is well
known that travelers steal a day’s
march on old Sol, and so the bright
steward thought of this novel manner
of cheating' the parsons out of a Sun
day, as he ffndly believes.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE
SAYING ABOUT US
FOR DRESSING UP
Morning and EVENING STARS
Look Much Better to Mer*
chants and Others.
“BEST PAPERS IN STATE
IN WHICH TO ADVERTISE”
They Excel for Results, Busi
ness Man Finds—Big lni=
provement, General Verdict.
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.< Alexander Neuman, of King's J
* < Clothing Company—“Wo have 4
U had better results from our ad- 4
. 1 vortislng In the MORNING and T
* EVENING STARK than any 4
| | other papers in the State, and we 4
.. certainly have every reason to T
* ‘ wish the two STARS success. 3
*) “They are both newsy and 4
.. readable and most satisfactory T
;; to advertisers.’’ 4
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The new typographical dross of the
EVENING STAR has brought forth
many complimentary remarks. What
some business men and others have to
say about the new EVENING STAR
follows:
Albert J Habile, Vice-president of
Hahne & C'o.: “The improvement and
1 general make-up of the two STARK is
very good indeed, and I am personally
very well pleased with thi improve
ment. Type is better, news is classi
fied nicely, and the latest and best tele
graphic news of the day. 1 wish the
STARS success.''
Martin H. Goldsmith, of tie David
Straus Co.: “A most decided improve
ment, and ono that everyone recog
litzftd as soon as they picked up the
j STARS yesterday. Every page of the
(i onllnued on Serond Pngr.l
ENTIRE ORANGERY
Throng of Lawyers from All
Over the State Also in
Attendance.
[From u SlalT Corrt-spuiidfnl. I
TR UNTON, Feb. 1.—The opening of
the February term of the Court of
Chancery and the Prerogative Court
took place at the State House today.
A throng of lawyers from the various
sections of the State were present to
argue tlielr eases and make the usual
number of term motion *. In Chancery
there Were twenty-six cases listed for
argument, and hi the Prerogative Court
four eases.
For the fust time in a long period
every member of the court was present,
immediately after the court assembled
Chancellor Pitney called the list urd
referred the various cases to the sev
eral Vice-chancellors, and the latter I m
mediately retired to the various parts
of the Capitol and proceeded to hoir
the cases referred to them. There wero
no very important cases set down for
this term.
From reports received from the Rah
way Reformatory today there are row
139 eases of diphtheria and suspects at
the institution.
POLICE COMMISSIONER
HARRIGAN HAS PLEURISY.
Rallies After a Bad Turn and
Physicians Fear Pneumonia
May Develop.
Police Commissioner William Harrl
gan was in a slightly better condition
today. Ho rallied about 4:30 o'clock
this morning from ilia relapse of last
night, and was resting comfortably
later.
Mr. Handgun's physiciuns had a con
sultation at midnight, and found that
the patient was suffering from pleurisy,
in addition to the Injuries he received
In a fall two weeks ago. If pneu
monia does not set in in the next few
days the doctors are hopeful of his re
covery.
WOULD REARRANGE FLAG STARS.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 4.—A rear
rangement of tile stars on the flag of
the United States is proposed In a bill
Introduced yesterday by Representative
Ansbcrry, of Ohio. The bill provides
for o amendment of sections 1791 uud
1792, of the revised statutes, so tluit
the arrangement of the stars shall l»<
•in five arcs In combination, the cen
ters of the arcs to be the apices of a
regular peni-agaR”
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WEST WINS FIGHT FOR
STATE COMPTROLLER
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HENRY J. WEST, OF CAMDEN, WHO
WILL SUCCEED COMPTROLLER MORGAN
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THAW CREATES PANIC
AMONG MATTEAWAN’S
58 SLEEPING MADMEN
Millionaire Stalks From His Private Quarters and Demands That
Crazed Convicts Keep Silence-Keepers Force Him Back to
Bed After a Tcrriffic Struggle.
MATTE A WAN, N. Y„ Feb. 4.—Hurry
Kendall Thaw’s temper sot the better
of him shortly after midnight this
morning, and ho wandered from Ins
private room, connecting with the gen
eral ward, where iifty-eight o£ the sup
posed “harmless patients" arc confined
in the Matteawan Asylum for the (.'rim
ins 1 Insane, and created such a panic,
among the other “harmless madmen”
that guards had to be edited and they
had to be restrained by force.
Thaw had been sulking since the
visit of his wife, Evelyn Nesbit. Thaw,
yesterday afternoon. Her collapse from
coming In contact with gibbering mud
men had reduced him to an almoift sim
ilar state.
When Thaw went back to the ward
ho was ugly and nervous. The othrer
patients, many of whom believe they
are multi-millionaires, had ben told
that a real milionaire was among them
and they began to make Thaw the
bull of their jests.
The insane dialler of Thaw's fifty
eight companions amused him for a
time. Then their incessant talk be
gan io boro him, and when they began
to tease him bis anger rose.
ho I'rlinlr At ill'll.
After r, visit of ilia mother, Mrs.
William Thaw. Harry was last night
assigned to u private room of tins in
311110 asylum. This was Ordered by
Alfred Warren Ferris, president of the
State I.uliaey Commission, who visited
the hospital and had an Interview with
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RUSH INTO STREET
Bomb Explosion in Jammed
Tenement Drives Hundreds
Out Into Bitter Cold.
NEW YOltK, Fob. 4. — Shrieking
women and children woro among 600
people who in their night clothes
rushed out Into the cold from a tene
ment at 440 East Twelfth street early
today, where a bomb was exploded.
The occupants <•( the crowded tene
ment, routed from their beds, trampled
over each other in the inad flight, and
several were hurt. Men’s curses were
mingled with the women's prayers dur
ing the stampede.
A gang of blackmailers Is blanc d fur
the outrage. Salvatore Schuianl, who
owns the house and another crowded
tenement next door at 117. has received
many threatening letters. A fortnight
ago a bomb was exploded in his other
house at 510 East Thirteenth street.
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CLUB IS SOLO TO
GEO. STALLINGS
Former Buffalo Manager Had
Been Seeking to (iet l earn
Here—Large Sum Paid.
The Newark Baseball Club, by a deal
pul. tliroughg this afternoon, was sold
to George 'stallings, of Buffalo, v h p
managed that team tV".> years ago.
Stallings lias been dickering for a team
in the Eastern League
The price was not made known, but
b said to have been a big sum.
COL. LAWLER, EX-G.A.R. CHIEF. DEAD
ROCKFORD, III.. Fob. 4—Colonel
T. VV. Lawler, postmaster of Rockford
and former eominunder-iii-chief of tho
Grand Army of the Republic, died yes
terday.
Meet rue at lllhlou'a, 132 Market at.-AdY.
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Essex Delegation Sticks to Dal
rymple to the Finish in
Republican Caucus.
SENATOR AVIS WITHDRAWS
AFTER THE FIRST BALLOT
1
Comptroller Morgan's Support
ers Back Down and He Re*
ceives but One Vote.
[From ft Start Correspondent.)
TRENTON, Felv 4.—Henry J. West,
of Camden, was chosen on the second
ballot in Republican joint caucus this
afternoon us the party nominee for
State Comptroller to succeed J. Wil
lard Morgan, of Camden.
He received forty votes.
The other contestants were Alfred
N Dal rymple, ot Essex, who got
twelve votes, and Mr. Morgan, who re
ceived one vote.
On the first ballot West got 24 votes;
Dalrymple, 12; Senator John Boyd
Avis, 10, and Mr. Morgan. 6.
The vote on the first ballot was as
follows:
For West—Senators Bradley, of Cam
den; Hand, of Cape May; Minch, of
Cumberland;' Bobbins, of Burlington;
Wilson, of Atlantic; Assemblymen
Buck, of Cumberland; Burpo, of Pas
saic: Buxton, of Morris; Devine, of
Bergen; Gibbs, of Camden; Ginnelly.
of Mercer; Jess, of Camden; Kefter. of
Atlantic; Kirstein, of Union; Lewis, of
Burlington; Lyon, of Morris; Moxon,
o( Union; Pierce, of Union; F. B. Pot
ter. of Cumberland; Joseph Potter, of ,
Camden; Prince ami naacirae, or ras-j
sale; Btille, uC Cape May; Voorhpes
of Middlesex.
For Avia—Assembly men Fake,
Bergen: Cattell, of Gloucester: McCold -
of Passaic; Smalley, of Somerset, ami
Whitehead, of Passaic; Senators Wake
lyo, of Bhrgen: Leavitt, of Mercer*. 1111
lory, of Morris, and Frelinghtiysen, of
Somerset. \ •
For Morgan—Senators brown, of
Monmouth; Plummer, of fialom; As
semblymen Crosby, of O' eon; lriclt,
of Burlington; lUdgeva' , of Salem,
and Thompson, of Mercer.
Dairympl« was supported by tho
eleven Essex Assemblymen and Sen
ator Everett Colby.
After the first ballot Senator Colby
nid Chairman Henry Young, Jr., and
Rudolph A. Braun, of the Essex House
delegation, went to Mr. Dairy ill pic, ,
who was waiting for returns in cus
todian. John WcBeman’s office, and
asked him If Ills votes might bo cast
lor Avis on the second ballot.
The Essex County chairman decided
to stick to tho end and this settled tho
light, for the Avis men immediately
; framed it up to switch to West on the
second ballot.
Every vote that had been cast for
Morgan on tho first roll-call vent to
| West on I hi second, and all but one ol
tho inrn who voted first for Avis gave
| their support hi the man from Camden.
The exception was Fake, of Bergen.
who -witched from Avis to Morgan.
Essex County voted solidly for Dat
i-ympio a second time.
The caucus selection for comptroller
jikI railroad commissioner will be for- y,
mally olocti d in u Joint session of the
House and Senate next Tuesday noon.
.loshua E. Bcrton. of Burlington
County, was reelected railroad commis
sioner.
SENATOR PROPOSES FREE
CITY EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.
—
tl’rom a Staff Correspondent.]
THEN TON, Fob. 1.—Senator Ernest
It. Ackerman, of Union, has introduced
i % bill designed to look after the unem
nlmivl of a city. It provides for the
establishment of a free employment
bureau in cities of tile first class with
a superintendent appointed by the
chief of police ut a salary of $J,20(! a
year.
Senate So. 71. introduced by Senator
Hurry F. Leavitt, of Merocr, requires
tie State Treasurer to refund State
tuxes paid where valuations arc re
Juted by county boards or credit the
. tamo If not paid.
I Sen itn No. 7::. Introduced by Kverctt
I .,'olby, of Essex. authorizes the Tillage
1 if South Orange to construct or ac
quire n gut' and electric plant.
Senate Xo 73. Introduced by Robert
K. Hand. <>f Cape May, creates a de
partment ot Inland waterways with a
commissioner to serve live years ut 0
salary of J-'.Ont) to supervlgo inland
waterways and report yearly.
TRANSPORTATION CO. SOLVENT.
, fsing tin telephone to spread tlie re
pert that the Stephens & Condit Trans
portation and Forwarding Company
had become Insolvent, some unknown
person yesterday called up several
j business houses with w hich the '*.-»r
poratiou has dealings and today Presi
dent George C. Wiedenmeyer is seek
ing the circulator of the false reuort
with the purpose of causing his punish
ment Mr. W iedenmayer says the com
pany is solvent and successful.
DEAD AT !027sHE SAW JACKSON.
BROCTOX, N. Y., Feb. 4.—Mrs. Mary
Sherry died yesterday at the age of V42
years. She lead without glasses and
hud vivid recollections of Andrew Jack
son, whom she had seen on several