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ESTABLISHED 1832. . NEWARK. N. J., SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1908.—16 PAGES. FAIR AND COLDER TONIGHT; SUNDAY FAIR AND WARMER.
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PROBE MYSTERY IN
DEATH OE ONE OE
THE ‘THREE GRACES’
Villainous Letters Figure in Asphyxiation oi Hand
some Bride oi Wealthy Williams Proudfit
Burden, Found Dead in Fifth Ave. Mansion.
DAUGHTER OF OLIVER H. P. BELMONT AND
INTIMATE FRIEND OF ALICE LONG WORTH
[Special to the Evening Star.]
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.
CORONER SHRADY today ordered an inquest to be held on Monday
to inquire into tile causes ot’ the mysterious death of Mrs. Williams j
Proudfit Burden, who was the lovely Natica Rives, best known as one i
of the "Three Gruces” of New York and Newport society, whose body was ,
found yesterday in her bedroom. She was the daughter of Oliver H. P. Bel- I
mont and was an intimate friend of Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
No autopsy will be held, as the coroner is convinced that death was duo |
to gas'asphyxiation. Whether the beautiful young matron came to her death
through accident or with deliberate intent is a matter which the coroner '
wishes" to solve. At present the evidence points toward accident; but there
are circumstances connected with the death which give color to a possible »
suicide.
For one year past Mrs. Burden has*
been in receipt of many anonymous
letters, scurrilous in nature and bitter
ly attacking her. Her friends also re
ceived these letters. Her mysterious
enemy carried the campaign so far
that every newspaper in the city got
communications flrom her anonymous
assailant.
Letters Cease.
For reasons best known to the Bur
den and Rives families, no attempt has
ever, been made to cause the arrest of
the mysterious lotter writer. Theeam
ptdg'n cf vinification was continued to
v.-So.In a short time, prior to Mrs. Bur
den’s sad death. It was denied yester
day that Mrs. Burden had refffently re
ceived any of the letters attacking her.
As a result of this cruel and villain
ous attack, young Mrs. Burden suffered
a nervous breakdown. Prior to her
marriage to Mr. Burden, sho had been
so prostruted by the attacks upon her
that sho secluded herself for several
weeks in a Bakewood sanitarium.
Sintering from Grip.
For yearly one week past Mrs. Bur
den jMe been suffering from an acute
— attack of grip, the result of a coid she
contracted at a luncheon given in her
honor. Since that time she has been
confined to her room, which is a largo
and roomy ope on the third floor of the
Burden mansion at 908 Fifth avenue,
with Windows looking out on Seventy
second street.
On Wednesday Mrs. Buhden com
plained that the light in the room was
bad, and had a reading lamp Attached
to a jet over her bed. The .amp sat
on a table at the head of her bed and a
rubber tube supplied the gas from the
wall jet. Sh«_ spent Thursday evening
In bed, reading one of the late novels.
As the maid fixed the room for the
night Mrs. Burden laughed and chat
ted with her, and seemed in unusually
good spirits.
iron l can me neiore w ociuck, «ua.
Burden said as the girl was leaving.
Then came her cheery “Good night."
Fouuil by .Haiti.
At in o'clock yesterday morning the
Frouch maid called u> a o aken her. No
odor of gas hud been uouecd in the hall
up to tho time the girl knocked on the
bedroom door. Tlv ie was no answer,
and the girl opened the door, as was
her custom. She was mot with a rush
of gas. Taking on- frightened look at
her mistress, who w s lying In a peace
ful position with her head resting <>n
her right arm, the girl rushed to the
breakfast room.
"Come to the madante. quick!” sho
cried to Mr Burden, the husband, who
was Just finishing his breakfast
Mr. Burden reached Ills wife's room
in a moment and threw open the three
windows which form n bay looking out
on Seven ty-seeoifd street He hurried
to the bed ami tried to arouse her.
•"She is not dead!" iie cried, accord
ing to the story of the maid. "See, her
body is still warm. Send for Dr. Lyle."
Pet l)o® by Side,
The maid declares thai Bino, the
little Pommeranlan which was Mrs.
Burden's particular pet and always
slept by her side, was found snuggled
dose to its mistress and recovered
when the windows were thrown open.
The family say the dog was sleeping
on a window seat nearby and thal one
(St the windows was open from the
bottom.
Dr. Lyle was the first physician to
reach the house. Hi. told the husband
that the young woman was dead.
As Nation Rives; Mrs Burden had
been affectionately known as one of
the “Three Graces” of society. The
others were her dearest friends, Miss
Cynthia Roche, who married Arthur
Scott Burden, a brother of Williams P.
Burden, and Miss Natalie Schenck,
who married Glen Collins.
Mrs. Burden was 22 years old. a
pronounced brunette, with large, al
most Hack eyes, an abundance of dark
brown hair, a clear, creamy skin and
beautifully chiselled features.
The funeral will be held Monday.
BUTCHERS’ ASfD OHOCKRS’ Supplies.
Macknet A Doremus Co., 7K-738 Broad *t, —Ad.
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Bayonne Recorder Frees Girls
on Charge of Larceny
of Place.
Given their liberty after being de
tained thirty-seven days here, Bessie
and Helen, the pretty daughters ot
Mrs. Mary Be, Anderson, alias Mary j
1 MacCartin, the bogus countess, may
I each collect witness lees at the rate of,
150 cents a day.
Following the plea of non vult by
| Mrs. Be Anderson In the Court of
! Quarter Sessions yesterday, for obtain
ing goods under false pretense and one
for grand larceny, the two (laughters,
who were also taken in custody by the
sheriff’s men as witnesses, were turned |
over to the Bayonne police and taken
before Kecordcr Hyman Lazarus In j
that city yesterday afternoon.
The complainant against the two
ijlrls was Mrs- Puullne Pugh, of that '
place, who also charged the countess
j ms well as the elder daughter and son (
I Frank with a similar charge,
i The offense was committed more than '
a year ago, and It is alleged that, the
Be Andersons stole a piece of lacej
valued at $5 and various other articles
valued at $15.
JAP WORLD FAIR i
HALTS FOR NEWS
FROM UNCLE SAM
Powers Tell Tokio They.Want!
to Know What This Coiin*
try Will Exhibit.
TOKIO. Feb. 22.—Anxiety Is ex
pressed among Japanese merchants as
to the attitude of the United States to- .
ward the patronage, it will exend to the !
international exposition, to lie held here
in 1912, to exploit commercial improve
ments of all nations.
All the first-class powers have signi
fied their intention of being represent
ed, but it is fully realized here that
much depends upon what tho United
States may decide.
Several of the first class powers have
stated frankly that they would like to
know what America proposes to do !
The Japanese in their turn aro curious j
to know to what extent tho govern-1
ment will respond to the recommenda
tion made by President Roosevelt.
NEWARK RECEIVER &R
TRENTON TROLLEY CO.
TRENTON, Feb. 22—Judge Lanning
in the United States Court appointed
David F. Carver, of Newark, receiver
for the New Brunswick and Trenton
Railroad Company and the New Jersey
Short Line Railroad Company, and also
named J. Kearney Rice receiver for the
New York-Philadelphlu. Company.
These trolley lines aro affiliated with
the Camden and Trenton Company, for
which Vice-Chancellor Walker last
week named Wilbur Sadler, jr., as re
ceives*
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BISHOP SATTERLEE
Preached in Washington Last
Sunday, Although III with
the Grip.
war ittaii
WASHINGTON DIOCESE HEAD
FOR LAST TWELVE YEARS
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Former Rector of Calvary
Church, New York, and Twice
Declined High Post.
■"Washington, .Feb. 22.—The nt!
Rev. Dr. Henry Yates Satterlec, f<v
the past twelve years .Protestant
Episcopal bishop of Washington, died
at his residence here today. He was
65 years old. ' .
Although threatened with the grip,
Bishop Satterlee officiated at services
last Sunday morning. Shortly after
ward his condition became acute and a
physician was called in. During the
early part of the week ho improved
somiftvhat, and it was thought he
would speedily recover, hut pneumonia
developed and for several days his con
dition caused concern. He passed away
shortly before 8 o'clock this morning.
Bishop tfutterlec was formerly rector
of Calvary Church in New York, was a
religious writer of note und had been
elected, but declined to accept, the
bishopric of Michigan and the bishop
eoudjutatorship of Ohio.
DIPHTHERIA TAKES
BOGOTA BABY LEFT
Natalie Huhl Was Beneficiary
of Millionaire Whose Death
Was a Mystery.
BOGOTA. Feb. 22-Natallo blued, i
years old.'and holresa to $150,000, toft
her by Walter F. Baker, died today of
diphtheria and scarlet fever at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank H. Hurd, of this place.
The child was brought prominently
to public notice last fall when Mr.
Baker, a Boston millionaire, died at
the Hurd home, following a dinner
with friends in a Now' York restaurant.
Baker's brother caused an autopsy to
be performed to discover whether h'o
had been poisoned.
Baker became ill in a New York chop
house after Ixdng at dinner iu another
place, and he was brought to Bogota
In an automobile. When his will was
opened In Boston It was found that
Baker had left $150,000 to Natalie Hurd
and $10,000 to her mother, Mrs. Helen
Bray Hurd, whom he directed to dis
pose of the $10,000 In accordance with
a letter left toy her.
FIRE EATS UP
CHAIR FACTORY
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$100,000 Four-Alarm Blaze in
Densely Populated Dis
trict of Brooklyn.
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NEW YORK. Feb. 32.—The big chair
manufacturing establishment of K. U.
Jordan & Co., at Tiffany and Harrison
streets, was destroyed by tire early to
day.
The fire necessitated four alarms.
Tenants in the houses within a radlua
of halt' a block rustled from their homes
In their night clothe.-*, believing that
their houses were In danger. The mill
stood in a thickly populated section.
There was no one but the watchman
lu the building at the time the fire
started. The cayse Is not known at the
present time. The loss Is $100,000.
2,000 SEE BOER HERO’S
SISTER WED BRITISHER.
LONDON, Feb. 22.—The union be
tween Boers and Britons was further
--emented this afternoon by 'the mar
riage In the Dutch Church in London
of Marie, youngest sister of General
Botha, former commnndcr-in-chief of
tile Transvaal army and now premier
of the new colony, to K. C. Hawkins,
a prominent Liberal. The ceremony
was witnessed by fully 2,000 persons.
YOUNG OUTLAW SLAIN IN FLIGHT
BY POLICEMAN WEBER; BOASTED
HE WOULD NOT BE TAKEN ALIVE
Frank Ides, Alias "The New Jersey Jesse James,”
An Escaped Convict With A Reward on His
Head, Dies Gun in Hand.
EXPIRES AFTER A RUNNING FIGHT WHILE
BLUECOAT PRAYS FOR REPOSE OF HIS SOUL
rPouSS ApTwEBER^ V^TORY™ |
I HOW HE KILLED FUGITIVE ROBBER |
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+ BY PATROLMAN JOHN F, WEBER
X ^ ^ FFICEH and I were up Frellnghuyson avenue, when T
T ■ ■ we saw four men coming toward ns. We stepped Into the 4>
+ shadow of the building next to No. 19 Engine House and X
X waited until they came up to us. I stepped out and asked them where |T
I they were going.
., "Two of them stopped and Officer Peltz held them, and X went after X
) J the other two. I
. ■ "I asked them to stop and they said ‘Go-.
. < "Then I said, ‘Stop, or I will shoot.’
‘ J “He refused, and I fired In the air at the northwest corner of No. 19 J
. i Engine Company’s house, and again at the southwest corner, and again 4
■1 when 1 fell.
‘ [ “This was the shot that dropped him, making three shots in $11. 3C
■ i Then I went to him and found him dead.
■; "After 1 had fallen and tired the third shot, I got up and walked to
’ [■ the spot and there found a man dead with a bullet through hie neck. X
I ■ • "Then 1 knelt down and said a prayer to St. Anthony for the renose +
j ‘ J of his soul."— Signed statement by Policeman John F. Weber, whose J
i ! J shot killed a supposed burglar shortly after midnight.
FRANK IDES, alias Dutch Mes, alias the New Jersey Jesse James, wan
the desperado who was shot and instantly killed early this morning
by Policeman John F. Weber, of the First Precinct, now’ detained by
the police pending an investigation. That fact was absolutely established to
day by a positive Identification made by Detective Sergeants Michael Long
and Patrick Ryan, and by the negro Charles Henderson, who was one of the
three men in company with Ides at the time of the shooting.
The killing followed a running pistol duel in $'hlch the young outlaw fire I
once at his pursuer before being brought down by W« tier's third shot. As
Weber fell into a depression, which he had not seen in the darkness, he fired
at the fleeing thug. That shot sped true to its mark and Ides dropped, with
the bullet through his neck. The duol occurred near the corner of Frellng
ltuysen and Meeker avenues, and close to Engine Company No. 19.
Ides has a criminal record and Is an escaped convict from Rahway Re
formatory. There was a reward of $260 for his arrest. The police circular
read to the effect that ho wap a dangerous man. always “packed a gun" and
made his boast that ho would never be taken alive.
Mrs. John Orlosky, of South Park street. Elizabeth, >i (dsler of Ides,
said to an EVENING STAR reporter today that Ides attempted suicide there
yesterday. He said be was tired of being hounded by the rollce. He left, say
ing he would never return. Joseph Ides, of 425 Broadway, father of the slain
man, vow’ed vengeance upon Policeman Weber today. Ides's mother w’as
prostrated by the news of her son's tragic death.
County Prosecutor Henry Young said to an EVENING STAR reporter
today that he would probably ask the Grand Jury for an indictment of man
slaughter against Weber.
Young said that it made no difference If Ides was a desperado; that
V/eber had no right to shoot him unless he knew him to be it criminal.
y mirr ti vuiiauiiauvii m.nvuru * uuvy
Commissioner William Bennett and
Chief of Police Corbitt today ihe
former ordered that Policeman Weber
remain suspended and paroled in the
custody of Captain Ryan until It)
o’clock Monday morning, when Ins will
lie taken before County Prosecutor
Voting.
IdoH was known as one of the worst
men of his age in tlio criminal record",
of this State He was a dead shot,
fearless, cunning and willing to mix it
tip in true Western style at any time.
When Weber examined the thug's bedy
after the shooting ho found a 38 calibre
revolver in ltis clenched right hand.
Ilie's CmniifiJioiiH All Caught.
Three other men were in Ido's com
pany just prior to the killing. Police
man Peltz. of the First Precinct, ar
rested Robert Cameron and Char lei
Henderson with drawn pistol when
they attempted to escape.
Tin- fourth man got away despit the
fact that ho bore a largo package.. J
which is suppos' d to have contain 1
the loot of some burglary last night.
This man was arrested at iloseile
at !> o'clock title morning, and is in
the Union County jail at Elizabeth;
When arraigned h* gave IPs mime ns ;
Grover Edwards. II said that he.had S
been with Ides for two days, hating
met hint at Bayonne.
The identification of Ides, whoso
parents live in Elizabeth, and who es
caped from tlie Rahway Reformatory
on November 11 last, was first made
by Henderson, after he had been put ,
through the "third degree" by the po
lice. The further identification of the
detective sergeants clinched the matter.
Booty round oo files's Com (Million.
That Ides and his three companions
had been engaged in recent burglarlss
was proven when tlie negro Henderson
was searched. Concealed in the linings
of his coaf and trousers and carefully ■■■
sewed up, were the following articles:
1 gold watch, 1 gokl chain, 1 gold ring,
3 stones, amethyst setting; two dia
mond lockets and 1 Ingersoll watch, .
The Elizabeth authorities are also en
deavoring to locate the package known
to have been In the possession of
gpl
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BLACK HAND CHIEF
SLAIN BY ORDER
Old Associates Follow Laduca to
Italy, Where He Meets
Same Fate as Victims.
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I NEW YORK, Feb. 22 -Following on
the heels of the murder of Salvatore
Marchinne, whose dismembered body
was found in Brooklyn Wednesday
night, conies a dispatch from Palermo,
Italy, today which says that Vito La
duca, loader of the Black Hand Society
in America, kidnapper, murderer, coun
terfeiter and blackmailer, was shot to
death there by Mafia agentk.
Laduca loft New York when the po
lice got too hot on his trail and all trace
of him was lost, but the Now York
police believe the same agents of mur
der who plotted the death of Mar
ohinno sent men to Italy to kill La
duca. In Italy Laduca was known as
lie Luca.
Why he should have been put to
death Is as yet a mystery to the New
Y’ork police, but the reason for the
killing of Marchinnn hue been dis
covered.
BANK ALONE ESCAPES FLAMES.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 22.—The
entire east side of the business section
of Russellville, Ala., was destroyed by
fire early today. The bank building Is
the only building loft standing.
MEET MB AT THU FOUNTAIN.
Koch'a Hotel, Brood et , near city Hall, '
Special tabic d'hote tonight. Music.— Adv.
! ROGUES’ GALLERY PHOTOS OF ROBBER |
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Frank, Alla* “Dutch" Iden.
SLAYER OF FUGITIVE DESPERADO
• Pntrolmau John F. Weber.
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THAW’S WIFE TO
FIGHT MOTHER IN
PLAN FOR DIVORCE
Evelyn Engages Counsel to
Oppose Contemplated- Suit.
Thaw Rebels at Doctors.
NSW YORK, Feb. 22,-Dogged by
(ietectives since the night she is as
serted to have dined, un chaperoned,
with E. R. Thomas in the Cafe Boule
vard, it was said today that Mrs.
Evelyn Thaw has planned war against
Mrs. William Thaw, her mother-in
law, in the latter's reported plans to
obtain a divorce ai any cost. Evelyn
Thaw, lias engaged one of the most
eminent members of the New York bar
to look after her interest.
Dr. Lamb, the superintendent of the
Matleuwan institution, admitted today
that Harry Thaw objects to being "X
! anilned by the doctors lit the hospital.
He wishes to have this dope by Ur
Evans and Jacoby, the alienists in the
recent trial. Dr. Evans is superintend
ent of the Slatt Hospital for the insane
at Morris Plains, N. J.
f - 'At. ;
GIRL BEATEN,
MINISTER PUT
OUT OF BOARD
Rev. P. D. Runyan Bounced as
School Principal and
Fined.
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GREEN'SBURG, Pa., Feb.
Charged with having administered a
boating to Jennie Button, 15 years old,
with a pick handle, the Rev. #*. D.
Runyan, a Baptist minister, principal
ci the West Derry schools, was today
flnerl 310 and costs and deposed by the
school board.
The services of a physician were re
quired for the girl.
BIG NEW ORLEANS BLAZE.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 3.'. Fire
which for it time seriously threatened
a large part of the city business dis
trict today burned out the Julius Weis
building, occupied principally by law
>ers and real estate firms. Loss,
3100,000. !
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