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ESTABLISHED 1832. NEWARK, N. J., THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1914.—20 PAGES. WEATHER: PROBABLY FAIR FRIDAY.”
ME PLACES IN
, HEART BE CITY
Bold Marauders Make Good
Hauls in Washington Street
Stores.
BELL ALARM PREVENTS
ENTRY OF SHOE STORE
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Loot in Cash and Jewelry to
Amount of $700 Obtained
V by Thieves.
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Three places of business within a
Short distance of Broad and Market
streets were broken into by veggmen
early today and about $700 in cash
and jewelry were stolen. That the
, ■ w ork wbb done by experienced burg
lars is hown by the fact that early
last night wires for the burglar
alarm system in one of the buildings
was grounded.
The flrsl place entered was the
wallpaper store of tne Alfred Peats
Company. 233-237 Washington street,
at the corner of Campbell street,
w here after breaking the saTe 1650 in
cash and about $100 |n checks, be
sides $20 in cash, taken from the cash
drawer, composed the loot. Prom the
Schultz Printing Company, 239 Wash
ington street, a few cents in cash
and a pearl and diamond scarfpin
was taken. At the R. E. McDonald
Company, 105 Market street, the burg
lar alarm of the Newark District
Telegraph Company was set off and
the t h'eves werp frustrated before
store.
^ The Hue Ves entered the Peat* place
through a rear window, opening on
r the rear yard, which runs to Camp
bell street. After getting through
thie window a door leading to the
main store was broken open. To get
into the office, which is near the
Washington street side of the store,
ft pane of glass was removed.
Safe Wbh Jimmied.
The combination of the massive
Rteel safe was jimmied off and then
the plungers were dropped. The In
ner compartment w>as chisseied open
and the strong box and drawers were
removed. The cash drawer in the
office was rifled of its contents, which
amounted to $20.
The thieves then went to the rear
of the store on the Campbell street
side, where they cut a hole in the
4 wall about two feet square, through
which they climbed Into the rear hafl
way of Arton Hall. They therr went
to the third floor, where the money
was removed from the strong box,
and where the box and drawers were
found by the police (his morning.
They then climbed through the
scuttle of the Arion Hall building,
and went over the roof to the roof of
the next building, which is occupied
by the Schultz Printing Company. In
the office on the second floor a small
safe was opened with a “can opener.”
Thirty cents in cash was all the
money in the safe, though there were
checks for more than $100. The change
and a pearl and diamond scarfpin
were taken.
0 They then went back through the
scuttle to the roof and over to the
adojlning building, 105 Market street,
al the corner of Washington street,
occupied by the McDonald Shoe Com
pany and the Riker drug store, which
was also entered by the scuttle. They
went dowm the rear stairs to the sec
ond floor, where they started to bore
their way through the door, which is
equipped with a burglar alarm by
the Newark District -Telegraph Com
pany.
Here, evidently believing that the
wires were still grounded, they made
considerable headway, cutting away
about half the door oefore the alarm
wa~ sounded in the office.
Alarm Received at 3:13.
At the central office of the tele
graph company the alarm was re
ceived al 3*13 o'clock, and Officers.
James Fitzsimmons mid Patrick
O’Neill were dispatched to the scene,
and it is believed that when they en
tered the Market street door of the
shoe store the thieves were rreignt
r-ned away, making their escape over
roofs to the Arion Hall building,
through which they descended, and
got away through the rear door open
ing on Campbell street.
A youth employed by the Newark
News Company, whose name the po
lice did not procure, told the tele
graph company’s officers that he saw
Ihree medium-sized white men, wear
ing straw hats, rush out of the build
ing and run through Cambell street
In the direction of Plane street,
where he lost sight of them.
Finding that the place had been
entered, Fitzsimmons and O'Neill
went to the street and blew their
police whistles for help. Whon the
police arrived, however, the thieves
were gone, and only a trail of bur
glars’ tools were found to show the
route taken by them in their get
away.
In the hallway of the McDonald
store a bioken jimmy and a brace
were found. Other implements were
found scattered on the roofs and In
the Arion Hall building. Lieutenant
McMahon and Detective Conlon, of
police headquarters, were assigned to
the case and immediately covered the
tube station and the Plank road trol
ley line hut no clues were obtained.
j. P. Farrar, superintendent of the
Newark District Telegraph Company,
and William Dcutscli. manager of the
McDonald store, told of the ground
ing of the burglar alarm wires of the
store. Mr. Deutseh and several other
employes of the store left the build*
big about 11 o’clock, and in about a
half hour a signal was received in
Hie central office indicating that some
one ties tampering with the wires.
Two men were sent to the place and
found that the wires were grounded.
They were immediately put in work
ing order, and thereby the signal was
received when the men came In con
tact with thy wires in trying to cut
through the door.
John M. Kraus, manager of the
Peats store, discovered hts company’s
loss about 7::n o'clock this morn
ing when he arrived at the store and
found the front door open. A few
minutes' investigation by him re
vealed the fact that ail of the com
pany’s money on hand had been
stolen.
According to Mr. Kraus this is the
third time that hts store has been
robbed witlitn the last two months.
The first time a quantity of valuable
tools were stolen, and on the next
trip the cash drawer was robbed
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G. 0. P. “INNERS" |
PLAN TO STIFLE J
That Is the Intention of County
Committee Circle, the Out
siders Declare.
DR. JOSEPH CONOVER
NOT FOR ANY OFFICE
Caldwell Republican Meeting
Develops Surprises and New
Candidates.
Those who have been watching the
movements, or apparent lack of ac
tion on the part of the “inner" circle
of the Republican County Committee,
say there is no longer any doubt a3
Just what the "inners" are up to.
They showed their hand at Nutley
recently, when County Collector Rich
ard Booth, presented, through his in
fluence with the appointive members
of the executive committee, the in
dorsement. by the elective members,
of Harry B. O'Connell for sheriff, and
Daniel F. Gaven for surrogate.
Last night similar tactics were em
ployed at Caldwell, when former
County' Counsel J. Henry Harrison,
of Caldwell; former County Super
visor Fred L, Baldwin, of North
Caldwell, and President William Lit
tle, of the Westerif* Essex Republican
Club, succeeded in preventing the
indorsement of O’Connell and Gaven,
although it was given out that the
candidacies of both these men were
"approved."
"They are out to stop further in
dorsements," declared a friend of sev
eral of the candidates toddy. "It's
easy to see through the game. It is
singular, hut true, the! the plans of
the 'inners' come to light in the coun
ty sections The game doesn't take in
Newark, Just see who figure in the
results at these meetings held outside
of Newark, and do your own guess
ing.”
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Western Essex municipali
ties was held in the office of Dr. Jo
seph C. Conover, in Bloomfield ave
nue, Caldwell, last night, and there
were about fifty persons present. Dr,
Conover, who iiao been slated for
member of Assembly, and who it was
said would be presented as a candi
date for supervisor, declared that he
would not run for the Assembly, giv
ing as hie reason business* obliga
tions. Neither would he stand for
any . other office.
This started the meeting on another
tack. Marcus DeCamp was indorsed
for the Assembly; former freeholder
Lewi* F. Bowdep, of Cedar Grove,
for county supervisor, and Amos W.
Harrison, of Livingston, for free
(CoatlBued on Page IT. Column 4.)
GREGORY ANGRY 1
AT SEWAGE BODYi
Refuses to Attend Meeting Be-)
cause He Is Not Informed
of Session’s Object.
Not having been informed of the
object of the session. Mayor Julian A.
Gregory, of East Orange, said today
he would not attend the meeting to
morrow night of the joint committee
on sewage disposal of Orange, East
Orange and Montclair.
The executive declined to attend the
last meeting of the officials of the
three municipalities for the same rea
son The meeting will be hel$ in the
East, Orange City Hall.
"If anything is to transpire which
may have to come up before me in
future I would like to know about it
in advance," said the mayor.
It Is understood that the session has
been arranged to acquaint City Com
missioners Murray, £alhoun and
Wethling, of Orange, about the situa
tion as it now stands.
Incidentally, it is believed the of
ficials of East Orange and Montclair
will try and learn the attitude of the
commissioners concerning Orange en
tering the pact to establish an Imhoff
plant at Belleville, which municipality
does not want the system forced on it.
IN DIVORCE SUIT
Star Baseball Player of Kearny
’ Co-respondent in Pitts
burgh Case.
PITTSBURGH. Pa.. July P.-Jack
Miller, first sacker of the St. Louis
Cardinals, was named as correspond
ent In a divorce suit filed in court
heer yesterday by William D. Casper,
against his wife, Clara R. Casper,
whom he charges with infidelity.
Miller formerly played with the Pitts
burgh Pirates.
John IDots) Miller is a resident of
Kearny. He has been playing In the
big leagues for several years. He
has always been regarded by his
friends as a very quiet, unassuming
man. The report from Pittsburgh
has caused a sensation in West Hud
son, where Miller is well known. His
relatives and friends said they knew
nothing about the alleged suit.
liuring the winter months Miller
lives with his mother and sisters in
Duke* street, Kearny. He is part
owner of the saloon conducted In the
name of Miller & aunderman, at
Pa vis avenue and Hoylt slreet, Kear
ny. A few weeks go Miller, with
other members of the St. Louis team,
were guests of West Hudsonites.
Miller, who was a star with the
Pittsburgh team for several years,
figured In a trade with sever*! of his
teammates, who were exchanged for
several of the St. Loui* Cardinals.
LOOK OUT FOR A SPILL
Newark Business Man’s Carl
Was Returning to Deal
Residence.
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Special to the kerning Htar.
ASBURY PARK, July An elder
ly woman, identified as Mists Mary P.
Howell, of New York, was instantly
killed by a passenger touring car at
the corner of Orand and Asbury ave
nues last night. The car was driven
by Earl Johnson, colored, and owned
by one of the occupants, W. J. Borne
man, of 574 High street, Newark,
vice-president of the Newark Em
broidery Works.
An Inquest over the body has not
been held, but witnesses of the acci
dent say it was unavoidable owing
to the darkness of the corner and the
seemingly careless manner in which
the woman was arossing the street.
She was about sixty years old.
Letters in the clothing of the dead
woman addressed to Mary P. Howell,
704 Summerfield avenue, Asbury Park,
the home of S. 0. Vaness, identified
her as a roomer there. She came to
the Vaness home on June 30. She is
supposed to have been returning from
prayer meeting service at the Re
formed Church when struck by the
automobile.
mr. Dornemun. me uwiici me j
far, had started on a ride eirly in
the evening with his wife, his nepnew
and his three nieces. Misses M. and
U Borneman and Miss D. Borneman,
The nephew and nieces are children
of Herman Borneman, who also lives
at the same Newark address and is
in business with his brother. Herman
Borneman's summer home is at Darl
ington and Stafford place, Deal. His
brother has been his guest.
The Borneman car was proceeding
down Asbury avenue at a rate of
seven or eight miles an hour when tin
dark crossing over Grand was ap
proached about 8:45 o'clock. The per
sons in the car saw np one crossing,
they declared, until tne car was di
rectly upon the woman. Then, It Is
asserted, the chauffeur made an at
tempt to steer to the right of tlio
woman, but could not crowd the curb i
close enough to prevent the accident. |
Harry Dewees, clerk at the Metro- ,
politan Hotel, and F. Bradley Cox. a
real estate man of 50 Church street.
New York, saw the accident. They say !
the woman was going north in Grand i
street on the left hand side of the
street, and had her head bowed, ut
terly oblivious of the approaching car.
The left-hand mud-guard struck her
temple, crushing the skull, and the
wheel ran over her breast.
Johnson stopped the car Imme
diately. not ten feet from the pros
trate form, ffhd he, with his employer,
carried her to the piazza of Dr.
George F Wilbur's home. It is be
lieved by Borneman that the woman
wbb knocked unconscious and never!
knew that the car was upon her. She
died while Borneman and the ohauf-^
feur were carrying her to the Wilbur
home. Dr. Joseph H. Bryan, who was
passing in his car. pronounced the
woman dead from fractured skull
and broken ribs.
Policemen Fieed and Van Brunt de
tained Dewees and Cox, with others,
as witnesses. The car number is 37100
N. J., and the chauffeur. Johnson,
carried driver’s license No. 2159.
The dead woman, as viewed at Bur
tis's undertaking establishment, was
simply dressed In gingham, with a
white shawl thrown over her shoul
ders. A ,
No further court action was taken,
other than to hold Borneman and the
driver in ball until the rnquest can he
held. The car was given in ball as
the equivalent for Jo.Oft).
Kermit Roosevelt and Bride j
Sail lor Home on Imperator
SOUTHAMPTON. July Mr. amt
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt and Mrs
Nicholas Longworth. daughter of
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, were on
board the tmperator when she sailed
for New York today, ____
PRICE OF BEEF WILL SOAR: |
HOUSEWIVES PLAN BOYCOTT!
Scarcity of Cattle Blamed and Packers Say Consumer, as
Usual, W II Be the Loser—Mrs. Julian Heath, Nat'l House
wives’ League President, Outlines Plan to Fight Increase.
Special to the Kveoine Star.
CHICAGO, July 9.—Cattle prices ar*
advancing rapidly at Chicago and at
all other Western primary shippinf
points, and Chicago dealers wete to
day forecasting $lb and even 112 beef
before next winter. At Kansas City
yesterday cattle on the hoof reached
the highest point in a year. The re
ceipts have fallen off at Chicago. Kan
sas City, St. Louis and Omaha to a
degree unprecedented for this season.
Packers and shippers said that scar
city of cattle and the consequent in
creases of prices are the result of
drought last fall, which compelled the
raisers to rush their cattle to market
even on the falling prices.
Packers say that the consumer, as
usual, will pay the interest*
special to the Kvenlnn Star.
NEW' YORK. July 9.—“If beef
prices continue to rise abnormally we
will start an American meat boycott.
We will preach to the American
housewife the use of more Argentine
beef, more fish, more vegetables and
more eggs."
With this threat Mrs. Julian Heath,
national president of the Housewives’
League, today answered the Chicago
report that beef is soaring upward in
the face of bumper crops.
“There is no reason, it seems to me
why meat should be going up now
that crops arc so unusually large.”
she. declared. "Hut If It does we will
see that Argentina beef is used. It
sells for 11 and 15 cents a pound. I
I use U in tnv house and find it erai
1 nentfv sntls'faotibry. Then, too, we
will show the housewife that, partic
ularly In hot weather, it is better to
use more fish, more vegetables, more
eggs.”
And she backed up her threat by
pointing to her achievement last win
ter in engineering a successful “egg I
boycott” and a similar achievement
in running a "fish w eek.”
Mrs. Heath expressed the belief
that the "meat barons” would find
this cause for lowering their figures
should her league institute the Ar-1
gentlne beef campaign, and she
doubted that there Is any god excuse
for raising beef prices In the face of i
bumper crops. (
To Watch Prices (Toady.
”1 shall keep close watch on prices;
now," she declared, "and If they rise
to the figures the packers predict I;
will see to it that women throughout;
the country are educated on how to’
combat these increases without in- j
juring dally menus.”
In the proposed boycott Mrs. Heath,
will have the support of thousands;
of housewives over the entire coun
try in branches of the Housewives’
League.
i
Milton E. Luzenberg, of East
Orange, Met Death at Lake
Hopatcong Saturday.
The body of Milton E. Luzenberg.
the East Orange music teacher, who
was drowned Saturday at Sperry
springs, in Lake Hopatcong, was
found today. Jerome Knight, who
operates a motorboat on the lake,
found the body floating near the sur
face at a point near his boathouse.
The body was pulled ashore.
Coroner H. T. Peatfield. of Newton,
was notified. He viewed the remains
and granted a burial permit. The
body is expected to arrive in East
Orange some time today. Mr. Luzen
berg, who was twenty-four years oid,
lived with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Edward O. Luzenberg, at 14 Sterling
street. East Orange.
With a party of friends the music
teacher went to the resort the latter
part of last week He intended to
spend the week end with friends. One
of those in the party was Miss Emily
Schluer. of Elm street, Orange, to
whom Mr. l.uzenberg was considered
engaged. Miss Schluer saw her
fiance jump into the water. He had
previously decided to have a swim
before lunch. The drowning occur
red in a part of the lake where there
is a depth of fifteen feet.
Friends who were with the un
fortunate man tried to recover his
body but were unsuccessful in their
attempts. The father of the dead
youth had led a search for the body
since Sunday.
Has Eighty Square Inches
of Skin Grafted on Him
PITTSBUKUH. July 9—Seventeen
months from the time hr was ad
mitted to a hospital here Kverty Ja
cobs, of Charleroi. Pa., was today
discharged with eighty square inches
of new skin. Jacobs, while employed
in a mill, was frightfully burned, and
his father and nine young friends
gave the cuticle which saved his life.
Surgeons regard the case as one of
the most remarkable in skin graft
ing. _ _ .
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BOO! OF VOGEL
Life-Saving Stations Keep Up
Watching—Boy’s Father
Leads Search.
Special to the Evening Star.
BRADLEY BEACH,, July 9.—Life- j
saving stations all along the New I
Jersey coast today are seeking the1
body of Norman E. Vogel. seventeA- |
year-old grandson of Police Captain j
Oscar Vogel, of the Fourth precinct, |
Newark, police. His father, George L. 1
Vogel, of 65 Greenwood avenue. East
Orange, is conducting the serch here,
where the boy was drowned Tues
day.
Assisting Mr. Vogel is Dr. C. F.
Kraemer, president of the Newark'
Board of Works, at whose home
young Vogel was a guest. Dr. Krae
mer directed the search all night.
It is generally believed that the
body has been washed out to sea.
Vogel was a good swimmer and was
about 200 feet from shore, when he
was seized with cramps
Three Carloads of Men
Come to Replace Strikers
at Westinghouse Plant
PITTSBURGH. July ». -Several j
thousand strikers hurried to the
Westinghouse factories in East Pitts
burgh early today, when it was re- :
ported that three cars loaded with
workmen from Detroit and Philadel
phia were coming. The train had ar- j
rived earlier, however, and later these ■
men were joined by others said to ■
have been employed in Pittsburgh. I
One man was arrested by the Iroop- !
ors for using abusive language, and
W. R. Foley, a member of the strike j
committee was placed under bonds
to keep the peace.
Members of the strike committee
said they hoped to have another con
ference with President E. M. Herr
during the day. An order was issued
by officers of the Allegheny Congenial
Industrial Union to prevent all mem
bers from entering saloons,
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BOY WHO STOLE
$1,200 IN CO
Disappeared After Being Sent
to Bank from Broad Street
Store.
Dressed in the newest of new
clothes and tired after six days pass
ed living as millionaires and in the j
town lockup at Meadvllle. Pa.. Thom- !
as Markey, sixteen years old, ot 24f»;
Bergen street, and his chum. Joseph
Galati, eighteen years old, of 394 |
South Tenth street, were placed in ‘
cells in police headquarters today.
Markey is charged with embezzling
$1,492.52 in cash and checks from
William Oppenheim, proprietor of. the
Lining Store, at 657 Broad street, and
Galati is charged with receiving
stolen goods.
The boys were arrested in Mead
ville last Sunday night at the request
of Chief of Police Long, of this city.
They were brought here from Mead
ville by Lieutenants Meehan and ,
Donovan, of the detective bureau to- ’
day.
Mr. Oppenheim told the police that
Markey, whom he described as a '
“trusted employe” was sent to the
Essex County National Bank to de
posit 11.492.52 last Friday. There was
$1,200 in cash, Mr. Oppenheim said, j
and the rest was in checks.
Young Markey, Mr. Oppenheim said, j
never reached the bank. Instead, his ,
employer alleged, he got in touch with
Galati, w ho was employed as a helper
on a delivery w’agon by a Market
street department store. Then, he
said, the boys left this city, although ;
he was unable to give the police an\ ,
clue as to their destination.
Lieutenants Meehan and Donovan ;
were assigned to the case. They
went to the home of young Galati
and there found a calendar bearing
an advertisement of Kepler's Hotel,
Meadville, Pa. The detectives learned
from the boy's mother that her son !
formerly was employed in the hotel
as a bellhop, and that he had been
corresponding with a girl in Mead- '
ville. Mrs. Galati showed the dete. - |
tives a letter the boy received from ;
his Meadville sweetheart recently.
This asked him to “come to see her j
and bring a friend.”
■ rarra i nmujcn Lrurr.
The detectives told Chief Lor.g
about this letter, and the latter teie- j
graphed to the chief of police in ;
Meadville asking him to arrest the j
boys. This was last Sunday after- j
noon. In a few hours word came j
from Meadville that the boys were
confined in the town lockup.
Lieutenants Meehan and Donovan ,
were sent to Meadville to bring the :
boys back to Newark. They found i
the wandering youngsters, dressed j
like the lilies of the field and suffer ;
ing acute distress in the slender ac
commodations that the Meadville po- ;
lice offer persons who are th«:ir
guests. ,
The Meadville police laughingly
told the Newark officers how their ;
youthful prisoners had gone about I
making themselves comfortable in the
prison. Among their causes for worry !
was the prevalence of vermin in the
cell to which they were assigned.
Also the Meadville prison consists of!
one large cage, sub-divided into sev- j
eral small cells. The other cells were
occupied by a motley collection of
Fourth of July prisoners, including ,
several negroes and a number of for- j
cigners in garb and personal condition ■
furnishing a marked contrast to the j
natty youths from Newark.
(ialati Causen Kxeitement.
Galati took one look at the benches |
on which he and Markey were sup
posed to sleep. Several crawling ob
jirts met his eye. He asked the po
liceman in charge of the lockup to
get him some newspapers. Then -he
pieced these on the bench and set
them on fire. As the dense clouds of
smoke drifted through the jail the
other prisoners set up howls of fright.
S<» much noise was made that a
frightened citizen sounded a rio? call
ami the entire police and fire depart
ments hurried to the place to stop
th* noise.
The police say the hoys confessed
* Continued o» Page IT, Cetuma
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' IN RACE; WILSON
President Clears Decks to Force
Confirmation of Reserve
Board Nominees.
SEEKS TO GET REPORT
OUT OF THE COMMITTEE
Believes Senate as Whole Will
Repuu.^.. ... unfavor
able Finding.
fcperial to the KTfninc Mar.
WASHINGTON, July President
Wilson today cleared the decks for a
,finish fight with the Senate to force
confirmation of Paul Warburg of
of Kuhn. Leob & Co., of New York,
and Thnmar D. Jones, the Chicago
financier, to be members of the Fed
eral Reserve Board. He communi
cated with Warburg by long distance
telephone and secured permission of
the latter to let his name remain be
fore the Senate. At the same time
the President indorsed Warburg's de
termination not to be questioned by
the Senate committee on banking and
currency. •
As soon as this was settled the
White House let it be known that
the President will fight to force con
firmation of these two men. who he
considers are purely personal ap
pointments selected for reasons of
peculiar fitness for the jobs. He im
mediately sent for Senator Shafroth,
of Colorado, a member of the com
mittee on banking and currency, and
asked him to force the report on the
nominations. He wras very frankly
told that the committee report would
be unfavorable; but Shafroth told the
President that they had carefully
canvassed the Democratic members
of the Senate and they asserted that
the Democratic opposition to Jones
and Warburg cornered In Senators
Reed, of Missouri, and Hitchcock, of
Nebraska, both members of the Sen
ate committee.
The President was told that there
was no doubt that a majority of the
members of the Senate would vote
for confirmation once the report
was before that body, even though do
ing so it would be in the position of
repudiating one of its committees.
Fred«r ck Engel, Who Had
Been Acting Queerly, Thought
to Have Drowned Himself.
Deputy County Physician 8immons
today gave it as his opinion that
Frederick Enge\ thirty-two years
old. of 53 Madison avenue, this city,
whose body was found in a brook
near Verona Lake, last night, was a
suicide. George Von Enbourgh. of
692 Devon street, Arlington, found
the body when canoeing on the
brook.
The identification of the drowned
man was made possible by a newspa
per obituary notice of the victim’s
mother, Mrs. Mary J. Engel, which
was found in his pocket. Word of
Engel’s drowning had not reached his
family when a reporter called at the
Madison avenue address. Mrs. Emma
Groeshauser. a sister, said her brother
had been missing since morning. Sh«
said her brother left the house earl>
in the morning and informed her he
was going for a walk.
When Mrs. Grosshauser was told
that an unidentified man had been
found drowned in Verona and an
obituary notice of Mrs. Mary J.
Engel had been found in his pocket,
she fell in a dead faint. Her hus
band, who was in another room,
rushed forward and assisted her to a
chair. She was revived in a few
moments and announced that the
drowned man was her arotner.
According to Engel's sister, he has
been in poor health since his mother
riled about two years ago. and of late
has been acting very strangely. She
said although her brother lived in
the same house with her, he would
frequently write her letters and send
them through the mail. One of these
missives was received by her only
last Monday morning, and a few min
utes after Mrs. Grossnauser read the
note Engel walked into the house.
The note follows: "Dear Sister
Taken sick: will be home as soon as
I am feeling better. Brother Fred."
An envelope addressed in lead pen
cil to Mrs. Grosshauser was also
found in Engel's pockets. ft is
thought that he had intended to
write his sister telling her of his in
tention to end his life, but for some
reason the note was not sent.
He was last employed by Lester
Finger, manufacturer of reinforced
concrete, in Madison avenue. Ac
cording to his sister, he had not been
working recently', and every day he
went on long walks. Two of Mr.
Finger's business cards were found
on Engel.
According to Engels brother-in
law. the drowned man received a
check for $289 only a month ago from
his mother's estate. Grosshauser
says this check was never deposited
by Engel. No money or other papers
were found on Engel by the authori
ties. He has two brothers. ChRrles
and Harry Engel, and three sisters.
11,000 Words in Report on
Empress of Ireland Tragedy
QUEBEC. July 9.—The finding of
the Empress of Ireland wreck com
mission has been decided upon by
Lord Mersey and his co-commissio.t
ers and was typed today in prepara
tion for its delivery on Saturday.
The document is upwards of 11.000
words in length.
The rei»ort not only deals with the
evidence regarding the collision and
loss of life, but includes a number
of recommendations regarding appli
ances to preveni any future disas
ters of a similar nature. Though the
commissioners have the power they
\V1I take no action in regard to the
punishment of those blamed for the
wreck, it is understood, but will leave
that for the Federal authorities.
is. mm to
BE RELEASED ON
MONDAY, BELIEF
District Attorney Admits His
Case Against Accused Wom
an Is Weak.
NEW EVIDENCE SHATTERS
STORY TOLD BY BARDES
Doctor’s Wife, in Mineola Jail,
Becomes Seriously III After
Husband Visits Her.
MINEOLA. L. I., July ft.—It is not
at ail certain that there will be
enough evidence for a grand jury in
dictment against Mrs. Florence Car
man. charged with the murder of
Mrs. Louise Bailey, and yesterday
committed to the county jail await
ing an examination on the charge.
Tins was the opinion that Assistant
District Attorney Weeks expressed
toda y.
Mrs. Carman's case was expected to
come up before the grand jury late
toda?, but, according io Mr. Weeks,
there was little likelihood of an in
dictment. The number of witnesses
to be Examined would preclude thi«
possibility today.
“It is not unlikely,” said the as
sistant district attorney, “that when
Mrs. Carman appears on Monday be
fore • 'oroner Norton, who will then
be acting in the capacity of justice of
the peace, she will be dia^harged."
At that time Mrs. Carman** attorney
will have a right to cross-examine the;
witnesses who testify against the
prisoner.
I>r. * arman \ i»i|» Wife.
Dr. Carman, who has come to Mine
r»Ia for the day. found hi* wife in bel
ter spirits when he visited her in jail.
She seemed to have recovered her
composure and to be less nervous, c V-';
After her husband left Mrs. (Jarman
broke down in her cell and her condi
tion became so acute that the prison
authorities were alarmed and called
in the staff physician, she was taken
to the warden's office, wheat she lay
down on a couch and became quieter
after sedatives had been given her.
She refused, however, to go to bed.
George Levy , attorney for Mrs. Car
man. said today that he had discov
ered two new witnesses tvho®e testi
mony he considered extremely valu
able. He also said he had informa
tion that two of the witnesses whose
testimony had been instrumental i»
causing the arrest of Mrs. Carman
had been far from the (Jarman home
at the time of the murder.
An effort was made today to dis
credit the story told yesterday by E.
T Bardes. the insurance agent. His
| account that he saw7 a woman on the
i lawn of the Carman home at the tiafc*
: the shot which killed Mrs. Bailey was
fired was apparently c ompletely sftgt
'ered today. ii\was Bardes'?'
mony which practically resulted in.
the arrest of Mrs. farman. BbsrtfT
Petit, on investigation, however safiT
he had learned that within ten min
utes after the time Bardes declared he
was in front of the Carman residence
he was at the home of a young wom
an,three-quarters of a mile sway.
"We are sill! pushing the matter to
a finish," said Sheriff Petit today.
We are not caring for a victim, but
we are determined to get at the bot
tom of the mystery. If Mrs Carman
is ir.nocent I will be just as happy to
unlock her cell and permit her to step
forth a free woman as any of her
relatives.”
Mrs. Carman apparently has only
one worry today, the condition of tier
mother, the aged Mrs. Platt Conklin,
who is on what Mrs. Carman and
her other relatives believe will be her
deathbed in the Carman home. The
only time Mrs. Carman Is known to
have shed a tear in the whole ordeal
through which she has passed from
the luxury of her home to the shadow
of the death chair. wras when she waa
bidding good by to her mother immed
iately after her arrest.
"Mother, I Hill Moon Be Back/’
"Mother. I will soon be back to
nurse you and take care of you, sht
said, as she embraced her and then
hurried away. Mrs. Carman was wip
ing tears from her eyes as she de
scended the stairs, but she composed
herself quickly as she rejoined the
district attorney and sherirr and other
officials who escorted her to Jail.
Sympathy is widespreaxr today for
Mrs. Carman. Even Mrs. Jennie B.
Duryea. mother of the slain woman
says she feels sorry for her.
"If that woman is innocent, then
God help her." the grief-strick*n
mother said. "And if she is guilty,
then she stands in even greater need
of God's help, for she cannot realise
what a beautiful home she has ae
stroyed.”
The sympathy of District Attorney
Smith. Assistant District Attorney
Weeks. Sheriff Stephen P. Pettit. Row
land Lamb. Coroner Norton and other
officials are with the prisoner. Most
of these men wept when, on almost
the spot where Mrs Bailey fell life
less. they ordered the arrest of Mrs
Carman In the Carman home these
men had often called and several
were intimate friends of Dr. Carman
While it is officially stated today
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