Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 25, 1910, Page 1

48 Sixty-Six Surface Cars Operated on Principal : Streéts Unj;il Midnight. - NOT A RIOT CALL SENT IN YESTERDAY Increased Service Promised by Fhiladelphia Rapid Tran- sit Company Today—Four Hundired New Men Ready to Take Out Cars—State Fencibles Given a Chance to Redezm 1 hemselves. Philadelphia, Feb. 24.—Surface cars svere gperated on the principal streets of the city tonight until midnight for the first time since -the beginning of" against the Philadel- esent strike ey Since Repid Transit company. Dot tonight, ut ton the state police, run even through the turbulent mill districts of Kensington and Frankford. All Outbreaks Quickly Quelled. Although the transit company offi- cials reported tonight that eighty-four cars had been stoned duri the day, no disturbance was permitted to attain serious proportions, All outbreaks were quickly quelled by the police, and mot a riot call was sent to headquar- ters. S 744 Cars in Operation, During the day, according to the company’s figures, 744 cars were in operation, and sixty-six of these con- tinued to run until midnight. In- creased service is promised by the which ennounced. that four men, many of whom were formerly in the employ of the company. were hired today and will take out ©ars tomorrow. - Arbitration Talk. President Kruger' and other officials of the rapid transit company-refused #to comment today- on the request re- he committee ackno ment of the receipt of the letter was forwarded to the clergymen with the etatement that it would be referred to the board of directors. The next regu- lar meeting of that body will be held & week from next Monday-and officials lof the company :say the question of calling a special meeting has not been discussed. This proposal for arbitration, which was made by representatives of twen— ty-six distinct religious denominations, | gncluding the leading clergymen in. this city. has beeri approved by the strik- ers, who suggest, however, that one of the seven mempers on. the proposed board of arbitration be a. representa- tive of org “labor. Explosive -Caps on Tracks. < trd- any Arrests were | were made maelv v the police today as when seventy-eight persons was the son a coj in fice of the committing magis- trate. He is a young man, 20 years old, and confessed that he was & mem- her of a band of youths who manu- factured a quantity of explosive caps and then drew lots to see who should place them on the tracks. He drew.the fateful straw and was arrested while placing the explosives on the tracks. Boys Soaped the R A new and dJdangerous method of FIRST TRIAL OF STRENGTH IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT Chamberlain’s_Fiscal Amendment Re- Jjected by Majority of 31. London, Feb. 24.—The first trial of strength in the mew parliament oc- curred tonight at a crowded session of the house of commons, when Aus- ten Chamberlain’s fiscal amendment was rejected by a vote of 285 to 254. Speeches were made by Arthur J. Bal- four, leader of the opposition; Chan- cellor Lloyd-George, Walter Runciman, president of the board of education; A. Bonar Law and others, none of which, however, gave any new aspect to the fiscal controversy. Although victorious only by the nar- row majority of 31, the government may regard the result as very satisfac- tor— inasmuch as there was no cross- voting and no evidence of any inten- tion on the part of the discontented groups to overthrow the ministry. All the nationalists, the O’Brienites as well as the Redmondites, abstained from voting. The ites voted with the government and . three liberals, Hilaire Belloe, Horatio W. Bottomley, and J. C. Wedgwood,?abstained. . Division was taken amidst a scene of great excitément and the figures as announced were .received with tre- mendous opposition cheering. The pre- mier, having given notice that he would move on ‘Monday that govern- ment business would take precedence over all business until March 24, the house adjourned. The government’s existence now will depend upon the production of a plan satisfaetory to. the nationalists and the radicals for dealing in a drastic rr;umter with the house of lords’ power of veto, FOURTH SUCCESSFUL ESCAPE. Forger Moore Slides Down Rope from Sheriff's Office Window. Columbus, Ga., Feb. 24.—A -few min- utee ofter he had pleaded guilty to a charges, made his fourth escape within recent months = from the officers of the law. Moore was in the private office of the i =heriff, on the second floor of the court ‘Thouse, awaiting sentence, and was.lefi alone for a moment. When the sher- iff returned tthe prisonar was gone and a rope da - from an open window showed the method he used for escape. Bristol Italian Fired at Trolley Car Conductor. - * Bristol, Conn., Feb. 24.—Angered be- cause he “arrest and will | i i b showing their antipathy to the transit company was adopted by crowds of boys in the uptown district today when soap was used on the rails. A Twelfth street car was attacked by a mob at Twelfth and Norris streets.” For fifteen minutes bricks, stones and other mis- siles were thrown into the car, break- ing windows and throwing the passen- ers into a panic. A detail of police- men arrived at the scene and chased the rioters. Soon afterward the same crowd gath- ered at Tenth and York streets, near by, and soaped the Tenth street car . tracks. There is a down grade at this point and the next car that came along slid down the slippery rails, but came to a halt before crashing into the pre- ceding car. A detail of policemen was called for and again the mob was driven away., It was some time before the soap had been sufficiently removed from the ralls to allow the car to move. ¥ Proposed Sympathetic Strike Deferred. Plans for the proposed sympathetic strike have been deferred for the pres- ent. The striking carmen at their meeting today adopted a resolution re- questing that the strike of other union men be held in abeyance. As a result of this request members of the Central J.abor union and the allled buflding trades council, which have been busy planning 'the proposed strike of all trades, decided tonight to postpone further action until the regular meet-| ing of their bodies next Saturday. At that time it is proposed to appoint ‘committees to prepare to make the strike effective whenever such action is decided upon. Strike of Power House Men Discussed. Plans for crippling the service of the company by a strike of the power house men was discussed at a meeting of the stati engineers’ and fire- men’s unions tonight. The men were in, executive session -until after mid- night. - State Fencibles Given. Anothker Chance Reports that the power houses of, the company would be attacked resulted in the State Fencibles being detailed to guard these stfuctures. . The orders that they were not to fire having been withdrawn, these young goldiers say that they will redeem themselves of the inglorious flasco they 'de in the Kensington - district, when they’ were demo: €d by Deing separated and 'rto open fire on their tormentors. e Shot _in the Back. | “Michael McKinney, aged 24 years, was shot in the back, but no serious- 1y injured during a dasturbance which followed the running of the cars at night. He and severdl other prisoners were then locked up. Other cars were be bombarded with stones in West Philadelphia to- night, and there also the police fired at the crowd, but no one was struck. JURY SELECTED IN BRIDGEPORT SUPERIOR COURT To Try Clara Sprague and Frederick Raynor for Murder. Bridgeport, -Conn., Feb. 24—Affer examining mapy talesmen, a jury was- selécted in the superior court here | this -afternoon to try Clara Sprague and Frederick Raynor for the murder in this city over a month ago of James H. Mullins, who, it is alleged, was as- saulted in the woman’s rooms and later thrown out into the snow of a nearby alley. On the opening of the court the prisoners pleaded not guilty and the selection of the jury com- menced. Medical Examiner Downs testified to his examination of the body, which, he sald, was still warm when he made his examination. At the autopsy witness said he found that there was a ture of the skull on the right side and that the brain also showed signs of disease due to alcoholism. On’ cross examination Dr. Downs ad- mitted that the man was a sufferer from Bright's disease and that it would have been possible for him to have fallen and ‘struck his head on the ground and received the fracture of the skull, but not probable. Court was adjourned at this point, and cross ex- amination’ of ‘the witness will be re- sumed jn the morning. ABSCONDING CASHIER WORE WIG AND GOGGLES. Was Posing as @ Bankrupt Business Feb. 24 —Wearing a wig Man—Arrested. Chkfg and bl goggles, George Capron, 32 years of age, who is charged with ab- sconding wi $5,000 of the funds of the United States Express company, for whom he was cashier at the Engle- wood branch n Chicago, was arrested here tonight. He left Chicago on De- | cember 24 and a woman disappeared at the same time. The two were sought ' all over the country. ‘When arrested Capron was posing as a bankrupt business man, who had | come to _Chicago to rehabllitate his finances. ‘When accosted by a detec- tive he denied his identity, but when | the detective snatehed off his wig Cap- ron broke down and begged .for a chanee to reimburse the express com- pany. Stabbed Eight Times, Tongue Nearly : Severed. New York, Feb. 24—Fiv> men who have not been caught set upon Jacoh a chandelier maker, in a saloon late today, nearly severed his to and stabbed him eight times in the Their motive is not known, and was apparently not robbery, for ‘Grenthall when searched while uncon- % police station had $845 in | bills, a._gold watch and a diamond stick pma ‘taxicab and shock 6f the explo- s n houses a mile away. TE POLICE| { | on his person. His assailants selz- | escaped. “in- annual n in flood recen height of nearly 33 feet.’ - —_— - The Hague, Feb. 24.—Prof. Heinrich “Lammasch of the University of Vien- na was chosen Ly by the other twa as the third arbitrator in the dispute between the United Si and Ven- tates out of the claim of the r country. The nmy sitting of the court will be in other arbitrators are Senor Gonzalo de Quesada of Cuba, representing the United States, and Mons. Augute M. F. Boeraort of ium, the representa- tive of Venezuela. - COLD STORAGE PLANTS INVESTIGATION. —— Fifteen Indictments Against Packing Interests of the: Country—Hint at Bribery t6 Stop the Inquiry. New York, Feb. 2 -After weeks of investigation by a grand jury in Hud- son county (New Jersey) indications are tonight that 15 indictments will be handed up before Justice Swalze in the supreme court at Jersey City to- morrow, against the packing interests of the country maintaining cold stor- age plants in Jersey City. Just who will be named as individual directors or officers, it is, of course, impossible to ascertain, but it is known definitely that indictments hdve been prepared, which ‘will charge conspiracy in re- straint' of trade under the New Jer- sey state laws. The inquiry at Jersey City has been the most important one in the east since the wave of public opinion de- manded legal steps to lighten the bur- den of the ever-increasing higher cost of living. The great astorehouses there hold the food supplies upon which the millions of Greater New York and its suburbs draw, and New York and New Jersey have been co-operating in the investigation. A grand jury In New York county is to begin a similar line of inquiry within a few days. ‘The plants under investigation have ‘been those operated by the National Packing company, Nelson Morris, and Swift & Co.. and ‘Armour & Co. Pierrg Garven the public prosecutor of Hudson county, has conducted the inv ion, but has ‘recently been ball in his _efforts to obtain the boaks of the National Packing com- pany. The prosecutor threatens to ob- tain a court order to get possession of them and. failing in this, to take steps to revoke the packing company’s charter. . There was circuldted today a story that men from Chicago attempted to bribe Mr. Garven to halt the investiga- tion. The prosecutor declined either ‘to confirm or deny the report. but it was said that he hintednthat some sort of gdvances were made to him. CUT BRIGADE, UNIFORM RANK, K. OF P. Seventy Officers Attended Annual Ses- _.sion in Meriden. e #Meriden, ‘Conm.. "Feb. 24.-—The o cers of the Connectieut Brigade:-Uni- form Rank, of Pythias, met session- in this city today. About 75 officers ‘attended. Two im- portant vacancies were filled in the First regiment. Capt. A. B. Smith of New Haven was chosen colonel to sueceed Co, G. H. C. Osborn, resigned, and -Lieut. I. E. Jacobs was elected Tieutenant ceolonel, succeeding Lieut.- Col. J. A. Wignall. The resigning offi- cers have removed from the state. Brigadier General R. Tryon presided at the brigade meeting, when it was ided to go to the Milwaukee convention by speclal train from Springfield on the New York Cewtral to Buffalo, and from there on the Take Shore to Chicago, taking the Northwestern from that city to Mil- waukee. A’ banquet was,_held at the Meriden house in the evening and Colonel Hall of the Second regiment was toastmas- ter. Gen. George A, Stibbs of Spring- field, Mass.,, a member of the major general’s staff, was an honored guest. The officers decided to hold the next ge{d (:a.y of the brigade in New Haven uly 4. - MAY RESULT IN STRIKE. Southern Railroads Refuse to Meet Trainmen’s Terms.. Cleveland, O., Feb. 24.—The replies of the southern rallroads to the wage demand of the Brethempood of Rail- road Trainmen and the Order of Rail- way Conductors were opened here to- day. The refusal of the roads to meet the men’s terms was unanimous. 1f the decision is to call a strike, as it is expected to be, the executive council of the two orders; which will meet here later, are expected to sub- mit to the men on all the railroad lines the question whether a general strilie shall be called. The “strike votes on the -Baltimore and Ohio and at large will not be im- mediately effective. It is understood at brotherhood headquarters here that the votes will be used as ammunition by the chiefs of the two orders, to be used only in the event of a final re- fusal by the'roads to concede the wage adjustment asked. In any event, affairs will not reach & crisis, it is now e for two weeks at least. CONGRESS. Postoffice Appropriation Bill—Vote on Postal Savings Bank Bill Next Week. ‘Washington, Feb. 24.—Consideration of the postoffice appropriation bill, carrying $239,000,00, was begun in the house today, thus glving to many members opportunities to make politi- cal speeches. Representative Gardner of Massachusetts addressed the Louse on the subject of high prices of the necessaries of life, contending that the | tariff . was not an important factor in determMming such price. He exhibited charts to show that price movements were world wide, The senate agreed to vote next Thursday on the postal savings bank bill. Senator Bailey spoke in opposi- tion to that measure, pronouncing it unconstitutional. / The house held 2 night session, dur- ing which there was general debate on the postoffice bill. . TWO $11,000,000 BATTLESHIPS. Probable Programme: for Naval In- Washington, Fob. 24—Fromi an au- thentic source was learn today is the y{g; September. The BRIEF POLITICAL = REPRIEVE GRANTED BUFFALO LEADER. RECENT HARSH STATEMENTS About Alleged Auctioning of Judge- ships in New York Repudiated by Dmo‘crnfio State Chairman. F Albany, N, Y. Feb. 24—William J. Conners made good his prediction that Ire would still pe chairman of the dem- ocratic state committee after its meet- ing today. In saving his political scalp, however, the chairman lost most of his hair. Charles F. Murphy, the Tam- many chieftain, whose complete mas- tery of the situation was realized by no one better than by Conners himself, granted the Buffalo leader a briéf polit- ical reprieve in’ the interest of party harmony, after Conners had to resign in April and to repudiate his Tecent harsh ts concerning Mr. Murphy and. the alleged auctioning of jus-c>hips in New York, which he de- clared were the result of his “infirmi- ‘t!fes of temper” and were unjustified in act. New Chairman in April. Chairman Conners was re-elected for & two year term on April 17, 1908, fol- lowing the memorable state convention in Carnegie hall, New York, in which seventeen state committeemen were | ousted to make room for others more | accpetable to Mr. Murphy himself. He announced at the meeting today “that | under no conceivable ecircumstances” would he be a candidate for re-elec- tion. “The office of ' chairman,” he said, “is a thankless job,” anyway, and | he desired to give more time and at- tention to his family and to his busi- | ness than he had been able to do sll;cel he accepted the responsibilities of lead- ership four years ago. He promised, however, to work hard to uphold the hands of his successor and to aid in restoring the democratic party to pow- { er. The state committee will meet some ‘time during the latter part of April to elect a new chairman. Compromise Fixed at Personal Con- fer-ence. { Today's meeting lasted less than 15 miuntes. After the compromise, which ' was arranged at a personal conference | between Conners and Murphy, all teari of a clash at the meeting vanished, and no attempt was made to hold an exec- | utive session, which had been expected | early in the day when trouble ap- ; peared unavoldable. | Chairman ers came down from his room in the Ten Eyck hotel smil- 1 ing right and left as he elbowed his way through the crowd waiting in the lobby and in the parlor. Murphy, the dominating spirit of the occasion, red- faced and looking straight ahead, fol- lowed Conners into the meeting place, which® was quickly jammed to the doors. ? the gayel down o~ meeting will e, S Clerk John A. Masoen.,It was the chair- man’s . announcement of -his intended resignation, dictated after his final w:;rd» with the Tammany leader. ts y 1 , it only comments in undertones and was quickly follow- ed by the call of the meeting. The roll call showed every: district representdd, about a dozen committeemen having sent pl'oflel. Several resolutions which had been » for imtroduction were quick- ly adopted without a dissenting voice, and the meeting adjourned. One of the resolutions was in favor of a federal income tax. Another took' a fling at “republican misrule” and “the | iniquitous tariff law.” NO LIKELIHOOD OF TROUBLE WITH JAPAN. Statement by Secretarv of State Knox Outcome of Press Despatches. ‘Washington, Feb. 24.—“There is not | the slightest likelihood of any trouble with Japan any more than with any other country with which we have ex- cellent relations of friendship.’ This statement was made today by Secretary of State Knox to a repre- sentative of the Associated Press when shown copies of tha press despatches from Tokio, indicating considerable discussion in Japan of reportéd utter- ances of Mr, Shaw, ex-secretary of the treasury, and of General Bell, and | alleged anti-Japanese expressions in San Francisco. The secretary express- ed great surprise that notice should be taken of such trifies, and he added: _“Mr. Shaw’s speech was obviously rfething but an argument for ship sub- sidy and what General Bell said made no reference to trouble in the far east and was quite evidently an ordinary argument for increased appropriations for the army. As for the San Fran- cisco report, everybody kncws that our immigration arrangement with Japan is working entirely satisfactorily. If, in spite of this, agitators will talk, no serious minded person should be dis- turbed.” MR. SHEPARD OF TEXAS Scores the Rl_py; ican P;rty—Hu Failed to Reduce the Tariff. ‘Washingtons Feb., 24 —“Like the Ethiopian, it cannot change the color of its skin; like the.leopard, it cannot change its spots,” said Representative Shepard of Texas, in charging that the republican party ‘had failedl to reduce! the tariff. Mr, Shepard was address- | ing the house tonight, his subject be- ing the tariff law. ¥ “The republican party,” he said, “vio- | lates the divine command ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, and sub- stitutes for it “Thou snalt skin:thy neighbor for thyself’ ™hat party low- ered the doctrine once uo5DLUUUU ered the duty on strvchnine and raised | the duty on soap, so that it is easier | for the citizen to destroy his body than | it is to keep it clean.” | New York Sporting Prom‘mr Charged with Assault and Robbery. New York, Feb. 24.—Harry Pollok, the sporting promoter, was arrested tonight as he left a theater, charged with assaulting and robbing David A. Russell, a stock proker. The alleged robbery is said to have taken place ‘on ‘the night’' of February 18, when was relleved by four men of ' a saloon, Poliok protested to- | .Arizona. ‘ y ~ In addition to these the president has rec “assist Oklaho- it ma to enforce its prohibition laws. A Wideepread Revoluti ou-rtluh sald to have been discovered in ‘Spain and many suspects have been arrested. there were n:onnl'ufllnnhl: An -Auto Party Emulating George Wummn crossing were -nearly Erie. The rate cases befo) the dost on the ice on Take Hearings in the Missouri River re the supreme ocourt ‘have been advanced from Ootober to April 4 next. The second favorably Teport mittee Grafters in the nicipal to one ters of McCumber Bill /to Provide for homestead entries was ordered by the senate com- on public lands. an Francisco mu- bribery scandal sent messages another by using the first let- personal advertisements in the newspapers. The Saint Die Society of New York wants the.government to co-operate in man, 3 « Rear honoring the memory of Mathias Ring- the America its name. - German who gave poet, Admiral Barry Admits that the armored cruiser Maryland was towed part of the way from HawaH to San Francisco and that the vessel's ma- chinery needs overhauling, but he de- nies that the vessel is unseaworthy. CONFERENCES REGAFDING Bills to Be Passed in Redemption of ‘Washington, Feb. 24.—Following his return York and Newark, N. J., today, Presi- dent Taft had several conferences with members of the two houses of con- gress gramme, views purporting to set forth the pres- ident’s attitude, it was stated that he would press only four measures at this session of corgress. omitted all reference to the conserva- tion bills, whereas the president has repeatedly pointed out that he would | insist, so far as he legitimately could, that some at least of the conservation measures the present session adjourned. LEGISUATIVE PROGRAMME. Party Pledges. from a two daye’ trip to New regarding the legislative pro- In recently published inter- The printed list be enacted into law before The bills which the president declared to- day he expects congress to pass in re- demption of party pledges are these: Establishing postal savings bank: . Amending and strengthening the in- terstate commerce law. The conservation measures give the persident the right to withdraw public {landg from entry and. to continue the withdrawal until revoked by himself, for a or by.an.act of congress, and iding reclassification -of the lands. These "two Dbills may be consdlidated. The The anti-injunction bill, statehood for Neéw Mexico and ended several other matters of legislation, including the bill for a new form of government i{n Alaske, the bill for federal in Dl SEYLER ions and the th bureau. ng a p BROTHERS TAKEN TO PRISON. Orvis May Go Free When He Can Se- cure $2,000 Bail. . . Attantic City, N." J., 'Feb. '24,—Will- iam Seyler, the accu#d murderer of Jane Adams, who disappeared from the million-dollar pier on the night of February 4, Seyler, at Mays Landing today. tives who arrested the two brothers at Petersburg, Va., last week, aceom- panied William Seyler will probably remain in jail passed vis may go free any time he is able to secure Edward C. Gaskill, eounsel for Will- iam Seyler, will ask for an order from the court for.the disinterment of the body of Jane Adams for an examina- tion by the surgeons retained by the defense. contends that no evidence was pro- duced at the inquest last night te prove that the girl died by violence and he will plead that the defense should have the right to produce evidence concern- ing the probable cause of death from its own physicians. An effort is also to be made for the release of Seyler on habeas coerpus pro- ceedings, on the plea that the evidence produced at tiie inquest was not sufi- cient to warrant holding Seyler on the charge of murder, Prosecutor Goldenberg said tonight that he would oppose all efforts to have the body of the dead girl disin- terred and also the release of Seyler on habeas corpus proceedings. TR.FED BY FIERCE STAG ELKS Rl and his brother, Orvis were taken to the county jail The detec- them. until the May grand jury has on his case_ but his brother Or- $2,00 bail. Counsel for the accused man ’ Young Men Shivered in Their Perches for Ten Hours. Lenox, Mass.,, Feh. 24—Chased into trees by two young shiver before erce stag elks, three men of Lenox were forced to in their perches for ten hours their signal shots were heard and rescue came in the person of Game Keeper Frank M. Chapel and two as- sistants on the Harry Payne Whitney reserve late today. but did not shoot because the guns, elk are worth $1,000 apiece, were on October mountain to The treed trio had The three seek dogs who had killed five of Mr, Whitney's deer, when the elk saw them and forced them to do a Marathon to the nearest tree: Meeting of Connectiout Hardware Men's Association. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 24.—The Con- necticut opened Hardware Men’s assoclation its annual session here tonight with forty members present. The sec- retary’s report showed an increase of cight members of last ] membership of 97. elected New State Civil Service Reform Association at tomorrow’s meeting. Meeting in New Haven. Haven, Conn., Feb. 24.—At a meeting of the State Civil Service Re- form associatioin here today Anson T, McCook was appointed ibranch. secretary of the Hartford Hartford in Darkness for Half Hour. ‘taken into 'custod. “The officials of - ~upped $30,000 “On Ggfl Markel HOW COLEMAN DISPOSED OF SOME OF HIS LOOT. RUSE OF MISSING MAN Gives Him More Time to Get Away— Cambridge Officers Wait in Vain for Defaulter’s Return. Cambridge, Mass.,, Feb. 24.—George . Coleman, the $12-a-week bookkeep- er of the National City bank, in which & shortage of $144,000 w uncoversd yesterday, did not disclose his #vhere- abouts tonight, though an ttorney claiming to represent him declared he was on his way back and that would reach Cambridge today. Search for Bookkeeper. That Coleman will not be seen here #soon again unleds drought back and that his intimation that he was to re- turn was perhaps a ruse to give him more time to get away, was the belief of officers engaged In the search to- night. Disposition of the $114,000. Investigations made through the day as to how Coleman disposed of the large amounts of money he is supposed to have secured brought out a variety of storfes, It is claimed that the young man wags deeply Interssted in the re- cent mayoralty amrul'n in Boston and contributed ess than $10,000 to the fund of one of the candidaf who failed of re-election. It is also asserted that he dronned fully $30,000 ;!(u(rln; the past vear on the curb mer- et, Mother Believes Bookkeeper Innocent. Mrs. Walter G. Coleman, mother of the missing bookkeeper, is nearly pros- trated by ‘the situation. She said to- day: “I belleve my boy is innoceat, notwithstanding the impressions te the contrary. ‘I feel that he will »e- turn voluntarily. I do not see why he went awa: LIFE OF A BURGLAR APPEALED TO STEVE AUSTIN Who Claims to a College Graduate ~—Confessed to Police. Pittsburg, Feb, 24.—"The life of & burglar appealed to me, There's sc- tion .in it,” said Stephem Austin, who professes to be a college graduate, upon being arrested tonight. He con- feased that he robbed two drugstore proprietors and several pedestrians in the Oakland and East End sections. His' crimes” had terrorized these sec- tions the past ten days. Early tonight he ;u trying to adjust a revolver in his hip pocket when it exploded. The ‘accident Jed. to his arrest as a suspic- lous person and upon being questioned he admitted a long string of robber- ‘fes. “Ihwas just doing those small Jobs,” he sefd, “to keep ltving. I wal for a big 1 I had in it 'When I'¢gme to puil it off, the plain- clothes qnen were so thick about the place that I had to walt.” Al refuses to give his eollege, his bome is in Indians, near Terre Haute. His confession was made to Supt . of Police Thomas A. Me- Quaid, and his answers, according te the superintendent, were straightfor- ward. tephen Austin is my correct name, but that Is not all of it" said the isoner, when urged to disclose his identity., “I know I'm in a bad fix, end I'm ready to take the conse- quences. I'm a crook and I'll do life if but I won't disgrace my All efforts to learn where his mother lived proved futile and no marks of identification, or papers (n his pos- session, would give a clue. Austin had numerous letters he sald were from a young women he was to maerry. Her name had been torn from the sheets and -envelopes. MRS, HAVEMEYER ANSWERS BLACK HAND LETTER Twe Boys Arrested When They Came for Tin Box. New York, Feb, 24.—Two Boys were arrestpd tonight in_ Central Park in connection with a Black Hand letter received recently by Mrs Havemeyer, widow of Henry O. Have The lotter was written in scrawl, signed “Black Hapnd, and embellished with a i heart, a revolver and a bottle ma poison, Tt read In part: “We demand $2,600 of you as & eon- tribution to the Black Hand organiza- tion. If it is net forthcoming we wilt blow up your house or kil {)fi foan - ly. ou cannot escape. 't tenl the police or your family will suffer. Rich people pay our demand and they have no more trouble and we protect them, With revolver, or @a= , or poison in your food we wil reach you." Directions were ven to place twer ty-five $100 bills in a tin box which would be found on February 34 at a point behind the park wall opposite Mrs. Havemeyer's Fifth avenue house The letter was turned over to the ;o lice and tonight Mrs. Havemeyer, ac companied by two detectives, eerried out the instruoctions. They found the tin box and placed in it a roll of paper wrapped in a ome-dollar bill. Mrs. Havemeyer returned home and the de- tectlves arrested the boys when they came for the box an hour later. The boys maintained that they hed been paid by an Italian to get the box. A printed list of bool of blood-éurd- Iing adventure was folind In one of the boy's pockets and the police are not inclined to belleve their story, WHOLESALE SWINDLING. By Two Clerks of the United States Express Company. Scranton, Pa.,, Feb, 24.—Fred Kom- fort and Harry Burdick, clerks of the United States Express company, were arrested this morning, charged with ny out of thou- loyes of the company. "It is t the other men will be y within a few hours. the company refused to give any details of the wholesdle swind ling. . Annual Convention Cennecticut Asse- imtion nderwriters. Fifore, Coniy, Feh. 14 Tha Cons Lite U