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atten oe PAID 30 CENTS ADAY, Sweaters’ Employees Tell of Their Wretched Wages, * Some Work from 6 A. M. Until Mid- hight. | Investigating Committee Exposes a Bad Condition of Affairs. ‘There was a new class of workers on garments in Part I. of the Superior Court this morning, all bearing sub- Poenas issued by the Reinhard Investi- gating Committee to delve into the abuses in sweat shops, mercantile houses and factori orket Mor ate" ciman: the precet ing witn te nn Bay tft a Cha) * — o . old me. b idetman that 1 was fourteen yearn ola. went to work. Then a man come. Mrs. Fidelman bade me go out and get a certificate and mamma took me to 89 Canal street, Falk's place, and mamma Said we were poor and told him I was thirteen years old, and he made a certi- fleate, “And you hi Falk 5 Cents for it? es,” The little witness satd that Mrs. Fidel- Man would not jet her work when the certificate was shown her. Polly Silkowitz, whose parents are dead and who supports herself, paying. $2 a week for board, test.fled that. she Worked for Mrs, Fidelman at $2.50 a Week. A strange coincidence was that Polly was fourteen a week ago and began to work for Mrs. Fidelman yes- Albert pay Notary Public Edelstein, assistant manager in L. Shaw's hair dyes establishment, o4 West Fourteenth ‘street, deniel tha {wenty-five girls employed ‘there ate their Cunch and worked in the b: nent, The first Itallan witness, Teresa Deflo, of 301 Monroe street, told how she and her husband worked’ for 90 cents a da Before the Swe: |" tthe frean witnesnes were Italians, pic- ; tresque in gay kerchiefs bound about their Waate Fa of them, a girl, who To the Réiter: more than sixteen 401d, *.* Rea very small infant ; @t her breast. Bome of these Italian witnesses will tell about sweat shop evils in Monroe atreet. , Several prominent etorekeepers were | @n hand with subpoenas, and inside the Fail was the usual assembly of working Girls’ women friends. The Committee has given no sign of completing the investigation at an early @ay. Rather there appears to be an in- tention to continue all Summer. Assemblyman Kunzeman said this Morning tnat another appropriation with which to proceed with Rhe investigation would be asked for next week. ‘The Committee's counsel, Jullus Mayer, stated when Assemblyman Reinhard spped for order at 11.20 that the Com- mittee’s arrangement for taking the tes- ; tmony of certain girl employees in ex- ecutive session had been frustrated. We expected to hold this week the secret session for the benefit of these girls who do not want their stories made ublic, and also for the purpose of keep- jing from the public the working system | Of the where the girls are em- dloyed, Mr. Mayer, “The subject was so severely criti- ¢ised at a mass-meeting in Cooper Union Monday night, however, that the anticipated witnesses have withdrawn their consent.” Bruno Richter, of Richter & Co., neck- tle manufacturers, of 627-829 Lroadwa: and 176 East One Hundred and Twenty eventh street, was the first witness, Mayer wanted to know why Bru- 3 brother, Max, was not present, He is sick,” was the rep! | that at-Shop Investigating Committee, beginning at 6 in the morning and finish- ing usually at midnight. "Ido work for 4 man on the fifth floor of 19 Broome ‘street, sald she. turned seams upon boys’ trousers and Sewed on the buttons. I made on an average 28 cents a d We do work in the two rooms where we live with our children Monroe street tenements. Loulsa Casello sald she wan seventeen years old, and had been married three Years, She sald she earned $1 a week, but couldn't tell the name of the man for whom she did the work. She told a long story of how the Ital- Jans in the Monroe street tenements, in the vicinity of 8m, did work for a pit- ance. The Committee then adjourned, and will meet at 11 A. M. Monday PAWNBROKER ARRESTED. “The World” Chai Exacting Justice must be done. eople who earned no more than ahe in At heavy hand o fthe law which the pawn- brokers of this y have been vio.ating tae pawn brokers themselves, When a few weeks ago "The World” exposed the pawnbrokers’ unlawful methods and thelr iniquitous exactions from the Lipid and most helpiess peo- Pig inthis reat city, the | offenders laughed in their fancied security. To- day they tremble before the majesty of | the la Before any publication of the matter Was made the facts secured by “The World” were laid before District-Attor- ney Fellows, who gave his assurance they would be promptly acted ‘Send the sergeant-at-arms after im,” exclaimed Chairman Reinhard 'T beg of you don’t," sald Mr. Richter, “I'll see that he comes down before the) Committee to-day just as soon as I can fee him. With this understanding the sergeant- t-arms_was instructed to walt and see Max Richter obeyed. | Asked about the wages paid his eighty girls in the One Hundred and Twenty- seventh street factory, Mr. Richter sald they earned on an average $7.50 a week, Plece work. i “If they weren't lazy they could make / ore,” he exclaimed. Mak Richter came in at this juncture. He was followed by Mrs, Edward 1 terbach, who pulled out a note book| and began to take notes of the testi-| mony, Max Richter was called to the stand. He was angry and avoided answerin: Questions that the Committee most de-{ sired. He said his employees could make twenty-five or thirty dozen neckties per|ponement of the hea: day, They got about three and a halt] cenis a dozen for the varlous parts done on the tle. He would not te:. the small- t amount earned by any one employee. He said he didn't know. Here the counsel and witness had a hot passage of words. | “Mr. Richter, I don’ ulting replies from you, ayer, angr! a "i 'talg to you as you talk to me,’ cried the witness. “I'm not here on trial. I'll answer such questions as I understand, and no other: Assemblyman Andrews interposed ob- fection to the witness's manner, “Do you have a system of fines in your Broadway and uptown factories?” | Queried the counsel. os “Fine! fine! What's a fine?” replied the witness. Mr, Mayer explained. The witness giant call fining a girl a certain sum for spoiling a tie a fine. Why," said he, “if she spoils a tle, he pays, perhaps, five cents-—it depends upon the quality ‘of the He—hut that only recompensing, the firm for what she has destroyed. Mrs. Lauterbach, wh Mayer, leaned over and stion to the counsel. z Oh,” said Mr. Mayer, “haven't yo fined some of your help as high as 25 cents for spolling a tie! “It would be a pretiy expensive tle that would admit of such a big per alty,” replied Mr. Richter irrelevantly No other answer was given. ‘Miss Annie Smallwoot, forewoman for Richter & Co.. told a different story as to what the filrls earnei in the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street | factory. Mr. Richter believed they made on an average of $7.50 per week “An experienced hand turning ends and tops of a tie,” said the, witness, receives 31-2 cents a dozen. They can make eighteen to twenty dozen a day, about $4.20 per week. nh’ other “branches they make from 90 to $6.30 per week, The last salary fair average. The girls begin work at 8, have an hour for dinner and quit at 6 P. M.. ex- cept Saturday, when they get through at 3 o'clock,” Henry L. Opper, of Opper & Brother, manufacturers of dress trimmings, 143, Greene street, said that his employees | earned an average of $4.50 a week Mr. Opper, at the request of Mr. Maver recited the main provisions of the Fac tory law, which elicited from the coun- sellor a compliment. Rosie Fidelman, of 6 Allen street, a maker of neckties. at 71 Hester street, said she employed fourteen girls, none, Under fourteen years. Her experienced | iris make about eighteen or twenty fozen ‘ties a day, and get from 3 cents) to 4 cents a dozen for the different por- | tlons of the tle. The finishers are pald | Mitte highest salary pald, she sald, was| "New beginners were given piece- Work. It required a week, the witn id, to teach a new hand and, she ad mitted, the first week such help prac- tically worket for nothing. The second they make $2.50 on an average. ‘Mr. Mayer told Mrs. Fidelman to bring a statement of the salaries she| pald her help last week, ‘Mr, Mayer picked up a certificate and walt and on this certificate the name of Moritz, Falk, notary public, $9 Canal SUSthis certificate shows that Maggie Levinson is thirteen ten months old, and lives at §1 Hester street. On the face of it. this certificate demon- strates that Falk, under the guise of a notary abl takes money from the poor of the east side ax fees for certifl- fates which he knows are absolutely use- nder the law. Jeet ne Tamontable that he cannot want any in- exclaimed Mr, sat prompted near Mr. a be {the upon. The pressure of work involved in the preparation of the McLaughlin case hase so occupied his time since as to prevent his giving his personal atten- Uon to the details necessary to set the machinery of the law in motion, view of this condition of things in th District-Attorney's office an appeal hai been made to the police court: On Friday afternoon compiaint w: made by “The World,’ the | space, The witness said there were plenty of | which wil extend fifteen feet above the last the| be built and with impunity for years, has fallen upon] urging its acceptance by the Board. before Justice Grady in the Essex Market Police Court, against pawnsho) J. 1. Fruhauf, at 360 Bowery, that on April of money for a pledge in his and demanded an extra sum as usurious interest. Justice Grady. pro arrant for Fruhau: charge of usury, ruhauf Was arrested this morning by Officer Foy, of the Court Squad, and was arraigned in court at 10 o'clock, He was very much disconcerted and " protested possession, for storage On_ this mptly issued arrest on a jthat he knew nothing about the matter, but asked through counsel for a post ring. Justice Grady hed “him $00 bal: for examination on Tuesday next at 2 P.M. Fruhauf promptly furnished bail. pe ANOTHER EMPLOYER SIGNS. Thore Are Still 1,200 Coat Tailors Out on Strike, Twelve hundred coat tailors and pressers continue their strike against the Contractors’ Association for higher wages. Thus far forty-five contractors have conceded the demands, and sixty- Seven are holding out. Elias Schwariz, of 364 East Houston street, wa sthe only employer to sign the Union's agreement to-day, General Master Workman Sovereign, of the Knights of Labor, will address the strikers late this afternoon in Lib- erty Hall, LONG STRIVE MAY END. ¥. N. fe Bullding Troubles Being Fixed Up. ‘Tne House Committee of the New York Life Insurance mittee of the Board of Waiking Dele- gates of the Building Trades Unions are holding a conference to-day to settle the long strike on the new building at eonard and Elm streets, growing out of the differences between the Amaiga- mated Society of Plumbers and Fitters, and Rossman & Bracken, mas- ter plumbers. It was reported that the non-union plumbers would be called off. CORONERS HAVE POWER. Justice Lawrence Dim n’s Writ and Remands Him The urusual number of habeas applications in criminal cases in the Supreme Court lately was commented upon by Justice Lawrence to-day. 1 want It distinctly understood," he sald, “that I will not interfere with the criminal proceedings of police mag- istrates, unless it Is established that magistrate is clearly in the wrong, John ©, Cole, a Third Avenue Rail- road Company ‘gripman, Was held yes- y by Coroner O'M etion of the Grand Jury in causing the death of Timothy Herlihy. punsel for Cole contended that the Coroner's action was illegal. In disinissing the ca rence suid Uy the amendment to ae the ris pre r re the am amendment the Cor hor the Jurisdistion of a magiatra Tnaamuch as in thie case ¢ prisoner bet ity, Prison now returi body, 1 can discover n the prisoner nd the pri Lesow and Goff Confer, Senator Laxow called on Recorder Goff to-day, and was closeted with him two hours, Every. body was denied admtasion to the Recorder's chambers. The Senator sald afterwards that he 4 for it,” concluded Mr. Mayer. real the qnild referred (0, was was discussing the Dill providing for « TV, of the Court of General Sessions who keeps a 1 he refused to recelve'a legal tender Company and a com-| rip: | I orpus Bher to await | , desticn Law- | er did not possess the power | PLAYYARD ON A ROOF,’ Novel Plan for a New Downtown Public School. Tha Scheme Aiso Includes Free Baths or a Big Plunge. To Add to All, Girls Wil to Cook Be Taught | Work of erecting a new public school building at Henry, Catharine and Oliver | Streets will be begun in a few months. When completed, it will be the most novel school building in the world, Corporation Counsel Scott has begun condemnation proceedings for the prop- erty on which the building ts to be erected, and when this legal form |s ap- Proved by the courts, active operations on the proposed new structure will be inaugurated, The building is to have a frontage of 191 feet on Henry street by 100 fect eac on Catharine and Oliver streets. It ts of the French Gothic style of architec- ture, five stories high and composed of. gray brick, with gray terra-cotta and limestone trimming. The first floor will contain an indoor p:ayground. The floor will be of asphalt. The second, third and fourth stories are to be de- voted to class-rooms, with sixteen on each floor. On the fifth floor will be the manual training school. Here there will be a esi and cooking rooms, with itchen and ranges, for gir) pupils, who Will be Inducted into the mysteries of culinary art The p.ayground will be on the roof, It will contain 19,000 square feet of equal to four city lots. On the south; eas and west sides, the play- ground will be protected by the roof, level of the playground. To the south, the view will be unobstructed, and pro: tecved only by a wire netting. ‘It will be vered sith a wire netting to prevent chiidren from throwing missiles to the street. Acconting to Superintendent of Schoo! Buildings Schneijer, the playground on the roof will only increase the cost of the structure about $4,000. As the total coat Is to be about $200,000, Mr. Schneider considere the additiona: outlay a mere trifle, when the benefit to the pupils is taken Into consideration, The most unique feature will be the location in the basement of thirty shower baths Yor the free use of pupils. The bath suggestion has not been fully de- elded upon, but the plan has been sub- mitted to the Board of Education, with indications that It will be adopted. It Is posible that shower baths may not that a big plunge bath may be substituted, This plan has the approval of some cf the Good Gover ment Clubs, which, it Is understood, $< =. — Divorces Granted and Asked Brooklyn To-Day. Justice Cullen, in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, this morning granted an ab- solute divorce to Mary J. Flynn from her husband, Willlam Flynn, Superin- tendent of the St. Paul Paint Works, in St. Paul, Minn. The couple were marr.ed in 1874, Flynn left his wife five years ago. A ‘decres of separation was granted to Mary FE. Brown from George Rrown by Justice Cullen, They were married in 1882 and have one child, Mrs. Brown says her husband left her six years ago nd she does not know where he ts. George L, Thatcher, of 233 Adelphi street, sued for an ‘absolute divorce from ‘his wife, Olive, on statutory rounds before’ Justice Cullen. Mrs. Thatcher is a variety actress, and ap: pears under the name of ‘Mile, Ren George Preston, the alleged co-respond- ent, {4 sa.d to ‘be a gong writer, It ts alleged that the couple occupied apart- ments together at a house in West Thirty-ninth street, New York, De- cision was reserved, DEATH, NOT A TRANCE. Mrs. Dominy, of Sag Harbor, Buried Thin Afternoon, SAG HARBOR, L. 1, Apri 27.—Mrs. Dreda Dominy, of East Hampton, who J waa Cer caters sai etter ange sce bien fake women t Ret hicte way ww @ any explanation. sont HERE’S A MARITAL TANGLE, The Kellys Pitch Rather Mra. Jennie K. Ketly brought sult for an absolute divorce against David J. Kel.y, naming Blanche Barry as co-re- spondent Kelly in return accuses hin wife of Improper conduct with a man by the aame of Lovejoy. He also alleges his wife was a mafried woman when she lined i@ Each Other became Mrs. Kelly. The firat husband, George W. Clark, he charges, {8 alive In, England, The case came up to-day on a mo- sion to strike out Kelly's answer as "a sham,” and t> make ‘more specific his aclegations against ige Gilders.eeve denied the motion to strike out. and reserved decision on application for a bil of particulars, Gerry Society Still Fears She's a Chinene 8) Manuela Garcia, whose arrival from Havana last Wednesday on the Ward line steamer Yucatan, In company with several Chinamen, caused the story that his wife, she waa being taken to China to be sold, was again remanded by Justice Vooth's, In the Tombs Court. ‘to the care of’ the Gerry Society, until Mon day, when word in expected from the Havana authorities, The Wing Ho Hing Comyany, of 1 Mott street, It is sald, has received a cabie- gram from Pio Garcia, which reads “Manuela Garcia ‘In my daughter. Jose Garcia is my nephew by blood. He is accompanying her by my authority to China, where her brother and family are.” cinema pais DAUGHTER AGAINST FATHER. Addie Newberger Suen to Get Por seanion of « Plano. In Jurtize Roesch's court, to-day, Ad- die Newherger brought ault against her father, Aaron Newberger, to recover a plano. The gir, who ts employed an steno- grapher and typewriter, at 28 Chamberr street, sald her mother gave her the plano ‘n October. Soon after her mother’s death, Addie said her sister Minnie was made co-respondent in a divorce sult, and ordered by her father to leave home. Addie deciined to live with her father if Minne was banished, and both girls went to live In other quarters, Addie sent for her piano,’ but father refused to aurrender it. When the father took the stand to testify, Minnie created a sensation by shouting that her father was not telling the truth, Decision reserved. ee loee HAD AN ARTIFICIAL FOOT. The Fact Came Out vorce Su Frank P. Slack was granted a divorce from his wife, Ida D. Slack, to-day in the Superior Court. Slack is connected with the American Tobacco Company, and is a man of means. The Slacks were married in Pawtucket, R. 1, Jan, 25, 1803. They moved to Brooklyn and lived at 278 Oxford street up to last year, when Mrs, ‘ack went to live with her sister, Mrs. . H. Bosworth, at Somerville, Mrs. Slack was surprised to receive letter from her husband, saying she need not come back. Mrs, Slack, in October, went to Attle- ass, to take a position to mak ies and flowers, She war capped by having an artificial foot, Slack charged his wife with improper intimacy with Edward C, Fuller, MADELINE POLLARD SAILS. On her the Slack Di- Champagne as Lady's Tri elling Companion. Miss Madeline Pollard, who attained much notoriety by her breach of promise sult against Congressman William ©. Breckinridge, was a passenger on La Champagne, of the French line steam- ship, which’ sailed this morning. It is understood that she Is travelling as companion to a wealthy lady wh name has not been made known. MIKE CALLAHAN FINED $10. The Ex-Aasemblyman Kicked a Po- Hee OMtcer. Jerome F. Callahan, a bartender for died a week ago yesterday, but was not buried because It was thought she was in a trance, was buried at 3 o'clock this afternoon, ‘The interment waa in toe Lilly Hili Cemetery. Nathaniel Dominy, the husband, who would not allow her body to be buried, is now satisfied she is dead, The case attracted widespread atten- tion, and all day, as well as every day since the body Gas been in the coffin, crowds have called at the Dominy house. — MISS WILSON’S BRAVE DEED. Stopped a Train in the Nick of Time » Melodramatic Style. PASADENA, Cal., April 27.—Miss Lou Wilson, a twenty-year-old and pretty young woman, frustrated an attempt to wreck the passenger train leaving Pasadena on the Southern California Railway at 7. o'clock Thursday night When the “train was within two blocks of the spot where two hu; boulders had been placed upon t track, the brave woman forced her way into @ neighboring residence, seized a lighted lamp and succeeded ‘In signal- ling the train to a standstill, just in the nick of time. id BRIDEGROOM IN JAIL. Herman Michaecis's Wedding Pre- vented by Iron Bars, Herman Michaels, of 174 Chrystie street, was to have been married last night, but as he was locked up in Jail he was unable to keep the engagement. Michaels was arrested a few days ago for violating the Excise laws, He ob- tainel a writ of hab corpus from Justice Lawrence, in the Supreme Court, |whieh was set down for argument day. Mictaels's counsel faile pear, and the hearing Was ‘or one week, MRS. PARNELL MAY TALK. Her to Her Assailant 1 BORDENTOWN, N. Mrs. D. T. Parnell, th to: 1 to ap- postponed J. aged mother of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, who a week ago Thursday night was attacked and robbed on a lonely road, continues April | to Improve. The authorities are hopeful that tn a day or so Mrs. Parnell may be able to make a statement regarding the at- tack on her which will throw some Nght on the case and furnish them jwith a clue ia running down the guilty parties, — Normal College Gi A aymnaatic exhipition was given in the Twen ty-aecond Regiment Armory last evening by the American Society for the Advancement of Physi school entlare Gymnas | tatora. "Many of the girie wore bisom through the physical nu On to Her Sallor Boy. Prank Olesen, @ sailor, pald a $3 fine for Marie ‘part | Young. of 44 Monroe street, in the Tombs Court Aoday, Both were arrested last aight as tbe ex-Assemblyman Michael J, Callahan, at 12 Chatham square, was arrested at 3.20 o'clock this morning by Policeman Kehoe, of the Elizabeth street precinct, for violation of the Excise law. At the Station-house the pugnacious ex-law- maker, in a fit of rage, kicked Kehoe, and was locked up for assault. The barkeeper was locked up also for violating the Excise law. Jerome F. Callahan, the bartenter, de- clared there was no one In the saloon and he was cieaning the glasses, He was held in $100 for Spectal Sessions, Callahan said there was trouble of a year's standing between him and Kehoo and that the arrests were made through malice. Roundsman Bveeney corrob: rated Kehoe's story, and Callahan a mitted that he attempted to kick Kehoe, but had been prevented by the other po: jcemen, Justice Voorhis fined him $10, and the fine was paid —_—=—— RAISED A ROW IN THE SAVOY. Melville C, Crandall Thought to Be Insane. Melville C. Crandall, who yesterday raised a row in the Hotel Savcy, was this morning committed for examina- tion as to his sanity, In the Yorkville Court, Crandall is a muscular man and gave the court officer much trouble, It was only by main force that he was held in his seat while awaiting his turn to be heard yesterday afternoon, and demanded to See a man named Williams who, he sa‘d, that there was no such man in the hotel, but he persisted In” lounging At 6 o'clock he went up the stairway towards the guests’ parlor. Detective stairway, and the two had a scumie, Crandall'was too much for Kerr, and it in the row that the man was ejected, EE He ‘made several calls at the Savoy Was a guest at the hotel. He was told around the corri Kerr caugnt him at the head ef the vas only after two porters had joined ACTOR LOSEE MISSING, Frank Losee, an actor and owner of the play “Shaft No, 2," has been missing from his home in Yonkers since April 16 John H, Southwick, of 339 Riverdate avenue Yonkers, asked Sergt. Farley at Police Headquarters to-day to send out @ general alarm He said that Losee left home April 16 to attend to some professional business, and had not been eard of since. He had fust closed a successful season and Was supposed to have considerable money with him. He lived at 445 River- dale avenue, Yonkers. Losee is five feet nine inches tall, stoutly built, has dark complexion, black hair and midstache and brown eyes. He is bad on top of his head and wears a wig. He was dressed in @ dark cutaway coat, fancy vest and dark trousers, IS BELL A SUICIDE ? oo ee Wife of the Minister Fears Emma Hali’s Betrayer Is Dead. Letters from the Dead Girl Curned by the Rev. Jonaihan. Mra, Lane, of the Detroit Lyin Hospital, Writes to Him, OLDBURY, Bngtand, Aprit 27. Hall, the young woman whose the Rev, Mr, Bell is said to be respons ble for, was a daughter of John Hall, @ day laborer, employed in the chem cal works at Oldbury. Miss Hall was engaged to nurse the wife of the Rev. Mr. Bell, and when the latter recovered and visited her mother Emma re- mained with the family. The deceased went to Leeds on Oct 7% last and wrote from that place on Dec. 27 to @ cousin, Joseph Hall, liv ing at Sparkbrook, near Birmingham, an follow Tam now sitting at a very hard tank, one that preaka my heart, to write you a axd communica tion to deliver to my father and mother, 1 have sinned and God kwows but one day, ay one hour before it was done, 1 coutd not have believed 1 should have given y 1 held out until every Dit of strength had seomed gone, mma death ver since I have been here 1 have tuoyed myself and omy parents up with thoughts of soon coming home again Lo find it ta not so First of all, 1 left home pregnant. 1 know this sounds awful it te sadly true, and when I left to come Mt was with the notion to soon be rid of my trouble. I drew my first month's salary and apent It in atuff to put me rigat; but, tt failed. and the chemiat finally wrote me that he had done the utmost the law would allow. Emma Hall's parents received a let- ter from her on Jan. 16 and heard nothing else from ber until the news of her death reached them. ‘The Hall family ts in Very poor cir- cumstances, The mother says that imma was a good girl, was educated and was always her favorite. Bhe also liked her home. Mrs. Hall is completely crushed by the news received from De- troit and only gave up the letter after a struggle with her feelings. The Rev. Mr. Bell lived at Primrose Villa, Blackheath. His wife is a plain, hard-worked woman with a chili at her breast. She sald to-day: “IT don't know where my husband ts. He left here on Tuesday after seeing the papers. I fear he has committed suicide as he haa no friends in England to whom he could fly.” Mrs, Bell also said that ehe 4id not know what money her husband had with him, She admitted he had con fesned his gullt to her on Monday, and on Tuesday she found In his desk a let- ter addressed to him at Boston, Maas. and coming from Emma Hall, who wrote from Leeda. Miss Hall in this letter said: Dear Friend: If you are atti] {9 Boston, you will have mine of the 2th telling what I have 11, there: wi no need of tt; but the doctor, who told me what was the matter In a minute, vowed he would write to my parents if I did not, When I wrote to my mother, through my cousin Joe, your name never crossed my lips, and never shall. 1 know 1 have thrown them off arent from you altogether. T don't think now that anybody will think of no Don't trouble to write to me again. Don't. dear, be angry with me. The part I played with you was pleasant, but {t left a bitterness beyond endurance, We were both weak. I cannot look | back without a shudder; but, 1 know the Lord | fr ‘Mrs, Bell also found in her husband's | is addressed to the Rev. Jonathan Bell, at Blackheath. It reads: Bir: I received « letter from jand from somebody who seema curious to know Misa Hall's She also told me to be careful. For that reason Answer at once and tel! me if ehe arrive! h if ahe wrote y ing me f a letter and a letter card for her which arrived | mie me for her a remaining I tried my best to please her: bur she was odd and had @ mind and a strong will of hee own. She was homesick and seemed ty think that if she went to New York she would not) q the tal a long dark beard, Mr.Pearsons can form knows very tor's antecedents. The Police 1 could not arrest him. theory as to where he has gone, committed: sul defini Vari on body, which he had then done for sixty days: basineas, "Now, this young woman, whom you] | He afterwards buried tt In the Patter‘ | 1 Field, butt Was disinterred and recog sent, only remained long enough to fet Der) itd’ an that of Emily Hall, who died money, She seemed displeased with the place} ar ine jying-in hospital of Mrs. H. B. or with us. As I cannot compel any one t stay | ine ei : 11), the only thing was to te: yatelin, It stated, was Dr. oe ey nan) witnesses were found ee hs tthe Hall girl had sald Bhe had a New York parer In which there we Iev. Mr. Bell, of “Birmingham, Advortinements of several hnspltals of thin nature Was the author of her troubl ng that Af aha did. not Were found. that She cut these out, saying ieee ae find them to her liking she would return tol gent ty country ongidhe steamer ne place she was at previous to coming here | Majestic and that she r@M™med Detroit She promised me on leaving the depot that she | On Jan - would wire you at some point on her Journey 3 Did she do v0? DRAPED !%; BLACK, SHE DIED, Bhe told me she had heen forbidden to write : = fers, on account of her family and position | Widow Sehnitaer Sent Word to 0 he © you, Instead of sete att ah ore on Der tih ee Mary Schnitzer, thirty-six yeara old, a a b er take @ train on the Mick ed pent kan Central, via the Niagara [all at|4t her home, 10% Second avenue. Three though she promised to write me wherever she} Months ago her husband, Richard, a stopped, whe hax not done 8 Prob does |inetal worker, disd, ‘They had been not care to write 1 do not see why she did not| married fourteen years, She was d hei | {to him, Since his death she hi Sil Was bala awl atened frequently to commit suteide. 1 with to screen you both, ao far ast can, | Yesterday afternoon she wrote letters to and that Miss Hail miy be on her quard and | her alster and her frlewts, saying she ’ ‘hase’ A Sled 10 te Knew wpe canapscry: Det: Yo May enow veral friends called at the house this people and know if they are watching her ming abouts o'ebeck, ‘The door rot 1 am sure ahe does not want the peopie fier Knocking and receiving of her own town to know of her trounle. Kind oof ther number ca BUNKER WRAPPERS | cradle ve) so 8 blair a mapialililidtatieidesap Matlab aise we ~ teil nasties 55. <sibeililabliite mebati Np on © April Notice te Tobacco Smokers and Chewers: We will from this dats accept 20 TOBACCO st, FOR CNE EACH OF OUR CELEBRATED PICTURES, B This set of Six Pictures isa alace fires. THE pictorial history of the Fire Department from the time of our grandfathers to resent, showing Barnum’s Museum and the Crys-, Also a scene in Madison Square at the present time, with three-horse engine and water tower near the Worth Monument. the country should have these pictures on its walls. Every fire house in WORLD'S MONEY-SAVING “FIREMEN, PAST AND PRESENT.” UCHANAN & LYALL, 101 Wall St, N. ¥. ADVERTISEMENT BLANK. Situations Wanted, 20 Word Help Wanted, 14 Words Boarders, Houses, Rooms or Ap: RATES: artments to Let, ‘ Mon of ir advertisement on above blank and send to THe WomLD, oF leave JAY ANU ALLth AVORUE ALTHIFLY-necond atreets TH WoneDen Madison avenue; THe WonLi"s Brooklyn Ofiice, {400 Washin; IT WILL BE INSERTED IN THE MORNING WORLD, theory as to where Hell has gone and Uttle of the missing pas- Inspector of Halesowen says that the Hall family has not 2 one nie ton, cay] a8ked for the arrest of Hell and that felted eve 9 your help | added: Le eraRanre Siti tort Cea vii ie fa “Lam awaiting some requisition from | to He or fight a battle if my condition ever gets| AMerica; but if Mr, Bell was to pass | known, You will never be betrayed by me. me on the street at the p moment IT can form no 1 think that he may have / but I know nothing what I hear us members of the church of the forriven Do exactly what you Wke,| Rey, Mr, Bell think that he went: to ce sae it ity | America to make arrangements with the bat come back and go on with your work WR) J ocoer of ine Detroit Hospital for the trash help from on high. 1 will do my bee: tol rcdneion of Ais Hall get well and be brave, Yours ever, MA Ht could not be learn! from Mrs, Beil or from the friends of the famhy what day meana Bell had ty ese: dexk a letter from Mrs. Lane, who y wre kept the lying-in hospital in which) The investigation into the mystery of Emma Hall ted, Tt is dated Detroit, | Emily Hall's wenth was the result of : . an accidental discovery by a reporter March 15, 1896, 639 Lincoln avenue, and | fi, “Way in an undertaking. @etabllsh-| in Detroit, and the undertaker »pened to remark to him that he had paid $100 for keeping the girl's Fricnds of Mer Satetde, ler, of ie the forces r was found dead in the om. She id turned on raping berself in. black 0 arms she held Jer Sennitzers hal no ebiliren. Sine ath woman lve bed ut as found woman th have 0 far to travel for her boat when she was will be buried by not ae She very bitter against you, and t k ChPoreform in a Barn, said che would go straight back and present You} 11 cantrott, twenty-one years olf, of 2028 with the infant. She seemed to have a Ivan avenue, m el suicide t day by of her own when she got th masie. aling in a barn at 469 Tremoat Wked her, for she bad some good rede avenue | wualition } — — | Now 1 have written you ail concerning the | nine ow and Cant | matter, Please anos er ] The weather waa cloudy and showery this morn | Sra. Bell said to-day that her husband | ee cia cy ue country, wich tae eheees | | burned many letters on Monday evening, | 1)", c+ tne ecteae suutaacat Scrat. tuan end these two be:ng overlooked, and tt 18]. gay that only over Texan, Kansas and Colorado presumed that the letter from Detroit) was the weather at all settiel. The must haye been written after the death | slong the Miasie Atlante cout aad a of Hal | aay, At 8 o'clock thie warming It was Mr. J. N, Parsons, a merchant of | n this city thao it waa at the ea: Blackheath, and @ member of the flock | 9 °724., (0% fia Wb fb dep eeu totiae of the Rev. Jonathan Bell, says that the | ‘ay |latter was seen at 10.5) on Tuesday | Wanthoe Pecans: ing, by back lanes towards Causeway Raven m Green, which In @ back road to Pir-|, Foream for thirty ais hours ending § Pat m.ngham. | fom. followed by generally fait to-night aod ea Mr. Parsons adds that Bell Wag ee ee eee ee enim sociable, pleasant and intelligent man,| The following record shows the cha n the ete tant temperature during. the moruing hours, as. ind) years of age, of slender ed by the thermometer at Petry'® pharin Duild, five feet nine inches tall, wearing] i a b Oh0 A My Wid A Me Ohid Mh, 68 drUgglate, Price 25 and 60 cents y an al Comt Henry Rowley, Lon On Monday thi Raat Fittyet ment and re Mani hold Herman ho be Cay me. Zippo bins My Beloyed.”" from hi Mr, Richi Ans-iatton, huntred and of Geirge Was National Pro Pityeniath aus P. uh veptie cript Soctety Monte! NB Ot Bol Mr. wil lve opening pra vident stevet_ and Madison aven M. Gen. 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