The evening world. Newspaper, September 14, 1900, Page 3

HE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14; 1900, BLACKMAIL GANG KILLED BOY VICTIM.|4 Frank ieehans, aWeak- Minded Young Man, Be- lleved to Have Been Murdered. Had Been Compelled to Pay$4 Tribute for Many Weeks, and Then He | Rebelled. “My son was murdered by @ gang of ” ‘The above statement was made to-day @e Amalstant Morgue Keeper James Maguire, of Brooklyn, by Charles Breit- kopf, of 402 Hooper street, Williamsburg, He had just identified the body of a young man found dead in front of @ Varet street on Wednesday as hie gon Mr, Breitkopt was accompanied by hie fon Charles, He told the Coroner this tory: “My son Frank was twenty-four yeare elf. He was a good boy. Out of his Wages of 612 he gave half to his mother, Last week he told her that two monthe ago he was followed by three men, who sy caged his footateps by t and day for & week. ‘He Pry Bly turned on them and asked THE GAN GANG'S THREAT, “ We'll tollew you and slug you,' they Feplied, ‘unieas you give up 4 a week.’ boy was 0 Impressed with the yy had tracked him that he gave weeks had paid the blood i id hs ti Baturday. told him he was 6 foo! money like a child under smal vialenes, He acemed ashamed of his weakness and to pay again if she so and brother noth- lite & rs Gaturday cg moceeded tn dndg- man, but they were on his heals end insisted on payment. They im @ os Grace, Tuesday, when to pay, they eaid they would if he did not have the money ETREz gi ‘he boy told hie mother, but she laughed at hin fears and paid they were only trying to frighten him. He man- aged to get home from work early Wednesday by pleading Wines and thus succeeded in dodging them. STRANGELY MISSING, “Wetnesday might about 9 o'clock he asked his mother to let him have 6 oents to purchase @ bag of tobacco, Ho loft the house wneuspicious of danger. “He adi not return. Noting his tong absence hie mother recalled the story he had told her, It began to dawn on her that after all the boy's feare may fot have been groundiean and the black- Matiers he spoke of might be desperate eriminaln,” Mra, Breithopt took her husband and her son Fred into her confidence, They went out to look for the boy, He had not been sean in any of the tobacco shops in the nelgtborhood., THE MOTHER’S STORY. After @ night anden dey of anxiety, ‘Mr, Breithopt read this morning of the young man found dead Wednesday even. ing on Varet atreet. Ho went to the Morgue and at once {dentified hin aon. ‘The mother of the boy was meen by an Sovening World reporter this afiernson @nd she corroborated the story told by her Busband. She paid: “Frank worked for three years for Bd- ‘ward C. Mnnere in New York. Tho first year he got 4 a week and thon was gradually advanced until he got #2 1 G14 not know that he received more than @ until jaat Christmas, Then I was told ho had been getting 12 a week for the ix months previous, “When I asked him why he had not told me that he had been motting 12 a ‘week, ho ea.4; I'll tel) you, mother, how ft ls, I have had to give up Ha week to &@ gang of boye that hang around the shop. They are known as the ‘Bus. we HIS MIND WEAK, “My boy whe not strong in mind, but physically he was a young giant. This gang knew that he was a little weak- minded and imposed upon him, A month ago Frank told me that one of his friends, Fred Yaeger, told him that he had better keep up hi life insurance or the aang would Will then. “For two Saturdays past Frank did not give Up any money to the gang, Re: s.aily Prank camo home and eoked m for 4100. Ho said the kang promised that | oj if he woult give up that sum they would never bother him any more.” AJ! the members of the dead boy's fam- ty belleve that he was murdered, Prank’s brother said that when he saw the body im the Morgue there was + deep mach on the cheek and the face was smashed in and badly battered, _ POLICE HINT AT A GIRL, The police my that the culs on the dead boy's face were the result of a fall after ho had been stricken, The polioe algo say that Frank probably held 9 portion of his salary back and wpont it on @ Kirt While they do not believe the mur: FRANK BREITHOPF, His parents believed he was murdered by a gang of DIEM ANe DEAD BRIDE |SUICIDE ENDS AND ARTIST.|} A ROMANCE, A Leading Anarchist Will| Brooklyn Hotel Guest Pronounce the Who Killed Himself Eulogy. Died for Love, —— ooo ‘The funeral of Pau! Stlebler, the ar-| “Pred” = “Prisey” = Britennine tist, and Margot Kuhn, the bride of | Mex Fidel Defensor,’ Monday, who died with him tn thelr] ‘Fred les tn the Brooklyn Morgue Poor flat at 9 West One Hundred and|dead. His body was found in the Clare ‘Thirty-fourth street, will be held to-jendon Hotel, ‘Prisey’’ wae the woman morrow afternoon in Horrlich’s under-| he loved and whore absence led him to taking rooms. take hin life, #0 the pollee said to-day It will be a remarkable funeral, with | after looking over his effects. & leading Anarchist to pronounce the; If ‘'Prisey’’ cares to whe can tell who eulogy and a German singing aociety to] the dead man Is who wore a small sil- sing tn her behalf, for sho was an An-| ver soarfpin cut from a coin with two archist, though he was not, and it was) ions rampant and the motto “Fritanniae he who pereuaded her to eink her An-| Rex Fidel Defensor,” archiatio disbelief in “authority” and) ‘There are other chien to the dead #0 to the City Hall and be martied=) man's identity, Ono ts a letter written “lke « Christian,” - | im @ feminine hand saying that the Herr Johann Mast was aged to speak) writer is not “coming back.” Then there at Margot's funeral, haired, white-vearded apostle of dit | newspapers by the dead man in the order declined. ‘To an Wrening World| hope of reaching Prisey's" eye. reporter he wala to-day: One reads: “Prisey—Do write or come "No, 1 could not speak at that wom-| to your broken-hearted husband, Good an's funeral. That t# no case fot me.| pews from your husband FRED.” Bho didn't oarn ft. Both those people) Another dote not allude to her as & were crasy, Bhe was an Anarchist,| wife. I¢ enya: “Prisey-—-Do write and yes—one Kind of an Anarchist, &h@| forgive before it is too late, Your called herself aI don't know now to| broken-hearted FRED." ay it in Engiivh, ‘These otters, the personals and the "T should sayin English, « ‘sweet’! man's general appearance, leave much Anarchist!" to the imagination, He was a well "A nweet' Anarchiat; @ soft, tender,| dressed man, apparently forty years of kind-hearted Anarchiat.”’ age, He bad mandy. heir and mustache Herr Most's eyes glittered hin dinguat a, wore a blagk derby hat of London at that kind of an Anarchist, Then he bs hin pockets were two pas tlekets, went on: one for a chain, bien wh bo “As near as T could make her out she was a follower of nature, Nature was her God, but sho did not expitin herself clearly," A lotter addreased to Herrmann Kohle, who keeps @ restaurant much favored by Herr Most and his friends at @ Gold |" advanced, and the parr ir t " whe hohe had obtain Vhen he put up at the pote, yf! rem A hui as "RB, Cedarhurst, etn th argue that there is a ro- he, ido, They are certain A man of refinement, io had met with til tick chy had loat He aon, iat woman he love street, written by Margot, the bride of| Lonesome, in want, friendiesm, he too! forty-olght hours, and signed by Paul! his life, Gtlobler, reveals that tt was a well egy one planned double suicide, and Herr Most] COTTON BROKERS RESUME. fays no true Anarchist would be mar- ried and no true Anarehlat would com+| The announcement wan made on the mit sulelde, Cotton Pxchanwe to-day that the cotton The letter ts in Bnglish, It says for firms of Gay 1, Bhiffer and Louls G, the young artist Behiffer, whieh failed jast Mo) aan MUMTOrINg WIR Neat Te unward MRL of cotta to, pay ail stihigntions in ful “Te my old friend and my com- rades in the Votis Harmonte: “The world han no muro wn ue, and we have n NEW USE FOR BUTTER Prevents Bolling hall The effect of coffee fi open duces billousness and all of i ie 44 companying distress, Ma an lons of You witt| appetite, dyspepsia, bowel troubles, bankbook iat 1 have | &c, A Indy from North Bvanston, about $400 in the German Savings | ll, Mra, Eliza J Stuart, 2828 Hart- nll T had used coffee Bank, Take it, Give un a fine may s, and though I took great foneral, There will be enough to| care in making it, felt its Ill effects pay everything and have some- | very seriously, It made me billows thing lett, My old comrades tn | and robbed me of my appetite for breakfast. the Voltn Harmonie shall drink a “L always had trouble with dys. keg of beer, pepaia while I used it, 1 was told by We want to he cremated. physi hat I had catarrh of the “(@Migned) PAUL #TieMLen.” |stomach and came to believe there At this point tho letter becomes the | Waa nO help for me, ‘Two years ago I quit the use of coffee and began to use Postum Food Coffee, At first I missed the stimulant, although the taste of the food coffee was delicious, letter of the woman, der theory, the police are making Investigation. ‘rank worked for Edwa m,bolther ta putes a Enners, wfecturer at ah oe. ani wae Het ne ait tc: worker, wi fever Ny Su nything about ane ch i re Ne about the te ae Raith Nig plore 5 ed at bt though both had no a Nekad tre ‘the lant month Prank | of und absent |B Ae jorgue Me ig Megnire pelt that] May " “In a few daye I forgot all about in Vole Har-| my coffee in the satisfaction | de- monle, yal for Adam Volts, 094] rived from Postum, and soon found which has ity elub-rooms at 58 Sixth | that my appetite returned, the bil- street, will conduct the funeral of thi®/joug condition and dyspepsia, di double gutvide ty Mecygel ahd ae, in| peared, so that now I am proud “i fab Prelhent te dein Pay way that at the age of seventy-five ng 90 f Anarchinis,| 2non Rd af ge eine rae of An when young and all my peptic am fey Donveeerwn eraptam ae 4 trouble of the stomach ubles had been with me for moat of my life, and It Is really re- markable that [ am now so perfectly well, To say that I am 1 RTT RTO RT EE ey Tee san rnrmemaerameN pepe rent meee peter a piveviry y | bill iy but the white] are two personals, evidentiy inserted In | Baa a a a zit ins iat Go-Morrow, S aturday, the y, the Sreat Fourth Hnniverean ry Sale Comes to a Close: Amidst a blaze of glory, Fis the largest record for attendance and sales to its credit, the Fourth Anniversary Sale its New York career. lackin, Again we thank the public for its more than liberal support, assuring you one and all that never shall efforts be Vi on our part to deserve the continuance of the confidence and patronage | stowed upon the Big Store in the past e have made extraordinary efforts for Saturday, and submit with pleasure the bargain list for the day, knowing that it will earn your approval, if not, indeed, your admiration, Special for Batuniay, September 15, Silk Department. Two very special offerings for the last day of the Anniversary Sale-—-both matchless values: YARD WIDE TAPPETA ALUMINUM, of the purest Keind of Italian stil, in eixteem otylish and Sle combastons, Very well suited for limngs, walete, tee, Never sold at other ttores for lees than $1.25 per yard, ‘Anmivereary Price, per TAIN, mLACK TAPPETA, spo «ang, om ey, the regular Ma of whieh oe Price, per yard, 38 ~—- Ladies’ LIBERTY SILK BOAS, with tuches, extraordinary value at, Yookwoar, bs Head ends and full /, 39 Handkerohiors. If you want handkerchiefs of a good quality at a great saving in price, come here to-morrow and take advantage of these offerings: LADIES' PANCY LACE ge AND EMBROIDERED HAND- pec pocneiyft ah 7X sgaeigaidleag assortment; choice Monday Been PURE Linkew NrTiAL MANDKERCHIEPS, bem- lal at, with white and colored bor- 3 CHILDREN'S KANDKEICHTEDS, ders, Monday very epecial at, Lg UN Speetactes and d Eyeglasses Your eyes examined and tested of charge by ex- pert graduate opticians. Free, with every purchase, a hook, cord, case and chamois cleaner. These HALF prices are for Saturday--the last day of our Fourth Anniversary Sale: SOLID GOLD SPECTACLES AND KYEGLASSES, fitted rs 2 seer seaty hed og sore a lonaes; actually worth 6.00 “7 PRAMELess. RYRLASSES, with 14-karat gold sia bs igen ularly sold at $1.50; Anniversary 1 SPRC! ‘ACLES AND EYEGLASSES [hsieg and ae wey and riding bow spectacles, fitted with tho ar lenses; worth $1.00 @ pair; Anniversary 50 A Speotal Sale of Vortengs, Another chance to save mone: our purchases, PLAIN BLACK AND PANCY COLO! nD ), CHENILLE AND WOVEN SPOTTED NETS, 18 inches wide, worth 28c, and mote per yard; here, to-morrow at just 10 Everything tor the Football Player can be had at i. Sporting Goods Department of the Big Store at the lowest of prices. For the past four years thie has been the outfitting headquarters of most of the college teams, Unusual preparations have been made for this season and our stock is larger and finer than it has ever been, For Saturday of our Anniversary Week we have reduced the prices all around in order to étart the season with ‘a rush,'” HEAVY DUCK FOOTBALL PANTS, well padded, mene 6: 5 or boys’ siten, 1 75 VEST to match, 1,95 FOOTBALL PANTS, of extra heavy duck, full padded, double sewed throughout, very tough, for men or boye, VEST to match, MOLESKIN FOOTBALL PANTS, of a very fine quality, for mon or boys, at MOLESKIN FOOTBALL PANTS, oxtra heavily padded, at MOLESKIN FOOTBALL JACKETS, at BOOTBALL 6ITIN GUARDS, LEATHER OR MOLESKIN GUARDS, worth 61,25, at MORTON SUPPORTERS, overy athlote should wear one, PURE WORSTED JERSEYS, in plain colors, 1,75 PURE WORSTED ng made, a fine portment of coll sa Lege 4 * 1, 95 HEAVY FOOTBALL SWEATERS of pure momen better made, sold elrowhere perch gel hy A fe SWEATERS for men and bo of pute woo tual rg poaranteed pute wool, nat tap line, at prices ing from OSe. to ivan B pice ALLS, )fepalation ise, made of RUC re UGBY oor bal replat tion ‘size, made of waterpret a tanned leather, a! ‘THE SPALDING ‘OPICIAL, ERTERCOLBOIATE WOOT. BALL, used at all the great fcotball mate MORRILL NOSE MASKS, HEAD HARM! at the market's lowest prices, 198 40 ee 492 “g Hosiery Bargain. 000 wt 2B , WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S FAST BLACK ]OSTERY, in pain and fancy colic, donens of men Se and 19¢ a pair; Auniversary Price for r/ 0 In the Cutlery Department. Some of the best makes of American and foreign Cut- lery offered at half and less than baif of present selling prices in honor of the closing day ¢( our 4th Anniversary Sale, To buy now is to save much money if you have peed rt 28, made & Clark, 1 Mt » A lod handles, with Mewes si ay wold at 00 is Dinneh sitives AN PO) pt Po Bet Vy Lanier Bray & 2 wood handler, double bolstered, 1 at 9.00 st of 6 knives and 6 forks; sami al ice, plaka ha NER KNIVES~ Reat i ver ferrules; werth Bled ia Aer caery Ee, yaork KNIVES. Mother of Penal handles, with oteriing er oy Landers, Prary & Clark; Anniver: 49 on CARVERS AND 0 ARD FO Clark, in made Landers, Frary 1, colabrated fancy silver fer- ‘alos ial tose vom ioe aes @ pair; Anniversary KWIVES-—2, 3 and 4 blades of the best quality ‘with pearl, boue and stag handien; worth 1,00; Anniversary Scisbons, ot quality steel, warrnated, worth Ste, « aan cpa Poe te wen rary it | fst aha een Chitdron— Don't Forget That the first free distribution of Booklets in connection with Ohe Big Store’s Gducational Prize Contest, for members of 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 A classes, Takes Piace To-Slorrow, Saturday, September (5th, You may call at any time between 9 A, M. and 5.30 P, M., Balcony, Main Floor, and the proper booklet covering your class studies will be given to you free of charge! The Prize Whiners in Contest No, 1 will be announced in our advertisement of Friday, September 28th, To avold misund nding let ws repeat that to-morrow only members of 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 A classes need call. All you have to do is to go to the balcony, Main floor, tell the people in charge what class you are a member of and the proper booklet will be given to you, Take the booklet home and read it carefully, then work out the Prize questions vourse/f and without assistance, and mail them in ac> cordance with instructions contained in books to the editor of the as Prize Contest, Siegel-Cooper Co., New York. + That's all, vat work deserves a prize you'll get one! On Saturday, September 22, members of 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 B classes will get their firat booklets, eae S A Word About Our Clothing Store, It's just a year ago, that yielding to the demand of our ever growing Clothing business, we doubled the size of our Clithing pgm coed to it 30,000 square feet of space on the main floor—the largest clothing room in New York. And in one year’s time the business has out- grown its doubled home! What a record for any store—and do you blame us for being proud of it? Our Fall Stocks of Stylish Clothes for Yen and Boys have earned the admiration of all who saw them— selections almost limitless—styles strictly up-to- date—workmanship better than ever, and Prices Without a Serious Rival in New York. For Saturday a list of wonderful special values we want your trade—and in order to keep before you, are ever after you! Read about these bargains—or better yet, come! You'll find greater value here for every dollar of cost than anywhere else in town! ‘785 BOYS’ TWO GARMENT SUITS, made , MEN'S FINE BLACK AND BLUE WINTER bles Sehagvenapae gf whee gy vend itera, SERGE AND CHEVIOT SUITS, made of With doutle seate and Knees, taped seams, and “‘can't-comeofl"’ buttons, built on tho| cut, and made and 48 fine clothing irometrength plan; ages 6 to 15 years; con- | should be; priced at sidered $12.50 Anniversary , & 50 vary rae a8 Anni- 1,65 nove’ we GARMENT ‘SUITS, made of the world's standard 'Dicky'’ mille cassl- MEN'S PINE PALL SUITS%0 of the poweat and most exclusive styles for fall mores, strictly wool and guaranteed to Wear; | and winter wear, of im Mag ih and BI eT peut to choowe from; regularly | through worstede of @ aly and 08.0; Annet 9 7979) and wovkmasahi of the beet, the @¥5 sult of | the merchant tail , here at the 13,50 special ‘Anaivernary Price ot nOYS' FINE ged nLOUSE Ladd] of a fine qu gah fat Indigo 5 | apes sc AMR a, um at na fuaranted f 40 eller tones | iftbo, 1s al the pewent shades, wall ied out a i > GS te tlt owns 5,00 vemvary Prie special Anaivorsary SMALL BOYS’ PINE DRESS suITs, Up: wae ward of 100 styles, suitable for boys oged 3) ewe DRESS TROUSERG—A Hd of high-class fabrice in Plains wll as Yancy elect, he Drexel | ne, Of ebeclal worated, ouserngs Tr fl veatue, new nailor blouse and Norfolk platted | ‘eel at, Hey tally 4nd nw, ito check a eee et ory 40 other stores; A f peread 'y Price, i we 50 4.00 ; Anniversary Price, hy YOUTHS’ LONG TROUSER SUITS, «| YOUNG MEN'S aly epecial lot of all woollen fabrice in pleasing clusive styles in yo lothes, new Pall patterns, with singles erica perl qual in every wa: talloredo ul 7.00 ieee ava i ft icy ine hey 7 hy or Vvalun; a vermay Price, 50 7.50 69e. Boys’ Shirt Waists tor 29e sale to-morrow, another apavial lot of MOTHERS' FRIEND LAUNDERED SHIRT wants FOR BOYS,” made from fine French Percalea in mew patterns, shirt or round collar atyle, taundered in the beet possible way; the beat, most durable and cheapest shirt waist tor boys ever sold anywhere. mt wil pose few York; to 12 years, all m Nemec Yen's Vegtigee and Dress Shirts Even if you have enough shirts for present needs it will pay you to buy a few of these, for you surely will need them in the future, and how often can you buy good shirts at prices like these: 7% borne MEN'S NEGLIGEE AND STIFP BOSOM SHIRTS, unquestionably 25 ‘Sc, apiece, to be closed out at '® MADRAS AND PERCALE Lang a SHIRTS, with de- 55 16, mado of matras or petcale, with at- $1.00 and $1.50 each; Anniversary Price, DRESS @ detached link io dovens patterns, all sites; worth from as * * will pane into history when the store closes Saturday night, and the Big Store will have launched out upon the fifth year of eater New York and its vicinage have bé- Some Special Saturday Offerings in Misses’ and Sirls’ Suits; Shirts and Dresses, We want you to become acquainted with our cleaie sor a) ite bipteryed id ng vo H its Ip orgie Na: fitting room ailtes, and with ite ‘oli ‘The closer acquaintance will be of mutual will get your steady custom-—-and you will get the heat apparel at the lowest prices quoted for ae cellence anywhere in New York, 4 The offerings for Saturday are dedicated to the a Mise--who knows what ty wante—and will not hi satisfied with anything else, We know we poe! ig her in price; we are almost certain that we can ui, please her in styles and variety. rn SUITS FOR MISSES AND SMALL-SIZED WOMMII, Two ex Ph core idall iM fe Brad ode wher tik enctrtog. okt and facet, A hea bargain at 12, A RAINY bela SKIRT stitched ahkirt, it xcept bata a Ma08. on A | OIRLISH ‘suit. Gires 12, 14 and 16 black homespun, with th ee bottom skirt, exceptional v; Na ot St GIRLS’ a SUITS. Pee Sad ee Soe oe er 3.95 GIRES' AND MISSES SKIRTS. aS 90 OIRLS' AND MISSES’ SKIRTS, foe bor coal vad cae Be in or aa 390 Pt teen hiniaiomere thee! GIRLS' AND MISSES’ SKIRTS. walt collection of the best RAINY DAY SKIRTS, clothe'with eta ei ett 475 i OIRLS" AND MISSES" SKIRTS. ‘eres Wethoss ith bew bot eet, tabels 5.00 we GIRLS! SCHOO! PEARED: 3 To-morrow's offerings eomprie some of our which ve selling in large numbers, tte § iy Bee Por instance, here's a PLA! ess with papal en eee 90 GIRLS' SCHOOL rowenta Firm DRESS GOODS in small checks and plaids, erie deat Lg as mannan bay “ie Mould’ Shoot for men are widely and favorably known, Thay are the most nearly perfect shoes for men ever placed on the mar ket, and for stylo, fit and durability simply All “Boot Moulde"’ have hand-sewed welte and are the equal of the best $4,00 and $5.00 shoe sold in New York, In addition to the regular styles, will be placed on sale Saturday: ATE! THER DRESS SHOE, ee LEA’ omer SHOES VELOUR CALY DAES! OHO CALP' STREET SHOK—your choice 3.00 /SULLIVAN'S RUBBER HEELS WILL BR PLACED ON cali SHOES FREE OF CHARGE IP DESIRED, - UR SHOES POLIGHED FREE WITH WOLFF'S CEROLINE SUE Y DRESSING, the standard of the U. 6. Government, RAR renter Umbrellas, For the last day of our Anniversary Sale this bargain in Umbrellas. UNION TAPPETA SILK UMBRELLAS, fitted with all extra clone rollers, with casos and tassela to mateh; the ‘ize for women, moudted with Se Freely hot im ty alversaite’s ort the 184 Ueloch size by massive, fine natural Woot and horn handles, in all the bi tastefully trimmed with sterling silver; there are umbrellas in the lot, yet we offer a choice of them all to frervow at the spect fiverary Pree OS Srocerces. CRABS: Pancy large live soft shell Crabs, per dor, MUSKMELON:; Genuine Rocky Ford " Colorado’ Muskmelomy Kielously sweet, each, CHICKEN; Fancy Penssylvqnia Spring Chicken, per Ib., ITGAGOOD SOAP, special, halt price, ? cakes, UNEEDA BISCUITS; 2 pkgs, DELICATESSEN: Chicken or Veal Croquettes, cooked in our kitchen, each ne sn PIES; Our regular patrons know what our Home-made at, for the tenet of pi will may that they are made of only apy acd flaky a {t ie lected fresh fruit, and (he crusts aro ay cf title to make them; apecial to-morrow, ee CAKE; Try out Home-made Layer Cale, ‘yan 0 equal; Ngtity fhutty cake and pure fruit cream, See eee tomorrow, ench, Wines and Lig (quors, Monnessey Imported Cognac, pet byt, Mount Vervon Rye Whiskey, full quart bottle, California Claret, per gallon, including jug, St. Julien Claret, 3 years olf, per botte,