The evening world. Newspaper, July 23, 1901, Page 1

Gg Now aprcarinc F-N7ENING WORLD. & SEE BEST NOVEL PAGE 7. THE OCTOPUS, OF THE YEAR. WEATHER—Cooler To-Night; Wed: NIGHT EDITION any Fair. Ghe WEATHER—Cooler Zp-Nights Wednesday Fadr. “¢ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ PRICE ONE CENT. DEFENSE OF FOSBURG ON The defense in the Fosbars trial Began at 3.30 o'cleck ¢ Lawyer Joyner ma afternoo: the addre: PITTSFIELD, Mass. July %3.—| Chief of Police John Nicholson, the grim mam who wove tile web -whtch: entangles Robert Fosburg, on trial for the murder of his sister, took the witness stand this afternoon and told the story of his work on this re- markable case. The State rested its case at 3.25 o'clock, after Nicholson had under- gone a severe cross-examination. afe testified in a careful, deliberate, moderately slow manner and closely held the attention of every person in the court-room. = (fipectal to The Bventng World.) Young Fosburg lstened to the The State Closes with the Testimony of Chief Nicholson, Which, Though Inter. —esting,...Did- _Not Strengthen Case Against the Accused. t -y unfolded like one fascinated. The story was not sensational, but it was a narrative of absorbing in- te-est in showing how the detective at first worked with tireless energy and craft to run down the burglars supposed to have entered the Fos- burg house and how bit by bit evi- dence was developed which turned his attention fro-: the first theory to h.obert Fosburg; of how, even {In the) face of doubts, the web was woven until it held the young man fast. ‘The Chief's Story. ‘My attention was first called to the case at 2 o'clock in the morning,” he said. “I went to the station-house, whére I stayed unti!-5 o'clock; when T went to the house. I first ssw Police- man Chapman. Then I met the de- fendant and his brother. They called my attention to the footprints under the balcony, to what they called foot- prints, four feet or so further north, and to the hand and finger marks on a Dlazza post. “I found no other black marks around the plazza and rail, but I would not say that there were no other marks. The dew seemed to have been swept away ak two places on the balcony rail. There seemed to be a mark on the ptazza roof ed on Second Page.) MAS. POTTER'S WILL VERY BRIEE Shortest Ever Recorded Here and Everything Left to Bishop. ‘The wil! of Mre, Elisa R. Potter, the wife of Bishop Henry C. Potter, who @ied at her residence, No, 10 North ‘Washington Square, on June 29 last, was filed for probate to-day. The document, which in the hand- writing of Mrs, Potter, is written on half sheet of paper, and {s the shortes will ever recorded in the Burrogate's @ffice. It was executed on June 2, nine days before Mrs. Potter's death, and is as follows: “10 North Washington Square, “June 20, 1901. “I hereby give and bequeath to my husband, Henry C. Potter, all my prop- erty, both real and personal, at my death; and I declare that my husband, Hgnry ©. Potter, shall be the sole executor of this my last will and testament, and that he de not required to give bonds. “ELIZA R. POTTER. “Witnessed by Willlam H. Hyde, Mary Hyde.” Tho petition for the probate of tho will, filed by Stetson, Jennings &~Rus- sell, of No. 16 Broad atreet, places the personal property of Mrs. Potter at about $30,000, and says she owned no real property. ‘Mrs. Potter's next of kin are said to be Clara Sidney Davidge, of No. 10 Norta Washington Square; Lena Pot ter Cowdin, of Mt. Kisco; Jane Russell, of No, 120 Enat Thirty frat street; Mary Hyde, of No. 106 East Sixty-firat street; Barak i, Potter, of No. 10 North Wass ington Square, daughters, and Alonzo Potter, of North Washington Square, weThey all walved the Jesuance of clta- tiong, and asked that Bishop Potter be appointed ux executor without any op- position on thelr part. ——=—_——_—_ Apecial Jury for Gisnert. Recorder Goff to-day granted the ap- plication of District-Attorney Philbin for a speccal jury to try George Bimert, the ‘Red-Light!’ wardman, on the charge of eecemting orlves. | THREAT TO BLOW UP POUCH Letter Sent to eer cchig Brooklyn Family De- manding $10,000, and Police at Work. ‘The Brooklyn police are trying to lo- cate the writer of a letter to Mrs. A. 4. Pouch, in which a threat in made to blow up the. Pouth mansion on’ Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, unless $10,009 {» given €o the sender. The letter read: “Brooklyn, July 1901. “We are badly in need of $10.00) and intend to get it from you. if you Intend Bo yap the money do as we say. go down Rockaway ave to new lots rode turn to your left go down new lots rode to Alabama ave turn to your right and go down Alabam ave to the water there you will see a pole with a white clath place the money there and then go back, {f you do not intend to pay the money we will blow your house and mraalon to pleces we are a desperate crowd, xml will stand no fooling. place the mpney at the pole in a tin Box at § o'clock on MANSION. the night of July 2 and you will save & good deal of trouble. Do not show this*to anyone tf you do we will not touch the money, (and then look out) Yourne P. RR. P. “You must wear a white hat and light pants, and be sure to come alone. “6,090 must be In $1 Bille and the Test In $5, 10 20." ‘The letter was addremed to Mrs. Pouch, but evidentiy intended for one of her three sons, ‘The threat to blow up house and man- ston apparently means that the Pouch family residence at No. 315 Greene ave- nue {1s also marked, The Pouch Mansion In on the same or- der un Sherry's or the Waldorf in this ‘elty, All the swell functions of Brook- lynites are held there. It is a beautiful building and covers quite an area of ground. The intertor ts handsomely decorated. Detectives ate Kuarding the mansion, or gallery, as it ia now cailtd, and also the Pouch residence on Greene avenue. It is not known whether a practical Joker is at work or not, but the police fre taking no c Tne Pouch family is mong the wealth: fest in Brooklyn. Mra, Pouch is the widow of Albert Pouch, who. was Secre- tary of the Btandard Gil Company. He died some years ago. Mrs, Pouch has three sons, all grown, = HOSPITAL MEN INDICTED. Foley and Carrall Accused of In- feting juries on Wadman. ‘Thomas Ji Foley, a nurse, and Mi- chael Carroll, an attendant, at the Manhattan State Hospital for the In- ne, were indicted by the Grand Jury to-day on’ the charge of manslaughter in the first degree. It 1s alleged that on March & last they crushed in the chest and broke several ribs of Her- bert C. Wadman, a barkeeper, who was, taken there for treatment. Wadman was firat taken to Bellevue Hospital and afterward transferred to the Manhattan State Hospital. Both men were released by the’ Coroner In bonds of 9,000 each, The bondsmen have been notified to produce them in court. pe Penasyivania Mallread Dining re 5 aro attractive in feralehings and omineatly one The steamship Oceanic, which arriv ladt Wednesday, brought Mrs, Mary McGill and her three children, who came to meet her husband. He had become anxious about her stay on the othur side and set wall on the Majestic three hours before the Oceanic arrived. He In now crossing the ocean, wonder- Ing where his wife and children are. The McGillx lve in Fall River, R. 1, and the husband In a fireman on the Fall River qs¢amer Puritan. Ex-Detective Groden, who Is connected with the Irish Immigrant Society. went a cable to treland, telling McG to walt for his wife, us ahe will vo back to-mor- row on the fo to meet him on the other nide. Brooklyns Slug the Giants’ Star mm Ss for Five Runs in Two Innings--- Denzer Substituted. ———— The Batting Order. Dahle: McCreery, cf. Irwin, 3b. 0. tae wecn, fmpire-Deyer. (pecial to The Drening World.) FOLO GROUNDS, July 2.—The Giants and the Champion Brooklyns |) played a} at the Pato Grounds this af. How wee WIII The Fan to the Glunt—You -m «~«l'FOLD IN TABLOIDS. Hotf Why, you should have been RAID ON FIGHT. ——-+-¢--_______ dyed-in prize, ing by an a car, Jumped inte the melee. Patrick Lafte; Rax-| ter and Canal atreets, there were sev- Ito iets eral lively serimmages In which two po- | ge beaten and one Hcemen were man was/ sticks, Flynn, of the Mutberry | street station, had heard of the prize! M ght and went to prevent Me When he! upon him and he was roughly handled gould get at his, revolver. ter scaring the crowd he arrested Jo-| yeph and Pasquale Curoco, brothers, of 2 Mulberry street. Flynn got hls prinonera ax far as the corner of Grand and Mott atreots, when the crowd which had followed again sct upon him, They were beating him badly when Policeman Wiegand, of the East ‘Thirty-fitth street station, who was 60- mew York. j with us for they are not ¢ oud of thelr now, But for three long have red for a ball twy loca) teame at home ral 1 ofan ome Dae whey in Gotham, w fokind of a bewbatl ot seba ally t any root mantac. noop Ike a turned on hd while word Wan nent and a squad of 3 ht. TI ram ton-hous ke Orton int t wind blew a requiem ove Polo Grounds this afternoon, and the Hice | early fans shivered, and ever and anon 20] strange cries camg from the direction of the club-houre They sounited Ike banshee, This was ng to his men and what Sern perned. ations of a Wistful Davis ald t set] in orat them was plenty Af. When they came on the tell for thes wnt attan, I reriour (Continued vurth Page.) Peet Sieno, of No, 50 e wan arrested for shooting Kell a = ————_—_ KEEP C cooL. E Lew tate to Buffalo by the KEEP COOL. > GOOL. Soalttons Ha CROWD SAW CHILD KILLED-Lit- > went to Jaw with the Bishop tle Martha Svenaen wa led by| some time ngo, alleging that a trolley at Seventh avenne and| salary was due him. ‘Mather ‘Twentieth street, Brooklyn AO Sars day. A hig crowd saw her ¢ exter will PRIEST WAKES CHARGES—Father James J. Langdon, of the Church Jay street, complain= SPATE TO WAIT—The hearing on {helinjanction/ restraining. ant at the police trials to-day, F. Spate from patting pay chairs) aoainst Policemen James McCau- fin the parks wae continued to-| jey and William J. Dillon, whom day tn the Supreme Conrt to Vo= ing to vember, prea rolaterera near the chureB. ' BODY IN RIVER—The body of ae pes anknown man was picked np in| PAT RUINS Con the FE River of Sixty-nren| Weather Daren atree afternoon. The man| S2™mary sent out from W wae yefive yeare old | 10m tommy tel and ck ecampleston. The| {m corn crops in the Central Vale leys and Middle Rocky Mount region because of the intense O30 heat. Maximum temperatures of REPORT ON TUNSEL—Dr. Creus! joo degrees or nhove were ef , who haa made an examl-| dat o aned in a bathin body was suit. riet-Attorney | that he found {t “MAKERS STRIKE —Elght red jacket-mukers went on ina very bad condit nostrike © RICH MAS LOST IN WARSH—Fawarg| TN more reer rendy to galt na wealthy realdent Bebe mM exha tosday in the nenr Ellanhet®, St dered nbout all nig nrtinily derange row, IN counT= Whites wet fn the W Hehend swore € weeks age and will not be regu fed until three found it waa nenr whieh was kts Roman Cnt Willoughby has receive from Bishop Medonn the Brooklyn dlucesc.