The evening world. Newspaper, September 25, 1901, Page 3

- s0ld-rimmed eye siasses. SECT REE Tits kd MENACED PRETTY GIRL’S LIFE IN FIFTY LETTERS. Tammany Speaker}, Wrote to Beautiful May McGovern’s Father that He Would Shoot Her on Sight— Obtrudes His Unwel- come Gaze on Her in Court. “There is only one in the universe who can save me from the electric chair and that one is May McGovern. saw her, James M. MoNulty, a Tam- many Hall campaign speaker, employed as a timekeeper, has been writing let- ters containing threats similar to the above to Owen McGovern, of No, 218 East Eighty-ninth street, the father of May McGovern, one of the handsomest young women in Yorkville. Miss McGovern at length concluded to have McNulty arrested. Detective John J. Smith, of the East Elghty-elght atreet station, found him at No. 108 Bast Eleventh street last night. In the Harlem Court to-day Detective Smith exhibited sixty letters, all written by McNulty to Miss McGovern's father. Miss MoGovern, who appeared against McNulty when he was arraigned be- fore Magistrate Crane, sald: “This man has threatened my life for mo cause. He !s—he is—well, he pre- tends to admire me, and I am really @fraid he will kill me.” Miss McGovern, who Is only nineteen years old, 1s a beautiful blonde, well de- veloped and graceful. She wore a pic- ture hat of velvet and a black cloth akirt with a black silk shirt waist. On her fingers she wore several handsome rings—one an engagement ring given to her by her flancee, a well-known em- ployee of the municipality. Shrinks from Admiring Gaze. She shrunk away from McNulty, who Stood beside her, evidently wrapped in admiration, MoNulty is a small man of thirty fairly well dressed, and wears He is well known as an Irish poet and stump speaker. “What right had you go write these letters to this young woman?" asked Magistrate Crane. “Why, Your Honor, I sent them to her father, not to her. All I request ts to have my examination set for Friday In order that i may get a lawyer,” repiled McNulty gllbly, smiling at Miss Mc- Govern. He was held in 8500 bail, which was not forthcoming, and he was locked up. Miss McGovern said of her acquaint- ance with McNulty: “T have seen him perhaps five times in all. He never made love and never Proposed marriage “He first came to our house to see my brother. They were employed by the A DRAMATIC SUITOR AT 60. -_—> —— ; Fair Plaintiff on Stand in $25,000 Breach of Promise Suit. ‘The suit of Miss Elizabeth M. T. Atrd against Martin Daly for $2,000 damages for breach of promise marry put on trial to-day before Judge Nevins in Jersey City. Daly, sixty years old, and to white of hair at No, sy, He Is a re- demonstrative, lives Fourth street, Jersey City, tired grocer, member of the Board of Trade and a substantial citizen, worth | $50,000. | ‘The fair plaintiff lives at No. 332 First | atreet. She is whort and stout, a bru-; nette, half as old as her recreant lover, | and has a bank account of $40,000, ‘As her own first witness, Miss Aird | told the Court that Daly got a ‘mutual | friend” to bring him to her houre last | January. “I didn’t take to Mr. Daly at frst," sald she, “but at last I learned to re-| spect him, then to love him, and In March he proposed. “It was a Sunday night. He came in! to me with @ rush, threw his hat away with a flourish, clasped me in his arms| fervently, and rained kisses on my face, saying dramatically: ‘I love you! I love yout! I love you!!! While my years may belle such a sentimen: !n me, I love you to dis- traction and humbly beg you to be my wife.’ Miss Aird admitted that her lover had never given her any gifts, but sald “that was because I had everything Iwanted accepf—well, all I wanted was him- welt.” At this point the whlite-haired de- fendapt arose in the rear of the court- ogea and shouted: “Well, you'll never get me!" He got a second reprimand from the Court for this, the first being for an at- tempt to assault Miss Ard’s lawyer at the opening of court. "Yes," said Miss Arid after the Inter- ruption, “‘he told me he'd go to jall be- fore he'd marry me.” — HORSE DASHED INTO CAR. Women Frightcned By a Ronaway In 125th Street. A horse attached to a light delivery wagon, owned by Weber and Wagner, cigar dealers, ran away on West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street this afternoon while the driver, John Wert- elmer, was delivering goods near Lex- ington ‘avenue. The dashed into a scuthbond Eighth avenue electric car filled with women shoppers. They were badly frightened, but no one was hurt, \ j yesterday, MsssyMayAc Govern, same contractor in the Rapid Transit tunnel. “Then he began to follow me all over wherever I went and to watch me. Af- ter he had followed me all day, he would write and tell me all T had done. Yet I never knew he was following me. Threatened Fifty Times. “Indeed, I'am afraid of my life, Think of tt, he has threatened to shoot me Afty times!" Here are a few extracts from Mc- Nulty’s letters: “I promise you that May McGovern can never, never, never walk alongsile of any other gentleman in New York whiie I breathe the breath of life!” “Should | meet May McGovern walk- Ing with any other gentleman in the streets of New York 1 beg to promise you that I will shoot May McGovern at first sight.” There were other threats, many un- printable, contained in McNulty's epis- tles, all of which were at least three pages long. In nearly all he made the same threat—tu shoot Miss McGovern on sight. He also gave a part of his history, felling how ‘he from ‘Cou ‘is eak for Tammany In on letters he names J. J. Martin political sponsor and says that Poses the nomination of Mr. for Mayor "THE WORLD: came to America in 1892, Irelay Crimmins | WEDNESDAY SRF | EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1901. RISKS LIFE FOR CHILD... Mrs. Simon Fs Bravely Leaps Into River and Saves Baby. Mra. Hildegard Simpson leaped Into the Hudson River this forenoon to save her only child from drowning. Although she could not swim, and the water was fully fifteen feet deep, ane kept the little one's head above water until nearby boatmen rescued both. Then she fell unconscious from ex- faustion and fright, and was taken home with her baby girl, whose life was saved by her herolam. While in bed at her home, 6a West One Hundred and Fitty-second street, plowing recovering from the frightful ordeal through which she had passed, Mrs. Simpson sald to The Even- ing World reporter: “When I saw my baby gtrl's little form sinking under the waves I leaped from the boat-nouse where I was etand- ing. did not think that I could not swim, T had no time nsider consequences, I saw my child drowning and 1 deters mined (o save her or perish with her. 'Thix forenoon Mrs. Sim and Mra. man, a neighbor, went to the boat- house street a’ t One Hundred and Fifty-first 1 North Wiver, which has just been erected by their husbands Mra. Sim; took two-year-old daughter Mergaret with h While the two women busied themselves clearing up the litter about the boat-house dock, little Margaret played on the platform around the house. her This platform has a ralling. One of the bars was broken, Through It the child crawled and fel! headiong in the water, As she fell she screamed, The two wom eard her. Mrs, Simpson ran to the platform and as she saw the Ute strugelin Jow she vaulted the stream s she went down while Mrs, over the rail inte water, creamed for ald, The thde was running strongly, and tt er and child away from the nd toward the inain chan- went down twice her, xne nthe ‘child us, and had some time ILLNESS | sTpPs | “INQUIRY. Maunger Baldwin, of 3 w Jersey ital, Stricken, J., Sept. 5.—The State tigation was adjourned to-day becauss Dr, W. of the managers, paralysis 8. Baldwin, one was stricken with His condition 1s serious, BRIGANDS STILL HOLD MISS STONE FOR CASH. Foreign Missions, Board Gets Official Notice of Mission- ary’s Capture. BOSTON, Sept. %.—Interest in the fate of Miss Ella M. Stone, the Ameri- can missionary in Turkey, carried away bys brignnds and, as stated is being held for a ransom, is heightened by the recetpt of a letter here, giving details of the kidnapping. The communication was recelved by who was the American Board of Forelgn Missions and was sent {rom Samokoo, Tur- As emphasized yesterday, the fact jis made clear that the missionary was carried away and not Turks, It also shows that two women are in the hands of the brigands, the second being Mrs. Tsilka, who waa Miss Stone's Bible woman. The letter was dated Sept. 7 and reads: “We were greatly pruned yesterday at oon to learn from a telegram from Dr. House that Miss Stone and Mrs. Tallka, the wife of the Albanian preacher, were coptured and carried off by a band of brigands on Sept. 3 about 4 P. M. while on their way, with quite a company of by Bulgarians | friends, from Bansko to Djuma. “I went to the Government and tn- formed them, that they might be on the lookdut for these outlaws should they attempt to bring thelr captives Into Bul- seria. “The whole party, from fifteen eighteen, were suddenly stopped in a narrow valley, arid as soon as possible all were compelled to wade a river and to ascend the wooded mountain side as fast threats could make them, for about an hour. Not all could be seen, but twemy were counted at one time, as I under- stand, and it was the opinion that there must have been forty of them, dressed Uke Turks and talking bad Turkish. They spoke occasionally good Bulgarian and were glad to find among the pro- visions carried by the party several cakes of bacon and ham. “They knew Mins Stone, showing that they were mainly after her. She and Mrs. Tellka were taken on further and seen no more. The remainder were re- Meved of money, watches, &c., and com- pelled to stay all night under strict guard, “After munrise the brigands who watched them went up the mountain, and the remainder of the party were tre “It seems that this detention of all the party kept the Turkish Government from getting any knowledge of even the’ presence of brigands until about noon of ths ith, and gave those outla a chance of hurrying their captives to a place fer distant from the scene of thelr capture. “A Turk, captured just before this party, was, was taken up the mountain’ hood. MRS ELLEN H:STONE-* y and beaten to death before their e: 5 Though I know nothing as to which di-| rection the captives were taken, I think | ft most Ikely that they will be brought to Bulgaria. “1, It Is very probable that a large! Proportion of the brigands make Bul- garia their headquarters, “2, When the Turkish troops get thawed out enough to chase the brig- ands, these latter will naturally prefer Bulgarian civilization to Turkish rule. “3. If they can get quietly across the border Into Bulgaria, they can peace- | fully secrete thelr victims, and by keep- | ing aulet, live honorable lives tll they ket their share of the r 1 “A Bulgarian army officer came to- nent by the Government to learn about these brigands, fe sald they had special Instructions, and that they would ‘guard thelr border very close STOLE THE’GAS FIXTURES. Work of Thief Discovered in Time to Prevent Spffocations. A bold thief entered the fiat building at No, 2676 Bighth avenue while the Jan- {tor was not on duty, twisted the gas fixtures from the walle ari carried them away, The escape of the gas attracted atten- tion tof the theft, and the gas was turned off before the tenants were suffocated ov an explosion occurred. Brass door knobs have also been stolen sromsbuildings an the nojghbor- |SMOKING, POURED BENZINE.|, The Explosion Blew Out Natiding Front and Injured One man, An explosion occurred thi« afternoon In the office of the Evening News, at Paterson, N. J. The front of the bulld- ing was blown out and a pressman named Lowis was badly Injured, Lowis was smoking while pouring ben- zine, when the explosion suddenly oc- ourred. Several employees of the office were knocked down by the force of the explosion, but were not seriously burt. —————_ THE MEDIUM OF THE MILLION "| to the Sanday, Maria Want ovation, TWO WOMEN BREAK JAIL IN SPITE OF SIX GUARDS. —__ Wallace and Irene Clements Leis- urely Walk Out of Cells in Raymond Street Prison and Swing Themselves to Freedom Over a 30- Foot Wall. Sheriff Walton, of Brooklyn, tn In- vestigating how, with six guards on duty, two of the women prisoners tn Raymond Street Jail letaurely left their place of confinement, broke the catch off a door and by means of a rope made of strips of thelr clothing swung themselves to frecdom outalde the thirty-foot wall that surrounds tho prison yard. The escape was made some time be- tween 3 and 5 o'clock Tuesday morning. but was kept quiet in the hope that the police might recapture the prisoners ‘The escaped prisoners are Nelle Wal- lace, of No, M3 East Forty-sixth stree Manhattan, awaiting sentence for petit larceny, and Grace Hill, allas Irene enta, of Coney Island. a Vagrant The women were confined tn what In known an the final tler of cells on the second floor of the women's prt door opens from the tler Into a w room, from whtoh a second door leadn onto a covered bridge, connecting the woman's prison with the main Jall bulld- tng. In the middle of the bridge is a do opening on an tron balustrade, projec A he Ing from the Raymond street side the jail. ‘This was recently erected by! the orders of the Bullding Department to serve as a fre-escape In some way the wou session of a screw driver, and with thts | they wrenched off the lock of the door lending from thelr cell Inte a laundny en obtained pos-| JRENE- Once re they could walk out on the Uridge to the flre-escape. To swing the ves free of the Jail wall to the ground was more daring than diMeult on the ground, the women had only to scramt Ave-foot plcknt fence to reach the street Once BAR WOMEN WHEN ALONE. Suit Agus Shanley Will Determine Right to Make Such Rules. | fended for women who are known to “A restaurant proprietor hae a per- fect right to refuse to serve thone he has made a rule not to serve,” de- clared M. J. Shanley to an Evening, World reporter to-day. “It {# perfectly] well known that none of the restaurants) will serve women unaccompanied by | men after 9.300r10 o'clock Whether he has such a right will be settled in the City Court, where Mrs. EMe Williams has brought mult against the Shanley Company for asking her and a woman companton to leave the restaurant, at Broadway and Forty- second street, on the night of Aug. %, simply because they were unaccom- panied by a male ercort “They have no case," said Mr, Shan- ley. “That has been the rule of the house for years and it in perfectly well known, It ta the rule of all the large restaurants, excepting that most of them include the dinner as well as sup- r hour.” The general rule of all the Broadway and of Sherry's, Hahn's and the dort Is the same, but It 1a not ale #80 inflexible as the Shanley rule, At the Pabst Rathskeller James Ro- kan, the proprietor, eald: “L always useiny own judgment about se like that. Usually we prefer not have women come here alone after 6 clock. “If they ara women who are regular patrons, however, that 1s different. head waitler and my five cap. ins are gretty kood Judges of human ings. two women ne in with the Etmoscnerctycices ectability about they are tel thom, nothing la said and served. Buy any man can that {8 lacking, and women her alone are often asked to le aft Sherry’s the other hand, euoh cass n known in’ the history orn ho} but the rule {s there, all the same, if tt ever should be ni “The women who como, here," said Sherry's manager to-day, “never would sone th the evening. I never with" Bungh @ casa having to be dealt with. But, PEE tet be our Peles when me unless they were accompanted by gentle- | men clock," sald the head walter, ! umbus avenue, the. ru sus tn hele the nelighborhood or In the thove the restaurant. Waldorf, according to Oncar. | tions that use to have sald Oscar, “it's different. At enfes I belleve the rule ts always that after 6 0: women may alone. are compelled that this should be What would a hotel be that did not d& this? “Bu 4d Oncar, after 6 o'clock who’ are not known do not serve them we ever asked any one to go But no one, 1 belteve, ever comes to a house like thir who'ta not a little known here. A restaurant must have rules that a hotel cannot hav We For Children. You would walk many miles, pay. out many dollars to save your child from the torture of In-growing nails, the calamity of Flat-foot, the pain and distigurement of fons. Why not tuke the right pri cautions now? Insure “ Good Feet for Life Infants - Children's Misses’ - ‘Shoes also for Adutins JAMES S. COWARE 268-272 Greenwich St., nr Warrenst., ¥.Y. end for New Catalogue, COWPERTHWAIT’S RELIABLE ncaa CARPETS, sooty oatue sus. 90c. a yd. (value $1.25). LONG CREDIT, “104 W, 14th St, CLEMENTS dine 4 we have gueate In| the house. women whose husbands are "women ccme here orosand bun.) 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HAMMERSLOUGH BROS. Quitting Retail Business, Tho values offered in our west Retiring Sale now in progress are the most remarkable ever witnessed at a clothing sale. For we are positively going out of the retail business, and in order to dispose quickly of our immense fall and winter stock every garment: is offered now at HALF former) prices. WOMAN'S FATAL FALL INTO RIVER Dock taborers at the foot of East Twenty-first street raw this morning a sed woman fail from the string- f Into the river. h to rescue her was made, Ropes thrown out and men stood by Suits, Striped Trousers, Fall Overeoate, ter Overcoata, Prince Albert Coats and Dress Tuxedo for which eur clathine has lone been celebrated. Several hundred of our finest $16, $18 and $20 sults are now marked> down to were with grappling hooks waiting for her to rise to the surface. Seemingly the woman sank where she fell, but It was the swirl of the tide that ried her away, Ellis Schaft, a boatman, of ast Ninetleth street, found her body No. % t In oar custom dept. great stock of forelga 830 0 BROADWAY a IF ANY ONE SHOULD ASK YOU, YOU MAY SAY—That the New York City circulation of the Morning World alone {se over a quarter of 5 million more than any other paper's every week in the year. minutes ta ‘Twontteth street, ha where she fe Her body ‘om the at the foot of East aly fifty yards from w water, Hospltal surgeon to resuscitate her still warm when taken but efforts of a Belle- were unavailing. The p believe the woman a sulfclde, as there was no apparent reason for her going to the riverside. She was of middle age, 6 feet 5 inches In height, fair and brown haired. She wore a black rilk skirt, blue flannel shirtwalst and dark straw hat. 169, 171, 173, 175 Smith Street, 773, 775 Broadway, cor. Sumner Ave., } BROOKLYN. The Leading Credit Stores.”? OUR GREAT REBUILDING SALE. The tearing down of our old buildings makes it necessary for us to occupy limited quarters. Limited quarters for us means for: you limited prices—prices so fow that the most careful and ex- perienced shopper may well be astonished at our extraordit values, A great array of new and desirable Fall selections of Furniture, Carpets and Clothing. Below follow a few of the many TRADE-WINNERS that will serve to partially illustrate the money-saving values all along our’ line of goods, Remember, but a FEW of our MANY “specials’ For Two Days Only (On Wednesday and Thurs- day) we will offer an Elegant Pier Glass, exactly like cut, fully 7 1-2 feet high, finely potished mahogany frame, large French bevel phte, usually considered a great bargain at $12; our REBUILDING SALE price, 6.69. Only one of these Glasses sold to cach customer; none sold to dealers; no mail orders filled on this “special.” This Fine Oak Finished Rocker, twisted spindl:s on back andarms, worth $2.50 any- where else; our Rebuilding Sale BOe Price... .sseseeee Carpet Specials. Axminsters, Saxonys and Velvets, reg- Brussels. Latest and choicest 1901 esigns, regular valu: $0) vie vatue rien en nd $1.25 yard; our pri Va eae y tage, (aid and 65c : 1.12 dined, Yate eevee speciat p OUR FALL CLOTHING, comprising, as it does, 2 large and most] desirable assortme: of fashions tae ple garments for men, women and children, is well worth your inspection, einen you consider that your personal taste as to cut and style, whether it be f or made to order, receives our moot careful attention, you cannot fail at our ability to sell our goods on credit at no advance on the prices charged by most stores. We furnish your home complete and: clothe you and your family for 75c. PER WEEK. 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