The evening world. Newspaper, October 8, 1901, Page 9

> BIG BRIDGE COLLAPSES A 14-~Ton Truck Crashes Through Houston Street Structure. DRIVER IS INJURED. Factory Women on the Bridge in Panic When Accident Occurred —Abrahams in Hospital. ‘A truck weighing fourteen tons crashed hrough a wooden bridge over the Rapid franstt Tunnel excavation at Bim ant Houston streets to-day. One man, ‘Thomas Abrahams, forty years old, of ‘No. 607 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, the @river of the truck, was thrown from Bis goat and severely injured. The truck Is owned by the Harien Bros. Trucking Company, of No. 155 Metropolitan avenue, Brooklyn, and was Deing used to carry « 1¢-ton bolier from the Cunningham Iron Works, Green- point, to a new bullding being erected for Well & Meyg. at No. 116 Crosby Street, this city. Yo it were attached eight horses. Abrahams bad driven went through Prince street, but when he reached Elm IMISS ROOSEVELT MIXED IN NOBLE GERMAN’S ROMANCE. £9) There Are Two Barons Mumm Von Schwartzenstein, and street, through which the tunnel will run, warned that the bridge there would not be strong enough to stand the weight of the truck. The driver then drove through Mulberry street to Houston street and started west toward not warned as to the strength of the Houston street bridge and started across slowly. His horses managed to cross the structure in safety, but when tho front wheels of the truck wot on the bridge there was a crash and the wheels sank throvgl: the three-inch Plank to their hubs. Abrahams w: thrown from the seat and under the heels of the rear horses. Houston street, when the accident oc- curred, was crowded with factory peo- ple going to work. many of them wo- men. When the crash took place the women became irightened and ran away, Men caught the horses and prevented Abrahams from being trampled to death, An ambulance was summoned from St. Vincent's Hospital, and the tnjured man was taken (o that institution. His spine 1s severely injured, and he ts suffering from brulses and contusions. HOPES FOR WEST. Mastrel’s Frie: Leek to Recav- ery After Thirtgenth Operat Wiliam H. West, the minstrel, an@ his friends hope that’ the number thir- teen will prove lucky for him. He has ( Just undergone the thirteenth operation for cancer in the mouth in the Lane Hospital, in San Francisco, where his company left him last week. “Billy” West has been a sufferer for years from a malignant growth in his mouth. Many a night when he was cn- tertaining audiences with the merry gongs and Jests he was enduring ex- cruciating pain. He underwent an operation for the re | moval of the cancer while in New York last August, out ft was not successful. He recovered from the operation in time to Join his company In September, when it began its road tour, and continued Bis work until last week. TWO HANCED FOR WHITE MURDER, SLAYERS OF PHILADELPHIA PROVESSOR DIED TOGETHER. Macioatenn Oct. 8.—-Henry Ivory and Charles Perry were hanged here to-day for the murder of Prof, Roy Wilson White. Prof. White, who\was/a member of the faculty of the University of Penn- sylvania, was attacked on the street near that fnstitution In West Phil phia on the night of May 19, Beaten to death with an Iron bolt. ‘The motive was robbery, as the vic- tim's clothing was almost torn off and Ais pockets had been-riffed. Soon after the, commission of the crime a citizen met two negroes a block istant from the spot where Prof. White| ¢ was murdered, On the following day the police drags net was thrown out and many negroes were arrested. Henry Ivory, of this city, wae among those captured, and was identified as one of the two men een in the vicinity the previous night. weat~ wystem by the detectives, and con- fesse complicity in the ortme, but said Stirling, a companion. Stirling afterward arrested at Trenton, N. He denied all knowledgs 6 the mur- Conte? gaid he was not acquainted with either Perry or Ivory. ‘Theso two. were tried together, con- victed and gdives Tespited, Stirling had e ewparste seta and was convicted in the Srat di He secured another trial on @ “tectinloallty and was again eopvicted. He is now awaiting sen- tenes, —_ V8 YOU AW OM, PAINTING oR ether raré.article of valup to dis- g0n2 Cf? Aiivertise it where tho hy tag in red tera the One She Didn't Marry for Particular Reasons Rises to Explain. Baron Gustav Mumm yon Schwarzen- stein, General Ambassador to China, 1s not the husband of Maude Roosevelt, a member of James K. Hackett's company now at Wallack’s, as has been pub- Mshed. She Is the wife of the Ambassa- dor's second cousin, Wilhelm, who Is also a baron. ‘The dental comes to the Evening World trom the Ambassador's brother, who writes from Frankfort-on-the-Main, who says he Is anxious to correct the impression thet prevails in this country, to the Embassy of which the Baron re- cently has been nominated. Miss Roosevelt told The Evening World reporter to-day that the report linking her name with that of Baron Gustave had caused her as much em- barrassment as it had her husband's noble relatives In Germany. Another Love Story. But that 1s another story, and now for the real reason of Baron Gustave's anxiety to have settled once for all.the question of his eligibility as a bachelor. From another but equally veritable source comes the report that Baron Gus- tave is desperately cnamored of a wealthy and very beauti(ul American lady whom he met abroad. It ts re: ported that he hopes to renew the a quaintance when he comes to Wi ton but that he ac: ing: ad Feason to fear that the American Judy in question hus shared the bellef that he was a married man. The ombarrassment that this error might lead to {s very apparent; hence the Baron's anxiety to remove the rock from the course of his true love. oe e “I suppose It was a natural mistake to make," nald Miss Roosevelt, “both being barons and of the same family name, but {t has caused me much embarrass. ment, and I havo trled many times to establish my former husband's Identity In this country and straighten out the tangle. Roosevelt Divorced. “My husband was Baron) Wilhelm Mumm von Schwarzenstein, a former at- MISS MAUDE ROOSEVELT. DOQHODOQOHIDSOGGOOWOOOGOGOGOCSS DODO 9 OIEIOIW POCOELHOOAS mation at Wash- He is a cousin of the Am- dor toChina, ‘We were married In put separated after eight months, Secured a divorce from the Baron in Switzerland a year ago, not cause of any particuir trouble, but simply for the reason that we were not compatible, “I did not Ike German customs and life and I do love the stage and pref to devote my Ilfe t tion, Ido hope The set this matter straight as and my former husband's relat! embarmeasment.”” Cousin of the Roosevelt. Roosevelt's maiden name She ts the daugh: ‘arl Ven Brockdort ty, and @ cousin Roosevelt, "Four yearn eo. she belle In Washington, and there, home of the Baroness Orendort, tache of the German Le} at the her cousin, was her first meeting with the Fas to cause a cablegram to be that he was at the point of death and avking her to hurry to hls bedside, The fact that the Baroness secured a divorce has not been made public be- fore, she has now decided to lay aaide every claim to her title and de- vote herseif solely to her art. Miss June Oaker t night re placed Mise Kahn the ‘role of Maritana, and. will hereafter he attached to Mr. Hackett’s com- RADY Permanently as leading lady. aun ak 14 mber 0 Miss Kal company. Neceasitated by liners. | will eoming in will be put on xi Rehearsals voon begin for Mr. Presentation of her new play, in the latter part 8 leading 1 formerly with OK ‘The recoml attendance at the Bijou ‘Theatre was reached on Saturday night, tho receipts being just $1 In excess of Ametla Bingham's recont in ‘The Ciimbers"* on last Washington'se Birth= ny. “It will be a dish of sour grapes for some, American play producers.” 'aatd 1 well-known mannger law night, “it Mr Hawtrey makes i success 1n this coun- try of ‘A Message from Mars,’ because ft {s an American play which offered In vain to every prominent man- ager here. Mr. Ganthony, the author, then took It to England and sold ft to Mr, Hawtrey and it ran two eared WOMAN NOT A POISONER. SEARCH PARTIALLY EXONER- ATES MRS. WITWER. = Ineriminating Found Eleven of the Drugs the Ac- cused Woman Had. DAYTON, O., Oct. 8.—Prof. Russell El- Hott, the chemist, has made a report to the Coroner on the chemical examination made on.twelve drugs found at tho home of Mrs, Witwer, .who. has been arrested because she is suspected of having committed at least a dozen mur- ders. Tho chemist failed to find any poison in eloven-of the drugs. The other drug will be examined to-da: Mrs, Witwer asserts that she {s In- nocent. It has been ascertained that her first husband, Luther Swanger, died 1 Lebai 0. "srom amall-pox and that at one ent, Y is union also dicd, there being nothing - mysterious about’ these BIG DAMAGE CLAIMS. Demand for $350,000 I Ogdensburg. OGDENSBURG, N. ¥., Oct, 8.—Fifteen damage claims, aggreRating $390,000, that Settled at FOUR CHILDREN. NILLED BY FIRE. WERE LOCKED IN THEIR HOME WHEN FIRE STARTED. Castom Among Negroes Which i Coat Many Lives in North Carolina. RALEIGH, N. C., Oct. &—Mary Ed- wards, colored, Hving near Clinton- yes- terday locked her four children in her home and went to visit a neighbor. When he returned ghe found oMly their charng trunks In the ashes of the home. Because of this custom of negroes in locking children in their homes, over thirty children have lost their lives in North Carolina this yea ———=——__—_ BOUND FOR ZOO. Seven Young Caribon Captured In BANGOR, Me., Oct. 8&—The noon train from the East yeaterday brought a con- signment of seven young caribou bound to New York for the Central Park Zoo. The caribou, which were accompanted by @ keeper from the Zo, were cap- tured fn Newfoundland by guides em- ployed for the purpose by the New York have been on every Supreme Court cal- jendar of this country for two years, have just been compromised, The New York and Ottawa Railroad Company contracted in 1598 for the con- struction of a bridge across tho St. Lawrence River at Cornwall. Tho Sooy- smith Company, of New Jersey. built the substructure, and the Phoentx Bridze Company, of Pennsyl the tron- work, After completing the piers two bridge spans were erected, and the piers collapsed under the weight, dropping the bridge Into the river, killing Ofteen men and injuring many others. A com- promise was suggested by the court and Sccepted at a thousand dollars in each case. This does not affect actions brought by Canadian claimants. ——___ Ming Trying to Rebuy Britannia, LONDON, Oct. § (Tuesday)—3.20 A, Reed Edward 1s negotiating to re- purchase 148 olf yacht, the Britannia, former Present owner, Bir Richard Officials, The herd consists of five docs and two bulls, ranging from a yearling to a three-year-old. Thoy are the hand- ‘mest specimens ever seen here. ‘The animals were snared and were not Injured in the least by the captors, Walle on the road they are fed on mos} and hay, and each has a acparate crate, the seven occupying an entire express car. BLINDED BY SHOCK. Klectricity’s Odd Effect on a Man aw Rucheater. ROCHESTER, N. ¥., Gut. §—Warren Cady, an employee of the Rochester Railway Company, was made totally blind by an electric shock at the com- pany's power-house on Commercial street to-day. Cady wan attempting to turn ove of the keys with an iron wrench when there was a flash which soared his eye! and face. 03 |] This handsome, Suity has soft spring seats covered in i COZY FLAT, paint li in all actual Cale 4ND MAKE BURIED PLUNDER AS THEY STOLE. TREASURE “PLANT” FOUND BY NEW HAVEN POLICE. New York Hurgiars Arrested, Val- uable Booty Recovered and More Located. (Spectal to The Evening World.) NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. §—James Minton, Dantel SfcDowell and Max Steinberg, three New York burglars who have committed wholesale robberies in nearly every town of any size. between aere and New York, are in custody here. ‘To-day the police recovered a lot of solid silver tableware, gold watches, chains and rings the burglars had buried. Minton and McDowell were arreated in Wallingford. Btelnverg came up from New York yesterday and was apotted by Detective Donnelly as a crook who last month Jumped a $700 bail bond at Bridgeport. Donnelly arrested him on suspicion of complicity In @ series of New Haven burglaries in which Horace A. Chid- sey'’s house was robbed of large quan- Utles of solid silver. Burglar Minton later confessed that the three had committed robberies here, in Stamford, Bridgeport, Wallingford and South Norwalk. He told the de- tective that the plunder had been buried in a fleld between East Haven and Wallingford. On Minton'’s description the police found the spot Indicated, and carefully wrapped and snugly packed in a big wooden box unearthed hundreds of dollars’ worth of fine solid silver ta-| ble ware and gold articles. These were orought to New Haven. Detectives early to-day went to an- other burint Spot of concealed treasures, kulded by Minton, and recovered $00 worth of. stolen ipropert Other hiding spots been desig- nated and. further: valuable finda a¢e looked for. The robbers confessed that wifen they mado a haul they Immediately left the town where the robbery waa committed and buried their plunder in some {so- jated country place to awalt a conven- tent time to dispose of it, JURY VERDICT A PUZZLE. Gives Judgment to Monroe Ro: feld; Doetn’t Say How Much. Justice Mattice, In the Supreme Court, in Brooklyn, is puzzled over the verdict the jury In the case of Monroe Rosen- feld against Charles Heinemann, the bookmaker, tried In court yesterday. {otenfeld sued for $961. wich ho alleged | i i Helnemann had obtaltied by traud. 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