The evening world. Newspaper, February 20, 1902, Page 1

} . & NIGHT EDITION. GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 8. Che “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ PRIC ONE CENT. NEW YORK, TAU RSDAY, “FEBRUARY 20, _ 1902, JEROME GETS NEW EVIDENCE AGAINST FLORENCE ——____—--090 Two Witnesses Said to Have Seen Girl of Her De- scription Entering Hotel with Walter Brooks —Alibi and Suicide Theory May Prove Her Innocent of Murder Charge. New evidence confirmatory of the an alias, and the District-Attorney theory that Florence Burns went to refuses to give the right name of the the Glen Island Hote! with Walter) young man Brooks last Friday evening is sald Dr. Weston's Theory. to have been gathered by the Dis-} Coroner's Physician Albert T. Wea- trict-Attorney this afternoon from] ton has made a davit that it is his two mysterious Witnesses, belief that Walter Brooks committed ‘They were examined and smuggled; suleide in the Glen Island Hotel out of the Criminal Courts Building. | It is impossible to learn their names. | of the Distvict-Attorney, but Dr, Wes- Rumor has it that these men saw toncomplains that iittle attention has young Brooks. whom they knew, and | been paid to it a woman bearing @ striking resem Tne defense of Miss Burns ts an lance to Florence Buros in the vi-|@l(bi, based upon’ the teatimony of cinity of th n Island Hotel abouc|*¥° Brooklyn girls that they saw 9 o'clock on the night of the tragedy. her in Flatbush between 8 and 9 we ito have registered at} o'clock on Friday night le eae . . These girls--Marie Sturtevant and the hotel at 9.40 o'clock. “Harry Will | Maud Hyland—have known Mis The mysterious “Harry Williame. | pis since childhood, and say it ts of whom so much was expected in Impossible that they could have been the direction of clearing up the mys- oot on tery, was found by detectives (hi8) "1 Wo ston's theory afternoon and taken to the District-} oo uinity that Florence Attorney's office, where he was ex- includes the} Burns was ‘This affidavit is in the possession| | BOND WAS AN. [VERY LATEST NEWS 'WAILIFFE BURNS. UNLUCKY FIND. \Policeman Cregan Did Not Repo. t It to His Superiors. THOUGHT IT FERRY TICKET, Now Censured for Failing to Tell of Stolen Goods’ Discovery. diceman Cregan. of the O14 Slip station. while walking bie heat in Ss street on 15. found antoety engraved sheet paper with ated cou He thought tt sheet of ferry tickets unthl he to P@iceman W. J. Powers, same «ation. Powers, who whieh it Sit worth anything” asie® Cregan eotive Sergeant John O'Brien was in Walt street was him to find out what the bond wi worth. O'Brien remembered that si at Bonds nad been . consulting d Was one y. Upon jowers he he Dis- said that no crim | with young Brooks when amined. In so far as his testimony himself. tended to shed light on the cause of Gust biel ideatmmysbarbelttupla the death of Walter Brooks, {t was i disappointing very “Williams” is (Continued on Third Page + MARTIAL LAW NOW BURIED A WEEK THROUGHOUT SPAIN. IN CITY'S RUINS. RIOTS PRECIPITATE A GRAVE ‘EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS ARE NATIONAL CRISIS. | TAKEN OUT ALIVE. | ter that De: Town and Killed MW) of Its People. roped nd Survived Di | Ru ! BAKU. Transcaucasia. Feb 2) Dur MADRID. Feb emir SAEAMA ling tne sourne of the search to-day for ree establishing m nodies of victima of the recent earth Spain. The signa-|quske at Shamake lieved, will me natio hamber of De- that Gen had a long] sty ie ar ier TV-HIOHTS EVENTS, ar Subsequently nelr cargoes mob gtormed the not far from Bar They y the troops ay murdered Arsenal at Baba- | and ne | subse: ona. rifles were three to reaume work ties to-ta + anal : Dal ariridges were served ou , . : troops in Madrid. wao are inf : : soca ie Se ait, 1D Dew show at Madison ? CERBERE, Spain, Feb. 2-6 rpoM ‘| rf Square. rh : fi ail? {oun fightin * ane in alll eee aieeees elona er of pe : ° w % ready been Killed or] > en \% er of the irciving rapidly at Barce | > jean Newspaper Pub- 3 Jona from all other district > Association, Wale | A gene ec vevall Barcelona 3 * BARE eb Th 4 t between the troops and the rt n : thin city t+ continuous : : Most of the ships i this harbor have | { heen forced to leave without discharg- | « z wished vroof a dak rread was ming more who re clpient re’ The a without provisions and the strikers are preventing the alaughter of animals, Additional rein- forcements of troops are arriving here. There was fighting to-day at Tarrasa, fifteen miles from here —~— RUSH TO SEE MRS. CAMPBELL rkets are Mass-mecting of young iat Churches, Ba hird street, Dretttute » > Twenty-ntth ¢ male of seats for the en- Inagtom ave- * Campbell at next week ta of the houne. morning, and in the after- the line of people reached from | J to Seventh avenue and|® to One ‘The adv gagement of Mra. the Harlem Opera-Hou York Catedonian 1 ball, Mo dinner of New York Society of Avcount- Rookkeepers, St. noor the box-office around the avenue half way Hundred and Twenty-sixth street. 24 Manager Lichtenstein had to send to the One Hundred and Twenty-ffth street sution for a detail of poilce to keep the crowd In line, $$$ JUSTICE GRAY ILL. Member of the Supreme Court Has a Paralytic Stroke. WASHINGTON, Feb. %.—Justice Hor- ace Gray, of the Supreme Court, has (altered an attack of paralysis, but it {a sald there Is every reason to expect “aysticg um peventy four years old. St a part of hia bosy: GOST SO Og He Hs: i, | u ’ he shot! | revered at ben harge of the will wet. reward foto the firm that Rive ASKSTRUANT SWAIN FOR BiG DAMAGES, MISS NELSON DEMANDS $20,000 FROM MENTZ. Saye He Promised to Marry Her and Then Falled to Appear. Tile Christina Nelson. etghteen years ali of No 2 Warren street, Brooklyn, hes begun an action for breach of prom against Mentz.a bottler, of et. and Myrtle avenue. sam She names $20.00 as the sum y heal her wounded heart Shes to Jan 11 jast she ta several times, On that edat ant od Lat once. Me to marey him reement was ataned nad je eave and this ny three witnesses The ardent love Who she ways in fifty-five a old | rushed awa wnge his ng | He ed to return at 6 o'clock |. at eves sald the young woman, and take me to a mineter to be mar ried. I haven't seen him sinc READY TO MARRY, HE FACED PISTOL, ? BROKER GAVE RAVE PLEDGE, BUT HAD TO BREAK IT. Louls A. Prosser, a teacher, twenty- nine years old, was inder #100 bonds by Magistr Lazarow, {nt Bayonne, No Jy on complaint Morgan D. wenty-two, a brok who sald that the tercher had threatened: him. ana, who attatr A hie majority a 10, inherited E eft by his fathe guardian until ¢ a fasblor by a Mra. Han den street, Bayonne. Evane said in court to-day that when] ® IN BRIEFEST FORM. GIRL OF TWELVE SAVES CRIPPLED -SISTER. d. a hunchback, this after- 366 Broome Rachel Bandier. four years noon set fire to a matiress in her home. No. street. Her sister Mary. twelve. years old. rescued her, and the fire was put oul with about $50 damage. The burning up- holstery was between the children and the door. but little Mary caught up her crippled sister snd carried her past the flames out into the hallway. Leaving he: on the first fioor Mary then ran out and told Policeman Munahan. who tives in the house. Monahan summoned the who soon extinguished the firemei HORSE AND RIDER HiT BY CAR. Frank Samford. twenty year old. of No. 53 Vernon nue, Long Island City. was riding a horse through West Forty second street this afternoon. ana in front of No. 553 was hit by a crosstown car. The forse and rider was knocked down and the horse stepped on Samford’s right foot and fractured three toes. DROPPED DEAD IN A HOTEL. A man named Cromwell. sald to be a member of the firm of J. Cromweli & Co., fruit importers in Fulton street. dropped dead from apoplexy about 5 o'clock this afternoon in Smith & McNell’s Hotel. street station. REPORTS. AUSBAND AS MISSING. ___._ has asked the police of this city fo 0 has 1 missing from his Mrs. Marie Higgins look for her husband home at No. 426 £ street since Feb. 18. He is forty-five years o e ies tail weighs 190 pounds and has blue eyes and black mustache. When he left home he wore a brown overcoat and a biack derby hat. ee eee i HARTLEY WILL PROVEN. George W. Hebard. the executor. and young Marcellus Hartley Dodge. calico! the Survonate’s office late this af ternoon, and forma’ proof of vill of the late multi-mil! ionaire. was made. The subscribing witnesses. Louis Keller and W. 0. Ross. testified fornialy to execution of the will, It was too fate to sec i re the affirmation of Surrogate Fitzgerald. LATE RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. eifth Race—Strangest 1. Henry of F tamar 2, Trebor, oe HERE COMES ANOTHER STORM. he local Weather Bureau The following message was received to-day at office WASHINGTON, D.C. Feb 0. ae Hoist northeast storm warning 3 P ‘Observer, New York more, Breakwater, Reedy Island, Port Norris, Cape May Atlantic City | Philadelphia, Sandy Hook, New York Storm central on West Florida coast, moving northeas by east. Strong northeast wind will prevail along the Virginia and Carolina coast to-night, and along the Middle Atlant coast on Friday.” ote DEMANDS THAT WILL BE FILED. Augusta Mildeberger, of Central Park” West and Seventy-fifth street filed a petition this afternoon asking that the will of Leonora di Vivo be admitted to probate. She says that |eonora di Vivo, who died at No. 48 West Ninety-first street Jan. 31, made a will in Dewember, 1901, naming her as a legatee, but that the will is held by a brother, Constantino di Vivo, who lives at No, 68 West Ninety-firet street t+ THEATRE “STOOLS NOT OBSTRUCTIONS. Fir e penaltie Commissioner Sturgis to recov brought by A sult American Theat decided sr obs ructing the aisles was to-day by Justice Murray, {2 the Tenth Munielpal District Court. in favor of the detendants. ‘The contention of the Fire Commissioner was tha! inasmuch « defendants obstructed the side aisles with automatic stools they were he announced a few days ago that he was going to get married, Prosser ob- Jected, and, finally failing to make the young broker reconsider his intentions, pulled out 4 revolver and forced him to his knees. ‘Then the teacher, according to Evans, made him promise that he would, with hia wife, continue io live with Prosser. ‘The bride-to-be, who is a New York girl, rebelled against this propoaition and Evans, in a dilemma, went to Prosser and told him he could not keep | hia pledge. According to the broker, the teacher stormed and him so much that, ae, Be, went to seat ae Prosser Magistrate that he inte t haran the the young but was to furnish a bond: guilty of violating the charter ~~ — t+ FIRST AID TO A WOUNDED HEART. Hyman Schereshefeky vas landed in Ludlow Street Jail this afternoon because he could not give $250 bail in the suit of fair Yetta Moshkowitz for $10,000 damages to her affections by his breach of promire to make her a bride last Christmas. —_—_—_——co tr ANOTHER STOKES PICTURE SOUGHT. ‘The Sheriff to-day receiyed a’ writ of replevin for $1,500 against a painting (the Merie), in possession of the “Manhattan Storage and Ware- houre, Company, in, a sult brought by. Rose. L. Barclay to establish the ownership .of the painting, -- 4 Ly ~~ His body was token to the Church te er from the MYSTERY ENDS. Sinisa ceitay Satis- fied Glennon Witness Was Not Murdered. PERHAPS HIT BY A CAR! Police Report Does Not Ac- count for Him Between 9.10 and 9.40 Sunday Morning. Ma Circulation Books Open to All.”’ } VALET'S ORAMATIC STORY “I Poured Chloroform in a Towel ‘The Patrick tra noon when V ,\had put Millionaire William M. Rice ee SOR RACING # SPO GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 6. PRICE ONE CENT % RICE'S DEATH BY POISON. - Hen Folded Cone Shape,'’ Said Jones, ‘‘and Put It Over His Face. Then | Ran Out of the Room.” In Twenty Minutes the Millionaire was Dead, of the T looked out and I did not answer the twenty minutes the room, Mr. Rice most dramatic feature rang violently. two ladies 1 Af sturned te hed this after nes told how he Distr AY “y Lond was same position. I took the the Ho Bureau ow as to death This part of the i off his face and burned it im investigating the dea came after Jones testified that he had kihen eave, Auliffe. reported xiven Rice mere 1 pills at the in T telephoned Patrick that Rice was undoubted|y stigation of Patrick. He had gone] was very sick, for he had warned The same repor wae to meet Patrick and told him KR me not to say he was dead. He said Titua, of the aye was sleeping. Jones said in bis tes) he did not want to be in the house Attorney Jerome has «| timony intil Dr. Curry was there and I was nvest yn and 1 tokl him that Mr. Rive waslto tight the gas in the front room the rev rae att cerns [Sleeping He said) Now, Jones.}to let him know when the Doctor exam! s thar Meautim. was]everything is going on fine, but Kt d. I sent for Dr. Curry. He struck by a has ot to be put out of the way” Hel returned in company with Patrick a few moments went on to saw that he Was 4 MAD/twenty minutes later. yoninth at The street wa he time. and the fer that the mo ushed the {9 and left ery shortly aim there and p moned he went away ne upporition is that he got this drink. for but ent was : pocket when he was picked up He had eaten n> oreakfas!, had deen intoxicated before, and the police think that this morning drink befuddled him ne was ore ¢ avenue ant re sited i hte hein car Mr. 1 down by a street Inquiry If the that netghbérhood of MeAuilffe’s home shows hat he had been drinking heavily Lord says some time to hia deat ‘Thir was testimony ywever, that he was Saturday night 4: &2) borrowed five cents from Mre, Ryan. a xr keeper in Donohue . :. Vs > Ne | b table winds, mostly freak 1 | | northerly. a “TW A IS ACCUSED “BY U. 5. SENATOR, saben WITH MISREPRE- | SENTING PHILLIPINES. Saye Gave * for States Made | terson, of Colom a8 + cope atateme he W rf ment,’ he asserted after ve some documen ani sia . moet of those made oy t the Fhipin ara brand as sla ae oruel, idle infit f governmenta In response Mr Foraker to underst terson Gov. Tat tation and that he ha the situation in the 4 misrepresented hipelago was his deliberate Ju tement Th sLenten Sanday Special,’ 9 ' the City York dd Atinatic City, ak f ‘ la Wallteed, deginning Sunday, Judge Bi © progress of aap eave Wet 204 st. Suadays, 153 A, |ocame in tt and itis oa M ite i Atlante ne wr a tee YB hae med Pc yt ag hay no final decision in the case SEM Trenton ot [ Sewers, Eitmbeta and Treates. June. A) 4% of family and old man out of the chloroform into it and when saturated I put it over his cone over his face for twenty ™MIN-| ame the arrangement for the um- tes. i dertaker, and Dr. Curry’s expression Burned the Towel, —— “While I the bell (Continued on Fourth Page. HAD TO ORAG. HER MOTHER LOVE CAUSED MRS. MARRIED. WITH FORMER PO- Ded IN POVERTY, ‘RICH RELATIVES MIGHT HAVE Roving Me that | ought to put the 1 fin and went home and mad t of a towel. | poured some The Doctor said yy He's dead,’ I said. ‘Oh, my God,’ sald Patrick, ‘that’s the worst thing that could have hap- t was! pened to me room Jones then described how Dr. Cure examined the body and pro* leath as a fact. Them ‘How is Rice?’ way went into Rice's ace and ran out ry Patrick had told me to leave t nounced the CORWIN-MENGES CHILD FROM HER.| ROMANCE CLOSED, ROBSON TO DEFY COURT. LICEMAN AS BEST MAN. do Been Awarded Cus- - but Woman Bride W 84,000 Mresent of the Strenuoas Bridegroom, rst orwin Roberta Menges nin St. Mate ad Ray, the ¢ romance of the . ing the proceeds aS ax ‘ for abductio®: the © and Court, and “ silk dress and ! carried a bouqiet and white roses. ‘ r rv ned the $4.00 1 1 1 to her by iasell, pastor BARKERS APPEAL BUTASKEDNO AID. HEARD IN COUT. SHOOTING OF REV. KELLERIN HELPED STURGESS. | ARLINGTON REVIVED. Rurted f Family sn Cemetery with Kin! Aside Because at Birthplace, | yee Was Exe!