The evening world. Newspaper, February 22, 1902, Page 1

3 NIGHT EDITION. SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 4. Che “ Circulation Books Open to All.’ PRICE ONE CENT. == TWO MEN IDENTIFY FLORENCE BURNS, Se Conductor Weibels Saw Her Late at Night and Washington Saw Her at Hotel with Brooks. 9, it will not be allowed. ‘Well, a man has been trying for some minutes here to photograph this defend- ant Conductor Arthur Weibels, of the Brighton Beach Railroad, delivered a staggering blow this afternoon at the defense of Florence Burns, who| “Where js het’ asked Justice Mayer. was arraigned before Justice Mayer,| The luckless photographer stood up. in Special Sessions, charged with the {Justice Mayer addreneed him savagely ; a ~ {and said that if any pictures of acenes mbuniige Ot] Wer swestneart, walter: in the court duping the progress of the Brooks. trial appeared in the newspapers he was the District-Attorney would help to p 1 the offender for con- He identified her as having been | sure on board his train at 11.15 o'clock | him last Friday night, only a short time |‘*™P? of Col before Brooks was found \n bed in a aid room at the Glen Island Hotel with| “Was the body in good physical a bullet wound in his head and the | ¢ gas turned on. Florence Burns said after her ar-| rest that she had parted with Brook: after meeting him at his office and that she was at her home o'clock in the evening Later the ebllboy at the Glen Isl-| and Hotel {dentified her as the wom- | ™T. an who accompanied Brooks to the) jet penetrate the prain?” con All organs were normal Hair Not Singed. that the hair was not singed. testified The about the bullet hole | He said tnat the bullet had then dou- by 8) plea over e and held sev- irs wh extracted vou examine the wound?” asked us in his cross-examination ere any burning of the hair hotel that sight. | or scalp? Arthur Weibels was put upon the atund There was none* when the court resumed its session this) “Was there any hair in the wound? afternoon, There were two hairs caught in the This is something of a surprise, but| bullet. The bullet had doubled on it- w 0 doubt the o me of a mee jseif and carriby the naire with it’ etween Mr kus and the Distri Will you take a penctl and show us where the bullet penetrated? Mr. Backus stood directty in front of Mr. Jerome He was Attorney duri sonally exam! 53 the witness. very solemn. The court-room was very his client. Miss Burns drew to one side still. The girl gazed Wet with |and watched with gpeat interest the wide-open staring eyes a face as | Paysiclan indicate the precise spot where pale an a iily. Yet she did not waver | the bullet shat ki led Walter Brooks had s ight at /entered his brain. Weibeia's eter staring straight at)" i Backus then asked some technical . questions as to whether paralysis had Jereme'\Cautions) Witness: resulted, whether there was muscular asked the witness che|action or whether the brain would ncerning his occupa: | spond from the tickling of ¢he foot. ‘The and address, then he oceeded lquestions were interesting and the + defendant is charged with a|crowd failed to see the drift of Mr “of murder in the firs: degre. It |Backus's cross-examination is Important to her that no mistake} George Washington, the- colored bell- shoutt be made. It ts also important to boy at the Gien Island Hotel, was the cople that no mistake should be! next witness called. He is twenty-two Nothing must influence you for; years old and liv 340 West and must influence you | Forty-seventh street. at No % * t he q on 9} en. The day ding the occurrences in eee ee ante Maes fone on chix des| the hotel was the first that Washington t Fic vnd say # you| DAM served in the hotel. His brother is saw her | the regaiar y. and as his brother This wes a thrilling moment and the; "2" ick he went down there to take his/ crowd become ax still ax death de they | PIS oH = Fe ee ee een tie voung cer | D2 YOu remember conducting any per- . | to re 3 on Friday night?" ductor. ‘Phe girl prisoner stared straight | "ne 'o room 12 on Friday nig at the young man with no sign of fal i x m Ing. ‘Then the anewer came. It wan] |. lat tame & such as to blanch the » of the fair Vee nests IRB S f the CF] Did you see the gentleman register?* Boil) (norenuceles ainiosine|) naxen ane ‘ “Did you wee either of them before pnointment | “1 have seen her,” sald Weib ly and distinctly. Got View of Woman. “When did you last ace hert” ADla Ve Gull aeleaviawlatl ine cwomine “On my (rain oat from the Bridge |; 15 P.M. om Friday night, was ehe? at the corner of the par- platform at the Bridge sta- Well, tell us what you did? re did she leave the train?” h [ ies a3 ui ; “In the rear car, a few seats from the | ¥!th him ; front door Did the woman have a veil on? “Were there many people in. the “Yes, sir; a black veil “How was she dressed? “In black. She had « big black hat on and black jacket, a sort of easton jacket When she got to the top of the stairs she-had her veil raised.” Did you get a good look at her face?’ Jot on leaving the Bridge.” Were there afterward?” “Yes; many on at other stations Had Seem Hor Before. got “Did you ever see this defendant be- Pretiy fair.” tore?’ Did you see her face again?” “At different times “Yes, sir; in the room. I asked af Do you know her personally?” them if there was anything else she No, sir.” wished.” “Did you get @ full look at her face at that time? Yes, sir “What did you do*then?”" I went down stairs and attended to other coupk The with “How long have you been on the read?” “Since May.” “How many times have you seen her?” “T can't tell.” ou first see her? then went on to say that he Went up tu room 12 and took up an “AB you look at her you are sure that] order for a jemon soda and some this is the girl, You have no: made any marciee When he ened with ron . aoda v- Was only open far enoug mistake? ‘ » order. He saw a wom- ‘That is the woman. and arm thruat out. The The prisoner's sensitive lips quivered | room was dark. The lady gave him 15 ( delici ostrils | of 10 for soda and five for himself Just a trifle and her delicate nostrils | Grin) for sola and Ave for himself. @ilated. Then she relaxed from her}and on coming back qmelled gan. He attitude of attention and sat back in| Went, to the door room 12 and her chair. It wus an ordeal and she ‘1 pushed open the door as far as I went through it bravely. could and saw by th ellght of the hall gas Jota man lying 0 1 jown and told Mr. Ka: with me. John Anema, stood up in Identifted, “He went on Heecher Didn't Know Her. Edward ©. Beecher, a clerk in MeCul- Jagh's office, who was the witness w! er, Court and was say that he went up with the waiter, George Washington stood outslde: while the District Attorney expected wi cton mtood otal . y FI the waiter went In and ltghte: wan be able to identity Florence Burns as jet and at the same time turned off the the girl he had seen quarreling with a) other. They found a man lying on the bed and there was blood on the pillow, Rell Boy Identifies Her, man in the entrance of the hotel on the night of the murder, was next called to the stand, He was asked if he knew the defend- ant at the bar by District-Attorney Je- rome. | “I do not,” was the reply, “I never | mighet? naw her before.” “Ye axcused (nodding In the . K. Johnson. of the Hudson | geten Street Hompital, told of his visit to the hotel in answer to the call. He found Brooks still unconscious. “The man died,” he sald, “fifteen min- utes after he arrived at the hospttal.”* He attended to the wounds and the Autopsy performed by Dr. Weston. \ this polnt Mr, Rackus arose. “Your whom to room 12 | you cond that u are quite positive thac this is the ¥ he asked, “In it to be allowed jonor,”” he ar he fat my client shail be photographed in course” a - alr” prisoner looked the colored boy (Continued on Fifth Page.) IPARK Proprietor Reed, in a Sworn Statement, Charges that the, Flames That Killed} Seventeen Persons Were Started by Thieves While Sev-| enty-first Armory! Was Burning. | — | As the result of the fire that) killed seventeen persons in the Park Avenue Hotel this morn- ling, Proprietor Reed has been subpoenaed to appear before the Grand Jury next Monday to an-| ewer to the charge of criminal | negligence. | In a sworn statement to the} Coroner Mr. Reed save the fire! was started by incendiaries for| the purpose of loot. Assistant District - Attorney} Sanford and an Evening World| |reporter in an investigation this that the} |sparks from the fire in the Sev- enty-first Regiment Armory ev1-| latternoon discovered dently set fire to the cupola on the east end of the hotel long he- |fore the fact was discovered by! the hotel people. | | Mr. Sanford believes that a burning brand dropped down through the elevator shaft and! started a blaze in the basement. Mr. Reed says the fire in the jhorel started in the bottom of the elevator shaft; that the persons who started it turned off the gas the ors simultaneously; that the on fourth, fifth and sixth ti were rebberies on every floor; ! that valises in rooms were ripped open with knives; that in at least one instance a man was seen rob- bing the body of a dead guest. The tire in the Seventy-first Regiment Armory had been jburning an hour before the |flames gained headway in the hotel, and scores of guests had jenjoyed the spectacle from the windows, The property Yoss in both fires is between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, —-—_. GRAND JURY WILL INVESTIGATE FIRE, Seventeen persons were killed in the fire. Investigation by Evening Worlé Teporters this afternoon shows that there is some basis for the assertion of Mr. Reid, the proprietor, that the hotel was fired and looted by thieves. Numerous complaints of loss of Valuables have been made, particu- larly from persons who occupied apartments on the fifth floor. Mrs. Linda Leggett was robbed of $500 and valuable jewels. Other losses are as heavy. There were between 75 and 100 pounds of dynamite in a frame shed right across the street from the ho- tel when the fire broke out in the armory. This was carried up to Thirty-elghth street in the tunnel by Andrew Onderdonk, who te as- sociated with Contractor Shaler, and two watchmen, Mr. Onderdonk had $20,000 in the Psrk Avenue Hotel safe. The money was found intact this morning. Fire Chief Croker says that there were absolutely no stand pipes or hose and no fire apparatus in tho | hotel. He says tuat if there had been any kind of fire apparatus the guests could have extinguished the flames j without the ald of the firemen at all, The Grand Jury will begin an tn- veetigation Monday. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY = ) RA ARB IX . « SOUS PARK (From photograph taken this morning by Tt PRINCE HENRY'S SHIP NOT EXPECiED TILL TO-MORROW. At 6 o'clock this evening the Kronprinz had not been sighted anywhere or heard of by wireless telegraphy, so that she is not expected to arrive here until to-morrow morning. The Townsend Downey Shipbuilding Company announce that on the day of the launching a special boat for invited quests will eave Whitehall street at 8.30n the morning and return from Shooter's Island at 1.30 in the afternoon, The officers of the Hohenzollern will attend the Irving Place Theatre to-night. ———_——--¢-e_________. LATE RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. Third Race—Navasota 1. The Don 2, Wilton 2 Fourth Race—Prince Blazes, Albert F, Dewey».Plegerl Sean Co ae - oh, FLORENCE BURNS’S CASE ADJOURNED. Without completing the hearing the case of Florence Burns was adjourned until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. eee — NEW JERSEY BANKER DEAD. James Douglas Orton, one of the leading financiers of New Jersey, died at his home in Newark to-day. He was seventy-nine years old. eee ODD MISTAKE AT A FUNERAL. GREENWICH. CONN.. Feb. 22.—As the body of Henry Brundage was about to be lowered in a grave his mother-in law screamed out: “Stop, the grave is in the wrong piace!” The grave-digger had made a mistake. and instead of being Assistant District-Attorney San-|burjed beside his own wife Brundage came near being put be- (Continued on Second Page) side some one else’s wife, The funeral was delayed until a rew grave could be dug. é alemaetbaay testers roe = 1902. LTRS TO RE RACING # SPORTS GENERAL SPORTING NEWS AVENUE HOTEL F INVESTIGATED BY T 27 ep iisit) LELAEY fi shows the ‘SOUND STEAMER S RHODE Passengers New Vork he of Amatety —— ROOSEVELT BOY HOME. Late, the but Trip Well, Train ISLAND. BUFFETED, |, PUTS IN AT NEW LONDON. An Younuster BUT nard, | REID, F | RFID. Mrs FRANK, w | German Singers at Philadelphia BENN BENNIE sw woonR { ‘ IRE TO BE HE GRAND JURY. DEAD AND INJ APTON BARNHART BARNHART, MRS JOHN TE, CHARLES I. HOYNES, JH Clan em ar been « hotel two days. Identified by uncle, Henry Newman, of No. 2 Wes One Hundred and Eleventh street. SPAHN. JACOB-—Lawyer, fifty-two years old, of No. 34 Concord Rochester. N.Y. Died in reception-room at Bellevue Hospital. WALKER. JOHN E.—Thirty-five years old, of Columbia, Tenn, Die@ ach UNKNOWN BARRY man BAUSCH Mrs T No. 3 BACH, firm; Deny ned | BRADLEY, Mir by ju BRIGHAM hirty-tht COHEN, Mra. H { HALL, ¢ IN PERIL IN STORM) leg [HALL warn HEARNE No. 36 E LIVINGSTON, H LIVIN N zt ni i 5 4 h FIST FIGHT BN THE |SHARKEY PICKS FLOOR OF SENATE, SULLIVAN TO WIN WN WOMA ET WILLIAM ORY WILLIAM B. 1s and body 1 face ON PAGE 4. PRICE ONE CENT. — ——5 eee URED. Millionaire mining and milling man of Colorado fed William Pears, of No, 230 West Twenty-fourth NORMAN JOHN WILLIAM—Formerly of Chicago. Came here to take roiture department in Sixth avenue store, LIAM Colonel of the First Connecticut Infantry ang and he was killed by fall. Fifteenth street. Visiting his cousin, ton, Del., at the hotel. s known as “The Tombs Angel,” Park Avenue Hotel, body burned to crisp and identified by, finger JOHN S$ Died at hotely at Morgue Commercial drummer, of Denver, Col., employed by H. By Thirty-five years old, of Lyons, N. Y. n JOHN—Commercial drummer, of Denver, Col., employed by H, By cs I. CAPT. C UNDERWOOD—Grandnephew of Daniel O'Conmell, sh patriot. Died at New York Hospital NANDER N.—Seventy years old, retired army officer. \.—Lawyer, Congressman from Alabama six ber of firm of Robbins & Mountjoy, No. 54 William street, for jumped and was killed by fall. NGER. MISS ESTHER—Chicago, buyer for Chicago firm, Ha@ identified by former clerk WOMAN —For on sixth floor; two rings on left hand, Mrs. William S, Boardman, of Norfolk, Conn. Five rings on left hand, Probably Mme. Leggett, a for Daniel & Fisher Co., of Denver, Col, THE MISSING, MILY LOUISE, of Cleveiand, O. Miss, of Atlanta, Ga THE INJURED. LOUIS, fifty years old, of Portland. Me.; shock; rescued by Polices tyrell \., slightly injured by burns; taken to home of Mrs. Wray, Thirty-third street MISS SOPHIA, sixty-one years old, lived at New Haven and wine 1 in New York, invui y inhaling smoke. HAROLD L., overcome by smoke while trying to save his ast T. CATHERINE M Roosevel: Hospital. T. Mrs. DAVID LA TOURETTE, fifty-five years old, overcome by ~ Unconscious at Bellevue Hospital; probably will recover. MARY © pnty-six years old, buyer for a millinery firm in Col; Roosevelt: Hospi thirty years old, buyer for a Denver millinery er | BOARDMAN REV, WILLIAM 5., Norfolk, Conn; face and body badly 1 SERWICK, South Carolina, about to safl for Manila; hurt umping. Mrs.. suffering from burns, at home of Mrs. Wray, No. 36 East d street. HATTIE M., Little Rock, Ark. ART, FRANKLIN, banker and broker at No. 16 Exchange place, and ident of Edfson Chemical Company; lived at Park Avenue Hotel. A. fifty-two years old, lived at hotel; shock; taken to York Hospital. CHARI and hands b A irned sixty-seven years old. lawyer, Park Avenue Hotel; taken to Bellevue Hospital, left this afternoon, liamsville, Mass., suffering from partis! suffoca- taken to New York Hospital "AROLINE L., seventy-nine years old, No. 29 Hill street, Newark: ind body burned: taken to New York Hospital ANNIE, fifty-six 8 old, No, 29 Hill street, ed, taken to New York Hospital forty years oid, A ta, Ga., burns on body; taken to Belle- Newark; hands mur years old ladelphia, salesman for a chewing Unconscious at Bellevue. d about and hands liackett, st Thirty-third street NRY W., forty-nine years old, salesman, Campville, N.Y, 11.Y 1. forty-nine years old, Park Avenue Hotel, guest on of face and body: taken to Bellevue Hospital. ; slightly burned; taken to Mrs. Wray’s home, No. 36 third street No. 14 Savannah At home of James K. Twenty-second street Ga overcome by smoke. overcome by sinoke. Revived at Belles SON. C.F, Charleston. N. C.; face badly burned JOSEPHINE P. sixty-two years old, ark Avenue Hotel ed about face and hands; taken to Bellevue Hospital Mrs. ALEXANDER N_ slightly burned and prostrated from shock, ome of James K Hackett No 36 East Thirty-third street. RANK. proprietor of the Park Avenne Hotel; burned about the face hands in carrying his wife from the fourth floor. ife of the proprietor: burned about face and hands. hysterteal; STEBRINS, WILLIAM. eighty-five years olf, retired merchant of West In- Hved at Park Avenue Hotel for five months; hands and, face burned. CHARLES J. slightly burned; taken to home of Mrs. Wray, No, st Thirty-third st Mrs ft the S. guest hotel. on fourth floor; burned about face, URY LEWIS G_ No. 244 State street. Portland, Ore Rellevue Hospital burns of hands taken to <i et, irned a vietor amp. strong The Sullivan vat Sam. ! violence athe lared with this (wo-to-one sood talking: ’ some, Dave haw d 1 sent word to vy York to get aboant wer ser nan and Mel the custody of the