The evening world. Newspaper, May 15, 1902, Page 1

| NIGHT EDITION SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 8. “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ ON PAGE 8. =—— PRICE ONE CENT, SSS = NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1902. PRICE ONE CENT.) "WIS BURNS CARRIED A REVOLVER.” Witnesses at Brooks Inquest Swear the Girl Went! About the Streets Armed—Dead Man’s Mother|Gay Boy Takes the Van! Breaks Down in Court—A Day of Dramatic Incidents, The most striking evidence adduced to-day at the Brooks inquest, against Florence Burns, is that Miss: Burns, by her own statement, as alleged by a witness, always carried a revolver. was disarmed. is % — Tsland Hotel. 3 slant ote! $OOOSEOHI SHES O00: The second day of the inquest §nto the death of Walter Brooks, | court opened before Coroner Brown and ‘the boy merchant who came to his death in the Glen Island Ho-| the room watched the proceedings with tel, was replete with dramatic and sensational incidents, The mother of the dead mai ‘owed by griet and care, heard testl-| nade with young women, following the mony that besmirched the memory | murder of young Brooks, caused an up- of the son she mourns; - ai of his escapades with the now Notor | 14, Brooks, wearing a long heavy’ black fous Bedford avenue “crowd;” heard | youl, entered the court room hanging op | evidence purporting to fasten the; the arm of her husband. guilt of murder upon Florence Burns, the beautiful girl. who, once accused Bnd once freed, is practicaly the de- fendent figure in these proceedings. “T loved him; he was dearer to me than anything else on earth,” Flor- ‘ence Burns said when face to face with the charge of killing her aweet- heart. Yet to-day, as against her declara- tion of love as evidence that if mur- der had been done'she was innocent, witnesses who in one breath sullied the name of Walter Brooks, in ihe next voiced grave accusation, divect or implied, against the girl priucipal of this, the most remarkable court drama of perhaps a decade. And the mother of the slain boy, her nerves stretched to the snapping point, shouted out a vindication of bis oharacter—the charge that he had been drugged on a certain night— and with a paroxy:m of sobs cci- lapsed in the court-roci, EOE EDHDEOOOD DIDOHYDIELINGS LEHHOLRSGESHS OD STRIKING EVIDENCE AGAINST MISS BURNS AT INQUEST TO-DAY. The revolver she carried was her father’s weapon. She made one attack upon ‘Handsome Ed” Watson, but She threatened Walter Brooks for going with other girls. She was the companion of Walter Brooks at the Glen 26.09. hotel with Brooks as having a“! ALWA DIDDDD 23 9D192FF-9590592900- 2| F444-4646640086.00000F | A solitary woman spectator. dressed in deep mourning, was present when Jury jn the Criminal Courts Building. She had entered at an early hour, and seating herself in an obscure corner of Brooks's companion at the Glen Island ‘Hotel was that of 8 “dark complexion- ed person,” AVashingtén, when asked if Florence Burns was the young wom- an who accompanied Brooks, answered | necor in a tone of determination which re- flected its effect in the faces of the jury: “Yes, I could identify her among ® hundred women.” Washington was cqually positive that at no time prior to the proceedings be- fore Justice Mayer had he described the young woman Who went to the thin nose.” Mr. Backus tried to pin the witness down to an admission that d made such @# statement The next witness was William M Fink, of No. 682 Throop avenue, Brook- | lyn, at present an inmate of the El- | mira Reformatory He ts thirty-two years of age and pale of face. He way « momber of the Bedford section gang. | he (Continued on Fourth Page) KNIFE FOUND IN BARRETT'S HEART AFTER HE WAS DEAD. ———————— Strange Revelation in an Autopsy on a Man Be- Have Died of Pneumonia. lieved to y reveals that Willlam Bar- Madinon aireet, who ity Hoapital on wedly Ap aut of No ob of pneu Aused hile deat wound of ‘show where the Knife Heese ie the most pussiing shat the » f piered wm pears bh uM | was murdered who wae wer + the tue fo Marsters ave Aieparumen' of Oud Die ald te ame walter dame od waked by be wel by the H inetidiinn bem ‘¢ oaes whe deheran war tun don oF Arak the mee the whin to) | catered and the ‘ i ears that 0 Mire Barrett aon, while und r ar we ot hte brother, ‘Thomes here girect Apior 8 anort Pe rita y yy eof mutle tity wibar od ote! aber f put final “a ed, ou ey, nally’ WARS: | HATASGO WINS CLAREMONT “HINDI Nest Stakes and Bid Up $2,900—Mr. Mackay Saves Colt. OR. RIDDLE AT 16 TO |, Dixieline, Roehampton and Other Brooklyn Handicap Eligibles Beaten in Mile and a Furlong Handicap, (Special to The Rrentog World.) MORRIS PARK, May 18.—The card ‘as well made up this afternoon arid the racing was very interesting, Out- side of the Van Nest Stakes and the Claremont Handicap, which were fix- tures, the feature wa# a handicap at a mile and a furlong, which brought out a number of Brooklyn Handicap eligt- bles, The race wag all the more in- teresting for this reason. Add to the good card the finest of weather, a fast track and abundant op- portunity for speculation, and the race- goers could ask for nothing more The crowd swarmed to the course tn. 61 U1) numbers and filled the grand stand coin- fortably. FIRST RACE. Selling; for three-year-olds and up; alx ture lope. absorbing Interest. She declined to tell & Oxmieriin bi her name, but she ts sald to be the|peunveich sek, Heme 2 aw I Id widowed mother of a young man—a for- | Musidor MUL ea esdy sere n,|mer member of the Bedford nection | Satine i Mreeeniie) coe corterie—the revelation of whose esca-| Astor, 104, Cochran...) 310 5% 3 10 Frank Kenay, 112, Odom 6 29 6° B s | Brsene, 103, Wonderly 9.4): 79 13 4 Marothen, 101. J. Martin 8 848 20 § heard stories | heaval in certain Brooklyn circles, HER RRA LOEE eal otal} Later, the grief-bowed mother of Meneame. Lae Pr Wi 1 Loe ae te) M 88. Dart BY i ry ¥ ‘Trentham, 86, Wilkerson 16 15 15 Identification Ponitive. Pee EL et wes antings Fineeuiee, George Washington, the negro dell- out the running, fol: boy, Was recalled to tHe stand rank Menny, Brunswick end as the first witness and told/ ick gradi again of his identification of Florence | Sf maim atrectiing Burns. Aithough this witness has ad-| Won by e head. Musi mitted that the description he gave of |! front.of Sener whe Boling; for two-year-ol anatSadnSones Sontag cut out the running, followed by Anca Daly, Wolfram and Makeda They held this’ order to the dtp, where Makes! closed rapidly on Sontag and De fast from the tear. A rattling finish resulted ina win for Makeda by a length from Son- tag. who Was a neck in front of Decoration. The winner was bid up| $00 over his entered selling price, put | | wan reta by his stable, The bidder | wax no! known TRinD RACE Jocks Hoy, 108, Shaw In front bid op niered Lo be for BL boosted by Hures to #1608 advance of Mr Mackay retained him FOURTH RACK msiien thieereerelde and up Whiners for a mandamus directong Coommine) hich wave thet Leterting Carpenter dit wal arient Gepnn aud tr dhey OO or ried the Attorne) \enete du snteroep! if pomeiiin the imal el IBROOKLYNS OPEN GAME WITH A RUSH. BROOKLYN-CHICAGO * BROOKLYN 2000000! CHICAGU :.. 000101 = MURDER IN OAK STREET. Paolo Lascelle was attacked by three men at James and Oak streets shortly before 6 o’clock this evening. He was sho phrorkiy. twice and taken to the hospital dying. His assaitants escaped The police believe it a vendetta. 10 NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES. At Pittsburg—Pittsburg. 5: Boston, 1. At Cincinnati—End third inning: Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 3. At Ithaca—Manhattan, 2: Cornell, 5. 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES. At Philadelphia—End of seventh: Boston, 5; Phila., 2. At Washington—End of fifth: Baltimore. 1; Washington, 1. 00 LATE RESULTS AT WORTH. Fourth Race—Flying Torpedo 1, Boney Boy 2, Hermencia 3,] Fifth Race—Haidee 1. Cherries 2, Braw Lad 3. sees LATE RESULTS AT ST. LOUIS. Fourth Race—Ampere 1, Wakita 2, Johnnie McCartey 3. peta EXPLODING BENZINE BURNS TWO. iMaty Beatty, a servant of Dr. Jane Walter, residing in th Greylock, No. 61 West Seventy-fourth street, and a painter Sno who went to her rescue were badly burned late this he ana by flames from a can of benzine which exploded in the apart cent. There was considerable excitement among the tenant oe i | CHIEF WILKIE MADE PLAN TO KIDNAP GAYNOR. | WASHINGTON, May 15.—The kidnapping and subsequen arrest of Gaynor and Greene at Quebec was the result of carefully laid plan of Chief Wilkie, of the Secret Service. The capture was pianned to lake place yesterday, and th Keeler sco! eae Trolley Dodgers Pound Chicago Pitcher’s Curves and Score Twice in First Inning —American League Jumper See Fight for the Odd Game of Series. The Batting Order. Chicago. Slagle. If. Kerler, rf. Jones, of. Bheckard, If Dexter, 3b. MeCreery. 1b. Williams, ref. Dahlen, ‘ss. Kling, c. Flood, 44 oud th. it Irwin, 31 Y Hagan, 1b. . Tinker, ss St, Vrain, me (Special to The Evening World.) WEST SIDE PARK, CHICAGO, May 16.—-The Orphans and Trolley Dodgers ed up the series of five games to- It was a fight for the rubber, the Guperbas having pocketed the firat two and the Chicagos the other two. For weak batting of the horsehide the four games came pretty near tagging the record Hanlon read the rint act to some of the hired mén who had molasses fin-/ and threw away the ‘Acrobat Sheckard wae hauled over the coals for two yellow blunders on fly balls and a bum aliuc to the pan gers yesterday game. that lost a run. The manager had excuses garden. ning run. Hanlon made Bad Bill Dah- len promise to be good to the umpire in future. Willie Keeler got his eye on the ball yesterday for three hits, but there was nobody to send him around. Doc Newton war on the firing line for the second time in the series, and the Superbas counted on him to repeat ‘iis shut-out of Sunday. Selee was un- decided what slab artist to use, but Jack Taylor wanted another chance at the Trolley Dodgers. The cholce rested be- h Willlams. tetse weemther took another (urn, for t Kor: the day helng warm and ple Tt was an off day for the White Box le 2 yers on ¢ the Ge Dayit ot Mian Min Bade ele Anderson jelder Jones, all f r jenne Jett, and Plck Padden, of the Browns. were in the tand when the game began: Firat Inning. Dolan laced a beaury to right for a hase. Keeler put another in centre. A wild vitch advanced both runners. #heckard hit to Dexter and Dolan was nailed at the place. St. Vrain fumbled a warm grounder fron reery’s bat and made a bad thre the plate ring and M. ry Inuding (Continued on Eighth Page) we epartment had been looking for news of their arrest all day,NEWSPAPER CLAIM UPSET. All the arrangements were perfectly carried out, even to th issuance of the warrants by the judge on the Chief of Detectives Carpenter, of Montreal, ——_-+. | BLOODSHED FEARED BY POLICE IN EAST SIDE MEAT RIOTS. | ™sn>at'0» The police of the Kast Side have grave fears that the meat riots are going to develop into a series of bloody encounters unless steps are taken to suppress the women who have taken It upon themselves to boycott the kosher meat dealere artesta were made during the afternoon ebope to: Rioting of a mild sort continued «!! day. and many A cuncerted attack on the meat To-morrow, which is market ight would not surprise the police day for the Babbath provisions, is sure to produce trouble, and extra Poller” jing alt men will be sent to the Bidridge street, Madison street, Delancey steels eivate ne fern and Union Market and Oak street stations _—_oro GEORGE BLAIR SUES TO BE REINSTATED. to be reinetated as Buperintendent of the Gutdeor George Biair wa Poor, fram which he was removed in March by Commissioner of Charities Homer Folae Col. Aes Bird Gardiner applied to Justion O'Gorman in Hupreme Court ner Folks to ground that ass Veteran of the civil war be could not under the White law ke removed except for cause *e- CANADIANS TO INTERCEPT GAYNOR KIDNAPPERS MON THEA) Mer 16 The Mrorineiel Leetertine (tthee hie city hee poceived @ meneame Prom the Athommen othe + epertment in Queue + er Amer ieed detertives The thetr ne gone a! the Chet ef the Mee tee came Wb tee bones ot de hllinen © Oe ee wu Py 4 ot On Ot cgalgin Bee taneh at tie ehwns le Gharinal the Huunmiul! om ee oo jeadely ante Che @tree! atone the Brmmer comme Fle yor! the Mee oties q th ed dene wlan! OME dosage ‘ Al aimee ae 0D) OF Max STRANDS FOUND Se ee ee ee the ta ter Hee tenet the etteremee the Bee Him me ot Pemwty tour application of Assert einatate Hiair on the! Ae Hie at Haliad wrmrimr O88 OO HUE | ctig y plied Greater ‘wo Denled. Part of DI Just b he Dixie sailed last ni Major Gallagher, who j# to have cha of the distribution the supplies the Island of Mar ue, read in a paper the claim phat that contributed the « mark supplies sent on the Dixie ridiculous that denia ut Major Gatla | |{ T0-NIGHT'S EVENTS, Kepeblican (eunty Comamtte tee Rew Dork Decks Chub Hinwer of the Alemane ef the how Dork Medion! (ulleme ter Ramen Hotel Mabewtty “ om Weet Hants then Ped wrwtionel Brnedner and deMerreuen of hootmee om Memelon fore debe 1 Hewketetior Mike wheoe “ Vhieseeweh Bows Merwe tom we “re sbeawnrs eee beelimeed oremeels Mew es euherke one thr Himhmiry see whee) Peehen ben tenet thee) @methents meme for Wheeler, who was nervous and fought: the ball every time it was hit to his He gave the Orphans the win- nd St. Louis Browns and the American ver to the west and orm e: Py, aha Evening World, New York: Sorry Nixon resigned. ++ Retired Leader of Tammany Hall in a Special Cable Despatch to The Evening World Says He Does Not Know What Effect It Will Have. The Evening World to-day sent this cable message: To RICHARD CROKER, Wantage, England: Would appreciate cable statement from you on Nixon's — jretirement, cause and elfect. Late this afternoon this reply was received: Do not know what effect it will have. NO ORDERS COME FROM ME. “SORRY NIKON RESIGNED, ND ORDERS FROM ME” “CROKER. CROKER. (Special to The Evening World) QUEBEC, May 16.—Col. John F. Gaynor and Capt. Benjamin D.Greene, friends of ex-Capt. Oberlin M, Car- ter, the two Americans indicted for alleged fraud in connection with the Savannah, Ga., fortification works, who have been enjoying the safe asylum of Quebec for the past two months, were seized and smuggled out of the city this morning at 11.30 by six American detectives. The abdiction was most daringly accomplished. Capt. Greene was in the act of “lemerging from the Post-Office when | three officers, whose identity is a» yet under cover, pounced on him, threw him in a cab and drove with him to the water side. They dumped him on a tugboat previously engaged, that was lying alongside the wharf. Seized Gaynor at Hotel. | In the mean time three other Amer- | Frontenac and there found Col. Gay- nor, who was standing at the office |counter talking to the clerk. The | officers approached him without cere- mony and seized him and took him to the street, where they threw him | into a cab and also drove to the wa- ter front. ‘They put him also on board the Spray and steamed up the river. jaynor’s Just as soon as possil! |and Greene s lawyers, Who were notl- | fed of the kidnapping, touk steps to | arrest the progress ¢ | thelr clients on board Local detectives got to work, and Kick Administered Four Years Ago Said to Be Responsibl for Stomach Cancer Which Killed Mrs, Bchneppel. —— a ee KIDNAP GAYNOR AND GREENE. American Detectives Seize Them in Quebec : and Wives Chase Them in a Tug. ne in twenty minutes were following ap the river in another tug in ‘pursuit. Mrs. Gaynor and Mrs. Greene, the wives of the Americans, went -'~<g. It is asserted that the plan of ar- resting Gaynor and Greene was con- cocted at Montreal; that a lawyer named McMaster, of that city, had hired the tug, and also that Silas Carpenter, the chief detective of the — Montreal police, was in the scheme, , May Cause International Row. The legal advisera of Gaynor and Greene will do everything possible to have their clients returned to Quebec, and even if they are taken to eatet? over the liae will resort to the B ernment for assistance, which ican officers proceeded to the Chateau } | | result in bringing about intermationsal complications. 5 ————— WARRANTS SWORN q OUT IN MONTREAL, MONTREAL, M upon which Gaynor and Green were ar. — Quebec were sworn out by . of Macon, Ga, who has ne time in this city, advised by the law firm ef MacMaster & Hickson and the warrants , n into the hands of Chief of tives Carpenter to exeoute, warrants rest nment and were ‘ontaine, who t Qu the boat with vvince. ‘HUSBAND HELD NO MORE SPITTING. FOR WIFE'S DEATH. ON Cl Board of Health Amendethe — TY SIDEWALKS, Law to Protect Health of Pedestrians on the Gugges- tion of Or, Biggs, { Meath dae prahibiied on @ reault ef vonived ay the Maead gg he Met