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oS Oe ee . —s i, GENERAL ” SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 8. “ Circulation Books Open to All.”? [ “ Circulation Books Open to All. »| eS PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1902. Oo GENERAL SPORTING NEWS N PAGE 8. PRICE ONE CENT. M COY BEGGED OFFICER NOT TO SHOOT HIMIN JEROMERAID Victim. Who Is Already Wholly Blind and Is Likely to Die, Declares He Was Running Away When Struck by Bullet. Yes, they shot me because I got in the way. They shot me in the head. Ido not know, their names. I WAS RUNNING WHEN I GOT SHOT. Two men were following me. 1 TOLD THEM THEY OUGHT NOT 70 SHOOT ME. I do net think I could recognize them.—statement of James McCoy to the Coroner In Bellevue Hospital. Was Detective McLellan justified in phootitig James McCoy in the raid yesterday on the Sherman House pool room? District-Attorney Jerome says he twas. Coroner Jackson takes the opposite view, but will not make a definite move until the result of the wound is known, McGoy, who is already totally blind, 4s dying in Bellevue Hospital. The bullet which ploughed its way into his head destroyed the optic nerve, McCoy says he was running away when the shot was fired. HE BEGGED THE DETECTIVES NOT TO SHOOT. A man named Welling, who de- clines for the present to give his full name and address, said to-day that he saw the shooting. He saw McCoy running away. and-heard him beg the detectives not to fire again. , Magistrate Crane criticised Jerome in court for shielding McLellan. Hard to Get Statement. It was with the utmost difficulty and patience that the Coroner managed to obtain the meagre statement from the dying man. At intervals only was Mec- Coy able to: rationally state what oc- curred, He rambled away from the subject. but It was only when he re- ferred to the shooting that anything he said was taken down in writing. The story told by Welling corrobo- rates that given by McCoy. He called at Bellevue Hospital to-day and asked permission to see the dying man, This, of course, was refused, To an Evening World reporter the man said: “I gaw the shooting. I was In a po- sition to see It from start to finish, 1 was in the place at the time and am a daily frequenter of the room. I was at a window when McCoy ran acrons the roof tops and I couid see nim plain- ly as well as the county detectives who were in pursult, I saw the smailest of thedetectives—a ttle fellow—pull his re- volver and blaze away at McCoy. SEVERAL SHOTS WERE FIRED WHEN I HBARD M’COY CRY OUT: ‘DON'T SHOOT AGAIN! YOU WILL KILL ME! DON'T SHOOT!’ se JEROME JUSTIFIES SHOOTING OF M’COY. District-Attorney Jerome arrived at his office shortly before 10 o'clock. He had the appearance of having passed a sleepless nigit. The perspiration was pouring from his brow when he entered th Centre Street Police Court. “McLellan, who did the shooting, wan justified in hin action,” the Wistrict-Attorney aa his duty, and that courageous!: He dia w 1 would have under the same circumstance: Mr. Jerome did not remain in the court very long. He went to his office and sent for the newspaper reporters, “IT have assigned my assistant, Rand, to go to Bellevue,” Mr, Jerome sald, ‘to sze McCoy. I have gone over the case carefully and ‘I am positive McLellan was justified in what he did. {There was a deliberate attempt made to kill McLellan, two shots being fired at him. Lawver C. J, MoMannus when told of Mr. Jerome's statement said: “It will be easy work for us to prove that McCoy was not mentioned. or even (Continued on Page Four.) TO SAVE EITHER MOTHER OR WIFE, WAS THIS FIREFIGHTER’S PROBLEM. Both at Window When Holdsworth Mounted a Ladder to His Blazing Home—Both Women and His Two Children Injur. I. was a strange problem that con- fronted Fireman Joseph Holdsworth at a fire in Williamsburg to-day. ‘The fire was in his own home, No. 954 Broadway, one of a row of four- story tenements. Mounting a ladder at a window he found his aged mother and his wife. He could not save both at once. He took his m_..er and left his wife to jump. Five Persons Injured. These persons were injured in the fire: ALLEN, MRS, CATHERINE, thir- ty-one years old; by smoke, HOLDSWORTH, MRS. ANNIE, seventy-four years old; internal in- juries. HOLDSWORTH, SARAH, forty- one years old; internal injuries. HOLDSWORTH, JENNI eigh- teen years old; overcome by smoke. HOLDSWORTH, ARTHUR, seven years old; overcome by smoke. Holdsworth’s mother wriggled from his arms as he was carrying her overcome (Continued on Page Four.) FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE BEST ANSWER, A fireman ran up a ladder te 2 window in a burning build- ing in Williamsburg to-ilay: At the window he found his old mother and his wife. He could only ‘carry one of them down the ladder, Which should he take first, wife or mother? The Evening World will pay $5 for the BEST xoo- WORD ANSWER to the question, telling which one he should save first and why. Address letters to ‘“ FIRE- MAN EDITOR,” Evening World. ——— JOLIET FLOODED; SOME LIVES LOST, Heavy Rains Swelled Creeks, Dam Gave Way and Waters Swept Through Town— $100,000 Damage. JOLIET, Il., June 3.—Joliet ts tn the ‘grasp of the worst flood in ita history. All the lower portion of the city is under water and it is rumored that geveral lives have been lost, The police say Eddie MeGovers, Liz- gic McGean and a little girl named Kennedy were drowned. Seyeral families had narrow escapes and many were rescued in boats, Scores of families have been driver from their homes and several hou! @nd other buildings were swept away, All the principal streets are under water, and factories and business places all over the city are flooded, The dam- age to property 18 estimated at $100,000. | The street-var lines are all severely damaged, and no vars are running, All trains are stalled, water being two fect deep over. the railroad tracks, ‘Heavy rains, which continued all night, caused Hickory and Spring Creeks to burst their banks, and ,a portion of @ickory Creek Dam, east’ of this city, has partially collapsed, sending the flood waters down in # torrent. Scores of homes have from one to three feet of water in the first atories. Mayor Barr has called @ special meet- tng of the city council for this after- noon to take measures for the relief of the bomeless, Subscriptions for the homeless and needy ure being raised, and one mer- chant has donated $600 worth of pro- visions, Tho flood ts slowing receding. The Rock Island bridge over. the Drainage Cana! has heen moved elaht- out of line by the flood end no trains can pi The Wacks of the Chicago and Alton “and of the nta Fe are under water and a Banta Fe bridge south of the city was washed away. Ten miles of Michigan’ Central transfer trackage ts ruled, Bastngas, is, WAralyene “aad” Ab) Bi t MANY VICTIMS STORM MAY COME TO-NIGHT, Showers Likely to Bring Relief During. the Evening After Day of High Temperature. the soda fountain sputters Nitin laases to the brim; And within the flooded gutters Now the Arab takes a swim, And sae shirt- waist (imay flirt-walst Suits the fairy maidon's whim. Now the rickey shines resplendent, Yea, to cheer the hot and blue; And the Iceman, independent, Gets the cash of every hue, While this query Bmites the weary! “Ie It hot enough for you?" The Heat Record. M.. waububmeeas Sagrrrrr Heat Prostrations, fell from mail ase t Eager, Joseph, wagon in Third oft heat, In Bellevue, Motart, John, one year old, died 187 East One Hu ana Seve th ntreet. Pt 1, Andrew, forty years o| of No. 887 East One Handre Thi reet, at dev avenue and Filty-scoond at Roosevelt Howpital, O'Leary, Margavet, of No, 21a Kal three years old, of No, 108 Bast 0 Bighth » and Presbyterian Hospital, Garrison, Thomas, twentyenix years old, of No. 626 West Fitty- second street, at Wistioth stxeet OF HEAT; f the thirty-six we at 8 P.M, for New York! Wednesday, pital. Luther, Benedtot, thirty-five y d, of No, 441 Kast ¢ Third a place, Fordham Hospital, Starting well up along the tube, close to the high point it touched yesterday, the mercury began going up by leaps 4nd bounds early to-day. Four degrees an hour was easy for it at the rate at which It advanced, After it had'got « good start the weather sharps prophesied that tho day would surpass anything in the way of heat felt in the last week, It was & good day fox trips to the Ocean breeses, for panama hate and the new ping: cocktails! which are made to cool 4 man. With its ruining start the heat g ty| BBs "it wae “aul advanoingn ia [the first’ numan victim of the aun had fale burs before that, an | pany hundreds, of' New were In danger from tho aultry heat: here was no reese anywhere ‘that aol ted to anything, the alr. w piish With molsture uf to give rather a pisty to distant, views, “and al ml Hone were right for ‘a ‘day ol hs tas sett GIANTS RAGGED PLAY ALLOWS _ CHICAGO TO SCORE SIX RUNS. NEW YORK LOSES. CHICAGO ......-- ----.-- 00420420012 NEW YORK ...--.-------000012001—4 (Continued from Eighth Page.) Sixth Inning—Taylor and Slagle singled. Jones out at first. Dexter. safe, and Taylor scored on Yeager’s muff of Bean's ihrow. Williams hit to the fence, where a policeman caught the ball on a bound. It was a dead ball, and Williams accord-| ingly got a home run, scoring Slagle and Dexter ahead of him, Chance fanned. Taylor threw Schaefex out. Four runs. ‘Doyle singled. Yeager tripled. scoring Doyle. Yeager tal- lied on Smith’s out. Lauder safe on his hit, but was doybled with Jackson. Two runs. BROOKLYN-CINCINNATI CINCINNATI .....-- -------00000100 0-1 BROOKLYN .....-- --------00110000 -2 At Boston—St Louis, 11: Boston, 9. At Philadelphia—End eighth: Pittsburg, < 3; Philadelphia, 3. ss LATE RESULTS AT ST. LOUIS. Fourth Race—Frank Bell 1, Laura G. G.-2, Lakeview 3. AT HARLEM. My Queen, 102, Worthen 2.48 13 60 2 fut Wining Wong! me Fourth Race—Last Knight 1. Amirante 2, Ecome 3. jane mia made tne “running. followed ty Fifth Race—Rheta 1, The Don 2, Ben Chalice 3. | the Favorite, AWite Chapel, nae alow Peele ai and’ was i CAPT. FOODY REPRIMANDED, - Commissioner Partridge this aiternoon decided that Poiice Captain Foody. was guilty of neglect of duty in tailing” ree the Excise law, but iet nim of win a severe repritiass. 1i¢} ordered his.decision gosted in the station »..0 read to sue ya trolmen. oJ SNL tf BOY DROWNED AT RECREATION “icH. An unidentified boy about ten fell into the East River irom) :* Recretation Pier at fwenty-fourth street this afternoon ang wae drowned. epi PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT BILL PASSED. WASHINGTON, June 3.—The Philippire Government viii was passed by the Senate by a vote of 48 to 30. eee eee EX-ALDERMAN WELLING ACQUITTED. Former Alderman’ James EB, Welling, of the Third Assembly District, who, following the Belmont campaign in February, was arrested and 8ub-| Two Killed anda Score Hurt in Wreck of Spe- sequently indicted on the charge of bribing voters, was tried and honorably | acquitted to-day before Justice Scott, of the Criminal Branch of the Su-) preme Court. The only witness against Welling was Lester Bennet, who testified that the accused paid him to impersonate a voter named Coleman | and other voters as well. Bennet on the stand admitted that he had served time in prison, Welling was defended by Francis E. Wellman, Charles E. Sims and Wauhope Lynn. Welling was discharged. +42 HEALTH BOARD REJECTS DEATH CERTIFICATE. | John Muller, thirty-six years old, a janitor, of No, 400 West One Hun- dred and Twenty-fourth street, died in the Metropolitan Hospital to-day from gangrene sacrun—a gangrenous condition of the lower bones of the spinal column, Dr. R. B. Mitchell, of the Metropolitan Hospital, signed the death certificate. It was rejected by the Board of Health, which has asked the Coroner's office to investigate it. It was sald at the Metropolitan Hos- pital late this afternoon that no notice had reached that institution of any action by the Board of Health in relation to the death of Muller. —<—$——_++-—___—_ TO INVITE VANDERBILT TO JOIN BATTERY. Capt. Louls Wendel, of Wendel's Battery, was a visitor at the State, camp to-dey and expressed his intention of inviting Lieut. Vandenbilt to! join the Wendel Battery, “Mr. Vanderbilt intends studying every branch of the service.” paid Capt. Wend ‘and it is his Intention to devote some time to the artillery branch. pleased to have him accept.” | —_———__ ++ ___—__ | DODGE AND ROBERTS QUIT STEEL TRUST. | After the regular monthly meeting 5 of the Board of Directors of the United States Steel Corporation to-day at the executive offices, No. 7 Broad- | way, Judge Gary sald that letters of reaignation had been received from | William E. Dodge and Percival Roberts, jr. Both resignations were ac- cepted, ———— ++ ALDERMEN NOT AFRAID OF HOT WEATHER, A resolution introduced at the meeting ot the Board of Aldermen by | Vice-Chairman McInnes to adjourn until June 17 on account of the warm | ¢/ weather was defeated. | Se rr KILLED BY FALL FRC FROM CHURCH. John Greene, of me, ‘186 14 Osis en avenye,,while at work thi afternoon | { phy op Naai-otath street aud Central” bu dal Woot, folk fom the soot to the ‘pound and wes instantly killed, . a | a | Our land Baltimore Rallroad were misunder- I shall offer him a Heutenancy and would be) > MORNINGSIDE, 7 TO 2, WINS | THE BROOKDALE HANDICAP. + C. Whitney’s Filly, with Light Weight Up, Beats Advance Guard, Water Cure and Col. (Special to The Brening World.) RACE TRACK, GRAVESEND, N. June 3. the track this afternoon, and this brought out a large crowd, for the pros- pects for excellent speculation were most promising. As a rule a race track crowd likes large fields, aince the pr are always generous and the returns larger for a small outlay. The card was a good one and had considerable class, the Brookdale 2g Handicap at a mile and a furlong being | -p, a splendid feature, The weather was the warmest race- koers have expericneed during the y! and it was no cooler at the track tha in town. The track was very fast. News of the death of Peter Rellly, a prominent member of the Metropolitan Turf Association, reached the track to-/ day. Reilly varted bookmaking with plinging and he was known from coast to coast. FIRST RACE. For two-year-olds; five and « half furlo ‘Be Starters, whte, jocks, St.HIf tin. Athelroy, 105, Landry... 3° 3% uxwett, 112, Our Mot Made. the runnl the stretch and looked all o winner to the last sixteen: Athelroy to win by a head. White Chapel closed fast at the end, but had to be content with third Piece Unree lenaths behind Our ‘Nugget > ‘arconn RAI For three-year-olds; mile and» sixtennth. where closed and just got up in time Sartor, abt, Jocks. GLHICWIn. BUr-Place, Homestead, 111, ‘Bull 3 35 owt Grand Opera. Ji ihn AR oS Frief Krupi 25 3 0 a Connecticut, son, “cooh'n 4 48 48 BSB Trump, 108, D. O'Congor 5 1° 5 190 18 Start good. Won driving Time—t.48. Homestead and Trump went away to- gether, put Trump had the most apeod. the lead on the turn. Grand hen ranged alongside of Home- latter was kept In a pocket to the far turn, where Trump went a bit wide, Homestead then shot through and took the lead, but Bull- jad to ride his hardest to win by Pe head. from. Grand Opera.” Fried Krupp, who dropped far out of it in the first part, was third, two lengths away. TWRD RACE. For three-year-olds and up, six furlongs. 2 Betling Starters, whis. Jocks. Sc:HIt Fin, Str. Place, Cheater, | 106. aA Burne 4°14 lis A Easene, "94, 4 ty oe 9 5 Mark, | 103, 3 5t oe smith. large fields were the rule at D Padden. it, Bantlle, Flirtineer, he SB crore: 3: oe 8S ve 4M 16 18, Start fate. Won driving. Time—1.11 b6. Cheatem jumped into the lead right ft G and making all the run: half a length from the same, disiance in Geneseo. The Dancer and Flirteneer ran prominently to the | head of the stretch, where they died away. FOURTH RACE. The Rrookdale Handicap, for three-year-olds and up, mile and a furlong, Betting Startern. whte., Jock Str. Place, Morningside, 104. H.Coe 65 : 6) Pu 2 Carbune! 2 The Regent, {9 y 6 Start good, Won cleverly. Col. Padden jumped away In front with Morningside, but Cochran also took Morningside in hand and was con- tent (o race at the head of the bunch in close order with Sadie 8., Carbuncle and Advance Guard. Col, Padden sailed along three lengths In front to the far turn. where the field closed on him. whingside then jumped out of the buneh, and golng on won easily by a ad ‘from Advance Guard, who, was three lengths in front of Col. Padden. FIFTU RACE. For maiden two-year-olds; fre furlongs Betting. forks, GLH Pin. Br Piece 6p 3 Fi i Fe 15 5 uw Teas | bh ws 68 6% Tb Wm ouehin 1819, BLD 7 ~ 7 Huctong, fi ® oS North wi 9 % Prediet 12, 32100 7:2 5 hermmormer, 112, Nella 6 1 3 65 Aisa, Th Wont + Bf javigator, 1) 1 Davphin, "112. 4 ‘Sart fair.” Won driving. ‘imes-t1.02. Credulity cut out the pace, followed by Dr. Hagard, Sumida, Tantalus Cup and the others close up. They held in thls order to the stretch, where there Was a general closing wp, and out of the bunch shot Tantalus Cup, who raced to the front end won tt a drive by @ length from Invinelble, who was a head in front of Credulity, SIXTH RACE. For three-year-olds and up; selling; mile and weventy yardse. ng. Pisce. ccrsmsetscecocine| (Merc Prince Richard third oO’ Haganciiiet Another New Man, Takes the Cen. tre Field for £ Yorkers—Windy Colts Have a Men Go-Round in Thi and Fourth Inning, ~ ial The Batting Order. Chicago. New York, Beller It, f pueeaes of. ?, ef. McDonald, rf : Doyle, 1b." "2 smith, ab, 1aauder, 3b, Slagle, i. Taylor, p. ‘Umpire-y@antition, (Special to ‘The Evening World.) POLO GROUNDS, New York, June —The arrival of the Chicago players | this town this afternoon to engage) the New Yorks In a game gave one the fiti= pression of a fellow sitting down to dinner and beginning his repast po the bottom of the menu card. are usually the last thing on the but the Glants, basing calcualtions om past performances, were somethii easy to crack. Those Western fe have been golng along at a nice pice, In thelr encampments at or abroad they have had no use hospital so far. Quite diffrent from the conditions ex {sting in this city's team arn't thi The Giants’ sick list was still in shape. There were a couple of com e&cents, but the pair were not the that would lend the local team any terial ald to-day, Christy Mathewson and Luther were out in their white togs. They hay been staying for a couple of days in bake ovens to loosen tho muscles their snlary wings, but the day qs:tt developed was apparatus imaginable, and so they it on themselves to let old Sol do untying act. If the sun as tt to-day conld nat chase away all dences of “cnarley-horse,” then Bi Matty and Taylor are hopeless Another New Giant. It would not be a New York (tiewe days if some change did note cur in the batting order. There © one delay as usual and it found } Gtant in the field. He was O'Hagan, who has ica ing first base to date for Chicago. Windy City team found it had no 4 for him owing to Inability to bat, & $, New York, seeking new players, ly signed him. Jones's wounds spiked arm reopened yesterday had to retire to-day. O'Hagan was to cover the position, Chicago thought Its utility es Schaefer, a superior player to O' and it was he who occupied the Job 4 first base for the Westerns. f To change the subject to one not so pleasant, it must be sald that (Continued on Eighth Page.) Be ——— NEW YORKERS | HEAD- cial to Lincoln Univer: PHILADELPHIA, June 38,—Running orders for a special on the Central Divi- sion of the Philadelphia, Wilmington ntood this afterncon, and as a result | two trainmen were killed and two coach- loads of people from New York on the way to the Lincoln University ecc#n- menoement exercises at Oxford were | shaken up. ‘At least a score were badly hurt, | The wreck occurred at Elkview ata- thon, one mile this side of Oxford The special came from New York this | jee Philadelphia at noon, The regi morning. It feft following the regular train jar train passed the signals | Ming the mperial clonely following. pide Lt es FINISHES AT ST. Louis. RACE PRACK, 8T. LOUIS, June 3 ss run here to-day resulted 49 and seventy to 2 ond 6 Pace—One mile to 5; Hansporough, segond and Jim Winn ‘hird 1.62 1-8. becond Race— doa half tur to Land § to lon, Won by ert Lanal to 1 for place, was [1 oy and Aratt Yonn third, “Timé--0.67, ce-One and a half miles aun eae 4 to) and 7 10 6; by waa wecond; to SA ‘eon, 7b and alva third and Bulld- There. Mr. Hale, on Naval vaval Ape (War Veane June 4d pmmitiee reported th Henate from the He ftairs, toalay Dropriation gal to the the mr venmols "recommended, hy” 1 nd at t cee ed » ne jiSuse ie le surikem out the provision that half he vessel built mimended by shall be ny tinwlttes reports In favor of all!" the|® N A BAD ON COLLISION. sity Commencement. celal had only two coaches, and, they were filled with university alumnl and friends of the college. Sicnals were misunderstood and a freleht train pulled on the main track and started rapidly to meet the flying special, On a short curve, near Elk- view station, one mile from Oxford, the trains crashed together, Both engines were demolished and the coaches were | eplintered in places: Will Bequeaths Estate to H for Life Subject to Variqus $1,000 Legacies to tives and Friends. The will of Mrs, Florine Arnold man, wife of Alfred L. Seligman, died a week ago, was fled in the gato's office to-day for probate, The petition sets forth that the ‘The engineer and fireman of the pas- senger train are reported.to haye been killed and a score of passetigers to have hour after the special train was golr eof those Injured. is almost {n sight of | acelde WINNERS AT HARLEM. RACE TRACK, HARLEM, June 4. The races scheduled to be run here to- day resulted as follows First Rage--Four and 4 half furlongs. Won by Sigmund, 15 ty 1 and 6 to 1; Capt, Arnold for place ¢ to 5, was sece ond, and Gallant Smith third, 'Time~ Ll bs Second Race—Onv mile.—Won by Mod- | erator, 3 to 1 and 4 to 5; Ben Frost, for pia 0, was Bleased Da third, second a Time—1 ‘ trix owns no property in this anit pisces her personal property at $125, Mrs. Seligman left no children, ‘ Her only helr-at-law is her husband, who is direoted to distribute such gucns of money among charitable and beneva- lent institutions as he may eee fit, The following legacies are to be palds $1,000 to Jennie Donae Laufenberger; $1,000 to Martha Marron, of No. 218 Weat Thirty-first street: O'Brien, of No. 13 street, and $1,000 each to her 0% Carrie and Irene Hays, of No. | Madison avenue, after a sum of has been placed in trust, of whlch husband is to receive the income d his life. seath (he ‘prigoleal ie 8 death the princ! Florence. Leopold, th wil Leopold in to with the | will leave and to Carrie and Ire each Mrs, Seliemac says these requests are merely recommendations and uy Race-'Threv-quar Won by Ice King, 6 to Kenilworth, $ to 1 for place, and due Martin third, ‘Mme — THOUGHT IT MURDER, Phere was a ble wir early to-day w Luke Meehan, a well-known weet al oharacter, was found dead in the hall- way of No. 47 Eleventh avenue, The y's head lay 1 & pool of blood and said he had been murdered. police thought so, too, until Bure | mm Mokeivy, of Roosevelt Hospital| was 12 ae arrived in ai ambulance Government yal total feet carried by the bul as reooried La O1bi06,00b ns orhane: i I probably vury Meer died from he Relgnbors wi guirements, The residue of Mra man's estate, including her furniture, books and paintings, Is nd absolutely: —— TO-NIGHT'S EVENTS, New York Entomol Y ¥ at Museum History, Seventy street and