The evening world. Newspaper, September 13, 1902, Page 8

ey BEN ote eee WARRY HER OR eT RSI. oe Wat This Is the Alternative Which Elias Kwiat Faces with Ida Kan- trowitz. CAPTURED BY WOMEN. * Bridegroom All Ready to Es- cape Before the Ceremony Is Held by Bride’s Friends Till Detectives Arrive. Elias Kwiat, twenty-nine years old, ‘was kept a prisnore in his rooms at ®% Orchard street to-day by a dozen ‘women, armed with umbrellas, who re- sisted all his efforts to get away. Kwint @ried to gain his liberty by means of the fire-oscape, but his effort was fruitless, @@ the women fej] upon him in a body and dragged him into the room again. “You stay here and get arrested!’ {they screamed. Kwiat shook his fist at the women and threatened to eue them for restraining him. Finally he became desperate, made ® Gash and succeeded in reaching the @treet, when he was recaptured. He struck at his captors, Just then Detectives Sheehan and Bhea, of thé Eldridge street station, Fushed up and ook charge of Kwiut, who ‘had almost had his clothing torn t Decided to Rup Away, ¢_."He is a thief! He 1s a murterer! * He's killed my poor heart! said Ida trowitz, of No. 448 Broome street. and Kuriat were to have been mars to-night at Grand Lyceum Hall, 1p low street. Kurlat told a friend he ‘was going to run away because he heard thet Ida had other sweethearts. Thurs. day Ida drew $260 from the State Banle Nand gave it to Kuriat to x up a homes “When she learned that Kurlat was ing to run away she summoned her Ssh lefrartddipal oe them watched wi e other half, After the detectivi reieicn In x Market Court Ida made a oharge of grand larceny against Kwlat "I suppose all you want," sald Mag: detrate ‘Cornell, “Ie to make him marty * said Ida; “if he marries ‘want the mone! Refuses to’ Marry Her. “I wouldn't marry her,’ sald the de- fendant, “if she was the only woman in the world. haye no sympathy for men of your stamp,” said the Court, "You tale Money from the girl to marry her, and then you don't want to keep your prom- . Tl hold you for examin day in default of $600 ba {Xou make him marry, you, friends to Ida, “or send him to prison.” “1 will,” ahe replied with a smile, “LITTLE SUNBEAM? SUED FOR DIVORCE. Mrs, Nellio R. Carnes, the “Little ®undeam" In the recent alfenation sult ot Brank M. Carnes, of No. % Glen- wood avenue Jersey City, against his fonmer usinese partner, Arthur N, (Hanson, was sued for divorce to-day. Carnes, who has just fallen heir to an estate valued at $1,000,000, says in his “complaint that his wife met him last month and fed to be allowed to re- turn to him, eretion fe charges her with indis- with Hanson on two specified jons, once at Whitestone, L. I. ‘once at Hoboken. cross bill has been filed by Mrs. fn which she asks for main- teaanoe ding the decision of the sult. (Jn her bhi she changes cruelty. end A To-Morrow’s SUNDAY WORLD. Royal Brides for the Duchess [FEARS HUSBAND HAS BEEN SLAIN Mrs. Bates Prostrated by Belief that Missing Oculist Was Decoyed to Death. HER CONDITION SERIOUS Physician in Attendance Says that Any Additional Excite- ment for the Grief-Stricken Woman Will Be Hazardous Prostrated by the unaccountable dia- appearance of her husband, who she believes has been decoyed Into the hands of enemies, the wi! of Dr. William H. Bates, an eye and ear specialist, was removed to-day from her apartments in the Lonadale, at No. 7 Park avenue, to the home of Dr. Joseph E. Kelly, of No. 7 East Fifty-ninth street She is under the care of her mother, Mrs. A. E. Seaman, and Dr. Kelly, who declares that her condition la so pre- carlous that any addit!onal excitement would pe hazardous. The last seen of Dr. Bates at the Lonsdale apartment was on Aug. ». He had written his wife that he had been asked to assist at an tmportant ocular operagion by a Dr. Forschle, an old college mate. On the Gay he left a short, thickset man called at the apartment and took from the doctor's office an oblong box which contained Dr. Bates's surgical instruments, This he placed in dglivery wagon which bore no name. Short Trip, He Said. Dr. Bates followed him, carrying @ dress sult case and an umbrella. He told the superintendent of the building to tell his patients that he would be out of the city for a few days, At the ume of Dr. Bates's disappoar- ance, Mrs, Bates, Mrs, Beaman and Hal- sey Bates, the nine-year-old son of the doctor, were in the Adirondacks, where Mrs. Bates trying to recuperate 2er heal{h. His disappearance was not thought strange at the Lonesdale apart- ment house, and no one took the trouble to Investigae it unl Mes. Bates became alarmed because of not hearing from her husband, She wrote repeatedly from mountains, but got no reply. 80 ashe returned to tne city, learned that her husband Foul Play, Maybe. She did not know “Dr. Forschie* and believed him myth, as a search of all the directories of medical men in the United States contained no such name, Mrs. Bates belle her husband had been decoyed Into some out-of-th place and hag m h foul play. A search of all the express and de- livery offices, public and private, in the city has been mado under her direction, and no trace has been found of the man who took Dr. Bi package of opticas Instruments away. dn the geleral alarm that ts sent by the police Dr. Bates ts described as forty-two years old, five feet six and one-haif inches tall, slender, with dark complexion and halt and dark blue eyes, He wore when he disappeared a ark sack ‘cont ‘and vest. dark. trous: ers, black derby hat, Ught underwear way and black lace shoes. He carried a gold watch on while engraved the initials “W. H. B." NO CHANGE ON 9TH AVENUE. Number of Trips Each Day Not Reduced, A statement was made to-day by con- ductors of the Ninth avenue line that a reduction in the number of trips conati- tuting a day had been granted to a del- egation which called on the managers. ‘When this was shown to officers of sald that they had not the line they reduced the seen the delegation nor number of trips, THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER , 1902. IBABY’S MARVELLOUS ESCAPE NIAGARA BREAKS IN LONG FALL FROM WINDOW. OVER ELEVATOR “Fuster Weers ~- Baptized “ Buster” Weers Wiggled Himself Loose from} Chair, Tumbled 365 Feet and Was Practically Unhurt. How a fourteen-months-old baby, f tened to his chair by straps, can wriggle loose, climb over a window sill and fall thirty-five feet to a stone step at the street entrance, and live Is to-day the absorbing subject of discussion about West ne Hundred and Forty-fitth street. ‘The baby who performed the miracle 1s ‘Buster Weers, baptised William, the bouncing twenty-five pound son of Mr. and Mra, Henry Weers, of No. 477 West One Hundred and Forty-fitth street. He suffered no greater Injuries from the fall than a slight abrasion of the skin on ine right side of his head. How he got out of the window, only he himself knows, and "Buster" is a very wise baby for one who has not yet turned the two-year-old mark. Indeed, he is known as we huakiest baby tn the neighborhood “Buster” was seen to-day by an Evening World reporter, who was con- ducted by his proud and Joyful mother into the room in which the wonderful adventure began yesterday afternoon. He |» a vary wise child, As tho re- porter entered the room the baby actu- ally winked at him, the shrewd eyes took in everything and wide open heard all that was sald concerning the lucky accident that brought him fame. He uttered no words, but contentedly -) sucked away upon a rubber mouth- piece, and let his mother do the talk- ing. Mother Tells the Story. "Aoh, yes!" the mother said. ‘ ‘Bust- er’ is the finest baby in the whole world, and how he ever escaped death ‘sa mystery. That baby boy was strapped in his chair yesterday noon when I left him to go into the kitchen. He was soated near the open window, but I nevef dreamt that my baby would wet so active, His chair was ted by a rope to a larger chair, and that chair was tied in turn to the bed. There were three leather straps bound about him, and the one about his waist was ight as I could draw it, ‘But he is a very strong baby; as strong as one three years old, and he always likes to see the horses go by. He told me this morning that before he fell he was playing with his yarn whip, and when he heard a wagon passing he called out ‘gittey oup,’ and that Is the last that he remembers, “The most remarkable thing of his exit ts the fact that when I entered the room the chair had not been over- turned, but was just where I left with my baby there. But ‘Buster’ gone and only the chair, the straps and the yarn whip remained’ behind. I was frantic until a young man came up the stairs carrying a baby. He sald he had seen the baby fall out of the window and land with a yell on the awning, “CARRIE” WAS BARRED. Policy Raiders Got Into This Game, Though, and Made a Capture. County Detectives Reardon, Archer and Platt, of the District-Attorney's of- fice, to-day raided an alleged policy shop at No, 209 East One Hundred and Second street and arrested the alleged proprietor, Frank Smith. ‘The detectives for some time have been watching the place, whi u ing they forced their way into the place where they arrested Smith and captured some policy manifold booka, slips and lottery tickets. ‘The place has been posing as the club- rooms of the Cleary Association, and on the wall was a card which the de- tectives also took along with them, which read: “All are welcome here ex- cept Carrie.” ‘The county detectives took Smith to the East One lundred and Fourth Btreet Station, where the prisoner was locked up. He will be in Harlem Court to-morro Dotted Line Show» Course of Baby’s Fall, From there and will not suffer in the future.” All this time Buste: and looking #9 very w he understood perfe talking Was about. which he had made the rubber In his mouth, Dr. G. 8, Harrington, who attended ous consequences, The child It on The awning force of the fall. Ha turned a foot to the right or the left, would have fallen Into one of the ar of the street. FIND A DROWNED BOY. Up in the East River, There were no marks on clothin, the bo; falr complexion and i His clothing consisted of a b! and white striped shirt, black and wh! checked knee trousers, bro fled year air, under uster’ fell to the bottom step Of the entrance and lay there just moaning a little. My baby was unhurt was on the bed ly Finally he seemed to grow tired of {t and turning go that he could gaze at the window through ‘ his marvellous exit, he refused to do anything but suck his fall and that there would be no seri- is course been ways, which are ten feet below the level Body of Unknown Lad Is Picked The body of a drowned boy was found at 5.90 o'clock this morning in the Bast | River at the foot of Fifty-ffth street. by which he could be identi- @ police describe him as twelve n stacl ings, tan shoes and light-colored knit Pipe Bursts Above the Car and it Is Stalled with Panic-Stricken Occupants. CAUGHT BETWEBN FLOORS |While Water Drenches Five Persons in the Lift, a Crowd Offers to Call a Life-Saving Boat Crew. As an elevator left the ground floor of the Broadway Chambers bullding, No. 377 Broadway, at 11.35 this morning, a jolat in the cylinder which furnished the hydraulic power parted, and there was a mighty rush of water. The eli Vator was caught halfway between the first and the second floors, and for five minutes its occupants received the full force of a miniature Niagara Falls. A two-foot break in the scrollwork of castiron which is over the entrance 18 mute evidence of the power with which the water was driven outward from the rear of the shaft. The casting 18 bent and twisted. James Brown was in charge of the car. He does not own a yacht nor has he ever been to sea, and so when the water began to drop through the top of the elevator he began to yell wildly. As it Increased in volume the passen- gers in chorus joined him in the cry for aid. ‘The latter numbered four—Fellx Handall, who has an office In the build- re was a large crowd gathered dor watching the plight of the passengers, but unable to ald them. Some one suggested a ladder, and then @ facetious person proposed a boat, ‘Accidents similar jn character have occurred in many of the new downtown office buildings," said the superintend- ent. "The elevatars here have been thoroughly tested and I cannot explain the curious happening of to-day.” ‘The passengers dried out in the en- gine-room DEVERY IS THE INNOCENT VICTIM OF GUILTY DOUBLE Cadmus, of Jersey, Who Big Chief, / Looks Just Like the Did It All. ’ Can {it be possible that William 8. Devery is the maligned man he says he is. It begins to look that way. His double has been found. The name of the double is William Cadmus, of Morristown, N. J. He says he is William 8. Devery. He tried to arrest a man yesterday be- cause the man was lame. Cadmus said the lame man was John C. Sheehan. Bo they put Cadmus in the Morr! town jail, the walls of which are six feet thick. Everything, therefore, is cleared up, It was not Willlam 8, Devery who was throwing money away over in Jer- sey City that time. ‘Twas Mr. Cadmus, It was not Willlam & Devery who used to take the dough bags away Police Headquarters in a cab. ‘Twas Mr. Cadmus. + Tt was not William 8. Devery who had his headquarters in a clothing store, where he met men wearing dia- mond horseshoe pins and suspiciously black mustaches. ‘Twas Mr. Cadmus. It was not William 8. Devery bought $350,000 worth of real estate ott of his savings as a policeman. ‘Twas Mr. Cadmus. 8. Devery that was not Will! the last election for Tammany It lost Hall. ‘twas Mr. Cadmus, Bat, the ane put him now where he'll w» PARTRIDGE ASKS FOR NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR POLICE. Chooses Up Town Site CS in Broadway and Urges a Big Appropriation at Once. Pollce Commissioner Partridge sent to the Board of Estimate and Apportlon- ment to-day a document in which ho says he hag selected a new alte for Police Headquarters. This was news, as few persons had heard of a plan to move headquarters from the famous old building at No. 300 Mulberry street. The Commissioner says he has select- ed the irregular tract between Broad- way and Seventh avenue and Forty- seventh and Forty-elghth streets. He asks the board to authorize the Cor- poration Counsel to bring a condemua- tlon suit so that the plot may be pur- chased by the city. : Col. Partridge suggests that the old Headquarters property be sold and that the amount realized be applied on the new building and property. He says the present location {s inconvenient and in- adequate and that the work of the de- partment 1s now three times greater than it was in 1862, when he_ building in Mulberry street was erected. ;: In the present quarters there is no protection from fire, ? For the new building the Commis- stoner suggests a libaral appropriation, saying that It should not be out of place among the many million-dollar struc- tures in the neighborhood chose: All through the communiestion there is @ plea for early action. SOTHERN BACK TO PLAY HAMLET Actor Returns with Roland Buckstone, Who Says New York Opening Will Take Place After a Short Tour. E. H. Sothern and Roland Buckstone returned from Purope on the Umbria Dr G8. Harr yho attended to|/to-day. Mra. Sothern, who came back the slight injuries’ to’ the child, sald| sey ; "Buster" wae abeolutely unharmed by| overs! weeks ago, met them at the pier, and Mr. Sothern hurried away the| with her as soon as he came ashore, thickest part of the skull, Being a baby| Mr, Bi : he did not attempt to save himself. That! sata, Doketone stalked y foes Chem ais) accounts in large measure for his mirac-| 8@!4: Tous escape, sartly broke the| “Mrs, Sothern goes te Cleveland to- night where she opens Monday tn ‘Iris,’ and Mr. Sothern will probably follow her to-morrow to see her first appearance there. He iil then come back and the company will be called together to re- hearse ‘If I Were King,’ with which he will open probably in Albany early in tober. “We shall make a short tour with this play and return here just before Christ- mas to produce “Hamlet” at the Garden Theatre. Mr. Sothern has in contempla- tlon @ production of ‘Romeo and Jullet.”” We have ‘had a delightful va- cation. The last two weeks we devoted to a coaching trip through Wales. Mr. Sothern did nox see the coronation, but I did and was deeply impressed with the ceremony.” —_—_ §ELL. YOUR SECOND-HAND PHO- Rograph. Advertise & in the Gun- day World he ea- y's | ht ue i OFFERS GERMANY CHOICE OF THREE, Charlemagne Tower, Bellamy Storer or David J. Hill for Ambassador to Succeed An. drew D. White. BERLIN, Sept. 18—The Forelgn Office thas received from the German Embassy at Washington a memorandum of in- quiry made by Gecretary Hay as to whether it will be agreeable to receive as Ambésesador, in succession to Mr. White, Charlemagne Tower, the present United States Ambassador at St. Peters- burg; Bellamy Storer, now United States Minister at Madrid, or David J. Hill, Avsistant Secretary of State. The foreign office has instructed the German Charge d'Affaires to say that ‘any one of the three is acce; le. The {mpression hore is that ain rower is the most likely to be appointed, Submitting a list of aames instead of {a quite outside of diplo- matic custom. Usually only one na: is proposed. - COMPROMISE FOR $185,0007 SAN FIRANCISCO, Sept. 13.—The Call says that it is in @ position to state ‘that the exact amount received by the by the relatives of the late Mrs. Charles Fair in settlement of their claims was $185,000, instead millions of sums running into tofore mentioned. RING.A FAKE, SD ALSO MARRIAGE Surprising Discovery of Pretty Brooklyn Girl Who Rebuked Huskand for Poor Quality of Jewelry, —— ¢ Adelaide Messick, a pretty Brooktyn girl, wants to know whether her mar- riage to Louis Stern, at Bloomfeld, N. J., a week ago to-day was as big & fake as the wedding ring she is wear ing. She went for advieo to the clerk of the Adams Street Court. To him she said that up to Sept. 4 she had been keeping company with Sa@uel Stern, and was expecting to marry him, On thet date Samuel told her that his brother Louis would be a better match for her, as he had steady work, and, anyhow, Samuel had found a girl he liked better. Adelaide was just as willing as Louis, so Samuel and his new girf, Louls and Adelaide went to Bloomfield, N. J., where she says the Rev. Dr, Wright, an Episcopalian minister, tied the double knot. For four days ‘the bride was happy. Then the {dea struck her to have her initiale put in her weddin ‘“ jewelier_ told her_ the Was not worth 2% cefts. When Adelaide spoke Louls about this, she claims. he “That's funny. Ring's a take. Mar’ lage a fake, too. le took a pho raph out of his pocket and shows jer the pictures of his wife and child to said WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MARY MAC LANE, ANYWAY? | To-Morrow’s We want to know. We have given you an opportunity to read the wonderful articles of this remarkable young woman from Butte, Montana. You have read three of them, “Newport,” “Coney Island” and “Wall Street.” “MARY MAC LANE Her fourth article will be published to-morrow in the Sunday World, with photographs of Mary Mac Lane as she is. of Marlborough’s Sons? Possibilities and probabilities of the future wives to be selected for these iittle children of Consuelo Vanderbilt, How Europe May Be Reached in Three Days. Amazing record-breaking trip of Charles R. Flint’s Arrow brings within reaching distance a long-imagined possibility. How it can be achieved. P Tiny Man-of-War Attacking New York’s Shores. MOST IMPORTANT MAN ON EARTH. Nature’s most spectacular representative in the sea now flocking to this coast, and described by the great naturalist, Ernest Ingersoll. They have made their That Amazing Person, J. Pierpont Morgan. An Unusual* Gathering of Facts About impression on you. IN LITTLE OLD NEW YORK.” Read it and then let us know what you think of Mary Mac Lane. Martyr to Science Dying of Consumption. SUNDAY WORLD. Heroic experiment of Dr. Paul Gernault, which has proved a fact, but will cost him his own life. Vegetarians for Health and Beauty Claim Wondrous Things. Remarkable list of London and Parisian society women who have abjured meat and wife that they may preserve their youth and beauty, with personal interviews by Harriet Hubbard Ayer. This Colossus of Finance, Proving Why He Is To-Day the With a Splendid New Portrait in Colors. How Edna May Keeps House in London Town. The “Belle of New York” visited in her pretty English home, where she is sought by people of title and wealth. Her simple life far from home. The Wonderful Throat of an American Girl Who Sings a Higher Note than a Woman's Voice Has Ever Before Reached. — To-Morrow’s SUNDAY |