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‘ . NIGHT EDITION. GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON’ PAGE 10 “ Circulation Books Open to All”? | ST TT GENERAL SPORTING NEWS | ON PAGE 10 | NEW YORK, FRIDAY, ocToBER 10, 1902. PRICE ONE CENT a -SLAINEY BOY WITT AN AXE. Charles Cawley, Seventeen- | Year-Old Inventor, Goes Suddenly Insane and At- tacks Entire Family. TWO DEAD AND FOUR DYING Mother and Sister Hacked to Death and Two Little Broth- ers and Two Other Sisters Injured, (Special to The Evening World.) PITTSBURG, Pa., Oct. 10,—Charies Cawley, the seventeen-year-old son of Mrs. Hannah Cawley, of Homestead, went mad this morning without warning @nd with an axe killed his mother and one of his sisters and fatally hacked two other young sisters and two broth- ere. He tried to kill two brothers near his own age, but was overpowered @nd turned over to the police. THE DEAD, Mra, HANNAH CAWLEY, aged about forty yenrs, head and upper portion of her body almost ponnd- ed to a jelly. LLB CAWLEY, eed twelve, who slept with her mother, hend frightfally crushed, THE INJURED. JOSEPH, the baby of the family, aged fifteen months, head and cheat battered; at South Side Hon- pitaly w jot live. ADELAIDE, aged six years, skal fractured; at South Side Hospital; Wil not recover, RAYMOND, aged six years, twin ob Adelaide, head horribly injared w and 1 not ive: at South Side \ @AGIESS coped ten xeara, head}, crushed; will not live; at South Slide Hoapt The crime of the boy, which surpass in the number of its victims almost any in the history of such maniacal mur- ders, was undoubtedly due to his mental aberration, brought on by work and worry over a patent alr breke, He was unusually bright and had applied him- self unceasingly to his inventior hau applied for a patent and was dail awaiting a report from the Patent Office in Washington. the Family, DRUGGED GIRL oEEO JEROME! Miss Blake, Stenographer of Yonkers, Is Likely to Prosecute Two Men and a Womait. ONE WELL-KNOWN DOCTOR. Investigation Begun in Yonkers Abandoned Because It Was Found the Girl Was Drugged Across Line in This County, A clearing up of the mystery sur- rounding the finding of Miss Anna Blake, a stenographer, in a ditch near the Yonkers line last night under cir- cumstances tonding to corroborate her story that she had been drugged by a prominent physician and two compan- fons earlier In the evening, was layed to-day by the discovery tn Yonkers court that the case properly belongs to the New York authorities, Miss Blake and her father were in Justice Russell's court to-day, prepared to push the prosecution of the physi- clan and his accompliges. The name of this man and the other two—a young men and a woman who 4s sald to he a milliner—are known to the police, The physiclangis keeping out of sight to-day, hut he {# where hands can be lald on him. Mr. Blake expected to get a war- rant to-day, but when Justice Russell learned the facts he dropped proceed- ings and referred Blake to ¥ York County authorities. Will Prosecute at Once. Blake and his daughter immediately started for New-York. They, will retain a lawyer and consult the District-At- torney, with a view to starting criminal proceedings against the three persons concerned. Misa Blake says that on Wednesday eveni~ she had been suffering with a pheadache ‘and was on the way to” a drug store for medicine when she was stopped by the doctor, the young and dashing mi!liner of Ashburton avenue, and the young man. who .was with them. They Invited her to drive with them. She refused at first, mentioning the headache, They told her the air would relieve her, and after introducing he de- the to the young man in the back seat th: | He] physician assisted her into his rig. He 'y | gave her three pellets, which he took from bis pocket, and told her to tai: them to stop her headache. After driving for @ half hour the party The Cawley family consisted of the| Stopped at a hotel In South Broadway, mother, & widow; Belle, aged twelve; Adelaide and Raymond, twins, aged six; Agne: aged twenty; Harry, aged fourteen, and Charles, the mur. derer. They lived in 2 modest slx-room house in Second street, Homestead, The two oldér boys worked and helped to support the large family, ‘was no one in the thriving town who #eemed happier than the Cawleys. Last night they retired, as usual, about 10 o'clock. The motner and Belle s, Slept together in a room on the second floor. The four younger children also occupied this room, being distributed in cots and cribs around the sides. The three boys slept in the room in the rear, adjoining t..at which the other members of the family occupied, There was nothing in Charles's ap- pearance when he retired to leiicate that his mind was unbalanced except aged ten; Joseph, aged fifteen| de menthe. and there| wien she where drinks were servéd. Miss Blake cys she was induced to try a creme She refused liquor a sec- ond time and took a glass of mineral water. Im Dased Condition, After that she says she remembd, nothing until 1 o'clock in the morning, found herselt staggering along South Broadway, near the nocel. She was dazed and could not find her way. Suddenly she stumbled ana teil into a deep sewer excavation. From the bottom of the trench she screamed for fully a half hour be- fore Pollceman McCarthy heard her and dragged her out. The policeman thought she was drunk and took her to the police station as a prisoner, There she told her story, and it was credited, Sie was placed In the charge of the matron over night and in the that he had been nervous and fretful for] MOTMINE detectives were. sent out to several days. He went to sleep appar- ently oon after retiring, and the rest of the family did likewise. Preparing for Murder, About 6 o'clock this: morning Charles woke. The rest of the family was still sleeping. The boy put on his clothes with the exception of his shoes, and crept downstairs without disturbing any one. In the back yard was an axe. He took this and slipped back upstaire to his mother's room. She and her children were all still asleep. The maniac raised his axe and struck her @ terrific blow on the head. She must have dled instantly. To make hie work he struck her twice mote ‘acy then he slipped around “to the othe ide, where elle lay, unconscious of the ne, tragedy. * koh y ‘struck her and si eee Bacwest ora sot te cot ie fury that is Inexpressible, striking to after blow at the. ‘sleeping cnigea Convinced that ho had dong jie /arel ell, he started for the room tn whies vale and Harry were, but Mean the ‘sounds “in thelr ma,bet James was on hla fect as ¢ : pay cane throuieh tho. doo ath "ne tte. He zrabbod. a ene tnd swing 1¢ before Chi ald ae ig bloody weapon. It struck ‘the min” deter “on tho head and’ knockea "hiin rang, up and ‘grappled with Harry came to James's as- nut Bites and Charles was soon overs Dow then dragged by his two to the police station, where yaa locked in a cell. “The. ponies’ ha led to the house and found Mrs, Caw. ley and Belle dead and the other four children 86 mangled that there ts no Rope, for them. They wilt murderer does not seem to realize | he has done. titer being in a. cell rs tohave for seens at the house. He calmed down for a time and ‘gotten all about the ————— new York To-Day—Chieago To. Morrow. were rem; | A nospltal, but the doctors say they wil | | {yentito a hotel where we had gone Ye verify her story, If possible, and. to make charges against those whom she accuses, The poilcé will act make public any of the names of those mentioned in the affair, although they are generaily known. If they are under survelliance the police will not admit it. Miss Blake Js about twenty-five years | old. She js an’ un b plump figure reat favorite with. you 9 ers. She Is employed as a steno) rapher by a New York firm In Williai street, Stories Differ Slightly. Miss Blake told a slightly different story when seen in the office of her em- ployers, Bradford, Rhodes & Co., at No. 87 Malden lane, this afternoon. She said: "I went to see a friend of mine, who| ie a milliner, on Wednesday night While ther this doctor called up my friend on the, phone and asked her to take a drive, She said all right and when he came up he asked me to Ko along. 1 sald I had a headache and he,#ave me some tablets, whieh T took. Then | drove away with ments. I drank nothing intoxica: ing. ‘The doctor ind my fricnd lett m> there when T was nok fooking. 1 don't! know why they did it. I got on a ae go home bi found T was on the wrong var, I got very dlazy, and when I went to get off 1 stumbled and fell into a ditch. I was never uncon- scious, hut I am sure I was drugged. For what purpose I den't know,” Mr. Rhodes, one of the lovers, paid that she had the firm for ten years, irl's em- een with t wat 8 P. day fur New York City cinity: Increasing elo: Saturday; tee avinds, | NEW S. P. Cc, CROWD IN FRONT OF SENATOR PL: ATT’ S OFFICE TO-D A. Y AWAITING ARRIVAL OF COAL CONFERREES. FIRE BREAKS UP A WEDDING, by the Dense Smoke and the Bride Faints in Arms of the Bridegroom. WAS ONLY SOME RUBBISH. Fire interrupted a wedding, caused the bride to swoon and drove sixey Panic-stricken guests to the roof of a five-story flat-bullding at\No. 127 Willow avenue, Hoboken, early this afternoon The wedding party’ was in a fiat on the second floor waiting for tho cere- mony to begin, when’ suddénly there was a startling cry of “Fire + Miss: Ella Koepin, the wnite-bedecked bride, uttered a prercing shriek and ms wildly about the neck . who In a minute more threw ‘he: of St, John's Lutheran Chureh, and assembled, that he would-love and protect her as long ag he had his strength. Hall Filled with Smoke, When a door was opened the hall was seen to be filled with smoke. Fits of fright and coughing followed. The bride stuffed her vell in her mouth and the bridegroom yelled: “To the ro} Al! started pell mel! for the ladder, the | bridegroom in the lead, holding nie wife: to-be in his left arm, while with his righi he pulled himself up, round by round. Pressing clone behind were the excited and fearful guests, Bride in a Faint. Just as Henry reached the scuttle the bride gasped and fainted. With the ald of his brother, George, he pulled ber through the hole and lald her on the roof. She remained unconscious, tor nearly ten minutes By thiy time it was learned that the fire was nothing more than smoulder- ing rubbish in the cellar AS son as the bride was able to com- pose herself she was helped down to the parlor again and the wedding pro- Seeded. ———__—— A. BOARD, Ata meeting of the Board of Managers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Willlam H. Baldwin, fr, President of the Long Island Rall: road Company, and Friderick G. Bourne, President of the Singer Sewing Machine Gompany, were unanimously elected board members, ¢ lal leaves oe al selec Ld ory Wale” ton ue. perm teat en beer ty, All ' ey ed Deo Wrasehs at: Es Guests Are Driven to--the Roof, 1 due to promise the} IMUSIDORA, 20 TO 1, A WINNER Rank Outsiders at Long Prices Finish First and Second in the Third Race at Morris Park Track. I 1 | RIVER PIRATE IN THE SECOND, THE WINNERS, FIRST RACE—Lavator nole 2,' Draughtaman 3, Semi- SBCOND RACU—River Pirate 1, CRUSHED TO DEATH BY TWO-TON SAFE Albert Reynolds, of Brooklyn, LACK OF COAL CLOSES SCHOOLS. Mount Vernon Board. of Educa- tion Decides Against Holding’ Night Classes. is Instantly Killed. Albert Reynolds, employed by the Her- Marvin Safe Company, was crushed th in Hoboken to-day by a two- Reyavids was helping a gang (Special to The Evening Worli.) MOUNT’ VERNON, N. Y., Oct. 10— Owing to the shortage of coal on acy count of the strike, the Moun: Vernon} ton dafe. |-Board of Education nas decided nét to, of men move It from the office of the | reopen the night &: No, 100 sools in this city this] Ao ff, Meyer Brewing Company | winter. By ‘this aftion hundreds of boys| River strest. ‘The safe had ween tifted | ahd-gifls will be deprived: of thelr schoul-| to the truck, but before It wa ured ing. lit topplea over and caught Reynolds The Board of Education only has, bencath enough coal to last -he schools for ope Onis pe bead gta wafpetue Ae was lefr uncovered by vel month {n moderate weather, 1f the tate ee eat anne en out Joe Cobb 2, Tom THIRD RACE—Musidora 1, oiste) 2, De Re rae 3, awaon 3. | |, Polnra RAG! eaprie |lere 1, Gay Park my Lt Mar FIFTH BACESTitinn 1, Moon Dainy 2. Whisp 3, + SIXTH RACK—Advance Guarda 4, Royal 2, Tom Kenney 3. (Shects! to The Ryening World MORRIS PARK-RACE TRACK, Oct 10.—Just why |Friday's programme should be the cheapest and poorest of the week Is a matter of mystery. Stakes are rarely, given on this day. There was one to-day, but if was a burlesque. It bore the ‘name of the First Protectory, but the fact that it was a selling affair’ and called for Jockeys that had never ridden more than three winners was not calculated to make the race fill a yery prominent niche tn tur history. The other races were very poor except the which was a handicap with a really excellent fleld of horses carded. is race was the one bright spot on the programme. There was some compensation in the her, however, for a more superb afternoon could scarcely be Imagined The track was in grand shape and very fast To-morrow will be the best day of the | meeting thus far, rt will also be the most Important of the year for the tim- ber-toppers, for they go for the Cham- plon Steeplechase, @ stake of 310,00. ‘Then there are the Nursery Handicap (Continued on Tenth Page.) ———__- The Real Wheels of Peeves the 20-hour Penneyivania, Spec ind Chicage, Leaves ot 18 ae ter part of October should be cold the | Reynolds lwwod tn Brook supply, will give, out before tha first of son, o 2 Washington street next month. hatian, was in charge of the workmen STRIKE LEADER MITCHELL GOES TO SEE GOV, ODELL. Caught Under It as It Fell and an His Man-/ | revorter President Mitchell, of the Mine Workers’ Union, ieft the Ash-| land House this afternoon at 4.45 o’clo2k and went over to the Filth Avenue Hotel, where he went to Gov. Odell’s room. | ence whether they will grant tie con He was almost immediately followed by Abraham Gruber, So Ug os LATE RESULTS AT WORTH. Fourth Race—The.Lady.1, Eva Rice 2,° fais 3 Fifth Race—Prince of Endurance 1, Pericles 2, Arvensis 3, nor say wheth:r Mr, Mitchell has receded any from the stand he took." $e — pet Tra AT ST. LOUIS. Fourth Race—Handspinner 1, Fore and Aft 2, Vestry 3. $$ — — —— CRUSHED TO DEATH BY Y MARBLE SLABS. John Hospman,. twenty-eight years old, of No. 852 First to suree to tho plan of avenue. while at work in the marble yard at No. 412 East) ot work and the Thirty-seventh street, was buried uniien a pile of marble slabs | which fell on him and instantly * ry Tur pe ended and the men return to wo | Senator Platt Says They Will Try. Again on ‘swer to our proposition from the coal operators on CONFERENCE FAILS TO END COAL STRIKE. 7+ Meeting of the Operators and Republican Leaders from Which Big Results Were Ex- pected Adjourns this Afternoon Without Being Able to Reach a Plan of Settlement. Tuesday—Baer Says Basis Suggested To- Day Is Impracticable—Action Begun by Operators Against Miners. SENATOR PLATT—We expect to receive an ane Tuesday. CHAIRMAN THOMAS, of the Board of Directors of the Irie It was impossible to reach any solution of the rike situation on the basis suggested to-day. GOV. ODELL—Tte situation is unchanged. SENATOR PENROSE—The situation is just where it wes before we came into it. PRESIQENT MITCHELL of the Mine Workers’ Union— Will I return to New York next Tuesday? J don’t know. I am going to Wilkesbarre as fast as i can get there. PRESIDENT BAER, ot the Reading--The strike will end whey the miners go back to work. SENATOR QUAY—We made every effort to reach ¢ settlement of the strike. Something ought to be done iz ahurry. The condition grows worse every day. J. PIERPONT MORGAN —It is not true that } blocked the negotiations looking to a settlement of the strike. Notwithstanding the efforts of J. Pierpont Morgan, who has again im+ terested himself in the coal strike situation, and despite the most strenuoug efforts of Senators Platt, Quay and Penrose and Governor Odell, the ate tempt to end the struggle to-day failed. Although Senator Platt professes to hope for a favorable outcome of another conference to be held next Tuesday, Chalrman Thomas, of the Erie, with the sanction of President Baer, of the keading, has issued a statement saying that a settlement under the terms profferred by the Senators is “im= practicable.” Th. bring all the operators excepting President Baer, of the Reading, into line reconvened this morning at Senator Platt's office, No. 48 He came on from Philadeiphie at conference that closed last night, after an inefiectual endeavor te for settlement, Broadway, to try conclusions with Baer, the invitation of the Senators, but before going into the conference he called upon J. Pierpent Morgan. a It was thought that Mr. Morgan wculd tell Mr. Baer to agree to a set= tlement. If the order was given it was disobeyed. After three-quarters of) an hour Mr. Baer left Senator Platt's office and the word went out that thet situation was unchanged. Senators Quay and Penrose went to Philadelphia on the first train and | President Mitchell will go tack to Wilkesbarre to-night. ENATOR PLATT’S STATEMENT. conference Senator Platt said to an Evening World At the end of the Is that we will have to watt until Tuesday. The confers from the coal operators” That ic all we cam “AIL T can say On is over. Tuesday we expect to hear ssion we asl or not do. “Mr. Baer, Mr. Thomas, Governor Odell, Senators Quay and Penrose, my son Frank I were the only persons at to-day’s conference. It was he final meeting. ‘Mr. Baer nd Mr. Thomas, representing all of the operators, were e could be settled at once. told on just what torms the st If they agree to grant these concessions on Tuesday the strike wilt once. nature of the concessions asked, ‘I cannot, of course, divulge the exact they would accede te r though Thom and Mr. appear “Did Mr. the ce situation again and | Tt now )% vould cre to tell that. We went over the atistac Inid before them the means of ending the strike rests solely with the operators.’ BAER WOULDN'T GIVE IN, President Baer, of the Reuding Ratlroad, upon whom was forced we for making the final stntement for the operators, retuged 5 Quay, Penrose and Platt for a resumy ippolatment of a Board of Arbitration oF a Commi | responstbtlity determine the rizbts of the dispute. : Yhe interruption 1p the progress of events toward @ afb “ i sta RE Oy ie. ey wis