The evening world. Newspaper, October 28, 1902, Page 3

i Thea x | WOWAY'S LIFE oused: by Strange Vision, Bayonne Man Searched His _ House and Found Her Dying | of Gas in’the Kitchen. # HE COULDN'T IDENTIFY HER. Despondent, She Had Broken in ter Disrobing Had Lain Down to Die—Revived After Much Difficulty George W. Curtis and members of his family living at No. 216 Avenue A, Bay- onne, N. &, owe their lives to a warn- §ng of death that came to Mr. Curtis in ‘a dream last night. As a sequel to this remarkable dream, the life of Miss Lena Paulman, who attempted suicide in a most peculiar way, was also saved. Wiile rain was pouring down in tor- rents last might Mr. Curtis was sudden- ly awakened by a dream which cul- minated In these words: ‘The hand of death is upon you Came as in a Whisper. The words seemed to come to him in ‘a hoarse whisper and he sprang from Nis bed. He. listened a while and then taking his revolyer, he started Into the and went downstairs, In the dining-room the escaping gas was almost suffocating, and it seemed to be coming from the kitchen. Thither Mr. Curtis groped his way, and was @ pane of glass in the kitchen window to admit air. Then he started to strike a light, but as he did so he stumbled over something on the floor. Lighting # match. he was horrifled to find the nude body of a woman lying prostrate on the kitchen floor. «te had never seen the woman befor She was apparently dead and Mr. Cuc Jumped at the conclusion that his house Lad been the scene of a murder plot . Couldnt Identify Her. Bursting open the kitchen door dashed Into the vard and fired sev savts from his revolver to attract Neighbors. Several people came, © of them’ could identity the ap ently lifeless woman, Finally a doctor was called, and upon examining the woman he said she was still alive Asiforts were made to revive her. but 11 was a long time before she was able to speak. er clothes, ch were strewn about the floor, but th usthing by which she could be nally when the woman could she sald her name was Lena Pau!- forty-one years old she had been a governess in ble New York families Entered Houne to Die. She said she was out of employment fud despondent and had buen waniering in the streets. “I came along here and thought It Would bee good place to get In out of the storin dnd end‘ft all," she sald The woman would not tell w had been lying or who her relat were. She had pried open the kite: door, gone In the house, removed ner elouhing and turned on the gas, POLICY 1S PETTY } LARCENY, HE SAD [And the Yorkville Magistrate * Agreéd with’ Detective Rear- don'in the Statement. he the and that fashtor Chiet ‘County Detective Edward J: Reardon, of District-Attorney Jerome office, was co.jlainant in Yorkville Court this morning against Edward Miler, twenty-eight years old, whom he charged with violation of the policy law. “Y wiltched him handing out, policy slips to.men and women in the hallwty of No, 242 First avenue,” said Reardov ded for the “You deserve to be comme! sald tne 4 work you are doing, judge. » “T consider a ‘policy dealer’ a petty AarOay, thief, They rob the poor,” sald right!" said Pool. “Since I have been a Shane T have heard a gret many sad. stories from wives Whose bu: bands iyst thelr money. on policy The detective sald: “When IT caught hold ofthe prisoner, I found fifty-five icy slip dtawings in his po: sexsion. no re placed him under arrest was struck in the face by an- ge. t wasn't my fault that he escaped, K chased him to the roof of the house, but I'll: get him ye! * said Reardo: The prisoner wa» held for trial in $1,000 ball. : )BEAR HUGS BOY TO DEATH. Child Crushed by Brute in Pres- ence! of Hot Springs Throng. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Oct. 2%—At ‘Happy Hollow,.a resort ‘near here which, among dther attractloys Includes a 200, a black bear fatally injured Robert Tatum, an elght-yearjo}d boy. heed ihe animal, which Tho lad-was passin was chained, but came too close, and ‘before the spectators could Interfere the brute had the boy hugged to his breast, Then the animal closed his great jaw on hia prisoner's head. A keeper pried the bear's mouth open aiid released the boy, but he was uncon- aclous and dying from several fractures of the skull. ————_$— DUCK HUNTER KILLS CHUM. Remorse Distracted Slayer Then at Aceldent Tries Suicide. LANCASTER, O., Oct. 28.—Lafayotte ween Door, Turned on the Jets and Af-| hall, There he scented the odor of gas/ &@lmost overcome by gas when he broke | but) identi- | Ul i TRAN A HD Assembly of Mothers Meets in: Its Sixth Annual Convention’ to Discuss the Modern Meth- | ods of Control. FAMOUS WOMEN PRESENT. Mrs. Mary Hastings, Who Founded the First Child Study Club in This Country, Gives the Vistors a Warm Welcome. | In the spacious hall of the Board of | Education, at Park avenue and Fifty-| ninth street the New York State As-| sembly of Mothers opened its sixth an | nal convention to-day at 11 o'clock. The mothers of New York State are visiting | the mothers of New York City. Mrs. | Harry Hastings, Second Vice-President | of the New York City Mothers’ Club,| was one of the first women to reach | hall, All morning the stately brown-| eyed matron welcomed the out-of-town members. On the platform were a mass of palms and cut flowers pro- vided by the park authorities, | Mrs. David O. Mears, of Albany, was} promi t among the women on the platform with the vice-presidents of tac organization The convention was opened with a| prayer by Mrs. M. QO. Holland, First [Vice-President of the State Assembly introduced by Mrs | | Mrs. Harry Hastings, | Mears, delivered an address of Wwel- gives me pleasur aid) Mrs: Hastings, “to-welcome the out-of-town mbers to New York City I vey |prepared no set speech. I give you} \the only welcome of any vatue—tnat | |straight from the heart In the vars ous problems of child cultu nd edit cation in the many. citic sent New York hus sometia Jcriticised as back in its educa tional movement. these eriticisms "mous population ‘has not deen | cred, My experience as Presi- nt of the New York City Mothers has taught hy appeal he muntcl- will always nee. mothers may 2 pal autlerities or Meet with courteous res % | “irom the first time in the history of bly hall has been fon not | al work, We are in- y for te the Cae ard of C ined for Jus a trip to t ind, and |through the © Mr. W Willams, the Insp pmigracion, the Mothers’ Assembly will inspest Elis Island. Mrs. Mears made a brief specch thank. ! ling Mrs, Hastings, The reading of the | repo the various committees fol- lowed, Hefore the meeting began Mrs who founded the first club ti whore object was child ening World ‘ourteen years o inter. [ested In. watching Jopment of young minds and took up the said Mrs. Hastings. “At this time ‘1 S$ dnaole ty fn ¥ books dealt ith the problem except those of Rous- eau. ‘The desire to save my children i from pass.ng through periods of doubt lin’ regard to religion first drew my | mind to the stud i cesired to present religion to my children in. a rational manner, and from this desire grew the work which has since developed. ‘The great point is to consider the | moral, the mental and the physical na- [tures of 2 chil J the harmonious blending of the brings about the three the mother's care. “In the strenuous American existence |the father has ttle time to devote to | the study of his offspring’s mind and } the responsibility fails upon the mother, “Next to theghild's mother Stands his toncher, and for this reason we have a number of unmarried women Interested in the Mothers’ @lub: HER BABE DEAD, SHE A WANDERER Pathetic Recital of a Wife Who Appealed to Her Husband in Vain. A pitiful tale of poverty and suffer ing was related by Mrs.-Minnle Kres man, who walked into tho Madison street station-house to-day carrying the body of her baby, two months old, in her arms. The woman told how after months of wandering from place to place seeking work or charity, during which time the baby had been born, the child had died in the early hotrs of this morning while lying in bed by her side, The woman sald she had been separ- ated from her husband since last June. Ghe declared that her husband had M-treated her and she had been forced to leave him, her other two children, Carrie, six years, and Henry, four years stayfng with the father, ‘The woman sald she first went to her aunt, Mrs. Kate Ott, at No. 8% Mangin street. During her wanderings she also stayed with a Mrs. McGinley, at No, 287 Water street, and Mrs, Walsh who lives on the third floor of No. 370 Cherry street, where the child died. She was awakened about 3 o'clock, the woman said, by the baby crying and she found the child in convulsions, to which It soon succumbed. She then went to her husband, who {s emplo: in Stutz's cigar box factory at Ni troubles. Coroner Jackson issued a permit for the removal of the body to the Morgue and the woman left, saying that. sho would make a last appeal to her hus- band. ——__ full was accidentally shot and killed near here to-day by Clarence Looomts. y were hunting ducks, when Hull ot in the way of Loomis's gun, The latter afterwards attempted to kill hey lose friends and y ey "were close friends and promi- ently connected with the eteel works Columbus, NOT TO MARRY BARON. ELIZABETH, N. J., Oct. 28.—The fam- I'v of Miss Lucy Kean, youngest sister of United States Senator John Kean, all. that have passed he alone remains faith> morntug bath, gradually, he says, going in during the summer? and keeping it up’ day day until he only enjoys water, pleasant isto keep ft up, < 4 MRS. J. D. WHISH- Corresponding Secretary, Albany. MRS. H .O. HOLLAND. First Vice-President, Buffalo, Oo F-MO THE MRS. FANNIE J. BAILE Treunurer, Albany, MRS. D. 0. MEARS. President, Albany. HURT IN CRASH AUTO OWNER UP Electric Vehicle Crashed Into Express Wagen, Wrecking It and Severely injuring ‘the Driver and Several Others. PANIC OF THE PASSENGERS. electric car A Sixth eXprees wagon States crowded avenue rashid in belong: ng to the Unit xpress Com- pany at Vesey and Chureh streets early to-day, severely injuring and creating a pantie at gers. The wagon was being driven rapid rate toward the Barclay ferry: when struck “by the car. everal persons n= ong the pi at street Tk was thrown against the northwest corner of q the street, tearing off the tin cornice of a store and completely wrecking the vehicle. Willlam fF. Ander » the driver, of | No. 194 High street, Newark; was hurled out and landed on his right side, while proper results, Very often we are told | 24, aR SURE eure of Pink the uneared tor nature develops | 2dward fF Sain vd Bit Rabt a cells better than the carefully reared child, | of i New stréot, J > but this may always be attributed to!of the express messengers, received the fact that something was Wanting in | cvere.wounds on bis head. * the treatment of that child. i! , ay “In merica the Mothers’ Club {fs an The motorman, Samuel Wolwitz, f Important affair. for here more than in| No, 61 Bedloe*street, was-also hurt in | Buropean countries is the child lett to| the nuntér, while. tho conductor, John O'Neill, of No, 180 East Bighty-thifd street, wag slightly scratched on face nd hands, The passengers, thoroughl alarmed, rushed for the doors and se eral were injured in the scramble which | ensued. Policeman Thomas J. Tere, of the Church street station, sent In a hurry call and‘arambnlance from Hud- son Btreet Hospital responded. Dr. Rea sald he feared Anderson had broken his hip. "He was taken to the hospital after tHe doctor had di the Injuries of’ the! others, ICE ALONE STOPS A OMLY IP RIVER Junius Reisner Has Not Missed One in More Than Twenty Years Except in Winter. Junius Reisner, stands behind his clgar stand at Nos. 37-39 Liberty street for ten hours each day, and has stood there for.more.than twenty years, It is a cold plunge in the river. every morning, week in and.week'.out, until the Ice interferes, that has, made tils possible. . * The neighbors think he's insane. This was given in confidence by his good | wife, who got It in some way from the nelghbors themselves, But Reisner has, been dipping into the East River every morning, barring a few in the middle of winter, for more than twenty years, and he doesn't propose to be carted off to the insane pavilion at Bel for it. Besides he says he Is not the only res- fdent of Greater New York who knowa a good thing. Every now and then he meets some man at the dock, taking a similar morning dip, but he ‘s forced tu admit that these men grow weak hearicd after a time and finally fall to apyear at Of ajl he has met during the years 237 Monroe street, and asked him tolfui to his practise. help her, The woman told the police| Mr. Kelsner lives at No 423 Hast that her husband had advised her to|seventy-elghtn street. and Jt Is from the go to the station and tell the police her| foot of this street that he takes his He worked up his nerve after the coldest All that Is necessary to make tt During, the years that Mr. Relsner has followed this practise he says ho has never been il a day and doe: what a cold Is, case where an old not know He says he knows one man was entirely beaut Lory sen tione from Washing. sured ny Ragscrreewa by, the, morning On intended to macry Baron ere ta no} Geyera, the Netherlands Minister, soma "fe rend vin. them to promote “OF STREET CAR. FOR W. Bird Raymond Accused of | CAR CRASH. Crossing Ahead of Yonkers Trolley Three Times, Denies Responsibility. VJRANGLE OVER THE CASE. J. WwW nutom on a oh ating his auto yiision between the ma . by which about e injured, was Judge Kellogg 1 Ried ok ar uy befor pVilat | MRS. ALMON FENSLEY, Recording Secretary. MRS. HARRY HASTINGS. second Vice-President and Presi- dent N.Y. City Mothers? Cle KIDNAPPED THE i — es Stranger Who Took Away Elea- covered Mistake and Re- turned Her to Her Mother. ASKS, “iS THAT YOU, ETHEL?” | | BAY SHORE, 1 | rants have as yet to Kidnap p urber, the and Mrs 1, Ost No war heen Issied for the who attempted Hleanor Frances Ml causacer Thurber, ! who hel Morse, the same ge, who Ives with Mrs. Jane W Mrs, Thurber, who fourat so deans the two men tty Hitle four-year chi M | thes mistook for ately 10 reac her child, !s the heroine d of the women who were () the of the nour, Seen by an Evening World auto were In.court, but a Mr.-lhrick- reporter, Mrs. Thurber sai son, who was his companion, was pres=! “lw way, to callon Mrs. Wit- ont * son, a 8 cunt, where litte It devel.ped that Mr, Bhrickson, hiss thel. Morsy man wife and his invalld sister were occu-/ stepped out. 1 1 hy the hand. pants of the auto. and the im out ang falrly Motorman Nagle, of the trolley-car ned her out of my er 5 testified to the facts that the aute Js that your’ Ethel, hq said. = crossed tn front ‘of his car three times ay i. yy neti brent De ib naan rl Gees AER LT idol gving towards the wagon 1 was after PA ROSEED Clb a hin cone {HiT ts @ Second, and befyresne sealined Esai fives sbrrntorated (YAN OORT gag. the wagun:, 1 bereed ductor jand: Frederle B: Hubbell, heal |itmy=to ‘give. ine! thé child, (eilling him eto. 8 ay Som logan and again ir was not Erhel. pany, Who Was a passenger on, the car. ere was anotaer fnan in the wagon Mr. Hubbell gave {t as his opinion that | "Tiere was anotaer fnan In thewwag apdalso a woman. They whipped up the auto crossed recklessly three times, |) + he hor and how,t ma to cling and that the striking of the auto by ‘ “2 the car caused the lutter to leave the {tO the Wagon, or haw I escaped belng idle * PCV illed is a mystery. Fi the old i in hi wn behalf stated th, lomn beat me off. and 1 fell, but re- i the ear that stratk him{sa#ined my ‘footing and gave cha . but once during the day, He ‘admitted } “1. tually Le aT Lang usa} crossing the track thr mes, but diuj/enouKh to tell my story to a woman. ‘qa {and while f was-yecring Into the dark not look for « car at any running alongside the track time, W force Of an Impact on rons of ‘th auto. He denied that he had swerve on the track just before belng stru ‘The (rlal was marked by -num tilts between the dffferent, coun. was much delayed on that account A decision hed not been reached when an adjournment was take! TRIED SUICIDE. IN PIE WAGON, Peter Snow, His Health Gone, Attempted to Hang Himself on His Rounds. Peter Snow, driver of a ple wagon for F. A, Parabls, of No, 518 Atlantic ave- nue, was found hanging to-day In his wagon among his ples in Tenth treet near Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, and was cut down by a policeman. Snow had tried to commit sulclde but falled, He will recover, He started out as usual on his rounds In the morning and seemed in a cheerful moad, Once he stopped to deliver some pastry and after he clambered back Into the wagon ft was noticed that the vehicle did not move on. Some one peered Into the wagon and was shocked to see the driver hanging, with a strap about his neck, to an iron rod which runs around the top of the canvas cover. His feet dangied among the pies. Snow was still conscious, but was black in che face, A policeman was called and after Snow was cit down he was sent to a hospital, where he but was tod weak to explain. fren say his act was due to despondency caused by ill-health. GAVE BABY POISON, WASHINGTON, Oct. 2—In a race against death, Mra, Wolf, bearing a babe of elght months in her arms, drove yesterday from her home near Bennin, to the Casualty, Hospital. In the for noon the mother left her baby jn char; DE hls sister, aged two years, The litte girl ave the baby laudanum, The child probably will recover. | took the a. n who child was missing, and the old boat my» hands I fe vehicle was very suave. old tilef! 4and the politely, | nees the wagon recur who the man | trom handed me A mistake ‘ou Bleanor and sald has been made.’ “fore has ‘been of his child for r to Mrs, Wil: the father to get pos: LSE CAS Court Revokes Certificate of No- torious 29th St. Resort,Where Capt. Craft Met Awful Death. of State Commissioner else + Cul- lnan to-day notified the local officere of that department that Justice Bishop has granted an order revoking the Hquor tax certificate of Robert T. To- bin for No, 38 West Twenty-ninth street on the ground that he was not entitled to hold the certificate, having been con- victed of grand 10 y. and that he violated the Liquor Tax law by selling Hquor during the hours when its sale ts prohibited and conducting a disorderly house rhis ued for the which Capt, James was murdered, Tob! the Tombs charge Alexander MeInerny and Thomas To- bin, allas Thomas Kelly, arraigned in Part I. of the Court of General Ses- certificate which was Empire, the resort in B. Craft recently being now held tn with the erime. is the stons to-day to plead to a charge that they murdered Capt. James B, Craft by chopping off the victim's head and had started a fire with the purpose of hiding their crime by cremating the body. The prisoners were represented by Lawyer Abraham Levy, through whoin they pleaded not gullty. Both were held without bail, RS, ‘NOW IN-SESSION,' WRONG CHILD. nor Thurber in a Wagon Dis-| |Mysterious Man and Her Law- yer Bustle in and Out of the House Where Defaulter Still- man Was Located. ANOTHER CALLER THERE. There was much mysterious manoeu- the of Mrs, Nelka | West One Hundred and | ‘The arrest of | Assistant Seerdtary In a a vring about house Gordon, t Stilimar Var Virst street, ay L. Murphy eh on a charge of defan of $49,009, possibly $100,014, ewark Jail, dtd 1 i Mrs, ts sald Claude the npany Newark, the exte his lodgement in the activitios friend ae have Nelther dig the removal of furniture and unpatd-for brie-4 y nervous Jay interfere Ji any way with theee activities Max Jo of No, 1s Nossa [strect, Mrs, Gordon's attorney, was ot {her house early stealthy airs, Ile Went inte uh a before 11 o'clock, promis! . | nin | The Mynte An hour tater a targe ian, whe den that ne was Col, owalaky, a friend of | jStulnan, came along. Ho went inside A half hour later the two came out around to No. 260 W ‘ond street, oc nt i back yard of A it out came a strange man and Jose n, ‘They went to Mrs. ( jdon's, ‘Then out came the oun wh he wasn't Kowalsky and a woman y went to Mrs, ¢ Then, for the time being, there was silence and more mystery Pretty soon a cl oftice fine j minu he alt th feom Jouepi house. and in ten a deat ru (he wiser ror the away uvings the watchers none str olngs. Mrs, Gordon meantime was suppos 9 be Ins although rday alt {the Jo. f the place by the ceal Ther ma jd she had gone away dees even to receive leiier i from the postman. 0 Worth of Farniture G The looting of quite a compilest houne Ter yestesay ration urniture valued early S00 was obtained from Vhecdore Hoffstater & ang has been replevined, Rep- of the frm went to the on house. iouded the entire lot into y and carted hi Kk to the store. | 8 & Beiter, dealers in fae china klassware, Of Ww West Twenty: md street, were ome first to visit the house td wild $5,000 worth of china and bricea-brac to the sperous-looking man whore card wa for the eredit e china and other coxtly and trifles were quickly removed. Tried to Save Her Things. th Lawyer Josephson, called at of {0 a ‘auimmons, to look after interests. Ag ni been bought meantime r& In of Vida house 13 ull Mrs. arty ins tng could be done removul ve could do was stitiman’s na’ toe permit thelr ‘Frank Knevft, ji One Hundred and First ra West t whien Is only three doors from Mrs. Gordun's, said to “Mra. Gordon moved in jn August and first attracted a fon by moy in afew things at a irniture came IA driplets and wt all hours of the day This was wondered at when she drove tin a broug- ori house thr four tn e was Mr, ted in the 1 noticed F affection displayed. bi The woman would always come-to the door to meet him and often he would throw kisses at ber after he and Fourth s to-day that he o dway, said house al- about for , tall, took this description does not answer the’ appearince of Stillman In the least Stiliman In Indicted, NEWARK, N. J.. Oct. 2%—The Grand Jury this afternoon found indictments against Claude L. Stiliman for larceny, forgery and embezziement. The Indict ments were based on the complaint of the embegziemont of $5.00. Stillman re- fused to answer questions in regard. to the woman Ia New York known as Mrs. Gordon, — FOODY MUST STAND A TRIAL. Judge Foster Refuses to Dis- miss the Indictment Found Against Police Captain. ral Judge Foster, in the Court of G dented the motion of former Olcott, Sessions. Mistrict-Attorney counsel for Capt. Foody, to dismiss the indictment | against his client on the ground that ft had been found on insumMcient e dence, Capt. Foody is under indictment for neglect of duty in falling t eas | alleged Violations of the Hquor Jaw} while he was in command of the West ‘phirty-seventh street station. He’ was| tried and reprimanded by Police Com- missioner Partridge. After he was In- dicted, Mr, Olcott got permission to tnapect the minutes of the Grand Jury and as a result he made the motion to y found a! WMRS.CORDON’S F , GENUINE CASTORIA atways » better suited to the times “ and the needs of the people. had left the house Robert Hanemeyer, a clerk in the | butcher shop of F. Aach. One Hundred | \ dismiss In consequence of Justice Foster's decision Capt. Foody will aow have to! etand trial, and has been made under his per= LAK sonal supervision since its infancy. ‘ G Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and « Just-as-good” are but, Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiments What is CASTORIA Castorin is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare- goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. I¢ contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic sibsta ts age i its guarantee It destroys Worms and allays Feverishnoss: It cures Diarrhoea and Wind! Colic. It relieves Tecthine Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It essimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, iving healthy and natural sleeps The Children’s Panacca—Vhe Mother’s Friend. Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. A Radicai Depart The 20t2 Century begins by offering new foods: GQATS~-were too heating and WHEAT was used in many forms, latterly im: flaked and malted form, and now CORN comes to us-less heating, less starchy, more nourishing, more vitalizing than: either in the shape of ISP le the food value of meat THE PATENT LEATHER SHOE Se=enTHAT WON'T BREAK THRO HACKETT: - CARHART € CO. 3 Broadway Stores. Said the Bird: No feathers in our boys’ caps, not even in that extra good 35 cent one. Like our boys’ clothes, they’re stylish but not frippery; substantial but not homely. Rocers, PEET & Company, We a! orders by SUNDAY WORLD WANTS vik ‘ile WOT