The evening world. Newspaper, November 5, 1902, Page 7

{ 4 as a WAN AND WOMAN HE W A HOTEL With Gas Jets Turned On, End Lives Together in Room, After Registering as “Mr. Nathan and Wife.” BRUISES ON HER FACE. —— Man Supposed to Be John Russell, a Boss Truckman—His Compan- lon Unldentified*-They Are Be- lieved to Have Quarrelied. ——— A man, supposed to be John Russell, & boss truckman, of No, 200 Conover street, (Brooklyn, and an unknown woman were found dead from asphyxta- tion in room No. 6, on the top floor of the Owl Hotel, No. 171 Washington street, Brooklyn, at 6 o'clock this morn- ing. ‘The couple came to the hotel at ® o'clock last evening. The man regis- tered as “Mr, Nathan and wife,” and left a call for 6 o'clock this morning, directing the clerk, Francis McManus, to be sure and have them aroused at that hour. ‘When no response came from the oc- eupants of the room this morning Mc- Manus broke open the door. Gas Turned On Full. The apartment was filled with sas ‘@scaping from an open Jet, and the windows were closed. The man, fully dressed, was on the floor, in a crouch- 3 though he had made an effort to reaeh a window. The woman, disrobed, was lying on the bed. There was a discoloration under the woman's left eye and dark bruises on her chin and arm. These may have been the result of a quarrel in the room, as the clerk noticed no marks on the wom- an the night before. ‘The bodies were removed to the morgue to await Identification In the pockets of the man were found letters addressed to John Russell, No. 20 Conover street, and recetpts made out in the game name. He was apparently fifty years old, about 5 feet 10 inches in height. He weighed about 180 pounds and his hair and mustache were mixed with gray. He wore dark clothes. The Woman Ahout Thirty. The woman looked to be about thirty, “was a trifle over 5 feet tall, weighed 125 pounds and had dark bir, Her 1 sisted of black ekirt end Waist, “and a Disck hat with a white Paice. Russell, when seen by an Even- World reporter, sald the description bf the man answered that of her hus- band, and announced she would go to the morgue without delay and look at tl ; Bne said her husband left heme, on Monday, ing he was going on &@ hunt. ing trip. is is the last she saw of fn. She proteases Ae 2 witmaae and wes entanglement a : therefore Unable to guess who the dead woman. m cumptanc to "premeditated suicide and posalble rder. PET DOC TRIED TO SAE HER But Woman Had Tied Tube to Mouth, Lain Down on Lounge and Turned On the Gas. —— HUSBAND FOUND HER DEAD. ‘A noble little fox terrier could not gave the life of Mrs. Annte Leuts, of No. 107 Adams street, Hoboken, to-day, ‘and dog end mistress died together from gas which the woman had turned ‘on in desperate determination to escape the elavedom of discase, ‘Go careful was the woman that her attempt at death should not prove a faildre that she lay down on lounge which she moved close to the gas-range, then ehe fastened the tube from the range to her mouth with a shocstring. ‘The fa(thful dog in {ts dumb en- @eavor to save the life of its mistress must have tugged at her dress in an effort to arouse her, for the animal wae found dead with the skirt of the woman atili clutched between its teeth. The tragedy was discovered by the ‘early retum from echool of Mrs. Leuts’s children, Frank, fourteen years old, and Tnthag tos. locked and getti Finding the doors pod ge! ing mocks and the Bapdsce ate in ie Foe sesn Wott tiibe"in ‘ner smouth, was tul mouth, fag, Bs" dow Fitn her ress ‘nn we. . Leuts says his wife had for some aap boon, Gepressod Decause of fsb. CANDY SPEOLAL FOR WEDNESDAY. {Walnut Oream Kisses......1b. 100 WGhecolate Orcam Fepper- MAiMtS cccceee cowerecereelb. 15@ SPECIAL FOR THURSDAY. ‘gtuck Walunt Ohtpe..,....Ib. 100 Chevstate Apricot Jellies..Ib 15¢. Q] ¥g'l t I 9 Hh 4" |Returned Home After Hearing LAWYER, GAS VICTIM, FOUND DEAD NBD Election Returns, and Friends Cannot Ascribe Suicide Motive Martin T. Van Slyke, thirty-five years old, a lawyer connected with the ‘Title Guarantee & Trust Company, ot Brook- lyn, was found dead early to-day in his room at No. 8 Pterrepont street, with the gas turned on and all the openings of the room stopped up. Van Slyke, it was sald at the board- ing-house, had been out with friends, presumably hearing election returns, and did not return until after midnight. When he failed to appear at the break- upstairs to call him, Repeated rappings brought no re- sponse, and the door was burst open, revealing Van Slyks stretched out on the bed dead. No reason can be given as to why he should want to kill himself. —- aeons ——— « Wound Dead in Bed, | She placed her fast table one of the maids was sent/ [' Nd A man whose name is Hisenbier was |. found dead in bed this morning at his| old home, No. 330 Bast Nineteenth street. street station, is investigating the case, pn FS ATTACKED HER DOORSTEP. ON Two Young Ruffians Choked, Beat and Kicked Mrs. Sudi- zak as She Entered Home. As Mrs. Adams si home ear! to-day down then stole $26 trv While. ‘Mfrs, Sud le Mrs, Sudiza. ella Sudizak, . Brooklyn, after’ vi he: ascended the steps of h ered that the two m Se face with his cleni unconscious in the en had f key in the lock let herself in her, and white one e other struck her in the Sho fell ched fist vestibule there while the thieves rifled t tents of her pocketbook. Then hi ive an’ accurate lants. She thinks two, wit light rather . W the ot s Detective Knobloch, of the Adama of No. entered her ing some friends In New York she was knocked @nd assaulted by who choked, beat and kicked her, and two ruijans, was travelling car she was an- c giv! e infu: “THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5; 1903. “GHOST HOUSE,” WRECKED - BY THE “PUCKEY ROES.” VANDALS WRECK TAUNTED’ HOUSE After Building in East Forty- Second Street is Razed, Real Cause of Neighborhood Terror Is Discovered. PLASTER CAST THE ‘GHOST.’ Demolitton Accomplished by the “Puckey Roe” Gang During Search for Bonfire Material— Said Banshee Inhabited It. Except for {ts outside walls of solid masonry and brick, the “Ghost Hou! at No. 22 East Forty-second street, 1s mass of ruina. ‘The staircases, plumb- ing, woodwork and fixtures, and even very room partitions and cellings, ve been torn out and the nameless terror which it has long inspired are gone forever. ‘The destruction of the building is the work of a crowd of young vandals known as the “Puckey Roe Gang," who ecided to end the superstitious dread of the house which prevailed in the nelghborhood and incidentally do some mischlef. ui It was asserted by every one In the vicinity that the house was haunted by the banshee of an old woman, Mrs. Biganne, the mother-in-law of a young Cuban sculptor, Kristian Bastien, who committed suicide by hanging herself to a beam in the second story when her daughter went to Cuba to join her hus- band. After the wild orgies of the gang, during which all the available material | in the house was dragged Into the street | and made into an election bonfire, it! was discovered that the origin of the, ghost scare was a white plaster cast of Minerva, which stood in a window on| the second’ floor and had not been re- moved by thé former tenant. Byverything that was non-combustible the crowd packed in canvas haga to be carried away later. ‘Then, with the planks, staircases and woodwork, the | hoodlums made an enormous fire in the Street, the flames of which mounted so high that they set fire to the electric ight pole and scorched the paint on| the téliement house next door. | | Only a Skeleton Left. | nted by Banshee. 119 Mrs. Mary O'Neill, who occuples the second floor of ‘ent to the Hast] Thirty-fifth str ice station complained of the nuisance. Simulta eous with the arrival of the police, the | firemen reached the scéne, but the fire | was not put out and order not restored until the “Puckey Roe's"” had com- pleted their work of vandalism and ‘eft | the building a mere skeleton of its for- | la. nd | ‘oni ne ing pe. pe. red ‘The house was the property of Harr; Daly, a broker, at No bt ‘Wall street. 4 the process of its manufacture. sick or well. AXMINSTER RUGS. Were Now 27x 54 in $2.75 «$1.75 5.00 20.00 14.50 5 «26.00 18.50 Louis XIV. aud XVI. designs in rose and sage—scroll and floral ef- fects. Also darker colorings in Orlen- tal patterns for Dining-Rooms and Libraries. “LONG CREDIT” is a boon to all economical housekeepers. CASH ox CREDIT Qeeceruvarr id tt To attain and sustain Perfect Health MONMMOTU UID CEO no On MI Perfect Health is Sustained by Perfect Food. altaVita A Few Specials 50c, Extra, this famous shoe a general favorite. A,big assortmen| of styles here for all uses and occasions. cee» 5 Beware of imitations. 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SPECIAL SALE THURSDAY. toa lf Newest Styles at ISe So convenient has the Wrist Ba that ities rapidly displacing allothers. We take SP ae To-morrow we make a special sale of the neatest and most convenient | 7 to 17 years in the lot, Price $2.00. West eng Chatelaine Bags at a price which is bound to make everyone | NORFOLK SUITS, Navy Blue, Brown, Olive ana]"™®" *° P8Y- BLACK SEAL WRIST Gray Herringbone, and Overplaid effects, sizes9to17} | ,.cooccos %, BAGS; leather and silk lin- year URE WORSTED SERGE BL plivegebnrng reed OUSE SUITS, Col- frame; variety of d ; ore: Navy, Garnet, Olive, Brown and French Gra’ many with the fowticd Padageiy rattle silk ties; sizes 3 to 10 year snake fram ice $2. FALL TOP COATS, comprising Tan Coverts and x lined; arene: \o uv Ms esis (peakeal oe) sizes 12 to 16 years only. Price 2 00 Gwo Dollars uo 00 . Chursday id Wen’ sand Women’s High Srade Sample Shoes Ht About 14 Less than Usual. 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GIRLS’ SHOES, of kid and box:calf, lace and but | PELT SLIPPERS, with thick gray felt soles, in all ton, sizes 6 to 11, 85c.; 1144 to 2, 98 49 sizes for men andywomen, at * GIRLS!’ SHOES, of Vici kid, with the new inde- oS BOYS’ SHOES, of calfskin, {n all sizes from etructible A. 8, tip, and some of all box calf, both No. 8 with spring heels to No. 2 with heels, leather straps; nickel- plated spring catch; choice of the assortment, invwises 33; to:5. Floor, ast.) ly SSEDIET JESSE TR ak TO do ie son au osset te'sh thes! Mg EE 0 , up wun 7 50 Of which are the best Wearing shoes made for GS | ROS: AND YOUTHS’ SHOES with METALLIC men, children, slzee 6 to 8, Re SOLES, waterproof; all sizes from No, 12 ‘We guarantee every shoe we ‘no matter what you $1.25 Sizes 1144 to2, 1,50 | to S%, sas 1.95 pay for ft, oe : Bizes 834 to 41, Glection Certificates Cashed. Ofen's Store, Main Floor, Published offtelal figures of tlie One bundred years ago the § American News Company proved) tation of New York City was 4 conclusively thet the daily circula- To-day the paid daily New tf ton of The World in New York| circulation enjoyed by The.) City ts tens of thousands greater than | €xcess over that of any of any adem Raper [sveuld populate the pity IF ANY ONE SHOULD ASK YOU, YOU MAY SAY—That the New York City cireviation of the Morning ‘World alone fs over a quarter of @ million more than any other paper's every ecaie:d NO: WOB.__at ye, ae