The evening world. Newspaper, November 7, 1902, Page 1

“Jacobuses had both been looted. asp ih ORTS GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 10 Cp “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ “ Circulation Books Open to All.”? ' PRICE ONE CENT. . NEW YORK, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1902. GEMS WORTH $10,000 GONE Thieves Robbed House of Emanuel Jacobus on Madison Avenue While the Family Are at Dinner. GOT $1,000 IN CASH, TOO. Heart of One Hundred and Two Diamonds, Six Three- Karat Stones and Other Jew- elry Carried Away —No Clue. Diamonds, Jewe!ry, cash and other val uables to the punt of $10,000 were #tolen last m the hom of Emanue! Jacobus, of No, 1325 Madison avenue, and the ertire detective fore of this clty ts to-day hustling fever- os, charge ishiy about tn seach of the thi Capt. Titus has taken per of the case. Hw is convinced that the thieves are experts in their line and be not only wants to get them for this erime but to keep them out of other people's houses. He won't be happy until he gets them, Mr. Jacobus is a lawyer at No. Nassau street. He lives with his wife, his wife's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. George Schofield and two servants in a three-story house which is one of a solid row of peivats dwellings between Nysety-third and Ninety-fourth streets, iy Madison avenue. A “Second-Story”) Robbery Next door to his house on the south « ts an unoccupled dwelling to which rear addition is being built. This is two series and from its roof it is easy to zct Into the window of the third floor ' In view of what happened last wget this {s an important fact. ‘The Jacobuses dressed to go out last night, and bad thelr dinner a litte Ser than usual. They sat down at ule about 6.30 o'clock, and afterward r. Jacobus went to his room to read. ie saw nothing wrong, but it {s certain from later developments that the burg- iary had been committed while the family was at dinner. At & O'clock the family, with the exception of Mra. Schofield, went out. She went to her room. She at once that her bureau drawer was open, -nd remembered that she had left | {t closed. She investigated and found all her jewelry gone. She sent one of the servants for the Jacobuses, who were calling in the nelghbornood, and they came home in a hurry. Big Haul of Jewels. A thorough search showed that the Durgiars had made a great haul. The bedrooms of the Schoflelds and the Noth- fing except the most valuable things was taken. Ordinary toilet silver was woorned, but jewelry, cash and furs were gobbled up with such judgment a8 to show that the thieves knew their business, A cheok for a large amount which was fm the drawer in Mr. Jacobson's room with the money was not taken. It Is probable that the monograms on the| silver kept the thieves from taking that, | It would be difficult to dispose of any| easy to identify unless melted down, | Many Detectives on the Case. It didn't take the Jacobuses and the) @chofields half as long to realize that they had been cleaned out at is does to tell about it, and the whole house was in an uproar at once. The police of the East Bighty-elghth street sta- tion were notified and word was at once went to Capt. Titus. He started out half his men and went himself to the house. Investigation showed that the thieves had got into the house by means of the addition to the adjoniing house. Mr. Jacobus's bedroom window was open and there were marks of lime on the sill and on the floor just beneath It. This indloated that the thieves had picked 132 | |JEWELS TAKEN BY SNEAK THIEVES. | | | Diamond heart, atones, net with 102 Gold stick pin, heart shape. Threo solitaire rings, agerepat- ing nine cn Solitaire ring, of 2 1-2 carats. Ring set lageresnting | Miniature ivory set in gold frame. | I wateh, set with pearls and diamonds. Gold ring, with amall diag | nds nggregating 3 1-2 carats. Cluster of seven diamonds and one sapphire. ' Pearl pendant, with dias monds. monds. | w cnr f Mrs, eeccaa net Rursvien sable collar. SHk ragian. Gola wateb, Gold filled watch, $1,000 in cash, MORE COAL AND - HIHER PRICES. Public Is Being Squeezed While | Operators and Retail Dealers Squabble Over Who Is Re- sponsible for It. FAMINE PURELY A MYTH. if | | The coal situation in this town has | come down toa fight between the opera- |tors and the retailers as to the Increased prices for and the responsibility therefor. | Meantime, the public 1s being sorely | pinched by some one. ‘The retailers have statted a how! that |the operators through their sales agents been discriminating against New York in favor of the West and pet! speculators who get coal on the sly and sell it to the public at fancy prices. ‘The operators on the other hand de clare that they are bringing a constan: ly Increasing supply of coal in this mar- | ket, that 75 per cent. of the output of the | mines {is being forwarded here; thit coal here have they have not Increased the price to the retailers, and that the greed of those men 1 who have been discriminated st by them by reason of their keep- ) the retail price above $6.50 a ton is responsible for the outery now being made against them, | Famine Is a Fiction | They say it 1s a mere diversion raise | to cover the plot of the retailer to rush prices up again by scaring the pubile into the belief that coal 1s golng to be scarce all winter. Chairman Thomas, of the Erle Rall road, in an interview, says that the shipments of anthracite coal are in- creasing daily and that there is no rea. son why every reputable retail dealer eannot have enough coal to get along with | ‘A decided improvement in the supply; of coal is expected within a week. About 100,000 tons of coal a day are now belng mined In the Lackawanna Valley alone, including the Lackawanna, Delaware and Hudson, Erle, Ontarlo and Western and the Temple Iron Company's mines, A number of employees of Markle & Co, have signed an agreement to abide by the decision of the Arbitration Com- mission and have returned to work, add. ing this much to the output force, 1 Admit There WIII Be Scarcity. At the same time some of the opera- tors’ representatives admit that there will be more or less of a scarcity for some time. They Insist, however, that there Is not such a scarcity as to lead to high prices. In other words they say that {t will not be possible for some thme for consumers to go ahead though there had been no strike and fill their cellars for the winter because there Is no reserve, but at the same me they declare that as much coal will io: be coming In daliy as la needed for ally consumption. . Mr, Eddy, of Dixon & Eddy, the New| York. Ontario & Western sales agents, | up on thelr shoes some of the plaster next door. ‘The drawer had been opened with a jimmy. There had been no wasted energy on the job. Things hadn't been thrown about, No time had been lost. | It had been a most orderly and neat | plece of work, from a professional | point of view. The house next door ts owned by J, Coleman Smith. He has not been occu-| pying It since the alterations have bee: in progress, A trusted negro servant has slept there. Last night Mr. Smith neeled the negro for other work, and he notified Haight & Hutchings, the contractors, that they must send a man to take the servant's place. They failed to do so, Mr, Jacobus suspects that some of the workmen who have been employed on the ext lonaphth cx committed the rob- bery or gayOainformation to profes- sional thieves. The fact that a night was taken when there was no ove In the Smith house, that the only rooms entered were those which could be seen into by those at work on the addition; that entrance was gained at such an hour by means of the roof, where there was a ladder standing ready, looks to Him excbedinzly suspicious, | ‘Mra. Jacobus \9 |i] a8 @ result of the! _ (Continued on Ninth Page.) | for high prices, | for Mayor Low to insist on the rigid | prosecution of the soft coal law. He) thought that householders shoula be ‘Take 1 fund the money if fale WE Grove aiavatare inom seth bos. er"e sail to-day that there was no excuse | but at the same time he admitted that It would be inadvisable permitted to use it and the ordinance | enforced against factor! Doew Hard Coal Favor Soft. ‘This is the view taken by a number of the hari ors, and in Itself t thalr favor, for avor of the use of Y which they do not sell, e trying, It Is pointed out, to je Wices of hard coal, they could | in no better way than by discour- entirely the use of soft coal in ty. gins t ——— WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8 P. M. Satur- day for New York City and vicinity; Fair and cooler to- night; Saturday tatr; north winds, becoming vari- able. Sa To Cure a Cold in On Dey Quinine Tablets, Laxative Bromo refun: ou Gold watch, set with seven din- | Young H rr (uO TO ISHOT “8” *2" PIDLIDHOHOS OEO5-05: WINSSTHRAGE three dinmonds, Duke of Kendal, Ridden by, Hurley, an Unknown Jockey, Is Flogged Over : Wire First. LYMAN HAY'S OAKDALE. Only Favorite to Win at Ayueduct — Oom Paul, 4 to |, Takes First Event. THE WINNERS. FIRST RAC E-O0m Badge 2, Belyino Pant 1, Lord SECOND RACE — Courtenay 1, Rockey 2, H. L. Coleman 3. THIRD RACH—tyman Hay 1, Allan 2, Examiner 3, FOURTN RACE—Young Henry 1, Obin 2, Barbara Frietchie 3. —Duke of Kendal 1, 2, Star and Garter 3. FIFTH RAC Fading Ligh SIXTH RACE—Arden 1, Muaidora (Special to The Evening World.) UQT RACE TRACK, N. Y. The Oakdale Handicap wa Aqueduct’s stake feature this afternoon, and th Ing welgnts that promised to make them finish together. The weights ranged from 115 pounds, carried by Mackey Dwyer, Senator MeCarren's fast horse, down to $8 pounds, which was the feather carried by WW. C. Daly's Squtd. There were other good races on the card, notably the first, a handlcap at reven furlongs, which sent a fast lot of ters to face the starter, The weather cleared beautifully and he track was as fast as human hands could) make it. The attendance was heavy, as the public realizes that there are only two days more racing in the big city and all hands are seeking for the winter bank roll. Several car-loads of horses were shipped to Bennings this afternoon. Among them were the horses owned by August Belmont, President of the Jockey Club; Mr. R. T Wilson, jr., and Andrew Miller, one of the Jockey Club stewards; alfred Featherstone, J. G. Follansbee have a higher tone this year than ever before. The Jockey Club has asked horsemen to present their clams against the Ken- Slworth Park track at Buffalo. An effort! will be made effect a settlement. Kenilworth Park is a new track and when the recent meeting was over thou- sands of dollars were owing to the horsemen FIRST RACE. Seven furlongs. Hetting Starters, whts.. forks. Str, Place, Oom Paul, 128, Martin 4 5 Lord Badge, . Ts. Knight 114, Shaw "10h, Redfern je of Lax., 104,J' haw Start good. Belle of Lexington maker, but she to the stretch, followed by Lord Bac and Belle of’ Lexington. In the rin home Belvino took the lead and showed the way to the last sixteenth, where Oom Paul came with a rush a a length from Lord Badge, head in front of Belvino, SECOND RACE. One mile and seventy yards, Betting, ” Starters, wits, Jocks statitrin strive Refused, but “Honeymoon 6 58 28 95 imi vken MEG: Actress Must Stop Mimicry. $9, Gannon, 1 OG y Radner, 103, 5 I retinger oe wate, FF BBB of] Almere Angeles, who left the “Chi Blanket, 102 Michaela. 2 19 3. “L| nese Honeymoon" company, in whic’ Start ‘good, Won ridden out. Time—1.464-5, | ene acored a hit for her clever mimicry Blanket made the pace, followed hy Lady Radner and Ochlawaha, to the far turn, where Rockey moved up and took the lea’, Rockey then showed the way to the stretch, where Courtenay came and. closing on Rockey king good race by a lengin alt from Rockey, who was two and a halt Jengths in front of H. 1. Coleman THIRD RACE. Oakdale Handicap; seven furlongs. Aetting | Starters, whts. jocks. StI Fin, Str.!tiace *Lyman Hay, 197, Lyne 2 1! 42 2 ES Allan, Red 43 2 3 bl 2 34947185 65 65 5 3 35 Start bad, Won handily. Time—t.28. Lyman Hay went to the front at fag- made ail the running and won r'y by a length and a half from jan, who deat Examiner a head in hard “drive. Arnold was left a ht his id the head streteh, Then he died away again, °° FOURTH RAGE, Mile and a sixteenth Starters, whts.. Jock Young Henry, 119, Gyne. 99, Martin...... Kt.ot the Garter, 102, M’ 4346, Start poor, Won Eaallr, Time—1.49 1-5. Barbara Frietchie was the pace- maker, followed by Young Henry, Ani- (Continued on Tenth Page.) at ial No Smoke im ((Binck and white” | Dosen. A ‘Smooth, volt end cleat te the dept Bootcn.°,* e was a field of cight two-year- | olds carded to go seven furlongs carry- | Racing at Washington will THEY CANT HOLD ‘ales the Injunction “except am to the 8 | prematare Explosion B | eee 99990062 ee > BS 4 3 3 rs O26 WEEDS S05 HOHE PSOE ® ® POOH SIDE? PORE DOO MD DHHS HOS B82 CIDEDIDRD DHE FIGHT NEW LAW FOR CHAUFELR Automobilists at the City Hall to Protest Against Ordinance’ Requiring Them to Take Out Licenses. ! NOT JUST, THEY DECLARE. ‘Automobilists went to the City Hall to-day to protest against the proposed | ordinance requiring all operators of au- tomobiles to take out licenses. The protest was made at a hearing given by the Aldermanic C mittee on Lawes and Legislation. The automobilists sald there Is no more danger in the operation of an automobile than In driving a truck. | vera are not required to take | Truck drt jour a license But the proposed ordinance has many supporters. They outnumbered the pro testing adtomobilists at the bearing. AIMEE ANGELES, ‘Injunction Asked by Shuberts of her sisters in the art, js at liberty to engage herself with any other com- pany to do anything she Hkes—except | mimic other actresses—under a decision | by Justice Hall handed down to-day in | the action for an injunction bro by | Manager Sam Shubert | Justice Hall recites that Miss Angelen | was engaged for the season at $70 a week, faving made a hit. “broke her contract because she wanted $100 a week, which was refused by Shubert for the Very good reason that he held her con- [tract at $70." Whereupon she threatened to enga to piay with another company. An lunction Is asked for on the eeoune, that ‘Angelea’s services are special and pe- Gilly and cannot be duplicated ether person and no suostitute ¢ found. With a modesty unusual In euch cases, she dontes that her services | were special, The Court agrees with her, and de- mimicking of other actresses,” and charges $10 costs to Shubert, ——— DYNAMITE KILLS TWO. “Two men were red by a premi ture explosion of dynamite at Jeftri ville, sixty-five miles from here to-day, The injured were buried under a great mane of earth thrown uy the se Ce aeen viotime uncor er were dead. eriee, FRENCH CHAMBER BARS CASTELLANE. eS Count Boni, Husband of Anna Gould, Denied Seat He Was Accused of Having Bought. PARIS, Nov. 7.—After an exciting de-] been accused of buying the election and bate the Chamber of Deputies to-day, Practining charity for einstlon ourposes a Nothing of the kind had ever vote of 278 to 235, Invalidated Be euvote, te Invalidated the} roved, he declared, and closed his de- election of Count Bont de Castellune| fense with an appeal to the Chamber [eet me eRe al Estee io upho'd his election, which, he as- sorte], truly represented the wishes The question came up when the Com- mittee on Contested Ejections presented its report without recommendation, | tet leaving the Chamber to pass on the} The quertion | During the debate ther much nile Chauvin made a pitter attack | Tsorder, the members of the Lett ap upon Count de Castellane, declaring he Pluuding the attacks on Count de Castel- } the Inhabitants of the adverse Vote then was the charges as false. He said he had] district represented by Count Boni FIGHTS NOT ILLEGAL WHEN NO ADMISSION IS CHARGED, Magistrate Zeller, in the Harlem Court. this afternoon dis- charged John Dillon, John Dacey, Robert C. Wheeler and Ed Aber, who were arrested Oct. 30. charged with holding a prize- fight in a physical culture parlor in Oje Hundred and Tyenty- fifth street. A number of reputable persons testified that they paid no admission to see Dillon and Dacy spar. The Magistrate, after hearing tie evidence, said that it was clearly a case of perse- cution on the part of the District-Attorney. He said that where no acmission was paid there was no violation of the law in sparring. ope " LATE WiNNERS AT LAKESID' Fifth Race—Lord Melbourne 1, Rankin 2, Mary McCafferty. Sixth Race—Fingal 1. Charlie Thomoson 2, Lou Woods 3. AT LATONIA. Fifth Race—Bargee 1, Dr. Hagyard 2, Quality Street 3. Sixth Race—Trocadero 1. Kunja 2, Latson 3. tah ACCUSED OF LOOTING THEATRICAL MANAGER’S ROOM. A young man, who gave the name of Frank Clark, was ar- rested this afternoon in Seventh avenue. near Forty-second street, charged with being concerned ini the looting of the ivoms occupied by Daniel V. Arthur. : yanager, in the York apartment-house, in West Foriy-foi t. Propery valued at $1,400 was stolen. The prisoner was held in $2.000 Fail. . oe, eee CRANK WANTED TO BUY OBN IN CITY HALL. Janitor Martin Keese, of the City Hall, was approached by \ strange man this afternoon and was asked if he could direct aim to a good place to buy a “gun.” Policeman Phillips took the man to the station in the basement of the City Hall, and, after being searched, he was aliowed to go. $$9-9-59-5655-95055 * 30 nnounced. Be int a th RN i li lah EN AT MOLINEUX TRIAL WATCH HARRY CORNISH AS HE SITS NEAR COUNSEL, DROIDE DDOOH GPARPHRTOD Shot in Back. —The body | In detectiv jon the the mative, There were sore 1 coat pocket, but them almost @ was out huntt through Sherwood with th from a thirty-elght calibre revolver. No yeapon was found near. The man's nose s broken and bruises on the face, but a ald hay aformed the At vicinity The Api Cou pool-room statutes men Against jp the nena | the ha counsel for Sted indletment on Jinasmuch as pools misdemeanor in one s nd a felons h was & technical defec: Ling in anothe 3 Distriot-Attoruey peilate Division, wh appealed he States Court and hi FINDS A HAN SLAIN IN WOODS Hunter Makes Appalling Discov- ery near Bedford Station— Victim’s Face Beaten in and farm holes in the that the mar ker, (Special to The Evening World.) BEDFORD STATION, N. Y., Nov. 7. of a young, |-dressed man, who apparently fed been hunting was found near the Bedford Reform- atory to-day with three bullet wounds in his body and his face so brulsed as to lead to the bellet that he had peen {assaulted betore he had been shot. the opinion of District-Attorney Weeks and Coroner Russell the young man was murdered, and all the avallablé in the county have been put Robbery wt as the man’s pockets were turned Inside out and rified. =. und in the the rain had made indecipherable. looked like ‘No. 910 Palm street, Port- chester,” was the address on one of the envelopes, but Chief of Police Donovan, been | of that place, when communt:ated with, there was no such stree: in the own and that so far as he knew no was missing from Portc.ester, | | The body was found this morning by | Holi Waring, of Bedford Station, whilo He was passing | when stumbled across the corpse In a clump of bushes. It waa stretch:d on its back hands in froni of the well pparently hey > LETTERS IN HIS POCKETS. What d. ftom shots or had been guilty of irregularities and | Jane and jeering at his r while the ty oii ih aa Vaaying that the Count had accused his | Count’s Republican associates gave him joys) Ue 1 aM opponent of belng of German descent use fh and a Dreyfusard of the vote necessitates prate, two Jbullet Count de Castella > replied. classing |another election in the Basses Alpes ” Wind one in the back. They were there were dreadful | hot for a wound in the back be possible to hold the theory | . the bullet entered at | mail the o din such @ place that {t been impossible for a man t» have Infloted suck a wound on him- Waring left the body Where he found | the question of an overcoat. Cornish authorities. Coroner went | Tl were Coroner be- lered and the | overcoat, #, the spot from} The case was wound up with Mrs.” Sonu See Pe ey death | Stephenson on the stand again. Howard” No one in Bedford has been able to | Adams testified that he saw = man! idenuify the corps it is belleved | point out Harry Cornish to her in court that the man Was a stranger in the | yesterday. Mrs. Stephenson and her, POOL ROOMS LOSE BUT WILL APPEAL. Case to Be Carried to the United States Supreme Court! for Final Adjudication. ate Division of the Supreme | handed down a decision evad hnieal objectic which defeated the efforts of the counsel ( the emurred ground that in the law, was made a Jon of the Penal "oater, in the Court of General allowed the objection, and the the ‘h has overrul'd jemuarrer. Benjamin Steinhardt sald to-day that would carry the matter to the United ave the toter- preied Lor the whole country. law $ | | | it | | Pyoer? > ® 3 he PRICE ONE CENT. MOLINEUX'S GASE GOES TD ORY MONDAY | Defense Ends with Evidenee | of Prof. Vulte Establish- > ing Alibi, and Testimony 4 CORNISH LED INTO TRAPS Black Forces Him Into Cone tradictory Statements About — the Overcoat He Wore on — Day Poison Was Mailed — Detective Farrell Swears He Saw Molineux Near Hart. degen’s Store, Both sides have rested in the trial of Roland B. Molineux. Court has ad- Journed until Monday morning, when the summing up will begin. Mr. Black annouticed at 11.40 o'clock that the defense had closed its case, Mr. Osborne announced that the State” had finished shortly after 1 o'clock afternoon. “Counsel for both sides," Justice — Lambert sald to the jury, “think It — would be better to take an adjourn- Be ment until Monday, now that all of th evidence is in. I agree with them. During the recess you will not talk or read about the case, You must not tall of the evidence to any one. We will | resume on Monday, at 10 o'clock. Not 30.30, so that you will have the case, gentlemen, Monday night." 2 Time for Summing Up. or four hours to sum up, thought two hours would suffice for him, although Mr. Weeks thought it would be nearer four. i that he would take two hours in which — to charge the jury, so that et the most the jury will have Molineux's case at» 7 or 8 o'clock Monday night, The closing testtmony for the defente | was as tmportant as the prisoner's own evidence. Prof. Volti, of Columbia Uni- — versity, testified that Molineux spent with him the entire afternoon of he — day the potson package was mailed. ‘This testimony in connection with thet ot Mrs. Stephenson that Molineux did not mail the poison package completed ~ an alibi for the prisoner. = Easy to Buy Oyanide. ‘Then the defense attacked the conten. tlon of the prosecution that cyanide of mercury is a rare potson by proving. that {t can be bought at almost aw drug store. The defense expected that | point to clinch thelr case, | In rebuttal Assistant District-Attor- | ney Osborne called Detective Farrel, of | | Newark, who so far had seemed unwill- ing to appear. Farrell testified he had, — seen Molineux near Hartdegen’s store lin Newark the day the bottle-holder, | was purchased, An alld! for Harry! | Cornish was established covering the time Mra, Stephenson said she saw bien olson package, and then Cor nish himself went back on the etand, Mixed on Overcoat Question. Ex-Gov, Black got him mixed up om” oe ae denied having worn an overcoat that day, but Mr. Black showed that at the: |tormer trial he said he wore & brown {husband both were on the stand and jcontradicted Howard. That closed the testimony and It was agreed to begin | the arguments next Monday, | jabs SAYS NO ONE POINTED OUT CORNISH TO HER, Progecdings were started by Assistant District-Attorney Osborne, who recalled Mrs. Anna C. Stephenson to the stand. | She caused a sensation near the close of last night's session by testifying tat Harry C, Cornish was the man she saw. | mati the poison package on Dec, 28, 1898. | Mr. Osborne had been told that Cornish; |had been pointed out to Mrs, Stephen Jason, and he wanted to question her om that point. Mrs. Stephenson was very pate. She. walked to the stand with a slow step © She has heart trouble and the effect of |) the excitement was plainly shown, | 7 Dit you pick out Harry Cornish jyourself as the you saw in the sker, who was caught in the | Post-OMice?” asked Mr. Osborne, eat me-Philbin Parote Ciud ratd,| “1 did," Mrs, Stephenson replted. by was ind by the 1 Jury for the! Q. Did not a young man point him” Htelory of poot selling. nin Stein- |out to you in the court-roam? A. No, x-Gov. Bluck was about to ask the witness some questions, but Judge bert said there was no need of y further with this testimony, witness was then excused, Alibl for Molineux, —_ Hermann T. Vulte, who is conn with the chemical department of Coli bla University, took the stand, Hae |ne had been at Columbia nineteen JanJt had Known Molineux tnt teen years, of