The evening world. Newspaper, November 11, 1902, Page 1

,Blshop Potter and the Rey. "GENERAL SPORTING NEWS | ON PAGE 10 | “ Circulation Books | Open to All.”’ | =— JUSTICE “LAMBERT CHARGING THE MOLINEU CONCLUSION OF PROSECUTOR OSBORNE’S DEMAND FOR coaiciGn LPDDLDIDIDHOODIDQHIGDDD.PDIHLIED © PO@OSOHE IITA ONEDE HEN DEE Eee SET EE EERE RE ED meee PHOOYOETY : ; i RR OG OOOH HEERS FOR PRESIDENT. Dignified Members 0 Chamber of Commerce and Notables Give Hima Rousing Reception After | His Speech at gra EVEN CLIMBED Oh, CHAIRS. Ex-President Cleveland Delivers the Oration at Opening of New $1,000,000 Building— Other Nations Represented. new building of the Chamber of Com- meree was begun at noon to-day in the presence of great crowds and with imposing ceremontes dignified by the at- of scores of world-known sponsors, These Included President ‘Theodore Roosevelt. ex-President Grover Cleveland, Gov. Odell, Mayor Low, rep- resenting the natfonala State and city governments: great men of the financial and business world—J. Plerpont Morgan, tendance John D. Rockefélier, Morris K. Jesup, Cornelius N. Bliss and Levi P. Morton; Dr. Morgan Dix, and special delegates from the British; German and French Govern- men(s, The bar. the army and navy, arts apd letters, education and science were all anply represspred, making @ galaxy of famous men such as had npt been gathered together in a long time. Of the foreign representatives Sir Al- ber: Kaye Rolllt and Sir Vincent Ken- nett-Barrington were sent by King Ed- ward, Prince Henry of Pless by Kaiser Wilhelm, and Count Raoul Chandon de Hrialles by President Loubat, of France. Other delegates to the dedication were sent by the lesser powers. President Headed Procession, The notabje guests gathered at No. 65 Liberty street, the imposing marble pile which is now the centre of America’s commercial Interests, where they were recelved by Morris K. Jessup, President of the Chamber. After the President and the other dig? nitaries had been received ceremonious- ly, the Rev. Morgan Dix offered the ded- featory prayer. President Jesup made the opening. ad- dress, reviewing with justifiable -pride the great progress made by the Ualted States In {ts commorce and the part played bythe Chamber since its incep- tlon In 1768. Mr. Jesup told how In that year’ twen- ty of the leading business’ men ct the elty, th of about 20,000 souls, met in Tavern, and formed the first Chamber of Commerce. He recited the growth of the body and dwelt on the great influence It has now attained among the business nations of the . world. President. Roosevelt followed, speak- ing for the nation. His eulogiatic ad- drosa was loudly cheered, People stood on chairs and waved handker: ending with three cheers and a ti Mayor Low sald in part: What It Has Done, ‘phe history of the Chamber of Comi- meree-of the City of New York Is a part of the story of our State and na- tion. Founded In Fraunce's Tavern in 1763, while New York was still a colony, the activities of the Chamber form an (Continued on Fourth Page.) | { MASON FREE: AAREST BOY, lena Man, Suspected of Being Mysterious ‘‘Bos- ton Slugger,” Is Dis- charged on His Alibi. ,NEGRO IS NOW ACCUSED. ‘The formal dedication of the splendid j (Special {o The Evening World.) ROSTON, Nov 1.—Alan Gregory Mason, the Back Bay society man who has been in jall a week under sus- picion of having murdered Miss Clara A. Morton within the grounds of the McLean Insane Asylum at Waverley, was discharged in the District Court in Cambridge to-day. George O, Perry, the negro lad who sald Mason gave him the yvictim’s watch to pawn, was charged with the murder and hed for examination on Nov. 18, The seats in the small court-room all filled and more than half of the tors were women. The police guard room, adjoining the court-room, was filled with witnesses, summoned to tify us to what they knew about the murder There came a tramping on the stairs and Into the court-room marched State Detectives Proctor and Letteney with the nogro lad, George L, O. Perry, sand- wiched between them, not handcuffed when placed wire pen, He wore a bright ‘tle and looked serious, but not Chief Cloyes and Chief Inspec r Murray, of the Cambridge police, 1 guard abeM§ little gate. Mason walk@iLy into the court-room ‘) with Sheriff Fairbairn, his overcoat over his arm and his hat in his hand. He was escorted to a corner seat just in- were side the bar Inclosure. His brother stood at his side. The District-attorney sald: “May It please the Court I under- stand that the defendant, Alan G, Mason, is in court. A complaint was made against him based upon suspicious facts that had come to the knowledge of officers, and an investigation as careful and thorough a8 competent officers have been able to make has been made, and Tam satisfied that at the present tims we have ot sumMclent evidence to hotd the defendant, Mason, for the Grand Jury, and 1 therefore move that he be discharged,’ “Alan G. Mason,” said the Judge, “the Court finds no probable cause for hold- ing you for the Grand Jury, and orders that you be. discharged,” Applause followed this statement, Masor smile1 as he heard the word ‘divcharged." ‘The cheer of the spec- tatora was sharp and short. The first rap for, order by an offcer ended it. Mason. free, calm and cool, passed out of the court-room, While he was getting Into a cab on the street below Capt. Proctor was at the clerk's desk signing a complaint charging Perry. the colored lad, with the murder of Miss Morton. He was ordered to stand up. though uot strong voice. A significant and exciting ‘incident happened after the formal proceedings in court. Perry was standing by the iron grating of the prisoners’ cage talke ing to hia mother. He saw Nemser, the pawnbroker, nearby. Some one gaid to Perry, yeferring to Nemser, “He says he has @ letter from you." “He hasn't,” Perry wald, poullively. Asked to plead a the boy sald ‘not guilty’ in « clear, | py PPEDIDIDSOGPOESOEOB 1-HHO 96 ATHLANA, 2004, WINS 20 RACE Weather at Washington’s Race Card.a Poor One. EMSHEE TAKES THE FIRST. THE WINNERS. sota 2, Shrine 3. THIRD RACE—Monketo 1, Tena- gra 2, Flora 3, FOURTH RACE—Pittacun |, Bender 2, Cloche @Or 3. Grail 3, te 2, (Special to The Evening World.) BE 3. R, T. Noy. 1.—The curd at Bennings this afternoon had no stake features but there were six races with well balanced flelds and the sport prom- sled to be very good. ‘The mild weather of yesterday dis- appeared during the night and in its place was a raw and Dlustering atter- noon, Some of the books dropped out of line this afternoon, for there wus not enough business yesterday for a dozen layers ‘Instead of the fifty odd that were in line. There was not 4 layer in the ring yesterday who dld not report a balance off the losing side. Barbara Erie! All of the winners were well played |" by the smart division and the money from the public did not offset it. The attendance this afternoon was larger than yesterday and speculation appear- adi to be mere brisk. Word was recelyed at the track this afternoon that James R. Keene intend- ed sending some of his horses down to race next week, This Is the first time In years that Mr. Keene's colors have been seen at this track, FIRST RACE, Selling; for three-year-olds; seven furlongs Be ley Fe Cornwall, 98, Redrer Pearl Finder, Lady Radnor. 4, ak, 108, ding H, Michaela: 9 8 Daisy W., 96, Honderson..11. 11 11 Ws Btare™good.| Won easily. Time—t.26 2-5, Emshee went to the front at the start and was never headed, winning easily 40 (Contluued on Tenth Page.) —— ® Net m Comfort Ladie# maids a special feature of the Penm- sylvania Special, “FIRST RACE—Emshbee 1, Valley | Forge 2, Cornwall D RACE—Athlana tf, Nava-! PTH RACE—Blackstock 1, Mo~ randa 2, Alle Virgie 3. SIXTH RAC dy Sterling 1,) TU ESDAY, NEW YORK, DEADOEHESDOOOOOR EHS TWENTY-EIGHT INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION: OF GAS, Track Is Chill and Bleak— Building at No, 121 Avenue C Wrecked! orld, NIGHT EDITION NOVE MBE R 1902. TURY AFTER THE FORE EEO F EEE DONE P46 EEE OO FOO OT AE ODDEDI GD ; $ * 5495040200. rn ee er ee ee ce ee SAEDEN LEAVES | POLICE FORCE. [« Circulation Books Open to All.’? ] e+26 Commissioner Partridge Retires Another Captain Who Was About to Be Tried on Charges rKICK ONE CENT) REINS: ~ YM AHAPPY MAN 'Verdict of. Not Guilty in His Case This A :| noon Reached by the Jury After Giving Consideration for About Half a Minute. Extraordinary Scene in Front of the Crimi Courts Building When the Waiting Recognizes the Man Who Has Been T: Tried for His Life and Is Free at Last. shadow of the Tombs, a free man, were: “JUSTICE PREVAILS. | AM A HAPPY MAN,” Gen. Molineux wrote the following statement for The Evening “The strife is over, the battle won, And Might has lost, but Right has won.” Hult a minute after reaching the jury-room to-day the jury in the neux case took a ballot. It resulted in a unanimous verdict of acquit a Ape was no doubt in the minds of any who had heard the charge of Court to the jury what the verdict would be, Practically the jury structed to acquit. There was no demonstration in the courtroom, thanks to precau taken by the Judge and the officers, but a scene unprecedented in the tory of criminal trials in this city took place in the corridors of the inal Courts Building when the pallid prisoner came, forth @ tree man. MAD RUSH TO GREET HIM. Crowds lined all the staircases and the galleries. A jostling, di courteous mob swarmed the floor. As Molineux appeared there was a ris for him that reminded observers of the rsh of a football team. Men knocked down and trampled under foot. Molineux was compelled to rum a ---Victims Mostly Policemen and! | u the top of his speed to escape the crowd, which then formed in the Ki 4s = f Th Mas of Misconduct. [street outside of each of the four entrances to the building. v iremen, an ome o em i ay) o — The face of the defendant was white as his collar when, after fiftee | . . : as | «cant, Timothy J,. Creeden, a» minutes of waiting, he was informed that the jury was ready with a Die from Injuries Received. Wunder LUnte talon, nad eesrete ieee been dicl | Hevalniont rat iuto'thelroa and iharieath feel 1a ¢s at eea tn pid walle ree on eh li sof ie a (aN gam-jhis father, who gave him sn encouraging pat on the arm, jblers ia the fs ty-elghth street Peete sileuemwea | sict sea oa RV tee energies enth ae Keep up your nerve,” admonished Mr. Olcott. Resi ctor mania hea ges ‘ 1 the}orfes to-day by missioner Part-| HIS EFFORT TO SMILE. iicanlindved tH smirexplosloh TG @aalIn the doctors in the vi {ueee eae ll Fecal a: pension of The wan little prisoner made an “effort to smile. The sides of his lihelibull ine eae Now i#ly Avenue Cuthiaiar On aatinand Werte cuan wenence ls searoneshale of His Salary 4" throbbed convulsively, and the muscles of his Jaws twisted until he ¢ who kept their heads, and ambulance} Jatternoon, It. Ix feared (hat xome of calls were seni to the hospitals in the} Had Cree Kole to tial and been | Scarcely control his features, He knew what the verdict would be. those injured will die as a result of thei’ lowe the city. The Belleyue|disinissed from the force he would re-) body knew what the verdict would be after the charge delivered by Apes yeu © first to ve ana] cel peusion As it Is now he wlll Zarned jurist from Fredonia. But of all the interested persons here ‘Among the tnjured were the following: [100K vay the most seriously Injured. | Tec s amfortanie pension and il) any was not one more composed than th led Il om Gouverneur and oth-| Hot 8A 9 tral pose ee fe guaried 1ittle! old -veraram Of Engine Company N 4 (the remainder |, Capt was so soon to hear tidings of so much moment to himself and ‘his sen. |. Engineer Gross, half of face blown} 05, the wine Fifteen minutes sped by following the arrival of Molineux. Court oF Ma dbs ate vr ABAna Bien Real} he medical examiners! flcers announced that any demonstration on the part of a spectator | SARS RAN Bpliebmnbi@htelda [te tear it dows are the ene for a sudden arrest, or words to that effect. Then came # Fireman Philthardt j—— — — oe | jurymen, carrying with poorly assumed grace their unaccustomed res} Lieut. William O'Neil! bility. Then came happiness with the rapidity of Hghtning. ‘ | Leland at ‘ Sareea: Five- SP. TA TORS WARN. 2D. Capt, Bresnahan, Capt. Bresnahan, | jot approval or (isapproval. Following came the roll-call of the jury. though terribly burned, would not leave | Popped Molinenx in his place and then the the momentous words, not his post. FATALLY HURT IN EXPLOSION, As of right the first to shake the hand of the fortunate young mam The following citizens were taken to % el | was his father. His able counsel, Goy. Black, was next. Then he held a res” hospitals: ‘Louis Henry street. Adolph Hopps, of the Windsor Hotel, Chatham Square. Jacob Goldstein nue. Fourteen of the victims were taken to Bellevue Ho the whole staff was put to ¥ ling them. The ro of the of the injured the surgeons to mmber of fatalities of No. 512 Bast Eleventh No. 24 Seventh ave- tell offhand what may follow. ‘The explosion grew out of a small fire in the clgar store of A. Luft, the und floor of the numebr me tioned—a four-story brick tenement- house. The damage was small and tlie flames were extinguished without dif- ficulty In some manner the fire reached and melted a large lead pipe through which Bax was conveyed to the building. The escaping gas filled the cellar and lower floor of the house and ignited from torches in the hands of the trem who were getting out the hose and cleaning up. ‘There was an explosion that blew out all the store front, cracked the wails of the building and broke all the win- dows In the neighborhood. Policemen afd firemen who were in the store or standing directly in front of it were blown from five to: fifteen feo, Citi zens were far enough away to avoid direct Injury but many were hurt by flying wreckage and broken glass, So many policemen were crippled that the arrangements for keeping back the explosion in Avenue C this afternoon. Battalion Chief William Guerin, who was the hero of the fire on the East River Bridge tower last night, was perhaps fatally injured. He was blown’ clear across the street by the force of the explosion. His scalp was partly torn off and his face and body were badly bruised, | His driver, Patrick Moran, was also badly hurt and was re- moved to St. Francis Hospital with his chief. Among the children removed to hospitals—some with per- haps fatal injuries—are Harry Roach. ten years, and George | Hines, eleven. of No, 620 East Ninth street: Adolph Hoff, twelve of Chatham square; C. L. Hoffman, sixteen. of No. 244 Seconu street; Joseph Goldstein, twelve. of No. 252 Second street; Jo- seph Solomon, twelve, Solomon Gatar and Hermas Stiebel. of No, 6 Avenue C, and Amelia Reiter. thirteen, of No. 638 East Fifth street. Firemen McGraw and Carter, of Hook and Ladder No. 11, were among ie fire-fighters who were hurt.’ They were taken to St. Francis’s Hospital. LATE RESULTS AT LAKESIDE. “sixth Race—Pirate’ s Queen 1, Erne 2, Egyptian Prince 3. AT LATONIA. Fifth Race—Jake Greenburg 1, Bob Franklin 2, Soothsayer, ' Sixth Race—Optimo 1, Satchel 2, Hilee-3, a dial ai OA cela Sandi Ia a lila, More than a score of boys and girls were injured in the gas |, | eption—a pale little figure in a whirlpool of crowding men anxious to offer lcongratatations It required physical efforts on the part of the police to drive persons wha had no business in the room to the corridors.» When a partial clearancé — had been made the Judge secured order, thanked and discharged the Jurys All the jurymen kept their handwriting specimen cards as souvenirs, On motion of the District-Attorney Roland B, Molineux was discharged, ~ He stood with his knees haif bent as he heard the words of freedom” | and finally was allowed to fight his way to the first breath of air untainted | by the odor of a prison that had reached his nostrils for nearly four years: /] |GOOD-BY TO THE TOMBS. Molineux left the Tombs at 4.20 o'clock with bis father and counsels: He had gone there to pack up. As ie left the building all the turnkeys ang) keepers pressed forward to shake his hand ; ‘A great throng of men and women waited outside the prison entrang cheering continuously until be and his father got into a waiting and drove for the entrance of the Brooklyn Bridge. The crowd sw around the carriage, and it was several minutes before the driver eoul make his way through the pack to Centre street. ‘The crowd, still cheerity and shouting, followed the carriage to the bridge entrance. $ As the carriage appeared at the entrance of the bridge the p mob, augmented by several hundred more, crushed in around tt and | | tempted to follow it across the driveway on the bridge structure and only prevented from doing so by a squad of policemen, The jury went out at 3. For nearly two hours Judge Lambert had addressed them. Hoey stress on two points in the testimony—one that the prosecution had proved that Molineux had the famous bottle-holder in his the other that the prosecution had not clearly established the re. clearly | session; nection of the prisoner with the poison package. He, however, directed careful consideration of the fact that tia been bitter feeling between the prisoner and Cornish, and