The evening world. Newspaper, November 28, 1902, Page 1

= =< odes GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 10 act ii \ igus PRICE ONE CENT. at NIC libetaniade ss PRICE ONE beacNinle BURNS GIRL WAS DEFIANT ASSHE WED, Witness to Her Marriage to Wildrick Says She Did Not Flinch as She Told tim Who She Was. j GROOM HAS HARD NAME. He Has Served Time as a Hotel Beat and Figured in an Es- capade that Robbed W. A. Cockiey of His Wile. Florence Burns, the beautiful Brook: lyn gitl, avcused and exonerated of the murder of her sweethcart. Wal Brooks, has married Charles W. W drick, a young man se past Is as clouded as hers ts bitter. From all accounts the marriage was secret and sudden. James W. Cromie e.d Edythe 3, Mareni are the names signed as witnesses to the certifivate which tells that the marriage wus per- furmed by the Kev. John H, Biilott, of the Thirty-fourth Street Reformed Church. The Rey. Mr. Elltott did not know tia; the Florence Burns he married was the young woman once accused of hav- ing murdered Walter Brooks. It was oily when he was shown a picture of Miss Burne by an Evening World re- porter to-day that he learned who the bride of last Wednesday really was. Mr. Cromie Only Suspected. Mr. Cromie, one of the witnesses to the marriage, is a clerk In a downtown clothing store. He says he had his sus- picions that Florence Burns was the young woman who had been accused of the murder of*WValter Brooks. “The young people of the congrega- tion were having a meeting in the base- ment of the church,” said Mr. Cromie to-day, “when the pastor sent for Miss Maren! and myself to act as witnesses to a marriage ceremony. When we got upstairs we found two couples waiting to be married, one from the country. and we acted as witnesses to both cere- monies. “When Miss Burns came up to be mar- ried I thought I recognized her from the pictures I had seen of her and asked her name. She looked me right In the eyes and didn't even wink when she gave me her full name, [ wasn't eure and didn’t ask her if she was the young woman who had been accused of killing Brooks, She was perfectly composed, “After the ceremony I spoke to Miss Maren! about my susplelans and she re- marked that It would be strange if It should come out that she was really Florence Burns. I theught no more of Dog. SECOND RACK—Lord Adyocnte 1, Hint 2, Lucky Day 3. den 2, Wonderlich 3. FILLORENCE BURNS, BRIDE OF NOTORIOUS YOUNG WILDRICK. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Gould smith 2, Collegian 3. 1, Black= LITTLE ADELE TWO KILLED BY WINS AT 10 TO 1 TRAGEDY ON “ Lord Advocate Takes the Sec-| Workman Run Over, and Elder- ond Event at Bennings Hacc Track from Hist and Luck; GOULD WINS FIRST RACE. THIRD RACE-Little Adele affected Emanuel Dryfus, an employee Black Diana 3%, ‘Toga 3. in Police Headquarters, that he dropped wounis ee sea trom heart plaee Auaié Gente Suieas Raanie®. e victim of tfe accident was John McLaughlin, of No. FIFTH RACE—Benckart 1, Mal- |Mue, Brooklyn, ” _ly Passenger Who Saw the Accident Dropped Lifeless on Uptown Platform at the Sight MANY WOMEN FAINTED. An express train on the Ninth ave- j nue line of the “L” road ran over and | killed track workman to-day, and the engineer, rushed on downtown without stopping to see what had happened to his vietim. The accident happened in plain view of a station full of passengers, and so 231 Hamilton ave- He was in the employ of the road, and was under the imme- date orders of J. F. Murphy, who had | Gould it until I was told of the facts to-day.” Minister Tells Story. ‘The Rev. Mr. Elltott, tn telling of his having performed the marriage, said: “I was notified by a member of my con- gregation last Wednesday that a coun- try couple, friends of his, would come to the church to be married after the services which I held that evening, “I learned later that Miss Burns and Mr. Wildrick went to my home, at No. SIXTH RACE—Vlorham Queen 1, Ahola 2, Dark Planet 3. ty cond and (Special to The Evening World.) BENNINGS RACE TRACK, Nov. 28.— The mercury approached dangerously near the freezing mark here last night. If there had been a freeze racing would have come to a sudden end, because it him. arge of track repairs between Seven- Elghty-tirst Murphy was a witness to the accident. It occurred a few minutes before 9 o'clock. McLaughlin was walking down the centre of the express track, phy was at Seventy-sixth street on the uptown track when McLaughlin passed streets. Mur- $0 West Thirty-third street, and were sent to the church. When they came It wax 9.80 o'clock, and I took {t for granted that they were the country couple, but after a time learned of my mistake. “Because of the late appearance of the couple I took the young man aside and asked him a number of straight questions. He answered very mantfully. I could see no reason why I should not perform the ceremony, and called two of the congregation to act aw present one of clay. Burns's name did not strike me famiilar, but I did notice that they Medes handsome and striking couple. The young lady who witnessed the mar- Hage sald aticrward that, the” bride's was familiar and I think she al- Tuded i the ¢act that she was a Brook- dyn. . nom me of my congregation must have m out the story, have not yet fea "ene certincate with the Department of chewing gum. busy. all right when dry, Bennings meetings plenty of rain falls| ness, Passengers were yelling for doc- and the track assumes the consistency would have been impossible for horses! Ninth avenue expresses. to run over the frozen lumpy going that would have prevailed. The association is convinced that a mistake was made in bulldfng the track|qown on him and McLaughlin still ap- out of clay. Before next spring the track | parently heedless of Its appyoach, Mur- will be ploughed up and a top dressing! phy yelled at him to Jump. The man of sand placed on St. Whether the dam- age can be remedied Horsemen declare that the old Downtown thundered one of the Murphy expected that McLaughlin would hear the traff and step off the track as he had done hundreds of umes, But as he saw the train bearing rignt made no sign that he heard and the js a question. |next instant the train hit him with indy | furious force, track Is much to be preferred to the ‘The attendance fell off to-day, as was|an old man, who, like the women, had natural after a holiday, but there were| seemed to faint. enough on hand to keep the bookies The card was very poor, a majority] had a pecullar look, and when Dr. Whit- Women were fainting on all sides. The The new track 18] road's employes were rushing about try- but during both ing to bring them back to consclous- tors, and there was so much excite- ment that little attention was paid to After the women had been attended to some one picked the old man up. He Easted preristios. tier, ae thi noPoriney {of the races being for maidens of vari-| beck,, of Roosevelt Hospital, came he ahs ed what a ‘questions he had put to easily FIRST RACE, Dn Whitveck said that he had evi- Radi GT he consider that] Hurdle; mile and « quarter. bes et dently fsa of peares disease. From fa Ma home. in Tafbush and” asked it Estee 188, Eee | : oe oe iL leoeaes ‘acco oie a ighter were married, nothing of it. I have ‘nothing to Kalorama, “152, " Broo! i 3| Capt. Kear sent Detectives H that mean the | withou ny your, Knowleagor Gould made al marriage w: vce a leaally: by four Te rd my di re_nothing to 8Ay Forecast for mation that comes to The ff Aokormal it appears § th ety and: Wilacla were re anni wees, ago, "geen ‘on & one That yn across the bridge an 9 engaged in earnest conversation, tatr, Suturday Start good. Won oaally. Time a.” the running and won hs from Blacksmith, hours ending at 5 P. M. 3: day for New York City ana vi- to-night; probably tr: brisk westerly (Continued on Tenth Page.) Se thirty-; ure and Dunn to the offices of the to demand the surrender of the engineer, The body of Mr. Dryfus was removed to his home, No. 8 West Ninety-second street. Dreyfus was sixty-five years old and was appointed assistant clerk to Complaint Clerk Robert Peterson In Po- lice Headquarters on March 11, 1884, at $1,000 a year. He was sald to have been related dis- tantly to the Dreyfusses of France, and was algo said to be worth about $100,000, He was a member of the Old Guard, ‘Mr, DreyCus's daughter called at the police station the body ot h Bhe sifd her father had suffered trom heart: trouble, but bad not complained | to sLMONT'L” PRESIDENT. to Retire When Transit Deal Is Ratified and Will Not * an Interborough Direttor, we} NO HOLDING COMPANY. Belmont and Two Other Trus- tees Will Control Concern and no Change Possible for Five Years, Special “L" and Interborough Company - holders will be held early In December to ratify of the “L" by the latter and the issue of $12,000,000 of new Manhattan “L" A competent author! meetings of the Manhattan the lease stock, made the det- inite statement this afternoon that Au- gust Belmont will be the President of the Manhattan “. He will also remain at the head of the .000 Interborough Rapid Transit Interborough Rapid Transit Com- pany will be the responsible and operat- ing company. Th the future, after the lease Is effec- tlve, the Manhattan management will be only what is absolutely required. There will be no holding company. one is required under the plans for the mbined management. The Interborough Rapid Transit Com. pany doesn't want the Port Chester road and has made no bid for It Under the new deal neither George J. Gould nor John D, Rockefeller will be members of the Board of Directors of the Intervorough Company. Control of the Intertiorough can- not pass from the present Interests for the next: five years: It has been trustecd for that length of time. Three persons, of whom August Belmont Is one, are the trustees, Besides, Its lease of the tunne} from New York City for fifty years, the In- terhorough Company has $3,000,000 of cash and property of which $10,000,000 is Invested in New York real estate and $15,009,000 In electrical equipment, Further acquisitions, by lease or oth- erwise, by the Interborough Company, of other tranalt properties to be welded into the big new eystem is being dis- cussel on Wall Stree The newest bit of gossip is that the projected electric road to Portchester and up the Sound wil ve welded In, DOCTOR CUT OFF ALEG IN STREET Crushed by a Falling Stone Ed- ward Randall Was in a Seri- ous Condition When Surgeon Hallowell Arrived. DELAY WOULD MEAN DEATH. Seeing that his patient's condition was likely to prove serious if not attended to at once, Surgeon Hallowell, of Belle- vue Hospital, amputated a leg which had been crushed by a stone, without waiting to get him to the hospital. The injured mar«vas Edward Randall, fifty-four years old, a driver of No. 529 East sixteénth street. While he was waltjng on the seat on his wagon for a large stone weighing about half a ton to be lowered ito the cart, at the foot of East Eighteenth street this afternoon, the stone slipped from its fastenings and fell on his right leg, crushing {t into @ pulp below the knee. Policeman Peter Reehill, of the East Twenty-second street station, to stop the flow of blood, cut the leather thong from his club and used {t as a tournt- quet on the upper part of the leg. Dr. Hallowell, when he arrived, praised the policeman for his fore- thought, saying that the crude bandage hed probably saved the man’s life, ie he physician constructed a sort of a ut of coats of other Jaborera Wwhioit the injured man-was ‘then the crushed part of the Lord 4. wae severed by the doctor and the stump Ligntl bandaged, Many persons wit- the operation. Randall was then hurried away to the hospital, It. was said the upper of lu leg might have to be removed to 100 inj iB Gomi , thirty-five years old, of No, 176 Cherry street. foreman of the work, was arrested and taken to the Yorkville Court. ao WANTS MORE POLICEMEN. Commissioner Partridge Makes Ap- ‘ plication to Board of Eatimat. application to-day to the Board of Esti- mate and A; tl in fores by ARTIST r POWERS SHOWS A MODERN POOL-ROOM TO FRANK FARRELL, WHO SAYS HE NE NaS ea ONE. Dinca a PPLOHMPDOHGSCIGHOOOGE-DG HLS GHOOSHHG 9 HHO95O0 H+ OPE P-26- SISHPOSHHLTE STDS? POEHESDIEODOE OOOOH ‘This, Mr. Farrell, {s a modern 20,000 ton dis) telegraph wires, 42 telephones, and two Marconi witeleés ae single file are some of Col. Piper's trusty sleuths.-Dhey ning-tower, perhaps I should say Jook-out chalr.-tb) Bia Da BF tops with his county detectives, all armed with axes. to the man jron doors before he is looked over by the Inspecto.+./ At ad a ticket with a number on it. The man In the Marcon! wireless turret gets a tip that Col. with a Central Park Rough Rider squad. So the drawbridge is lowered. cross over to the feather foundry. Yorget him. Inside. He OO iS WITH TH (ps q suranvae < Wizy PGES DS DFO MELLOY \ > LTwwe tse \\ 4 MILLIE JEROME oo, A MODERN Poo. Room eo eeoseescoee Cd = aq) se oe | || ] % key el - — c\\\ Wi S3 \ cs ‘eis co => _| x’ -—— POS OO SS. ee | 2 TAS. Le Pay WSIS A - Poot, Room THE MAN ATTHE GATE GIVING He COUNTERSICN POOP I4AOIG PAOD OEOHEIOOOOD tt rapid-fire pool-room, carrying 200 The men walking on the curb in the lamp post. The man in the con- im Travers moseying over the house- at the gate is giving the countersign Ill have to pass through seven heavy ght they take his money and give him If his number wins, they give him car fare and a cigar. If he loses, they Piper is on his way to the place The patrons take to the roof and The man with t he parachute fs going to the hank with the dough: eme! wants to put a bet down’ On’ Beg” wanr out To reapeowr HUAN SULLIVAN At a largely attended meeting of the Brooklyn Bar Associa- tion this SHetiooh it was recclved to ask Gov. Odell to reas- Justices Bartlett a of he Supreme Court. sign TWO APPELLATE JUSTICES. are for five years. REPORTED ARREST OF A POLICE INSPECTOR. Wild rumors that a police inspector had been arrested on complaint of District-Attorney Jerome were circulated this af- All. efforts to obtain information at the District- ternoon. Attorney’s.office failed. BIG CROWD CHASES POOR LITTLE DOG. Five mounted policemen, 500.men, 1-000 small boys, scores of women and one Jersey City Police Justice pursued a little brown dog in two counties this afternoon, put he got over the border into a third county and disappeared, The dog created a panic on a ferry-boat bound for Wee- hawken, where it suddenly popped up with foaming jowls and began to yelp. When the boat reached the slip the little dog rushed madly off, upsetting three ferry men and three bicyclists d one policeman, and then the chase began. al zen REN eects RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. Fifth Race—Tancred 1, Brookston 2, Watkins Overton 3. Sixth Race—Optimo 1. Rasselas 2. Commissioner Forster 3. Se oan dhtor LITTLE CHILD DIES OF BURNS. Six-year-old Jennie Shells, of No. 414 East One Hundred and Police Commissioner Partridge made} Twenty-fourth street, while left alone by her mother to-day, etl raked a lot of burning coals from the kitchen stove Into her lap. is} adaivions\ | Her olothing caught fire, and before the neighbors could come to Expres her assistance be sm ngs so dreadfully burned that she. died in | ~ABANKRUPT NOW {At Least He Has Filed a Peti- tion to Be So Adjudged, and Boston Authorities Can’t Ar- rest Him There. Woodward to the Appellate Division Their terms expire Dec. 31. The terms DEBT IS LONG FORGOTTEN. ed Ree John L, Sullivan, monologutst and former pugilist, fled a petition in bank- ruptey In the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court to-day through his attorney, James F. Mack. The “ble fellow places als Mabilities At 32,600 and his ansets at two sults of clothes—one street suit and his evening dress or “monolovue’! sult, both valued at $90, Among the creditors ts J. H. Lewis. against the prize-flghter. Sullivan does not remember anything about this claim or what it 1s for, Lewis has threatened to have Sullivan arrested for this debt if he ever goes to Massachusetts, and as Sullivan is booked to appear on Boston stage next week he filed thus preventing his bankrupicy petition, arrest, His largest creditor is a St, Louls brewery, which has a bill of $10 for bottled beer against Sullivan, contracted when Sullivan had a@ saloon in Sixth avenue, Attorney Mack sald: simply t@ prevent Bull Boston. an's arrest in If he were to be arrested he these debts, Now they him. “I will not say if he will pay all of these debts, Of course, he remember anything about this Boston bill, and the St, Louls brewery had no Hoense to do business in this State, so, of course, he will have to contest pay- ment of that." + henge in ‘Tim: by ‘Haitee A eroetiye ¥ fis be changed. to eave. at $4) ce for Pelne Passant et 992999999695: 9:9:99999 599-996 09EO9 4H? of Boston, who has a judgment for $450) | ward Shepard. his petition is | couldn't make the money to pay? oft | can't arrest | |b dows not | — = are o> = |Commissioner Sturgis Atte nounces that He Is Pre- pared to Make Public His Decision and) Mr. Croker Awaits It, STURGIS FOLLOWS CH! He Will Have to Leave the Fire Department and William Cube len Bryant May Succeed Hint as Commissioner, After waiting around Sire ters unttl 4 o'clock this afternoon cetve official notices of his removal the head of the Fire Department © Croker left, saying that he would m return to his office to-day. ; would not issue his decision in the} ker case until 6 o'clock, so that the © will not get official notice until ' row morning. Proceedings to the courts will be begun For the first time since charges preferred against him Chief Croker public utterance to his feelings Matter 1s so close to a decision, @ fitting time to express my. felt thanks to the press of New for its treatment of me in this’ ceeding, Almost without exception newspapers have treated mo witl fairness and consideration thet beentmostgratifying. Realising @s do thé power of the press It is. ant to\ know that the editors greatest newspapers in the counts ‘confidence in me. Seale hic Own Fate. s In dismissing Chiéf Croker the © missioner signs his own death as an officebolder under the Low istration, The Mayor wil ndorse finding in the Croker case, holding i be strictly a departm«.tal proc Then the C er will be ted to resign to the admin if possible, from the effects of his secution of Chief Croker. £ According to the programme out at the beginning of the plot to the Chief, Deputy Chief Purroy will gue ceed him. Chief Croker, through counsel, John J. Delaney, will and Corporation Counsel Rives is of opinion that he will be reinstated back pay. William Cutlen Bryant, 4 Brooklyn editor, is slated to Commissioner Sturgis. Proof of Plot. All of this bears out the reveisii that have been made by The World concerning the Croker and trial, Mr, Sturgis has pledged hi ures, he has gone so far that even backed down now, criticism of his duct would not cease. and if he the Chief to remain n office and Unued to hold the Commissionership, there could ‘be no harmony In the minnie: of the fire-fighting forces of frFire, Come soe J . She can wucceed sat to. but it is not believed the: he can be prevailed upon, to accel 3 $3 amce. jace: of Nevitam Cullen Bryant. Brooklyn. and it is bellaved thag nt will accept. c HILL AND M’LAUGHLIN MEET. eae They Dixcuas « Minority Candidate for the Senate. ag -Senator David B, Hill bad a ebay ference this afternoon with Hugh Mg Laughlin, tre Brooklyn Deniocratie leads oy, over the selection of a candidate tt the office of United States Senator, thie State. It was said atten the) eons) ference that the only two names tioned were Joho B, Btanchileld and It was sald th whereas wraed 162 Ri mci Are decded on Waa, BOGS “THE” ALLEN’S. RAIDED. Yor the TH24Kh Time Fierce live Break in the Doors, 78,219 on “The Allen's room at No. 8) Sixth a took place to-day, Serat. Wallin a squad.of policemen acting orders of Capt, Chapman, of the street station, and some of! Ing a Grant's detectives ssors. ipatea 2 was gained to the the policemen breaking in the with axes, Hight men, the doorkeeper and the doorated and, taken. ¥o son ,Market Court. » fire Was Durning in the: pla in is alleged, the men thee cards and orher — a Z Brys 1 favored the former, the exponent Mela If he refuses it, the Mayor Will? ve