The evening world. Newspaper, December 3, 1902, Page 14

at’s Why Little Cash Girl, Took Poison, but She Will Soon Be Well, and Friends Will Try to Brighten Her Life. HER PARENTS BOTH DEAD.) ‘ Despite her desire to die, pretty -| We Hellwig, the fourteen-year-old girl Who ewallowed carbolic acid in a big Harlem department store, where she was employed yesterday, {x recovering @ the J. Hood Wright Hospital and Will be able to leave that institution tn ) @ day or two. She craved a mother's Child Wan Lonesome.. “ZT can't imagine why the ) miltted this act,” valid Mrs. Ce Meus, with whom the 22 West One Hun fourth street, “for wien slic left h ~ Yesterday morning she ecemed in un- _ Meually good spirits, 1 don't see how © the could be 20 suddenly overcome by ‘he loss of her mother an to try to kill j Rereel?. She was given to spells of deep | | Meepondency, however, and her spirits “were generally up or down.’ In a nent iittle room where Mattie {¥ved with Mrs. Cornelius, who Is Jan-| © Heress of the apartment-house N | West One Hundred and Thirty-fourth are many little articles that show ‘the attentions of kind friends “There was no reason why the child @hould de despondent. She had steady | employment in the complaint depart- ment of a big store; she had a good foom, and further than that she was More fortunate than lots of girls, for a} Wealthy woman in town had taken such) @ fancy to her that she gratified every Feasonable wish." cking in Her Lifet ‘There was something lacking in the Mfe of fourten-vear-old Mattle Hellwix, | _ however, which the form@® attentions of | friends could not supply. She wanted “Mattie used to seem so sad," sald one of her young friends in the depart- ment store, this morning, “and we xirls Pett very sorry for her. She never suid (uch, but she seemed very lonely (If T only had a dog to care for and to| Tove,” she eaid. “Bhe was one of the best dressed ‘mong her friends.” anid Mrs. Hlertze!, Mattie's aunt, of > at One Hundred and Nineteenth street. “This wealthy weman, who tikes such| fan interest in her buys her the very Micest clothes. Only last werk she Kot wo new hats and a new cloak, and on @ lark. Mattje’s friendship New York woman with a wealthy began about the same hospital where ehe is now re- Sovering from her attempted sulelde Kind Friend Good to Her. Ih Though the child had tives none “Mere situated so as to provide a home for the little orphan, al ee of her mother's th t years n inte the Hertzel redit now | doors. b, Ka Hina pele i her form ities of Beet coulant “stand it, le one day to a frte ed 80 hard. It seem Ing is agalnet n Couldn't life the This is the third pa been in the « ugh,” sald | though 1 though every lg th ellwie | Wright Hos- she was carried | ing from the fainting | t _ Many as thre Gornelius thio m: lt was affected with | ft Wink Muttle's Ul ime t Hes al with her pi the effects of the carbolle | Strugaled Hard for Lite, "We struggicd hard for her life,” the ae authorities this m “and It was only through strin h the | ag od rd that tholr would felt so for her when she | said one of them girl and we all Ike | eh , says Mrs, Comelius, | F power to make |mother and sister were out child. for after 180 to work and at} shoo! ian ate ald depression which the little orphan’s |! ained el 1 that she by her of lonell- had to Join her y heart | he wealthy womin who fwrith clothes 1s sald to have all He All necess | Re child. She lias 1 , tele | | | of standing In her new trouble % POISON: "AND FALSE HOME. | so e lonely fice Belleve Girl Who nem, | inon Wan Hattie Wenderich, a police of the West ‘Thirty. | if Station ds that enue for Policeman Me- sicowille in acne . 5 apitai, Pit at id thougne she he may’ ilvo, f ‘ COMMITS SUICIDE. he) Win Pe, Fe at the Arinm, Refuned to Ent. i flee sturgéoy in the Aquar- | Battery. ie dead. Me prac- | mitted suicide by Ing to owing to the. that is com- | +4 Meparated from over seven feet ) no Wve he rua Hy io’ foot | CRAZEDBY STUDY, {students at the Horace Mann Techn | well, | teen-yvear-old | Columbia a mental expert, [state culminating tn the boy's Insane desire for self-destruction. | Jack and his sister attended the public jun 4 girin| knocked cob} ot back In the game when | that tong and Thankeriving Day she seemed happy an | peed, mutes. though they had no ap- effect, surterod a severe attack of measles ater six |hls- constitution. ia f™onths ago when she was confined in| Up until he was over six fect in height and did not fil out ough at the | pe satisfied with th [ies lips, gone too far. of depr, ‘that unless yne nut we pulled | th """'2| Sill Striped Novelty Materials, 14 to 18 yrs., THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1909, KILLS HIMSELF. Student in Columbia University Falls a Victim to His Thirst for Knowledge and Puts Bu'let in His Head. BRAIN OUTGREW HIS BODY. By overstudy John Winfeld Baldwin, one of the brightest and most promist Behool of Columbia University, wrecked his mind and In a state of morbid de pression put a bullet In his brain, His suicide was deliberate, long con- sidered. Just before he shot himself he w his mother an affectionate fare- ‘The nelf-inflloted death of this eleh- boy fs a tragedy to In- terest psychologists, His father, Prof. Arthur Pond Baldwin, a third-term stu- dent In the philosophical department of University, a candidate for the degree of doctor of philosophy and was able to-day to Intimate knowledge every of the me: ce with of development “T wish to deny,” sald Prof. Baldwin, “that my son In the letter he lett in- timated that he felt himself a financial burden on his family and wanted to die in order to insure his mother and sister more comforts. He wrote nothing of the sort, He could have had no occaston for so doing, His letter, as far as T could make it out, for it was a nervous scrawl, was nothing but an incoherent farewell, Wenkened by Accidenta, “We lived in Brooklyn until three years ago. I was a teacher there and schools, Feellng that 1 wanted to be something more than an tnstructor, f moved my family to this city three years ago and took a special course at Columbia, Under Dean Russell 1 have! been studying the theory of education and sociology, Jer I studied psychology. I expect to Ket my Ph.D. next June. Up to the inst year uf our stay in Broklyn Jack was a (usty iad. origut at mis buKs and full of ergy. But in that year he met with thres. accidents “that undoubtedly at: fected him. While catcher of the Hrook- High Schuoi bali team he wan struck on the head by 4 foul tip and unconscious, He had hardly a player swung his bat around and broke his hose. He had to undergo two operations y after, while le doing 8 ‘ork, Jer a slip the head a Those was hit on Knocked senseless, GEORGE HIS FATE RESTS. WITH DYING CIRL Police Arrest Young Man, and BAKER. some elec- “Bl trical compan- Delirium, Hoping for Evidence That May Convict Him. bad Tesults, were not withou After we came H here, he first and of typhoid. Before recovered he shot had a ale YOUNG AND WORLD-WISE. correspondingly. Devoted to Ches “He wouldn't give his bod hin mind wae act indefatiguble student teat Je Margaret Connorton, An attractive fie’ Ghace | young woman from County Meath, Ire- and Was expec Mn dying In Bellevue Hospital, ty aqeetore We! After ietening to her ravings in. the net bee re OME | delirium which in fast ending her lite, and after finding letters and papers in trunk, the pollee arrested George Baker, of the tirm of Vickery & Baker, | clothiers, at No, 66 Second avenue. Baker was arraigned in the Yorkville day and was held by Magts- ne in default of $2.50 bonds ing the result of the young wom- an's condition. Baker asserte his in- nocence Miss Connorton, bright, educated and the descendant of one of the landed families of County Meath, is twenty- two years old. She came to New York only a short time ago and went to live with Mrs. iry Scott, a distant rela- tive, at No. ast Thirty-ftth street, There she met Haker and he fre- quently called on her, Evenings at the theatre followed and then drives, Two weeks before ‘Thanksgiving the young wom: told Mrs. Scott she was going to spend a week or two with 4 girl friend living in Ooeping: Nothing was hoard from her until Thanksgiving eve when she staggered ito Mra, Scott's home, pale and sick, She guve no Bi ich than The next Thanksgiving Day, Baker called remained. with her time. w he left she was de- nd has remained go since. Mrs, Scott called in Dr. J. Altken, who ls conn| with Bellevue Hospital, and when he saw the nature of the case he refused to handle it and had her went to Bellevue. ‘Phe police were notified at once by Mr. Altken, but no action was taken ‘untll last nfght, when the hos- pital officials notified the police that the, young Woman would probably dle to-day The police sat at her bed all night ne down sentences she uttered In delirium. She Is wald to have men- pleadingly, once asking y would marry her, She also mentioned the name of a midwife in Harlem, and the police are looking for er Th her trunk at Mrs. Scott's house were found a number of letters and vill notes which prompted the police to go Coroner having [to. Baker roome and: proce nice, Goat h, who was arrest Baker in about thirt in prosperous ‘eln Stern Broth Exceptional Offerings, To-morrow,,in with He apy ere and Rave a ime to ch New. York Phi Tite al "hiladelphia am Chicago, orkting for the captnl room If te mM, from und ine of Mamba ntitlly ex- Tat ‘the boy ‘way nt > was devoted to | and he tried torkeon ran wie? At°| tes In athletics. "The boy was In every way. and though t| it and often spoke to him aPite seemed to annoy him so. when sted hisletting up here and there, Md not coerce him, hoping tha ould tell him when he hav i t the most “aliled plas + ating chess le he Pawned to Buy Revolver, began to exhibit signs and 1 told him platnty e give himself some reat world bt 1 was begiining | hones that he would take me and (WAS Rrestly encouraged terday morning about” my oR to ha Avice, n he know now. with hi mind made up for his deed. and wan tien fh te Ww ome of We found tne is leket whieh | showed ad the he mi vy to buy the ieeatice aes “When he came home yesterday lirlous hia! His grand- ry noticed he was unuaually quiet ent room. scribbled the of farewell, and Sunt as we were ont to call him to dinner we heart shot. The letter shows that mind nerves. lind y broken under strain, lw death Is a. territin | eon to, all attitente, nm it ie a fearful ow to hin Camily we had reason | foentertain the brightest hopes for hia | fature." 1 Prof. "s family occupy a hand. | some t in The ia "Wert One Hundred fourth street win's college m to express hurled to~ He let Marte, and at No, Twenty- Nd in sald m0 PS Misses’ and Girls’ Wear ;| MISSES’ WAISTS of French Flannel & $] 98, 2 95 -98, 2. Value $2.95 & 4.00 MISSES’ WAISTS of Peau de Cygne & | Crepe de Chine, in tlack & evening shades, ‘GIRLS’ LONG COATS in a variety of colors s |& mixtures, 4 to 14 yrs., Value $17.00 to 15.75 GIRLS’ LONG REEFERS of English Kers seys, Cheviots & Chinchilla Beaver, full box back, flannel lined, 4 to 14 yrs., Value $10.50 to 12.75 MISSES’ WALKING SKIRTS of Fine Cheviots $ & Scotch mixtures, 14 to 18yrs., Value $5.75 108,00 4,75 West Twenty-third Street, $3.95, 4.95 $9.50 $7.90 Take Down Her Ravings in} 'GIRL DYING IN BELLEVUE; MAN HELD IN $2,500 BAIL. MARGARET CONNORTON 1 Found Hea, n years old, was In her bed this morn- her Hospi ere it was said she would prob. It is belleved that she neci- tally turned on the gas when retire a — Meaekinh Bowen Dead. MEDINA Y., Dec, 2.—Col. Hene- kinh Rowen dled at his country home, Medina, last night, aged elghiy- Bowen was prominent in rmy circles and been for any vears one of the managers of the ¢ wYork State Fair Association Col. ENDS HIS LIFE | BEFORE CROWD, Man Separated from His Wife Drinks Carbolic Acid in Street, and Dies Soon Afterward. While many persons were walting for @ trolley car at One Hundred and Fit- eth street and Meirose avenue, in the Bronx, a man who was stand northwest corner of the streets raised A bottle to his Ips and swalloped the contents and sank to the pavement. A nunnber of the witnesses of the deed and Patrolman Patrick, of the Morrisunia station, who was on post at the corner, rushed to the man and found that he had taken carbolle acid, An ambulance was summoned Lebanon Hospital. Relas, | sponded to the call, found that the man was in a eritioal condition and hurried | to the hospital he died | minutes later. | tiers in hia po wax Andre, from | who re- where Kote It was s Hammerell, re Ut forty-five Sears he One Hundred and Thirty-fleth [street addreas {t wan learned that Ham- | merell had been the janitor of the flat- [house until a week ago, when he and [hig wife, separated after many quarrels. The wife, it was sald, had gone to live elsewhere. —— Sald, «Ww Were Dea When FF Thought You | INDIANAE Mra. 3 wilt Jam Tomlinson. of Brown County, ts re ‘ Fea her thoughtless remark to her Miss Mary Lineey. jas Linsey entered the Tom- | Unson je on a visit Mrs. Tomlinson, |who bad not seen her for some time, re- marked pleasantly | Why Mery, were dea | The young woman made no reply, but her face assumed @ pallor that startled | her friends, She tried to sneak, but sould not. Suddenly she groaned and fell to the floor. Before a physician ar- ved she died "Wher thought you SOROSIS TRADE MARK The Best Shoe for Women. 3.50 per pair. It is said that a graceful motion in walking, perfect poise of the body at all times depends very largely on the construction of the shoes, Sorosis shoes are made in accordance with scientific princi. ples and rules, They insure of exercise. For mid-winter when 1 boots are worn Sorosis Supply all needs. Twenty-third Street, grace and whether in dancing, walking or any kind carriage, lithe and easy ease of movement ight slippers and stout Models fothenberd<o OW sore’ s Fastest Growing Store. Lace Hundreds of procure handsome and us beautify their own hom ‘most cleverly woven d $3.25 Lace Guriains, 3,000 pairs finest quality Curtains, reproduc! ular price $1.75 Nottingham Lee Nottingham Lace Curtains, overloc yards long, excedent patterns: regular Special sale price, per pair . Ruffled E rutile, deep insertion and edge $2.00; special sale price, per pair. full lens Fur Robes for Baby Cawsiies and Go-Car!s. oi Iceland sheep, full size, lined Fine Selected Sheep Robe, value value $6, at Rugs at Values that Judge these offers by the great enthusiasm that they create. liven the Rug Section with eager th Reversible Smyrna Rugs. Reversible Smyrna Rugs, known f their superior patterns and colorings, 10. ft. long and 7.6 wide, value $13.00. Granite Art Squa Granite Art Squares at half reqular pri 9x10.6 9x12 3.98 Roxbury Brussels Rugs. 7.6x9 1.98 9x9 2.75 3.50 Genuine Roxbury Brussels Rugs, 9 wide, beautiful small Persian patterns 10-wire Brussels made); value $13.50; 5: $3 Fur Rugs at 45 We offer 900 Uray Goat Skin huge, size 34x70, extra quality, heavy fury fur, real v sale, special, WE ST Ruffled Bobbinet Lace Curtains. | is glish Bovbinet Lace Curtains, deep fluted $4.50, at Finest Quality Pure White cud fa.o.wl 00 Guaranteed OF Tlouey Promptly Katuaued, it ™ ST MORE IMMENSE VALUES IN Gurtains and Portieres careful buyers are taking advantage of these great sale offers to eful Christmas presents. Hundreds of others zre buying to It is an occasion of absorbing interest. The dain.iest, igns are here, Price hints follow : Scotch Lace Curtains, Worth $2 to $2.75 Fer Pair ‘| 98 | Genw At h $1.35. | in re naissance, irish BP ussely and Cluny patierns, yurd 1 54 and 60 ec Curtains, 91.00, iiches wide, ove res. These k corded ed ses I 00 | curtains hive been. selling at from §2to . | $2.75 per pair, and are miata shown for| J 7 38 you shoud aot fait ts "6.98 $1.98. | glish Lace our 1.19 h and width; worth embrace. Special, pe ne S800 al se cease « Thibet Robe, for carrhiee throughout, vale $10.09. O23) 3, 98 i Astonishing Prices. Have Neber Been Eguilled in New York. Every time they are announced hee Other values just as geod. Space here for only six ofers: Brussels Rugs,$10.} 250 Extra Quality All- Wool Brusiets Rugs, 10,6 feet long and 9 feet wide, Persian floral and | throughout : and ge-cort: satin tin vongs. 7.90 TCS. St 9x13.6 4.50 lor 1.6 Turkish patterns, suitable for parlor, dining-room, library or office; actual value $15.00; special..... wees 300 All-Wool Brussels Rugs, 10 different such as Oriental, Persian and floral designs; 12 feet long and 9 feet wide: regular pric $17.50; sale price... 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To-morrow we will place on sale 5,000 yards of Genuine Samp- son’s Floor Olicloth, 1,14, and 2 xcellent patterns to choose This quality retails all about 75 i town at 30c. and 35¢. ic per square yard, No ail orders. No (e been 15 a some " AI Uealers supplied. yards wide; worth 50¢, and its equal is seldom seen; + er square yard; special at 33c! I urniture Prices That 1 Tell. _ | A Strong S tery of True e Economy. ay JAMES McCREERY & CO. Men’s Furnishing Dep’t. Shirts, made of fine quality, imported Madras, striped Batiste, French Percale and Satin Broche. Colored or white grounds,— with pink, blue or tan| stripes and small figures,— and an extensive range of black and white designs. Stiff bosoms,—cuffs attached, 2,00 each, Value 3.00. Twenty-third Street. SS oo JAMES McGREERY & CO. Photo Frames. Imported Teak-wood Photo Frames with applied bronze ornament. 1,00 each, Oval “Carte de Visite,” gilt frames, 75¢ each, 'Gilt Locket Frames, soc, each. Twenty-third Street. nglish| JAMES McGREERY & CO, Ladies’ Hosiery. ‘Complete stock of fancy or| plain, silk, lisle thread, | cotton and cashmere stockings. Smythe & Co,’s Balbriggan | hosiery in regular sizes, “outsizes” and “outsize” tops,—brown and black,— various weights. Sizes 8 to ro inches, On Thursday, December 4th; Sale of finest quality, pure silk stockings, Black, with black cotton split soles, heels and toes. Sizes 8 to ro inches, 1.25 per pair, Children’s leggins, —Cordu- roy, Velvet, jersey and knitted worsteds, ay 6 Twenty-third Street, Che Sign OF PROSPERITY (3 THE LITTLE SUNDAY WORLD WANT. LITTLE WORLD WANTS PAY BIG PROF- | ITS. WHATEVER YOUR | BUSINESS MAY BE, YOUR | SUNDAY WORLD WANT | WILL PROVE THE SURE | FORERUNNER Of Success. Study the quality of all the furniture that we offer; then com ‘The comparison will make you a fast with those prevailing in other stores. friend of this store. Following offers t »lorris Cha solid oak or mahogany finish, reversible cushion; Steel and Brass 1% re our pric fers, with cast brass | panelled ends; regular price special at.. iO hinds heavy 4.75 =~ This Iron Folding Couch o-morrow : Irs (like cut), in 2.98 OT value $6.00, Beds, in, pillars, extend- ed foot rail, solid brass mounts and sizes; value $9.00, JAMES McGREERY & CO. Ladies’ House Gowns, 3rd Floor. Accordion pleated, albatross negligee robes —trimmed with lace and ribbon, 15-50 and 20.00 |Cashmere House Gowns— numerous models, trimmed with lace and ribbon. Japanese, quilted lounging robes, 12.50 and 15,50 Eiderdown robes — new models, 375) 4:75 and 5.75 Blanket Robes, 2.25 Twenty-third Street, vases, Bed, including reversible mattress and ter, covered in figured ( 6 98 like cut; value $12.50; sale pric Mahler Bros., Sixth Ave. and 31st St. SPECIALS IN MILLINERY, ror saursoay ony, VBLVET GRAPES—A continuation of our 49; Ic ) successful last week. 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