The evening world. Newspaper, December 13, 1902, Page 3

- > DENIES He OFFERED S000 TO WITNESS, Dr. Campbell, Who At- tended Ninety-Year-Old Mrs. Waters, Resents In- ference of Assistant Dis- trict-Attorney Garvan, CHLOROFORM WEAR BODY. Autopsy Is Not in Any Way En- < oouraging to the Theory of Possible Murder Advanced by _ the Authorities. A startling revelation concerning the Mysterious death of aged Sarah Waters Bas boon brought out by Assistant Dis- trict-Attorney F. J. Garvan, who ee- cured a sworn statement from Sadie Le Brantz, the dead woman's. grand- @aughter, that Dr. A. J. Campbell of- fered to give $500 to William McConnell to witness a will that would ante-date the last one sixteen months, ‘While this testimony was being given to the Assistant District-Attorney, Dr. Otto Schultze, the Coroner's physician, was conducting an autopsy on Mrs. Wators's body. He found nothing that ‘would disprove the theory that the woman died from bronchial pneumonta and old age, as the first diagnosis @tated. “Must Find Earlier W: In the District-Attorney's office were gathered Sadie and Dorsie Le Brants, Mrs. Marian Conklin, Mrs. Mary Beck- ian, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam MoConnell and Dr. Campbell. They all made sworn Gtatements to the Assistant District- Attorney. i “Dr, Campbell told us it would be nec- eveay to find a new wil dated earlier Sthan sixteen months ago,” sald Sadie Le Brants. ‘That was soon after grand- mother had signed the will leaving $10,. 000 to Dr. Campbell and the rest to Dorsle and me. Dr. Campbell said that allenists had declared that grandmother ‘was mentally unbalanced and we would have to find an earlier will. “He said he would give Mr, McCon- nell, the janitor of the White flats, 9500 to witness such a will. So I went over and got Mr. McConnell and brought hi, jto Dr. Campbell, who made the o to him personally. “I knew this wouldn't be quite right, Dut I thought it was perhaps the only way to keep grandmother's money in the family. I thought about it a long time,” Mr. McConnell agreed with what Mis: Le Brantz had eald. He said that he first agreed to be a witness to the pro- posed will, not clearly understanding what was meant. The next day, ne says, ne went to Dr. Campbell and told him if there was to be any “funny bust- ness" he could be counted out. He was told ‘that there was to be nothing Ir- Pegular, but he was not convinced, he ways, and refused to do as requested. Doctor Denies the Charges. x, Campbell makes a sweeping delal all the charges. “I deny on my oath," he said, “that I ever mentioned @ny ‘sum to either Sudie or McConnell. T'dia’say ‘that tt was necessary to aig up one of the old wills, and I told Mc- Connell that he deserved a reward for the kindness he and his wife had shown to Mrs. Waters, Dr. Cam,vell yesterday gave Mr. Gar- van a bottle containing chloroform, that found on the mantel near " Mrs, ‘Waters's death bed. The date of the tion was Aug. 6, and at that ” time Dr. Campbell's assistant, Dr. George M. Mackee, was in charge of the patient. It wax about three weeks after this that the will was made, leavng most of the property to W. G. Conklin. It was explained that the chloroform was pre- fovribed to dissolve a plaster on Mrs. Waters's back. More witnesses have been subpoenaed and the investigation will be continued to-day by Aselstant District-Attorney Garvan. Mr. Garvan, with several witnesses, called at the home in West Twenty. first street this morning and took awa; @ dozen or more bottles, most of whic had contained mineral water. The! were sent (o the District-Attorney’s of- floe, and it was sald their contents will emically analyzed, rs, Delamater, a niece of Mr. Jones, who was Mrs. Waters's second husband, and Mrs. Jones, wife of the same hus- band’s nephew, ‘called at the house to- day and left their cards. It was denied that they had come to put in a claim for a part of the estate as relatives, Police, who still guarded the house, said to-day that the body had not yet been placed In the coffin, and that this fact might delay the funeral services, arrangements for which have been made for 1 o'clock Sunday after- noon. ‘Why the body had not been encoffined qwas not explained. The autopsy had deen performed and the Coroner, had ven permission for the funeral, Some id that @he attorneys for the grand- ughters desired to delay the funeral. ‘Dr. Campbell denies that he made any offer to McConnell or anybody else and fs very indignant over the charge. SHIPPING NEWS. ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY, @an rises. 7.16)8un sets. 4.33|Mooa wots.. 5.10 PORT OF NEW YORK. ARRIVED. ‘Havens Federica ‘Tries OUTGOING STEAMSHIPS, BAILWD TO-DAY. ta, Liverpool. Caracas, Porto Rico. inland, Antwerp. Athos, Haytt ina Wilhelm, Rosalind, Newfoundland, Rotterdam, Rotterdam. Lancastrian, Liverpool. ah Princess, Antwerp. oulalani Iveston, Norfolk. INCOMING STEAMSHIPS. DUB TO-DAY, ald, Gibraltar, © Cimbria, saiee, dobn Bordeaux, Havre. BenterwM dedus.Scoun, Gibralta lar, Lisbon. Chemaits, Brem: Ploqua, Gibraltar. Patricte, Plymo ia, bs Bt. Paul, Southampton. La Touratne, Havre, Lucania, Liverpool. ‘Galveston, y of Birmingham. : Gevenneh thi NONAGENARIAN WHO RECENTLY DIED, LEAVING HALF A MILLION THE WORLD: SATURDAY EV/ NING, DECEMBER 18, 1902, RELATIVES DISPUTE THE WILL, WHILE HER DEATH IS BEING INVESTIGATED. Mi55 Dorsae JeBrarts SLEUTH FOUND TRAL OF BLOOD Followed It Relentlessly Through the Snow, and Discovered Real Feet Sticking Out of a Barrel in a Basement. THEN ARRESTED PACKAGE. “By the winkers of Sherlock Holmes, blood!” Such was the exclamation that rang out in the frosty snow-filled alr which shrouded from view the grace- ful form of Policeman Stanton, of the West Thirty-seventh street station, a: he jumped from the lamppost at the corner of Thirty-third street and Ninth avenue, and dropped on his hands and knees and crawled along through tie Powdered snow in the gutter until he could almost touch a crimson patch in the ungullled whitenes “Blood!” he repeated, a he jumped to his feet and advanced a few steps. “More blood!" he gasped hoarsely, as he noticed that @ distinct trail of red spots led along towards the corner of Thirty-third strect. At Eighth avenuo ‘the trail led to a barrel in a bacement, Whut was that? Yes, blood stains on the snow covering it. “Feet—human feet! This 9 awful!” Bucking out into the-street, he looked up and down the averlue until he finally sighted another bluecoat several blocks away, and, blowing his whistle, wa Joined by Policeman Flood, known throughout the force as “Billy the Bhrewd."" “Murder!” Flood never winced, b I, ut observed the younger cop with Keen sus. picon and cast an insinuating glance in the neighborhood of the briliiantly-Ught- ed saloon on the corner. “Follow me,” sald Stanton, and he boldly walked down the steps and point. Ing to, (the barrel exclaimed: “Blood? ! Murder!” Flood placed onthe top of the barrel/and gasped, en? qpdeath, man, youre rignt, © en he rushed out int blew his whistle, which drew two mee policemen” from. shadowy nooks. along the avenue, Thus reinforced Btantes end Micon: picked up the barrel and car- 0 the vst n fathered ‘around ines emecreue Wo feet, Feet are usually attached to a body,” Therefore t Body in This barrel’. mere must ve a ut," broke In a fat, red faced cop, suppose there are oniy feet and. no body." The four policemen looked at each other and paled. ‘Finally Btanton relieved the strain by suggesting that they try and extract the feet. Four separate hands seized each of the protruding feet and pulled. They did not budge. ‘They tried again’ and again, but the feet were as if frozen solid.” Giving tt up, they eent for a patrol wagon and, picking up the snow. Covered barrel, threw It In. As’ they climbed aboard they were startled by a deep groan. ‘s Then they drove lke mad for the police’ afation. and dropped thelr cae ture before the Sergeant's desk. witen all of a sudden it burst aswider and & human form rolled out on the floor, and from it came the following gruff saluta- » Why can't you let @ fol- ‘The mystery described itself to Magis- trate. Mayo, in the West Blde Cerri this, morning. as Andrew Scallan, and explained his preszace inthe barrel ty. stating that 4t was the only available shelter and the snow mate a fine warm ‘blanket. Refore lodging In the barrel he had had a bad nosebleed. He got three days on the Island. CHRISTMAS GIFT JEWELRY The Most Appreciated of All Yule- tide Presents, One of the oldest unwritten rules of w low sleep." the famous game of Avhist reads: “When in doubt lead trumps. The followers of “Santa Claus’ will find a royal road out of their perplext- ties if, “when in doubt,’ they will give Jewelry. For who in the wide workd— man, woman or child—won't thoroughly Appreciate such a Christmas gift? f course, It goes Without saying that the gift plece must be genulnely good, as well as dainty, new and reasonably priced. ‘The old-established firm of N. §. Brann, of No. 231 Eighth avenue, | existence for over a quarter of a cen- tury as manufacturing Jewelers of hi repute, Is again to the’ fore this Yule- with, @ vast collacyun of rich and Yiqtapecially, adanted to tide ig needs of the army of elegant Jewelr, the most exact! Havana! Christmas shoppers. This rellable head centre of Christmas Jewelry in addition to its (tremendous manufacturing facilities, and thereby direct-price benefits to customers, {9 making a distinct specialty of the sell- Ini of an_ extraordinar: purchase of over $100,000 worth of fine jewelry at 50 cents on; the dollar. This unparalleled opportunity for the gift-seeker includes in its large and Varied programme an — exceptional: cholce assortment of elegant ladi solid gold watches, jewel set pendants 4 brooches, goid Wedding rings, gold seal rings, dlamong sapphire and tur- Guolse rings, diamond. earrings, to- gether with @ whole host of other ideas Which will charm alike both giver and recipient. re In order to accommbdate in every way the great Christmas rush. N. 3. Brann will keep thelr store opeh e ings untll 11 o'clock ‘hey guarantee to keep, ent rom them in ord ve years, oharze ani free. tor All en: ving is done f sia mail orders nde “promote HAVE NEW CLUE TO STRANGLER ‘Police Expect to Arrest To-Day the Greek Suspected of Mur- der of the Newsboy in Cen- tral Park. , LEARN WHERE HE TRADED. ‘The v2 {York are |for the strangler of Central Park, and when he Js found Capt, Titus, of the Detective Bureau, says he will probably be able to arrest him to-day for the |murder of ilttle Michael Kruck, the newsboy who was strangled in the Cen- tral Park bridle-path near Elghty-slxth street and Fifth avenue. The statement in which Greek colonies of New the Greek Contral Park West was first connected with the murder was first communicated to the poice by an Evening Worldreport- er who had been working independently ‘oa the case, All of the companions of the newaboy mentioned the Greek. the threats he had made, and his habitual untugonism against the ‘newsles'* who sold papers about the park. When the reporter went to look up the Greek it was found that he was last seen in the neighborhood shortly body of the boy was found, the corner of Eighty-sixth street and Central Park West vending flowers. He disappeared about § o'clock last Wed- nesday night. An hour and a half later the body was found, The police have found the place on Twenty-third street where this Greek usually purchased his supply of flowers each morning. He was not there this tragedy, Through that clue have hopes of locating him, ‘There is no other evidence against this Greek. The police, however, will ask him tp explain his abandonment of his accustomed place. Capt. Titus said the arrest might be made to-day. Deputy, Assistant District-Attorney Shadwick and Detectives Prince ard Mc- Cafferty, from headquarters, announced this morning that they believed they were on the trail of the murderer, and that it would be a matter of only a hours before the man they will ac Is under arrest, While they would not confirm the re- port, it is sald that they have found a condugtor on the Elghty-sixth street horse car line who saw a man chasing the boy into the park ebout 8 o’vlock Wednesday evening. Whether this was the Greek flower peddier Is not known, but the boy com- panions of Michael Kruck say that fre- quently they and the Kruck doy would be pursued by the Greek, and that thoy would run into the park to elude him ‘These boya now say that tho Gr ways carried @ stone in his pocket, and tt Gay belleved that he also had a knife. ——<—<——— World’s Funny People. Next Sunday's Christmas World will present a Christmas comic wee ‘ty. All the world’s funny pzople wiil appear in Christmas Pranks and Frolic, 4 eat ae \ BeSelte Mower seller of Eighty-sixth street and | before the dead | For several months he had stood at) morning, and has not appeared since the | the police | k al- | Protection of two court oMloers an ce | SCANDAL STIRS WOWAN'S LOO It’s All Over Letter Some One Wrote Police Characterizing Home of a Member as Dis- orderly Place. |ACCUSED MRS. ROBBINS. Charged with having written a scan- eing searched by the police! qalous letter to Capt. Harkins, of the} ! Liberty avenue, Brookiyn, police sta- | tlon, characterizing the home of one of [her husband's acquaintances as a dis- orderly house, Mrs. Margaret Robbins, lot No, 2786 Atlantle avenue, Brooklyn, | was to-day a prisoner in the Gates Ave- | nue Court, The court-room was crowded with stylishly dressed women, all members of the Liberty Bell Le of Liberty. Tho iodge Includes among its members many soclety women of the fashlonable Bedford section of Brooklyn. Mrs, Robbins was high up In the frater- nity. Several of tho members testifted that they believed she had sent anony mous letters to them warning them against trifling with the affections of her husband. Mr, Robbins 1s a wealthy manufacturer, Nearly all of the women wore eye- Blas Under the close cross-examina- tion of Magistrate Furlong and Lawyer Anderson, who appeared for Mrs. Fanny Clarke, of No. 108 Essex street, the com- plainant, some of them admitted (that they were not living with their hus- bands, ‘The letter which, It was asserted, Mra, Robbins had written in a spirit of re- to Investigate Mra, venge, told the polic Clarke's home. “All kinds are ad- mitted there,” the letter said. Police. men under your command visit the place.” Several witnesses testified to Mrs. Clarke's good character. They a that Mrs, Robbins wrote anonymous letters to herself to avert suspicion. Mrs. Brewer, who admitted she had not seen her first husband in seventeen rs, sald that Mrs, Robbins had {slapped her face on the street whe she found her in company of Mr. Rob bins and Mr, Brewe threatened to lout her sealskin coat suid her hu yolles and diamond rings, while © rags,” added Mra, Brewer, {Her name is not ake An | Mrs. Rovoins, rising prisozier's chair, “Itis Upman’ She's not mar- ried to this man i have seen his mar |rage Mnes and 1 know ‘fam married to him," retorted the Witness, Rowing white with anger. Haif-suppressed gasps and "Unk" es caped from the members of the Libert Bell 1 in the ear of the court Dom, e was a flurry of silk akirts, | | h three women came tearing up the Jalcie ne if (0 atriko Airs, Hoobine. © | Magist urlong pounded for order and three court. offivers had all they jcould do to restrain the women. Mrg. Robbing dented 1 kn y letter and sald she had nev - & to which she was ashamed | Ige of a ten anyth: to put her signature, Avction Commissioner John Maguire, who appeared for Mrs. Robbins, moved for the discharge of his client | of lack of evidence. granted the motion, When Mrs, Robbins passed out of leourt the other members of the lod lined upon, both sides of the passa way and glared. | Sho was under was cause Magistrate Furlong urried away in her carriage, ndge of the Daughters | yand had given me | TOMES SRENKER CAUGHT ACA Second Escape in History of the Prison Yields Only a Brief Period of Freedom for Fugi- tive. FIRST MAN NEVER RECAUGHT A telegram announcing the capture in St. Louts of James, allas “Red Calla- han, the second man who ever escaped from the Tombs, recalls the daring and as yet successful escape of William J. Sharkey from the old prison nearly thirty years ago. Callahan’ escaped last summer by wearing the clothes of a workman em- ployed in bullding the new wing. He war located {n St. Louts and the police there were asked to arrest and hold him. He will be brought back to New York to finish the unexpired short term for a trivial offense. Gince. Sharkey escaped he has been heard from many times, always in some distant land and always successful in evading capture. William J. Sharkey was sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Robert 8. Dunn in a Hudson street saloon, on Sept. 12, 1872. During his trial he wae visited by a young woman of great beauty and commonly Known as the prettiest etrl in the Ninth Ward. She was Maggie Jordan. She was his sweetheart. After his conviction, Maggle Jordan continued to visit him in the Tombs, calling at the visiting hour every day. She was the only friend he had, All the others had quit him. On Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1878, about » week before he was to be hanged, Mag- | gie Jordan, with her friend, Mrs, Wesley Jordan, called on Sharkey and were admitted to his cell, as was customary in those days, They had been in the cell only a short time when one of the women left, At the blg iron door she | presented her visitor's card and was let ‘out of the building. The doorkeeper re- [marked to the warden at the time: | "She walks like a man.” Well, you better follow her. Maybe she 1s a man,” said the warden. The doorkeeper followed Sharkey, for it was he, dressed in Maggie Jordan's clothing. Sharkey boarded a car and took a seat. The doorkeeper boarded the same car and took a seat opposite. By no sign did Sharkey betray his sex and the laces and furbelows of the dress made the guard belleve he was mistaken, and after golng two blocks he left the car. Sharkey got off at the next block and was hever seen again by the officers, The two women remained in. the, cel |untl ordered out by the guards ‘They | coulli not present two passes, They had Jonly one. en it was found that Sharkey had escaped. Maggie Jordan was arrested, but noth ing was done with her. Later she mar. ried Billy Scanlan, the comedian, and faithfully nursed him throughout his ‘jong Incarceration in the Bloomingdale jAsylum. If she ever heard = from | Sharkey she never told any one. — Boer Generals Coming Home. LONDON, Dec. 13.—The Boer Generals, |! otha and Delarey, sailed to-day for South Africa. ——— THINK HARD. It Pays to Think About Food, The unthinking life some people lead often causes trouble and sick- ness, as {Illustrated in the experience of a lady who resides in Fond Du Lac, Wis. “About four years ago I suffered dreadfully from indigestion, always having eaten whatever I liked, not thinking of the digestible qualities This indigestion caused palpitation of the heart so badly I could not walk jup a flight of stairs without sitting down once or twice to regain breath and strength. “I became alarmed and tried dlet- ing, wore my clothes very loose, and many other remedies, but found no rellef. | “Hearing of the virtues of Grape- Nuts and Postum Food Coffee, I com- menced using them in place of my usual breakfast of coffee, cakes or jhot biscuit, and in one week's time I was relleved of sour stomach and ‘other ills attending indigestion. Ina month's time my heart was perform- ing its functions naturally and J could {climb stairs and hills and walk long | distances. | “I gained ten pounds in this short time, and my skin became clear and I |completely regained my health and ‘strength. I continue to use Grape- | Nuts and Postum, fer I feel that I !owe my good health entirely to their use. I Ike the delicious flavor of |Grape-Nuts, and by making Postum jaceording to directions it cannot be distinguished from the highest grade of coffee.” Name given by Postum |Co,, Battle Creek, Mich, FIRE FOLLOWED WRIGHT'S VISIT. His Blind Aunt Was Found) Sitting in Blazing Room as He Left the House and He Is Arrested. SHE IS MISS ALICE HOLMES. | David Seth Wright, thirty-etght years old, No. M7 Mercer street, was ar- ralened before Police Justice Hoos the First Criminal Court in Jersey City to-day on a technical charge of being a disorderly person, but because of the unusual circumstances sunrounding his arrest a much graver charge may be made against him. Wright Is the nephew of Mlas Alice A. Hoimes, a sister of the late Mayor Holmes, of Portland, Ore, She {s elghty- two years old and blind. When her brother died he left her a comfortable fortune and she lives in the boarding- house kept by Mrs. 8. E. Quinzel, at No, U7 Wayne street. She is the author of severa; books and a number of poems. Mrs, Quinzel told Justice Hoos this af- ternoon that Wright, who was tn the habit of calling on his aged and blind aunt In order to get money from her, went to her room yesterday afternoon and after a quarrel with her about mon- ey suddenly left the house. He had hardiy got out the door when Mrs. Quinzel discovered a fire in the old woman's room and called to him to send In an alarm. She said that Wright did not pay any attention to her but hurted down the street. When she went into room sh@ found it all her boanter's | ablaze and the old lady sitting in the centre of the! room murmuring, “I think I smell smoke." She got the old lady out of the room and a neighbor sent in an) alarm, Mrs, Quinzel then notified the police of Wright's strange actions and he was arrested. When told of the fire he said nonchalantly, "Oh, T might, have thrown & match behind the couch.” Mra, Quinzel sald that Wright never works and employes all manner of ruses to extort money from his aunt She says that by an arrangement with a lawyer he will get all of his aunt's money upon her death. Justice Hoos fined Wright $10 and locked him up pending an Investigation of the case, When the aged woman heard of this she wanted to pay his | fine and get him out of Jail.” Mra Quinzel says that she Is devoted to her nephew, despite his heartless conduct toward ‘her. MURDER MYSTERY STIRS SARATOGA, Killing of Aged Martin Abbott BANK WANTS WOMAN'S ESTATE Says it Is Part of Money Stolen by Embezzler Schrieber, Who | Lavished Stolen Funds on} Anna Hart, of the Tenderloin. IS NOW A FUGITIVE. HE Surrogate Fitzgerald will be th in a novel will contest Mond It isa fight begun by the suretles of “Wil- Me" Schrieber, the defaulting Elizabeth bank clerk, for possession of the $4,200 estate of “Anna Hart," the woman on whom he lavished most of the $128,000 stolen from the bank “Anna Hart” was a She was a Miss Jones married to Wiillam L. Sharp, a Knox- ville, Tenn,, bartender. She had had a lively career in New York's fast eet, first as Anna Campbell and later as Anna Hart. Sho died Feb, 2 last, of “the pace that kills,” by consumption, and Schrieber, who had fled to Honduras, on recelving the nows of her death wrote to one of his frtends that but for his mother and sister he would follow Anna In this letter th er he did not owe the bank more than $35,000, and said that Anna Hart had been trying for a month to collect $3,200 due him from a friend, and with which he had intended to “return to New York and face the musi He had been tn Honduras sixteen months. - Mrs. Sharp left a will in which she ignored her Kentucky husband and her Tenderloincee. nd had been declared ‘own family, bequeathing all her house hold furniture, except her no, ple- turea and fleur de lis my ood friend, Josephine | Le good friend, Alma Templeton, dla mont heart,” to my faithful maid. Mary Mason, my clothing, plano and diamond horseshoe. All the rest of her estate she“left to William Grossman, her attorney. in lieu of other payment for his services, and named him as executor of the will The will was made three days before to y Riny her death. The sureties on William Schrieber'’s bond to the Elizabethport Banking Company contest the will, claiming that the estate was stolen by Schrieber. The young woman's hus- band does not contest the will. ——_— AGED MR. CROSBY MISSING. Wandered Away from His Home Two Days Ago. Mra. H. M, Ford, of No. 157 West One Hundred and Thirty-third street, report- ed to the police to-day the disappear- ance of her father, William J. Crosby. Mr. Crosby ts elghty-six years old, 5 feer 6 inches tall and weighs 160 pound: He has light complexion, white hair, white side whiskers and grey eye! aie wore a dark suit, biack soft hat shoet He has been missing since ‘Dec. 1. BS SPREADS TRAN UPSET. Locomotive and Six Coaches Topple Over 200-Foot Em- = bankment Near Pleasant Plains, N. J.—Nobody Hurt. RAILS WERE BENT DOUBLE. Ralls spread under a train on the ay Staten Island Rapid Transit Ratirow, 9m controlled by the B, & O., at Pleasant | Plains, N. J., between Perth Amboy ani) Princess Bay, to-day, and the locomotive, with six coaches, well filled with gam i sengers, ran down an embankment 7 feet long. and after turning and top and causing a panic among the set hundred passengers, came to @/ without injuring any on The train was to connect with @ for Manhattan and was making abd twenty miles an hour when suddi the rolis spread and threw the engine” to one side. Starting down the steep | Incline {t dragged the coaches after it For a short space the cars bu: . over the ties, but when they struck the) frozen ground of the embankment the | progress Lecame slower and the coaches | lurched from one side to the other umtit | the momentum had been spent and: bottom of the Incline reached. In the train women screamed and ran for the doors. Several Jumped. the platform. It appeared that # coaches would roll over, and of this passengers were afrald, Engineer York and Conductor Andrews said that the frost fi DS ably broken a bolt at a joint in. tis And that that caused the rails tor spread, The progress of the train d {neline tore the ralls up ben double. ‘Traffic on that line was the rest of the day. Passeny transferred, over the break fh one train i at ther a wrecked track, Officials of the na snid that the track would for traMe by to-morrow PRAYED IN SNOW FOR STi Woman Calling Herself and Regs’ May Be Miss A young woman taken to Hospital early to-day was found ing In the snow at Fourteenth and First avenue praying for b She told the physicians that her is “Butter and Eggs,’ and they get no further answer. She lived in a church and wanted) It {s thought she may be Minnie Fi of the Broadway Central Hotel, disappeared Thursday night. had religious mania, @nd on night created a scene in Jan church. Be se Turns Out to Be a Crime of the Most Brutal Nature. (Spectal to The Evening World.) SARATOGA, N. Y., Dec, 18—The mur- dor of Martin C, Abbott at the farm- house dwelling of his niece, Mrs, Zadoo Muller, between Ballston Spa and Jones- ville, as {t turns out was one of the most brutal ever committed in Saratoga County. The murderer fired the premises with the hope of concealing his crime, but the flames attracted attention and the dead body of the victim was dragged out of the blazing building only a few minutes before the farm-house was re- duced to ashes. Mra, Miller, who is a widow, and her son Jay. had left home early In the day, having business in Ballston Spa and Saratoga Springs, starting home- ward late in the afternoon Abbott was in sole charge of the premises when he was slain. Five ugly knife wounds and head, any one of which would pro- duce death, and his clothing was satu- |rated with blood. Mrs, Miller, who had | within a few days sold farm produce | to the amount of over $500, yesterday deposited this in a Ballston Spa Bank, Ot this the murderer was probably {g- norant, The condition of the room in which the old man was found showed clearly that he had made a terrific struggle for Ute. old arrests may be made during the day © found on his body | Men, Women and to the Morphine Peril. ~ ° Morphine is a deadly narcotic drug. It is taken from Opium—poisonous ‘and deadly. Enough to cover the tip of your ‘finger will kill a man. The name is taken from that of the Greek noun meaning the God of Sleep. It causes sleep by paralyzing the nerves, and at the expense of a seri- ous shock to the system. 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