The evening world. Newspaper, January 12, 1903, Page 12

vie SHH ong Island Farmers Scramble to Serve in the Double Murder Trial to Get the $2 a Day Pay, but Many Are Re- fected. He Killed Dimple Lawrence and Clar- ence Foster—Prosecutor Says He ~ Has a Strong Case. mn (Gpecial to The Evening World.) RIVERHWAD, Jan. 12.—Promptly at 1 o'clock this afternoon Supreme Justi@ Samuel T. Maddox convened the Suffolk County Court to the trial of Louis A. Disbrow, indicted for the murder of Clarence pter and “Dimple” Lawrence, a seventeen-year-old girl, at Good Ground June. ‘The court-room was crowded when Justice Maddox took his seat. There .sixty-one.farmer taleamen, all hoping to be called as jurymen. They the $2 a day. _< Mine minutes after court was convened District-Attorney Smith told the Sheriff to bring Disbrow into court. ‘Without delay the prisoner was brought into the court-room. He is @ handsome young man, possibly 5 feet 7 inches in height and of slender He parts his dark brown hair in the middie so that it crimps over tis temples. He has blue cyes and fair skin that tans easily. Even to-day | jae showed 2 trace of the tan of last summer. The prisonor was dressed in black and wore a small black butterfiy Dew necktie. As he sat down he shook hands with his counsel. ! TALESMAN CALLED. | George P. Lewis, of Crab Meadows, was the first talesman called. Could eat tell at first whether he had formed an opinion in the case. _) Mr. Lewis was asked # counsel for the defense had been his lawyer. ) Yes,” he eaid. “Is he your counsel, now?” _ “I don’t know. I ain't got no use fer a lawyer. ‘egin him.” Phe talesman was clearly anxious to get on the fury. He couldn't un- 1 ain't got nothin’ Isaac W. Gould, a Lake Grove farmer, said that he had no conacien- ‘scruples about capital punishment. He was all at sea concerning the of conscientious scruples about convicting a man without direct evi- @ence. Finally, when the meaning of the District-Attorney was made olear thign, he was turned over to Mr. Miles, Mr, Gould is about sixty years He was disappointed when excused. E TALESMEN CALLED. Been ese (at Matttinck. ‘was, cballented, and Justice Mad- fesued en order for the drawing of an extra panel of sixty teleamen. |Now Mrs. Durham Wants a/Causes jee of Man Who, He ‘While the clerk was calling out the nemes of the new panel young| Legal Separation—Husband| Says, Robbed Him of Savings brow chatted and laughed with hie father. Both seemed encouraged the sentiment shown in the court room in favor of the accused. ‘Willie Fanning, of Laurel, the next talesman, said thet he had formed gtrong opinion, but that his opinion might be overruled by strong evi- F He was accepted by the defense. The prosecution challenged him, Justice Maddox overruled the objection when the taleaman said that Be would not cary that bias into the Jury box, He was challenged per- ‘@mptorily by the prosecution. The State used up the second of {ts peremptory challenges on the next “fen. Three others were excused in rapid succession because they believed “Whe Gefendant is innocent and would not be likely to change their opinion $0 matter what the circumstances were. ‘William Prime, Huntington, lL. 1.,was the first juror selected. He is nd is the foreman. No, 2 is Theodore E. Woodbull, farmer, of Wading River. : © Alonso ©. Buffett, the next man called, was accepted by both sides ge juror No. 3. He {s a farmer in Huntington. " ‘The next man called, Nathan F. Corwin, a Sag Harbor carpenter, was | @ecepted as juror No. 4. CROWD TO SEE HIS FATHER. ‘Where was a big crowd at the station to see T. A Disbrow and J. P. , tather and brother of the accused, when thell.08 o'clock. train here from: Long Island City. On board the train were also Justice Samuel Maddox, who is to try the Lawyers Lynch and Miles, of counsel for the defense, and witnesses | detectives trom Good Ground, Jamaica and Queens, ~. Lawyer Miles said; “We expect to knock the case of the prosecution of holes. Disbrow is tnnocent and will be acquitted.” | When asked if Disbrow's former wife was the most important witness | wt him, Mr. Miles sald: of the other side.” Mr. Disbrow went over to sec his son in the jail, ‘While walking up to the jail Mr. Disbrow said he fully expected his son be exonerated and that if necessary he would spend every dollar he to secure that end and vindicate bis boy and the family's good “I know nothing about the details of the i THAN ONE HUNDRED WITNESSES. fn this section of the State of New York they are accustomed to with celerity, The judges and Jawyers work from beginning to! seasions will be held in the evenings until the case of Dis-| decided. Hard as they may work, however, 1t is doubtful if there District- Tavingston Smith has summoned seventy witnesses to testify for), 0 Rowland Miles, counsel for Disbrow, has summoned many : gonclusion before the proceedings have become tedious. an extremely strong case against Disbrow,” District-Attorney court was opened for the selection of a jury, ato by*the courts, At the time of the murder, June 9 Dis- with her family, the Everitts, at Queens, where thoy geal ia now known, met Disbrow as he requested, ‘to Wut she did not go alone. Her sister was there Mi sat super ali and may AY cs Papal sling to support his wife, “The that we have is Disbrow’s former wife, from whom ‘and respected tor years, Disbrow sent his wife a tele- me at me station alone, It is important. I have some- LOUIS DISBROW, 4 Duke and Duchess will America Soon. LONDON, Jan. 12—The White Star line steaner Celtic, which ts to aail from LAverpool Jan. 14 for New York, will have among her passengers the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Parl and Countess of Carnarvon, George Westinghouse and R. McCreery. Vinit ‘HE COUPLE OF WHOSE MURDER HE IS ACCUSED, AND TWO WOMEM WHO MANCHESTERS SAIL JAN. 14. | Dimp lawrence LEFT WIFE DAY AFTER MARRIAGE, Says She Threatened Suicide. Bult for separation was entered before Justice Maddox, In the Brooklyn Su- preme Court to-day, by Mrs, Cora Dur- ham aga her husband, Arthur, tn which Fie alleges dosertion and failure to support According to the papers filed, they ‘were marned July 10 of last year at the homo of the bride's parents, No. 1108 Bergen street, Brooklyn, The next day Durham left his wife and she did not e him until July 28, when, it is alleged, he stood at the door of her room where she was ill in bed and told her mother that he did not love hia wife and that, while he was willing to help her and be her friend, he would not live with her. ‘The papers allege that he is living now et the home of hia father, No, 2 West Ninety-fourth gtreet, Manhattan Last October Durham sued for an an- nulment of the marriage, alleging that his wife had threatened ¢o kill herself {f he did not marry ber. In his present an- ewer, m which he alleges*that he 4s will- that he withdrew the annulment sult because of another threat of auicide on his wife's part. Pending a trial of the mult Justice faddox ordered the payment of % a@ ok alimony and $100 counsel fee. ——————— RENTED ROOM TO ROB. Two Youths Accused of Shrewd Burglary of a Silk Factory, Raphael [4quor! and his brother Aly fred, awenty and eighteen years old re- spectively, were arraigned in Jefferson Market Court to-day on a charge of stealing silk valued at $3,000 from Blum's silk factory at No. University place on the night of Jan, 2 They were held in $2,000 bali, ‘The Liguoris, who live at No. % ec- ond avenue, rented a room on Jan, 3 from Mrs, Brodaky, at No, § Untveralty |place. It Was a rear room on the seve ond floor, During the nignt the young thieves climbed through the window and Rained ecews 10 Blum’s factory next | They packed up the allk in the yesterday afternoo |vesBergis, Moailian and Kinater, had been assigned to the case. ————— FOUGHT STILETTO DUEL. Men Met in Combat aad One Nourly Lost an Arm, . of Second street, New Brighton, is dying in.the Smith Infirmary as the result of having his right arm glmost severed from his body in a knife duel with Joseph Destasia, who roomed with him Ferdlr led over courting Ler Durham saya] o who | | AID PROSECUTION. GRANDSON SHOT | HIN AS THIEE. Aged Archibald Sheldon Was Mistaken by Youth on Watch for a Roost Plunderer and Filled with Buckshot. HE IS VERY LIKELY TO DIE. (Special to The Eventog World.) DPNVILLE, N. J., Jan. 12.—Archtbald Sheldon, who was acoldentally shot by his grandson, is at the point of death, |and hope for his recovery has been abandoned. He is consctous at times and hegs that the boy be released from all blame, Mr. Sheldon ts a wealthy resident of thie town. He wae shot early yesterday |morning, William Sheldon mistaking him tora thief who has recently ralded the chicken roost. A full charge of buck- | shot struck the old man in the groin and stomach, Chicken thtevea became such an annoy- ence In the neighborhood thet the youths decided to take turns watohing oy night. erly Sunday morning as William Shel- don and James Jarvis were on watch they saw @ man try to enter the hen house Jarvis levelled the gun and fired, but his atm was poor and the man escaped. The shot was heard throughout the nelghborhood and Mr. Sheldon came out, to learn the cause of It, His grandson mistook him for the thief and fired point blank. With a cry of pain the old man sank to the ground. The boys ran to his side, still thinking they had wounded the thief, when they were horrified to see that it was Wililam's grandfather. Others in the fam!ly were calied and the wounded man was carried into the house. lt was some time before he regained consciousness. “Clear the boys. It was not their fault, T alone was to blame,” he said and again lapsed Into uncon- sciousness, William Sheldon {s heartbroken and remains constantly at the bedside of the injured man. It ts lkely that no ar- rest will be made. KANSAS HAS ITS CHOICE. To Have Bible in Schools ‘Theatres on Sunday. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 12—Judge Ha- zen, in the District Court to-day, de- Mrs (a Vanes ce Foster: CASTRO'S ANSWER PUZZLES GERMANY JAMES MeGREERY i cu) Sale of Lacq Curtains, Upholstery Goods, Bedsteada, 4th floor, Beginning on Tuesday, January 13th. About 1,200 pairs,—fine naissance and Irish P Lace Curtains, at one-third to one-half below usuall prices, Renaissance, 3. 00, 4.75) 5 Le | and 8.50 per pair. Trish Point, 2.75, 3.75. 5.50 and 6.50 per pair. About 400 pairs of Portieres| —reversible or with apy plied borders. Repp, AN mure, Brocade, Veneti Velours and Tapestry. 3,00, 4.00, 5.00 and 6,5qi per pair. Gobelin and Verdure ‘Tapes try, and satin faced Fabd rics, suitable for drape ies or wall and furniture coverings. 1,50, 1.85 and 25¢ per yard. Fine English lacquered Brass Bedsteads, richly mounted, 1,00, 27.50, 35.00 and 45,00. Usual price 40.00 to 65.00, Latest models of United Crafts Furniture, cided that the Bible oould be read in the publie) pctoole of aearese: ene on . :, that theatres coul open: junda: Venezuelan President Seeming- | in Topeka without molestation. Both cas ‘were vigorously contested. ly Leaves the Basis for a Set- Twenty-third Street, tlement as Indefinite as Ever. BERLIN, Jan. 12.—The Foreign Office here is somewhat puzzled by President BUNCOED MINER AVENGER NOW. BUILDING STRIKE ON JERSEY COAST. (Special to The Evening World.) LONG BRANCH, N. J, Jan, 12— Every union mechante employed on buildings from Atlantic Highlands to Point Pleasant went on strike to-day as the result of their refusal to work with non-unfon men ‘The strikers say that the hosses or contractors must elther employ all union men oF all non-union men, but that any contractor who has all non-union men upon a job the union men will not inter fere with, With the ex contractors all union. The union on Steamship Pier. Metective Sergeants Larson and Moody, of the Central OMce, arraigned two men before Migistrate Zeller in the Tombs Court to-day, charged with ob- talaing $250 from John Widneyitsky, of Scranton, Pa., by moans of @ confidence game. ‘The men were arrested Saturday at the Red D Line pier, where, according to the detectives, they were playing the same gaine, Widneylteky is a miner, and alleged at Police Headquarters that tion of three or four he others belong to the hol @ good big ma- non-union men, and on great quantity’ of work folng on at present all Indications point to a victory for the unfon men. Castro's last note, He avoids specific acceptance of the powers’ stipulations and reemingly leaves the basis for a settlement as indefinfte as in his pre- ceding despatch agreeing generally to arbitration, The President's reply has really not advanced the matter at all, Int it is confidently supposed he has given Minister Bowen full power of at- torney. ‘Dhe State Department et Washington has advised the Forelgn Office that Mr. Bowen has sailed from La Guayra. Nothing more will be done from this side until Mr. Bowen reaches Washing- hoped that a full agreement aud bed linens. 2x2 yards... cee ceee 2x2% yards: ins oleae 2x3 J ee, 2314x2% yards..... Napkins to match. Breakfast size... Negotiations between the co-operating powers relative to raising the blockade of the Venezuelan coast are proceeding, the main point being the question of guarantees for the payment of claims should the warships be withdrawn, on Jan, 3 he met two men at the Red D. Line dock, He was on his way to Belgium, One of the men told him that he had & sister living in Slavonia, and asked Widneyitsky if he would not be so g00d as to hand her a bunch of money when he got to the town where both lived, or else leave it with the postmaster, He consented and the man skinned off $260 from his roll and handed it to Winey! » Suggested that t her and Widn. Dhe two men o: Widneyitaky the y put thelr ky again nily went ought he would be sure of his money. On In- vestigating the breast pocket, where he had placed the S00." Widnevitsky found himself possessed of a bungh of blonk paper, about which was wrapped a Fy bill, He complained to the Detective Bu- reau and wént back to Scranton, as his money was all gong The prisoners were arrested from his description of them. They were remanded for exam- ination to-morrow, SPIRIT HUSBAND TOOK BRIDE AWAY He Died Two Weeks Ago, Say- ing “I'll Return for You in Two Weeks,” and Kept His Word,| Bronzes, Marbles, Clocks, Limoges Enamels, Dut Values $3. 500 Prs { WOMEN’S LOUIS XIV HE! . ble stir among tae ten island over ch: ‘4 Ditmore, of M Fort Wadsworth, who died wuddenly on Saturday night of Handkerchief before he rh for yw In tw aturdey ‘Mrs. Dis ore spe: friewis and Appeared to Be in ln), he returned home early in ning, aid ae #he was en- teri’ her toom she fell across the threshold dead. day with the be: Overdee YOKOHAMA, Jen. 13.--The Arertcan Stern Brothers To-morrow, on Third Floor Annual Clearing Sale —————_———— Bric-a-Brac & Art Objects Curio Cabinets & Tables At From 40 to 50 % Below Former Prices January Sale of Shoes (Main Floor, Annex) The Remainder of WOMEN'S BUTTON AND LACE BOOTS, Patent Leather, English Enamel, Calf & Kidskin, hand-sewn, welted & turned soles, all sizes & widths, And an additional 1 Lace, of Imported Patent Leather and Kidskin, Formerly $5.50 & 6,00 Exceptional Values in Their Women’s Unlaundered Linen Handkerchiefs, hand embroidered initials with wreath effects, Women’s Laundered Hemstitched Linen Handkerchiefs, }¢, 34 and 44 inch hems, Women’s All-linen Sheer Laundered Handkerchiefs, with hand embroidered initials, Women's Unlaundered Linen Handkerchiefs, hand embroidered initials, colored and white, West Twenty-third Shree Dinner sf 22x36... wecceee QOX9G «ren ve ore oe meee ermine Hemstitched Huckaback BBXKAO s00s ceoe cece: Vienna & Sevres Vases, 23x43 fine quality... ch Silver, Electroliers, $2.45 50 to 5.50. EL BOOTS, Button and $2.45 Departments When supplying patrons the 25x36 (extra heavy).o+...-+-.ere0 120 ul Linen Sheets. Hemstitched. JAMES McGREERY & CO, Household Linens. Sale of table cloths, damasks, napkins, towels Bleached Damask Cloths, +2 2,00 and 2.50 cach 3-25 4.00 475 4-25 5.25 «1.85 and 2.40 per dezen, names 75) All Linen, hemstitched Pillow Cases, “ “ «“ 3-75 sveowceee 85C. per pair, & eines sseee 3685 per paix, acne sae 4088 Towels, .3,00-and 3.75 per-des, 600 oe Cream, Irish Damask, 72 inches wide, 6sc. per yard, Very fine quality Damask. 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50 per yard, ‘Twenty-third Street. —— SOROSTS The Best Shoe for Women, 3.50 per pair, Nothing can beffbetter than the best, foot ts always measured—@p ordinary sizes do not indicate the model required,