The evening world. Newspaper, January 16, 1903, Page 1

EDITION . PRICE ONE CEN GATES SCARED MORGAN AND MADE 310,000,000 August Belmont Admits on the Witness Stand that Gates Scared Him as Badly as He Did Morgan, but Insists that He Still Controls the Road. George W. Perkins, Partner of the | Financier, Makes the First Public Statement of the Profits of the West- '. ern Plunger When He Cornered L. & : N. Stock. No wonder J. Plerpont Morgan, Au- gust Belmont and other conservative, mililonaires of Wall street were scared! by John W. Gates's corner in Louls-| ville and Nashville stock last May. George W. Perkins, one of Mr. Mor- @an's partners, to-day made the first official. statement of what the Western| plunger made by his deal. He put the figure at $10,000,000, Col. Young, who represents the State of Kentucky in the complaint against the merger of L. & N. and the Atlantic ‘Coast ‘Line interests before the Inter- state Commerce Commision, estiatated the, poate at from $12,000,000 to $26,000,- HOW GATES MADE $10,000,000 IN I. & N. Sold Morgan 102,000 shares at 1.30, Sold Morgan 204,000 shares at 150. Difference hetween what he i received and what he paid for stock, $10,200,000. Morgan got the odd §200,000 as his lerwriting fee. Morgan sold the L. & N, to the Const Line road for $50,000,000. ‘The actual difference in figures shows| gan & Co. to secure the stock? A. No. that the coast line company pald $10,-| Col. Young then produced a resolution 200,000 more for the Louisville and| adopted by the Loulsville and Nashville Nashville stock than Gates paid for It. | directors indorsing the acquisition of a Mr, Perkins permitted the Inference| majority of the stock by the Atlantic that Mr. Morgan took the $200,000 as a} Coast Line Company. Q. Why was that resolution adopted? A, Well, because a majority of the stockiolders had destred it.~ Q. Who drew it? A, Mr. Statson, Q. Dig you suggest that he do it? A, I asked that some such thing, he jone. iterday's shearing that Gates had frightened him into taking over the stock. Mr, Bel- Mont inade a similar admission at the hearing to-day. Mr. Belmont, with huge bouquet ot violets, was one of the first of the im- Portant witnesses to arrive. ‘“Georgs W, Perkins, one of the Morgan partners, was first called, but Attorney- | General Pratt and Attorney B. H. ‘Young. for Kentucky, insisted on call- 4ng Mr. Belmont first, and Mr. Pesice Col. Young tried to bring out that J. P. Morgan & Co, had Inspired the reso- lution, but Mr. Belmont was’ wagy and evaded the direct Shaner, Wade chades w the, 4s aitgewwrats Of 4. and Neat che tho Haat et alta len eae A. Mr. alters. the ne. -B . Who. ted th Ree ee eee se ata ou | Malara? aehae parla mang of Me; Q. What position do you or afd you| Me the wish that the Coser wee fo noid in the L, and\N? A. I was andam represented in the board by Mr, "Wale chairman of the Board and Treasurer | te! ES ‘of the company. , @ Now, Mr Belmont, when did tt . When did you first hear that J. P,|QiWn Upon you that the Coas Ling Morgan & Co. had acquired the con-|and Nachvite vere ths pou anne r trolling stock of the company from Har- | associates could? A. it has never. ris, Gates & Co.? A. Not until they had | dawned upon me ina. i - acquired it, Col, Q. Then you did not appeal to Mor- IOCE RUMSEY TIES SUDDENLY, Famous Jurist and Soldier Ex- Pires of Heart Disease, After LeaVing His Office Seemingly “©. Perfectly Well. ~ (lat Young then’ as aa @ number “of |' (Continued on Second Page.) - GLENNON MUST CO 10 PRISON, Appeal of the Wardman for Reversal of His Sentence Is Dismissed and His Conviction Stands. HAD: RETIRED FROM: BENCH. : y Ex-Supreme Court Justice Willlam Rumsey died very suddenly at 2 o'clock this morning at his home, No, 200 West Fitty-sloth street, of heart fallure, Judge Rumzey worked all day long yesterday in bis office at No. 24 Liberty Hi! WAS PLAINLY GUILTY. The Appellate Division of* the su- preme Court handeq down a decision to- day affirming the conviction of Ward- man Edward G, Glennon of wilful neglect of uty! He was charged with 4 * @treet, where he was head of the lww|permitting the maintenance of a disor~ : firm of Rumsey, Sheppard & Ingalls.|derly house in West ‘Thirty-third ‘ He did not leave his office until nearly street. Justice Ingrwham writes the opinion of the court. He reviews the testimony at length, and reaches this conclusion: “Upon the whole case I think the defendant has had a fair trial; that there is no doubt of his guilt, and that the jury were jugtifiea in the conelu- sion at which they arrived.’ All of the Justices concur. Glennon was sentenced by Recorder Goft to serve six months in the peni- tentlary, The conviction was for mis- 6 o'clock in the evening, and then ap- wed to be in perfect health. He told managing clerk that as he had a eal of work to do to-day he abe down carly In the morning. After Judge Rumsey had eaten his Supper he told his wife and daughter “Blanche that he did not feel well. He went to bed early, but about midnight called to his wife that he felt as if he ' Was suffocating. Mrg. Rumsey thought was suffering from asthma and gave some home remedies. As he got _rapldly worse, however, Dr, Frederick | cemesnor only at egg sng De. Biggs were called in. KILLED BENEAT § y worked on him for nearly two hours, but he died at 2.90 o'clock, H HIS TRUCK. |. leaves a widow, two daughters— Mis Blanche Rumsey and Mrs, John « pand—and one son—William Rum- ey, Jx., Who is employed in the Corpora- Hon Counsel's office. He was born in Bath, N, ¥,, in 186, * When Justice Herri Driver Falls from His Place and The driver of a truck” for the New York Central yards at the foot of Two Hundred and Bixty-firet street, known 4 in ‘Trial m, Part UL, of t to his companions simply as Walsh, fell e trom his truck at Transverse road and ” Bupreme Court in this county, learned of Ong Hundred and Sixty-sixth street this afternoon and the wagon passed over his body, killing him. The body was sent to the morgue. A end .pamucl Untermeyer | number of persons witnessed the accl- ing the memory of the| dent, but were not near enough to pre- ‘vent it. wiees before him and adjourn me until, Monday. Wer end “Hamusl Uolarmty ct SPECIAL JURY FOR TRIAL OF “SYSTEM.” District-Attorney JeromeDe- cides to Apply for Extra- ordinary Body, as Result of Bissert’s Confession. PROCEED AGAINST CANFIELD. He, with Farrell, Ludlum and Others Will Keep the Special Jury Busy During Their Term. In consequence of the revelations imade by former Wardman Blssert con- cetning corruption in the Police De- partment, District-Attorney Jerome de- cided to-day to ask the Governor to call an extraordinary Grand Jury for the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court, It 1s the intention of the District- Atto?ney to have the extraordinary Grand Jury handle nothing but police and gambling cases. The regular Grand Jury will be occupled with routine work. If the {dea of the District-Attorney is carried out proceedings will be be- gun against Richard Canfield, Frank Farrell and his partners, Lou Ludlum and other gamblers whose houses have been raided. Evidence will be intro- duced showing police collusion with gamblers .and keepers of disorderly houses, and Bissert will be the most important witness. Many Are Trembling. The men “higher up” in the Police Department during the regimes of Dev- ery and Partridge, not a few of whom are still members of the department, were in panic to-day when they learned that former “Wardman George Bissert bad turned State's evidence and made a gemplete and corroborated lon to the: Disirict-Attorney. regatding the ‘eol- lection of, pollee blackmail. ‘the police: officials under whorl Bis- wert served and’ who would conséquent- ly be most likely’ to pe interested’ im his centession, were Police Captains Her- jihy, Diamond and Doherty and. In- spéctor Cross, Why Bissert Is Sore. Bissert, who is at the home of his father, Michael Bissert, at Wo. 1184 Jackson avenue, in the Bronx, said to- day: “Phe reason I squéaled was because certain people promised to protect me when I was in trouble and they failed fo do 80, ‘They made every effort to protect themselves and forgot me utter- ly after I was sent to Sing Sing. “A police captain and an inspector promised that I should be released from jail, reinstated in the department and influence brought to bear to have me promoted and made at least a ser- weant, The best these men did was to bid me good-by when I went to prison, “When I was on trial these men al- lowed me to spend all my money. I understood that a fund was to be raised in’ the department and that the ex- penses of my trial would be defrayed from that fund. Failed to Protect Me “Nothing of the kind was done, and ‘the officials who had promised to pro- tect me so failed in carrying out their agreements that my father had to spend his money to carry on my defense. “From what I know and what I have heurde I belleve that within a short time certain high officials will be in- dicted and brought to trial. I will have no hesitation in er on the stand tha telling what care new | Minna Mees ‘ot the djurtadie: et cap tion of the Distri not ap ana vate T' can say ae CUBAN TREATY TO PASS. Assure t! Favorable Act! WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—President Roosevelt was assured to-day by Ben- ators Aldrich, Lodge and Spooner of their belief that the Cuban reolprocity treaty would be ratified by the Senate. It was stated that the treaty as by the Foreign Relations Com- ibiican Benator. eS ihe Ree Sra siecle inlttee was satisfactory practically to ety Repu WEATHER ‘FORECAST. the thirty-stx cinity: Partly cloudy ¢ Batardny cloudy, wainy fresh southwest to sonth winds. by ———$— A ROtRuer sccomne Se recciaweate eet BE DISBROW SET FREE BY JURY. Verdict of Not Guilty of the Mur- der of “Dimple” Lawrence and Clarence Foster was Quickly Found. CROWD IN COURT CHEERED. (Gpecial to The Evening World.) RIVERHEAD, L. 1, Jan. 16—The jury has just returned a verdict nding Louis Disbrow not guilty of the murder of “Dimp! rence’ and Clarence Foster on Tiana Bay last June. scharged from custody. He wi When the verdict was announced there was great cheert The crowd rushed out on the street and the mews wan sent to all parts of the town. Men telephoned their hom Disbrow went with his father to the Griffin House He will return Richmond Hill morning. to to-morrow (Bpectal to The Evening World.) RIVERHEAD, L. L, Jan. 16—District- Attorney Smith completed his summing up of the case against Louis lisbrow at 3.23 o'clock this a{ternoon, Justice Maddox at once delivered his charge and the jury retired to make up its verdict, The jury was cautioned not to be influ- enced by Disbrow's not going on the stand In his defense, ‘The Jaw," sald His Honor, “gives the defendant the right to go on the stand in his own de- fense, if he desires, but his negligence to do so shall not mitigate against him.” ‘The jury retired at 4.07. Lawyer Miles and District-Attorney Smith said they were entirely satisfled with the charge. It was feared at one time to-day that the fllness of Juror Charles 8. Vall would force an abandonment trial. of the He was taRen ill last night, and report that several of the suffering from ptonaine Polsoning. Vall was the only one really Ill. He carried into court by two deputy sheriffs and given @ rocking chair to ait in. Dr. Benjamin said he was sut- fering from spiatica,. tut efa “thé case ‘waa not serious, Durlng the summing up of Lawyer Row- land~ Miles for thé accused the pro- ceedings were interrupted so)that medi- cine might be given to the juror. Lawyer's Plea for Disbrow, “I geem it my duty," sdid Lawyer ‘Miles, as he began his summing up, “to tell you what the duties ofthe District- Attorney are. He must not only punish the guilty but he also should protect the innocent. He should bring out all the facts in the case. “I charge the District-attorney with failing to bring out all the facts In this case, 1 charge that the District-At- torney has employed unusual methods. Lawyer Miles closed his argument at 11.40 o'clock with a strong plea for ac- quittal, in which he advanced the theory that “Dimple” Lawrence and dJlarence Foster died by accident or committed sulclde under a death compact. “What would be more natural,” he asked, “'than a compact to die together? Vhey ‘had fled from thelr friends, They had no money, ‘There was no piace for them ‘to go pave into the waters of Tiana Bay. where all thelr cares and troubiea could be ended tonether District-Attorney Smith began his summing up at 1 o'clock this after- noon. Disbrow sat by his father’s side, cool BISSERT, CONVICTED WARDMAN, WHO HAS TURNED TE’S EVIDENCE, AND TWO MEN HE SERVED UNDER. nd collected, and seemed not to feth effect of the prosecutor's argument, CAUGHT AFTER A FIGHT. Three Men Charged with Jewel Thett Taken by Detectives, Charles Smith, John M. Williams and Thomas Ryan, all equipped with a half dozen aliases and described by the po lee as really bad men, with records « foot long, were arrested this afternoon @ hard fight, in which the Central en had to ane Peat ice | “ Circulation Books Open to All,’’ } NEW YORK, FRIDAY. JANUARY 16, 1903. 30 o’clook this evening. Trains were blocked-on both here the fire started, ‘It‘is.not Sixth: Race—Boundlee.1, Joe PAYNE WHITNEY IN CANFIELD NET; He and Lauanee: Waterbury Subpoenaed to Testify at the Jerome inquiry into Famous Millionaire poy ling Hones, SEC. OF STATE'S SON- IN-LAW. vy Payne Whitney. ther Younger son of William. C, Whitney, who’ recently mar- tled the daughter of Secretury of State John Hay and Lawrence Wéater- bury, who was not permitted by the Governing Board of the Stock Ex- change to take his seat after he had bought it, have both been subpoenaed to appear in the Canfield inquiry to- morrow. They will both obey the subpoenas. They had hoped to play in the Inter- city racquet match between New York and Philadelphia, which {s to take place to-morrow In Philadelphia; 6ut it has been announced in that city that they cannot participate owing to the subpoenas. Therefore Philadelphia expects to win. Neither of these men’s names has been mentioned a3 a possible witness in the Canfeld case up to this time. It was sald some weeks ago that Disirict- Attorney Jerome was anxious to have Harry Payne Whitney tell what he knew about gambling in Canfleld’s place, but so far as known he w. never put under subpoena. The ne of thelr expected appearance to-mor. row came ‘rom Philadelphia, where the two young men were obliged to make their excuses for their expected failure to take part in the racquet match. he elevated structure itself was on fire several times. EXTRA SPECIAL HULE BLOCK BURNS IN HARLEM; MANY LIVES MAY BE LOST. A fire started in the dry-goods store of L. & N. Wortheimer, t One Hundred and Nineteenth street and Third avewue, at It spread with amazing rapidity hrough to One Hundred and Twentieth street, destroying all he stores. and creating a penio among employees. It is reported three children were burned to.death. the up and down tracks, and There were 100 girls -at. work’ In-the Worthelmer store, known whether all escaped, A —— WINNERS ‘AT NEW-ORLEANS. Fiith Race—Amigari'l, Tioga 2, Bucclevth 3. Lesser 2,’Chickadee 3. GREENE CALLS IN BYRNES, Commissioner Gets the Advice of. the Former Superintendent on Matters Pertaining to the Detective Bureau. “EXPERT IN POLICE AFFAIRS” Commissioner Greene. in his efforts to bring the police force up to its former high standing, sent for former Chief ‘Thomas Byrnes this afternoon and was in consultation with hiin for more: than an hour, It is paid that the Commissioner sought the advice of Byrnes on a num- ber of important matters connected with the police force, especially as to the reorganization of the detective bureau, which the former chief brought to such a high state of eMciency. When asked aa to Byrnes) 8 the nature of visit, Commissioner Greene "Byrnes simply to get his views. He ts an expert in police Matters and I felt that his advice on certain matters would be of great value to me in my present work.'* Gen, Greene added that Inspector Cort- right was a very sick man, being com- pletely disabled for the present with a distressing attack of rheumatism. There is a general belief at Head- quarters that Commissioner’ Greene Is ——=— Upiack and White, the bent Scotch, Is Iked by men who apprectste B004 things. | VOTING "MACHINES THIS FALL The city pra a step to-day in the direction of employing voting machines at the next November election. At the meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment an old resolut'on was presented agreeing to a trial of the ma- chines providing they would be found to fll these requirements; Comply with the election lap, admit voting of a straight or ticket, vote yos or no Steamer May Have Been Blown. NOT AT PRESENT PLANNED Officials of the International Navigation pany Say that if the St. Louis Has Disabled Completely There Is No Tellin What Part of the Ocean She Is In. Vice-President Wright, of the International Navigation Company, nounced late this afternoon that the steamship Finland, of the t: Line, which sails on her regular trip for Antwerp to-morrow, will to the northward from the steamship path in search of the missing St, Lo “We think it possible,” said Mr. Wright, “that the prevalent me westerly winds may have blown the St. Louis somewhat off her cour the north, This would account for her not being sighted by chips o over thé regular, of the southern routes. Of course, if the St. Louis ts solutely, disabled it is impossible for us to estimate where she is. ®HINK ST. LOUIS WILL BE FOUND. ‘| “The Finland will keep a sharp lookout, and unless the Bt heard from before the Red Star ship gets out to sea we think she picked up, In the mean time we have to repeat that we are not uneasy, {t would not surprise us at aH to see the St, Louis come up the bay morrow.” Mr. Wright said that the International Navigation Company did propose to send out any other steamships in search of the St. Louis, Many calls, in person and over the telephone, were made at the § News Office, at the Battery, during the day from anxious inquirers tor ¢ belated steamship St. Louis, i One call over the telephone was from the Harlem branch of the 9 phone Compeny. The manager there said that they had been inquiries all day long for news of the steamship and asked that they immediately notified when she was sighted. One more ship that has passed over the track the missing St, should have taken arrived in port to-day and reported that no sign been observed of the missing American liner. This was the the Atlantic Transport Line, which came in six days late, having left pool on Jan. 1. : SAW NOTHING OF LINER. “We came over the northern route,” said Capt, Cannons, “but | nothing of the St. Louls. We had nasty weather all the way across | were blown out of our course several times. I imagine that this ip. u the matter with the St. Louis. With the weather that has prevailed on ocean there is no reson for alarm to my mind on account of the delay the steamship.” The Manitou's captain, in reporting bad weather, does not agree ‘vith the captain of the Laurentian, which arrived yesterday, He said that after the first three days out the weather was fair. The anxiety which has prevailed for a day or two past regarding the overdue iinur grew more tense to-day. Officials at the company's office tm the Empire Juilding had their tempers strained to-day by eager ‘and cited inquirers. Those who had relatives and friends aboard were to be resentful because of the company’s admission through Clement A. Grizeom that the ship's boilers were leaky. The friends steerage passengers at the pier were highly excited as the morning wore oO and no kope could be held out to them that the ship would be sighted, JUNIOR SECOND OFFICER SAFE, It was learned to-day that William A, Smith, the junior second of the St. Louis, had asked for a leave of absence before the ship left port, and /s now at his home in Rochester, The St Louls bas now beaten the record for jhelated ships of the can Mne, the St. Paul having on one trip been out 9 days, 20 houra minutes, The Kaiserin Maria Theresia excepted, no ship that left the Bi Channel after the St, Louls has yet arrived, the Vaderland having out. of the chennel about the time the St. Louis was clearing Ch breakwater, As the St. Louis did not pass the Vaderland it is to be assumed anything happened to onv of her sets of triple «xpansion ‘engines the cident occurred near the Scilly Isles. In this case the ship is slowly u her way in terrible weather toward her port, In the Paterson (N. J.) home of Mrs, Garret A. Hobart, the the late Vice-President Hobart, the non-arrival of the steamship St, fs causing much alarm, Miss Kinsey, who has been Mrs, Hobart’s for some time, is a daughter of Thomas Kinsey, the purser of the p vessel, It has been the custum of Mr, Kinsey to visit his daughter J every Ume his vessel reaches New York, and the absence of any to the whereabouts of the missing ship has caused Miss Kinsey friends ‘buch anxiety, Justice Cohen, of Paterson, is also anxiously awaiting news in one, aimplioity: in opere: istering fe agalnet the 9 pubis q showing ane Pray ‘dkyidual Yo name 0! didate. ‘boa. each can deelded to onward the reso~ oes will abort ae the meat aaitions, [New York Jan. 8, which arrived here late last night, did im Louts, as he has a cousin on board who is coming over to pay LORRAINE DIDN'T SIGHT ST, LOUIS, HAVRE, France, Jan. 16,—Tie French line steamer La due American line steamer St, Louls, it ae