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ON RAGE GENERAL SPORTING NEWS| 6. “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ PRICE ONE CENT. “ Circulation Booke Open to All.’ | NEW YORK, SATURDS AY, JANU. ARY 24, 1903. = STABBED TI DEATH BY SWEETHEART ~ Quarrel Between East Side Tenementers Followed by Knife Thrusts in Quick Succession in Peluma’s Abdomen. ‘ SLAYER HAS DISAPPEARED. Worhan Who Did Killing Always Carried a Stiletto, and Man’s Friends Had Qften Warned) Him. Gluseppe Peluma, an Italian, was stabbed to death this afternoon in his apartments, No. 128 Hester street, by Marle Poline, with whom he had been living for two years, They quarrelled frequently, and {t 1s said the woman had often stabbed him before, To-day she made sure of her work by sticking a Knife into his abdomen twelve times After committing the crime she fled and has not been arrested. Peluma was muoh younger than the | She was past forty. while he was but Uttle over thirty, She was very jealous of him. Her daughter, about twenty. years old, occupled rooms in the same buliding, and she also has disap- peared. She Always Carried Stiletto. ‘The Poline woman is sald to have 1 vert Wlolent temper and to be always furmed with a etiletto. Peluma's friends warned him that she would some day ‘woman. kill him, but he seemed not to be afraid, | At noon neighbors heard toud talking ‘nthe Peluma rooms. Then came proans of a man in great pain. It is not customary in that part of town to show too great an interest in the dolrigs of other people, so they let the groans aL os Nana ‘A litte later they saw the woman running toward the Bowery with her hands and the front of her dress cov- ered with blood, That started them into action. Mrs, Gussie Harron, who lives on the floor above, ran into the street and told Policeman Flandera, of ihe Eldridge Street Station, that some one had peen killed. Wied ‘Before Surgeon Came, ‘Wlandera ran up to Peluma’s rooms and found him fully dressed lying on the floor with his stomach all cut to pieces. The man was still alive, but that was all, By the time tho surgeon summonea from Gouverneur came he was dead, _ Then the chase for the woman began. Capt, Albertson, of the Widridge Street + @Mtation, two men from the Central Of- fice and Assistant District-Attorney Krotel, with two of Jerome's men at his heels, swarmed over to the blood- cavered room, They found the woman's daughter had not been seen around the house and that Marie had beon planning to go away with her daughter for sev- era} days. ‘They found an expressman whom she tried to get to move her trunks several ys ago. She wanted them taken from fie house secretly, but the expressman had refused. These trunks were still packed and tied up with rope ready to fa." when the officers searched the prem- ‘AML Have Bad Rep: tations. ‘The police give the woman and her Gaughter bad reputations, Peluma was also known to the police. He never did any work as far as they could ascer. tain, and 1s sald to have been g_race- track tout. Fisfore fleoing, the Poline woman tried the blood from the floor and lean her hands, but she had become afraid and deslsted to to mge riety CHARGED WITH FUR THEFT. Dealer DVeclgred Prisoner Got $8,000 Worth of His Property. Samuel Filosky, thirty-nine years old, ‘of No, 173 Stanton street, was arraigned before Magistrate Crane in the Centre Bireet Court to-day, charged with the Marceny of $3,000 worth of furs, The complainant was Hiram Blankstein, a WOMAN WHO STABBED LOVER TWELVE TIMES. TRUCK DRIVER CRAZY FROM RUM Frederick Smith Took So Many Drinks to Keep Warm that He Galloped His Team at Break- Neck Speed. DASHED INTO LOAD OF STONE Frederick Smith started out. to-day to deliver a load of furntture for H. L. Bleler, of No. 2109 Second avenue. wound several inches long and a brok who were hoiding him to a cot in the J. Hood Wright Hospital. cold when the young truckman started jout. He took ea drink. Continued cold was followed by more drink, Corres- Pondingly as the drinks went down, Smith's spirits rope, and when he deliv- ered his last load of furniture he felt squal to anything that might happen. He turned his empty truck Into Bt. Nicholas avenue, and soon after people were astonished to see two horses, drawing an empty furniture van, gallop- ing like mcde up the avenue, w.... an apparently crazy deiver plying the whip and shouting at the top of his voice, Smith turned into One Hundred and Fifty-first sireet. At the corner of this street and Amsterdam avenue is @ va- cant lot used by the city to store Belgian paving blocks. A two-horse truck was loaded with these stones, and the driver, John Davis, had just picked up the lines when Smith and his gal- loping t appeared. Davis yelled to Smith to pull out. Smith wouldn't pull out for anybody or anything, Straight into the stone truck he went. The pole of the stone tru Stabbed deep into one of Smith's horses, The other horse went down in a heap, and the furniture truck piled on top. Smith landed on his head. Policeman Harty hurriedly summoned an ambulahce from the J. Hood Wright Hospital, Dr. Fahnestock examined the unconscious Snetth and found a scalp wound several inches long, as well as 4 broken arm and innumerable contu- sions. While he was looking Smith over the driver woke Up. In spite of his broken arm and bleeding scalp he started In to fight the surgeon and the policemen.’“'hev had to summon assist. ance, and Smith, a gory and frenzied maniac. was finally Janded at the hos- olta ‘There {t was found impossible to treat hiv, wounds, and at leat accounts nurses and doctors were med to hold him to his cot, ‘The wounded horme was shot. Smith lives at No. 271 Hast One Hundred and Ninth STEAMER ST. PAUL HAS A BREAK~DOWN ot. fu ‘at No. 113 Mercer street, who al- . ‘lowed that on Dec. 18 furs to that Delayed at Southampton, but It a@mount were stolen from him. i He added that some of his property| |g Said that the Damage Is had been identified in the lot of fure found at No. 66 Prince street yesterday on Monday, hours ending at 8 Fr. M, for New York Cit? and vic: ‘= temperature and te-night, probably turning to Men Du n and Cuftd) Hic rag i {i $1,600 ball for exam Not Great. n SOUTHAMPTON, England, Jan, #4.— The American Line steamer &. Paul ‘oke down in Bouthampton Water this afternoon, shortly after salling for New York, owing to a mishap to her ma- chinery, t is i? that the injury ts trivial and that} will cause cnly'e sow ential Capitalist MoHarg Stricke: STAMFORD, Jan, &.—Henry K, Moe | Hang, 2 capitalist. whose offices are in » New York: 1 quite ill at bia judden Hisense de- hee attack of irda light afitek oF spoplen : = isborer te wet ical ‘arm, was fighting nurses and doctors |*™ we rr ARCHIE PELL “SQUEALED” ON CANFIELD Arrest. of Gambler's Man- ager, Bucklin, on Grand Jury’s Indictment Brings Out Names of Men Who Testified. |ARRAIGNED BEFORE GOFF. |Bucklin,, Held in $2,500 Bail | Says He Expects Canfield Will Return When Business | Abroad Is Finished. | David W. Bucklin,, manager of Can- field's gambling house, was arrested to- day and arraigned before Recorder Goff. As was afnounced exclusively in The Wvening World yesterday, he wag in- dicted jointly with Canfield for running a gambling-house. Acting Diatrict-Attorney ‘This request was opposed by counsel for | Bucklin, and the Recorder compromised, moking the bail $2,500. Thi 1s condition- al upon ‘the ability of the District-At- torney to show evidence later that the bond should be increased. Ball was fur- nished by Andrew Dam, proprietor of the Union Square Hotel. There are four counts in the Indiat- ment against Buoklin. He 1s’ charged with allowing, maintaining and having the care and custody of an establish- ment used for gambling, In the fourth count he is charged with being a com- mon gambler and with maintaining a business ‘where certain idle and {1I-dis- Posed persons congregated and were al- wed to play certalf games called faro and roulette for certajn large and ex- At last accounts Smith, with a somlp |Ceasive sums of money, to the annoy- ance, oon s and discomfort of citizens Nhe dignity of the. State of New York.” The indfotment against Canfield |s This was the end of a most exciting |#milar, save that It chafges him with episode in Smith's life. The weather was |Proprietorship. Clabmen Testified. Tho witnesses against Bucklin and Canfield before the Grand Jury were Arctibald—more widely known in society as “Archie’—Pell, Edward Wasserman, Nenry K. Vingut and Joseph Jacobs, the renovmed rubber visaged detective. Other witnesses were Clarence Luce, an architect, who swore that he saw no Kambling being cdnducted in Canfleld's on a visit there, and BD. C. Evans, cash- ler of the Bank of the Metropolis, who was called to testify regarding certein checks deposited by Canfield, Bucklin was arrested at No. 6 Ea Forty-fourth treet by Policeman laney, of the District-Attorney’s office. The gambling-house manager was ex- pecting to be taken into oustody and manifested no surprise when Delaney appeared with the warrant. He teje- phoned ,to the office of his counsel, and whee Ne reached the Oriminal Courts ing he was met by Forbes J, Hen- bey and ex-Justice Fursman, his law- yers, Neither Bucklin nor his attorneys ap- peared to be particularly concerned about the indictment. Buoklin said he was glad of it, ber cause he cannot now be compelted to testify in any case against Canfield or against himself, Comedy in Jerome's Omet, Assistant District Attorney Sand- ford, who is one of the intelectual giants of the District-Attorney’s staff, stirred up the steam of mystery yester. dey. When the Grand Jury reported to Recorder Goff, Sandford sneaked to the clerk’ Mice and sought out Henry Welsh, “Come and get that batch of indict- ments,” gaid Sandford in @ stage whi: per. “I'm afraid of the olerkasin the court.” So Welsh ar4 Sandford sneaked to the Recorder's Court and took the in- dictmenta away from Clerk Penny. Then they went back to the clerk's of- @ce and sent for Delaney. After a time Delaney came out sticking a war- rant in his pocket. It was as apparent that he was going to arrest Buckiin ef he wore @ lebe! announcing the Al the rest of the day and all of this morning 4 was nothing in the Distriot- Attorney's office but “‘s-a-sh" and “hist, Hiverybody in town that reads the n papere knew thet Canfield and Bucklin bad been Indicted, but nobody in phe Die- trict-Attorney’a office appeared lo know fat anybody knew it—which was ghar- aoteristio of the District-Attorney’s office. © May Return. leaving the Criminal C puilding, Buckitn gala Lat De felt nung that Canfield woul ret rade United Bates, | oven thougi indictinent wate Connela went to, Europe business trip that he had came fme ie dnt his Meparture, id ene when he “hae in ey eas are t may be made. rr “Absolute Comfort)’ oe, a ES meee Schurmen | asked Recorder Goff to fix ball at $5,000, | ORD 0.0 2 +-95095909S9025 a DAVID BUCKLIN, THE INDICTED MANA GER FOR CANFIELD, SKETCHED IN COURT TO-DAY. 009949 E9O9O596459O$SHHOOO9 69SOOOOS40099FO4HHHFOISESOHOMDODIDHHO GO OLIDAOTOMOSOD 0OO906-22ODGEDOOEHOVGOH DOGG PLACED IN JAIL Rilea, Accused of Writing Threatening Lettets to His Wife, Locked Up on Com- | plaint of Bride’s Mother. MARRIAGE MAY BE ANNULLED oat Pau! Rilea, the coachman who, assert- ing that he was descended from one of the best families In England, fascinated Miss Nelite Connell, the daughter of Mrs. Charles Heckman, and induced her io: marry him on Dec. 25 last, was arrested to-day and locked up in Raymond Street Jail, Brooklyn, charged with wrlt- ing threatening: letters to the girl and to her parents. ‘The letter upon which the charge was based was sent to the girl, who was under gurvelilance at home. In. it hi aid that if she did not return to him “something terrible would happen.” aid that his wife's family should make no oblections to him, as he was a nephew of a@ distinguished English clergyman, and an “Oxford man.’ Steps to Annal Marriage. Rilea told an Evening World reporter | to-iay that the girl loved him and would come to him if she had her ftree- dom. He said that she was Imprisoned) in her goom by her mother. He denied that he had intended any threat In his letter, Mrs. Heckman, the mother of the girl, said that after she had prose- cuted thé*charge of writing threatening letters against the man she would jm- mediately bring steps to annul the mar- rag Rilea was arrested in his rooms at No. 231 East Ninety-sixth street, where he | hae started a small photographic studio, | and was taken to the Coney Island po-| live station. Mrs, Heckman and her hus- band appeared against him. Mrs, Heck- man announced that the only reason the prisoner had married her daughter was to got hold of her private bank aecount, Then she produced the following letter written by Rilea to his wife: Would Wade Through Blood. “What is the matter with you? Why don't you answer my letters? Has Sarah (one of Mrs, Heckman’s servants) said anything to harm me? Have your peo- ple turned against mg? Tney don't know who Lam. | am 4 nephew of the Rev, Paul Rilea, of Ashton Court, Bir- \eningham, England. I am an Oxtord Tan and come of good family. ‘Don't for heayen's sake, abandon me. 1 woul: Wade through pool of blood for you, Tt’you ‘dont. answer me pretty, soon eomething terrible will happen, for 1 am becorting desperate.” ‘Atter he had been committed to Ray- mond ‘Bireet Jail in default of $300 Dall, Rilea declared that he Intended to-dé pometnl aennerese to himself and not ¢4 | Riles Tater Beds ordath rnin Staffordshire, 1 y whore my father wasione of the westth, } dont Wealdents. My uncle, the ev pial | Riles, will soon be made an art! udios rr was enaugh to speculate in mint lost everything. Why He Was « Coachman. Conpell—1 will not say to near her I “entered ithe - employment of her fad *maaity Cservente’ and ndsreited a th niandilng 2 of horses, ‘ayhen Mee ind e@ to Mise Connell the hae ato bul her away in a sanit, ‘hat is the got married. Feason we ran off | ia Wihen they found out that ‘she returned my love they discharged ‘me several weeks ago on some trivial charge, Then thev learned from her of our marriage and ere Tam in fall G. M. CUMMING "RESIGNS, Bric’s First Vi Up Office Feh, 1, G. M, Cumming, Firat Vice-President of the Ente Railroad, has tendered his repignation to the directors to effective Feb. beoome mt Gives Prisoner Attempts Sate: de. VIDERE, N. J., Jan. 24,—Michael i, of Phillipsburg, an inmate of th: ie Wi m County Jail, tried cy \- inae plant by “cutting ee Sis it Seeeat heeds jfoek thee +s Nenthe, Spee Uae me eemaen taken-trom. him “by -her mother -atfa “uept {'iia: He! try | Lowis in consp! hav f {2 a many. of of te ‘invaeat cities of i coun. “ into my patrimony COACHMAN HUBBY CRANK WANTED TOKILL MAYOR, Herman Bernhard, Who is Sev- enty-two Years Old, Said Mr. Low was in League with Em- pero William. HAD AN IRON BLUDGEON. ‘The actions of an old man created considerable excitement in the City Hall and out in the plaza in front of the hall this afternoon. Althougn it was after office hours when the man entered, there was sev- eral of the employees in the Mayor's office. ‘Wihere is the Mayor?” asked stranger, speaking with a strong Ger- man accent, “I want to eee him right away, I'm going 10 kill him." Policeman Sunte,. who. guards. the yor's room, told the man the Mayor (ia ‘not been at his office to-day, and attempted to get him opt of the butld- quietly, but the old man demurred. Kuntz, with the help of ‘Major Hether- ton, the Mayor's messenger, and ‘Mat- ty" Dobbins, the executive clerk, got the struggling old man outside the bullding. Down onVthe plaza the old man de nounced the Mayor, and before a crowd that gathered told them he intended to kill him, «living ronson that Mayor y with Emperor Will- tam, Finally the man wae taken to the City Hall Station, where he gave his name as Herman Bernhard, seventy- two years old, and said he lives at No. 230 East ¥wenty-third street. When he was eearched a big piece of heavy iron with two immense nails in 4t was found in his right coat pocket, which he told the policemen he kept andy in his pocket to use on the Mayor. ‘There. was also found in his pocket a written pass to pass through police lines signed by Police Captain Albertsgn. ——>_—_ WANT THEIR SUNDAY PANTS. But They Were med in Tailor- s Fire, Which Led to Trouble, ‘There was a small riot at the little tailor-shop of James Stravach, at No. 127 Bast Twentieth street, this after- noon, A gas-iron Stravach was wield- ing in pressing # pair of trousers set fire to rubbish. The fire burnt all the Sunday “pants” of hin. customers. The riot wae caused by_ the customers Sesneree for thetr Sunday “pa: fire was pub out. The reserv orks not called out MINCE-PIE WILLIE OFFERS CARTERS. Haled t- Court by His Pretty Teacher, He Confuses Her by the Proffer of a Gorgeous Silken Gift. MY, HOW HE LOVES HER! William Barney, the thirtegn-year-old boy, who, after wooing his teacher. Miss Sadie Wolf, of No. %4 McDonough street, by sending her mince ples, and upon the rejection of his advance shot at her with a toy pistol, appeared in the Gates Avenue, Police Court to-day and continued playing his role of infantile the} Dor ner that made Mag- jaumer's eyes fairly pop. Willte might look ike a man along- side of @ hop-toad, but if he put on high hat it would reach to the sole. of He was gorgeously arrayed his shoes. In @ pink abirt and faring pink tie wore & pale pink rose in the lapel o! y black coa Hy court-room with his pretty young hand over his heart and, bowing very low, sald: “Good morning, my doar teacher, I've got a nice present for you.’ Then reached into his trousers pocket and pulled out @ litle bundl rolled up in blue tissue paper and tied with a yellow took the proffered gift with trembling hand and, lagistrate, be- ribbon, The young woman looking wistfully at the M gan to untle It. Soarlet. for the econtalned a won el fastened “Are they not bi gazing fondly ier who was tryin th e ‘court of {o'strangie themsvives with thelr net “But teacher, dear,” continued Wille with the composure of an experienced Lothario, “that In Po the onl; of my love I intend to give. Slater is making you a lovely allk underekint?? ‘At this the young woman broke down and tearfully asked the Court to ‘say the confused young Something to this dreadful bo “Willlam.” sald, the Maxiattate in a choking voice, ‘You must not bother this young lady any more, You must go to some other mange “I could no rendied Ww Willle solemmily. “for my het woul ite the Liiputian lover could. get on further a big man entered and, grab- bing Willie by the sollar, nearly rf) him out of his pink shi with "me, you Young and we Will sec 1! sci entered the cher he placed one not to hottce cers’ endeavors 2 = =s eS ook me home eo aald. you do hot go to qwuce, IN But Doblin, Be Won Over. was $5,000 in it for Lessler if deliberate lie.” sociated with Doblin, who he (Bpecial to The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, Jan, %.—Who offered the %,000 pribe to Representative Mon- tague Lessler to secure his vote for the purchase of Holland submarine boats? Is the Congresaman’s story to the ef- fect that an emissary from a former member of the House offered him the money correct? Did a high oficial of the Siate of New York threaten Lessier with political ex- another school, Where di F the| tinction if he aid no accept the bribe? Sper ieipuy theme arte gaspea| All the members of the Naval Affairs Willie, trying to wriggle out of th . t i Nor eternal ciuten Seen come away ie Committee were present to-day when fis home. at No. 458 Iamburg. avenue. |the Inquiry Into these three adlegations iss Wolf then told the Magiatrate that Willie had been writing her burning love letters daily, Accompanying eaoh With a smal! pie FERUIAAND BRAUN, GERMAN University, whose application sired distance. 0 on TI electric waves is said to have graph without wires across the Atlantic, has announced be- fore the Strasburg Scientific Society that he had discovered a method of producing electric energy of unlimited volume and, keprescutative Rixey moves that the SCIENTIST, OUTDOES MARCONI. BERLIN, Jan. 24.—Prof. Ferdinand Braun, of Strasburg woud be here to testify ether to- of Leyden jars in propogatin nabled Sig. Marconi to roth projecting it into space in the orm of electric Waves to any de- commitice proceed with the investiga- He thinks he has substantially reached a 1° ‘his was opposed by Chairman method of transmitting exclusively to one point of the compass, thus avoiding interference by other waves. a LATE NEW ORLEANS WINNERS, Fourth Race—Scotch Plaid 1, Hargis 2, Bard of Avon 3. Fifth Race—Brief 1, Erne 2, The Way 3, to ASKS POLICE TO ARREST ELOPING SPOUSE, : Dominick Pedigree, of Readsboro, Vt., asked the police to! look out for and arrest his wife, Gertrude Estelle Pedigree, an? and a man named Angela Arrighene, eloped. He says the couple]? ys was resumed, There was a good crowd showing that Congress is tak~ ing intense Interest in the case. Dobifn First Wit | Philip Doblin, of New York, who for- | merly worked for State Superintendent present, of Elections McCullagh, waa the firet witness. Mr. Lessler was one of the first to arrive, and was in conference with Chairman Foss for half an hour before the committee met. Mr. Foss sald he had been in telephonic communication with John McCullagh, and that he day or Monday. The committee was delayed fifteen minutes because of the abs @ of ex- Congressman Lemuel Ely Quigs his attorney. S419 THE BRIE ma A the Republican Ward Tells the Naval Affairs investigating C mittee To-Day That the Ex-Cong Suggested $5,000 for Lessler IF He: (Special to The Bvening World.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Philip Doblin, the York City Republican ward-worker, to-day laid the ¢ of attempted bribery of Congressman Lessler directly door of ex-Congressman Lemuel Ely Quigg. Doblin told the Naval Affairs Investigating how Quigg had approached him on the subject of # to buy more Holland submarine boats; how the attitude of Lessler, and how he finally told bie and $1,000-for Doblin for acting as go-between. Lemuel Ely Quigg went on the stand and statement that he had offered or suggested a bribe wi He declared that he was not inti the polls and in organization matters. State Superintendent of Elections John Mel went on the stand and told of his meetings with L He denied intent to bribe or intimidate. DOBLIN TELLS HIS REMARKABLE le and] to lunch to @ cafe A AGE, Quigg re he could be brought “at knew only as a hustler looking efter political interests: 3 York. “IT met Leasster in 184, when he Wi member of the Republican County, mittee,’ sald Doblin. “I pee the telegram from Mr. not come on subpoena, wee - my volition. “My relations with Lessler after tion were friendly and when he town I saw him most every day, several times. I had no business: Lessler except polities. But I was at office frequently. “I have known Mr, Quigg sinew was made chairman of the R County Committee of New York in 1 saw Quigg frequently in political matters, but I was mot mately acquainted with him, & Quigg’s indorsement for a political o fice. I heard Lessler say he an excursion on one of the Holl boats and went under water with 4 had no talke with him about Bis pe tion in regard to the boats Where Quigg Came: Im. “I had a talk with Quigg about) hoate between the 10th and Ith of De cember at his office, He tele] to come to his office, No, 100 1 was told Mr. Quigg wanted Yo) tal with me and 1 went over there, “ talked previously with Quigg bond I bad to give and had before at the State convention i tember, “When I got to Quigg’ office n Quige wanted to know how ler and 1 were, 1 told him we were intl friends, “He wanted to know ttf ie i anything about submarine boats ama) told him Lessler ‘was againut position.’ Mr. Quigg was get Lessler to feel well a the bill and sald, “There's he can be brought over. Was not specially interested, the favor for a friend. “He said ‘I think I cam Foss and Representative Tayler, who (said that as Quigg was the most in- terested party he should be present when Dobiin gave his testimony. Mr. Quigs and De Lancey Nicoll, his coun- joel, arrived after and Philip Dob- lin was sworn and took the stand, Doblin @ Useful Man. Representative Tayler conducted the | examination, Doblin said he had lived in New York all his life and during the last few years had been employed by the Republican Nationa] Committee. After the campaign and during it he was, Deputy Superintendent of eA __ Vite hag oats, of the foray of Ae was generally ior you, You phone - were talking Ne o'clock 1 phoned