The evening world. Newspaper, March 6, 1903, Page 1

% % io \ 4 Ln) RACING # SPORTS GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON PAGES 12 & 13. Che — “ Circulation Books Open to All.”’ “ Circulation Books Open to All.” | EDITION PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1903. PRICE ONE CENT, — BURDICK MURDER - BAFFLES POLICE MORE THAN EVER. Detectives and Prosecutor Are at Odds and Superintendent Bull Telephones Evening World that He Never Knew a Crime to Be so Well Covered Up. Dr.. Paine Visits His Wife, Whom the Police Are Closely Watching in Buffalo—Officials Say the Slayer Drew $100 a Month from the Victim. At 5 o'clock this afternoon The Evening World called up Gen. Bull, Superintendent of Police of Buffalo, for information concerning the Bur- dick murder mystery. From his conversation it is evident that the au- thorities of Buffalo are no closer to the solution of the mystery than they were yesterday.. A report of the telephone talk follows: THE EVENING WORLD—Is an arrest to be made to-day in the Burdick case? GEN. BULL—I. believe not. From the reports made to me the matter stands just where it did yesterday. As 1 have already told The Evening World, I have never run across a murder that was so welt covered up. THE EVENING WORLD—Will Mrs. Paine be subjected to any further examination? GEN. BULL—That is a matter that rests with Chief of Detectives Cusack and the District-Attorney. There may be developments at any minute, but the possibility is remote. THE EVENING WORLD—Is it true that three out of.five of the vispects ‘have beer eliminated from further inquiry? . GEN. BULL—So far as I know the number of suspects has not been ronfinéd to five. As 1 said before, it isa very puzzling case ‘and we have been doing work upon it that the public knows nothing about, THE EVENING WORLD—Have the police of Buffalo investigated the alibi established by Mrs. Paine? GEN. BULL—All | can say is that we have investigated every phase of the case. BURDICK’S MURDERER DREW $100 A MONTH FROM HIM. (Special to The Evening World from Staff Correspondent.) BUFFALO, March 6.—While Chief of Police Bull and District At- torney Coatsworth express their positive belief that they know the slayer of Edwin L. Burdick, surprise is manifested that neither one will cause an arrest to be made. It is doubtful if they agree on the one person, be- cause the District Attorney has inclined to the idea that a woman, aided by a man, was the slayer, while Chief Bull has all along held that it was a woman alone who did the killing, ‘The motives for the crime have not appealed to the two offictals in the same way either. Mr. Coateworth is not convinced that a high social scandal is mixed up in the tragedy. He is inclined to think that the murder was done through sonie cause of a coarser nature. Chief Bull declares it was done to prevent revelations that w6uld involve many high-toned fam- ilies. =~ Whatever the beliefs of the officials may be, it is certain that they are up against a stone wall. For eight days they have shadowed Mrs. Seth Paine, the woman suspect. They have given her the “third degree,” have searched her house and have laid all sorts of traps for her, but have failed to secure compromising evidence of any character, The person suspected by the Chief of Police is evidently a woman who ~ x dependent on him. The Chief says she enjoyed a revenue from him of $100 a month. DR. PAINE VISITS HIS WIFE. Dr. Seth D, Paine returned to Buffalo from Batavia to-day and imme- diately visited his Elmwood avenue home, He stayed there a few min- u‘r6 in conversation with Mrs, Paine and then called on some friends downtown, - “| referred Dr. Paine to my lawyer, Mr. Fennelly,” said Mrs, Paine, after h.s departure. “We have been requested not to say anything for pub- Mcation.” From being one of the busiest offices in the city the headquarters of the District-Attorney at the City Hall became more quiet to-dey than on even an average business day. When the District-Attorney emerged from his private office at noon he sald there was nothing new in the case, For a week now detectives have been constant visitors to the office. At times there were fully a dozen of them in the office together. To-day, ex- copt for the coming and going of Chief Detective Cusack, none of the city's sleuths appeared, except one or two who were interested in other matters. Mr, Ooateworth said that he had not yet seen the report on the autopsy nor the complete report of City Chemist Hill, “Will those reports be made public after you have seen them?” was s “Lt would like to see them before I answer that question,” replied Mr, Coatsworth. DECLARES SHE IS INNOCENT, Mrs. Paine vehemently declares she is innocent, She says she did not g° out of her house on the night that Edwin L. Burdick was killed, And a this eho is corroborated to an extent by a man who is a lodge: in her . (Continued on Second Page.) te @ Cold is One Day, aL Service to Suit Every One. Seite caw ie Ri HG STAKE MAY TIE UP 1” AOD Manhattan Company, Ex- Its History, Advertises Used in Case of Strike. ORGANIZING THE OLD MEN. The Manhattan battle in Its history. mands for an increase in wages, the country for applicants. course of the next few days. Elevated Railway Company, pany's lines. Three Hundred Men in Line. This became known when fully three hundred men recetved application papers pecting Greatest Fight‘in for Men Who May Be Labor leaders have been summoned from all over the country to assist in a| gigantic organization of all the men em- ployed on the surface and elevated lines In the four boroughs, and already, ac- cording to the organizers, several thou- sand men have announced their willing- ness to join the organization and see the struggle through to the bitter end. On the other hand, the Manhattan which is the first corporation threatened In this new movement, took steps to-day to prepare for a pésd{ble strike by solicit- Ing applications for work on the coms Gompers and Other Leaders| Trying to Get the Employees of Elevated and Surface Lines Into One Monster Union | © Elevated Rallway Company is preparing for the greatest Realizing that a gigantic movement is on foot to organize all the surface and “L'" road employees in Greater New York to compel them to accede to de- a4- vertisements have been posted all over Hundreds have been received to-day and thousands will be accepted in the for employment in the capacity of ticket- choppers and car guards at the Broad- way offices of the company. At 10 o'clock one hundred men had ar- rived and by noon fully two hundred more had taken their place in the two lines which were formed in the main hallway leading from the office of As- WOMAN UNDER SURVEILLANCE OF POLICE DDDOOOOHOEGH8H9H9OD NOT RIS WIFE, COURT DECLARED ant Superintendent Grape. He sat} | at a desk and received each candidate j Haring Veteran Lawyer Repudiated) If the man passed muster at this pre- liminary examination at the hands of Mr. Grape he received an application blank with instructions to fill {t out in accordance with the printed require- ments thereon. During these examinations Mr. Grape received an Evening Worid reporter. “We are employing menall the time,” he said, ‘in anticipation of increasing our force, Because of the new schedule and the additional running of trains we are required to have more men.” Mr. Grave would not say that the new men were being taken on for the pur- pose of filling the places of the guards in the event of a strike, “There 18 no news at all in that direc- tion,” sald Mr. Grape emilingly, Employees, See Menace in It. Several delegates of the guards were in the hallway watching the men ap- plying for work. One of the delegates sald that it was auch a large number of new men, “Inasmuch as the company for the last three months bas been employing men, following the recommendations of the Raflroad Commission as to the run- ning of more trains, we regard the pres- ent efforts to enlarge the force as being Planned in the event of trouble among our men. ‘The moral effect of it, how- ever, will not cut much figure.” ‘This was the opinion of one of the delegates. President “Gamuel Gompers, of tne American Federation of Uabor, and William D, Mahon, President of the ed Association of Street Employees, were bending all thelr efforts to-day in an attempt to in- duce the motormen and gonductors on the various lines of the Interurban Com- pany to enter into @ general oF tion with the “LL” road men. ‘At Several conferences to-day it decided to hold @ big meeting to-nig! unusual to call for was hi t at No. 128 Bast Twenty-elghth street, the New York headquarters of the Federation of Labor. Herman Robin- on, district organizer o American Federation Ineeting and off vate which night. Railroad WEATHER FORECAST. Woreeast for the thirty-six I Amether Rainy Sunday Predicted, | the car to the rails, He narcowly ea- misery, The weather prophe' ft Labor, will preside at the introduce the newly’ elected sof tho organidation of the Hle- mployees’ Association, came Into existence @n Tuesday Woman Who Claimed He Had _ Been Her Husband Thirty Years and Won His Case. OSWEGO, N. Y., March 6—The most unusual case that. has engaged judicial attention jn this city in many years was tried before Supreme Court Justice Wright to-day, Wardwell G. Robinson, seventy-three years old, a leading member of the bar, President of the Oswego County Bar Association, and Colonel of the One ulindred and Wighty-fourth) New York Regiment in the Civil War, sued to judicially establish the fact that Louise Simmons, fifty years old, of No. 113 Broad ‘street, Newark, N. J, 18 not and never has been his lawfal wife. Mr, Robinson was successful Miss Simmons isa sister of Rey, Will- tam H. Simmons, a Methodist preacher of Oswego. Mr. Robinson claimed that she “wilfully, fraudulently and for the purpose of scandalizing and degrading him, held forth and pretended to be his lawful wife, thus casting a cloud on his estate.” ‘Te woman's answer alleged that she had been Mr. Robinson's wife for thirty- six yoars, and that they had @ seventeen year old daughter. Mr. Robinson on the stand exhibited papers showing that he had paid Miss Simmons $5,800 during the past twelve years and large sume years ago, in ex~ change for a release from any right to his estate, Judgment was taken by default, it fbeing agreed that Robinson pay the de- fendant $600 annually during her life, —— MAN KNOCKED OFF “L” CAR. —— Employee Struck by « Signal Lamp aud Madly Hort, Harry MoCabe, of No. 2% East One) Hundred and Twelfth street, an em- ployee of the Manhattan Blevated Rall- way Company, was injured seriously to- day on the structure at Ninety-ninth street and Third avenue. He is employed at the #haps of the company just below Ninety-ninth street, He jumped on a train at the Ninety- ninth street etation, Imending to get off at the shops. The gate of the car was shut, and MoCabe stood on that part of the plat- form extending beyond the gate, He wes etruck by « signal lamp @ litte be- low the station and was knocked from aaaee, aa 10ST ———— Edward L. Miller, of Millville, N. J., Attempts to Make New Use of the Restraining Powers of a Court. (Special to The Evening World.) TRENTON, N. J., March 6—New use has been found for the power of the Court of Chancery to issue injunctions: Edward L, Miller, of Millville, N. J., applied for a writ to restrain his wife from securing @ divorce in South Dakota. ‘This order is returnable March 3 at Camden, Mr, Miller prays that the temporary injunotion be made perma- nent on the ground that his wife is a resident of Millville and that by claim- ing to be a resident of Bouth Dakoia she Is perpetrating a fraud upon the Bouth Dakota court. Mr, Miller fs cigar manufacturer tn Millville, and his ‘wife 16 a dressmaker in the same town. A few weeks Mra, Miller disappeared from her dres. making establishment and was next heard of in South Dakota, appiled for a divorce from charging oruel treatment and failure properly to support her. The bill that the wife's dressmaking establishment {s in a room unnamed “handsome young adds that the dentist and religious enthusiasts; that the dentist is consulted by the wife in both her business and domestic affairs. POSHOG4OOHOH8HHHHO99HHOOH CHHOOEHHHHIHHOOSOHHSOPSOHOHO GS Son-in-Law Cornell Made a Fool) “Remark and the Asked: “Have You Gone and The pretty daughter of “Bob” Ammon has been married since last October, She was Miss Evelyn O. Ammon. is now Mrs, John O, Cornell, and the marriage certificat was tied by Father Curry, of Bt. James's Roman Catholic Ohure! It was an elopement, and the precious secret was let out by the young folks themselves, who simply couldn't keep tt UNDERGOING MENTAL TORTURE, SHE INTRIGNCTION PANN HEAR OP OORCE, OF ELPENEN Ys. ood SA LDIPRDIIATE ROD eee eo Soom O44 oe Done It?” ys that the kno in this city. any longer. They were up at the Ammon home on Grimes's Hill, Tompkinsville, and talk- ing with Papa Bob. cussion about a pretty villa near by ‘There was a dis. whioh overlooks the ocean. “That little cote would just sult us,'* said John, with a smile at Byelyn, regarded them for a moment and then sald: “Have you gone and done itt ‘The confession came and Bob gave both’ his blessing. "But," house. aidn’ changed her mind. fron was hot wedding. John Corne Daniel Come a bes ‘Well real he said, It has just been leased, you tell me before?" “you know wo! were engaged ones. before and Evelyn | 1 struck while the| said Joho, you know.’ of Clifton, estate speculator. The en assodiated with him in business, FITZSIMMONS ACCEPTS O'BRIEN'S CHALLENGE, ——_—_—_——_ MAHANOY CITY, Pa., March 6.—lsob Fitzsimmons, who is in this city with the Jim Jef cepted “Philadelphia Jack middie-weig ffries show, to-day received and ac- O'Brien's challenge to fight for the ht championship of the world. Fitz challenged Tommy Ryan last Sunday to fight him at 158 pounds, the middle-weight limit, but Ryan side-stepped him, Then Kid McCoy offered to figh' but Fitz did not seem to like the McCoy game. challenges and is promptly accepted, LATE RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. t Fitz at catch weights, Now O'Brien Fifth Race—Irving Mayor 1, Locochee 2, Joe Collins 3, jan She “you can't have the Why She didn't want any big| is the son of ex-Judge| who ls now son has EWISOHN WINS HO BATTLE TO DAVE CANFIELD rs Appellate Division of the Supreme Court De« cides that the Broker Need Not Answer Questions in “John Doe” Proceedings that Are Likely to Incriminate Himself. Others to Retire Gracefully-feein the Scene —District-Attorney Jerome Says He Will Carry the Case Higher Up. The contention of Jesse Lewisohn, the banker, and his counsel, Alfred Lauter- bach, that he could not be compelled to testify against Richard Canfield in John Doe proceedings, was upheld to-day by a majority of the Justices of the Appel- late Division of the Supreme Court, The effect of this decision is to ab- solve, Reginald Vanderbilt and all others who have been summoned by the District-Attorney to answer ques- tions about Richard Canfield and his gambling-house from attendance upon John Doe proceedings. But Jerome will carry the question higher. District-Attorney Jerome issued his subpoenas and questioned the men he depended upon for evidence against Ca field under the conviction that t statute guaranteeing immunity was sufficient protection, On behalf of Mr, Lewisohn, it was contended that the statute was unconstitutional in that it did not extend immumity as broad as the constitution contemplates. Two Judges Dissent. | This view #s upheld by Justices Laugh- 'n, Van Brunt and Ingraham, Justice Laughlin writing the opinion. A dis- senting opinion ts written by Justice Mc- Laughlin, in which Justice Hatch con- ours. The decision is voluminous and goes into the case in detail, step by step, trom the proceedings before Justice Wyatt, when Mr. Lewisohn was de- clared in contempt, through the Su- prema Court, where Justice Scott 1s- sued an order declaring Mr. Lewisohn|refusal to answer questions he was under arrest because he “wilfully, con-|Judged in contempt and placed tumaciously and unlawfully refuses to] arrest. Application was at once~ ‘answer legal interrogatives put to him’ | for writs of certiorari and.habeas corput cn the witness stand in a criminal pro-| before Justice Scott. who upheld Justicy ceeding. Wyatt and the District-Attorney, BRIDGEMEN IK GENERAL STRIKE, Tie-Up Order Affects Thousands, of Workers in the United States and Canada. Justice Laughlin holds that Mr. Lewle sohn was right in refusing to answer the ground that his constitutional rig 4 to refrain from inoriminating e ij was his protection. ‘Tae Court : that the statute allowing immunity from criminal prosecution is not broad as under the constitution, District-Attorney Jerome said thi ternoon that he hed not seen the cision. Lt is a question with him or not it has any bearing ‘upon legality of John Doe proceedings. Lauterbach in for a Fingyt, “At any rate,” said the District. torney, “It will be appealed. My derstanding is that Mr. Lauterbach, the decision gone against him, 4 have taken the matter to the Un States Supreme Court, if necessary, asmuch as there were two Justices « senting, I shall have no hesitancy carrying the case to the Highest for @ final decision,” ; Upon evidence alleged to have been secured by his star sleuth, Jacobs, the District-Attorney caused . gambling house in East Forty-fourth street to be raided on Dec. 1. Although — Canfield was in the house he was not arrested. ‘The District-Attorney began the work of securing evidence against New York's boss gambler. To this end he instituted John Doe proceedings before J Wyatt in the Court of Special called was Mr. Lewisohn, and upon ” HEADLESS BODY ON RAILROAD TRACKS, = Victim Supposed to Be a York Man Escaped Death by — Gas Asphyxiation Weeks Ago, | it PAWTUCKET, R. L, March 6—~The headless body of M. L, Hamlin, an im- | surance agent, was found on the Con- solidated Railroad tracks here earty to= ~~ day. It 18 supposed the man wae Mf _ tempting to cross the raiiroad and ‘was t| PHILADELPHIA, March 6.—A general strike against the American Bridge Com- pany has been called by the Executive Beard of the International Association ‘of Bridge and Structural Lron Workers. This general order inoludes all con- struction work in the hands of the com-| struck by a fast freight train. pany throughouc the United States and| Several weeks ago Hamlin wag taken Canada, and Involves thousands of men| from a hotel here suffering from gat in all sections: When the order was received Housesmiths’ and Bridgemen's No. 18, of this city, strikes ‘on all operations where Am Company iron was used in although the erecting contracts were |i the hands of general contractors, who purchused the iron from the American Company. Buchanan, General President of ternational’ Union, and another by Union called ican Bridge pngtruction, asphyxiation, Whether the gas: wag. turned on uocidentally or deHberately Is not known, 3 It 1s thought that Hamlin's tome | in elther New York City or New Je He was whovt flty years old and a son living somewhere in New d: ODELL IN NEWBURG, a 0 of the Executive Board came | g, aie olty last night. As the sesult or/ Geverner Makes @ FU7inm. Salas & cuaieience between representatives of His Home Town. several contrac and the busine “ 3 ALBANY, March 6.—Gov. Odell nts of the h union the men w ‘ * QeStred back to work to-day on of for Newburg this afternoon, He will tons in this city not being erected by] turn to Albany to-morrow morning, the American Bridge Company tgp pn geet Fe, Ae lena conatinot ther action in the “\Vinitey" Sui cantar It is. stat case, which 1s to come before me Court, Justice at ¥ tion for @, Rat fn New York 1,500 men ure id Pittaburg, Albany, Buffalo and St. are said to be seriously affected, ‘The union has taken steps to prevent, 4f possible, the sub-letting of construc- tion contracts. $$ QUAKE SHAKES SAXONY. re won an applica 4“ 4 ——— ee: FIRE BLOCKS BROADWA\ + It Was 0 Top Floor of Howa ding and Damage Was road blocked at 3 Shocks Make Villagers| Broadway wy fire eneines iit from Homes for ye in anewer to an alarm from rthwhooks have] Lane and in the district tng in a of Volgtiand, Saxony, and in the Brage-| Shiy” trading binge (Ore Mountains), To-day’s shocks © shook for several ts of a number re streets.