The evening world. Newspaper, March 9, 1903, Page 2

lolice of Buffalo Deny that They Have Reached the End of Their Endeavors —Are Not Working Blindly and Ex- pect to Capture the Murderer. Four Witnesses Unite in Fixing the Crime on a Woman Who Was Seen _. in the Vicinity of the Burdick Home on the Night of the Tragedy—Evi- dently a Stranger. To Over the long-distance telephone Superintendent of Police Bull, of *Buifalo, made the following statement to The Evening World to-day con- cerning the Burdick mystery: -“] wish The Evening World would say for me that the police of Buffalo are not ‘up against it’ in this case. It is not true that we are work- ing blindly or that we inave lost hope. «1 have strong hopes that we will apprehend the murderer within a short time. “As L have told The Evening World before | have never in my police experience run across a murder that was so well covered up. Whoever killed Burdick laid plans for concealment that are most unusual. This has made the case a hard one to work on, but it must not be inferred that because we have made no arrests as yet we have exhausted every clue. “When I say we have made no arrests | have particular reference to Miss Hutchinson. In numerous interviews she has said that she was She is laboring under an hallucination, She was not locked up, was not under arrest in a formal way and was treated with all ty) ' FOUR MEN SAW THIS “MYSTERIOUS WOMAN. BUFFALO, March 9.—That the murderer of Edwin L. Burdick is the ‘@pysterious person known only as the “lost woman” is the firm conviction f the Buffalo police. She was seen by four men, whose descriptions tally in » > @ Way that makes it certain that each saw the same woman, yet the efforts » of the entire Police Department of Buffalo have failed to locate her. The story of Gabriel Reed, a private watchman in the pay of wealthy residents of Summer street, which crosses Ashland avenue south of the _ Burdick home, completes and gives conviction to the story of Policeman © Meyer and convinces the authorities that the “Jost woman” was in the Bur- =) dick home at the time of the murder. _ The doctors who examined Burdick's body on the morning following the # lér gave It as their opinion that he had been killed between 12 and 1 o'clock. \ > WOMAN THERE AT TIME OF MURDER. The cabman, Joey, declares he drove a woman of medium height, weigh: Ang about 150 pounds, to the corner of Ashland avenue and Summer street _ shortly after midnight. Gabriel Reed, the watchman, walking over Summer street toward Ashland avenue at 12.30 o'clock, saw a woman of the same @eseription standing at the corner. When he approached she walked north in the direction of the Burdick house. About 1.15 o'clock Policeman Meyer, standing at Bryant street and Ash- land avenue, one block north of where Reed had seen the woman, noticed @ woman walking rapidly toward him. She seemed greatly agitated, and ‘When she saw him she crossed the street to escape his scrutiny. Im the half hour that elapsed between the time she was seen by the two watchmen the woman was Jn the immediate vicinity of the Burdick home, end thie half hour coincides with the period fixed by the medical experts as the time of the murder, bil H in of To Braun, $9 per month. about two hours a day. coal. STAND AND DELIVER ORDER. “The bill I paid in December amounted to a little over $8 and the next 1 wrote to the company and one of their em- ployees came to my house, looked at the meter and sald there Was some- thing wrong. He told nié it would be adjusted. Consequently I did not pay that bill, but waited for an cdjustment. form of another bill for §16 for the month ending Feb. 4. I sent a letter to the gas company making a complaint. celved a notice threatening to shut off the gas if settlement of these two bill I recelved was for $17.90, following. complaints show the exorbi- tant charges made on the rich and poor alike hy the monopoly: THE WORLD: MONDAY IPLAN READY TO ~ STOP GAS ABUSES (Continued from First Page.) electricity, for you will find many irregularities in the charging for those commodities.” Should there be no charter infringements Mr. Fornes said he would draft the measure and propose it this week. OFFERS SUBSTANTIAL AID TO STOP ROBBERY. The extent to which public indignation had been aroused by the ex- actions of the Gas Trust is beat illustrated by this letter which The Evening World received to-day: the Raltor of The Evening Worlds Inclosed find my check for $25 to be used aa a retainer providing the Merchants’ Association and followers fall in line to punish the heads of the Consolidated Gas Company. ‘There is no question in my mind that the public have been sys- tematically robbed by the Gas Trust. I am a member of a firm which has an outragecusly large gas bill, The meter had been in- spected by the company and previously by a plumber. Both said that it was out of order, but I had no redress, The company told me I would have to pay or have my gas shut off. Early in December while at the Heater street office of the Con- solidated Gas Company to make ® personal application for gas it made my heart bleed to see the struggling mob of poor men and women seeking rebates for overcharges. Many of the women had babies in their arms, To these people a dollar means a great deal, and when they go to the offices of the company they are treated Ike dogs, I hope that all who are interested in seelng the gas robbery stopped will donate to a fund to help the cause along. An example should be made which will prevent in the future any corporation with a franchise from the city from taking unfair advantage of the poor, WILLIAM RBISS. The check enclosed by Mr. Relss has bee returned because the curbing og the Trust is In sight without the use of money. ADJUSTMENT’ MEANT ANOTHER BILL. Similar to the exasperating experience of Mr. Reiss is that of Marcus Braun, editor of the Austro-Hungarian Gazette, who tells a story about the ranny of tho trust that will appeal to all who have felt its oppressions: “Iam one of the numerous victims who have been held up in regujar ‘highway robbery’ fashion by the Consolidated Gas Company,'’ said Mr. “I desire to state on my own behalf, as well as on behalf of numer- ous residents of the east side, that whatever action The Evening World may take will have our most hearty co-operation, both morally and financially if necessary, “For the las: three years I have used the gas from the Consolidated Gas Company at my residence, No. 58 East Seventh street, and I have always found the bills to be excessively high, amounting to $8 ard once or twice to I have but a small family and my gas range is used only The gas stove is used very rarely, because we burn In reply to this communication I re- lls was not made. “So I had to pay the $33.90, ne | PUBLIC FEELS THE GRIP OF THE BiG TRUST, {undred of persons continue to send letters to The Evening World telling the extortion of the Gas Trust. The each month because they wore very small, On Feb. 9 I received « bill for the mont) from Jan. 9 to the date of the bil for $7.90. A ibttle more gas had been burned in my house during that month, but not enough to make a tenth of the great difference. I kicked at the Proposes Public Meetings. the Editor of The Evening World: The adjustment came in the I repeat that I am ready to do anything In order to break the power of this dangerous trust, and I think the best way to proceed would be to get the Attorney-General of this State tc have the charter of this company revoked.’ and December, the bills not being sent EVENIN MARCH 9, 1909. SEND YOUR COMPLAINTS OF GAS EXTORTION TO THE EVENING WORLD. as wre The Gas Trust says thore are no complaints of over- charge fromiits victims. To. refute .this statement The Evening World-will print allscomplaints sent to this office. Each communication must have name and address of the writer, not for publication unless desired. Write only on one side of the paper. GREENE AFTER SUNDAY SHOWS. Orders Inspectors to Investi- gate All Theatres and Music and Concert Halls that Dis- regard the Law. MUST HAVE TWO WITNESSES. Police Commissioner Greene 1s de- termined that the provision of the Greater New York charter relating to theatrical productions and music hall entertainments on Sunday shall be observed to the letter and to-day he sent out a red letter to his inspectors, calling thelr attention to the law and citing various decisions of the Court of Appeals and Appellate Division. Gen. Greene's letter began: “Please take careful note of Section 1481 of the Greater New York charter, which describes the nature of enter- tainment= which are prohibited on Sun- day. It includes ‘any other entertain- ment of the stage.’ This was passed upon in the Count of Appeals In the case of the Eden Musee Company in this language: ‘Taking the statute in ail its terms it is evidently meant to include all classes of public exhibiuion such as are usually conducted upon the stage for the observation and amuse- ment of the public and We see no reason for narrowing dts obvious scope and purpose.’ "’ ‘The Commissioner after citing various other decisions orders the Inspectors to gee that their men meke careful investi- gations of all music and concert halls thet are open on the Sabbath. He re- quests them to see that each officer, is ‘ovided with two witnesses to corrobo- rate any testimony he needs to offer to the Court, He also asks that they take careful note of ail the details of each performance. Nlagattate ‘lammer had before him to-day, three managers of Jewish thea- tres, arrested yesterday for violation of the Sunday cert law, The theatres are the Peop! the Windsor and a Suffolk street convert hall. The Magis- tate instructed ithe clerks not to take any. complaints until he had heard the evidence. Policeman Silverstein said that he had visited the People's Theatre, and while there saw a play In which a mother-In- law was killed by her son-in-law, “ndt was the only murder in the aid Silverstein. was not a murder; that was a joke," interposed the Magistrate, "Why, {eKhe oll duya an audience on the Bow: ery would, demand its money back if there was less Uhan six murders in a Plevatlar testimony, was given. in the other cases, and Magistrate Flammer resenved decision. In the Yorkville Court seven managers of uptown concert halls were arraigned to-day, In one case evidence was offered to show that a man had been detected in the act of singing a song entitled “Who Threw the Overalls in Mra, Mur- phy's Chowder?" The policeman said that he did not think the song one of the sacred character required under the statute, Maimed, Hult and Blind, She Has Wandered Away, and the Police Seek Her. ‘The Brooklyn police have sent out a general alarm for Bridget Butler, of No. 18 Navy street. This is how the police notice reads; POPE LEO AGAIN CIVES AUDIENCE Receives Several Cardinals and Proves Report False that He Was Again Ill Owing to Over- Exertion. ; APPEARED IN GOOD HEALTH. ROME, March 9.—The Pope to-day re- ceived Cardinal Perraud, Bishop of Au- tun, France, in audience, thus contra- dicting the alarming rumors which fad again been circulated regarding the pon- tift's health. Bubsequently the Pope received a number of obher cardinals, ‘PARIS, March 9.—A special despatch from Rome says a correspondent has obtained an interview with a prelate at- ched to the Vatican showing the rea) of the Pope's health. ‘he reception of 6,000 pilgrims yes- terday did not fatigue the Pope seridus- ly," the correspondent asserts. “In fact, the audiences and recent solemnities seem to have had the effect of stimutating the vital forces of the Pope, His chief sources of fatixue have been the giving of Jong, private audi- ences and se! i work with the Cardi- nals and offi of the Vatican. “The only ig the matter with the Pope is a rather stubborn cold, which cannot be expected to be entirely cured before a fortnight. “It is only then that Dr, Lapponi can form an opinion as to’ whether the Pope's present prostration is accidental or a step in progressive weakness, the result of which may be fatal. “Although it has been denied, the symp- tom which ‘g caueing (Dr, Lapponi the Rreatest anxiety recently is a eligat Msorder of the digestive and intestinal functions. For the present the catarrh with which the Pope has been suffering is slowly but continuously improving.” ASKS $10,000 FOR A BIG DOG'S BITE. John Hyslop, the offetal measurer of the New York Yacht Club, is being eued by Albert’ Hartog, of No. 2 Riverview errace, for $10,000 damages to little Susanna Hartog, @ six-year-old, who war bitten by Hyslop's Newfoundland dog Jeff in her own doorway on May 14, 1900, “Mra, Hartog and little Susanna were on the porch when Miss Hyslop came along with Jeff,” said Max D. Steuer, in opening the case before Justice Dugro and a jury in the Supreme Court. “Mise Hyslop stopped to speak to Mrs, Hartog, when suddenly the dog le up and snapped eavagely et the child's face, his'teeth passing through her nose and Hp, leaving ® acar that will dis- figure her face for life." The defense ts that the dog was not Lenono us aay bere, brad on bis ind les and could not ju th fieps as claimed, but that Jere had serious affection, for which ‘a dog-sur- geon was about to perform an operation, and that this made his ear very sensi: tive; that Bittle Queanna tried to play with him, touched Jeff's sore ear, and then got bitten, BLACK or GREEN Is carefully prepared in a scientific man- ner and is free from all adulterants. It is tea with a flavor that you'll like if you try it. Its purity, econ- omy and delicious flavor make it a silent salesman. Uniformly Excellent. WHITE ROSE CEYLON TEA Half Pound, 30c. All Grocers. PROF, KOCH’S LYMPH INHALATION AND TUBBRCULINE CURES 4 Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, After I lost my son with consumption, Cost Week, $1 ret months, at Dr. Koch's Sanitarium, or eent to KOCH-0-LPNE cures Catarrh, Dm Stomach Trou The origini tneas and TION, where Prof. ROBT, used. Always . Ki call OF write to DR. 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Funeral from her'late residence, 339 West 41st st., on Tuesday, March 10, at 10 A. BL; thence to Holy Cross Church, West 424 st. Relatives and friends are invited to atiend, Interment Calvary. : BBASLBY.—On Sunday, March 6, efter a shore iMineas, MARY A., widow of Andrew Besley, Funeral from’her late residence, Huguenot, 8. 1, Tuesday moraing at 9.80 o'elock; to St. Joveph's Church, Rossville, be Laundry Wants—Female. > MANNER WAS EXCITED AND NERVOUS. es It would baye taken her five minutes at the utmost to have walked from Summer street to Bryant street, She did not loiter or wander up and down the block, for Watchman Reed turned back and loaked to see If she were hunting for any house. She had disappeared. His first view of her was his Jast. At 1,80 o'clock she was seen again at Main and Ferry streets by a well- known business man whom she asked to direct her to Franklin and Tupper @treets. This man says her manner was “excited and nervous,” _ He, too, noticed that she was blonde, of medium height and about 150 “Polinds. His description of her clothing !s withheld by the police. He placed ‘ “ber aboard a car and half an hour later, at 2 o'clock, Joey, the cabman, saw her in lower Main street, and was surprised to recognize the woman whom \ two hours previous ho had deposited at Ashland and Summer avenues, in Proximity to the Burdick home, ‘The police are positive the four men saw the same woman, but in epite _@f the fact that thelr combined description is reasonably complete, they 7 Bave been unable io locate any one who will answer the description of the WATCHMAN SAYS SHE WAS A STRANGER. _ Reed's story has made a great impression on the police. He has been d by the residents of Summer street for several years and is (@nsid- truthful and reliable He claims to know every resident in the vicinity, ue the servants, ben 1 saw this woman standing at the corner of Ashland avenue,” id, “I noticed her particularly because she was a stranger to me, I d her for a while, trying to place her, and then I decided to go up and to her, but for fear of frightening her | scraped with my foot and Mghtly with my night-stick, The moment she heard the noise Btaried nervously and walked up the east side of the street in the op of the Burdick home. I passed on for a little and then turned ibiand avenue so that If she bad stopped or turned back to Sum- would meet her and learn whether she was lost or hunting for one's home. She was not in sight,” WHSS MAN TELLS FACTS TO POLICE, ea a car at Main and ip hile | 9 man who put the “lost woman” aboa Was called to Police Headquarters yesterday and again ques- et F about tie clothes the woman wore, The line of questioning bits that the police had e suspect in mind or # jacket in thelr a The will not disclose the description he gave the but he claims it ts accurate and that he could acto wes oMce and they promised to send an in- spector, That 1s as much as I ever ex- pect, THOMAS 8MITH, No, 26 Fifth street. Let the Good Work Ge On. To the Editor of ‘The Bvening World: My gas bill for February was %9. In February, 1902, the bill was $3.70. At that time my wife was {ll in bed and we had the gas burning all night. Let me say that The Evening World has done many good things, and 1 wish {t success 1n righting &n injustice to the Why not call some mans meetings, at which the suffering public can more openly show its indignation toward the Gas Trust? I am certain that ‘these meetings would be largely attended by the sufferers, and resolutions to curt the Tr could be passed and sent to the Legisiature, Perhaps this would have a good effect on the law-makers, A SUFFERER, Both New Complaint of Robbery. To the Editor of The Evening World: My gas bill in December, 1901, was i -s,| many poor ones who are held helpless | rest, #0, and for December, 19% It wat) by this gigantic trust. vi. 8 |S $16,90, although I burned less gas. hope The Evening World will get justice for the public, as the gas truat is rob- bing the people. 8. R. 11» High Jamper. To the ¢ Evening World: My gas bill for Noverape: $3.90; for December, $6.90, and ¢or Jan- uary, 1909, $11.00, I reside in beated flat and use no more than two nas tets at nigh: I did not make a compiaint, for t reason; 1 received @ gas bill at one time for 34,60. I complained to the company. They invesetigated, but with what re sult? I had to pay anyway. 1.8 Too, ferred, Trast’s Employees Impudent, To the Kaltor of The Bvening World: 1 have been burning the Consolidated gas for elght years and my Dills are growing larger every month. I was without gas twelve nights this winter, and when the bill came it wes #.9, The month before it was $3.00, for one burner only. I went to the office and complained, going from one clerk to another, and found each one more {m- puttent than the other. VICTIM, Does No Good to Complain, To the Editor of The Hventog World: I have been a large consumer of gas for nearly ten years. I find it no use to sen complaint to & gas company. I have done everything to save gas, but oul) my bills go up. ¥, HONAUBR, No. 119 Division street. Story of Ga» Bills, To the BAltor of The Evening World: Electric Light Extortion, Yo thé Editor of The Evening Worl While investigating the Gas and Elec- trie Light Trust, why not egitete the method by which the Edison Company arrive at thelr charges? The electricity je metered to their customers, but, not satisted wite-Deing paid for what elec-} 1" order to show bow have been siclty is used at a uniform rate, they Hear a Jie Gat soenppay ve charg tion to the number of ol ur ; Bept. ihebee's Wuntomer bee installed, akhough|® t© Oct. 2, 1902, 96.80; Oct. 21, to Nov, the customer has to pay all expenses ot| 192, 9.60; Nov. 20 to Dec, 19 1903, installaton and may only burn a por-| #00: Dac. 19, 1908, to Jan. 20, 1909, $20.30, tion of the Mghts except on special} Same meter ell the time. ocgasions, I used more gas from Dec, 2 tilt Dec. ‘They use the ellly argument that they] % than, 1 dia. pfler, but my, bill was have to be prepared to furnish the elec-| ordered the meter taken ‘ands sen tricky whether the eustomer uses al!/08@ put in, whieh wan done. I have the lighte he has installed or not, ‘Phe! BfArd No more fem fhe ompeny, Ci company might use the same method, but [ imagine they not per- fhe Only Get » Threat, mitted to pemctiag euch extortion, and| ™ M+ Méiter of The Brening World: the dry goods business and observed not only onlan's garinenta, eee cane to-day | Summer Bille va, ean seo no reddon why the Blectric| .1 4™ another of dhe og gion et Laght Company should be allowed to, | te Gas Feust, for singe my ‘rom Dec, 1 do no Won B pile Seslaanee then si06.. 40. inne enone ie gps St a “te we “i 4 The Coastwise capital stock of if 6 per cent 3 broken, boats owned by Capt, lon. Tt is understood that Thomas W. Law- ton, of Boston, is to be President of the company and J. G. and Genenat will have pine of the in the world, the fleet consisting of five and seven-masters. If you use SALVA-GEA you will find complete relief from this most troublesome complaint. A, Lo. a leu ¥ Blind in the right eye. Has no testh. In absent-minded and stutters, Wore black dress and shawl, LAWTON TO BE P J. Crowley, Treasurer The company ager. largest schooners Went ur whey Bridget Butler, seventy-five years old. New Transportation Company Or- ganized im Hoboken Torday. Transportation Com- pany was organized to-day at the of- fives of Arvhur Seitz, No, 1106 Hudson Hoboken. The company has a half common cumulative pre- ed to operate the G. Crowley, of pole “CARE... inclemency of SPECIAL FOR BLOW CANDY SIMPSON CRAWFORD COMPANY Continue To-Morrow (Tuesday) the unusually important SALES OF SILKS, DRESS GOODS, ETC,, advertised in the newspapers of Sunday, because of the THE ENTIRE WEEK. FD EXPERIBNCED iso girl to WANTED—First-class folder. FODDORS and shakers Laundry, 16 and Cy lach's Laundry, 1210 24 ave. near 64th st. ae eS eT et. FORELADY in collar etarching; one with @m perience 00 B4_ave. GIRLS WANT Gall ar Wood'a Bre dry” 6b Olarkwoa at, 0 4. 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