The evening world. Newspaper, March 11, 1903, Page 2

‘anything in looking up a muréer case, We are watching Mrs. to hear what she may say if she should recover consciousness not a ‘we believe that she will say anything that will clear up the mys- tery, but because we can't afford to take a chance she might and we t be there to hear it.” _ OITIZENS ARE CONVINCED IT WAS SURELY SUICIDE. (Bpecial to The Evening World.) BUFFALO, N. Y., March 11.—The impression is stronger than ever in Buffalo that Arthur Pennell, accused of connection with the murder of Bur- dick, intentionally ran his automobile over the 30-foot embankment into Yamerthal stone quarry and killed himeelt. While the police profess to believe that the death of Pennell will have no effect upon thelr search for Burdick’s murderer, there {s 9 general eonviotion chat the Burdick mystery is a sealed book that never will be ‘opened. a Should It be certain that Pennell delfberately killed himself surely no man ever sought a stranger method. Those who profess to think that tho wrecking of the automobile was accidental say that it is extremely unlikely that Pennell would have taken his wife with him if his mind was made up to plunge his machine into the stone querry. But this Pennell! was a queer sort of man. HE WAS A REMARKABLE PERSON. ‘The detectives who trailed him and Mrs. Burdick in Buffalo say that ho | ‘was the most cunning subject they ever encountered. He was extremely re- ‘sourceful, was possessed of remarkable nerve and, above all, was careful to protect himself. In fact, in Pennell’s life everything shows that his motive at ail times for all actions was self-interest. Harassed by the police and detectives, Pennell was on the verge of nervous collapse. Although he appeared to have the confidence of his wife's family and certainly had the confidence of his wife, he knew that suspicion of the murder of Burdick had become concentrated upon him by the public, and that the storm was likely to burst at any moment. ' Ordinarily a man contemplating suicide under such circumstances would shoot himself or take poison, or perhaps go down to Niagara Falls | and slide over the cataract into oblivion, But, if Pennell had committed suicide in any conventional way or if he had disappeared it would have been considered prima facie evidence that he bad murdered Burdick. _ TO DIVERT SUSPICION IN DEATH. Resourceful, selfish, cunning, it would be natural for Pennell, if he wants! to kill himself, to seek some way of doing it that would not leave suspicion behind. He was the sort of man who would have thought out the project of going out into the lonesome suburb and running his automo- bile into a stone quarry. Déath was almost a certainty. Those who believe that the disaster was chused by Pennell say that he knew the quarry, knew tho long drop from the street and knew that the chances were against coming out o fthe leap alive. But if he had gone out there in that lonesome section and guided his machine into the quarry alone he might not have been seen and the suspi- lon of intent would have attached when his body should be found, What More natural than that he should take his wife along? Surely, no man Gould say then that his attempt was deliberate. It appears almost barbarous to accuse a man of risking the life of his wife, with a certainty of almost killing her, In order to cover up his own _ sulelde, but Pennell plainly did not think much of his wife, She had en- _‘dured martyrdom at his hands. She hed plenty of money, and friends of iM the family say that this money was the only tle that bound Pennell to her. ‘Two small boys were the only witnesses of the accident. They were George Dunbar and William Lennan. Waiking west in Kensington avenue, about an eighth of a mile from Fillmore avenue, the lads stepped from the roadway as Pennell’s automobile sped by them. 1 was a light roadster of | _ the Stanhope pattern, though, in spite of the weather, the hood was not up 8 was usually the case when Pennell was accompanied by Mrs. Burdick or Women other than his wife. Pennell wore a rain-coat and a derby hat. His wife, holding her wraps _ close about her, leaned against her husband as if for pri tertion ayainst the heavy wind. _- PLUNGED OVER PRECIPICE. _ When the machine was a hundred feet ahead of them the boys noticed Fennel) reach up as a gust of wind dislodged his hat. A moment later the ™achine swung sharply to the left, jumped the ourb and plunged across the ' sidewalk and disappeared over the edge of the precipice and dropped inte the Yamerthal quarry, which runs along Keneington “Avenue about eight feet from the curb. As the machine bounded over the curb Mrs. Pennell rose to her feet, and her husband leaned forward as though grasping for the steering gear. the home of Charles Lamont, of No. 1971 Fillmore avenue, Bnd accompanied them to the scene of the accident. SLID DOWN AND FOUND THE BODIES, ‘They slid down the declivity and first found Mrs. Pennell’ 8 body. She ‘was lying cloar of the auto, but unconscious. Pennell was found beneath ‘the wrecked machine. One of the edges had fallen on his head, crushing it fiat. The lads took off their coats and covered Mrs, Pennell. who was groan- ing with pain. Then they released Pennell, while one of their number ran toa telephone and called up the Sisters’ Hospital and the Sixth District police, The directions had been so imperfectly given that the hospital am-| Dulance did not reach the spot until an hour after the accident. Dr. Smith| Mound Mrs. Pennell covered with blood, She had a deep cut over four | inches in length above her righteye. Her skull wasfractured. There was a | He got a lantern _Agft hand were broken and her face badly cut. Her breast and body wero terribly bruised, and 4 i, probable she has sustained serious internal in- She wes hurried to the hospital and placed at once on the operating _ table, where Dr. Bugene Smith performed a resection of an elbow joint, _ gutting away fragments of the bone. The operation will leave the arm ogee Jimp. Later it was decided that the frontal bone was frac- u and the skull was trephined, a large section of the bone, which was on the brain, being removed. a ‘Pennell’s body, crushed almost beyond recognition by the 1,800-pound pereemnclie, was taken to the City Morgue, where scores of his friends it. Pennell wore @ stylish business suit, rain coat and outing In his pockets, which the police searched expectantly, wore found & card case, containing his cards and a number of newspaper clippings; ree containing $35, « gold watch bearing his fitials, a gold wedding the usual odds and ends WNELL BRAVILY INSURED. Iniess Pennell took out life insurance policies in companies other than | with home offices in this city, dt is not true that he increased his insur- fe heavily since the Burdick murder. The Evening World to-day traced j,000 insurance on Pennell’s life, most of which has been in force for ten years. There can be no contest on these policies, even Were proven that Pennell committed guicide, for suicide does not’ ‘An Angurance contract of the nature of Pennell’s after two pay: made. fare, in tp Maitable Léle, taken out in 1891, and $100,000 $100,000 ‘Life, taken out at about the same time. In the New York ‘This policy was issued more than two years ago. saad on the dey that aR ARRESTED | Srtonttee A Sul eas ass! O'BRIEN DIVORCE PUT OFF. Warther Delay of a Week Granted by Justion Seott, Aiverce and counter dias | noon. ‘When the machine plunged down Mrs. Pennell screamed, The lads heard pal rere, tae CR ne faa the crash as the heavy auto struck against the rocky bottom of the pit. stored there for the approavhing art ex- ..- They ran forward, but in the mist and gathering darkness they could! )!itios. Severs) eluy members ran to Bee nothing at the bottom of the precipice. The thumping and threshing of | (7°, hy! AM Wicked the awed inerchane, the wrecked machine alarmed them and they ran to report the accident at| was taken to one of the bed ch. eompound fracture of the right arm. The first and second fingers of her rT A. R. PENNELL, BURDICK SUSPECT, KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. HERRICK DIES OF INJURIES. Former President of Produce Exchange Passes Away as} Result of Stroke and Fall at; Union League Club. | | | J. Hobart Herrtek, ¢ President of} the Produce Exchange and rated al mi ilional ong the old Knickerboc tumilles, died at 3.3 o'clock this after-| He was stricken with apoplexy he nUjon League Club last night and 1} downestatrs. Mr. Herrick, who was seventy years old, | attended a dinner dhe club ga fa honor of Dr. A. L, Ranney, who successfully manage! a recent billiard tournament in the club, ‘The diners remained at the table until quite late. When t was over Mr. Herrick went to the chess-: m, On the mezmnine floor between the third and fourth floor where he watched th players a moment Hearlng music In the room below he remarked that he would go down, and! left the room, At the t the stairs he was seen to halt a moment and then Ahrow his hands tn the alr, ax though | attacked by apoplexy, and then topple over the baluster, Ho fell two and a halt stores to the on the fourth floor and doctors called. | It was found that Mr, Herrick’ had been fractured. The dang: condition was Increased by his age Messages were sent to his family Several spectaliats und surgeons were called In to: and POTALON WAS} performed, the doctors hoping to relieve | tho pressure the fracture caused on the brain. Mr, Herrick had five children, Caro- Mne McKesson Herrick, Henry Hobart Herrick, Mrs, Clarence H. Wildes, Mra Montagne Vickers and Miss Ethel Herrick Hot say an H Walt Jacob Art Herplok was born ity, on with lie became a lead! winess, He rk University w in Mr, Herrick married Maria Amelia McKesson, daughter of John MoKesson, ‘The ancestor who brought the name to this country was Henry Herrick, a son of Bir William Herrick. “ORIGINAL” COHEN S WILL I$ PROBATED, Many Small Bequests Made to Relatives, Churches and Hos- pitals in the City, The will of Jacob Cohen—"the original Cohen''—who died at his he East Kighty-third street, on Feb, 14, was filed by his son-in-law, ‘Moe Levy, of Baxter street, this afternoon. Cohen deft $200,000 worth of real estate and a large personal estate, His will was made a week before his death He names “Moe” Lavy 48 executor, and after bequeathing $100 to $20 each to brothers, nephews and nieces, leaves $100 each ko the synagogues at Park avenue 4nd Bighty-ftth atrest one the Monte: fore Home; $150 eac Mount Binal and Beth leracl Hospitals, The rest of PANAMA CANAL VOTE ON TUESDAY. Senators Confident of Early Agreement on Treaty—Final Action Expected Next Week. ding 8 than /they ay early agreemer and thi mola vo! nator Mori the Senate. The hip of Senate pment iy y to be one Ws So fa ise. Tt ds sald, ocrits as a party al) the 1 and the be allowed to BUPFAIO, Marc pant of the city sured. thirteen. ful. the “explosion, ports of Venesu the estate le divided equally ally among | hab Esther, ehildren; Mra. Yetta ote Lilie Min- ter, Joseph Cohen and four’ small chil- nm, tors yet WILLEMBTAD, March 11.—A vote on Is frei anal treaty is expected enate on next Tuesday. more confident n of securing an on he matter, | expressed | the Mnal test will be r than the date named. Jetpated that they # on the amendments Monday wil! begin | to-duy continued his Gorman aunendments supported by asked to give his them, argument in opposition to, the Panama canal treaty In the executive session of Democratic are making an effort under the leader- Senators reagh an the and | substantial unanimity has been expressed tn favor of a modification of 23, £9 as to place the control of 1 t among the the provisions of that the possibility of pro- however, amendment will be offered by nal by American arms in]as 1s contained in the reports of our «© the necessity for dolng so should! company and its constituent companies that no he Dem- unless the support of ch 1. a Int his remarks, the Senators can be as- FIVE BOYS BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE, They Lighted a Stick of the Ex- | plosive and Three of Them Will Probably Die. i i] -Five small boys. lighted a stick of dynamite which they found ¢his afternoon in northern. The explosive went off e) down to Rlo Chico, Heavy fgnting hae taken place at Coro|as she quit coffee and with terrific force, and all were badly Three of them will probably dle. ‘Nhe victims ranged in years from six to ne Some of the boys’ injuries were fright- After they had been removed to the hospital the police found a human hand lying on the ground near the « ne of REBELS HOLD PORTS IN VENEZUELA, Fighting Going On and Govern- ment Troops Reported De- feated in Recent Battle, Island of Curacos, |@rmed coffee drinker, to March M.—The Venesuelan revolution: |and drink Postum. ists claim they now hold all the Eastern {rom the Orinoco | stomach trouble and food coming up | ployed Max Teichmann, a certified pi ar lthe withdvawal of attacks. Interurban's Presiden Attorney as Malici They Were Made to ‘There was a conference this afternoon at the law offices of Guthrie, Cravath & Henderson, at No, 40 Wall strect, to discuss the charges against the Metro- polltan Street Raflway Company, which have been filed with the Dfstrict-At- torney. ‘There were present Mr. Vreeland, President of the Interurban Company, lessee of the Metropotttan; Stephen Lit tle, special counsel, retained to invest!-/ gate and report on these charges; Do- lancey Nicoll and a members of the held. At {ts conclusion Mr. Vreeland gave out the following statement: ‘The charges referred to in Mr. Vreo-| land's atatement purport to be based| upon the reports of two expert ac- countants, Distriot-Attorney Jerome has) called upon the company for the pro- Auotion of Its books, | Otticlals of the company have in-! formed Mr. Jerome that they will fur- nish him with any or all the informa- tion he desires at any time he may call for It The principal charges made by the experts’ reports are that some of the officers or directors of the company have issued false statements of Its financier condition; declared dividends when they should have levied assessments, and In certain statements of the company's con- dition over-estimated {ts resources and has elther undervalued or entirely omitted mention of enormous labilities. Say Deficit Became Surplus. ‘The most startling statement is that on June 30, 1901, the company claimed a surplus of $5,408,465.52, while both of the of being a surplus there was an actual deficit of $18,974,338.10, Both experts declare that this difter- ence was created by the company omtt- ting mention of liabilities approximating $20,000,000, ‘The interests bringing the matter to the attention of the District-Attorney first employed John ©, Hertle to make | an Investigation of the com; expert accountant. Mr, Hertle was} head of the Commissioners of Accounts of Greater New York from 1898 (0 1002, Since then he has been practising his profession as an expert accountant. He is President of the New York State Soclety of Certified Public Accountants. Against Metropolitan Filed with District- | Avenue Company, firm in whose offices the meeting was) + experts report that on that date instead | P as an THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1908, VREELAND SAYS” ITS A STOCK RAID, t Denounces Charges ously False, and Says Affect Market. and to nse the District-Attornay’s office | for stock-Jobbing purposes, The princl- pal author of the so-called changes one Wiliam A. Amory, who was Secre- tary of the ‘Third Avenue Raflway Com- any when St went into bankruptey, and who for several years before had been employed by that company in one capac- ity or another. Knowing what I did of Amory and his connection with the no- torfous maladministration of the Third I naturally refused to continue him In our service after the Metropolitan Company became the less- es of the Third Avenue system. From | t day to this Amory most of his time to instigating malicious and unse upulo pus attacks upon the Met~ has devoea | ropolitan Company, and has allied him-| ft fi ime to time with vario sons who {or one reason or other, were willing to further his malicious schemes. | Made Basin of a Rald, “In ‘his recent attack Amory has been | supplied with a large amount of money | from sources which ane With the aid of two s he prepared volumino as I fave mild above sentations from beginning Med them with the District- Thoso charges, and the u were on file in the District-Attorney’s office, have been skilfully used by Amory's confederates as the basix for rumors which were delit . circulation in Wall stre ago, and which w a rald not only upon Met but upon the entire stock market. “About two weeks ago District-Attor- ney J lof our company been filed. and sald. th would, of | course, take no action upon them until the company had been given the fullest opportunity of explaining them. I there upon asked Mr. Stephen Little to fa~ millarize himself with the accounts of Metropolitan Street Railway Com- order that the very best pos- jence might be furnished to the torney of the falsity of the After a most c 1 examina- ment furnished by the L Mr, Little pronounced eve terous and fal: complete ref approved ned to the I Amory cha ; fs being furn strict-A Stephen Little, hia statement d the special cou' ares that careful examination of subunitted by the District y and found that “ey angex was preposterous and fase Never but once in my entire profe experience have I heen called upon. to deal with statements so ridiculous u ther face, s0 preposterous from beg 0 end and so plainly intended His report was so startling that his employers were not content to accept} it alone, and unknown to bin they em- | le accountant of Baltimore, to go over |t the same work, Mr, Telchmann is Pres. ident of the State Board of Examiners | of Public Accountants of Maryland and President of the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants, His report, aa filed with the District- Attamney, corroborates that made by Mr Hertle, although he did not know that Mr. Hertle had made an investiga: tion. Mr. Vreeland’s Statement, “The charges filed with the District- Attorney are absolutely false from be- ginning to end. They were prepared without any other information than such to the State Railroad Commissioners, to- gether with one or two statements to} the Stock Exchange upon application to Hat recurities, The figures shown in these yeports and statements were un- upulously distorted and perverted for Mshonest purposes and in the Interest of an orgunized ‘bear’ raid upon the se-| curlules of our company, and of an at- | tempt by certain persons to extort money from us as a consideration for “The directors and officers of the Met- ropolitan Company have for several | weeks kixown all about the efforta which are being made to olrculate these ma- clous_reporis regarding our company | \TO LIMIT SENATE DEBATE. or Alifson Wants a Cloture Rate Adopted. WASHINGTON, Ma: M.—Senator Al- Muon offered a resolution in «he Benate to-day authorizing the Committee on Rules to re-examine the rules of the Senate with the view to ascertaining whet changes, If any, are necessary and eapecially to make inquiry whether it is expedient to in any way Mmit debate in to what extent. fen | T the committee be authorimed to sit dur- ing the recess of the Benate end be di- a to the Benate Pe erp et of ter the inning of the session tex Kae oc ber, The resolution was re- to the Committee to Audit Sontrol ane Contingent Expenses of Senate. HE CAN, Because He Has Boon Over the Road, A grocer down in Texas said that when he firet put in a stock of Pos- tum Food Coffee he concluded to try \t himself to know how well he could rar it to his customers. He “I quit 5 coffes and had een prepared peer ied to direo- tions on the package and found it a most healthful, toothsome beverant “T had been troubled serious): stomach trouble, but after lea) coffee and using Postum I avis ie got better and better, That interest- ed me go I my mother-in- law, who 1s over sixty and @ con- quit coffee “She has suffered for years with Railway an Ullerlor purpose.’ ‘Anderson, Pendleton & Andorson, law- | yers at No. 2 Broad, street, and at- torneys for Wormser & Co., ‘and other | jstockholders of the Metropoiltan Street Compa: Nicoll, one of the coun the Metropolitan Strest Railway hour's conference with | later and eal’ that the matter needed | considerable attention before he could make q statement, and that he expected to make such a statement this after- hoon, Later in the afternoon Mr. Jerome de- Jared he was tred out from being up| all night in connection with gambiing- house ralds, wo would defer making the mised xtatement DR. 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