The evening world. Newspaper, March 20, 1903, Page 1

WHATHAR—natn and fog toontant ana wararanry RACING # SPORTS ‘ GENERAL SPORTING NEWS _ON PAGE 12 Che “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ ISS CSS NCS aa oat Maa IME Mp E LAD) nd LO ue sori \ “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ NIGH® EDITION PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1903. PRICE ‘ONE . oe CHURCHILL TO AGCUSE ADAM CROSS Accused Inspector's Fellow- Policemen Rejoice at Dis- closures Made at His Trial Because He Opposed the Three-Platoon System. WITNESSES TELL OLD TALES Much About the Character of Houses in the Red Light Dis- trict, but Nothing About the Long-Sought “System.” Every policeman in Manhattan Bor. ough who had a day off and was able to get to Headquarters to-day went to the trial of Inspector Adam Cross, who is accused of collecting protection mone in the “Red Light District.” The re lations of ex-Wardman Bissert yescer- day had the effect of stirring up the whole Police Department, In which In- spector Cross is anything but popular. Additional interest was added to the trial by the announcement, from a seml-official source, that former Chiet Devery, former Capts. Diamond and Herlihy and former Sergt. Churchil} would be called upon to testify, Inas- much as Churchill {s generally supposed to be behind the charges made against Cross out of which has grown the trial, there was an impression that his testi- mony would be even more sensational than was that of Bissert. ‘The unpopularity of Cross is largely due to his \persistent and successful op- position to the three-platoon system. , He was the right-hand man of Commis- sioner Partridge and policemen give him credit for the revocation of the three- platoon order issued by the late Com- missioner Murphy. Hypnotic Eye Not Working. Cross's famed ‘thypnotic eyo” was not in evidence to-day or yesterday. He failed to hypnotize Bissert, although the chair of the witness was placed within six feet of where the accused Inspector sat, Because of his legai training Cross is in position to make a good defense, and no little interest ts attached to his possible line of action. When Croys entered the trial room to-day the first thing he did was to take from the official stenographer all the typewritten copy of the testimony taken yesterday. He ran a critical eye over this, pursing his lps as he read the Bissert part. Commissioner Ebstein, who {s auch a skilful examiner that he needs no as- Sistance from the Corporation Counsel, struck the table @ whack with a new gavel, the District-Attorney called out Some names, a side door flew open and there rustied in the witness chair @ young woman, clad in black, her French heels clicking spitefully on the floor. Her name, she seid, was Flossie Fos- tet, and when asked where she lived she gripped the chalr, gritted her teeth and replied: “I decline to answer." “Were you ever at No, 32 Stanton street” ( “I decline to answer." “Why?” asked Mr. Lord. “Because,” replied the girl, “It would + tend to degrade my future life.” Biguratively speaking, young Mr, Lord threw up hig hands. A gasp of surprise was beard, She Knew the Place. “Do you know that place?” finally When were you there?” “I decline to answer.” Immedietely there was a bediam of acrimonious argument. Mr, Wlkus said Shat the case was similar to that jesse Lewisohn, and Commissioner Eb- Stein Hamlly, excused the witness, until +e could lool, up the law ‘kus then charged that the girl is ag a prisoner by the Dis- ese men and, ami of which ensued sho swept out o! re room with @ triumphant smile. The Commissioner declined to dismiss the sift at Mr. Bikus's request Bhe ma: cajied again when the legal the clash it now," exclaimed , “that ‘there are no by the Distnict- Kutorney's ‘Oilce in this case. There are in , House of Detention for it ite Elkus, that fore. club fot a0," shouted Mr, Morgan, and the Comiziasioner rapped for ofder, Rev. Dr, Paddock om the Stand, Andrew Witt, proprietor of a t rt fed a respond, ant ier, Fipaidock was tailed. “Dr, @ clergyman who went after apt. a We ip that part of the Red trict from Houston street to ey street. A! 00 ide eo #3 No. ? a ee ae street ate both dis. hat ls, they were known as ‘ei rou ever inside?” asked Mr, te ne haa objected to the avi: We, Qu Med the roughed by” promptly, cront fos er Rddock {0S vow bow Ba, had Dessed _ (Continued on Second Page,) “and you are Paa- or ou STABBED IN SAVING GIL FROM INSULT Assemblyman Ulrich at the Point of Death from Stab Wounds Inflicted by an Insulter of a Woman on a Trolley Car. HE WENT TO HER RESCUE. Bully Challenges Him to Get Off Car and When He Does He Is Slashed on Face and Neck With Knife. Assemblyman Frank J. Ulrich, of the Sixth District. in Brooklyn, fs at the point of death at his home, No. 1022 De Kalb avenue, from the effect of stab wounds Inflicted upon him In a street fight last night by William Ger- teys, a clerk, of No. $14 Stuyvesant nue. Getteys was arratgned in the Gates Avenue Court to-day and held to await the result of the Alderman’s In- Juries, ‘The fight grew out of a desire on the part of Assemblyman Ulrich to protect a young woman on a street car from in- sults to which she was being sub- Jected by Getteys and two young men who were with him, Fred Hinck, of No. 245 Vernon avenue, and Fred Ellers, of No, 448 Blessington avenue. The row started on a Reid avenue car, which the Assemblyman, accompanied by Assem- blyman Weber, had boarded at the foot of Broadway, Williamsburg, The two Assemblymen and Coroner Williams came to New York last night f}oconfirmation at the recent session of from Albany, crossed the Twenty-third street ferry and started for their homes in Brooklyn. The Coroner left his com- panions at the ferry entrance, and the first intimation he had of the stabbing was when he was called to take the ante-mortem statement of his friend to« day, Getteys and the two other young men boarded the car right after Assembly- men Ulrich and Weber had got in. In the car was a young woman, whom Assemblyman Ulrich recognized as a friend of his family. She was co an- noyed by the conversation and attention of Getteys that Assemblyman Ulrich spoke to him. ‘A quarrel resulted. Getteys dared the Assemblymen to get off the car. They got off at McDonough street and fought on the sidewalk i front of a saloon, Getteys drew a knife and cut the As- semblyman about the neck and face with such effect that forty-four stitches were required to sew up the wounds, An effort was made to keep the fracas quiet, but the condition of Assemblyman Ulrich became so serious that the police of the Ralph avenue station were noti- fled. Capt. Miles O'Reilly arrested Getteys, who was found in bed at his home, Assemblyman Ulrich was sent to Al- bany for the first time last fall. Prominent in Democratio politics in his district and is widely known in Brook- lyn because of his activity in the con- duct of benevolent societies, ROOSEVELT PUTS CRUM INTO OFFICE. Colored Man a Recess Appointee and Will Be Collector of Charleston— Byrnes, of Delaware, Named, WASHINGTON, March 2.—The Presi- dent to-day reappointed Dr. W. D. Crum, colored, Collector of Customs at Charleston, 8. C., and Willam M Byrnes United States District-Attorney for Delaware, Both of these nominations fafled of the Senate. v CUTS OFF WIFE IN HIS WILL. William J, Davis Declared She De- nerted Him Fourteen Years Ago, The will of William J. Davis, filed for Probate to-day, leaves all his estute~ avout $16,000—-to. Annie Kiernan, who rendered him many services, “I make no provision for my wife,” he ways in the will, “because she deserted and abandoned me fourteen years agu and has not lived with me.” The will was dated Feb. 2 and was filed by Hirsh & Elckhorn, of No. 149 Broadway. WEATHER FORECAST, Vorecant urday for elaity: Rain late to. faturday; Mahe Ueht to fresh sont WILL BE SENT TO THE BRONX! He is] ‘| COLLISION OF THE PLYMOUTH AND CITY ‘OF TAUNTON; SPOT WHERE THE FATAL CRASH OCCURRED AND THE CAPTAINS OF THE STEAMERS.' GREENE NAWES THIRD DEPUTY. Police Commissioner Appoints Ex-Assemblyman Gherardi Davis Two Hours After Bill Authorizing Becomes a Law.| ‘The dill to amend the Greater New York charter authorizing the appoint- ment of a Third Deputy Commissioner of Police was signed by the Governor this afternoon, and within two hours Memmissionor Gieene announced the appointment to the place of Gherardi E. Davis, a former Republican Assembly- man, Davis is a eon of Rear Admiral Davis, of the United States Navy. The salary of tho place Is $3,000 a year. Ik was offered to Asglutant District-Attorney George W. Miorgam, but he declined to take ft, His present office is more re- numerative and more congenial to him, The new deputy will protably be a signed to the Bronx, wh one of his chict duties will be to try delinquents up there. — ———- TRIED SUICIDE IN THEATRE. French Woman Writer Took Pol- son Because of Fallure, - PARIS, March 20.—Mme. Paule de Martigny, the well-known newspaper writer, who tried suicide by shooting and polson in Sarah Bermhardt’s theatre ing, Just a the, close of the e of “Werthier,” is reported improving The woman's little daughter, who was with her at the time, says Mme. Mar- tiguy was prompted to the act by her fallure to sell her manugeripts. The woman had threatened suicide and her daughter had drawn the bullets from the revolver substituting blank car+ tridges. ee FIFTY NEW COPS APPOINTED The ‘Total Eurolm Is Now Brovght Up to 6,632, Police Commissioner Greens appointed fifty patrolmen to the force to- bringing the total enrolment of the lice Department up to 6,632 men. He will appoint fifty additional in @ short time. ‘weve patrolmen were shifted in the Union Market Precinct at the request of the Captain. George A. Whiteford, a Brooklyn policeman, who had served twenty-one years, was retired at his own request: Deputy Commissioner Piper's report on street cleaning in London was ded to Commissioner Greene to-de Bie gent Wvatakurn: Btreot-Cloaning Comani: HOME. RULE FOR: IRELAND F PROMISED Government Bill to Be Presented in Parliament Has Been Approved by Irish Leaders. LONDON, March 20.—A bill giving Ireland an important extension of local self-government will be introduced in Parliament by the Government. The leaders of the Nationalists and Irish Unionists have, already been con- sulted on the <wbject and the rough ottlines of the proposed measure have been sketched. Thomas W. Russell (Unionist) in an interview at Enniskillen, Ireland, to-day declared the Government was about to introduce a modified measure of home rule, but the statement {s premature as regards the time and goes | Missour! beyond the facts in the case. Nothing.s will be done until the Irish Land bill is disposed of. queathed to Son, All the Re- mainder of Estate to Widow, FLOOD GET AID. Government Responds to Appeal’ from Memphis and Will Hurry) Tents and Supplies to Home- less Refugees. Club, was filed this afternoon by J. 8. and H. A. Wiss. The document bequeathes only son, Henry Hobart Herrick, and THE CABINET TAKES ACTION. widow, who was a daughter of John McKisson, of McKissen & Robbins, OBSERVE SIIFFERERS BY [O° MRR a Seat In Produce Exchange Is Be- is he met Harry rt The will of Jacob Hobart Herritk, former President of the Produce Ex- ohange, who died ten days ago from the effects of a fall at the Union League | geerieee barecgie eed air, from Jofferton forms me, sir, that the State Leglisia- ture of our ‘commonwealth has testator's| Jurned for twenty-four hours in honor heat in the Produce Exchange to his Mr, W. Col. the entire remainder of the emtate to the| Missourl Lagis fo celebrate an in connidered by New Yorkers to be un- sunpectingly dead. — pee SSE “"THOUCHT FLAGS D WAVED FOR BRYAN It’s The Nebraska Statesman’s Birthday, and Col. Lee, of St. Louis, Believed New York Was Properly Celebrating. IT IN MISSOURI. When Col. John A. Lee, of St. Louts, who came to New York to attend the Bociety's dinner to ex-Gov, Francis, looked out of the window of his room in the Waldorf-Astoria to-day —never mind the hour-he saw Ameri- can flags waving from the roofs of many buildings. They never fly flags in St. Louts save on the Fourth of July e the atmosphere in that town makes any fabric exposed to the air for twenty-four hours look ‘ike a coal miner’s undershirt, Somewhat pussied, Col, Lee waikod but. afraid to cross , where rtea the Missoui ety. oy are celebrating the day tn vm Say?" asked Col. Lee. “te one it, “nan ia the birthday of Viliams Jennings elved a telegram, ity, Mo., which in: Ee, ryan. I have ju ‘ad- of the occas! SHOW me the telegram,” demanded alke! lee showed. It was ti ture adjourne, birthday of a WASHINGTON, March 20—Upon the receipt of a despatch from the Mayor of Memphis, appealing for tents to shelter refugees from the overflowed districts long the Mississtppt River who are congregating in Memphis in large num- bers, Seoretary Root to-day wired the Governor of ‘Tennessee for a statement of the conditions. If it 8 found that the State i# unable to copa with the situation the Secretary will at once authorize the loan of the necessary number of tents, In addition to furnishing tents the War Department also will furnish com- misslary gupplies if it found to be necessary. Sooretary Root was @u- thorized tp take this ection at to-day's Catinet meeting. MPMPHIS, T March #.—In spite of heroic work Dy hundreds of men the “Assemblyman Weber and | ar Pecan Point, torty mileslthe Broadway ferry. We saw ‘eported to have given way at an early hour to-day, and @ vest column of water is running arrough a crevasse 400 feet wide. Pecan int fe twenty fee north of ‘Trice’s Landing. nies thon wide break oocourred, and the esaut tr mal flood being let tmto "the a cle besin ae cause the weters to a more rand iy Urough the lowhanda. Another Steaks. is bi ried at North Helena where the wi ‘* are rushing through an. eight- foot it in the sma levee. flooding the north section and delving many negroes to high ta Jend. afternoon a ind knives freely,” Ulrich’s condition is serious, LATE RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS, Fourth Race—Malster 1, Mauser 2, De Reszke 3. Fifth Reca—-Cliza oye Ruby Ray 2, Compass bad ASSEMBLYMAN ULRICH TELLS CORONER HOW HE WAS STABBED In his ante-mortem statement to Coroner Williams, of Brooklyn, this afternoon Assemblyman Frank J. Ulrich, who was stabbed while protecting a woman from insult, said: the young women whom | knew. One of them looked appealingly at ime and | remonstrated with the men, \ “‘Back to Germany with you,’” said one, | heard him say ater to his companion, ‘We'll have to do these fellows.’ “When we got off the car they came at us and used their jot on the Reid avenue car af ese two fellows jostling two 1 ‘ *) bring us to Boston.” BIC LIVES LOST IN COLLIGION OF Plymouth and City of Taunton Crash in the Fog East of Gull Island—Passengers Bes Party of Marines Who Were Coming from Service in the Philippines. Remarkable Escapes of the Passengers Were Aboard the Big Pymouth-—Wale the Bottom—Her Bow a Complete Wre —She Puts Into New London for Ri THE DEAD. BRISCOLL, WILLIAM, colored, waiter, drowned, COLEMAN, JON, colored, pantryman, drowned. DAWSON, JULIUS, colored messman, drowned. MICARTHY, JOHN, watchman, hei THOMPSON, JONATHA WILLIAMS, JOHN, color THE MISSING. MARSTON, —+ passenger in stateroom No. 203. No trace: found on beard after collision. THE INJURED, CURTIS, F. N., chopped out of stateroom No. 207, small bones foot crushed. KILDUFF, MICHAEL, Bo: + paam right foot crashed. - SAMUELSON, DAVID, colored. Thrown from deo kof Taunton. mouth. ZAOH, MR. AND MRS., Taunton, Mans., abrasions and contu: berare (Special to The Evening World.) NEW LONDON, March 20.—The coolness and discipline of members of the United States Marine Corps prevented a panic have resulted disastrously in -he collision between the Fall River ie senger steamer Plymouth and the freight steamer City of Teunton oft Gu Island earlyl to-day, in which six persons lost their lives. One of the Bs sengers numbered among the dead is missing and it is thought that his was swept away with the wreckage which the City of Taunton p when she backed away, after ramming the Plymouth. The marines were in charge of Capt. T. H. Low and Lieut. Will Harlee. They occupied the second cabin on the side of the Plymouth was crushed in, Immediately after the crush Capt. Low lined up his men om Those who were able to respond took their places as calmly as they were on the deck of a man-o'war going down the Bast River, tematically they went about the work of rescuing thelr companions, when this was done assisted the crew in restoring order, but beatssch ample of coolness had already calmed the passengers. BRAVERY OF THE MARINES. A. B, Federer, a travelling salesman, from New York, says: “The soldier boys—the marines! I never fully realized batecal qualities are essential to the make-up of a soldier, While some of thelr lows were struggling about in the water in the forecastle the rest, with serenity and order which must exist under fire, responded to the co 2 of their superior officers and assembled on the deck. They were as @i as so many pleces of statuary, as they were ordered to line up on d their conduct went far toward quieting the fears of the timid ones. “With hardly any perceptible movement or without the least nervousness orders wero quietly given for some of the men to go fi and a search was made for the men of Companies F and B, who were to be in the forecastle. There were a few loud cries for assistance fi those struggling about in the water below, but at a command from the ficers the cries ceased. Then orders were given for the marines on to assist their comrades out of the forecastle. DIDN'T HEED THE DANGER. “With apparently as Nttle concern as though they were preparing for a fishing party they procured ropes and articles of bed clothing, which lowered to the men below. One by one they were drawn to the saloon The great majority of those rescued were without any clothing. “The men were again drawn up in Ine and responded to roll call by Lowe. Fach map, whether he had clothing or not, was instructed to ordérs from the officers of the vessel and were then allowed to break and do what good they might among the passengers. Some were badly tie y jured, but they hobbled about, dispensing words of advice and cheer to who needed it, When the danger was found to be over, the though badly battered and torn, proceeded slowly under her own steam | New London, When we arrived there we found a special train waiting The Plymouth left New York at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon with passengers and a crew of 200 and crept slowly up the Sound in @ fog. Bells were ringing and the foghorn tooting at midnight, when steamer passed into the Race. She was just east of Gull Island when t City of Taunton rose up out of the fog. ‘There was an exchange of wi and the Plymouth had begun to back away when the crash came ‘The forward compartment of the Plymouth was crushed in like an § shell and the sleeping crew ground to death. An inrush of water dj those who escaped instant death, tet ¥ ‘The bow of the Taunton penetrated ten feet into the hull otf Plymouth, and as she backed away she raked the upper works of senger vessel, tearing out the second cabin and ripping the if they had Ban cardboard. Capt. Davis, in command of the Plymouth, known slong the “Danger” Davis, is & capable and cool-headed officer, though he. to take chances to make his schedule, He cald that be ; 1 for the collision “We left New York at 5 o'clock Thursday | a. oe