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| } ee ¥ : RACING # SPORTS SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 6. Che “ Circulation Books Open to All,’’ PRICE ONE CENT. “ Circulation Books Open to All.” “ EDITION NEW YORK. MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1903. CROSS SITS UNDER THE GUNS AGAIN. Heard Many Witnesses De- scribe the Immoral Re- sorts in His Old Precinct, but Nothing of ‘‘Graft.” PRIEST TO TAKE THE STAND. Lawyers Still Bicker, and the Trial Drags Along, Apparently Getting No Closer to that “Man Higher Up” With a confident tread, cheerfi:) smile and a glow of health upon his brown cheeks, Inspector Adam A. Cross was at Police Headquarters to-day to hear what further evidence the District-at- torney's office had to produce relative to the charges of neglect of duty while Cross was in charge of the notorious “Red Light” district. Confident, too, were Mr. Morgan and young Mr. Lord, who expect to ‘break’ the Inspectér on the testimony of ex- ‘Wardman Bissert, Andrew Witt, “Jake” ‘Wolf and a dozen or so young women, former inmates of disorderly houses. Arrival of the Witnesnes. When the delegation from the Brook- lyn witness pen arrived to-day, it re- sembled a stranded vaudeville show. In the lead was Detective Maher, who wears, as a disguise, a pair of blue goggles; then came Gannon, Becker, a hall boy, two dogs, and ‘the chorus, consisting of seven girs, | ‘The chorus were hurried up to the third floor and locked up back of the wing, under the protection of a heavy ~“yilltan.”’ Once they were secure, De- , lective Maher removed his disguise and > ‘reathed a sigh of happiness. It seemed @ certainty thet there would be no kid- napping of their witnesses to-day. The firet twenty minutes was spent in questioning Joseph Brecht, of No. # Cherry street, who acted as a McCul- lough deputy in October, 1900, and at that time visited @ pogl-room at No. 293 Bowery. Be Bet om 2 Slow Horse, “Did you bet on a horse?” demanded Mr. Morgan, ing himself on both feet and tating in a sad voice. “That I did,” replied Brecht, “His neme?’ “His name was Bill-something Bill— ‘I can’t recall his first name.” “Something Bill" is stii running, ac- cording to the witness. He never waited to draw down the bet but peeped in the back room to ace a faro and klondike Jayout. Brecht didn’t know the man wno got the grab. Mighie he was taliing a deputy from Mr. Jerome's office through tne Grial chamber to the witness rovin, fol- Wed by Rev. Father Strelecki, pastor ase Blanistaus Catholic Church. ‘As the priest passed Inspector Cross the black eyes of that officer sparkled “iy Father Streleck! gets on the wit- wii Neches merle gta oe th, wi tell @ story that will be too warm for ‘Wouldn’t Put Out Red Lights. church used to be on between Forsyth and One night the priest MAYOR OAs HE FAVORS A HIGHLIGENSE —_<.—_- He Says Increase in the Saloon Tax Will Put Such Business in the Hands of Responsible Persons. BLACKMAIL EXISTS, HE SAYS. In His Reply to Indignant Liquor Men He Says the Saloonkeep- ers Are the Principal Obstacle to Reform of the Police. Mayor Low ts out In favor of the pro- posed Increase of 8 per cent. in saloon Hoenses, In a letter to the German- American Citizens’ League, of Brookly: to-day he declares that high license w place the concuct of the Mquor busi- ness in responsible hand's, When the license fee is low, he adds, the brewers and u.stillers own most of the saloons. The Mayor declares that the bill must be looked upon primarily as a revenue measure, and is evidently framed, not from the excise point of view, but from the point of view of Increasing the State rey..ue. He says: “Any one who is familiar with my utterances for the last twenty years | knows that I am a believer in hign Ucense. I believe in high license because it 1s the only automatic way 1 know of to limit the number of saloons; a result which every one, including those en- gaged in the trafic, necessary, in greater or less degree, Every attempt to limit the number of saloons by discretion has produced un- speakable evils. “I appreciate that license fees may be fixed so high as to encourage illicit places, but I do not feel sure, in view of the sums paid in other States, that the pending bill transgresses this limit.” Puts a Poser to Saloonmen. The Mayor after serious consideration and in his own deliberate way also wrote a letter to the Liquor Dealers’ As- sootation to-day in repiy to the one which they sent to him last week. The saloonmen’s letter was a hot criticism of the Mayor's statement to the effect that they raise a huge corruption fund for the “grafters” every year. The Mayor refused to receive a dele- gation of the liquor men to discuss the | matter. In his letter he say Compelled to Pay Blackmail. “The rumors to which I refer, if they are well grounded, reveal your associa- tion’ as not only having paid blackmail when under compulsion to do so, but as elther doing it or attempting to do it now, despite the public invitation of the Mayor to co-operate with hiin in breaw- ing it up. If this be so your association 1s one of the main obstacl>s to a com- plete reform of the police force—so many of whom are trying to do their duty| faithfully.” The Mayor then quotes from the evi- dence given at the trial of John Christ- ensen's bartender for excise violation, at which the saloon-keeper swore his organization wes oath-bound and that blackmail was tolerated by its mem- rs. The Mayor continues: “It ie true that this trial took place @ year ago but it reveals one branch of your organigation as then not only de- clining to stop the payment of Black- recognizes to be | PRICE ONE CENT, MRS. BURDICK ON THE STAND TO-DAY IN THE INQUIRY INTO THE MURDER OF HER HUSBAND TELLS OF HER RELATIONS WITR PENNELL. >OO@ 200000OO LP POOPDIDIOVOPORORR ERODED E GD DOD DO-9- DODD DD Kt \ Ng CCl 9029290954-d 66.3-6-060860-.%0 6004 3992904 $oeose o ae HIMSELF WINS THE RANDIGAP. |Lord Badge and Gum:Honey Are 3 First at Short Odds—Racing | Season Opens in Rain and) % Mud, 2EBODHO OO OH0O9-99S9365006 3 ie Hl f |RACE KING TAKES BABY RACE) ¢6.06.00000000104000606 ? rDOOLODOOL-HF £45 £4:960-06-0:09-96000008664 FLEVATED GUARDS [PARDON SOON FOR THREATEN STAKE) © MRS. MAYBRICK. Dissatisfied with New Wage LONDON, March 23.—Within a year freedom will come to Mrs. Schedule Which Does Not In-| Florence Maybrick, the American woman convicted fourteen years ago crease Their Pay, and Meet|of having poisoned her English husband with arsenic, THE WINNERS. | FIRST HACE—Lord Brdge (7 to '5) 1, Orloff (5 to 2 place) 2, Aloha 8. Time—1.18 1-5, SECOND RACE—Race King (8 to 1) 1, Peter Paul (G6 to 1 place) 2, Adel Trebla 3, Time—52s, THIRD RACE—Gum Honey (1 to 3) 1, Kate Spottswood (7 tq 10 place) 2, Gold Ray 3. Time—4.50, Bidridce . ai AG CN ae Of the Mayor for nel euRiow 2 82! FOURTH RACE—Himeeit «1 to| tO Protest. The Home Office has notified her lawyers in the United States that OEE nt ety “fone Be" | te punish bent bt one Of He oan ek 20) 1, Ahumada (even place) 2, they may expect her to be free at that time in order that they may use ag Yo* gleam and’ ine way Tho) pat a f good tise” Mlog,| MORCIMIN & Timont.18. About 40 Blevated Ra‘lway guarde| this information to obtain a postponement of a suit in which Mrs. May- ut fron ie ay siertoun ool storage | Of the se-proaldent of one. ot your Wh FIFTH RACE—Lucky Day 1] tra tg ee teh, One Hundred 44 | brick and her mother are engaged over immense tracts of land in Virginia, Rireea andar west We aR Ti | rar "incr “os” Sonehy Nhaiettais| erent ® Met ® aavener ‘moving at the samme. pines, ve] Vest Virginia and Kentucky. tie: Bye, a Stawion “ntrort aide et | but’ the organization” as an" organiea: (Speoial to The rening World.) In expected that from 1.80 to 1,00 ‘This course was not taken by the English authorities as the result of Rea seslalong the tice ideherans | enn, (ace! continue ‘to be BENNINGS RACE TRACK, WASH-| guards will be present, i ir What ind of wrappers did the Tesing eres ioe the detalla Of the em,"" answered the witness, thick’ German tongue. *L e cross-examination by Mr. us, it appeared that Mrs. Funk had ‘Deen supported by some unknown person, mably the District-Attorney's Office, for the last three months, “Where do you live now?” asked the er. Booka.” replied Mrs. Funk, wav- Soto a your board?’ Rnows? she replied, "I don't."* “where did you live before?" “1 don't know, In covavury, “Mr. Lord Makes a Joke, soon had the old cook #0 aeterad at she got ail tangled up and to be let off. “Yeu; gh, 80 in my head.’ *Muet be on th side next to Mr. kus,’ Interpolated young, Mr. Lord, Fite everyoosy or smiled, “Did you ‘elt any one over ip a7 Brooklyn house that you were goln a day tor testimony?" ee! Me ‘Nein,’ gald the witness. Be hus dollars?” “Oh, nein " “ive thousand dollars?” a el, nein, nein, nein,” was the om aie reply. “If IT had so muca rg street,” declared the ‘\ ¢@omtinued on Becond Page.) yar Regus not a precy etory for a gra fi ha: ‘want some- ‘abso- lutely op) to the payment of’ black- mail te The bolice or"any other public This testimony also reveals your or- ganization an onth-bound georet society. What ts there about your busi- ness, let me ask, that necessitates such @ precaution? It 1s In the face of teet!- mony like that eu are asked to dispose of rumors that run ‘on all fours" with such testimo ny. conclude, therefore; if as citizens who are engaged in a lawful occupation, you wish to call upon me, I shall be glad to see you at any time that may mutually conventent; but I cannot you as the representatives of the! see IAquor Dealers’ Association, apparent). @ secret, oath-bound soctety, until the Association purges itself of ‘the doubts raised by the trial which I have re- ferred to, and by the rumors of which T have spoken. If it does not seem to you worth while, or proper, this, Says Low Doesn't Unde a, the Mayor's letter was Lindinger, President of LAquor ere lation for Greater New ere emt word to all the members of thé committes which Mayor Low refused to meet to come tote saloon at Nassau and Liberty streste to tale it over. With regard to the letter he sald: “We admit that we have ° nization, ‘There ls no. gtip but 9 A® soon as printed, Brita he want every one ¢ We are extendi °o) e le with Low ts t doesn't know how to deal with question. Ho is asking us to’ dispro a lot of rumors. W, y that eb one.” As ' a cent of blackmail, bely"salibre aig Teahe Res ce pre eaMeact Ld the diplomatic action. They have absolutely refused to grant any pardon in the face of the most persistent appeals from the United States, That her release is now to be obtained is due to efforts of her attorneys and American women of note who interested themselves in her behalf. Although Mrs. Maybrick's sentence was for life, there is a rule under which life prisoners may be released at the end of twenty years. Count- ing time remission for good behavior, her case would come up for con- INGTON, D. ©, MARCH 23,—HIM- SELF, OWNED BY “(FATHER BILL’) DALY, WON THE BENNINGS HANDI- |CAP, THE BIG RACE OF THE OPENING DAY OF THE EASTERN RACING, AHUMADA WAS SIC OND AND HONOLULY WAS THIRD. TIME, 1.18; WHIOH WAS FAST, CONSIDERING THE CONDITION OF |THE TRACK, GeGorge E. Pepper, President of the “L" Guards Association, presided. The most important business was the re- celving of the new scale of wages which the Elevated Company will put into effect on April 1.1 The scale ts as follows: I Motormén, to remain at $3.50 per day. Conductors, from $2.90 to $2.35 per dey. “Balloon men," or turnstile men, $1.50 to $2, Ticket choppers, or gatemen, $1.2 to 1.40 per day for the firet year and then $1.05 thereafter, Telegraph operators to remain at $2.25 per day. Switchmen, $2.10 to $3.20 per day. Guards, $1.8 per day, the earhe as now, When the guards found that they were not to receive any Increase there was much dissatisfaction, Resolutions were unanimously adopted that at the meeting to-night a committes be @p- pointed to act as the erbiiration commit- tee for the "L" Guards Association It was said thet the Aesociation will be satinfled with arbitration, but Of It 4 found that this does ..ot result in we. curing an advance to at least $1 per & general strike will be at once ‘Continued on Third Page.) | THIN 1S 1H SECOND YEAR THAT ( HIMSELF HAS WON THIS EVENT. HE WAS FAVORITE AT 11 TO 20 IN THE BETTING, MRS, BURDICK WROTE HUSBAND SHE WOULD APPEAL T0 PENNELL BUFFALO, March 23.—In continuing-hertestimony at the inquest on the murder of-her husband Mrs. Burdick admitted having written her husband a letter from Atlantic City in which she asked him to take her back, Nee phter she said: The Fail River line gteameaty Ply. “If you do not heed my request | shall call to Arthur (Pennell Gis of Matnton, of tne easne oes for aroeeitan, | shall not appeal to you through the vaidrere 4ova| They will not.do so for .themselves~-those dear babies, | did not know how hard it was to part and |.felt almost too weak to get up this morning, » Now | realize how ioyal a man you are, and ask to be’taken back:” ' S.A RESULTS AT BENNINGS. Sixth Race--Alado 1, Carroll D. 2, St. Sever 3, BENNINGS RACE-TRACK, March 23, —Racing is on, The bugle blew at 3 o'clock promptly, this afternoon and the horses moved to the post for the first race. Though scarcely a thought will be (Continued on Sixth Page.) WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8 P.M, Ta Plymouth at Weehawken, + —————— MRO, BURDIGK WAS. TO AVE MARRIED ARTHUR PENNEL Widow of the Merchant Mysteriously Mur= dered in Buffalo Goes on the Stand at the Inquest and Says She Wanted to Get a Divorce to Wed Co-respondent Named by Her Husband. © ‘Soe 5 % She Admits that Pennell Kissed, and that She was Ordered from Home by Her Husband, — Says He Took Her by the Throat and Forced Her to Give Up Letters, but Denies > | home in which she kept, under lock and key, the letters she received fram Receiving the Letter in Which the Lawyer Threatened to Kill Burdick. > (Special to The Evening World.) 1 {trALO, March 23.—Although confident and self-possessed when she went on the stand, Mrs, Edward L. Burdick trembled and paled to-day when the merciless District-Attorney produced letters that had been write ten to her by Arthur Pennell. She admitted that the letters were in Fen- hell's handwriting, but denied having received most of them, especially @ ne in which Pennell made threats against the life of Edward Burdick. There was a letter in which Pennell spoke of the night he had kissed her in the gateway of the campus at Yale. She said she had not e the letter, but she admitted the incident. She testified that her hn ‘ Hai seized her by the throat and compelled her to open the box at her Pennell. ; The most sensational feature of Mrs. Burdick’s testimony was her admission that she wanted to get a divorce from Burdick in order to marty Pennell, who paid for the services of a detective to watch her husband, 4 1 MRS. BURDICK TELLS OF HER RELATIONS WITH PENNELL, ~ BUFFALO, N. Y., March 23.—Follow- ing is Mrs, Bi estimony in full: Q. Mrs, Burdick, are you the widow of aa on Edwin L. Burdick? A. I am. pss e§ finger because they Q. How old are you? A, I am forty- acd done” eecall a" two years old. ic on Os ee Q. How many children have you? A. | 4, u another letter, Ans, ‘Three—Murion, Carrot! and Alice, : a ot Q. Were you acprainted with Anthur | WFitte: Pennell? A. Yes. | Q. When did you first moet him? A. | pho) ‘Three or four years ago. , Jon’ @. Where? A, At Mrs. Fischer's party. | g Q. What was the nature of the perry A. A social affate. »|When in next letter, but be Q. When did you next meet Pennell? !11.30 until 12.30 on ‘Tuesday and ther social | day. 1 meet you at 1- ve A.A shont time later at ano iB | mest you at 1k" gathering. | 0 Q. Were you a member of the Elm-/Q Are you sure, Mra. Bi i wood Dancing Club? A. 1 was. don't know? A. Lam ire. Burs 2 Q. Were Mr. and Mrs. Pennell mem- I 0 ot Mine baa 5 + nae : bers of the club? A. Yes; for seven OT |ynhw. ouse don't eight years. Q"ere there several houses oe uu need to meet? A. No, air. Q. Did yourself and hy ns TOR 72! Were there not several travelling with the Pennelis? lew iuced to (go. with, you which Q. Where did you go? A. To HEN by the week? A. I’ don’t know Haven, Conn, that. Q. Why didn't Mr, Burdick go? A. was shown, Business kept him away Q. Did anything done there make you and Pennell more intimate? A. No, QQ. Do you remember recelving ter from Pennell about Gept. 17, 1900, on Graduates’ Club paper, which read: “Yesterday I went to the gate of the college campus, where two years ago I drew you in the darkness?” A. I never recelved any auch letter, indignantly re- plied Mrs. Burdick, half rising from her chair. Q. You can't rectll any such letter teh? A, No, oir, Q. What did he mean by saying the Attorney Hartzell objected to the qu tion, but st was overruled, The ques- ton was not answered, Admits that He Kissed Her, Th letter vas shown airs, Burdlok. She {dentified Pennell's writing Q, Does the letter necall to your mind the language be used in @ letter from New Haven? 1A, Yes. Q. Did he at that time take you tn his Wat'it dark? iA. Not Parttoulanty. ‘That was in 16057 A. Yes. , After that tip ta New York and New Haven you returned together to Parad you remmonetrate with him for hin id fennel? A Mrv, Burdick? A. he only time you were 74. Yes ket? Dt was the ploves, you and which T failed to return. ‘kissed: them because your were in them. I out Another letter date ed Ni 4 Pennell's writing. This was the relating to “drawing her in the ness.” It NB UAge .|Phall try and comfort myself by p d we York, | | honing you from Nev Phursday shall know the exquisite In another letter Pennell fave had your picture in the on ness of seeing you.” ' ° said: locket. ’ has been a comfort to me,” Do you recall that? A. He had @ locket with my picture dn it, id you know he carri Q. Did ed Ht around? A. Yes. ‘Mr. Coateworth also produced a written from. the Waldorf. fork, 18, 1900, and aw \ r et at talking over t more than what $ cost. T more than T ean tell, and Tam to realize that you @re the only Wi in the world for me. . ¢ 1 Tecognize the jetter, A. I never received aay ck? fi Q. But this is in Pennell’s handwrit} and oAdrerwed to out A. Tt seems 60 Q, What does he mean by thet, Mim Burdick? A. 1 don't know. What does he mean by the ioe dise within your arms? A. I don't Denies All Letters, soley Mr, Coatsworth showed the witn another letter written from the dorfiAstoria by Pennell + to Mrs. Burdick, She sald it was handwriting, but she aid not having received It. *Tiltread It and soe if your recollection," aid the : Was chet a away with hin mr ° he read; Do you recall a lover received from t , ; Island when he potad'your white gloves in his tuxedo? A. No. , 11, 1900, from Bhel- cf ieher, dated Beat, Yaenahed by ares as written bY nell her, tp jooked into your ‘As [loo Our @toves Pon-