The evening world. Newspaper, March 24, 1903, Page 1

| { GENERAL SPORTING N _ON PAGE | EWS 0 ——— “ Circulation Books Open to All.” 7 os ays, eX retin “a 4 ak a oly x a i} RD. Mig PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, TUESDAY. MARCH 2. ¥ EDITION BUTLER STOLE $25,000 IN GEMS. | Mrs. Alfred Nathan Re.-. turned Home to Find| that Trusted Servant} Had Plundered Jewel | Box and Fled, Leav- ing Note Confessing, (Guilt. Mrs. Alfred Nathan, of No. 36 East nty-second street, has been robbed , of $25,000 worth of jewels, a part of her Jarge collection, and the police are lovk ing for the Nathans' butler, George, Bossut, Tite jewels were taken while Mr, and| Mrs. Nathan were in Deal Beach, where) they; are building a summer home. Thé robbery resembles the famous I. Towrisend Burden and Thebaud affairs, excopt In this instance the butler was suMefently considerate to leave a note confedsing the theft and thus making It possible for the police to focus thelr | efforts\in trying to find him. Bossyt had made elaborate prepara- tions for the robbery and is belleved to have fled from this part of the coun- ty, Mr. Nathan sald to-day that Bossut had come to him splendidly recom-! mended.) About eight years ago he was| employed by Willlam K, Vanderbilt as butler, ‘After leaving Mr, Vanderbilt he serve@,in a similar capacity in sev- eral Fifth avenue mansions. As far as Mr, Nathan could learn from these for- mer employers the butler had never been guilty of any crime and had al- ways had the full confidence of his em- ployers. ‘Taken from Secret Drawers. Mr. Nathan sald that the Jewels wore stolen from thrée secret drawers to which his Wife only had the keys. One of these drawers was in the wall and s0 ingeniously concealed that only those with Intimate knowledge of the location could find it} Both Mr. and Mrs, Nathan beijcved that none of the servants could locate it. The other drawers, which were! also Invistble from the outside, were|in a chiffonier and a small sec- ar "When Mrs. Nathan arrived home from Deal Beach she went to the drawer in the whll to put away some Jewelry and Giscovered that it was empty. It had contathed a Mamond tiara and a pearl necklabo valubd at $10,000, She imme- JEWELS STOLEN FROM NATHANS BY THE BUTLER. Diamond dog collar, three inches high, containing a medallion worked in the centre of a square. Pearl necklace, containing three strands of 271 pearls and a pink clasp. Diamond tiara, with a star ig the centre and a four-karat diamond in the centre of the star. Pin set with six pearls, surrounded by small diamonds, Ring containing a 2'%-karat sap- phire between two diamonds of 1 karat each; old-fashioned setting. Ring set with a 2-karat emerald, surrounded by small diamonds. Hoop ring containing one hoop of | pearls and two hoops of diamonds, Diamond hair clasp. Diamond and pearl comb, mounted on amber, Three pearl studs. Pearl and diamond scarf pin, Six pearl vest buttons, each set with a small diamond, and sleeve buttons to match. Lady's gold watch, suroune by small pearls and marked “M, Six gold vest buttons ater “on ND Two diamond brooches. Diamond levallier support, a pear- shaped pearl, with an invisible wire, diately went to the two other drawers and found that they had_also been rifled, not a trinket being left, Mr. Nathan immediately called up the servants and learned that Bossut had left the house early in the afternoon upon learning of the intended return of his master and mistress. When his clothing waa searched duplicate keys to all three secret drawers were found and also a letter in which the butler con- feesed his guilt, Letter About “Mark There were also several other letters in the butler’s clothing. One of them was signed “Marie,” When Mr. Nathan notified Inspector Cortright of the crime these letters were turned over to detectives who succeeded in tracing “Marie.” and they now have her under {Tantinued on Third Page) jwith . set of demands for shorter hours HIGHER PAY DEMANDED BY 'L” MEN Committee of Employees Calls on General Mana- ger Skitt and Presents Its Requests for More Wages and Shorter Hours. NO STRIKE ON NEW HAVEN. Directors of the Railroad, at a Meeting Attended by J. P. Morgan, Decide to Increase | Wages for All Employees. General Manager Skitt, of the Man- hattarn Railway, was presented to-day and higher wages for the employees of the system. These demands were madé hy a committee elected at a meeting of “L" road employees held yesterday in Colonint Hall, One Hundred and First streot and Columbus avenue, at which an offer made by the company to make some slight raises in pay for different claraes of employees was refused by unanimous vote. No time was specified for the company to deliver an answer. Members of the committee sald that inasmuch as the control of the Manhattan passes to the Interborough corporation on April the officials should have plenty of time. General Manager Skitt, it_was learned to-day, has a contract rusning three yeais longet with the Manhattan, and will “undoubtedly ‘retain his position under the new control of the .propérty, but the man in power will be EB, P. Bryan, wha was brought here from~8t. Lou!s to run the underground system. Members: of the committee believe that their next-conference will be with “) 48. Bryan, who is, they say, @ fate minded man and a friend of labor. Hi! Frank Hedley, was Gerblit and of Reginald Vandsrbilt a I congratulating “them to-day pn thair 9) ocho Jeape Yrom serious’ injury "i in this town, VANDERBILTS IN ROAD SMASH-UP. Reginald and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Are Thrown from Trap When Horses. Ran Away, and Mrs. Van- derbilt Is Injured+-. Others Shaken Up and Driver's Arm Dislocated. ; ‘The party was out for 4 drive, when MR. AND MRS, ALFR. VOTE FOR CANAL ALDERMEN NOT superintendent, the team took fright at a fixing piece of paper and ran away, , While, the driver was see-sawing on the reins the horsey swerved sharply to the side, over- once foreman of the Manhattan shops in Harlom, and knows the needs of the employees. General ‘Man ger Bryan, of the Inter ‘Senator Grady rei Grady; Gets Orders from Leader FOR HIGH LICENSE Resolution Denouncing the Bill Murphy to Support Measure,j Raising the Tax on Liquor While Senate Is Debating It} Saloons Is Introduced by Al- on Final Passage. \ ALBANY, March 21.—The Davis-Bost- derman Culkin. The exolse question figured at the wick Thotgand-Ton Barge Canal bill ™*eting of the Board of Aldermen this Was taken up in the Senate to-day on the order jof final passage. Senator Lewis, Repablican, offered an amend- ment providing for the appointment of a commission by the Governor to ‘on- Sult wit) the Federal authoriges rela- tive to’the Joint construction of a deep waterway thrpugh the State. Senator Lewis recalled the previous appropriation pf $9,000,000 which he de- clared was a deliberate and WAful waste of money. 4 Andrew H. Green, A. Strauss, Henry Clews, Hugh Kally, John De Witt War- ner, F; C. Olcott, Miles M. O'Brien, C, Shayne, Bird 8, Coler, Edward Lauterbach, Johh C. Kelly, George C. Clark, B. A, Bradley and several other New Yorkers, indgrsing the purpose of his resolution, Benator Grady asked if any of those whose names Senator Lewis had men- oned were interested in rajlroads. Mr. Lewis replied that Senator Grady Ought to know betfer than he. “Gurely every one named is tnterested {n the commercial prosperity of New York City," remarked Senator Raines, Further debate followed and the reso- lution was defeated by a vote of 32 to 14 Senator Lewis hag denied that his pro- posal was submitted for the purpose of elde-tracking or killing the barge canal scheme. Senator Hill, of Buffalo, declared that with the barge canal New York State could challenge all raiiroad trusts. One of the results would be a galaxy of great citles along the route. While the bill was under discussion ived a special de- very letter from Chairman Murphy, of Hall, calling wpon the Demo> anal bill benten by the vote of anti-canal, men, weakening Republicans and “don't care” Tammany m@q, a WEATHER FORECAST. camendeond | Mereeast for the hours ending at 6 P.M, Wednes- day for New York city ana Mr. Lewis rénd resolutions signed by | 2| Policeman |afternoon in the form of a resolution offered by Alderman Culkin denouncing the bill now before the Senate providing for an inerease in the cost of Mquor licenses to $1,200 in the county of New York and to increase the present fee in the other boroughs of the city, and. re- cording the board as emphatically op- posed to the measure, Among the reasons given are these: There {s no local demand for it; it class legislation and will ‘deprive our smaller and very reputable liquor de jers of thelr means of livelihood” while \favoring “‘viclous resorts by discourag- C. | Ing the competition of their poorer but veputable neighbors,” and “because by the provisions of this act § per cent of the taxes raised by the proposed meas- ure ts to be given to the State, where under the present law the State only one-third of the taxes so raised, Alderman Robert F, Downing, Brooklyn, belleves that the third-rail system in use on the elevated roads of Brooklyn and Manhattan should elther be abolished or safeguarded in such a manner as to protect human life and property. He Introduced @ resolution to-day “calling upon the Corporation Gounsel to define the powers of the hoxrd in coping with the “nuisance. Speech he cited the recent tioath’ of John G. Chase on the third rail on the Brooklyn "1" road and declared that the “naked third rail” was a standing menace to the public both in Manhat- tan and Brooklyn. The resolution was referred to the Railroad Committee, soi GALLANT OFFICER STOPS A-RUNAWAY. of Uminger, After Being Dragged a Block, Subdues Horse in Time to Prevent Accident, Over a'score of passengers én a south+ bound Lexington avenue car narrowly escaped injury from a runaway horee tha afternoon, The horse was stopped just In time to ‘prevent it from running into the car at Lexington avenue and ‘Ninety-fourth street by Policeman Um- inger, of the East Bighty-sighth suet wtation, ‘ After being dragged for a block by the frightened anima! the policeman = ee tak aia iat Sai borough Company, went ‘nto con: pies ence: with Aui Belmont at the occupants, Pp and throwing out. the ter's office this afternoon. Before going in he said to the reporters: “The Interbarough Company does not assume contro] of the Manhattan ‘L' until one minute past 12 o'clock on April 4, It will then assume the responsibili- 6 of the management. We are pre- pared to meet the men, and I have no doubt that the Inter will be able to make a rangement with the ‘L' employees. Some time after April 1 1 shall probably is- on this subject.” said Chairman Pep- “are going to exhaust every effort rv, fj have this question settled between themselves and the company before re- sorting Co arbitration. “The question of wages bother us so much as the quexiion of hours, We want the six-trip run abol- does not tahed. Often it takes from twelve to fifteen hours to complete it. A nine- hour day with extra pay for overtime will suit us." men on the part of the Interborough forvoraién should the Manhattan turn them dow: “Well,” he replied, ‘Mr. Belmont is # member of the Civic Federation and yonn &, McDonald is widely Known as @ friend of labor. 1 want it known that the so-called labor agitators hi Img to do with thi President of the d Herman , the district orjgaulser, is in NEW HAVEN ROAD GRANTS HIGHER PAY. —— The directors of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Raiiroad mer at the Grand Central Station to-day and de- elded what their answer would be to the demands of the trainmen and con- ductors for an increase in wages. This answer they would not make pub President John M. Hall issued a state- ment in which he said a schedule of wages had been prepared, but that the ‘the board decided to make a general road's dealings were with thetr em- ployees and that therefore they would way what was to be said to the men in New Haven at noon to-morrow. From one of the directors who at- tended the meeting it was learned that increase of wages all around. This in- crease wij] affect not only the trainmen and conductors, the two classes of em- ployees who have been making demands, put also firemen, marine freight hand- Jers, trackmien and machinists, ‘The firemen ave to bave a 12-hour day one day and 11 hours 9 ee next day. blr wi joe are ti Ba andes Tfenpectively fae iee fe ta rt 3° Merpont Morgan was at the director 0 tI {> the Grand Central nt od lat len pai after He ators at Carrent road, and ‘two ‘ Mra. Vanderbilt fell heavily on her WARRANTS. REFUSED DG. VANDERBILT. ly. She was xvout foxdsy and re. ported quite herself. | alfred abd Reginafa Tvandefout landed om thelr feet; and while-sevotely dhaken up, suffered no injuries. The driver retalnéa ‘nis: grip ‘o# the lines after the horses bolted and ‘was dragged some distance, ‘his ‘right arm tobped after ‘going a being d'slocated. | The <team, wi [ROTH HANNA. ILL FOR CONCERT HALLS. | WITH TYPHOID FEVER. Magistrate Zeller Turns Down: Ten Complaining Policemen in the Essex Market Court, ‘Ten policemen attached to the Eldridge. street station went before Muagintrate Zeller in the Essex Market Court to-day and applied for warrants for the pros prietors of theatres and conecert-hall keepers for violating the Sunday law. The policemen said they heard singing on the stage, heard shifting 6f>acenes and that an admission fee waa charged. The performers, however, were, not in costume, : 4 Magistrate ‘Zeller refused to grant warrants. He said that he consigéred the evidence insufficient. had a written statement formance he had witnesse are ‘ SIX DROWNED IN FLOOD. Swept Skim” Against = Bridge, Throwing Occupants Oat. MEMPHIS, Tenn,, March ¥.—J, R Each officer to the per- Hood returned from the flooded district of Arkansas to-day, and reports that @t station on the ‘Frisco wes railroad 4 all’ ota negro ours tinder tne track of the. ot Wid ocevpants were drow: Senator Greatly, Worried Over Hie 1 Daughter's Condition—May Can. 26! Engagements to Go to Her. CLEVELAND, 0., March 24.-Senator Hanna received a number of telegrams trom Thomasville, Ga., to-day goncern- Ing the nerious tliness of his daughter Ruth, who is)guffering from typhoid fever. Waite Miss Hanna's condition is hot alarming the Senator Is Feel» ried esr May decite to break engagt: to Shomesville shorts ree Sac el SCHWAB CALLS ON GATES. Mauuates Have a Talk Atter Steet 0 City, nited Btates fen) Corporation, returned to town to- day fant coaljet! at the office of Harris, Gates & Co., where he had a talk with John W: Gates. This ts Mr, Gatea's first vielt to Wail etreet since his return from t! Mr Hohwab had nothing to say for publication except to repeat his dental pe the rumor that hin visit to HPitabur connection with the report Pireliane of the Jones @ Laughlin plant, Mi es declined to discuss the many stories: with which his name had been feline , and pleaded ignorance of ex- suing ‘hancial and stock market con ‘BURDICK GIRL ON THESTTAND pete As oct BUFFALO, March 24.—Little Carol Burdick, second daugh+ ter of the murdered man, followéd-het-mother on the stand. She at once won the sympathy of the speotators by the a pearance she made. Her ‘childish. innocence was depicted her earnest endeavors to reveal all she knew of the tragedy. She gave a description of the fatherly affection of the mur. dered man toward: the: childfen- on, the! night preceding th tragedy. She said she loved her fatherdearly.and that he was a good papa to her, .The inquest was then adjourned, a LATE RESULTS AT BENWINGS, Sixth Race—Athelroy 4 “Bon, Motig Ben Ben Howard 3, ee ALDERMEN The Board of resoluton « “opposing AA Ne AP VOTE Aagiust oan LICENSE, ie je of 46 to 10, o) eoted th imperious 2, Bo! ‘| twoktini in PRICE ONE docs. MEZZO WINS FOURTH AACE AT 20704 Rank Outsider Beats Wheeler | {. ana Pranc-r, the 4 to ‘5 Favorite — Pleasant Niemories at 8 to | Takes Second Event. FAVORITES TWICE WINNERS. Mrs. Frank Foster and Locket Are First at Short Odds— Bennings Track Is Heavy, but | Regulars Turn Out in Force. THE WINNERS, FIRST RACE—Mr bry m2, An Frank Foster Daly 3. SECOND RACE —Pleasant Memo- ries 1, Wood Shade 3, Harrl- aon 5. THIRD RACE—Loeket 1, Lord Advocate 4, Drink 8. FUURTH RACE—Messo 1, Whecler fi. 2, Peancer 3, FIFTH RACE—Masteal Slipper 1, 3. (opectal to The Evening World.) RACE TRACK, BENWINGS, WASH- INGTON, D. C,, March 2%4.—The card ‘at Bennings this afternoon did not ‘amount to much: | Clasg/was entizely only the dhieapest fort of ‘ z |nofeen being istisaged in the atx racen| ‘qhls sort ‘ot thing ta expected in the edly ‘spring ahd there are many rea- fons why a better quality of ract- horses are not shown. $ ' ‘file chier reason in that ‘the track this afternoon was in very bad shape, The mud was not the soft oone of yes- terday, but had “changed into « sticky, peaty mass that gave uncertain footing arid was @ strain’ on the horsp. It stands to reason that a trainer who has put in a long winter preparing his horse for the season's campalgn is not going to pend that horse for a’ smell purse under the most severe conditions when there are many months of good racing ahead of him, If the track had been good and dry this afternoon. the entries would have been) more numerous and the chances that a better clase of horses would have contended, ‘Of course the regular fe satisfied with Almort anything In the shape of a race that affords him an opportunity to rpeculate, but it would be a very en- thigiastic regular who could express pleasure at this afternoon's card. ‘The Washingtonian racegoer, however, knows little of clans; he has been ag- customed to the outlaw racing at Alex- ander Island, and therefore these ani- mate at Bennings who sport the co.ors him. He enthuses over everything and dels his doRar just as earnestly as John W. Gates bets million. ‘The attendance was large this after- noon and the Mig stee! grand stand was comfortably filled, The club house was well patronized, It is on Gays when society blossoms in all {ts strength. The weather cleared beautifully lest night, but the morning wes again cloudy and threatening, and there was lost ‘¢ Waa run, It Is reported that Supt. Tom Strahan will give up his position as track guar- dian after the present meeting 1s over. It |s said that Algernon Dangerfield, Howland then him, Strahan and Mr. had @ seance, wihch, it Ix said, resulted retirement. a capable and painstaking ck man and the hington Club will lose one of its best alds if this etcry is true, FIRST RACE fix furlongs. Betting Starters, erhta, jocks, StHIt Pia. Str Place. Pomel 164. Nest rok hee Oe 106, Haack. 4.3 Out oe ies. Pudi gs Wicharden 3 4 Bb) Won handily. Time—1.20 2-5 Bart’ good, Alan and Apna Daly faced together to the turn, with Mrs, Frank Foster In! pehind. On the turn Redfern took Mra. r to the inside and, rapidly round. closed on the lead- they swung into the atretch, In er drew and & seatinund op 'Teaih Page) | Fas a blank and that 1 could start anew, ut {t's too late." i STRAIN HAS TOLD UPON HER. en Sree: rT sssuie |’ -Mye Burdick drove up to Police Headquarters promptly) erence Ser me atestity godt uber Sho. was drossed entirely ip black and heavily op A were lp re eee racing men look like the real thing to the timber toppers are performing that a possibility of more rain before the the assistant secretary here, reported | to President Howland that Supt, Etrahan had used rude language to } MRS. BURDICK AND PENNELL In One of Her Letters and in Some of His Are Indications that They Were Both Tired of Life Because of Obstacles to Their Happiness, and that They Would End — Their Existence. HER EXPENSES AFTER SHE Gave a Bond to Burdick to Secure th Payment to Her of $25,000—More About the Clandestine Meetings in This City and Other Places. ieee to The Evening wore) cles in’ which’ he pleaded with him to take Mrs, Burdick back, a bas | that Penne } might commit ‘siieiae and take Mrs. Burdick w ate In a letter written seis Dec. 28, 1902, by Mrs. Burdick to Mr. fic Be told a) she Intended to go to Atlantic City. The letter also con. nell about suicide. Several letters written by Pennell, in which he intimated suicide, were read by the District-Attorney. The tone of all of the letters was the same, expressing extreme unhappiness because of his separation from Mrs. Burdick, and stating that life was not worth living, and that he would welcome death as a relief. ; She denied that she ever had improper relations with Pennell. Long before the proceedings were begun a tremendous crowd ithe! ered around Police Headquarters and there was a desperate crush to get f the roonr in which the inquiry is being conducted, Fights were frequent. Despite the efforts of the police, the stuffy little room was soon uncom fortably jammed. re Mr. Coatsworth, the District-Attorney, attempted to prove that Pen f nell gave Burdick a bond for. $50,000 guaranteeing the payment to Mrs, Burdick of $25,000, but Mrs, Burdick denied the existence of a paper. The District-Attorney read what purported to be-a copy of K made in Burdick’s handwriting. 2 Mr. Coatsworth lost no time in preliminaries. He brought out that the e But ‘cks had an altercation in which he wanted to have it rh nied the chair incident. There was direct cumulative testimony to show that Pennell. n her every motive, When driven from her home by Burdick she W direct to Pennell. Pennell paid all the preliminary expenses of her di suit. Pennell secured her lawyer.. He met herin Niagara, New fess Atlantic City and he met her in Buffalo the day after her husband was” slain, STUNNED BY NEWS OF THE MURDER, “| was so shocked and stunned by the news of my husband's death that I did not know what I wrote or did," she said with eyes flashing im response to Mr. Coatsworth’s question as to why sne had wired to Arthur Pennell, her lover, to meet her at the station when she arrivd in Buffalo the” day following the death of her husband. The ordeal wea a trying one for her. At times she exhibited marked — self-control in her answers to the questions addressed to her, and at other” moments she nearly broke down. Her chin quivered and she clutched her throat nervously with her fingers when the rasping questions of Mr. Coats- | worth were volleyed at her. ‘ The description of her last day with Pennell proved more disturbing to her serenity than anything else in the proceedings. Her eyes grew moist and her voice trembled as she described the events of what must have been her Iast happy day with the man to whom she had given her affection, In. mediately after her description of her lunches and theatre trips with “Hamd= | some Arthur’ in New York a few days prior to her husband's death, came her recital of her arrival in Buffalo and her awakening, as she said, for the first time, to the fact thet her husband had been murdered. This,she sald, eh) Jearned wtih horror from a reporter who met her at the station. “When the reporter stepped up to me and said my husband had murdered in his den I nearly went crazy over the thought of such @ fal thing. To me at that time the whole world was a blank. Io thought of no one, and rushed blindly to my old home in Ashland * and there to find my husband dead, my little children tatherleas,, more than I, or any woman, could bear. I broke down and wept | wept. What occurred after that I do not remember, I wish my