The evening world. Newspaper, April 24, 1903, Page 8

TAKES UP SAFEOP OPENING. ho oe Mivediipliing e Taking of Papers from Q it Strong Box by wie of Discharged Official, TYNER CLAIMS RIGHT. s Sayt All Documents Were Her ‘Husband's Personal Prop- - @rty with Exception of One Bun- | dle—Arreste May Be Ordered. rae "WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24,—Post- inter-General Payne to-day trans- fitted ‘to the office of the Attorney- tha facts in the case of James W. Tyner, his’ wife, his sister-tr-law, Barrett, and q safe expert, and 4g Dblieved ‘that the matter will be before the Federal Grand Jury indictments asked. Mrs. Tyner is Aeouised of robbing the safe in the office ef the Attorney-General of tae Post- Office Department, a position from which her husband, who is seventy- Srpeven years old, was removed because f allegations concerning complicity ith get-rich-quick sohemers who were Utted'to use the mails. Fine Legal Question. far Attorney-General Knox has not ted to Postmaster-General Payne action can be taken against Mrs, A fine legal question is in- Whem Mrs, Tyner went into the her hushand was still Assistant « torney-Genoral for the Post-Office 3 ent under Jeave of absence un- May 1, when he was to retire, contention of the friends of Tyner that the latter had a right to take his safe what papers he needed ‘wanted. Government contention is that Tyner had no rights in the case; it she should not have opened the f@nd that the action of the Post- iter-General in summarily removing nér from office and in referring. the and papers to the Attorney-Gen- al for possible criminal action is fully fe Birs, Tyner’é attorneys admit that her Mion was “Iil-advised,"’ but inaist there no criminal inten: ourth Assistant Postmaster-General tow sald to-day: *% oannot say yet whether arrests Pil follow the safe-opeping episode, but hie whole affair will be examined into hproughly, and if there is a chante for gecution on criminal charges, ,that ecution will follow specdil: tmagter-General Payne and the officials of the Post-Offce Depart- TWAT $00 FROM ANGEL BOY Marie Bentz, Nurse for Harold Hartshorne, Sturdy Son of a Banker, Demands that Sum for His Kicks and Cuffs. NEW TRIAL IN PROGRESS. Says She Suffers from Hysteria, , Paraphiegia, » Cramps, Intense Emo- tion and Irritability. Garold Hartshorne, the “angel ghila” who {Is defendant in) the trial of a sult in which he is charged by his former nurse, Mane Bentz, with punch- ing her, Jumping on her and kicking her until her spinal cord was injured HAROLD HARTSHORNE, “ANGEL CHILD,” AND HIS’ NURSE, MARIE BENTZ, WHO SAYS RE BEAT HER. $50,000 worth, when he was eight years old, looked Ike an ‘innocent kid" at eleven, in his jaunty sailor sult, as he, sat in Justice Bischoff's part of the Supreme Court, at the trial to-day. Miss Bentz, who alleges that she hag suffere] continuously since her escape from the “angel child" in October, 1900, and wil continue to the end of her days to suffer from “hyéterin, anaa- thasia, aboria, paraphlegia, partial paralysis, inability to walk, dizziness, twitching and cramping in face, legs und other parts of the body, head and limbs, difficulty in, speaking, sensory disturbances, Intense emotions, irrite- bility and other distress,” sat in a back seat while her legal champion, Theo- dore Sutro, “sifted out @ jury for her. She betrayed no “intense emotions” when Mr, Sutro told jiror ry juror that she was thirty-eight years old in 1900, when she received the injuries al- leged, while Harold Hartshorne, the son of James M, Hartshorne, the banker, was only eight years old when he as- saulted her. Mr. Gutro told the candidates for the jury that Miss Bentz bliged to sue this 1ittle boy because he committed the assault, and he was anxious to know of each juror if he would have oy pred dice against a.grown-up plainti sued a child Two citizens were full of this kind of prejudice and escaped serving in case, and three others were let out “on suspicion,” Kugene D, Hawkins was not so par- Hoular in his scrutiny tn ipehalt 0 of rahe boy defendant, for he ‘Gon! dence of a dishgreement Oh thes jury th a former trial of the case. yMtiss Bortz, was ere by Banker antshorme a® goyernoss. a He . horne mansion, No. it tit street, "when ‘alleged, asea When aie complained to the setae whe o i Was Noid that her ‘rodegeseor. @ ch smaller woman, known the hii dren as “the itt! of one,” mado no plaint when Harold jumped on therand walked all over Just when My. Sutro thought. he ot a perfectly fair jury two other jurors discovered a disposition opposed to sults against children, and they’ had to be disposed of. A jury waa finally sworn in, when Mr. Sutro had finished his‘ opén- Tefused to comment on the case, Say they are walting for the ac- of the Attorney-General. ristow will to-day visit Tyner and from him the papers Mrs. tnok from the sate. Perry, the attorney for Mrs. Ty- called upon Attorney-General Knox and talked over the case with ‘He made to the Attorney-General tally the same statement given by him Iast night, namely, that the taken by Mrs. Tyner from fo her husband's office on Tues ‘altogether personal, but that they Ud be feturned when called for, lays Papers Were Personal. " ‘Tyner as made a statement in ) says that the papers taken ohly personal to herself and tha ra with the exception of one which was of a case now closed Pacts that whe should have had es from Gen, Payne to open the and Gen. doing right Be of the fact that his resignation not take effect yntil May 1. ‘Tyner asserts that her husband @ her to open the safe because he, ‘Dartlally paralyzed, was unable to G0 40. She describes the circumstances Of her visit to the office and the opening safe, and then says she removed this safe all that she had been in- uated to get. A messenger of the De- tm made these papers into a bun- @nd carried them to the General's tinuing, mhe says: “Shortly after ie reached there two inspectors from i Department came to the house and ded these papers. Gen. ‘Tyner, Ber apt of the moment and with- r #ulde than bie indignation, re- 4 to deliver them, Liter on in the same evening he it @ letter to Mr. Bristow, asking to come to his house, intending to the papers in his charge. Unfortu- ¥- Mr. Bristow was unable to come, Papers are now in the possession fGen, Tyner. in the same condition as were when taken from the safe. are all the private papers of and of Mrs. Tynor, save one Wich relates to a matter not AU connected with anything now with the department and long cloget. These papers will all be @t the dispose! of the ities of the Government.’* Hetified Teo Lat Mrs, Tyner went into the ‘acting Assistant Attorney-General wy was in charge. Later he dis- Mrs, Tyner was not alone end notified Post- Payne, When he ro- Ber She ante expe expert, says this had opened the Tyner pent for ‘the combination, n of anything wrong the doors, He Ais work, aa fo an ta} Ing speech Justice Bischof adjourned the trial untll Monday. AGED WOMAN DIES AT HER BIRTHDAY FEAST. Stricken by Heart Disease While Ekpressing Joy at Array of Presents Given to Her. ‘While expressing joy at the presents which had een given to her on her eighty-sixth birthday, Mra, Emily, God. chard dropped dead in her home, No. S18 Hast Forty-third i laat night. chard was the Moher of A. Godohard, meward the Hoftmai House, and in hondr ot her. i pica a {ite ray, Cire was hel homo last, night rt. Godchard and Ste relatives were there, and on a room table had been placed the presefita purchased for her. There was a fine lace cap such as old ladies like, several dainty handkerchiefs, a pair ot silppers and other things that go to make glad the heart of an old lady, Smilingly she surveyed the lot and sald as she picked them up: “My, but 1 must be gutting in my’ old age to have you a! ber me this way. Tears dimmed’ her -eyes as she sur- veyed the few relatives and smiling areat) @he gave a sigh and started to he was caught and before she Gould he lala upenie conte wesksead Death was caused by heart trouble aggravated by the excitement of the popular remem- EDITOR M’BRIDE OUT. abeth Daily Journal Incorpor- ated by the Owner and Bust- = Mauager. STATE HOUSE, TRENTON, N. J., April %.—Articles of incorporation for the Elizabeth Datly Journal was fled in/the office of the Secretary of State to-day, he corporation is capitalised at $00,000, divided into 400 shares of $100 Vashte B. a6 El he incorporators are Mr Foote, who holds 249 shares, the each: Julla M. Foote, Henry H. Foote, Wm. P, Toler, Thomas Millin, Augustus W, Schwarts and Jomenh D, Lowden. he reorganization has been brought about to oust Charles J. McBride, who has been editor of the paper for the Dast twenty years. BIG SHOW OF RICH CARPETS. Color Scheme of Lord & Taylor's Exhibit Quite Dassling, A etrikingly beautiful window display which attracts the eye of every passer- by on Broadway 19 the special show of ekrpste and rugs in the corner window Lord & ‘Taylor, baock- Ground le & gorgeous on carpet, With deep green ground covered with and predominating Ameri ise ity Dackarcang & an rugs of ain anita! UP ah and ‘as rogers fe color ana wakes the ° Benutitet "special dlapiays ever emo i een ders, in hae designs, Grlental thd nd ic profusion. edt Weaves dnt form aie att Y ‘land her sister, @ for ita fe SAYS $300,000 WILL 1S GONE. Little Katherine Wilson Accuses Her Father and Uncle of Taking the Document Left in Her Favor by Grandfather. THEY DENY THE WILL. yrathey at Wilson, a girl not yet out | of her ti was plaintiff, through John NO TRUST LIGHT FOR THE STARS, Theatrical Managers on Broad- way Combine to Furnish Their Own Supply of Elec- tricity. WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAT. By September theatrical managers of this city expect to have an electric OfcAilieter, her guardian, to-day, before Supreme Court Justice O'Gorman and a Jury against all her uncles and aunts in a sult to get a share in the estate of her grandfather, Henry Wilson, who died in 1901 at the age of seventy-elx, leaving ver $300,000, Charles H. Wilson, father of the pretty plaintiff, and Frank Wilson, were ap- Pointed administrators, but Katherine avers that there was a will made by her grandfather in 184 and thet this will was stolen. Bhe said in the complaint that this will bequeathed a Rey, Dr, Chapin to the small bequests to others, gave the prop- erty No. 1% Thompson street to John Robinson and one Evans in trust to sell and pay out of the proceeds $60 a month for life to Prank B. and Charles H. Whisoh, the rest of the income to her Mra. Adelaide Lyons, equally. On the death of thelr father of uncle their income was to go to Katherine and Adela She alleged that under the stolen will the rest of the estate, comprising three houses in Division street and three in West Forty- elghth street, wab to go to her and her sister, Charles H. Wilson and his brother, Frank, claimed that their father died without making a will, and got his | whole estate as heirs at law. The suit is to establish the stolen will, Ex-Justice Augustus Van Wyck and Frederiok Durgan are the lawyers in the cage. Mr. Durgan told the jury that for many years Frank and Charles Wilson had embittered their old father’s life. He said that Charles abandoned | his wife and his two children, Kate and ide, and lved with gnother wom- an that Frank embezzled and fled to ¢ West. Le 1890, the old grandfather took the airls, deverted by their father and Jett Totherless, and oared for them. ate that the w! fromthe old man's safe after his death and destroyed by ie ROB! race sons, frorder that they might wet control of a Oper. as his only ira-at-law, ert Evans, the first witness, testi- ned that old) Henry Wilton, who was 4 id beater, Ube front “Hi non, t “ate by him and did jement, Fo0mn, son, was emplo: rie ‘fh the Bavoment, Ti, Wekae to Ria water’ waid the “wie hn Robi: neat He cucutcre ia the will whick ig said to have been stolen. It was developed’ in the examination y —Eenry uses lef (about $200,000 worth of stocks, on Left Nonde ana oe segurities, besides 000 worth 0 The 8008, Fhariee Ht and 3 have of auch of the estate, ' mort: al ont tig et uiStact as dederants ts tole walt. One di Charlies Wilson said to snd sBy the way, Robert, that will made by the gid man gives &% per cent, to the ~ "What are you going to do about It HT won't stand for it, he replied, “The will ls in my Possession, TO PAY $65,000 FOR PEACE AND AIR, Appropriation to Improve Brooklyn Court Buliding and Batiefy Jue tlees Dickey and Gaynor, A resolution adopted by the Board of Metimate and Apportionment to-day ap- propriating $65,000 to improve the i- terior of the County Court-House, Brook- lyn, is the closing chapter of a Hite human toterest wtory. Justice Gaynor and Jiontion eka both of the Bupreme 2 Fema ih i me they 7igon “Somositg eens ¥ hared that betvet’ ven: urt hu use "could be oF ut diiatisn ind io ou pelted by fuaene. BRE bo, too 86. una Ughting plant whizzing {Illumination into thelr playhouses at a cost of about 20 per cent. of what they are now paying. Heat will also be furnished, The faith- ful servants of the people at Albany yesterday passed a bill granting a fran- chise for this purpose to a corporation entitled the Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company, among the direc- tors of which are Alf Hayman, William eHrrie and Frank YoKee. Land Already Purchased. Property between Forty-second and ‘Piftyninth.streote and Sixth and ‘Ninth avenues” has already been purchased, pee CLT PAROLD PAITSPORNE |ctu0ed a scene, “Phe began shouting " AL ep It is not stuffes fan ‘in snd, erie Ser Sande, ctnng ae araplne e-the ordinary ‘shoulder, ch not inclined to say very much about|of causing her husband's death, Once| shrin p.. stretches and loses its s thelr plans, i the fainted, Dut when Father Chem Our “ ge loll Shoulder Is a # sbouldar sam ne rumor is to the effect that heat | Appear e et er, will be obtdined at a minimized fig-| In the churoh the casket was opened. pyar 100. bie Mn gp reente. ate d cost 87 ae ure by harnessing the hot alr which|Agein Mrs. Maduena began to ‘ ene Ww p yu ‘1 now goes to waste In theatre dremeing- | She fell on hér knees an asked the houtder and ‘“‘close-fitting” collar ys ror rooms, and ts particularly plentiful in| ™erey of God on the sow! of her bus-/ all of our the vicinity of Broadway and Forty- second street. Lal For lighting purposes, {t ie reported, another novel ‘Innovation is belng con- sidered, It is nothing less than Lillian ‘Ruesell and her diamonds. §brewd managers are confident that Miss Rug- sel, if she had ‘em ‘all on, wired up to make the largest dynamo that over bumzed look Eke @ tallow dip. ‘They are privately advised that Miss Russell's sunbursts alone, properly util- ized, would be of sufficient power to Nght every theatre so brilliantly that you could tell whether the complexion of the woman two rows in front of you wag, natural or shovelled on. On unusually dark nights Miss Dring ‘de Wolfe and her dazzling collection of | ifollis, L. I., this afternoon. She stepped TE CN NE CE VOGEL & SON. AADUEMKS WE CURSES SLAYERS She Makes a Scene When the Body of the Barrel Victim Is Carried Into the Church at Buffalo. y ty \ DENOUNCES MAFIA SOCIETY. Widow Follows Body to the Come tery and Sings an itallan Song ae. It Is Lowered Into Gra; McClusky Hopes to End Mystery, (@ipnciel to The Beating World.) BUFFALO, April %.—With sotemn and mournful ceremonies the body of Benedetto Madyena, the murdered! Stollian, was buried on Tashestone Hill on the outakirts of the city to-day af+ ter his widow and daughter had caused a, demonstration in the church. The body of Maduena was met at tie station by his stepson Salvatore, and the oldest daughter, An undertaker waa and the body was turried to the Ma- duena home in Trenton avenue. Then the undertaker drove to the Church of St. Anthony, near the murdered man's former home., The body was received by Father Pacefeco Chenuil. The Sure Method Vs. the ; Slip-Shod in Making the: / Shoulder of a Coat. ie That stightly concave line in our “Cone ~ \ Mrs. Maduene, who is a rhoumatie] gave’? Shoulder—the line that gives it its oe and her small children, ac- aceful rang se, its hi broad, fash ~ Reenter eget oe effeck=[e thevreault oF the, utmost, Tiere Mrs. Maduena broke down and instaking in the modelin band. During the solemn ceremony Mrs. Maudena’s sobbing voice could be heard. Father Chenuil made no com- ment. The family, relatives and friends of the mufdered man entered four oar- riages after the services and were hur- redly driven to the graveyard. Wille the body was a, lowered into the grave Mrs. Maduer ung - ber-, self on the ground and gang in a itatjen song to her dead husband. 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