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_ <@remium on the sale of the $500,000 bonds. | he had been put by the counsel for Am- of the case, but much of the testimony y _ ken his place in the prisonei | Then Miller is sent for and | @ay began with an effort on the part » n. Some money and I sent her to Mr. Am- . What were your relations with thi; 4 why % Z WLLERATUS 0S HIS ORDEAL “Head of the Franklin Syndicate Closes His Testimony Against “Bob” Ammon and Leaves ‘of 620 per cent. William F. Miller, at the trial of Robert A. Ammon, accused of fecefving money stolen by the Franklin ed this afternoon, Miller to-day disclosed the fact that on the day he disappeared from New York he had ‘planted’ $50,000 in, Gov- ernment bonds valued at $35,000, and $10,000 in New York Central bonds with hla father. From this sum of money which he had ‘saved from the wreck of the Franklin Syndicate, Miller swears Col. Bob Ammon received $61,000. From Mt Miller to-day said Ammon had turned over to ‘him $5,000. ‘This waa the Miller stood the ordeal of three days “on the witness stand remarkably well. ‘To-day was the second day of a merci- croas-examination, through which mon. Without showing any signs of fatigue, Miller sat answering questions. All efforts to break down the testi- Miller fatled. It has been bat- he has contradicted himself, use he has admitted he led and he has been forced to admit telling the whole truth at Present he hopes for a pardon. __ & reason for him to swear falsely has been presented to the jury in this phase “heewnas given has been corroborated by dooumentary evidence. Keep Them Apart. ‘The greatest care ts observed to keep ‘Miller and Ammon from meeting. Mll- Jer ts not brought into court nor from “Bis cell in the Tombs until Ammon has “erossed the Bridge of Sighs and has ta- into court. ‘The cross-examination of Miller to- With the District-Attorney. fead much of the testimony given by Miller in the bankruptcy proceedings, where he said ne had lied because Am- Mon had told him to do so, Tho witness said Ammon had instruct- ed him to evade answering directly as instructions. | About Ammon’s Indictment. Q. Don't you know no indictment was found against this defendant until after “You had given the testimony against him before the referee which you now #ay Mr, Ammon told you to give? A. I believe the indictment was found ‘afterward, Q. Now, did you make these state- monts in the bankruptcy procedings @bout Ammon being in the bank with fou in order to protect Ammon? A. t was something I couldn't get away mm. Miller made a most excellent witness crogs-examination. Several times Mr. Palmer SPhat Is partly true and partly false, There is testimony that precedes that jony that explains it.’ ) Miller, while you were in Canada you live alone? A. Most of the Q. Didn't you meet a Indy up there? A. I met several; I met the mother and aister of the clerk in a law firm, Q. Now, didn't the woman you met there A No, 1) Woman Saw Him in Jail. Q. But she did see you here? A. Yes; whe was visiting New York and called me in jail. Her mother was with Q: Didn't she try to borrow money ? A, Yea. from you ). id didn't you send her to Col. Ammon, A. She asked me to lend her come down here to see you. ir. Q. Was her mother with her then? A. fe, Sut her croton wes: hoes you, give her money in Can- ada?_A. I did not. ‘A. Never anything !mproper. ‘a few more questions the cross- nation was closed and Mr. Nott the redirect examination ‘ong woman er nels where he ot end that afterward she visited “him, telling him they were about to lose home, asked if he would not mi ir . igrotect it by buying it. She did not the money. "Miller," said Mr. Nott, ‘do you see main back ‘there? motioning ward the rear of the court-room. A man who looks like Hugh J. Grant stood up, Q. Who is that man? A. Mr. Bi t. the man who took me to Canada. Where did you meet him? A. In Ammon's office. He told me an ex-detective. ont Ammon Got Bonds, i ‘Now, you have said that Mr. Am- got $2,000 in Government bonds an order? A. Yes, sir. whom did you give these bonds hen? A. On the 24th of November father. het were they given to Col. Am- » On March 1, 1901. trict-Attorney made an effort the transaction of turning over to but, as this was Mri avenue, Brooklyn, fe “much as possible and he nad followed| Ww. ever receive imek? A. Five thousnnd | dollars, ‘Un the ground that the $59.0 waa not mentioned In_the indictment. ail further reference to It was riled out Palmer After Miller Again, Miller's examination finished by Palmer, . Now, Miller, Mr. you ent that lady to Col. Ammon for $8.1) your wile and child were living? A, Yes, sir. hat will do," aald Mr, Palmer. ‘Did “she obtain the money?” asked it Preplied Miller, That Anished the nation of Miil | May Thomas. No, 189 De Kalb Miller on the when niowed | mtand, Bhe was th | Franklin Syndicate, # OF LICHTHIN Greenwood Lake Guide Fell Dead in Doorway of House While Woman and Baby Were | Burned and Shocked. PATERSON, N. J., June 12—During a thunder storm at Greenwood Lake, Samuei Carey, a guide, was killed by a bolt of lightning, and Mra. R. V. Ter- hune and her baby nurrowly escaped death. Carey, who was twenty-two years old, was employed by Mrs. Terhune's hur- band, who conducts a boarding house, and also acted as a guide on the lake and the surrounding ¢erritory. Mr. Ter- hune, his wife and baby and young Carey were In the doorway of the house, watching the storm rage, was a heavy clap of thunder, accom- panied by a blinding flash of lightning. The bok struck Carey and he fell forward on his face. ‘The bolt also struck Mrs, Terhune's fhand, marking It on the back, amd then Daweéd to the child, burning the Infant severely. Carey's face und body were badly burned. He was dead when picked up. MORGAN RECEIVED BY KING EDWARD. Other Americans of Note at Last Royal Levee of the Season. LONDON, June 12—King Edward's last levee of tue season Was held to-day and wus largely attended, ‘The Ameri-| cans presented were Capt, Stockton, the! new United States Naval’ Attache here; Bishop Lawrence, of Massachusetts; Prof. Newcomb, J. Plerpont Morgan and the ted States International bx- change Commissioners, Hana, H. oH, Charles A. Conant and Prof, Jeremiah Jenks, GREENE CAPTAIN IS SUSPENDED. Owen Rooney, a Recent Appointee, Accused of Neglect to Enforce the Law. Capt. Owen Rooney, appointed by Commissioner Greene on Feb. 4 last, and since then in charge of the Fiftieth Precinct, Brooklyn, has been suspended pending ‘charges of neglect of duty. He Is alleged to have permitted a number of saloons in his precinct to remain open in direct violation of the law. The charges will be served on the Captain later in the day. —— Three Killed by a Train, PHTLADPLPHIA, June 12—Three Italian laborers were killed on the Penn- sylvania Railroad toxday near Over- brook, a suburb. The men were work- ing on the tracks when they were run down and killed by an express train. YOU CAN DRESS Equal to the Best, mother, Mrs. Esther Bernstein, and her when there | - . pe anid ‘Your sinter ts De by id that support our . Davidow #ald SHE WISHED NO Lal 1 Cie gpgantike na@ency that he ly sim ly can Cleft mee nyh “inet | manelti Mra, Davi not al the her RECONCLNTON Mrs. Davidow Rejects Overtures Made by Husband Through Counsel in Court and Insists “oidn’t your brothes and when Viger nal “Jost! exclaimed whe of the gulden- bronze hair, turning in the witness chair| | to Justice Glegerich; “he told me he was aick of me and then he left me. He does not mean {t when he says he wants me to live with him, He does not want to support me." “We are ready and anxious for a rec oneiliation, and to live with our wife 11 she will etop living with her mother and r,'' said Mr. Unger. I am always in fayor of a reconcilia- tlon, where it is possible.” sald Justice ucted France: the, pri occusion."* wits on Davidow examin i things fidavi on. others had told him. clared his tnablilty to Glegerich, “but ft seems to be (mpossibie here, and I guess we will hava to try the case.” Mr. Davidow ts of the big Jewelry 6 hovse a avenue and C fourth stret. ein in 183i Yast One Hundeed and street Mount. Morris north, until the break “came. nee then she has been iving with her beautiful sister, Mrs, Friedlander, in the enjoyment of $25 weekly alimony grant- ed by Justice Leventrit. ‘The Firat Quarrel. ‘Thetr first quarrel was on her, return from along European tour with her sixter, Ho says she boasted to him of having received marked attention. from Time Saving from Capsized Lawrence Kells, of s a crew of three of a mile east of the that he ted her very nicely and read road Company's dock. @ novel to her and related to her the story of bts life. Also that she told of visiting questionable places In Paris. The Pugiliat Not Named, The name of the polite pugilist was carefully omitted by the lawyers on doth sides. “We had. never had any trouble,” Mra, Davidow testified, “until Sept. 24 last, when he got up'in the morning and’ suid; ‘I'll leave; I don’t think you care for me," “Lt came like a thunderclap to me. Hons to cries fot eelecting loc Hearing th to the rescue. One man who had 22 sized was about. exh to sink when board the launch. capsized boat and resi men He took the three t band had offere New York, eaptain; mitton her $1,00 for a sepa “T Jaughei at him,” she testified. “He|tieth at and Fra ratsed {t to $2,000, but sald T must pa hin lawyer's fee, $500, out of It. Te] street One price only to cash or credit customers, and that as low as is charged by cash houses. On a purchase of $10.00 “4 Down, *4 Weekly Serge Suits 7) s3sen- able oppor- tunity for men. You will pay half to twice as much more for no better. They are all wool fast dyes, excellent $10 00 workmanship ...... . i ite —The kind Men’s Suits 53% kind $14.00 would be the right price for—broken lots, fancy mix- tures, all sizes, but not all sizes of each lot, special price $5 90 to close them out.... . Boys’ Serge Suits ~ Strictly all wool, two piece Suits, short pants; $7.00is the 95 regular value, this sale, nah evidence on the part of Mill fiona were not allowed. “A-at ler was permitted to tes! to Ammon had admitted to him Dd got the bonds. boMiiller, what is the la get amount ou have keen nce Tons office Nave 4, 1967 A. read from Ammon writ- in Sing Sing, jn regard to In this A: Myst what Milter ave He into and finally, B admmittod as follows: Men’s Shoes —Pe2!V21- ues that make regular customers, When we say you will pay $3.50 to $5 for no better we mean $2 50 it; our special price is.. ° T.KELLY 263 Sixth Ave., N.Y. Ratravee Trough Vurniture store, Brooklyn, 470 Fulton st. at) Open : Til) 10. Sale of Men’s Summer. Suits. SALE OF 750 MEN'S $15 BLUE AND BLACK SERGE SUITS at $12—When you get one of our $12 Serge Suits you have the satisfaction of knowing you're not taking chances--you know you're getting the serge made by the foremost mill in this country—thoroughly tested for color and guaranteed pure worsted. When you add to this the great care they get in making and finishing there is good reason why you should buy your Serge Suit here. are made with all the little marks of style which distinguish our clothes from the ordinary sort —broad, shapely shoulders, snug-fitting collars, and coat fronts that will always retain their Young Men’s$12Suits, $9. These weekly sales of Young Men's Suits have at- shape—special at $12. Men’s Suits at $10. You will be surprised at the great purchasing power of $10 here—it will buy you a suit that cannot be duplicated for less than $14 elsewhere—because we sell direct to you from our own workrooms, and the money saved is put into the quality of our suits, They are made in the new single-breasted sack style of light colored and black cheviots and blue serges, Our price is $10, Men’s Suits at $15. The custom tailor's $25 suit-standard is the standurd of our suits at $15, You'll find our $15 suits equal in every way-—in style, incloth, in workmanship. Three and four button single-breasted, and three button double-breasted Sack Suits, made of genuine light colored homespuns, thin worsteds, light colored cheviots and cassimeres, and wire woven blue, black and gray serges-—special at $15. Open Late Saturday~ Night. THE WORLD> Apure out! he what RESCUED THREE == FROM YACHT WRECK Jersey City Man Made Quick mn of Jersey City, rescued from drown- t 0 longer Dorothy, of New York. rected eemeatacalenaah) as While trying to make the shore in the Tie aMdavit stated that Mrs, Davidow | nelzhvorhood of Chapel avenue, | the told her husband that she met a noted ht capsized in New York ’ Bay, pugilist on the steamship crossing the} throwing the three members of her Athintic ul Ww In his con ny, and]|ecrew into the water, about a quarter 3 happened to be out in his launch in getting back to the boat after {t cap- Kells hauled him on Then he moved his craft up to the | provided dry clothes and warm food for said: “That's rather late, after being married six years.’ But he sald no more|them. |The shipwrecked and left.” James Anderson, twenty- Mrs. Davidow declared that her hus-|of No. 19% West ‘Thirty-ninth | street, ty-one years old. of'No, 102 West Twen ¥| years old, of No. 47 West Twenty-fourth FRIDAY rich, jet her sup- her husband re- Unger, Mr. he tn wala she. nly Hoa weelt for her ister was quarrel. with admitted that ropunch and bane ried to nee the ed the price of the a's allowance an low of a aandwich man, is own first witness. | He sobbed and wer and for a time to be supported by Court Officer James otion sald he did implied in his af- his wife and Continuing, he de- pay alimony. HEE New Yorkers Vessel. the Greenville sec- of the sloop yacht Pennsylvanta Rall- place lobster pots. r help he steamed been unsuccessfil hausted and ready cued the other two 10 a boathouse and party were: ree yeare old, | Harry Levy, twen- nk (Adams, twenty ‘ge United States Senator and an | ago," Nowburger, is great love for his wife, respectable NO MERCY FOR A THES WITHPUL Behalf of a Descendant of ney to Houston, whom they know @ friend and believed to bean honest Dur acquaintance begun twenty years x-Goy, Voorhees told Judge was honorable, ‘and he Benator K. wil eee thie case In the same light that the people who know the defendant do." Houston, who 1s a descendant of the origina Sam Houston, lived, with hie wife und two children in Hyde Park. He wes arrested April § b teotive- Gergeant McNaught, after indictment for grand larceny, filed on complaint of his empl andy & Hi No. Houston told Judge ink and high lMving are for my downfall.” Letters Beg for Clemency. That was a week ago. Since then Judge Newburger has received scores of letters daily, all begging for clem- “acy for the self-confessed thief. “Drink must have set him crazy," was the unanimous comment of the writers. In court this morning George Gordon Battle, Houston's counsel, begged for clemency. “He is a thief,” remarked Judge New- burger, Mand although the indictment only charges him with the larceny of $5,000, he stole more than $26,000. He 18 deserving of no more pity than any other crimiaal."* Judge Newburger sentenced him to Sing Sing Prison for four years and six months, BOY WAS KILLED BY A DELIVERY WAGON. Child of Four Years Run Down to Instant Death While at Play In the Street. Samuel Kantrozitchisky, four yeare| old, was run over and instantly killed | this afternoon while playing in the street at Cannon and Broome streets, by being run over by a delivery wag- driven by Frederick Lilldoellin, of West Sixty-third street. 6. 7 The boy lived with ‘his parents No. 87 Broome street. at tracted stylish youi find all the style and snappiness in these suits that. they had formerly sale are made from a fine blue serge, cut in the new 3-button cutaway 18 will fit small men who measure 34-inch chest Special at $9. measure). Men’s $ No man can begin of these suits ynle ing his tailor $35 or $40. to give you as good a suit as ours for less, Come in and see the many. fabri :d you will quickly be convinced that it's are fine mottled gray overplaid and stripe worsteds in light and dark shades For large men up to 50-inch chest measure a big assortment of light-weight suits—$15 to $25. They ng men from far and wide, They to pay double for, The suits on sack style, Ages 13 to 18 (size 22 Suits at $17. to appreciate the worth and beauty * ss he has been accustomed to pay- It is impossible fora tailor , the style, the dignity of these, Here ‘special at $17. Captain Reardon, the Lee Avenue Court, Wildamsburg, ¢o- Ex-Governor Plead in Vain in| tor, charged with running @ pool-room POLICEMAN GOT A WINNER AND FIGHT. Getting Pool-Reom Evidence Against Ex-Pollce Captain's Son Ne Sineeure for Harle; Mark Reardon, A HE SKT AT MEAL UPI Restaurant Proprietor Did Not Discover for Ten Minutes that His Customer, an Old-Time T the son of ex-Police wan held in $1,000 ball by Magistrate Higginbotham, In at No. 85 Bedford avenue and assault- ing # polieeman. seen Ammon at the pla ida t want to me ‘The polk Milier’e lawyer. Me abd) jeeman, Thomas ‘Harley, of the Stand. {ime moneys was beng” Yeceived und] On a Separation. ni the eluld and toi Sam Houston. tue Haedtord ave ue muatjan, ered fn Friond, Was Lifeless at Table ald out, ny brother that (f he tried to do that to 7 . ne 0! per cent, Miller, but who war en. ‘ ' STANDS THE TEST WELL. ployed by Ii tamtifed that he lad | suetion Glexerich and Henry W. Une] ' Would you return to your husbandt’ | For (irty-four yearn Samuel D. apeae ity pranium, After the William Bryer, sixty years old, a car- a) > | peepee oc Prantlin Gyndioate | nude ntren but unauooesntil ef |M ef naked tm. 1 wtit not | ouaton iived In Kilmabeth, N. Jo He|Ftkrey wld that on the day penter, employed by the City Dock De- —— oP AUguat F, Oborle, another employee of | forta to bring about a rooon ons bos T gine tl Watter those vile charges | Paid his bille, waw a church deacon ani} yesterday he bad entered ment, died muddenly to-day in M. P, the syndicate, testiNod that he had #008 | twoon Waward H. Davidew, the wealthy|he made nat a van rempected by all hin neighbors. To-| place and placed a bet of # on Van Rerwind’ taurant, at No, 1% Dook Ammons Counsel Is Unable to Trap) Col, Ammon {n the myndicate headaar-| stasiem Jeweller, and hia heautitul wite,| “Would your husdart's apology make {day Hourton, « wray-haired man bent| New, at even, money. Van Ness won| Hermind’s res . q 00) er. He too had Invested on 1 yt oe o Clegeria . : A ok ¥ He one Him Into Contradictions, but|the wyndicate, putting In $0 the weok| Frances, to-day tn the Bupren Urb RY Guero, ue with age, ntood m convioted felon be ausvared to repeat the experlinent ih | beret before ft burst. The husband proclaimed hin ro for SY tt would not." maid the wife, and | ‘dre Judge Newburmer, In General wan recognised. For ten minutes Bryer's body re- Forces Him to Admit He Hopes! ‘Tho cane was adjourned until Monday / 4 recunciliation, and declared that the}ane lott the rtuad. |nlons, having tolen more than $36,000] T queRK that’s all T nemd to atate,"*| mained upright at the table with an un- for Pardon. 0 young mother of his flve-your-old boy,| Mire. Laillinn 1, Wriedianier, pinter, to {sat hin employers, who were also his | fel jHerley, making @ painful effort ee een ent pefure Dere Harold, had taken his Jeat in earnen! heconte. ber of the famlly |d-tme friends, Demden Reardon, Charles Mai ial sete himmonekdayalaaty Meptarber) | tors aan Gent lecore ten nd Mra. | John iean, United States Senator award Hall and “ohn Mo A werd mes notioed Us ibe mee was dead, myidow re od fren rope. Tluae | ¢; N . FM, | held tn ail eueh on the pools en he summone polloe, and while After three days on the witness stand, Sod ian iad ated) Hitt) fora deperations |e eet cea, oavidor'a alleged) suOeI=||voorncee” catney pele ansaan ap. | oharae. ee Ny Couldn't flee the “Jest.” News, wha suid the examination and cross-examination Sau cha eee : He re took ‘us to. the theatre 0 Judge Newburger to extend year-old son rushed Into the restauramt. | ‘The boy's grief affected Berwind deep. | ly, and when he said that the death of his father left him all alone jn the world the restaurant man promptly dew elded to adopt him. “ye got a youngster of my own,*! sald Berwind, “and I'm going to take, this little chap and let him grow up with my lad. Bryer was a countryman, of mine, and I can’t stand by and nea, his child sent to ecme insututfon, “I'm not rich, but I'm going to de; right by the ttle fellow beeause hey seems 80 bright. He shall learn @ trade and grow up just as his father! would have wanted him to.’ Bryer had been working for the city! for twenty years. He left no property.) TWO HUNDRED DROWNED, + Qangway Col 4 as Exournton=¢ inte Landed from Stoa: SBT. PHPTERSDURG, June 13.~The; Novoe Vremya repo that two hundred. lives wet Jost at Azoff Juno 9 as a re @ult of the collapre of a gangway there H.O'Neill & Co Announce for To-morrow, Saturday, June 13 (First Floor), An Unusual and Important Sale of Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear and Untrimmed Hats . At Prices Representing About Half Actual Value. while a pleasure party was Janding he was waiting for them Bryet’s nine- | from the steamer Morkva, Ladies’ Trimmed Shirt Waist Hats in Black Chip, $2.48 cach. In Black Milan, $3.48 each. Ladies’ Trimmed “Bangkok” effects, $7.48 each. Selling elsewhere at $15.00. 100 dozen Fancy Jap and ah dozen Fancy Jap Hats, Burnt Stawand Fancy Basket di , Basket Braids, ike cut), 29c. each. 37c. each. Value 95c. Value 95c. Ladies’ Collars and Handkerchiefs At Great Reductions for Saturday. French and German hand embroidered and hand hemstitched Turnover Collars, all white, also with colored narrow edge bands, finest goods imported, formerly 45c. to 75c. each, at. weeL5c Point de Venise, Brussels, Carrick-ma- cross and real Renaissance Lace Collars in white, butter and Arabian shades, formerly 75c. to 98c. each, at........35¢ Ladies’ Initial Handkerchiefs, all linen, with hand embroidered initials, in a fancy box, regular price 25c. each; box of 6...75¢ at...... special at.. Splendid Values in Misses’ and Children’s Summer Dresses. Dainty Lawns, New Chambrays, Linens, etc.—tasteful in design—and at the fol- lowing Special Prices for Saturday. (Second Floor.) isses’ Walking Suits of Irish Linen, lon: bree Bisune with belt, tailored skirts, colors white, tan and blue, sizes 14, 16 and MA cases $9.98 ‘alue $15.00. Girls’ Russian Dresses, of raindrop Cham- brays with fancy collars of Pique, in blue, green and pink, sizes 5 to 12 years. $1.50 terns, with “Value $2.50. Attention is Directed to a Sale of Odd Pieces of Fancy China. Goods That Have Been Marked From 75c. to $1.98—(on Special Table in the Basement). At 50c. Each. Sixth Avenue, 20th to 21st Street. Hats,very stylishly trimmed— |white and mixed braids, spe- the very latest in stiff hat) cially suitable for school wear, Toilet Goods at Special Prices. Violet Talcum Powder, usually 15c.; spe- Smelling Salts, usually 15c.; special at.8c Orris Tooth Powder, usually 15c.; special Witch Hazel (best quality), usually 12c. per 4 pint; special at..........e0006 Imported Bay Rum, 8 oz. bottles, usually 25.5 SPCCial at--++.seeeeere voce cece. 19C Florida Water, 6 oz. bottle, usually 25c.; French Tooth Brushes (fine quality), usually 19c.; special at...............10¢ Large Batb Sponges, exceptional values at Girls’ Colored Lawn Dresses, dainty pat- sizes 5 to 10 years Girls’ White Lawn Dresses, excellent qual- ities, yoke trimmed with tucks and fine embroidery, flounce, sizes 6 to 14 years....... Children’s Trimmed Hats, in 95c. each. Actual value $1.50. raid Hats, 95c. each. Value $1.50. HAG. 8c eft: aiaiee . 19c. Jawn sash, all colors, $2.98 Value $5.00. gored skirt with $3.98 Value $5.50,