The evening world. Newspaper, June 26, 1903, Page 7

wee her finances, although she had no cause standing in the middie of tne r SUICIDE WAS ONCE to complain, With his revolver in her, hand ayn | $25,000 DAMAGES oy: he aelged her just as sho was hi ‘What am. I going to do about my pikcinw the munale of the weapon to he taxes?’ she asked of me. She seemed Vample Henocking Ntanihe Nec wrasied AWARDED A wiDOWw. : to think that she would surely lose ’ the revolver, but tie young, woman | one de A ees ht fe its poswessior and it } jains and in this city, although there | her. | led \ wasn't a dollar mortgage on anything ey Tracks Central Nearly Quadrupled on ey she owned.” ———— tated down New Trial It Asked For. Mrs, Lynen's Statement. z sprang up| b The Woman Who Deliberately| mm. Lynes, with whom Mea, Potter| Miss Esther Brown Saw the Lad a was boarding, said to-day to an Kiven- Fi Walked to Meet an Onrushing | ine worl reporter: Killed by a Trolley Car in Ar- |». fi “Mrs, Potter came home from New Express Train Near White] vork iast evening looking tired and worn| Verne and the Shock Deprived | dice ret jury. in guae + out and went immediately to her room. H f 0 | Uce Tlachort's part the Supreme Plains Was Well Known Here.|\we tought uttie of it except that. we er of Reason. he will be kept until examined | “Out was employed by noted that she sald very Little to any —— ato her sanity’. anne! one in tbe house. That was the last No. 69, which) struck the boy, ss wenn * With her mind a hopeless wreck| known as the loo"’ car because of onl es CAME OF WEALTHY FAMILY.) we saw of ner until her body wa’ found the number of fatalities which it has! 3) "im as he w: by the railroad, She muat have slipped| Pretty Esther Brown, of No. 351 East caus 4. No fewer than six rears, alt| —— unseen to ond her iife. Despondency,| Third street, Manhattan, {s being close- Or {n charge of one mantener loss of a portion of her money and her|ly guarded in the home of her aunt, ——_ Her Fortune Had Shrunk, and Thlie, ‘The bride-widow troubles with her husband, Dr, Potter, of 7 Central vay sh Mrs, Joseph Silver, at A . to pre- “entra, 5 with Brooding Over Her Domestic |New York, from whom she obtained al wy 20#°PM Sliver, at Arverne, to pl GOLDY LOCKS WAS DROWNED | { divorce, no doubt 1ed to her death, She, “ont her committing suicide ‘ Unhappiness, Is Thought to Have had only been at my house a month and{, She made two unsuccessful attempts |six-Year-Old Henry’s Firat Outing Binh and that Gatia i Unhinged Her Mind. I knew little avout her. She intended to fea aaine ue esis eet prap ee Alone Ends tn a Tragedy. pathy for the widowed if board with mo for the summer and per-| 00 Gig eda epee Tslnar aye, |_Henry Braunhausen, the golden-haired taedf_ in his charae q haps longer. It was a horrible way to). a. under her oajel ie Ahn ok ane recitryme Ua itis fae? in creel e 5 zy s home at No, 35 " u y: The body of the woman sulcide who|end her life and I never suspected she}is aetending her, says that her reason|second. street Wedrenday tte Tt was this new. trial velled her face with her handkerchief as] would do such a thing. la gone forever Wantta the Tver te vievy ca his rentind | Bia ue 1 { she stepped in front of a mile-a-minute Childrea Watched Her. ‘Misa Brown, who 1s twenty-two years |feated. His body was found oft Thirty: | dot tor express train on the Harlem division of] For an hour before the express tratn|old, went to Arverne yesterday, taking |Biorgue. Tonrs's Maxon cute wate fo) want of th the New York Central, a mile from|was due at White Plains yesterday two|her cousin with her, and {t was ex-|police an Inkling of his identity and his| ‘this and young Daniel ‘White Plains, was to-day identified as |ittie girls, Mary and Laura Sealpin’,| pected that the mother of the boy would |father Was sent for. He clilmed the erdict in Ji that of Mrs. Mary A. Potter, a wealthy| whose home is the wofnan|join them to-day at the home of Mra, |BOGy, ,the Hite fellow had never been | » de an expe sive court day woman who secured a divorce from her|/found death, say they saw her in a|Stlver. Soon after thelr arrival at z and melancholy. Jewelry. Mrs. Potter, yeers old, Twelv ans AO when Dr, Potter met her. now called Jewells, N. Y. where he h Club. 120 Broadway, Mr. client's shocking suicide, ‘She morning,” Mr. Rese said, brain had at last given way. “Mrs. Potter didn't husband, Dr. Foster F. Potter, of No. 2008 Seventh avenue, a year and a half “fine had been boarding with a friend, Mrs. Lynes, of No. 114 Fisher avenue, ‘White Plains, for four weeks, where ‘t was noticed that she was despondent ‘The identification was made tn the Mttle Morgue in White Plains, the body was taken after it was fished out of the Bronx River, where it war knocked by the engine. A bag suspended from the neck contained diamonds and where ‘Was Woman of Means,’ who was thirty-eight possessed Independent means. she was finishing her musical education in New York City She was then Miss Mary Agnes Hall, the daughter of John Hall, a wealthy farmer of Vienna, Dr. Potter, who is now past fifty, was then a widower, having two sons by his first wife. He married Miss Hall soun after they met and they are said to have lived happily together until a ehort time before the divorce of a year ago. Dr. Potter is widely known in Harlem @ reputation as a sports- man and is prominent In Republican politics. He is a member of the Repubil- can County Committee and a leading member of the Manhattan Republican ‘When his wife filed suit for ab- e divorce he put in only a formal Her Lawyer Thinks She Was Crazy Mrs, Potter's divorce was secured for| “My My her by Lawyer Abraham J. Rose, of No. Rose was shocked when he heard to-day of his former s here In my office yesterday “She sat op-| she had. posite my desk and talked in such an| 9 f irrational way that I suspected that her She had }‘@ brother who died tn an asylum. talk about her former husband, She was worried about clump of woods alongside the tracks. She appeared to be in great sorrow, and walked nervously and continually ‘back and forth, occasionally raising her clasped hands beseechingly. The little girls Watched her until a few minutes before the fast express on the Harlem division of the New Yorn Central was due. its approaching roar In the distance could be heard when Mra. Potter, now crying violently, left her well-beaten path and surambled down the emdankment to tne tracks Soon the wain was in sight. It waa|She became so aoe er ee round, y on her arms. ai conte on at a sped of forty-five milos| fer home. Bho struggled violently ead an hour, rT ‘ith the greatest di: The eneineer, Larry Cavanaugh, | ah finally “taken to, her rout jammed “the throttle shut and © Was treated by Dr, Schenck ihe alr brakes, but it was too Inte tol Whe told hor frionds thet sve een stop. closely, guarded. At his request Police: ‘The impact was so swift that the man, Thomas “Snell was placed “on baseboard of the pilot nearly severed Goring the night the girl becam her feet from the legs. As her body fell against the black slate of the pliot It | quiet and Snell cored ‘off to alos, was awakened in a few moments by a rebounded high in the air—Cavanaugn says thirty {get—and out to one side, | tugging at bls clothing, and when he failing in the still water of the Bronx ed_hi iss Brown River, twenty feet from the track. Suicide’s Note of Farewell. Before leaving the house to kill her- self Mrs. Potter wrote and left the fol- Jowing note addressed to Mra, Lynes: sick and weary and will end tall Goode With it was inclosed a check on the Hamilton Bank, which she had made out to Mrs. Lynes for board. Coroner Russell held an inquest to-day at the Orawaupum Hotel at White Plains. Mrs. Lynes broke down and wept while testifying. ‘Two sisters of | the eulcide were present from New | York and identified the body. They | clung to each other as they gazed on the bruised face of the dead and almost swooned upon the coffin, y God!” one of them ex- claimed, “this ts. terrible During the Inquest it ‘eloped, ac- | cording to the testimony of Mrs. Lyn that Mrs. Potter, who at one time had been worth nearly had recently met with reverses, and became afflicted with the dread she would lose all Arverne the boy disappeared and Miss Brown went in search of him, 6h reached Alexander avenue Just im tim to see him struck by trolley car & known as the “hoodoo” car, stantly killed, The Motorman Arreated. A policeman chanced to be near at hand, and before Miss Brown could run screaming to the spot he had ar- Tested the motorman, L. F, Elderd. ‘The young woman grew hysterical and demanded that the prisoner be Cockroaches, Fleas, Ants ory description of insect Potter's sisters press the opinion that lows of money and family troubles had made her insane. he had travelled extensively tn Ra, rome, ae well aa in this -coumtry, nearly every summer she lived tn Nene ort or Lenox and entertained extens! IP until ehe Jost her fortun ~ 113270146 W. separate cuffs. NEN’S S baat Indigo dye, pure worsted—Suits that simply CANNOT FADE, no matter up these Suits in accordance with the latest fashion plates, and in all sizes Same Grade Serge Suits. Straw Hats, 3 Great Lots, "eine ee eet aset ase 750, | Men’s Irish Homespun & Scotch Tweed Summer Suits All those jaunty rough weaves—made up unlined or with mohair shoulder linings—each suit consisting of Coat, Trousers . AND BELT, all of the same material, { Always Twice as Much Value Here as When Buying Through Middlemen. Direct to the Producer. Boys’ All Wool Knee Pants... Boys’ Cheviot Knee Pants Suits. | 3 Men's and Boys’ White and Figured Madras Shirts; fully a hundred sorts \ to select from; thoroughly well made; regular first quality shirts, with fi LYER for Two Days Only, To-morrow and Monday: $ F HOES, SOLID DURABLE CALF, Various desirable lasts, lace and congress, all men’s sizes, a superb opportunity, tip and plain toe, ; Open Saturdays Until 10 P. M.; Other Days Until 6.30 P. M, SURPRISE SPECIAL SALE N° i9/, 4TH S T.| | THIRD AVE.NW.Cor.B5 8° ST. oT ae 6 AND 7TH eal a BLOCK FROM ELEVATED STATION MEN'S TROUSERS. They’re seasonable and serviceable—made up | from fabrics of the worsted and tweedy sorts, most of them showing a stripe design. quality of the garments in this sale sets a new standard in trousers values. good sum to put in the pockets of them. is for one week, ending next Friday......--.. The We save you a Sale Men’s Royal Blue Serge Suits, | $5.75), $5.00 9 $2.50 how hard the usage or severe the exposure they may undergo. We've made Young Men's Sizes...... Boys’ Sizes, Knee Pants Suits. $5, $7.50, $10. Come -25c $1 Boys’ Linen Crash Wash Sults..,,290 Boys’ Russian Blouse Wash Suits..75¢ “ty ADC | | Third Avenue, | Wath st, THE SURPRISE : STORE N. W. cor. 83d St. and In-} | | = q THE WORLD: FRIDAY aaa JUNE 2", 1903. Four Big Clothing |Men’s | Summer ‘Suits jin all kinds’ Suits of materials, —Guaran- either single teed fast | or double color. A new breasted; suit for any all sizes; that fades— to-morrow, $8.75. $5.95. Special Sale of Hosiery. q In this special sale for to-morrow we quote two ny values in Hosiery of the sort which is smart and dependable and usually sold for just twice our'prices. If you've a need.in this line to fill, don’t fail to look over these: 6 —Women's two-thread cotton Stockings, first quality, in black and tan; Coal sizes, Men's fine two-thread black cotton Socks, in plain and lace effects. 1, —Women's plain black cotton Stockings, extra good quality, with 12%. black feet and maco soles. ® . Women's black cotton Stockings with silk-embroidered insteps. Men's fine lace lisle thread Socks in various smart patterns. Men's plain black cotton Socks of finest Egyptian cotton. Men’s plain black cotton Socks with good silk-embroidered patterns; all sizes. Children’s 1x1 ribbed black cotton Stockings, with double knaes; good elastic grade; sizes 6 to 10 inches. Main Floor, 69th St, Gectton. Men’s Negligee Shirts, 69c. Regular $1 and $1.50 Sorts. Made of imported madras, French percale, printed leno madras and silk mixed cheviots. The patterns are neat, desirable and well chosen. You may select from stripes or figures on light and dark grounds or plain white madras, Cc ‘Main Floor, 60th St. Sizes 14 to 19—special at To-Morrow We Will Hold a Great One Day Grocery Sale. By it you will be able to save about half usual prices. Remem- ber this: We do not sacrifice quality at any time to lower prices. Our buying must be more advantageous than others or we must have some other good cause. The cause for this sale is that we want to make to-morrow the liveliest Grocery Day of the month, Won't these items do it? Section. Tomatoes, 6c. Can. | Maracaibo Colfce, l4c. Ib. nee * Our regular 22c. grade; good, rich Fancy red nipe; 6 cans to a cus | flavor; bean or ground. Not more tomer only. than 10 Ibs, to a customer. Breakfast Cocoa—Absolutely N. Y. State Full Cream pure, best grade; 4-Ib. cans, 14¢ Cheese—per Ib., 14c Imported Sausago—Rolft’s, Ib., 39¢ | Roquelort Cheese—Best,b., 35¢ Cervelat Sausage—ib., Prunes—Meaty, plump; 5 Ibs. 15¢ 14c, 24c & 30c | Basement, 59th St. Sortion. Saturday’s Sale of Rimless “Fit-Well” Byesinsses & Spectacles, 50c. The rimless “Fit- Well” Eye- glasses and Spectacles are fitted with the finest and most carefully GY Cay selected pure white crystal lenses, . They are splendid eye-helps, The Eyeglasses have nickel sil- ver or gold alloy nose- pieces; the Spectacles nickel-plated nose-pieces. $1.50 is the Behive optician’s price. Of Goldoine and Silverine, 68c. Warranted not to tarnish or break; made of solid metal all the way through; would be considered a bargain at $2.00 a pair. With Solid Gold Parts, 85c. Scienti;fically made and highly finished; Eyeglasses have solid gold spring; Spectacles solid gold nose-pieces. Eyeglasses are skeleton set; Spectacles in gold-filled frames, set with silex crystal periscople lenses; Cvegiasses have patent cork nose-rests; spectacles can be had in either straight or riding bow. Sold by exclusive dealers as high as $3.00 per pair. Main Floor, Front, Centre. ALL CARS TRANSFER TO BLOOMINGDALES’, BLOOMINGDALE BROS, L 1d Awenne, coth and Goth Streets. | (PR ee =a A\CARS TRANSFER TO Thirty-five Years of Boys’ Elegant Wash Suits, 3 to 10 Years, 496. and 69¢. Do You S&) Know? (1) That to obtain properly fitted glasses you must first have your eyes ex amined? (2) That it is absolutely impossible to examine your eyes over a counter ? (3) That eet eye examination must be made in a darkened room, with instru- ments that can only be used in a darkened room? Ask your physician if this is not so, (4) That when you purchase glasses w: out first having your eyes correctly exam- ined you are risking a priceless possession your eyesight? Idon' as if you were buying merebu: yard. I employ three separate and dis Correct G 5 Periect Artificial Eyes, $3. 00. 348 Sixth Ave. (bet.2Ist and 22d sts.) Open Saturday Until 7 o’Clock. Honest Store Keep- ing Back This Adver- tisement. Specials ! —A new |lot—in 7 to 11 vear sizes— | $1.75. { Exceptional Valves in Women’s NecKwear. Here are some temptingly lit- tle prices on just the sort of Neckwear most in demand now: Al 124e, Each—Fancy Stock Col- ne lars which have sold for At 25c. Bh —Stocks of lawn, madras, pique and lace, At 35e. Pelli e fa borate Styles of the above. ALE50c, up to $2.98—An exquisite array of Neckwear loveli- ness. Main Fie 58th St. Section. Men’s Underwear. A Saturday Special! A lot of fine rade Balbriggan Underwear made by the well- known New Britain Mills, The garments are splendidly made and finished throughout— the Shirts have French neckbands and are sewed with silk, long or short sleeves; the Drawers are made with double seats. All sizes, special, per garment, Main Floor, pth St. Section. Wash Petticoats. Daintily made, of good, ser- viceable materials in checks and stripes, with sectional flounce or one deep ruffle. Very fine value for to-morrow at 49¢ T9c 98c., $1.19 & $1.49—Fine ging- ham, chambray and madras Petticoats, in plain colors and stripes, made with one or two ruf- fles on knee flounce. Second Floor. 59th St, Section Special Satin Taffeta Ribbon. Excellent quality, in beautiful shades of pink, blue, cream, and black and white; 344 inches wide; the grade usually sold at 20c, a yard—your choice to-morrow at 12%c. Yd. “Under Vests, 6c. For Women and Misses! Another lot of those fine little Vests which sold so rapidly a few days ago when offered at this special price. They are in white only, made of fine ribbed Swiss; regularly sold at 12%c. Not more than six to any one customer. To- morrow at 6c, each, Main Fiwor, 58th St, Section, BLOOMINGDALE BROS., 34 Avenue, 59th and Goth Streets. tinct methods in my examinations. You are assured against the possibility of doubt, ——— - Main Ploor, 59zh St. Section. ] es Saks & On Company i Mail Orders Receive Immediate Attenti Purchases Delivered Free Throughout the United States. Serge Suits for Men Indicative of a man’s taste and refinement is the |} apparel he wears. Will a serge suit indiana l yours? Our tailors have spent their best efforts } on those which our labels identify. Such things] as the judicious use of hair-cloth and linen tage [I \ insure the permanency of the shape, vo matter how long the suit may be in service; ‘not alone | the shape, but also the character and iiadividual- ity which are salient features of every Saks suit. The models include Single and Double Breasted f Sack and Frock Cutaway Coats, full, half or quarter lined, or unlined, in sizes to fit all manner of men. The prices vary—-$12.50, $15.00, $18.00, $22.50, $25.00 and $30.00. The suits’of which we are particularly acuas are |} of an excellent serge, either black or blue, single or # double breasted coat, half or full lined, at $15.00. Saks & pera nie i er Special for S Bicycles of the Highest ‘Oral FOR MEN AND WOMEN. At $21.50. They are ob one-inch tubing in: various colors, Fauber hanger, Hartford tires, Ideal extension handle bars, Record pedals. They are fitted with tools and tool bag. Haye Organized for Saturday A Sale of Apparel for Boys, Sailor Suits of Serges or Cheviots in’ various colors, Homespuns or Tweeds in medium or’ light colors, in this season's accepted models;. plain or elaborately trimmed; 3 to 10.years. Formerly $5.50 and $6.50. At $3.50 Formerly $7.50 and $8.50. At $5.00 Knee Trousers of Double Tweedy or Cheviots, stoutly fashioned; sizes 3 to 16 years. Formerly 75c. and $1.00. Blouses of Oxford, Madras Fabrics; sizes 3 to 15 years. Formerly $1.00 and $1.25. Saks & Company Will Place on Sale Saturday Girls’ Suits and Dresses At50c > Mercerized or At 75¢ Girls’ Sailor Suits of nen Pique or Galatea, trimmed with braid and embroidered with ‘silk, or with plain sailor collar, sizes 4 to 14 years. Formerly $6.50. At $3.75 Formerly $7.90. At $5.90 ALSO, Children’s High Grade Wash Dresses In various models of this season’s newest fab- rics; sizes 4 to 14. They are offered in three classes, as follows: Formerly $4.95 to $8.75. Formerly $10.75 to $13.50. Formerly $12.75 to $16.50. In addition to the above, they will offer Shirt Waist Suits for Misses, In dainty models of Taffeta or Pongee Silk; various styles of elaboration. Value $16.50. Broadway, 33d to 34th Street ty-three “For Gales” advertised one can buy a small van with ot horses, a grocery store, diamonds, typewriters, scales, cles, sewing machines, desks and a hundred other useful articles, At $3.95 At $5,95 At £8.95 At $13.95 |There Are Lots and Lots of People who postpone disposing of things they no longer need until they be- come old and useless, The crowded condition of the store-room during spring and summer clearing proves } this, ‘Phe World wishes to aid a lot of these people by suggestion. A well- written ad. of a useful article for sale for man or woman, youth or girl, boy baby or girl baby will aid |them, But this fs not all. The advertise- {ment must be posted where people [will see it. In olden times these “For Sales” were posted on the court-house door, Now they are costed in the newspapers—in New York they are generally posted in| ¥ The World, Take this morning’s vreod fF