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12 PAG PRICE ONE CENT. PURSUED FAR OVER SEAS AS A MURDERER Captive is Arraigned Before Commissioner Shields on a Charge of Killing Farmer and His Wife in a Remote Village in Prussia. HE FLED HUNDREDS OF MILES THROUGH WOODS. From Village to Village the Hunted Man Tramped Until at Last He Reached the Sea Coast, Where He Shipped for America, but Sleuths Followed The story of as shocking a crime as ever stirred humanity was unravelled be- fore-Commissioner Bhields in the Fed- eral Bullding to-day when Valentine Wollak, a short, low-browed Prusi EDITION ES |Judge Kirkpatrick come Difficulties Was Involved. NEWARK, N. J., June 30.—Judge An-j drew “Kirkpatrick, of the United States |Clreult Court, to-day decided in favor |of the complainants in the sult of Hol- ‘and B. Conklin and others for the @p- pointment of a receiver for the United States Shipbuilding Company. The Judge sald that he was preparea to announce his conclusion but had not had time to revise the opinion to be ‘fled and consequently !t would not be filed until later in the day and possibly not until to-morrow. | He had decided, however, he said, that the corporation is insolvent and that the directors have not shown any tendency toward taking steps to rem- edy the condition into which it has been thrown. | | He sald that in the interest of the shareholders and bondholders he had | “ Circulation Books |\t they could agree on a name Shipbuilding Trust. | Gborge Fe Sheldon, mn to All,” “ Circulation Books Open to All”? _ NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1903. RECEIVER DECIDED ON FOR THE SHIPBUILDING TRUST Declares the Com- | pany Insolvent and Says Directors Were Slow in Taking Steps to Over- in Which Concern ants, objected to any delay. They satt that’ they were satisfied that the two ices colild not agree on a_recetver. They added they had no name to pre- sent and welro willing that the reponsl- bility shouln rest on the court. Judgo Kirkpatrick sald it was sponsibility of which he would ike to be relieved, but he would let counsel confer us to the form of the onter, and ey could present the name to him If they could not, he would sign the order this afternoon would name a Teoelver at ll o'clock to-motrew morn- 7 1t was finally agreed that the order should bo signed immediately, and that counael kl have until to-morrow to agree on a suitable person for the ap- polntment, but {f no agreement reached the Court will name the ra- ceiver to-morrow. Wal) street was not surprised at iieuuceent that Judge Kirkpatrick had decided to appoint a receiver for the of the Reorganiza- was seen at his office tion Committee, was arraigned on a vharge of murdeting aeoided that a receiver should be ap- |and told of the decision. He sald that he Joseph and Elizabeth Ackerman, hig em- in the little town of Rosenbers, sia, on Jan. 3 last The man had fled hundreds of miles from the scene of his crime, swimming rivers and crawling through miles of underbrush until he reached the reaport villages, whence he sailed to this coun- try. The German secret-service men, how- ever, pursued him with an unfilnching purpose. Bit by bit they discovered evidence by which they traced him to the sea, and nally, after five’ months. to this country, where he was still en- deavoring to get further away from the awful memory that drove hin: onward.| At last the secret-service men ran him down in North Barrington, Mass., where he was working day and night to get enough money, tocontinue his flight. wale bat twety-two years old. He and another yourfg Prusstin were employed on the farm of the Ackermans in Rosenberg. The pair also kept Mttle inn for travellers.” On the day after the New Year's festival Ackerman received a few hundred marks from a customer, The two farm hands saw the money turned over. Their greet was excited and they plunned the destruc- tion of the elderly couple, Hacked Them to Death, Both had drunk freely of the festival allowance of rum, which seemed to arouse al their innate brutality, Ac- cording to the accusers the two, wait- ing until the farmer and his wife were asleep, eaca secured a hatchet and, breaking into the bedroom of the farmer.and his wife, ltevally hacked the Gefenseless couple to jeces, secured the little hoard of savings and fled, ‘They ran on foot through the forests ‘unt!l daybreak, Then after dividing the money they separated, Wotllnk’s accom- plice, who had not even gone to the trouble to wash the dlood-stains from iis clothing, was captured tn the village | of Tarnow, in the Province of Gallela. The detectives say that Wollak con-| tinued his fight toward where, cranging his name to Noth, weoured employment on a farm Pursued from Place (o Place. the interior, he He soon learned, however, that the authorities were on hi etrack and made @ detour fr the dirction of the saport towns. He was traced from village to vill but he seemed able to always “ keep a few days ahead of his pursuers by keeping off the lighwaers, rivers, pushing across mor | groping through forests. In February he managed to reach a @eaport town and then made his way along the ‘coast to Hamburg, where he @nally threw the police off the track. Brom there he shipped before the mast end finally reached America. First he fled to one of the Western towns, where the learned that a colony of Polanders were at work. Fearing detection there, the worked his way Hast again, and fin- ally secured employment in North Bar- cington, Mass. where he was at last captured. ' The German secret-service police and the postal authorities of the empire have ‘worked unceasingly on the case, Some- times they would be thrown off the track of the man for weeks at a time, Gnally to pick up the trail again on wome slender clew. Last Saturday Consu! General Buenz ors fore Commissioner Shields ene sere out a warrant for Wollak's rest. Buens asked that Wolluk be ex- tradited under the treaties existing. be- tween Prussfaan d this counry. Yes- terday nited States Deputy Marshall J. 3, Adams, of North Barrington, arrest- he was at work, H. ‘the young man in the mills where ‘When arcalgied before Cominissioner Bhielde to-day he ntoutly denied his upon that he man fa: being questioned admit- had worked on the Acker- ‘WEATHER FORBCAST. Forecast for the ~ thirty-six hours ending at § P, M. Wednen- @ay for New York Clty and vi- einity: Fair to partly cloudy end conal bly wermer weather Wednesday; light to fresh south weet winds, pointed. He would hear the counsel | present on personnel of any men that they might suggest for the recelver- | ship. | Charles C. Deming, of counsel for the defendant company, asked for a {consult his clients. | coVimttie UNls: of the Reorgantzation Committee, also asked for a delay. Henry Untermyer and Richard V. Lindabury, of counsel for the complain- delay unt to-morrow #0 that he might | { knew nothing of it. “If it 1s true,” sald he, ‘I don't see how the aj intment of a receiver will interfere with our goin, ahead with our plan of reorganization.” Ever since the case went on the court in New Jersey it has been the opinion of those more or less direotly interested in the shipbuilding case that a receiver would 5 ‘The ‘stat of Mi to mean that the Reorgamization Com- mittee will work in harmony with the receiver. ACTION TAKEN “TO PUNISH THE POLICE RAIDERS | Inspector Smith, Captain Hogan’ and Two Ward Detectives, Summoned to Court for Mak- ing Wlegal Wholesale Pool: Room Arrests. | ‘Summonses were issued to-day com-! | manding Inspector Smita, Capt, Hogan! |and Precinct Detectives McAleese and! jlevnch appear before Magistrate Breen and answer to a charge of mak- ing Miegal arrests, The charge grows out of the wholesale pool-room raid conducted by Inspestor Smith last Fri- to day. There will be no more raids of this character, Hereafter only persons named or described in warrants will be| taken into custod~ in raids on pool- rooms, saloons or other resorts. Com- j missioner Greene ordered this to-day. In a letter to Inspector Smith he said he had withdrawn his approval of wholesale raids. ‘Teis action, he sald, was not to be construed as a criticism of Inspector Smith for what he had done in the past, but was simply meant for hisguidince in the future. Commissioner Greene's change of front grows out of a conversation he had with District-Attorney Jerome yes- terday, The District-Avtorney informed him plainly that the mere presence of a man in a pool-room was not a felony nor did i constitute a man a common gambler. / No Une Keeping It Up. Inas much as this is the law pounded by the District-Attorney upheld by all the City Magistrates, uselessness of wholesale raids 1s ap- parent to the Police Commissioner. ‘The summonses calling the policemen to court were obtaiaed by Lawyer Ben- Jamin Steinhart, representing two of the prisoners taken in the raid on “Pha? Allen's and discharged the next morning without a hearing. Mr. Stein- hart wanted’ warrants, but Magistrate | Breen held that summonees were suM- clent to secure the attendance of police- men. District-Attorney Jerome was unspar- ing in his denunciation of the raids of last Friday. He characterized the ar- rest of the men found in the poolrooms as outrageous, “The practise of the police in grabbing everybody they see when they go rald- ing has to stop,” said he. ‘The police have & right to take into custody only the managers and employees of disorder- ly places such as pool-rdoms, I shall ex- ercise all the strength of my office to put a stop to this abuse of police author- ity. and the next time a police offcer ot ote fe: 3 | dulce of Sad ; , JUST A PLAIN ~CASE OF THE POLICE “NS” Sergt. O’Brien Was Sure He Was ’Phoning to Policeman “Jim” O’Brien and Not to Ex-Police Captain “Jim” Churchill. You see, it's this way. Roth their front names ts ‘‘Jim.” So whon Sergt. Wall sald “Jim over | the telephoné he was talking to Police- man ‘Jim’ O'Brien, and not to former Police Sergeant ‘Jim" Churchill. Sure, Mike—excuse us, Jim. It all came out to-day, every bit of tt, Inspector Wajsh brought it out, up at the West Sixty-cighth street station. Sorgt. Daniel Wall was there, gosh durn it, and Policeman O'Brien—'Jim” —waa there and s0 was Jim" Churohtll. Sergt. Wall, he testified first. Hin Testimony All Written. He had his tistimony all written out and heft it in his hand At 11.1§ o'clock Sunday night, he said, Policeman \ O'Brien—"‘Jim'"—caHed up over the telephone and said he was in doubt about whether he\had butted into @n excise violation or not. “I told him, I says," said Sergt. Wall, “*Jim,’ I says, ‘Don't you make no fake arrests.’ '’ There are three O’Briens in the Ten- derloin precinct—police O'Briens, “And so," said Gergt, Wall, ‘not knowin’ which O’Brien it was I asked et and when he told me I called him ‘Jim. Having concluded Sergt. Dan'l Wall expectorated a large quantity of the hewing tobacco, ‘he Shy Youngs Cop. Then came Policeman O'Brien—''Jim" =a shy young man. He, too, had his testimony written out and he held it in his ha He went. into “Jim” Churchill'a Broadway saloou, he said, and called for a glass of beer, The waiter served a sandwich and then derved the beer, O'Brien says "Jim" out a nickel, ‘Nay, nay,” said the waiter, ‘tis a dime. We oharge of rthe sandwich. This being absolutely all that is re- quired by law, it would have been up to 999 out of 7,000 policemen to pay the and treat the Says he passed hi be the seven thousandth FE asian Ca Used Saloon Phone. And so he called up the Sergeant— r the saloon telephone—after "Jim" urchlil had told Central the number- and asked the Sergeant if he ought t arrest a man for complying -with th law. Having completed his testimony Po- Mceman rien—""Jim feet for a minute or t and then went exceeds the power given him by a war-| tert if way to "dim Churchill. tant I shall Institute proceedings agalast) An im" Churchill, he corroborated hin. for oppression, every single word that Sergt. Dan'l Wal! Forolble entry into saloons to trap!and Policeman O'Brien—"‘Jim’—hay saloon-keepers is also denounteds Wher- | sald. id gver this Is done without a warrant, || Consequently, both thelr front names Unless the policemen #e¢ @ felony being | b “Jim,” tt was . tted, It becomes a criminal pro-} Bui what if O'Brien's its had ing on their’ part and they are/christened him Adolph or Herman? Hable to imprisonment ae are, Everybody shudder! | | —looked at his} MISS BESSIE WAKELY AND EDWARD SWEENY, HEROINE AND HERO IN A PRETTY ROMANCE, LOVE STORY THAT QUTDOES FICTION The Wedding To-Night of “Jim- my” Wakely’s Daughter and Fire Lieut. Edward Sweeny Culmination of a Romance. In the Church of the Holy Crogs in @Wat Forty-second street Lieut. Kad- ee, ‘ward Sweeney, of Fire Company. No, 21, and Bessie Wakeley, daughter of Jimmie’ Wakeley, the famous sport- fing world character and one time man- ager of John L. Sullivan when he was the champion heavyweight, will oe made husband and wife to-night. it that this young tire lass of etghteen upon in these prosaic days. the big WYinsor Hotel fire that this love atory began. was only twenty-one then and had been in the department only a few months, Bessie Wakkley was fourteen. She was standing in the front rank of spectators that thronged arund the burning. building and made the work of the. fire fighters so difficult, Sud- denly a huge part of a wall came tum- ‘bing down and the throng milled am fought and went wild as it struggied to get out of the way. The iittle girl who had been standing In the front line was forgotten by the strong men around her, They: had no time to stop for her; thelr own lives were in danger and down she went under foot. Ed Sweeney sew her fail. He had told her once In passing to move back or gae would surely get hurt. When she fell he dropped the ladder he was car- rying and dashed for the spot where he saw the edge of askirt fluttering. Men who got in his way were knocked right and left and he gave no thought to the fallma masses of brick- and stone all around him. eH caugat the girl up in hts arms and got through the crowd with her to a place of safety, Then, without inquiring her name, he returned to his work. But If Edward Sweeney was willing SWORE TO END LIFE LINE THEIR DEAD COMRADE Esmarsch and Roello Clasped Hands and Agreed to Drink Poison So as to Join Borow- sky, Who Had Killed Himself the Previous Thursday. A contract between two Hoboken men to kill themselves because a lifelong chum had committed suicide was brought to ight to-day when Rudolph Wsmarsch, of No, 205 Second atreet, was arraigned before Recorder Stanten to answer a charge of manslaughter. 1 On Thursday Charles Borowsky, of No. 9 Clinton street, Killed himself by swal- |lowing carbolic acid in the presence of his wife and two chfldren. That evening his grieving chums, Es- | marsch and Jacob Roello, of No, 68 Gar- |den street, pledged themselves to meet next day and follow Borowsky's ex- to let the inciient passin the: matter- of-fact manner Bessie Wakeley was not, | She found a means of learning tho name of ‘er rescuer and told her father. “Ea” Sweeney at once won a place in | the Heart of .\J#mmy' Wekeley from | which nothing could remove him. {ample. About this time Bessle developed an| The three had been fast friends since inordinate Interest In the Fire Depurt- | boyhool, were msrried within a week of ment and its work, and wherever there one another, and with thelr wives came was an alarm which she thought “Ha" | te this country together trom Germany Sweeney's company might answer, she twelve years ago. fond a way to get there. She was Firat of Three Dies, gradually developing” into the comely) Oo tate Borowsky had been given to woman she now is, and as thelr ®2- | aring, and he killed timself because hia quaintance grew Sweeney began to dis- | wire would not give him the proceeds cover her charms. He began to think a | of a Uttie oandy store she started when reat deal of Bessie Wuketey.: Protty z Pies ‘came his promotion to his leuten- | her nusband neglected to provide for his ancy, and then he made bold to ask | family, + “Jimmie” Wakeley if he could have the | On Friday Ewmarach and Koello met hand of Bessie when she reached her Neniy “Banaevn sakioa, ae vest | eighteenth birthday. He sald that Bes- | 4n sin was agreeable. The old. sporting ‘street and Park avenue and) clinking man gave his consent then and there. | | thelr glasses drank to thelr own death. ter the wedding to-night Lieut. | "YS Sweney and his bride will leave for Ni-! For three hours the gruesome toasts Agara Falls and a short trip along the continued. The men would weep at the nadian border. They have been the memory of Borowsky and occasionally clpents of many costly presents. : x Fethe bride's. father ill give her away, (they Would clasp hands over thd com and following the cefemony he w_ii' pact they had made to join him in tne exp open house at his residence, No. 249, great unknown. ‘They would be even ‘ext Forty-fourth street more stanch than the thres guardsmen SHEEPSHEAD BAY ENTRIES. RACE TRACK, SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Juno 30.—The entries} for to-morrwo’s races are as follows: First Race—Selling; seven eys that have not ridden a winner.—tIrish Jewel 116, .Valle' Forge 115, Prince of Arragon raine, Sir Florian 110, Kalif Padden 198, Rostaad 107, Knight Templar, Beau Gray 105, Peacock 104, Scaifer, Coruscale, Miznight Chimes, Stenawa 103, Miss Dorothy 102, Osgood 100, Sparkle Esher, Bobinet Lady Lake, King Carter 97, Flying Gypsy 99, Cascadilla 92. | Second Race—Two-year-olds; six furlongs on main-track, » —Montana King 122, Bobadil, The Southerner, Monadnock, mere en Clifton Forge, Reliance, Rockaway, |Modred, Fernrock, Tin Payne 112 each, Pond Lily, Sacredus 109’each. paduat| Third Race—Hunters’ Steeplechase; full course.—Zenus 165, Jim’Newman 159, Double Thong 158, R. B. Sack 157; bait aired Re EL | Almanzer 154, Little Bahar, Micou 153 each, Libretto II. 150), Mi" iier tne sainonkeeper Meadow Lark 145. _ Himself 104, Tantalus Cup 97 lLanceman 111, Carbuncle Fourth Race—The Vernal; five furlongs.—Petunia 119, Ro- °° wena, Pirouette 115 each, Memoriam, The Lady Rohesia 110 each, Miss Eugenie, Wild Thistle, Bridle Path, Beldame, Glad | ' smile, Tepee, M. Theo, Gunwad, Monsoon, Destiny 107 each. —s Fifth Race—Handicap; one mile—Bon Mot, Roehampto' 112 each, Leader 111, Fire Eater 107, W. R. Condon, 106; , Flying Buttress 95, Sixth Race—Selling; mile and ‘a quarter.—Circus 112 : 06, Ethics, Philippine 105 eao ‘Satire 101; Moroton.98, Caroll D, 96. of Dumas—death should not part them. For those three hours they drank and talked and speculated on where the jstep they had agreed to take would jearry them, Esmarsch had a wife an donild ,wait- Ing his return home, Roello a wife and two chtldren, but they cared more for the departed Borowsky than for their own flesh and_ blood. “Soon we'll be comrades again,” they swore, and they-even laughed in thelr joy at the thought of being re-united After many times renewing their dreadful pledge one of them went out and bought % cents worth of carpouc acid. + The two men divided the poison, be- 112, Lord Advocate 111, King4 ins very careful that one should not 112, Faranlass, Cassville, a have a drop more than the other. furlongs Futurity Course; ai The stolid saloon-keeper glanced in ifferently at the whete his strange customers were seated and wendered what they could be doing But he suspected nothing and soon busied himself with other patrons at the bar. Esmarch and Roello, taking another \drink. clasped hands affectionately again with Borowsky, table ¢ meet again,’ murmured Es- 0 walked to a the saloon. small room {n the rear His Nerve Fall } For ten minutes, Esmarsch paced up nd down the floor of the saloon. Every | ute he grew more nervous. Sudden- he turned sharply on his heel an street, His A_haif-| wondering | went to come back. absen) at Roello’s continued Investigat H found Roello, gasping and iis ) burned by the a ina dying} yumbulance was eniled, and, Roollo| ned his last a few minutes after ar- | a) at St. Mary's He nd fearful of by Detec He told the di rigan at his fective that he was ashamed of himself, Rociting the compact he hud made with Roello, he added, “I am sorry I lost my nervy ‘To-day, when. arraigned before Re- vorder Stanton, the prisoner was sullen and silent. He made no defense and no atatement. He was sent back to Jail to walt the action of the Grand Jury, =), b COLUMBIA THE OFF NEWPOR Good Racing Weather for Trial Off Bateman’s Point, and After Sharp Jockeying for Ad- vantage at Start the Old Defender Seemed to Have Done the Sharpest Footing, ~ SHAMROCK MEETS WITH ACCIDENT AND RACE OUTSIDE HOOK IS GIVEN UP, Something Holding the Challenger’s Main Sheet Gave Way, and After Being Towed Ontside the Hook She Headed Back for Her Anchorage Under Her Jib Alone, i m4 The cup chalenger Shamrock IIT. was to have had her first real test to-day and was towed outside the Hook for that purpose. ; The Shamrocks started:at 12.36 P.M. Fifteen minutes after crossing the line something holding Shamrock ITT’.s main sheet gave way and her mainsail was lowered and she headed for Sandy Hook under jib. Shamrock I. followed her. The accident was not se ous, Erin took Shamrock III. in tow for Sandy Hook. To-days pro- posed race was abandoned. } Off Newport the sloops Reliance, Constitution and Columbia also continued their contests in a wind that freshened up as the day, progressed, , es COLUMBIA IN THE LEAD : AT RACES OFF NEWPORT, BATEMAN’S POINT,-R. I, June 30.—As usual, the uneasy conditions early in the morning soon gave way to good racing weather for the Amer- 4can yachts. The wind shifted round to the southwest, the sky cleared con- siderably, and at 10.80, an hour before the time set for the start, the pros- ‘pects of a fine race were fully as good as on yesterday. The wind at this tne was blowing seven or eight knots and seemed to be increasing every minute, while the sea had still fully as much roll as yesterday. Everything pointed to another good da¥ for the old Cup defender, Columbia. ‘The Regatta Committee, preceded by the press boat, arrived off the light» ship et 11 o'clock, and the three yachts followed soon after. To every one’s surprise, instead of selecting a triangular course the committee decided to repeat that of yesterday, and at 11.15 signalled for. windward and leeward race of thirty miles, with a beat of fifteen miles the southwest and a run back to the finish. The signals were hoisted board the committee boat at 11.20, and at that time the wind was blowing ;@ight or nine knots straight out of the southwest, and soon after the mark jtug left to set the turning buoy at a point close under the north end of Block Island, The boats were all at the starting line when the signals were |hoisted, and all prepared for a long beat to windward by getting their jib- |topsails up in stops. The preparatory gun was fired at 11.30 with all the yachts at the line ready for a battle for position. he WARNING SIGNAL FIRED. | Ten minutes Jater the warning signal was fired, with all the yachts at |the westward end of the line manoeuvring to get in position sofas to fetch the Ifghtship on the starboard tack. During the next five minutes the fight for place was sharp and interesting, the Reliance keeping near the lightship which marked the western end of the line while the Const- tution and Columbia held a little away and to the windward. + A minute and a half before the start the Columbia swung round and headed for the line with considerable speed. Before she got there, how- ever, the other, two boats also swung and a minute before the start all of them were reaching for it, with Reliance slightly in the lead. The Columi- bia, however, had apparently established her overlap on the Reliance, but could not hold it, although forcing Reliance further over the line, _ t The apparent starting times, as seen from this point, were: COLUMBIA.... + 11.45.26 RELIANCB.. CONSTITUTION.... % before she swung around and/aeaded for the coveted place under the Nartae ‘ OFFICER (Continued on Second Page.) smiiaT asbuRY park, STATE Young Bazilian Sinks While Swim: ming in Surf and Rescuers Are Too Late. ASBURY PARK. N. J., June 9.—The first drowning accident in Asoury Park in many years, occurred to-day at the Seventh avenue grounds. A youns Brazilian, Sutor Bueno, trontystwo years old, a student of the University, became exhausted swimming in the surf and sank his companion, Francis Blver- could reach him Foreman John Howland, of the new board walk, also went to the drowning n'# rescue, but reached tim too late. He recovered the body and brought it ashore. In the hope that life still remained Dr. R. F, Ohabert, of Hoboken, and F. F. Coleman, of Asbury Park, worked over the body for some time, and used ‘a saline Injection, but thelr efforts were unavailing. Ni Slain at Austin by a Man Whom He Had Dismissed from Office. AUSTIN, Tex., June 30,—State troller R, M. Love was assassinated J hin office in the State Capitol at 10: o'clock this morning by W. G. Hit) discharged employee of the’ office, No cause for the deed is known) this time. Hill then committed suicide, ——— LEADER IN SPIN Comptroller R. M. Love Is’ 4

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