The evening world. Newspaper, July 16, 1903, Page 1

H \ BASEBAL RACING # SPORTS | Che __ {Circulation Books Open to All.” “ Circulation Books Open to All.” | to All,’? | _ PRICE ONE, CENT. WARRANT OUT FOR CASHIER OF A BIG BANK Alleged Defalcation Amounts to Several Hundred Thousand Dollars—Complaint Is Said to Have. Been Made Before Magistrate Breen. aRREST SCHEDULED TO BE MADE TO-NIGHT. Sensational Turn Given to Ru- mor by Statement that Evi- dence of Dishonesty Was Dis- covered Following Recent Sui- cide of Man in Banking House Rumors of a large defalcation in a Prominent down-town bank were Tent late to-day, It was stated that Magistrate Breen, sitting ja the Btreet Police Court, had, at the request of the District Attorney, fant for the arrest of the cashier of the bank in question. It was stated that he had for years deen systematically robbing the bank, the total sum of his defalcation amount- (ng to several hundred thousand dol- lars. The President of the bank went to the Centre street court to-day, Panied by Assistant District-Attorney Perkins, and the two had a long con- ference with Magistrate Breen, who, it fs sald, issued the warrant for the ar- rest of the cashier. The warrant was handed to Detective-Sergt. McNaught, who left the building to make the ar- rest. cur- Centre issued a war- accom- Neither the Magistrate, Assistant Dis- trict-Attorney Perkins nor the detective would deny been that such a warrant had ssucd or deny the nature of the case An additionally sensational turn to the rumor was givén whgn it was announced semi-officially that Ahe discovery of the cashier's dishonesty wus brought about through an investigation of the recent suicide of a certain man supposed to be banking- surrounding = this kent quiet Pending the investigation which it pre- cipitated into the accounts of the bank eashier. The arrest of the man, it was stated would not’ be made until § o'clock to- night, when he would have arrived at his country home. connected with a downtown house. The facts man’s suicide were very preparations then making for Fest. A street for bank Of the institution named positively de- Bled that their finances were in way impaired An investigation by a committee of leading bunkers, made yesterday, also resulted In a fayorvole repor Nothing of a defalvation was men- toned in the stories, the Inference being that the stock market slump had af- fected the abnk’s standing. —— CAPTAIN FLOOD ESCAPES THE AXE. his. ar- Wall certain report fas been current on three days that a ‘vas in trouble, but the otscials any Charges Against Him in Connection with the Laura Marat House Are Dismissed, The charges of neglect of duty in falling-to suppress the famous Laura Murat resort on West ‘Thirty-third + preferred by the Parkhurst So trial against Captain Flood In a before Deputy Commissioner Piper three we-ks ago, vere dismissed by Mr. Ebstein, acting Commissione In the absence of Gun. Greene, wo-d. Captain Flood was suspended duri the trial and afterwards for two weeks. He was reinstated when Commissioner Greene went on his vacation and placed =) charge of the Eldridge street station Mr. Bbstoin sald in dismissing the enarges rec Capt, Piper, who presided t the irlal, declared that the evidence wed that the resort was allowed to t because Capt. Flood’s officers mis- informed him as to its character, od WEATHER FORECAST. | Porecast. for the thirty-six hears ending at 8 P. M. Friday ity and vieinity: He left the bank atya the usual hour to-day unaware of the | * AND WIE PUT UNDER ARREST Mr. and Mrs. John Van Pelt Shields in Custody in Denver | Following the Shooting of a Man Who Tried to Rob the Woman. BELONG TO VERY RICH FAMILY IN NEW UTRECHT. | Robber Grabbed Mrs. Shields by the Throat and Her Hus- band Shot Him, and Then the Police Took Them All to the Station-House. (Specie! to The Evening World.) DENVER. Col. July 16—John Van Pelt Shields, son of George Shields, a millionaire property owner of the New Utrecht section of Brooklyn and a mem- ber of one of the oldest families of the borough, with his young wife, was ar- rested here to-day after shooting down a man who, he alleges, attacked and at- ‘|tempted to rob Mrs. Shields, The young couple, who recently ar- rived in Denver, went out with a party of friends last night on a slumming ex- Pedition. Just before they started to re- turn to their hotel they quarrelled and separated, the young man walking on one side of the street and his wife on the other, They were proceeding in this way when a heavy-set man lurched out of the shadow of a building and grabbed Mrs. Shields by the throat. She screamed and her husband drew a re- volver and rushed across the stree:. As the robber turned on him he fired point blank, the bullet lodging in the left breast. A equad of police hurried to the scene’ and arrested tie couple. The wounded man was taken, a prisoner, to the hospital. When Mrs. Shields was arraigned in the police court she said that she was always getting in the papers against her will. She had deen married, she said, when her friends wore not notified and the papers gaye the event an un- usual notice, She declared that the man shot by her husband had attempted to take from her thrgat a $1,000 diamond brooch. Young Mr. Shields is well known In Brooklyn society. especially in the New Vtresht section and about Bath Beach. Ho {g tall, handsome and had a wide reputation as a beau before his mar- riage. "He is a hephew if John V. Ja- cots and Townsend (. Van Pelt. He has a lnreg independent income. Mrs. Shields was formerly a actress. For severitl summers she was known In Bath Beach as Cherries because of her very red lips and bright and oheery manner, Two summers ago she created uite a sensation among the statd beach- rs by walking to the police station in a flimsy bathing sult and announcing (that her clothing had been stole. Mr. Shields's family vigorously opposed the marriage, KILLED HIS WIFE WITH A CHISEL, ty-sixth street, Killed his wife this afternoon, The man went home and found her looking out of the wia- dow. Hy objected and she\picked up a chisel and attempted to stab him. Can- apa took the weapon from her and stabbed her seven times. Gathering what valuables there were in the houss he locked the flat and attempted to es- cane. fe In the street he was met by two po- licemén, who noticed the’ blosd upon his clothes and placed him under ar- re He confessed the At the lice found tite and on were the three cAllcrea of the pie, Who had fled to atrest when the struggel began, ——— WOMAN’S BODY IS She Was Thirty-Five Y Light Brown Hair, and Wore a White Shirt Waist. ‘The body of a woman was found in the Bart River at the foot of Water street this afternoon, 8; thirty-five years old. 5 fee and had ight brown halr was avout 4 inches tall Sae wore a fot skirt, black stockihgs and Oxford shoes. Inspector Titus, of the Bronx, was e that nave some connection jer the Bec ana 1 the Harlem mi Roxbury murd notified of the find on the chal this body might EW YORK, THURSDAY, ww LY 16, 1903, | “ Circulation Books Open to Au.” Al —~ WHATHER-Fair to-night and Feden NIGHT EDITION ae ‘PRICE ‘ONE CENT, ‘ HURSTBOURNE WINS FOURTH AT BRICHTON Odom Brings Him Home a Winner in the Six-Furtong Handicap by a Good Length, with the Long Shot, King Pepper, Second. ROEHAMPTON BEATS PROPER AND OOM PAUL IN THIRD. Talent Starts Off Well by Put- ting Interval Over the Plate at Three and One-Half to Emma | Red Enrico Canapa Stabbed Her Seven 1 H Times and Then Made an Ef- 16 fort to Esca § 8 Enrico Canapa, a stone-cutter, living |G 3 at No, 1910 East One Hundred and Thir- H 3 4 FOUND IN RIVER. | ‘Old, Hadj whlté merino sbirt waist, a olack chey «| One, O’Brien Landing Him a Winner in a Hard Drive. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE--iInterval (7 to 2) 1, Salvatella (10 to 1) 2, Ascension 3, Time—1.14 1-5. SECOND RACE—Joound (8 to 5) 1, The Southerner (5 to 1) 2, Pen- taur 3. Time—1,14. THIRD RACE—Roshampton (11 to 5) 1, Proper (6 to 5) 2, Oom Paul 3. Time—1.52 4-5, FOURTH RACE — Hurstbourne (11 to 5) 1, King Pepper (20 to 1) 2, Astarita 3. Time—1,13 3-5, FIFTH RACE—Moharib (1 to 1) 1, Great Crossing (7 to 1) 2, Turquoise Blue 3. Time, 1.14 3-5. SIXTH RACE—Damon (3 to 1) 1, Stroller (5 to 1) 2, Ella Snyder 3, Time—1.47 3-5, (Bpectal to The Evening World.) BRIGHTON BEACH, N. Y., July 16— The best card of the meeting was on offer at Brighton this afternoon. Heavy flelds were down to go, but the pros- pects were excellent for the best sort of sport. The Test Handicap, at six furlongs. had one of the best flelds of sprinters seen this season, the weights ranging from 130 pounds, on Dublin, to 98, on Tam o' Shanter, a malden from the Keene stable, There were other rat- tling good races, which, while a bit cheap In quality, were races that prom- Ised red-hot finishes, The attendance was as haavy as usual and the track ghtning fast, no traces of yesterday's shower remaining. Betting wax brisk on all the events, FIRST RACE Six furlongs, * Starters, wabte.. I 1, 104, Jocks. Bt Hit. Bite ketwonSa., a8 Sacdiwtee-sSee Time—1 7 1-5. Midnight Chimes was the first to show, followed by Interval and Eva Russell. ‘They held this order to the turn, where Ascension moved into sec- ond place, followed by Salvatella, In the stretch Interval had her own way witnout any trouble, winning by a length from Salvatella, who got up just In time to heat Ascension 9 head for the place. SECOND RADE Bix furlongs. Betting. Pentaur, Prest.na, Leto, 98 Fopie “a My 60 Letola Jumped away in f and set a hot pace, followed by Jocusd hampton and Tople. Taey held this or- der to the turn, where Pristina, widen was off poorly, moved up to fourth place. As soon as they swung stretch Jocund went to the fr Pristina and Letola were heads away. THIRD Race, One mile and @ furlong Med Roehampton went to (he fron start, made ail she running and won bye length halt from vnov- |i BROOKLYN MAN IIMCHESNEY VS. WATERBOY; BIG BET ON THE GIANTS. GIANTS LOSE. 00011—5 8031 —16 NEW YORK ... PITTSBURG .. (Continued from eighth column.) Sixth Inning—Dunn, for Bresnahan, singled. Beaumont took Bak)'s lift. Gisert forced Dunn. Warner cut at first. No runs, Ritchey, Kruger and Smith flied out. No runs. Seventh Inning—Cronin died on a clip to Ritchey, who also gobbled Browne’s high poke, Van struck out. No runs. Leever fouled to Dunn. Beaumont made a homeirun. Se- tring tripled. Wagner walked. Bransfield singled, scoring Se- bring. Gilbert caught Leach. Ritchey singled, scoring Wagner. Kruger flied out. Three runs. Eighth inning=-MsGann singled. Mertes flied out. Beau- mont “caught Dunn. Babb’s hit scored McGann. Gilbert flied out. Crevrun. 0021 1021 BROOKLYN ST. LOUIS At Chicago—End of sixth: Boston, 2: Chicago, 1. At Cincinnati—End of fifth: Philadelphia, it MGincinnali 4, ote INVADERS LOSE]. DETROlTeccas. 2 ectee. 2 010 1015 0 071—10: INVADERS ....-. ------01000000 1—2 —— eR, “4 At Boston—Boston. 11; Cleveland. 4. At Philadelphia—End of sixth: Chicago, 6; Philadelphia,.4. At Washington—End of sixth.’ St. Louis, 1; Washington, 2. — $e —— vile Seon ot LATE RESULTS/AT" WASHINGTON PARK. Third Race—English Lad 1, Auditor 2, Flo Bab 3. } Fourth Race—Gold Bell 1, Alfred C. 2, Capt. Arnold 3. Se peeigy AT ST. LOUIS. — 7 Third Race—Kitty G. 1, Dr. Clark 2, Northern Sky 3. Fourth Race—Crpheum i Pirateer 2, Jordan 3. whe KING AND QUEEN OF ITALY IN AUTO CRASH. PARIS, July 16.—A despatch from Rome says that King'Vic-* tor Emmanuel and the Queen were bruised and shocked: in:an [he wes tm Chicago, and it was only by auto accident to-day wiile riding in the suburbs. The brake.of their machine failed to work and the auto ran against a tre@ | Fred Clerke took occasion in passing and overturned, throwing out the royal occupants. M’CHESNEY TO RACE WATERBOY Eastern Crack and Western Champion Will Meet at Brighton Beach Wednesday for $11,000 Stake. (Special to The Brening World.) BRIGHTON BDACH RAGE TRACK, July 16. | Brichton forestalled Saratoga, The great four-year-olds, McChesney and Waterboy, acknowledged tie champton four-year-olds of the Hast and the West, will meet in a special race at a mile and @ quarter. The conditions are $600 « side and the Assocation adds $19,000. This in a meeting watch the whole turf world has been looking for, and it wan not belleved that {t would come to pass before the opening day at Sara. \Baratoga Handicap. tion to Sydney Puget, agent for Mr. Haggin. ‘I accept.” sai Mr. Paget The wires were then made red hoi be- tween here and Chicago, and soon back came the word from Mr, Smathers: “MoChesney will go; will be shipped tn N joube there will be a hig side bet on Between Mr. Hi it. Sma ers. The Bin ives never been aver races. \Dirquolse Blue, 109, Proper, who was ‘ond all the wi © 8 Proper and Roehampton raced under | Monave. 112, Gena e 3 wraps for the firat half, but Roehamp- |@el4 Deme, 112, 1. o ton held him aafe all ‘the way. Oom | Bourne. om OS Paul moved up to Proper on the turn, , Water’ spout io ow put dled again at the end and was lendarme, 112, Dangmen.. 10940 beaten nearly three lengths for the bs 8 3 place. 10 80 am $0 FOURTH RACE torionp 4 9 nas 12, Mw $1518 Won driving, Time—T.16 46. veming cut ouc the ranning to the atretcn, fo lowed by Donnelly, Mohave ’ whe Beat “Turquoise Blue « sead for the Wace. a | HEART MALADY KILLED HER. tAstarita and King Pepper raced head} and head to the stretch, with Hurst bourne In behind. As soon as they |Coraner xtriightened out Ocom sent Hurst: | pourre to the front, and, drawing away, he won elev a length from King | Won driving. | Time—t.1) Sass Woman Wid Not Starve to Death, Coronerta Pyyalelan A.bert 'T Weston er, who beat Astarita a he ag in ay Riictve. da this rice Bt ans {todas performed ay autopsy on the ridden. by O'Neill. fell ithe bank: | hody of Mee, Ritaasein om. who streteh, at inckily nelther horse nor] ®as aiid to have died of a jockey was hurt Vacant [oy at One Hua id th ty ' third street and. Twelfth avenue sen: FIFTH RACK, Six furlongs | Arday in He sald th autopsy: al wants., Jock Sy | the woman ied from hea’ He?said th: therwise Sta Monerlb, 113, Hallma Great Crossing, 109, Bi “2 the bod: 4 been in @ perfectly healthy, condition. ‘of jeers with placid face, and the mob * ,Js00n tired of hooting him. As McGraw jtoga, both horwes being engaged in the/bunt that Leever jumsied, Beoretary Roden|no: help, lconcetyed the idea and put the proposl-|+, spor:, Wagner throwing to second. CIANTS TAKE EARLY LEAD FROM PIRATES The Pittsburg Fans Bitter at New Yorks and Give Christy Mathewson Alone Credit for the Great Fourteen-Inning Victory Over the Champions BIG BET MADE ON RESULT a ee POPE LEO'S L AGAIN DEPENDG UN AN OPERATION “ne Doctors Hold a Consultation on Him Late: This Afternoon and Decide that a Third) — Operation to Draw Off the Pleuric Fluid Is Necessary to Allay His Sufferings. OF THIS AFTERNOON'S GAME/HE PREDICTED THAT HIS LIFE WOULD PASS AWAY TO-DAY, Mr. Barnsdall, a Western Oil Magnate, Wagers $4,000 on the Giants and Offers McGin- nity $500 if He Wins the Sec- ond Contest ee OADER. WXPOSITION eee New York trimmed to the feed feathers. ‘They were ready to bet jexiis that ttre jate the Gtants. Tells His Faithful Attendant, Pio Centr, “Your Task Is Nearly Done; To-Day Is the Fete of the Carmelite Madonna” —Last_ Night the Worst of His Illness. LATEST BULLETIN—ROME, July 16, 7.25 P. Mm ‘(Hie Holiness’ condition continues the same as this morm ing. During the day he had sone hours’ rest. Pulse, 88, Respiration, 36. Temperature, 36.6, centigrade. ‘*LAPPONI, “ MAZZONI.”" In stating that the condition of His Holiness is thé home team would ennfnnl-| Same as this evening, the night bulletin is not Teassurings Today saw something of « change in| The morning bulletin showed that the patient was in a cone He was breathing ithe crowd's attitude, for demands were fénly marle to cut Bowerman's heart ont, while yesteriay they wanted to see him bee ubuaed and drawn. Frank worried uo and met the assault thought of working MoGinnity, Bower- man was not im the game. That suited him, for in sliding yesterday he cated his right thumb. Bresnahan's ex- ertions have put bim back nearly where continued massage this morning that he could manage to get around. Mathewson to call him a vile name, and Interference there ight. Matty was 20 up and down swing- ing @ bat, and finally got word to Clarke that he would have to apologize or put up his fists, so another fracas may be eareciod with Manager Clarke. game started off under 30,000- Taueae pressure, as@ man named Barns- dal, of Barnsdall & Gillespie, oll mag- |nates, had bet 4,000 on New York, taking the short end, and had promised the/ Giant pitcher 9600 if he won First Inning, New York went to the bat first, and two men were disposed of quickly, ‘Browne dying, Ritchey to Bransfeld, end Van @ying to center. MoGann, how- ever, was more lucky, being safe on & Mertes could though, banging a grounder but for No rune. The Iron Man began bdad'y, giving Beaumont @ free pass, and Mr. Barn all, who sat in a box, showed algn of mental perturbation. Sebring banged a hot one to Babb, who had no time to block Beaumont. 90 ue threw Bebrini first. Wagner's burner pulle Bresnahan around and while he was up Beaumont got to third ner to first Bransfeld sin- ‘and Beaumont scored. Gilbert Nelded I#ach to second, teld, but there wan no time for a dow ble. ‘Wagner taking thind second with ease, Babb yut te kibosh om Ritchey. One run, Second Ianing. Bresnaban limped . but he ma Hike a ne-legRad r to Ritchey, w threw Bresnahan at second. Baba made second on Leach’s fine flelding f i nolated a line d meting Tur oii by BONN Mosfnnity, a iant® nad al start, Things looked pretty. good wien Browne took a walk. Old Van spri like a boy of ten and beat his b Leever did a rtunt with. Met not single, but he dt next best, ing a.fly to Bevumont that scored Mc- Mertes tapped in fr ot frat while Lever Was think- Browne scored. Leach nailed nan's Rrounder and touched Vana out, Hransteld to en- 8. ¢ int missed a doudie by t the bail, MeGinnity. ploked up ner'a bunt and by quick night, tamarind water. though is absolutely indispensacle. not imminently Me I teh 1 Mertes work ‘fouctied | showed great judgement in coming in Eight runs. dition “of almost absolute collapse. feebly but frequently after a restless, sleepless night. There was an indication of an augmentation of the pleuric fiuid,: which already has caused so much trouble and oppression — to the Pontiff. ‘ It was to deal with these conditions that the doctors entered thd sick room at about 6.10 this afternoon. prostration was increasing. It was found then that the Pope’¢ The difficulty he experiences in breathii has grown more serious and is accompanied by severe bronchial whee The belief is that another operation to draw off the accumulated pleuri¢ fluid will be necessary to prolong life. B At 9.10 o'clock to-night it was decided by the doctors to postpand the operation until to-morrow, THE WORST NIGHT OF HIS ILLNESS. When Dr. Mazzoni visited the Pontiff this morning the latter said the past night had been one of the worst he had experienced. He spoke of the oppression on his chest, the difficulty in breathing and the uncontrollabld restlessness, giving him in fact no peace in any position. 4 Dr. Lappon{ said the Pope had called for him very often during the the communion had calmed him. with a thorough examination of his thorax without fatiguing him too much, taking frequent restoratives, especially meat broth, orangeade and He felt better, however, after the celebration of mass, ag Tn fact, the doctors proceeded Whey found the liquid in the pleura augmented, but not gathered in such quantity as to endanger the distinguished patient's life by producing pressure on the heart or through asphyxia, which might occur if there were pressure on the lower part of the bronchial tubes, on account of the extreme weakness of the Pontiff. NO NEW OPERATION AT PRESENT. No new operation for extraciing the liquid will be performed until ff Dr. treaten the Pope's life. (Continued on Second Page.) But the operation might be made tu-night or | to-morrow independent of the fact that liquid in {ts present quantity doei The doctors hesitate to again perform thoracocentesis (drainage of the pleura), fearing that the effect of tke operation itself, while It would give relief to the lungs, would furthet prostrate the rest of the system Lapponi has not left the Vatican to-day, partly because the tom he runner. ive from Br ity. on ft s easy. fly a the m ‘ th Sebring th wne got co th ght at home trying to get In short passed ball. One bun innity took the at Smith bunted a me Joo try were safe. at second. emt but Kruger scored ‘ NA SRAnL weere Beaumont scoring Sandow r AW : Rie, and After [fue to left ont whaled putting Laey Me Fifth Inning. ree balls and two strke: Sebring's liner, doubling Leach ag ‘One rur ann had no spee out a slow o1 me could only fy to ‘Rie anothe out ana AEF : 4 py aN eee in vette: esate ae H f° “Leach “Bled to ¥ Wagner. ¥ f fielding with @ Kruger cruasing the plate, single to ad and ve ane single By