The evening world. Newspaper, September 4, 1903, Page 2

+ ALSO A FORCER ‘Man Who Killed Mrs. Pullen:and Himself Was Facing Arrest for Signing Names of Friends to Promissory Notes. STEALINGS WILL NOT BE MORE THAN $50,000. Continued Losses in Wall.Street and Living Beyond His Means| Caused Downfall of Son of Former Mayor of City. “While the defaication of Henry Town- Send Fdson, who killed himself and! Mrs, Fannie W. Pullen, will be large,| the officers of St. Michael's Church say “that the amount will not reach $50,009, (‘Thus far they havo been unable to de- termine just to what extent Mr. Edson was e defaulte: and the books aro still | fm the hands of experts for that pur-| pone. William R. Peters, the ‘Treasurer of | the church, sald-to-day that to taik of | the amount reaching $100.00) was ridicu- | fou. One note thore 1s of $25,000 and | fome smaller notes. Dr, John Peters ald even $50,000 would be too large an egtimate. While taking this view of the defalca- tion the members of the vestry sny w= that it will not be until the experts have finisted on the books that the full &mount will be known, Another point involved in the defal- eation and the forgeries 1s the financial esponsibility. It is a question whether the lors will fall upon the church or upon the bank, ‘The members of the vestry and Dr. Peters are incensed at the manner in which Coroner Jackson has handled tho dane. “They resent his insinuations that there was a Jove affair between Mrs, Pullen and Edson. In Mrs, Pullen they shad the greatest confidence, and nothing thet hasicome out since the tragedy as shaken that confidence. “I am not so sure,” said Dr. Peters to- @ay, “that Coroner Jackson {is not! riminally lable for the course he has ued in this matter, We propose to find out.” May Jack Up Coroner. Tt ts evident from the way the vestry- MBen speak of the Coroner that when they are called upon to testify Coroner | dill Touad, Jackson will find that they do not pro- Pose to permit him to go into things Whioh they believe do not concern him ‘as Coroner, and which they believe the ‘Public bas no right to know. The affair Ge looked ‘upon largely as a family mat. | “ter in the church, something to be de-| ‘The defalcation 1s, according | to the trustees, something in which the ‘public has ‘no concern. JE EDSON (SOCIETY'S THIEF ena ara Mrs. John R. Drexel, the Latest! Victim of a Jewel Robbery in| Private det dare accuse no one, and those who have their wits’ ende. Drexel, and are divided in theory as ‘to ably righ stone was surrounded by other gone over had been was visited, but the Jewel was not found. On July 4 she attended another func- tion and there lost a pear-shaped emer- ald, also a pendant, and, although a ‘member of the sociul colony, attended [5 AGAIN BUSY Newport, Advertises for Re- covery of Her Lost Gems. SWARM OF DETECTIVES ARE BUSILY AT WORK. Other Recent Thefts of Like Character Have Set the Po- lice to Believe that They Are Result of Operations “Inside.” Is the anctety thief at wong or Is the valet gang that made a success of the robbery of wealthy people reorganized and at work among the leaders of the Four Hundred? This question ts puzzling a swarm of tives from the best arencies In the land, who now watoh all noctal functions in New York and Newport. Mrs. John KH, Drexel ts the latest Um of the thief at Newport. Tw has been cobbed lately, and exch time in a mannér so mysterious that sie er been sot to work on the case are at They offer no solution to the mysterious robbery of Mra, rovberies ware the work of the valet gang or of a clever thief who has galned an entrance to soclety. The valuo of the jewels stolen from Mrs, Drexel is in excess of $10,000, al- though that ts the price she has placed on them in her effort to regain them, Mra. Droxe} Advortines. Mrs. Drexel ha been searching for her lost Je finding them M4 sh to hi nin the Casing, and when she reached home she discovered that the pear-shaped diamond pendant to her pearl necklace was gone, This remark and the jewel was known as finest in Newport. A search immediately. The road was d everywhere Mrs, Drexel 2fE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1903. VICTORIOUS RELIANCE AS SHE WAS BEING TOWED IN TRIUMPH o SHAMROCK II. SHAMROCK III. “ SHAMROCK I. AND EXPENSES. WHAT IT HAS COST SIR THOMAS LIPTON IN HIS THREE EFFORTS TO LIFT THE CUP. PODAD ies OCRU Aes ssss cee doienaie bie eweeaseeaid ele cio veeeeieeweo et) 9OO000 This does not include the incidental loss to the business of Sir Thomas Lipton, owing to his continued absence. . $600,000 ° 800,000 1,500,000 POLITE THIEF Recorder Goff Tells Him He Is. the Most Dangerous Criminal not nt search was made they we: Robberies in Early Mra. William BE. Carter, son. & prominent City Court. Recorder Goff in the Court of General Gessions to-day sentenced George Brooks, allas George Robinson, who has won the soubriquet of “gentleman bur- lar’ and who tn thirty-nine burglaries Stole $85,000 worth of property, to twen- a dance early in the season and lost a diamond brooch. Mrs, Stewart Barney lost a diamond pin & reception, and it 1s understood that many more peoullar losses have been reported. ‘The robbery of Mrs. Drexel and the funds he street. fntimated that his wife Some of the money ‘support his extravagant stvle of living. is salary as clerk of St, Michael's Rar- ‘ish was only $2,000, but he pald $1,200 &@ year for the rent of his apartment. ‘He had an automobile and lived at the rate of $4,000 or $10.00 a year, frignds thought nothing of this, as he As fast as Edwin stole from the church jumped the money into Wall] went to) His | had money, | that he was successful in stock specula-| tion, and there was a general bellef that his family had great wealth, Lost in Wall Strect, Cantigued lasses in Wall street, which forced him to resort to forgery, brought ‘on the mental crisis which resulted in *the insane murder and suicide. Bdson knew that exposure was not far off and, though he showed by his changed man- ner that he was under a mental strain, he did not make confession to his wife until he had beeu directly charged with his criminal acts and knew that ure was inevitabl . Peters called a meeting of the vestrymen of St, Michael's, for last Monday evening. Many of the members Were out of the city, but they returned 4a response to urgent telegrams. There Were present Berrien he Ps Wi ddarry B, Livingst Be Sener ena ee john F. a win Gilbert D. | ahd Warden John Alexander Beall, counsel for the ‘corporation. Edson's Torgery of the $200 note und of two) ‘ther notes, one for $1,600) and one for | to both of which Mr. Peters s Rame was attached, was made known | to N's embezzlement from the churoh Was not known, but tt was under- | stood from a quasi Confession he had made to Mr. Peters and Mr. Pullen that there were irregularities. The vestry~ m agreed to hire expert accountants, | and the books are now In their hands. AUSTRIA FEARS TROUBLE. Proops Ordered to Stuy at Buda- pest During Emperor's Visit. VIBNNA, Sept. 4—The garrison of ‘Budapest, Hungary, which was expecie to go to the army manoeuvres yester- @ay, was at the Inst momont ordered to remain at Budapest during the visit ot Wmperor Francis Joseph, who ts to-day. \ der has created a sensation, ax it ts alleged that tho officials fear iis- turbances in connection with tho pollts- eal situation. * SHIPPING NEWS. ‘THE TIDES, | High We -Hambu Tit Cove Breme ten Years ago, waen Mrs, Pelnam-Clinton - | proceeds of their thefte from |tora, D, Good |" the time the extent of | m: \the robbery of Mrs. Carter thia season re- call other robberies to the police upon which they worked without success for a time. The robbery of the Burdens by the valet gang, where they obtained Jewels to the value of $57,000; the robbery of Alfred Nathan of Jewels to the value of $25,000; the recent robbery of Mrs. Kingdon, George Gould's mothér-in-law, and the robbery of August Belmont are instances that Ilustrate the vigilance with which chances to prey on society people are taken advantage of. The first work of the v let gang was lost a small fortune in jJeweja at Wey- bourne House, England. Mre, Pelham- Clinton was formerly, Misa Dierega, of this city. Valets and Maids in Col Through co-operation with some one tn the house thieves entered by a ladder, Other robberies followed in Hngland, and then jt became certain that valets and melds had formed an allians the robberies were conduct make Jt appear that the thie the outalde. In tine the of valets who ed BO ft cam: olice uncovered a gangs ived }ike nabobs on the ie mas- mbers of this gang robbed, the T. meend Burden ouse, in Madison Square North, and also committed other rooberies. Still to the police this Aol explain somo of the recent rovberies that have occurred this season at New- ‘There it is sald th, past. Jew. ve disappearmi at many private func- tions, Asa rule it ha an expen- sive locket, a bangl @ pendant or something that could be easily taken from a Perecn off thelr guard and con- fident of the honesty of those in the a0- cla] gathering about them. EXPLOSION VICTIM DEAD. Engineer Who Was Acting as Suh- atitute In Factory succumba, ¢Speotal to The Evening World.) NEWARK, N, J., Bept, 4—One death, the result of the explosion at Hansen & Van Winckie & Company's Chemical Works at No, 219 Market strect yester- day, was reported this afteenoon from St, Nicholas Hopital, John Winters, the engineer, died of bis injiwies after lingering in’ great agony for almost twenty-four hours Winters was employed at the works a4 ap extra man and was standing near engine when the explosion took place, “Ho was unable to give any cause for the accident, He was replac- ing Vreeland, the regular engineer, who {son bis vacation, CAPT. ALLAIRE’S WILL, Widow to Enjoy Estato So Long an She Remains Unmarried, ‘The wil! of the late Capt. Anthony J. Allaire, who for over forty years wai connected with the Polloe Departmen: ; probate in the Surrogate's office to-day by Charlies L. does | the grounds that the prisoner had done ty-three yoars' imprisonment in 8 prison at hard labor, Th ord: in sentencing the man that he was the moat remarkable and also the most dan gerous criminal tha; had ever been ar- at the crinizal bar of this city. that tn giving him only twenty- thres years he was showing him great consideration, as he could have made the sentence forty-t! ree years, Brooke, neatly die eed and carrying Mimsolf with his usual gentiomanly def- erence, Near hi» se) tence without a tremor, finaly bowing In graceful realg- nation, though but a few feet behiad him hia agod mother apd sad-faced sis- tes were wecping nittrully. Brooke had pleaded gulity to five In- dictments, two for assault and three for burglary. He was sentenced on only three of the indictments, Rioh Jewels in Court. When he was arraigned before the Recorder the Court had spread out be- fore him $12,000 worth of jewelry, the proceeds of one burglary; an electric bull's-eye lantern and an ingeniously devised rope ladder that had been used by the prisoner in his wholesale rob- veries. The Court was deeply interested in the minutest details Capt, Langan, of the DetectWve Bureau, gave him of the manner in which this genius of burglars had commitied his orim When Brooks was arraigned, Clerk Penney asked him if he had anything to say why senteace should not be passed. His counsel, Phil Waldheimer, started to make a plea for clemency on te ralgned ne everything In his ower to assist the police in recovering the stolen prop- erty. Brooks silenced him with a ges- ture and sald: “May It please Your Honor, I have had ample time to consider the matter since I have been in prison and realize that T have made a great mistake. ‘Phat is all I have to vay.” Reconier Goff toyed with one of two handsomely mounted revolvers that lay on the bench beside him for @ moment, and then, looking straight at the pris- GETS 23 YEAR: Ever Arraigned in a New York 4 oner, ‘whose 6: “Brooks, 1 ¢ eriiminal dn the culating, sclentifie yos never flinched, sald: doubt If there was ever a Cold, cal- = like y systematic, you have pursued your criminal career like a Mechante without Interruption for many months, “Ia the course of a few months you committed thirtysnine burglaries and tole more $60,000 worth of prop- ert rheve {a no reason to doubt that if uy had found if in a tight place u would have shot and snot to Will.” “Pardon m@, Your lopor,” interrupted ut when Iwas captured F the Pe eOnes . Ree anieaneucey I had ample opportuni f though L was shot myself, I refrained ‘om doing. $0. EUV Ws sald Re- 1 could e me of forty-three and t indictments are for y ve of the thirty-ninggcrimes of h you could be convidid. How- er, in. view of what yo have en- deavored to do In the way the police and responding to the appea of Capt. Langan on your behalf, Y will be lenient. I will sentence you to nine years each on indictments for grand larceny aad years on one ia- dictment for’ assaul a ‘The “gentieman burglar” bowed to his sentence and Was led away to the Tombs, He was taken to Sing Bing this afternoon, CONVICTS SHOT IN ATTEMPT 10 ESCAPE They Hurled Dynamite at Keep- ers After Blasting Way Out of Cells, but Explosive Did Not Help Them. 4.—Four Mines BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sent. convicts were shot at Pratt prison to-day in an attempt to escape. the wounded men being Tom Fay, John Brewer, Richard Kinnebeck and Thomas Melaen. Brewer and Kinnebeck prob- ably will dle. AM are white and were serving terms ranging from two to twenty years, They had secured a quantity of dyna- mite and blew an opening In one en of the prison, ’ They ran through this and hurled sticks of dynamite at the guards as they ran. The latter opened fire with Win- chesters and succeeded in preventing what might have been a wholesale de+ livery, J. H. Emery, serving twenty years, was the only one to escape. The crowd was led by Tom Fay, who wan the youngest member of the famous Miller-Duncan Kang of safe-blowers, ———= KING EDWARD IN LONDON, LONDON, Sept. 4—King Edward ar- rived in London at 7.05 P. M. to-day en his return from Vienna, JACKSON GETS DEATH SENTENCE Negro Slayer of Charles W. Rox- bury, In the Bronx, Taken to Sing Sing Prison to. Await Execution in Chair. Charles Jackson, the negro who Killed Charles W. Roxbury, the tea merchagt, in River avenue, in the Bronx, on the night of July 10, was to- day sentenced by Recorder Goff to die in the electric chair in the week be- ginning Monday, Oct. 10. Jackson took the sentence calmly. Bawing to Recorder Goff, the negro sald plainty, “Thank you, sir,” and was led pack fo the Tombs with a smile on his face. The condemned man was taken along with other convicts to Sing Sing on the 2.10 o'clock train, No one called to bid him good-by. When the prisoner was arraigned for sentence Assistant Distnict-Attorney Bly moved that it be pronounced at once. Jackson's lawyers, Hn Bell and Philip Waldhelmer, said they had noth- ing to why sentence should not be imposed except that a certain news- paper tad quoted two of the jurors at the trial as saying that they had made up thelr minds as to the negro's guilt the moment they entered the box. The Recorder said he attached no tmpor- tance to that and passed sentence. Roxbury was killed by the negro while the tea merchant was escorting Miss Lillian Tomasch to her home in Tremont. The object of the negro‘s at- tack was robbery. He was caught by means of Roxbury's watch, which he pawned, FIRE STAMPEDES BOARDERS. Mrother Pi My Burned While Resoning Crippled Sinter, A five which started in the boarding house kept by Mrs. Patelle Thorosby, at ‘No, 1% West One Hundred and Eleventh street, this afternoon, caused a small riot among the boarders, who got jammed in the hallway endeavoring to get their belongings out. ‘When they finally did reach the street, David Black suddenly remembered that his crippled sister-in-law confined to her room on the fourth floor. The flames started in the rear room on the second floor and had eaten their way to the hallway when Black returned for the helpless woman. Though he t her out safely his hands and Eras were badly burned. ‘The fire did damage. Livingston. The wil was dated March 2, 1893, and Jeaven to his son John $10, All the resi- due of the eatute he bequeatWes to bis widow, Margaret, long as she live and remains his widoy "f event of Berta atti als en m doen Dot MONE BETTER MA Where: most hatters require one store, we have seven. Where others style, we make many. Demand regulates supply. Supremacy regulates demand. DE show. one UP THE EAST RIVER AND SALUTED BY EVERY VESSEL ON THE WAY.| PRIEST, HE SAYS, BUT HELD. Prisoner Arrested in Poland Olatms Also to Ue an American, BERLIN, Sept. 4—A man affirming that he is an American and a priest, named Gulelingki, recently arrived at Gletwitz, Poland, with six girls, who, it is sald, he was taking to a convent in St. Louts. He had an American passport, accord- ing to newspaper despatches, and papers showing he had studied for the priest- hood. ‘The man was arrested under the paragraph In the Emigration Law tor- idding the enticing of young gils out of tho country. AUTOMOBILE BOATS RACE. Mercedes Wins in New Sport of the Frenchmen, PARIS, Sept. 4—The Mercedes won the Paris<Deauville automobile dort race, Her time was thirty hours and ten minut ‘he Fiore was second, ‘Twenty boats finished, A MASS OF SORES. Awful Suffering of a Boy from an Itching Humor. Not One Square Inch of Skin on His Whole Body Unaffected, CURED BY CUTICURA “ My little son, a boy of five, broke out with an itching rash. Three doctors prescribed for him, but he kept getting ‘worse, until we could not dress him any more. They finally advised me to trya certain medical college but ita treatment did not do any good. At the time! wae induced to try Cutlcura Remedies he was so bad that I had to cut his hair off and put the Cuticure Ointment on him on bandages as it was impossible to touch him with the bare hand. There ‘was not one square inch of skin on his whole body that was not affected. He was one mass of sores. The bandages used to stick to his skin and in remov- “Get the Habit, School Suits For Boy. Fall Goods first on sale to-day. 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