The evening world. Newspaper, September 21, 1903, Page 2

Bs WE CLUES NOW 10 THE SLAYER OF 0. . DEXTER rge Reward Sirs Whole Countryside to Activity and Crowds of Trained “Woodsmen Join Man Hunt in Adi- rondacks Forest for the Millionaire's Assassin. P Matharities i in that Region Have Long Feared an Attack on Wealthy Own- ers of Game Preserves, Whose Pre- emption of Large Tracts is Resented by ‘Natives. “1 begged my son repeatedly to give up the fight against these out- | Taws. 1 warned him they would end by killing him, but he was absolutely iis. T'néver would go to his place, because | feared his enemies. His imurder is the work of one of two men, who have repeatedly threatened his life.’"—Henry Dexter, father of murdered man. + “1 have no doubt unlimited sums. will be spent to run this cowardly : to.earth, * * * There are some clues, of which I cannot z ae now, which I have hope will put us on the right track. “Mr, Dexter had many enemies because of his relentless warfare set game poachers, timber cutters and trespassers. He had much liti- ‘gation and many of the woodsmen felt bitter against him, as they do against other wealthy gentlemen who have established game preserves in the, North Woods and who are held to be infringing on the rights of the original settlers.""—John P. Badger, Mr. Dexter’s attorney. 4 ’ Phe body of Orlando P. Dexter, the New York millionaire, who was Q@ssassinated at bis summer home in the Adirondacks, near Santa Clara, N. s was received here to-day. The bellef prevails among Mr. Dexter's _ friends that he was murdered by one of the Adirondack guides, with whom ‘Was most unpopular. . Mr! Dexter’ had, waged bitter war on the guides for several years. ‘aisaes hive taken parties to the Dexter preserves, and Dexter has ordered them ajl off, threatening arrest not only to the guides but to the strangers, Dexter's determination to keep his preserves free from trespass has caused @ financial Joss to the guides, and more than one of them are said to have threatened his life. { ‘The bullet that caused the death was from a smokeless powder rifle of Bijcalibee. This ts the sort of rifle Adirondack guides carry. It is Nght of| weight and carries a long distance. | WATCHING SUSPECTED MEN, It was learned to-day that a number of guides who are foremost in the ‘es’ Union are being watched by the police. It Is almost certain, it is that arrests “will be made and the secrets of the union delved into, -any of the: suspected nien attempt to leave the mountain region he will ee fh Jatt’ at’ Once. ‘The body: was-brought to the Grand Central station in care of John P. Basser. Mr. Dexter's attorney, and G. H. N. Nicholson, an undertaker, of Malone, N. Y. ‘The details of the assassination ven by Mr. Badger show the delibera- | tion of the murderer. It Mr. Dexter's habit to drive every day from his home at Dexter Lake to Santa Clara for his mail. As he realized how | gordially he wr> disliked. by his neighbors, Mr. Dexter had lately taken the precautior. «o be accompanied on his drives. His overseer, Azro Giles, drove ahead of him several rods, and Bert Russell, table hand, drove the game distangé behind him., When Russell was about ten rods from the Dexter home he heard the crack of a rifle, followed almost immediately by @ second report: He whipped up his horse and as he came in sight of Mr. Dexter's light road wagon he saw his employer's body hanging over the + Just as Russell reached the vehicle Mr. Dexter's body rolled out into e roadway. Russell propped Mr. Dexter up against a tree and asked, Iter of James M. ‘| his wife. PARENTS AWAIT | JURY'S VERDICT | Great Interest Centred in Case of W. C. Arnold and His Wife, Accused of Killing Their Un- welcome Baby. | CONVICTION MAY SEND THEM TO THE GALLOWS. Crowd Surrounds Court - House | At Uniontown, Pa., While the Jurors Deliberate--Have Been Out Since Saturday Night. (Special to The Evening World.) UNIONTOWN, Pa., Sept, 21.—The jury in the case of W. C. Arnold and wife, accused of murdering thelr baby the day of it birth, has not yet returned a verdict, although it has been deliber- | ating since Saturday night. It 1s sald that Judge McClung will not be lenient with the Jurors, but will make them re- main out until a Verdict fs reached. A great crowd is waiting outside the court-house> A conviction may send. Mr. and Mrs. W. C, Arnold to the gallows. They are charged with’ the murder of their new-born child by putting a rag in {ts mouth and not since the trials that resulted when N. L. Dukes, me ber of the Legisiature, shot and killed Capt A. C. Nutt, cashier of the State Treasury, has there been a trial her that has excited such widespread Inter- est and developed as many sensational features, Mr. Arnold ts twenty-six years of age, and a member of a prominent family in Franklin township that has} long been {dentifled with the Flatwoods Baptist church. His wite Is a daugh- Clark, of Jefferson | township, who ts worth several hundred thousand dollars. Mrs. Arnold is twenty. two years of age, and is attractive and refine The couple were married January 7 of this year, and the child was born re pr et a THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, SKPTEMDL. wl, loos. | YOONG MERCHANT, RUINED BY SPECULATION “WALL ST. VICTIM ENDS HIS LIFE Wealthy Young Merchant Blows Out His Brains in the Fash- July &, and lived but short time. Tho strongest evidence for the pro cution was that given by the attending physician, Dr. W. M. Lilly, of Browns- ville, who said: + “T recelyed a call to the Arnold home July 4. TI did not not know the n ture of the case, Upon meeting Ar- nold at the home he asked me to be quiet, as ‘there was another family living in the other side of the house, After we entered the room Arnold locked the door, and 1 saw & woman with a new-born babe beside her. J sald at once that 1 did not know what kind of ‘a case it was and had brought the wrong satohel, but’ Atnold sald to ‘Now, dearle, tell the doctor what you want,’ and Mrs. Arnold said, "Doctor, I cannot and will not keep this baby, end I want you to kill It.” ionable Martinicue Apart- ment House. Ruined: by reckless. gpeculation in Wall street, John D. Kilpatrick, twen- ty-two years old, blew out his brains early to-day in his bachelor rooms in the fashionadle Martinique Apartment- House, at No. 86 West Thirty-third street. Young Kilpatrick. was a director and stockholder of the New Ybrk Import and Tranapertalign Company, of No. 187 to 189 Front street, and a member of the firm of Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins, the largest nafiroad” ¢ohtrectors in the country. He had inherited a large for- tune, all of which {t' Is believed he gambled away on the stéck mi Would Not Do tt. "I replied, ‘Woman, I will not do that; you have the wrong man, Do you want me to be a murderer?’ Mr, Arnold then said, ‘We cannot keep it, and you must kill it.’ “I then backed up against the bed, placed my hand on my hip pock and said, ‘1 will kill both of you b tore I wiil take that baby’s life.’ “Arnold eked me to attend his and I sald, ‘I will not, unless I A woinan to help me. We never do this work without a woman, and if there is one in this house 1 want her to help me.’ shot you?” but there was no answer. Death had been instantaneow FIRST BULLET MISSES. _ Giles, who had also heard the shots, hastened back. He took charge of | Dexter’s hotsé and runabout and found that the horse had a bullet wound fm the hip. ‘They traced the blood stains back to a clump of hemlock bushes, im which the murderer had evidently concealed himself. An examination | wed that the murderer had stepped out into the roadway and fired de- fiberately after Dexter passed. His first bullet missed, passed through the dashboard and struck the horse, The assassin fired a second shot just as ir) Dexter turned round. The bullet entered his left shoulder and passed pwnward, just escaping the heart and passing out under the left breast. fen resulted from internal hemorrhage and the shock. to incur the hostility of the woodsmen. The story is told of Samuel Cham- bers. a sawmill owner, who placed a valuation of $4,000 on the property _ Which Dexter sought to buy. + Dexter said the price was excessive, and by threatening to have an mjunction issued restraining Chambers from cutting timber for his sawmil! compelled Chambers to accept his terms. Then there’is the case of Joe Alfred, of Tupper Luke, who was cutting timber on the plot of ground he owned. Dexter offered a low figure for the lace, and when {i was refused he hemmed Alfred in by buying property on All sides of bim, and within a few weeks Alfred was a bankrupt, as all means of egrest from his property were cut off, Dexter having built a dwell- is in the centre of the pag ind and posted armed men about it- ‘ Hig “on another litigation brought Mfr. Dexter and J. P. Kellas, a leading | > of Malone, into opposition. In almost every instance Mr. Dexter we, Ehcbecenatht in his litigation, Aigher..court.. Mincr prosecutions against persons who hunted or fished ils doniain made Mr. Dexter much disliked by leaens 0% tinii,iauals all | the vicinity. He had some firm friends, who sympathized with him, there ‘was a strong feeling of resentment against the New York mil- e who persisted in punishing poachers and set up new barriers against Worn, customs of that part of the State. Dexter said to-day: “I have offered $5,000 reward for the ap- jension of my son’s murderer. No money will be spared to bring the F ofie to justice. I begged my son repeatedly to give up the fight these outlaws. 1 warned him they would end by killing him, but he beolutely fearless. I never would go to his place, because I feared his His murder is the work of one of two men who have repeatedly bd his life. A FORTUNE, @ spent a fortune to improve bis place and the neighborhood. B Public school, public roads, had a farm established to teach Art of tillage, and his reward is aezassination. * Yory svealthy man in his own right,” caid Mr. Dexter, | “I asked if the baby had any clothes, and the m replied, ‘No. it has not. and never wi!) have any.’ I * Despatches from Santa Ciara telf of the way in which Mr. Dexter came | but invariably he appealed to the next | should estimate his persona! estate at not less | rtford stock, besides being | funeral and decided not to have oni other valuable bal ve Pier “Mr. and Mrs. Arnold repiled that | the woman was too old, and that | they did not want her to know an: thing about the birth The assist ance did not come, but I retleved Mrs, Arnold. | found an old skirt and wrapped the chit and placed it on the bed, and started away, and Mrs. Arnold placed her hand on my sleeve to detain me, | and sald, "Doctor, do not tell any one that 1 had this baby,’ and Arnold fol- lowed me downstairs, and at the gate, | said, “Now. do not ever date) to cell | that my wife had a baby,’ hen T réturned thete the follow- | ing morning Mrs. Arnold ‘said that the baby had died and that her pus- | band had buried It.’ On cross-exAmi- nation. Dri Lilly totd practically ‘the same story Undertaker J. T. Ross, Policeman i Cope and Constable John Thomas all testifled that they went together to the Arnold house July and that after some hesitation Arnold led the way to a grave In the orchard, two feet deep, covered with old lumber and rubbish, where the body of the child was exhumed, it being ouricd in a feult-Jjar box. Dae to Smothering. A. 8 Hagan, Dr. c. Dr W. th MeMullen and u Ingram, the jetter of Pitisvurg. conducted the post-mortem, and all testified that the body was that of @ healthy and well-developed j child, and {a their opinion death ree sulted from asphyxlation or smotaerin They found the child fuly developed, welghing eight and one-quarter pounds, and being seventeen inches In ng! (ts finger nalls were pofect, anu ad the usual amount of hair. ngs Were Inflated, showing ind breathed. he ciimax of the defense in the cas camo when Mr. and Mrs, Amold ap peared on the stand in thelr own behalf. Coroner Reichard. Dr W The that tet it} i} Me lived tn the Martinique with Charles Lindley, classmate In Ann Arbor University. He had come to New York a year ago after a tour of the world and con- nected himself with the New York Im- port and Transportation Company. of which J, Edward Lombrie, his step- father, is President. The young man did not return to his apartment last night and had not re- turned this morning when his chum it. After returning to tev breakfast Lindley found Kilpatrick stretched out on the bed dead, He had shot himself through the left breast with a .38-calibre revolver, the bullet penetrating the‘heart. He held a newepaper in one hand In a scrap ear him was a heap of torn lette: ad received in this morning's mail. Speculated Heavily. According to Mr. Lindley, his chum had been speculating heavily in the atock market for several months past. All of his stock dealings were made through the firm of W. N. Coler & Co.. of No, Nassau street. The sons of Mr. L, Hole, partner of W. N. Coler, who !s the father of Bird 8. Cote, had been college chums of young Kilpatrick. Mr. Hole did not know that the young man had gone" beyond his depth in his Speculations. He said, when told of the suicide: “John Kilpatrick was a graduate of Ann Arbor University. He enlisted ax & private in the Spanish-American war, and after Seing promoted to a Meu- tenancy joined the army in the Phil- ippines and fought under Gen, Funston. “The news that this boy has killed himaelt is a great shock to me, and 1 am utterly at a loss to explain it. Why. only last Saturday he came into the office here to see me, and ff any- one ever appeared care free he certain- ly ata, “He joked with me in his usual ef- fervescent way, and told me that his business ventures wero prospering far always wanted to be on the go. Be- fore he started tn business here with the New York Import | Company j spent A vear in touring the world, was not married, ‘and, learn. had no love |) AL the office of otha yort and ‘Transportation Company the: was none Who could: account tn any He as far as I can affairs.’ Mrs | wave way to sobbing., Both she « j her husband gave the Impression that they are people of refinement, Mr. Arnold testified that the night hik wife gave dirth to the child he was the only person with her,’ He gent his brother for the doctor and ‘defore the physician's arrival the child was | vorn, Arnold broke Gown frequently and} | way for the young man's act Mr, Lombrie. dead man's stepfather, {it by an Evening World reporter, j “Cean't believe it,’ e sail. “The boy [aad nothing to worry about, know ot no lov» affair he had, Know thet he had no opportunity After daylight Mrs. Arnold was better nd they dressed the dead baby. Ar- nold aays they then talked about las the child was so young. They de- pelted to bury the ealld in the orchard, @n4 Mra, Arnold said to put it ine bom, hin account Coroner ‘© right I am convine Brown took charge of t scraps of paper found in the waste- backet in young Kilpatrick's room and ‘will piece them together in the hope o: entablishing the motive for the euiside. who had been his; he ‘w York Im- the President and the new nothing of young Kilpatrick's suicide until told of and I ba. \ieve that there Was some mistake. I and I} to. tandia any money of this concern. That ‘TROLLEYMEN TALK STRIKE IN NEWARK |Railroad Officials Apprehensive Dissatisfied Men of That City. (Special to ‘The Evening World.) NEWARK, N. Sept. 21.—Local atreat railway men are expecting the arrival here to-day of W. D. Mahon, President of the International Union of Street Railway Employees, but up to a late hour this afternoon he had not put In an appearance. Rumors of an intended strike of the motormen and conductors in the employ of the Public Service Corporation arevafioat and Mr. Mahon's intended visit, it is said, is for the purpose of marshalling the men and | perfecting an organization among them. No one in authority among the men wil admit that a strike {8 contem- plated, but it is known that the trolley officials are apprehensive. The organization of the men was un- dertaken two years ago, and since then many meetings have been held in a ball on Market street. ‘The Public Service people have dee aware of those conferences and en- desvored to learn the Identity leaders in the movement. anion have been questioned, but all re- fused to reveal the num identified with the effalr. There have been discharges by the wholesale, and aN is herte Ma that those | remaining at ropose to secure thelr own postions and avenge the loss of those discharged by going on strike. Such a move would tie up about a score of Hines in Newark on which 1,60) men are employed. ————— SAW BREEN KILL KEYES. William F. Kieley at the Inqa ‘To-Day Maken Direct Statement. rat he jury which sat to-day in Coroner choler's inquest into the death of Will- ee H. Keyes, proprietor of the Bsc} River Hutel, at Carlton and Water streets, who was murdered on the morn- ing of Sept, 16, fixed the responsibility for the crime upon James Breen, a'ias James Kelly, Brooklyn, who was arrested with @ smoking revolver in nis hand a tew min- utes after the shooting. The most important testimony at the Inquest was given by Willlam F. Kteley, of No. 101 Oliver street, who was In the saloon of the East River Hotel at the time of the murder, He testified to seeing Breen place a revolver close to Keyes's breast and fire, He caught the dered man as he fell, The case Wit be taken before the Grand Jury this afternoon ————_— CLARA MORRIS'S NEW NOVEL. beyond lik expectations. He was the] (lara Morris since her return from a picture of heats. In fact, as far as UT] health trip to Colorado Springs has finr knew, he never had a sick day in his|jcaed her powerful novel, “Hulde's Nfe. 5 Brat.” and is now bus} accepting ent 7 “ ‘ o ~ te to leotire je comin < PINAR UMabny sos hucley tone he ‘Alumnae Association, of Phila- “He has alwaya deen a happycgo- | (oiphia. numbering 1,80) sahaol teachers, lucky, “date-devil sort of a boy, who Was secured ner for Oc SHIPPING NEWS. ALMANAC For, TO-DAY. ee. SAN Sun sets. 4.01! Moon Sun rises. man set Sandy Hook Governor's Hell Gate Fe PORT OF NEW York. ARRIVED. Astoria... Krooniand « STE. ye: ak Uist ie IN WALL STREET, BLOWS OUT BIS BRAINS, [FRANKIE BAILEY IN “THE RUNAWAYS" After Some Diplomatic Work on the Part of Fay Templeton the Shapely Actress Goes to the Casino. Frankle Batley’s famous figure will figure in “The Runaways.’ beginning to-night. The former Weber & Ficlda prize piece of animated statuary will march to the firing Ine of the Casino foot- ot the y:. Many of the x; men suspected of ‘being allled with the a rewrite: Company. is strangely miss. of any one ‘iy that he was Tost off the atea in| Tweeds, Thibe' 2 finish to be of thehi ¥ ! tamiy learn, lights as the lovely Heutenant of the volunteers. For some time Fay Templeton has wanted to get Miss Bailey a place in the company, and the knowledge of this fact caused Rita Dean, who filled the tights of the lieutenant role, to tremble Over a Visit of International)» ner slippers. hen at last Miss Dean was told the Union President Mahon to a she secured a place In the humble chorus and said “The Runaways” could 0 to Schenectady for all she cared. In honor of her new role Miss Baile it is said, has two pairs of new tights which are pulled on by a patented device resembling a tackle, which works with a wheel and a hook In the ceiling. PASSENGER MISSED |: FROM SOUND BOAT Charles E. Barnes, Who Left This City for Boston on Steamer Priscilla, Cannot Be Traced by Friends. STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 21.—Charles Barnes, of this city, manager of the ‘ow York office of the Blickensderfer ing, and the belief is held by the fam- Priscilla, of the Fall River line, Monda: | night last. Mr. Barnes left his New York office Monday in time to take the steamer on his way to Boston, where he had @ business engagement. He must have jboarded the vessel, for his satchel, the wes found in stateroom No. 49, which was opened by the steam- ler officers the next morning at Fall River. The stateroom door had been locked and the key taken, but the berth had not tern occupied The family did not worry ayont Me, Barnes for several days, knowing that he had gone on a business trip, On Sat- ay. as he did not reach home, inquiries were made both in New York and Bos- tun, and It was found he had not kept of No, 4% Hicks street, | hs engagement in the latter city, ‘The upposition is that Mr. Barnes was lost off the steamer during the trip Thenugh, the Bourd, ‘Barnes was superintendent of the piltkensderter factory for alx sears and manuger of the New York office for four years, CusTomM TAILORING IMPORTANT SPECIAL OFFER Very little of our advertising space has been given to custom tailoring, though we have a large custom business and deserve much larger. gond and exclusive custom tailors for many efore we added Ready to Wear Clothing. were years oie w0Te VAN WORMER-BOVS MUST DIE IN CHAIR Gov. 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While Judge Cady, the lawyer for the Van Wormers, worked to save the lives of his clients, his course in seeking delay met emphutic protest and the Governor was criticised for granting a stay of execution, The murder of Peter Hallenback at his home near Hudson on Christmas ve, 1901, for which the brothers are to die, was so cold-blooded that the people of the community cannot yet see an extenuating circumstance, and eleven of the twelve jurymen who convicted the Van Wormers signed a protest to Gov. Odell aguinst granting any clemency to them. ee NABBED MAN IN DARK. Policeman Answers Calls for Help and Crowd Kicks Over Lamp. Patrolman Gertenbach, of the Wake- field station, was attracted by criss of “Police!” to % Jerome street last night. tA that place, he sald, he found a mod of excited Italia A fight was in progress. 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