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Singular Connection Two Testaments Declared to Be Forgeries Raises Sus- picfon of Surrogates. “ANG HER IN NEW JERSEY. | fer Both for Probate and Fig- “ure as the Beneficiaries Under One—Neither Probated tate: to Nght What js regarded as « cons) wonpedl the disposition of iw meats of forzed wlils hac dn White Plains and Hackensack Ta the former plice Surrog tt has decidted in ‘open court tha Weperting fo be that of Alicia wiring is a forgery Ih Hackensack the alleged teatamen wf Francis Eradiey is withheld from probate by the rogate Gt) more evi-) dence is oftor of texiator which relatives and friends dectare to ve elumay imtin- Hons, The clroumstances whlch coaneet the| two laputed wills and suggent the the ory efoonepiracy are the fart that un-} dem the will claimed t» bo Mrs, Arm- diey, of} kiana B Ne Ji. daughters of » Bradloy, are mailé sole benefictarie: the mame of Mrancis Bradley appears as) ® witness, and that this document ax Well ag the disputed will of Vrancic Bradiey were offered for probate 'y ova and Georgiana bry dl the alleged forged Armstrong will was presented in court Jullus J. attorney for Mrs. Armstrong t the signature attached to the will was a elumey imitation, The will was written and covered one small sheet paper, It was filed June 1 last. In part ét rend ti follows | “T give, bequeat: and devise unto my} eloved friends, Bradley and Geor-) gianna Bradley, all of my estdte, real, | personal and mixed. that may belong to ‘ge be Owned by me at the time of my weet share and share alike. “I gi¥e and bequeath the sum of $1 to @ny of my relatives that may put In a elatm after my death.’ Te was announced at the hearing that the two-witnesses to the alleged will thet the signature of F to thée.will’was that of her fathér, dot “WN. ovOsB-eXamination she said he could not tead or write. She sald the will was marked Manila, P. 1. Descendant of Famous f descendant of Lord Armstrong, inven-| tor of the Armstrong gun. She was the widow of John 8. Armatrong, a weal banker, They had ono daughter, Anni eccentric after the daughter's death fnjuries received by ter her death a number of niec the prison. phews put In thelr appearans ou! at they would clulm ‘ iViam Armstrong, fon, also put tn im, : er home in Mount. Vernon Megie® | most remarkable he st Srorn out of court, tiie Bradley sisters, Now that thi- thro | pany i ‘appointed anid tne “earns ete From me | Your jdelaye. somewhere, od me to-day. ye It, Too, In Forgery, ttle friend, fie) other Geputed will, DB oe: flo fh the ‘Surrogate’s nme ti Hacketeencks (or ae eR Mrs. Albertina Kotze daughter of Mr. iradle: saw the signature to the ‘will, declared| of Orange, a meas 00 » forger, ei, tn ine signature wag a c i ciate en Bradlos"s ‘signature pee fieense Heations was oo: with lis alleged signature to the | eve le, ww we, conte eet was noticeal’ Witnesses to the w * maayel McGee, deceased, for m srl ran irtnet of ‘the well-inown lw ir Bs MoGee & Ltedie of Jersey City. iri Sd Inthmate Uaintunces of McGee declare his name has| Were the ed | Will the widow Is 1 med ved. But Eva said that tebe Delleved that Mrs. strot was an old sweetheart of Mrs Hvadien See iffpecial to The Evening World ) intend mother, “We only tried 2 ON. J, Bet, 2.—wima Bl, who was in chirge of the fo tment of the General Electric iy.in New York, committed sul at his home, No. 11 High ant shooting *hinteelf in tie asec ‘health tor « ‘year or He was troubled with order, and when he 1 intly cured, Lately Fulapee, and this {# supposed Ot? ihe General * Electric) ‘elty refused to discuss ata on the pevesten with OUNGPIRACY BY NOLINEUX REA FORCED WLS? BY VAN WORUER Orr »| Beautiful Annie Witzel Is Cov-| Between] Youngest of Trio to Die Writes to Little Sister of Sweetheart and Telts of the Death-House ONE FILED IN THIS STATE. | TELLS OF HORROR AND MOLINEUX’S BOOK. | ‘Eva and Georgiana Bradley Of- |Stepmother of Condemned Boys Goes to Pay Farewell Visjt to Them in Dannemora Prison— Petition for Fred Circulated. | Evening World reporter tha —__ NOT THE FIRST THREE BROTHERS EXECUTED INN. Y. ting, who keep: |street and Third avenue. lin ty Contrary to general belief, there has bcgen an exccution of three brothers in this State, and the ex- ecution of the Van Wormer boys will not establish a precedent, Back in 182° a faiaily named Thayer lived at Beston, In Erie In this family were Nelson and Gee Oroeryoos | oe OOOO neighbors. A policeman was ca BRITISH STEAMER LOST. County, N. Y. three brothers, Israel, Their joint note for $250 was held by one Jorr Love, a lake- carrier, and he had been pressing them for »ayment They killed him house and burier Leurel Brane TALPARAISO, British steamer Branch, Capt. lost off Stews ure! Twenty-eight Sowing to the f Jn their own ‘ | Buglish. The girl the body near Love was missed, and search- ore found the bouy. CEOS DEE 4, were drowned. The brothers BEATEN BY FATHER, |SCALP HUMOURS GIRL IN HOSPITAL toning, Sealy and crated With Loss of Halr } ered with Bruises Inflicted by| | the Aged Parent She Helps to/SD@0dlly Cured by Cutleura | Support. ‘Soap and Ointment Covered with bruises and scarcely able to talk, Annie Wii ab ful you wu why ines at Na wet sens| MGR Every Other Remedy and enteenth street. 15 | Y nd igi i” at the hands of her father last night So bitterly wis the helpless girl at- Boa: tacked that she fell unconscious and | Whe ebampoos wi Nate in) P through the afd of neighbors was sent | | and light dressings -of Cuticura, the }to Bellevue Hospital, +f | great skin cure,-at once sop snlasg At Bollevue the girl said to-day to an| hair, remove crusts, scales and dandraff, he had re- ‘ turned from. work. last night at 10/2008 Irritated, itching surfaces, de- o'clock and that her tather commenced | Sty hair parasites, stimulate tke hair to quarrel! with her, | follicles, loosen the scalp skin, supply “He haa been quarr the roots with energy and nourish- ete en neue 5) ment, and make the hair grow upon @ pi ccabalce math | Sweet, healthy scalp when all else fails. men L came! Millions of the world’s best people ‘| out he commenced to talk to me, | use C-ticura Sosp, assisted by Cuticura hint to letyme go to sleep a Olu... .opt, the great skin cure, for pre- mped struck me « r ‘ked me down. a ieiokeaal ane me | BervIty , purif,!ng and beantifying the in the side and fn the chest and that is| skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, HEE RNOW; ieee |scates and dandroff, and the stopping Metargance in the Witzel house a aintithe serenade on (hel airvaroaasarthe ‘of falling hair, for softening, whiten din. |ing and soothing red, rough and sore |hands, for baby rashes, itchings and chafings, for ennoying irritations and in inflammations, or too free or offensive vat | perspiration, for ulcerative weaknesses, ; V) and many antiseptic purposes which | readily suggest themselves to women, 3 weil as fur all the purposes of the unable ‘ toilet, bath and nursery. been In tals co Complete treutinent for every bu- t that he cannot sveik) mour, consisting of Cuticura Soap, to ® she dors not | cleanse the skin, Cuticura Ointment, to native is ope ‘her, | heal the skin, and Cuticura Kesolvent, | to cool aud cleanse the blood may now Ss with ely , Charles Wend- The giri lay on the floor, A Bellevue w ance Was sent for and whon the i t the hospital elie was in ‘ondition, . pretty port hei ( ‘Witzel 8 min who helps aid man has work nee he want to return hon Kane at alte GROUT ACCEPTS TAMMANY NOMINATION. (Continued from First Page.) in Buffalo, convicted and hanged together on June 17, DANNPMORA, t audience with Gov. } at which she A Jast ploa for the | THOLLEME VOTE. ON JERSEY STRIKE | Secret mentee of Union and: Non-Union Men in Paterson ™". Low?" he said: ‘statement to Mr. jcould support them if they run on the Tammany ticket. I certainly would hope for them gone, . Van Wormer “Would their places, in the event of a recasting of the Fusion ticket, | giv en to EE Democrats?” Grout's place, for instance, might be given to a good | Repyblisan from Brooklyn.” | GROUT TALKS OF INDORSEMENT. Mr. Grout consented to tall this afternoon about the Tammany indorse-| to take a last farewell of the boys who wre to die In the electric chair on Thurs- Js accompanted by | morning, She her two nleces: Now that tho death 6escee hour of the Van CORDON DOEDTA GRO OOE ME ' boys Is so near, a revulsion In reply to the first question put to him: “I am in favor of Low’s election. Cutting on Saturday “Will you take the stump for I said so in my There seems to be a ten- Shows Sentiment in Favor of deney to ignore the first section of that letter ot mine, or elsa the public has Cutting of a fortnight ago. thal the issue o the.campaign is based on the record-of the administration, T shall stand on that record.” Asked regarding the criticism on Mr. Jerome, the Comptroller said that he had already answered those personal were dpad. Georgianna Bradley testitted| of feeling has swept over Kinderhook rancis iradley | espe younges with (he Little Door'—Uie death-house, of Frederick, {tion has been started asking the | as Ido to be brave forgotten my letter:to Mr. I said in that letter Wecelved by her sister, Eva Bridisy,| Governor to eommuto his sentence, ‘through the mail and that {1 was post-| will be signed by nearly all the promt- nent men and women in the village and a will be forwarded to the Governor to- Mrs, Armstrong Is said to have been | Morrow, | Dante hae desoribed th Radical Action. nover fmagined the horr’ house with the f Low made by District-Attorney from me os I write, have awakened believing i |solf eitting In the cha i If the reality the dream it will be te don't blame them for and searching times occurs to me to dash my bralns) ont againat the bara. ear barn here Mf eighty-five men pres- voted against ed Van Wormer sister of Parl fo whom Fred Was engaged, de wwe dled in 189. Tho mother became picts the horror of the death house ss it been shown before. Bete one's den sulted from! George Deyo pronounces the letter the has even sent from The letter follows: This may be dalled my dying confession, for it ts probably the last letter 1 shall write In my life not reach you and your good and Burton accom: A ietter written by to a oO STAND BY HIS LETTER. Continuing, Mr. Grout said: 'T have disavowed the allegations that have been made that the coming campaign will be but issues between national lle then repeated that he would do nothing contrary to the spirit ause belof his letter to Mr. Cutting, and then emphatically added: soo oes by any party or organization who indorse my nomination is necessarily ng | Ade witb a full knowledge of what my letter to Mr, Cutting contains and Any talk of treachery 1s simply absurd. The Comptroller was then asked if he had any knowledge several days ago that Tammany would indorse his candidavy, and that if he had dis- cussed tho possibility with Mayor Low, frankly replied: “I think it is no violation ot confidence to say that | knew of it, and that { talked the matter over with the Mayor. dorsement was possible, it did not seem probable, and the Mayor made no If he should object now, this fact, remains, that it Is unjust to me to criticlsc my actions, for on Saturday night I knew of no change in Mr. THINKS IT WILL STRENGTHEN LOW. Asked what he thought the effect of this indorsement by ‘Ti would have on the fusion ticket, the Comptroller said: after bearing all that has been sald about the indorsement of Mr, Fornes and myself by the Democratic Convention, it seems to me that the indorse- ment of a large part of this administration will strengthen and not hurt the chances of Mr. Low's election, and I have said so Lo people of the oppo- site political faith who have spoken to me on the subject.” Mr. Grout was then asked about reports to the effect that he might-halt the Fusion nomination and run on the straight Democratic ticket, to which Mr. Grout replied: “No one can truthfully quote me as saying any such thing,” some show of anger the Comptroller added: “If some people continue'to be unjust in their criticisms of me and my actions as they are now they may find that I will adhere to rey former de- termination not to be a candidate again for office by refusing all nomina- watching us has ny Gutre, the monkeys were kept in a. bf Cage in the forecastle, How the cage door was opened nobody knows. It was) Established 1846, opened, and the sjmlans began to ex- plore the yacbt, arriving in the saloon just as the soup was being served to a party of guests Mr. Plerce had in- Ose T-| Ra Eyeglass Clip, 50c, had been let “Any proposition greater than {t would be otherwise, 80 let come what Will. y Ifo hag been passing before my eyes this week, and tt Is y Nan, and your good mother the procession, "| somewhere, as the prison chaplain says. “Dear Litue Nan; thle to eut them down to fourte ant that ‘ten: ° ie Wii which the Surrogate |It may Was put| mother until Wil) wages was’ not © superintendent to which the Comptroller very frighten you ast one, dated Gept. 2 as it Was only hand- ‘This makes me fear, dear that when you read these words the hand that wrote them will be when ‘she| Paralyzed. emphatically to Surrogate ‘Pell “that oe fat on NeHeeen and the curtains draped about the port- SE holes, and there was a scramble to get STOVE AND FURNACE REPAIRS, out, The women screamed and the men| groy 5 ME Ropar ASEOCIATION, devoted thelr energies to corralling the truants. Three were bagged after the saloon had heen much disordered, but “Beauty, agile foe, He found the chandelier as} Laundry Wants—Female. much to his liting as a resting place as} ——___ aries the floor of table. | CARL. to hans. 0 Church yesterday, and we feel better yon't too much f but Father Belanger The Christ that is “as known no officer of the local amlon was pre fd t » Ualon ofelals fe Intea of the in the Bible fables, {3 a wonderful man, spoken of must have been the same sont to Hve over At the time, while such in- ——$—<—<—a—. IAL ta DEATH FROM POISON Unidentified Young Woman Is Found Unconscious in Her Room and Taken to New York ! objection to the proposition. Jagain, Nanate, » but it Is too late now, the good Ged be as chanitable and hu- as the Catholic father to communion on vour teur-stained Low's attitude.” muel G ie Wright, jo) BEATS © Bradley's ‘saiton Shea Tor | But st almost unnorved me to recall the 1d Kinderhook days that have e I was never much of o student, n Columbia County kno I was aiways fonder of ma nari s und fishing than study. that was the beginatng of cornered, but even then found it no easy task, ‘“Beauty"’ on the collar of the steward's uniformed jacket, and seams and buttons soon gavel Colnmbux av. way, Firewood was also bitten on the fl hand, and this caused him to release what hold he had on the monkey. ——<—<—— DEVERY'S PETITION “In my judgment, come to-mor- I had hoped to but it is best for you to stay Be a good little and sometimes you can tell our if we paxel any, “Our stepmother row and say good-by. eihia been dead that the Van Wormer hot as bad an they have been it ls growing dark, so gs and gvod-night from Wept Incessantly, sevents he | ever rgiana Bradley deercny| awit! cread—of this gloomy 5 forld reporter that thes| body will ever know and t bli Armstrong or thatl\a story as ours. © to tell auch Mrs, Van Wormer has wept tncessant- ly since the verdict was announced, now that all hope little more than a nervous wrecks, feared by many of her lutin |that she will be unable to s shock of the last meeting to-day’ her mind will give way, Watch's Pace. "We are simply waiting for the word md such # mean death at that! ipo thut If was ne This is wrong, for to dle is a young woman dying at New ud a moment but read and—think, : be surprised at that. : ‘ lonely hours at x 1 sounds are watch stepping on your occasion . bat night He Was in Charge of the For-|twoen my thought 0 > Sign Department of the Gen-| worth reaaing in the prison lbravy, and! 5 in syme of them th . @ral Electric Company of New] suuness of tne chats. y “You ask me, Nannie, if I dread death, Did mamma tell y that I suppose she means are we guilty? As there is a God above, Uncle Peter, nothing ts kn that she was a e worked hard and that First Instalment of 4,000 Names |; ntal Strensth, Asked pointblank if he would accept a Tammany indorsemegt, Mr, Grout replied that, it 1t were made unqualified and without any conditions, When asked if he thought that the Fusion- whether she would return to Kinder- » when the only} the pacing of thi heart and the 1 yolce of a prisoner, I have ftor night with my head be- hands and thought, thought, srngon in her room at No, 128 West Wenty-seventh street, a r want to see the place ducted by M: 1 hate 1¢ for what has happened want to die,” ‘Tho omer in which the Van Wormer boys will go to tho chair been decided Deyo has determined (Conta thernns show the greatest signs of breakdown will dio first, Bhould none of them show signs of weakening Willls will probably go first and will be followed by Frederick, Bur- ‘leon belng the last to dte ENTERED DOCTOR'S WINDOW he would feel free to accept it, ists would object to his accepting such indorsement they had the opportunity to object to it yesterday in tendering him their ination at the Mayor's house, but that the suggestion that they object did not seem a welcome one. Finally Mr, Grout was asked if he oad any opinion to express regarding the remarks of Dietriot-Attorney Jerome im this morning’s papers on the possibility of Mr, Fornes and Nimeeif taking a Tammany Indorsement, but he replied that he had not yet read it, but would look it over and see it it was worth answering, ARRESTED CRUEL DRIVER. | QMisy Loulse Sharpe, of No, 280 Man- got off a Lexington ave- nut car coming rena wee at One Hun-|6 dred_and Thirteenth streat this after- moon and caused ‘the arrest of” Josep a Bt No, indices ins avenue, gon). jefore the driver was arrested Fanpe. remonsttated “with. Aim, but When he becime inaolent and refured tO desist she called a Magistrate Zaller, hela the driver Jo: Mr. Grout sald that No girl appeared at the house a woek cheap grade skirt, a ‘The rest of her possessions she has beon forget her clothing was of poor quality ahe was neat and clean. She went out every morning and came evening, ap. There were circles es, Indicating fatigue and a to ask mo? home about parently tired out, pendent cafdidate for Mayor. SHIPPING NEWS. already, and with the establishment of iS booths in various parts of the greater! Atantic av.. Grook clty during the next two weeks expects) 1.124 to get several thousand more, The pe- PVANTED, — Sunlight” Laundry, 8300 3| tittons will be filed in sections, piay a Joke on htm, We talked on our way to his houre thay night of getting blank cartridges, but there was no placo open, and as we were good shoty we never dreamed of hitting him at first. heard, Uncle Peter started to get and not knowing who we were In there wags no nt to ihe room of the flernoon and found her in bed hattan avenue, “ambulance Yrom New. Yorks Prowler Arrested Held ta $1,000 for Trial, Dr, Charles Oglivy, who occupies the 1 Bast Twenty fourth street, told Magistrate Pool tn the Jefferson Market Police Court to-day that at S45 o'clock this morning he lk covered a man‘in the act of climbing in over the window sill, {rom” some be of tt "There wn Then, serab of paper inthe room, not or rou nove tenant, waited for same time bofore the Bureau of BHiections office opened to-day} =". tk tit Tn Tati Z in order that he might be the first man| “wn a (oH ra it TH Clas. to’ fle any’ names. ‘There was no one | HOY. reshectable, whout ft, to Mallee Sise about on similar. business, Clerk | qa, PORReIn t ae 408 ‘Allon took the’ petitions and wevery as! pe. rhiner st. wieholas a sure of paalng u he nlowire OF the hump Deere serenade Layee fe municipal ticket ears Toe | arent oat ye Wil erobehiy name ii eandi-| HOY W ‘SNTBD olf laundry, 1865 “Lestng~ dates for. Alderman and Aseorad lyman foo Ww Stl THY Inte Nini Dintrtet. ay Vea ee Mt the ‘Swtiar con Witt recover cone of heartbreaking @bout six montiie ago gun, parlor floor at dco ne Look Ol our disguises manner of escaping his buckshot, “I do not remember firing directly at # iN toll wilt aie w with her ESCAPE IN LYNCHING CASE. Delaware Jury Ignores # Oharge : Based on-the White Hanging, Evening: World, Del, Sept.” 2%.—/Tha| Margaret in the General Sessions jandi Qescian Princo . dina te "Hariem i 7 Se enennaeand TRAIN KILLED WOMAN. AMSTPRDAM, N. | ¥,, e he kopt his gun. The dootor euiled “My hands are as tnnocent of his biood those-of a babe. But, little Nan, INCOMING SopAysHiPs, Gailie, Napier” Perugia,” Ni Pollooman Wlokman, of the West Untr, your folks have known me long enov@h| tieth street station, answered the alarm to. know that J am not 4 cowardly cur | ant arrested lke Harvey. We are all Saualy sate | ie a Kou under the clreumstances and xcept that lylng telltale, _Prend in Molineax's Book, 1 read some POWs, Whe des BD hea an ar M1HON aveLuc. favane of Spanisn WILMINGTO Grand Jwy Court to-day Siting to. rot in che Ramo, ie Rowe: Giprajtar, 0 War orn ip ! bo had for one dollar. A single set | is often saficient to core the most | torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning and scaly humours, eczemas, rasner and irritations, from infancy to age, AN YACHT DIFFER when all else fails. Uhroushous the world. Cations 0c. Cia ear earertts arene i CS Corp., Bole wy deud for . | Bugler. Pepin Was Bitten by} Simian on Henry Clay Pierce’s Boat, Said It Beionged to \ : | Mrs. Pierce. | Who owns the monkey that it! | Bugier Frauk: McGuire, af Henry Clay Pierge's yarht,Yacona? { MeGuire says ithe monkey belongs to |Mrs, Plorce. F. R. Russell, secretary for those who want a good honest to Henry Clay Pierce, a Standard Ol1 ff} made sweet-toned and durable and horsemiitn of ‘Bt. Lous, piano at a moderate price to.ex- who owns the yacht, says his employer amine the Needham before pur- is a widower and that he keepz no met chasing elsewhere, Easy terms, keys on board the vessel. | honest representation, Second- Whether Pierce owns the ‘monkey or hand pianos of different makes not, McGuire’ to-day has a Dadly lace- taken in exchange, unusual value. rated hand, and Dr. Reed, of Bellevue fH. Price and full information on ap- | Hospital, where McGuire had the wound plication. jcauterized. has advised him to stay at) the hospital as the wounds are don- en if NEEDHAM, ‘According to the story told by M 96 FIFTH AVENUE. vited on board for dinger. pore. net alte, aint or leave marks, 6 The monkefs began’ to do acrobatic} {it ele ve aint ee daa nt dias feats between the centre of the table/ave, noth & isi ets, DACHTERA Bros Repair Nii oe a Fr is, Fito Pots, &C nates "the biggest one, proved an ti starch room, Hanover Latindry. Woallabout st... Broo! Chlet Steward Firewood finally got him ait, eagles family irony Superior auniry, 215i au ‘Tyler machti terdam “Laundr: got a half-Nelson TR anti a ae Rafter ‘iyier machine; 15! e| unly ironer, Steam Law dry. 85 family trone geet At Brooklyn wow Etrate< z nt os Be Wnibvay., a i to do mending. Champion Leund#, TO RUN FOR WOR pe : ta. Tl) Trone: come resdy to. work it tainly Wont: yoo family lroner Wanted. Rink. del Laundry. cor. 1th ‘a charge oC hand’ Yaundry. Ls0, Necessary to Enable Him to ty ee anil Tor Be a Candidate Filed at the |rosr: ‘ Elections Bureau. wine ‘aiv wanted, famtly froner tiv enwich a for firet-clai AW. th . “teat clase, Want position, 107 4th ay Willlam &. Deverx to-day ‘clinchod his | expertenced on ‘collars anc tal Bheaa Laundry, 364 De candidacy for Mayor and nailed down] «git... Grookiyn his right ¢o the emblom of the pump as ‘on turn-down collars, jan? his campaign sign by filling with the] 0% warn Steam Laundrs, 19 Hand st Election Bureau the first instalment Of | qeemeee=eeeemeeeree—eneessree 4,000 names that must be signed to his petition to snable him to be the inde- Laundry Wants—Male. y 5, | PLR Devery says he-has about 15,000 namoy) HURST CIA BOY’ WANT. Hipzriton'a Laundi 15 to work Ih airs? sen anne Sdward J. Schneider, a Devery Heu- hi _ Rate ay outa, Tee must be amart. Launh> Hox gal ty: Pe hake MR te felp Wanted—Male GUARDS” “WANEED; A NUMBER On BIG, Men; arse A a sFron odee. gASvna | aehrce sai panirt Ny PACER EC