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RACING # SPORTS ~ PRICE ONE CENT.) “ Circulation Books Open to All.”? NEW YORK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1903. PRICE ONE CEN AILS 15. FRIEND AND SHOOTS RIMSELt Drink-Crazed Fritz Shoeman Slays Grocer Who Had Assisted His Fam-| ily and Then Himself, Defying Police Behind ‘Barred Doors in His Home, His Wite and Six Children Witness Tragedy—Refuses to Surrender to the Police, and When He Can't Es- cape, Places Revolver to His Head. After murdering Louis Wetzel in the latter’s grocery store at No. 337 West Thirty-seventh st.eet, Fritz Shoeman ran to his own home, in the basement of No. 333 West Thirty-seventh street, threatened iaurder fa the police and crowd that followed him, and then turned the pistol upon himself, falling dead, at the feet of his wife, who stood surrounded by her six half-starved and frightened children. Drink is responsible for the mur + ard the suicide and the half- starved condiion of the mother and her six little ones. Two months ago Shoeman was prospering. He had a little grocery store at No. | 337 West Thirty-seventh street and his wife and children were wel fed, well dressed and happy. ‘The love for drink came quickly to the grocer. He developed a taste for Mquor that changed him from the indulgent father -nd husband into a rough and brutal drunkard, He neglected his business, quarrelled with the patient wife and often whipped the little children who thought of him only as what he had been before he fell a slave to drink. Creditors began to press upon him and he neglected his store more and drank the harder, He was forced to sell. What little trade he etill had he thought was worth $200. He looked up his old friend, Wetzel, a man who had prospered’and who had’ riot learned to love liquor. #Fve got to séll;” Shoeman-told Wetzel. ‘I will sell you the business for $200. There is some little stuff in the store and you can have that along with the business for the same price,” Wetzel bought bim out and Shoeman took his family to the basement of the house at No. 833. He neglycted them more than ever. The wife and children often knew what real hunger was, but they lived on and the neigh- bors were not told of tnelr plight. The few sober moments Shoeman had he spent {n a butcher shop trying to earn a few cents. Then the butcher had to tell him to keep away because of his intemperate habits. FAMILY HUNGRY, MAN DESPERATE. Shoeman grew desperate when he saw his family hungry, and he went to Wetgel’s store and demanded groceries of him. “J didn’t sell you the groceries,’ he told Wetzel. from me.” Wetzel felt sorry for the wife and children, the oldest of whom is a boy of fourteen, and he gave Shoeman food. Shoeman came for food again. He came daily. It was refused him yesterday, Wetzel telling him that he sould not support his family Shoeman then demanded a meat axe, which ae said was his. It was refused him. Shoeman became so abusive that Wetzel went to court and had him summoned to appear, charged with using threatening language. ‘When Shoeman learned of the summons last night he got in a frenzy ind threatened to kill Wetzel, His son begged him not to, and this so angered the drunken father that he drew his revolver and threatened to kill the boy. His son fled from home to save himself. Shoeman went to Wetzel's store at 8.30 o'clock this morning and again demanded the axe, “Don't I get it?” he demanded. “You do not, but you will get a good licking instead,” replied the grocer, Wetzel started from behind the counter. Shoeman, quick as a fish, drew his weapon and fired. The bullet entered Zettzel’s temple and he dropped to the floor a dead man. Standing in the doorway Shoeman waved ths smoking revolver and/ pj defied the crowd that gathered with Policeman Herzing, Priest and Mc- Cutcheon, As the crowd grew in size Shoeman, fearing they might lynch him, broke through and ran to his home, He sprang into the basement and|{ bolted the door. BOLTED DOOR STOPS POLICEMEN. The policemen, with a great crowd surging at their heels, sprang after him, but were stopped by the bolted door, The murderer's wife and ohil- dren, terrified at his appearance with the revolver still clutched in his hand, gathered around him and asked what had happened. Hé only snarled and gritted his teeth and pushed them away. “You have stolen them The |%) policemen began to’pound on the door, demanding in loud voices that Shoe- | Sa! ‘man come out and surrender. “Oh, my God! Have you killed poor Mr. Wetzel?” wailed his wife. The children cried and the murderer. just stood there, white as a ghost "and panting Uke @ mad cur. The knocking on the door came louder than ‘ever. Suddenly Shoeman thrust hia dst through the glass door. ‘Jie police- men darted back, for the murderer had his revolver pointed in their tec “Get back,” Shoeman yelled, ‘or I'll kill all of you.” The policemen stopped. One of them ran around to the rear of the house. Shoeman saw him and defied him to approach. When he found he was cornered and couldn't escape he shook off his sobbing wife and children, “To hell with all of you!" he cried out, ‘Thon he put the muzzle of his revolver to his head and pulled the trigger, The bullet went through his head and lodged in a picture of the wife, |}, taken when she was a bride, It left a great spot of blood on the picture, As the husband fell dying almost instantly, the wife seized the pistol, She pressed it to her head and was about to fire when Policeman Mo- Cutcheon ran in and snatched it from her hand, Wetzel was forty-three years old and leaves a wife and one son. It is not known what will me of Shoeman's widow and her six little ones. | on Soe Ntiae ee achat BAD NEWS WINS DIXIANA; | MANHATTAN GOES TO CASTALIAN Favorites Go Down in Both Stake Events at Morris Park —Reliable Carried Money in the Dixiana. : WEIGHT STOPPED LEONORA LORING IN OTHER STAKE. Monastic Shows Way Home to Good Field in Second Event —Charawind Takes Jump- ing Race. \ THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Charawind (3 to 6) 1, Draughteman (15 to 1) 2, The Rival 3. | SECOND RACE—Monaatlc (5 to 2) 4, Princess Shine (5 to 1) 2, Champlain 3. THIRD RACE—Castalian (12 to 1) 1, Lux Casta (16 to 6) 2, King Pep- per 3. FOURTH RACE—Bad News (13 to 8) 1, Reliable (9 to 5) 2, Grey Friar 3. Friar, 3. FIFTH RACE—Auriesville (6 to 5) 1, Mary Street (2 to 1) 2, Biserta 3. BIXTH RACE—Wild Pirate (6 to 5) 1, Hoodwink (4 to 1) 2, Namtor 3. RACE TRACK, MORRIG PARK, Oct. 2—The programme at Westchester tits afternoon was a deciied improvement over others of the present week and pro- vided a much better card than usual for a Friday. ‘The weather to-day was pleasant though cloudy, and the track was fa The attendance was fair. Jockey Miles Reinatated, Jockey “Mites, who was suspended for a bad ride on Carroll Washington, last. spring, was ed by the Jookey Club to-day. Fred Eshner, a well-known player and owner of race horses, 1s reported to have been badly burt in a runaway acc! on the way to the course. SBT RACE. One and « hell inilen over hurdie Starters, wate, Jockeys. StHIf.Fin. Charawind, 167, of ‘ark Dra ale 14a, Connelly : 18, Gratwiane H Ww Charawind went to the front soon af- ter the start and, staying there all the way, won easily by neck from Draughtsman, in front of The Rival. lot of speed and was ‘well up to the las quarter, where he died away. SECOND RACE. Eclipse course. mai , marie eames AE a jain, 00, Caliaban: Ge ke Bolesen but 01} the stable ment up to 5 to 1. @ sta fhoke raced to the front and to the last few jumps. Mo- ents cg runner-up, and shen fol- ‘Champlain was third & @ half aw ‘THIRD RACE. Eclipse course, Starters, Jockera. 81 HIE Fin. a ‘Bi, Sa Aire meg Ne Start mood. Won driving, Time—1,00. Leonora foring cut out the early run- ning, but the weight soon stopped her and ene dropped back in the ruct falter sehen took the lead and fai ereseed winner by ne who was the| Lo det? ienath es ing pepper. | same Mistance in. front ahs | Bad News went to the front at t start ana stayed there. The othe! rac ead to the turn, whe Bir Voorhies, as the first to crack. In the wun through the streten Grey Friar and wi Raltenle, dust mapped F atoning of a mile, ed abit, ut drive Bad News stoad thom ‘and won Grey Wine Out of the LETH eee Pa i siti ee es Le ‘Beart’ oe PIRATES VS. BOSTON AGAIN GREENE CALLS [BODMIN..- -3 WITNESSES IN [PITTSBURC- - 0 WALSH CASE Police Commissioner Greene is not satisfied with the report of Inspector Walsh on the handling of the crowds at the Demo- cratic Convention at Carnegie Hall, The Inspector reported this afternoon that he did not have enough men at first, but later things went along smoothly Hé¢ denied having passed favorites through the lines. Gen. Greene does not think the ex- nlanation goes far enough. He ordered Deputy Commissioner. Piper to call witnesses and make a complete investigation. Pirate Sluggers Unable to Do Anything with. the Puzzling Curves of Dineen, Who Strikes Out Many. DOUGHERTY DOES SOME GREAT STICK WORK. Makes Two Home Runs Off the Speed Merchants from the) Smoky City—The Game Was Fast. Gen. Greene said concerning the story that some of the men! surposely negiected their duty to bring discredit on the admin-' istration that he had no doubt there were men on the force who could be persuaded t to do that very thing. Spee gry gies JERSEY CITY BEATS BROOKLYN, JERSEY CIMY) 2 ocase -0001030 he 5 THE SCORE. | BROOKLYN ..-... -4-..-..0 0000 0 2 O 2 jpittssurnc ..000000000-0 ie cr WIN A GAME. is At Philadelphia: National s. 53 Americans, 1. BATTING ORDER. aie ee Pittaure. | : LATE RESULTS AT HARLEM. Fourth Race—Glistener 1, Dorice 2, Sol Smith 3. Fifth Race—Clifton Forge 1, Tokaion 2, Tolido 3, AT ST. LOUIS.’ Fourth Race—Aladdin 1, Rengaw 2, Ada N. 3. ERIE TO TAKEOVER CHARGES POLICE IGMERGERROADS2, WITH OPPRESSION) = = Wall (Street Hears that North- President of Harlem Social CHUB inna was thrown out oy em ‘Securities Is Prepared] Has Capt. Dilton and Detec-|"° Tyoagherty asta Be ay tive Summoned to Court to} cen *. Stahi, ¢f. reeman, Ff. Parent, La ct Wagner, sa Bransfield, 10 hance, 1b. 2b. Dineen. p. Leever.p. Timpires—O' Day and Connolly, Oct, 2.-There was no damp- ening of the ardur of the Boston fans to-day despite the intermittent showers BOSTON, which had a tendency to make the ground soggy for the second battle be- tween the Boston Americans and Pitts- burg. Natlonnis. on strikes, Clarke got wild when caught off La Chane went Itke a catapult betwee but did not reach the centre and right, for Adverse Court Decision} ' crowd. Sebring was after jt, but the by New Arrangement. | Make Explanation. Sree Shed a athore, Gotline Aled. to Stahl ewung for two oags, anid faced home on Freeman's smart swat Over secand. Parent put one up "for Capt, Dillon and hia detective, Lynch, | Clarke, “Lea etiance hala gift. Herr of the East Elghty-elghth street sea | ‘hope of further tallies by: forcing tion, were siimmoned to the Harlem|'* Tan anead of him. Two runs, s fi Court this afternoon to explain why! poo. ieee Daal Wagners théy were annoying the members of @/qy” Parent checked Hransfeld on first. eccial club at No, 69 Bast Eighty-"tth|Riichey was thied out on strikes and street by uninvited cally against the| Dever offered at elther of those called, No runs, ‘wishes of the members, The summons) "Ve was substituted by Capt. Clarke fasued on the complaint of Charles) for Leever. Criger diet at frst with who anid he ir president of|Ieach’s aid. Dineen deat out a bunt, Clarke, Wail street was interested in a story generously cirouie'ted to-day, Mnicng the Brie Ratiroad and Northern Becur- ‘ities Company. Brie wtock has been exceptionally mtrong én the mariost for the Inet few days, and the statement was made, that dts strength was 4 to an atrange- ment by which the Frie was to take | Wal Winters, over the stock off the Northern Securi-| Mintert, Leach’s ald. Dineen deat out ab ties, In the event of the courts deciar-| ‘he clio. Hranmield had to leap for the bal ing the ¢ient merger iiJeea!. ‘Winters assérted that Capt. Dillon and/ Dougherty was « target for Vell and hin detective made a practice of drop-| the cro’ ‘ake Vell out and Tt was etated thet plans had been completed for the issue by the Brie ot | Ping in and running through the rooms (AE SeCONnE score, AL Hele In the alr and Reaumont was on. the he stock of /Of the house, looking, he sald. for alother side for the messenger. Stah! ore to cael ss eevaloag oj ite | POOl-toom, He aid there was no much| filed to Wagner. *, nd Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, |thing on the premises and he exhibited Thi rene ¢ ied g a charter for the organization. Sebring was the fourth victim of Smith put up one Veil couldn't No runs, Dineon's delivery that was meat for Colline but sweep the alr, ‘the roads in $40,000,000 merger. Precieely how the roads are to be worked under the control of tie Eri and keep within the law was not made clear, but it was said a way been Capt. Dillon replied that he delieved ‘there was a pool-room in the place. | He was going to find St; he would break | | down the doors, if necesmary, He told (he Magistrate that he thought he ted Thance was also the prey fielder. Ferris forced Pat jafter dropping Grout and Fornes, LOW WILL WIN, SAYS PLATT, BUT ON NEW TICKET The Senator Insists That Grout and Fornes Shall Be Forced Out and Favors Nomina- Backed by Hugh McLaughlin, KINGS COUNTY BOSS IS READY FOR FINISH FIGHT WITH MURPHY. Greater New York Democracy Gives the Situation Another Twist by Proposing to Indorse the Tammany Ticket, While Nixon Again Looms Up as Possible Candidate. . We will pnt Grout aud Fornes off the fusion ticket. Perhane we may name Fairchild and Metz instead. Low’s chances, look good now.—Seuator Thomas C. Platt. se The nomination of McClellan suggests that the voice is the toiew of Jacob, but the hand is that of Murphy.--City Chamberlain Gould We will back any movement instituted by the Citizens’ Union for decent municipal government.—Chairman Linn Bruee, of the Republican County Committee. « I have to make my fight now. Iam an old man, 1 canted afford to wait for changes. There will never again be a con= vention like the one held Jast night.-Hugh MeLaugi:) ing political situation it is not une To further complicate the an likely that the Fusion ferces will take up Julian Fairchild for Comp- troller and Herman A. Metz for President of the Board of Aidermen The Greater New York Dembz racy is looked to for an indorsement of the Tammany ticket. If this plan goes through the voters will be confronted by a Tame many ticket part of which was originally Fusion, and a Fusion t’cket part of whic was originally considered by Tammany Hall and the McLaughtin organization. With & shifts, none but an ambidextrous min can mark his ballot. Lewis Nixon is looming up again. Daniel Browne, sent him a letter to-day asking him to run as an independ= Mr, Nixon continues to refuse to give out any information few nove The Municipal Democracy, ent candidate. as to his intentions. joined the Municipal Democracy this afternoon and repudiated John @ Sheehan. Hugh McLaughlin was pleased thie afternoon when told that the Fue sionists weré talking of nominating Fairchild and Metz, He said that such a move would strengthen the cause of good government. “The Republicans do good sometimes,” said the old man. “As soon as we find out what they are going to do we will pitch inand do something ourselves.” : THROW THEM OUT SAYS PLATT, Senator Platt was smiling to-day when he came to his office. - found theat around the legul lines. —— Fourth Inning. Beaumont walked arke’s hit, the a perfect right to enter any place where he had reagon to believe that a felony WANTED A QUICK DEATH. | was being committes. grat om Dineen.” pat him an” second. Mr, Winters said the captain ineimi-| Leach punted wid ther was @ race wit Gated members of the club from enter-| Sune of Leach who upset the frat ving ened Consumption, othe house and that he had also sia-| baseman. ‘The out was given amid a mtorm from Pittsourg. The other two toned a policeman in uniform at the | Mom [rom Sldvanced, ‘Then Wagmr oor sent a liner ty Ferrla, “who held to st: i is ptmin, assed the t second and ed puicita to tay: by taklom carbolied an Tata tone Ween the captain, that | Reteee ee ack, rin . Bho was told a week ago that ye ihas a right/to enter anyplace where || Criger, went down, agner to Brans- he has reagon io believe a felony is be- | geld Vell couldn't) eajole Dineen into reaching for wide ones, and Wild Bill walked, only to be forced by Dougherty who _cantered to third oa a daisy cutter by Collins to short right, Collinw stole @ dag, but it was no use. threw Stahl out at first Fifth Inning. Bransfleld was the sixth to de hypno- tized by Dineen and Ritchey the seventh, Sebring laced out the second hit. ut 16 ing committed,” said Magistrate Baker, ‘And I think any cosnplaint you ha to make ought to }) to bia superior oMoer, not to a Magistrate.” He declined to accept a complaint of oppression. ——_—_—_ STRICKEN IN PARK. speedy death to a Her husband, James Irving, left the house to-day and had not returned when the body of the woman was found. as Wagner No runs did no good, as Parent was under eat Smith's pop dp. No, runn, = oman was on deck for a ‘Texas her writhing on t the agony In Sew-lrenguer’ “Parent was given a. free of arbolic acid pi soning. jal. ticket. La Chance tried to sacrifice, but ————==—T- (8peclal to The Eveulne World nie tli fumbled by Vell and NADA SURRENDERS STERN, | S2WARK. S.J, Gov 24 wou [ie EN ee oh Ferris and Freeman was nailed at the dressed man ho was found sick in plate by Wagner Then Pittsburg made Washington Park, this city, early yee: a great digviay of Malling and shut out terday died this afternoon. A cara, | % run on Crger's roller to Ritchey, who sl threw to Wagner al of bearing the addrese No. 19% or 195 Btrat:| the Nall went back ta Branefeld tore ford avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., was found | double. ‘m his possession. The wording of the Aconsed in Pos F ja to Be Tried Here. TORONTO, Oct, 3.—In the extradition case of Leopold J. Stern, of Baltimore, Sixth In hae ie want a B Sela postal would indicate that the mi Well tanned again. Antont was the postal frauds, Jusiice ~ hari Nisalent ohecked at first on a beautiful plek up cheater to-day directed that Stern be je was Charles Maguire, and that he/Sy parent, Dineen struck out Clarke as nth tn that direction and got al round of applause. No rune i easy bounder to aus | had a stater living at the addrtasgiven. | hie (He was about fifty-eight yeara old, sin eent an nen wen ‘The Brooklyn pollos were not!fed: Bransfield and was out With —————— strikes on Doughertx, he lifted the dali over the left-fleld fence just inside the Gelivered over to the United eres ey etel faa. cha Sanne ry the informacion. 2% ae ending at 8 P. M. Saturday for New York City and vicinity: ‘One run Starters. wats., Jockeys. fr. Holmen: | Sevemth Innt | ol of Freeman's foul fy ser Cc w On oe "Re driving. Trimet. ok end White” nd Ferris fied to Sebring. No Kighth Innieg. Ritchey. tried to atretoh his single inte- EN Soe ate Te eee “eS iis ie second ail the way. a, t and made the round for his second bunch all the way, nome run. Collins took a walk, stole WEATHER FORECAST. J come! ia ‘reachnd. ein} tnt Smith's SIXTH RACE. 7 . low throw to nab him. “Stahl could nut) _ z connect and went bac kto the bench. Withers ‘walle. forecast for the thirty-six houre |] ioyiter run was saved on Hranafeld.s | “I think the chances of Mayor Low are now excellent,” he said. “What are you going to do with Grout and Fornes?” was asked. “Put them off the ticket. The convention will be reconvened and two | men nominated to run with Mr. Low,” was the reply. | “Will you accept the Democrats suggested by McLaughlin—Fairchild and | Metz?" | “That I cannot say. ‘about as far as I can go.” “And with two good Democrats you believe that Mr. Low's will be bright?’ |} "I do." | “genator, do you think this move by Murphy has shown him to be a |pright young man, or has he dug a political grave for himself?” | “I wouldn't care to pass on that phase of the situation. The election, £ suppose, will answer that.” Chairman Linn Bruce, of the Republican County Committee, dectitred to-day that the Citizens’ Union had taken the initiative in dealing with the | complicated political situation. : | The Citizens’ Union Committee, composed of 30 delegates at large and j2 delegates from each Assembly District in New York, will meet to-night, and it then will be determined almost without doubt to order a reconven- |tion of the Citizens’ Union Convention for next Monday night. At the re- convention it is almost certain also that Fairchild and Metz will be named I don't know. Two independent Democrat is No runs : ibs the places of Grout and Fornes, | The plan to have a re-conyention of the Republican Convention for next Wednesday night will also be carried out. At this convention Failte child and Metz may be substituted for the names of Grout and Fornes. Speaking of the second conventions to-day Chairman Bruce said: “We shall join heartily in any movement started and indorsed by the Citizens’ Union. There is no doubt of our power to reconvene the Republican City Convention and rescind the action nominating Grout ‘ahd Fornes. nd was caught at perfect thnow by | went out to frst on Parent } runs, a — ORIENT EXPRESS ; WRECKED D rty struck out and Smith was his ghar bounder ¢o wineen: Princess Nipth insingy Brine ‘Feniinand of of Bulgaria, latter’a children. on the. choy Phelps batted for Smith and struck vote Beaumont fied to Parent, Clirke bub Be 4 5 ; wy 5 to fresh north winds, becoming nt miased a high one for Clarke, | (sy tap. He was daunted up ins i fa freight train merry fr 8 | ance went out, Ritchey to Rrans-| Wagner, Ritchey and Branstield, 3 i Sone runs. o ele, Gil. AA OS. tial tion of Fairchild and Metz, Who Are. through - A delegation from the Greater New York Democracy ~~