The evening world. Newspaper, November 12, 1903, Page 6

BONNAZ ».... ... 8| MEN BOOKBINDERS . 11/ MILLINERS BOOKKEEPERS.. 6| NECKWEAR . * BOYS ...... ....128] NURSES BRASS WORK'RS 3] OPERATORS .... 11 PAINTERS . - HEAL DRAMA IN LIFE OF ACTRESS Isobel Courtney, Who Stabs Herself and Fights Her Res- cuers, Is Said to Have Been on Her Honeymoon. SHE INDIGNANTLY DENIES . MARRIAGE TO W. W. HUNT. Is Now a Prisoner Patient at Betlevue Hospital, After At- tempting Suicide in Her Room at the Lincoln Hotel. Suffering from self-inflicted stab wounds {sobel Courtney, an actress, 16 @ prisoner patient at Bellevue Hospital. Bhe tried to kill herself in her room at the Hotel Lincoln, Broadway and Fifty- second street. “Just say I was tired of life, despon- dent," was her response when asked to- day to explain her attempted sulcide. But she flared up and grew indignant |’ when asked if her reported marriage 4wo days ago to W. W. Hunt, of the H. B, Claflin Company, had anything to do with her act, “You have no right to drag his name into this, He had nothing to do with it, [ just wanted to shuffle off, and it's nobody's business why."" Mr. Hunt left the employ of the Claf- lin Company two years ago. He was a salesman in the drees goods department. A near friend of his stated this morning that Miss Courney was a Canadian, and @s Hunt halled from the same country, they were friends. Mr. Hunt himself is responsible for the use of his name, according to Po- iceman Lynch, who was called in by the hotel people. Mr, Hunt and a friend had taken Miss Courtney to dinner at Reisenweber's and escorted her back to the Lincoln, They were chatting to ether in the lobby after leaving her in her room when her screams rang through the hot Mr. Hunt said he was nothing more than a friend of Miss Courtney. ‘Miss Courtrey's wounds are slight, but she made a tremendous sensation in the Broadway hotel by her manner ot attempting suicide, Her strikiag fig- ure and handsome dinher gowns creat ed a ripple of Interest among the loungers in the hotel lobby as sie came in from dinner with Mr, Hunt and his friend. The gentlemen had just stepped out of the elevator after leav- ing her, at her room when the hotel folk were stirred by a woman's scredins. Béllboys and clerks went: scurrying through the corridors and word quldkly reached the office that Migs Courmey had tried to kill horself,’ Polfceman ‘Lynch ran in from Broadway. When he reached the actress's room he found her standing with one arm resting on fhe back of a chair. In the other sne ‘waved a jewolled Oriental dagger. Her Jong black hair fell in disorder about r shoulders, and where her dinner AGNES CARNEY, WHO HAS TRIED’ one WORLD: “THURSDAY EVENING, - NOVEMBER 19,1903... MRS. FLORENCE E. LILLIENTHAL, WHO SUICIDE TWICE IN SIX MONTHS. 49765; Corney" TWO MEN LEAP INTO THE RIVER Mysterious Tne Stylishly Dressed but Penniless, Who Tried to Sleep on a Cinder Pile, Was Drowned. — Two would-be sulcides jumped into the river from ferryboats to-day. One succeeded and the other was fished out. An unidentified and stylishly dressed man jumped from the ferryboat Wil- Mamsbusg. He was drowned. George L, Dunn, forty years.old, living with his wife in Scotch Plains, N. J.. and for elghteen years a clerk in the in- surance offices of Charles E. and Will- lam:-F. Perk; No. 68 William street. Manhattan. attempted suicide by jump- ing from the ferryboat Mauch Chunk just after it left the South Ferry slip. He was glad to be rescued in a passing rowboat by Daniel Quigley. j At the Battery Pollceman Murray) placed him under arrest, He was unablo gown was unbuttoned the bloodstains showed how she had tried to kill her- “Stand Back.” ‘The woman's eyes blazed with pas- pion, and the hotel attendants fell back before the angry sweep of her weapon, “Stand Wack! Don't dare touch me!” she cried, and the colored bellboys stood transfixed with horror. At sight of the policeman Miss Courtney tried once more to plunge the dagger into her breast, but Lynch was too quick and @prang forward and stayed her hand. It was then that Mr. Hunt entered her room and spoke to her, When the actress saw him she wopt hysterically, but did not speak to him. Dr. Wet- more, of Roosevelt Hospital, found her wounds were slight and she was taken to Bellevue and made a prisoner, ‘At the hospital Miss Courtney gave the name of W. W. Hunt as her nearest friend. She told the doctors she had tried three times to kill herself and was sorry they had not let her finish the job this time. wne said her name was Bes- sie Campau and that her parents were French Canadians. Under the name of Imobel Courtney she has sung in the chorus with the Bostonians and “A Chirese Honeymoon" comoany. WORLD WANTS -Prove Themselves. 4,20 465 Paid Help Wants in the 13 other New York papers combined, —y Paid Help Wants in | this morning’s World. AGENTS «++ 18) KITCHENWORK, 11 APPRENTICES .. 2) LAUNDRY BAKERS .... .. 6 WANTS 6 BARTENDERS .. 7) LADIES" TAIL'RS 15 PAPERHANGERS 4 PHOTOORAPHE'S 3 PIANO HANDS.. 6 PLUMBERS .. .. 12 POCKETBOOK MAKERS 2 PORTERS ..,, .. 10 PRESSERS .. ., 2 ROOFERS .... .. 2 SALESLADIES .. 14 SALESMEN 15 20| SHIPPING cr! 2. 24 | SHOEMAKERS .. 2 DRUG CLERKS.. 6 SR TATICRS, a ELECTRICIANS. 2 RS os see OT TINSMITHS ry ELEVATOR : RUNNERS 3] TUCKEKS 2 1 UPHOLSTERERS, ry UBEFUS MEN ., 5 . VARNISHERS ... 4 3 fi 38 to make a coherent statement, it being evident that his mind was affected. Mind Evidently Affected. At the office where Durin worked a member of the firm said: ‘We cannot understand why Dunn should have committed such a rash act.! His work was‘all right and he did not handle the cash at all, We understand that he has been ill of late and perhaps that affected his mind. The man, who leaped Into East River and who is briefly described as of! middle age and well dressed, was found about 7 o'clock last night in a, nest he had made in a cinder pile In the Lehigh Valley frelgnt yards near the foot of East Forty-second streat. He was preparing to sleep there when the watchman routed him out, He begged the watchman to let. him sleep there, but the watchman would not do so, The man sald he was without money and had no place to sleep. Gaye Man Five Cents, “Well, here's a nickel,” sald th watchman, “You can ride all night oi a ferry-boat or in an elevated train.” The stranger took the nickel and walked out of the eet. ana into ee slip of the ferry which connects For' second street with Brod aay Williams: burg. In a few minutes the ferry-boat Harry Hollins came into the slip and he paid threa cents for his fare and board- ed the boat. Near the other side he threw: his “hat to\the deck, climbed to the top of the railing and dived into the river. ‘The boat was stopped and Capt, Decker threw a -life-preserver to the man, who hed come to the surface. The preserver struck the water at his side, but the man pushed it ‘away and held his hands over his head as he sank in the current, Clothing Was Stylish, The boat was backed, but nothing was found of the sulolde, The nat, which was of recent purchase and ex- cellent quality, had been bought at No, 067 Broadway, Manhattan, Passengers on the boat said that the man’s clothing was of the latest style, that It was of fine quality and indicated that he had considerable means. Ap- parently he was a man of education and refinement, but he looked) worried and the passengers noted that he was in a gloomy mood. * ——_- — 25 GAMBLERS DISCHARGED. Not Sufficient Evidence to Hold Them for Patshment, ‘Twenty-three men, who were charged with gambling in the “Hollendale Club, at No. 58% Seventh avenue, which was raided by Licut.-Sergt. Hayes and De- tectives Kahn, Obrion and Dribben last night, were discharged to-day by Magis- trate’Ommen, in Jefferson Market Po- Uce Court. “I know this club fa 8 gambling room —there's no doubt about the Moma “out the Gets have pen unfortunate in not dein le to cate! youn the very act, “Ehis club dias to be cloned. TI lice say the men were shootli, craps nat a bilHard table when the the raide ers broke into the place. _—. Bs Two Ex fons for Speed, (From the Boston Transcript.) —Sweete—See Marston hurrying home| {S"\) ‘ith ail Wile. tgaint ye somet! fi strait he may’ 4 ht. Soveager to see his yw he 1 ae ove at hast set tt to er pad GIRL DEAD IN “SUICIDE ROW" “Pretty Julia” Five Years Ago Was Famous in the Tender- loin, and a Millionaire Became Infatuated With Her. ‘The police were notified early to-day that an unknown woman had dled in her room in “Suicide Row,” at No. 229 Chrystie street. They found there an emaciated body stretched on the! floor of a squalid room. The last rem- lance of heauty had faded from the face and form, but “through the change which dissipation had wrought were recognized the features of Julia Eng once the “Queen of the Tenderloin. Julia Engel's respectable parents liwe at No, 4% East Fifth street and there her childhood and her earller years were spent, Her father has for years ; deen a mechanic dn the service of the Central Railroad of New Jersey and has lived an honest life, ‘The old mother did all in her power but @he could not hold her wayward girl, Twelve years ago Julia drifted away from the modest home because she could not have the luxuries for which she yearned. A millionaire whose name is well known became infatuated with her. She lived in a fashtonable apart- ment for several years, but as in all other such romances the man tired of her and she was left alone, A few weeks ago she went to live in “Suicide Row." Her room was a tiny ghe on the top floor of the house. Ad- Joining her lived Mary Conroy, and as Bhe started to leave the house early. to- day she looked through the open door and saw Julia Engel stretched on the floor. She was partly dressed, and had evidently fallen a8 ste was ‘preparing for ‘ved. When she was recognized, word was sent t her mother, and the old German woman hurried to'the house. Sobbing convulsively, she threw herself on the floor eside her child. MILLIONAIRE SUED BY SERVANT GIRL Newberry D. Lawton, Who Sail- ed on the Reliance, Accused of Forcibly Ejecting Her from New Rochelle Villa. Newberry D. Lawton, millionaire yachtsman, who sailed on the cup de- fender Rellance with C. Oliver Iselin, and a prominent resident of New Ro- chelle, 1s defendant in a suit for $1,500 damages brought in’ the Westchester County Court against him by Anna Cor- nell, @ servant girl, who accuses him of having thrown her out of his house when she called for wages she claims were due, Mr. Lawton, through his law- yer, Judge Hall, denies the charge. He declares that she entered the house with- out permission and he simply ejected her without treating her roughly. Mr. Lawton occuples a fine villa near the residence of Banker Adrian Iselin on Dover Ports Neck on the Sound. Miss Cornell, through former Corpora- tion Counsel Michael J. Tierney, of New Rochelle, changes “that on Oct, 7 last the defendant vidlent!y’ assaulted, beat ill treated and injured the plaintift with. out cause by violently laying his hands upon her and with great force grabbed hold of her and threw her with violence through the doorway of his kitchen to and upon the stone steps and yard, thereby bruilving apd injuring the plaintift, cauging her pain and suffering and causing her to ‘become il! and lami According to Miss Cornell, she was en- gaged as a servant by Mr, Lawton by the month, and’after working twenty~ five days. Was: discharged. on. the ground that he had no work for her, giving ner wages only for the time 4 worked, he demanded a full month's pay, and joveral days afterward went back to the von reelgence, and aaked for the § due hei she went in the Gichen to wait tor, Manos rton The aso Was set down for trial t bur pangs eciourned by cones, hath HAS BEGUN TWOGIRL CUMS SWALLOW POISON Agnes Carney and Mary Mc- Grath Are Side by Side and Near Death in Long Island College Hospital. MISS CARNEY’S SECOND , EFFORT IN SIX MONTHS. Young Women Had Often Talked About Self-Inflicted Death,; but There Is No Evidence of; Suicide Pact. For the second time in six months Agnes Carney, aged fifteen, of No. 330 Degraw street, Brooklyn, has tried to end her Ilfe, She is in Long Island Col- lege Hospital to-day and on a cot close to her lies her chum, Mary McGrath, aged sixteen, of No, 201 Sackett street, who attempted sulcide a week ago with carbolic acid. The heart of the Carney child Js weak and the physicians fear that she will not recover. Undoubtedly the first attempt at sul- cide of Agnes Carney had ‘an effect upon the mind of Mary McGrath, While there is no evidence of a suicide pact between the girls It 1s known that they often talked about self-inflicted death. Each appears to be of morbid tempera- ment,, although they were bright in their studies when at school and both were regular church attendants, + Why They Sought Death, a Se Suit for absolute divorce has been filed 2: 5 Ell Hienthal The McGrath girl tried to kill herself | Paine nee tactand, Gant, Aibet Hi because her parents objected to the at-|riltlenthal, of the United States Army, tentions paid to her by a young man son of the late Christian Lilienthal, of of the nelghborhood. The Carney girl Vi tonpe alate tte! Westchester County, who amassed a tried to kill herself because she thought | fortune of several millions of dollars, that she yas not being treated right|teaving the major portion of it to his at home. © They are additions to the| soldier son. rapidly growing number of New York! Benind the divorce there 1s much my schoolzirl would-be suicides whose ex- tery, Capt, LélMenthal ts now In the treme sensitiveness was not understood| Phitippines, and his wife and their by those having control of them. ung son are living in Charlestown, ‘The father of the Carney girl ts al yw. W. Va., n the most’ modest way. printer, earning good wages. There} Mrs, Juilllenthal Is the daughter of a are seven children in the family, but| wealthy Rochester merchant. Her mar- four of them have left home. Accord-|ringe to tne captain took place in 1898, ing to the other children, Agnes got} ana shortly afterward he was called into the habit of visiting her brothers|away with his regiment, ‘The separation and sisters, and aroused the anger of fer mother.’ ‘About six months ago she was told that she would either have to remain ‘at home and help her mother with the housework or secure employment. She tried to get’ work, but failed. After a scene with her mother she went to t home of her married sister, Mrs. Mary Mahler, of No. 9 Beach place, and there tled a cord around her neck and was al- most strangled when discovered, he got a place in a Brooklyn store three weeks ago and remained there un- til her chum attempted suicide, The news of yhis completely unnerved Agnes Carney. 'Bhe resigned and went back to her home, Quarrel in the Family, Her brother Joseph says that Mrs, Car- ney insisted that Agnes should get an- other place. ‘The girl protested that she was unable to work, and there were fre- quent arguments, culminating yesterday In an open quarrel in the family, at the conclusion of which Agnes went to the home of Mra, Mahler, She slipped out of the house at 10 o'clock lagt night and a short distance away met a young man to whom she said-that she was going to kill herself. He made no effort to stop her, but went wife. .A son was born to her, and then It 4s alleged that Capt. Lilienthal be- came so neglectful of the wife that she was forced to seek employment to sup- port herself and baoy, She left New to the home of Mrs. Mahler and told her what Agnes had said. A search of the neighborhood was made and she was found after three hours hiding under a bed in the house of a friend at No, 32 Degraw street. Joseph Carney carried her to the home of Mrs. Mahler and she was put to bed there. She appeared to be suffering from a form of epilepsy. She felgned sleep and ber brother left the room. While he was gone she drank the con- tents of a bottle of oll of wintergreen and chloroform that had been used as a lniment. ——=_—_- SENATOR A SUICIDE. JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 12.—F. B. Neal, assistant cashier of the Merchants’ ‘Bank, one of the wealthiest citizens of Jackson, and State Senator from Hinds and Warren County, committed suicide to-day. He had been ill for some time. aes Frorence Lilienthal did not bring happiness to the young| wite ‘Committee of the Boant” of and then, if the matter goes against he in the courte proper, . Should Mrs. Vandewater dei MARRIED TEACHER WILL FIGHT BY-LAW collect back pay from ¢he dismissal. ——— ee * SENATORS FAVOR OLIVER, ; Report Orderea on Wis Appoints, ment as A: nt Secretary of Wat WASHINGTON, Nov. 12The nation of Robert Shaw Oliver; of York, to be Avsistant Secretary of Waa was ordered to be favorably the @enate Committee on iar Ae VINCENT says. individval ‘mes pea have an especially ‘Actress Opportunity. in yee Department. jot, plain or ge stripe, made single or breasted, with all the touches of fashion ‘that Style and Indivi luality, Broadway—zad Beraets Sixth Avenus—i2ti SUIT FOR DIVORCE. Mrs. Vandeieator to Make a Test Case of the Board's Or- dinance Declaring Vacant the Place of Woman Who Weds. By holding up the salary of Mra. V dewater. a teacher in Public G2hool No. 84, borough of Queens, for the month of October the members of the Board of Education have precipitated the action which the school teacher sontemplates bringing agafhst them for tho charges preferred against her or Jct. 26 Mrs. Vandewater refured to resign her position as teacher when called upon by the school authorities, who discov- ered that she was married last summer. A by-law of the Board of Education makes vacant the place of any woman teacher or supervisor who marries. This by-Inw Mrs. Vandewater {s going to fight, frst in the trial which Is set for next week before the Elementary Schools ston Suits—Big Offer: An advantage that no man may miss with any sort of fairness to himself. The | & pensive test of examinatioli will prove everythi The cloths are of much higher grade” boei were ever made up to sell at this price. The. ore is precisely the same as goes into: the: $18 and $20 garments. The. finished: nits a Top Coats are smart, swagger, equal in a York and through influence succeeded fn getting a Government position in Washington, Mrs, Lillienthal had not been in West Virginia more than a few months be- fore sho learned that Capt. Lilienthal was back from the Philippines. Leaving Sharlestown she hurried back to New York and had Capt. Lillenthal ¢aken before City Judge Kellogg, in Yonkers, on the charge of non-support. A set- sure of high grade Thibets, ance to any $25 clothes and equal in fact to the. ane tlement was effected by which Capt.| SUITS of rich Oxford Cheviots, best $15 ones you ever saw. es Lilienthal promised to make a certain SUITS of fine Unfinished Worsteds, allowance to his wife and child. Be- “0 1 OVERCOATS of.Kerseys, Meltons, Oxf. -ds, fore the settlement was effected certain| SUITS of nobbiest Mixed Cassimeres, OVERCOATS of smartest Coverts, pea. Reereny, Evenings tll 9, allegations were made by Lawyer| SUITS of Scotch and Irish Homespuns, Moshler, for the Captain, which hinted] QVERCOATS of dressy Vicunas, 740-742 BROADWAY. - that there was a great scandal behind Oe differences between the husband and Just South of Astor Place.- Capt. Lillienthal’s son, the child now the mountains, inherit by the will of his parental grandfather $2,000,000 when he becomes of age, the will having been made before the disayreements arose between the husband and wife, PATROLMAN ACQUITTED. Roger Donohue Charged by Club with Oppression. Patrolman Koger Donohue, of the West Thirty-seventh street station, who was defendant in the West Side Court to-day, was acquitted by Magistrate Breen of a charge of oppression pre- ferred by Willlam J. Lennon, Lennon is the Chairman of an alleged club known, according-to him, as the ‘Web- ster Social Club," at 650 West Forty- second strect. 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