The evening world. Newspaper, November 14, 1903, Page 1

x - 4 HAD $19,000 OF CHURCH EDITION “ Circulation Books Open to All.” | PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, eu RDAY. PRICE ¢ ‘ON 4 NOV EMBER 14, 1903. MISSING PRIEST NOT KIDNAPPERS VICTIM. Police Have a Theory that Joseph Cirringione May Have Com-| mitted Suicide--Contractor Says He| Was Not Paid and Had Lorned the Priest $ 300. MONEY, LAWYER DECLARES Much light was this afternoon thrown by the police on what wae 1 believed to have been the kidnapping and possible assassination of the Rev. ¥ather Joseph Cirringione, pastor of the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, of Williamsbridge, by a gang of Italian blackmailers and high- binders, Capt. Foody, Detective Scurry and Inspector Titus held a conference | | { with Inspector McClusky and Commissioner Greene late this afternoon and|_ ‘The first report hiaged on the statement that after receiving several} shonymous and threatening letters the priest lef his house last night in company with two men, who said they were detectives, and who had told him that Capt. Foody wished te see him at the station. Capt. Foody de- [> to make public the facts so far as they knew them, nied that he had sent and detectives to he house for he priest, and it was} © concluded that the two menwerekidn appers. REAL DETECTIVES IN HOUS. lice now state that Capt. Foody and Detective Scurry were in ‘the priést’s house from 4 o'clock until 6 o'clock yesterday evening and that they were the two men who were seen to leave by neighbors and who were described as the probable kidnappers. | After they left th ehouse Cirringione paced the floor nervously, smoked ‘and chewed on many cigars, and at 7.30 P. M. he told three other priests in the house that two detectives were outside waiting for him and that he Father! HURSTBOURNE'S CONTINENTAL, Leed’s Good Horse Shows His Heels to Sheriff Bell and Mas- terman in Feature. of Get- Away Day. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Foxy Kane (12 to 1) 1, Alpaca (5 to 1) 2, Biserta 3. SECOND RACE-—Arden (13 to 5) 1, Lady Potentate (5 to 2) 2, Home- stead ‘3. THIRD RACE—Dolly Spanker (13 |to 5) 1, Grenade (16 to 8) 2, Sf. . | Valentine 3, | FOURTH RACE—Hurstbourne (6 {to 5) 1, Sheriff Bell (5 to 1) 2, Mas- terman 3. FIFTH RACE—Rob Roy (2 to 1) 1, Redman (12 to 1) 2, Gold Dane 3. SIXTH RACE River Pirate (3 to} 2) 1, Brigand (8 to 1) 2, Colonsay 3. RACE TRACK, JAMAICA, Nov. 14.— The Jamaica Association's Inck in the matter of weather stood by it to-day, for though the windup looked as If i would take place in a driving rainstorm, the weather cleared and blue skies were smiling on the crowds watching the first race, There was a big croowd at the windup, It being the inst day of the metropolitan eason, and the card was attractive, Two handicaaps, the Continental and River- head, were the features, each having an attractive class of entries. The track jorning rains. Was a bit heavy from the am FIRST RACE. Six furlongs. Rotting keys. Str. Hit. Fin. Wa 44ae King Pep » Br Morokanta, 1009 Rolaen Si lO atichaela. ‘would go to the station with hem. Faher Carringione then left the house, The priests looked out of the window and saw no one waiting for him, but saw him leave the place alone. | In the two hours which Capt. Foody and Detective Scurry spent with the priest they tried to get from him a sample of his handwriting so 98 to compare it with the anonymous letters he had received, but he refused to put his pen to paper for them, H All yesterday Tony Pasquale, the contractor who put in the foundation for the new church; waited in front of the priest's house, He wanted to see him, It was when Pasquale became tired and left in the evening that the priest left the house by himself. | Pasquale has told the police that he has not been paid a cent for his work, and that, besides, he had loaned Cirringione $300, which he was try- J + ing to collect SUICIDE A POLICE THEORY. “He may have committed suicide. He certainly was not kidnapped,” was the only conclusion the police would admit. Some say that“Father Cirringione had about $19,000 of the chureh funds. Others say that his accounts with the church are perfectly straight, and that every cent has been accounted for in a proper manner. In a letter mailed last night to his attorney the young priest said: 1 “Pray for me, as Tam in the midst of a terrible trouble.” | When it became generally known that the Mafia and Malevito societies Were suspected, all of Willfamsbridge turned out to search the wild, precipi- *us and rocky country théreabouts for the priest's body. It was firmly be- lleyed that he had been murdered and that his body would be found in some rocky recess or treacherous ravine, of which there are many. A posse spread out over the country, working in the rain and trying to cover both sidés of the Harlem River and over the Hudson. The priest's lawer, Max Keve, of No. 206 Broadway, says that Father Joe, as he was popularly known, had in his custody about $19,000 for the completion of the church. Father Anthony, of the parish, sald this after- noon that the uilssing priest did not have this money with him when he left the house. with two young men, posing at detectives, who lured him away last evening on the pretense that Police Captain Foody, of the Wake- field Station, had sent for him. He followed the two men away from the house, it is believed. They were not officers, and his friends believe that they abducted him. Father Anthony said that the priest could have had very little money | (Cobtinuea on Third Page.) "ce Mite Mout fart good. Won ‘Time—t.15. SECOND RACE. One mile and a nixtecrth, Betting, a Sartore, wate. Iockeys. Sip . Arden, iin Blakes: Sy ee | Hiomatoad: ion, itige 4 ot, 100, Burns. Ladd fig % vl Siart good. Wor ridden out. Time— THIRD RACE. Six furlongs, Str Bettin Pl arters, wate. a ely i a ahitele Str. Hit. Fin M Str. Ss, Redt’ 1 FOURTH RACE. Mile and a sixteenth, Betting, Str. PL 2 flacters wats, Jockeys. Str 116. )In Tine e running, followed Mastewnan, and r to the stretch, posed on Sheriff Bell nd they pan tal sway to the last six enth, where Higging suddenly sit up And puied up. Huratbur head, It ie throwing 4 this wus th® Ste or vromaily ‘disatiowed — Higgins and ‘pliced Hurstbourne rman Was .third, three Sheriff Bell made by Hurstburne an they ran In close "There Hurstbi rst, lengths FIFTH RACE. tongs. Five and a half f Trotting, Str. & 2 N ” 1 37 up start ood, Won cleverly. ‘Time—1.00 3-5, SIXTH RACE. One mile and an eighth. Betting. Str. a2 2-5, 7 2 SPECIAL EXTRA.| FOOTBALL AT ITHACA—COLUMBIA, 17; CORNELL, 12. At Cambridge (Freshmen)—Harvard, 17; Maas 6. At West Point—West Point, 10; Chicago, 6 At Rochester—Rochester, 17; Union, 6. At Syracuse—Brown, 12; Syracuse, 5. At Lewiston, Me.—Bowdoin, 11; Bates, 5.\ At Andover—Andover, 23; Lawrenceville, 0. ‘At Annapolis—Bucknell, 23; Navy, 5. ‘At Middletown—Wesleyan, 5;' Williams, 5. a algae LATE RESULTS AT LATONIA. , Judge Himes 3, ” Raland 3. PRINCETON BEATS YALE IN HARD-FOUGHT GAME. Sons of Eli the ates to Store, but Dewitt by a Magnificent Run of Seventy Yards Evens Up Matters. 30,000 See tne Great Struggle, Fourth Race—Reservation 1, Neversuch Fifth Race—Ben Adkins 1, Commodore FIRST HALF. VALE face ee eee SECOND HALF. VADE voce cess cree Nefgsbin' eels sieisicio(e-elt cicieinie'e' yO FINAL SCORE. PRINCETON 0). Meae iene orale tikek eee EE LINE-U YALE. POSITIONS. PRINCETON, Raflerty . . Left End .. Aer . Davis Kinney .. : Left Tackle isireaeee Cooney Batchelder -Left Guard..... seeeeee Dillon Roraback... .. eo ARTs veicsie eo ..+-Short Bloomer .... Right Guard +. De Witt Hogan eebiog Jeet Right Tackle Peta reeed Shevlin... +» Right End ... +. Henry Rockwell Quarter-Back . . Vetterlein Mitchell : Left Half-back.. Kafer Metcalf . eee Right Half-back .. . Hart Farmer . +ee++ Full-back . Niller Officiais—Referee, McClung, of Lehigh; Umpire, John Minds, of nsyivania’ Linesman, Edward Wirthinigion, of Harvard, ‘Time of ‘Ves 35 minus each. YALE FIELD, NEW HAVEN, Nov. 14.—The Tiger reigns supreme. Princeton’s mighty gridiron warriors, tearing their way to victory through the ranks of Yale’s massive line, captured the football champion- ship of 1903 this aftérnoon in the bloodiest, bitterest fight that has ever marked a meeting between these gridiron giants, Capt. DeWitt, mak.ny a seventy-yard run in the opening half that scored a tcuchdown and tied the score with the boys in blue, and pene (Continued on, $e Page.) CAR CUTS OFF BOY'S HEAD. Barret Sous, Son of Editor of Trade Journal, Struck by Trolley Car on Amsterdam Avenue. | Barret Sous, twelve years old, the son of William T, Sous, the editor of a trade Journal, had his head cut off this after- noon by an Amsterdam avenue trolley car. The lad was on his way home to lunch. Having avolded a southbound car he found himself on the other track and without any chance for escape was first hit by the fender.and propelled sev- ‘eral fest until his head’ rested on the tracks. The head and body were both tossed to ‘the side. The frightful accident occurred on Amsterdam avenue between One, Hun- dred and Twenty-third and One Hun- dred and Twenty-fourth streets. From One Hundred and Nineteenth street to One Hundred and Twenty-ffth ts a steep’ grade. All cars on this decl! accelerate their speed and when making up time tear down the succession of] Hills at break-neck pace. The motorman, John McCauley, of No. $2 Stxth avenue, saw the boy on the track some time before the car struck him. He applied the breaks frantically, realizing at the time that there was little hove of the lad escaping. One chance, he thought, he did have, and that was to throw the fender down hard, This was done. The next instant the boy was caught and thrown in front of the car only to be decapitated, Sight Sickens Spect x On thé street at the time there wero a few people, who witmessed the acct- MCLUGKY DEMES THE STORY TOLO BY Af GREEN'S SLAYER Chief of Detectives Declares that Bessie Davis Told Him She Seen ‘The Father of Greater New York,” and Says Williams Djdat Tell the Truth. “ WOMAN LIVES IN A FINE HOME FACING THE PAR: Chief of Detectives McClusky this afternoon denied the story told by the slayer of Andrew H. Green. He said: “From investigation and from an interview with Bi man Williams's statement is a tissue of lies, i Mrs. Davis told me that she had not seen Williams since the time he boarded in her house in 1895 until she saw his picture in :he papers. She 7 says she never saw or heard of Andrew H. Green until she read of ie dent. So grewsome a sight it was that men sickened and women tottered against the bulldings for support. Two men ran out on the street and carried the body and the dissevered head of tho boy to the sidewalk, It was taken n this fashion to the One Hundred and ‘Twenty-fMfth Street Police Station. By this time a crowd gathered on the! Street and grew threatening to the motorman. Policeman Thomas Hughes, who-was also a witness of the accident interposed and hurried McCauley off to th estation, the crowd following and demanding quick punishment. Mother Collapacs, The Sous famvy live in/a handsome | apartment in the Anthony, No. 439 West One Hundred and Twenty-third street. ‘The mother of tae boy was at home whan ho. acclden hapnened, Friends bere her he sad news cf her son's death, She collapsed, and ts now under a physician's care. The father was at his place of business when notified of the death of Barret, Barrett Sous was well-known in the neighborhood. He was a fine little chap, bri and well liked by all his play- mates McCauley was held for action by the Coroner. TWO ASSIGNMENTS TO-DAY. Henry Erkins and the Firm of Asher & Abramsen Fail. | Max Asher and Samuel Abramson pose the firm of Asher & 1, manufacturers and whole- ealera in cloaks and suits at No. | 69 West Houston street, to assigned for the benefit. of creditors to Otto A. Saritels. Henry Erkins, decorator and dealer in aper at No. 4 West. Pifteenth also assigned io Willlam 3. ——_—- WEATHER FORECAST. J} Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8: P. M. Sunday for New York City and vicinity: Rain, followed by clearing this evening or to-night; cooler; Sun- day fair and cool; fresh westerly winds. ——————- Father John’s Medicine cures @olds and all throat and lung troubles, %e* sot iaaiaid as et murder in the newspapers.” While the inquest into the death of Andrew H. Green was fastening the crime upon Cornelius Williams this afternoon and detectives were scouring the city in search of the mysterious negress, Bessie Davis, Evening World reporters located the home of a woman who has been identified as the per- sonn referred to by the murderer. ’ She now goes by the name of Hannah Elias and lives at No. 236 Cen- tral Park West. She has a maid, a Chinese cook and a Japanese butler ima sumptuously furnished house, where she has been frequently visited by is " Mr. Green. She is rich, owns several houses Deaidee the one she lives in and fia a carriage and coachman. Of course the friends of one’of the first citizens of New York will not believe that the Mr. Green who called upon Hannah Elias in Central Park West was Andrew H. Green. The similarity of names strengthens the assumption that Andrew H. Green was a victim of a case = mistaken identity, About eighteen years ago a handsome negress came to New York from. 4 Philadelphia. Her name was Hannah Elias, In course of time she married a man named Davis, but she divorced him and resumed her maiden name, The Hannah Elias, of Central Park West, and the Bessie Davis, of the negro colony in West Fifty-third street, are one and the same woma, al- though Hannah Elias has not been seen in her old haunts for four or five years. She endeavored to bury herself from those who knew her in the’ negro district as Bessie Davis and partially succeeded, but there are persons who knew her under both names. Williams will probably be indicted next Monday. Assistant District-Attorney Paul Krotel said this afternoon that there has been sufficient evidence adduced already to warrant taking the case be- fore the Grand Jury, His trial) will be set for an early date, Although Williams had but $10 to his name when arrested) and his people are poor, he will be defended by that eminent practitioner Abrahiym “ i Hummel. Mr. Kaffenburgh, of Mr. Hummel’s staff, was in the Coronet Court yesterday, and practically took charge of the defense before W! jams had a chance to open his head. He was on hand again when the ins quest was resumed to-day. Mr. Hummel, Mr. David May, his partner, and Mr, Kaffenburgh all agree’ that their client is insane, WANT IMMEDIATE EXAMINATION. They want an immediate examination, and Mr. Hummel says that if- it is found that the negro is sane he will drop the case. It is probable that the District-Attorney will hurry the trial, so as to deprive Williams of the benefits of the Homicides’ School for the Simulation of Insanity that conducted in the Tombs. Williams apparently glories in his crime. Before the Inquest wae sumed this afternoon he sat in his cell in the Tombs reading the accoil in the newspapers. He talked little with the other prisone-s and to think his crime made him a more important peron than the others fined In the prison. When seen by a reporter for The Evening World to-day, th