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{ “ Circulation Books Oper to All.” | PRICE ONE CENT: | “PATHER | rau ‘Taesday Pe lee NIGH EDITION NEW YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1903. PRIEST ROBBED BY KIDNAPPERS IS IN HOSPITAL Father Joseph Citing Cirringione, Who Reappears. Delirious and Il! from Lack of Food, De- clares He Was Chloroformed by Kidnap- pers and Kept in Cellar by Them. ’ TELLS OF BEING ROPED IN DUNGEON AND STARVED. ‘He Is Taken to Hospital by Police, Who Find Him Wandering on East Side After Being Released at the Ocean Front, According to His Story. Rev. Father Joseph Cirringione, pastor of the Church of the Qmmaculate Conception, in Williamsbridge, tells a remarkable story lof how he was kidnapped from his home on Friday night and kept bound in a cellar while the police force of the whole city was hunt- fing him. He shows signs of having passed through a hard experi- fence and is recuperating in St’. Vincent’s Hospital. This is what he says they did to him: Wrote him letters demanding $3,000. Enticed him from his home, got him formed him and drove him around for hours, Confined him in a cellar somewhere near the ocean or one of \ into a carriage, chloro- tthe rivers. Took away all his money, his gold watch and his gold-headed cane, Tried to extort more money from him. Held a conference to vote on whether they ! kill him and bury his body under the floor. Finally decided to turn him loose, ; Chloroformed him again, put him n a carriage, drove him round for hours and finally thrust him forth over on the east side, ‘Threatening letters received to-day by A. J. Gulotta, of Keve k& Gulotta, Father Cirringione’s lawyers, and L, A. Jaslow, clerk at (Post-Office Branch J, who told w here the “A, B. C.” letters sent to Both Mr. Gulotta and Mr. Jaslow were hvarned that if they pursued the investigation further they would the killed. ‘POLICEMAN FINDS HIM. | Policeman William Cooke, of the East Fifty-first street station, found ‘the priest. Cooke was walking along Fifty-first street toward the’ East River at) about 3.30 o'clock this morning and had reached First avenue when he saw la man coming toward him from Beekman place. The man was waving his larms about and acting peculiarly, and Cooke went toward him. He noticed \the clerical dress, and after hearing the man -alk said: “You are Father \Cirringioze, aren't you?” ;" replied the priest; I am very sick.” He was very much excited and was evidently out of his mind. His face Khe priest had been mailed. “that’s my name. I want 0 go to a quickly arrived from Flower Hospital. He was taken to the Fifty-first street jstation and word was sent to his father and relatives at No. 300 West Seventeenth street. Sergesa Mulcahy was on duty nt the East Fifty-first street station, land he had been stationed at Bedford Park when Father Cirringione was lconnected with the mission there. As the priest entered the station Mul- ieahy looked at him and said: “Why, it’s Fath ) ‘+ me, Father?” “THEY WILL KILL ME!" Father Cirringione looked at him and then ran behind the desk. “Yea, yes; I know you. You are Sergeant Mulcahy. They have kid- |mapped me, and they will kill me yet. I'm sick; I’m sick. They will kill me yet, I know.” He was taken into a back room of the station and placed on a stretcher | phoned to St. Vincent’s for an ambulanoe. After bathing his head and soothing him for a while they got Father ‘Oirringione partially quieted and, in a disjointed way he told his story. Dr, Loizeaux, of Flower Hospital, and Dr. Conley, of St. Vincent's Hos- | | pital, who examined Father Cirr ringione, said he had not been drinking anything and there was no evidence of his having been given drugs of any| tkind, He had evidently been without food for some time, and his clothing felied the suggestion that he had been wandering about since his dis. ‘mppearance. . \home, and his shoes were partly polished and had very little mud on them. tas it has rained since he disappeared on Friday night, this is taken as a Iwas drawn and his eyes bloodshot. Cooke rang for an ambulance, and one | In & hot drive Pustian won by a head from King Pepper, who beat Red Damsel oy | a length for ‘the place. SECOND RACE. Five furlongs. Starters. wets., ac St. Fin, ts Aitpreen, ia (Michaela 18° 8 1% 8) 3 Wonderiy 2 2% 12 Redinin,. 105, (6 inate sf Copel.” 100, rile ees The Dower, is 6 3 7 62 Manter’ Prinice,t re et ae Hylas. 109, a 8 ag wm 8 10 OG 510 Ma Hig ob 712 12 "8 ye Bulimand it 1815 8 The Grlcket 100-Reerrients 13 14 1004 Blue Buck, 109, Blake. 11 G18 ‘So 20 Start xood. Won driving, Time—1.08 9-8 Redman made the rinning, followed yy lady, Mirthful, Altorton, ind Histes. They Wield this Order to. the atrete where Lady Mirthful took the lea |e begged to be taken to a Catholic hospital, and Sergt. Mulcahy tele- 9 His clothing was practically in the same condition as wher he left! DRAKE'S HORSE WINS EASY RACE Imperialist at Odds of 6 to 1 Runs Away from Field in Third Event and Captures the Bladensburg Steeplechase. FAVORITES GO DOWN AT BENNINGS OPENING DAY. Fustian. Quoted at 5 to 1 and Alforten at the Same Price, Win the First and Second Races Respectively. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Fustlan (5 to 1) 1, King Pepper (5 to 1) 2, Red Dam- sel 3. SECOND RACE—Alforten (5 to 1) 1, Lady Mirthful (12 to 1) 2, Red- man > THIRD RACE—Iimperialist (6 to 1) 1, Manilian (4 to 1) 2, Gypsic 3. FOURTH RACE-High Chancellor (3 to 1) 1, Castal'an (3 to 1) 2, Elsie L. 3. FIFTH RACE—Ort Wells (13 to 5) 1, Lord of the Valley (7 to 2) 2, Cham- plain 3. SIXTH RACE—April Shower (5 to 2) 1, The Guardsman (8 to 1) 2, Demurrer 3. i! BENNINGS RACE TRACK, Nov. 16— A more perfect day could soarcely have been made to order than that at Ben- nings this afternoon. The air was so mild that topocats were a burden, and one might have imagined that the sea- son was just beginning instead of being at the fag end and close to snow and ice. There was a splendid attendance, «he betting ring bel mcomfortadly erowded and the grand stand well filled, The feature was the Columbia Handi- | cap, at seven furlongs, with a splendid class of entries, but the rest of the card was good and promised sport of @ very fair sort." The track was in good shape, though a bit deep and sandy through the stretch, FIRST RACE. Bix and a half furlongs, Starters, \whts.. jocks. (St, puFin StF 400, Adans. |. 6 is 2 Steller 1 ght 2 2 ge gt 4 35 4 4 9 77 68 3 °3 44 6 0 2) a a Hig 51 16-5 6-5 Start fair. Won delving, | Time 25 Si Red Dameel beat the start and made the running to the last sixteenth, where King Pepper and Fustian closed. holding it to the last sixteenth, where Alforten with a rush won by a length and a half from Lady Mirthful, who beat Redman a length. i THIRD RACE. About two miles and a haif. Betting Starters wate Jockeys. | St-Hif-Fin. Sir. Pl Im Ronn 1 eo ge 8 Martian, 4d katte 28 4 TH Gypate, 133, Bernhard: at Bat! yo TE Ghamplon, 490, on 7 ae 4 8) ap Knixht ‘of the an ‘Dayton . pulled 39 10 onnover, ifs fol TS BS Start food. won ates Hse Time—B.14 2-5, jost of the runnii with eerie close af his heels and they ran this way to the stretch. Then mj imperialist Went to the front a M4 ws galloping by five lengths from Mi who Was an easy second, fifteen inet lin front of Gypste. FOURTH Seven furlongs, RACE. Htarters we w Lie nar HIGH CHANCELLOR’S ROBBED, BEA COLUMBIA STAKES, \ittlAl BAR POCL-ROOM IS RAIDED ‘IN COLUMBUS AVE. Capt Kemp and Detective Wood, of the West Sixty-eight street station. raided an alleged pool-room at No. 127-Colum| bus avenue this afternoon after the Captain had placed a b of $5 on a horse which was entered in the-second race at th Bennings track. Clarence Campbell. of No. 445 East Seventy-: seventh street was arrested and taken to the West Side Court. He said he was running the Jasper Dramatic Agency, but was placed under $1,000 for examination on next Wednesday REFUSE TO ARBITRATE IN BIG CHICAGO STRIKE, CHICAGO, Nov. 16.—In reply to a question as to whether arbitration would be the solution of the street-car strike, Gen, eral Manager McCulloch, of the company, said to-day: “Nobod connected with this company is thinking of arbitration.” Thi is taken as an absolute rejection of the overtures of the Stat Board of Arbitration. pe LATE RESULTS AT LATONIA. Fifth Race—Applause 1, Ruth Parrish 2, Nellie E. 3. Sixth Race—J. M. Hale 1, Tufts 2, Circus Girl 3. REQUISITION SOUGHT Attorney-General of Missouri Reported Ready to Act Following Bribery Inquiry Indictment. | JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Nov. 16.—At- torney-General Crow will, it is stated, Present an application to Gov. Dockery for & requisition on the Governor of New York for William Ziegler. the million: aire, indicted by the Grand Jury here on Saturday on a charge of attempted bri- bery tn connection with alum legislation, and that an officer will start for the|{ East to-night to bring Mr. Ziegier to | this State. Mr. Ziegler has denied the charges of attempted bribery in Missouri and dis-| claims wrong-doing of any character. FOR MILEIONAIRE ZIEGLER TEN lone of the Boldest Crimes in New York for a Long Time Perpetrated, It 1s Believed, by Monk Eastman Gang. GARROTED EAST-SIDE MERCHANT !N STORE.’ ifled Pockets and the Money May Have Fractured Skull. lp Two young men. believed to he mem- bers of the Monk Eastman gang, tered Joseph Levy's dry-goods store at No. i Chrystie street at 2 o'clock this afternon and asked Lavy to show some en- flannel caps. As Levy turned around atm and bore bim to the floor, While nthe other rifled his pockets, getting about $70, and searched the cash drawer, finding about $18 there. The men released Levy and were run- ning out of the store when he rose and followed them. At the front door he caught one, and this one turned, drew a long and heavy iron bar from beneath his coat and dealt the merchant a vic- fous blow on the head, Levy sank to the sidewalk uncon- scious, and the robbers escaped in Division street. Many persona were passing in Chrystie street at the time and a cry of “Police!” immediately aroused the neighborhood. Hundreds of persons joined tn the pur- sult of the thieves, but the two men Wis- appeared in one of the numerous tene- ments. Ambulance surgeons found that Levy’ jhad sustained a possible fracture of the | skujl.and he was taken to Gouverneur | Hospital, where it was said that his condition was most serious. The in- \jury was s0 severe that he could not be revived. A woman living upstairs across the street from Levy's store. men enter the place and saw Le struck on the head, She said she had the men before and that they looked like bers of the Monk East: man gang. which makes {ts headquart-| ers in that nelghborhood. in running away the robbers left_be-| hind the fron bar and scattered cou- siderable email silver change along the sidewalk, The iron har and the slight identification by the woman across thc et_are the only clues the police hay ‘A general alarm was sent out from Headquarters and a hundred were turned loose on the east find the robbers. It is said t Is one of the by ocurred in t this Jest robberies which has w York In a long time. who finished out stronn and beat Elsie L. a@ length cia a half for the place. FTH RACE. Six and a half furionae TWO MEN KILLED - Betting. sibarters: wats.sce) St.Hit,Fin, Str. PL 6 5 i 1S 1) | 1 BY TONS OF GLASS 3 3 i 8 a) | sz | mb Tomes: 110. | ” 15) Ponderous Ata Caught Their} Pulbolend ion driving, ‘Time—Lat Legs, Then Toppled U on! Robin Hood brake in front, but wa Y ; pp pi nt gue tun by Lard of the Valleyiowei ns} Them, Crushing Out Their ‘ol Rodin Hood and Champlain, They held thin order t6 the far turn where Ort Wells began to close on the Jeader in the last sixteenth. He nushed to. th front and won by a length from Tor Of the Valley who wns tihree-quarterq of a length in front of Champlain. Lives Instantly. Patrick Bennett and Martin White. WINNERS AT LATONIA. LATONTA. RACE TRACK. Ky., Nov 16.—The races scheduled to be run here this afternoon resulted as follows: First Race—One mile and ftventy yarts —Won by Christine, § to 1 and 6 to 5; Worthington. 3 to 5, was second; Bot Franklin was third, ‘Time—1.50. Second Race—Six and a half furlongs —Won by Commodore, 7 to 6 and 7 to 10 Beneficent, even. wi sond and A! morer third. Time—t.26 8-4, ird Race—One mile and tenth Wen by, Chanterelle. 12 4 to 1; Antola, 1 tod, was # ered was third, Time—1.661 e—Short course.—Won | Falellit, 6 to? Both men were cruahed to death in- gtantly, ‘The crate waa lifted by a ecore| of men a minute after tt fell, out wo victims were motionless. Many rones in each vudy had Ve 0 The body of Bennett, who was sears Was sent to his home at ie West Sixteenth street, Whi rody was sent to the West Forty-sev- enh street police station, nis home not veing known. HIGH WINDS ON COAST. © Bureau In iN | an on tot, pd: Tan The following sp age has been received to-day at the veal Weather Bureau from Washing a, Dy G3 ‘Southwest storm warnings are dis- TUNNEL HEARING. Court Makes Ex-Harte Order N.Y. @N. J. Railroad Co. The Appellate Division of the Suprem Court to-day made an ex-parte order the matter of the application of th high on Carolina o-nigi: and Tuesday, eres ne ner enn crane, WEATHER PORECAST. poor. Unmasked acted badly at |groof that he has been in some house all the time, and bears out his story. “FATHER JOE’S’’ STORY. Qne of the firsy visitors at the hospital was Uy and was finally | away to a ‘dell and Disk followed by the where he began fo close ground. At the furlong pole the went to th font nd Won easily by «@ length and if from Castalian, || New York and New Jersey Ruilros Forecast for the thirty-six Company for the appointment of tar: HOOT Ps Ala Ute commissioners to determine and reno whether or not a milroad ought to Rain Sernlene Tuesday cloudy constructed and ope a fa the tuns and colder; increasing southerly winds, shifting Tuesday morning to high northwest. ————— Cure is an effectual vola'en the tuna." Ait drussts under the Hudson . which Is have tte New York emt fete Wein. of Morton «treet The order detigaaics newspapers which the notice Ix to be nublished « Oxes tne ume for the hearing Dee. i, ramsey, for ae, %,° | baving the opening ceremonies in charge WIFE GETS ONORCE FROM HBMCORE Justice Truax Grants a Decree! Against Well-Known Bon Vi- vant, Who Is a Resident of Riverside Drive. By decree of Justice Truax of the 5 RIXTGt. RAGE. truckmen, were crushed to death thie) Preme Cour: Nelle 1 Kina-Movre nel Ove mile. Rating: afternoon under a crate weighing two celves Fu) abolute divorce from Harri- Starters. white. Jocks. si.7ti. Fin, Sir pi, | fons and which contained six thlek | ton B® Moore, jr., the well-known don) April Shower, 106,11 Biker td M2 el] panea of plate window glass, each| vivant The Guarda bun fo fn yh & ajtwelve feet square, which they were| The Moores lived with their two little/ 7 & £ 48 4s] moving trom a wagon to the street in| daughters at No. 3% Riverside Drive. & & 30. AY front of No, 508 West Fifty-third street. | She was Mise King, 4 Hrooklyn balle, 8. 7 82 10) They had tilted the huge crate at such | before her marriage. She left her hus- a8 R 9] an angle that it slipped from the wagon | band Inet June and with her children Z 19 18 3] The men tried to get away from It, but| has been stopping with her friend, Ars. LS rs Fae aught their legs, fastened them | telah wesc bien tind down, and then topped over on them, | *S7e" Ista mem w gurying both men under it, York Manhatta Aupletic clated | bre with ra, at Harrison B dent of. the Works, No. 26 Bre aR as and lives No. ii Riverside Drive : — To OPEN NEW BRIDGE. Aldermen Arrange for Ceremony | on Dec, 19. The new Williamsburg bridge, decided to-day, will be formally Dec, 19. The committtee of Aldermen decided to erect a stand enade near the from which addre: Bridge Commis formally on the pro! Brooklyn will t ational salute from. aa Korouga FP HEAVY SNOW UP THE STATE. Hela ! ady for Two ayn ty ondnckn, wat! Y., Noy, 168—A heavy snowstorm prevailed throughout Northern New York to-day. Snow fell Storm Has Drawer. and When Pursued | Felled Him with Blow That) saw the two) ') not agd Cornelius Williams Will Be Arraigned i Court To-Morrow to Plead. LAWYER OF BESSIE DAVIS DENIES SHE KNEW MR. GR He Declares that She Made a Fortune Out of the Savings of Her Husband, Who. Was a Pullman Car Porter and from Whom’S Was Divorced. Cornelius Williams, who killed Andrew H. Green because he the old gentleman was protecting Bessie Davis, was indicted by: Grand Jury. The crime charged in the indictment is murder in the degree. of the Court of. General Sessions to-morrow to plead The before the Grand Jury were Policemen Houghtaling and Kelley, ’ Michelson, William H. Burns, Patrick B. Dyer and Dr. N- W, ' The attorneys for Williams will contend that he is insane and that they will not subpoena Bessie Davis as a witness. While the Grand Jury was hearing the case much that s inte was coming to light concerning this Bessie} Davis, or Hannah) Elias,” she now calls herself. For three years she has lived in the $50,000 n at No. 236 Central Park West, where she has passed with her bors as a wealthy white woman, Next door to her lives a _ | Andrew H. Green. She is causing to be built in Woodlawn Cemetery an ‘$4 rsoleum for her six-months-old baby. The baby was baptized by the pastor of a fashionable ep ‘church, who “thought it was white. Her lawyer says she is a linguist, an artist, a musician and a thropist. Her household consists of a Japanese butler, a Chinese, ‘and a French maid. HER CHILD 5S DEAD. In Woodlawn Cemetery there is in course of construction & marble mausolewy in memory of a child known as Gwendolyn Elias, child died last a in infancy in the house at No. 236 Central Park and it was the ctud o: Hannah Elias. The identity of the father is to but few and in their hands the secret is safe. According to a story by the mother to Fey. Dr. Judge, rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal Chi r in West Fighty-fourth street, | mau | the father died about three months the infant passed away, but where he died and the manner of his pret did not reveal. hy ‘According to the: register in St, Matthew's Church, Gwendolyn Siias was born on Oct. 15, 192, at No. 236 Central Park West. On April 19, 1908, Dr. Judge was called to the house to christen the little one, who was quite ill. The record shows further that the child died on April 26, 1903 and was | Interred in Woodlawn Cemetery. | NOT A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH. The witnesses at the christening were A. C. Nang, Mrs. Elias's ta) Mrs, Esther hose, a companion of the mother of the child, and Mary ing, a nurse. Dr, Judge had no idea that Mrs. Elias was not a white. : man when he called at the house to christen the little one, He ‘from her conversation that she was a rich woman from the West Indtes: ‘outh America, She was not a member of his church and so far ac | new was not a church attendant, When the name of Bessie Davis was first mentioned by the: m Williams, and reporters for the Evening World started out to find her. was no idea that she would be found in @ $50,000 mansion in Central | West and no idea that this mansion should prove to be located next ¢ \.o the residence of one of the relatives of Mr. Green. The stairways les ng to both houses are close together, and it would be easy for | watching from a distance, as the negro Williams is thought to have ¢ to mistake Andrew H, Green, coming out of the house of his relatives,, . the elderly white man who was in the habit of visiting the comely se next. door. LAWYER TELLS HER STORY. Mrs. Elias was in the house last Saturday and she may be cele but her lawyer, Mr. Nanz, says that she has gone South for her health. refuses to tell her whereabouts. There was so much peculation: about! ‘and her ways, however, that he has consented to make a statement, Ww her authorization, describing her career since she came to New York’ Ix | teen years ago Her maiden name was Hannah Elias, After her arrival in tuts ctty. a met a Pullman car porter of the name of Davis and married him, She ' a woman of education in those days, but she had more than an’ |nary store of good looks and a perfect figure. She did not attempt to 4 |euise her race and lived openly in the coionles of negroes in various of the city Davis, the Pullman car porter, was thrifty, Mr, Nang says, and nad a good business head, They saved money and invested it jt ‘Then came a time when Mrs, Davis was able to purchase the ho No. 128 West Fifty-third street for $15,000. This house is one of; @); . occupied by negroes, The entrance to it is directly under the road and dark. VISITED BY AGED WHITE MAN. In following up the clues given by Williams Evening World r i to the depth of two Inches in this city The storm hag held steady in the Adl- rondacks wince Saturday night. found negroes who had known Bessie Davis. They said that sl ouently visited in the Fffty-third street house by an aged