The evening world. Newspaper, November 28, 1903, Page 1

NIGHT EDITION | “ Circulation Books Open to All.”” |. toot, NEW Ves S ‘Sar SHOT BY ROBBERS HE CAUGHT LOOTING FACTORY BUILDING. (John M. Peters Found Dying With Two Result of an Attack Made on Him To-Day by Burglars. ‘WORKMEN AT THE DOOR “WHILE YOUNG MAN LAY DYING. with the Burglars He Lost Conscious- ness~Evidence Found of a Desperate Battle. tthe wealthy maaufacturer of tin plates and tinware, was shot twice und ' to-day. At the Eastern District Hospital, where the young man was taken, he swas telling of a terrific fight with burglars in the factory in which he was shot twice in the head, once over each eye, when he became unconscious, _and the doctors said he was dying, John M, Peters lived with bis grandfather at No, 249 Saratoga avenue, } Bast New York, He left the house at 7 o'clock to-day, as was his custom, “! to go to the factory and open it for the employees. That was the last seen of him by his friends until he was found un- conscious. WORKMEN COULD NOT GET IN, John Petere, the giandfather and proprietor of the business, reached the works at about 9 o'clock and found all of the employees outside, unable to got in. In investigating he found that his grandson had removed the padlock fiom the front door, but that it had been locked again from the Inside. A boy was beosied over the back fence to try and open the back door In a moment the boy came back breathless and excited, crying: “Young Mr. Peters. is lying on the ground ead and all covered with Diood!"" Men then climbed over the ‘fence and there they found the young man as the boy had described. The back ‘door was open and just a few feet into the yard from it was young Peters, unconscious and bleeding. EVIDENCES OF HARD STRUGGLE. _ dences ofa hard struggle, / wera overturned, Dut which they had left behind ja their filght. Dr, Dias came from the Eastern District Hospital with an qmbulance and too the wounded man back with him. There It was found Mat; two bullets had entered the man’s head, one over each eye. ‘a ‘of newspaper and had pressed this to his head. His face and clothing were covered with blood and the trail of blood about the factory and premises’ showed that he had fought all over the place after being wounded, he opened the factory he found a: man with a bag Aiding behind a vench. Then he wie of folowing the man Into the yard, whera there was anocher FIFTY DETECTIVES AT WORK. The Willimsburg, Brooklyn and Manhattan police were at once notified and in a few minutes half a hundred detectives were at work on the case. booty. the vobbers is do-btful. tory. He said that this man had been inclined to make trouble about it and had been\warned away from the place. The police started to look for him. CLUBMAN LAWTON APPEALS, Veratet through Judge Hail, verdict, He cliime Athat an Injustice had been done ‘In this case, and that he hud never uttacked the cook. Judge Platt took the papers and reserved his de- elsion. to wet nside the Secured by (Special to The World.) WHITE PLAINS, N. ¥., Noy, 4.— .As He Was Telling of His Struggle]? ' Pm ¢% 0 2 Lorieate s. John M. Peters, twenty-one years old, the grandson ot John Peters,|1, Sweet Alice (6 to 1) 2, Buttons 3. Rarobally mortally wounded in a fight with burglars in his grandfather's |5). 1, Punetual (100 to 1) 2, Cotta ! factory at North Fourieenth street and Driggs avenue, Williamsburg, Maid 3. About the yard and inside the main shop on the first floor were ewvi- ir The young man's clothing was torn and benches| M In the yard was found a sack which the burglars had filled with booty, x ry After dropping to the ground the Wounded man had clutched at a piece|d M In the hospital young Peters was revived suffclently to say that when) mau, In the yard one ef the men turned and shot him. Then there was 4!and lost several lengtns. He made up fight, After that point his story became disconnected and he became uncon-!8,1° 0%)" 0n" quite Path ON scious. ‘The doctors say he will probably die, Morreliton Chief was a fatr «tint ‘The only clue left by the burglars was the sack which contained the!4; But it is of an ordinary kind and its value) as an ald to run down|@ ‘the grandfather of the wounded mar told the police tnat some time ago | Henn he had, through his grandson, discharged one of the employees of the tac-|; ALAMANZOR 1S CHAMPION.) Takes Star Event for Hunters at Bennings Meeting, Show- ing His Heels to Good Field of Fencers, - PUNCTUAL IS SECOND IN SIXTH AT 100 TO 1 Bullet Wounds in His Head, the|paget, Said to Be Owned by “Johnny” Ryan, Beaten’ in Opening Event When Very Heavily ‘Played. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Fortunatus (12 to 1) 1, Bon Mot (40 to 1) 2, Paget 3. SECOND RACE—Algonquin (2 to THIRD RACE—Almanzor (8 te 1) 1, Simon Kenton (9’to 5) 2, Morrell- ton Chief 3. FOURTH RACE—Graziallo (15 to 1) 1, Tokalon (7 to 2) 2, Alforten 3. FIFTH RACE—Unmasked (6 to 5) SIXTH, RACE.—Courtmaid (8 to RACS-TRACK, BEWNINGS, D. ance at the track this afternoon, but the | total wis not within many thousands of the crowd that put In an appearance on Thankagiving Day. The weather was milder, which was al blessing. for veaterday with its bitter wind, wan a trying one to even the} hardened “regulars.” ‘The card to-day wes very interesting. ‘rhe feature was the Hunters’ Champ Ha Steeplechase, but the handicap for two- years-olds and the fifth race were also interesting. ‘The track was fast, FIRST RA Seven furlongs, Columbla course. terswets fockeyn | vortinatins Tks. Waieh Wont Betting. Str. SECOND RACE. Five and @ half furloums, old course. Starters. wain, Jocke Atmousuin 10. "Bu Brom, 6 Bi HIf-Fin, 40 18g Bre ior 20. driving, Fete 0.20 3-6. e was a well contested mon Kenton and Al Satter made a} [the running. valways within range, At p but one keaton bhindered mazor with Temata Then Morreliton Chief was disqualified for foullig and Montrip placed titra. FOURTH RAC Six furlongs, Columbia co Betting. Pl Jockeys ke, aes te Be 10 Wan’ aris rime. FIFTH RACE, Mile and seventy yards, old coyrne. SLHIC Fin 1h ye ‘4 vi Hin Start odd LW tie jockeys, minaaked, 100, Pulley seeet Alice: 108, Re Nov. 2%8.—@here was a splendid attend- | Day 4 eleven of the -Weat, fj the East, the Brooklyn High School SPECIAL EXTRA. WOMAN AND — CHILD HURT IN BRIDGE. CROWD Mrs. Orlando Wood, of No. 65 Pulaski street, Brooklyn, and ner: five-year-old son, Edward. were so. fadly crushed in the \.m al the Brocklyn Bridge entrance this evening that an ambu- caneg was s called from the Hudson Street Hospital. —— Dr. Thorne, who responded, found that they were bruised severely. They were able to go home after. the surgeon had attended them. +4 LATE WINNERS AT NEW ORLEANS. ° Fourth Race—By Ways 1, Big Ben 2, Irene Li Fifth Race—Homestead 1, Past 2, ‘Attila 3, peat Bea shred eh thd KILLED BY FALL DOWN-ELEVATOR SHAFT: Joseph Lloyd, of No, 202 East Eighty-third street, fell “hrough the elevator shaft from the first floor to the cellar in the livery stable where he was employed, at No. 337 East Forty- seventh street, this afternoon, and was instantly killed. —— + KILLED HIMSELF AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS. RETROIT, Nov. 28.—A man giving his name as George Rensem, of Ann Arbor, who had been arrested on suspicion ef of Inu 38 st2aliag, committed suibide this afternoon at Poiloe Headquarters, Fy indsey 3. WESTERN SCHOOLBOYS Windy - City Team Has Easy Time Beating the Brooklyn High School Boys--“Tubby,” of Chicago Eleven, the Hero of the Day. ——o Half—Chicnge, 5 Hee 4 Firat 8) Brook.| Kast did such a gathering avalanche as- 6 semble about the white-barred arena nx Ailed wnd overflowed the grand stands 4 Half—Chicage, 155, Broute. Crane heehs aa a Ast} 5 and bleachers of Washington Park to- + Os : ~|dey. Ranged in tler above tler ‘the nel Scqre--Chleago, 75) BreeMe! os. cheeked schoolboy and the blushing ‘| schoolgirl formed a panorama that made | the hearts 4¢ the grown-ups beat fast ‘| with delight at the sight of this beau- tiful array of youth. And the enthugiaain was simply a riot of noise, such as only the xchoolboy knows how to make’ and the college WASHINGTON PARK, BROOKLYN, Nov. 28. The schoolboy of the East, met the schoolboy of the West in a splendidd struggle for the football champion \yith qespzer ‘There wan none of the ship of the interscholastic world this | harsh ozgunized college yell, for every when the matchless; orm, from the primer claky up, wan 1. | reptegented in that pulsing throng, and the North Divl-|.eiin the echoing ahouts wan tie eH sion High School team, of Chicago, | treble of the youngster in kulckerbock- clashed with the unbeaten eleven of | afternoon, ers and the baby just graduate! trom kilts, Schoolboy game though it was, Veamns was none of the punyness of the unde- What the Yale-Princeton game 1s | veloped boy In the twenty-two young heroeés who fought on the gridiro: ‘tit xridiron this to the college world toslay’s battle | crertoon. Few colleges neud out on is to the schoolboy world, for the tne witte-darred Meld a sturdier lot of eyes of the schoolboys of the nation !youngsters than thore who faced each ontest. waged {other to-day in a atirring struggle to: were centred on the contest waged | other 10-4 on the Washington Park gridiron yiny gasps of astonishment mingled this afternoon, Never in the history of football in the | there (Continued on Seventh Page.) A Story That Thrills! (E DEBT OF HEINRICH HERMANN,” by B. Fletcher Robinson, who collaborated with Sir A. Conan Doyle, author ‘of “Sherlock Holmes,” in piotting the “Hound of the Bazker- villes,” will be printed in full in Sunday’s World a — DESPONDENT, KILLED HIMSELF. August Mauske, thirty-three y ommitted suicide to-day at ‘Thir street and. Dimself in He lived at No. Newberry D. Lawton, the mfllionatre clubman and member of the Regatta Committee of the New York Yacht Club, of New Rochelle, who Is Menting against paying a. Verdict of $100 wecured against him by Miss Annle Cornell, « former cook, who siied him Tor 71,500 damages, fash lg that né threw her out of the No cause ts assigned for the mants act. but It is thought that he wan de- spondent because of being out of work: oar of ‘bia. Villu, wher; sho, culled ‘9 mteatins Ack WAR ade applivation 3 jay Pla ac Whilte spite cocgay fia prone My ede Med! sos aera Aste a with a’ graphic illustration by Dan Smith. The lot, the style and the action are all novel. No better weird short story has been produced by any recent writer. You are. advised to read it. HIVE A BIG CAKE WALK chants ny —_——— WEATHER FORECAST. RICH, HE ENDED LIFE IN MYSTERY Victor Sabon chant of San Blows Out His Brains in Fash- ionable Boarding House Here} HIS BROTHER, A LAWYER, WELL KNOWN IN NEW YORK. Dead Man Lived Much to Him- self and Read Newspapers Constantly as if Looking for Some Particular Item. There ts considerable mystery about the sviclie of Victor Banner, a re‘ired San Francisco merchant,> who killed himself to-day in the fashionable board- ing-houge at No. 107 West Sixty-ninth street.leaving a letier In which he asked that Simon Banner, of No, 10 West Seventy-fourth street, be notified Through @ confusion of police records the name of the sulcide was given out as Bantlett Banner. When Morris Banner was told that Bartlett Banner had killed himself he aid that he did’ not know and had] never hear of a man of the name of Bartlett Banner. Later on it was sald that Victor Banner was a brother of Simon, who [a a lawyer at No. i Broadway. ‘The proprietress of the boarding-house ie Mra. Amelia Reina She told the pdlice that Banner engaged’@ room at her house eight mouths ago. He fold her that he had formerly been a mem- ber of the firm of Banner Bros. in San Francisco and that his house was wide- ly known, His Moveents Myniterions ‘The man kept to himself. He never Went out of his room in daylight and seldom at night. E newspaper pub- Hahed th the city delivered to him ally by the servante and he read them atl from beginning to end, apparently In search of some item of Interest to himself. He was given to muttering to himself, and the other boarders gathered from the @cant conversations they had with him that he considered himself the vic- tim of an injustice, The man appeared to have plenty of money, and paid hie board promptly. although he was care- less of hin personal appearance. He was heard entering the front door between 12 and 1 o'clock last night Going direct to the bathroom he wrote the note as follows: “Please notify Simon Banne: West Seventy-fourth street why I have done this" 5 Kille mactt Inetautly. Placing the nole on the window-sill, Banner, without removing his overcoat or nat, seated himself in a chair and fired a sbot-from a revolver into the ‘The bullet pierced os right Side of his head bis brain and he died instantly inthe house who Heard the shot tho: I was @ noise caused by the slamming door. Found Dead tn Dative: of Hours ater tte ma led a servant en tered the vathroom, jebody of Bauner was in the chair with toe acme banging down and the platol clasped ta the stit- fenéd right hand. ‘The. frightened ser- vant J Mra. Keltanger, wlio sent for D: D. Haten, next dor. ‘There was notuing for Dr. Hatch ta do but notify, the pol Datective Sawyer and Patrolman Bax- ter.want (o the house and sent word of the milelde to the Coroner's Ofes, ‘Then went to the West Seventy-fourtn * residence of Simon Banner, Tuey were met there by « woman woo doid tiem that sie woold notity Simoa Banner. of the note left by the suicide No information whatewer could be ov tained 04° che police. Simon Banner and bis brothe, Pete were oucer well-known New York mer hey had & store nt Lr | » Killed bis Hite Line th a bIx Aparim Forecast for the thirty-six hours ending at 8 P. M. Sunday, for New York City and-vicinity: Partly cloudy to-night and slightly warmer; Sunday slightly warmer Retired Mer- Francisco, 1/tween the cadets of West Poiat and Annapolis did cheer! o¢e-—__+ NU) CHEERED RIVALS IN GREAT DHIUIAON BATTL +o ‘Army and Navy Officials, Headed by Seale tary Root, Whose Son Was a Member ¢ the Annapolis Eleven, Watch West Point. ers Smash the Navy Line. SAILORS PROVED TO BE WEAK 5 THOUGH THEY MADE FIRST SCOR Soldiers Were Ever on the Aggressive, Fe 01 ing the Fighting at Every Point, Maki Touchdown After Touchdown and Aro ing Tremendous Enthusiasm, FIRST HALF. SECOND wicker NAVY LINE-UP. « Left End . +++ Left Tackle « Left. Guard) 2.005. - Centre .. .. Right Guard . Right Tackle . .. Right End . + Quarter Back~ Left Half . Right Back . Halse: Bil .- Full Back ... on —Umpire, cana inds, University of Pennsylvania; refé Edgar Wrightington, Harvard; linesmen, Truxton iHare, University Pennsylvania; assistant linesmen, Carl Marshall, Harvard; Sol University of Pennsylvania, NAVY. Howard. Doherty. . Chambers. . Strasshurge. Decker... Root. . (Special to The Evening World.) ¥en FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia, Nov. 28.—Uncle Sam’s pigskin” | warriors from West Point are the football champions of 1903, | They smashed the. Navy line to bits to-day. It was a glorious game, brimming over with sensationalism, hands rugged charges and perfect team work by the Army boys. The Navy boys had a streak of luck at the jump, and profiting by tumble carried the ball over their-opponents’ goal line. It was a Tuel score. After that, while puttin up a stubborn fight, they were outclassed: The team work and line smashing of the West Pointers told, and they hackea the Annapolis line to pieces, —— 20,000 SEE GREAT FIGHT BETWEEN STRUGGLINGTEAMS “Three cheers for “Hurrah for the Navy!" “Hurrah for the Army!” the Red, White and Blve.” And how those twenty thousand and more at the annual strugmle 5% They rooted with the yociferousness of baseball fans in midsummer, and the intensity of their joy sent the ordinary temperature of zero well) up into summer beat. ‘The day marked the time when the uation selzed upon the outdoor game as an excuse for a patriotic outdoor spectacle, Society did its para” 4 tion to make the demonstration one long to be remembered, Hartly a ¢ity: was there in the whole big United States that was not represented at the 1% game. and probably snow; winds shift. ing to southeast and Increasing. THE WORLD. pe SS ct tae maa ito. jay Sars and dining car. obi y a Mao je sath is a Sp AANA plan, cubed. 4. MANY CELEBRITIES THERE. Celebrities were thicker than ordinary citizens bedecked young women apparently outnumbered the usual waa (Continued on Sixth Page.)