The evening world. Newspaper, November 30, 1903, Page 6

John Webber, “Gentleman Bur- “lar,” Finds Official of White Plains Prison Asleep and Steals Keys and $195 “WACL, SHOT Student Kills a Tailor Who Was Passing in Street, Believing Him a Thief Who Had Tried to Break In. HAD BEEN INJURED BY LEAPING FROM A TRAIN. | He Slipped Past His Sleeping, Nurse Early To-day and, Find- ing Jail-Keeper Also Asleep, Unlocked Door and Fled. John Webber, one of many of his gentry known as the “Gentleman Burglar,” who was captured after he duimped from a train and broke his hhéad, found it easy to-day to walk out! et the White Plains Jali while his filards were asleep. He also found it eonvenlent to take with him $19 in cash Delonging to tho Warden of the prison. ‘The police say that Webber had out- @ide aid and it Js belleved now that] friends, and possibly a woman, took Him away in a carriage Jail Poysician) Biroh Geclares it would save been 1m-| possible for Webber to have walked far “aa he would have dropped from exhaus-| tlon dlue to hemorrhages it is sad vnat| @n Sunday moroning a man who gave the name of a New York lawyer called! ‘ap the jail by phone and asked how) Wobber was getting along. ‘Webber had been a boarder in fash-} fondle hotels at summer resorts in and| ‘@bout Chappauqua and other places in the northern part of Westchester County early in the summer. About that time many summer residences é robbed and Webber was accused. was traced to New Yo! dhrough pawning his plunder, Many of his s had reported that their homes Sd deen entered by burglars and Web- ‘ber was one of the first to sympathize ymith them. Webber posed as a stock lator and his wife belleved him to << By day te posed as a man of Jeisure with a small dut lucrative busi- ' ness, By night he was a thief. Found Pawning a Wate! When arrested in the Bowery on July 8 me Jest he was pawning a watch stolen the home of a neighbor. Then he @ full confession and gave tho a long list of the burglaries he had committed. But Webber, had not Been arrested until a constable from | ‘White Plains had chaged him from the Bowery to City Hall Park, and then ail Gy through the park. the constable was taking cae back to White Plains Webber age from the train as it was going ‘B high rato of speed. The train was ped and it was found that Webber fractured his skull by the jump. He then taken to the White Plains ‘and placed in the hospital there. ‘Ever since then he has been attended by New York and White Plains doctor, who said he could not recover. He was Gt eyen indicted, as it was said that “could not live to stand trial, Several @ day he had hemorrhages Besides the regular was a day nurse anda night nurse Webber, so serious was considered cape. Saw Nurse Was Asleep, “But before daybreak to-day Webber was not ao badly injured that he failed Notice that the nurse was asleep in rebber was up and on his way down-| dn a minute. He had not been out the bed since lust July. In the office De) Wanien Frank Winn wanted was the key all, £ sagen through Winn's trous en he came upon a roll of mounting to $19. He might need fant so he took it and with the key himself out on the street. Winn woke up he found the pen and the cold air coming tn. eomeron showed the drowsiness of James McEwen, the absence *Wobber, and the thert of thé money. ther, " investigation | showed that himself in the ‘8 coat and’ shoes and in Deputy in 0) len users the samt| has took the key with him and now lock ‘will have to be changed. or pe.many, be a wholesale jail delivery. wife now lives at acavenue, New Yor i MeClusk: sen out to find the missing burglar ety Stee Webber escaped a lunch Railroad’ avenue, W mee a was broken open and the cash looted. i pee, 8180 took yandwiches and Tt Is bolleved the burglar was ee and, hat he provided himself 80708 to get into the woods withstand @ siege until he was en- to board a railroad train. No one Webber leave the jail and the po- and Warden Stafford have no clue | ta the direction the took when he be ete “ | was discovered. Berens. silks, satins, cloth’ an organ, which he stole from a am © fresh air home at Chappaqua. ee ) SLAYER OF SIMMS ON TRIAL. 1f-Defe! Prado, the negro who shot and filed Cabel Simms in the rooms of the @ Democracy” at No, #4 West gtreet the might of Oct, 15, ged on trial to-day before Judge in, the Court of General Ses- 1, who was a lawyer, had a quar- do over the disposition of for epoutioal purpose: of f eis that he be bout fo kill him an WR SENTENCED. ,N. J., Nov. %—Francis J, ae ee of the ) this elty, who was con- ago ee & charge of | diverted so that it struck Groppe ns which contained the money and \° PHO ay that Killed | GRAPHIC STORY TOLD BY SLAYER’S SISTER. Declares She Heard Two Men Try Door of Flat, and She| Aroufsed Her Sleeping Brother, Who Seized Revolver. Miss Marie Anderson, who stood by the side of her brother, Hallle Ander- son, twenty years old, in the front room of their home on the first floor of No. 1% Eldridge street, when he shot and killed Morris Groppe, of No, 213 Yorsyth street, to-day gave a graphle Wescription of the tragedy. | According to the girl her brother had no Idea of shooting Groppe. He thought burglars had been trying to get into their flat and fired, he says, without jtaking aim, ‘The bullet, he believes, hit the grating of the fire-escape, and was in the temple, while he was In front of No. }201 Eldridge sireet, which 1s next door jto the Anderson home, In Hallway with Woman, The police are satisfied that Gro was @ hard working, honest man, but [they say he was in the hallway with @ young woman. ‘This {s denied by | Groppe's friends. ‘DU VEAUTOSERVE | TOYEARS I dal Young Detective, encore of Highway Robbery, Is Given | the Limit of the Law by Re: corder. | Edgar C. Du Ve tive ot robt was sentenced to-day by 1, the private detec convicted attempted highway Ro- off to a term of tep years corder Du Veau's crime was the outcome of al to rob and kill | Lewis, a skirt manufacturer, Mercer street, on Nov. 4, When arnugned to-day Samuel Feld- man, the attorney of the conyieted man, suid that his c was undoubtedly the vietim of a conspiracy, and that if the testimony adduced tn the trial was true he was fit rather for an insane asylum than a State prison. Recorder Gort thought otherwise, He sald: “It 1s a painful duty to pass sentence apon a young man twenty-two years old, but the evidence disclosed a condition of affairs exceeding ihe wildest imagina- tion, it was a plan of great craft and cunning. If your instructions had been carried out Mr. Lewly night have been killed. “[t is awful to contemplate that in this great city such a terrible crime should be concocted and that unsuspect- ing citizens shouid so have thelr lives put in jeopardy. 1 confess at the out- set of the trial I could not belleve *»at such thingg were possible, but the evi- dence was overwhelming “The making use of a woman to obtain information qbout her employer as you did shows a mind deep and dangerous, 1 cannot see where the element of mer: should ent rhe maximum sentenc ten years and 1 think jt should bbe {ted upon you if for no other purpose than to deter others from such terrivile spiracy Samuel of No, 117 There are eight in the Anderson fam- ily and they occupy a double flat on the first floor. There have been many bur- glaries of late in the neighborhood, so ‘that when Marie Anderson and her brother were alone in the Mat she was vous, Dhree or four times," day, “I was awakened by volces in the hall, I got out of bed and went to the bolted kitchen door. I heard two men's volces just outside. ‘They tried the knob and I rattled it to frighten then One sald to! thé other, ‘Don't be afraid of her.’ she said to- Got Brother's Air Ride, “I grabbed the only weapon that 1 thought of. It was my little brother's alr rifle. I hit the panel of the door with the butt of the little gun. They didn't go away, go 1 ran into my broth- er's bedroom, where he was sleeping. “ ‘Halle, 1 erled, ‘get up quickly. Burglarp ae trying to break in.’ “He jumped out of bed and got an cid rm revolver out of the bureau drawer, It hadn't been used in years, “Who's there?” he asked, There wasn't any answer, Again ho called, but received no answer, Then ho threw open the door and with the pointed re- volver ran to the front, As he did ¢0 two men ran down the stairs, My brother was afraid to shoot, He came back to the kitchen and we both went to the front window noxt to the fire-es- cape. Down in the street we saw a couple of men, Hallle called, asking them who they were and what they wanted, He got no answer. Then Hal- He raised the revolver and fired, He Took No Aim, “He thought he wan firing at random. As he fired he drew back, [ looked out and saw the man lying on the sidewalk, I sald: “Oh, Hallle, you've killed a man.’ He said, ‘No, I didn't take any aim.’ He looked out and sald, ‘Well, I'll go to the police and give myself up.’ “We both believe that the pistol was fired at random and that the bullet hit the lattice-work in the fire-escape and was diverted to Groppe."’ Hallle Anderson {s only old, He is a student some years ago and his father is a watchmaker, -He left the scene of the tragedy early to-day and went to eee some friends. Sad Scene at Groppe Home. Around at No, 218 Forsyth street there Was a sad scene at the Groppe home. ighbors crowded in to take a last look at the dead man, ‘The elght Groppe cht!- dren “hovered about thelr fathers dead twenty years His mother died he "wae not in the hallway ldridge street. The police oppe was one of party of four, and that one, 4 itt. lives in the Anderson tenement. ‘They declare that Groppe went into the hail wicu her be- fore she went upstairs, This girl, how- ever, could not be found to-day. Groppe was forty-elght years old and the eldest of seven brothers. LONDON STOCKS DULL. Americans Improve During Seasion and Clone Steady. LONDON, Noy. %.—Money was In strong demand én the market to-day, Discounts were steady. On the. stock Exchange a dull feeling prevailed and business was moderate. The position of affairs in the Far East, with rumors of an early dissolution of Parliament, we adverse Intlue 3. a ough the latte: hour and closed’ steady, Grand ‘Trunk was weak, owing to the disappointing October statement. Kaffirs weakened on realizations, ‘Japanese securities were dull and drooping. Invitations are sent and received by Telephone. act ih patina Led be without T — sorviog at your “(Nor good behavior Du Veau may re- & sentence by three years and ir duce nm months. Miss Billa Eagan, whose name brought into the case in ite first sta was exonerated. ———— feeling to Keep the Dollar Yourself? 2.50 is enough to pay for pretty nearly any shoe on the market. We duplicate practically every advertised $850 shoe _q for $2.50,—and a good many ag times we will sell you the oy .50 shoe under its own v trademark—bought from its own factory—identically and positively the same in every respect as the shoe you pay 3.50 for down street, or up street, or across the way. We don't care how much you doubt our ability to do as we say,—come into the.store; if we don’t make good every letter of every word we say— j hang on to your $2.50. We don’t want it unless Soaps. | we can give you a pair of $8.50 shoes for it. i Butler's Borax Soup, 25 That's our proposition, SICARES tae ae Cy Just a plain, straightforward offer to save you a co Soap, rs Ey eee dollar a pair on shoes—no dodging, no hedging, 13 cake eae is eee 25c no wordy fireworks. Just a plain, bold, calm, positive statement that STORES EVERYWHERE > is RETAIL BRANCHES CHOICE GROCERIES, Best Butter, Ib., 21c. The sale of the very best creamery butter at 21c. a pound is continued at our stores. In this one example of butter selling we clearly demonstrate our power. of serving you best at the least cost. Not alone butter, however, but everything in fine groceries lower priced than at other stores. These additional offerings for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday : , peace Tomatoes. East View Brand. Fancy Southern To matoes— packed iresh from the Regu- Crackers. Butter Thins, Grahams (red pkge.), Social Teas and Saltines, pkge.... 7c| | | Blue Ribbon Breakfast Fi | A dainty cereal, pkge ‘ood 10c c Hominy—Fancy Southern, dried, 2-Ib. PERE ace = ib, pkge.. 1 3c White Wine of Cider Vinegar, 7 best quality, quart bottle Lard—Armour's or Swift's best pure lard; 3 Ib. pail Peerless Beef Ext: Unexcelled in quality; jar. J9c fMacaront—Best imported; 1% 10c Baked Beans—Choice guality, 21b. can, ' 5c Noodies—Ingredients. of the very best quality; pkge....ee.e.06 5c Ib, pkee., Sc.5 Ib, pkge quality, Be Clenewel Washing Powder, the| best cleanser, 6 oz pkge., 2¢.; 4 Ib. pkge...... 15¢| -> Sc] 76) Azure Blue, % Ib. box. . Washing Fluid, bottle Clothes Pins, 100... +. 9c} Ic| Laundry Wax, with ha Borax, *{ Ib. pkge.. sssee 3 | Prunes—Choice California, me- strong fibse| dium size, Ib... vines. aes 12¢. 3 cans.. cans. we must stand by or quit business. Going to keep on making somebody a present of a dollar a pair? THE INTERNATIONAL SHOE CO. tthe New York Stores: 1343. BROADWAY (Opp. Herald Bldg). What are you going to do about it? DOLLA Bee STORES IN THE PRINOIPAL CITIES. ele | 262 WEST 125th ST. bristles, hard wood 1 to the best | imported Worcestershire; *4 nd well 25 E IC | Tollét Paper, in rolls or pa 4 arate 10¢ Triumph Parlor Matches— Salad Oll—Best quality domesti 12 boxes, Chloride of Lime—in zinc tins, S:rubbing Brushes, aS 4c 5c and 9c |Peerless Sauce—Eq sewn, No. 7. made: ?4 pint sbottle, 8c. 1 - is oc Vienna, pkg bottle. . Black Pepper—Best fresh ground, }4 1b. tin White Pep; er—Pure andfi Brooms, best quality | Peerless Catsup—The very best Safety Matches—Imported from |Fancy Queen Olives—s oz. Gtibattlence ce ccsse atest : 15c esh non-corrosive, tin...... esse iberty [lidgets — Selected 13 ground, } Db. can, i = 10c Triumph Metal Polish—Wil 6 tiny pickles, bottle c Engllsh flustard— Best qual 4) not scratch, box 1C | Potash or saat oer yess a Saline Se aoe sifting cans... Se Ce ¥% Ib, can : ad BILL BestNo.ITeaj{ Starch. |( Coffee. _ | a Finest quality, all kinds, Best Quality Gloss my yes Moe one ek) a regs ular 40c. quality; 3 Ibs, $15 Ib, eee DDE] | 31d. box... J its, 70.1 Ib... 29C Six-Year-Old Elsworth Hallinger Accuses Elderly James Tier- ney of Strange Crime in Jer- sey City. ROOM ) UevHeD, CAS MY FLAT J COMAETES ioe ON r ENE ROOM =) Fuewsnto, acemag Tarergamrane rams got] | Bagh sofB3EY 4.507%,.\?7 BO 0 z York, was arrested on Mercer street OK SPECIAL. ROOM (l4uewsye | Jersey City, to-day charged with st oY ‘APARTMENT(COYXE7E,, 98 33 of tartar. ing and swallowing a % bank note . 44 Ib.yA Oc. worth Hallinger, six years old, of No. OUR ROOM = | furnseo ae D 42 Mercer street, made the complaint. LaTEST APARTMENT, yore ar os fl 4 tb. 18c., The boy avas sent to the store by his FREIGHT PAID ON OU; Ment hand. “Ho sara ‘ieeney came) | COR46%&87 4%": ODEN S, Abe, along. grabbed the money, put {t tn his ‘ mouth and swallowed it. A witness cor- - Thien errolice Heatauatien no The | = ee Rc amen Tia aa | =m 7 $5.00 DOWN. a \ het BRYAN IN BELF, 6 5 AEE Oe ne | I WE as Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Cure STO Ct SEES ith Lora Mayor and On 30 Days’ Trial, PS | ene 9 ” oured the Shipyarda, a an BRUMAST, Ireland, Nov. 30.—William Write for my Book on Rheumatism and i J. Bry che: rd Mayot a ame of drueRint Meas youy WROD W dy Paar Mae at water | aren ee Oe ot || Fulton 5t., Elm Place & Hoyt 5t., made a tour of the Queen's Island Ship- ‘ New York's Best | iilding Yards and other large mar | fs Rin aee . Brooklyn Seth GeaeY all Blt Ramily pouepMenicine : 7 RxUnburgh, Cares Any Kind of a Cold, $3 Worth of Stamps FREE Tuesday. ori of Dtamps EL 1uesday : ————_—. ‘ { COUPON. Upon presenting this coupon at A. ~ Raise Namm’s Store Tuesday, Dec. 1, $1.00 Weekly. Price $176. ‘& oy ud making purchases amounting : s fe }e4 ‘to $1.60 or more, we will give three Special Piano Sale. dollars’ worth of Blue Trading better Pisnos full size. 7158 ortaye. Stamps Free, in addition to those eg tttse stein Daan ‘you receive on your purchases. , fasbrouck Finnos net, sold (Good Dec. 1). E.W. in Ntenarnent estore. (Open evenings.) HASBROUCK PIANO C0., Between ‘Sad and 2 24th Sts. e 1 does the work of 2 ge eee 00" is You can do the work of two people when you use Miller's Soap made Ivith Ni Rub it on the clothes (as directed on the wrapper), roll up and leave in soak half an our, | ane ed sep fa deaeens (aad operates the din that a a la and the usual raul { im makes the cloth snowy white, he pure and siveet oils in Miller's Soap, leaves the fa \ strong-2éyen stronger that betural wAabin gs u rep tote cyst a The SUNDAY }{} {SHE 2188-2190-2192 BX . ! 5H SnoH WORLD! R 9 THIRD AV,, Bet. 119-120 Sts. s eal : Estate Columns reach the Million. ‘ Among the Mil- saa qllonaretiee a MILLERS SUP. IVAPTHA backs, two sizes pt. bottle, 8c.; pint bottle... *43c ages, each. . 5¢| pint bottle. a pt. bottle, 5c.; pt. bottle, 10 i} 5¢ 1 Made with Naptha Goes further, because it is only ni to rub it on once; it is most economical, because the clothes last longer The CHRISTMAS METROPOLITAN Use Sund ay seeds les ene Awe aw ko HS eh World Wants to i ut sold at the usual price. t Miller’s Soap at PEER at p sea hit aasihen sae oh hod ALL NEWS-STANDS, PRICE 15 Cents Buy. Sell and Powerine with Ammonia, the quick cleanser, Lease Real Es-