The evening world. Newspaper, December 10, 1903, Page 1

* i EDITION { “ Circulation Books Open to All.” | aida ONE CENT. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1903. PRICE ONE CENT: GAMBLERS’ ‘RING TRIED 10 POlGON DIX DAY Detectives Employed ment to Probe Into AAGERG? by Garden Manage- Alleged Poisoning of Walthour, Munroe and Dorlan Claim Bet- ting Men Are Behind Attempted Murders. ARRESTS LIKELY TO FOLLOW * INVESTIGATION BY DETECTIVES. Several Heavy Wagers Made This Afternoon -—Munroe Rides Around Like Crazy Man —Toots Big Horn All the Time—Racers Still Way Behind the Record. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Dec, 10.—A ring of gamblers, it is claimed, are behind the attempts m: ade to poison three riders in the six- day race, and the detectives engaged by the management to probe into the mystery announced late this afternoon that several arrests would prob- -ably be made before midnight. MYNHEER AT 15.10 1 WINS Takes Opening Event at New Orleans, with Mrs. Frank Fos- ter, an 8-to-1 Chance, Run- ning Into Second Money. SYMPHONY TAKES FOUR- AND A HALF FURLONG DASH. Fine Racing Weather Brings Out Big Crowd to the Crescent City Track—Heavy Betting Marks Day. > THE WINNERS. First Race—Mynheer (13 to 1) 1, Ms, Frank Foster (15 to 1) 2, De Reszke 3. ° SECOND RACE-—Symphony (3 to 1) 1, Trossachs (15 to 1) 2, Lally Daly 3. THIRD RACE—Bud Embry (8 to 1) 1, Bard of Avon (4 to 5) 2, Mac- Beth 3. ROURTH RACE—Big Ben (6 to 5) 1, Charlle Thompson (2 to 1) 2% Duelist 3. Another perfect racing day The betting non the rac: has been getting heavier and heavier each|Decy " day as the race goes on. Several well plentiful. ll known bookmakers are making al- “open? book on the race and wagers yack individuals are Behind all the betting is a lot of “wise money.” It is the people who are laying this money that aré under suspicion in connection with the poison mystery. THREE RIDERS SAID “POISON.” Within a féw hours of each othe fleclared that attempts had been mad With three men declaring absolutely that they had been poisoned, the| §; rt Dorlan, Walthour and Munroe afi le to poison them. management was forced to believe that there was something in the story besides the wanderings of diseased brains, and several detectives were sont lor to probe into the matter. Walthour and Monroe declare that poison was thrown on the sponges they. use, while Dorlan claims that his food was drugged. NEW WORLD'S RECORD. Willie Fenn, of Bristol, Conn., Garden this afternoon for a fifth of a 1-5 seconds. made a new world's record at the mile, going the distance unpaced in Frank Kraemer made a sensational quarter-mile in 25 seconds, going wound the track like a white streak, BIG BETS ON THE RACE. A pet was made in the Garden this afternoon that the winner of the pix-day race would be Walthour. member of a bicycle manufacturing Newhouse, of Baltimore, placing the A. T. Schlessinger of Boston, and a firm, bet $1,000 to $8,500 with Sam money in the hands of the Garden cashier that Walthour would finish first, Another bet was recorded at the same place by August Wenzel, of New York, and Arthur M. Dubois, of Allegheny City, Pa, ard selocted three men to run one, Leander, Walthour and Breton, Keegan. Each man bet $600 two, three. Wenzel’s selection was Dubois selected Jacobson, Breton and MUNROE, RAVING CRAZY, KEEPS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Dec. 10.—Benny Munroe, Bobby Walthour's partner in the fearful six-day grind, has gone to pleces under the awful tor- ture and 16 racing arpund the steep- banked bow! raving crazy. He threatend to drop out of the race to-day \uniess an automobile hom was @ttached to his wheel, and his trainers had to” rum across to a Fifth avenue ‘store and get a tooter for him. They first ond was not-iarge enough and they bad to set anovher, This pleased him, And he went on in the race, Now he toots it repeatedly, to the distraction - of the other riders. ‘Ahother evidence of the’ condition of ‘his mind! 46 that ‘he continually yells hile making the circuit. If he con- ~ tinues to wet worse he may have to bo taken from the Garden in a strait et, Authorities May Interfere. Munroe will be permitted in the race ‘@ntil he becomes unmanageable or un- able to ride, or until the health authori. tes interfere. Munroe's head is ail right, but he be- ae eyes his sicull is fractured. Doctors op hctoan called to’attend him, Fitzsimmons was an early caller Ganiea, AWFUL RACE. FIVE O'CLOCK SCORE. EIGHTY-NINTH HOUR. Leander and Butler.. Walthour and Munroe Contenet ‘and Breton, Floyd Krebs and Peterson. Newkirk and Jacobson. Bowler and Fisher....., Samson and Vanderstuytt. Gougoltz and Frans Krebs. Keegan and Moran... Dove and B, Hedspeth............ 1618 Record for eighty-nine hours 1s 17%, made by Miller and Waller in 1899. yest and. gray spotted gloves,’ quite the latest in togs, Contenet, of the French team, came very near being sent to tife Morgue to~ day. He had been relieved by his part- ner and went to his sleeping quarters. it js his custom to drink @ bottle of imported ale before going to sleep, and bis trainers always have the bottle un- corked and ready for him when he leaves the track. Contenet grabbed the bottle he saw on the tadle and had it to his ips when a trainer rushed at bim (Continued on Twelfth Page) brought out a good crowd to the track. The weather turned considerably cooler and the track wae/puch better, - ~ FIRST RACE. . One mi Starters. white. Jocks. LIE TI. Bie ‘Reseke. ill, Fy - FB : Arnold aati Fine thas. ® AP recarthy, Bae Rio. Tid, Bouriing 7 o ‘Start ood. | Won driving. -SECOND RACE. Four and a half furlongs. Jockn. in Hort, aD a x m4 abtanters, whi. any, zy 3. Boose" BBaR ne Diaphan 110. wala a) ™ 78 faphaiio alana) Ts phaous. NG. Wal rig Fi cs ES i ee $33 Ming... 9 1 fora ‘pacept Diaphanous, Won e— 0.56. R004 easily, Tim e ‘te, THIRD RACE. ne mile. eer hts locks, RLEIC FIN, Bip. F . ‘Travers § r 2 28 ra rs iM 7s rt he’ ot da OAL nr driving. Time—144 2-5. FOURTH RACE. saSttin furlonmn, ‘uree $500, a free handicap for al ¥ ni Betting. Str P 2% Starters. Bud Embry. B'd of Avot Macher ati Capt.Gaines. “105 rbury, 106, Geori FEmnia A.M. 105, Ph Q'n of Dixiana.t Talia May. 8, Creamer! Sus 2: 2a wade BBs Sasens 22. Start Kood, StUHIf Fin. Ka. we 2 « Ranwina d Jab bin: 1 2 —Tom RUSH Se Recount Gives Hi: a Majority > Over Mulqucen. A recount of votes in some of the | he ca: ballot boxes in the Twenty-ninth As- sembly District, made to-day by order of Justice Leyentritt, shows that ‘Thomas E. Rush was elected Tammany leader and member of the Executive Committee of Tammany Hall at the Septeber_priaries. cob Marks has fought Rush's bat- tle from’ the clore of when the returns showed Joseph F, Muiqueen, John F. Garroll's hele, and 1,003 for Rush, who was Leader Charles F, Murphy's rite ‘The recout shows Rus Official vote tor Be Lois to 008 for his opponent, MRS. PLANT WILL NOT SIGN. Settlement of $17,000,000 Eat Still in Abeyance. NEW HAVEN, Comn., Deo. 10. —sudeo| ™ Cteayeland, of the Probate Count, Aarne as Attorney Shipman, of ‘ware ford, to-day that Mrs. Plant bas de- the other heirs the Siinea ‘to sign, wild, petition sorins Court font ihe bate! Henry, Deedee Gent of New fork, in 5) order to expedite the settlement of the $17,000,000 estute which long has been in tid aton. | ‘nearing petition og aml the, Tot t t proper service may be had Riven interested. on the order m all WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-0lx hours ending at 8 P. M. Friday for New York City and vicinity: Partly gloudy and colder to-night; Fri- day fair; brisk to high weaterly winds, | |OUTSIDERS AGAIN GET THE MONEY. IN NORTH RIVER EXTRA SPECIAL EXTRA. IN THE M. L. eander & Butler... 1,639 9 ewkirk & Jacobson 1,539 9 ontenet & Breton... 1,529 9 owle> &Fisher.... 1639 9 LATE SCORES GREAT CYCLE RACE Scores of the leaders in the cycle race at Madison Square Garden at 6 o'clock were as follows: ML. pean & Munroe 1,539 Root & Dorlan.... 1,539 Keegan & Moran. ...1,539 Bedell & M. Bedell 1,539 1. Krebs & Peterson 1,539 9 Samson & V’derst’t 1,538 r.Krebs & Gougoltz 1,536 1 Dove & Hedspeth.. 1,524 The record for 90 hours is 1,750 miles and 1 lap; made hy. iller and Waller i int 1899- LATE RESULTS AT Fifth Race—Birdwood 1, Bad Se eae NEW ORL EANS. ger 2, Free Admission 3. Sixth Race—Montebank 1, Wreath of lvy 2, Ora McKinney 3 ADMIRAL GHERARDI Ds ON BIRTHDAY Been Failing Rai for a! Week and thé End Was Not Unexpected. iphone BIRATFURD, Conn, Vec. 10,—Kear- Admiral. ‘Bancroft Ghererd) gied at his residence here this aftetno: o-day was the Admiral’s birtliddy.,. All the members of his family. Were’ at nis bed- side, having been summoned early in tne week wMen he began to fail rapidly. Rear-Admiral Gherardi retired from the navy on Nov. 1, 1894, after having served continuously for forty-elgnt yars. He was bora in Jackson, La., on Noy. 10, 18%, Whe his family moved to Boston, and on June 34, 1448, .hw. entered the navy a» midshipman from the State of Massa- chusectts, He served on the Ohfo and in the| Pacific Squadron until 1862, when he en- tered the Naval Academy and was graduated as a passed midshipman. 1855 he became master and lieutenant. He was ralsed to the rank of HNeutenant- commander in 1862 and served for a year under Admiral Farragut. He was in the engagement with Fort Macon in that year and was complimented by his commander for his conduct under fire. In 1863-4 he commanded successively the gunboat Chicoma and the mer Port ‘Royal, of the West Gulf Blockad- ing Squadron, In the latter vessel he took part in the battle of Mobile Bay, and during the action, by orders of Capt. Thorn- peony pers ig officer for his mire wer he oommanded the Pequot. In 1886 he was was Commander and ‘n 18h, as Se any a comrence the nypean. ‘He wil sorted ot A pees ae and in 1864 moore. In 1887 he was promoted toe ‘be Rear+Admiral. Then, after two ‘as Commandeni of the Brooklyn, Navy “Yard, he took command of the North Atlantic Squad- ‘He was in command in the time Of the civil war in Haytl and did much to restore order there. ‘He again became Commandent .of the Br: Yar in 1893, retirirg, a year later. BARON ROTHSCHILD DEAD. er of Family of Bankers Dies at Monte Oarlo, LONDON, Deo. 10.—A despatch to a ews agency from Monte Carlo an- nounces the death there to-day of Baron Arthur de Rothedhitd. Baron Arthur de Rothsshild lived in Parts and at Gornay la Ville, Depart: ment of Seine et Olse, France. He was member of the famous family of bankers, ———— a \/ SECRETARY HAY NO BETTER. Bronchial Trouble Sticks to Him ad He In Very Hoarse. WASHINGTON, Deo. 10,—Secretary Hay's condition to-day is. atiout the same as yosterday. He is euffering from 4 éfight Dronghtal ‘trouble, which makes him very hoarse, and it was by his dootor’s ones and soniest § dey feet | de- sires ee from the Ins, HE SHOT BELLBOY MW WOMAN'S § HOTEL Bullets at r= Worrisbey| in Lobby of the Martha Wash- ington This Afternoon. While tie lobby of the woman's hotel, the Mardoe Washington, at No. 9 East ‘Twenty-ninth etreet, was thronged with women this afternoon, Murray. Mec- Cauley, an elevator boy, who had been discharged earlier in the day for re- fusing to obey-orderg. rushed in with a pistol in his hand and fired two shots at William Morrissey, the captain of the bell boys, whom he charged with being responsible for his dismissal, One of the bullets entered Morrii nant arm and the other buriex the upper part of his > An “lorrispey fell inne heap on th n, Moeted CheTanea: Sed santa ewes we ing. end during the confusion, which followed McCauley tried to make his Michael he porter of t tT. grappied with him Ae McCauley was finally ies a istol taken away from i ‘Thir- tleth streat p station an - ‘The surgeon sald that the injury in the back war 0 serious and the boy was taken to the hoapital at once. QUEEN’S BEDROOM ON FIRE. in English Royal Palace ce eon Excitement, LONDON, Dee, 10,—A Are ocovrred to~ day in Queen Alexandra's bedroom at ey's tee ou ‘and |Sandringham. It broke out in the ohim- ney flue, where @ beam {s supposed to have been smouldering for some days. Considerable damage was done before the fire was extinguished. ‘The outbreak caused much excitement at Sandringtem, where the Queen and @ number of guests are staying at pres- ent. ete ANOTHER MERGER BRIEF IN. that WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—A brief was Aled in the Gupreme Court of the United States to-day by John W. Griggs, coun- wel for the Northern Securities Com- pany, in-the°proceeding of the United es against thi = fiat Pepesvaph tb Sonmeny for vio. one contends that atk the a at of the Dy, by it ofethe Masority of ‘the atock: o the Nor fic and. Great North, ern were perfectly legal and natural acts, and wes that the Securities Company has aa much ri the stock of the two roa : af vidual would have. wosnleR eesti a GRIEF PROMPTS SUICIDE. a Crased over the | of her baby boy, who was burned to ae short time A. oA hs old, east foray hee sa tae Me a sere tak where | t wotnt [1 ot LASSODES THIEF | Frank Stone, a Youth Just Ar- rived from Ghio, Was Trying to Escape Arrest for Attempt- ing to Rob Bank. WHEN CHASED HE DIVES INTO THE ICY RIVER. Is Making His Way Across When a Kind-Hearted Tug Man Drags Him Aboard, After Which Detective Gets Him. to rov the ins After having attempted First National Bank broad daylight in true western Frank Stone, a youth of nineteen, Youngstown, Oh{>, sprang into the Hud- | when followed by a are of Hoboken style, son River MOB TRIG 10. CLL MOTORMAN Old John Dooley, Crushing Him to Death and an Infuriated Crowd Which Watchet the Tragedy Made Desperate Efforts Lynch the Man at the G-ip, © crowd, and would have succeeded swimming through the fey waters to New York and making his escape. not a tugbont man thrown apout his neck and hauled him Stone, who Is hardly more than a boy fn appearance. arrived in Hoboken yes- terday, and, it is said by tae police, im: mediately set about for some s¢ which he covld get rich quickly i say he hung about the streets of Hobo- ken all yesterday afternoon. Last night after Hermann Hosner, a saloonkeeper of No. 515 Madison street, Hoboken, had closed his dogrs and retired Stone ef- a }fected an entrance into the saloon and robbed the cash drawer of all its cx tents. Among the stealings was « check on the First National Bank for #5. Stopped Payment of Check. Upon discovering that hé had been robied Hosner to-day notified the bank to refuse t oe was made to Cashier Robert Mc- Mr. McKais was at the cashie window this afternoon when Stone en- tered. He was perfectly cool and col- lested when he presented the check. seis cash. this," he sald: hier MéKalg started from the win- on and was making his\way around to capture the lad when the latter sud- denly weized the wicket window ard at- tempted to pull ft apart and seize the cash that lay in large quantities on the counter. He was still puling at the widow when the cashier came upon him and attempted to hold him. With a hard blow the boy managed to wrench himself loose from MoKaig and bolted for the street. Me Jumps Into the River. A great crowd heard the cashler call- ing “Btop thief!" agd seeing Stone run- ning Joined in the @)ase. The boy out- footed his pursuers and ran to the Del- aware, Lackawanna & Western depot He dashed through the depot. ran out to the end of the pler and dived into the water, He rose to the surface and with, a long, d stroke was raving for ghe 3 rk shore, the crowds in the depot watcn'ng him, but no one attempting to follow. The lumber barge Henry I. Smith, In tow of a tug, Was pasting out when Stone was in the stream, and seeing what he believed was a drowning man, fone of the crew made a lasso of @ rope and with great skill hurled it about the boy's neck, He was then hauled aboard the boat and taken (o shore, whére he waa ‘arrested by Detective-Sergt. Nel- “Gave you a little bit of @ run for ‘our money, didn’t 17° the prisover deid as he was led away to jail. ——— JUSTICE MAYER TO RESIGN. He Conf wi The report that Julius Mayer, Justice of Special Sessions, would resign in a few days was confirmed to-day. The Justice denied emphatically the story that he is to accept the Presidency of the Republican County Committee in place of Mr. Linn Bruce. “Phe two matters should not be I do not care to say a: future {n nected at all. thing at present about my politics,” he sald. ‘The news of Justice Mayer's intention to resign follows a private talk he had early in the week with Gov, Odell. It is understood that Mr, Mayer has already notified Mayor Low of ‘his intention to resign and will make public a letter in a day or two giving his reasons. It was rumored about City Hall to- day that John C. Clarke, who was Mayor Low's campaign manager, would be appointed to succeed Justice Mayer. NEW BISHOP OF COLUMBUS Propaganda Namen Rev, James J. Hartley for Ohio Diocese. ROME, Dec. 10—The meeting of the Congregation of the Propaganda, which was postponed from Monday to enable all the Cardinals In Rome to be present at the Advent sermon, was held to-day. Tae Cardinals present were Vannutells, Mathieu, Agliardi, Satolll, Pierotti, Mar. Unelli, Steinhuber, Della Volpe, Segna and Gott!, the latter presiding. After sonaslderable discussion over the candidates for the Bishopric of Colum- dus, 0.. Cardinal Gottt summed up the Congregation decided ne Pope fov appointment 42 Bishop Of Columbus, in succesutot to the Rev. Henry. Molter, Goadjutor Archbis! vi cagh the check. Tho re- |" SQUAD OF POLICEMEN HAD WORK TO a His House Near Scene of Killing at 8th Av and 133d Street Until Reserves Arrive, Motqrran Martin McGinn, of the Eighth avenue line, was b kicked and stoned, narrowly escaping with his life at the hace. of men and women who caw his car run over end crush to death | year-old Johnny Dooley, of No. 300 West Ore Hundred and Thirty ero street, this afternoor. within a few doors of his home, The boy wa? crossing Elghth avenue from the public school on Tundrved and Thirty-third et toward his home when McGinn's him down. and did not .top until the boy’s head had been crushed ‘ legs severed trom lils bedy. ‘the street was filled with men and women at the time Wha the accident and Who loudly denounced the motorman for his evident lessness, as he apparently made no effort to stcp his car. : DRAGGED HIM FROM CAR, A dozen men jumped upon the motorman and dragged him from. thi form of the car to the street, where he was kicked and cuifed and until Policemen Beck and Hanlen, of the West One Hundred and fiith street station, fought their way through the crowd with their mi stias and rescued him. The policeman rushed the motorman to @ boring store and barricading the dvor, telephoned for the reserves patrol wagon. x In the meantime motormen and conductors of other cars that along endeavored to get the body of the boy from under the car, GOT THI BODY OUT, An ambulance arrived from the J, Hood Wright Hosplial whe were still vainl; working to lift the car. at last workmen on a Ing building recured » quantity of shcring beams, which they placed the car, and, aide? by the weight of several score men, raised the trurl the cavarl cra forti the mansled bedy of the child. wa ‘nh the mean time ¢ hal! dozen policemen had been fighting Gif crowd that was clamoring fo" vengeance upon the motormen. TOOK HIM TO POLICE STATION, The reserves who arrived with a patrol wagon had all they couk stave off the shouting men and women while they put the man, pase trembling with fright, into the wagon and drove him to the police staticay It was fully a half hour after the accident when'a wrecking wago the Metropolitan Street Rallway Company arrived. STATEN ISLAND TRAIN Seventy-five Passengers Thrown Into Pe and Jolted by the Cars Bumping Along The train was bound from Bt.G to Tottenville and was within yards of the Prince's Bay station the accident happened. The-p on were thrown from their seats and for! ay ‘hie there was a panic. They . assured, however,. that there waa danger, The passengers were all taken. to Tottenville in farm wagons, for charge of 50 cents eh. Fe A wrecking train was sent fom) George and the train was soon, put Vthe track and pushed 'to Tottenyille. ” About seventy-flye passengers on ¢ Staten Island Rapid Transit train wer 8 afieraoon hs jon on the Amboy thrown into a panic t the Prince's Bay st Division of that roa by tae train umes ing the track and Wumping alone the tles about one hundred fect before i wes stopped. ‘As soon as the train jumped the track the engineey Jammed down the brakes but they failed to work and the passen- gers had a severe shaking up before the trtin came to @ atop. SHE CHASED THIET Oh THALE t BLOCKS | nestness of foot this afternoop in mE suing a pickpocket for three blocks alan j Lexington avenue, capturing hig 4 | holding him for the approach of jae ss Farre was crossing. i: came to. hi vase man was held fp wile Court. ‘He a “Jarhes Smith, nineteen years ol 173 Ludlow sireet. — To make business boom full season it is only Miss Theresa Fafrell, of No. 313 East] gavertise in the right D ‘Fitty-third street, a pretty little woman, showed. unusual determination ‘and Sunday World '« the re man Came,