The evening world. Newspaper, December 10, 1903, Page 2

THE ies from Sing * saea dita and Tes- _ tifies that Former Partner Managed the Alleged Electric ‘Brake and Coupling Swindle. SAYS HE WILL REVEAL “AVERY GREAT SCANDAL. Plaintiffs in Case Declare They » . Were Swindled by Electric _~ Brake and Coupling Company, | Organized by Gosiin. RY athe trial of the first of the autts brought by the alleged victims of Alfred es In, Col. Robert A, Ammon and L, Packer to recover the money Apvested in the New York Blectric anda Coupler Company was begun before Justice Cochrane, a ruml anda jury in Part XIII. of the e Court. Yi ‘Packer is in Kansas City, Ammon >was brought from Sing Sing prison ‘Tuesday and has deen registered at ‘Tombs His former and alleged partner, Re Goslin, was also in court. Uielr lawyer, Henry M. Earle, sat them, which may, perhaps, for Ammons fatiure to throttle weal bewhiskered Goslin, with been at swords’ points for 3 etre Amon Denounces Goslin. “This will be the greatest scandal this B ever heard when 1 have finished @tory.” said Ammon. “Gosiin? He n't exist for me." Ammon's vacation will be extended Wve: next, when Keeper Will- Evers will take him to Brooklyn “Spbear gs a witness before Referon e! the Brooklyn Post-Office in the 520-Per-Cent, Miller San Proceedings. yn didn't know it, and when by an Evening World reporter tufted with his old-time bravado: Pn Miller's attorney, but I fPenon whether I shall appear or I may.” on said he was innocent of any in the case in hand and tify that Goslin was the whole ) case on trial is that of Jay K. ‘and James Brown Bell, compris- ‘the firm of Secor & Bell, brokers, oledo, O., against Aifred R. Goslin, dE. Eberman, Frank D. Morgan, A. Ammon, Eugene L. Packer Gibbons, to recover Aone oharge that Goslin, Am- and Packer swindled them by the buying 160 shares of the worth- & Bell allege that the New Bilectric Brake and Coupler Com- ‘Waa incorporated in New Jersey ‘an alleged capital just short of dollars by Eugene L. Packer Sow asap med a of a conspiracy Ssetor. the frat witness, told of how his frm was Indu ck to be held for Gibbons, loged conspirators. yell on the Stand. the stand after recess. with pos self-possession Mot Interests ge owe or ‘ilectrle rake and ther than as counsel ho reason to doubt Goslin,’ “T understood that they had Pert pee cate Tee an wont q Hartford. He introduced me } to President of the South Ghore Borelle Railroad, in Canada, oes @ contract for declared that Goslin was the ) “head and front of the whole corpora- “MOTHER TO SEE HER BOY. Pathetic Scene in Court When She 2 ‘Wins Her Fight. ‘was another pathetic scene in en Court in Brooklyn, to-day, Justice Marean decided that Mrs. D. Bancroft, the beautiful wife of ‘ F. Bancroft, a wealthy druggist, bs swhom she 1s separated, shall have the custody of thelr six-year-old boy, , from noon Saturday until Sun- night of every week. Se here hysterically, Bee ibay 2 to ber ord and kiss- Just Mayean the ter that if he fitted ion to send the boy je would forfeit his right a SHIPPING NEWS. ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY, ‘Piges..7.13/Sun sets..4.83/Moon rives.11.32 THE TIDES. SEN ESE ey 7.04 Poar on ae NEW YORK, sntevides | -Hamburs “Barbados sam bel Bite al (ea oe reve EE ae en With poe WOMAN FORCER FACES A JURY Mabel Parker, Convent Girl, Art- ist and Writer, Enters Court with a Grace and Ease of Manner That Amazes. PUTS BLAME ON HER HUSBAND NOW IN JAIL Marrled Him After Elopifig from a Nunnery, and It Is Now Said that She Aided Him in His Crimes. Matel Parker, the convent girl and maganine writer, whose history inscribed on the police records has all the ele- ments of romantic fiction, was placed cn trial before Judge Cowing in the Court of General Sessions to-day on a charge of forging the name of Alice Kauser to a check for $590 on the Lincoln National Bank. In opening his case against this re- markable young woman, band, James Parker, has pleaded gullty to forgery and is awaiting trial, Assist ant District-Attormey Train related to | the Jury that he Has elght checks whicn he will put in evidence as having been forged by the fair defendant. When the trial began the courtroom was crowed with curious men and wo- men attracted by the story of this amaz- ing young woman's alleged crimes, and when the girl, brigho-faced, neatly at- Ured, the embodiment of grace and re- Anement, was led to the prisoner's chair even the dignified and venerable Judeo Cowing stretched hs neck a orifie to take in the sludled polse and ense of carriage of the girl defendant Creatpre of St: © Contrasts. This girl forms a claas by herself for the study of criminologists. A young woman who writes storles of aentiment and human {nterest for the magasines, draws plotures to go with them and then, according to the police, with pe- cullar versatility, forges checks and blames her faults upon the husband with whom sho eloped one night from. @ convent where she was preparing ostensibly to Become a hun, is a rarity even in a gteat court where so many thousands of characters are read and recorded. ‘Then she Is pretty, apparently ingenu- ous, immaculate in her tollette and only twenty-two. Thus far she has de- fended herself ingeniously, declaring that the transition from the good in- fluence of the convent to the sudden and bad influence of her husband was en- tirely responsible for her carefully pre- pared and premedttaced crimes. This charming young woman will tell you with a nalvete that has the stamp gf frankness, thet She fe it her duty to do her best to please her husband and has gone to jail in consequence. She submerges entirely in her almple frankness the thought af her deliberate purpose to defraud and the knowledce she must have had that ehe was sinning against the law. ‘Was Born in Migsouri. Mabel Parker was born in Jefferson City, Mo., twenty-two years ego. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Worthington. When eighteen months old she was adopted by Mr. and Mrs, ‘Thomas Preece, of Minneapolis, Minn., when her real parents dropped out of her Ufe. Her adopted father |s a mem- ber of the stock brokerage firm of Preece & Dunham, and Mra. Preece is euperintendent of physical training in the Minneapolis public schools. ‘Mabel Preece’ was sent to school at the Academy of the Visitation in Bt. Paul and when she was aixteen years old she persuaded her parents to send her to the Ursuline Convent at Bedford Park, Wile in the convent she met in some manner James B. Parker, of Pitts- burg, a man six years her senior, who thas @ police record of being dishonest in @ small way. Parker made love to the young girl and one might she took a thirty foot drop from one of the convent windows and went with Parker to the Little Church Around the Corner and became his wife. Val le to Her Husband. Mrs. Parker says that it was not long before she discovered that shé could be| of valuable service ¢o her husband by her cleverness with the pen and her quick brain. The police say that the girl also supplied the nerve and inge- nuity, that she planned and executed the forgeries, some score of which are on the records now. The police also say that ¢here was never a suggestion of| the bungling novice in her work, ‘The girl is tall, blonde and of strikin appearance. | Her eves gte lara: mt ar. To the physiognomiat her full e shows taste and eratia talent, her, fronle shows. weaknoes, Before being taken ‘into ¢he oourt- room the girl was seen In her cell, wher: she sat in a white silk kimono making vo her, fae, very thoroughly and effect trick she has learned since she Heine convent. Bhe hes managed to Piss her days jn ter oell complacently with ¢he aid of a supply of magazines and a little morphine—another ha haa picked up since her convent. da: In a very short space of time this girl has proved a@ very apt schol many branches that she never heard of while prenaring to be a Ursuline nun, A Terror in the Tombs, Matron O'Brien, of the Wome! partment of the To: bey enid when tn ibe able to b Saene, easil: Lie ieee RR ee ud cealtician ici aee wu ing to the matron the fie @ thorn in the flesh Cet ior we, taken to her cell. She has fos herself drawing CAT ORTUTSS of her fellow prisoners, Mase Cok done with peculiar ecill, have had a@ dis. turbing effect upon many of the women a eo Hi at o nas! ia Caruso, awaiting ‘jal for kilt ne heart tov ‘Columbo, hts rin hapless Talian in the electric ‘chal rounded with th she Of Hatenten aa Sxhibitea "her ‘sketch “to 0 becam ysterical that she had atraltjackot In sel ry” dir, Parivor date, |e that all whose nus- | MABEL PARKER, ALLEGED Fongka? QUEEN, WHO IS NOW ON TRIAL, CHILD’S LIFE CHURCH BY B oung| 0 Jumps from Pulpit to TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 10.—In the einging softly and the galleries filled sheet of flame. In all of that crowded church just for by this time those near by were so not move—the brave priest beat out Miss Freeman's veil was entirely dress was consumed when the priest done for ‘her as she writhed in front of vestige of the fire from the altar steps. come forward and take the now unco! the Sacred Heart, in this city, last night, with a hundred young women gathered together and holding lighted candles aloft, a choir caught fire, and it was with the greatest difficulty that anything could be work and in a few minutes had the flames out and had stamped the last SAVED IN RAVE PRIEST the Rescue of Pretty Margaret Freeman,Whose Dress Was Ablaze. (Special to The Evening World.) midst of a service in the Church of little girls and with the friends and relatives of the young people, the light and filmy confirmation gown of pretty Margaret Freeman, a candidate for admission into the Young Ladies’ Sodality, con- nected with the church, caught fire, and instantly she was enveloped In a one man rose to the emergency. He was the Rev. Father William McKean, who had been leading the services from sue pulpit. Gathering up his cassock, he leaped from the pulpit and made a rush for the pew, upon the burning upholstery of which the unfor- tunate girl had already fallen and was writhing in agony. As he ran down the aisle he signalled to the organist to keep on play- ing and motioned to the choir not to stop {ts hymn. With this accompant- ment of sacred music and without a move from any one else to assist him— dazed and frightened that they could the flames with his bare hands. burned and the upper part of her reached her. Already her hair had the altar, But the priest kept at his Badly burned as he was himeelf, Father McKean turned calmly to the rear of the church, where some young men stood, and motioned the nscious girl out of the church. As the girl disappeared, Father McKean saw signs of a panic among the children, many of whose candles were still lighted, “Do not leave your pews, children,” the priest walked calmly up the aisle to the pulpit, and in a clear steady voice took up the hymn with the choir, which had dono as much to save a fearful calamity as the priest himself, by keeping at its work in spite of the shrieks of the burning girl. Miss Freeman js in a serious condition. With a stern: She may be disfigured for lite. CAUGHT ON SHIP ON A BURGLARY CHARGE Two Negroes Who Came to New York on Pretoria Accused of Robbing a Jewelry Store at Hamilton, Bermuda. Detective-Sergts. Leeson and Moody boarded the Quebec line steamship Pre- torla when she arrived from the West Ipdies to-day, searching for burglars who robbed the jewelry store of Dui can N, Doe, of Hamilton, Bermuda, of the entire stock, valued at $10,000, on the night of Dec, 4. Word of the rob- dery was conveyed to Inspeotor Me- Clusky by cable last Monday, The detectives looked over the pa: s who travelled in the first cabin under the names of William Lambert and John Watkins. ‘They learned. that the negroes sailed from New York on the last trp out of the Pretoria in the pteerage (hat they went as far as Ham- {iton and boawted the vessel on the re- turn vo! Leeson and Moody @ Listed the ald of the Customs officers, who made a rigid search, which resulted in the discovery of what 1s charged to be the stock of pede ad store secreted the ‘They were turned over to the United States authorities on a technical charge of attempted | smuggling and locked up in Ludlow street jadl. They were well provided with Englsh money in’ gota and bills. TO CONTEST M’KAY WILL. BOSTON, Dec. {0.—Notice that the bet of Ub cies Gorton ree. of Now- Rk. nich wonvers Paitions ta Herrera comseated. was P Nettie. Ln, ud & resident on LEADER MURPHY IS ON DECK AGAIN He Appears at the Wigwam for the First Time Since Monday and the Expectant Braves’ Were Made Happy. Tammany Leader Mumnphy recowered suMolently from this recent indisposition to enable him to appear at Tammany Hall to-day, [t was his first appear- Monday last. Scores of Tam. braves, Senators, Congressmen, yinen: leaders and Heutenanes were at the Wiswar in anticipation of his coming nnounced chat he will probably Toto Washington to-morrow here he will of course confer with pind ot, McClellan, It is believed that he will him the list of names submit! leaders for ment. pleads ace) KILLED ON FIRST JOB. Meholas D. Ford Had Been Out of Work Two Months, pei rokhn Fort, a steamfitter, of ph avenue, Brooklyn, was Killed ate, attern while at work on eegQ line 1M Havermyer member of the many wr H ith Ihe, ona, Bridg Sussiem ths and 3 and deolat when he got work that his family wae wtarvin ing. i. ‘been at work but balf an pour wi sen nent ain wa the Sau story to the DIED O'BRIEN—Suddenly, on Dec, 9, 1908, at the Long Island College Hospital, JOHN J., lest husband of Mary Wilson. tives, friends and employees John T. Gallagher, 202 Brocuiya, on Peay at 7, Bt. of eal Post-Office, Brooklyn, are in- vited to attend funeral from parlors of or 2 MW SHPTAIST SUIT 1 BCU Brought by the Commonwealth Trust Company to Recover $750,000 from the Firm of Harris, Gates & Co. FAMOUS DRESSER CHECK — BASIS OF THE ACTION. Plaintiff Corporation Successor to Trust Company of the Re-) public, Directors of Which Seek to Clear Themselves. ‘The first of another Series of suits looking to furtner reveltons of the organizing and wrecking of the United States Shipoullding Cocnpany placed on the Court calendar day when James 8. Dtll, counsel for the Commonwealth Trust Company, as Successor of the ‘rust Company of che Kepublic (Dredsex's company), nied no- ee of a sult to recover $40,000 from Harris, Gates & Co, with whom tt is alleged that eu was deposited in con- nection with vhe floating uf the Ship- yard ‘Trust. ‘The preliminary papers in the suft were served early last week when the matter first became public. ‘Phe action begun to-day involves the famous Dresser check for $750,000 de- posited with Harris, Gates & Co. at tne organization of the Shipbutlaing ‘Trust to give it credit, but, according to cesti- mony taken at the receivership hearing before Special Hxaminer Vliphant, not to be drawn against, The ultumate disposition of this money has not been revealed to the satlsfa tion of the directors of the o1d Trust Company of the Republic, and they seek in the present suit to excumpate them- selves from blame and show that they took no part in the questionable trans- actions. Sues for an Accounting, Mr. Dill, as counsel for the Common- wealth Trust Company, has made sev- eral requests for information aa to the Gisposition of the $760,000 by Harris, Gates & Co. in the past fow weeks without eliciting any reply, and there- fore sues for an accounting, Other like suite to determine the dis- position of moneys paid out by the Trust Company of the Republic are to follow this one. Their punpose is not only to recover the money, if such a thing is possible, but to lay bare ali of the transactions connected with the de- funct trust which cannot be reached in the present receivership proceedings before Mr. Oliphant. {t'te not thought that the suit agatnet Jobn W. Gates’s firm will in any way interfere with the bondholders’ action in which their counsel, Samuel Unter- myer, is bringing out the amazing terms of the contracts by which the Schwab and Morgan interests substt- tuted their own claims for millions through the Bethlehem Steel Company. Taen the present sult is brought in the Supreme Court of this couniy, where ‘otracted will undoubtedly be NS Tg teeoe was to- for Harris, Gates & Lawyer Dill said this’ afternoon: The Trust Company, of the Hepudlic deposited this $760, Harris, Gates We Therm declares It tumed over the money to Mr. Di however, fe ‘stil on the books of the Ho Company of the Republic for $750,000 fad, We intend to have a full Pe ne agen as TRANSFERRED TO TEUTONIC. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 10.—The White Star tine steamer ‘Teutonic, which sailed from ‘here to-day. took the first and second cabin passengers of the Red Star, Une steamer Kroonland, which left Ant- werp for New York Dec. 5 and put back to the inner harbor of Queenstown yes- terduy with her steering gear disabled, the reauit of Delng wiruck by @ heavy "the latter will proceed to Belfast for repairs, OPERATION SENATOR TOR CLARK Delicate sires Feat Per- | formed for an Abscess of the! | Mastoid Bone Underneath | the Left Ear. NECESSITY FOR IT FOUND TO BE URGENT. Would Soon Have Reached the Brain, Involving Quick Death, | Surgeons Find—Patient Now Recovering. Senator William A. Clark, of Mon- tana, Is resting easy to-day in his Apartments at the Hotel Lisbon, Fifty- elghth street and Seventh avenue, af- ter undergoing one of the most severe and delicate operations known to sur- gery. He suffered from an abscess of the mastoid bone back of the left ear and yesterday {t was drained, and none | too soon, The Senator had been complaining of pains in his head in the region of the feft ear for some time. He was under the care of his son-in-law, Dr. Lewis Rutherford Mo: and Dr. James FP. {McKernon, of No. 62 West Fifty-second street. The pain grew worse and finally Senator Clark developed a fever and was compelled to take ¢o his bed. Dr. H. Holbrook Curtis, the noted specialist, was called in by Drs, Mocris and MoKernon. After an extended, can- eult#tion Dr Ourtis decided that there was a dangerous abscess and that a mastos1 optration was necessary with- out delay: Preparations were hurried, and at 3 o'clod yesterday afternoon the Senator was placed on an operating taple In his own home, An Immediate Necessity. An Incision was made back of the left ear and with extreme care the abscess was cut into. Tt was found that if the operaoion had been delayed much longer the brain would have been affected and the Senator must have died, ‘The temperature of the patient was extremely high for some time following ‘the operation. Dr. Curtis remained un- til all danger of a coliapse had and then left the Senator in the care of Drs. Morris and MoKernon, Rapid re- covery is anticipated. So serious was the outlook before the operation that urgent business matters requiring the attention of Senator Clark were attended to. When the operation was performed there were present in the room besides the doctors and nurses Charles Clark, the Senator's son, and this private secretary. His Wealth Enormous, eh oy) of John D. Rockefsiler and Lake) two of ped ae Be t lark Ia ‘consid an in the Waited States” Roe Ba: efelier income his ia ‘ie. iargest and it comes to him’ in cash. Wye noenee a Mootane cant ‘other while his railroad and other holdings are ey us: makes his home although he ls United States Montana and maintains a hominal residence in that St COUNTESS RUSSELL GETS HER DIVORCE Brief Court Hearing Sufficed to Win Case Against Coachman Husband, Who Had. Posed as a Man of Title. New York, from LONDON, Dec. 10.—Half an hour’e hearing In the Divorce Court to-day sufficed to secure for Countess Mabel Russell, who sued her husband, William Brown, a former coachman, tor divorce, @ deceree nisi. The Countess testified to tne crucity and misconduct of Brown, who married her {n December, 1902, under the title of Prince Aphrobald Stuart de Modena, ab leging he was a Bavarian nobleman. red; no Book" oF CONFIDENTIAL C Gant Sondgential cans alge ces te intment NEw DIAMONDS ON ae .M.LYON @ CO., 65, 67, 69 Nassau St. (Prescott Builgina), the year you eae _ DEATH. IS NEAR ane imagine. u 8 Ofttimes nearer than you can Only a little while aga. a strong. rol in the prime of life. wi business in New York Cit 1@ ia Belacie was ¥o ail ene aes continued his office work. 1h” ee days his Jungs, and he died pps P Pi eumron| & week. 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