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Harper Attagked by Wel-Dregsed Ruffians Her Way to aGhurch mane "PARKER, ON TRIAL FOR FORGERY. AND THR TOPS OF AER JURORS’ HEADS, SKETCHED BY HERSEJ,.F IN COURT TO-DAY, iecibaBauisaat Forked ca aca Corpus Dismissed. NEWARK, Dec. tipi State Clreuit oma Judge THe Jvuen " Ex-Comptrotier Coler Forms a Vigilance Committee to Hunt Assailants—'Police Bo Not poe Any. eet in the Case. me, he was tearing away from me, let- A brutal pagault on May Harper, the|tee by letter, m r 4 @ighteen-Year-old daughter of George Somnath *W. Harver, q wealthy broker, of No.|"¢es—a stinging little compliment: - M01 Dean atrest, Brooklyn, last night conte “by two well-dressed young rumians, | 5, to be mptiiders df fe potorioud| « @ang of well-dressed young | was followed by the organteation one gommittes in the New At taley Gh pa eee ee. dime ‘on my amazing dragged my husband into the by & specious glossing over of facts made md appear as the Teal cul- clothing me pee 0 wisdee of Commercial “aetaila that makes my head sw! DAM Peabody, Honest Fly Cop. Mr. Train read tis long story of my voluminous document, mostly made pp of affidavits of detec- tives—-one deseribin; In the criminal records of Brooklyn |actually seduce. a there isn't a case the equal of thjs ong for devilish brutality. This pretty young can to enmes y effort to—yes, x ne! called it, from the ett Mees Fin my wiles, one “Bul” Peabody, and petnnane naa heb ee favo aud ae Bilt Breadth, of his gel girl, on her etaad to a chureh fair with a Sig a ic erg abe moant to sell for hey ‘of a srorhe charity, was set two boys, knocked down, lercély about the that she is disfigured and scarcely % move to-day, and then left more Baad tha alive to cram! to the church tay par of honesty securing sample checks an forging all manner-of signatures. He to after a “Drosecutor had fin- Ria went on the The witngs a. heavy, tn @ ponderous, the check. wht of forging her narne to, they called a man named John is, kn employee of the Lin- who said he had eed woman, In Fashionable Brooklyn. Adenceiti » All of this occurred in tho midst of a fashionable residence section of Brook- nutes before 8 o'clo, ‘Miss Harper saat 8 her father and mother to she was to take a cise booth at the falr, it New York avenue and Dean et, and with a basket containing-}ol psheds » & vase In which to pnt her pocketbook, with $8 In It, if straight towand the churen ashe léft the house, t that time she noticed twe young site “side of the street, it paid little attention to them, as, were well dressed and scarcciy more than nineteen or twenty years old. When Miss Harper was within 60 feet of the parsonage of the church the 1b young men crossed the street and ca: One of them threw a @im Ground her neck and forced her 50 The other tried to take | but she held Then both of them started They kicked her in the age-and about the body, and when she @till held on one of them dug his heel at Police Hondduarters, had confessed to eget ae 8 aie. ‘08,01 7 in from Benedieh Bs it a Mam Nationi al Bank, pawning the ring for P Ree teal cali Mr. Petibody's attention es eels eta ret ry carolessly displayed, 41 , find gndotullye taiceh Hasenton of on (ude, Ittle journey r+ at rate! Broduced a very neat ttle pr in the ovening’ ie thelr evidence, coming Gut in little ts, forms the Inks of the chain they ete forging for me. Next "i dapper little dark skinned deski, clerk 4 laboring with many tons, drew from him that my hus tid had ‘taken this check to him on Aug. tal Imi, and pursnaged for ‘ ‘a diamond on aoe marrigd {nto the Vandorbilt th 1 Witnesses Nav Setting nervous over the rived Her H detective admitted reluctanty tenia Smile at Jim, Bier soon brought In Jim, for the Witness to ident! dy after the ordeals be- T tried to smile at the smile wouldn't gtd Utthe dwigt athe who they declare red to corrapt, ng, Hy has a choppy why of Hike all detective qi vith. snany hema and haws, ‘eadled ime from Polleg Headquarters, where I had vist ‘up behind her. not ers of the mourn, asket from her, ) SFORGER QUEEN”** REPORTS HER TRIAL _ (Continued from First Page.) my flat, at No. 110 West street, on Aug, 18 Inst ue tou complacently bow he had ed to me about being with my hupband She nignt ie told about my gettin, Morning for my ausbande. Oe ska: SM, Train wanted a long | dotailed sory about how much morphige, whererl got thase minor detalls, but Judge Cowing cut ot that line of evi- He Used Such Sinng. Hie, sald I asked him “what his groft enuouk of me), He said told me he would not reveal his hedid-not wish to mix up meaning me (a sweet bit -) ‘He continued, in his harsh, slangy Had Invited him to my riments apd a an easy Woy iotred ih hi Wy cold-blooged y's DUNE person full of Achemes to POD. rge and commit various crimes. He told of an elubomte pian } suggested 107 “MIXED ALE MACE. A MIX IN DATES Mrs. Kennedy Took 7 Took Two Drinks, She Says, and Then Gat Into the Wrang Room and Went Mall Boxes of usiness T could for name T ats ater a tow ‘minotes" pric- Now followed a recital of the ty a. Be Narious ordeals and ‘de x pected Auser ches 5 lice Headquar- nee the Wit ratte Sak he chutohied 1, a ais had been a faded Me tutte; bit. Ate Train, as aband Dearly. told him sf Jim ‘were wont to jail T down to the District-Attor- foe “and sootess that T Porged ‘Mr, Peabody statod that T had offered to go into a partnership with him, but he did not dare to say that T had ov: eign of disloyalty toward Beanody was allowed to go then and Mite Mrs. Florence W. the woman who kept the boanting-holise at No. 110 West qhirty: elghth street. where Jim and I lived aberore. we were arrested, into her mouth, loosening several of her tooth. Women Afraid to Help Her. 4 When Miss Harper let go the basket. One of the boys’ took this, esas tried to loosen a diamond pin the girl wore at her peck. pal two women, who had wit- entire affair from the oppo- but hadh't the RUSSELL SAGE SUED F°R $90,000 ag Mrs. Bridget Kane Seeks Dam- ages for Death of Husband, Who Fell Down Stairs in the House Owned hy Defendant. loss of time, started to run away. dozen feet away they dropped the wed th drag herself to Parsonage, where she rang the bell then eank in a heap on the ground. Mie Geier and his wife were in the nage and were summoned to the Miss Harper was eaftied in-and'a doctor summoned. As 4 she told her story Miss Harper ‘taken home, and’ then Mr, Coler ‘apa the young men formed a vigilance ittee and startea out to find the “wiio “had assaiilted the girl. “Whey had accurate desextptio: , but although they were assisted | from’ the Bergen % station and kept up the search the might tney didn't find them. _ Police Go to Sleep on ‘Pho Rev. Prank J. McGonneit, pastor on New York Avenue Methodlst Church, | “and the members of his congregation | {i were ie indignant to-day Over the od by the police in ryn- dowd the assailants of atlaé’ Har-| On the blotter of the Atlantic} Wenlle station there is a note made 'by | Detective ped Bult for $50,000 damages has been in- stituted aguinst Russell Sage by Mrs. widow of Jeremiah Kane, who, when a tenant in a house y Mr, Sage, at No. 1263 Park avenue, fell down the basement stairs last September and died shortly after- } Mrs, Kane obtained letters of @dmin- istration of the estate of her husband, who left nothing, in order to bring this sult through Steuer & Hoffman. $i 's ghe and her husband and their two ‘Nitlie boya ved in the peneoent and ie the rent to Mr. Sage’s fp etairs needed re agent was aware of th ‘two detectives MiMatice’ Clarke to-day quest wf Charles L. Hot man, cake (on the “short cause cause rei panes and her eos were hs left ie tg dependent on Miss Harper], her agpailents, byt will | f , and that the Harper rma the polles to drop fhe} will be, El It of Susce ome Court probably before DEWEY SAILOR 1S =, TaD FOR MURDER: é “When this story of Mulroy reached = the spree the indignation. was very | McConnell said that unless | Yi Made was done at once about ¢ | matter ho would s eg Ebsteln ang Atlantic avenue police, Deniity Comm et him to etir up = |“Man Below,” Who Shovelled Coal on the Olympia in Manila Bay, in Court on Charge of) Murdering His Wife. oe a vty eeu eer ont the Baa crime to “ee mut One of Dewey's heroes, | “who worked in a tempera- ture of 150 degrees in the furnace hold of the Olympia, in the attack upon the Spanish Mleot In Manila Bay, ts on trial | for his life before Justic Oriminal Branch of the William Gushing is the wai He Is gcciived of having tethied his wife, Annie, on the night of the result, the District-At- the ftorney says, of @ drcaken brawl. {0 says hie killed her accidentally, fat yet twonty-seven years old, Cush- ing is a striking specimen of youth and He is charged with murder In His counsel, ex-Assis}- orneys James J. Walvh | y, fear a verdict of Mo, |azainat them. but hoe for a lenser de- |‘? conter of sine pe Assistant Distr: bik iat Woman Hit poe Trolley Car “Had Dislodated Hip, & Bu! tute wile ies wiih ber Darette ck hg Hundipd and Sixt ene Kngcked down eres alta | |Senater McC in fren! fet frat degre JEROME CANNOT HOLD GAMBLERS The District-Attorney Admits in Court that Conviction Is Im- possible and Has Twenty-five Indictments Quashed. After spending thousands and thou- sands of dollars trying to get evidence the operators of gambling- houses Dietrict-Attorney Jerome ad- mitted to<tay tefore Judge McMahon, , General Sessions, that the indlotments against gam- tblera ‘now waiting for trial had been Srought without a possibility of con- viction following. The indlotments hinged in every case on evidence furnished by Jerome's da- tectives and the members of the police More than this, the District- Attorney appeared before the Court and asked for a discharge of all the men who had deen arrested. Among the twenty-five men’ indicted are the following cages; The raid on Frank Farrell's place at No. 33 West Thirty-third street on Nov. %, 190% One arrest was made at that time, Samuel G. Smith, the outside man, ‘About a “Paddy the Pig," othewise Clarence O'Brien, suffered from a raid , avenue. Paddy was indicted. McAuliffe, the pugilist, and . Thurber, of No. 12 Centre street, were also indicted In later raids, Joe Young, of No, 9 West Thirty-ninth ; Pat Powers, of No. 20 West ty-thinl street, and Ed Kanes, of No. 101 West Forty-seventh street, aro also Included In the number of arreata, Judge McMahon granted tho. request of the District-Attorney and difcharged | the twenty-five men held, ———{_{___ HAY HAS NOT IMPROVED. Secretary Still in Bed and Poor Weather Retarda Recovery. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11,—Secretagy | Hay’s condition continues undhang © | ‘Phe rather Inclement weather operates -|to prevent any substantial gain toward | recovery, otherwise, it ts sald, he prob- ably would have been able to leave his hed vefore this, —————— ‘Thirty-sixth street and TWO MACS IN CONFERENCE, to- o-tay 10 serve not less. than thre: a DOF, en 9Te than ‘three years and m Calls om the Mayor-Hlect, Patrick H. McCarren, of went to Washington to-day with Mayor-Elect McClellan yn appolntmenta to be ak made under thet new administrs he Senator ‘sald ne owene hat helt eat poms interes ie genious to _ return to-morrow, _ LAMAR GETS A SETBACK. seme We re * “GOMPELLED TO SACRIFICE THE ENTIRE STOCK’ OF PINE" ott Clothing, Furnishings, HatseShoe At Less Than 5Q¢, On the Dollar. SALE COMMENCES FRIDAY, 8 A. M. ar, Folate fo sie she te for oe South, was he Judge. Bail ine es Lye? or — pee at on \ the prisoner if River Apparently Unharmed. RHR Dec. 1.—The gun- SUITS, SILK LINED, 10.00. pe lo Gor LEE Sera JAMES MeGREERY & CO, Sterling Silver Novelties, Novelty Toilet articles, sil- ver deposit Cologne bottles, Salts bottles, powder puff Hair brushes, Cloths and hat brushes, flasks, cigar, eigarette and match cages mouuted with French grey Sterling Silver, On Saturday, Dec, 12, Peach blown glass vases, ornamented with heavy OVERCOATS, SILK LINED, 10.00. Onen Saturdays Until 10 P. M, FAIR DIED FIRST, aie Fall and Winter Overcoats. Men's all-wool Frieze and Melton Over- coats, in black and Oxford, good yf 50 linings, made to sell for $15.00... Men's Winter Overcoats, in black, and Oxford, beaver, melton and nee aoe extra ang: ‘full satin lined,mad- 10. 00 to sell for $20.00 and $25.00.... Meri’s Winter Overcoats, all made from imported cloths, black and new gray'Ox- ford, full satin lined, made to 15. 00 Kell for $30.00 and $35.00...... 500 Winter Ovcrcoats, ----§.00 Men’s Winter Suits. Men's Winter Suits, ail- tures and black Thibet, mad sell for $15.00 and $18.00. Men’s Winter Suits, all made from im- ported French and English fabries, high- | class tailored, hand-felled collars, all this : s season’s goods, richly lined with silk and satin, black, blue, Oxford gray, plaid and ‘striped fancy silk and wool, made to sell for $30.00, $35.00 10.00 and $40.00........95 500 Winter Suits....... acl 00 Prince Albert Coat and Vest, full satin id $40.00 id Paha a gemasey ane CS 0) Ful) Dress and Tuxedo Silk-, lined Suits, $35.00 and $40.00, at 15,00 a sR a. PARIS DOCTOR SAYS Body of Young Milionajre Was Rigid When Found After Auto Crash, While Wife’s Was Prism cut powder puff boxes with heavy, sterling silver Eau de Cologne bottles,— mounted with Sterling sil- ver deposit, 1.00 each, 8 by RRS With her bump of locality sadly twist- ed as the result of @ two-hour the rear of a Sixth ar “I guess this {s the place at last." Mrs. Kennedy was loki fora Tot: nished room that sbe hired gamewbere pb Vnwenty etal Bhe had difienity in finding it, 134 had ail the ear marks of belng the right piace, so she made her uncertain way up the front steps, open- ed the door ang went {n. “Let'a see, now," aollloquized Mra, “I'm the eecond floor front." ‘To the second floor front she went, undreased and went to bed. "An hour later Mrs, PARIS, Dec. 11.—Dr. Perriquet, conald- leading witness in the Pair will’ case; tebtiNed to-day before Commissioner Bisler, of New York. He said he arrived on the scene an hour eee the automobile accident and found oth Charles L. Falr and his wife dead. 3% hie tody “of Mtr. Bair was already rigid, but that of his wife was not rigid, indicating that the former died ered to be th Ht Bailes for yeurs, ead in frome of Twenty-third Street, Belt Overcoat in black and Oxford Frieze and nobby fancy woollens. Broad shoulders—collars that hug Trimmed with Clay worsted | body, lining and Venetian yoke’ Then hae the Chesterfield | Coat, not quite as extreme as the Tourist, but a mi, style. ‘Every one o anteed full-fe $18.00 and $20.00 class. mandy, 1 1 OO SPECIAL FOR THE LITTLE FELLOW, Sailor Suits, in sizes 234 'to 8 years—heavy serge’ cloth—hand.f ‘somely trimmed with silk and emblems, ‘Silk sailor knot tie— colors‘of red, brown, royal and navy. A positive $5 value—Friday and d atthysnvseeenneees $2. 45 From the condition of Mr. eariier in the|the witness believed his = the neck and just full enough to drape gracefully in the back. The condition of Mrs, Fair'g body in- dicated that her death was. not in- Dr. Perriquet recited the woman who was muntered near the scene of the accident. which were in the head, were Mdentloal with those of Mrs. Fair, vietim ving for many hours, Sale of Men's ‘| House Coats& Blanket Robes House Coats of double-faced cloth; collar, pockets trimmed |with reverse side of cloth, $4.95; value $6.00, Blanket Robes Kate Gross, who downstairs work and decided to go to bed. Her bedroom is on the secona| W2% Unable to swear positively whether Mr, Fair or Mra. _Fy thls positive opinion ja} mt must have survived .Dhe Court has reagived @lettyr digned of the local Sage ‘oMcg near the scqne of the | adoldent, saying that the portet’s wife who found the bodies told him she saw aire. Eelt'n hand mové efter Me.’ Fair ; clothing scattered about found Mra, Kennedy gngozing peacefully In fier bed she was semewhat surprised, She shook Mrs. Kennedy, but Mes. Ken- nbdy dqglined to bo k Policeman Was a Bit Shy. ‘Then she went out and got Poll Allison, of the ‘Tenderloin station, she explained the situation, the police- man said it was a very delicate job, but he would do bis best. ‘The policeman found very gogn that cuffs and ‘The cross-examinat duet will take place Monday” aera SHIPPING NEWS, ~ That swagger 52-inch Tourist]! sleeve lining. ighty | desirable f: em is a guar- ged membeno’ wield to polite persua- sion, sho ignored a shaking and scorned the Madison Square tattoo when Allison played it on Uhw aplew of her feet: the end of ay hour Allison docided that heioic meastires would have to be adopu ed, So he bad Mrs. Groes wrap iu sleeping womea in # blanket, and then he turned her out of bed and rolled her over and over on the floor. By 0.80 o'clock Mrs, Henney atirred. At 9,30 she opened in a large variety of color , PomBinAR Ny, $4. +Q5, value $6.90. Blanket Robes, large va- riety of designs an ZR ABT act Cn a 1B PORT ‘on NRW xEW YORK, 243-245 SIXTH AVENUE, Between 15th and 16th Streets. she swore that it rh the, “bugmmest a ne. moknius, at a : i. an mported V hh ueleen Matelasse J ackets, $11.75 to $21.75. Taipirted Matelasse Gone, ~ $25-00'to ‘to $45. 00." CAUTION i—2 Lord & Ti aylor, Bivadyey and Twentieth St. New Rotante on xoth Street, . and she would leave 1 ; ou "leave HOW, INCOM! rn Roane IPS. ror areaseetrs. . Newfdundland. Hamilton, Ni Orizabe, \Naxaau. opote ans wes ei up = Drop of Beer, rraig: ishaintrate Pool in the Yorkville Police 8 of mixed ale, Judge, "eho, explained. as ve ton for “I muster been drugged. lady who pays for her round | way, that's whats Wiley ts,” “Have you @ husband Court. za wv fad bane ork nohen | meet thi nay noe. anne and she says to me, sald the Magis- his room’ the morning oF E Mwenty-elghth street and tho had Bot 4 it again when she into Mrs. Gross's bed. Mrs, Gross was to forgive her the mis- agistrate discharged her. ——— NO MERCY FOR A FIREBUG. Hecorder Geft Seen No Reason to. Favor Kornfeld, Max Kornfeld, the fire insurance ad- juster who was convicted before Re- corder Goff last week of filing fraudu- lent claims for fire losses, was sontence: r to Sunday-Schools, Churches, In: it of Mixed Candy and 60 (ee HOLIDAY SALE Fine Leather Goods, Suitable ‘for XMAS LEESON re, A 30-pound pa' half-pound boxes ‘We will deliver 10 Ihe, at the following rates! Manhattan Island, 100, |. Jorser ant Ho- token or the Bronx, Ho: Geode Ben pam com rerybody purchasing one Tamous brides Dr. © Sita’ uF Qu you wave. ‘th ie mid aie aathe te How tn an ini eae ra : Laundry rai iy That's the word that should be kept in mind when ing” goer Co ges as Capit selections, pelt ‘Jou the manufacturer who stands behind his: goods should bey Monier who “takes some ane else's word for. it?” pe bs 7 ee La FRIDAY ONLY. SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY ONLY. \ wll Asirannee a | SUE Rae rth Boy to wark In Ha i Me) ang Sune ee tone a fleratatets vent N ecuid yout he 2 Dierl Attorney Garvan | Rea ole for the prisoner,’ Re cai Wa saying that orn feld had Made a con- fexsion that will be of mfeat help lo Re olica in round{ng: a ft Help aiecatansls SUNDAY WORLD WANTS work |tas bag officially proved + MpuRAY manning Laanteasier ", DR. GEO. A. scorn, Fc oupoam ane ak i i LX ONR GIANT cap be the tall-! aie ‘a Only ong newspaper gan di wt,| the largest New Y« , i THE WORLD ke City sired :