The evening world. Newspaper, December 14, 1903, Page 3

. Fane, oi _ ithem, ~) employment _| will not stand for the prices which. have HSS HARPER WN TMOVEON NOTICE HUNT FOR THUGS Young Woman Who Was At- tacked in Brooklyn Accom-' , panies Detective Miller in a ’ Search for Her Assailants. ONE MAN IS TAKEN TO HER HOME AND, THEN SET FREE. Third Witness to the Assault Is \ Found Who Gives the Police a \ Good Description of the As- sailants. 1n an effort to identify the two young thugs who assaulted Miss Mary Harper last Thursday night, Detective Miller Yesterday afternoon took the young mwoman to the corner of New York ave- fue and Dean street, where soma fitteen of the gilded youth of the Redford sec- tion ‘were regaling themselves with ‘Cigarettes, TO THIS FAMILY John McCaffrey and His Wite Have Nine Children and Land- lords Will Not Keep Them Over a Month. . TURNED OUT OF ONE HOUSE Father Flood Says the Children Are Well Behaved, but He Can Find No Permanent Home for Them. With @ family of nine-children on their hands, John McCaffrey and his wife, Catharine, say it ts impossible to find a New York landlord who will allow them to stay more than @ month at a tle {n any home that they establish. With two of the children grown up and away at their work all day, three regular attendants at school, and the others well behaved, of whom no rea- sonable pefson should complain, the Mc- One young man, who turned his back e Miss Harper came along, was fol- lowed to bis home by the detective and Tater taken from there to Miss Harper's home, where the girl was asked to entity him. Miss Harper said the man ‘was not one of those who attacked her ‘and the youth was freed. A third witness to the brutal assault thas been found and from him the firat @ood description of the young thugs ‘who knocked down, kicked and beat the irl, while ste was on her way to a church fair, where she was to sell lowers, has been obtained. ‘The poll ~ sxpect to mai an arrest before longy*reluctant as they are to ‘take any steps at all in clearing up the mystery of the attack on the girl. They aye been forced to activity by The Evening World's story of the crime, ‘which was one of the most brutal that ‘ever occurred in the borough. The name of the new witness has not been divulged by the police, and Mr, Harper, the father of the girl, refused to make it public at present. He says he 1s a reputable man, who was passing some distance away, and saw the at- tack on Miss Harper. Hin Name Kept Secret. ‘The two men who iggde it ran toward him, and as they passed at full speed he got a good look at both. He says they were both young, probably under twenty-one, that they wore clothing of fashionable cut and looked lke any- thing but highwaymen. He would have made some effort to eatch them, he says, only at the time he didn’t realize the enormity of their crime. ‘The other two witnesses of the assault on Miss Harper are Mrs. Anfle Kane end Agngg Mullen, a girl of twelve. They Caftreys think they ought to be treated with some consideration, especially as they, always pay thelr rent in advance, but they have been kept constantly on the move,’and now, having just been warned to vacate their Iatest domtuile at No. 84 East Fifty-fourth street, be- fore they have been in {t two weeks, they are desperate, and have appealed to the Evening World to find them a landlord whose heart is not a stone, McCaffrey is a hard-working, sober man, and he and his wife have educated all of their children and brought them up well. They all attended church regu- jarly, and their stanch friend and eym- pathizer with thém in thelr present trouble Is Father Flood, of the Church Father Flood has done his best to find the family a place where they can live Without interruption, but hasn't been able on the east aide, the west elde, downtown or uptown to find a single Jandiord who will take the ¢amlly in. The- McCaffrey children are: Mary, sixteen: Kate, fifteen; James, thirteen John, eleven; ee} ten; Elsie, nine Lillie, six; Berontca, ‘lorence, The two oldest. itis” work in, dopert: ment, stores, James and John work at Hie ae ° ym, jon 0} babies, also’ attend 1 Publ ilo School ad Hiret jaysaue ond ae shirst atgry of her ope tienes 0-407: tor ¢: ve wo years at No. rae ae avenue, but that was @ have ever been in one nnd dinice we left there we have bafteted around until am almost frantic. t Srccahece es? lew York and { don't know what { am, to do, for I am absolitely Mihout hope of finding a to" I Mn, Firat avenue we elit tie month rent for five rooms. I al weve peda it advance, sometimes actually @o! ‘ith out food’ in the house in order that there avere on j@ Opposite skie of the street when the young men knocked Miss Har- der down and ran away. Saw Them Attack Girl. According to the story told by Mrs. was on her way to answer .2n advertisement of a place to work at No. 1246 Dean street, and had taken the girl, Aghes! Mullen, with her to’ show her the way. As they were returning from the house at No. 124 and were passing the churcti at the corner of ean street and New York avenue they @eard the crash’ of broken glass and | ‘a young woman's screams, | They turned and saw one of the men \push Miss Harper over backward. Both @irs, Kane and tho little girl screamed iand the two young men fled. |. ‘The girl was frightened, and ehe and \Birs. Kane ran also, They stopped at- |ter going a little distance and saw Miss @iarper get up and walk to the ‘church. | Neither Mrs. Kane nor the little girl j@uw the men close enough to be able ‘to identify them. Deputy Commissioner Bbstein, who ves not far from the Harpers, has jealled at their house and assured Mr. Sarper ‘that he would not permit the lice to persist in their unfriendly at- “ttude. CHRISTMAS TREES WILL COME HIGH ‘In Spite of the Great Number Which Is Coming to Town, Dealers Are Holding Them at Prohibitive Prices. : ‘West street {s piled high to-day with ‘Christmas trees, while barges are Moating down the river from the Adi- Should be no complaint of our being in arrears. (On Nov. 16 1 pald the rent up to Oe 1 a the agent, W. sere torte, ene eaad)” Vek Mars: Sohults ‘the owner of the place wanted ‘0 get rid of us, I then found that the Feason was that a Gwedish family had moved in the floor below and had com: plained that we had too many children. Dogs Allowed to Stay. The Swedish family tad three big dogs and they were allowed to stay. My dren were turned ee. ‘the ‘atrest, “oat home anyway and we were quite happy. ‘But no sooner were we well settled here than the came tome and told me: we wo ve to leave on the first of next month. He was so anxious that he offered to give to get rid of us me the rent back if we would go at once, I refused, for I hadn't @ place to take the family. "I do not know what I am to do. ‘Where in the world am I going? I have no way of staying here, for we have no rich or powerful friends. people who have live honestly and in the fear of God, but we are turned out of places as fast as we get 1n them, and unless I lie fly I cannot even gt desperate and 0 és DAUGHTER OF MISS RUSSELL RULED OUT Frohne Takes Her Her Out of the Cast of “The Girl from Kay’s” Because Husband Interfered Too Much. We ae poor “Too much Einstein” fs the explana- tion given at the Caarlés Frohman pf fices for the change in arrangements rondacks loaued to the yee edge mith more, When the Christmas aa trade in good the statisticians get busy and an- nounce that the year just closing has ieee prosperous. Perhaps it has. But ‘¥o-dtay there were many who went to ‘West street and found that there was too much prosperity for them, Ten dol- tars for a Christmag tree staggerea But then there were others, emaller ones, with thelr branches not ‘eo straight and uniform. Just a sprig of a tree—the Harlem fla. alze—could be ted for a dollar, Industrious longshoremen who wished to pick up a little extra money found in making wreaths and rovesof the twigs which are broken off (s scipment. ‘These bring 35. and’ 50 ents ordinarily, while a particularly oor wreath may be had for 15 or 20 cents,” ‘The prediction along the street 18 that ‘the prices of trees and evergreen Christ- mas’ Orhaments will fall perceptible, AWbile the trees are considered as good ms any crop ever shipped to this mar kot, the wise ones say that Santa Claus, whereby Dorothy Russell, daughter of Lillian Russell, wil not appedr in “The Girl from Kay's" at the Herald Square ‘Theatre to-night. It was said, that Abbott’ Rinsteih, the young husband of Miss Russpll, ‘Insisted on dictaung everything—what she was to do Ant what she wasn't to do. As Mr. Frohman usually does his ows dictating—from typewriters to stars— the reault wan a decislon that Miss Rus. sell should not appear a Sha was to be one of the airie from 1jy @ and to, ave @ song. Wxpenslve costumes Walch were now been laid asi Lillian Russell sald to-day, when asked concerning the matter: “1 know nothing about my daughter's affairs, Waatever has been, done pas been entirely without my inowled and { have nothing, whatever to say.” At the Hinateln home, No. est Eighteenth street, Bineteln said Einstein was il in bed, but” he WHERE DOGS ARE ALLOWED. ‘Mrs. Sanh eees ed a few remarks. Mr, Hinateln sald the reason that Mra, Winstetn Not golime in "The Girl from Kay's' Deciuse botth spe and himself iv re averse to amd ‘0! into musical that it ly thelr desire to have her begin her stage cancer inthe legitimat Gad: — — A pretty foot, a trim ankle and a pair of beautiful eyes were the undoing of J, Lombardi, a shoemaker, living at No. 8% Elton avenue, Bron: ,Lombardi is old enough to know bet- .,|ter, but he admired the pretty foot so much that when its fair owner asked him to tale a sip of wine he could not refuse. When he came to his senses he found he had been robbed. “She was about twenty years old,” said Lombardi, in speaking of the rob- bery, “and she had such beautiful eyes that they Mt up my dingy little store when she entered it. Because I am a shoemaker I admire a pretty foot and she had the prettiest I ever saw in iy life, She complained of a tight shoe and wanted me to stretch It. @ young man with hex ,a nice-looking fellow, but I paid Utlle attention to him after I saw that foot. He untied her shoe and I took It off. While I was stretching it they talked to me and were very nice and friendly. Then she sald she was thirsty and he sald he TROUSERS TRAP SLY HOTEL THIEF Detectives Hung a ined a Pak Contain ing Marked Bills on Chair in Room Across Hall from Sus- pected Person. “William ‘A, Warren, Philadetphia.” was the way a very respectable appear- ing old gentleman registered at the Broadway Central Hotel several days ago. It was a very singular thing that with the arrival of Mr. Warren at the hotel @ very puzzling series of thefts began to take place. A guest named Webb re- ported the next morning after Mr, W ren's arrival that he had been robbed of $50. On the following day Mr. Kelley, another guest, announced that during the night he bad ‘been separated from $18, Mora ¢y plaints followed and ‘finally the hotel people sent for private detec- tlves, Suspicion in some way {ell upon Mr. Warren, and the detectives laid a trap for him. ‘They were, given rooms across the hall from) Mr, Warren's room, They waited for him to get the money fyom the pockets of (i trous- ers on the ghatr and then they grabbed hin. § Policeman Essig, of the Broadway Sinind, was called in and he took War- Fen 10-the Mercer street, police atation- ‘marked money was found (n Mr. Warren's pocket, fe then was taken to Police Headquarters, —— 30 to] SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY MORNING WONDERS. PRETTY FOOT, TRIM ANKLE, _ WAS LOMBARDI'S UNDOING. Took Sip of Wine from Owner's Fair Hands and When He Awoke Found He Had Been Robbed. There was |: would-get some wine If I would let him take a pitcher. “I got @ pitcher in the bacx of my shop and washed it out and gave It to him. He came back with the wine and they asked me to drink. “I refused at first, but she took the pitcher in her hands and held it to my ¢ well—well, she ch sip then Kenelt down to put on her shoe My eyes began to close and I leaned bac and fell asleep. “When I awoke I was in darkness and they were gone. So was my watch and chain and pocketbook, which con- tained $30. ‘They had also taken bracelet I had brought over from Italy and which 1s worth $100. 1 guess the tight shoe was all a part of the game, but T don't think she waa to blame. ‘I think the man was. would forgive her if she would only, «hg bace tae watch and ohain and Maria! To think .a ich a foot could’ be @ ‘Dhe police are seeking the girl with WOMAN SURPRISES BURGLAR AT WORK Mrs. Decker Was About to Enter Her Home When the Man Rushed Out, Nearly Knocking Her Over. Mrs, Isaac N. Decker, of No. Astor place,. Jersey City, was entering her home early to-day after a visit to some friends when a burglar suddenly opened | extra! the outer. door and in ihis hurry to es- cape nearly knocked her down Mrs, Decker is the wife of an en- gineor on the Pennsylvania Railroad, She loft her home early in the evening after putting her three litue children In bed and did not return for several hours. ‘The burglar was evidently interrupted just as he entered the house. for the ilttle Jewelry in the rooms was undla- turbed, ‘The police view the case with suspl- clon, as no evidences of an entrance were obtainable, Mrs. Decker says the ourglir must have entered the “house with akeleton keys. IRISH CLUB’S NEW OFFICERS. yin Be tastattea ‘Wednesday Night. They AND MRS, M’CAFFREY AND THEIR NINE CHILDREN BARRED FROM FLATS BECAUSE FAMILY IS SO LARGE. GIRL MISSING: HER MOTHER DYING Father of Eva Schreiber, of Wa- terville, Conn., Says that His Wife Is Grieving Herself to on Death. “Untess I find my daughter her mothér | 2, ‘Will die.” said an old man in the Centre ‘Street Court’ to-day, He is the father of Eva Schreiber, of Waterville, Cohn., and ‘has come to: this city to find his seventeen-year-old girl, who disap- peared two weeks ago. Since the girl left home her mother has fallen ill and Je now in a nervous collapse, “Infatuation for an actor is the cause of her leaving,” continued the father in ‘his story to Magistrate Breen, Mr, Schreiber asked for a waxrunt for the arrest of an actor in the “King of Detectives," now playing in a theatre THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1903. GOLD CHALICE FOR THE ARCHBISHOP It Is of Old Celtic Design and Will Be Presented to His Grace by Ancient Order of Hibernians. NEW HIBERNIAN INSTITUTE. Work of the Construction of a Home) ° for All the Irish Societies New York Will Be Begun In) March. | Members of the Ancient Order of Hi-! will on Dec. 21 present Arch- rey with a gold chalich of old Celtic design in honor of His Grace's firet anntveraary ng Archbishop. The chalice was made by ‘Tiffany and cost $2,000, It will be presented by County | President Patrick J. McNulty at the Dioceain Hall, Fifty-first street and Madison avenne, in the preaence of 900 invited guests. The committee in change of the ar- rangements include Very Rev. Dr, Mo- Creedy, County Chaplain; Patrick J. McNulty, Major E. T. McCryatal, Danté) ¥. Clancy, Michael Mohan, Capt. Thomas Cunningham, James Moyna, Thomas Kelly, Denis J. Hanlon, Peter Lennon and Peter Curry. The chalice is a fac-simile of one made in the ninth century and ts built on lines of the ancient chalice of Ar- dagh. The same scheme of enameiling and chasing is carried out as in the an- client vessol. The chalice of Ardagh is now In the Royal Irish Academy at Dublin. ‘The ornamentation {s typical of the Irish school of art, whose influ- own not dnly in Ireland and bernia bishop in presenting the chalice to Arch- bishop Farley, decided upon the an- cient Irish art in preference to any of the other schools of church ornamenta- tion. A general meeting of the members of ‘tne order in New York County will be at Central Hall, No. 229 East Forty- enth street, on Tuesday evening to elect two additionat County Vice-Presi- Gents and two additional Trustees. The Trustees have arranged to commence work on the new Hibernian Institute, at One Hundred and Sixteenth street and Fifth avenue, in March: The esti- mated cost of the building will be cnet President ciation, The fc i dessrees of of the order will JAMES McGREERY & CO. China, Glass and Silverware. 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