The evening world. Newspaper, December 22, 1903, Page 1

| Weather—Fair) colder soomtahs weanenter EDITION “ Circulation Books Open to All.” | 4 EDITION | “ Circulation Books Open to All.” | = j ; et PRICE ONE CENT. N. cw YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1903. ~ MURDERER WISHED MERRY XMAS TO JURY ~ THAT CONVICTED HIM frank Henry Burness, on Trial for the Killing of Capt. George B. Townsend, Under Whom He Had Sailed, Startles Court with Cold-Blooded Narrative. First Has It Read to the Jury, Then Takes the Witness-Stand to Empha- size the Effect of His Story--Wants to Hasten Execution for Latest Crime. Swift justice was meted out to-day, to Frank Henry Burness, the murderer of Capt. George B. Townsend, of the coasting vessel Charles Buckley. Within a very few minutes after listening to the man’s cold- blooded account of how he killed Capt. Townsend, supplemented by.his bragging tale of three other murders committed during his life, the jury in the County Court in Brooklyn returned a verdict of guilty of murder ‘n the first degree. Burness sought a swift di jon of his case; it came quicker than even he expected. One bélivi was all that was necessary to show that the was of one mind. The doors of the jury room had hardly closed on jury tie twelve men when they signalled for them to be opened again. iBur- ness, with an audible laugh, watched the jurymen resume their seats and when the verdict was announced lauyhed again and asked the Court if he might say a word. Judge Crane nodded assent and with a broad grin Ea Aside. on his face the murderer turned to the jury box and said: “TI think I may safely say that in the minds of most men convicted of tmurder there is some ill-feeling against the men instrumental in‘ bringing them to such a pass. I want you all to know that I entertain no such feel- ings toward the lawyers, the Judge, the jury or anybody connected with the prosecution of my case. Gentlemen, I wish you all a very Merry Christ- fas and a very Happy New Year.” With a polite salutation to the jurymen, Burness then turned to his Sawyer and burst into loud laughter. Judge Crane was rather shotked by the attitude of the man and immediately ordered him to the Raymond Street Jail, whence he will be brought back to court Monday for sentence. it was a dramatic story of crime that Burness told on ‘the stand to- Fi Way, and the relish with which he told it fairly chilled, the blood of all a ho heard it. The murder of Capt. Townsend was committed on Nov. 10 fast, while the Buckley was tied up at Erie Basin. A judge, a jury and a room full of spectators were appalled yesterday efternoon at the confession of three murders made by Burness and read fn open court at his request by Assistant District-Attorney Plder. This teonfession alone convicted Burness of the orime for which he is now being ‘tried, but the mere reading of it far from satisfied the vanity of the man. (He insisted on going on the stand himself and telling the story of his life, arguing that it would bring him to his fate more rapidly, something muc! to be desired over.an indefinite period in prison. SEEMED TO LIKE THE SITUATION. Tall, well built, with a rather good-looking face, Burness strolled into wourt ahd looked around him with relish. He appeared impatient when his lawyer made a plea for him, but when called on to take the witness -ghair jumped up with every appearance of Interest and made for the stand. {A court officer ‘handed him a Bible. “Take it away,” he said, with a laugh. me." . The book was taken away and Burness allowed to tell his story with- wut’ being sworn. He began with the story of the murder of Capt. Townsend ‘pnd told it in these words: “shipped on the Buckley with Townsend on Sept. ie seemed a wood sort of a commander and I liked him. . On Sept. 15, while we were ‘off the Jersey coast, I saved the vessel from being wrecked, and I thought J ought to be allowedege gu ashore for that service when we got here. But ‘Townsend wouldn't let me, and that was the beginning of his end. The first chance I got to get ashore was when we tied up at the Basin. I just} Jeft the ship and demanded that he pay me the $20.90 that he owed me. He wouldn’t give me a cent. That was his death warrant. I went to the Legal Ald Society and put my case in their hands. ‘They finally got me $12.26 out of the old thief, and for the time T hal to be sutisied with that But I didn’t forget him. He found out later thay,I didn’t forset him," and Burness burst into laughter. KEPT HIS VICTIM IN MIND. “Well,” he continued, “I shipped to Norfolk on a schooner and from here back to New Haven. But all the time I had Townsend in my mina. I knew I'd get him sooner or later. Up in New Haven I saw by a New {York newspaper that the Buckley was in New York, so I thought I'd just gun dow. ind see Townsend about that little matter of money due me. had a little trouble getting away from my new master, but fortunately for him he “‘dn't insist too hard on detaining me. I came here, but couldn't Yocate the Juckley. Then I got a job as collector of dues for the Seamen's ‘Union, and in that work thought I would surely find the Buckley sconer or later. “Tt was while collecting dues over in Erie Basin that I ran right into the Buckley. I saw Capt. Townsend sitting on deck, but he didn’t see me, ‘and as my mind was pretty well made up what to do, I went out and spent s#ome of the dues I had collect&d for a pistol. Then [ came back and asked Capt. Townsend what hé intended to do about my money. “*You get away from here, I don't want any more to do with you,’ he paid. « “You mean this; you don’t want to change your mind?’ I asked him, _ FIGURING ON THE; VALUE OF A LIEE, “He was very sure that he didn’tsso I went and sat on the stringplece to figure it out. I saw the captain light his pipe, so I lit mine, and there wwe sat, me on the pier, he on the Boat, each smoking, and me trying to ‘ (Continued on Second Page.). i “That book means nothing to ” FAVORITES’ DAY AT NEW ORLEANS e Silver Meade Starts the Talent Off on a Winning Streak by Beating Trossachs and Trib- une in First Race. LITTLE JACK HORNER IS ing Bookies’ Rolls. THE WINNERS. 5) 1, Trossachs (3 to 1) 2, Tribune 3. ner (11 to 5) 1, Sadducee (13 to 5) 2, Scorplo 3. to 1) 1, Dutiful (6 to 5)2, Spencerian 3. (Special to The Evening World.) RACE TRACK, NEW OKLBANS, Dee. 22.+The thoroughbreds had a real fast track to run over to-day and the sport was interesting. The weather was per- fect and the attendance large. Tommy Griffin was the only owner to shtp from New Orleans to Los Angeles, where winter racing will be inaugurated this week. An army of bookmakers’ clerks have left for Los Angeles. FIRST RACE. Maiden two-year-olds; six furlongs. ng ‘tarters, whts., ara ‘St. Hie. a Str. Pl siverneate 108, ing 6 11-5 4-5 Trossachs, 112, rate 1 a 3 9-10 108, re. - ae 30 10 3 4% 9-2 8-2 i 1 &ef EH 8 it Be 12 5 . 9 9 ow 20 food. won driving “Tme- “3.95, ‘Trossachs ‘broke in front, but was soon caught and passed by Docile. Helgerson fushed the lavter through her fleld in the run down the back stretch and when the ‘turn for home was-reached Docile wis all out and staggering. Silver Meade after coming wide into thedstretch caught and passed Docile at the furlong pole and looked as If she would win At the end Trossachs came wih rush and forced Silver Meade to a fant drive to beat her out, SECOND RACE. ting. PL 10, vnte. Jocks Little J. Horner, 114, Full Sacducee, “Be StHierin. ir jer 1 annon 2 62 m driving. vi Won dine. THe OL at SISTERAN-LAW OF HANNA HAD TO WALK She @Vas in a Cab with a Friend When the Cab Horse Stepped on Policeman Galla- gher’s Foot. The Christmas shopping of two well- dressed women, sald to be Mark Hanna's sister-in-law, and a friend, was Interrupted to-day by Policeman Galla- gher, of the West Thirticth street sta tion. Gallagher was helping some women across Broadway at ‘Twenty-thini street, when the cab containing the two women, }and driven by Joseph Eakins, came jalong. Eakins’s horse stepped on Galla- gher's foot and the shaft poked him In the ribs, 80 he arrested Eakins cy |made his fares get out and walk. “had very distinguished passengers.’ said Fakins to Magistrate Flammer in “it k Hanna's sister-in-law and a nd of hers, 8 taking thein elry store and they were In a ny this happened.” Tam very i jthe Jefferson Market Court tater, was M. jlndy lagher was willing te forgive. a0 the cabman was PULL DISARIS AU LAS Oussbeseed ANOTHER OCEAN STEAMER ASHORE Big Liner Grounds Near Spot Where Finland Stranded, and Fog Is Too Thick to Make Out Her Name. ANTWERP, Dec. 22.—Another large steamship has gone ashore near the spot where the Red Star Tine. steamer Fin- id grounded on Saturday last, ‘Owing to the fog which observers on shore have Upto the pres | \ Ste been unable so ascertain the ves. += po went siete Ss Nieuwer- cearrenrat) NN RETURNED WINNER AGAIN. Cardinal Wolsey by a Good Ride Manages to Win Third Event and Players Kept On Deplet- FIRST RACE-Slilvermeade (11 to SECOND RACE—Little Jack Hor- THIRD RACE—Cardinal Wolsey (7 aanounc: ‘ayhicoman Suplvan, witharew js i a ONES By strange mistake two:ch at the Coroner's office. John sent word to Coroner Goldenk found the child as well as co seph Hurtig, four weeks old, street, had died. Coroner Gold . Fifth Race—Sidney Sabath FIGHT MANAGER tion of $1,100. with the club. |Forward Plates of ‘th in East River, A torpedo boat is all right as a comes to an encountey with a New is the other way. The America came out of the co! deck fittings. It will require a Board of Inquiry to determine the cause of the ac ceitent| Lieut. Charles Neilson, who was in com- mand of the Winsfow—and it was his! first trip as a sole commander—says | that the accident was unavoidable. The ferry-boat people, with traditional reti- | cence, refuse ail information, It is the custom of the superintendent of this Mne| to flee to the cemetery section of Brook- lyn as soon as he hears of an accident Lo one of the boats. Winslow on Way to Newport. The Winslow, which had been undergo- Ing repairs at the Navy-Yard aince last September, started for the torpedo sta- tion at Newport, R. 1., just vefore noon. Lieut. Nelson is a popular officer and he was given a great send-off as his grace- ful craft steamed out to the river. ‘he Jackies on the battleships and cruisers gave him three cheers and colors..were dipped on all sides, There were forty men abroard the Winslow, comprising the crews of two other boats which are at Newport. Lieut, Nelson was at the wheel and toek his boat up close to the Brooklyn shore, The tide was turning and there was a strong current a little distance out, Just off Broadway ferry slips at Wil- Hamsburg, and almost under the new bridge the Winslow found progress barred by @ fleet of barges and a ‘swarm “{ smaller craft. The machinery’ was stopped, and then the engines were started again in order to give the boat headway suMclent to hold her against heard that his son. Bartolomew, six weeks old, had died ani Micaels. of No. 403 East Seventy-third street. reported that Jo 2059 Bec 22,—-Jack Herman, manager cf the Intern PRICE ONE bebe EXTRA SPECIAL EXTRA. CORONER FINDS ‘DEAD’ LITTLE: ALIVE ildren were to-day reported dea Collins, of No. 157 Allen ‘street ranz, who went to the house an: uld be. Inthe other. case Juhi of No. 428 East Seventy-t irc lenkranz found him in good heait! LATE RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS. Fourth Race—Low Cut 1, Falkland 2, Shortcake 3. 1, Stonewall 2. Hayward Hunter. $m HERMAN INDICTED. a { ub. at Fort Erie, was arraigned in the County Club here this afternoon charging him with the misappropria-: ine ponies Would'be disfigured and that Herman’s attorney stated that the case WaS sanae ¢ the result of a disagreement among some of the men conirected themscives. The emergency men eclared FERRYBOAT KNOCKS - OUT TORPEDO BOAT e Winslow.”Bent and Broken in a Collision with the America and She Puts Back togNavy Yard, menace to a battleship, but when it York Harbor ferry-boat, the menace This was proved this afternoon when the torpedo-boat Winslow, the pride of the torpedo fleet, was in collision with the ancient | tub America, of the New, York and Brooklyn Ferry Line. Histon with a little hole in her bull. The Winslow put into the Navy Yard with her forward plates bent, open seams in her delicate sides and a generally disarranged condition of her | the tide until the hould be cléar, Acrording to Lieut. Nelson's report | the America, when she started out of her Williamsburg slip, did not ound a warning with her whistle as the ruie requifes. At any rate she was clear of the slip and bound out into the river at full speed pefore she was observed from the tcrpjedo boat. Signal Not Heeded. Lieut, Nelson gave the signal for full speed astern, but before his boat was under way the ferry-boat was upon him. The bow of the torpedo-boat was pushed along the hull of the Amer! ly wedged below the guard j of the whéel-house. A small hole was! bored in the ferry-boat's hull. It was some minutes before the Wins- low's powerful engines could back her clear of the ferry-boat, Lieut. Nelsgn or- dered the r-Ught compartments closed and went below’ to examine his boat, after signalliag for assistance to the fireboat William L. Strong, which was passing down the ri ‘The Strong passed a line to the W blockading craft towed her to the cobdock of th Neva-¥a where she was picked up by the t Powhatan. ° el in the mean time there had developea a panic among the 200 01 pi the America, Most of them w en. They understood that there w hole in the boat and feared that would stu? ertheless the ferry- boat continued on her way to Grand street and made another trip to Wiil- famsburg befor she wi up. Ning: 89.00, Le- 4 high Ve RR.. Dec. Tl 390 B'way and ferries, 234. Cort'd or Desb. at WON’T BE HOLLER STREET. Aldermen Ref to Name Brook- lyn Thoroughfare After-Him. Mr. Wenta eald as Holler had been de- od in the inat election he voted. aye, sidering him thorougely dead. About three-fourths of the Aldermen dea'ty hone Alderman. Fallen Sue ta It Tequired unanimoug vote the’ resol lon wag deaten. Before the vote was UNION LABELS FUNERAL. Hearaes and Car to Escape Atiny CHICAGO, Dee It will not be “eter Hojler street.« ‘The Board of Aldermen to-day refused] Very Div ae ed} consider plan to, ee.tle to name the new street in Brooklyn Rietonone ie es af Holler etreet in honor of the TS) inet oe “ee ne Sin ei bvare The street ia a block long and wad Barn. caused by the alterations necessary for) Sag epres Ai RED) Grothe: union! last the new bridge. The proposition to name : Seba nie tea de atrect after Alderman Holley orlg-| Ne ereant a vited with Alderman SullivAn, . ' Mr. Goodman odjected Yecause he was ay i agaost naming streets afeer Te Ree et aetnege Me Marke ot the dlesedert “dead” wigon bh claumiag tne vel vadertaker, paving was also ihe fire in > procession of carriages Was suc tod RS) carry the mourners. There weiv alx. on ladeded Uke the improvised being remoy FIREMEN FIGHT FOR DEAD CHIEF Obected to Seach as Conductel | by Emergency Corps of Build- | ing Department and Took Matter in Own Hands. TWO BODIES FOUND SIDE BY SIDE IN RUINS. Joyce Apparently Had Made a Desperate Effort to Save His | Superior, and, Failing, Had Died with Him. The bodies of Battalion Chief Martin H. Coleman and Fireman Richard J. | Joyce were found in the ruins of the | Mott street fire late this afternoon. Be- forel the bodies were!taker out there | |was a wordy argument between Chief | Kruger and some two hundred firemen on one side and the men of the Emer- gency Corps of the Building Department and the police on the other. The Building Department beep working all day in the ruins try-| men had} {ng to locate thé bodies and when they found them they went to woric: vigo- |Tously with thelr picks to dig, them out. A number of firemen, most of them as- roclates of the dead men in the Sixth Pattalion. who were watching the emer- gency men at work, odlected to the lat- ter working with picks, They said that men couldn't work with their, hey would take the bodies out / that they were In authority and would @o as they liked Firemen Made a Rush. At this juncture ¢ho Gremen, who | were very angry. made a rush at teh lemergency men and drove them into the street Then they went to work themselves and soon had the bodies | free of the debris. The bodies were ti Rether, the arme of Joyce tightly’ clasped about the legs of Coleman. Ap- narent}]y the fireman had. mi nernte effort to save his superi failing. had died with him. | When the emergency men were rout- ed they called the police to their afisist- ance and went back into the ruins, de- termined to drive the firemen out. The police were about to rush thé firemen, when Chief Kruger and Capt., Norton arrived and said the’ firemene were right and that the Building Department were wrong. For @ moment it looked as though there might! be a free fight, but the police decided not to interfere and the firemen won the day. The bodies of the dead men were carried through a crowd of several thousand people to. Engine House No. #5, In Broome street, where they will remain until the Coroner arrives. The sory of the fire hag been told | The great blaze, necessitating the turn- {ing in of the “Two Nines.” a signal rarély used; the story of ‘she looting of |frightened tenement dwellers by thieves; the mad dashing of a hundred horses | through the thousands that packed the | narrow Streets; the bravery and devo- |tlon to duty of Richard J. Jovee, who, though only a probationary fireman and ho: on duty, followed Battalion Chief | Martin M. Coleman into the thickest of the smoke, Into the most dangerous | situation of the fire, and there met his death begide his chief. All this hag been described in more or leas vivid language. Bur it ts the after- {math whioh the people will look upon with sorrow and read about with tear- ful eyes and swelling throats to-day. | The picture of the four orphan shil dren left behind by Chief Coleman ts, | when one knows the circumstances of| the last leave taking between the Chie? and his boys and girls, pathetic in the extreme. There 1s also something inercrees) ty jsad-in the picture of thy y young wife of Richard Joy c her heart out for the “brave hush who had deft her only a few hours before, robust and manly, devoted to his chosen duty, Went from Dimner to Death. » and Chief Coleman was at dinner when summoned to his duty. He kissed Jona, 1, !aged twelve; Agnes, aged seven, and Mabel, aged ten. Then he tossed aloft in his arms the baby of the family, Lil- lian, aged few years. He called her | Dolly. She was his pet “Good by, my litle Dolly. Papa will be back soon, Gu to ved and dream of | Santa Claus.’ If the child dreamt of Santa Claus she had a rude awakening when a messenger came to the house and told Mrs. Anna Mulligan, Chief Coleman's motaer-in-law, that the Crief had been hurt and was in a hospital he children heard the message and }eresat once wide-eyed and anxious repor bezen to cull at the ‘There were wnlepered conver- | sations and tears in the eyes of Mrs. Mulligan when sre conveyed to the jeniidren the grath, “When is ms papa coming home? J asked Dolly said he would come back hone didi } v¥ou home come | (Continued on Secand Page» WEATHER FORECAST. Forscast for the thirty-six hours ending ‘at 8,P. M, Wednesday for New York City.and vicinity: Fair and colder to-night;. Wednesday fair; freeh weeterly winds, |Tammany Guessers Are Now All in*the Dark | Deputy and put Phil Roblin in charge of the harbor police.” lary MADOO TAKEN HUM GLATE Ad HEAD OF POLIGE? Leader Murphy Said to Have Rubbed Out the : Name of the Former Assistant inner of the Navy and McClellan Hunts for a New Man to Take Gen. Greene’s Place,. SUDDEN SWITCH MADE AFTER A TALK OVER THE TELEPHONE. as to Who Shall Be Chosen, and the ' Lafest Development Adds to the Bewil- 4 derment That Already Exists. William McAdoo will not be. the Tammany Commissioner of Pow Kice, His name it was reported was rubbed off the slate to-day and Mr. Murphy and Mr. McClellan are enaged in a still hunt for another man for the job. There had been mutterings all day to the effect that McAdco would | not be appointed, but nothing definite was known until Mr. Murphy and > — the Mayor-elect had held a long conference this afternoon. Alth neither of them would confirm the report that McAdoo had been-e nated from the situation The Evening World knows that he was tal to over the telephone by Mr. McClellan and that out.Of this talk arose the necessity for the selection’ of a new candidate for the position. The report has gaiffed circulation that McAdoo was dropped hecause- he refused to stand for John McCullagh as his Deputy. This is not cred ited in Tammany. The rank and file of the organization cannot be brought to believe that John McCullagh was ever considered for DENY Com- * missioner. ; “If Murphy is figuring on making McCullagh first Deputy,” said one | leader this afternoon, “he might as well make Lemuel Ely Quigg second IHARD TO FIND A MAN TO TAKE WOODBURY’S PLACE. \ To wet the right man for the tm- missioner, at $7,500; Francis J. Lantry, portant office of Commissioner of Street Commissioner of Cdrectigns, at $7,500. Cleaning has been a task productive of These apoointments meet with gqneral much worry, and the general opinion satisfaction in Tammany circles. js that the choice has fallen upon Pat-, Weenan, Hayes arf Lantry are all dig © rick Keahon, leader of the Seventh As- wise leaders and all held office under. / sembly Listrict vor Van Wyck. Crain lives in West Of all the men considered Mr. Kea- a ty-second street In the Nineteenth hon was the one who presented the Assembly District. chief qualitication—experience in han-{ Kenan was mentioned by District-At- dling men. He conducts one of the jtorney Jerome during the recent cam~ biggest trucking businesses in the city, | Paign as one of the “four honest Tam- knows New York and its streets like «| many leaders." & book and has a reputation for honesty |, Thomas C. T. Crain, who is to be McClellan's Tenement-House Commig- _ sioner, is known as one of Tammany’s — “high-class” men. He has held seve ~ eral offices under Tammany. He degam «| Nicholas J. Hayes, who is to be the» new, Fire Commissioner, is the Tam- and fair dealing with his employees that has never been questioned. Harry C. Hart, Tammany leader of the Thirtleth embly District, 13 Ko: ing is be appointed a Tax Commis- eau lucky men named for office | many leader of the Thirty-third “Dia- © ht by Mr. McClellan, are Patrick | trict. who will be the new City! Francis J. Lantry, leader of the Chamberlain at $12,000; Thomas C. T. pee ‘second District, as Commis- Crain, Tenement-House Commissioner, ie ta a aa at at $7,600; Nichalos J, Hayes, Fire Com-! Wyck, CRANK WITH KNIFE BOY VICTIM OF. FACED GOI GOVERNOR MOCK DUEL DEAD Nebraska’s eave Agreed to Coroner at P Patera N. J. Or- Everything Escaped Patient] ders an Investigation Into Said of Senator Dietrich} the Killing of Fifteen-Year-Old Until Help Arrived. Antonio Leo, | County Physician McBride, of Pater LINCOLN, : Neb Deeter, an escape has ordered an inquest to place the Grand Island 5 nsibility for the death of Antonio with a huge pap » fifteen years old, who was shot on fre eu f] Sunday night by Jullan Wageman Jn Brandivhing | the cellar of No. 8 North York street, that eanaor f Leo died in the General Hospital, bax dictment for» compelled the Governor same View Gov, Mickey was agre: thing the Insane man Capitol employees ri ered and took him away 1 aay Wageman was arrested required to furnish $390 ball who is also fifteen years old, says he and had been playniz in the rr lar, but finally quarrelied. Both had ‘olvers, and Leo, acco t" LETTER SUSPECT ESCAPES. | | rlneitiao had a knife. Wien a NES, Ia. Dec. 2 : shee Sy the Rock island detectives at hime ‘ut threatened Hariham and brought here on suspicion | }o4 ox sending the anonymous, th to-day Re Wagemany. 5 a overpow m| volver the three weeks’! me had do: it he rei to speak 8) The boys stood ough mubjected to the most} feet, and at process. ith a bi tal. During the ec connngmien