The evening world. Newspaper, December 22, 1903, Page 2

oe “ANOTHERARREST |FOUND LIFE T00. |°”” STRENUOUS HERE Sailor Found in Newark Who Is/Neil Fraser, Who Came Here from Scotland Four Months Ago, Preferred Death to Hust: WN APPER CASE Being Held in Connection with the Murder of Old Sarah Martin. BLOOD STAINS FOUND ON HIS VEST AND SHIRT. | Totterman, Now in the Tombs, Declares He Can Prove His| Innocence of the Water-Front Lodging-House Crime. On suspicion of being in some way | connected with the murder of Sarah Martin, Frank Downey, forty-six yeurs | oi, of Oliver and Cherry streets, New | » ork, is locked up in the Second Pre- | €inct police station in Newark. Downey | Was arrested on information furnished the police by Capt. Sanders, of the Schooner Marion Cobb, now lying at Crowell's lumber dock, near the foot of | Cross street, Newark. Downey yeste day appeared at the dock, seeking Ployment. He was engaged. In his effects Capt. Sanders found a shirt and | yest completely saturated with blood ‘The skipper notified the police. Policeman Goodwin said that when he placed Downey under arrest he ex claimed: “What's this for—that trick _ turned off at Kelly's?” | At the station-house a razor was taken from the prisoner, us were a Guantity of matches similar to tt used down East by the ‘longshoremen, Capt. Sanders in reporting the matter told the officers that the description fiven by the police of the supposed mur- derer of the Magsu woman answered to that of Downey more than to that ot Totterman, Probably the mos: important witness Inthe murder of old Sarah Martin, the victim of a Jack the Ripper in James Slip hotel, was taken into cus to-day about the time Emil Totterman eharged with the crime, was arralg before Magistrate Breen in the Centre Street Court. While the police refused to make pw lig ‘the hame of this witness, they said| he had been arrested at his home in! Brooklyn by Capt. Gallagher, of tho! Hamilton avenue police station, Tn Witness is the mun who shipped on the Who came with him to New York. t When the witness was taken to th House of ;Petention. hoe told the polic show fourth street {8 conducted by Mrs. Belano with Votterman, who was with! tliau him when he purchased the sweater hourders are Scotchmen. Fraser bade and shoes in the Bridgeport store and farewell to Mrs, Keating last night, but | jtlidn’t tell what he meant to do, Mr. | Hondors ling in This City. WROTE TO EVENING WORLD OF HiS SUICIDE. He Left His Home Last wight and the Woman in Whose, House He Boarded Fears He Has Taken His Life. After writing two letters, one to The Evening World and one to the only friend he had in this country, Robert Henderson, # coal dealer of Ninth ave- nue and Twenty-fourth street, dectar- | Ing his in ntlon of committing sulcide by jumping In the North River, Nell | Fraser, a Scotchman, who came here looking for work last August, diso peared last night from his boarding house, at No. 6% West Twenty-fourth street Fr er was an educated man and left and three children behind when came to this country, His letter to The vening World, which follows, how discouraged ho was ing World 1 came to NUNN MRO at I started ax: helper Kine and boilermakerss ehop. th 14s a mason's helper, after that Mtustlon in "the gonda delivery burg American line, Then as slack’ T applied for und obtained wn In a Achool, fF failed to please from th Deginoing, oH apprect of the of death, more fror manne: than any lack o fability. 1 2 jure. Lite here in’ too ater fn’ going to 'ault bye we Riv ht of taking Iaudanum Hon the wtreets, but they habit in Ne tom honpil undergo M0 ta trouble, © A wife and three children at home In Sootland, Who are very dear ty ime, and i ve in a selfish and cowardly mangnunes ne the only, regret I feel ending an existence which his bee ly happy UlL about @ year ago. Wi this I send you my papers (reference and Maronte diplomasy. It you. can be Interested you might through your columns do something for my dear wits and children. If so 1 will be worth mora dend than alive | Her addreas is ‘Mrs, | Fraser, Bellevue Cottage, shire, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Aw re Yours sincerely, NEIL FRA, The house at No. 506 West Twenty pth Keating, almost all of whose 1, Who got a similar letter raser, ‘wnid that he knew ‘the ‘om Wat he dad ert Wotturmun Saturday in) man but slightly, the neighborhood of the hotel where | barah Martin was"killed, He sald that) 4G hext saw Toierman at the sailors sbeadguarters, ut No, g7 South sur Senday morning. ‘ove hewspapers, | aid, Jy dnterested 11 ob the suse Mp murder, Tr) dissed dtsut th Ame, but ‘Totterman gave hy iudic: that he possessed any personal. ki ee Of it. dt Was While this with Was talking to Totterman that the lectives arrested him. Totterman Ho hud taken a good deal of interest in hint und had allowed him %% a weok | while he was looking for work. He has dail /asked the police to look for the man's kreat-| body, believing that he has really car- | ried out his threat. In Wraser’s room a Bible from his mother and some letters from his wife e- | were found. ‘The letters were very pa- Arraigned) |thetic Mrs, Fraser had tried hard to Totterman, hundcuited to Detwctive Cheer her husband, but couldn't re- Cronin, was arraigned before Magis- frain from telling of the desperate con- trate Breen, and on the ustant District-Attor Garvan he Was remanded to the Tombs without quest of As- dition of herself and her children, One of the letters contained a plece dail to await the action of the Coroner, | Of paper with dashes all over it. These, The accused man was more caim thun -the wife explaine tue Jamie,” any one else in the room. Le silently - chewed on a quid of tubucco as tie Jooked quietly “about him. — He taken immediately to ua cell in ‘wombs. While Totterman was being led out o! court other px wit dienry Gray, of to terman, who wa in Brook yn. The police were surprised tos ‘otterman shake hands with Gray will de a most Jamuging W!iness W him. The police merely wanted to ideaufy Totierman, Totterinan he Tombs eksou called Jato the Cor y n Coron t He was taken ra office"and was there esked Jf he ready to answe Hons. He said he was, and lackson informed him that aaythitg he would say) migut be. used against him and asked shim if he wer ullty of the m ot Sarah Martin “T amnot gillity,” Vottorman said in a Clear, strong voice. best to ques- Uon and prevent the filling of all the rae good places before the tiger gets into power on Jan, 1. Hofman to-day from |. were kisses “from Fraser's bed was mussed, indicating that he slept a part of the night. No one saw him leave the house, a BLOCKS PROMOTIONS. Tammany Gets Court Orders That WII Prevent Greene from Acting. The game of politics 1s belng played scell in hard in these last days of the Low hdiministration, ‘Tammany is dcing its veck the outgoing administra- THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1903. ent on WASHING had a ident to-d offiehal advi Navy Depa Panama, but assurance wa | were of not great Importance, President eplng In cle throug'p th: Isthmus, » HS AS damned if he'd pay me anything. Jabout, for I knew by the look in his eye that he jdead. Well, I laughed at him a moment and then put six bullets into him one after another, Ht rolled over dead and I kicked his body over and said: “Phat ends yo * troubles, Cap, old man.’ order was obtained by Steuer & Justice Scott, in ing the Ctvil- Supreme Court, dl That comp! he Cofoner's arrai Hoard and Commissioner Greene Ment, and after Totrerman i TH y he P and afte ppear on ‘Thursday hefore Justice Bannan ement he was taken buck tothe |iitsgeruid and show. why they should Prisoner Protests Innocence sxeralne OE, Eerman ay itels 7p p East Hleventh street, as a can- After he was taken over to the Tomi is Totterman was seen vy a Teporter foe Midate for appointment as police sur- The Bvening World, who was ic ee A Hy pris. pee 8 coun grick is. Goldemith, of Sullivan, Guld- Gmith & Engle. of No. 3s Broadway. There he made the foliow states pa. Beon before any ellgible list is sent to td the Commissioner er any appointment is made, This holds up the appointments ot ment, which, though differing sligily police surgeons intended by Commis- from the one he made when tirst arrest-| sioner Greene, and by the time the. litt: €d, explains his movements in the first. place," in clear Hnglish, that I had anything to do crime with which I am charge 1) Bever knew the Martin woman in all the| time I have been along the wnter frout, | And I never knew Kelly, the man w! 3| Owns the hptel where U never wag in the pia “The only place T « when In New York was ties slip, where I have for the past six months "I shipped from New on the bark Belano fo. Last Saturday mo Bridgeport, Conn., came to New York Gray, a shipmat bought these shors at coming to New York, vut ld t the sweater. | Went to His Room Re saya, “When I left Gray on Saturday 1 4p Fourteenth I came dow $0, 4 Coentles slip to my -i went over BR ain later on. cf long the water front Peigpe who murde oa “I changed my s) and ny room. 7 how the paper they “pped in 4 into ‘the ‘ none ow, unless led her it with him, would] auspleion on am not att of the char Mo nor the evidence the pole A can aocount for all my ov from the time i left New Yor Was arrested and can prove a WDt,'* : woman's dIvedorn itched and two mds, One on the wr ay i: Py. wo wan ly. strani before the knife bail, Saye Dr. OMani | the | Commissioner Pruteris Sequranca re fully: gation is settled Gen. Greene will have sald Totterman | pussed out of office. A similar itigation t# holding up Fire Sturgis's promotions, SEEEEeeesnnneneeee SHIPPING NEWS, Low Water PM 458 Hell Gate Ferry.a14S 1017 6.31 810 PORT OF NEW YORK, ARRIVED, tos Antwerp ¢ Hamburg Hiremen i Pathfinder San Juan INCOMING STEAMSHIPs, DUE TO-DAY Kronpring Wilhelm, — Honengot Bremen Pring Oskar, Dluecher, Hamburg. Fiuminen OUTGOING STEAMSHIP3, SAILED TO-DAY, City of Washington, Citta dt Mitano, taty olon, Cienfuegos, Rantings, Hamilton, Norfolk." Armenian,’ Liverpool, ‘Tallahassee, SavannahEl Sud, Galveston Hilary, No, brasil, ————— To Cure a Cold in-One Day, braltir fund fi esti a “Then I loaded up again for the crew, because I thought the: ‘after me, but when I got/on deok the: car, went to a pawnshop and got some money on the pistol, bought a new shirt, took a bath, and went to Cooper Union, where 1 read a book for an! hen I went to the London Theatre, on the Bowery, and saw a °Y Afterward I had some coffee and rolls, and then walked | down the Bowery, because I knew it was a sure thing the gang after me | Mulligan, would be coming up. “Just as I expected, we ran into each other, and here I am. That's all The Cap killed himself, | pretty good show. if of his other three murders. statement read in court yesterday. old and was born in Butler, Pa, He shot a man at Charlestown, (Mass., in a fight, he says, The man died and he served three years for the crime. ot Henry Hecker vana he and oth 404 | him instantly. British ship Cameo, served three more years in jail for this. Since then he confesses (o shcoting several persons, but doesn’t think |he Killed any one else until he murdered Capt. Townsend, WOMAN BURNED IN HOME. no truth in the rep Ws agency Caarina believed to huve ht to light here ves The body a Hghted fire at first to indicate accidental A Coroner's examination and strangulation prior to the Durning. ‘The pleted. Mise Winnlo Relder, a member Laxative Bromo Quinine Tal Ain{ee, the Grea podiar e Se 2. ARC aS DREN OF FIRE BATTALION CHIEF COLEMAN—THE. YOUNG FIREMAN JOYCE, WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN FACTORY FIRE. (Especially Photogiaphed for WATCHING PANAMA. Seeretary Moody ae Dae { Doings The ‘ON, Doe. —Secretary ef conference with the they considered the os recelved by the from the Isthmus of given that eC m nds ary Moody touch wtth the sit- naval officers at the ae TELLS OF MURDERS (Continued from First Page.) figure out whether itwasworth killing him for the money or not. “I thought it over for a long time. I remembered the three other men { had Killed and thought one more In a good cause would be all right. Just |then the captain got up and went down im his cabin. I put out my pipe {and went after him, fully determined to kill him. “In the cabin I pulled out the pistol and said: “Captain, you pay me that money or dle.’ “He was dead gamo, for he looked me in the eye and sald he'd be I can't imagine what he was thinking w he was as good as id come all ran, So I got on @ crosstown HIS OTHER THREE MURDERS. With the same evidence of amusement Burness then recited the story It was in effect what was contained in his He said that he was forty-four years After that, under the namo he shipped on the schooner Rebecca G. Moulton, At Ha- ' members of the crew imbibed freely of sugar-cane rum, They got into a row with the crew of an Italian schooner, He shot an ItAlian sailor in the eye, and when called to account for it by the mate, a mag named Miller, he shot Miller through the brain, killing A year later he had a row with Capt. Ira Colberth, of the He shot the captain and thinks that he died. He REPORT OF CZARINA FALSE. | | No that She ave Birth to a “There is Ore published by a he United Suvtes that ny Kuve birth two a urd. lives an ab- at any con. event as the one reterred to would be impossible. ee CZAR GIVES PHOTO TO BRYAN PRTERSBURG, | Czar hag sent William J, Bryan an au- photograph, Ambassador Mo- Cormick gave 4, luncheon to-day to Mr. Bryan, Prince oft, ter 0: j Me Worle and Hallroads, and ther Chiet wilt high officals CoS NE IR FATHER AND The Rvening World.) CHI 4 : a = | SE = : 7 DIAMONDS FOR CHRISTMAS ON CREDIT. (Continued from First Page.) Noyce. going to vimma in heaven." {at his home with to whom he Why didn't he tell her he was questions we: » like dagger points in the heart of the motherly Mrs. Mulligan. a call to put out a ble fire. left his young wife, she calling af. Loved His Children Dearly. ‘all off the ladders and don't get burned up." Always Wanted to Be Fireman, hurried over the the Broome The old fire fight-| smoking thelr he lithe active! “He was the kindest father thag ever Mulligan this morning. “He provided wel¥ and he loved his chil- He was running home at ours of the day just to see and kiss Only last night he gave me full instructions about the Christmas tree and the presents, 3 ve bought lots of things, but T want I want them to be per- As he was going out [, told him not to take any chances, lved,"" said Mrs. dren dearly. sitting about {after-dinner pipes when t man entered. “It will be some your uniform, Dick, “You have a good deal of enthusiasm, time before you get said Capt. Norton. to buy more, he other firemen laughed and Joyce din and told a story of the way |he was being taught. Felled hy Falling Rafters, ““I'l do my duty, whatever tt may} s came a man toward the ran in and shour e'8 A Beat irc El os. 07, 60 Na While Mrs, Mulligan was talking to)! 1 reporter the children ner! pipe from Alm, Already the coming ou} of thelr stalls " f. of fire bells and an the house on the way nstantly Jonn, the eld window and was ag Then he remem ne others crie ve dashed b, with exeltement re thlekest of t and burst out crying. seemed to bea oke and flames, Brennan, one of Mra. was with her sig {Chief Coleman and the Brennans had They call arrninged to take a house up.own and Ils companiont blinding smoke, ne to the street, He had boen {soon found Its way"to his prosirate body, Hoodoo Dintriet. Since 1893 three cammanders of Bat- § have lost thelr lives at min the same district wh but he could not be found. “Whit will become of those children? j thinking of their tyture, was learned to-di chleCs childre: He could have escaped by paying me MY ticome He eertaini'y looked queer just before I killed him,” and Burness to be known as the “hoodoo ve $1,000 a ye 0. Fire De; as the hoodoo battalion. peErnent Coleman won the Bennett! Was Killed with Rooney, of Engine 12, at Twenty-th Sixth avenue, Fir a ive) Hire Commis: citees two. men were ea called conspicuous bravery at . 7 East Tenth K on the roof burst and ight of the water fell o! m. Both were crushed to death, a Bai'talion Chief Shaw, who succeeded | Breslin, was Killed a little more than a year ‘igo by falling through a hatchway | in’ Mercer street whose body lies under the rul Mott street bullding. ts the third victim of the hoodoo battalion, the se: cent one of the hoodoo ‘district, Monument for Fire Hero the entire wel Coleman was then assistant foreman of Hook and Ladder Company No, 3, A ladder was raised against Coleman was the first man above the ladder, "Jump!" erted Coleman. The woman jumped. Coleman braced woman in h's At the request of Fire Commissioner » President Canter, of Manhattan, a resolution In the Board of oon Instructing the to call for and have pre- sway and the crowd in the street below | feared ‘both were going to be dashed to death in the street beneath n this aftern Comrhisstoner He recoy-; pared de his burden down a memory of the members of n of this elty who lost their performance of their duty. tion was adopted unanimously, 1,608 Wants in to-day’s World. Helps. and Houses up a lit- tle over last year. |lives in the Young Widow Awaits imer street, Brook- sobbing young widow, who eagerly awaits news, When Richard Joyce left his young wife last night to 9. 65, which Is at 368 Broome street, Just around the corner from the fire, she called to him: | “You certainly are mad about fighting \ jiyn to Engine House Joyce had been mén's School, in Fire Headq | Bast Sixty-se yenth street, For the nine in the department he Instructions, \though he waa still what Js known as a those who had seen him scale ladders ahd run with the hose Situations—Female 30 | Wanted to NUNS FACE FIRE TO SAVE PUPILS Monsignor Mooney Aids Them to Prevent Panic When Build- ing Near Sacred Heart School Is Found to Be in Flames. Mgr. Mooney and two Sisters ot Mercy took part in a fire to-day and by their quick action prevented a panic amorig a large number of school children at- tending the Sacred Heart school at Fifty-first street and Tenth avenue. The fire originated in the cellar of the tea store of James Butler, on the corner of Tenth avenue and Fifty-first street. The flames spread rapidly, running through the cellar to the rear of the Hullding which adjoins the schoo house. Next to the schoolhouse ts the parochial residence and then comes the chureh; As soon as the fire was discovered Mgr. Mooney left the parochial resi- dence and rushed into the school-house, where the children were singing at the time, He quickly told the Sisters of y of the fire next door, and at once the children were marched out into the street, arrived and the hose were playing streams of water ifito the burning bulld- In getting the children out safely Mooney and the sisters were drenched. Many of the children were also sonked with water from tho hose, The fire in Butler's store was quic extinguished, The damage was nu great "The trowd of Christma: tions now and have them laid | jence, plece of Silverwar. sume weekly or monthly. curity required. 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M, JBKEMIAH, beloved husband of Johanna Funeral from late residence, Richmond ‘Terrace and Mergeréau ave., Marinera’ gre 8, Jy on Wednesday, Deo. 2%, SHIRT TRONER sterdam av. COR CHURCH Laund ry Wants— Male. 3 ‘claws Bniyt Von Bteam Laundry, 61 wanted. Apply . firet class, ited at itiort Lattindry,” BOs Ame Caundry “Wants—Female. aT jorter Wanted? Sonne t) work, New Home ‘Laundry, 1053 A: oy nda ia¥et and 1424 E Bint st. SHIRT once; stead: SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK yy > Uy MONDAY. MORNING WONDER