The evening world. Newspaper, January 20, 1904, Page 5

. 1% or . WN BECHTEL chs Thosefor the Defense Deny that \ There Were Bloodstains | Found in the House After Ma- ' bel Was Murdered. . WOMEN WEEP IN COURT ~ WHEN TRIAL IS RESUMED. Lawyer for the Mother Makes an Impassioned Plea for His Client, Whom He Declares to Have Been Maligned. (Special to The Evening World.) ALLENTOWN, Jan. 20.—With the ‘ opening of this morning’s session at the trial of Mrs, Catharine Bechtel for com- plicity after the fact in the murder of her daughter, Mabel, the prosecution having finished its side, the defense asked the Judge to quash the indict- ment. The Judge said the motion was \untenabdle; that the prosecution had pre- nted a case based on sound legal prin- clples, and that it was for the jury to dgelde on the guilt or innocence of the accused after the defense had presented its testimony, The motion to quash was oversuled. . Capt. James L. Schaadt, chief counsel for the defense, in an impassioned speech to the jury then rapidly out- Mined the theory of tne defense. His address was short. It indicates that the defemse will deny flatly most of the Allegations of the prosecution, and for the rest appeal to the sympathy of the jury. Mrs. Bechtel and her daughters wept copiously and many women in the audiente ‘erled in sympathy, Schaadt declared Mabel Bechtel wasn’t killed in her mother’s house, that she wasn't killed by her brother Tom. He declared there were circumstances similar to those in the Bosschieter case and that the family had been unjustly maligned. ‘He continued: Defense Calls Blood Experts. ‘To work out his plan of defense, Capt. Bchaadt first called to the stand his own blood experts to refute the allega- tions made bysthe-experts for the pros- gcution, Hil first witness was Dr. M, F. Cawley, State Medical Inspector an member of the Allentown Hospital staff. On this same staff the surgeon in chief is Dr. C. D. Schaffer, the final witness for the prosecution, ‘who last evening corroborated the testimony of Drs, Lear and Eckert. Dr, Cawle: To-day, his associate, swore § any assertion that tl in the: Dr. was any splattering of blood Bechtel house was unwarranted. a Cawley stated that from a microscopic’ exumination and a chemical test only bne of the alleged blood-stained articles {n evidence in this case that really con- ined blood was the undervest of the murdered girl when the body was found, Decries the Bordet Test, ‘On nothing else?” was asked pf Dr. Cawley by Attorney Schaade 7 “On nothing else,” was the reply. There flashed to the minds of people court-room the vision of the red use waist, which in spots is posi- tively blood ‘soaked. Dr. Cawley in re- sponse to leading questions by Capt. Schaadt decried the Bordet theory, He| had not studied it much, he admitted, but at any rate he didn’t believe in it. He said, of course, it way having @ struggle’ for recognition, same as the antl-toxin theory. “If Dr. Bordet him- self were on trial,” sald Dr. Cawley, “and his tate depended on his test. f do, net, think he wouldy want it em- Judge Trexler asked , ’ whether the Bordet theory coulgey ey, Fegarded as tenable if the ‘anti-toxin cory ra correct Ue The witness replied that h it as new to give any “positive too opinion about it. ‘When cross-examination ie ie began District-Attorney Lichtenwal - peared inva very favornble Neht, ‘to showed from the start that he had studied the blood question with minute- ness and care. In short order and with admirable blandness he began to ask Questions that might be denominated as Cie 1 fn or. Cawley was at first quite pos! when he was calle Bve his opinion by the pi Bordet theory. He s had not been genera as to the it was new and ¥ accepted by the rofexsion, and personally he didnt be. eve in it at a 0 You belleve in diphtheri : toxin? A. T certainly donee antl °o. n't that\a new thing only a few years »? A. Yes; the first time J was present. when it ‘was used the ,patient dled. Q Why did the patient die? A, Well, she was very sick and likely to die and antitoxin was introduced to save her. It was new, and doctors here did not then know how to use it, Since then I have learned to use It, and persons to whom it js now administered are gen- erally saved. Q. So from that experience you reason by" analogy that the first time the Bor- det test is tried it is unrellable? A. 1 do Q. But tt may, develop into as stand- ard as antitoxin? A. It may, —ae BROKEN COUPLING BLOCKS L Brooklyn P ngers Delayed in Getting to Their Work. A break inf the coupling of a Fifth avenue “L" train in Brooklyn shortly before 7 o'clock to-day blocked trafitic on that road for almost an hour. Hun- dreds of passengers crowded the sta- tions, for notwithstanding the delay agents of the road Continued to sell tickets, When trains were again started motormen rushed past the stations, causing passengers to either wait for other trains or to walk down to the street and pay their fare on surface cars. All trains running to the bridge were blocked for nearly a mile and many of the passengers risked the third rail by getting out and walking along the tracks, At 7.25 the coupling was re- paired and traMe resumed: —<$<—— WILLIAM F, KING VERY ILL. Presidept of! Merchants’ Assocta. tion Suffern from Severe Cold. President Willlam F, King, of the Merchants’ Association, Is dangerously Mat his residence on Madison avenue, dan, 5 he caught a bad cold, which threatened to develop into pneumonia, We rallied yesterday, and his physicians now declare that he will recover, will be necessary, however, they ‘say, that he be sent south to’ recuperate fully, = a Prevent the Grip. To Laxative Bromo Quinine removes the cause, To ‘get the geauine Call for the full mame. $50, *4* Minty a CLUBBE H. Stuyvesant Dudile Regiment Arrested After Fight in Which Was Badly Beaten. Roundsman Joseph Furstberg, a buyer of old corks, complained to Policeman Smith, of the ‘West Sixty-eighth street station, to-day that he had been stabbed in a fight with several men in a saloon at No. 70 Co- Jumbus avenue. Furstberg pointed out Ernest Neldfeld, of No. 6 Greenwich avenue, as the man who had stabbed him, and Smith wag on the way to the station with him when they met Rounds- man Bird, While Smith was explaining the case to him a man approached and sald he had seen the fight, and that they had the wrong man, While Smith held Neid- feld Roundsman Bird went back to the saloon with the stranger, who pointed out George Leggett, a bricklayer, of No. 61 James street, and a man who sald he was James Dudley, who claimed to be @ banker, with an office in Wail nue. Later Dudley admitted that he was II. Stuyvesant Dudley, First Lieutenant of Company C, Twelfth Regiment, of which Cornelius Vanderbilt is Captain; member of the banking firm of Dudley Bros. & Co., of No, 49 Wall street, and @ very rich man, who has high financial and social connections. Dudley was willing to go with the officer, but Leggett in refusing struck Roundsman Bird over the head with a chair. ‘A second later the five or six men in the saloon were attacking the rounds- man. George Leggett closed his teeth ‘on Bird's left fore-finger and was chew- ing it. Another man had secured his club and was belaying him. His uni- form was being stripped from his back and he was kept busy dodging chairs, tables, seltzer siphons and cuspidors. Policeman Buckley, of the Seventh Court Squad, ~as attracted by the crowd outside. “He got the roundsman’s club from one of the assailants and GATES GETS EAD FR NEW CAMAIGH Partnership Papers in New Firm Signed, and He Will Lead Strong Bull Force in Wall ‘Street. John W. Gates is about ready to re- enter Wall street, as stated in these columns ten days ago. He Will begin @ bull campaign despite the technical 1al by Charles G. Gates, Mr. Gates, jr.'s denial, however, was couched in Giplomatic language. It was to the effect that ‘the announcement was pre- mature.” To-day a despatch from Chicago says: “John W. Gates, who {s about to re-enter Wall street for another cam- paign in stocks, is to ha ‘one of the strongest and brokerage houses that the: street, The new house, Charles G. Gates & Co,, is to have $2,000,000 cap- ital. “The papers making up the new firm were signed here Saturday, © when Charles G. Gates came from New York to settle all the details, Tho present firm of Harris, Gate: Ce, has a capital of $-,600,000. TI six members and two special partners, bert, It is understood they will put in terest in the Harris, Gates firm, “The active members are Charles G. Gates, Alfred J. Singer, Charles G. sentative of Charles Counselman, and John A. Black. In Qhicago Orson C. Wells is to be the Western partner and J. B. Morrow is to have a working in- terest. ‘The new house will start on March 1." Lately this firm has been the heaviest buyer of Realty issues, land, Bt. Paul and the Steals. The re-entry of Mr. Gates will be watched with anxiety by Wall street speculators. BREAD USED 10 BEAR WHEAT PRICES change Eat It with Relish Went Kiting. point since the Armdur corner in 1902. had the effect of causing a slight re- action in the “No, 3 grade and the lower grades of wheat. They handed laround f number of loaves of bread made out of No. 3 and the other lower grades, The brokers ate this bread with relish and declared it to be quite palatable. It has always been contended that these grades were not fit for the making of bread, It Is believed that this demon- stration will result. in ’a broader mar- ket for No, 3 and {ts still more plebeian cousins, Corn while lees rctive than yesterday was strong and up 3-4, while outs also advanced 1-2 a cent a bushel. ‘These also were high records on these grains The bulls in wheat who put up the price 11-2 points to-day in this market after the aMvance of in Chile say that Armour or no Armour, nO ware Wheat willgo to $l a. bushel. Outside buying has seared the shorts who have rushed to cover and bid up prices. ~ THE IN A SALOON and Others of Twelfth Joined in the fight just whén it ap- peared that the roundsman would be hauled out unconscious. Some one had sent a rict call to the Weat Sixty-eighth ‘eet station, and while the fight between the two officers and the men in saloon was flercest the reserves came up in a patrol wagon. By the liberal use of clubs they quickly subdued the gang and dragged four of them to the sidewalk. Prisoners im Automobile, Dudleys French aytomobile haa stopped at the curb, and this the police pressed into service, Placing Legget: und Dudiey in it, four policemen orderea Silanes or to speed to the station, ‘wo other prisoners—William Leggett, brother of the other Leggett, and John McFarland, of Ne. 148 West ty-eigh Hreet™wore“ioudcd IMO” the pats wagon, and on the way to the station it picked up Policeman Smith, who was patiently waiting with Neidfeld for the return of Koundsman Bird, ‘The roundsman’s injuries were dressed by @ surgeon, and he went to court to appear against the men arrested. Irurst. berg, ‘the cork mun, was not so seriously pee that he was unable to be in A bondsman was provided for Dudle: who looked much the worse fore his encounter with the police, then Ma- gistrate Mayo, who knew Dudiey, per- mitted him’ to sign th bonds ‘of the Biber bi George Li ett is a ser- une an company. As security Dudley pledged the house tant Y-seventh street. 4 All Released, All of them were released” 4 ball. ‘To a reporter Dudle, suas #0" not in the first fight Ma stop] my automobile there ose a rink when the roundsman. came. in: Then I wanted to pacify Leggett, who wanted to fight, and the police clubbed me. I shall prosecute those policemen until I make them sorry they. tackled Company ©, of tife Twelfth Regiment, gave i reception in the armory, neat Where the fight occurred, and that ex- plained the presencg of the militiamen in the saioon. PASTOR FAILS 10 CLOSE DANCE HALL Magistrate Baker Refuses to Interfere with the West End} iS o GG West Fi Law Is Being Violated. Frank Archibald, , proprietor of the ‘West End Casino, was in Harlem Police new firm has|action. ere police ‘who are John W. Gates and John Lam-|°urt action In this matter.” said’ the $500,000 each, which {s double their in-] that it Ix a disorderly house. Smith, for years the New York repre-| that point, and the case was adtourned Brokers on the Produce Ex-|,usness) After Drive in Which Value] P&!s says: May wheat on the Produce Exchange}among many questions if I drank sold at 93 to-day, which Is the highest | coffee, ‘The market was strong and active, but|vision store and get a box of Postum, was for the most part professional, The] drink {tin place of coffee, and as you bears introduced a new wrinkle that/are confined to your desk to a great Court to-day in answer to a summons procured by Rev. I. A. Blackwood, pas- tor of the Fourth Reformed Presby- terlan Church, Eighth avenue and One Hundred and ‘Twenty-second street. The West End Casino is a new dance hall in West One Hundred and Twenty- fifth street, near St. Nicholas avenue, and the minister wants it closed. He talked to Magistrate Baker an hour to-day, but was unable to present Proof that the dance hall is not con- ducted strictly within the law. The place has a hotel license, ten bedrooms anda kitchen. Dr. Blackwood said that for ‘two days, to his knowledge, there were no beds !n the bedrooms and no knobs on the doors, but he admitted that these defects had been remedied. Dr. H. Batjer, a physician, living at No. 321 St. Nicholas avenue, was in- troduced to the Court by the minister and complained that the dance hall music keeps him awake nights. He was told that his remedy Hes in a civil “The only way you can secure Magistrate, “Is to prove to me that the Jaw ‘has been violated in this place or The Rev. Mr. Blackwood said t Capt: MoGiynn, of the West One. Hane dred and ‘Twenty-fifth street station- house, could give some testimony on until to-morrow when Capt.» McGlyn: will be in court, E as — SOUND IS FROZEN OVER. That portion of Long Island Souna which les between City the main shore"has frozen first time in thirty years. Not onl. the Jee strong enough for skatlng, but sleighs Yound for the Island toad: houses are driven over it. It is not necessary this year up the Hudson to see Iee-boat racing, for the stretch of i al Island 8 le for the ‘gorpees, that the ice has and even of sur- re is ample for The old fesidents aay ai never been so thici face. < WORRY A Sure Starter for Ill Useless worrying (a form of nery- {s indirectly the result (through the nerves) of improper feeding. A furniture man of Mem- a year ago I was afflicted with nervous spells, would worry so over trivial things. “I went to consult one of the best physicians in Memphis and he asked “His advice was: ‘Go to some pro- extent try and get out in the open air as much as possible.’ I followed his ifstructions regarding the Postum, “At that time my weight was 142, and I was taking all kinds of drugs and medicines to brace me up, but ail fuiled. To-day I weigh 165 and all of my old troubles are gene, and all the credit is due to having followed this wise ph; 's advice and cut off the coffee and using Postum in its place. “I now consider my health perfect. I am willing to go before a notary public and testify that {t was all due to my having used Postum in place of coffee.” Name given by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich, i. i There's @ reason for quitting the drug-drink, coffee, and there's a rea- son for drinking Postum. Trial 10 days proves them all. joo in mais Rae @ for a copy of the famous le “The Road ‘Wellville,” 3 si bi dual! Usa toa G, JANUA RLD: WEDNESDAY EVE Was Alarminaly Afflicted With La Grippe. ured by cures more cases of la grippe than Wai all other ad (Nf), ihe remedies combined. W. H. Parsons is ex-State Senator and ex-Special Judge of the 5u- preme Court of Texas, also Brigadier General in Confederate Army. In a recent letter from 925 H street Northwest, Washington, 1). U., UNS prominent itleman_ says: “(Upon the recommendation of personal friends and many strong testimonials aa to the'efficacy of Perupa in the treatment of the numerous symptouis of the grippe with which I have been afflicted for four months past, J have been induced to undergoa treatment with this justly celebrated formula. I feel a decided ohange for the hetter after using it only one week. It is especi- ally good in toning up the stomach and has had a decided effect upon my appetite. I therefore feel much encouraged that I am on the road to complete restoratio: “My numerous friends in Texas, where I have had the honor id a brigade of her Veteran Cavalry in a four-years’ jceept this voluntary testimonial to the merits of Pe- runa asa pense of obligation on my part for its wonderful effi- eacy.’’—W. H. Parsons. A reward of $10,000 has been deposited in the Market Exchange Bank,.Columbus, Casino Till Shown that the| Ohio, as a guarantee that the above testimonial is genuine ; thé d 0 Every one of our testimonials are genuine and in the words of the one whose name is appended. session authentic letters certifying to the same. sPe-ru-n | botter than the jeifdiseases of the mucous membraner by 1t action ou the vaso-motor aystem of nerves Every perron who hus Lad la grippe | during the last year should take a course of Peruna, No one need exnect perfect re |covePy unteas they do so. The gripe hax | produced eatafrhal tnflammation of the vhole mucous membrane, and xBod health nle until these are restored to a ton, This Peruna will do. A creat many remedies ha on sugested for this condition from time to time, but Peruna appears to be the only remedy has any substantia! vaiuo tn these ayes. It has never failed to give satinfac- tlon during forty ‘years’ experience, still oceupies the untae position of b (he Teading (if not the omly¥ specific edy for the after-effects of la gripe. Henry Distin, t all the band tnstn Distin Manufactu RY 20, 1904. EXPERTS CLASH [WALL STREWT BANKER ,|JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT a. There ix no remedy in the world that meets the conditions produced by In grippe remedy, Peruna. Peruana strengthens as {t renovates, soothes whi it stimulates, henln as it expurgates. Peruna ts not a purgative, of cathartic, or sedative, or stimulant, nor a veretable or |! usineral poison, It reache: from 1441 Pa.: had a bad attack of Ia erippe last ber which lasted more than th and which left me with ca ral of my friends advised try Peruna. I begun with a bottle the first week in March, and it certainly did me a great deal of good. 1 so well fied that I purchased another bottle and followed the directions, and can say that {t has cured me.’’—Henry Distin. If you do not derive prompt and satis. factory results from the wee of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, «lving a full statement of your case and ho will bo d to give yout \bi ble advice erAdress Dr, Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0. that we hold in our pos- Great Mid-Winter °*2” Heretofore Unheard of in the City of New York. Balance of the 25,000 Pairs of $3.50 ina $309 Shoes For Men and Women a® 2.00. air! In the Basement. No old stock ‘or factory clean-up, but up- to-date, seasonable goods; new and fresh and every pair guaranteed. All Sizes and Widths.’ Only at this time of year is such a sale possible—and then only by us. The Best Shoe Bargains in Town. them. By putting these shoes at the low, uniform price of $2.00 brings them within the reach of_all. Men’sinPatent Leather, Box Calf, Black Calf and Black Kid Lace, light and heavy soles, also “Calf Congress. Women’s jn .Black Kid and Patent Leath- er, Button and Lace, all style heels. These Goods. See Window Display of Shoe Sale f Alfred J. Cammeyer, 6th Ave., Corner 20th St. Women’s Dept. Closing Out Sale_ Walking and Dress Suits, Walling Skirts, 3, 5, Value 7.50 to 12.50. Cloth and Velour Coats, 10. 15, 5,0. 8. 15.°° Value 15.00 to 27,50. Value 12,50 to 45,00, Persian Lamb and Nearseal Coats, Small Furs— Waists—Evening Coats at 1-2 Price. Broadway and 13th Street. Value 15,00 to 45.00 Rain and Storm Coats, ' No footwear to be compared with j | i Every Drurgirt Sella "Short Stop."* NEW YORK’S BEST | FAMILY COUGH MEDICINE, For Colds, “Coughs, Sore Throat, | Hoarsenes Bronchitis, Lithealt Breathing, Throat and Lang fatlem- ion, Certainly the best for Chil- rer, CURES ANY COLD. SLOAN’S LINIMENT Kills Pain. - an Dealers. Stockings of black or fancy Cotton or Lisle. Saks & Company - BROADWAY. 33D TQ 34TH STRERT. Third R : E OF Ploscs i Knitted Underwear for Women High grade price concessions: Ur Suits, ribbed, fleece lined, silk trimmed: also Ribbed Vests, Tights and | , silk trimmed, and Tights of black cotton. Heretofore $1.00 At 69c, Union Suits of white or gray ribbed Merino, or white Swiss Cotton; also Tights of black Merino. Heretofore $1.50 & $1.75 At $1.10 Union Suits of white or gray, ribbed three-quarter wool. Also Vests of ribbed white Merino, ia large sizes. ‘ Heretofore $1.98 & $2.25 At $1.45 2 Suits of fine white wool, Swiss ribbed. Heretofore $2.50 to $3.00 At $1.85 Tights of heavy white mixed Silk, Swiss ribbed. | Heretofore $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 At $2.45 a. Swiss Ribbed, high neck, long or short sleeves. Heretofore $1.75, $2.00, $2.75 and $3.00. At $1.58 Swiss Ribbed, low neck, sleeveless, with crochet silk trimming. Heretofore $1.50 to $2.00 At $1.19 At $2.25 | Heretofore $3.25 Heretofore $5.00 to $6.50. At $3.95 A Sale of Hosiery for Women. On Thursday we will place on sale about three thousand pairs of Women's Stockings, consisting of broken lots and odd: styles from our regular stock, at the following unusual price reductions Cotton Stockings in black and fancy colors. Heretofore 25c., 35c. and 39c, At 18c. Heretofore 50c. At 25c. Stockings of fine Cotton or Lisle, black or fancy. Formerly 75 At 38c. Stockings of fine Lisle, black or fancy. Heretofore $1.00 At 50c. Stockings of fine Lisle, black lace or fancy effects. Heretofore $1.50 & $2.00 At 85c. Fourth Floor, Coats for Children and Misses At Less Than Half Former Pri Without a thought relative to their true worth, we have subjected every tailor made Coat and Jacket that is still with us to the following extraordinary price reductions. Coats and Jackets of high grade fabrics in models varied enough in style and elaboration toexpress | the taste of every young miss. They have been divided into three classes:— Class Iv Heretofore $5, $6 & $7.50 At $2.95 | Class II. Heretofore $11.50 to $16.50 At$4.95 Class III. Heretofore $24.50 to $32.00 At$%.75 mB For Thursday and Friday, January 21st and 22d, A Sale of Blankets & Comfortables _ At Greatly Reduced Prices. rie Floor. White Biankets, half wool, with colored horder, sizes 10-4 and I1-4, Heretofore $2.50, $2.75 & $3.00 At $1.95 White Blankets, half wool, with colored border, sizes 10-4 and I 1-4. ° Heretofore $3.50, $4.00and $4.50 At $2.65 White California Blankets, fine all wool, with col- ored border, sizes I 1-4 and 12-4. Heretofore $10.00, $11,50& $14.50 At $7.65 kolene Comfort: s, fine cotton filled full size. Heretofore $1.50 At 95c, Fine Silkolene Comfortables, laminated cotton filled, large size. Heretofore $1.95 & $2.25 "At $1.35 Fine Comfortables of twilled Satine, laminated cotton filled, full size. Heretofore $2.75 & $3.00 At $1.95 Finest Comfortables of silk or satin, h witb pure.down or lambs’ wool filling. Heretofore $10, $12.50 & $15 At $8.65 nn