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4 Ceres albert M, Fragner Now the Hus- | band of Sister of Girls by Whom He Was Arrested on Charge of Fraud. HASTILY MARRIED IN A CIGAR STORE. Mail Orders Filled on All Ad- vertised Goods Except Utherwise Stated, Where Ehrich. 6TH AVE,, 22d to 23d ST., NEW YORK. He Refuses to Go Into Details of His Latest Venture and Will Only Say that. He Loves) His Wife. : ‘Albert M. Fragner, the Brooklyn law- yer who was arrested last week on the complaint of Hugo Wanteellus for with- holding twertv railroad bonds valued ‘at $1,000 euch, the property of two minors, Camtlte and Hdith Kainer, yea- yy married Mrs, Dorothy C. Alex- bonds thetr elder sister. Mrs. Alexan- ‘also received a fortune by the will of her father. ‘The clrcusstances surrounding the are cast in a strange light. attempt to hide the fact of the Fragner admitted to an Even- ead World reporter to-day that he had After on ‘Mrs. Alexander—for love, and that slone. He said: “Mrs. Alexander called at my law offices, No. 30 Fulton street, yeatertay, I have heen in love with hher from the very first day I met her. During the last three months we were After some talk on business : ‘What's the matter qwith our getting married right away?’ Bbe replied: ‘Nothing that I can sere. . Married in a Cigar Store. - Then we left the office, took « trol- ley car over the Bridge, got into a cab; drove to the ferry, went to Jersey City and were married in a cigar store.” ‘Justice of the Peace Frank teen acting 4s bearer at ie ite funeral me St. Peter's Catholic Church, He was taken away from the funeral ceremgnies to perform the mar- : clgar store and the cabman who drove th couple on matrimony bent acted as the = witnesses. and Mrs. Fragner then réturned irectly to Brooklyn, the husband going to his brother’s home and the wife find- ing @ stopping place in another part of the town. Every effort was made to hold the marriage a secret from the family.of Mrs, Fragn Fragner’s brother said to-day: “There ‘was no wedding. My brother slept with me last night, and he surely would be with his wife 1¢ he were, married, now wouldn't he?” Fragner did remain with his brothér Jast night, but he forgot to! tel! the latter to-day that he had changed his min¢ about sustaining the denial of the wedding. Says He Loves His Wife. “What effect will this wedding have ‘upon the charges brought against you last week by Mr. Wantselius, the guard.) jan of the two young children?” asked the reporter. ‘You will haye to excuse me ‘from talking about, that. “Liove my wife and Iam going Mr. ‘Wantzelius sal Fragner and Mrs. Alexander are mar- He has made restitution, deen to District-Attorney Clari “have the complaint withdrawn. © ‘The District-Attorney said that the matter Thad gone 20 for that’ it would have to be settled in the court, meaning by that that ft would: be neCessiry for Mr. Fragner at least to. appear once, and then: ‘the-‘matter will be Mnally dis- posed of.” Fragner is associated with Judge Tighe, who has offices in the Fulton rs building. When Otto Kainer, the r, who had a large business at No. 108 Broad street, Manhattan, dicd he left a large fortune to his wife and ehildren, Mrs. Kainer died last April, and her brother, Mr. Wantzellus, came from Germany to take charge of the es- tate left to the minor girls, Fragner became his lawyer, and as such was with the care of $20,000 In bonds and $10,000 in cash. Dif- ferences arose over the disposition of the bonds and the subsequent legal ac- ; Zelius said that he gave up the bonds tb be delivered to the Aetna In 1" Company. He says that they bith hot delivered and that all the girls received was $400. ‘Mrs. Dorothy Alexander has a child two years old. She is.the widow of da: nd tailors love 8 a suit from this group at $8.96 The Overcoats The man with the run-down wardrobe—the man who takes a pride ’0 his dress—ca Sale price for Suit or Overcoat..... be ILL HE LOST HIS REASON Henry C. Engelberg Believed to Have Kept on His Feet for Three Whole Days and Nights Without Resting. WALKED 1 8” for enthusiastic We feel particularly standpoint of good, ready-lo-wea: The Suits Henry C. Engelberg, who disappeared from his home, No. dred and Fortieth street last Tuesda is now in the insane pavilion of 1 vue Hospital, having walked, it is be- Meved, continydusly for moro than thren nights. Engelberg, who was chief clerk In the| Bash, of No. 17 West Twentieth street, offices. of the North German Lloyd/altimore, scouts the idea of an elope- Steamship Company in Bowling Gre ‘< would be hard to beat. and patterns—comprist to consider exclusive to themselves, West One Hun- The Most Sensational Clothing Sale of Many a Day GREAT NEWS FOR NEW YORKERS—THE GREATEST OF YEARS—INVOLVING THE PURCHASE OF THE Entire Winter Clothing Stock of the Widely Known Firm of Schleestein, Cohn @ Co., of West Third Street, New York, At a Price Below the Cost of Manufacture. ‘This !mmense deal, embracing many thonéands of dollars’ worth of fine clothing, {s of unusual tm- portance, because of the high standing of Messrs. Schleestein, Cohn & Co., and the unquestioned qval- ity of their goods. The end of the season is at bund for them, and, seeking an outlet for all their Winter stock, naturally come to Ehrich Bros,, the great Clothing Distributers of New York. The Deal Is a Big One, the Values Phenomenal, so extraordinary, in fact, that we cannot recall a sale of recent days in which clothing of high grade Sale begins at 8 Saturday Morning. Preparations fora Crowd—No Delays—Take Elevators on 23d St. Side for Quick Service—Read on: 425 for Men’s Suits and Overcoats Made to Sell at.$10 and $12. ‘The first item in this sensational sale comprises a line of Men's Suits and Overcoats over’ was offered at such prices. which the most hardened bargain-buyer will grow enthusiastic. Cohn & Co. to sell at $10 and $12, of buying them at $4.95. The Suits the manufactuicrs who turned them out. The Overcoats cout ever made. Sizes 33 to 46. 6-95 Here, Agajn, the Values Shine Out. The Suits would be a wonder in deed. them. The fit and finish ard trimming are remarkable. The Overcoats fit intr. Friezes for the most part—in all the new and desirable colors. attention auywhere. Sizes £3 tv 46, Sale price.. the Pick of the Purchase. Overcoats Made to Sell at $20.00. over the garments in this group, for thoy represent just about the highest standard of value from the appeal strougly to men who wear made-to-measure clothes. Made from the newest woollens—many imported—amd all in the newest up-to-date colorings ing through-and-through worsteds, black cheviots, and those elegant cassimeres which high-grade ‘All are lined and trimmed in keeping with their admirabl® quality. tailoring that we know of, and they is like finding it with a ten-dollar bill in the coat pocket. are equal to the sults, and in every way at that. and would be counted good value at those prices. are of splendid woollens, fancy and plain black cheviots and neat mixed cassimeres; al) up-to-date in out and style and altogether worthy of In naming a price like $4.95 for such gar> are equally wonderful values. All- woo! Irish Friezes in plain gray, 95 Oxford and black—cut on latest models and finished equal to any $10 or $12 meats as these we go far beyond any offer, of recent times—sale price. e for Men’s Suits and Overcoats Made to ,Sell at $15.00. It Is Safe to Say That You Nev Saw Finer Garments at So Ridiculous a Price, are surprisingly handsome, and if you walked into any exclusive Clothing Store and secured one of them at anything under $15.00 "it Single and double breasted styles—through and through worsteds and fine mixed cassi meres in some of the prettiest designs that ever came from the loom, and Black Cheviots that look even more than the $15.00 values Schleestein, Cohn & Co. put upon in this splendid lot are up to (he ‘They comprise general style and excellent lining and trimming would attract favorable All-wool friezes—plenty of them—and fancy overcoatings made up sumptuously—even to satin lnings—sizes run from 38 to 46. nnot afford to miss these wonderfy] values. Watoh tor the Daily Bargains in Our Arcade—Fresh Surprises Every They were made by Schleestein, Think, then, l( In All Your Experience, Their cut, 6 Suits and To get 8” FEARS SHE’S PRISONER Pretty Miss Evelyr Bash, of Baltimore, Left Home Jan. 2 and Vanished After Reaching This City. York and sought high and low for his daughter, but without result, He then engaged ‘private detectives ‘to search for her, and the disappearance was re- ported to the New York Police Depart- ment and Chief of Police Murphy in Jersey City. Still No Trace of Her, Mrs, Ker, the grandmothe: maiden daughter came. to. New York days ago and went to the Hotel Their visit was for the pur- missing: on ey x Riot ae . Mra. that Miss Hash had been, foande the Miss Fvelys Gesh, the Baltimore so- cloty il wc disuppeared on Jan, 2, after coming to New York ostensibly © visit » cousin in Englewood, N. J., fu still missing. Wordscame from Bos- ton to-day that @ girl answering her desy iption bad Leen seer: there on Mon- \auy, Jan, 4 She has friends in Boston. Miss Bash's father, Col. Edward H. Q was with her parents in Baltimore. Gilbert. H. Alexander, who dic a year | a8 perfectly rational in all thing®, 18) qtis theory 1s that hin daughter ts | 8? ngo. year | Teoclates say. excant ‘that ho insisted| .jtner neid orisoher or else is not ale | Tus Broved to be & mint Mrs, 4 3 on walking each day ‘from his home in} .wcq to write to any member of her Seemed to have been misinformed, SUBWAY LABORERS QUIT. eae enndied And] Tee ee to RS" family. He says her devotion to him Myatery of the Girl at Utica : ores | erie etic nomel i. dance aiig {and to her mother convince him that In Solved—Not Mins Bash, 3 Bee hdd de. this in all kinds of] this theory 1s correct, as an advertise UTICA, Jan. 22,—Letters from all over Wages Being Cat. ‘Twelve non-union laborers employed thélr wages wert’cut trom % cents to 221-2 cents an hour. “Contractor Michael J. Degnon said jo-day that their action would not d fay the work, as any number of men - Were willing to take their places at :he feduced wage scale and were being an- seqed: 4s. timbermen in the lower Broadway | section of the subway quit work when|io walk to his off atre’ EXPECTORATORS ARRESTED. ce Are vo Men Viol oral “Warned by Mesistrat Browp, a lawyer, of .No, 231 ity-ffth street, and Alfred E. Ms OW Fifttyminth rrested on the downtown Street. station of the Ninth Jevated railroad to-day by regret for their act for spitting on the plat- 0 . But Ei he: co! | with the At the was Insane where pi met him in Engelberg was Twelve Timbermen Object to Thelr) weather, and was so accustomed to it|" | that the other employees of the office goon came to regard the He walked home Mon: last evening, when a relative of h.s wife ne Hundred and ‘Thirtieth | policeman, hospital the di and went hi nv “Tt was evide she had been 1 ing the may old, xt Po-| three years arraigned before Mag-| was last. the ‘West Bide Court,!of The World Almanac and Encyclo- pedia. Price 26. cents, by. mall 35 gently <0" . Hse a ast few days, ax an office ‘boy perforr walking rapidly failed to recognize his wife's relative, Seeing that he was not in his right|¢rom this appeal he wus sure that his mind, the relatlv da carriage, ber iorthess: Hood Wright H elberg would not rid: nowt ted to walk to’ the hosp] | called a polio intending to take etors sald to Miss Bash was tanked among the! teen! yer an active newspaper reporter he}cousin, Mro, M, W. Doty, at. En-|!0 New York City and for the last four VG, rteaca aNd eww years on the staff of the Sun, % Sewoodaan hen mhe left her | yin Bellevue Hospital from’ a sttades 3 1 the doctors have been on his feet all who is thirty-nine You ought to own a | to nt published a few days ago would tainly have brought an answer from. iher had it been dn her power to com- |municate with him. mysterious young we who refused to divulge her identity ate ter she was found half frozen in the snow the other day. She was finally ne ag ordinary. ur - night, seemed rational then, and starte The advertisement, which was pub-| {dentified ps husband, George Hou mi ce in the morning, | shed in a New York paper, rea‘ in Way of tho Wieked com: but that was the last seen of him until] gy pany woman was formerly a Mother, dewperately Il; probably not known. | Ci LY | “will aie: yo en unce by wire oF mail, Baltimore- runicate at Englewood, Hears Girl Is in When no answer came to Mr. Bash singer, and the loas of her volce, di to throat affection, is said by physic clans to have driven her insane, EDWARD FITZGERALD DEAD. Well-Kndwn Newspaper Report: Expires from Uremto Potsonin; Edward Fitzgerald, for the last four- and Boston, an | daughtor was not permitted to send a | message to him. The idea that she had beon murdered also suggested itself to him, WAs accompanied to the train audmother, Mrs. Ker, Her hecked through to Jersey ving at Jerse: ken the ferry rie Railroad to gd to Engle- Attack af uremic polsoning, He was overcome yesterday while at work in the Coroner's office and was sent to the Hudson Street Hospital, and last night transferred to Bellevue.” Un: Ul this morning the doctors had hepes of saving him, but he collapsed at noon by her trunk |eity, rs | to have 50 e steamship offices and. worked spin the Cinta euiee | wood. ‘That she aad her trunk arrived | and soon died, Ane | safely and that she. claimed the trunk pt Sa A) te tts 99 — | has been proved by the many detectives | Malhantand ef Baap ke 5 alt Cork. Ireland, He had two broth it is even better this year than it| who have been employed by her father | are priests wad a, gluter whe Ika Bieter Superior of a convent, le married New York the discover’ her wherabouts, After cor Hi daughter of nog, weneral aaune for the Wileon the claiming her trunk she disapeared. Immediately after the mysterious dis- appearance Mr, Bash came-to-New jteamer: MISSING GIRL’S FATHER |FORGIVES SLAYER ve been received asking | Farrier, of the Baptist Church, bdedsid stiuden | | ON HS DEATHBED W. J. Van Tassell, Shot by Jas. Newman for Alienating Young Wife’s Affections, Sends Mes- sage to Him by Minister. . POUGHKEEPSIE, Jan, 2.—James| Newman, who shot Wilbur J. Van Tas- sell late on Saturday night, is now charged with murder, Van, Tassell lin- gered along until yesterday afternoon. He died uttering words of forgiveness for his slaye: Newman caught Van Tassel with his young wife in @ hotel on lower Main street, Van Tassell started to run afvay and Newman shot him in the back, ‘When word was brought to Newman that Van Tassel was dead he trembled ntly and seemed about to collapse. ‘Iam sorry, I did not expect it 2 thought he would get well.” Since then Newman has been greatly depressed, He sits in his cell with his hands, Now ana bps shot sorrow of Newman. The young man Rover has harbored the slightest resent: ment inst Newman. pea to think, that he deserved his punish ment and has sefd over and over again that he forgave Newman for what the latter had done. “Yesterday, before van ‘Tassell ied, -be called the Rev. R. E- 10" Nis, He entrented the, cl to take his forg! the Dutchess County Jnl. Newman will be arraigned on, charge of murder on Monday. Much sympathy Is expressed for him, and there is genuine sorrow at the news of’ Van Tassell's death, | Mra, Newman, the girl-wife who con- | fessed her affection for Van Tassel tn one breath and her allegiance to her husband in another, Is now with her the -| family at Wappinger’s Falls. ————=— Bubente Plague. ‘The bubonte plague continues iti es in India, For some time the a widow he leaves | 1896, 7 4-4 venbers <é ~ Peerless Four-Hour Sales. Cholce at 5.& | i | ; O-MORROW ought to be another record-breaking day for January, we ever placed before yqu. There's not an offering mentioned that does not mean an immense money saving. 2 Stamps Instead of 1 with The Double Stamp Offering Is for the Whole Day—Remember That. Men’s T rs at a Doll ens trousers at a Volar. In Good Assortment—The Biggest Bargain of the Season. If your size is here you can make a tidy saving to-morrow. There are twelve patterns of LIMIT ONE PAIR TO EACH CUSTOMER—because there are less than 200 pairs of 1 OO them, and we want all who come for th:m to be satisfied. Special, per pair ° Positively for Four Hours Only—From 9 A. M. Tilt P. M. Ordinarily $3 00 would be considered reasonably cheap for this outfit, MAI also dark striped fabrics, excellently ‘made, EACH SUIT HAVING TWO PAIRS OF PANTS TO MATGH; strongly sewn iron yarn linings per- 7 to14, at. ‘ ae i : ’ Boys’ $3 and $3.50 Overcoats, $1.69. Remarkable price cutting, but sizes are breken and that’s the only reason for it. Qualities are thoroughly de> Reefer Overcoats, Sizes 3 to 7 Only. es Excellent workmanship. The long Overcoats 2re of Oxford gray cheviots; the Russtan Overcoats: tons, many of them having astrakhan collars and pearl buttons; not one of these garments that would not | 69 easily bring $3.00; many worth $3.50. Our price to-morrow Ne se 9 To-Morrow We Present Another Rare Bargain: Opportunity in . Positively on Sale for Four Hours, from 9 A. M. Tiilt P. M. Only. $7.00, $6.00 and $5.00 Values to Go at $2.98. We secured three hundred coats in this purchase. They'll b: gone in three hours at this price, our readers. Two materials—rich velvets and fine silky zibelines, Th lye 7 Pleck onijy Hned and interlined, wit ace medalifons and long stole front yaa gee ome” newest cape effect. Zibelines in latest military style; capes and stock in blue, brown and red; sizes 6 to 14. Matchless values to-mor~ Pa TOW ateeeeee see fees eeeees . . retea's ’ . Another Lot of Women’s Dollar Waists, 59c. For to-morrow we have secuted slightly more than a thousand waists made‘from the stylish new washable zibeline material. ‘They are shown in shades of licht blue, gray or navy; made with ree front and back, large pull sleeve and fancy stock, with double stole effect; trimmed with : mul buttons. gt : . . ‘ ° Women’s Tailored Suits and Military Goats. A Four-Hour, Offering (9 A. M. till 1 P, M.) that Will Make a Stir. AT $5.00 YOU CAN OWN A HANDSOME TAILOR-MADE SUIT OF MIXED TWEEDS, long-skirted Louis XIV. style coats, with military or round shoulder capes; full puff sleeve; some are double breasted, fastened with loops; to be worn open or closed; others newest military style, with gold buttons; fullest flare AT $5.00 YOU CAN OWN A STYLISH MILITARY COAT MADE FROM ALL-WOOL KERSEY, in newest military style, shoulder capes, velvet stock, reverse cuff, lined throughout; cost more than this price to mamufacture ... e 4-Hour Shoe Specials. On Sale in the New Shoe Store, Main Floor, Annex. Money Savings in Shoes for Boys and Girls, Shoes for Boys—Calf Leather Lace Shoes, double soles, sizes 9, 924, 10, 10%, 11, 11%, We have gathered some of the’most attractive Four-Hour Special Values that} gnvs tener | 2 Blue Stamps Instead of 1 Positively on Sale for Four Hoyrs—From 9 A. M. Till 1 P. M. Only. nobby Cassimeres and Worsteds in neat stripes and dark colorings; in sizes to 42 waist. ’ Suits, with EB Pp 79 Boys’ Suits, with Extra Pants, $1.79. BREASTED STYLE, of the popular mottled cheviots, in dark gray mixtures; fect fitting. Unquestionably a great money-saving opportunity; sizes ‘0 Suits’ to each’ custome: sirable. Zong Overcoats, Sizes 4, 5, 6 Only. Russian Overcoats. Sizes 3 to 6 Only. of fine meiton cloth, in several shades, and the Reefers in'various patterns of cheviots, kerseys and mel- Girls’ Velvet and Zibeline Goat Oats. Would sell in a third that time if we could impress the real merit of the carments upon all of velvet piped, large puff cuff, deep cloth facing, military buttons; shown Positively for Four Hours, from 9 A. M. Till 1 P. M. Only. here's more than a dollar of snap and style to themat . Seah 59c HEAVY BLACK CHEVIOT OR MANNISH SUITINGS OF FANCY skirt; all sizes; at the astonishingly low price of, Stirring Positively Offered from'9 A, M. Tilt P. M. Only. 12, 12%, 13,134". These are sample shoes, but assortments and size ranges are complete. Men’s Vici Kid Shoes, in lace or congress, with plain toes or with toe caps. Also Storm Calf Shoes. To-morrow at, per pair . TWO PRIESTS DIE MOTHER IS INSANE WITHIN AN HOUR} WHO BENEADED SOK ! Fathers Dinahan and Conly, of, Unfortunate Woman Who Com- the Dominican Priory, Lang| mitted.the Crime at Oakland, Assoviated in Work of that) N. J» Is Taken to an Asylum Order—Double Funeral. by the Authorities. WALKING DELEGATE WALSH IS SET FREE 1 After Three: Trials on a Charge of Extortion in Which Juries - Failed to Agree He Is Dis: charged. Walking delegates o¢ labor unioni scored a victory to-day in the Court o General Sessions. It was in the case of Thomas G Walsh, a walking deiegate of the Broth- erhood of Carpenters of America, who j was charged with extortion in having obtained $50 from Henry Nicholsburg, ® builder, under a threat that he woul order a strike on the bullding whici ° Nicholsburg was at that time erecting | | Coroner Currie and a jury at Hack- Two priests of the Dominican Priory. | oysack held an inquest at Oakland, D No. 569 Lexington avenue, long assocl- | $""T, aay in the case of Mrs. Ida Onn ated in the work of their order, dled ale | oe eo cheaded her four-year. mont almultaneously yesterday, ‘They, Walle, WIND ke neat were Father Peter A. Dinahan, fifty-six | 80" Charles on ; Hamilton, of this city, and Dr. Colfax, bh aie peda Lele ab "Pius Conlys| oe Pompton Plains, testified that on Dec, 20 last they made an examination Fatker Dinahan, after a long Sllness with cancer, expired at the priory at of Mri Ograwalle at the request of 1210 o'clock P, M., and ten minutes|,Ner husband. At that tlme they pro- later Father Conly, who was at the] Nounced her insane and advised. Ogra~ dining table in the Convent of the sis-| Wille to have her removed at once to ters of Meroy at White Plains, suffered | an institution. Instead of doing this, strobe Of apepleny: an? fell dead to; they sald, the man sent his wife away , double funeral for the dead priests; on a visif to relatives, hoping that the will be held at_9.90 o'clock to-morrow | change would do her good. morning at St.Vincent Ferrer's Church, | Frank Johnson, of Oakland, te: *ifed Corner Bixty-aixth atreet and Lexington | that he passed the Ograwalle house uc avenue, and will be attended by, the 8.15 o'clock Tuesuay evening and heard Archbishop and a large number of !n-| the bov Charles aming, He started vited clergy. in to see what was the matter, when Both men had been engaged as priests: tho screams sudd: ceaned. ape hel and miseionarios in the Bastern States at One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street and Lenox avenue. Walsh was placed on trial three dit- ferent times, ‘The first ial was before Justice Newburger and resulted in a mistrial, ‘The gecond was had re Mecorder Gort, ‘he Jury disagi : Tnajority. beng, in tuvor of ie detanat unc, ‘Khe third trial took place on Mon. day, ‘Tuesday and Wednesday of this week belcre Justice buses, ana the jury : uisugreed, standing ten for ao went on lls wa: Ye 'bolteved that tt Sox. thicty, yeaa. Pash Dinatan was was at thix tue thet the saurder was a native of London, Cane’, 7 on, Sharles Steckler, Conly, of New Lexingto. G ‘ bereadubaste lit ‘4ppearet as counsel for Walsh ai «il Of the trinis, to-day moved bel Justice Newburger In General Ses: lor the discharge of the defendant on” (we ground that he had been three mes tried without having obtained. & prd.ct, ‘The District-Attorney offering objection, Justice men Due iv gra: | the motion and ordered the discharge of + | the defendant. ‘This Is the first walking delegate who has recently been tried for extortion who has not been convicted, and has ‘taken up at y in actuals Mr. Appleschults Not Mi nal ‘ Mrs. Mary Appleschultz, of No. M0 ipdouvi West One. Hundred and Sixteenth her remo atreet, was much exercised Inst ‘night Plains. over the publication of a personal in) a morning ‘paper begging her to come ho “Why, my hosban mé two hours ago Seni she. Bef ae World ~Almai know w! means. Som be to. "practical: Joke, on | tells about repe y insane, and re ni 1 to tye asylum at Morris | i ———— Perhaps)some day somebody will left explore the North Pole. ‘The 104 and Bnéyclopedia explorations, .Pri