The evening world. Newspaper, January 27, 1904, Page 1

WEitaan once, ootacr, Thursday, tatr | PRICE ONE CENT. WAIGHT, BY SUICIDE HIDES GREAT SECRETS ‘Post-Mortem Shows that the London Promoter Swallowed Deadly Cyanide of Potassium After He Had Been Sentenced’ to Prison for Seven Years. Goes to His Grave Without Making Any Revelations Concerning the Connec- tion of Royalty with His Swindling —Took Poison in Form of Tabloid, LONDON, Jan. 27.—A post-mortem examination shows that fVhitaker Wright committed suicide by taking cyanide of potassium. + As soon as sentence was pronounced upon him yesterday he slipped he poison into his mouth, probably in the shape of a thin capsule, and hy thestime he reached the ante-room of the court in the custody of the officers the instrument of death he had chosen began to take effect. It is reported that a loaded revolver was found in the pocket of {Wright’s coat, but this is denied by the officers, and it is likely untrue. In possession of a deadly poison it is hardly possible that a man of Wright’s astuteness would encumber himself with a revolver, which could be so easily detected in case he should be searched. ANTICIPATED THE SENTENCE, ‘That Wright contemplated suicide and anticipated that the verdict or the jury would be against him is shown by pleces of blotting papsr upon whith the scribbled while Justice Bigham was delivering his charge. The charge was particularly bitter and gave the accused no ground upon which to base hope that the verdict would be other than guilty, From the tone of the charge Wright knéw, too, that the sentence would ‘be severe. It is probable that hc would have taken the poison immediately upon the announcement of the verdict, save for the fact that he had all his life accustomed to taking chances and he took the forlorn chance that perhaps the Justice might mrke the sentence light. With all hope gone Wright swallowed the cyanide of potassium. He dnew that the state of his health would not allow him to live long under the rigorots rules that govern English prisons and concluded that he might as well die before conning the ma’) of a convict. WOMAN WHO FAINT *‘D WAS HIS WIFE. When the jury returned to ¢ ‘rt yesterday with the verdict finding ‘Wright guilty a woman fainted iu a remote part of the court-room and waa cartied out, It is suppozed that this was Wright's wife, who is known to ein England. In the general conf sion Wright did not notice this episorle, It is not believe.) that the wife knc: anything of Wright's intention to cam- mit suicide, bi his friends were a\ are of it and lictective Willis, who Drought him’ to London from New: } ork, repeatedly warned the-autnorities that the prisoner would not live to sve the Inside of a prison if he had his owe way. On the trip acress the ocean, Willis says, Wright told him that he was being hounded and would kill himself rather than go to prison. Nevertheless no extraordinary precautions were taken to keep Wright from secufing means of accomplishing the taking of his own life, INVESTIGATION ORDERED. . A rigid investigation las been ordered to discover !f possible how Wright came into possrssion of the poison, but it is not likely to bring roeults, He was allowed to sce his friemds in jail and in the court-room, It would nave been easy for aay one to have slipped him the tiny package containing sufficient poison to wake death certain, One result of the suicide of Wright will be a change In the method of treating prisoners iried in the Law Court. Hereafter they will be searched ami kept under guard as are the prisoners in Old Bailey. The blotting paper upon which Wright scribbled during the address of the justice to the jury is covered with the Roman characters “VII.” indicat- ing that Wright anticipated that his sentence would be seven years of penal servitude. He also wrote the word “intent’’ several times. The question of hhis guilt hinged largely upon proof of intention *o defraud when he formed ‘his companies. MANY EXPRESS ADMIRATION. In place of the feeling of general condemnation that had existed azainst Wright there has arisen one of admiration for his courage in keeping to himself secrets which it is bel’: sed would have involved persons high in england in his operations. The Opposition new 's openly charge the Government did not do full duty apd that persons as guilty as Wrignt were shielded by connivance. The Vinancial News says that Wright might have made sensational |» disclosures, buc carried his secrets to his grave. Before nig mgnt ne ae- stroyed all his papers bearing upon the relations of his titled patrons to jis companies, and it is now improbable that any evidence can be secured to bolste> up the insinuations levelled at the Government by the Uppo- sition. "The mvestigation made indicates that Wright must have swallowed the tabloid polson while standing tefore Justice Bigham after receiving bis, sentence. It is recalled that Wright pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and appeared to wipe his face, and it is surm od that under cover of this he took the fatal dose. RUTHERFORD GOES FREE. een M’LAUGHLIN GOES SOUTH. the! Amed Politician Start» on His An. Judg- | Newberger Dinm xndictment Against H nual Trip, agt *iowberger ip General Sessions| Hugh McLaughlin left thia aftornoon to-dajr dismissed the indictment -ount|for his annual trip to Florida, ‘There against Frank M. Rutherford, Sept. 3).; were many friends at Jersey City to which alleges that he had appropriated | bid him Godspeed and a plousint trip. several thouannd dollars’ worth of lead) ‘The party which went South included | And paints, property of the elty, while| Mr, and str. MeLaushtin, i acting as Superintendent of Repalrs in 4, Roane. lias the Fire Department, on mot on of the| Courtney: ahd th Mists Hugh and Stine ch 1 wee MeL party left Jersey City at 24 Wil arrive at Wt, Augustine Afternoon, ‘On Saturday they? will w> to Daytona and will remala the rest of the winter. ate Pre’ ts Pneqmonia, John's Medicine ansea.oolds.—ae ~~ wyer held that insufiiclent evi- ci {ina been presented to the Grand ‘ger made the proviso Distrcteattorney could re-sub- case to mnother.Grand Jury and al evidence he may DEAD WOMAN WAS PUSHED FROM “L” Mes. M. H. ROVER Was Vic- tim of Overcrowding and Guard on Train Was Arrested and Held in Bail. . HIS WARNING CRY, HE SAYS, WAS NOT HEEDED. Employees Are Said to Have Laughed When Notified and Balked Police and Coroner in Attempts at Investigation. - The young woman who was crowded from a Sixth avenue “L” train near the Highteonth street station last night was Mrs. Male Hattie Codrington. She was twenty-elght years old and livea at No. 96% St, Nicholas avenue. Mrs. Codrington was identified by Mise Emma Norton, who also lives at No. 8 St. Nicholas avenue, The death of the woman was directly due to the riotous crowding that distin sulshes the rush hour at the Eighteenth street platform every night. She was pushed onto the overcrowded train plat- form by the mob on the station plat- form; there were so many passengérs on the platform of the car that the gate could not be closed and she had a mere foothold, After the train was fn motion the crowd on the train platform elbowed to secure room and Mrs. Codrington was forced off. ‘Train Guard Is Arrested. Christopher George, guard on the train platform from which Mrs. Codrington was pushed, was arrested to-day. His home 1s at No. 346 St. Nicholas avenue, only a few doors from where the victim of the accident boarded. George is twenty-one years old and boyish in ap- Pearance. “L was jammed in so that’ I couldn't move," he said to an Evening World reporter at Jefferson Market Court. “I had one foot on each pliftform and a hand on each gate lever, but the gate on the upper platform would not clone. A big man standing against the end of the car was in the way, Passengers crowded around me and hid. the, woman from my sight, I did not know, in-fact, that she was there. “It was impossible to close the gat but all were inside it as 1 thought cept the big man, and he was halt way Inside, so I gave the signal to go ahead, ‘The train run all the way to Twenty- third street with the gate partially open. “When the woman fell off somebody hollered to me and I pulled the bell, but the train.-didn't stop. She must lwve got on after the train started. & couldn't do anything because I was #0 Diocked in by the crowd on the plat- form that I could hardly move my hands,”" George was axked why he did not cali to some one in the car to pull the emer- gency lever, which Is designed to stop the train in just such cases, He he didn’t think of it Sent to Coroner's Office, ‘The young guard wan sent to tne | Coroner's office, where he made a short statement, He was held to appear at the inquest on eb. 1, Mrs, Codrington was employed in « lace house in Elghteenth street. Her husband, from whom yshe was sepa- rated, lives at No, 169 West One Hun- dred and Twenty-sixth street, It is understood that the couple were dl- vorced some years ago. The husband's name is Bedford Codrington and he is employed as a printer by the Blan- chard Press, at No, 268 Canal street. At the time of the separation the Codringtons had a small son. He is now nine years of age and boards at the house of a Mrs. Brown at No. 28 West One Hundred and Twenty-eighth street. "His father and mother visited him at regular intervals, but never met at the house. When Codrington ‘heard of the accl- Gent he left his place of employment and sald he was going home. Later ne sent a telegram to the undertaker’ establishment at No, 3% Seventh ave- |nue, where the body is held, saying that he would call there during the day and arrange for the funeral. ‘The Uittle boy went to school this morning and did not learn of his mother’s death until he returned to lunch at noon, Mistaken in Identity. Up to the time of Mrs, Codrington’s Identification the police believed that the woman killed was Miss Minnio Kelch, of Boston. A Miss Cavanagh, of No. 43 East Nineteenth street, was almost positive in her Identification. ‘The inscription in the watch found on the dead woman, however, clinches the Identification of Mrs. Codrington, It | roads ‘Bedford to Hattie, Sept, 21, 1898."" | oan, Codrington’s first name dford. } ‘The tragic de@&{h of the girl was no ence of | more shocking than the indi the “L/' road employees. Though the | guard on the platform of the train must have known she had fallen to the ltracks, ho gave no sign and permitted the train to roll on toward its destina- titon, Six other trains passed the body. hough both platforms of the cars were jammed with people, who must have (Continued on Second Page.) —— y trust Pisote Care te stop LET EG YT ry « | “ Circulation Books Open to All.” | nm Books O; to All. | “ Circulation Books Open to All.” | WRATHER—Patr. enlder: Theentay | “ Circulation Books Open to NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1904. PRICE ONE. CEN SPECIAL EXTRA. FIRE CAUSES. A’SCARE IN BELLEVUE Excitement was caused among. the patients! in Bellevue Hospital this afternoon by « fire which occurrédjin basemen! of the main buliding. Smoke was seen issuing frpm the doctor's kitchen by an attendant, and he at once sentinjap alarm The staff of attendants on-each floor was doubled immedi- ately-and all the inmates were told to keep still, as there was no danger. . Their presence kept the patients ; quiet. The fire. which was ina stove-pipe, was put out in about fifteen min- utes, very little damage having been done. | | ' W’ADOO:INVESTIGATES MRS. CODRINGTON'S DEATH ON “L.” Police Commissioner McAdoo said late to-day that he would. make; a’ rigid investigations calling upon: the police officials: of the Tendérloin station for an explanation of why they did not act more promptly in the matter of the killing of Mrs. M.:H. Codrington on the Sixth avenue “L’ and. find out who was re- sponsible far her death. ‘ Charges.are:likely- to follow:the Com- imissioneris investigation. : BESS LATE WINNERS AT NEW ORLEANS: i ‘Fourth Race—Moral.Law 1, Viperine 2, All Pas 3. Fifth Race—Hands Across 1, Dereszke. a ald oyal-3. cS est one Ne ‘Mi THES mea to Saul J. mum Rate Raised, While Law’ Is Changed to Benefit Widows) plainant Against Three Ital- "of Soldiers, ians Charged with Assault. ig When Lawyer Saul J. Dickheiser, of No, 119 Nas street, appeared in Har- | Jem Court tolday in behalf of Frank de | Pento, commafnunt against three Ital- fans accuse@ of assault, he ‘carried in his pocket fa. letter purporting to be soclety. ritten In a heavy WASHINGTON, Jan, o7.—Congress- | man Rulloway, of New Hampshire, the Chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to-day introduced a distinctly Service and Age Petasion bill which will give to each soldien who served ninety days and who reaches the two years 8% a month; # $10, and ‘neventy years, $12. In addition to the above rates his bill wives to’ the men wlo served two years or more an additiopal increase of $2 a month in each of the above classes. The ‘bill increasés’ the minimum of pensions allowed tb $8 a month, instead of $6, which will ‘increase the pensions of 125,894 soldiers: who are now on the rolls at 96. The bill further! provides that the pensions of widows who married’ the soldiers prior to! Jan. 1, 1870, and who are now on thefrolls drawing 38, shall be increased te Heretofore the w had been Sat hey could not Ket i p husbanida died of dis- hand in It was black ink And was decorated with skull and crosstones. The signature “Death” was writtpniin red ink. It read: “If you (reas this case too hard some night aby will find a knife between your aktorney treated the matter lightly ahd. did not show it to the Court. De Pegto, who lives at Né. 342 East One Hundred and Tenth street, allegea that whfle’ in a saloon at One Hundrea and Sixth street and First avenue Monday, he was assaulted by Gus Ra- mun. No, 8% East One Hundred {ok aunt Seventh street, and Val and An- Pprardi, of the same address. in $2" untess thel eeGteppts over drinks he said the nen fase contracted. in service. had’ (thrown x billiard ball, striking is theasube! will give an Ine the ey ninety days and ‘Magistrate Baker said it apparently. Zo fought | was hn ordinery saloon row, And ats; ar, and creases the: who married mediately following the war. lia m ino BS charged the defendants. ring twe'wers "| ATTACKED BY FOUR MEN. / WORK FOR CLEANERSTREETS | rateves neat and mon a nrookirn ‘Woodbury and Darlington Will Ge| The police of the Gaten avenue station in Brooklya are looking for four jmen who early to-day assaulted and robbed ‘Dr, Thomas Darlington, Health Com- | s4,911, Cabbie, of No. 003 Madison street, missioner, and Dr.John McGaw Wood: | cgsni his heme under the gare of bury, Street Cleaning Commisstoner, eigha GEER A UIC for thet heetiog had a conference to-day at te Depart: | Parti tarea bs the thieves, ment of Health Building on the un | ayy Wag pn his way through owls aanttary é Commission®r Woodbury stated that | jumped up pe Sissanelie fren he hus been handicapped and délayed | bility and. robbed him of is. dinmond in the removal of ashes and atrect |208rfpin and wai ch. By the time per- sweepings, but at no time fics the col- lection of garbage been delayed. Both “Commissioner, Darl ton and sons living i the vicinity had reached | les for us in response to his a the robbers had disappea: Cabole i. nak) t help Comm! odbury feel that ed eae anitary condition. of secpete “woul They ai a be members of the | provided epartment notorious satore Kang "who held up Stren a t Cleading ane the Department of and robbed. a young women in the neigh- in. i this e gna in view the Commissioners hay Bortioed atiout a month gap. to make | the immediate fut »/ a Commissions Wil ties the} WAR VETERANS DANCE. | city off into sect id make a very ni careful {hepection of ‘one section at a | Aunual Ball of Glokcester Com-| mand in Brooklym To-Night. Gloucester Naval Command, No. 17,| Spanish War erahs, will hold its! third annual ball at Schwaben Hall,! Rrooklyn, to-night. | One of the dis- tinguished guests present will be the! Rey. John P. Chidwitk, who was elise! Inin of the ill-fated: Maine. The mand was organizg@l on the decks ot ee DEUTSCHLAND’S RECORD. Five Daye and Twenty-two Hours Between New k and Gibraltar. The Hamburg-American liner Deutsch: land, according to a cable report. has won laurels The big stonmship, it} (ae United States ‘steamship Gloves ie sald, has broke all records for speed be in New York ‘harbor on Sept between this port and Gibra: 1588, ‘ On fan. the Detechiand tort this}. Invitations havelbéen extended port and passed Gibraltar at L’d'clook red Rogers, 0. 3, erick yesterday afternoon, her time to that C, Frboa ana ail’ the « int being five days and. twenty-two the ; Brooklyn Nay wnere Father @hidwick was. fo) ‘The liner is ona special tri Mediterranean, and: it: to, the | stationed: also ; Mayor ‘George 9 Ad- A ‘dy 1y| | m Me {2 the. first time | Cuelisn, Sen i, McCarren, Conip-| hae she has oes this. roi roller Edward rout, Borough Pre: Whe record to Plymouth is; hala. br ident aartin, Wii Littleton and the Deutschland, "Ba a of mn, sf th from New York to that Be aleunsuy Zofficers of the National seven i Army apd Order. of Spanish War, Dickheisery Counsel for Com- : ot the’ children while she went out to (Special to The Ever rd. LOVISVIT Ky. The outhern Athtette Club has the signe , tures of Marvin Hart and Bob Pitzsim mons to fait in Louisville if the bil permittiog limited round bouts In Ken- BLUE MINT WINS THE THIRD AACE Optional at Odds of 7 to 1 Captures the Opening Event and the Second Goes to} Scorpio. THE WINNERS. | FIRST RACE-Optional (7 to 1) 1)| Zyra (12 to 1) 2, Miladi Love 3. || GECOND RACE Scorpio (3 to 5) 1, Sadducee (7 to 1) 2, Jimatong 3. THIRD RACE- Blue Mint (9 to 5) anta Teresa (9 to 1) 2, Free Ad-| { * (Bpectal to The Byening Wo RACE TRACK, NEW ORLE Jan. 7.—Cold weatller set in here in earnest to-day. The\thermometer hov- ered around the freesing point all day ‘and only the regulary shivered in the frand stand while theraces wore being fun. The track was hard and fast FIRST RACE. Beveo furlongs Betting 7 shunt Fin, Starters, wets. Jockers. Phi ‘aint one. 108. non 8 9M meioeigcoehran © Ltd Bee on enally., Tiyne—t.28 1-6. SECOND RACE, Bive furlongs. Starters, wats. jockeys, Seurplo, 114. Gannon 14, Mec: 108, HH sont ist a a3 Rob! 3 ood Won easliys Time 1.00, THIRD RACE. ‘Mile and an eighth. ae a 3 Betting it eo fas he ae ite tk i i) fi, “say o2 8-5 6° 3 il WIFE PLOTTED TO KILL HUSBAND pacecmieeeats . Alice M. Ingersoll Placed on Trial at Salem, N. J., Her Alleged “Accomplice Having Confessed. (Special to The Evening World.) SALEM, Jan, 27.—Mrs. Allce M. Inger- oll was placed on?trial here to-duy to answer the charge, that she conspired with William Pal ee to assault her husband, Luke Tagersoll, with intent to Kill. The assault{was made on the night of Jan. 1. ‘Dennelsbeck flrea through the window at Ingersoll as ne at by his fireside at Whig Lane. Dennelsbeck to-day withdrew fh of not guilty and peor the i dawn ndmicted his quit, leaving ihe woman to unde a4 trial atone. Proseoutor J. Formin Slanickson told Mrs. In- " te have her The Court ‘are to defend M negigned Harry B. Tn MAN TENDED BABIES Pine put out of ‘Young Millionaire Drives Machine in Record -| Husband of Woman Whom Mili” jMr. and Mrs. Walker Bliss AND ALL MAY DIE Mother Was Out Working, and While Father Stept on a Couch Infant Turned On the Cock of a Gas Stove. Martin Toler. fifty-six years old, of No. 2151 Second avenue, and his three | children—Willinm, aged six ; Nellie, | Aged five, and John, aged nine months— Were overcome by gas to-day and are now in the Ha Hospital, where is suid that none of them may ree Hers wife. Mary. supports ‘and ‘Toler has been taking cure work, This afternoon Toler went to sleep on a couch. ‘The children played: with a gas stove on the floor unt! they turned on the cock. bors found When the neigh- clous, Summoned in which » Femoved to the hospital FTISIMMONS T0 MEET MARVIN HART tucky goes through the Legislature, — HUNTLEY PLEADS GUILTY. Capt. George E. Huntley, of the canal- boat Oregon, which wag last August pleaded charge of presenting & Joss fo the Insurance company to the Tombs by Judge New: VANDERBILT IN HG AUTO MAKES MILE WN dd GEG Time on Florida Course—Eight Watches. Held on the Wonderful Exploit, Making tt an Official Performance. “| CAN GO THE DISTANCE : MUCH FASTER,” SAYS MILLIONAIRE Record and Says He Will Surely: Lowerthe Time He Made To-Day—Took - “a: Mile to Stop the Flying Machine. : Y ORMONDE, Fla., Jan, 27.—A mile ip an automobile im 3% seson dee. That is a wor! !'s record now. William K. Vanierbiit, jr., the New York millionaire ae ALbEETANt a established it today on the Florida Beach course. The ew: ‘yecort ie two- fifths of a secon \aster than the best previous mark set by Henry wpra uae noted chauffeur ou the about two weeks ago. “It was # <low start,” said Mr. Vanderbilt after the finish.” * better, and J.y/i'1" Fs Still the millionaire was enthused by the performane. So;much +o that when the time 8 announced he handed Col. W. T. ‘Thonrpson. New. York, one of the timers, his valpable stop watch, as a meng MACHINE FAIRLY FLEW, ~~ No more sensational ride in an automobile was ever witnessed. “Like a streak Mr. Vanderbilt In his 90-horse power Mercedes shot by the spec- tators. ‘ 5 i In spots the machine barely touched the ground. It fairly New ‘covering something more than 195 feet every decond, Fight watthés’ Were held on the trial and the 39 seconds recorded was that of the slowert. Mr. Vanderbilt took a mile in which to get up full driving: power), after the finishing line was crossed aise mile was covered= by th chine’s own momentum. DODGE INDICTED NEW YORK FAST RPE TANWAEDED Fania ionaire Charles W. Morse | Married Placed Under Arrest! in New Orleans. Among Those Injured When: Cars Went Over Ermhaoloneat on River’s Edge. Dodge, husband of Mrs, whose mar- Charles F. Clemence Cowles Dodge, tlage with Charles W. Morse, the mill- fonaire banker and ice king, was re cently set aside by the courts at her request, because of the finding of a ref- eree that her original divorce from Dodge was imperfect, was arrested to- day in Houston, Tex, at the request of Inspectur Mcvlusky, of the Detective ureau in this city. mit became known to-day that the lat- est phase of this remarkable matrimo- nial tangle was the indictment of Dodge for perjury, The Grand Jury has been quietly considering Dodge's case for ten and meanwhile Y ny has been in parts ui the (Special to The Bvening Worl.) PITTSFIELD, Mass... Jey. 27.--The y York express om the Berkshire ion of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad left the traek while rounding the ewrve above the Monument Mills in Ho’ nic this a! ternoos, The parlor car, the last in the train, and the coach between that and the smoking car went into the river, nes was covered with ice. The water is quite deep at that point, and if the ice had not proved an obstacle the peo- ple in the cars might have been drowned. Several passengers were injured, among whom were Mr, and Mrs, Walter Bliss, of New York City. Others hurt were Kugene Scott, jr, Mrs. Frank Dunham, Mrs. Leon Dovel and Mra, George Holmes, all of Great Barring» ton. South » watching Dodge ‘The detective learned yesterday that Dodge was making preparations leave for Mexico, where he would’ be out of the jurisdiction of the court Whether this move was through fear The passengers heard a sudden and unusual rumble, which — afterward proved to be une wheels running on the ties, and then the cars left. the : Falls and went into the river. AS they . struck, the cars tured over, ‘hy oie ns | s r engel of prosecution for the conspicuous pars the Seen against the side o ana he has played in thertroubles of hi] Sriised. but the majority escaped wite and her second husband ts not] ous tnjury. ae cceupte c om e last ‘coac known, but acting on instructions from | 1 “coach was loocupled by athe here Herlihy got the Chief of Po! end) Mo Was che arawingeroom, cat Houston to arrest his man. Quite op-| Mtr. Bliss was badly shaken up and portunely the Grand Jury here handea Bilss cut about the face and arms down an indictment and the authorities were a0) Pome nox, where they now have their man hard and fast, ra were tak ‘The indictment of Dodge is based on moved to Negations made to the Grand Jury by where thelr injurins Judge Ernest Hall and William A. ma Aten ee tO. whore the accident ie wer cetser, a lawyer. Mr, Hall was Twelve feat high, ang ane 9f ofel < ; coaches waa a referee in the action brought 1 Dodge] tk, “irveatigacion showed that the rally 0 have the divorce procur y had spread, causing the cars to leave wife set aside, the track: in ehargeror coma unin 6 Dodge swore that he was] | The train was in ehari , ee tee aie areata ceva’ | Jaga and Engineer Mahoney. oy plaint in the Dodge. He Ruger, who a etion bi jared that Mortimer A. eared as his counsel at the time, was not employed by him and had no authority to act for him, There were strong hints of fraud, and, as William A Sweetser was unable at that time to prove that he had served Dodge or that Dodge knew of the divorce ac- tion, Mr. Hall strongly recommended the setting aside of the divorge, a rec- ommendgtion which was instangy agted, WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours, ending at 8 P. M. Thureday” New York City and vicinity: and colder to-night; Thui fair; brisk to fresh poets inde