The evening world. Newspaper, January 28, 1904, Page 6

i: WRIGHT, DYING, ASKED FOR I yond Promoter Washed Down ; jéadly Dose of Cyanide with | Whiskey, ‘Then Chatted with ; Friends, Awaiting the End. | HAD REVOLVER READY + *“IN CASE POISON FAILED. } che isebataciaa' €This Is British Justice,” He 4 (Said as He Fell Back Dead— * Coroner’s Jury Verdict Agrees } with Evidence. ” (LONDON, Jan. 23.—"Suicide” was the fardict passed by the Coroner's Jury fo-day in the closing chapter of tho tragedy of Whitaker Wright. His death caused by ‘suffocation in conse- ‘The jury found that Wright was per- sane and that there was not the lightest doubt that his death was due most deliberate suicide. From the evidence at the inquest it shown that Wright had determined take his own life in the event of an verdict and that he went to with a cyanide tabloid in his Possession, while in his hip pocket was feats revolver, fully loaded and even After the sentence Wright went to lavatory, while the tipstaff in at- ce on him remained dutside. he, swallowed the tabloid, re- jed-to' the consulting room, washed wn the polson with whiskey ard ter and after asking for a cigar, fell dead as he was about to light it. ‘was chatting with friends as the came. One of the last things Wright said :; “This is British justice!" Throng at the Inquest. small Coroner's Court at West- iter was So crowded that Whitaker ht, jr, son of the dead man, had to ip ‘throughout the proceedings. felther the son nor the deceased's t friends, vo they testified to-day, er heard Wright even intimate that i contemplated sulcide, “His solicitor, George Lewis. jr, said goat Wright ‘all along implicitiy be- leved that he would be acquitted, or hat, at the worst, he only contem- lated a disagreement of the jury. Even after his sentence Wright howed only indignation, In talking with Mr, Lewis, Mr. Eyre, me of his wureties, and Mr. Waters, ho accountant of the London & Glohe Borporation, Wright sald: "1 really think T am the most com- fpoged of you alt.” }. As régarded an appeal, Wright anid he would do exactly as he was advised. * Anked {f some one had not better tele- Inhone the verdict to Mrs, Wright vright «ald: “No ‘There ts plenty of time for Taking out hin watch and chain, i¢ht handed them to Mr, Eyre, say- Dying Asked f6r a Cigar, 4" shall not haye any use ‘for this in éthat place,” meaning the prison. “T give Mit to vou. Eyre, Keep {t for me.” 2 This was all that occurred | After Wright had taken the potson. holding a tars in his hand and. stili inping its contents, he said: y “Waters, give me another cigar." Waters took “up Wright's cigar ‘oame, which was lying on a table, and "Wright deliberately cut the end ‘of a (gar and struck a match. Just as he was golng to Ight the cigar Wright flung the match from him, sank back ous and died without uttering who was called in to at- aid he tad not detected n examination, rein of the Sbody exuded the pecullarly penetratiug hemell of prose ack and that there mas not the slightest doubt that ‘Wright's d ) was due to that poison, Ain Hts cvanide of poinsslim form.” J yian had not suffered from Reane, there were no lesloas and th offictial £ had ed Wright ‘ viously higher thoritie: The funeral of Whitaker Wright has peen acranged for Saturday morning at the church at Witley, Surrey, his former country hon SEERY REINSTATED |S FRE, MARSHAL “Removed Two Years Ago by } Former Commissioner Sturgis and Was Upheld in Suit for’ > Reinstatement. In accordance with an opinion handed Séaureipetated Peter Seory as Fire Mar- al, held in bis sult for reinstat ratty statement in Commissioner Hayes that peal to the Court of A, {only uscless, ABcory's reinstatement. first of the year. ; rs afier spending some y State prison « 16 as W. 5 arrived at the hotel themselves as ul pe are sup- 6 bee procured high ai poisoning by cyanide of| ¢ heart was healthy. | size, othe no Inquest that hed after his und in hit pocket he. polsonous. hy pvered by the police | “@own on Jan. 26 by Corporation Counsel! Deleny, Fire Commissioner Hayes to- Seery was removed two years ago by former Commissioner Sturgis and was it ‘Division of the Supreme ourt. | « Mr. Delany, upon taking office, advised @ further ap- Is was not but “absurd,” and advised Thomas Freel, who had by | yMiirshal. in. the’ interim, resigned ‘the ster Was New York.” ii night. ee WELL S- uF UT INT tI LITTLE WHALE ENGINEER 5.408330 WHEN & SNOW-FLARE OW Twe TRACK PUTS AN ENGINE O. “G08 DAISFOS QUT WHY HELST Pool-Room Man, Through Detec- tives’ Aid, Discovers that Sev- eral Employees Had a System That Was Infaflible. “Bob” Davis, whone retirement from the pool-room game was exclusively announced by The Evening World some Weeks ago, has resumed business, At the time of the retirement of Davis it was given out that the raise in the tarlif for service by the Western Union Telegraph Company was the cause of his suspension. ‘There was only a hint at the real reason for the quitting of Davis, If was known that he was @ heavy loser, and it was stated in The Evening World at the time that there was some mysterious game being work- ed in many rooms in town, the nature of which the pool-room proprietors could not fathom. It was an influence that made them loser day after day, art! an investigation was being made through the medium of detect! ‘The truth now is out, The m: influence which made Davis suc heavy loser’ was, it is sald, the dis- honesty of his own employees, who were doctoring the, sheets of the races with false bets. * Blamed Western Union. Davis seized upon t of the Western Union as an excuse for sh ting down, for it gave him an oppor- He tunity of verifying his suspicions, and is now at the game once more, Just how the game was worked on Davis was explained to an Evening World reporter by a mun who {4 an | | Jose Aymar, Lawyer, New York Charles R. Brown, Banker and Broker, Cart H. Fowler, Attorney, New York George Maldorn, Mining Attorney, New B. B. Jackson, ex-Governor of Maryland Oliver MH. Law, M.D. Physician, Detroit, Kenneth K, M'Laren, Sec'y Corporat tant Treasurer Jeweler Dwight W. Pardee, A! Leonard W. Sweet, Wholi 1 | AtLantic City, N. 'T19 ue TO THA COMMUTE, at once reorganized his working forces |! from twenty-four to forty-eight hours. Leroy W. Baldwin, Pres. Empire State Trost Co, New York Archer Brown, Rogers, Brown & Co., Iron Merehanta, N. Y. Chas, Evans. President Adantic City National Bank A.M. De Haven, De Haven & Townsend, N. Y. Stock Exchange Sylvester T. Byerett, Banker, Cleveland Ohio Anderson Fowler, Produce Exchange, New York Wa. H. Jackson, Congressman from Maryland. John MacGinniss, Vice-Pres. United Copper Co., Butte, Mont Isaac Oppenhelmer, M.D., Physician, New York Frank A. Vandertip, Vice-Pres. National’ City Bank, New York PrrrssurG, PA.,t10 West North Ave., Allegheny. rn oo -ATHER/ mow You HAVE ~ AGED SINCE You STARTED TO BUSINESS ene , Commuters RET CRN *ROrp AvsNags wT OF BVSINESS | | THE WORLD: PATHETIC INCIDENTS IN THE DAILY L1FE OF JERSEY COMMUTERS ON THE ERIE 55 lf “JERK WATERS.” | 6 orb POE OD OD: Loawt aero | > ys! oi s Ts S 6444949500800 $4990899 0G RNIODIOHGGIROIS HPSS “It was very easy to rob a man like Davis who had an extensive chain of rooma and was compelled to rely on the honesty of his employees. All that was necessary was the connivance of the sheet writer and the cashier. How It Could Be Done. “Davis probably was robbed by sub- atituting @ set of false sheets with one or two “phony” bats on the winners for the genuine sheets. It also could have been done by waiting until the re- sult of the race was in and then tack- ing on @ good-sized bet on the winner. This ts rather a clumsy method, how- ever, and likely to arouse suspicion. It could not be done by erasure, for noth- ing arouses the suspicion of the book- maker or pool-room man so much as to find erasures on his sheet. That they were legitimate mistakes doesn't so with him.” Davis It ts sald lost nearly a quarter of a million dollars before he finally awoke to the fact that he was being robbed. Then detectives were sot at work and the whole scheme unearthed. “It looked queer,” said a player of races to-day, “that Davis could have Jost all that money legitimately. ‘The prices that the Western. Union sends it to the pool-rooms are Ough to take the doors ‘of av ateut nn RAID TOO SOON FOR FIGHT. Polloe, However, Scatter 150 Who Had Paid $2 Bach, One hundred and fifty men pald $2 each to get Into the back room of a saloon at Fifty-fifth street and Second Avenue Inat night to see a prize fight be- tween "Kid" La George and Young Kitson, All would have gone well if some one had not informed Capt. Tighe, of the Bust Fifty-first Street Station. He surrounded the place with twenty expert sheet writer at the track. He sald: : -|men at midnight, but the raiding party larrived too early. ‘Th, Were Just Rettig rend; rand ‘no lw had b fonther-welghts to go at gach een violated. ‘The appearance of the pol the audience a bad scare. At lei men ‘amped out of windows and en left without their hats and coats. The Cap- taln ordered the others to scatter and withdrew. Hreedom for Slaves of Drink Bring us the worst case of alcoholism you. can find, the victim being in delirium tremens if you please, and we will cure his craving for alcohol in We will have him eating and sleeping normally in from three to five days, and in a few days more we will hand him back to you with his nervous system restored to its normal condition, and he will never, because of the craving, begin to drink again. 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John Wei FULLY. EQUIPPED INSTITUTES AT PHILADELPHIA, +2901 Pacific Ave. Detaort, Micu., a5 Piquette Ave. WATERBURY, Cr., §3 Leavenworth St. DEATH OF MRS. KETCHUM. Mrs, Annie Chambers-Ketchum, au- thor of “The Bonnie Blue Flag," a war song of the Confederacy, as well as of many other poems, died yesterday in St. Vincent's Hospital in her elghtieth year. Mrs. Blue Flag" in Memphis, Tenn., in 1863, about the time of the battle of Shiloh, when her husband, Leonidas Ketchum, received a fatal wound. Ketchum wrote “The Bonnie vhen Mem- phis was occupled by the Federal troops Mrs, Ketchum refused to take the oath of allegiance and was ban- {shed from the city. Mrs. Ketchum, who had lived much gbroad, leaves a daughter, Mrs. A. W. about the same on a weakened system as a cocktail does on anempty stomach. If any good is accomplished in either case the me‘ical world has yet to find it out. Scott's Emulsion affords effective and per- manent relief and cure in all wasting diseases because it restores health through nourishment, WINES, CORDIALS | AND EXTRACTS of cod liver oil act Bishop Chas. H, Powler, Methodist Episcopal Church Bishop Henry C, Potter, Protestant Episcopal Church Rey. Robert Collyer, D.D., Messiah Unitarian Church, N.Y. » Corbin, Admiral George Dewey, U. Senator Marcus A. Hanna, U.S. Se Senator Chauncey M. Depew, U. S., Senat Hon, Robert E. Pattison, Ex-Governor of Hon, J. B, Rickards, Hon, Lyman J. Gage, Fx. Hon, Chas. Emory Smith, , Robert Pitcairn, Pittsburg, Pa not through alcoholic stimulation. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Hanson Pl. Bap. Church, B’klyn, N.Y. Church St. Paul the Apostle, New York (iret Methodist Church, Yonkers, N. ¥. Pres, Dickinson College, Caritsle, Pa. D., Holy Trinity Chureh, Phila, Pa. ‘Treasury SI - atmaster General U 8, Mayor of Philadelphia Pa., 841 North Broad St. ‘THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28 oe Women’s ‘29. “190a, ; SIXTH AVE, 19% 7020™ STREETS 75 Coats or Jackets at ‘10 T’S the news that is amazin THA of fashicnable tallor-made $29.75, $25, $19.75, $18 and $14. $15,75 for Misses’ $27.50 Kersey Coats. | $4.50 for Misses’ Pedestrienne Skirts. Remnants’3 Dress Goods, 50° 3 .75 values. The sale began yesterday and the demand was so great we could scarcely attend to tite wants of the prudent women who came, admired and bought. rnira rioor. 510° Misses’ ‘24.75 Hip Coats, *1 0 ‘TH all New York just now—a complete clearing Coats and Jackets for women at $10 each—400, embracing our We urge you to come early to-morrow—we expect to have enough of these garments to last throughout the day, but if the demand is so heavy as it was yesterday we can't $ Promise they'll remain that length of time—so we 1 ) urge you to come early. If you realize the value- giving power of this sale, you'll not delay. In fact, they are worth your time. _ These Coats are made of the very finest—the most stylish-and desirable materials—Kersey, Montagnac, Vicuna, Cheviot, Covert Cloth and Silk. If you would go to an exclusive tailor—and these are exclusive coats—you'd pay from $25 to $35. Doesn't that fact make $10 look small? ’ . ERE’S not as great a value in all New York as that, nor will there be, so if you expect to secure one you'll do so to- morrow—your ofly opportunity. We're going to close them out in a hurry. They come in many styles, and the materials are of highest grade—all tailor- made, too. The collection includes all the $24.75 garments, and others that sell regularly at $20, $18 and $16.50. Sizes 14 to 16. Third Floor. $12.75 for Misses’ Suits, Spring Modols, $17.50 for Misses’ Suits, sizes 14 to 16. THis is the sale that set all New York on the qui vive this week, and no ular $3 Dress Goods for 50c. a yard. Why, it’s a revelation in the selling of Dress Fabrics. Luckily we have just received several thou- sand more yards, and we're going the week for brisk selling. . This gathering Includes yard, There are even some $4.50 weaves in this lot, but they, too, go at the uniform price of 50c. Then there are others that sell regularly all the way froth 75c. to $3. It’s a comprehensive sale in every sense of the word. 39¢ for 75c. Mohair, tn Dlack. navy and al, 45 in. wide; also all woo! mixed suitings in green, brown and blue combinations, House - furnishings. WHILe you're in quest of rare values don’t overlook the 756 Basement, where you can buy $1.85 Gas Cyl- inder Heaters 19 inches high tor 75c. ‘That's only one of the good things. 496 for 656, Scrap Baskets. 10c. yd. for 1% yds. Otlcloth, 19c. for a handy Food Press, And the Climax Food Chopper. we don’t want you ie overlook that. It has adjustable knives so you can chop 856 any kind of raw or cooked fruits, meats or vegetables as fine or as coarse as you like. Costs but 85c. Stationery , one-half, Tsar's the average reduction in our Stationery Depart- ment for Friday—12*c. buys a 12:c 19c,, 25c. or 30c. one- 2 quire cabinet of the Whiting Paper Co.’s superfine Irish Linen Writing Paper and Envelopes, Then we have fine correspond- ence papers in ono quire cabinets, envelopes to match ; over 2,500 cabinets. 59c Paper 29c. This includes all the popular finishes, such as Whiting’s French Organ- 29 die, Standard, Vellum, 1G Venetian Bond, Ruskin Vellum, Irish Linen, &c.; 38c., 48c. and 59c, values at 29C Main Floow, Boys’ *5 and %6 Suits, 3.75. **WOULD be easy to realize $5 ‘and $6 on these T neat, serviceable Nevtolks and Double-Breasted Suits for boys, for at those prices—the regular.ones—they are exceptional values. Now, what do you think of this far lower price, $3.75? 2a Floor. We're going to clase them out quickly, too. Bring the and let us fit them from th! The sizes are from 7 to 16 years. As you think of this unusual value the more you will be con- vinced that this is the greatest in New York. Then, when you see they're all good, sturdy woollen suits, you won't hesitate a moment fine suits. in selecting one. 50c. for Boys’ $1 Derbles and Soft Hats—black. brown and gray. 50 Sewing Machines, 16.95: mohairs, 50-inch Sicilians, basket weaves, boucle, rough plaids, bourettes, stripes, cheviots, ~home- spuns, French and German novelties, all at 50c. the ! from 45 to 52 Inches wide. TH wonder—think of buying the reg- greatest day of Mafn Floor. 50c The fit perfect. The cut js the latest. The pricé lowest, anywhere, And you know what any- where means. If you want something real stylish and nobby, come. There's enough to stock a dozen little stores. Each garment was made by 4 foremost New York manu- facturer whose waistcoats are always accepted by smart dressers as the correct styles, and are famous for high- grade materials and stylish cut. to make Friday the all the newest weaves— 05 for $4.50 Dress Goods, and G other values, but not a’ yard worth less than $2.75—French novel- ties, Scotch and English mixtures, part of the news we agreed to withhold, No matter what your build, your correct size is here, if you call early. We defy you to duplicate most of them elsewhere under $4. Right Now: Your Chance to Save } 1.25 Wrappers. 79c. ERE’S another bargain that’s going to interest ey we an who énjays home comfort— it’s @ splendid heav. - 79G calle’ EES ouee colors, deep ruffle; sells regularly at $1.25. ‘Now you can choose at 79c, Second Floor. 1.25 and 1.38 for $2 Wrappers. 34c, for Lawn Kimono Sacques. Flowers for Hats. JUST the chance you've been walting for to - smart trimmings for the hat at bargain 29c prices. One of the un- usual values is a 48c. bunch of violets—black, cardipal, white, &c,—at 29¢, Main Floor. 29c. for 486. Bunch Black Roses. 48c, for 98c. 14-In. Coque Breasts; come In all desirable shades, 35c. for 85c. French Goque Breasts — The rarest bargain of. all—They are 9 inches 35 Jong, come in pink, maize, G coral, black, tan .and prunelle,* They're exquisite trimmings. Men’s °4 Waistcoats at 1,35 E vest doesn’t make the man, but how it does help! Here's a vest buying opportunity that will give you the ih li on China That great semi-annual sale goes forward. WE of fully one-half, and in many instances more than that. We urge you than we had expected. This occasion is the time and. tide that wait to secure it is to come at once. This is a fair warning—do not longer There's china for all prac- tical purposes, splendid din- nerware, articles that should grace every table, pieces of exquisite design and orna- mentation for decoration and favors—all are priced at one- half or less, and you've a wealth of richness from which to select. Much of it is hand painted, and many pieces are imported direct from the famous potteries of France and Germany, Origi- nally there were tens of thousands of pleces, but four days’ selling has made wonderful inroads on the vast collection, However, the showing is comprehensive. ness. WANT to impress upon your mind firmly the fact that right now is the only time of the year when you can purchase the finest china, cut glass and dinnerware at a saving to respond quickly to this warning note—to come to-morrow if-you would take advantage of this sale—the event that is so much greater for no man. We can’t stop the thousands from securiag these marvellous bargains. We know you want your share, but the only way Fourth Floor. The cut glass is all the genuine American hand cut- ting, which means it's the richest produced in the world, Visit our brilliant crystal rooms and see how little it costs to make your dining -room radiant with these wonderful effects. Yes; it’s priced at one-half and less, and every article is per- tect—no defects to disap- point, The secret lies in a year's preparation... We delay. bought a lot whenever possible, and the result was a wonderful collection, unrivalled for its complete- 12,000 in All. 8c for 15c China Bread and Butter Plate: for Fine China Bread and | 256 Batter Plates, worth $6 ver | dozen; rich color decorations. | bs | for $2 China Cake Plates. very handsomely decorated. 50c for $1 China Cake or | Bread Plates, 25 dozen, with. for $35 Limoges China | full complement of dainty decora- | Dinner Sets, beautiful spray | tions. | decorations and some gold stipple. 5] dor $2 Chocolate Pots, new | 2 4 4 for 32.50 Dinner Sot, shapes and delicate coloring. ° genuine Theodore Havi- | | land ware, exclusive selection of charm- 256 for 40c thin China Cups | ing dgcorations, 3 platters and soup and Saucers, almost transpa- tureen included, rent for their thinness—only 50 dozen. | 1° pil = 2 8G for 15c.. Fancy Frult Say- cers, 1,000 dozen, 123 for 25¢ China Plates... 2% large size, neat spray decor- | ations, 1,000 dozen. | 9 45 for $15 English Porce- . celain Dinner Sets. ‘26 plete clearing of Muslinwear, 50c. for 75c. Night Gowns. 79c. for $1 Night Gowns. 986. for $1.25 Night Gowns, 98c. for $1.50 Petticoats. $1.50 for $2 Petticoats. 190. for 30c. Drawors. | vast gathering of 500 Friday’s Grocery Saving for 756 Cracker Jars. 50 dozen, with neat spray deco- 256 rations. 25 tion. ’ 256 for 75c Fern Dishes, prat+ tily lined, one of the below half instances. a | for $2 fancy decorated Nut Bowls, just 100. 506 101 $1 hana paintea Plates, cobalt blue, 25 dozen. F} for 50c Ramekins and Plates, pretty spray ornamen- for $1 Boulllon Cups and Saucers, rich border decora- It’s going to be a com. Second Floor. 39c. for 50c. Drawers. 69c. for $1 Drawers. ) 98c. for $1.50 Drawers. 19¢.for 30c. Corset Covers. 396. for 50c, Corset Covers. 69c. for $1 Corset Covers. Sixth © Floor. MACKEREL—Royal Stuart, large, white, fancy No. 1.ehore fei worth $1.76; 104 pall, $1.49 Bir Bue AMIS oD DATE HERRING—New Imported Holland, ‘ALK isn't so cheap as one might think when it comes to paying the sewing-machine agent $33.05 just for his | little story on the merits of the machine. the diff tween his price and ours in this sale to-morrow. His price is $50. | You Pay Us 16.95 and Keep 33.05. These machines are ball-bearing, That makes them easy to operate. They're noiseless, easily adjusted, wearing parts all of case-hardened steel, automatic drop head and lift—a “per- fect seamstress” in the fullest They're an improvement on the latest Singer many good features not found in that well-known make. ( country’s foremost manufacturers-is the builder, You have our guar- antee of five years. mixed keg, 65c; all milkers, keg, 75¢ COFFEE—Stuart blend hig »cha and Java, ary roa French drop persolator; 1 Vb. c hat’s the difference be- ‘Mountain grown, bitte label, India apd 11h. can, 400.; tS fh, SUG A R-Hayomorer, & Domino cane Sug ton... FLOUR—S! meaning of the term. flee Rests make vets Model, eying ably BA igus cae Ong of t Warmer Baker's premium bildng, blue wrapper, 1b.....-.. +29 ‘MILK—Royal Stuart, Condensed, full 1 W. can; 3 cans, 33¢.; SMOKED MEATS — Armour's 18) lean strip. bacon or mild sugar cured ham, Ib.. vee ABO MEAL-—Akron, kin: dried, wh 5 lbw... 18 | CORN yellow 1 hots. ...Qte ERVES—loyal Stuart whole Strawberries. Raspberries, Ap- + White Cherry ar Qui frult ru i nainee, Jar; 6 Ja rico 1b, fancy PINNAPPLE—Im) Chunks, can. he ‘i Ib, ear vest buying fever. Cannot tell you how we acquired them; that’s; Second Floor, | ! ' a Great Muslinwear Clearing. , you never heard of such great bargains as these we've marked for shrewd Friday shoppers. | )