The evening world. Newspaper, March 11, 1904, Page 1

= _ FRICE ONE CENT. -COWAN RESIGNS 5 POLICE DEPUTY AND OTHERS MAY FOLLOW: the Third Deputy Commissioner Hands in (6 (His Resignation, Which Mr. McAdoo Promptly .\ccepts, the Idea Being That the Harlem Lid Is on to Stay. McAvoy and Haggerty, Both of Whom W Have Been Said to Be Slated for De- parture, Strenuously Insist that They Have No Intention of Resigning. John 3. Cowan, Third Deputy .Wonimissioner of Police, resigned from the Police Department chis afternoon and’ his resignation was accepted at ones by Police Commissioner McAdoo. - Since the exposures in The World two weeks ago of the vice conditions in Harlem, where Mr. Cowan is the Tammany leader on the east side, there has’ been a breacit between Commissioner McAdoo and the Third Deputy. a jt was said that Cowan, as leader of the Twenty-ninth Assembly Dis- ° triet, wan friendly with certain interests in Hatlem: whioh kept the lid off and defied the laws of the city. It was said also that Mr, Cowan in ae- suming this friendly attitude had incurred the displeasure of Charles F. | ‘Murphy, Jeader of !'ammany Hall, and that he was in disfavor with Mayor © MecCleljan. i ener acts onan Merson | esr abi nena 2s ¥@ was no gambling in thelr distticts. |‘Tiem mat be of geben a eso ne © © wiidwehen ‘Phe World's charge that there| theless T know ou witt ap) et | <.weps' eleven pool-roogis in Hurlem alone | ™Y: position and respect my resolution. was proved'true by official investifmtion Admires. the” Departme ‘The body’ will be turned ‘over .to the it hecame ga open secret that Cowan's}. wy 5, relatives to-morrow. No relationship has ding Wore imberear in Wel Police Del ito tat ears mat a Pouabfe eon been catablighed between the woman . Partment. ‘aurownaur, mith the, ppt t of my}and the man ‘Whose body was also ToS, nem 7. am tarvice at an Si Perey uly time -i0 ald In Shalntataing iy ac 1 i cet the Bay Side Mr, Gowan and Perty’ Nagle, the form-) standacd t. fer Agadyr of the'Twenty-ninth, District, | tte depart, Senich vou have baa WSinre qrtmnies, and Nagie's folowing have} ,,;U desire, in cloning to express m: ised every argument to prove to the! which a frequent. ana ve Salat city, Mi \ powers that’ Cowan was not the man] ts Pr three font this ited 43 ‘tor the ‘Third Depyty Commissioner- shin. Cowan was appointed by Commigaion- | Nel! er McAdoo when. the latter took offée | bs on Jun. 1, Because of his legal know!- ay 53 eige he) ie a Jawycor—he was made the] ¢ “ire ake) McAdoo read the letter ‘Trial Commigafoner, and hax condwoted And” then hange dgtter to >a all trate of policenich © since he #8-} nation: ting the «sumed. office. His other duties were Moa. ho auperyise sonie of the discretionary |* ., aaeey Reply. ' Nery much’ thet the clrcum- y riment use, It 1% this clerical work,|pelled to tender me your ‘resi, ¢ he wave, which has made his place dls- Personally 1 hava a very hie nigtignation. “tasteful to him and whieh has foe are maicin 2 8 nV ete autoyd his time that he has not had op-) to the trial canes, io = | work: your otto © portunity to attend to the work as lead: | ahh maton on yy ate afer, cavect iy in a er of hia district Chases—a, labor requiring Tore teeta Mr. Cowan's. letter was banded to Commigsioner McAdoo: by Mr. How cag a Secretary to the Third Deputy Commis-| wiih me until the Meat ot a ence sioner. Commissioner McAdoo, expéct-|leaat, and. if nec a ay onthe at ing the/letter, had his answer ready,|@a 1 can find a successor, and retuned 'it to Mr. Cowan, accept-| 2) had fonigneaf grade Known that Cowan ing the \resignation, to take effect on pine Police eadauariers feten' ‘April 1 or at such a time when a aue- uniaajoner Mca censor could’ be appointed. Mr. cowan’s Seer ato ey coma loner Haggerty Spun oom, seo than profes- letter of resignation read. That Seponettas out either at gmt Letter of Resignation, — dave nis felehany Yor ag a “My Dear Commissioner: Recalling Aiarien os ee. ied our recent’ conversation in rexerd to my position, I am reluctantly compelled berated @ Leader Als to insist in my intention of resigning pe ype? is the FES nt leader of the it. Harlem, the ‘Third Deputy Commissionership. he en tions of itis on “ae he time “ET bave already explained to you at iss hg, World the ‘name “ex Jength the reason for,my action. I ac- fea a gonaltions on the cepted the office originally in. the bellet For out of the 4 dipaciiment Phat ans || thet. m; en, would be pi th jenn would get out also. vor, wien And. judicial, r nomerer at agen after Cowan's rea resign Ba yoen 0; T have hot realgned tro % bor, ‘The desk work of my office le] partment. I do ho, iitena Nn eee: more than, sufficient to ogoupy my time. ia $° be 1 have heard exolusively. In fagt T have remained nothing. o Brisas fuppone T would here | nij Coy until 9 and 10) ma" ‘cam Dot a Fro o'clock Word order, to up ‘with the | Diatd 0 dd to wet “out Of the pga saturate Dusiness of purely fg in'mind that I am also «| feu, In his Sant in Ser was going district Tender ya Sime ole e ‘Be coastt, a hive heard all these im 10 leave the departmeat’? he aia i jand they are not true. 1 have no in: will stay with PSG SELES AUIS A a a 2 oe ae the. department, having been x Of bribery, but ‘on Dec i wason os CAPT, STEPHENSON \ | dored retnatatea by. the courte’ W8* OF During the ee arene ay ge Low as eats istration on if the Excise pool-oot it was then Yn ssa, Prema berry Wnt atreet station, waa closely watched, and e was. A the department by, ice Comrantetiort ‘olice Com| mee Oneene: missioner “Basket iy poaanne Peaches” Is Rein- ly PRESIDENT FOR SHIP Co, stated by the Appellate Term! jahcnt Molin, Brenident of she Roth. Col. “Bob” Ammon Must in Wall street to-day, be made Presi- | dont of the newly ‘reorganized United . Stay in Jail. States Shipbuilding Company. : v Si cca dads ¢ oe Appellate Division of the Su- hy Court to-day:handed down » de- Sit Feinstating Police Capt. John T. was dismissed from oe pane oka years ago. ‘He was accused of accepting a basket of peaches es « bribe, A Gecision was also handed down contirming. the conviction of “Col, Bob" _ WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours) ending at 8 \y generally fair and solder; . brik easterly winds shifting to-night to northweet brik to high. | ! TOL GIRL m, undertaking, as Tadao, | ashore with the headies t| the time. Ot HOTEL Ol DISASTER plece by, « steam vensel, as it is too] Henry De B. a pails conan’ (S IDENTIFIED Body Found Frozen to a Cake of Ice Recognized as That ot Martha C. Drennan by Her Relatives. PROBABLY ENDED LIFE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. Theory of Murder Has Been Abandoned—The Girl Had No Relations. with Man Whose Body Was Found. SALEM, N. J, Maron 11.—The hend- lees body of the woman. found in the Delaware Bay, off Ray Side, was this afternoon identified ax that of Martha | ©, Drennan, of No. 887 Ridge avenue, | Philadelphia. ‘The identification wae made by! Michael Drennan, a! brother, and Mra. | M Burng, an aunt of the dead woman. Théy eame to this city this afternoon | avd went to Coroner Hall's office here they’ described . minutely the clothing worn by the woman at 3) | time she disappeared. They also men- Honed the ring and the body. Michael Drennan stated that his sls- ter. disappeared on Nov. 29 of last year. | She was nineteen years old! and some- | what a fanatic on. religion. After her isappearance it wes believed that she | had either fatien or jumped Into the | Schuylkill River. The condition of the | | | apular found on! body indicates that the woman has been in the water « long time. The severing of the head was caused, it Is now believed, by the ice. "NEW YORK. FRIDAY, ‘MARCH U1. (TYPE OF THE RUSSIAN TORPEDC-.O0AT DESTROYER. WHICH WAS SUNK BY JAPS AT PORT ARTHUR. “FVORITES WN MJORITY OF RAGES AT NEW OLEAN opin sap Coroner Hall at first thought the SEEKS A DIVORCE ing to hie nets, fitst saw the body of Famous Showman‘ Charges His Wife with Cruelty’ and” Says” She Tried” to “Poison. Him— | She ‘Denies: the Charge: as to how the woman met her death. a Hew Body Was Foune. Charles’ Brown, « fisherman, attend- the women, and soon after he bad re- ported his discovery the police, looking for clues along the whore, stimbled Lover ile body of the man. The coin- cMlence was so striking that there was immediately formulated a’ theory of double murder or mufder ,and- suleide, |. ‘and until the bodies sre pouitively iden- tifled this: theory does as well as arly ware Bay, near Caviar. waiti ing f Coroner the local police took char, must fi have been made unconscious she was conscious and struggling at which it was frozen appears to have come from a considerable distance up the river, perhaps as far as Philadel- phia. Had on Pal ‘This particular chunk of ice appears to have been broken off from the main thick t0-have broken off alone and too oy mere been caught in an ice jam. of the man is not that of ice Wen et in & ining estal hment at Bate jem. Residents of Salem who knew Bilderback well have come here and ‘viewed the body, and all say #, is not ie. A Catholic emblem was found on the dead man well as on the girl, Bessie D. Logan Plunges from ken to Hospital in a Serious Condition. D.* Logan old, fell through th Telephone Building at twenty-three vears 15 Dyo| stenographer, to the fourth, where she eal ined “onthe soot ofan trtonion,| JUDGE ‘DYCKMAN EULOGIZED. | Her soull was fractured. A policeman was summoned by pe: taken to that smi there that she was in @ serious condi wrvokiyn. Victories of Tally H., Fitzbrillar; New| Hay and The Messenger Make Talent Happy, but Defeat of Roue Loses Money for Them: (Special to The Rvaning World. } ’ NEW Cot gate a Maroh U.— Enough | THE WINNERS. julp a regiment of cavalry at UE SupiGbat” of under: the’ eaonaner | FIRST RACE—Tally:H.. (13 to 8) the paddgek at ‘noon.and most of them brought: ridicutously small prices. ‘Tommy Clare paid $300 for Billy Charlie McCafferty gave $700 ar Henry” Diebold SECOND RACE—Fitzbrillar (5 to! for Balm. of Gilead. ‘ bolght Mis: Gilore for $900 and Charice 2) 1, Sharp’ Bird (to 1) 2, Hem- Algwitk secured Manship for $460. are named,to start in the iy Derby Baturda: Mardbsti!: 20 petition | other, for divorce Nied.in.the District Court-ot “Brown towed the cake of ice ashore! Big Horn County, Wy6., Jan, 9, last by Crescent Cit the Police De-| {stances at and telephoned to the Coroner it this! Gol, William F..Cody (BuffalouBfI) =) buying of supplier for the ances are such that vou feel com-|city.. The find was made in the Dela-| s.51 teen, made public: DENVER. Cal, Auditor,|, THIRD RACE—New Mown. Hay ila, Conkling,‘ Vestina Belle 5 x4 and ie iit go.te,the post in thay Coven ys 11 Wreath OF Ivy) (80 80-1) '2, The complaint chargomorialty, and. at- {Dig ata. Vestry 3. ‘When Brown brought the cake of lee leges thax on Dec.°3%, 1900, Mri in jt there was the reals aectisega Comoe ite bation: heiahabreeen knots ‘i Bround on which the,plaintift aske’a ‘de-! Injthe fishing colony at;Caviar. While oe tht Te cawrclatton: nas! ih " intolérable to ‘him by. hiswwite's re- has triende st Cody, who is hook Nori Platte, ae: hisband and before, hr head was cut off as the cut | Med. Her, Rushas tm too clean to permit of the theory that | were married at Bt. Louts its Merch 6 1 and thawed body from fustl to entertains the ico, It is believed that the girl | former home at but eo coun not “am “the her out at” the 13 u peed ex- Siarsonous, wee vourried of hla ‘rurionae ie the free ot ve 4 .BECOND RACE. asic Js oe oie igs a é3 Mowall: ing Engineer, Reports to the aera District-Attorney Violation of: Law on CoWtapsed Building. lessice ie me—1.13 4-0, antich the bent. raint to.the.top of the he came. away without ahd won well in han hind: showed mgood t always beld the others ae tired after .chasin stretch, but had Iii Six ian page tirsieh, where, effort. Henry De-B. Parsons) consulting en- District-Attorney, ——_— Jerome to make an examination of the ritins of i ported thin.atternoon (Hah the collapse of the bulldin "was caused b ‘yan im- proper assembly of \the: ironwork to.,loose dolts”in columns, f girder donnevtionw ‘This rexylted in the tie “structure being the Manges of the columns, Sha fe trobbie in landing *Retting. PL sacha 26 KK Nestty.. 05, oin 22, a entire weight of inated ur nd _ 0 langes were Intended for that furnone. eromo explained What. in y of a rple of the Bulldihg Department, | fi wore cage In- the Eleventh Floor and Is Ta-| tne soles Being arti " ea | Sas %) 106 &, Erie Bloa Onabiens 88 had all the speed w Mown Hay sian and showed xreat eameness h off, Wreath of ‘Ivy whp hooked her at the last. ctahth po Contested every. [nen and the Bolts. tay tn there holes, would buckle.and break ne believed, tundoubt> Travis had told red. Terorne. eald Mr thine that the buildiog inwe hod been Pep sie tor tite vloldtton of Ov secre sat ia te did mot care to state FOL * Six furlongs; purse t (ke Efe aU vear shaft of the|at this oF ene | ache ‘violation rotten. Ale ai street mhortly. after six o'clock thin | DUNGINE he aay erening. She plunged trom the eleventh | said, ¢ floor, where she was employed as a | dtilled holes in the flanges. Nectin Rit Pi, jed, against the was not specific layman, Mr. Jerome jatinguish between cast and i lier. Se Reet th ohbine fe. 315, Cochran, 2 CML f won driving lace same | ment in the case of Rusn een to the front soon after the ee ten homicide during the anti: given a pertect vid he ah Taat b aparter was * nt parts -of the Suprem mak nous who saw the ‘ccident. “He oaitea | court ciiokign adiotirned to-day Qn ambulance from the Hudson steer | tj] Monday out af respect to the mei Hospital, and the young woman was! ory of the late Justice Jack Atution, it was said | sin, Who died at White Ph “Aj mosting of Juatices, wna, tield In eee, a) low as wixtee 4) won with so ‘ork wore down t row ing Rone and got second. place in. sie ‘Anal “stride i the pace too fa 0: Mile.anc_a halts pures olde. and upward; selling, Starters, whte... joe The a Msbernerr tthe \ NIGHT EXTRA SS nS PRICE ONE CENT, 1, Moderate (15 to 1) 2, Lady Con- _| trary 3. lock 3. FOURTH) RACE—Scorpto (6 to 2) 1, New-York (2 to 1) 2, Rowe 3. FIFTH RACE—The Mesnenger (1 to 2) 1, Mauser (3 to 1) 2, Free Ad- mission 3. SIXTH, RACE—Arachne, (6 to 8) 1, John’ Coulter (2 to 7) 2, Lady Mie- take 3. tana: 108, Au vchon. 1 aa pet ea at ae Fe oh Se ee Bebe ine Fago' 1 won sehtiy, <Pince eamer ‘ine + Mauser hel the lead for the firat mile. hen Joe Messenger went to the front nd cl an effort and won under wraps and Rpped two-fiftns of a second. off the ek mark for the distance. Sato alwaya held those wetted. him tale. Free Admission was never bovh- ered for. third money. SIXTH RACE. tava mil¢:. pure $400; for’ tour-yearoldy an § “t Fy ‘ 1 10 8 3 4 3 ath : a eg ‘earful “My, 100% aie ne diy. 12, ac 1 ey Pat) ee arty toe meats Arachen, the even money favorite, made every post » winning one in the sixth and won easily ‘by two lengths from Jobn Coulter. VANDERBILT WINS.A STAKE. PARIS, March 11.—W. K. Vanderbilt's | Bright won the Phix’des Ardennes at the, Enghien racks -to-day, —- a 4 nes | otetne dnat fic: | SAIL FOR KISHINEFE: RIOTERS, | Vestry Was the only one-of the) Olbere that out much figure and he ran Covert Sent ‘on More of the Pr ' cipals he Maanacrs for) KIBHINEFP: Russia, March 12-~The trial of prisoners charged with partict- pation in the massacre of Jews. there 4. oy id Sih | laat Apri ta.closed. Atter.a fortnight» | 4 SP°1Y10 de) deliberation Lhe Court to~ wave judg. a fifty. | in were | aoven othérs, of whom lg Jewish rioting and forty with. creating disorders. Rusneke and Bodijan were found guilty of the murder of a Jow- | baw mth pole wae reached |ish couple named Forrarji, and Rus- neke was sentenced to. four vears’ im- preonment and Rodijan to twenty | pnt | years. nd drew away! Fi¢teen persona accused of rtoting were each condemned to a year's Im- $500; for fyur-year-| prigonment, aad three others to four months, ‘Thirtyralx of the accused were Mocharged. ‘The final judgment wil! for- mally be announced April 2, 'The Russian Flotilla Leaves, the Harbor of: |-were no diamonds or jewelry | office desk or sate. dead, vitting In his chair. They 1 the eek ha wete which Th and sphere, at No, 2700 Marion, avenue, = TNOBHTSGUN INA BATTLE Ob TORPEDO GnAFT Port Arthur, Is Met by the Enemy’s Boats of the Same Class and a Sharp Encounter Follows, in Which Each Side Suffers. NEW COMMANDER MAKES A RADICAL DEPARTURE, Makaroff, Who. Has’ Succeeded Admiral stark in Charge of the Port Arthur Fleet, Shows — Aggressive Tactics Are Begun—Subma- rine Boats to Be Used Against Japs. ST. PETERSBURG, March 11—9 P. M.—The first aggressive move in battle made by Russia since the declaration of war is reported from ‘Port Arthur in news of a torpedo-boat attack upon the Japanese fleet. : In broad daylight to-day the Russian torpedo-boat flotilla put out of Port Arthur and steamed toward the Japanese fléét, which could just be descried «with powerful glasses on the horizon, The Japanese torpedo- boats and torpedo-boat destroyers moved in to meet the bold attack. At full speed the little Russian vessels Cleared the mouth of the-har- bor and seta coursé for fhe nearest boats of the enemy, When the: within striking distante both sides opened fire and a fierce en ensued. BOAT SUNK ON CH SIDE.| ~* : One-of the Japanese torpedo-boats, was sunk-and the Bezposhichadn!, a Russian torpedo-boat destroyer, was riddled-and deStroyed. It is not known as yet whether the crew of the Bezposhtchadni were picked up by the other boats of the Russian flotilla or not. The Russian torpedo-boats were unable to advance to within striking. distance of the big Japanese warships, and returned to the harbor, The: daring move had the eifect of rousing the crews of the battle-ships in the harbor to the highest enthusiasm. This sortie marked Admiral Makarofi’s assumption of the command of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur and a complete change of tactics. So soon as he appeared, a t:w days ago, to-assume the place vacated by, Stark he ordered the removal of the pattle-ship Retzivan, which was stranded at the gnouth of the harbor and barred the channel at certain oe of the tide, making the egress of battle-ships impossible. This ing he directed the movements of. the torpedo-boat flotilia, sup- » pored y part of the Russian squadron, against the Japan x SUBMARINES TO BE USED AGAINST JAP: FLEET, CHEFOO, March 11.—For the first time since war wag declared, a movement has been made indicating the possible employment of sub- marines. [wo submarine boats have been shipped by rail from Port Arthur to Viadivostok, pan will be utilized by the Russians there for har- bor defense. It is reported that two Russian lorpedo-boats went out from Port Are (Continued on Second Page, First Column.) rH/SUICIDE, SAY POLICE OF « THE BOWERY MYSTERY. Despite the fact that the autopsy dis- estimate the amount of money” and closes that Abraham Newman was killed diamonds her hustand carried with by polso n in his office, at No, 280 Bow-| h and which he kept. in his safe, ery, and thet the oifice was robbed} She has given a slight Cy Sewers | atter his death and while tie body was) Several vears ayo a man who woe | there, Inspector McClusky says that] f° her’ husband robbed him of 8,005 and disappeared. He repeatedly swore no‘murdgr was done. He belley at ee candy and It waslenia’e; ala eae ! Newman committed suicide and t | teem received. from. hha. In whenehe visttor te tee ae! ne, zanaae Nera orld he would’ veture /auaipaeieer dead, stripped the safe and des! nd rest. the pockets of the clothing of the corpse) He Led « Dual Life. and fled. |. A peculiar phase of the case Is the Inspector McClusky says that New-| two separate lives Newman apparently man had been drinking and had been tn} liv ed. Born forty. e years ago, with- 4 of turning a check, In fifty feet of where he died, wman a eted his money-lending bupl- trouble. Inet over to the ovner of tne bullding that) ' vad. been given to him for rent he{ Ress there, accepting jewelry and notes he investigation that the] 48 security. He had his office in a low- pipette oseee rave conducted they | cellinged, dlrt-begrimed room, Mghted. by | have found, he says, thet Newman! an oll lamp and reached by rickety, « could not have had-more than #90 in his| tumble-down nals, Ht Fe he scetient that there; no one without firet opening the doorman | Soa el bebe re tines in the/inch or two and carefuuy scrutiniaing |}. the visitor. In the nelghborioow ! + had | +] the reputation of being @ miser, Lived tn Luxury, Too, But when he left this place in the. evening he went to, 4A pretty and ae handsomely a furnished home as there i fa in the Bronx. With his wife, who | ad never been to his office except yea= |” “] don't think there will be an arrest, said Inspector McClusky Inte this after- noon. Mystert im the Case. ‘The police have taken vossession of the office an the second floor, at No. 2 Bowery, where Newman was found the papers in the safe which the rob- , voverlooked. The wallet found on| TDere wae.no «tinting therw Hie been well filled. Mrs. Newman hav bevn unable te Continued oo Second Parad