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+18 used by malpractitioners to get rid of OMAN AND HER SO ACCSED Two Arrests in Philadelphia | as Result of Investigation | Against 'the Bogus Death Cer- tificate Syndicates. 1 NEWLY BORN BABES THROWN INTO FURNACE. | Coroner Says He Has Evidence of Existence of an Institu- | tion Where -Live Infants Are Cremated. PHILAD! esult sner Dugan and Kinney, in their inve malpractitioners and bogus death cer- syndicates in this city twe ve been made which pr Sensational developments. LPHIA, evide old, mead, twent Street, below W 5 ‘The Ashmeads are charged with being Accessories to the death of two wWomén who died about a were Mary B, old, and Jiughes, twen years old. # Coroner held the oners to the result of the Quest, which begins to-day. The bodies of the two young v were exhumed and an exami, proved that they’ had died from Fesult of operations, Bogus Death Certiticaten, | Their death wus Kept secret through the Issuing of bogus death certificates, in which the cause of death was given ud typhoid pneumonia *A great deal of th in the Coroner's hands is een given him by a physt cated a few weeks ago on a ¢ of having performed an operation on a} ing the death of her} child, ‘This physician the “king of the the i he a | reputed t malpractice syndicate’ and he is de- termined to get venge for being be- trayed by his associates. Immediately after the arrest of the Ashmeads Coroner Dugan announced that he had obtained indisputable ev- {dence of the existence in this city of @ crematory, where the bodies of new- ly-born infants were burned. Live Babes Cremated. He said he had a person who had seen the bodies of live as well as dead babes thrown into this crematory. He eays he knows the exact location of the housg in which the crematorytg situ- ated an¥ has-the names of the persons responalble for It arid who use it. Coroner Dugan says the crematory bables born in thelr establishments and those they have murdered, According to the Coroner both Mrs, Ashmead and her son are under indict- ment also in connection with the death of Jennie Sutton, who died last July as the result of a criminal operation. ‘The Coroner says Mrs, Ashmead was then known as Mrs. Dr, Conde, ROUNDSMAN BEATEN BY ITALIAN GANG Policeman When Protecting a Man Who Feared Assassina- + tion Is Attacked—Only One of His Assailants Is Caught.” The obliging disposition of Rounds- man Mills, of the East One Hundred and Fourth street station, which prompted him to act as escort for a man who feared assassination, almost cost fhim lis life last night. The man who feared assassination was not injured, Mills, who wears medals for bravery, was approached at One Hundred and Bleventh street and First avenue by an Itallan, who sald he was afraid to go to his home because he feared two men were lying in wait to kill him. He @sked the policeman to walk to his house with him, Halt way down the block two men jumped out of a doorway and started for the mar who was afrald. With an astonishing burst of speed he disap- peared around the corner, while Mills made a rush for the two strangers, ‘One of then had a revolyer. Mills took this away from him, but the twain fought so desperately that he could take only one prisoner, The other escaped into a hallway, Evidently he assistance 4 Ttallans ita tol aatincked the out @ minute and attacked t fore he’ could draw is ‘summoned man, r volver he the j, ad been Beaten overt head with his own club by Charles Spondos, of No. 21 Bust One Hundred and Eleventh street, The prisoner got aWay, but Mills artested Spondos ned him: in Harlem Court to-day held in $500 bail for trial, arral He wi PISTOL PERMIT RATE CUT Axsembly Bill Reduces to $1 Fee for Carrying Concealed Wenponn. ALBANY, March 30,—Reduction of the license fee for carrying cincealed wweapons is proposed in a bill inaro- duced to-day by Assemblyman Wal- lace, The present fee ix $2.00, and Mr. Wallace desires to make It $1.’ He saya the measure is a. companion to the one he put In’ last week, which was sug- ited by the murder’ of Policeman En- right in New York City by the burglar, Brusch, and which made it a felony to earry concealed weapons without a ioe) The new bill, he declares, will any one from tiers a Weense fev: of nt Jmpression that the shootin, shot it, ware attended a0 Unehr: Nomen athe Fawr Bowngeane CROWD SEES DU WITH REVOLVER Combatants Blaze Away at Each Other on the Street and One Falls with Bullet in His Right Leg. BOY RUN DOWN BY TROLLEY AND DIAGRAM OF HOW HE WAS AURT, THE WORLD: WED BO UNDER CR “ANDER WAS U Edward Bennington Is Probably Fatally Injured by Being Run Down by an Eighth Avenue Trolley. DANGEROUS PRACTICE OF SPEEDING CARS. Many Motormen Violate the Law When Running Their Cars North of One Hundred and * Twenty-fifth street. : If nine-year-old Edward Bennington should die—and it seems likely that he will to-day—he will be the victim to the habit of mptormen of speeding their cars with feyders drawn up in Elghth avenue north of One Hundred and ‘Twenty-fifth street. Pe-ru-na Both Protects Tho Mttle Bennington boy. with rare and Cures 2 Cold— presence of mind, grabbed hold of one Read Proof. these fenders when run down by Car | No. 181 yesterday, but the motorman could not stop the car until after it|_ Miss Gertrude Stebbin had run more shan a block, and the lit. | Lasalle St., Chicago, Il., tle fellow was unable to hang on. He| ‘About a half a year ago I contracted | fell under the guard in front of the|® Severe cold which settled tn my sye- front truck and was so badly crushed; tm and finally developed into catarrh that little hope is entertained for his |of the head, which was very trouble- some. recovery, Edward with his brother, Lester, and aS rrodea a ren caan se) otya ovo A duel with pistols was fought at the corner of Carroll and Van Brunt strects, Brooklyn, early to-day be- tween two Italians, one of whom, Glu- seppe Peleto, of’ No. 91 Union street, {s in’ the Long Island Collego Hos- pital with a bullet. in his. right leg, His aftagonist ostaped -unhurt, and Peleto.. refuses’ to rovent “the man's identity, When. pressed by the police for a statement of the affair he mado this sinfster reply; “My” friend’s nams? Tha’ business. We will meet again. For the space of five minutes the scene of the shoting was ore of the wildest excitement. The duellists went at each other in true Western mining camp fashion, both standing out in the open and blazing away at each other until the chambers of their weapons were empty and they found themselves pulling triggers on exploded shell: With the beginning of the fight win- dows looking out on the scene went up excitedly, but those who leaned out of them quickly retired when they heard a wild bullet smash @ pane of glass in a third story. Pedestrians scattered in every direction and when the sHooting was over among those who gathered around Peleto was a lean, lank West- erner, “Pinked yer, didn’t he?” he asked the Itallan in a drawl. ‘I thought while you were at it that I was t’ hum an’ that a bunch o' maverick cowpunchers hed come in ter shoot up the town, Fer real duellin, though, yer shore wasted too much lead,” A pollceman moved the Westerner out of the way and but Peleto in an ambulance, Despite the silence of Peleto the police believe they Will be able to trace the man with whom he fought. It is their was the outgrowth of a Mafia quarrel, and’ they are looking in the haunts of the class belonging to that society for the miss- ing duellist. is my smarted and hend was stopped up 0. that I felt dull and stuptd all the time. “I had known of so many people who had used Peruna and been benefited that ‘as sure that {t would co me good, #0 I bought a couple of bottles and ed them, I became better right along, and before I had finished the fourth bot~ tle I was cured. “Iam pleased to recommend your medicine, for I consider it very good.""— Gertrude Stebbink. There {* no fact of medical sctence better established than that a teaspoon- ful of Peruna before each meal during the winter season will absolutely pro- tect a person from catching cold. Now it this ts true (and there is no doubt of i), thousands of lives would be sayed, and tens of thousands of cases of chronic catarrh prevented, by this simple pre- caution within reach of every one. After a cold has been contracted a ten~ spoonful of Peruna every hour will shortly cure {t, leaving no trace of tt behind. After chronic catarrh has be- come established. or the first stages of chronic bronchitis or consumption’ have been reached, it will take much longer to offect a cure, It seems strange that as well known and well established os that any one should neglect.to profit by them, and yet no doubt there are many who pay Iittle or no attention to them, and go on catching cold, acquiring chrontc catarrh. bronchitis and con- sumption. Miss Cora H. Redmond, 906 W. St, Chicago. Ill, Financlal Secretary West End Histrionic Society, writes “For a long time I had been troubled his sister, Florence, had bullt a tent in ® vacant lot two blocks from their home and were playing at camping out. The two boys had left their sister in charge of the tent and had gone to Eighth |! avenue to buy cakes and candy. a Fender Was Tied Up. On the way back Edward.was run dows by a southbound car in charge of moterman Frank Ross. The boy made @ spring for the fender, which was tied up to the platform instead of swinging out, as it should have been. As the boy hung his feet dragged on the ground. Ross might have reached over and dragged the boy onto the plat- form, but instead he worked to stop the car, which skidded along the tracks, defying all his efforts. Suddenly little Bennington lost his hold and disap- peared under the platform, Ross succeeded in stopping the car a few feet further on. Policeman. Freese and the motorman’ dragged the little fellow out from under the wheel guard. His clothes were badly torn, and this fact seemed to concern him more than his injuries. Mother Carried Boy Hom Mrs. Bennington happened to be leav- ing her home at No. 292 Highth aves nue at the time of the accident and saw her child dragged from underneath the car, She carried him into the house and as he did not appear to be badly injured the policeman contented himseit with taking Ross's name and the names of witnesses, It {8 feared that little Bennington's e fs Injured. He suffers consider able pain and the doctors say that even | with catarth of the eat. Thad a ane if-he does recover he may be a cripple, | sant busting and A full feeling in the Eighth avenue, north of One Hundred | ear. It was annoying. and was-also at. and Twenty-fifth street, is a trolley-car | fecting my hearing. {had tried « nu speedway. At One Hundred and ‘Twen- | ber of doctors and had taken a kre ty-fifth street many motormen tie up | deal of medicine, but nothing seemed to the fenders and try to break records |help me until I began to take Peruna, running to the Harlem River and back. {and then I noticod an improvement at Of cloven cars passed by an Bvening |once, and thix went on until complete World reporter to-day in a ride from |Tecovery. I am very grateful to Peruna One Hundred and Fifty-second street to | #n4 cannot say too much for {t."—Cora One Hundred and Twenty-ntth streot | My Remone | aie prompt and satix alx cars were not protected by fenders, ! factory results from the use of Per ‘i y 8 “un, as the law requires, because the fenders | write at once to Dr, Hartman, eines were tled against the platforms. h g AGED JURIST, ILL, 1S FOUND WANDERING Ex-Judge Blodgett, of Chicago, Blind and Delirious from Fever, Left His House and Tramped About for Hours, CHICAGO, March 30.—Blind and de- lirlous from fever, ex-Judge Henry W. Blodgett. of the United States District Court, wandered from hls residence in Waukegan yesterday during the brief absence of iis daughter from his bed- side, . Many hours afterward he was taken home, after having been brought to a police station, He was greatly ex- hausted and suffered from exposure. Judge Blodectt is elghty-three sold and has been il all winter, Canine Careass Taken to’ Health| Department for Examination, A dog which was believed to have had the rabics bit Elsie Herring, seven years Jd, of No, $0) Melrose avenue, an George Koral, rine years old, of No, 64! Zast One Hundred and Forty-ninth street, this afternoon In front of the little ‘girl's home, where a number of children were playing, — + ‘The dog ran out of a neighbor's vard, and before the children realized It he was among them and snapping at them, Their screams attracted Policeman John Quirk, who chased the dog two blocks before cornering 4t in a yard, where he LIABLE TO Mildred Keller, Miss Mildred Keller, 718 13th S1 ‘I can safely recommend Peruna for catarrh of the throat. Colds Invariably Result in Caiarrh, Which Sets Up a Host of Listressing Diseases. W., Washington, D. C., writes : I had it for years and it would respond to no kind of treatment, or if it did it was only temporary, and on the slightest provoea- I was insucha state that my friends were alarined about me, and I was advised to leave this tion the trouble would come hack. climate. Then tried Peruna, and to my great joy found it helped me from the first dose I took, and a few bottles cured me. It built up my constitution, I regained my appetite, and I feel that I am perfectly well and strong. ’!—Mildred Keller, be Pleased to give you his valuable advice | rats, OR, LEVIN THROWN MERCHANT'S WIFE OUT OF HIS BUGeY ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Mrs, Emma Baerman Found in Away and Was Only Captured Hoboken Hotel Unconscious After Joseph Brand Had Been} from Carbolic Acid—Father Dragged Forty Feet. Killed Himself 6 Months Ago. Mrs. Emma Baerman, whose father- in-law, Herman Baerman, blew out his brains six months ago, attempted sui- cide early to-day in the Normania Hotel in Hoboken, She took a dose of carbolic acid, and then, turning on the gus, lay down on a bed, Bhe was still alive when discoy- ered by a maid, She taken to St Mary's Hospital, Hoboken, where it i suid that she cannot recov The woman is the wife of Chi Baerman, a Hoboken merch. weason for her act is know police. i! Dr. Isaac Levin, of Madison avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-second street, was driving in his buggy with ‘his colored servant. Thomas, along One Hundred and Sixteenth street this af- ternoon, when the kingbolt broke. The horse made a wild dash down the street with the shafts and the front wheels. ‘The men were thrown under what re- mained of the vehicle, \ Mhe accident happened just horse cleared Third avenue. Half way toward Second avenue Joseph J. A. Brand, captain of the Harlem Volun- ‘teor Life Saving Crow, made a leap for the runaway, and after being dragged about forty feet brought the animal to * Dr Lavin and hl ad r, Levin and his servant were badl: brulsed, but they were able to go to the doctor's office without assistance, The Wagon was wheelpd off in sections. PATERSON JUDGE O’BRIEN’S SON DEAD. ber of swindle He Had Just Undergone an Opera-| George's parish at L F ton for Appendteitia, Father Dolan, the pastor, has called ANNAPOLIS, March 30—Thomas o,| {he attention’ of his parishioners to them. He has warned his pecple of O'Brien, seventeen years old, a candi-|sehemers, who are Kolng about secklng e tor the Naval Academy, Cfaid for « fair which, they represen age Moran 9. O'Brien, of Naw York. {i ald tn as the PRIEST AFTER SWINDLERS. Parishioners Warned of Men Who Are Collecting for a Bogun Falr. March 30,—A num- ed, George's Chureh. ner y o] i Nosdty ty Rectan inn convemplatea*Snargiesis "US? bl aera ek arg Ril cbisbalahis: . 2 OY LEAPED DOWN BUM WAITER SHAFT John Gliethro, Temporarily In- sane, Mistaken by Two Men for a Thief, Received Fatal In- juries While Trying to Escape. | for pene prepa t that had proved restoring his mind on pre did not appear to be did not wat flat and night a him the tr cessful in ing and He left th the roof, w allt clothes throw. them house. John Yostpille and Thomas Egan, ten- Ants in'the house, heard him walking bout on the roof and went up to in- nes and to the roof of the next vestigate. When they saw him tossing | {yt 224i the clothes to the next house they can-! Chetsoa. wounds he that he an operation, he has not rallied. Se GOULD CHAUFFEUR FINED. Edwin Gould bought a new automobile wa at the a nson, um, cluded tht he was him. » ran to the sheetiron structure on vf 4 uck as sent Coli a it he broke It to clear to the cellar with the of One ifth street and Columbus ave- illed to attend him, but the! ad received were sos to the from the effects of Address Dr. Hartman, President of The riman_Sanil 0. | jum! thief and made headfirst, he second floor. Hundred and tore, New it ya a few days ago, and to-day while he was downtown his chauffeur, Lous John. Giiethro ts dying in J. Hood | Mitrer, whom he, brought, over from Wright Hospital from injuries received] to show him what fancy fgures he in diving down a dumbwaiter shaft on] could cut with the machine, Monday night to get away from two], ! mn Mur pn yc RAyR It oras make men who took him fo burglar. wuffeur, Marrer told Mage GUlethro 1s eighteen years old and In the Yorkville Police suffered from periodi fits of Insanity by lot Kno Ho! Was {none UE heen periods when ULI ES he received his fatal injuries. saan eet The young man lived with his aunt.! PROF, KOCH'S LYMPH INHALATION | Mrs, Emily Greene, at No. %4 West Rib aladerai aes One Hundred and ‘Twenty-fourth street, ER ahaa LINE a five-story and worked in Asthma, Bronchitis, a dairy int hood. He acted Consumption, queerly home Monday Wh Liver and 12 to 7; to DI rated, “TLD nh ava.e next ork.” *PRone' @o1— some told Rosiad i. Women’s Spring Suits and Coat The} neces: " SERNHEIM & CO.’S.Values are Famous STYLISH Easter Clothing. HAT value-giving is after all the best means to bring a.crowd of buyers was again proven by the immense busi- ness we did last week in our Pfatchiess $19 Men’s Suits. ‘They are hand tailored by skilled union workmen and have all the snap and style of suits sold elsewhere at double our price. 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