The evening world. Newspaper, April 2, 1904, Page 10

AYS GIRL TRIED 10 POISON FAMILY P Mrs. Emma Petry Tells Police : Her Sixteen-Year-Old Step- ; daughter Put Carbolic Acid in Coffee Pot. ' : DISAPPEARED AFTER BEING QUESTIONED BY DETECTIVES } Father Had Punished Amelia for j Losing Her Position in Braid f Factory—Warrant Out for Her Arrest Now. Efforts are being made by the police @etectives of Brooklyn to-day to pretty sixteen-year-old Amelia Bact , Who, after being accused by her fi Gtepmother, Mrs. Emma Petry, of fi trying to poison her and her three chil- { {irgn by putting carbolio acid in the cof- i Gisappeared from her home, No. j 195 Grove street. ‘According to the story told by Mrs. Petry to the police, she prepared coffee for the family’s mid-day meal yester- dle leaving the pot on the kitchen f went to the bakery. On her t she noticed that the coffee flat and there was a pecullar QGor about it She tasted some of it ‘ang found that.it burnt her lips. She f ‘han detected the smell of carbolic med. ‘Mya. Petry says that she questioned he gittand acoused-her of attempting to Dotwon her and her three little children. Amelia denied the charge, and a few tminates later left the house, going to Visit a Mrs. Baoh, at No. 68 Stockholm Strest. Sho remained there a short while and then went away. Shortly af- terward Mrs.’ Bach found a bottle that had contained carbolic acid in the hall- way of her home. The acid had been Purchased at the drug store of Herman Zuclach, of No. 181 Central avenue. Mrs. Petry was told by Mrs, Bach of the bottle and of the visit of Amelia. ‘The stepmother then determined to have her stepdaughter arrested. Carrying the bottle, she went to tte PAINTER'S. GRIP SAVES COMRADE Swinging High in Air, Clinging to Rope of Broken Scaffold, Frank Johannes Grasps Al- fred Gill by the Collar. Swinging high in the alr, clinging with one hand to the rope of a scaffold that had broken, Frank Johannes, a painter, to-day held by his other hand Alfred Gill, another painter, preventing him from being precipitated to the ground thirty feet below and possibly saving his life. Bernard Ostler, another ji police qt the Ewen Street Court. She . told Magistrate O'Reilly that the girl \ had lost her position in @ braid factory 3 On Friday last, and that hér father had f punished her. She became angry and threatened the father and stepmother @nd the half-brothers and half-slater, Detectives wero sent to question Ame- iia, and they put her through « severe ination. She denied stoutly that bg She had put the carbolic acid in the & Mrs. Petry then applied for a warrant for Amelia's: arrest from the olerk at 4 the Carroll Street Court, je girl was under age she was told to get ie warrant from, the Children's Court. o——?-This shedid, and Detectives Edeiman and Landman. were cent to find. the irl. Thev visited the Petry home learned that Amelia had disap- They are still searching for i At the drug store where the poison + | Was purchased It was found that a girl " @nsworing Amelia's appearance had bought the acid. DAUGHTER OF SHEIK SUES HER HUSBAND Mrs. Mary Mattar, Who Is a Member of an Egyptian Fam- ily, Has Curio Dealer Arrested for Non-Support. IS OER SEES ‘A daughter of one of the most prom!- gent Bevptian families appeared in the Sentre Street Court to-day and asked Magistrate Whitman to compel her hus- ' band to support her. She is Mrs, Mary t Mattdr. Her husband, Ellas Mattar, has an antique store at No, 8? Wash- ington street. Only a few doors away, @t No. 86, lives Mrs. Mattar, in almost destitute circumstances, she says. ‘The Egyptian woman still retains much of her Oriental beauty, but she pointed to her ejghteen-year-old daugh- ter as tho true child of Egypt. She was Yery poorly dressed, while her husband Wore the clothes of 'a man of wealth. '¥ Mattar said, in t g 5 y "Your Honor,” Mrs, the plainest English, “I come fromthe Naggar family, which you doubtless know 1s one of the oldest, proudest chest of Egyptian shelk class, Twer years ago I y lived In Cairo, where I had four slave girls to do anything that I should command. A few years later I Met the man who became my husband. “He was a money changer on the strect then, and my people objected to him. But he was very handsome and I Joved him and I married him. I brought him. $20,000 with which he set up a,small banking business at Alexandria, Hut he with reverses and elgb years ago fatled, ieee “He managed to save $25,0¥ from the wreck; and we came to’ New York. ‘Two years later he deserted me. I don't know why he did {t. unless he thought T was losing my beauty, “Tt was very hard for me to live after that, but I had my daughter to support. mbroidery and did other se dint Lycan't make enough ‘that ay. My husband ought to give fomething.”” hime Magistrate Whitman scored Mattar for not providing for his wife, and the merchant fnally agreed to pay her $a week. His daughter walked over to hin to shake and offe turned awz GIRL QUEEN GOING TO ITALY. Wihheimina witr pe a by Her Huvband on Health ‘Trip, ‘April 2—Queen Wit Belmina and her husband, Prince Henry, rt_on Monday for Italy, where they A xpend a month for the benefit of ¢ Queen's health ——_____ hands, but he mianiod ) Ia, April 2--Although murdering his wife and painter who was on the scaffold with Gill and Johanhes when the scaffold broke, was not so fortunate as his com- panions. He was dashed to the ground and received severe injuries about the legs and head. Ostler, twenty-two years old, of No, 101 West One Hundred and First street; Gill, twenty-six years old, of No. 17% and Johannes, thirty-four years old, of No, 107 of the same street, were en- gaged in painting the three-story and attic frame dwelling-house at No, 240] Hundred and ‘Cwenty-fitt street. Their scaffold consisted of a Indder and plank that were swung by’ Topes at either end extending from the roof. The three men were standing on the scaffold plying their brushes, near the windows of the third floor, when the seaffold suddenly gave way in the middle. . Plunged Into Courtyard, Ostler, who was nearest to the centre of the scaffold, plunged to the court-yard in front of the house, the wrecked ffold and paint pails going down with him. Johannes was near the rope at one end of the scaffold and close to him was Gill, When thetr support gave way beneath them Johannes grasped the rope with one hand and wit the other took a firm old of Gill's collar Johannes is a powerful man, but the strain of his own weight and that of his companion was terrific, gritted his teeth and bent his entire enorgles to retainng hold of the rope and supporting Gill until he, too, could grasp the rope, In vain Johannes tried to rope into Gill's hands, while ly dared make a motion for fear of loosening the grip of Johannes on the ine or on his collar, Neapite the thinty-foot drop that was tmmiment, Johannes clung tghtly. to the rope and to Gill, hoping to save his friend and, apparently, unmindful ok ae oe ferntie be eels drop Gill save himself, but he preferred bo save his friend. ® iii Drops, but Lands on Porch, Minutes thait seemed Ike hours passed and Johannes was becoming ex 1 swing the Gil hand from the weight that pulled on each arm. He could not swing Gill to the Tope nor could he by any means cause the rope to swing “toward the dead Weight in the hand that elutched his untoi ‘8 shoulder, the strain ‘became too great ‘fingers relaxed thelr hold dropped. | Fortunately ‘tor cer, he had had time to pre- pare for the fall, and still more in his favor was the fact that he had been suspended over the roof of a porch that was ten feet above the ad. le landed on top of this porch and received only & few contusions about the body Johannes then started to slide down but he was so weakened by in under which he had labored when ten fet from nd and fell the remainder of ance. He was Ipjured only slightly. An ambulance was called from Har- lem Hospital and Dr. Schnepel attend Ostler whose right leg was fractured, his left leg sprained and his head cut and bruised, He was taken to hospital and will recover. jured so slightly that he was able to ko home, while oShannes remained to gather up the wreck of the scaffold, oF TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY. Mayor's Commiasion Appoints Com- initteen for Wo ‘The commission appointed by Mayor McClellan for the purpose of formulat- ing plans for the development and beau- tfcation of New York City da meet ing to-day and named the following committees Highways nd Samuel Parsons Water Front—Whitney W man; James Roche and John Public Buildings, ‘Their Surroundin Location and ¢—-Danlel C. French, Chadr. ‘d Swanstrom, John -l . Lewis ‘and 0. thairman; Daniel §. Lamont, Jac A. Cantor, Frank Batley, George Hearn, Whitney Warr@n and Daniel G. French. A meeting of the E: ative Commit: i and a man roke open the ly got™mway, tee hag Deen, called fo office ot rman Pei Broad street. Monday at the and he} » at No. 25 AMELIA PETRY, AND STEPMOTHER WHO SAYS GIRL TRIED TO POISON. WOMAN LEAPS TO HER: DEAT Miss Lizzie Widderson Jumps from Roof of Five-Story Building in East Sixty-second Street. Suffering from melancholy following her mother’s death, Miss Lizzie Widde: son, forty-elght years old, returned this morning from a sanitarlum at Ridge- wood, where she had spent several weeks, went to the roof of the five- story tenement-house at No. 301 East Sixty-seoond street, which had been her home, and jumped to the ground. Her body was found shortly afterward in the yard in the rear of the bullding. Miss Widderson was a dressmaker and formerly was employed by a Fifth avenue modiste. When her mother be- came {1 the daughter nursed ner in their Ittle flat on the top floor uf the Sixty-second street house. The mother dled, and Miss Widderson was plunged Into grief. Nervous prostration und melancholia overcame the dressmaker, and she wes sent by friends to a sani- tarium for rest and treatment. The woman was seen to enter the tenement-house at 9 @cleck this morn- ing. Apparently she entered her fat and, overcome by it; dreariness, 4s- cended to the roof and threw herself over the edge. No one heard the body strike the ground, but ten minutes aftor the woman entered the bullding some of the tenants saw the body In the back yard. Patrolman Charles Free, of the East Sixty-seventh street station, was called, and, finding that the woman evi tently had died Instantly, he sent the dody to the station-house, Reiatives of Miss Widderson are sup- posed to lve In Brooklyn, and an effort ia being made to find them, + ene REAL-ESTATE MAN MAKES DUST FLY H. J. Ransom Chased by Man Who Says He Gave Him $250 Security for Position and Now Wants Money Back. Harrison J. Ransom, who says he is & real-estate man, of No, 289 Broadway, was the central figure in an exciting chase to-day in the neighborhood of the City Hall, Brooklyn. Matthew Frank, of No, %2 Haywant street, grabbed Ransom by the arms, calling for the police to help him. Ransom broke away and ran down the street. Hoth men then went to the Adams street police station, where Frank said he had given Ransom $20 as cash se- curity for a pogition in the litter's office. He wanted the $2 bac at on According to Frank's story, he had an- swered some weeks ago in adver tive- ment which took him to an office at No, 4 Broadway, where he was told he would get work {f he called on Mr, Ransom, ‘This he did, paid his money as @ guarantee, and started on a room- measuring Job In all the big office build- ings. Why he was given this work he did not know, He simply wanted the », but it was always refused him, While Prank was telling his troubles, dore Kelser, of No, 2 Myrtle ave: came to the station and gaid ho had given $800 under the same con- Coemployment, He, too, wanted Ransom's explanation was that for the $250 he gave a second mortgage on gome Brooklyn property and for the $300 he gave-a note, THE WORLD: SALUKUAY EVENING, AraiL 2, 1904, $75,000 STOLEN FROM TROLLEY CO. | Seven Conductors and Motor- Corporation of Jersey City. EMPLOYEES INTERCHANGED TRANSFERS, SAY OFFICIALS. Acted as Go-Betweens in the Fraud—Falling Off in Receipts Reached $500 Daily. Beven conductors and motormen work- ing for the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey were arrestd to-day in Hoboken and charged with conspiracy land robbery. It {s claimed that the | company has lost $76,000 by a system of transfer frauds practised upon it by a combination of the employees on the car lines. Warrants were issued by Judge John A. Blair, of the Court of Sessions, and served upcn seven men who are now In the County Jail. They are: Edward Whalen, a motorman of the Grove street tine; Charies Croft, a con- ductor of the Washington street line; Herbert went, a conductor of the Grove street Ime; John Flynn, @ conductor of the Washington street line; William Gannon, a conductor of the Washington street line, and Charles Bchamborne and Herman Corte, motormen of both the hington and Grove street lines. The arrests were made after an in- vestigation by General Superintendent Albert T, Stanley and Aasistant Super- intendent Newton N. Bolen. They say that the fraud was practiced by an in- terchange of transfers between motor- men of the various lines who acted us the go-betweens, The conductors would after receiving transfers give m to the motormen and then the Interchange would be. made, Mr. Bolen said to an Evening World jTeporter to-day: "In February 1 no- d a large falling off in tho dally recelpts. I became convinced that the epancy was caused by the transfer m. made a complete change, and then became satisfied that thers Was fraud practised somewhere. I de- talled: Andrew Bliss, Division Superin- tendent, and Henry McCullough, As- sistant Division Superintendent, to in- vestigate the matter. Our Secret’ Service men were put to work, and we asked for the arrest of the seven men on the evidence collected.”” ‘he officials of the troHey Ine com- nies say that ‘their receipts fell off 00 @, day in Hoboken alone, The ws regate losses a day they figure at $500. iio total estimate of the lonses ‘in: jcurred. according to the refiroad men, District-Attorney Willian. Speer was consulted and instrumental ‘in the proceedings necessary for the Issuance of the warrants. The seven men will be arraigned before Judge Blair. SHE LOST $250 SEALSKIN. 4 Stolen It. Madeline Payne, twenty-one yearw old, who has been living at No, 205 West Forty-sixth street since last Tuesday, charged James O'Brien’ and John Reldy, both of No. 205 West Morty-sixth street, in the West ide Court this morning with the theft ofther $200 scalskin cout Miss Payne told Magistrate Zellér that she was an actress. She never lkenew the prisoners before ‘Tuend: |when they took her to their boarding- jhouse, and while she was there, she sald, they had stolen the coat, She fatled to show that the prisoners had un opportunity to steal the coat and Magistrate Zoller discharged the | prisoners, ‘JAMES McGREERY & GO. Silks, Exhibition fine Silks, and delicate colors. Suitable for ‘‘commence- ment,” bridesmaid or wed~- ding dresses, Plain and Novelty Messaline Satins, Mousseline, Taffe- tas, Chiffon Cloths, Crepe de Chine, Gauze, Pongee and Habutai. On. Monday, April 4th. Three thousand yards of Pon- gee Crepe de Chine. Heavy quality, Lyons dye, White, cream, pink, pale blue and black, 65c per yard, Value $1.00 White Twelve thousand yards,—all silk “Grenadine Mar- quette.” Colors: — pink, ceil, mais, amethyst, silver grey, champagne, navy blue, brown, prune and white, 44 inches wide, men Arrested, Charged with Conspiracy by Public Service Superintendent Says Motormen | x JONES THADDEUS, the Irtsh portrait pati who enjoys the distinction of having painted H. the first portralt of Pope Plus X., is in New York for a two months’ visit. Mr. Thaddeus has also re- ntly complete a portrait of the new English Am- bassador, Sir Mortimer Durand, and of Cardinal Merry del Val. The latter portrait has already been published In the Sunday World Magazine, Mr. Thaddeus comes to America from Maes M Hall, Caersw He Is a member of the Junior Athenaeum Club, a Fellow of the Royal Geograph- {eal Society and a close friend of the French por- trait painter Theobald Chambon By birth the artist Is an Irishman, though he Is extremely fond ‘of his pastoral home in Wales. Mr. Thaddeus occupies tt r extraordinary pt, Majest a RR Oe whose portrait Queen Victoria of ie unique position of to His Highness the Khedive he painted for her late the portrait England, being law occupying a place In Buckingham Palace. In rer: posing for the artist, will observe in the photograph, in accordance with | 8: d to the photograph here a}: Mr. Thaddeus said: wn of the Pope “As you the rules of etiquotte, I was compelled to wear even+ ing dress at 7 o'clock in the morning—bardly a d2- sirable costume to paint a picture His Holiness accorded the artist « sitting between 7 and 9 o'clock in the morning, which was absolutely necessary in order to avold the great heat prevailing iu Rome during August, when the portralt was paluted, Tho Pope also granted Mr. Thaddeus permission to be photographed as the artist was actually paint- ing the portrait. This was rather an unusual cour- tesy on the part of the Pope. In this respect the photograph ts unique. The Thaddeus portrait of Pope Pius X. will be nted in colors on calendered paper and issued as ster supplement to The World Magazine next A Message from Pope Pius X. to’ the American People. An Easter Blessing, Given Directly Through the Sunday World. 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