The evening world. Newspaper, April 15, 1904, Page 8

Marvels in Grafting Performed ic |S @MEHAS A NEW LIP mu ADDITION TO THE NOSE. : +l; Operation so Painful to Leonard that He Became Insane and Onoe Undid the Work of the Patient Physicians. ‘That tt te possftie to supply a mise t» Qe nose, bone and all, by the grafting ef o finger of the noseless person to the face bas been established in two in stances within the past three months. . Kabia, in the Post-Graduate finger of his left hand grafted onto #08 where his nose should be, and the bony founfation has been "pon by plastic surgery he will not #0 interesting as that Leonard, of Philadelphia, born & nose and with only » trace Up, who is soon to be dis~ the University PdMedetphia with a complete lip and a nose able to have the out- work of nature. phystoally weak, against the success done and skin strength of will what carried him ot NE Ot Re error. see transter- his mind and the surgeons, He unspeakable, but at man’ ace if im with ‘9 estate he determined modern surgery could supply features that would enable show himself to the world. entered the University Hospital months ago and placed himself ler the care of Dr. Charles Frazier. ES Pi He Hay @ extracted and. by a ‘process of and akin grafting a lip #0 sex that when he has artificial ai i few traces of the substitution. The wound healed rapidly and on March 8 all was in readiness for tha operation that was to supply Leonard with & new nose, As he is left handed M owas determined to graft the middle Ginger of his right hand to hin face, “Phe nall was removed, the finger was and with intinite Dr “46 4G eee a ee assisted by | Dr. } and Dr, J , HP “Sewed i,t) that ‘portion’ of his Lace Which should have been occupied by the jose. ‘The arm and hand was bound to the | face with a specially constructed iron | drace and the whole was encased iy Master of purls. 1t was necessary that fhere should be no movement so that he finger might grow into place and Hroulation between the face and the jand be established, Became Insane from Pain, pperation Leonard | A week after the wih crazy from tv agertence of always ors before his dandages loose and ie puc with one convu DIVORCE SUIT IN COURTS 17 YEARS Called for Trial at Last In Judge McCall’s Branch of the Su- preme Court After Extraor- dinary Delays. CO-RESPONDENTS FIRST NAMED ARE DEAD NOW. Wife Who Brought Suit Has Enjoyed Alimotrs Except at Intervals in Whivh Jail Threatened Husband. ‘While the “Law's Delay” Gommtttee, struggles with the problem of how to relieve the Supreme Court of the con- Gestion which keeps cases for trial two or three years in arrears, the suit and countereult for absolute divorce between Henry B. Shepard and Flor. ence, his wife, ts being rushed to ¢rial before Justice McCall to-day, after ser- enteen years on the calendar. It has been no fault of the courts, however, but the delays which began because of hesitancy on the part of the husband, on account of his three youne daughters, and acquicscence oh the part of the wife in a situation which left her in the enjoyment of $10 monthly alimony, have been brought to an end by ® decision of this same Justice Mo- Cail, sitting in the motion pam of the court. Daughters Now Women. ‘The little daughters ore now In the full bloom ef womanhood. They live with thetr father, Henry B. Shepard, who is @ real estate dealer, at Holland Court, Park avenue and Ninety~second strest. Mr, Shepard brought sult for absolute Givorce in 18%, naming three or four oo- Tespondents. Mrs, Shepard answered with counter-charges, and, not to be outione, named an equal number of oo- respondents. She got an eward for herself and children of $100 monthly alimony. On March 14, 1900, Mr. Shepard was fined $1,000 for’ fallyre to keep up with the giimony, but on, Ste being shown, that the children had gone to their father the allmony Waa reduced to $36 month, These suits were drop; and new nin 18M, adding one or two ondents cn ench side. pard paid off hin fine at the down to May 14, 1G, when he re- Last October Shepard was or- feiee dered to pay $686.68 arrears of alimon: and fine or go to Ludlow streat This was get with an offer to pay 3607.88, the Accrued alimony up to Feb. 9, 1901. Mra, Shepard's attorney refused to nocept It, and then Albert 1. Sire, Jail. who had been drawn Into the case as counsel by Mr. Shepard, last in a series of six attorneys, pressed the case for to-replace those removed, his ar-| trial, jon will bo perfect and there will! Cane Set for Trial. Justice McCall directed Mra, Shepard to accept the motion, and put the case lendar for trial, si ment on the. long ie sof this Itigation can best be summed up in the statement that it is a bitter re- flection upon the procedure or practice that tolerates’ such conditions as have prevailed herein. ¢ inducement. of- fered that by granting this mation, which will give Mrs, Shepard all the rights vouchsafed her amd at the same time will give to the Court control of the Htigation In wo far ns to direct an Immediate trial of the issues and the final disposition of a case that has heen fon our calendar for over seventeen years, «warrant that this motion be granted.” Nearly everybody connected with the original case is dead-co-respondenta, | witnesses and lawyers. First Action Dismissed. | en “Action “No, 1" was called to- day by “Justice McCall, Henry 8. yount was the only party In tourt, nd i G8, timpson. attornex, for Mr. Shepard, that the dn-re- Spondent, charged firting with Nepard in} the Pleasant non a florist. Shamed mila ten years ago counts, t for ¢ hurhed: while all the other WOMAN SUICIDE SWS DOCTOR Coroner’s Physician Says that Woman Found Dead in Hemp- stead Cemetery Was Not Murdered, as First Supposed. MYSTERIOUS LETTER WAS SENT TO THE CORONER. It Told of the Crime Before Homicide Was Suspected and Later a $100 Bill Was For- warded for Funeral. Until a chemtoal examination of the stomach of the well-dressed woman who was found dead tn Greenwood Cemetery Hempstead, L. I., 1s completed the oause of death cannot be definitely announced, but with the information at hand Dr. J. H. L, Benton, Cordner's physician, belleves it to have been « case of sul- cide, ‘The sieull of the woman was not frac- tured. There are no bruises on her body. ‘The @isoolorations on her face could have been caused by striking branches of trees and bushes while she stumbled around in the woods on the night she died. And some of the carbolio roid with whioh her face and mouth were burned Hfhd reached her stomach. “I think it possible that the woman Gied of shook." said Dr. Benton to-day. “Her condition was such that it is not unlikely that she expired as soon as the acid was taken into her mouth and before she had swallowed enough of It to cause death of itself.” Letters Puzzle Coroner. ‘The letters received by the Coroner since the body was found are the pusaling features, One of tham, charg- Ing the crime upon a Brooklyn man, fe long and circumstantial. It was mailed at the Hrooklyn Goneral Post- Office on April 13. Phe writer says that the murderer te a rich man whose intimacy with the woman had brought on a condition that meant disgrace to him. He lured the woman to Hempstead by promising that she should be placed in a hospital ther: a and had hired assassins waiting for her when she arrived. $100 for Funeral Expenses. ‘The other letter was mailed In Man- hattan, and js as follows: “NEW YORK, April 1. “Dear Bir: In the name of Charity and in the name of your noble pro- feasion, for the sake of distracted relatives, who shun publicity, I beg of you to spare a poor woman auicide from ® pauper's grave. Please give the body a decent purial with the $100 in- closed. Purchase a grave and a coffin and keep whatever may be left to re- pay you for your trouble, “Please put a personal in Friday's papers saying ‘$100-I will do as re- quested. “Bury Lambiert, inter. under the name of Martha Phe body will be claimed God will reward you for your i 80 far as is known, has tried to Identify the bod at has done “so, and one etmnger has been at the morgue. He Teached there after the letter had been recelved by the Coroner. Mow did the Writer of the letter Incloxing the mon know that fhe woman dead at Hem stead was the person he desired to ha buried? ‘The woman waa a Catholic. She wore +} a scapular and in a small bag carried a rosary and several loa Htorature, There is a small allver crust, ached to the ros irs well | Worn vienoting that the ‘woman’ was | devout, ots of Catholic THE WORLD: kindness.” Coroner Wallace fe unable to under- * why, If this letter was written | tive f the de: FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1904. ‘CRIES FRAUD IN NORDICA DIVORCE Herr Doeme, from Whom the Opera Singer Got Interlocu- tory Decree, Appeals to Court to Have It Set Aside. | George G. Hastings appeared before Justioe Davis in the Bupreme Court to- day and moved that the interlocutory decree of divorce granted to Lillian Nordica Doeme from Zoltan Doeme by Justioe Bisghoff, on Jan, 29, be set aside, Mr, Hastings said the divoroe had been obtained by fraud and collusion and that the Court had been t!mposed Ba ey ea aot caailanis orton against Zoltan Doeme spelled ee cnta: Seah “Dome,” which t the correct Germe: epeliing, but ts not the way aie Doeme's name has been syelied in America by himself or any one else. William L. Turner was appointed referees and took testimony while Herr Doeme was fl in a sanitarium. He re- commended ana Justice Bischoff grant- ed an interlocutory decree of absolute divoros, ven now, the papers in the previous proceedings are “‘senled:’ that is, re- porters and others are not allowed to weo them, under Rule 74 of the Con- ventlun of Appellate Division Justices ol the State of Now York, and the lawyers will not ‘The arguinent on the motion was poot- poned unul next ‘Thursday at the re- quest of Mr. Boley. Herr Doeme alicges that he was forced into collusion by which Mme. Nordica ‘ot her decree, she peti brought four ‘iterent tnoney, suits againat him, one in very. place where he had any prop- erty, and secured an attachment on his property In each case so as to tie him up and rend him helpless. One of the attorn jaserted that Lillian Nor- 000 counsel fee to Herr in the proceeding. It is that the New York courts. had no e sieiadiation, as neither Herr Doeme nor the prima donna had any residenco here. Special Sale of Girls’ Reefers and Coats at 25% Reduction from original prices. Girls’ Reefers of Blue, Red and Brown Cheviots and Tan Covert |yrs.; original prices $7,00, at $5.50, feta lined, also fancy mix- | \tures; any size, 4 to 14 yrs.;| original prices $10.00, at $7.50. |Girls’ Reefers &Coats, | Reefers of Cheviots, tabs jand Fancy materials, also 7 Cloths; any size, 4 to 14) iG ivls’ Reefers & Coats| oof Cheviots and Coverts, taf-| Joott bad 1,400 tn the Bowery Gavingn; Bank, $1.00 tn the Boston Bank, 31.09 | in the Suffolk Paok, and $62 In the | Stege or Tank, aud 20 shares of American Sugar ReAnery. Prescott had a room in the house on Court street above that occupled by Whalen and his wife. He was an eo- centric inventor of weapons and explo- sives, His room was crossed and oriss- crossed with strings from whioh tin cans hung. It was an elaborate system of burglar alarms, and owin, the practice of Prescott in having @ set off whether of not burglars thi ed. Pea eoraite of the shooting, Mire. SAE SLAVE HS A FORTUNE Charles A. Prescott, Crazy Mur- derer of Patrick Whalen, in Brooklyn, Found to Own Prop- erty Valued at $36,000. Ralph Underhill, sumed as guardian of Charles A. Prescott, murderer of Patrick Whalen, of No. 8% Court street, Brooklyn, told Judge Orane in the Kings County Court to¥ay that Prescott. who is now in the Matteawan Asytum, has property valued at $96,000. Among the papers found in the rooms of Prescott were bank books and deeds. ‘The wecurtties are all gilt-edged. Pres- On the morn: Whalen went into his room to remon- strate against the noise caused operation of the her out. Later Whalen came home, | cott for the ose. | The jatter him, mata fred at him, i ‘alin ty. cerenentt fudged inourabi; ja; and sent to Matteawan, Grane fold Mr. ‘Underhill to-day” that have to keep the property in trust until, Presoott either dle man ered. Ether @ half ther “and a sister in In his room at the time of the murder the picture of a beautiful woman. He also wore a smaller bictune, Sf the same woman in a locket his neok. called on ‘Pres- ‘Franklin Simon & Co. SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY: Boys’ Clothing. RUSSIAN AND SAILOR SUITS, of English mixtures and Imported Navy Blue Serges, 3 to 12 years, former prices $7.50 to $9.75.. NORFOLK SUITS, of imported wool fabrics, two pairs of Knickerbockers; 8 to 16 years; regular price $11.50.. Girls’ Apparel. REEFERS AND COATS in Covert Cloth, Eng- lish Mixtures and Cheviots, 6 to 14 years, formerly $8.50 to $12.50.......... 00: MISSES’ TAILORED SUITS, of Navy Blue Cheviot, light and dark English mixtures, 14 to 16 years; heretofore $18.50 to $23.50 4.75 6.75 ® 5.75 12.50 Now showing a new English Box Coat Sor girls and young ladies, Girls’ and Boys’ Hats. Straw, Linen, Duck and Felt for school and dress wear. Also INFANTS’ HATS, CAPS and BONNETS, Exclusive Styles at Very “Reasonable Prices, Fifth Ave., 37th and 38th Streets. ) 263 Sixth Avenue. Only Entrance to Clothing Department Through Furniture Store. Open Saturday Evenings Until 10. SUCCESS ANDILL-FITTING CLOTHES ARE STRANGERS Your appearance has everything to do with the first impressions of those you meet! We will clothe you correctly, at small cost, on Our Easy-Payment Plan. $1 DOWN ON A PURCHASE OF "§ \Men’s Top Coats, Coats ‘Tan covertslan coverts and black chevi- ots, not too long, not tooshort, just stylish; square shoulders and full chest; custom made —— CAMMEYER 6th Ave., Cor. 20th St. Final Closing Out Leather Goods Regardless of Cost. Large assortment of high-class Pocketbooks, 1 oo e plain and mounted, all leathers and shades, were $5.00, $6.00 and $8.00.--+.....0..++++ Chatelaine Bags, in seal and walrus, plain and 50° 25° fio Wy mounted frames, were $3.00, $4.00, $5.00 Women’s Leather Belts, all leathers and colors, fine high-class goods, former prices 75c., $1.00 and $2.00. Men’s Card Cases, Letter Folds and Bill Books, seal, walrus and alligator, were from $3.00 ’ Vis Men’s Shirts Colored Dress and Negligee Shirts of Imported Madras and Percale $y, 50 Each. Droadway LK 1916 Street Open Saturday Nights Until 10 o’Clock. GAarPMAN&G Brooklyn, Entire Block Fulton, from Bridge to Duffield St. Brooklyn. [We Give “S. & H.”’ Green Trading Stamps. eon || Exceptional Values in Men’s Attire. New designs in Men's Suits, cassimeres, cheviot and pure worsted, tailored and fashioned in a manne to pleuse the ex- actihg purchaser; sizes 10 46; regulars and stouts. 12.00) Top Coats, in co- vert or black thibet, well tai- lored, with broad, concave shoulder and long, narrow lapel; desirable for dress or business wear; sizes aA 0:00 to 42.. Men's Trousers, in neat pat- terns; some In this assortment neat enough for dress 2.00 wear; Exceptional Values for Boys. all sizes, Eton Blouse or Russian Suits, extra collas and tie; sizes 3 to 8 3. 00 Sailor Blouse Suits, fine serge, a ete wr as FOUR FIREMEN PROMOTED. Length Coats of Fancy ma- The kind ary it E sewe “anger to * ‘ rm x Norfolk or double-breasted Suits; sizes ¢ i him wath] Spanien ire Hendeieket an ne terials and Cheviots, and which car-| 2nd finished ....... ++ $15 toltSessseeseass 3.00 owells,”” by 3 i j } pace ino, Dut \ ra Hie moved emretieeue tat diay 34 Black Taffeta Coats’ with! ries fonvic: | Children’s | Children's Children’s $ Pde Top Coats and Reefers, serges or covert cloth...... ‘ | und the surg AierniRsesard ecietane to-day|linen and lace collars; an tion that you , d Waists for.........0005 sates es eee oe wikia AONE MNS] made the tollowing heometions of men gine, 4 to. 1 : A know what 2-Piece Suits pvicceellNbe bese Dosen beni te 50c) the ters) Myra 1. edith, ME | whose names fora long time stood nSize, 4 4 yrs.; origina 1 iavcortect M 3. @ 00 Sh Fi i ie are, How _anirtyfoll" | the head of the eligible list, but who | prices $12,50 to $13.50, at and stylish. “Just the correct the correct a for en ’s $ 50 $3. oes, $2. 25. | ony tf Aunt ely. ‘They were not in| Were passed over by former eae a $ h They are Spring; choice of blue or These are sample Shoes of the very best makes, all welted sae tact Mie lawyer told, the Court that Mtr, | Have (been Weccrtiied’ by the Civil Sor 9.50 each. si black cheviots and fancy cas- soles, in patent calf, velour calf and vici kid, on all the eres Yi Hm) nd | set et Rad “ontd Wote That done; | vice. Commission, cassimere ' newest style lasts, ‘both Oxford Ties and lace Shoes; ‘ SARE) esti tue ®- lallmeny 16. his wifes “arid ha inaisi sinan John Rusk, of _ and fancy| simeres,....... $3.95 sizes 64%, 7, 746 in the Oxfords, all sizes in the p uf overcd seit) recompluint. ‘he Mpa Martin Cad Lord & 7 avylor worsteds, | pgents 50 Stloessscenecccacwevon 3 2.25 Ry Buses nik gunice ne, eGo naan cana SS : tailored to SEES 2.50 Oxford Ties, 1.39 : \ umse fp ph case and suspended gt Oggroreman of Bngtile Broadway and Twentieth Street give broad Shoes, Women's Spring Oxford Ties, ¥ | }) ylceante wg Hants" | ? eT he. foruealito) trial ant Foreman Edward J and Fifth Avenue. shouldess = all nba taped’ made on : { | noon, ote ong oma xo be fore and full, Well-fitting Shoes are a finish. the newest style lasts, with ing touch to correct dress. Every store sells $15 suite, but! We give you.a choice of fine not this kind for.,,,....-$15 leathers at..........$3.50 FURNITURE AND CARPETS, Brooklyn Store, 470 Fulton Street. <Bluyn Shoe Fireman Jeremiah 'T. En- gine ‘Gompany No. 1h, tobe ‘assistant foreman of Engine Company No, Cuban and opera ‘heels, Be colt and dongola id; sizes 2 to 8; widths C, D, B, EE. 1,89 Women’s 2.00 1.19. Special sale of these Shoes for Saturday, dongola kid, patent-leather chest effect. | “HUNDREDS CHISE | BURLY BURGLAR CHEFS YING | tole Jewelry from One Apart- William Murray Is Suffering! ment and Was Detected in| from Pneumonia That Fol- | FORMER POL POLICE ailslo to take notice: ache Kindly ask you For the better introduction of our newly equipped Waist Department we have arranged a cut-price sale, Dotted SHk Batiste Waists, self color in black, light blue, full tucked Regular price 3.50. B’way and 13th St. tips, light ex- j Another by Tenant Who Was! lowed an Attack of the beginning to-morrow morning, standard make of tensionnolen + in Bed. | i ; warsts, manufactured for our regular stock in | New Lines Russia Calf} | , low heels, | rip. arge sizes 3 | i variety of styles and materials. Correct Styles Patel cealhe to8.... 1.19) very Grade felour — NS es was an exciting thief William Murray, Superip-| Fine quailty of White Lawn Walsts, of different | Every Style im Vici Kid andj! 7 ‘Sur ighth ‘avevnue to-day, in which tendent of Police in t waving! Styles, in. embroldered fronts; Val. lace Inser- | seh: Bilotgien: and’ abot: one thousand cit-| at the home of hia eor Jor Ty) ton; embroidered yoke; bodice tucking and lace Hach Grode Ae Wax real Men s Needed Furnishings: wns took past, 1 Jordan endent of CrlMMEd silo ge rast th tsepss-Glleeee: loaseeinbeesess | e can’tlay too much str nthe Men’: ; ly colored h ri f Potton j i | | en's Shirts and Drawers, medium Men's Suspenders, in 1i ot No. fs aRoal ne. aro ty on t { grades we possess many a wool mixed, full sizes an ull length; strong and Pad ater 9 ca SerseM uray # he probably will die] secaiag and Veeting Walsts, all ‘white, white and | that are important to you as woll as well finished, 60c, kind, each 45c durable; worth pi 12%c i mont | Of Mie Muras;, whe nected, Superin:| Dak stripes, tan, grey, bite and pink: tucked | to ourselves. Selling all grades, ca- Men's Balbriggan Shirts and | Women’s Stockings, good i ought the apartmant . oe ad of the pofice| and pleated effects,..... vite tering to be wants 0! sit the peome Drawers, oft FOO, tually: fast. black cotton’ Ai, “mont Was asleep and w | creates afar greater volume of busi- irawel louble . patent Tartans ls watch, Regular price 2.50 to ‘s 50. pe tua store limited ust it8; frm and durable sore eels an tess tare tes 8. | ‘atnxle ale of any one grade, however wo! ae te A * i tel females ar tw t*| Preneh Lawn Walsts, white ground, fancy black Latte the price. This greater busl-[ | | Bo: sand wirls’ Stockings, extra worth 15e spectal......... 116 Us ii stripes and dot; the same in black ground; full ness, besides reducing the cost of mak- medium and light Women’s sree ribbed cotton Vests, pie tae Sots oe RUE ee aed occas! due, tucking Wea 8 en “inptin” weight welted oes, ing, Teduces each store’s cost for rent well bey black, seamless fe ie quality, low neck and sleeve- was half a block away iiliarm J., @ contractor, and Watter, high Cuban heels. A jor light—f wrvice—and permits double heels nnd toes; strong an zie) pe frimiied, full sizes, ‘ a ee polnted out the flee-| who ty s deputy tax. commissioner. Regular price 1.75. | Bes mean eet the extreme of good values known durable; 20¢. “and 2S¢. kind; 15 wall finished, worth 17¢.; to Highth avenue, and | a Jova groat favorite..." only to patrons of Biya Stores. = || special.....+-+++- | spectal 10c ed north, Bauidort wi iH | Things that you don’t know bout the relors and governments el, countries are in ch id Almanac and © and Q7th Street. Thira & 1224 Street. Se Bs IT g& 900 8th Ave,,B0th & 40th sta, {BY 162 Bowery,near Broome St. tan and green;