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EPLONON ON TWO SLAIN BY ROBBERS | AND ROUGE SET ABLAZE - OAT INJURES 4 Accident to v the Stas Steam Lighter Thomas Jennings Off Liberty Island Causes Serious Injury to the Crew. VESSEL IN FLAMES IS TOWED BACK TO PIER A. One Man Hurled Ten Feet Into the Water and Rescued by a Tug—Another of the Crew So Badly Injured He May Die. While being towed by the tugboat the Geven Brothers off Liberty Island to- day, the boiler of the steam lighter Thomas E. Jennings, on her way from. Jersey City to Carteret, N. J., exploded The four men on deck were seriously Injured, one of whom may dle, and the Ughter was towed back to pier A on Ore, Oscar Johnson, forty years old. thrown ten feet into the alr in the water, Ho was from the crew of the tug Bel which was a quarter of a mile from the scene of the accident. James Collican, athe engineer of the lighter, forty-eight years old, of No. 574 Hicks s Brook- lyn, was found in the engin om bad- iy injured, Willlam O'Dougherty, for- ty-four years old, of No. 439 Columbus avenue, Brooklyn, hud his left thigh fractured and it is thought that he will die, Adolph Kantz, twenty-eight years old, of No, 171 Avenue A, burned. The Injured men were taken to the Hudson street Hospital as soon as they wers landed at Pler A. The tug Bel- ridere and the Seven Brothers went to the injured men us soon after the ex- Josion as their captains could bring e tugbats apart. ‘The lighter was practically a wreck, @o terrific was the explosion that the men on board lost ali consciousness of events preceding it, and could not tell when revived at tho hospital just wi bed happened on board vefore tne aces was badly ae Jennings is os Gena by Postal Bes Taph Company ne Bevon Brothers Sacked ‘upon her line after the explosion and her cr Du board the The e I rescued yeaa at ‘hold nd tz Was Maun. The Telvidere picked “Up "Dougherty and Juhnson Both tugs got lines on the lighter and pulled. her toward Pler A. ‘The fire bout New York was sent for and when she reached the burning lighter yed her two streams upon It, ex Bevdishing the flames in short. ord The damage will amount to about § ‘The deckhands of the Seven Brothers the Belvidere saw the explosion. y sald there was a loud. deafening foparty followed by a cloud of steam. stacks and the upper works of the fighter seemed to rine five feet in the RfFana then settle down. ‘In the centre ‘of the lighter there was a blg cave. Fire then’ burst from ‘all parts of the ‘boat. DIED AFTER FIGHT WITH PLAYMATE Fourteen-Year-Old Joseph Gion- dano Accused of Killing Young Companion — Boys Fought Over a Penny. t r Was the the resuit of a fight over a penny fence Giordano, fourteen years old, of fo. 617 Monroe street, Hoboken, was ar- Yaigned before Acting Recorder Laffer- fy to-day on a charge of manslaughter. tHe ts accused of killing twelve-year-old {Vincenzo Pietzo. of No. 62 Monroe jntreet. ‘The boys were matching pennies Sun- Bay afternoon and fought over a cent, ¢ was a vicious fight, and Pletzo was ocked senseless. Dr. McNamara was galled to attend him, and found that he sustained an Injury to the spine, ‘When he died to-day the Giordano boy Was arrested on Dr. McNamara’s com- plaint. Three weeks ago Pietzo had a fight with James Despurro, thitteen years Id, of No. 622 Monroe street. The espurro boy was taken into custody -day and held to await the result of We invertigation, the police surmising that the beating he gave little Pletzo have contributed in some measure to is epshitae Debut ss "MONK" EASTMAN GANG IN COURT Convict’s Successor as Leader and Two Companions Play the Part of Heroes at Pre- liminary Arraignment. A certain lawless element of the east aide and part of the Tenderloin jour- neyed to the Jefferson Market Police Court to-day to witness the preliminazy arraignment of the “Monk” E. gang, which tried to wreck the loin Monday night. Joe Brown, the conyict’s successor leader of a section of the old gang, and Joe Marks, his boon companion, who are charged with arson in trying to burn one of the resorts they visited phat night. were brought out, exhibited in the court-room, and while they stood rect, ov-n proud, and plaved the part of heroes, their ‘cases were remanded for a hearing later, ‘They seemed sad Yyhen ted’ from the limelight back’ to Willlam Abbott, another member of Hang, was examined on the charge hitting the of womun employee of one on the head with a beer aip was cut in a malt! He aid not have anythin v and was held in default of bonds for trial in the Court of ot | a & charge of felonious | Up-State PRE Siete Shot as He Fought Thugs in Home, and His Half-Sister, Who Aided Him, Stabbed to Death— Tried to Hide Crime with Fire. (Bpectal to The Evening World.) OLFAN, N. ¥., May 4.—John Vi gorder, a farmer, and his half sister, Anna Farnham, of the town of West Almond, were murdered early to-day on their farm. They were brother und sister of ex-Senator Vangorder, of Buf- falo. Vangorder, who had been shot down near the door, had evidently given the slayers a hard fight as they forced thelr way into the house. He lay on his back and close by was an upturned chair while the room was in confusion. The woman apparently had given what ald she could, for she was found in another part of the room badly gashed with a file, which the robbers had probably used after emptying thelr | pistols, While the victims lay dead the mur- ts | Shaumut Railroad extension.” derers ransacked the house and then set it on fire, hoping to hide their ne, The flames, however, burned out when the dwelling was only partially de- stroyed, and a nelgboring farmer named Rice, who called to borrow something from Vangorder, discovered the crime. Detectives who were put on the case found a_red handkerohlef outside the house, witle the footprins of men who wore hobnatled shoee showed that the siavers had made a lHesurely survey of tae place before breaking Jn. ‘Dhes clues ft is thought may lead to the detection of the munlerers, vy crime ‘has caused a sensation In this vicinity. Vangoder having been well to do and of some prominence tn local affairs. “District-Attorney Church, of Olean, was immediately notified and hurried to the scene of the murder. The de- ltectives are looking for the murderer among the laborers employed on the STARVED HORSES, SENT TO PRISON Joseph Garlick Sentenced to Three Months on the Island for His Inhuman Treatment of Dumb Animals. The worst case of cruelty to animals that the S. P. C, A, has been called upon to prosecute for years was brought tl nefore Judge Olmsted to-day when Jo- seph Garlick was arraigned for trial on a charge of starving and neglecting five horses. Garlick was sentenced to serve three months on the Island. He had a stable and five horses at No. 9 Cannon street. In thnt neighbor- hood kind and considerate treatment of animals {s not the rule, but even the persons Hving in the vicinity cou!d not stand for the treatment Garlick ac- corded his helpless property. OMcer Noble, of the 8. P. sent to make an investigation, accompanied by Dr, Walter H. Jack- son, a veterinary surgeon. “In twenty years of practice,” Dr. Jeckten Aer eae ane page an Dials had eaten ail the woodwork with- , and had knawed holes in the Hr reach, fay were covered with ROres from impoverished blood. They were as weak as they could be and stil Live. T am_ certain that they had not been feed for thirty jours, One of them fied while Twas inthe. stable,” Garlick testified in his own behalf that he fed the horses all he thought they needed. —<—<——— KENTUCKY HEADS FOR HOME. NAPLES, May 4.—The United States battleship Kentucky, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral vans, nailed to-day" for New York. Cc. A., was He was 121st St. . 121st Street: 2226 to 2234 Third Avej193 to 205 Park Row. Two Establishments. Everything for Housekeeping. Carpets, Rugs, Oilcloth, Linoleum, Matting, Etc. Ice Box, hard wood, 24x17x39, galvanized iron lining, shelves and ice rack $4.98 Oak, well-finished, lined silver drawer, French Mirror, $14.50 COWPERTHWAIT & SONS, 1Z1st St. @ 3d Ave. ~ [MESSENGER BOY USED AS DECOY Carried $1,000 Ostinsibly to Bet on Horse Race, and Two Men Are Arrested, Charged with Grand Larceny. Accused of bookmaking and attempted larceny, George Allen, of No, 241 East street, and John Brady, of No, 1 West Ninety-ninth street, were arrested to-day at Willoughby and Jay streets, Brooklyn. For two months Capt. Formosa, head of the Brooklyn detective force, has been looking for a gang of New York lswindlers who operate in Brooklyn, They advertise in the papers aa men who have sure investments, the only thing needed by them being capital Dudley Martens, a clerk in the tele- phone company, answered the adver- tisement, and met Brady yesterday, Brady, according to Martens, took him to a telephone and got the name of a horse which already had won. ‘Then they went to a pool-room and put five dollars on the race In which this horse was entered. The race was called off by the man at the board, Matens cashed. He was x0 happy he wanted to try It again to-day and promised to thave $3,000 with him, When Martens woke up this morning he didn’t Ike certain features about the scheme, and, he notified the police, Brady went to Brooklyn, met Martens, and the latter told him that he would give his money to a messenger who would accompany Brady to New York. The police were waiting for Brady, and he was arrested just after taking $1,000, which was handed to him by the messenger. Allen was with Brady, and he, too, was arrested. @ 3d Ave. 4 ft 6 in White Enam,lron Bed 1,98 Woven Wire Iron Spring... 1.69 Mattress, good tick . 2 Feather Pillows CASH or LIBERAL CREDIT. LLL ITTF TTT Te oi WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 4; 1901 YEAR (Ghatan Sq.: 3 MEN HURT BY EXPLOSION: Either Dynamite or Boiler Blew Up in Flushing Sawmill, Which | ' Caught Fire and Workmen)’ Were Severely Injured. FAMILY QUARTER MILE AWAY HURLED FROM BEDS. Force of Explosion so Terrific that Its Effect Was Felt in East Williamsburg—Victims in Hospital. An explosion of dynamite on the out- skirts of Flushing to-day injured three workmen and did extensive damage to surrounding property. Henry the Flushing Hospital cut and bruised, and Oscar 2. Dimond ts in his home under the care of doctors. The three men were employed in a wmill in| MeDonald’s Wood, now | called Waldheim and owned by the Wal lace-Appleton Company, of New York in Phe mill, a corrugated iron covered | % structure, caught fire shortly after work Was begun to-day and was a mass of flames, when suddenly there was a heavy explosion, which wrecked the building. The fron sheets which cov~ ered {ts walls and roof were hurled in every direction, Some of them landed on houses and jarred them badly. People in the neighborhood thought an earthquake occurred, Th shook things for half a mil ‘The Wallace-Appleton Company is a settlement concern and has been erect- ing cottages in the wood for some time past, utilizing the timber on the prem- {ses for building purposes, Forty houses are already up and a number of them nearest the mill ed. The three men who are injured were {u the mill at the time the fire started and. it Is sald, were fighting the flames when the explosion occurred, Some people explosion was ca are more inciine mill's botler ble that the mite and that the It is known, how- up. ever, that erading contractors have had a considerable jo- sive stored on enenle The exnlos fle that its foree was 1 Willlamsbi and wae heard in ww hitestones tne members of a family livin Ka quarte mile awity We ets hurled from their Worth, who Is the emp riously injured, was thrown more th 100 fet away. “Thecrestdente in cine vielnity Insist that the company. did store dynamite in the saw mill and say that it wax used to blow up atumps of trees in making the clearing for the new suburb, George 8. ‘Appleton, head of the saw- mill company, was’ arrested charge of keeping expl premises without a permit When Appleton was arraigned hefore Magistrate Connorton, in the Flushing Police Court, he pleaded not guilty to Wegally storing dynamite and was paroled in the custody of his counsel until May 13 _——<——___ FELL IN RIVER WHILE ASLEEP. 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