The evening world. Newspaper, May 12, 1904, Page 3

pp DED OF POS IN WOMANS FLA Mystery in Death of Bernard Victor, of Columbus Avenue, Who Expired in Apartments in Orchard Street. MAN WENT THERE TO HIRE GIRL FOR HIS TAILOR SHOP Young Woman Was Out When He Called—Suddenly Taken lll, Asks for Water, and Shortly Afterward Expired. Bernard Victor, a tailor, who lived with his wife and two children at No. ¥ Columbus avenue, where he kept a tmall taflor shop, died suddenly under ttrange ‘clroumstances to-day in the Apartment of Rosie Greenberg, at No. WB Orchard street. There were in the Greenberg apart- ent at the time the tallor was stricken and died, Rosie Greenberg, her sister-in- | % law, Mrs. Clara Greenberg, and her mother, Mrs. Josephine Greenberg. The fat is situated on the third floor. According to the Greeribergs the da o> MARO OnNEO Tr (1SAboo Wik Give ME A LIST OF Poot. Rooms RUNNING IN THIS GTy- WaY— /LE-ER TRY, Yo 00 MY BEST, man visited them at $ o'clock this morn-| % ing for the purpose of engaging Sarah Greenberg, another sister, to work in ais tailor shop. He had employed Sarah Greenberg in his downtown shop, and wanted her to work for him in Harlem. He had been to the apartment on Sun- day in the same quest. She was out then, and also absent from home to-day When he called. Suddenly Taken Il. A few minutes after he entered the apartment he announced that he felt ill. Be sat down heavily on a chair, and, | 4 @asping, asked for a giass of water. Mrs. Clara Greenberg ran to the sink fm the kitchen, but found that the water hhad been cut off. Then she hurried to! % @ neighboring flat and learned that all the water in the house had been cut o While she was sttil engaged in her ‘ch for water the tailor toppled from Bisvhate and fell dead upon the floor. ‘osie §=Greenberg thereupon rushed downstairs and called to a policeman, ‘who sent a call for an ambulance to Gouverneur Hosp! fe nded to the dead gave the opinion that the man took @arbollo before going to the flat. At the address, No, 875 Columbus eve- of Mra. Victor and her two children und at edt this address, ‘Though hea inde the police re- th Bentam: ‘ Revs Collenbte ores Biotar, of eent to the wife of the tailor, Bho "eaid “her musband. who ta fitty wes coink to deliver Sie of ors tO @& customer. He feft his at 8.30 o'clook and requested his fe to vieit his shop at 11 o'clock a og if there had been any callers. ‘She and the store wag il locked, The lor was in good health and Loney he Neer ‘his wife, He had Fai ‘nothing about a prospect ‘to the Greenbergs. ve ABEEL WANTS BlG VERDICT SET ASIDE Convicted Forger Says Miss Anderson Did Not Properly Serve Him in Her $75,000 Breach of Promise Suit. fames Neflson Abeel, in the Tombs aaiting sentence on conviction of fore- @g a letter of introduction as “J. Ogden Goelet” to Miss Eleanor L. An- Gerson, began proceedings to-day to set aside the judgment of $75,000 which Migs Anderson obtained against him for breach of promise, In ‘his behalf Jesse Stearns applied to Justice O'Gorman, of the Suprems Court, for an order setting aside the service of the summons in Miss Ander- son's sult upon Abeel. He said the summons was thrust against the person of Abeel by Miss Anderson while Abec! was In the custody of Detective-Ser- eants Collins and Vallely, ringing him from_Canada’ The pasee fell to the ground, and Mr. Stearns ‘ontended this was not a valid service, Jacob Riegelman, for Miss Anderson, posed the application, Decision was jencrved. aes THIRTY SLEUTHS FOR CONEY. MeAdoo Will Send Extra Deteo- tves for “Week End” Work. As a result of Commissioner Mo- \doo's visit to Coney Island, a staff of Ihirty detectives from the Manhattan ind Brooklyn Bureaus will be detailed to spend thetr week ends there. “While I find conditions at the island wonderfully changed,” sald the Com- missioner, ‘at the same time I think Jt | Best to detail these extra men on Sat- ‘urdays and Sundays, when the crowds @ro largest I find exclse conditions on the island all that can be desired, and regard Capt. Dooley as a most capable! That fire was a blessing in dis- | and the new Coney that has arisen from {ts ashes is the most won- “erful playground in the world." Tho Commissioner 1s so much tm- pressed by all he saw and heard on his Coney trip that he is going to get out ® typewritten account of his impres- sions. ‘4 a Sie Bea @ * For Race of Authors, ‘At a recent meeting of the French So- | 4P! wiety of Authors a member™ruggested that the adult sons and daughters of iy authors ought to be recelved after ‘mee! and given a chance to. in love eae ence other. STMLORMEPT HS |THE BALES WEDDING SUT) SHED FROM FRE! Tp JAIL FOR LIE Awkward Predicament of Man Who Wanted to Be Married To-Day, but Couldn’t Pay the Balance Due on Clothing. A rather excited Individual rushed into the Centre Street Court this morn- ing and anxiously inquired for the Magistrate. “What's happened?" inquired a court attendant, “It's awful," re; dividual, breathi must see the Jud; Magistrate Moss was sitting, and the breathless one hurried to the bench. “Your Honor,” he began, “something has got to be done. If I don't get them I can't be married."” “Get what?" asked the Magistrate. “My trousers—I mean my sult," re- plied the man. ‘:I am to be married at 3 P, M., and now the taflor won't me have my marriage sult. It's a echeme, a dastardly’ outrage. And, Judge, she will be so disappointed, the darling., “{ am Christopher N. Thuesen, of No. 40 ‘Third avenue, apd it's so mean of the tailor, after promising me the sult.” “Did you pay for it?” inquired Magis- trate Mose. “Well, not all, was the response. “I paid $5 when I ordered it, $3 when it was fitted on and I was to pay $ weekly, When I called to get the suit to-day the tallor demanded the $17 due him in full. I told him I couldn't pay ft and he told me I couldn't get the sult, What will my girl say? She lives in Mount Vernon and came down to the clty this morning and {s walting for me to show up." “Now you take this summons and serve it upon the tallor,” sald the Mag- iastrate, “Both of you come here this afternoon and we will settle {t in timo for you to get marri “But will I have time?" inquired the anxlous would-be bridegroom, ‘I don't want to be disappointed.”” the excited In- “it's awful I DOESN'T WANT TO TESTIFY. ion Made to Stay Exam- ion John J. McCook, for J, W. Young, John J. McCook, Lewis Nixon and the other defendants in ¢he mult brought. by Taze- Well Ellett, for commissions arising out of the promotion of the United States Co-operative Shipbulldii Company, led to-day to Justice O'Gorman stay the examination ef John J. Mo- toh tho, ekalmination BARES Soci” wan responei for. hig emp! seo t | discovered William’ O'Connell, Cre eee THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, MAY to, 1904. PARTNERS By T. E. Powers, Oe OOe4. + U Forgotten by Their Mothers in Panic During Blaze That Dis- troyed Tenements—Sick Man Also Carried Out. (Bpecial to The Evening World.) NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., May 12,— Three dables and a sick woman were Tescued from a fire that destroved four houses on Schursman street here early torday. The dwellings were tenements and the fl spread so rapidly that the oc- cupants fled in panic to the street. When the firemen arrived they were met by frantic mothers, who begged them to save their children, who had ‘heen left behind. ‘The Little ones were on the top floor, but the firemen managed to reach them Stter hard work. ‘The life-savers also a letter carrier, who was lying 11 and helpless with the flames nearhis room. He was’ carried to the street safely. The entire fire department was called to the sceno before the blaze was got under control, The houses were owned by the Samuel Feller estate and Mat~ thew Daly. The loss was about $10,000. IMURED IN MOTOR CAR SPEED TIAL C. Earp, One of the London Com- petitors, and Several Specta- tors Hurt by Machine’s Colli- sion with Wall. ! LONDON, May 12.—The eliminating tests on the Isle of Man to decide which cars will represent Great Britain in the, race for the Jamos Gordon Bennett In- ternational, Automobile Cup ended to- day ¥ Ici a nericus accident. During the final sperd trinie a car riven by C, Earp, one of the prom- inent competitors, collided with a wall and was completely smashed up, Earp and his brother were shockingly injured and aome of tm spectators sustained in- : os ‘Complete Results of All ' Sporting Events In FINAL, | si h Heep, Pecksniff and B!Il Sikes brought up to date. IN CRIME. + MRS, POWELL GOES Lawyers for Woman Who Killed Estelle Albin Withdraw Plea for New Trial and the Pris- oner Is Sentenced. DOVER, Pel.,* May 12,—Counsel for Mrs, Mary A. Powell, who was convicted ‘of murder in the second degree for kill- {Ing Estelle Albin, to-day withdrew thelr motion for a new trial, and Mra. Powell was sentenced to imprisonment for life. SUE 2 POLICEMEN. FOR $60.00 EACH Fireworks Set Off Without a’ Permit Killed Dr. Redfield,’ and His Estate Says Blue-| coats Were Negligent. The estate of Dr, James H. Redfield, who was killed by an explosion of fire- works at a Fusion meeting’ in Long 1 Island City last fall, has sued Police- men John Berger and Robert Cook, of the Long Island City ‘station, for $0,- 0 damages each, The bluecoats are: charged with negligence in allowing the fireworks to be set off without a per- mit. Postunaster George Rivperger, Horace B, Christenseg and Spence Johnson, all | of Long Island City, have been made defendants in similar sults, in which $50,000 damages Is asked from each, A pollceman’s salary for thirty years does not amount. to $30,000, Dr. Redfield and two boys were ter- ribly injured In the explosion; one had his arm, blown off, and the other will be crippled for life. ‘The policemen de- Clare that. the fireworks were set off before. they learned no permit was granted, BICYCLIST UPSETS WOMAN. While crossing Seventh avenue. at . forty yea old, 3 | One Hundred and Twenty-third street. Was knocked down by @ negro on & bloycle. irs. Cronin picked herself up, and yecors Starting toto brush of her ress turned @ man who had come to her assiatance and handed him her id for a minute, Phen she Looked vp again the man er . which contained #1, was ons cleaay, who was x ton fect of 5 oho arrested the bieyc! Bs en ie rs ates tne aon “Went,PALS, How DID THE LAST . © | York stage, where he and his wife were RACE STRIKE Yous? % | both more or less prominent. The wie N @® | Was the friend of Lilllan Russell and © |other actresses who are athl popular Se ae a oe ee Ser FOUND HIS SON AFTER 14 YEARS Miller Parted from Wife Before Youngster Was Born and Lost All Trace of Him When She Died. > ODDODH Edward Miller, a blue-eyed boy of 14, walked away from his home in Rose- bank, Staten Island, to-day, holding to the hand of hia father, whom he hed Hever reen before and who has spent ten years in Anding bis son and proving | his claim to him |° ‘The father 1s Henry Miller, who four- $ | tecn years ago was known on the New with the theatre-going public, ‘Through some trivial disagreement the husband and wife decided to separate. | Miller was in love with his wife, but the @ | stage fe had come between them 4 “I will give you all I have,” Miller told the wife. “When the child is born you care for it." Miller then left for Australia. A few months later word was sent to him that a son had been born, Remittances to the wife and child were sent regular- ly after that. The wife wrote to Miller 3 | for two years; then the letters stopped, and letters he wrote to her with remit- tances were returned unopened. Miller learned months afterward thet the wife was dead. The ntuge carcer had been too severe for her de.lcate health. Miller at once began a search for his son. Letters were written to all his old friends and to the friends of his wife, but with no success. The baby was apparently lost Some months ago Miller determined to come to America and iustitute a personal search. Through a Sixth ave- nue undertaker who had buried Mrs. Miller he learned that there had been a child at thee funeral, and that a priest who had conducted the services had taken charge of the child. From the priest Miller learned that the baby had been placed in Father Drumgoole's home, near Princess Bay, 8. I. Miller went to the home and asked: “Have you ever had a@ ehild here named Edward Miller.” “Certoiniy," answered one of the priests in charge. ‘One of our bright- est boys. Ho was adopted two years ago by Mrs, Mamte McCarthy, of Maple avenue. Rosebank. He is there now.” Miller was excited when he entered the McCarthy house. “Have you an adopted son, named Edward Miller?” he asked of Mra. McCarthy. “I certainly have,” replied Mrs, Mo- Carthy, “and I am proud of him, too. Look at him out there on the commons with the other boys playing ball. Isn't he the picture of health?’ Miller hurried to the ball fleld. He watched the tan-faced, healthy boy at play, and then his father's heart over- came asked Edward. 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