The evening world. Newspaper, May 16, 1904, Page 3

Wi | “GIRL KILLED BY JALOUS SUTOR ‘Mystery in Death of Letitia O'Neill, Fifteen Years Old, Found Dying from Bullet Wound at Prospect Park. EMPLOYER’S YOUNG SON , TELLS OF THREATS MADE. Absence of Powder Marks Tends to Refute Theory that Girl, Who Was Cheerful and Contented, Ended Own Life. Belleving that her daughter was the rictim of a jealous sultor’s murderous bullet, Mrs. Letitia O'Neill Kerrigan to-day urged the police to accept the sano theory, and bel night a man may be arrested charged with the mur- 1, the pretty fif- maid iu the family nape. the girl, whore of a Brooklyn milli ‘The facts indleate t body was found at the Eastern Park- way entrance to Dre Park, was the victim of a murderer, No powder marks are evident about the spot under the right breast where the bullet entered. The girl was r most cheerful mood three hours before the tragedy, planning for an outing during which she would wear a new dress. She had a sultor whose affections she did not return and who js sa!d to have tened to kill her before he would her to marry another are facts which have been elicited by the mother of the girl, who is living ¥ her se husband at stre siclan No, 349 Herkime Coroner's Ph perforr les F, Wuest the body to- od an Evening World reporter he autopsy ‘The girl was shot in the right side. Js is natural to assume that she knew the location of the heart, If she con- templated sulcide, and that she would have shot herself in the left side. Again, there is an absence of powder marks. In the case of a suicide who ssorts to the pistol ball there Is al- ways the Indication of powder marks, because the suictde must necessarily hold the muzzle close to the body.’ Murder, Mother Insintw, The mother of the girl insists that she was murdered by a too ardent sultor, Mrs, Kerrigan has covered the ground thoroughly, according to her own statement, and says there is no doubt that her child is the vietim of a slayer, Russell Smylie, eldest son of the girl's employer. added ‘mportnt facts to the murder theory to-day in qnurder, theo y in his statentent y brother and turday morning wit e looking nd inet us myself were out h Letitia when a young man came r the Eastern him be. ie with Lethe talking t= the wagon arbage came » and while t y the man. driv wether which takes away the along and he got very : “He told Letitia that if that was the un way she to carry on he He said he would short order unless rangers. ‘Anish her’ In mig! ahe quit talking to Alleged Threats Made. Tre stranger walked away and the Rarbuge man drove on, Saying he let Letitla treat him that way. j@ Was putting us to bed Sat- fight when we heard a shrill whistle out near the Easter Parkway, Ys und she said she would have to go out right a She sil, she w De ann Yow minutes.” 22 Would be ‘That was the last the chi ot et no children saw Letitia O'Neill, blick-eyed, falr-skin® ned, plump and otheswisn ’ attractive, a3 A nurse maid in the family of William A the millionaire Heor= facturer, ‘at No. 2% New York put ‘her tw little charges, x and ten years, to bed at 8 Saturday night, and an hour Jater left the house, telling Mrs. Smy- lie that she was going to the drug store for postage stamps and tiat she would be back in a few minutes, Employer Searched for Her. When she had not returned In ar hour Mr. Smylie went out to look for her, ax she had never been away be- fore without informing her empioyers where she was if and just how long the would be abs ee SEE BREMEN OFF NANTUCKET. The North German Lloyd steamer Bremen, from Bremen for New York, is reported by wireless telegraph as having passed Nantucket Lightship at 15 PLD 'The vessel will probably dock about WatchthisRecord Grow ee COMPARISON FOR HELP-SBEKERS. a se World Wants # Always Supreme ALL PAID ADS. et 13 other ‘The World Papers Rinne Combined Sunday, May 3, 1690 1456 Monday, “ 2, L110 268 Tuesday,” 3, 1488 485 Wes, “~ 4 1370 528 Thurs, “ 5, 1274 513 Friday, 6 962 380 Saturday,“ 7, 721 296 Suoday, 8, 1828 1736 Monday, “ 9, L191 254 Tuesday, “ 10, 1611 474 Wed, “13,1343 ~ 506 There, “ 32, 1257 463 Friday, “13, 903 378 Saturday, “ 14, 678 LETITIA O'NEILL, 15 YEARS OLD, PERHAPS A ViICTIM OF MURDER. $13,080 VERGICT FORLOSS OF SIGHT Miss Rose M. O’Neill, Former Principal of Grammar School, _ Wins Her Suit Against Metro- politan Railway Company. The jury to wham Justiee Clark re- ferred phe action of Miss Rose M. O'Neill, for forty years a teacher i the elty schools, nst the Metropol- lian Street Ratlway Company for dam- ages for the loss of her sight as the result of her being tumbled off a car, brought in a verdict In her favor for 313,080, Mixs O'Nelll wes princtpal of the Mul- berry Street Grammar School. In 1895 she tried to alight from an Eighth ave- nue car at Kighty-sixth street. ‘The cae started suddenly and she was thrown off the ste striking her shoulder, Eighteen months lat her sight was lost The company claimed that Miss O'Neill lost her sight by reason of get- tng a cinder in her eye while passing the scene of a fire some months nfter the accident, and for which an operation was performed Miss O'Neill ts now sixty-elght years old. On a previous trial the jury stood eleven: to one In her favor. HOODLUMS CAUSE PANIC IN MUSEUM Alarmed Patrons of Huber’s by Cries of “Fire!” and Several People Are Injured in Mad Rush to Escape. Kelly to Seven members of the Paul gang of tough youngsters went Huber’s Museum on Fourteenth street last night, and after making insulting remarks to the actors on the stage, started a small-sized panic by yelling “Fire!” There were 1,20) people in the theatre part of the museum at the time, and sovéral hundred started for the doors. Several women were knocked down and a Mrs, Clark, of Brooklyn, was so badly hurt she had ‘to be taken to her home in a carriage. Special Policeman Abrams and Detec- tive Gallagher, of the East Fifth street station, made a rush at the young toughs and succeeded in arresting three of them. In the meantime the ushers and other attaches of the house had succeeded in quelling the excitement, and the perforniance went on. Tho three prisoners were Michael Hoey, seventeen years old, of No. 422 Kast Seventeenth street; Alfred Fra- kuan, nineteen years old, who sald he lived in Jersey City, and Leon Moses, better known as “Butch” Moses, twen- ty years old, who said he lived in Brooklyn, In the Yorkville Police Court the men were fined $5 each to-day. SUNDAY BALL CONDEMNED. Methodiat Mininters Say Something About Outioor Sports, ‘The Methodist ministers’ meeting, at No. 1% Fifth avenue, adopted resolu- tlons this afternoon condemning Sun- day baseball- The resolutions were read by Dr, Byrt; After a preamble reciting the provisions of the law governing Sunday sports the resolutions say: “We especially at this time protest against the noisy public games which ‘are being played in gross violation of the law, maintaining that such exhi- |bitions, attracting large gatherings of people, are in themselves Illegal, while without doubt they not only disturb the | peace and quiet of the immediate nelgh- borhood in which the games are played, | but tend to disturb the worship and | repose of the whole city community.” ———— WIDOW ASKS DAMAGES. Mra, Acton Sues Park Avenue Hotel for Hasband’s Death, Holding the proprietors of the Park Avenue Hotel responsible for not pro- viding fire-escapes and apparatus, nor any signal notifying guests that the Bose dovprings. dothands s4 0m, dam: Solorado Springs, demai 000, dam- from Wredertek A. Reed and E) nett, for the death of her hus- band, Norman Acton, in the fire of Feb. to-day be! fn’ the Bu CHILD KILLED AT WAKE BY LIQUOR James Farisfield Drank Whiskey from a Bottle Found in the Kitchen While Parents Were Mourning for Baby Brother. While Mr. and Mrs. James Farisfela were holding a wake with their friends on Saturday night over the body of their latest born, Johnny, three weeks old the day when he dled, James Thomas Fariafield, seven years old, wos drinking what was left of a bottle of whiskey which he found on a shelf tn the kitchen, A few hours later James began to complain of cramps, Within twenty-four hours he, too, was dead dof the one funeral there wil » which will leave the home of the Varisfields, at No. 21 Bedford street, to- morrow afternoon. ‘The mother and father are heart-broken, Mrs, Faris- fleld says there was Ite or no whis- key In the bottle, and that her husband was accustomed to drink the same qual- ity for many years, James Wid not complain of any pain untll he got to his bed after the wake of Saturday night. Then he told his mother that he was suffering from ¢ramps. She administered home rem- edies, giving him butter and sweet oil, but instead of the boy's condition im- proving it grew worse, A physician was sent for yesterday, but the boy could not be saved, Dr, D, J. Hulls, of Charl- ton street, worked over the boy for several hours, the lad dying despite the steady ministrations of the doctor. There are four children left in the Farisfield home, three girls and one boy. James was preparing for St. Joseph's parochial school and was a favorite of ‘ather Flynn, of that Inatitution. At a corner saloon in the neighborhood it was said that the tts & war the same. Farisfeld had been buying for months, 10 cents’ worth at a time. James and Johnny will be buried tn Calvary Cemetery. —_— FIRE! POLICE! AMBULANCE!! ‘Vhree Unnecessary Alarms Tarned in Beeause Miller Was Sick. Willlam Miller, twenty years old, of No, 309 East Seventy-second street, an elevator employee at No. 61 Franklin street, fainted in the lobby of the build- ing this morning, and some excited in- Aividual turned in a fire alarm, An- other person thought an ambulance was needed, and one was summoned from the Hudson Street Hospital. The fire apparatus and the ambulance were aug- mented hy about a dozen or more po- lee reserves, Miller. was ill but a few moments and resumed his usual work of running an flevator, wnd the doctors, policemen ‘and firemen went away growling. ——<— ITALIAN CRUISER COMING. SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.—The Ital- jan cruiser Ligura, Prince Puigt of Italy in command, sailed from this port to-duy for Honolulu, waere she will coal and proceed on her way to the Aus- trallan colonies. Her ultimate destin - tion is said to be New York, BAD DREAMS Indicate Improper Diet, Due to Coffee. Usually One of the common symptoms ot coffee poisoning is the bad dreams that spoil what should be restful sleep, A man who found the reason ys: Formerly I was a 1 was like a morphine fiend, could not sleep at night, would roll and toss in my bed, and when I did get to sleep was disturbed by dreams and hobgoblins, would wake up with headaches and feel bad all day, 80 nervous I could not attend to busi- and palpitation of the heart, cons! pation, irregularity of the kidneys, etc, “Indeed, I began to feel I had all the troubles that human flesh could suffer, but when a friend advised me to leave off coffee I felt as if he had insulted me, I could not bear the idea, it had such a hold on me, and I refused to believe it the cause. “But it turned out that no advice was ever given at a more needed time, for I finally consented to try Postum, and with the going of cof- fce and the coming of. Postum, all my troubles have gone and health has returned, now, nerves steadied down, and I write a fair hand (as you can see) can attend to business again and re: foice that I am freo from the monster Cofte Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Ten days’ trial of Postum in place of coffee will bring sound, restful, refreshing sleep. There’s a reason. Look in each pkg. for the famous ttle book, “The Road to Wellvilie.” ness, My writing looked like bird | tracks, I had sour belchings from) the stomach, indigestion, heartburn I eat and sleep well) mi eee teu SS ae space No. 108, MAN JERSE Police and Deputy Sheriffs Ar- rived Just in Time to Save the Life of Aged Benjamin Lodine. CROWD FOLLOWED TO JAIL, DEMANDED THE PRISONER. Only Dispersed After County Judge Had Appealed to Them and Promised Man Heavy Sentence if Guilty. MOUNT HOLLY, N. J Ladtine, seventy ay 16.—Ben- Jamin years old, was snatched from a mob which was rbou He was arrested Elizabeth iv him t to Iyt preferred by on charges Davis, thirteen years old, and had not the deputy sheriffs and police oMfcers rescued him he would have been lynched tn all probability Being colored and the second man charged with a eimilar offense in the last (wo months, the popular condymaa thon againat him was almost unanimous A mob m 1 te his home aud were calling on him to surrender when the deputy sheriffs and policemen arrived Phey beat back the foremost tn the crowd, among whom were many wom- RECORD TRIP TO BELLEVUE Rapid Work of Doctor and Am- bulance Driver Will Probab Save May Robinson, Would- Be Suicide. TOOK CARBOLIC ACID ON CROWDED STREET CORNER. Woman Companion Who Had Been Arguing with Her Ran Away When Miss Robinson Drank the Poison. By the haste with which Di bearsan of Bellevue Honpltal, responded to a hurry call to Thirty-third street nd Third avenue this morniag and hie work on, nineteen years t Twenty sixth 1 n will pr i be saved from. self-destruction trip to the corner and back ty iicileyue was made in nine minutos. young wor who Is afi Was walking down Third morning with a y Oororvera say they oun woman remonstrutl rhe woman en, and took Lodine out, ‘The polle were followed through the streets by the mob, and when Lodine was tinally | placed in a cell the crowd gathered | about the Jail and demanded that he be turned over to them | Jailor Whitcomb said he would de- | fend the prisoner with his life, and then | a county judge in a speech in which he assured the crowd that if the | prisoner were guilty he would the | treme penalty of the law. He cx selled moderation, and urged the » plo not to bring disgrace on the State of New Jersey by lynching negro The jurist was applanded and the ed. the aged crowd dispe ST. JOHN'S N Ing steamer Au returned to Wi miles north of here, the dead body r.. assistant editor of Outing, who per- shied in the interior of Labrador last October while on an exploring expe- dition one hundred to-day, bringing of leonidas Hubbard, 30 30 GROCERIES » 125 RETAIL BRANCHES. Butler's Best Borax Soap—Short- ens labor) and lengt °25c life of the! fabric; 7 and Soap—13 cakes for 25c Sc jue—Three squares for So Blue—\-1b. box Klectrio Mlue—Finest quality %-lb, bo: 5 Fard Dates. “BLUE RIBBON" QUALITY. 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