The evening world. Newspaper, June 27, 1904, Page 6

at + Frank H. Burness, Who Con- fessed to Killing Nine Per- sons, Fearlessly Met Death in Electric Chair in Sing Sing. REFUSED ATTENDANCE OF PRIEST OR PASTOR. Declined to Give His Real Name and Requested that the Elec- is tric Current Be Turned On Quickly. 4 (Special to The Evening World.) OSSINING. N. Y.. June 27.—Cool and) indisturbed as though going to a din- aer, Frank Henry Burness, condemned to death for the murder of Capt. George B, Townsend and who confessed to kill inc nine persons, walked from his cell to the death room in Stng Sing prison, | f seated himself in the electric chair and asked the officials to hurry his electro tution along, He was attended by no spiritual ad viser, having refused to have any min- ister or priest sent to him, He tm the first person electrocuted in this State who has gone to the chair without the attendance of « religious adviser since the law was passed making death by electricity the punishment for murder ‘ In the first degree ig He was the coolest and most uncon- terned person that has ever sat in the death chamber. Slept Soundly Last Night. During the night Burness — siept soundly, He arose at 5 o'clock and Gressed himself, after which he ate « t hearty breakfast. \ When he marched to the death-room between the keepers he did so with a atep as firm as though going to his free- dom. Warden Addison Johnson was waiting fn the death-room, and, as Burness entered, the warden sald: “Have you any message you wish to leave?" “None at all,” answered Burness, “All I want Js to have this (hing go through as quickly as possible.” “Do you wish to tell your right name before you die?" “Burness 1s good enough. only name 1 own now.” “Would you like to see a priest or : minister?” “No, I have no religious beliefs. 1 know nothing of a hereafter and carr That's the Bow. Cool Even Facing the Ch ay As Burness concluded he walked to- 3 ward the chair. The attendants strapped him in, put ting on the cap and fastening hix arms, A metal disk was attached to his right Jeg, a silt having been made in hiv trousers for the purpose. At 6 o'clock the current was turned on, 3,700 volts being shot through the wires. ‘Three times the current was turned on and the physicians then ex- amined him and pronounced him dead Burness was the strangest character that ever came under the notice of the authorities of this State. He In be- Ueved to be related to a family of some prominence in Pittsburg, but up to the last refused to reveal his Identity. It ig known that he was born in a mall town in Pennsylvania, and that ac the age of sixteen he committed his Bes first crime. 7 He was with a companton of his own @ge, and in a jest the companton knocked off Burness's hat ‘s Murder Started in Fan. bee! “TH kiN you if you do that again,” J wala Burnes, His companion, thinking him festing, knocked the cap off again, A moment later he was bleeding on the ground Burness had stabbed him in the chest. Burness then left home and tramped his way to Baltimore. He never re- turned, He left Baltimore as cabin boy on the Norwegian bark Veronica, In his first voyage he rebelled against the author- ity of the captain and mates and was flogged at the mast. On landing «t Bordeaux he deliberately attempted to kill the captain. He failed becau his poor marksmanship. He e and later in one of the sailor resorts in Bordeaux became involved In a row with a big Frenchman, He shot the latter through the breast. Served in French After serving six months in a french prison, he wna tried and acquitted, une Frenchman having recovered. He then shipped on another vessel and began his roving Iifo as a sailor. On the steamer Ulri from London to Say involved in a row with a fireman, Whe fireman struck him in the face and then turned to his work, think- ing Burness only a boy. Burness picked 1p an tron slicebar and struck his assailant a blow in the back that broke two ribs and almost killed him. He was thrown in the brig, but while the ship was lying at Savannah man- aged to pe by jumping overboard and swimming across the bay. After the Ulrica had sailed he re- turned to town and shipped on the! Blaisdell for Pensacola, In Pensacola he visited @ notorious resort known as the Blaughter House, and got Into # fight with a one-eyed sailor of the name of Jarvis. The lat- ter struck Burness in the face. A free- arted and Wurness, who of the crowd, in to shoot, Jarvis was When the found dead ou t coruugh bis brain, Was arrested and hanged for r aplopes on a German bark miurg. From Hamburg he made Antwerp, geitl lund 8 ootng. sev men on ne drifted back to Pensacola again, and from there to New Orleans, ‘amps he started rides on involved with a white boy and a mula he was fighting with the white boy slashed him wit Killed Both Boys, Burness grabbed a atick and struck the boy on the head, killing him 1 Stantly. The mulatto’ ran for his I vat Hurness, cool and calm, gave cha He caught pulatto and victim to d e threw the 1 swamp Tithe white boy ina . vith a sharp stick Hoston and Mary for the crime, His next victims were an Italian aat- lor and the mate of the bark Rebecea Moulton, bound trom) New York to Havana | The mate aroused ht hefore the harbor, Bete Mm plans for tell nace he became Involved tn a fight with the Italian | sallor. Aw the Italian ran at him with a» knife Burness coolly drew his revel: Ver and shot itm dead. The mute raided him, and Burnes again | lis revolver and shot the mate, dre’ sending a bullet through his heart This occurred In Hens was put In the Care He tw sald = and Bur. | eel Nacional, | to have killed two China: | men while confined there; but the cause of thelr death was given as yel- low fever He stood trial, but was acquitted. | Ile killed two more sallors before committing the crime for which he was electrocuted to-day: He that Capt ‘Townsend owed He calmly shot Capt ‘Townsend down In the presence of two vases, He then surrendered. stood trial and was convicted and sentenced, Confeased to Killing Nine, After sentence had been pronounced upon him he said My understand that in capital crimes the law an extension of time All T have to say, Your Honor, js that [ should Mie ia waive this extension, and bex you to ret an early date for this electrogition T have killed nine men in my time." Men's and Youths’ Cheviot Sulis from 5.00 to 16.50 Men's and Youths’ Serge Suits from 7.50 tn 17.50 lade,’ Vole ok its trom 4.00 to 15.00 OPENS AN ACCOUNT Sa) Ladies’ Black Silk Talfeta & Shirt Waist Suits trom 8.00 to 20.00 ONE DOLLAR A WEIK DEN RVENT NINE B. Altman & Cn. | he became HOUSEHOLD LINENS, including Damasks, Table Cloths, Napkins, Huck and Turkish Towels, Towel- ling, etc, suitable for Hotels and Country Homes. ‘Table Cloths of Heavy Double Damask, with Napkins to match are offered at Special Prices. B. Altman & Gn. The various I'ses of SUMMER GLOVES shown, include Fabric Gleves of Silk, Milanese Suede Lisle, Mesh, etc. also ight-weight Kid Gloves. The MARV id Glove, manufactured by Messrs, Trefousse & Cie., of France. Grip Driving Gloves, also Gauntlets for Riding, Driving, Motoring, ete. NOTICE. This establishment will be closed at 5 P.M. Saturdays, at 12 Noon. anime : DOE DESPSED BY BELLBOYS ‘Hotel “Fronts” in Characteristic Language Express Their Con- tempt for the Zion City| | Prophet and His Party. look at him to haulin up. No. No. 47 chute. No. more Avenu ritth Jorest feelings toward the prophet Not a Single Tip for All the Ex- tra Work — Boys Say He Knows How to Cuss—Gone to Boston. his wife Though John Alexander Dowle, no called the Third Elijah, will remain Kast but another day, he Is promised some Mttle excitement {f a conspiracy that fs hatchiug among the bellboys of the Fifth Avenue Hotel gathers impetus be- foro the departure of the prophet them aft Dowle, Kissed, Mrs. following are a few epigrammatic re- them marks culled from the rapid-fire of the Saye He's a Cunner. No, 93-If I could cuss ke him 14 have the devil scared Into a fit of envy. No. 9%—The bellboys in Zion City must be the térrible sports No. 111—Dat Young Dowte ain't never thustastic p! “stink-pots.” telam, @ s been kissed ain't so strange when you from her ty close. No, 14-1 guess bis whiskers 1s 80 used in the tn his lauéau I'e rather go down the | ¢ jdown word that Mise Ho O1-Ain't it a shame there ain't ike him on the hold me tears at the thought. No, 4—-Dey say dat young lady Dowle and the never-embraced son HIne jn their apartments the statements of the bellboys the bell from the Dowle suite ne ing, and Jt must be a part of the Dowle religious code never to give a tip. the boys do not go fast enough he en-' en activity among them by call- “ithy poodles’? and simular pi breakfasting in seclusion to-day Dowle, and the retinue of retainers drove to the Grand Ce: and hrases upon the urchins and rebuke Then into the carriage and th for the Grand Central Miss Ruth Hofer, the x who was brought to New York Hotel have not the ten- [and who ts did not go to Boston number of the part: mazuma that he not true Miss Hofer dasn't get Into the habit o' loogenin’ j eps is of a very we ver, and has an en ropean soctety. ereturn to her hom Jconvert her friends, Close Guard o A woman relative ¢ ai the Fifth Ay permissto Wuress. Mrs nef of Pute watch ny of 1 I can't]; een, Bhe om since shi 4 any empl initted for Prophets surtt lative who. has 1 works 3 ee. hocked wid religlon in Switzerland's! woul tinue com: gots million, What's de odds that aho's {11 eh rh He arate to /ELUAH KEEPS THEM for Wat de end of year? she taut he ld | Never Give a Tip. | MM CONSTANTLY ON JUMP. | Y expressions are more or Taheliaivery rich | ig that the buttons on the] heat, familien of Bw he report that she i Judging from conses ring- When pollywogs,"” “dirty nt names Gladstone thoan- ral Staton and ‘There are three shifts of bellboys at {took the train El aah eit They are famo: the Fifth Avene Hotel, and y|rophet™ was most remarkably uni:|}Tone, and are member of each for sor the day ney, hay were Al bl ete te) CA cf i white shoes, a huge white som- urable, The opinions expressed by the y white necktle with flowing folds. who, by ths way, have been wearlng| AS he pasned through the lobby of : Ai ous rate | fie Hotel the bellboys could not re- out shoe leather at a tremendous TAC) strain thelr admiration and gave way running er 4 for Dowle and the|to a chorus of “Ahs" Fes chaste son of the prophet, though rather “Dwarted Stink Weeds.” giving you three orude, are in the matin Inte c. The The venerable old gentleman turned remarked amlably, 1 hoodlum ds and. © three shifts: Heved ims J No, §l—He's got m Coney Island bark-| tere amenition he inste Into tne WATERS atels er beat Into Gowanus Canal for making | dunt care If you never come | " prices and on such easy terms. @ holler. When the “self-styled No. (He might have had a gener-| reached his carsiage on : Call and see osity streak, tut it must have rowed] throng. of admiring ticwshoys, ~who | | postal for catalogue, out with his whiskers, shouted: “The show's town!" “Come and see the wild man 1 other en. Mr. hem as his wife y started he hande 134 Fifth Ave., te Dow- IXTH AVE.19 TO 20™ in. Zurlon, Switzerland, |’ anid to be hele to he said. No. 78—If preachin' ts cussin’, I know two years at the Zion Coilege and then @ man on Avenue A that ought to be Elljah the Seven times. %—When Dowle rings, jump—the other way. ue Hotel to-day and If he could take me to heaven ‘sked D had gone tito Zionism ¢ Mr. Giadstone Dowle.”” WATERS PIANOS have been known for sixty years ! as standard high-grade pianos, Let us send you our catalogue with Reduced prices and terms on our new 3-year system, a piano without interest. No pianos so celebrated as the HORACE WATERS & CO. = Harlem Branch (Open Evenings), 254 West 125th St., near &th Ave. $1,000,090, with the party, A y said that it was possessed a million salthy family, how- tre to the beat Bu- She will study e and struggle to n Minn Hofer, of Miss Hofer called yAG young Ww t to out of her 1, nor been into not beer called sald that she ing to the hotel un- ¢ Miss Hofer. jeve her cousin er, but that she of her own free th and of one Mtzerland,"" sald the take any stock In is going to marry ‘The best Stomach and Liver Pills known and a vositive and speedy cure\for Constipa- ton, Indigestion, Jaundice, Billousness, Sour Stomach, Headache, and all aliments arieing from a dtsordered stomach or mlugeish liver. ‘They contain, in concentrated form, all the and values of Munyon's Paw-Paw thartle ever compounded bottle, and if you are not per will refun@ your money us for their Fine warranted to be Our “ Cheerful Credit Plan” is simply an accommodation within your reach at all tlmes—whether our prices are regular, clearance, reduction oratcost. You can “charge it” and pay in convenient sums. Clothing, Hats and Shoes. years’ time on ‘old at such low PSS A'S H on CREDE 19 East 14th St. .Batath aves, | them or send Advertisers In World Wants get a larger circulation than any other suc- cessful New York want medium can give them, near [8th St. — Open All Day Saturday, July 2. ites to make yours an enjoyable Fourth. Special prices all this week on holiday requis- | 10,000 yds. St. Gall hand-embroidered *1.50 swisses, 48¢ AT statement is unjust to this s TH securing regular $2.50 swisses at 48c. 48c sational sacrifice. 124c gingham in checks, mostly blue and white,at 8G. 124c chambrays, pliin shades, 86. 12'c dress lawn, polka dots, & ale. Remember that these Swisses are full 44 inches wide. goods—they are all imported from St. Gall, the home of tine embroidered Swisses; bought them from an overloaded manufacturer at a sen- Every imaginable color and design embroidered in handsome contrasting colors—white, pink, light blue, tan, champagne, oxblood, cream, lavender and black, Nota yard in the lot worth less than $1.50; most of them $2 and a great many are worth $2,50—Tuesday, while the lot lasts, at 48c. It is out of harmony with its bargain importance. day announcement you will recall that we advertised $1.50, $2 and $2.50 swisses at 48c., and that’s the fact of fhe matter. more of the $2 and $2.50 values than of the $1.50, so if you come to-morrow you will stand as good a show as any Monday customer of We do not want you to dots, spots, lace effects, scroll 10,000 yards of fine white Persian lawn— 42 inches wide—regular price 35. at 196. SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO.-—— If you read our Sun- There are Main Floor, This means an $18.75 hand embroidered Swiss sulting at $3.60. For these Swisses are 44 inches wide and but 71% yards are required to make up one of those charming costumes for evening wear, a dainty frock for the afternoon or a cool dress to wear during the hot weather. Another thing: you know Swisses are always in style—so desirable, so dainty —an the embroidered ones make up with so little trimming, There's nota fa tern in the entire purchaje that you would not willingly Fay 48c, tor, and the early shoppers that get the rich embroidered $2.50 Swisses will be fortunate indeed. 48c compare these goods with the ordinary domestic efiects, vines, Powers, buds, blossoms and fruit are 29c Panama suitings, dotted efects. 1 5c. | 19¢ cheviots, 32 Inches wide, plain shades, 12%c. 39¢ white fancy madras for waists, 196 Soft, beautiful Summer sills, value *1.00 at 48c¢ offering at less than halt price. before nightfall. ; 48c Great sale: 200 good S We hold out this excellent quality, full 27 Inch natural Pongee silk as the greatest bargain of the season, because it is ultra fashionable, and every follower ot fashion will concur in this statement. There's not a yard worth less than $1, but you're welcome to an unrestricted selection at 48c. to-morrow. IMPSON CRAWFORD CO, ubstantial steamer trunks $2.75 N THOUSAND yards of $1 silks at 48c. is the way the bargain story read Sunday, and bright and early this morning the crowds began coming, plainly showing that no silk sale held this season has met with such favor as this phenomenal We're sale in saying that more than half of the remarkable 10,090-yard purchase wi'l have been chosen But we'll have enough for to-morrow, and we want you to join the enthusiastic throng o! smart dressers that will come to choose the material for those dainty silk shirt waist suits. Main Floor, 48c 3,000 yards of silks for shirt waist suits in the season’s most desirable shades—those effective checks, stripes and smart Jacquard silks—not a single yard which you can duplicate elsewhere for less than 75c. per yard—it Will Deaugreat treat; NUSdayl ati icrssterielelsore)slocele'sicls] sisvsielseyeleisieveieieislsloalsOcjeisciesiecistesislejeiiee eciiersiees 48c heavy that we have made an extra effort to fill every request. |] shows how well we succeeded. 7 for a trip effects, Our special “Columbia” tr sail canvas, — protect oll-painted 5 20d 1 two frames slvts on AeAVS. dow heavy sole le bolis, son meh side ther binadin HY two ule feathe D | in Min, 36 In. raps around body and brassed excelslor lock; one tray . » tray etal a — — — = hat box und shirt waist compartment. ee an asin” Sein, get aean; — doan, | 0:08 Crean Ce Ooo ates Win, Min, Btn in, 88tn, 40 In. ‘| 7.80 8.20 8° 9.00 ¢.40 9.80 10.20 7,50 7.75 5.40 5.60 6.30 680 7.30 7.> OS + eee ee ee + tea een weil retin emcee re-set NE EI TT I I: eRe Re ete NP Ne eee eee aaa caren saa - These trunks are light in = weight, but they areas good t) and strong as any one needs abroad. can depend on it, your ef- fects will be sate, 500 strongly made railroad trunKs—a very good one, ® 6 red | "THOUSANDS ot pleasure seekers are taking advantage of the rate war among the steamship companies to spend a few weeks abroad and the demand on Simpson Crawford Co. for inexpensive steamer trunks has become so extraordinarily Beginning to-morrow this great sale at $2.75 and up, according to size, By mere coincidence we found a manufacturer who was anxious to dispose of a special lot of 200—the cancelled order of a large Southern firm who were untortunately compelled to close their store temporarily, Of course we were granted a great concession and you'll see by reading the prices that we are giving our customers the full benefit. 32in. Canvas wood s| 28in. 30in. 2.75 3.00 3.25 You 28 inch size, $5. You may not be going abroad, but you are surely going to St. = | ouis or some resort during the Summer and you will need a trunk. This special sale will save you a snug sum and insure the safety of your But it is important that you make your selection at your earliest convenience—say to-morrow—while these prices are in order. 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