The evening world. Newspaper, June 30, 1904, Page 3

WOMEN MAKE THREAT OF TAR AND FEATHERS Hughson, Who Was Attacked by a Morristown, N. J., Mob and Nar- rowly Escaped Lynching, Is Still in Danger of Assault. Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Saved Him from Being Beaten to Death—He Asks for Warrants for the Arrest of His Assailants, (Bpectal to The Evening World.) MORRISTOWN, June 30.—Frederick Hughson, who was attacked nd beaten last Monday night by a mob of boys and women on account of the reputed association with a thirteen-year-old girl, Hattie Hodges, was arrested last night and released to-day on $2,500 bail furnished by his brother. Amidee Hand, who fs the aunt of the girl, made the complaint tgainst Hughson. The hearing was conducted secretly and Hughson was hurried back to the Hodges home, where he has been living. A big bucket of tar, ready to be heated to its proper consistency, and a tub of feathers await Hughson the moment he leaves his home in Water street, Collinsville. And if the threats of Morristown wives and husbands count for anything a harsher treatment will be meted out to the man who was saved from what might have proved a fatal beat- ing at the hands of enraged townsmen a few nights ago. Hughson, with his head bandaged and his body bruised, does not dare to leave his house at present. All around him are men and women who say they are ready to administer extreme punishment the mo- ment he steps into the light of day. “The tar and feathers are ready for him, and he will not get off so easy next time,” said Mrs. Eva Gulick, leader of the women. “When he was attacked on Monday night there were frequent cries of ‘Lynch him!’ ‘Murder him!’ They were all justified. His conduct was such as to call for that treatment. We have not yet done with him.” Mrs. Gulick, the mother of several children, and her friends, also mothers of children, have banded tnto a league to nid the town of Hugh- son. At any moment the firebrand may break out. It will unquestionably be a novel happening for peaceful New Jerseey—a band of women taking the law in hand and wdministering a justice that is altogether Western in tone and flavor, Hughson fs fifty-two years old. Two years ago he went to live with a family by the name of Hodges. Not long after gossip was afloat, and neighbors told Mrs. Hodges she must get rid of Hughson. This the wowan resented, and Hughson is still a member of the household. Later the neighbors began to associate Hugheon’s name with that of Mrs. Hodges’s thirteen-year-old daughter Hattie, and this aroused them to a fighting pitch. ry On Monday night some of the young men of Morristown and Collinsville gathered in front of the Hodges home. Ostensibly they were there in a spirit of fun, for they had heard that Hugh- son was to marry Hattie Hodges. Beat- ing tin cans and hurling other such soft and tender missiles at the Hodges door they at last got @ response from Hughson, who came out of the house in his shirt sleeves. After that what happened was more like @ free-for- all fight, with a lot of howling, in- furlated young men and middle-aged women on one side and @ single man om the other. Armed with a Pistol. Hughson was armed with a pistol. And before the evening was over he needed it. The crowd fell upon him, fragged bim to the ground and used him as a football, It is claimed that Hughson stuck the muzzle of the pistol in the face of Charley Bouar, an elgh- teen year old boy. That set the crowd thirsty for blood. In order to repel the attack made upon him Hughson then struck Mrs. Julia Carr with the butt ond of the pistol, Bleeding, she was @arriel off to a friend's home and there her wounds were patched up. Mrs. Carr {s now one of the party which wants some of Hughson's blood, As Hughson lay on the ground bieed- Ing and almost unconscious from the beating given him Hattie Hodges rushed out of the house and begged the mob not to kill him. She fell over his prostrate form and refused to leave, After the excitement had died down the crowd dispersed, but not until a heavier punishment had been prom- tsed Hughson. He was carried into his home in a condition of collapse. Feared for His Lite. “They. threatened my life,” said Hughson to-day, “‘and I verily believe they intended to take it. I am now itaying at home to await the outcome. Yesterday I sent to the justice of the peace for warrants for the arrest of these people, not to have hin come up nere and perform a marriage ceremony. Let the girl speak for herself.” Just then Hattle entered, Her mother, who was present, would have it that the girl was fifteen, and she said that she ought to know how long ago her daughter was born. Hughson said he Was convinced that the mob of Monday evening was there to kill him. That he escaped he charges to the sudden in- tm{dation of the crowd. Hughson is now swathed in ban- dages, and ft hurts tim ‘to walk across the room. After the mob's at- tack he wanted to have some one tele- suffering from a gouged eye or two was just what that excited and hysterical crowd wanted to see. Mrs. Carr, the woman who was hit with the pistol, says she 1s not done with him yet “And I say echoed Mra. Gulick. “It is a pretty state of affairs when such things as this are allowed to go on before our very eyes, In ths fight of the other night the young men of the village were the bravest. The married men are cowards, For some reason or other they did not take a hand. All the work was left for the young men, and they bore the brunt of the battle nobly,.”” Nelghhors Not Satisfied. Morristown has been pattently waiting for the sequel of Monday night's attack, The whisperings of a conspiracy are heard on the street corners, in the bar- rooms and in the homes. The police of Morristown say that Collinsyiile 1s out of their jurisdiction. They will not in- terfere unless the outbreak grows to the size of a rebellion. Collinsville has no Pollce fores of its own, at least not one able to cope with such an emergency as ig likely to ensue, Last week Agent Welsh, of the So- clety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Morristown, tiled to get the authorities to act against Hughson, but without success, as he did not have enough complaining witnesses, The townspeople say that Hughson asked the Rey. Dr. Dennet, of the First Presbyterian Church, to officiate at the marriage of Hattie and him: and that the minister refused. This, however, Hughson denies, saying that he did not intend to marry the girl, and | that it was altogether a matter between himself and Hattle and her mother, SLAYER GETS 20 YEARS IN PRISON claring White ‘had fallen downstairs, A reporter investigating the case as- certalned that White had quarrelled with his wife, who had threatened to have her husband killed, Ross was arrested and confessed the murder. He, however, did not implicate his sister, and when she was tried for anticipation in the crime testified that e had killed White in self-defeni The jury in Mrs, White's trial d agreed, ———— GETS SIX YEARS TAMMANY ROPLGDOLG G98 9G OO699-98-9996-900600850156-O0O6-H9H96 96-9005 9 0-9O-99.046-560-6695499SDG OOOH OF ¥ PEG OO9-1.-4-6.0-+ | Kiem iy (ST Lours AFTER HOT CHASE (Continued from First Page.) —_— pital. The company disbanded in Paterson, and the supposition is that this negro was left behind stranded. Mr. Wollenberg conducted a men's furnighing goods store and also had on hand a stock of suit cases. He says that the negro entered the store Just after it was opened to-day end asked to be shown some eult cases. He inspected several and‘ then went away without making e purchase, saying ‘he would return later. He did return later. There was no one in the store at the time but the proprietar. The negro spoke about being with a show thet had “busted up,” and said that he qras anxious o get out of town. Suddenly he drew a re- wolver and pointed it at Mr. Wollenberg’s heed. “Cough up!" yelled the robber. “Give me money, or I'll kill you! ‘Tracy the outlaw, and I ain’t afraid of anybody.” Mr. Wollenberg ran out of the store and turned up Main street. The negro, who was extraordinarily swift on his feet, followed and passed Mr. Woilenberg, and the merchant saw that he would soon be out of sight around the.corner. “Stop thief,’ shouted Mr. Wollenberg. The negro still held the revolver in his hand. Turning half around he fired. the bullet striking Mr. Wollenberg in the abdomen. The wounded man dropped to the sidewalk while a crowd gathered from every directior attracted by the sound of the shot. The negro’ turned down Ward street rfon) Main street, followed by an increasing crowd. Many of those ip pursuit had seen the shooting. Po- liceman Vanderhoff joined in the chase and although he weighs 250 pounds he gained on the fugitive and it appeared as though the chase would end right there. FLED TO OUTSKIRTS OF CITY. But the murderer seemed to know his ground. He turned out of Ward street at Mill street, ran along that thoroughfare to Grand street and along that street in the direction of the outskirts of the city. Vanderhoff took possession of a light delivery wagon and again gained on the negro. Seeing that he would be overtaken by the horse the negro turned into the granite mill yards and escaped over the rocks to the Grand street res- ervoir, which he skirted until he reacbed the lower Preakness road. There he met Mr. Kessel, who attempted to stop him and was shot without hesi- tation, Then the negro disappeared in the woods. Detectives and policemen were sent out after him and every squad that started was accompanied by bands of determined citizens, most of whom were armed. *Bloodhounds were sent for and word was despatoher to all te surrounding towns to keep a sharp lookout for the fugitive. The woods ou the Preakness Mountains were surrounded. It was confidently expected that he will put up a fight, and in that event the posse would have brought his carpse into Paterson. Mr. Wollenberg was taken to St. Josephs Hospital, where it was seen that an immediate operation was imperative. The bullet had penetrated the intestines and the operation was of no avail. The wounded merchant divd at noon, but not before he had made a statement of the manner in which he had received his death wound. It is thought that Elasker may be the same negro who three years ago Stole a number of satchels from Wollenberg’s store, and who, on Wollen- ‘berg’s testimony, was sentenced to three years in prison. This occurred about three years ago, which gives color to the surmise that to-day’s crime may have been committed in a spirit of revenge. As yet, however, Elasker has not been identified as the thief of three years ago, Tm |sustice Rich in the criminal branch of the Supreme Court. An effort was made yesterday by Donton's Jawyer, Robert M. Moore, to save the youth from State Prison, Mr. \Moore stating that the shooting was !done in an attempt to prevent Com- tock from attacking the woman. Don- on, the lawyer asserted, did not know ‘ther the woman or Comstock, and Nilliam Ross, Who Killed Broth- WAS APPOINTED BY LINCOLN William Donlon, Who Shot John er-in-Law, Sentenced to Long Term by Judge Newburger in General Sessions, Oscar Malmras, Veteran U. 8. Con- aul at Celon, Arrives, Oscar Malmras, U. 8. Consul at Colon, appointed by President Lincoln the day before he was ansassinated, and who has been continually in the service since, arrived here to-day on the steamer Advance from Colon, — William Ross, the colored man who came to this city March 1 to kill his brother-in-law, Edward B. White, was to-day sentenced to Sing Sing Prison for twenty years by Judge Newburger Comstock in Saloon Because a Woman Told Him to, Pleads Self-Defense. William Donton, of No. 314 West *hirty-ninth street, who shot and killed ‘Big’ John Comstock, the wire-tapper, when he heard the woman scream ran to her assistance, Comstock then as- aulted him, so the lawyer stated, and Donlon shot and killed him in self-de- ense. The story made an impression on Justice Kich, who instructed Assistant District-Attorney Ely to have the woman in court to-day. To Justice Rich the Mack woman stated that Don- lon's story was true in some particu- lars, but she alleged Donion had suc- ceeded in getting away from Comstock in General Seasions. Ross killed White, who was a moes- senger for Charles M. Schwab, with an axe. He fractured his skull and then @tvempted to canceal ‘his crime by de- If the carriage is growing old fash- joned a more modern ene may be bought cheap through “Horses and Carriages” In World Wants. Read the Wants to-day, n Fitzgerald's saloon, at Seventh ave: ue and Forty-elghth street, on May 5, ecause a wo! 4 Norm: 3 mien neren Nemes serve more than four years and old him to do so, was to-day sentenced sient’ months of sentence and may to Bing Sing Prison for six yease by be paroled at the expiration of a year, and yeturned after fifteen minutes’ ab- ence, Under the law Donlon will not have ae VRuVETvU, 8 UlyEs UU, 17 (By T. E. Powers.) MEET ME 'N ST LoUIS= — fAoey, HUSBAND AND WIFE FOUND DEAD IN HOME Pistol Lay Near Woman and Doctors Think She May Have Stain Man and Herself While Temporarity Insane. ELMIRA, N. ¥., June 9.-~-Falilling to @> to hin office for two veays, & mes- ‘benger was sent to the home of Wiliam A. Owen, loca! manager of the West- ‘ern Union telegraph office to-day, No responso meeting his knocks at the Goor it was forced open and the dead bodies of Owen and his wife were found . A revolver lay by Mra.’ Owen's body. Owen had attended the first annual outing of Cashmere Grotto, Mystic Order of the Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, a Masonto Order, Tuesday afternoon, returning to hi home at an early hour in the evening, His wife, it is known, objected to Owen attepding the oultg, bnt as she had sim- {larly protested every time he left her alone nothing was thought of (t by him. ‘At the outing he told a friend th ought to have something fo rthe ladt an dsaid he would have to “square” himseif. Tt 1g sald to-day that recently Mra. Owen had bean acting strangely and physicians say she probably murdered her husband during insanity and then killed herself. Aside frym Mra, Owen's dislike to be left alone when business duties or social obligations called ber husband away, the married relations of the couple were very havoy,. ‘One daughter, Mra. Fred Owen, ¥ au Owen was born in MidMetown, . . coming here six- teen years ago from Bradford, bs 6 where he was manager of the Western Union, Mrs. Owen was Miss Emma Christie, of Jersey City. ——_— CHANGED. “Kandor may be brutally frank, but there's one good ‘thing about him; he doesn't believe in running a man down behind his back.” “Oh, that's changed now! He's bought an automobile, you know."— Phitadelphia ‘Presa, Head Piece * Wrong when one forgets. Suppose you stop that by feeding the Brain properly on Grape- Nuts 40 days’ trial will demonstrate the truth. “There's a Reason.” SEEannisarsan =~ GETTING READY FOR THE CONVENTION. $£4.9O49641994000OO0O040094-0000069068 WE CAM RING For MORE TRERE. Wri BE ENTHUSIABM, WHEN FOLEY @ ARAIVES — PHLDODDS-9-464000OO49OOOOD ROTHER CAR. SIR ke, Some PPP P-D LPAPDVRLADLIDD HPN DADDOGF IDV DA DIGGHABAGA HAD PD BIPPPIDD 9099-90-0 2200-4 999000 62a INET ANE URINARY D! 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