The evening world. Newspaper, July 1, 1904, Page 3

SHOT WED, KLLED HSL May’s Conduct Forced Woman to Leave Him, He Followed and Put an End to Both Their Lives, HID IN CLOSET BEFORE HE COMMITTED SUICIDE. Angry Men Were Battering at , the Door, but Beforg, They Could Break In He Blew Out His Brains. Mrs. George Lester May, a pretty young wife and mother, lies dead to- day at the home of her father, R, H. Carr, at Ocean Grove, N. J, with two bull rounds in her body. In another room in the house Iles the body of her husband, and a wound In his head shows where a bullet ended his life, May, until three years ago a respected young man with a promising future, dragged down first by evil associations and then by drink and dissipation, was the murderer of his wife, and then to fave himself from the clutches of the law blew out his own brains, The young man and his wife made their home in Brooklyn before disstpa- tion and fast life made him neglectful of the young wife and baby born to her. Two years ago she was forced to fly to her father's roof for protec- tion, Since then she has avoided May, and he was not allowed to see his son, & boy of three. Blamed Wife for Ht May became more and more dissi- pated, Although he was only twenty- @even, there were hard lines in his face Which told of sleepless nights and con- giant drink, He fancied that the young woman whom he had neglected was re- sponsible for all his troubles, and he sought to see her and wreak vengeance upon her. Armed with a pistol May went to Ocean Grove five days ugo, The Carrs are among the most highly respected persons in the city, Mr. Carr is one of the leading church workers in that ell centre, May went to the home of his father- in law. He demanded to see his wife, declaring that she was being kept from him by force. When the privilege of even seeing her was denied him he de- Clared some one would sulter for it Bo May hung about the outside of tie Carr house and bided his time. He Watched when members of the house- hold came and went, and he knew yea- terday evening when his wife was alone. he stole quietly to the house. burst through the front door and made hie way with stealthy tread tu the room of Troubles, ide Wire, What occurred in that room will never be known. Those who saw May enter the house heard a woman scream almost immediately, 1t is supposed chat the man, bait crazed, jealous and diss pated, trightened his wile as he burst in upon her unannounced, and that she A108 and screaming started to rua, Wats of bivod showed that she had beeu struck as she passed tirough tne door She ran to the iront poren vt the house, oul erying tor uc Udce on tne porea he stopved, raised her hands tu et head, and pitened corward dead. The whole neighborhoud was uroused. Men, angry ana determined, ran to the Carr house. May saw tnem coming, He Sprang out of the room in wivich He haa cornered and killed his wife and made for the attic. He barricaded tne dc and with pistol drawn detied any one come on, The men began beating closed door. It was being torced Ahere came the teport ut the wurderer was fn his bracn. » gilay was formerly connected with a Rivers bh spaper. His wife was two veara his junior and was a wor 0 Deauty om George W. May. father of May, is a prominent anc broker, with offices in Willlamsburg. The M No. 501 Redford ave Brookly: the exclusive Bedford section. mn was Crased, imuruer and. sulc the father said to-day: seid “t believe iny ‘son was crased and not himself when he snot his wite and then wok his own life. I do not think that dissipation brought about the tragedy. The fact is that for time past my aon had With his eyes, and was going to lose his sight of biindness drove him mad. the n A pistol, and found with a bu it Lester d wealthy stock Manhattan and ¥ home The fear “The sepa of my son and nis wife was bro About by an agree. ment reached between the two famil) rs | Tt became evident that the young couple could not agre Care and I decided to if possible. They Pangement and have not other for two years. “Last Seturday my son went down to Asbury Park. | was fearful then that he would sce his wife, and that there would be trouble, but as they had not met for ail this time T did not warn seen, him. firmly believe that the trouble with his eves drove him to this mad - act. He waa in ¢ with his wife, and I suppose in his madness he did not} wish her to live and be happy when he was blind,” Mra. May's Father trostrated, ASBURY PARK, N. J. July Carr, the father of Mrs. May, ar. rived here from Brooklyn to-day’ and he ix completely prostated over the tragic death of his daughter, and ts serlohsiy ill, He is under the care of & pavalctan Villlam Barbee, of No 574 Bedford avenue. Brooklyn, who came here to- doy and re Isao spy ees May's, took charge of the suicide s body and {t will be sent to Brooklyn “I met bold Navper Tandy and he took me by the hand, “Saying ‘How is dear old Ireland, and how does she stand?’”’ —Famous Irish Ballad, News From Ireland GOOD NEWS All About the Great Industrial and Literary Revival Now Going on in that Interesting Country each | PARKER MEN OF AR ONENTIO August Belmont, Senator Mc- Carren, Ex-Gov. Hill, W. F. Sheehan and Other Leaders on Way to St. Louis. TAMMANY ADVANCE GUARD | WILL LEAVE TO-MORROW. | Bulk of the Local Organization Men Will Leave for the Con- if vention on Special Trains on f Sunday, —_—_ The first of the Parker men to go to St. Louis and take charge of the cam- paign for New York's candidate before the Convention, left the elty to-day, August Belmont, who h: tranged for Parker headquarters tn Conven- tion City, left in his private ear Lou! ville, He will reach St, Louls to-mor- rew afternoea, making the run in thirt hours, and by evening headquarters {I be open. Senator McCarren and his party went by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and will reach Bt. Louls to-morrow night, and Martin W, Littleton, Bor- ough President of Brooklyn, who will make the speech nominating Judge Par- ker, will start to-morrow, With Mr, Littleton will go his secretary and Mra. Littleton ‘ Wiiham F, Sheehan started on the Southwestern Timited to-day, and at Albany was joined by Senator David B, Hill, John fs, Stanchitleld ant others Charles F, Murphy goes to-morrow, In Mr, Murphy's party, which will be in three cars, there will be sixty-eight - | ‘ammany delegations from 4 | trict# will leave on Sunday morning, in time to reach St, Louis the day before the convention Is called to order, there will be Parker head- quart the real Parker headquarters in St. Louls will be the New York delogation’s headquarters, There boomers will go, and at the State Headquarters there will be no lick of enthusiasm. The Parker leaders were more con- fident than ever to-day there was no chance to defeat New York's choice ‘The coming out of Charles F. Murphy yesterday with a new boom for Cleve- land did not cause the consternation expected. In Parker circles the former President Is looked upon as a friend of Judge Parker and one interested in} his nomination, They feel that he ts/ sincere in his declaration against a| nomination and belleve that setties it} so far as Mr. Cleveland s true friends, are concerned, ‘ As to Judge Parker, they feel that the first ballot will see the whole thing set- | | tled, His majority, as has been ex. plained before, they believe, will become & two-thirds majority by the changing The fight they look for is the one in the State on that committee, but will Jon certain suggestions made by Jud, now, will not be. pers tempt to jam it down the throat of the such a course would be political sul- to be une built by the party along the of the majority of the convention aband ‘ Corporation Counsel John | Called off He will go to-morrow with friends who will advocate the nomina- St. Louis. In the party will be Jus- | Stanchfleld, Beardsley, Deering and of votes before the roll call is finished the cenvention on the plattorm Dayid B Hill will probably represent have no feady-made platform. — It sald that he will carry to the conver ° Parker as to what he thinks should be | » and the platform will h committee, Mr, to write any platform. and Just use itis a New York platform at committee Judge Parker's friends believe that ede, Judge Parker, tf nominated, de- sires the platform tpon which he runs lines of the issues that are known to | be solidly democratic tn the opinion ‘The proposition to open Meclellan headquarters’ in St. Louis has been J. Die who was to go to St. Louis yesterday for that purpose, has been Mr Murphy's party. John D. Crimmins, acmompanted by tion of Judge Parker, will leave to- |morrow evening on his private car for tleen O'Brien and Gildersleeve, | ex- Attorney-General Conway, — Messrs. Commissioner McAdoo and First Deputy Commissioner Thomas F. MoAvoy, who are Tammany delegntes to the Democratic National Conven- tion, will also leave for 8t. Louls tn- morrow, Second Deputy Commiasioner Thomas Farrell, of Brooklyn, will alt at Police Headquarters as Acting Commissioner, while Third Deputy Lindsley will preside at police trials in BrooBklyn on Tuesday and Manhattan Thursday HOOGES GIRL CRIES TO STAY AT HOME Resists Children’s Society Of- ficers and Calls to Hughson, Who Was Threatened with Tar and Feathers. ‘Special to The Evening World) MORRISTOWN, N. J.. July 1 —Hattle Hodges, the thirteen-year-old girl whose name has been associated? with Fred- erick Hughson, who was threatened with tar and feathers the day follow- ing a raid made-upon the home of the Hodges, where he lived, was tgken to- day by the Soclety for the Prevention jof Cruelty to Children. She wilt be placed In the State Home. The gitl had to be removed by force The society agents at first tried to Dersuade her te give herself up withs out resistance, but Mise Hodg fused to leave her home. Hughson. hin head stilt swathed tn bandages, took no part and did not attempt to in- terfere m any way sith the acti me of the girl, She kept calling to him “Dearie, do not le tthem take me. Will not leave my dearie.” Hughson himself left the Hodges home later. He drove away In a car- riage to the station, and it was said that he left for Easton, Pa. There were re the| THE WORLD: HOW CAN A MAN FISH WHEN BOdO80<- Po Pe ee PPRDPGODII DIDO DOD-DDD BEDS FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 1: THERE (By T, E, Powers.) ee ee ee ee er ee ry + a 'S SO MUCH NOISE ?'(| Fy LAND THE (TWO-YEAR LDR ee cr crs eo} ~ y — THREE CHEERS <ep ST, LOUIS TOPIC —_——.> Eastern Men Now in Conven- tion City Favorable to His Nomination, on Ground that} He Can Carry New York. | DELEGATES ARE NOT —_ rans Ter Te, fen wid HE ) SEEKS SUPPORT OF DIVORCED HUSBAND _ Married Again and Abandoned, Woman Seeks to Have Her —Magistrate Says No. “Weil, of all the!’"—— Justice Kell started to say in the Supreme Court, Brookiyn, to-day, when Mrs. Emma Braaf-Steinbach, through her attorney Henry W. Unger, asked to have a para- graph added to her decree of absolute divorce from Charles Braaf providing | that he should contribute to her sup: | ort despite the fact she has married | ance. She was married to Braaf in 183 On June 13, 189, she obtained a divoree, and in the following November she mar- ried Valentine Steinbach, Now and although she isn’t pining for some one to love her she really is anxious for some one to support her In an effort to show that Mrs, Stein- bach still had a claim on the man who first led her to the altar, her lawyer affirmed that thelr divorce was ob- tained through collusion. Other reasoas advanced to invalidate the decree were that the terms of decree—whtel provided that she coukl marry again but that Braaf couldn't—were violated by Braaf marrying her sister Bertha almost before thelr love had Been given a chance to grow cold ision made the di- vorce ‘legal, and the second marriage placed Braaf in contempt of court Braaft is well to do, owning among other property the Knickerbocker Ho tel, at Third avenue and Twenty-fitth street Justice Kelly, fanning himself vi oroualy, said he couldn't think of ad Ing the = “‘support-me-please” para graph. FIRST FRCE PARK Commissioner Pallas to Preside at the Opening To-Night in Seward Park—Will Accom- modate 2,500 Daily, There will be great doings in Seward Park to-night at the formal opening of the free baths there, the first that the city has ever had. Park Commis sioner Pallas is preside and will make a speech. Borough Prasiden’ Ahearn also will speak and many city officials will be present The Seward Park bath are vei fine. much finer, In fact, than those which now are being constructed along similar lines In CeWitt Clinton, Hamilton Fis) St. Gabriel's and Thomas Jefferson Parks. There are 42 bath roema, 21 for men and 21 for men. They have waile of marble and tiled floors. They are thoroughly equipped with hot and cold water and all modern apparatus th samy. can bathe. First Spouse Provide for Her BATHS ARE FE Jonal Committee akes Ite headquarters ¢ friend of Judge Parker are ‘ n largo myimbers. Among raew are a number of lenders from West wooxe delegations are nor bie structed for the New York candilate . 1 are very antagonistic to Cleves hat Parker ts the able Inatrument with which to Ac sh toe detent of Cleveland, they are pr 1 ty accept him. They predict, Parker's nomination at a com- — — @ | paratively early date In ine convention sbeeee 4 4:8 LDDTODTADADDGOD HODGE sennaadene | Delegates Instructed for Hesret say “s ee | that Hearst will not be able to contrat s es e = - - - all hie forces in case of a breck, aud park, has submitted the plans providing | and Jthe claim ts made that many of for ns ture to Brookivn’a! ing J will even go to Parker. The k Co iy ned t inet) do hat accept the theory t | Park Ce Bisbal, ennedy hewn Gorman are ain in whose Juriadiction tne seaside park | aries ered ao that! support o f Cleveland, call en | the Roa mM And] to past antagonism In svt His approval must first be obtained, | sppropriate | theory. 5 Mo STORM —_—— He Attacked Daughter of His Employer in Her Home and Was Caught on a Train and| Saved from Posse, WHITE PLAINS, N.Y, July 1 body of arn men who a r i had beat the woods al A aearch | for Mark no, an Italian who at-| j tacked Miss nerine Hall, the sev Jenteen-year-old daughter of ( actor | John Hall, returned shortiy before dawn to learn that the fellow had been cough and was safe in jail The men were ing wet and in an aly temper, and the pol eth {t was well Serino did not fall into thelr hands. tor Hall, who in wealthy and Vves vt Hewthorne, six n m here went visiting with his fo last night, Miss Hall being left at home. Ali the other servants were abeent from the place with the exception of Serino, who is nineteen ye as 4 farmhand. Faved a Pistol, Id, and was employed Mise Hall was roading In the tbrary When she was surprised by the Italian who ran into vid, selaing [the girl, plicee a revolver at her head And threatencd to kill her if she eried out 1M im off, 1 Serino, @1 pointing the revolver r oran from the house The girl, screaming for made her way toa bors, w re she told her experience A posse quickly formed and started In pursuit of the Italian. The meu were armed wit revolvers, guns knives and if the Italian bad fallen into thelr hands it would. probably. h At all the Better Kind of Stores telling or in 10-cent and ridingly wa 1 othe ar Ne only tra ‘ italia ald have boarded afte and when it reached ‘ abeard and went throug train woking for the man. Caught on a Train, 4 hi Tel CENNEDY FAVORS HE EBT Borough President Littleton, who is heart and soul in favor of The Evening for’ a free public bath- with booths (oP #0 per.) the new Coney Island public, Flt 0 5 cents the ounce COMMITTING THEMSELVES, Assertion Made that Strong In- fluence Among Business Men ls Being Brought to Bear in Ex-President’s Behalf, 1—Talk in the tn- terest Cleveland for the Presideney eonatitutes the most promt nent fenture of the ante-convention sin heard among Democrats here t ad the publication here of a Washing: ton despatch quoting Mr. John R. Mo: Laan in ade of the former Pres! r ation added somewhat to of prediction FSG 0- 0 PRS-SDS-SS-5-55 5-9.9-5-5-F-5.55-55-6-4-53-5-55-556455-56-555-5880000 is no definite movement dia- ble aa vet in Mr. Cleveland's in: | st and the few delegates in the} genera Jecline to discuss the} vabitities « that all’ predictions | ature at this time, re confinel Cleveland nomina .r classes led inte two and those who Hy who favor him hn eral way the Fastern arrivals 7 uK Ms Jare f and that Mr = Cleveland Mastern States, a /~GOOONESS! | such as New York. which they day no 1 arr: that (the wares s en oll FoacPnies inf wrought ne ( ry Eeiroet) men ia sbeing no hist the Jefferson Hotel, where the Na+ ~ Parhicularly de 25-cent Packets A Swagger New York Caterer says: “T serve Chiclets at all my luncheons and dinners now—in place fashioned peppermints I! your Caterer, Dainty and Delightful after any table function Retail storekeepers willbe supplied by any wholesale druggist or confectioner JOBBERS SUPPLIED BY FRANK H, FLEER & CO., Inc.; Philadelphia, or L. Lowenthal, Distributor, 315 West 30th Street, New York. \ Als al tl: Finds Bottle of the Acid o Really Delightful agucl de Greme de fenthe} A Dainty Contection Candp Coated Cherving Ginn “aller dinner” Hade by the makers of “Hleors Pepsin Hum" I took my cue from a clever Philadelphia housekeeper, who made quile a hit by serving Chiclets to her friends.” Serve your friends ORNS CARBIL Chair, Takes a Draught and 4 Dies in J, Hood Wright Hoge | pital a Few Hours Later, clpg something bright on @ ».d Eugene Murphy, vt the Murphy home, avenue, to-day toddl nd e doit in his hand, bottle. and, babylike,, the. Al of the child was to place en Sieh his lps. The little one took a drink of tne ats and then dropped to the floor sk cry OL past, one tention had been dig e child by other duties, ran 4 found he had drank one was taken ht Hospital, where he @“ FORCE" is the highest, grade—most delicious—, most digestible — most forceful food in the @ Fifteen cents’ worth “FORCE” contains mo real food for brain and® muscles and nerves than” three times the money’ will get in any other form, Cream when served with it, The two combined make s perlect sirable CheirAestRecominendalion of old-