The evening world. Newspaper, July 2, 1904, Page 7

LANG MIADE FOR FREE “SEA BATHS AT CON They .Contemplate the Erection of a Building 600 Feet Long, Which Will Accommodate 3,000 Bathers Every Day and Cost $45,000. Commisstonér “of Public Works Jobn lc. of Brooklyn, has com: : Sieaee draughting the plans for the free public sea bathing pavilion to be built summer upon the olty’s property at will ask for the necessary funds in Board of Estimate and Apportion- upon his return from the National Convention:in 8t, Louis, Evening World is enabled to show of the main elevation, which subject to the approval of Park Com- Michael J, Kennedy, of €s the structure will be built im park property and must neces- have the indorsement of the Park it, “Although I have not examined the sald Mr, Kennedy, “I am de- fn favor of the project of free Fe baths for the people at Coney Isl- ‘ 000 Feet Long. Planned to erect the structure an entratice at the northwest cor- of West Fifth street and the Con- “yuree. The building will have a length 4 0 feet along West Fifth street, with depth of 200 feet. The style of archi- adopted ls Oriental, with stucog in keeping with other buildings Coney Island, lo the original idea was to erect bullding. to cost $25,000," sald Mr. c. dge, ‘I find that such a struc- “would only furnish accommodations 00 bathers, and might not be of cient stability to withstand the hard ters at Coney Island. The building jana which I have submitted to the jorough President provide for 80 bath- jooms, and in a day will be able to at- lord bathiag facilities for 3,000 persons, “Ad the sea end of the building I have rangéd for a large sun bath, and a de board walk will run from the Con- purse toward the ocean along Its east- exposure. Inside there will be merous shower baths, and there will 4n equal division of the rooms for em and women separated by a parti- on, sE was dedided to locate the pavilion HAS ANAL NT T0 PASO rs. Abramson Stabbed by May ith with Hatpin When She j Tried to Make Her Husband pave the Woman. Abramson, whose infatuation the “Little Duchess,” otherwise as Mamie Smith, of No, 414 East ty-third street, led him to neglect wite mod two little children and fs accused of knocking down his on the street because she ob- ‘a subpoena for him, was to-day in default of #1,000 hall for trial) the of Special Sessions on a h of aasault. The “Little Duchess," who is alleged Dy havo jammed 4 hat-pin into Mrs, 4A Abramson’s. hand. when she tried to 2 her husband from her, was sent: the Island to serve six months. Magistrate Pool, in the Yorkville Po- Court, who disposed of the case, It wae one of many where men become so infatuated with strange pthat they not only neglected families but even beat their ‘When Mrs, Abramson had Mamie ith in, court yesterday on the charge stabbing her with a nat-pin, Magis- wished to seo Abramson, electrician in the tunnel be- from the Battery to Brooklyn of $80 a week. A subpoena for him and the Smith ‘was held unjil today, ‘ite May Be Evicted. Mrs Abramson, carrying Wor two- child and with the three-year. girl tugging at her skirts, left the pt-room yesterday to look for work, ig to berevicted Monday from her three-room flat at No, 25 East treet unless she has or the promise of it. She had been to a number of women ; ity but had ween sumed She was’ continuing the when late in the afternoon she heeband in East Nineteenth He was with a Woman named and had heard of the subpoena aero the “Tou will get a subpoena for me, will ? T'll sle Minnie on to you,” and she adverts, he struck her a blow the Jace, knocking her and the child Policeman Fells Husband, Policoman*Muller, of the East Twen-| t¢, st station, was half a Hock away, but hs got there in time t a gh fat imien apoth Hay iow, ins abou! ‘ay a NJ ol - « fer took Wrameon the hf locked him up on a 4 It. gourt to-day Mecistrate } sald: in Foe tt . times wish that the TP soul a nae jee oh Magistrate Pool had issued im. Going-ap to’his wite while dhe in her arms. he H considerable @istance from the Ocean, so as not to obstruct the view of the water from other portiona of the park and to save it (rom the high win- ter tides, The building proper will stand upon piling, end after built will be se- cure from the rising waters, which will ve the city an annual Dill for re pairs.” To Coat About $45,000, ““What will be the cost of the pavilion as laid out in your plans?” was asked of Mr. Brackenridge. OAs near as I can estimate, tt will Not cost over $45,000," was the Com- Missioner's reply. Borough President Littleton’s original Intention was to ask for the appropria- tion at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. His explanation was tho failure of the Park Commissioner to approve of the Plans, which had not been completed in me Mr. Littleton belt that the pavilion can be built and the baths Opened to the public by Aug. 15. “There is another season coming,” eaid, “Still, I am confident tha daths can be opened this season,” The Evening World has gil along urged that there be no further dety in getting the building under way, The fight for the sea for the people is one ‘that demands immediate attention from the city officials, and should the project be allowed to drag and the building of the pavilion be put over to next sea- son, there js no assurance that it would ever be erected. Needs Ne Extra Appropriatton, “We will not need an extra ApDTo- priation for the maintenance of ti avilion at Coney Island,” said Attieton. “The running expense come out of our regular appropriation for the maintenance and supply of pub- Me buildin, It ts my plan to take away an attendant each of our present interior bathing stations at Pit- kin avenue, Montrose avenue and Hicks street and send them down to Coney Island.) Then, too, we could utilise some of the extra attendants now em: ployed at the public comfort station: The recent poll of the members of the Board of Estimte d Apportionment in The hy bat I World showed them to be unanimously in favor of the free spa bathing plan. The members stand pledged to support the issuance of the hocessary amount of stock for the erec- tion of a suitable public bathing pavil- fon at Coney Island, WIDOW KILLED BY BLAZING OIL ahiiaidipieainal Aged Mother and Crippled Daughter Also Badly Injured in Trying to Tear Burning Garments from Her. Mrs. Mary Flynn, a widow, of No. 119 Meeker avenue, Willlamsburg, waa burned to death through the explosion of an oll stove on which she was pre- paring supper for her aged mother and father and her six children, One of the children, Liazie Flynn, ten years old, a/cripple, and the old mother, who is an invalid, were badly burned in en- deavoring to tear the clothing from her and all of the other children were slightly burned, Before starting the night's supper Mrs. Flynn filled the oll stove, Then she Ughted all four burners and began to peel potatoes. Her mother ard the children were In an adjoining room when they heard a loud explosion and saw a burst of flame from the kitchen, All rushed into the room and found Mrs, Flynn standing in the middie of the floor, her clothing biasing from head to foot. She was completely atunned by fright and made no at- tempt to save herself, As s00n as the little crippled daugh- ter saw her mother's dreadful predica- ment she laid aside her cruton and tore at the burning clothing. The oid mother then attempted to abd the little girl, but in doing #o her hair caught fire, Priest Hurried to Scene, Soon the neighbors were attracted by the screams of the frightened chil- dren and rushed in with blankets, in which they wrapped the burning wom- en. Rev, Father McGoldrick, of St. Ceclita's Roman Catholic Church, also heard the cries in his parsonage near- by and ‘hurried to the scene, hen he reached the flat the burned ard frightened children begged him to adminster whe _. rites wi was dead, Dr. it. of St. Catherine's Hospital, also arrived too late to give any ald to the burned woman. Firemen were called to the scene of the explosion, but when iy § arrived they found that the flames had been smothered by neighbors, Tho tiremen that they were never called in all their experience to wilness such @ pitiful eight. Children Knelt Around Her, The burned woman lay in the centre of the fi in her aix children following the in prayer for the dead woman. they were grouped in this posture Michael Havrinton, seventy years old, the father of the victim, returned home ‘om work. He looked at the form of his dead daughter and his grandchildren kneel- it body and the expression lus face wu nen Pere compelled we room. To- to turn away and leave when an FEvenin, man itting by the side of his hter moaning and talking in- is feared that hi ason through the shock. NODS LI CENA PAK Well-Dressed Young Man Is! Found Dead in the Bushes; wit a Bullet tiole Through; His Head, | W. M. BENTON, WHO ENDED LIFE BY SROOTING IN CENTRAL PARK PEPALDAHIAMIROIEE IEE RODDED IMED EDD steep HIS NAME THOUGHT TO BE W. M. BENTON. Spent Day in the Park and} Made Effort to Destroy all Marks of Identification Be- fore Shooting Himself, Lying half concealed under a bush at ‘the side of the driveway at West Nine. ty-fifth street, the body of an expen- sively dressed young man waa found to-day at dawn, In his right hand was clutched « revolver and over his right eye was a bullet wound, showing that; he had been shot to death, The police believe that the man's name was W. M. Benton, and they are confident that he ended hs own life after an attempt to destroy all means of identification about his clothing. All yesterday afternoon this young man was seen walking about the park. DnPRS 2 PORE MSTSES ESLER SS SODEDESE+DODISEEDD SER OST ROHe 8-8-2 Do ® DOBIDIDOI DAMM ADI GADD DIAD POE D ee 2 od $232-3-3d06 +6202 PPPS >? >oteoe 3 PEEEPRSERIAEDE SEED | ODD DDOIOOOOGNH DEED PUT OUT BY WIFE, KILLED HIMSELF Body of Emil Schwitsky, Sui- cide, Is Found in the Hallway Outside of His Home in West Forty-second Street. He was in and out of the animal house. and his appearance and general air of Prosperity attracted the attention of the police and animal keepers to him. ‘When the animal house was closed for the day the man was seen to walk off through the park, He was carelessly swinging a small bamboo cane and ap- peared not in the least excited. He ts thought to have spent the night in tha | park, trying to nerve himself up to end- ing his life, Shot Through the Head. Patrolman Fellx Cleletke, of the Park squad, was passing through the drive. Way to-day when he saw a body half | concealed under a bush. The police- | man discovered that the body was still | Warm, &nd he hurriedly called an am- bulance from the J. Hoed Wright Hos- pital. Dr, Wein, who came with the ambulance, said that death was {u- stantaneous, The bullet had entered above the right eye, passed through the head and come out behind the right ear, It was the opinton of the physician that the man had shot himself only a fow minutes before the body was dis covered. plon investigation the polic learned that no one in the neighborhood had heard @ shot fired at the time the man ended his life, The body was taken to the Aracnal, and there !t was discovered that the man had destroyed every ot Paper and card he might have carried in his pockets. On the pocket lining of hia coat was the name of "“W. M, Ben- ton." In his straw hat were the in- itiale “W, M. B."* Bought Clothes in City, The revolver was new, never havin: been fired except once. This led the police to believe that the man had purchased It for the purpose of ending his life, The man appeared to be between twenty-two and twenty-four years old, His suit was of light gray, with stripes, and was new. It had been purchased Smith, Gray & Co.'s store, His hat, was also new and had been purchased at Kennedys store in Corte landt street. He wore a white silk tle, low-cut, patent-leather shoes, black silk socks. His underwear was also new and of costly material. The bamboo cane which was found by his side a had the appearance of being new, In the man's pockets were found $1 and a few cents and a pearl-handled knife, The young man had regular fea- tures and good, well-kept teeth, The police say that he was handsome, HOS LIE BENS HE LOT LE Edward W. Woods, in Presence of Wife, Who Struggled to Prevent Him, Blows Out His Brains, Emil Schwitsky, thirty-eight years, a laborer, living on the second floor of No, 49 West Forty-second street, was found dead in the hallway outside of Kia home last night. By his side was a bottle that had contained carbolic ack he had been drinking His wife say during the di id that she had toid/ him not to return until he wa He had been out of work and Ill for) fome time and was despondent. | QUT OF WORK, HE HANGED HIMSELF Stableman with Wife and Five Childred Ended Life with a Halter After Pitiable Plea for ‘a Job. ————— Henty Melssinger, @ stableman out of employment, was fo’ dead to-day in the loft of the stable of R. H. Hos & Co., No, 2% Shoriff street. Falling to obtain work Melssinger secreted him- self in the loft last night and hanged himself with a halter he had fastened over a beam, Melsainger lived with his wife and five children at No, #4 Eldridge street. A fow weeks ago he lost his position with a firm and his search for work was unsuccessful, Yesterday he applied to the foreman of the Hoe Company stable for work, and told a pitiable story about his con- dition, and sald he would go to prison before he would ask for charity. There Was no work at Hoe's, and t the last seen of hi [hg tend yed in the barn, came across the body t o-day RECORD FOR BANK DEPOSITS, Clearing-House Figures Al Loan Increase and Surplus Lo ‘The feature of this week's bank state- ment issued to-day was @ new high record in the deposit item, which now aggregates the grand totg! of $1,152,- 988,400. The cash holdings of the arso- clated banks aa represented in specie and legal tenders are also in excess of previous figures. The cash gain was surprisingly small, It having been esti- mated that this item would show an Increase of several millions. The Clearing-House figures as iseued t was Ww ne. Ine Ine Edward W. Woode, twonty-elght | Years old, of No. 87 Third street, Union | Hill, a fireman on the West Shore Rafl- road, committed suicide to-day by shooting himself In the head, Woods lost his right leg in @ railroad accident two years ago. He kept his position as fireman, as he was a first- class man, but he had been greatly troubled over the loss of his limb. A few minutes after he had returned home from his run to-day he drew a revolver in the presence of his wife and, pointing {t at his head, sald; “I'm going to bill myself.” Before he had time to pull the trigger his wife had rushed at him and grasped the weapon. There was a d te to get possession of the re- volver, which ended in the woman being thrown to the floor, Woods then placed the nruzale of the revolver be- hind his eye and fired. The bullet « tered his brain and he died instantly, Besides his wife Woods leaves a little daughter. ‘The only cause that can be assigned for the sulcide ie deapondency over the loss of his leg. After the accident he received several thousand dollars from the Brotherhood of Firemen and other organizations to which he belonged. He invested the money in real estate and was in com- Ne circumstances, Hie 259,500 067, $00 FINE HAWTHORNE EXHIBIT, Complete Series of Firat Edhtion own at Lenox Lébrary. The New York Public Library, to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Nathaniel Hawthorne, opened to-lay @ remarkable free exhibition of | his works in thelr original editions, | anuscripts written by him, portraits, views of his haunts and homes and books about him, Aa this exhibition contains an abso- lutely complete series of Hawthorne | firat editions an opportunity is afforded which has never been given before in Now York. The exhibition is at the Lenox Library Building, Fifth avenue! and Geventieth street, and will be con- tinued about six weeks, | JUMPED FROM EADS BRIDGE. | Man Who Wrote Tired of Living Lett Le on Span. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 2—After divest ing bimeolf of part of his clothing, a man supposed to be Edward Sentinel Cheney, of Lockport, I the tre of the Eade Wedae te 1 to- “ina ‘was. drowned, The body wan] ca p| early to-day plunged over the sea wail Mrs. Woods is prostrated. | 4 MAN FOUND DEAD BATH TUBA HOME Adolph Hinze’s Family Was Out of Town and His Sister, Alarmed at His Absence, Made Startling Discovery, dolph Hinae, ve years old living at No, 167 Weat One Hundred and Thiriteth street, was found dead to-dgy iy the bathroom of his home His family being a he took his meals at his married sister's home. Several days ago he told her he was Fp, £2, Pe ows home to take a bazh fis sister became anxious when he did not return and went to. investigate, | She disoovered his dead body in th bath tub, lh ee: BY BO KLE TROLLEY Ci Mob Threatens Motorman, Who Is Only Saved from Violence by the Active Work of the Police, Jeremiah Wal Elyhth street orosstown car, was as- raigned for examination beto Coroner to-day because his car ri down and killed Joseph Quinn, boy of four, who lived at No. 103 Christopher ireet. s The boy was playing in the street motorman of an y, and jist os the car approached he ran Across. the tracks. "He was’ thrown against the curb and received injuries from which he died later in @t. Vine cent’s Hospital. \ After the accident a crowd gathered and threatened the motorman with vio- lence. Only the presence of policemen with drawn clubs saved Walsh from rough treatment me HEADREST DROWHNG MA Cornelius J. Murphy, Who Has Saved Twenty Lives, Jumps Into River and Drags James McLean Ashore, Without stopping to remove his hat, Cornelius J. Murphy, with a record of saving twenty persons from drowning, at the foot of West Fiftleth strex af- ter James McLean, gas-house foreman, of No. M2 West Fifty-third who was going down for the third time. McLean is a prominent Tama@any worker in ¢he Seventeenth Assembly District, While walking along a lumber pler adjoining the recreation pler he slipped and fell into the water. His | shouts for help brought a crowd to the edge of the wall, but none dared take the plunge to his rescue urphy at the moment was in Twelfth avenue, 90 feet Hearing Ue drowning man's ¢ river and, not even any of his cl to the water, 8 on of a dark object which bobbed for a moment and thon sank from view in the glare of an electric ligot, In & moment two heads came up. | and with a shout the crowd greeted | Murphy's cry: | “Lat go my leg! Give wi ’ The watchman of the rv > the seu by tne| or mpanying the Roosevelt Hospital ambulance which had. been alled, and later was removed ts ht “ome. furphy wears a medal whic selved years ago for saving a drowning. re OUT OF WORK; TOOK POISON. John Magarins, forty.eight years old, of No, % William street, Long Island City, died in St. John’s Hospi. from the ffect be took to en BRCHTON THAN ~ SWMSHES AT | Two Women Have Their Skulls Fractured, and Their Male; Companions Hurry Away ina Cab After the Accident. CHAUFFEUR SAYS HE DIDN'T KNOW THE GIRLS. They Asked Him for a Ride, He Asserts, as He Started from Coney Island on His Way Home, Two women are suffering in the ‘Coney Island Emergency Hospital from fractured skulle and other injuries re calved in @ collision between an auto jmobile In which they were riding and a Brighton Beach mptor train at Sea Breeze avenue and the Boulevard to- day, The police are seeking two men who were with the women and who fled ing cab after the accident, leaving their companions unconscious om the ground, The women are Irene Shayne, enty- two years old, of No, 287 West One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street, Manhattan, and Laura O'Donnell, twenty-one years old, of No, 2% Bast |One Hundred and Twenty-frst street, Manhattan, Miss Shayne told the po.ice that the man in oharge of the auto was Ed- ward Schotwell, of No, 73 West Eighty- elahth street. Train No, 108, in charge of Motor- man Isaac Smith and Conductor John Gillin, Waa crossing the Boulevard on the way to Brighton Beach, when the Automobile came tearing along the Boulevard from Coney Island. The auto struck the firat car of the n amidships, and the occupants wera tossed Against the train and then fell to the ground. Both women were un- conscious, The auto was smashed inty Many pieces The registered number of the auto was 10,326, This waa on a Ddiack enamel plate with allver letters and hung at the back of the machine. Men Hurry Away in Cab, The two men, who had occupied the front seat of the auto hastily called a cab which was near. They entered it and were driven away in rapid order after giving directions to the driver, Motorman Smith stopped the train as quickly a@ possible and ran back to the scene of the accident, The women were still unconscious, and Conductor Gillin telephoned the Emergency Hospital. Ambulance Sur- geons Smith and Hall responded, and after half an hour's work succeeded In reviving Mise Shayne. She ve her name and that of her companion. The surgeons, after examining the women, said both had received frac tures of the skull, Internal and other injuries, They were taken to the hos- 't Kuow the Girls, He Says. Shotwell was accompanied by hin friend George Taylor, who rooms with him in West Zighty-eighth atreet, When | awakened to-day b: Even reporter, both were so sttf from strained muscles and sore with many cuts and scratches that neither could dress alone, Shotwell said; “I am the chauffeur for a Brooklyn man, and as he is now out of the city I borrowed his machine last night and took Taylor to Coney Island. Down there we met the two girls, who were alone and whom we didn't know, They THAEE BANDITS HOLD WP A PENNSYLVANIA TOWN One Man Killed and Others Wounded ina Wild West Attack Which Finalfy , Ends in Victory (Bpectal to The Evening World.) LANCASTER, Pa., July 2—Lying In jail here with his head split open and knowing that he will die, @ man who says his namo is Carson, who is one of a trio of the boldest and most pose rate bandits this State has pes refuses to tell anything about Rimself or to give the stightest clew that will lead to the capture of his companions. With aealed Itps this man glares at ns fatlers, and all questio ¢ met with snarls. Although he is in great suf. fering, this man bears pain like Indian. He seems indifferent to whe- ther death comes or not. This trio of bandite ma: mined attack on the little Gordonville, ten miles from here, on the Pennaylvania Railroad, late last night. They chose a time for attack- ing and robbing the town when a rain- storm, accompanied by wind, thunder and Mghtning, was In progress, Tele- phone wires had been grounded by the storm, and the people of the town were most of them in bed. The robbers made their appearance | ina hotel owned by Fimer Lane. Lane was in the oMfice of his hotel alone when the three men entered. That they came to murder first and then rob Was plain, Without a word of warning the three men snatched pistols from their wet clothing and opened fire Lane fell with a dullet wound In his a deter- town of Because of the thunder and high Winds the pistol shots were not heard fm the neighborhood, and Lane, single- handed, gave battle, The men retired land with qlstols in hand descended jupon the gene: store of A |Hershev. In the store with Hershey jwas Phares Buckwalter, his clerk. Suddenly the door was burst open, and the storekeeper and his clerk cooked down the barrels of three pis- for the Citizens, tols, Hershey an and resisted. dits began fri 4 Buckwalter romp? Instantly the three bane ng. Hershey fall with bullet in his back. Buckwalter, crouch: ing low behind a counter, Gave battle’ Townamem to the Resous, The townspeople by this time , learned that the hold-up men polly 4 the store, and that the hotel-keeper been shot With guns, pistols every concetvable weapon, they ran fo" the store, yellingyas they ran. ‘Thetr. yells were heard by the robbers above the noise of the storm and they borin drawn,’ carried an axe. “Ag! to the street with Pistols stilt One of the citizens the last of the thres robbers came from the store the man dealt the robber @ blow on the head, felling him and rene dering bim unconselous, “We had better make off,” off,” yelled one of the other robbers to his companion, and the two men, with a Parting shot, started to run, They fled eastward’ Mong the Williamstown turnpike. | Ther crowd of clizeng followed, but the robe bers were lost in the darkness, Passing the tollgate in ch f uel Ressler, four miles from ¢ Srdoovtile the robber# were still running. The ‘ot sale teentt fest Cu man and feeble ¢ oul call ughingly at the running “Where's your team?" Murdered im Cold Rlood, With oaths the robbers stoy Ring, and again thelr” pistols” were irawn, ‘They began firing at thers three bullet wounds in his body. 7 ely following the robbers posse from Gordonvilie. They fo dered old man, and then their tempts were made to communicate with all the surrounting towns, asking. that the robbers be vrrested. This, fer, Was imposble because’ of the broken tollaa'a keeper, and he fall the fot wt) a Very dangerous. pitch. hee condition of the telephones. upon them, SEVEN CAUGHT IK GAMBLING RAID Police Capture and Gag the Lookout and Completely Sur- prise the Men Inside the House. —_— Seven prisoners caught in « raid on ‘an alleged gambilig-house at No. 26 West Thirty-fourth street appeared tn the Jefferson Market Court to-day, Evidence in the shape of a double rou- lette wheel, a faro layout and 2,700 com- position chips also was taken tnto court John Lynch, the alleged propri George J. Johnson, of No. 16 West Geventy-seventh street, charged with operating a roulette wheel, and Charles {Willams, doorkeeper, were helt for ex- amination on July 12. The other four prisoners were discharged. The raid was made by Police Captain Hussey, of the West Thirty-seventh street station, who was accompanied by Detectives Frye, Kuhn and Donohue. Capt. Hussey said he had been watch- ing the place for a month. The captain and detectives rang the asked us for a ride, I stopped the ma- chine and they got in the rear seat. “Where the accident happened there fe a fence which screens the tracks of the railroad We did not hear any wong or whistle and did not see the train untll we were within a few feet of it, It was then too late to stop. “In saying that we deserted the girls the palice ace wrong. We waited thet until the police came, and as they said they were going to the girls to the hosnital we called a cab and came home. We didn't go to the hospital with them because we didn't know them, and although we felt sorry they were burt we could do nothing for them, The policeman in charge did not tell us we could not go, 1 gave him my name and address, and that was all he ed. “Taylor and I were situing on the front veat and we were cut up by the breaking of the glass front or wind ho! was ceri his job as a chauffeur, pring on is cause the machine was wrec! Plover ‘would: discharge. Mim’ wien fe ye i wi eard of the dent. * sa di| bell at the basement door and it was opened by Charles Williams, a colored “lookout.” He no sooner appeared at the door than he was caught by the throat by Capt. Hussey and prevented from making an outcry. ‘The detectives pulled him outside and went through his pockets, taking the then left in the basement, handcuffed and gagged. With the keys Capt. Hussey unlocked the janer doors, and the four made thelr way upstairs, The first floor wes fur- nished ag an ordinary parlor and din- ing-room. In the latter an elaborate luncheon was spread on the table. From the floor abuve could be heard the whirr of a roulette wheel and the clicking of chips, Capt. Hussey and the detectives made thelr way upetairs softly and stood for gome time in the hell watching the men inside at the faro bank and roulette wheel, . Surprt jo Gamblers, They finally entered the big room, and the occupants, taken by surp: backed up in @ corner. One man behind the roulette wheel and had just set it splnaing as the police entered. He gave his name later as George J, Johnson, BIVE POLICE I BURGLAR CAS \Six of Them Break Into ajsre Closet and Are Much Sur- prised at What They Find. “Come on quick!" yelled an old egto woman as she stood before the st One Hundredth tion, ‘Come on, quick id man’s got ‘em all penned up. "Say, mister, come on.” she began again. Send all the cops you got to No. 313 West One Hundred and Fourth street. They's burglars Halt a doxen policemen were sent on| the run to the Ong Hundred and Fourth ad he top floor the policemen negro, Hi th a mun tm “L hw em silver,” ‘s plac whispered Tem stealing Mr, under Wiley’ breath. of No. 1 West Seventy-secdnd street John Lynch, fifty years old, who said he was a broker, was arrested as the Froprietor of the place. Four other men who were in the main room were taken Broness and gave their names as Robert Devis, of Stafford, Conn; muel Thomas, of No! 35 _ West Twenty-eighth street; George Wilson Villiam Coles, no address. The ‘lookout was also arrested. main room was luxuriously fur- nisned and contained a double roulette wheel, a faro layout, a sideboard and of checks and cards. The keys to the inner doors, Williams wes! ried 15 OVERCOME BY SMOKE AT FI Blaze in a Row of Flathouses in Fulton Street, Brooklyn, Gives Ambulance Surgeons a Lot to Do. Fifteen persons are being treated by, physicians of St, Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, to-day, having been overcome! by smoke in a fire which started before, midnight in the flat-houses that extend from No. 1187 to No, 11% Fulton street, Brooklyn. ‘The fire started on the top floor of the house at No, 1198, in the apartments of G, B. Manson, The Mansons were not at home at the time, and fifteen minutes later the flames were spouting from the windows of the five adjoining houses. In No, 1189 Mrs. William Clusky wes overcome by smoke, She managed to get to the window and signal for help before she sank unconscious. John Mapes, one of the tenants, rushed through the smoke and carried her dows the stairway. Peter Duffy, in No, 119, was caught with his five children on the tap floor and all were overcome by smoke end in danger of being burned. Firemen worke ing on the roof heard Duffy's cry for help and carried the family down Jad ders, the fire cutting off escape by the hallway, Charles L. Nostrand, The family of And that of Mrs, William Sure Keeani B e crying for ald. “They too had to'be care John Hanley: 2” fireman Engine, was among those woo didsa carrying out the frightened He Was overcome at his work 4 had to pe rowered down the ladder by com- Trades, The fire caused a loss of buildings and contents, beet OF THE DAY. CLOVER BUTTOM DISTILLING CO, mbling implements were piled {nto | © patrol wagon and taken to the ation. ® Weer 18th St. New York,