The evening world. Newspaper, July 15, 1904, Page 3

CHARLES W. B. CARTER, AGED MILLIONAIRE, WHO | | 7 IN A CAB IN WHICH HE WAS RIDING WITH GIRL, | 4 Ph > i WADED MO OSPUTENTA GL After a Drive Through Prospect Park with a Woman He Met on the Street Chas. W. H.Carter, Seventy-nive Years. Old, Was Found Dead in the Vehicle. | } accom: Though the police efforts to locate the young wot panied Charles W. H. Carter, seventy-nine years old, af No. 149 Lingoin road, Flatbush, the millionaire manufacturer of printer's ink and varnish, , In the strange cab ride that ended in his death might be characterized as) sluggish, facts have come to light that inject considerable mystery in the GERMANIC CHANGES OWNERS case. [White ster 6 It isn’t quite clear what they could do with her ii they round hey, tor! manor the doctor having declared that the old gentleman died trom natural $1" 4! causes, she has committed no crime in avoiding publicity by geting! Away as soon as she discovered that her companion in the cab was dead, | - Coroner’s Physician Hartung went to the Carter home in Patou - of the hote!, ‘Ga when is ithe in and saw the old man «retehed out un careful examination, however, he decied that an autopsy was not neces-| C Henry, who lives wrross the strce.. }¥e said that tae wan was dead ani sary. Every indication pointed to death from natural causes, A talk || 7Ove the bods to the Adams street station” with the family convinced the physician that Mr. Carter hnd been a sut-; 4 STRHNOGRAPHER, POLICE BELIEVE, ferer from heart disease. The police believe (hat the young wowwan who was wilh Mr, Carter te flow on n the cab isa stenographer, ‘They base this belies on the genoral descriptina The sons of the dead man told Dr. Hartung that they did mot be-/ of her At frat they thoughl she might de employed in one of his fa y N tre there : live their father had any strange woman with kim in the cab. Later! beegel naar be, cated pi acer ce sie Nocntel i Hes Justice Blanchard Continues In they insisted tha, they believed he was alone in the vehicle and thaat ne} particular with the deseription of Mr Carter's companion junction, but Stipulates that story of the mysterious ) vung woman had been manutactured by the! When Dr. Henry examined the dead man he found chat his talss veeth — She Shall be Allowed Sum for caoman, . {had slipped from place, lodging In the tack of the mouth. They were not Maintenance. a ey " if : in a position that could have had any evil effect upon him, and, according * A hackman named Westry, who was standing near James McGuire, to the physician, were lossened in his death apanm. who drove the cab Mr. Carter and his companion engaged, declared to- The body of the dead man was removed from the Adams street station pi. sempovare ymjnnetian abta cay that for fully half an hour before they hired the rig the old man and to his home In Flatbush to-day. Members of his fautily have been sum- jy. te fe aged ny the young girl stood in spirited argument betore the steps of Borough, moned to the home, None will diseuse the manner in which the old may, "0's shoe Haunay Bilas, 9 Hall. Westry said further that he and his fellow-cabmen agreed that the ™* hi* death. yt ek eee : Evening World reporter talked with Robert Carter, a i ie irl was not over eighteen or nineteen years old, that she was ion-| A" 8 ni 8 . * e was excepti with the two sons, Is conducting an investigation. ‘The nephew told .he! made + dofendani« vis notion ally well dressed and very pretty. Mrs. Kline any mon reporter that tinder no circumstances will the famfly make any statement, | ‘"om Pr ne lhe during sya 18h rN Nephew, WhO, | 191, which restraled a number of hanks ‘ em McGuire, the cabman, who told the police a circumstantial story of! “We don't care what is made public,” anid Mr. Carter, “for ina ahors| {lt 0 "em | his drive and the disappearance of the young woman a few minutes be-, time it will all be forgotten, In time the friends of the family will know |, aay atin tore Mr, Carter was taken, dead, from the cab at the St. George Hotel,’ the tacts of the case, but they will go no further.” | who len anno all the womaus has disappeared, and the police assert that they have no knowledge of his| . a ws pnd of the family know any young woman named | Brint 9. receiver of i Lid ter whereabouts, The police say they rely upon him entirely to establish} NUE’ MAMed the repor Justice Blanchard, however, tinpores Be cy La ae “That [ refuse to answer,” ded Mr. Cart cerialn’ Fest iotions o siaint (he identity of the girl if they discover her whereabouts, sgh hase headless he Di el hth ee ira a ae SLA, Ine “Has the family learned that Mr. Carter was merely taking a soctable|'' ride“with an acquaintance?” was asked by Mr. Carter would not reply. He sald that every member of the family ‘had agreed to maintain absolute silence, he frst day of ‘The police have a theory now that the young girl eltier works or lives 1 fo bes ANed. Mra. ing I# also to be permitted to occupy |in Gold street, Manhattan, and not in Gold street, Brooklyn. They bulld! fre or rem brvmisem not mentioned in this theory on the faci that Gold street and Vandewater sirset, where Mr. ; the decision and to have the use of tue Carter's offices are located, run parallel, ending at the bridge. They also Hnger nl furniture therein, Her wear believe that the couple went north along these streets and met at Andy Ke cert ér sniree jot an oe ‘he only story the police have of the night ride in the cab was drawn | Horn's, near the bridge entrance. receiver In to exercise control abies from James McGuire, the hackman, who picked up his fares opposite; CAptain Harins received an anonymous postal card this ateernoon stating; ‘'M* properties waich Mr Platt Borough Hall at 7.30 o'clock last evening. MoGuire's complete story,‘ as | that if he would #0 to an address on Redford avenue he could clear up (he e condition that sie o sufficient sum for her and (hac the receiver “AMILY HAD GONF WAY, The okt gentleman's wife and daughter had, just.left their Brooklyn nome for the family summer place at Shelter Island: His two sons, C. Harris Carter, of No, 860 Si. John’s place, and O. G, Carter, of No. 296! Prospect place, who had announced to their father that they would join thei¢ motier and sister in Shelter Island, had unexpectedly been detained| ip Brooklyn. mbt month a sun freka to recover are at No, 1% West Pifty-third st elicited by Police Captain Harkins, of the Adams street station, after several myatery an to the idnetity of the woman who rode in the cab with Mr.jo¢ Weer sixty tatty A Mga hours of questioning, follows: ‘Carter. He went there, accompained by McGutre, the hackman. They saw/ttal Park West; and on the “I was standing by my cab in front of the Borough Hall at 7,30 o'clock | | a woman there,who declared she knew nothing about the case sMcGuire said | ‘* of West Seven’ cond street were oll deeded by him to Hannah talking with several other cabmen, when an elderly man came walking! she was not the woman. rth berwren i MIAK westward toward the Beecher statue —aomemente ee ee er T was immediately attracted by his| ———$ a | neguaintancs, and IM, Mr. Platt, who Appearance because of his handsome clothes, his erect bearing and the| Pe sieni-toun sae Ee Ime great square beard that bid the lower part of his face, | Married Gonent “As he approached the statue a young woman of fine figure, a pretty ! me Feoerit that the real, ‘Dropercee’ us| face and stylishly dressed, came from the opposite direction. I had never. AM eee yee the , . ohn | | Piatt seen her before in the neighborhood of Borougi Hall, and could see instant | ly that she was of a different character from the women who are seen much in the neighborhood. GREETED HER WITH A HAND CLASP. “The old man greeted her with a hand claap and they spoke a few cis! together in a way that convinced me they had met by appointment. ‘They | turned and walked hesitatingly toward the cab atand. I saw a likely tare | and stopped forward. The girl spoke firet and asked me how 1auch I would | charge to drive them through the park. “I replied that my, usual charge was $3. The old gentleman objected | to this and said that he was not in the habit of paying more than $2.50. ' Justice Blanchard reviews the grovod Of the oF Gon in nis oninion at consider. janath, stating th® defendant > have oby ain the plaintiff « | she be restrained from interfer! > disposing of any of the real or per- sonal property involved in the Mele The material 1 i talnti® are Planehard save ~_ OFF FERA- a THEA EN HIMSELF \John Russell Tle ? Fellow ss ‘nas T Washburn. Rich Grain ployees He Is Going to Get| Dealer of Buffalo, Commits a Cup of Coffee, but Ends; Triple Tragedy at His Home) Life. Without any Known Cause, ir t some tim pe aint ff nt prior to Ja sad relations wirl Hannah Elias There, U said that I always got $3 for driving a fare through the park and down Hine heat @ a | eaumed a ‘cortincrie ‘ort * the road. The girl spoke up quickly and sald they did not want to go down), 201" Russell, of No. 48 Weak Twene| Special to The Rvening Work ) fifth street, left cls tallor’s bench} BUEPALO. NV. hus ta. | the road. They just wanted to be driven through the park, I agreed then jn the alop of 8, Saut 102 Waat | ger 1. Washburn, of ihe firm bof = Ate nd an ped the old man gave me the money. I did not Forties strves, y| Heathfeld & Washburn, and one DIRInIt has Bola to he ice ‘the aize of his roll. get a cup of the rominen! grain merobante iu s 1 + “I drove to the park, but when we got inside I found that | could not ae Ne tans ti Ed erent “ r his’ wife an fteen-vear-old ened that sles Get past Third street on the West Drive, as the road was blocked for re- Who had been working tor | nuabtey and then killed hinnaelt he did we aha w 1 a hi Wai in pairs, Then I turned round and was driving in another direction when 1 er for fifteen y old 4 fellow!his nome. No Putnam e:teet. ‘The {Jury his re nad a que want workman (har le with ple wite and to live any more he pat on hie hat and camt and le thop, saving \e was going to Ret a coffee, Sauter though: | was te atrange, a8 his employees usually askel permigeion when they wished to work Pinter the ferry-bor: John noticed a violent tugging at the window. I leaned over and the young woman called to me that ber friend was {ll and asked me to get down “T safd I had a lively borse and If I was to get down she wild have to hold him. She got out and caught the bridle, and I ciimbed down from the box, When I opened the door wide I saw that the old man had slid down from the seat and was semi-consclous, I lifted him back on the seat and. he collapsed. A PERSONAI, FRIEND, SHE SAID, “When I had propped him up I began to question the gir) about the man. bodies were found to-day by Isabela. | | Hunn, an aunt of Mie Washburn { Business (roubles are given as the cause .of the tragedy, althougn M Heathhed, Washtrn’s partner, wou} twa otate the exact m j (he trouble, Medion) Naaminer salt ne thd been informed Chat ci ne didn the ‘ man had written and posted a letter! to Heatafeld lax. nighe telling woat | e this morn Bhe said he was a personai friend aud that she bad known him two years. jameburg. It wee not | ABR Bhe sald he was a prominent, business man, five minutes when Russell, who was] wii to the dewatown mikee ; + “ldo not want tb be found in his company,. if he is sick.’ she said. 1 he ” oo ca Pac hey tame te rare. vm jabrevent tne line asked her if she knew what was the matter with him, and she answered that) .0", "1," Plain. Mires Was : Blane the deck apd jumped into the A score af persons saw pin: s board f was stopped. atlor d ippear and the > iol on ite way nr she thought he had stopped at Any Horo’s, on Park Row, and had possibly M4 drunk too much. “She got in the cab again, and before closing the door told me that when Wwe got owt of the park she would like to get out. 1 sald, ‘Oh, no; you Will iourning wand avout i. aud lagite was cy 1sig (he | Mia COE gevent tay and see this thing out. ‘Then we drove out of the park rapidly and as & Rivne | nae aide none tee | hae Bien hes “ I was passing Plaza place and Berkeley place [ leaned over and looked in (eye “qa aideere ih og RB Bark! de nd that such sy ,. javell Nad weveral el lidy 4 the window agnin, ax I heard the old man breathing heavily. His compan-' st? in te and. aree. Jon was fanning him. | drew up to ask her how he was doing, and 4 woman od ndent and melas came out of a nearby house and asked me if any one was sick. ote wae \ rove ts “She replied Surriedly that her friend had been ili, but was coming i Be ee ee Around. Sie said: ‘I think be wilh be ail right when we get back to che CLEVELAND IN GOOD HEALTH “isto iss: hotel,’ Then she called tome to drive to the St. George Hotel and added: —_— enn a f o 1 ‘Before we get thure stop one or two blocks away ro that | can get cut. 1 BI'ZZARD'S BAY, Maw. Jay tit fe le sald (0 Lave hee t| don't want to go to the hotel, but will stand across the street and see that Former President Grover Cievoinnd ana | Hamers = oe ro | t@ Kebmittherger and MeHermett he gets in all right.’ Mars. Cleveland here te-fay for , ' siete (1 | Poller Comm: ecoived | ~ » Pp 7 lapel em tae way ty North Sand} vente De committer of | I stopped the cab at Pierrepont street and Monroe Pisce, three blocks! wich, H., where |, is expected they 1 Yescerday will wand tne rest of the summa) fathe away ‘trom the hotel, and the young woman got out. of the viens She did not seem to ¥ m Mr. Cleveland apieared in quod henith | A aon Pt) Washbnes, wan be know the neighborhood and asked where the hotel was. I told her and 38 he stepped on bvurt tne i With | married an@ lives In Brooklyn, where ne [4 resided, askin to| Mra. Cleveland he i boon * lle profession of den medals and re o Ine 1g | Canries op on, she started to walk down the street. 1 kept a short distance ahead of her, Jooking back to see if she was following. GIRI, HAD DISAPPEARED. odes. . nourn home, which is screws the street from het own. about @ o'clock this morning She waa to eli Ls! found Un jor Sehmittberger McDermott, of the in recognition of th policing of the section during the i arrival of Mre. ara ris ae Washburn about a | “At the hotel I drew up and looked around again. The girl had com- | {perder "om New ped fens enna russted’ The comuition we, pletely’ disappeared and there was no eign of her. A colored man came out Ponte dome ace fa real cane ome oe Vege © ERBaney oF. He, ‘ —., > ? ARUGER ISTO BE Sham Palave $i Me SHOT BY i ON the}. , 4 rowboat, and the sentry fred JAPS COST 2,000. MEN WW A THREE-OAY BATTLE SANG VL Desperate |i sietee ‘Marks the Assaults on the Outlying Defenses of Port Arthur—How the Cruiser Bogatyr Was Rua Ashore, MUKDEN: July (4 (CDolayed fn Pranemissiony Of all the @ghting that took place in the ettacks of the Japanese on the defenses of Por: Arthur at yetween July 2 and July 6 was the mos: lesperate, In_ fhe pier (lie Koosians drove the Japanese from their gained posi They thou ocupled the bank of the Lunsantan and took posses santan Pass The Russian the helatts « nding | fered a lo Jnpanere » of 200 yeeoe were Inalg HOW BOGATYR WAS GROUNDED, PREPRRSRE AC PM It ts possible that the fourth the Viediostoh seuadron now of the Japanese coast is the crulver ae tha were krownh some time ago to have marly With the approaching departure of the Baltte squadron for the Far Bast preparations are belug imade to prevent the publication of news of the movements of the Russian ships toe newspapers are strictly forbidden niention thely nmmes. and even foreign despatches referring co the Kueman vesse's ave Dot passed by the censor OKU MARKING SLOW PROGRESS, fhe army organ believes it le searcely possible for Gen. Oku to advance vot the ‘Takushan column reaches Tang-Chi. Ut points out that before Kalchou i} took eighteen days for Oku to cover twenty miles, arguing that his slowness may be due to hesitation as to where to deliver a blow, and that possibly it Is lis inteation to again devote his chief energies to Port Arihur The Novoe Vremya to-day says a July 15, tyr fopawst vessel heen computed “Yhe Hritish must not compare the present conflict with the Hoer war, ‘They had 300,000 Boers against Great Britain; we have 50,000,000 Japanese against Great Russia. But in both eases Little Aritain and Little Russia met with initial difficulties on account of the enormous distance they had to despatch their armies,” RUSSIAN Gi NERAL WOUNDED, Gen, Rennenkampf was wounded, but not seriously, in a skirmish near Saimatsza. A bullet passed through the calf of one of hia legs. The General Staff has not yet received confirmation of the report of the A occupation of Newchwang by the Japanese, AMERICANS COOL IN BATTLE. A correspondent of the St. Petersburg Gazette, in a mail letter describ- ing Inctdente at the battle of Vafangow, says Lleut. Vokoulin stood beside two American attaches, Lieut.-Col. Walter “|S Schuyler, United States Army, and Capt, Willlam ¥, Judson, United States Engineer Corps. He was greatly impressed by thelr soldterly bearing. They did not leave the firing line a single minute, but stood calmly observing the battle raging around and unconcernedly smoked cigars, although shells were bursting and bullets whizzing.’ JAPANESE FALL BACK, TATCTIELIAO, July 1).—The Japanese bave withdrawn from the weat side of the railroad and are massing their armies on the Russian left. He- vonnaisances in force carried out by Russian cavalry and artillery yester- day and to-day almost as far south as Kaichow failed to disclose the Jap- anese, A diversion is expected from ‘Ta Pass. It is possible that some of the Japanese forces have been drawn off to Port Arthur to replace the terrible loases of July 10, The terrible losses referred to in this dispatch are probably the un- oMcial reports of 30,000 Japanese killed in an attack on Port Arthur, ~ HEAVY COUNTER CRUSHES A BOY BURIED IN AFRICA nae wenerers Man’s Shoulders It Fell, Landing on Head of Lad and Killing Him. Relatives that Oom Paul's Remains May Be Interred in the Transvaal. Rix-vear-old Herman Plantinck, of in Bucking: $0 I8T 1 Fulton street, Brooklyn, sich King Fdward War killed ingtently in froat of his tlie Peauest Of the relatives, home today by having a heavy plece Mr Kraerr, for ner Presiden 1 of olfice furniture fall upon aim ae he ) African Republic, for the as watching ( being carried to @ his remains in the ‘Trane- considered LONDON ye Pry Jul Ata Council to-day at we . meeting of van. we James McCormack, of No. @& Her- ‘ tt was } subsequent!) thar Kimer street wae moving a load of + dawned ssion had peen tela. farniiure ind fixtures from — nore als | keapled ty Clireng, Switterland, where (hie the Dey's home, and the ttle | Mtr. Kruger died yesterday through ve Brits) Minisier at Berne ULARRNS, Bw ‘ane une teh t 4 ack and tall on} ‘Tolegramea 0 ql 5 4 * got were the tives of, Mr. boy wan pi v6 te lowe Ala grip ot “ nies and U fell to the pavemen'. rhutiog the ch Its full welgh aod the boy's nead. he chiid, was leaning Mr. Bey o® at the time and arty my € street, When she bo) Was dead ee OH mie OWL STATON Wm GOVERNOR'S ILAND ~dreesad Me man was fi . pal vo Company, sentry ©: the soutnera end of three men clamboring ove He challenged the men ot stop, bul ran toward] * ¢ sea wall the men did n snsiated | 3 He | One of the men, William R The other 5] wound on peop e) the muiti-bali carte think he Is about forty-five vears old At the point w' three men are complexion is fa | ed with gray, sald to have attempted escape work on |» py FY 4 Deing ca.ried on. smoothly shaven. Lf LOST King Edward Grants Request of While Being Carried Out on’ HS HEAD CRUSHED kings |t Mrs, William B, Posi 's Mansiowt at Brewster Destroyed by’ Fire, and She Narrowly Es- capes Her Servant’s Fate, MREWSTRR, NY. July The Mes Willam Bo Pasig was 4 to the ground early to-day, Mrs. Annie O'Brien, Bee coath ond Mrs, Pasig wth her iife the caretaker tne fumes were discovered the nad a4 ed sucu headway that the nmates pad to fight their way through All were oping at the was given, Way through flame and Fasig finally found her way Mrs, O'Brien wae aught in the flames and perished. he house was one of the prettiest In this mart of the country, ‘There te fre © flames me the iroping | smoke Mra to safety {little remaining except the foundation, ‘The lowe Ip eatimated at $36,000. After (he death of her husband, Mrs, Fasig, who ls the widow of William B, Fasig, of the well known firm of Fasige ‘Tipton, horee dealers, moved from New York to her country home, She tool Mra O'Brien with her, Several other servants were in the house at the time of the fire How the fire started ts not yet knows, although ft i beHeved that wae due to an explosion of « lamp tn the rear of the house, The servant slept iu the rear room on the same floor as Mra, j Fasig. When Mre. Fasig first learned ; of the fire the entire back portion of the home was ebiase. Mre, Fasig escaped from her house od in ler mightetothes. She ie t the home of Mr. Andrew Ferrta, suffering from shock. As soon as the fire alarm was given the neighbors the flames. They could save nothing of the house or the furnishings, how- ever, b W. B. Fasig bought the house some years ago from Danmel Drew, and it wae known as the “Old Drew Home,” or “Bonny Clift Fa’ friends planned a in this bouse when Drew was at the high tide of hin speculation #ucesses, In the hallway of the house that was Durned was hanging a check for more than a million dollara drawn by Drew in the “Harlem Railroad deal” It ' Drew and hie Yrew lies buried in the small private cemetery near where the houme stood. In the house were stored medals, cups, prites and plate wou by Mr. Pasig None of them wae saved. The inwurance wii only partly cover the losses, Feel Right WHEN YOU Feed Right: lew now one fit” pe ay the head | along peacefully and tain sense of power takable, with that that 4evunenis- ‘BUT when overwork or breaks down the soft the brain and tsar will do it quicker than faster than the food you have ome using will replace it, ‘horror of darkness—nervous tration—you must change f take on some sure rebuilder. THAT’S THE MISSION OF | Grape- Nuts made cf the selected parts of Wheat and Barley containing the natural | Phosphate of Potash which com- bines with Albumen in the human * |body and makes the soft gray filling lof the brain and nerve centres, Ar- ther thing to be considered is that Grape-Nuts food is “processed” ifm making and the sta parts CO rted into a torm of sugar exactly 2 provess of digestion in the , so Grape-Nuts _ has bee’ ed the tirst act of digestion a heretore the food is quickly assimi- lated in the most pertect manner by babe or athlete, “There's 2 Reason.” Get the vitie,”* ta het Se