The evening world. Newspaper, September 23, 1904, Page 11

s 4 9 | \) st 4 “TG LE WHITEWASH Coroner Berry Believes Chief Inspec- tors Desire to Shield Themselves and Subordinates in Placing Blame of Horrible Disaster Upon Crew Alone. Coroner Joseph R, Berry, who conducted the inquest’ into the disaster the steamer Gen. Slocum, the findings of which resulted in the subse- 4) quent indictment by the Federal Grand Jury of seven persons, including two assistant United States Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers, proclaims the report of Chief Inspectors Barrett and Dumont an attempt to whitewash themselves and their subordinates of the resgonsibility for the horrible catastrophe which cost 96u lives, ‘ ‘The report of Barrett and Dumont declares that of the witnesses sub- poenaed to testify before thom two of the most important—Coroner Berry and Capt. William H. Van Schaick—had failed to appear. In all twelve wit- failed to appear, and trom what Coroner Berry says it would seem , (nat there was very gocd reason for their not attending the inquiry, They knew nothing about it. “No subpoena ever was served upon me," said Coroner Berry to-day, “nor was I ever informed that Inspectors Barrett and Dumont were holding an investigation, If any attempt ever was made to get me to attend their inytetigation {t was a most perfunctory one. I have been at my office--@ Admiral Celebrates To-Day Fif- tleth Anniversary of His En- try Into United States Navy George Dewey celebrates to-day the fiftieth anniversary of hie entry Into the naval service of the United States. ‘With half a century of active service to hie credit aod with @ remarkable record, he is atill in active service and hia Gresh and vigorous appearance does not betray that he Is almost six- ty-teven years old. He is now one of the bers of the Joint Army and Navy Board ‘and may be found at his desk every day for several hours, at- tending to the duties of his position. George Dewey, with seventy-three other young men, entered the Naval ‘Academy in September, 184, Of the entire class he is the only one remain- ing on the active list, though peseed by five years the age at which naval officers are usually retired. He fe the only one of his classmates who | bas reached the rank of Admiral, al- |though several others attained the grade of Rear-Admiral. Among the members of his clase who lare now on the retired list are Rear- public one—and I bave been at my home, “So far as my having exhibits of Iife-preservers which I falled to pre- sent to Inspectors Dumont and Barrett, no demand was ever made upon me for.that evidence, and if It had been | should have helped them procure it from the United States District-Attorney, to whom {t had been delivered Guccess as to indict those disaster, “All I can say/* said Gen. Burnett to a reporter of The Evening World, “ts that the United States District-Attorney's office will not be affected by ‘ny report of the findings of any investigation held by the Inspectors of Bteamboats. This office intends to prosecute these Slocum indictments &s relentlessly as the evidence permits. The defendants have until Oct, 1, to substitute a plea of guilty for the one of not guilty pleaded at the close ot the spring term of the United States District Court, or else move to quash the indictments. \ The report, which is signed by James A, Dumont and Thomas H. arrott, fs addressed tc Kobert 8. \tedio, as the supervising inspactor, and 4s in part as follows: “Referring to the alleged bad con- ition of the life preservers on the General Slocum, we note from the evi: dence before us that many of th Dersons saved from the steamer were @aved by the use of the alleged worth- | Mss life preservers with which sh found responsible by the Coroner's jury for the tity jarine Corps. In graduating was and who used it In presenting hie case to the Federal Grand Jury with such | At phe Sime when Dewey entered the \ service rragut, afterward came the finns Ata = aosye4 i rorter, the second of the a Sreache highest rank, was a Lieutenant. ——_- | Arraigned on Complaint of » ‘ & supplied, This, together with the bat no dead bodies were taken from | the bottom of the river with life pre- was the cage, would seem to Indie our judgment, that not a single was loat by reason of the {nefMfclex %. the life preservers, but because of) @ panic Incident to the occasion; and another reason belag the rapid possible to take them down and put “In conclusion, regret that we cannot speak In com- and the crew of the General Slocum Other than as previously recited herein, ‘The evidence before us indicates an ab- solute lack of discipline on the part of the crew, e “The evidence further shows that the chief engineer was grosaly negligent when notified of the fire in that he did mot see that the hose for the steam mendatory terms of the principal oMficers hay climbed many disy heights, ‘any * 5+ Her Apartment. Admirals Norman H, Farquhar, rood Howlson, John A Howell and Katte rae, Allen V, Reed who ig vated at the head of his class; Com- Marine. Corps, same rank number v “STEEPLE JACK” (8 Former Partner. Although John W. Fletcher, famous al: over the world as "Steeple Jack,” he never lost his nerve until this morning, when he was arraigned before Magis- trate Mayo in Centre Street Court on what proved to be a technical charge oft larceny. “Steeple Jack's” appear- ance in court was pitiful. He waa bent over with anguish and fear, and wept biterly, Several times he sank ex- fire pump had been properly connected and stretched before the water was turned on, That he did not do so is shown by the fact that the wat turned on before the hose was pi tagged gh ye Bein 1 of inks, it burst, thus stopping the flow opinion that! of water and forcing the coupling from, wt had Beem | Its connection.” ~ GAS KILLS AGED POISONED YOUTH them on fifteen hundred people, mostly children, in the few minutes intervea- ing between the breaking out uf the fro and the ulmost entire destruction 2 of th steamer. Mother of Police Sergeant Ar- neth, Together with Her Ca- nary and Cat, Found Dead in Discovered on a Bench by a Po- liceman, and at the Hospital Physicians Cannot Determine What Sort! of Drug He Took. ‘Mrs. Hilzabeth Arneth, seventy-six A youth, who I supposed to be Ab- years old, the mother of Police Ser- raham Jalout, eighteen years old, of geant Arneth, of the Central Park sta- | No. 18 Forsyth sireet, is in Gouverneur tion, was found dead in her apartment | Hospital, suffering from some unknown 480 West ‘Thirty-seventh street | Polsoning. He was found in the Will- overcome by gas. , jtam HL Seward Park, The old lady lived all alone in four | While going through the park, Po- Uttle rooma on the third floor of the |liceman Bruggtman, of the Madison bullding with her two pets, a canary |#tFeet station, saw Jalout lying on the 4a black cat, When the coal man|beneh, He thought the youth wns khocked at her door to-day he found asleep, and tried tc awaken hing The it locked and noticed that the hallway policeman shook bim several times, was filled with gas. He called a polleeman from the West nd then discovered that be waa un- consclous, Thirty-seventh sireet station next door, 4 Bruggeman called an ambulance from and the door was Mrs, Arneth was found, fully @ id, stretched out the Gouverneur Hospital, and ir, Ham. on a sofa in her f ruom, mil, who responded, gaki that Jalout @acaping from the @ in the kite! was suffering from poison. The and it Is belleved that she accidentally man was taken to the iospital, where turned on one of the cocks and then laid down to take a nap. The cat and the canary also were it {fs thought that ne will "The physicians are: wible to tex what Kind of potaoa Jalbint tor dad. The cat was curled up under At No, 1% Forsyth ctreet none knew ? t stove and the bird was in a@ Utde Jalout, It is thought that he is a ped- cage above Mrs, Arneth’s head cler, —— ————— Gas Poisoning Kills Woman. Mary Martin, d Atty, o: No. a KINDLY GIFT OF A CHILD. Edna Failing Sends Flowers te Be Disteitruted Among the Poor, | East Bixty-first street, died to-day in the Presbyterian Hospital as a result of gas, said by the police to have been "WOMAN AND PETS’ FOUND IN PARK: ragaver, | hauated (o the floor with nervousness. William J. Wessell, formerly a part- ner of Fletcher, accused him of retain- church in Sag Harbor, L. 1. while they were in partnership. Fletcher has been In the Tombs since Wednesday, and whea bis wife came into court he clung to her like a child, Magistrate Mayo held the prisoner in $140 ball, which was furnished | “I'd ravher be working up in the alr 2 feet all my life,” he told his wife. ‘than remain a minute longer in| Nn. At the time of his arrest Piet Working on a steeple, and the policeman to use & megaphone to call him Mra, Fletcher told Magistrate Mayo that ahe only learned this morning of her husband's predicament. She #ald that she was Interested in the partner ship be him and Mr. Wessell, in- asmuch had gotetn most of the contrac work. Yesterday, she sald, she got « $50) job for reoalring @ steeple in another Long Island town. od there when her husband was Ball Was furnished by a friend, and he walked out of the court room’ with some of his old time vigor. Fletcher ts the one #ho some Weeks ago replaced | the Aagpole on the New York Post Office meena ESCAPED CONVICT CAUGHT. Negro Wanted for Urooklyn An- sault WI Re Sent to Raleigh When Kdward Davis, a colored man, | who was arrested tn Holmeat | at the request of the Brook: for a murderous assault on Will! Davis, of No. 24 Skillman street, was taken to Brooklyn to-day he was recog- | nized at the Detective Bureay as one of jets who esenped from the rth Carolina State Prison at Relelgh tn JS, none of whom wus afterward | captured. } Davia first denied that he had ever been In the prison at Raleigh, but finally admitted it. He was serving a sentence ef forty years at the tme, thirty years for mansiaughter and ten years for burglary, On July 3 Inst Davia and William Tavis had a row) over & woman and the ex-convict | tabbed the other four times. The Brookivn police notified Raleigh of the) capture and will give Davis to the! taken by the woman oa the morniug of Sept. 16 A large box of very beautiful flowers reached ‘The Evening World office to- | day and with {t came this letters Fo the Raitor of The Evening World My mamma told me I could vent jy these Gowers for the poor, siek cht!- In the hospital before Jack t nipped off their beads, and if you will kindly distribute them for Be tt will be doing a Iittle girl taat favor, i did not know shere fo send them. Mamma read The Werld, and she tolls me you do ao feany things for the poor children. have lots of flowers feft, so T hope she Iittle cirts and boys will Jove them as much as Ido. I e tl to my teacher and she thinks they are very nice. Lam only seven years old. Yours sincerely, os RDNA J. FAILING y REALLY D Fort Plain, Prospect Hill, N.Y. Peet cu am pat an ad. in The Daily World then I will know it you received them | ina is Rereby notified that her flaw. | ers wenut etraight from The Evening | Soria office to the Hudson Street Hos- Mial, were they were very much ap- Preciat | deanpidelntitaneanere )/ FROST KILLS CRANBERRIES. % SANDWICH, Moss, Sept. %.—The heavy fret of the last thirty-six houre & large part of the cran- aS Car Chrclefs Che Hint Covered ote Carolina authorities If they want | im. ELIGHT FUL by Coated Pere Cheng Otim« THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1904. \Get the Habit. Goto | WEY IN SERMCE KAEELINGBURGLAR DEATH TOUR SAYS SLOGUM REPORT. Wat: HELD FOR LARCENY | weeks have so | BUTTS PLCEMAN Negro Caught Trying to Smash Window of Store in Harlem, Knocks Bluecoat Almost In- CE SME Wa Widows Who Have Lived in a First Avenue Room Have All Died Without Warning Under —Still Fresh and Vigorous. sensible by Blow in Stomach. | Similar Ciroumstances. WASHINGTON, Sept. %—Aduiral| An Wrrest made to-day by Po-| A otrange fatality seams to bang Uceman William Wehrenberg may put & stop to the wholesale burglaries that have been talking place in Mariem dur- over the room in No. #: East Pif- teenth street, which, for more than Sullivan, who dropped dead In front ef a drug store at No, 1% First avenue, Mrs. Salitvan is the fourth age occupant | of that same room who hax met ceath under remarkably similar ctcum- Mances, In every one of the four cases the cocupant was @ woman more than |eeventy years, wealthy and widowed, All four died suddenly, in their shots, while they were atteaiing to their Wehrenberg crept up softly, houtehold duties or outside business, when behind the burgias, drew hie re- | and In every open & bankivvok wus wolver, He thea eailed to the man, | found, —. en proof of tholr prea The latter\turnad and proved to be a | perous . negro. Mis Jaw dropped as he gazed | According to the date furnished by into the muszle of the revolver and he | the janitress of bullding the first dropped on his knees, victim wae Mre, Annie Bannon, & “Don't shoot, boss! Don't shoot an‘ | Widow, who occupied that room about Yl tell yo’ all about them burglaries |Afieen years ago. Bhe was seventy-tm. up h he begged. Years old, and quite well to do. One Batted Policeman with Mead, ede dro} = ped dead. ‘The policeman put his revolver back | 4 tew years later Mrs. Margaret in his pocket, and as he did ao the Caney died in the same room after an negro surged forward and butted im) iiness of a few Geen das dike 44s 6 ‘The policeman was patrolling beat, and In front of Hereohberg': eal shop, No, % West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, he saw a man acting suspiciously, He stepped back into a doorway and watched. The man first removed the wire! screen that covered the lower part of | the window and then took from his pocket a stone wrapped in a cloth, ‘With this he tapped the window two or three times, im the stomach, nearly knocking hun in. Widow, seventy years olf and pee | sereible, “ seased Z of considerable property 0 e : wa see teats re chars pee eens | The third care was that of Mrs, Kate and used his nightstick with vigor, The | Guerin, who lived In that room for negro was quije willl to agcompany | nearly ten years, She also was a him without "further trouble when | widow and nearly eighty years old, Ooo Wehrenberg finally deaisted, | day she dropped dead on tte street, and ‘At the Hast One Hundred and Twen-| 4 bank book was found In her hand. ty-siath street station the negro. said re. Bullivan, tho most reeent victim name waa Clarence Duncan. He |e | of ¢! tal ir, mov fate it brenie tous years old and lives at No. | about a year ago. She was uppored rr =. = East One Hundred and Thirty-|to be quite wealthy, but few fourth street. After being questioned | friends and ittle was known about er he said that he and “Lippy” Jackson, | family, Last Sunday she received $100 | the gang leader now In the Tombs, were | in payment of an old debt and vester veaponsible for the burglaries ai Bul-| day she went to the Broadway Savings zer's millinery store, Nos. § and 19 East tnatitution, ut No. 231 Broadway, to Je- and ‘Pwenty-ffth street; poalt them: When she dropped lead on Firat avenue her bankbook was found In her hand, Heart disease {s supposed to have caused her death jothing swore, One Hundred seventh street and Third ogel clothing store, One nd Twenty-third street and Third pelicthes Boctcnedl Climber of Heights Loses Nerve) Company. One ‘Hundred and KILLED BY ROBBER. | and Weeps Like a Child Wheli| arrest May nreak Up Gang. NORFOLK. Va., Sept. %—Patrol These and a score of other burglaries! that have ta ney WAS shot and man John MoN! place in the last fow aroused the Harlem merchants that they have organized a vigilance committee, many of the merchants have fitted the fronts of halr shops with wire scree | he found in the store of W. A. Lor ner & Co. ng the plate-glass windows. be- \leved the arrest of Duncan will lead to the breaking up of the dred It seems to have the gang to force an entrance bj Capt. Burns. of the ployee Held fer Assault, ne. been the method of | ang. Bast One Hun- | and Twenty-siath street station, | complimented Wehrenberg on hi ure of the negro, “PULLERS-IN” PULLED IN. | Bowery Clothing Deaier and nu-| Badal THINKING about having your coat or jacket cleansed ? Better consult us. We cleanse coats of fur, of silk, or of cloth—opera cloaks, too—in five hours’ time! ing #4 which he had collected from a] 4, Touts Greenfield, proprietor of cloth- ing store on the Bowery, made the mim take early ton attomp in” a man who teed next fof To Green. store, bellevi: him hear ea. th ne 1 eld'a “hayae Broadway, 122 West cor, 45th St, || 36th Street, “Cleansers for Everything That Can Be Cleansed.” It Smith, his face battered and bruised, | complained to Polleeman Fraser, cad arreated Greenfleld and the employce. In the Centre Street tee Court, age | 5 to Istrate Mayo held both prisoners in bail each for trial and sent Smit hospital to have hie face repaired. Stern Brothers Misses’ and Girls’ Fall Apparel Newly Imported Models tn Misace’ Suits and Cleats, also Girls’ Dancing Dresses. Following seasonable garments on sale to-morrow aueamea $23.50 «és 25.00 GIRLS’ LONG CLOAKS, of Frieze, Fancy Zibelines and Cheviots, extra full aad long tourist or cape elects, sizes 6 to 14, $4.95, 7.95, 8.95 Suter sites shoal cavet ergo, uae wt, $5.95 wd 6.95 91,98 os 2.95 MISSES’ SHIRT WAISTS, New Models, of imported Mohair aod. Freach Flaonel, Boys’ & Girls’ Shoes Complete assoriment of BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ STRONG STURDY BOOTS suitable for FALL AND WINTER WEAR. Also HIGH.GRADE SHOES, PUMPS, SLIPPERS, ETC., for DRESS OCCASIONS. 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West Twenty-third Street ' ‘A year has been occupled by Mrs. Sarah | a widow of seventy yeurs. | day, while doing ber household work, | killed early to-day by 4 sofe-bveaker | 279 Broadway, near Chambers. 47 Cortlandt St., near Greenwich, 211 & 219 Sixth Ave,, near 14th. 125th St., Corner Third Ave, that b little. clothes: Men’s Black Suits Custom tailored suits of fine black Thibet, haireloth fronts, linen canvas interlinings, hand-worke. shouiders, collars and lapels, single breasted models, $ 10 special ....., Black Vicuna Thibet Suits, hand worked buttonholes, all linings of $12.50 Venetian, double and single breast- # tds Autumn's own appropriate color in many shades ts caught and fast dyed in these single and double breasted pati ig) ie throughout wherever hand tailoring Is needed... seseeeee $ 1 5 Bench made brown suits of unfinished worsted, single anddouble $1 8 breasted models,,. ,... Men's double breasted brown serge ow. 912.50 Fall Fancy Suits Men's custom tailored fancy suits, having points found in no other sult anywhere at this price; double Other fancy suits of finer grade anu finish, $12.5 to $25. We owned some excellent worsted cloth the grade you only find in high- priced tailor shops—had it rain- oe by the best process we know, it cut and made into $2 inch thepicetseny. BLO Men's Topcoats Exclusively here—a BROWN cheviot topcoat repletewith style, And its price onty,,.... 10 fan and olive covert cloth topcoats: hand tailored through $ 1 5 out, some silk lined... | | | Regular $1 Knee Pants at the | | Fancy covert cloth and twill worsted itortand saddy DLS Sale of Boys’ Sample Suits About a hundred of these bargains in each BRILL store. fancy suits of worsted, cheviot and cassimere, Samp 'es of standard $5. su, $4 and $5 lines, mostly sizes 10 | to 1§ years; sale $2.25 usual week end reduction 43c Boys’ olive and tan Topcoats, sizes 7 to 16, and olive Reefers, 3 to 9, all shower Full Fall lines of boys’ and children s clothing, great values, prices $1.95 to $5.95. Youths’ Clothing Our Fall showing of young men’s suits and topcoats is exceptionally cou plete. ccs exceptionally low Special mention most be made of our fancy sack suits of wort and cheviot, tailored exactly like our men’s $10 suit, sizes 15 te 8 BO, WEL re veeeceecervereee Get the Habit. Go to Butl Brothers 279 Broadway, n. Chambers. 47 Cortiandt St., n. Greeawich. 211 and 219 Sixth Av., a. t4th. 125th St., cor. Third Av. Clothing Satisfies That's the kind we sell— ‘ou want your clothes to e right stylish, to fit you, to wear well and to cost}}, Here's alist of just such double and | Men’s Brown Suits Worsted Raincocats Double breasted | eee HONeill& Col _ UNTRIMMED MILLINERY (Second Floor.) We are showing a full line of exclusive and chic styles in Toques, Bonnets and Mate in Chenille, Silk, Velvet, Brash and Fur felts, at exceptionally low prices. And offer specially for Saturday, several leading shapes, stylishly trimmed up, $2.48 ~ $2.95 We pay very special attention to Chil- dren's Trimmed School Hate—extza values at 95c. = $1.45 AUTUMN CLOTHING For Big and Little Girls (Third Toor.) Just what you are looking for this breezy weather— our offering is unusual for the early Fall because the styles are brand new and the prices mech less than regular. Misses’ Suits of fine checked all wool cheviot, coats loose | 14, 16 years—specialat...s... $10.00 Value $15.00. | _ Misses’ Pedestrienne Skirts yh Mo xl 1 ace of bere cloth, a va ol Value $4.75, Children’s Regulation Coats of fine F nglish serge, %, length, lined through. out, with silk embles sleeve, sizes $7 50 6 to 16 years.. Value $10.00, Children's Gretchens of blind cheviot, loose shapes, half belt, mili- tary col'ar piped with contrasting cloth, col- ors blue and brown—sizes 6 to 14 $3 95 ; years ° | | ane visit BOYS’ CLOTHING | For Friday and Saturday, September 23 and 24 (Third Floor.) Boys’ $7.00 Suits, $4.29 Some of the newest and styles of all weel Boys’ Russian Double-breasted, Norfolk and Eton Suits, faultlessly tailored, giving them style for the dressy boy of to-day, sizes 2% (0 16 years—Friday and Saturday... Boys’ $3.50 Suits, $1.88 if | Special lot of Nerfolh and Deuble-breasted and Sailor or Russian Suits, ages 3 to 16 He eee eG ag | Boys’ 50c. and 75c. Trousers, 29¢. These are all new fall goods, in plain blue or block dark cheviots, with patent elastic bl Ba taped drab corduroy in the lot—all sizes 3 10 16 yeare—Friday and Saturday.... Boys’ 50c. Caps, 19c. | | and | | | Boys’and Children's Caps, made of bine cloth and $06. —Priday ; WOMEN'S $2.50 SHOES At $2.00 a Pair. | Satter er grap Boys’ and Girls’ School Shoes Misses’ and Children’s finest vici kid and tec pen heel, button and lace shocs, oak tanned leather soles, broad toes with tips. rei $1.50 ny te $2.00. boys npseterentner sates $1.50 | Sixth Avenue, 20th to 21st Street. More than a hundred new styles in every grade “that it is wise for you to buy or for us to make, The styles range from the exe treme to the conservative. With two additional stores —increased number of st and larger stocks we are bet-\ ter prepared than ever before to suit the taste and purse of the most exacting. Six family shos stores—Bigt Bright! Busy!—thoroughly rell- ee! oats shoes —the styles you know and the styles that are new, See them now at thelr best. SIX BIG BEST STORES, SHOES IN EVERY GRADE, Oth Ave. and h Street. SIUM v Third Ave. & 122d street. ANT 609 dth Ave. d9th& 40th Sts. e, ins between Park & Ellery Sts. Myje 1 Men's But- Jon Bluerere of Corene » and spate of our tad ang shank styles for men Brooklym Store, 829-831-335 broadway, 162 Bowery, near BroomeSt. ©, 2891 3d A 4 180th & 15 ist Sts. “=> |SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY 7