The evening world. Newspaper, October 10, 1904, Page 11

z WHIGKEY RILLG SIXTEEN IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD Deaths of Ten Men and Six Women Within Eight Days Cause Coroner, - Scholer to Start an Investigation— ' Victims Were All Good Friends. ‘The death of sixteen persons in eight Gays, presumably from the consumption of bad whiskey, alleged to have been made in the cellars of cheap Tenth @venue saloons, couried with 4 senea- onal story that certain saloon keepers had insured the Itves of the men who . have died, has started Police Captain “Hussey, of the West Forty-seventh Street station, and his men on @ new Une of investigation, Arrests may be made before the day {s over. Capt. Hussey heyrd the story that the Gead men were insured for the first me'to-day. He refuses to reveal the) potrce of his information, but says that | @ few hours will prove whether or not the statement is true, He has already | placed a boitle of the whiskey found fa the room of one of the men who @ied on Saturday in the hands of a} chemist, and will soon have a report, He | Gays there is no doubt that it was the Wwhiakey which killed the sixteen, ang .- bellot at present ts that It was i] West Forty-eighth street, Beavily dosed with wood alcohol, a/f Oct, $-Charles McLeavy, No. 6 deadly poison. | Tenth avenue; Adolph Lehman, No, MeGahey the Last Vietim, S00 West Forty-ninth street. The last of the sixteen to die wes|| Oct. 10-James Biely, of ee ” Fumes MeGahey. of No. 13 West Forty-|] West Forty-ninth street, Seventh street, Ho was employed by || Roosevelt Hospital, the Edison Electric Company. and was) Ordinarily a sober, industrious man, | he and the others haa been drink fared his ankle and could hot work, it The Oey after Kate i Mosevern Was while he was waiting tor thehpnide hegre jurphy and dongnh Whales © eet strong again that he began fre- | Quenting Tenth avenue saloons and | gmrOce t Jon A. inerad “a el iw THE VICTIMS. Sept. 28-—-Kate McGovern, No, 519 West Foriy-eighth street; Michael Murphy, No, 623 West Fiftieth street; Joeeph Whalen, No, 6 West Forty seventh street. Sept. %-Agnes Monahan, No. 60) West Forty-eighth street. Oct. 1~John J. Carey, No, 422 Wes! Forty-seventh street; John P. Cur- tan, No. WT West Forty-sinth street, Oct. 2-Jacob Schroeder, No. 80 Weet Fiftigth street, Oct, Kate Schroeter, No. 62 berg, No. 523 West Fiftieth street. West Forty-ninth street, Forty-nipth street. Oct. Michael MeAuliffe, No, 4 Grinking more than usual, He went| West Forty-seventh atreet, ana john | jf home Gaturday afternoon complaining | F;,ccNrrar, Of No. ei Weet Forty-sixtn Of pains and partial blindness, He died | "Oct 2'tne death fist numbered Jacuy S00n afterward, All his symptoms were | Schroeder, of No. a west Fifueth of polyoning. street. His . Kate Behroeder, died the next id also Mary Blachen. | BA ore Drain, of No. 08 West | burg, of No. is" Weat Fittioth atreet, | “*FOrty-ninth street. who died on Friday, |the same house the Sahrendere i lived tn. | Was a bricklayer. and usually drank | gM&t? Qunmhion. vt Ne ‘Wen y-ninth street, died Pod beer. He was Induced to take whiskey | *Sitneel Mt usaf, of No, @@ Tenth ina certain saloon on Tenth avenue, the |Avenue, died Ort. >. Nora MeGuire, of Bumber of which the police have, and | N® Mb West Forty-eighth street, ea @fter a few drinks complained of uil-|* Crates Meleavy, of No. 8 Tenth ness. He grew rapidly worse until he areusy es | of Beaute. dled Oct. died. man died the same day. ol these were gh as sud- If the lives of these men were insured | den” deaths said Coroner Beholer to ‘their relatives did not know |t. The po- | day. “alcoholism killed the men and ce say that tie saloon-keeners, how-| the women, dled of heart failure super, ue ever, could have insured their lives By to find out who sold the deadiy without thelr familles knowing anything | w'tekey."" of tt, | The glomachs of Melasyy £n¢ wy Maat One Bartender Arrested, — | Daher, Have Pan re eaith for analy The bartender of one of the places! ain by Coroner Beholer. The board Where those who have died got their| ttt will anaives Sammon of whiskey | whiskey was arrested last night for Found’ in the rooms of the vietims, fe. ua ot the excise law. he was | a eld for trial in the West Side Court to- ‘day, TO a renorter he sald «nat he knew INJURED ON CROTON BRIDGE, Fe: of the quality of the whi ood Sold acmoss the bar, Fé was no pact of death between, Stee! Ginter which be was guiding es it the sixteen. They were old iriends, lived | was being pulled out of Croien Lake by in the same district and drank the same! derrick at 245 P. M. yesterday, It Birhich X gekh ved ine ermenised CIN) wag to be used to complete the over pki Silenied ihe tuuerals until | New York Central Rallroad at the lake nin M attcet, broathed his tant Ho wii, He sustained a splintered teg above the buried to-morrow, and there are no| knee, and the latter was badiy injured, | ghia 9, the little coterie to attend, Me was taken to Morris Heights, the| bie obseq Bronx, by train and then hurried to tae Capt. ussay, of the West Forty-sev- | Fordham Hospital Paley | Ja the fourth @nth street station; Coroner Scholer man to be Injured during the overhaul- &nd Coroner's Physicians A. T. Weston | ing of the seitreng The other ; $5. 98 —_— Cas ie ante aa Investiontion te | Severs ate 104 sine reguced {19h F500 (Be yi z Parlor DESK Poe district “in which these victims | ——— i114 « 4 “850 to 6.48 Pe ; . if oak or ma’ an Netoatter to the atenlon St tr. Dre] Cure for Asthma (12-5 « «12.00% finish, well pry a4 ton, of the Health Board, to-day. | 2 reseseeee, 8,98 sas sATT the dead lived In that section of | ‘The worst cases of ..sthme to the world | “Stevkers | Farm , Ve He muna, from ESCs | eames eae be ha ses es cae fat gtres s-ninth a ‘om Tent re fe 8 De 8 Bes hy teove muh Sree to the river, Tn addition to the sixteen deaths re- greet five others are under Investtea-| Mr R. x. “Sra, $380 Vermont cn, “ ‘Aloohollem and “Heart Failure. Pabopetnherrs Roa a0 ee yo ed Of the sixteen six were women ted Summor the atiacks be 0 severe that cohol, BABY Bight I spond half the time gasp- of. death «as i ithe tng for Breath, Doctors seemed to give no “4 eter, Guperinduced bs. bad whiskey? fellet Whatover, and I felt thore was no ten were men, In the case of the pod verdict in each case wa * In the case of the we ‘The first to die was Kate McGovern, hopefor me, when & drug clerk recom ateNe. 42 West Forty-elghth sirget | monded your Asthma Cure, Ite ofect te on Bept. % On the same Michael Murphy. of No, 623 West Fit. | traly magical and gives complete rallol in tleth street, died and Joreph Whalen, | from$to5 minutes.” of No, Mi West Forty-seventh street: Bold by The thers of the Afteen attended their $1.00, | ri” ae | Bend 26 "in ad peak ie tae ect. 7 Michael Drain died, and bie! AR, St mother bought a bottle of the whiskey | package, The Unusual Store. Oriental Rugs At Extraordinary Price Reductions, There will be just the occasion Here for intending purchasers of Oriental Rugs to make selections from a large stock, and at prices that are not equalled in New York, —— —Fitth Floo: --——__— Lot 1 at 940, OO Lot 2 at $45.00 Size 6 x10, ft., was 80,00 Sias 7 x10 ft, was 60.00 “ 64x10.61t, “ 45,00 “6 x9 ft, " 70,00 “ 66x10 ft, “ 70.09 “ BIxIITt, “ 68,00 * 66x10 ft, “ 6000 “ 84x 9.9Tt, “ 63,00 “ 69x 99ft, “ 53.00 “ 8.7210.9ft, “ 68.00 © 66x10.2 ft, “ 80.00 “ 9.2n104 ft, © 63.00 Lot 3 at $55.00 Lot 4 at $65.00 Size 8 x12 ft, was 75,00 Stre7 ats ft, was 85°00 “ Beat ft, & 75,00 64001391, “ 93.90 * BOx1t.10ft, “ 73.00 “ 84x12 ft, 85.00 * 8.6x125 ft, “ 78.00 “ SS x003ft, 4 85.00 " 87x95 tt, “ 88,00 * 10, 14.7 ft, @ 95.00 4 $.0x10,2 ft, “ 75,00 “ 10.0214 ft, * 98,00 West Fittieth street; Mary Blacken- [| Ort. 4—Mary Gunshion, No, 60s | | Oct, TMiehael Drain, No, 60 West || |] Tenth avenue; Nora MoGuire, No. 619 || jonaban, of N. Wes! | 1 did was to sel] it,” he said. Fidward Malloy, % years olf, of Ti.) “We had {t from ten cents @ small bot-| voll, New York, was struck by a heavy | “ “ “ ‘As fast as the menibers died the sur- | bauling of the railroad bridge of the | 9x10.6 16,00 F abe ed her daughter, was, being re 20 Nationalities Represented in |* 2. oe Bedi Inst bee wit ce the | | pet sg Publie Kiiehens. mr ig pba More than 1,000 Greess so ren eh 4 songs ne ald of the poike, | ean 84 soucalig to cook tn the lt the of Day saer sear’ “Sie Sie ene-on-the olle kiteban: ducted ‘ne was relum- seven free public 9 conduc tt! | ae , wen me a ryt who lives at No. ii Weet | by the School Board, Thirty nation- alities are represented, among them China, Ten Chinamen are taking lea: | 1 he bi = be Factors pas matri- Pretty Girl Miseing Simee She Ac- fe was a foston Ook, te dine with bim, er'ulst Gael ie bie ia conted Travelling Man's Invitation Aer ainner, cue cu) othlog Jace ais TE ne DINES AND DISAPPEARS. Fors: ty street. The Kmriek wl « litte man | eustetite ene arcing’ be thet, ok yee . Bila Burkhardt, 4 pretty gir, of sev ‘they may kaow how to economize with. entecn, has been missiag irom her home, 121st St. @ 3d Ave. Chatham Sruare 98" YEAR rosa 12}st Street: Chatham Square: 2226 to 2234 Third Ave, 193 to 205 Park Row. Two Establishments. |_ Everything for Housekeeping. Sale of ie Velvet Carpets | . This Week make up to fit your rooms, lay it and §$ 4:! HOM RT Os ccvvccaisce (everesvivevrsenter per yard, These goods were manufactured to sell at $1.70 and $1.80 per yard, but we offer them to our customers at $1.15, All the rolls are fresh, new goods of high grade. Patterns are floral, Oriental or mixed, in all the different colors. Covered in three- Kashmir -Rug Bargains, : toe veut, ping © KASHMIR RUGS in all the Oriental designs and | 320 peor tated, vee \colorings, These Rugs are reversible, giving splendid} “Yamba ‘ U lage size and best | wear ia Fer i 7 eo 6x9 size, $9.75 grade; reduced to... $6.98 7.6x10.6 “ 43.23 “ “ Ms) 9.48} ~ Our Line of Couches Starts st $3.90. Sheet iron Cylinder STOVE, set up with necessary 6 pipe and joints,$2.55 oxt2 “* 4800 # “ eprepoceonee BLANKETS—Our own, extra heavy, all wool, “Old Reliable” Blankets, COMFORTERS from 98. up. well finished, $4.90 Substantial Large Size Wood Seat ry w GG Cane SeatCHAIR ROCKER, Si tbe suit. highly polished, able for dining room inoat, || 6-Piece Table Set, jorteiroam. 08e ‘ $2.95 of fine crystal glass, reduced to} “K++ i] he NurseROCKER, {= Upholstered nm at very low 23c wo meih,... 91.30 | CASH or LIBERAL CREDIT. A. A. VANTINE @ CO., Sroadway, between | 8th @ 19th Sts. COWPERTHWAIT & SONS, 121st St. @ 3d Ave. Park Row, near Chatham Sq, FOR SALE. 77 | yi FOR SALE. Tailorin On Credit jewaisAnsGaTe THAT CARRY ABytivent with THis la the bert chaos you over hed to select anything you may want In our Mt at any of ive fetal) oranches " to our old-estady welry busines, _Poaitivel: ¥ 0% employ. "CASH OR CREDIT. Cail of write tar iNastrated eateslogue. L. W. Sweet & Co,, Main Gore, 1-9 MAIDEN LANE. N. 7. Men's, ped Children’s Clathing, FURS AND OVER Pg ty Rt aE AbavD OUTHITTING G a a »” Wil) send sopra: Amerios a Wis 189 2AU ULAMUNDS, + Prices. Cash or Credit, ” Pe g 19 MAIDEN LANA TAKE PLEVATOR it be Rim ot: it Prton at Bik Alburt & Co. | LAWYERS, eae we t Yorn. 18-20 Astor Peet, Sie, AY OW Ce DRESS W na GANG Ee a as Onder EXCWANOR CLOT tet asi} 290 Broadwag Room Out-of town mail-order “own athrem ‘ne von 8 RYAL ESTATE FOR SALE— CREDI a et oO A LL. bg Te ’ r) . elt REDITE ESTC).CSTER. | DIAMON Ms PeZgPEr euler ak wre or “phous HELP _WANTED—MALE, buys Lome, Wearchener, ! netedette tedle to vate. | No, 48 Woet Fortioth street, since aus. | ° Sanat Ft: Setar her mother declared that UNITED CIGAR STC HEN Clear Hargwe Capac fe to att tomers they are in natural condition be- cause kept in scientifically comstrnrted storade cases in our stores. This is only one of the .....y peccautions we take to insure our customers against any variation in the taste or aroma of their fcvor- , . 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