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Bre = —s _ heed )s a a ! Hf AOL ll LSTAET OR P80 i i al Firm Which Has Been in Business for Forty-one Years Dozen Panics Ca Short in the Market. and Through a ught 30,000 Shares After forty-one years of activity in ‘Wall street, the veteran brokerage Grm * of Jacob Berry & Co, went to the wail | Sdoday. The firm consisted of Jacob y Berry and Harold L. Bennet, both whom were members of the Consolldate) * Btock xchange, It did a business io @tocks, grain, cotton, bonds and other | @ecurities at No. 42 Wall etreet, and : was’ rupporedly strong. To-day the firm made an assignment for the benefit of creditors to Ashbel | 'Y. Fitoh, the papers 'n the case being Med by Roger Foster, an attorney, of | No. % Wall street. The Mabllities are placed at $200,000, ‘ » P while the nominal assets are placed at) $180,000 and actual assets at $99,000 ‘The | exaet figures will not be known until are filed, Among the | ereditors who gathered at the offices of | {the firm to-day it was generally be- Meved that (he failure would amount to bout $300,000. An hour later the suspension of the ot 1, H. Berger’& Co, was an- mounced from the floor of the Consoll-! dated Exchange. The firm has been trading on ‘the Consolidated Exchange | ‘ for seven years. A member of the fitm peald after the announcement of the! . Suspension that thelr embarrassment | ‘was only temporary and was involved) fin Joana they had made to Berry & Uo Tt was asserted that they would resume ,on Monday or Tuesday ‘Oke Constderav i945 ” larg: * Jacob Berty & Co, is one of the @st Consolidated § Stock Exchange onaid- houres, The failure was not a erable surprise in view of the fact that there were rumors as lone as ten days ao, that’ {t was 90,00 shares of Bork | @hort on the market. A number of | Creditors who made inquiries at ‘the ‘Aime were assured that everything was ei) right The firm had a wire ‘service which | ost $75,000 a vear, ‘moat the eutire fifth floor at Its olsces took al-! No, # ly {ure ‘ Rroadway and were wpe | plated us an bivker's oles {9 Before the fuilure was gpnounced (there were aw many as fifty ereditors l gathered about the door of the of wondering wat waa the matier) > ‘one appeared to explain things for some fetme, but tinally 4 man came out of 4 ‘ private door and pasted a sign on tie | locked door announcing tha: the firm had suspended. No one volunteered any « further information on the matter and Abe creditors worked (hemeelves Into a » @ondition of couriderable excitement, Fira: Famous ta Barly Days, Gince he first entered the street In ‘the early Wa acob Berry by arried hus House and his credit through a doben pani. The eorly firm. wheh was a member of the Stock Exchange. wos , Zorega @ Verry, then it became Berry d& Underhill and finally Berry & Co, Mr. Berry comes of @ long line of Hanclers, his father having been for Hfty years President and cashier of the ld Tradesman Dank, ‘The elder’ Berry War also one of the founders of the Vaion League Club. daoobh Berry was at one time receiv. fia teller in the United States ‘Treas. ——___ SUBWAY RECEIPTS. ——SI063.90 ONLY’ NOW TO BRON Ourigg' Twenty-nine Days of vn. derground Traffic . 5,838,235 Passengers Were Carried, Exclusive of “Deadheads,” During the first twenty-nine days of fits operation (te Subway carried 5,818. SB parsengers, not counting polleemen or firemen or others who travel on posses. Nelther do these fivures in- elude the trafic over the Leno: Branch, waich opencd on W kn. The first five hours of traMe, the Yroceeds of which were given to char- fly, showed 111,881 paseongers. The dally average traiic since been 21,218, ‘Chis makes tlie dally average recelpts TOS. Of the total trafic, a irifte over one Mth originates at the Brooklyn Mridg. and 1,18, passengers entered the ‘yalns at this station. Times Square, or Forty-second street and Broadway wxeceded all r local s:ations, having eontributed 247,261 passengers. SH IPPING NEWS, ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY Bun rind GO) Run Hehe 4.00) Moon risen. 81g VU TIDES. Liiah Water u venue tay Low Va 4 P. i Bandy Het, j ® Roveryor’s beam feat Gate Peres 5 1 1015 Hab i208 PORT OR NEW vonix, ARKIVED, ania ht +, ISCOMING. STEAMSIIIPS ‘ UR TODAY. br, rs Zamberi, PA MBUIPS. Hanibure. Alntors, ede. Galveston Bermuda > WM were quoted at %, + | 90 | ACOB BERRY: ury, and after bis entrance into the sreat was one of Jay Gould's mont trugted brokers, Hé was an earty dl- re of the Mathattan Blevated Railroad end tintin friend of Thew, Vide and other early finan- clers, Mr, Berry and his nephew and parmer, Herold L. Bennet, have writ ten a number of works on the days of Wall’ street carly Sintoment from the Lawyer, Roger FP attorney tor the firm {ssued the’ following wtutement tifle at- terneon bf The nominal assets are estimated at $160,009, bur the actual ansets are be tween $80,000 and $90,000, ‘The Habilities are estimated at $280,000, ‘The causes of the failure are as follows: I ne ‘the | early part of the year the business of | the firm was very quiet and there were) many bad ageounts on hand: It was i ible to moet the routine business expen. without resorting to trading And although « ovrviderable revenue was brought into the firm in this man- ner, there was'a steady encroachment upon Ita capital by the heavy olgce ex- penses in New York and in eight or ning other efties in the United States and Canada ‘ At thnten’ the firm's operations ‘were | on the long side of the market at} others on the short sidé, Latterly the| firm's operations have been on the| short side. Hampered by previous joxaes It bevame Impossible to reverse (nis position, the result being this out- come. Benjamin Copelane manager for the firm that city the only inth F, the Boaten uNnoUncEd un had of ORE NEW HH STOK RECORDS Steel. Continues Its. Upward Move, While Amalgamated Copper Gathers Strength and Is the Market Feature. SPECULATORS GIVE THE RAILROADS ATTENTION. Dealings Again on a’ Heavy Soale, and Poor Figures in Bank Statement Have No) Effect—Bonds Taken. New Mah records again marieed the stock market trading to-day, whieh was vigorously active, whigh prices showed TOY AUTOMOBILISTS AND TWO OF THE BRIGHT i‘ LITTLE SHAVERS WHO WON iN THE HEATS TO-DAY. guine of from 1 to 21-2 per com A 3 4H cat: tom in the bank statement tad Uh 190% +1 bean anticipated. and values were even Wy 414 +1 | better after the publication of the re-| MON.YC. @ BLL9% 1% % +2 part, the closing oeing strong end triek, | 1809 Nor, 4 Wes... 74 M+ ‘The strength and activity im Amal- ooh — camated Copper was the feature of 1% +% (he session, the price of the metal iasue| 9 Pacific Mail .. 46% bed advancing on good buying to 9-4) 400 Penn, RK. R.,.196% 190% 1964 +1 Awoinst 781%, its close of yesterday, | 1900 People's Gas .10% 1084, 108% + % | The United States Steel stocks made| WOP.C.C. StL 7 +i . +1 new high records for the vear. the pre-| [00 Pressed 8 Cy. 41 39-40% +% | ' ferred i to 91-4 while the com-| 000 Press 8 C pl. WM 19 WM +%% Soe mon advanced to 96-4. ‘The traneac-| Pullman P 22 2G +54 tions in these shares were in ble blocks | 20 Quicksilver ™% After a little hesitation Amerieaa 3u-/ ai Ry. Bt. Sp'g. 8 wm Small Boy Inventor Had Sturdy get was pushed up | point, to 1-3. It! MO Ry, 8. Bp pr 894 MM + % 1 | Inter reacted and fintshed\at 18. 1200 Rep Stee! ... 18. 1M, 18 + Legs and Made 100 Yards in A movement in Rock [sland during] 00 Rep. Steel pf. 71% 6) 714 +2 s the late dealings sentthe price up to| 1400 Reading 18% 0% 10% 24 Seconds at the Toy Con 37, a nin of 1 38 per cent, . [800 Rock Island .. 7% I BW +1% te Pr. rk, Pennsyivanig, Reading, Union Pacific| TIM Rock Isl. pf. % 8% A +1 st at Prospect Park and Litnols Central were algo conspic-| MRub Gis. 4% 4 WY +h = uous. Colorado Fugh'& -Inn ¢1 the! if Rud, Goods pf 87 + % Jeoxl and {ron group, with @ gain of| @€) Slos-Scliew ... 68 +% BEDSTEAD AND ALARM- \ Advances of from 1-2 to were cored in ‘the Dre 11-2 per cent 13-8 per cent | isayes. ent Ha | from New Yoru, n ofl been cven for Ave Years, bul My, Cape: land Has been manager for only. the| past eigit months. Mr. Copeland sald he wis coming to New York, but in thet mean time would keep the Hoatun otfice open, The firm also has offices a Springfield. Hartford, Conn: New ria: yen, Cona.; Bridgeport, Conn: Alby N. ¥.; Montreal, Que.; HBrookiyn, N. y Philadelphia, Pa Phe failu And Queboc | it la watd in Will sireee| ™. Was due to a sort of al \« being made by customs Y Hof the big Coneoliduted | Exchange houses Thie run is due to the seare of the small wpeculators slice the fetlure of Alfred M. Lamar was ane founced lust Monday ul BWAY RUNNING Division North of Harlem from! 149th Street and Third Ave-| nue Opened Early To-Day for! Regular Traffic, The section of thepSubway fram One Huintted and Forty-nipth street and Third avenue to Bronx 'Park, was opened to-day. Supt, Frank Hedley and the engineering corps went over the| tracks last rileht In experimental cars| and/nnfounced that all Was ready, Untir thé wnnel under the. Harlem River ts finished the Bubway trains wit! rod Over (Ne Third Avenue levated rodd. — STOCKS STRONG IN THE LONDON MARKET LONDON, Nov. %—Money was gbun- ant lo the market to-day and discounts were a trifle easier, Trading on the Stock “Exchange generally was strong, a fewture of the trans ma being the buoyancy of BOuth Africans. The deal- ings In home securities were restricted Console were steady. Tune Ralle were more cheerful and there wus fair buy- ine. Americans opened firm and advanced to. well over par; Pie local operas . however, were ng owing to the uncertainty regarding the character of the New York bank statement ‘to- day. United Stator Bieel was the feat. | : i rket cloned steady. Canad. | @ traffic returns. Foregners were quiet and irreg Imperial Japanese Covernment @ixes of ——__- HENRIK IBSEN DYING, Famous Author tas Heart Trouble, with Litth Hepe of Recovery. LONDON. ™%.--Hearlk Theen, the author, a Stockholm despatch re. d sharply as the resut of | rts fas had several attacks of heart trouble, There is little ‘hope of some Nhe Tractions lost from 1-8 to b2 per| OMe. 1. 8 W.. 2% ea a cent. with the exception of Brooklyn] 3s7@Boyth Pacific, 6 +14 hn : Rapid ‘Transit, which clowed 1-4 over.| a) South, P. pf.. O74 +% Strange Race with'250 Entries Government bonds were Unalterdd aud] ost Bou Ry +% n in if dake Wont sive, | he RE Ru Fifty Heats, and Not ‘The totul sales of wtocks were $73.80), 1 St. R. & T. ts +M% an Accident Mars Event | shares, and of bonds $6,096.00, ‘The| #0 Tonn, C, & 1. 77 ' sales of stocks for the week were 6,852! way fox, Pacific,, 37 +% Watched by Big Crowd. GH, and of bouds $69,565,000, 100 ‘Tol, Ry 2 or oT, 8. L&W 2 my 2 +%) Closing Quotations, EM IAe Wie. 2 4) wurtously tooling @ ‘mobile’ of home Mid-' tew- cise oe | METH ET. tet §| made construction, the body belng an a ye SH, oat, Re: cava) 100 Vin. Tag &W, 12h: Ie 1B + Ml ola bedatead, the front works un old 101 Allis, Ch HM +1. | GH Union Pac:. . 410% 1% 16K + | Liar clock apring end the seat a #0ap Fo a pot vf es a vm Sh Beta 4 nm i” bd N : box, Austin Duff, aged twelve, a mod- pe bei i a : Ret ’ reen,” of No, 128 Alabamy woAm. Garé FS RGB +1 | MOL A. CLP DL Wh Wh WKH le aginah yan Patel Toaw se Am, C. & Pf. 9 + %) WOU Bx... i MB, . e s ben alg igh f uN be Wi — A] 1001, RA tm ewig, any —1 | the Airat priae In. the boys" automodite Am Grae T..10 | Me 10 SHO), H Teather. 1% 106" 16y,+ y/ race On the Bloycle pall at tian OAM H&L. 9 OM 9 —) MOU. B Leath of. 4 9% BY + 4) Park, Brooklyn, and aici MOAm He & Lapt 8% TN WA 4] MOL. #. Rubber, My MM — | ished th surprise of the age aah Mam ike . my & & MOU, 8. Rub. pf. 1% WH TR +N ‘The bo! appanins ° at Ve oe ~e MOAm, Lin Of, He MY 1% 92200 U, 8. Stoel..... 2% Wy WH +h Dis odd, If-made contr en ee 1070 Am. “Tce, ... Me MN + | 10M00U! B, Steal pf 054 Hy 91% + % | BREA with laughter, for with the ex 29 Am. 1.000, pf.106 106 IMM) 500 Va.-Car Ch ... 1 40K — 4 | ception of the horn, everything in his 100 Am. Male 7 oh 7 0 Ve.Caur Ch.pf.i3 112% 112% —y | “mito” was home-made, and #) bas TM Am Malt. pl MM MN +1 | emo Va TC. & Cu. 39 Mi” By 444g |!M ADPeraNce as any cranky. machity 200 Am. Bmelt. .. 81% st Sly 100) Wabnan 2% 3M We + | | That Barney Oldfield ever drove WAM, Bt. Fy: 4 MM OM =] Weatinghouse.18 180 181 The simles soon gave way to cheers Am, St. Fd.pf. 0% W Wh + 4! 10 West’hdtine pf.i9h 198 198 +4 | When the boy proved that he had been TWO Am, BRAT ...10M 15 14 +) G00 Weat, Un. Tel, ay 62 9g + | I" teainlug for the race by making the | Am, Sugar pi 1 Is | OW. ALB... oH}, deat time of the day, doing hie 100 yards IO Am. 'T. & T.,..10% Me Mite +) a Whscon, Con. am om 4 | IN tWertysfour seconds and running WAm,. Tod. pet P& BREN) wwe Con pt. & Rh + yy) ONAY from the five otherboys entered 10 Annconda: \:..10 ° 16° 1 + - oat with him in the heat . Am. Wool % Baer The second prizes was won by John Am. Wool pf. 0% aa wy + &| BANKS SHOW CUT | McKenna, twelve years old, of No. 1 19800 A,, &eFOY BY MH Gold treet, Bro’ klyr, who did the twem HO) A. T. & BF. pt 1 14 + IN CASH SURPLUS. ty-second heat in twenty-five seconds. WO At, C. Line,.,.10 160 160 , ER ura ae J. Selkirk, seven years old, won the 3900 Balt, & Ohio, WY MY M% + ¥ | Wall atreet found little to please in third prize In the thirty-ninth and Inst WOO Bklyn RR. T... OM 6% G8 +:4 | this week's bank statement, Iasued to- heat, beating by one-sixth of a second ao Buttick Co... 8 Bb Mh 1H diy. There wae @ pronounced cut in Judson Palmer, No. 1568 Fifty-second 0) Can, Pac 1% IB) 1M% + | loans, but the cash @urplus was de- | street, Brooklyn. voCan, Pac. re... OM Hq % creased and ciher figures were dlaap- Protests Were Vain, 00 Ches, & Ohio., 04 40% ho + &| Printing, The report as issued at the ii . Dulgeh " sont se 4 fi z" ve el: Donita decrbese outburat of indignation front the lovers, 100 Ch GE W. Bae ay M4 + 4| LOBAL tenders’ Tnetease who declared the winner had taken an 30000. M. de Bt, PAM 118 Ire te) HBeele, decrease nt unfair advantage by going sto traln- 190 Chi Au 18% 18% bad | fess COTY 5124-000 | ing when he tire read of the expected | 0 Chi ay he PE hs ix Mir yer Taags races, But whe boy with the bedstead Chie. Un. Tr. M4 ML eee L20073 | juto mas awarded che prize just the 9000 Chi. Un. T. pf. 44 5 | ? same. 100.0.,0,0,6 Mt L n ‘2 > A COTTON STARTS FIRM, Possibly the fact that the’ machines 2m Col. F. & 1... 6M BIG By Lj BUT are merely shaped like diminutive autos M000, H.C) & 1. 16 We 7 + « sd SELLS OFF. and are propelled by pedals operated 2 Col, South ? 2% oo » 4 by small boys sitting in them Is respon- 100 Col fo. 1st pf = ht a | -Coltdn ‘opdnda:firen’ taaay,dve-to a'| sible for the abechee of an accident list 1 Col, Bo. 24 pt.. 9% aby ayn 4 1g | PPAFP'AdVahoe in the market at Livers All the orack boy automobiilaty o 9 Con. Tob. pf. 1M 128% 12m} 4 y | InReteete for the purpose of making a | Morning when the crowds of children 1000 Corn Prod... 9K fy 4 % ttle etn oan bere. gees ee hewan ining the bicycle path, and bley- © Corn Prod. pt 9% s | sm su m HOweNe: the lat of under | cle policemen, mounted policemen an G0 Del, & Hud.,.:189% 184 199 A ta getiion for shore scomyin. Wy) the plain policemen had thelr hands ful 100 D., Te de W....904 IBS amy 444, Arable short interest in the mhrkot | Keeping the little folk back of the ropes. Dep eRe Gad By 44 MMA bandicap to thowe favoring high- | ‘There were 260 entries. Each boy proud: | WD. & RG. pl waite wang sg | “Tl i cf . ly wore a white budge with a black on 2 100 Den," & BW. ot. ¢ a4 se) | AM eu Dguaiberee en es Naat Toner: | ienber on tt planed’ to his left erm and 100 Det, United ,. re) ~ey 99540 9:98; February. 9.42 t0 9.48; Maroh, | Heath could not have bee n prouder, (60 Det, South 7 2 7 a at) BSP 109.882 April, 9.56 bid: “May, '9.63 bit! " par a SH Det. Bo. pe... 04 my 904 oe Zunes bid: July, 9.67 to 968; Aumust, Three Prises Offered, 110 Distillers’ 8 .. 3h 98 WK + | “The Glosihe prices : November, | Thee prides were offered, all toy auto- to %28; December, 9.27 to 928; Ji nobiles, the firat valued at $7, secon 10 Dy. 88 ADK 1 sy A 904 93 camber 822 to Wiad oiler, the firat valued at $7 id 1D. 8.8. & Apt BX FA Ky | March, 85 to NM; April, $61 to ; 10 Bec, #. Bat. BH Mh Om tal ay, Kiet bid: June, hortd B70. gute: | Y8PG lashes, five boys being entered in $2609 Erle 14% WE oy 41 | BD LOB, Market ‘cloned steady: | each heat 4000 Erle «1h Wey 44 ‘ | The first heats were replete, with ex- 40) Erle 24 pt... 8 7 citement and,fun. At, the algnal five TH Fed, rae 8.4 M44 4 ” WHEAT LOWER ON pairs of knees commenced rotaiing at 1G. Ch, Co. pt. 9% sah 4 + % PROFIT TAKING. |« furious speed and weird bonks aud 1900 Gen.) Elec, Co. 190% 167% re | chugs came, from the autos, which Wo Great Nor. pf.2% 2% 5. 41" | Profit taking and disappointing cabien| "MEd from side to side and attained 100 Hock, Val.:.. 8 MM — \| were depreseing influences in the crece| ® Berfectly suicidal speed for inches at MOO TH. Central MY Ili INK +14 | market to-day. prices opening trom 1-4)" {""% suiges’ stand was. ereoted at 100 Int, Paper WA 1 19K + 4! to 104 Of nt lower. + ae the-end of the coir in whien sat Int. Paper pf. 8 Th, 7% + Corn started 1-4 to 3-8 lower on clear,| the Umer, K. 8. Titus, former rowhg 100 Int. Pump 0% WK Wh + y! oy tas ‘Dig corn States, ‘humplon, and Judges EB. 8, Mealey ana WO Towa’ Cent... 1 SOR ay Wheat—Mu 28h, July ie bs De | Finer Sack heat. waa decked the win- | M0 lows Con. pf. 5 MBF + y! Comber, 11714 ner was given a flag and the privilege < C.- Bo... 2 of oi i tices were: Wheat! of hauling the automovile back to the 100 Ka & oN 1% r lot h back 0K. C, Bo. pf... 6% St Bay 1 101-2; December, 100 1-2) Feratch for the next set of five. 0 Lou, & Nash..10% WK 19% 44) New York's cloaing. pricen ware: DRIVER BEAT HIS HORSE. $0) Manhatian 184 167 MT — ay weeny, 11% asked; July, 10a bia; ped | WO Met. Bt. Ry....12% 191% 13% — | December, Masked ey MH Dds) woman Camere His Arrest, bat | Gop Met. Seon... 14 Sh hm — % | > Watts to Appede ta Conrt, -« | ee ee a an er | A negro giving the. name of James ition. 4 8 1 6% oe ay "| POLICE SMOOTH TRAFFIC, 280 Ig the m ROME PS BOM. NO Oh +14 a8 | Bunce, wax arraigned in the “Adams WOMSEPASMPLMT 14 18 — 4) Police Captain Sepnen OcHrien, regu- | Mtreet Police Court. Brooklyn, to-day OM K. aT... WL Se HK + &| ibtor Of traffic. went to {0-,, 4 Charge of crueity to animals. e oe ee n teameti Ww to | Complaining | witn: Mrs. Mary Jones, &T pt | day to show ¥ Pra? 2 WM. x Pe OM Oh + ve in steaaes. of No. 1 Lafayette avenne, falied to ian 100% | ied icemen, and inayat, |aypeat ana: ine an, was digcharged wm + operations 4! the end | ire. Jonee saw liunce 17 | treet. near Borough Hall. ree allached to @ at h ™ By ¥ en ae the interfer. | Portiand layente and. Hanson Lies s # the polite of | ast night. made bim WNet ARMS fe trier dettrred, | block. wih. ber until she met Pol Murtagh. ty him*up on her Bek Cain am) ai soba ge 108 1&8 F 1 pty 008 L & 8 F tpt 6 QM BLSCEI cf, ,..182 4 \ ‘ CLOCK AS MATERIAL, BNNITS CAUGHT 0 OE LE Two Men Believed to Have Been | in the Gang Which Held Up Paymaster White in August Captured at Hoboken Pier. WOMAN PLAYS SLEUTH AND RUNS ‘THEM DOWN. |Recognized Them as Purchasers | of Revolvers Used by Ban- dits—Men Arrested as About to Leave for Italy. | ‘Two heavily armed Italiana. believed | to have been among the six who heid uo, Paymaster Dana Wihite, of the O;Rourke Construction Company, near Great Notch, N..Jv on Aug. 4, and) after beating Mr, White into inaensl- | bility ot away with a sutohel contain: | ing over $.000, were arrested by the Hoboken polive to-day as they were shout to #all for Nuples on the Hem- Arg-American liner Koenigen Alberia, The arrest of the men was the culmi- nation of some clever detective work on the part of Assistant Superintendent | T, Batley, of the Pinkerton ‘ Mr. Batley called the Hoboken police int) the page early to-day out of courtesy, and when te had poimed out | the men they were arrested. Had Kulyes and Guns, The prisuners are brothers, Luigi and Antonio Vaereno, aged twenty-six and thirty-four years, respeetively; and have | been living. for some thme at No, 3¥ Cross street, Paterson. Each man had +) In money, « gun and a Rnifé in his possession. The men are a yillainous- looking pair, and when arrested they starved to put up a fight. ‘They were quile, subdued by Bulley and Detec- tives Welnthal, and higwed off to jail After the hold-up of White the Pink- ertans were cajled into the case and made a careful search of the woods near the place where White was robivd, | All ax oc the th.eves were masked and each had a eb n. The day after the robb ity two of these shotguns were found concealed in the woods, ‘They Were taken to Paterson. and every dealer in -trearms in the vicinity was ealled in to look at them. For several dxys no-one could identify them.’ Bin. ally a woman who keeps a second-hand sls ‘a Paterson and whose name ts Withheld for the present. rcogniged Wie guns as two she hud sold to Hallang the week betore. kiver since then this woman has been going from place to age looking ay Italians In the hope she could identity the men to whom she sotd the guna. Last week she saw the Vaereno brothers In Paterson, and said she was sure that they were the men. Neither Was arrested at the time, but were kept under surve! The dejectives learned that the men had bought tickets for Italy and ,they were going to sall on the Koenigen Al- berta. This ship took ‘hundreds of Italians away to-day, go the detectives had their witness on* the with them, also the three Hoboken officers, ‘roe men came Inte, but the woman poked them ont at once and they were arrested as they walked up the gang- plank on the ship, ‘bey were taken to the police cow and remanded for examination by Bi Quinn and Pox, Him of “Big Frank's” Brutal- ity, and Eaoh-Had Sworn, She Told Friend, to Kill the Other. ORDERED TO VACATE FLAT, SHE HAS DISAPPEARED. Sister of Roche ‘Declares She Will Sperid Fortune to Punish Shooter—“I'll Live to Settle Case Myself,” Says. Victim. : ‘That it waa @ woman who was thie cause of the quarrel between gamblers Guy Roche and “Big Frank” Felton, which resulted in the shooting of Roche by Felton on Broadway on Thursday evening, there is no longer any doubt. Tt was an old feud over a woman who cared little for either man, but who had complained a number of times to Roche of Felton’s brutal treatment of her, Only a few’hours before. the #boat- ing she told Roohe of a fresh attack on ner by Felton, which made him so an- @ry that he went to “Big Frank” and warned Alm that he was going to shoot | Sin, a threat which meant something, coming ‘from Roche. The Evening World discovered to-day ® very important witness in the case, whose story goes a long Way toward cldiring up the motive.for the crime. This ts Ed Gray, one of the best known Mecket speculators ia the city, Gray sald to-day: “T was selling tickets in’ feont of the Herald Square Theatre on Thursday afternoon, I cleaned out early and walked down to ‘Trainor's, at. Thirty second street and Sixth avenue, to get 4 drink, L went in the restaurant and saw aga that I knew as May Wilson or May Burns. She had been crying. f sat down at the table Witt her for a jme he was in a lot of trouble. Sho hus @ fat at No. MY West Forty-third street, and she said “Big Frank’ Felton came around there the night before ind Trough-housed the place, She sald he beat her, smashed her furniture and made such a fuss that the police had to be ealled ih, As a result of the rew she had been ordered out of tht house, Gray Saw the Sheeting, “4 consoled her as well as 1 could ana then left her, I went uptown and stayed around the Mariborough for some time, Then I came out and started for the Herald Sqaate to arrange for the evening's work. Glancing’ down the street 1 saw Felton and Roche coming | along. Before I knew what had ti pened Felton pulled a gun and shot Roche, “At that moment the girl suddenly appeared before me and yelled: ‘My God, Frank's done him yp; get me our of this.’ I wae so interested in the er 1 didn't walt to see what had happenea, I hurried her into a cab at the curb, jumped in myself and we drove to her flat. She was fearfully agitated, When we got to the flat and started upstairs the janitor came out-and to her she| couldn't stay there another day. She said she would: get out as soon as she got her things together, “T went in with hor to find out what I conid about the shooting. She told me that the night before, during the row, Felton had told her he was going to do tip’ Roche. Ruché, she sald, waa very mad about the way Fehon had used her, and had al#o said he was golng to 40 up Felton, From what the girl said It evident to, me that the two men were gunning for each olber. { left the ot there and went hack 10 my stand, Thats all 1 know about the matter.” ' The janitor of the house at No, 49/ Went Forty-third street sald to-day that the girl had left and baat he didn't know where she had gone. esked abou the row of Wednesday ni and sald: Pat Out by the Police. "This big. broad-shout d man that was up Sean in hy Satgot loaded nd made such 4 row smashing things thi Te In the police It took Riverpolings men to subdue him, and the way he wrecked the flat was a sight. Even the door and windows wete smashed, No arrests were made, but the big fellow was throhn out, and then I told the woman she would have to go,” A perfect photograph of Felton was shown to (he Janitor and he sald that there wa® no doubt Was the man who made the trouble Wednesday night, ‘The Wilson or Burns girl ts the gi who the police are now looking for awitness. The woman who went to the District-Attorney's office lay and id she was May Brooke Js not the girl over whom the two men ‘fought. corder Stanton helr knives, money and guns were confiscated, Was a Bold Crime. Nokier man could bé induced to say 0, third $25, The race heats were 10% | anything, save that he was innocent of | Mm the -orlme charged. . Luigl, however, was recogn'zed as a man who had been sent to jail for a year several “a ago, for rioting. When aceused of this he admitted it was true. | The holdup of “Mr. Wifite was one ot | the bold dgrt rien. f the Kind ever | committ in the East, The paymaster was on the way to Cedar Grove. Nd. in a buggy. “His company was huliding [a reservoir there afd IC was day for the men. He was aovomantes ty | two. men and all were armed. ‘The | money was In a satchel. At a lonely part of the road the aix Italians suddéniy: sprang out’ of the bushes and polpted their guns at the trio. The horse was shot and killed. Mr, White put up a figtt, bot wae otubbed Into ihsensibitity. ‘The money Was then taken and the robbers dteap- peared into the woods. Several potses were formed and made search for them, but they were not found eee Dentes a Woman Affair, MUST PAY WIFE S15 WEEKLY) Pein: its att stan | °F. 4 up iat I9 , affalr, 4 shaver yet Nhat Thomas Rejily, ‘Tressures of the} ye Rat aa iy rg Fhe Napge O'Nell Theatrien] Company, was | ordered to pay hig wife Mb a week for the, support of herself and eflid by | Mag-strave Breen to-day in the West | Court, * ire Reilly wanted her husband put bonds. “He will pay.” ahe said, he iayin town, but will ppt when Youre case ht! fig 4 the | under “while ug it She knew Felton, but she sald she never knew Roche, Roshe ts dying in New York Hospital. ig expected to ocour at any His death ent, With determination, however, Roche decraes he will recover from the bullet wound In his breast and live to avenge the shooting. No lesa minedmined to egt revenge js his sister, Roche. Miss Daisy ‘The young woma nding over the bedside of ‘her dying brother, declared that nothing ome, thwart her from her avenged. js to Avenge Himself. purpore to “Don't say that,” 4 Roche, in a voice so weak that the sister had to. bend low over him to catch oe pores cna Be told how he would live, and now with him; how he did not wan sent to prison in case of death. This appeal only made the slter more determined to avenge her drother's e declared that all the Roche famit; pended in sending Felton to it Felton n. mone; would be Prison. s," Who fi of Felton. ett r dot s Soman nvown as Ciicage Mast Ree id I did not have a wi | moment and we had a drink, She toni | | Paper Manufacturers! deter-| Frank" would have to_settie| |i You have protested Felten, though he shot you' dawn like 2 dog without a fighting chance. Living to the code among gamblers may be right, bat f believe the law showld have ® chance tp alive Felton his wet deserts, This shooting shail be! avenged. Felton cannot evonpe punishment.Statemont ef Migs Reche, gambler shot doyrn be Frank Felton, whild ‘talking with her dying, brother at Now York Hospital. . PU lve and “Big Prank? with pay his dues'to mé. Ith 20, sending him to prison Of 1 Bat if lever wave alive the affair will te ‘between Felton and Roche to his slsier, " the ore quieter than he ‘been In @ “. clion 4s held “in site dite chow He still contends. ubat not fioche and that the shoo was Dpoker known on Broadway, AUNED, HE SVS, BUST ATION Love, of Staten Island, Declares His Business Has Been Cut from $72,000 to $6) by the Wall-Paper Combine. Tn, John Doe proceedings ‘brought \by Harry Love, he: street, Weet New Brighton, ist the Wall’ Pa- per Manufacturers’ and Natl Priat Cutters’ Asaooiatidns, bette rete Ommen jn. the West Bide Court to-day, Love testified that as a@ result of the associations’ refuling bln. the? unlon stamp his\ business had fallen’ off trom $72,000 1 1902 to 1¢as thai 6 thie year: Vifteen dbtendanis) Were fi court amd j the proceedings werg inarked with con-/ siderable feeling, | | ‘ James Toole, a member, of the ao called’ trust, wan, ofderéd: ou the ' room for Interrupting testi , tue was later permitted ‘to reiurn as a spectator. 4 t. J. Nastwodd, secretary of the Wall tes- AM fied that a meoting of members of ie association was held at the Hotel Vi* toria early In thé present year, but that te agreement was ent into at that ime. ERE a $100,000 FOR CHARITY. Joseph B, Bloomingdale's Will that SumoReet of Bitate to Widow and Childfen, The will of Joseph B. Bloomingdale, one of the founders of, the department store of Bloomingdale Brothers, . who died on Monday, waa filed to-day, 1s Great dry-goods man leaves his home, No, 11 Bast Sixty-seventh street, stables and thalr’contents tovhis widow, Mrs, Clara Bloomingdale, together with $100,000, which she is to to, cer- tain charities yy td randum left fof her ul ‘ { , The residue ,of the trust for Mra. Bloot ether with thelr son, loomingdaie; their Splegelberg and the Jat ugene Bi, Weg sree 9 the death of the mother be divided equally betw hs to idren. t va a a petuion of toon reel teas A pettt | Ploomagtaie And upward of f1Q00 personalenate FOUGHT OVER ROAST. Pla. her Mh = Kalfe, Baker Was Slashed and May Lose an\ Arm. A pig dressed for roasting whe tte cause of a fight in the aaiogn of Ham- o:ond Goseweller, No,.325 East seventy- fifth street, to-day, and Anton G, Fleas, @ bateher, of No, 40) Bast) Séver eth steyst, da” under. $1,000, bat hearing, white John Schrurbpp, a: of No. (4 Kast Bixty-ttilrd'etrent, ig Presbyterian Hogpital euftering wounds which may coat’ titm . hig arm. ‘Die vie off to-n it. jn cane was al- ox! was told that. STE ata jonday was datod June 7 last, and by it the « ¢ ‘ | '