The evening world. Newspaper, December 24, 1904, Page 12

© Ae - +} COUNT, IN CELL, Guest.He Had Been. TOLD DETECTIVES WHERE LOOT HAD BEEN LEFT. Corning, His Victim, Recog- nized in Court as Man Who * Had Broken Parole in Petty Case. Ordered*Locked Up. ‘When Count Norman de ta Crasesan, ‘who, since he came to this country three Fears ago in search of @ rich wife, has deen known as Milton Gloster, was . looked up in Yorkville Prison to-day fhe had as a neighbor John Corning, who had caused his arrest. Corning is a retired merchant Mving at No, 170 East Forty-seventh street, and claims to be connected with the ‘wealthy steamboat family of the same| Rame. The Count, who ts only twenty-threa, NCCUSER, 100 Young Frenchman Held for Trial Judge Thomas in the United on Charge of Looting Home) of Retired Merchant, Whose INDICTMENTS rules Demurrers Filed Steamboat Slocum Case, BARNABY AND OTHERS MUST NOW STAND TRIAL. Inspectors Fleming and Lund- berg Had Already Been Op. clared Legal by Court. Judge Thomas in the Tnited Blates District Court to-day overruled the de- murrers interposed by the offloers of the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company to the Indictments found against them on July 29 last by the Federal d Jury, in connection with the Gen, cum disaster, The demurrers tnterposed to the {n- Glctments of Inspectors John W. Flem- ing and Henry Lundberg, who werk At (@p same time the others wer in- @ood-looking and of pleasing manner, @ame here three years ago and sought out Walter Clark, who he had ¢ abroad and who lived with The two were good friends. Clark died | met | and “Gloster” then made his home with Corning. He lived on a small remit. tance, he said, and while never ‘flush"’| |ppeared to have enough for comfort, | Mr. Corning finally began to miss val- table bric-a-brac, silver, &e and sus- pected “Gloster.” The tatter dented! taking anything, but disappeared, and a Warrant was secured for his arrest Last night detectives found him in the Menderloin section and arrested him. ‘They say he confessed and sald most of the property would be found at the home of Mrs. Selma Hess, No, 26 West Porty-second street. When the de “tectives went there the woman sald Gloster had given her the things. Most sof the articles #olen from Corning were found there, the rest being recovered tn *® pawn shop. | ‘The prisoner was arraigned tn York+| Ville Court to-day and held for trial by | Magistrate Mayo, He could not give Dail, and was locked up. Just as the case was disposed of the wourt clerk recognized Corning as a man who bad broken his parole from the court. Last July he was before Magis- frate Flammer on @ summons secured ‘oy Henry Manna, a barber, of No, 14 Third avenue, Ho was held in $100 bail for Special Sessions, but was paraded till the next day, when he promisai to fur- ulsh the bond. Ho said to-day that he forgot all mbout it Anyway, he ditin’t come back. When he was recognised to-day he was ordered locked up till he fur- ‘ished ball. Corning got ball as soon as friends eould be reached. He said he met the Count through Clark, who was em- Noyed at Tiffany's. Recently the ount's family had stopped his allow- sftce, according to Corning, and this lea him to steal. —_—_—_—ES CHRISTMAS IN JAIL FOR TWO SHOPLIFTERS. Woman Plead Gullty to Stealing Tri Are Held in $100 Each, ‘Christmas will find two Brooklynites, | ® woman and a man, in Raymond Btreot | Jail as the results of thelr efforta to ob- Rain presents by shoplifting. The two were arraigned before Magistrate Ti jim the Adams Street Police Court to- day for stealing tritles, and after plead- tng guilty were unable to furnish the Mow ball of $100 each, which the tender- hearted Judge imposed Both prisoners gave fictitious names Acted, were overruled early this month, and as Qe matter nowrstands al! seven of those indicted wil) have to stand trial ‘Those who were tnéfeted a: the same time that true bills were found againat leming and Lundberg are: Capt. Wi lam H. Van Schatck mand of the Gen, Slocum at the time who was in com- ¢ was burned; Frank A, Barnaby, President of the Knickerbocker 8: boat Company. which owned tha ¢ Slocum; James K. Atkinson, Secretary of the steamboat company; Frink B. Dexter, Treasurer of the company, and Capt. John A, Pease, supervising cap- tain of the company's fleet, Judge Thomas's decision sustaining the Indictments was a complete surprise to the detondanta, ay they had been ag. Sured that under the Federal statutes Ca Ghonee on earth of their d Cap Van Schalck for’ criminal gence are fully covered by the stat. but there t4 no provision in the «eral laws for the punishment of men charged with aiding and abetting crim. inal nce, It was for this that the officers of the steamboat company Were indicted, the Federal Grand Jury being absolu unable to find anything else to charge them with tn u LAWSON ONCE Acoused with Two Others of Circulating False Statements to Injure a Store ServiceCom. pany, but Never Put on Trial, ——_. T™ golug through some old papers in the District-Attorney’s office to-day a member of Mr. Jerome's staff discov. ered that in 18 Ynomas W. Lawson Was indicted with two others for pre- cisly the same offense which some peo De are anxious to indict him for now. On Avril 2 of that year the Grand Jury handed down indigtinents against Lawson, William T. Vinal and Lasalle J. Hayden for felony, The crime charged was that they had “knowingly circu- Jated false statements, rumors and in- teligence, with intent to affect the marke: pr other evidences of debt of a corporation on March 5, 18); with intent to affec veka, bonds the market price of th nd seemed most anxious toconceal thelr WMentities. The woman, who {s about y-five, gave the name af “Roxie ey d, No. 240 Dean street, Brook 0." Sho had been arrested’ by De- tective-Sergt. O'Rourke, who saw her &@ lé-cent hairpin in a Brooke store. The woman was heavily in court and at the request of @ Magistrate reluctantly raised her and pleaded gulity to the charge ltrate Tighe placed her ball at at if ele wished bal! her. 12h refused, and wie obilged to send her to id Street Jail, where sho will the Christmas holidays watting fearing at the Special Seasons, | “Harry Ston refused to give any ‘ 5 Ppeared to be a respect- } man in hard luck. After taking a pie belt he was arrested by Miss jorence, a store detective, A . Of his clothes reveale = vty of children’ trif indlea tin that man attem 0 prey tatmas for his childre: She weal mn. He pleaded )gullty and with tears in his « —__ FOG-BOUND STEAMERS MOVE Oveante a 8 Three Days, 1 Passengers, LIVERPOOL, Dec. %—The White Star line steamer Oceanic, from New York Deo. 14, which had twen fog. onia, Held for ao, aoe, see Ge 3, landed thelr Fe ligd oe eo oc ‘ting steamer Predorian Liverpool for 8: 4 which was vealisa foe proceeded to have sulled Mlpmoraing. = Oe i DER MEAKIM DEAD, ‘Excise Commissioner Suc. to Paralysis. Meakim, former Excise lately associated with in the Department of tn the New York of paralysis, aoe 8 Pron. Bound off the Mersey Par for three | the Lanson Consolidated Store Service Company The alleged reports ciroulated by Lanw- son wore sail to be that the affairs of the company were baing conducted in an Unbusinossiike manner, that {ts affairs were in a critical condition and that |the officers and direoturs were inefficient @nd dishonest and that its stock was then of very ttle real value Lawson was never arrested on this} indictment. Hayden waa arrested in this city, and afterward discharged by Judge Martine, Vinal was arrested tn Boston, but tt was Impossible to extra- dite him, and he waa released. Lawson finally seoured the dismissal of the {n- |dictment against him in 1891, The dis- misaal was on the recommendation of De Lancey Nicoll, then District-Attor- ney, | PAY FOR COMMISSIONERS, | Aw J Henry Haggerty. Hubbell and Emanuel Blumenstiel will receive $2.40 cach for thelr work a8 commissioners appointed by the Appel- Charles Bulkley | tate Division of the Supreme Court to missoners hav taining the leg recommendin age sustained by prop rotection for thee e made by the App seems just and proper report has not firmed, but the work of the com, sioners being done. compensation been fixed. Teport, sus f the dam wn Ta such owners ston ee FOUND HIDING IN STORE. White Hatred, Aged Seventy, Peter Seldbolf Faces Theft Charge. White haired, seventy and t Peter Seldholf, of No. nue, Jersey City, was ering 1S Kearny ave- rraigned in the Second Criminal Court, Jersey City, ton day, charged with burgiaty. Hos’ ac MeComb, a standing A very pratey point of law is Involved In the thar ‘ot | there oases, The indictments of Lundberg, Fleming ARE. UPHELD States District Court Over-| in hel@ responsible for crimima? negligence WAS INDIGTED ¢ 144446 b06-4 : THR WORT, | SANTA CLAUS D: SATURDAY EVENING, | IN WALL STREET. T'was the night before Christmas And ali through the house Not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse. t ve" $0 FAR VAIN Mrs. Carter’s Writ Met with Doctor’s Certificate that Boy She Says Husband Kidnapped Is Too Ill to Be Brought Here. | | When the writ of habeas secured by Pauline Gray arter to com |pel her husband to orofice their sin, | who, she alleges, he kidnapped from her, was returned to-day, Mrs. Carter was in court, supportal by her athletic brother, Wickliffe Gry, oublisher and broker, | Mr. Jacobson, of counsel for Andrew |G. Carter, the husband, asked Justice Leventritt to exclude Gray from the room, stating that the broker had corpus, of the stocks, bonds and | settle the dispu lerallty of the cha he route of the tun bY the Tanait Board through | | Park from Thirty- Park avenue from Thirty-third to The change was a widening of th tunnel so that its sides ran clos op fo the houses, some of which caved fe Numerous lawsuits resulted. ‘Tae some | threatenod to kill Carter in the rotunda yesterday. | Franklin Bien, Mrs, Carter's attorney, sald he would be responsible for young Gray's peaceadle behavior and the young Jand other evidences of Indebtedness of |" Was permitted to stay, Mrs, Carter, a handsome young wom- jon In black and heavily velled, turned furtive eyes about, peering into every corner In search of her yttle boy, but he waa not there Instead, Mr. Blien read a telegram jfrom two physicians of Chattanooga, + saying that the lite fellow but {s Ul, too Ill with a cold to make it safe for him to journey to New | York. The hearing was adjourned Thursday next, despite the protes: | the mother that she had abso rellable information that the Mttle fs not It at all. Mrs. Carter got a divorce from Carter there ‘until tely chap fertion, but later bronght sult for abso- lute divorce, nanzng three goubrettes 49 co-respondents, To this Mr, Carter Feplied with a courter suit, naming Col, Albert A. Pope, the bloyele millions alre; Preston W. Harrison, brother of Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago, and & Boston clubman to whom she baame engaged afte? she got her South Dakota diyoree Ts. Carter ts living at the Rocking- ham, Rrpadway and Fitty-aixts wtrect she was given the custody of thetr| hoy by the south alleges her husband, when allowed to jee him, » lad away nad sent| him to hile grand parents in Tennessee, ————— BROOKLYN YOUTH ENDS HIS LIFE IN ST. LOUIS, Ivers B. Rassell, of Ratiroad Man, Shoots Himselt—vor | Is Prostrated, Frank D, Russell, of No. 1% 8 the change, but | Mark's place, Brooklyn, Eastern repre- w sentative of the San Franciseo system received word from St. Louis to-day that bie eldest gon, Ivers B Russell twenty-one years old, had committed suleide by shooting himself last night The young man was employed in the € Tical department of the San Fran. > aymtem In St. Louis, and remained there when his paren nd brothas Frank, nineteen years old. came to New York three years ago, at the time Mr Russell was made Eastern reprase: tive. Prank sald to-day that the news lesma ah b arent shock, che fret oat mation being a telegram from a close friend saying that Ivers had died wud. denty. Young Russell stated that the famfly knew of no reason why Ives snould have taken his Ife, His mother nta- fs prostrated with grief. a | MORE GOLD GOING souTH, fm South Dakota on the ground of de- | Dakota court and | FIGHT FOR SON JERSEY JUSTICE IN NEW FASHION Judge Frank J. Higgins, of First Criminal Court of Jersey City, Lets Attaches and Report- ers Free Prisoners, | Frank J, Higgins, Judtec the First Criminal Court, Jersey City, put a lot Jof Christmas mercy into Jerwey justice }today by lberating en prieoners committed to the county jail, Judge Higgins called his attaches and th ‘Hoe reporters together and tld th that he had a Christmas present for | each one, Tho present was the right to pick out a prisoner wo be set free by the Judge, Eleven men and fove women were [thus iberated, The court attaches and the reporters lost no time In gettin busy. They went ovor the lists of pris oners) who had commited picked out the ones they thougit were least deserving of Imprisonment over Christmas, Then the fifteen were marched to the court presided over by Judge Higgins. Tuo prisoners were nonplused whe they appeared before che Jud; selections had ben made wi. disclosure of the inten: of v wuen the ffteon ¢ po- been trate, Toe Women wep!—some of t m- and sowered a dot of verbal bleesin: 0 e heads of reparters, court offlctals and even the turnkey. Most of the mea didn't wait for explanations bul ducked | out of the court so fast they couldn't de seen for dust. Only one of the fteen was wnheppy. He had counted on a happy day inside the dry walls of the county fail and a hearty Christmas His plait as he loft was ‘Dey tink day's emart, doand Wel, now, t'ell ‘m I goin’? ¢ Vl go out and get drunk ‘nd disorder: | ly for de holidays. The detectives when they heard of the novel procetture rushed into the courthouse for a Iike present, but the dey. oo) Judge stopped his pensioring with tie | first fifteen. According ( ereey jus the Magistrate has the right to dischacwe or bold in p larcentes | elther on the first hearing or a re-near- ' Technically, he reheard all the ———— “FIRE SCARE IN MARKET, Story Afterward Given Out Was that Gamecock Cansed It, A blaze that caused a great J of smoke scared @ thousand or more! Christmas buyers ou old Washing- ton Market this afternoon and caused no end of excitement in the neighbor The fire was confined to an egg and cheese stall, and when it been ex tinguished and quiet was dal strange story wty given our the fire bad been caused by a y . oock which bad put 4 f ugh his shell to announce his disapproval of| being “candied.” | The young man, who was holding eggs up to a lamp to see how many woul [stand going back to cokt storage, was so startled hy the appearance of the cock's foot that he dropped the agg and upset the lamp. The ermecock was drowned by a pall of wator which put out the fire. pba neal jDOROTHY RUSSELL BETTER, | DENVER, Cot Dee, M—The condi: | the act- rbd dd Od 465 THE LITTLE ( pL if wis qu uN hi ry 144409900 G4-0:4-49-4006660100000006 i Pa 7 ning) i Wit m AW ECEMBER 24, 1904. ‘AMERICAN LORD _ BACK ONA VISIT Member of the Fairfax Family of Virginia, Who Received His | Title During Coronation Cele- | bration, Returns. oor A it ly sa a y, / | O'DONOVAN ROSSA HOME ag | AFTER IRISH OVATION, >| He Had a Great Reception from His Fellow-Countrymen and Unveiled a Monument to the) Manchester Martyrs, Lord Fairfax, the only American lord in the British peerage, returned to his TRIED T6 HIDE A SAVOY SUICIDE R. Humphries Roberts, Pitts. burg Insurance Man, Ended ’ His Life and Efforts Were Made to Keep Facts Quiet. HE HAD LOST ON ACCOUNT OF LAWSON’S COPPER RAID, Efforts to Conceal the Story Caused Rumors of Losses by New York Life, but These Were Officially Denied, R. Humphries Roberts, until the native land for the Christmas holidays | to-day when the Cunarder Campania, whiuh arrived in port at midnight, reached her pier shortly after 10 o'clock, i of the year, | Lord Fairfax, who {s an American | »| born and of the Fairtaxes, of Virginia, | ending a pleasant trip for this season | Lawwon raids on copper rated as @ wealthy clubman, and Pittsburg repte- sentative of the New York Life Insure ance Company, cut the arteries of his wrists to end his life in the Hotel Savoy. His body was found by W, $ b4 9 4 ? ? s LAM DO4G9GD9SOO8, BRITISH ORDERED TO LEAVE FEZ Trouble Threatened by France in Morocco and English Min-| ister Sends Hurry Message to Consul and Residents, TANGIER, Morocco, Dec. %4.—The British Mintster has Instruc the British Consul and all British subjects to leave Fez, It is believed that all the other legations will similarly Instruct people of thelr nationality. It Was announced frem Paris yestor- day afternoon that owing to the grav- ity of the in Moroceo the Freneh Minister at Tangler has been inatructel to secure the immediate re- call from the Morocean capitel of the French Consul, the commander and all the members of the Military Mission all roll Citizens upless the Sul- aios his situation 1 Vi recent offensive action and oftera a suitad! xplanation., It was added that France had not taken any definite military or naval steps while awaiting the Buttan’s re- sponse, but that a demonstration in foree would follow if a suitable explaua- tion and reparation were not promptly given —— ee WOMAN DIES IN PATROL WAGON UNIDENTIFIED. Found Dying in Street, She Expires While ba Route to Police Station. A woman, found carly this morning At Third avenue and Ninth street, died in the patrol wagon of the Fifth stree: police station before she could be taken to the police station, Patrolman Lorber's attention was rallet to her. She was unable to give her name, and he called @ wagon @ take ner to the station. At the station to Bellevue Hospital for an ambulance, The surgeon arrival said she been deal for time and had probaliy died in tie patrol Wagon. he Was about thirty years old, five three inches tall, welghed 120 was of dark complexion and hair and had blue eyes, e wore a black sult; white underwear, black stockings, laced shoes and a brown velvet hat ————__ BANK STATEMENT GOOD. 4 call was sent feet punds, Figures Show « plus and a Cat in Loans, ‘There were good figures in the week- ly bank statement Issued at the Clear- ing House to-day. An increase in sur plus showed @ satisfactory amount of money on hand al much 1g drawn out for year-end requirements, There waa a aw rh cut in loans also, while the repo i erally was acceptable, The statement t out was: this time, when #0 for FILIPINOS ON THE WARPATH | Town in Samar Where Lieut. Hayt and Thirty-seven Men Were Killed Now Menaced by One Thousand Tribesmen, WASHINGTON, Department by Dec. 4.—The War was officially advised to- Corbin, | Department of the Philippines, of the ‘erising tn Samar, in which one HMeu- tenant and a number of enlisted men lof the Philippine scouts were killed. |The cablegram was as follows: “The Pulajones are on the warpath |in Samar in considerable numbers, as may be judged from the following: On Nov, 10 about 40) Pulajones and several hundred volunteers. joined in an attack on a detachment of twenty Philippine scouts at Oras, Samar, Killed—One hos- pital corps man; wounded—twelve Phil- |ippine scouts, missing—five sald to have been bolond wiile iy the river, All bodies ¥ mutilate “and aain on Dec, 16, Second Lieut. Stephen K. Hayt and thirty-seven en- Meted men, Thirty-eighth Company, Phillppine Scouts, killed by Pulajones | at Solores, Samar," “First, Lieut. George F. Abbott re vests help from military authorities. |'Town threatened by a thousand Pula- 1 Situation critical in both in- “tT offered the Philippine Government | al the assistance desired. As yet none | ume been accepted.” | —_— PS IRISH GIANT PENNILESS ‘ GOES TO ALMSHOUSE. | After Having Been Forty Years on | Exhibition, Wm. Connery | Is Destitute, | After having been exhibited for more than forty years in practically every museum in America and Europe, Wil- Mam Connery, known a4 “The Irish Giant,” was sent to the Almshouse to- day on his owe application, aa he was | destitute. | Connery {# seven feet one inch in height, and when eighteen years old | began exhibiting. He travelled with | Ellen Ewen, known as “The Irish Giantess," who was six feet seven | inches tall, and they made considerable money in the exhibition business for a | number of years, One of vorite tricks of | was to hold a $100 bill in his a | give It to any one who could reach it | He seldom had to aye the money, For | the last five years Connery had not ex- hibited. ‘There was = further id is serv’ aa he has been a familiar figure on Four- teenth surest, where he advertised a coment. His funds ran out, however, fand to-day he was forced to ask for ald, He could not even walt over nr ist: lent Meeke took an interest care and wave him the hority to be sent to the aay Gen. commanding the rinten oanery recelved his title at the coronation cel. | @2rdon Garrison, of the New York Lite » |ing Brothers, London, by whom Fa » | Churehill & Co,, London, y | passen ge: ebration and has since resided in Lon- don. He was registered on the ship's books as “Right Honorable Lord Fair- fax," but when questioned he denied emphatically that he had become a Britieh sybiect. Lord Fairfax was ac- {companied by Hon. Hugo Baring, of the great English banking firm of Bar- is employed. Mr. Baring is - panying the Americad lord on a hollda viait to Fatrfax's relatives in Marylan O'Donovan Rossa Back, conveyed in a prison van to their cells. | The three who Were executed are known as the “Manchester martyrs.” Ma. Rowa spent fifteen years in British prison for his share in the Fe nian move, but during his present tri | passing throu was presente city of Cork. Among the Churehill, head eh the lower counties and of the firm of Charles importers of American machinery, Mr, Churchill, who |s seventy years old, comes here with his wife, daughter and a grand- jebild, to spend Christmas with his moth- er, Mra, Mary Churchill, No, 12 Vander- pool street, Newark, The mother Is ninety years of age, and a great Christ- mas re-union of four generations {s ex- pected . Mar. O'Hare Home from Abroad. |. Mer. B.\F. O'Hare, of Brooklyn, re- \turning from Rome,’ was among’ the rs, a3 was Daniel Frawley, a theatrical manager of New York and San Francisco. The crew and official staff of the ship were besieged by Englishmen living in this city and also by Ami for sprigs of E h holly and mistletoe, |'Tho struggle for the bitts of Christmas | greenery was intense and the lucky re- clplents were objects of envy by all, KILLED ON SPOT SHE DREADED Deaf Woman Always Had Some- body Lead Her Across Rail- road Tracks Until To-Day, and Train Hit Her. (Special to The Evening World.) NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 4.—Mise Elie- abeth Mclaughlin, forty-two years old, ct No, 191 First street, Newark, was wheels of a Lackawanna accommoda- ion train near her home. Her body was tossed high In the alr and landed directly in the path of the spoeting train, Miss McLaughlin was deaf and was accustomed to paving & companion when she wished to cross the raflrow) tracks, To-day, however, she started out alone, and did not hear the ap- proaohing train, She narrowly escaped being killed at the same crossing when @ fast express just missed her, The mangled body waa gathered up . * gad, wakes, to Mullins's Morgue in a | {t was a temporary crossing at which the woman met death, and at the sume spot a similar tri ocqurred about two weeks ago, when Henry Davis was instantly killed, Christmas-Tree Party, There was great rejoicing in the Chil- dren's Court to-day. It waa among the paroled boys who had come to report to Magimrate Deuel. Then came the ex- ining of reports and the stamping with the gold and silver stamp, Tho boys with the beat records during their parole got the golden stamp and the next best the ellver, Each boy was given an invitation by Bupt, Jenkins, of the Children’s 80- alety, to come to the Christmas tree at the @ociety rooms to-night and he ot with it @ 10-cent piece for car fare Eviamodore “Gerry hed the young: sters a Merry Christmas and the boys filed ont talking about the bully time they would have to-night and the ice cream and cake that was to be their lot. “It pays to be good, fellers, don’t sald one of the young pproles boys, and they all thought it did. ~ a DIED ON BED OF LEAVES. Farnace Man Found Lifeless in T it Cellar, Frank Beaskye, furnace man in the big tenement-house at No, 143 Madison street, was found dead in the cellar there to-day, He wac lying on a heap | of dried leaves, which has been his only | bed for months, The leaves he gath- ered during the summer to use as fuel in the ir in order his fires. to Ireland he received an ovation while | with the freedom of the passenfers was Charles | | ground to death early to-day under the| Company, but through the connivance of some person or persons connected }with the Coroner's staff the suicide |was kept secret from the police until | to-day. Neuistered as Mr, Richards, Kobe went to the Savoy early |Thirsday Anocning and registered oe vluin "Mr, Reeherde.” He had break fast in the general dining-room and | then went back t) his own room, No Another prominent passenger on the} 8 Nothing more was seen of him Campania was O'Donovan Hossa, editor alive. At 4 o'clock yesterday aftornoun lof the Uni rishman, who has just]. 5 > 008 ¢ at th lreturned f Skibereen, County Cork, |‘? bell from bis room rang at the desk | Ireland, w , 3, he unveiled | 274 the clerk sent ilboy to answer | the monument erected 9 the memory | it, ‘The boy went to room No, 23 and of Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, who were Veh on tha dba es +4 $ [executed for the killing of policeman WRAEROA ob the does, He S08 Be Om i lin Manchester, Engiand, In the attempt |swer. He repeated his knock buttetill 5 | to release two Feolans who were being | there wasn't a response from the room, | Then he put bis mouth to the keyho.s and yelled: “Did you ring, sir?” Somebody In the room grunted a rm sponse, but it was not understand: The boy called again, and this ume | the response was rather angry, #0 the boy went downstairs and told the clerk that the gentleman in No. 238 wa evi+ dently trying to sleep “Well let him sleep,” said the clerk, “perhaps it'll do him good.” It was three hours later, exactly 7 o'clock, that Mr. Garrison, who ts th che of/ defectives of the New Yor Tdfe Insurance Company, came rushing up to the hofel and demanded to know where Mr, Roberts was stopping. The clerk sald they had no such man in the hotel, Wrote He Would De Then Mr. Garrison showed the clerk @ letter, which had beer sent to him by Roberts and part of which ran as fol. lows: “I can stand this no longer. I am at the Hotel Savoy, but by the time you find me there I will be dead.” “Well, the only man in the house that T do not know is a man named Rich+ ards,” said the clerk. “Maybe he's your man. He's up in No, 203," Garrison and the clerk went up to No, 238 and found Roberts lying dead on the floor, He was attired only in a shirt and a pair of trousers, On the floor be- side him was a razor, He had used !t {n severing the arteries of his left wrist, Dr, Dillon Brown, of No. 2% West Fifty> ninth street, was immediately sum- | moned to the hotel. He said that Rob- erts had been dead for about three hours, From this it is inferred that Roberts cut his wrist about the same time that he rang the bell for @ halk boy, | The Savoy people made a great myw- |tery out of the affair, denying to the \Iast that any man had killed himeelé in the hotel, ‘The agitation of Mr, Garrison over the suickle led to & report that the New York Life had been hit hard In some way by the suicide of Roberts, Mr Qarrieon, however, refused to discuss the matter. No Loss to New York Life, President John C, McCall, of the New Yorid Life Insurance Company, sald to. day that any story that that company | was a loser by the suicide of Roberts was absurd. “There is nothing in such a story,” he said, “and I cannot imagine where tt started. I suppose the unfortunate at- tempt to keep the death of Mr, Roberts Secret madé @ greater mystery out of the thing than there should have been and that all sorts of conjectures were made, this about our losing money the others, “Ag @ matter of fact, Roberts was ann, t JOY IN CHILDREN’S COURT. Pang Hes wr seria ii worth 0 ane an Paroled Boys Get an Invitation to qe oh fam i ip Bam He was this country.” Other officials of the company referred inquirers to Chief parative Garrison, Garrison is the man made all the mystery out of the suicide by get the Savoy people to it a secret. He declined to make any statement of the matter beyond saying that he was con- ducting an Investigation, He Lost on Copper, The suicide ts declared to be due dl rectly to the losses Ri that ne an [in oopper. It is believed thas lost the money of his friends, | that he came to New York hop! to retrieve the fortunes that were away by Lawson's raids, and failing, planed te end bis life, That his suleide was premeditated is shown In tis ha: written to Mr. . Garrison, telling him it he wae going to die. eines | TO HAVE DOUBLE FUNERAL, |wather and Sen to Bo Surfed to. gether in Holy Cross Cometery, A 4ouble funeral will take place to. day from the Interesting old Dowd homestead, East Fourteenth soreet ana Emmons lane, Sheepphead Bay. The ‘Yodies of Michael Dowd and his son, Thomas F., will be buried at the same time. The son died at 7.90 o'clock Tues- h reas, Who ls fil at St, Luke's Heepital, Ae eed thay be ¢ ws