The evening world. Newspaper, February 17, 1905, Page 11

BURGLAR LEAPS ~TODEATH FROM ROOF OF HOUSE Jumps to Adjoining Building, Slips and Drops One Hundred Feet, TWO POLICEMEN NEAR, Had Caught Robber on Street, but He Broke Away from Them. HOODWINKS HIS CAPTORS. Leads Them to Roof of Tenement Under Pretense of Pointing Out the Loot. A lean of eleht feat wold have eartied Tom Evans out of the reach of wre, Poligengen to-day, who had him ander @ipest for robbery, and he tried to make’ it, “He missed his footing and down ho shot between the rear of @ téiement at No, 96 West Thirty- eighth atreet and the rear of the house adjoining in Thirty-ninth atreet, a @rop from root to @round of nearly @ hundred feot, He struck the earth fand Was killed outright, Evans was desperate, He knew that the must go to prison if he ever ap- peared before a jury, There was a chance to be free and he took It, Standing within a few feet of Byans when hé took his death leap were Po- Mcemen Schneider and Goldberg, of the West Thirty-seventh street police star tion, They had arrested the man at ‘tho comer of Fortieth street and Eighth @venue half an hour before. They came upon him unawares and the moment thelr hands took hold of him he sald, “I know what you want, Come on @nd I'l] turn up the loot,’ Led Captors to Tenement. Evans led his captors to the tenement At No, 300 West Thirty-soventh street, talking jauntily with them the while and never mentioning the erimo for Which he was a prisoner, When he Teached the door of te tenement Le remarked: "I guess this is the place Where this fellow lives." the prisoner, and he pointed to No, 30s, Down into the street again the men went and up through the ment next door to tts roof, Byans walked sround the edge of the bulld- ing there, and then ho gaw that the stance to ‘Thirty-ninth building was greater from that polut than fham No, £06. ME gtiess the’ house next door was tho right he told the policemen nd back they went to . 008, with a aug the roof of Burglar Stalled Police, of ntotra Up the four dark flights Whioh led to the roof o clambered with the polic did not divine the purpose that hod taken him there, They saw him wals to the rear edp2 of the roof, thea look over toward the No, 908. Evans was told to hurry up. “Stop your stalling.” said Goldberg. “This isn't the place,’ sald Evans, “It's next door.” Nets ,. Large assor' them to-morrow. character; Men's $15.00 to $18.00 Suits, New styles added to the assort Choice cheviots, cassimeres or und: single breasted some double I yee aaary © veer sommes to the A. & 5, give, free of cha balloon to a cus Boys' Sleds, 59. kind, a at nd Bu ¢, Sherlo “That's. the house over there," said! yoxt Sunday -\ the Grand Master of the order, ce pelea sean ot SB.5F,, t No, 308 was nearer the rear of tho building directly in its line in Thirty- ninth street, The loot consisted of a satchel con- talning $8 and a few pleces of Jewelry, | which the police say Evans stole last night from the home of a man named Pickings, at No, 248 West Forty-fifth street. Policemen Saw Fall to Death, Evans was ahead of the policemen, and as they emerged from the scuttle they saw him poised on the edge of the roof, Then they reallzed why they. had been jed there, They started to vateh him, but Evans had leaped. He nearly made the next bullding. His feet, | In fact, did Jand ont the cop- SONS OF BENJAMIN TO MEET. Order WIll Hold Ite Annual Con- vention Next Sunday, The Order of the Sons of Benjamin will hold {ts annual conyention in this elty at the Harlem Casino, commencing morning at 10 o'clock, ‘This organization has 40,000 members of the Hebrew faith, Ferdinand Levy 1s Business sessions will be held for three ja ner yc | Pious HORSE TO CHURCH. y | twenty adjoining building. | into a pasture to exercise, In the dim light he had figured that | leave, Black Point d’Esprit, 45 inches wide, regularly 93c,, | Large line of handsome designs in. 45 inch black Chantilly f ve $1.69 and $1.75 a yard , black, ring spot, small solid | Men’s $22 Long Overc ~ Last Monday brought to this store the greatest Overcoat selling ever witnessed anywhere in this borough. Brooklyn men were quick to take advantage of this most extraordinary value, More of nent for to-morrow, | any instances the tyes are }3 to 44 qons, $1.60 kind, at $1.4 ys. On Sunday night the annual din- of the order will be held at the Casing, at whieh four hundred the , p Justlee Glegerich, yr dort, President Ds nert and Kautman of MONT Y, Mass, Feb, 17%,—-For H. B, Smith's horse has carted Its owner to the Congregational eure on Sundays, Mr, Smith being ill last Sunday, the animal was turned When, the church bells rang the horse cleared th |fenee Ih a@ bound and trotted to the | house of worship. It remained paticnt+ ly in the shed until the last hymn was sung and the worshippers began to when it trotted back hone, The greatest Store and the preatest busmess in Brooklyn have risen here on the foundation of Public Satisfaction with the best service, the best assoriments and lowest prices, APRAMAMES STRAUS, Black and White Dress Nets, _ Good Lace Store News, dot and fancy figures......, We have the best values in ‘Ss ngle Net § shown in Brooklyn-- || 2/ inches wice, well covered, waists and dresses. . at 75c. A yard. The fabric is a handsome dark Oxford or black coating, cut on a long,jloose model that is full of close fitting collar, draping gracefully toa wide sweep at bottom of sk.rt, serge or Venetian cloth; all hand tailored; regular sizes from 35 to 40, { Men’s Rain Coats, $1? New Rain Coats for Spring aT daily—better prepare ee $11.95, the rainy weather $15.00, $16.50 826, 00, dl worsted’, Mostly | sisted in the lot, all | hang tailored; a good assortivent of regular sizes. Balloon and Cane Day in the Toy Store, To-morrow will be a gaia day for cvery youngster who can persuade his or her mother to come Ni) plore or with a | e in the Toy Store, a Or aiohe 1 to an old glory Cane ; le oy $1.45 kind, Be. and up| 4 anil $1.98 $1.40 ind, at | 98¢ ates, ad Mrs, Hall’s | bought everything that anybody recom+ oats, $15.00 eee at reduced prices, Dolls’ trimmed Beds, ck Holmes and Bunico, | Dells’ Folding Chairs, value 280, | HOW BURGLAR FELL 70 HIS DEATH| 100 Feet_ 7a Froof Flag Stone ing, but they met ice, His body was stationary for @ moment and then dropped, while the policemen looked down between the two bulldings and saw the life go out of him as he bonded from side to side and then sirick the ground, When the polleemen reached the burglar'g eide they saw he was dead, ana then they searched No, 306 for hi room, ‘they found it on the third story, and from the inside of an old utes ied peo bet forth the loot that Miracle. Experlences Similar to Thie Have Occasioned Considerable Comment In New York City, Few women are better known in Lock- aus NY. Beye Mra. Pattle D. Hall, as she ‘B: frele ot ttiendy and acq In a recent interview Mrs. Hall said: “The exporience | have been through in the last two years seems like a miracle. I was ¢o badly off that life seemed almost unenduradle, and my deainess Increased 80 that I could scarcely boar anything, The suffocation In my ehest and the indigestion causod by my edtatrh produced very severe suffering. 1 had five diferent physicians, uiended to me, but finally gave up in de- spate, “One day my milliner asked me if I had ever tried Hyomel, I began the treatment, and can thankfuliy testify that Hyomel does cure this terrible dieease. Since using it my_ hear tag is greatly improved, and the only time I have any catarrbal trouble is when [ take cold. I then use Hyomel, and always get instant relict, My friends and acquaintances matvel ac the change in my health and hearin; Tiyomei has made many cures of catarrh. and in connection with Hyomet balm, of catarraal deafness, in New York City, Similar experiences to that of Mrs, Hall's have erated 4 large salo for Hyomel with Hegeman & the came outfit, including the inhaler, costs but $1, while extra bottles are but 80 cents, Ask Hegeman & Co, to show you the strong guarantee under which they sell Hyomel. nr A RS CR LR “Hegeman & Co, The Corporation, 20) Broadway, or all branches, Mail, orders filed promptly on receipt of price." 89c, and 98. a yard |) neat designs, suitable for 29, $1.39 and $1.69 foor, contre, Central Building, * Main | | Linings of 50 to $25.00, to come. Regulation models, , 912.5 and $19.50; paddocks, $22.00 a Second floor, rear, Bast Building. mounting to 24c, or over, we will | Not more than one cane and/ stale, black rollers, 89¢,; value 59¢,, at 89¢,; value = LECTURE ON ASIATICS, Dr. Yomir Kin, Chinese Woman Physleian, to Talk at People's Inptitute To-NTght, Dr. Yamir Kin, the Ohinese woman physiolan and lecturer, who was one of the best speakers at the recont Peace Conference and who has lec» tured to nany delighted audiences here since, will talk before the People's Institute In Cooper Union to-night, Her subject will be ‘What the Asiatic People Blave For," Dr, Kin speaks in the best of English and tho fact that she @ppears In Chinese costume will add to the interest naturally roused by her subject. unwonted activit No Mail or C. 0. D, Orders, naturally growing less. Opportunity to benefit. Don't neglect it, Shoe Laces a) 4 6-4, 6-4, do a, ae , pleces, of mines Pin O Att paper banc 3c} tons, Hat Pins, Aluminu stal andre Jet, long stems, bles, dogen Pearl Buttons, 2 3 dozen on cird c Horn Halr Kid Curlers, 1 i He or small 4 nee Haly irus | Re eee Collar Buttons, doz, 8° &-yd, Roll Tape, vay eteen Bindi eee. trect or by transter o to Broadway, Graham and Flushing Aves., Brooklyn, Most amazing economies are here for rosmedeesewmdg that will stir into every department of THE H. BATTERMAN STORE. Another Important Flve-Hour Sale. $2, Children’s Dresses to go at 95c Sizes are from 6 to 14. These are jaunty little dresses of fancy plaids and checks, nicely trimmed ond made in styles that every mother admires for school or runabout purposes, Worth $2.25, SATURDAY, FROM 8 TO 1 ONLY, cach, 95c a 40 » | Orris, Ro Pins, Ao ‘Saturday Winds Up the Notion Sale.’ Come in as early inthe day as you can, for quantities are This Notion sale has compelled un- ceas ng interest because of its amazingly low prices. To-morrow you have another Toilet Soap (Oatmeal, Butter milk, Witehhagel Kay Rum, fi pints, Taleum Melb, CANS ee Tooth Pow- der, 4 0%. Aromatle Ralls Petroleum — Jel delb, bottles you’ll en'oy the artistic feast. those that prevail in other stores, Fine Framed PicturessSpecial Prices Stroll through this reorganized Picture Department and Our assortment is as large as can be found in any one store kereahouts, and embraces every conce vable type of pic- (we, from those at 1c. each up to famous masters at $150.00, to all is the fact that our prices are 10 per cent, and up to 5) per cent, lese then | Kead these specials : Of greatest interes! | room, bedroom or parlor; 8 zes 1,000 Pictures to Go at $1.00 Each, Tn one, two rnd three inch gilt, black and onk frames, suitable fordining- rom 12x20 10 25x35; choose wines 4.00] |] Black Artotynes,, th one- “Inch gilt trame, 11x14, vaiue 4% flat gilt fran Tbe; special. Photo Frames, &xi0, with mat to fit any photo; cabinet size, one- 15 Inch gilt, value 2e.; special., 196 has fo: $2.50 Shirred Silk Hats. These lats are made up of and chiffon in all the latest spring shadings; worth $2.75, special — ‘o co Etchings | 7x87, va! Chandler Pastels, in Minch gilt, sin- gle-sweep value $060; special 5.50 Mrris Cratr, 2,95 This gold. en oak finish silk, daintily shirred, Try one on and you'll be surprised at its becoming. | pores neis, no maiter what your taste may, |high back, be. Wehave only 690 of trem, and! |broad arms, § they're in back, white, light blue, heav' navy, red, brown and green, They y should be priced at $2,50 each, Sat- | |andspindles, ay you may pick from icel fin: pecan tot 91.80) (stay Be New Spring ~78 dozen | | he uew Turbans, made of hair braids | denim cush- ions; worth $5.50; marked for Saturday $2, 95 in %Inch gilt frames, Tue — §8,00; aa 1.98 frames, the question generally, for every mother of Long Pants Sults for young men of ages 14 to 20 years; double 7.50 breasted; worth $12.00,....... Vy Long Pants Sults for young men of ages 14 to 20 years; rien welghts; worth $10,00,.., 6, 95 Lone Pants for young men flawed to 20 years: finest mate- 2.00 rhula; Worth SB.00.sccccecee p A Great $2.98 Offering in trixtures) values to $4. boice Salurday | clothing, Saturday's choice list will adi new Russ} extra white nen collar, BPECIAL — Boys' Double - Breasted Bults, an extra palr of pants with Values Were Rarely So Good as New at This Home of Boys’ Best Clothing rr Serer nen Can you imagine a bigger assortment, better qualities and lower prices than are always to be fcund in this Boys! Clothing department, boys knows the character of our bays? Tura, Two-plece all-Wool School Bulls, some with double seats and knees, for ages 7 to 16, Russian Overconts, serge maltor een Jon blotse sults, with eah sult, worth $5.00; Advance Spring Clothing. Tan Covert Top Coats and Refers with embroidered sleeve emblems; sults of blue Serge anda variety of fancy mixtures in double-breasted styles ; new Russian Blouse Suits and the new Sailor Suits, all a in serges and fancy + We put 1,98 for ages 8 to 16; Baturday..... 3.50 2.98 | eee oeeeee Did Ever Good Groceries Go fot So Little 2) | Cites FivesHour Sa'e—from 8 to 1 only —10-02, botile of H. B, brand chow-chow, onions, sweet and sour gherkins, sweet and sour pickles; sold all over at 15c.y FROM 8 TO 1 ONLY, bottle...., No Mail or G OD. Orders. Limit 6, “Pure Food"! | Be) j = | 6c" * 10c, 1-Ib. pie. 25c¢ ot Golden FAY sliced, hot intik 1 13¢ 68 Fren valu 12cs phew, 2) wanes wake et 3 ma | oars ot | rry'a huek+ whole ham, Rag of for Ml en Me | Chotee for 1 pound of Ar - |20c mour's Boiled Ham, Ib. | 20, of, Rue: for at 1 fae 2 fy a8 MG can, Ofc; Ib. | Uw wheat | fan, 4,26. | better at any ‘or a To, Leb, flat | V2c ah ah Red Salmon; \21c for a i ab wi doz, 4 of et ¢ i Com Meal, 10c 2" thi, mets er Take, nothing better 0c for 4 nett Adaya start, Just add |”, mii bee wtih for 8 regular 106 cans of elther ot | the following, not + | sorted: York State Corn, | Garly dune ‘Pear, South: | ern ‘Tomatoes of String: | less Beans; mit 1 doz, al oll AREA Rb Ba anna SRO No Other Paper PATTERNS i sti Very ile if PEERLESS. Suits and Overcoats at: mixed Cassimeres—with Serge and Italian linings, ©”? $1a and $15 Winter Suits and Ovarian , to 44, Regulars and Stouts, j Over oats.—Tourist style with belts $0 and 52 Jogbes lop fancy Scotch mixtures, not to rip, Fabrics are of the celebrated 1. Saturday, , wy “i gain worth coming many miles after, Boys’ Russian Overcoats, in sizes from 3 to 8 Blue, ret and brown serge, tons and cheviot. Fancy red and tan cloths, Varlety of fancy mixtures) {0 vreccvvrrvrnes Here's Positive Proof di Ownership of All Nena) {From the sii hd some stores in advertising what they have not got, or cannot: }Are So Good As You Get Them Here, Sale Go-Morrow rien's $8.00 and $10.00. Suits in Double and Single Breasted Black Thibets Sizes from 34 to 44; also Single Breasted Cheviots a fancy, Overcoats in Blue, Black and Oxford Twill Cheviots 44 Inches long; every sf size, p Suits in Double and Sing! e Breasted Black, Thibets; Hand Made and vena ined—$4 Also Fancy Worsteds, Casi nnd y a 50 Cheviots—all sérge lined, | Conservative lengths 44 and 46 laches fong, Mostly of Irish Frieze, Chevlots and Kerseys, includiig’ ft Men's $2.50 and $3.00 Trousers. Union Made, Every Pair Warranted.’ Guatante J Crawiord Woollens, Wé can fit every build, 30 to $0 Bs Boys’ Suits and Owvercoats Reduced 2 5 O for your chaice of any of the following Garments for Boys—a bar- ° Boys! Russian and Sailor Suits, In sizes 3 to 8 years, years, Novelties in red, tan, Oxford and blue mel- Boys’ Velvet Russtan Sults, {n sizes from 3 to? | Boys' Bloomer Norfolk Suits, in sizes from 7 to years, 16 years, Ail Reduced From $5, $5.50 and $6. Boys’ Bloomer Knickerbocker Knee Pants, $1.00 quality, mers 5. 17) cl Factory- Phy: H(except through us), it might be inferred that our statement that “we absolutely con Htrol aif the factoryedamaged W, L. Douglas Shoes” is not correct. So to-d Heh f Horasent the posttfbe proof-—a letter from the W. L, Roar Shoe Compant HRrockton, Mass.—reproduced in toto: No argument, is We divide thee Dot f necessary, The shoes las shoes into, any rit b are here for yous-in lots, accor orginal great quantities, AThe Douglas . vs the factories turn : like thousand | pairs each week, veteree + HLA, | i] Every pair not abso~ lutely perfect comes to this store. if any other store a vertises these Shoes, \f they are such as we have rejected as being so badiy damaged as to be wholly unfit for " selling, ; The greater part of these Douglas Shoes are of Patent Coltskin; most of them have merest surface cracks, but otherwise are not hurt a bit, Some other Douglas Sho of various leathers, SIMIMAX Misses’ Wearing Apparel | Candy Special. Iu a Tremendous Clearance So A eae) Walnut Stuffed Daten, Yan it foots oh Wafor Misses’ and Children’s apparel has never been marked at So low a a Fruit figure as right now, We are making this February Clearance a very sweeping one—to include every garment that ought to be out of the ted ut store ahead of the Spring season, To-mortow’s values will be the biggest yet. Coush, Drone, Lime rag Butter Missey’ % long full Box Coats, Cheviot pherm and Covert, trimmed; collarless effect; if 48. gait Nig 7,98—tormerly His at &98-—formerly 816,00, Misses’ Velvet Coats, lined with satin panne velvet vest; all the new shades; We Ni Ho oa etorminty 825,00, Girls' Dresses, in Buster Brown, Russian and fancy styles; made of Cheviot, Cash- mere and Mixtures; odds and ends and sizes De 1 formerly 84.50, At 4 Q8—formerly $5.75, At $3.08—formerly 87,00, Little Tots’ Coats, made of Velvet, Ker- sey and Cheviot; sizes from 3 to 8; un- usual values 1,98—formerly Aden e Geode Co, Alek ate & BiStH Aro, Wow York Ott, Dear sable tans many pa: 1 rg ba ae ‘ thee a a A meet Ww Ath an'an Ae kind we never at: te day to ae inte our Our own etorep, but they athe mon’ Yours very pry, eh With chert Bargains in Cutlery: Razors at 38 Cta, Warranted Firat Qualit; lo The Mcrae Bae ith, afin ae, and iv HE STAR RAzon Hin Fie baa or ety] hi Bootel HOPS a he Girls’ Long Coats, in sizes from a to 14; Zibeline, Cheviot and plain cloths; cape effect; loose box back; trimmed with and buttons TEE ae Etomite ALTE MEP DR formerly RDO: AtL_§8,08—tormerly $10.50, STEEL, evens, tg {shod} nickel FINE STEEL NAIL OLIPPBRSs) ' Best quality PLEXIBLE FILES, at 180, MANICURING | SCISSORS)’ i NAIL SCISSORS, to Ko at, THE BUSINESS MAN'S MOST RELIABLE HANDBOOK, A WHOLE LIBRARY OF VALUABLE INFORMATION IN ONE VOLUME, S'MAILED IN.U.S (55 CENTS