The evening world. Newspaper, April 27, 1905, Page 11

oy ) ™ ra 6 FOUR WOMEN AWAIT DEATH - ON SCAFFOLD Antoinette Tolla the Latest Murderess io Be Con- ) victed by Jury. TWO KILLED HUSBANDS. Mary Rogers Sentenced in Ver- mont, and Kate Edwards Held at Reading, Pa. The! conviction of Antoinette Tolla of @urder fn the first degree at Hacken- @ack yesterday places upon the walting \ Met of the hangman in the vicinity of \, New York four women, ‘Two of them \ @re confined tn the Hackensick Jail— % the Tolla woman and, Anna Valentina, who {# under sentence to dle on May 12. Mary A. Rogers is in the Jail at Bennington, Vt., awalting execution on June 2, and Kate Edwards js held at Reading, Pa, under sentence of death, @8 a witness at a new tral whioh has been granted to her alleged accomplice Mary Rogers and Kite Edw dhelr husbands, Thelr crimes werd steeped in sodden utrocity, Anna Val entina killed a woman who had 8 Planted her in the affections of hor nusband. Antodnette ‘Tolla killed aman who had been frieudly with her vad whe had befriended her husband, F Agitation Will Follow, ‘With four women in the shadow of the gallows in threo of the oldes and most enlightened commonwealt of the nation, there Is bound to arise an agitation against capital punishment for women that will have great effect, ‘The strange coincidence that makes the Gates for the execution of two of them only a short time apart hag already aroused a wave of pity among women i? over the United States, The Goy- nors of Vermont, Pennsylvania and f New Jersey have been deiuged wi tions in belialf of the unforti eondemned to die. ‘The first of the series of crimes that resulted In four death sentences up women was committed by Mary Rogers, * | Bhe livea at Hoosio Falls, Vt., with her | husband, Marcus, Her father waa a verkminal, and her mother of Jow order | ja} di of tntellect, equal. After a few years of married life @he left her husband. He had insured hfe ife in her favor for $0. She want- e4 this money, With the assistance of a nineteen- year-old neighbor nained Leon Perham Bhe was reared mie deooyed her nusband to a ¢ ‘ @longsido the Wallotsac riy pretense of showing 1 r th they found him hand wnd When he w Send they un the ropes, threw the body into ihe river @nd pinned a note signed with his Nameon a tree, The note recited that he hed committed suicide. Man Turned State’s Evidence. Ruspictn pointed to the wile and she Wao arrested, Perham tuted State's evidence and was sentenced to Ite ln- jonment, ‘The woman's execution beon postponed several times. She was to have been hanged Just on Feb, . & but the Governor granted her a post- Ponement nt ube lust minute. There are points of almilarity be- tween tho crime of Mra, Rogers and t of Mrs, Edwards, mney’) ania murderess, ‘Tis Woman, too, Was from the lower walks of life, and the @nimal dominated in her composition. Her husband, suspecting the atten. tions of @ negro who lived iiear thelr ome, told her that if the suspicions ‘wero ‘justified at the birth of her child : he would kill her, She know, that thore ' ld be justification and she felt that he would ‘keep his word, fo lay on the porch of his house In| drunken stupor on the night of July His wifo brained him with aa, py daugl ime, Greason, the negro In the case, aa arrested and tried with the woman, was sentenced to death, but a new has been granted on the strength f a confession hy the woman that ho iO part in the murder, Bhe is +o testify in his behalf at the trial and until "this is over she is sate from the Gallows, Her Baby Born In Prison, r baby was born in Jali and provea be a remarkable child. Her devotion he little one was Intense. A’ fow ; 860 the child was taken trom her in the night and wont ton distant par! the country two or three per- Lg w where, They are sworn to yi “There Are circumstances surround: ing orlme of Anna Valentine that ero sympathy for her, She worked or 6 with her hands in helping usband build a home, Sho dus and mixed mortar and carried 16. until her face hecame wrinkled ; and ol Pent and her hands } gare and twisted. And her husband rove: r out of his house and took up ‘with another woman. It was this woman that Anna Val- big! killed, The doed was deliberate, @ went to the home of her tival, marched In, threw the woman down and @tabbed her seventeen times, Then sho po de into Hackensack and gave her- ‘Up. “Husband Saw Murden joinette Tolla shot Joseph gonta ant talking to her hushand in the - of her own home, Her defense ras that the orime was oommitted tn Zetenes of her honor, The wry that trad her was chosen in twenty-four utes and arnived at © verdict after ration lasting two ‘hours, faot that four women nre etand- @ noose in three States in- at juries in there States aro nentiment, Several a our Women Was sontenced, OLD SALTS BELIEVED THE SEA WAS ON FIRE, *Wiea's afire off starboard!” orled the Bookout of the schooner Patricia, Capt. femttaxmer, wivich arrived to-day from Ip up the coast, were Piped to deck, and a was allow and reddish anlts prayed, others tain stood casy at ht as the crony i”, He knew » heume ') Clerk, HEIRS TO SHARE THEIR FORTUNE WITH BROTHER Edward J. Lawson Will Get His Rightful Share of Father’s Estate. CUT OFF WITH $10,000. Parent Left $1,500,000, but Eldest Son Received Only Small Portion. Cut off in his father’s will with $10,000, but assured by his generous brothers and sister of fis rightful | share in the estate, Edwant J, Lawson, eldest son of the late Jacob Lawson, is hurrying here from his home in Red Lands, Cal, to the family reunion which is expected to restore his birth- right to him, Betore Jacob Lawson died in Decem- ber last he was not considered a very wealthy man, He had for yeara con- ducted a burlap business at No, 40 Whitehall street, living in unpreten- tious style at No, 31} Hoyt otreet, Brooklyn, but on the opening of his |will {t was found viet Mr, Lawaon. 4 invested years ago in property on e West side above Seventy-second ot and prospered {mmensely, Lis estate amounted to about $1,600,000, To his ollest son, Edward, he left a trust fund of $10,000, while the rest of the estate was distributed among the | other ehildren—Willlam = M, Lawson, James 8, Lawson and Mrs, Buphemia J, Warner, of No, 38 Second street, Yrooklyn, To the more fortunate chil- dren, as well a3 to the son who nad Leen virtually cut off, thia did not seem | fair dn the fight of the trivial difter- ence between father and son, About ten years ago, when Edward J. Lawson was twenty-two years oid, he was associated with his father in the burlap business, but the young man | belleved he could do better wy himself than a8 a Junior with his father, Fi nally the gon jeit hds facher@ firm and wont to Balumure, where, embarlung in the burlap business, he bullt up a wood business, ‘The best of Ouetness re- lutions existed between father and son, although there was @ personal coolness n them, ‘This, wocording to At- James’ Lawson, waa the only {ference or quarrel, Baidmore was tov small a fleld for ward Lawson and he went West, re too much good fellowship, it is uded bls businuss | prospecta, n the war broke out he eniteted with a Western regiment, fought in the Philippines and at the’ end of tho service ivestivated te hemp business Luzon When located this year he was with the San Gabries Hieotrio Com |iany at Redlands, He ts now en route for Brooklyn, where a welcome awaits nin "We are going to do the right thing,’ said James Lawson. | oo “| AM CITY CLERK,” SAID STRANGER TO SCULLY. City Hall Official Is He Discovers “Pop” Anson. ‘A tall, broad-shoulderea man, smooth of face and the typical athlete in ap pearance, entered the ofMfce of City Clerk Scully at the City Hall to-day, “What can I do for you?” asked Mr, Scully, “I want to see the City Clerk. , “I am the Clty Clerk; and who are you, please?” ‘Iam the City Clerk,” promptly ans swWered the stranger, Mr, Scully gazed in amazoment at the caller, “Yes,"' the latter proceeded, as he as- a near-by seat, “I am the City and Mr, Soully wordered thea if it wasn't time to touch the button an, for help. you khow me? asked the nge man, smiling, Isy jove, Pop Anson,” exclaimed ReULy, us he grasped the outstretched and, “Yes, and the City Clerk-eleot of Chicago,” sald Anson, who proved to bi the old baseball player, Hea erin into town, he @ald, to see his old friends and to pay his respeota in the arwaln to the City Clerk of New York, whom he had known years before inti: ‘did the election in Chicago go?” asked Anson, “Why, all_one way, Wa Bor al} the rung aiid goope-oReed the other fellows ton standstill, Bail play- ing is all right, but I guess my new will sult me better than anything I ever rapped out on the dlamond, PURE Coffee WRITE for it to The Gillies Coffee Co, A postal brings it—and a postal takes it away again if you shouldn't happen to like It, We've been here on the same block for Sixty-five Years—Importing, Roast- ing, Wholesaling, When you order from nT "t | Us you are certain of excellence—certain also of fresh roasting and of lowest prices possible for equal quality: Cash Coffee, good and pure...... 18¢ Broken Java, & (isl favorite,.., 20c Mountain Maracaibo, was 25c..., 20c Broken Mocha and Jaya, rich Old Government Javy .... Bogota Coffee, fine and rare Very Be&t Mocha and Java Arabian Mocha, really superb. TEA—Family Mixed TEA—Choice Mixe TEA—Gillles' “Exqui: Simply Send Postal We poll & tbe, Coftee—or 1 bb, 1 ios Raf i DIULTVIN Yertioe tn RED 1 ea At 8 oi iy T 100 within & ere | Fi Fi Money, Back If You Want It. 8 LNT AMMEN RIA IT TAT TET MAXWELL MUST GO, T0 KILL FADS INTHE SCHOOLS’ North Side Board of Trade Demands Superintendent’s Resignation. The North Side Boare of Trade, one of the most powerful bodies of the Bronx, an organization that haa been {dentifled with nearly every progressive movement above the Harlem River, at {ts meeting last night passed a resolit- tlon demanding the removal of Sup Intendent of Public Schools Maxwell, Bome time ago the Board's Committee on Education took up the subject of fads In the public schools, and since that time has made a thorough Inves- tigation of the time required of the pupila for the purmult of fada to the exclusion of studies which will be of value later in life, The committee brought in ita report last night and the resolution demand- Ing the removal of the Superintendent was passed. ‘The roport of the com- mittee shows plainly that Mr. Max: well js held to b © redponsible for the fads and the time devoted to them, The committea's report 1# to the effect that there is no hope in a reduction of the time devoted to manual train: ing and domestic aclences as long as Mr, Maxwell holds office, Members of ¢ he committee, with others who have studied the school problem, felt that as long as the pres- ent Superintendent is In there will be no real reform, and that the thing to do fs to met rid of Mr, faxwell and that only than will the fads be thrown out of ‘the schoole and the children able to apply their time to what Is considered legitimate study. ————— STOLE THE JAIL KEYS. Tiberated Woman Prisoner and Then RNelocked the Cells, Annie Jones, of West Park, N. J., was placed Tuesday afternoon in the tow: ship Jail at Asbury Park on @ char; of disorderly conduct. While the jailer was at dinner some one pried open the key closet and, tak- fng the Jail keys, released the prisoner. The keys were kept by the Intruder, TOP POAT TI BERTINI TNE: ATHEMWORLD: “THURSDAY EVENING, APRIT” who first locked the cells. A locksmith had to be employed to reopen them. There were no prisoners, ee FEAR HE HAS SMALL-POX. Man's Pecullar Miness Detal: Immigrants in Quarant Among the steerage passengers on the Hepp A ERT NRE NENLH seyret North German-Lloyd steamship Bar- barossa, which arrived here to-day from Bremen, was a man who had eruptions on his skin resembling small- pox, Until his allment is definitely Nagnosed of his, fellow-tmmigrants will b ned at Hoffman Island, @ Murad Cigarettes, within a tew months of their introduction, have broughtall com- ‘ petition to a standstill Such an achieve- ment is only possible with a Turkish Cigar- ette of undoubted purity and with a blend never before imitated ful and untiring. , and equally delight- MURAD CIGARETTES are exact reproductions of the private brands of the Turkish court, heretofore withheld from America. The man who makes Mur Rantisay, has served for ernment expert of Turkey, and is reco; Allan 8 gov. ized as sixteen years the leading Turkish tobacco expert of the world, 10 for 1 5 cents. We Give Dividend Stam S. 1,000 Stamps are worth $3.00 cash, and 500 are worth $1.50 cash, when buying Merchandise in over 100 departments of Gia Street, from Bridge to Duffield Street, ‘G BROOKLY! Store Open Until 10 P. M. on Saturday, Remarkable Bargain Opportunities for The Last Busy Friday in April. Again we find another month drawing to a close. New goods are coming in with the new mont all shen lots accumulated during the mont! n must be cleared out before May is ushered Ha It may seem almost an im possibility for us to give better values than vious Fridays, but we.are bound to have the last Friday of April a here and there, gathered together all short lots left from the large sales of the month, did values merit not only your confidence but your patronage on Friday, wire ye) 5c Toilet Soap, 2c. Toilet Soap, Armour’ Witch Hy, Del, POT CAKE. seeeseeerseeseee ++ RO $c Handkerchiefs, 2c. _ Handkerchiefs, women’s, pars and girls’, hematitched, all initials, wt 9 oO. each +++ pecpenpeeeeeeenennes 7c Ribbon, 3c. Fancy figured and pisin Ridbon, 1 to 2 inches wide, all silk, in all Sieh ors, yATd...+++0+++ seeeee peewee ons, 3c. ym, A, Rogers's, , tipped and mel ce 5c Tea S Tea Spoons. nickel silver plate patterns, each. — 8c Embroidery, 3c. broideries, han . white and, colored, red and bhiod bluo and white, navy and wale, pink and white, yard...-+++ . 6c Unbleached Muslin, 4c Unbleach Muslin—5,000 yards, 1 yard wide and standard make (in lengths of 3 to 12 yards), yard, ..4c ——— x 50c Rose Bushes, 5c. Latest shipment of hardy, tull- grown Rose Bushes, including the pest varieties, what florists ask 50c, to 75c. for; while they last, chotce.5¢ 12%c Dotted Muslin, 6c. Curtain Muslin, fine quality, large woven dots, 35 inches wide, yard,..6c 12%c Vests, 7c. Women's Ver ribbed cot- ton, good quality, low neck and no sleeves, neatly trimmed and full sizes, slightly imperfect... Py () 12%c StocHings, 8c. Children’s Stockings, good quality, fast black cotton, miess feet, dou- ble heels and t kind 29c Wash Goods, 12' 2 Mohair Lustre; one of the most dainty materials of the eeaedn, It ip rege but it has the crispness of the real Mohatr, Ta athe of 8 to.10 yards, yard. 18i90 c.ac, ' 25c Lining, 9c. Mercerized, Sateen Lining, in lengths of 2 to 6 yards, 36 inches, in all colors, yard O%' 25c Waist Sets, 10c. Waist Sets, 3 on a card, hard en- amelled, violet effects, choice...10c Wood to Burn, 15c. Wood Novelties, plain or de- Signed; Glove and Handkerchiot Boxes, Plaques, assorted styles and| sizes; Tomahawks, Paddles, Win Trays, Circles, 3-ply Photo Frames, ete,; former prices were 26c. to b0c,; to close out, chou vel Bo 29c Table Damask, 19c. Table Damask—3,000 yards, 60 inch, full bleached linen finish, neat PAttorns, VATG....- creer eee +0180 35c Matting, 20c. Japanese Mattiug, linen warp, car- pet pattern, in reds, blues, greens and tans, yard, +++RO0 35c Underwear, 24c, Men's Shirts and Drawers, good quality balbriggan; Shirts come in long sleeves; Drawers are made with spliced sea 6 Cups and Saucers, 25c, Cups and Saucers, thin white porcelain, fancy shape, good aizc; worth $1.00 dozen, 6 for....,,.,.25¢ Dr. Charles’ Flesh Food, Cc, Dr. Charles’ Flesh Food, size ..' 1.10 Dining Chairs, 67c, Dining Chairs, solid oak, golden | finish, brace arm, engraved top board, open cane seat, extra heavy turned spindles, posts and’ stretch- ers... 1,50 Oxford Ties, 1.00. Women's Oxfords, tan kid, solid, flexible soles, medium neels, sizes 83 to 8... seers 1,00 Men’s 9.00 Suits, 4.95. Men's Business Suits, all sizes, hang patterns, atrong, lasting Jin “Banner Friday,” 4c | turn-over , | ght, medium A Stamp with Each 10c of Your Purchase, in, those we have offered on pre- and so we have picked and we feel the splen- None of the items can be sent 2.25 Untrimmed Hats, 1.25 Untrimmed and rondy - to - wear Hats, including the new Polo Tur- ans, made of fine fancy straw, braid tetmmed, with wings and pan to the side,"in all colors and re 1s et fae I CSRS Boys’ Suits, 1.95. , Bors’ Sults, double broasted and Norfolk, to 16 years, all-wool , homespuns, black and blue cloths, nicely made, strong and styl- {sh od patterns; worth $3.00 and 1.95 pee 5.00 Bed Spreads, 2.29, Bed Spreads—100; a great, big heavy, real Marseilles Spread, with large, handsome designs; these are called ''seconds"—that {8, they have a tiny mill spot in them, otherwise perfect; regular prices $3.75 $6,00, each +220 0 Co 3.98, Women’s and Misses: covert cloth Jackets, made with three broad box plaits in the back, loose front, new full sleeves, with cuffs, entire garment handsomely taliored dnd trimmed with fancy buttons, velvet and sou- tache braid; women’s sizes 32 to 88, misses’ sizes 14 and 16 years,.3,08 10.00 Cioth Suits, 4.98. Women's Walking Suits, of home- apun, cheviot and fancy mixtures, and dark colors; comt Kton and blouse effect, all made with stylish flare skirts; broken sizes +408 10.00 Silk Blouses, 5.98, Women’s collarloss taffeta silk Blouses, entire garment of one-inch tucks, trimming of white taffeta silk, strapped with black soutach braid, new ticked sleeves, ftto: girdle, sizes 32 to 44 5.08, 10,00 Covert Jackets, 6.75 Women's covert cloth Jackets, handsomely tailored, some plain, others braid trimmed, throughout with exo tin, elses 92 to’ 46 7.50 Covert Jacke SIP ne MORRO PINNITESL ATTN When on that thoroughfare, Cowperthwait's, ends, and are solid are want- ed by every housewife. These com- pactly built quartered oak ¥ chairs, with cane seats, claw feet and N of the and dignity. HARLEM: . ’ 121st Street @ 3d Ave. 2226 to 2234 Third Ave. Where Fashion Resided The same honorable methods with which we began. marked in figures you can read. And the furniture fashions the best that the whole world produces. ' i Mission Den Table $15.50 to spare for the friendly jar of cigars and the luring pipes, Good, spacious drawer and book shelves at the Dining Room Chairs| Arm, $3.40; Side, $1.98 HAIRS that have a solid look tial bracings, are me champions of meee tlieir class, They| 3 yds. long, 50 inches wide....98¢ are highly ished and pretty enough to grace \§ the dining - room New Yorker with becoming style Ir rae Downtown Chatham Squar 193 to 205 Park BR Our Store Was Young. Some of the marvellous changes wrought by time since 1807—when the present house of Cowpema } thwait & Sons was founded—read like a fairy book, ad Varick Street became the centre of social life that year, because of the building of St. John’s Ch Weathered Oak Bookcass By 1825 the locality became the most fashionable in the city. Its homes were sumptuously furnished according to the ideas of that day—many of the household articles in a large portion of the homes coming from the Cowperthwait establishment in Chatham Square. 6 ag The streets from Warren to Canal had just been laid out when the Cowperthwalt store was founded, ” Broadway extended up as far as the present Post-Office, ae Then fashion’s abode was moved further north—into East Broadway, in the immediate vicinity of } Many of the customs we will tell you about from day to day—bringing the story down to the present, Through it all you can see the up-building of the oldest, the greatest and the best furniture business in the city, © 5 Liberal credit and fair treatment—goods always plainly : 4 | 4 ie It | j o EATHERED | in popularity Se Xa in popularity a8 ne oe i quality to harmonize ary waole In with CAD hang: => weathered oak is ings and draperies in strict mission In multi-colors bee 7 i comes more style, The propor rally underst tlons are exception- blends genially with ally good, as will strong shades or be observed by the gentle tints and illustration, The seems hin of hed top affords ample| righarees| “i room for lamp and weathered oak books books — 28 x 40 inches—with space p* case, in mission style, has 2 doors, 2 separate compartments, adjustable shelves and a roomy top for vases or bronzes, The lattice work over the glass gives protection and height. ens the general effect. $17.50 Nottingham Oah Hat Rach, $8.95 HOROUGH- LY well made and nicely orna- mented with carv- ing. Has lift-up seat and umbrella holder; large cast- brass pegs and 14 'x24-inch mirror, eae ran In hat and hall PRING’S choicest patterns at) racks we show a sateen special prices, Not one or tWO cojtection unimportant lots, but a generous \assortment from which to make se- | lections, | embraces a wide | range of styles ; and designs, all pol. 374 yds. long, 54 in, wide... $7.35] made and fine Muslin Raffled Curtains, | ished with the ut- 2% yds. long, 27 inches wide, most care, and with tassels complete. . Couch Covers, 234 yds. long, SO inches wide,..85¢/ 234 yds, long, 60in. wide... $1,25 + 35¢| you will find by comparison that our prices are lower than those that prevailin other stores, It's our ways average Summer Carpets and Rags ARPETS and rugs are to the house what multi-colored flowers C are to the flower garden, There is much to be considered in the selection of carpets—the light of the apartment for which they are intended—by day and night—the character of the room and its treatment by the decorator of wall and ceiling, We make sugges. tions, and when desired will send a carpet and rug expert to your home to submit ideas. Our prices, when quality and style are con- sidered, aru the lowest in New York. 9x12 ft. French Wilton Rug. $65. 8 ft. 3 in. x 10 ft. 6 in. French Wilton Rag, $58, yard. Regular price, $1.00, Ali our carpets are made, Iined and laid without extra charge. rarst St. £34 Ave. an Chatham Square Cowperth wait & Sons Velvet carpets in the choicest celorings and styles of the 61.15 a yard for a quality that is sold in other stores ‘ All-wool extra superfine ingrain carpet, 1 yard(@ ‘ Everything forH ousekeeping-- Cash or LiberalCredit. Ni, } i ; | eis j 4 ] ia