The evening world. Newspaper, May 9, 1905, Page 1

PRICE ONE. CENT. af EQUITABLE ON STOLEN POLICY Arrest of Man in Pennsylvania Fishing Resort Reveals Plot to Defraud Assur- ' ance Society by Audacious Robbers _ . After Genuine Loan Was Made. GOT $27,000, THEN TRIED. TO REPEAT THE SWINDLE. Alleged Accomplice in Office of the Company to Be Placed Under Arrest Soon—Cap- tured Prisoner Frequently Posed as a Catholic Priest. By the arrest of Samuel Edwards, alias Daly, alias Father Smith, a no- | torious forger, at the fishing resort of Spragueyille, Pa., to-day, it came out tor tho first time that in August last the Bquitable Life Assurance Bpclety , fwas robbed. of $27,000 by one of the cleverest ewindling tricks ever at- empted by & professional thief, ! Incidentally the arrest of Edwards clears up for the first time the mys- ery of the $27,000 check which turned up in a Brooklyn bank some weeks @go on which payment was refused, although the Hquitable people ad- mitted that it was a genuine check, bearing the signature of the cashier of the rociéty, At that time, although the Mquitable people admitted the| check had ‘been istven asa loan on a big policy, they declined peal to clear up the mystery, The explanation Is now known. This heck made the third for $7,000 which fhe Sociity had givon for loans on a 80,000 policy, The first one was a Stwulne loan to the owner of the policy, The’ other two were passed ont to the ewindlors, but fortunately: the keanness of. a Brookiye tank caatiier prevented | the second on’ thous baingeashed. Accomplice in Office, In order» for, Rdwards to work this @windle sucdesstully he had to have an esompilee aniong thé employees of tha | / Eyuitabie, Dat he did hi atcomplive Ie now known, known and his Ao-night or to-morrow. Me employ of the Society, and accord- fog to Lawyer McCullagn, of theffirm ‘of Alexander & Green, counsel for the Equitable, He hasn't the faintest idea &aahe world that bo is even suapected i PRE Lowner Of thy 90,000 policy Is ‘William ©. Cotton, a wealthy cotton broker qt Brookline, Mass. He took It ‘Out three sents ago, and 'n March, 1964, the borrowed $27,000 on It ‘The low War July seonted and the policy de- Povited in lthe vaults of the Soolety, there to remain unui the loan was re- Datla. How Wdwards knew of this policy and, the Joon that had been’ made on it iw not known, but ithe surmised that he fot his information from his accomplice, Edwards lived in ‘Dwelfth mtreet, Brook- lyn, wth his Wife, Hoe 1s well known to the ote And has had numerous alluses, frequently been known, £9, pass aM aa i WANTS TO DIE IN-CHAIR FOR He fs sti in and Asks for Sentence at Once, When Fdwarl Pekars, a Bohemian harness-maker, indicted for the murder of old Sarah Rosenberg, at No, 212 East One Hundred and First street, General Sessions tosday, he ina'sced upon being put to death at onoe, “I want to plead guilty." Pokurn told Judge Cowing. “I killed the woman and ‘they'll kill me for ft, May as well have I gpver 3 s00n de possible, X want tovdte,” Judge Cowl law prevented) the acceptaice of & plea of guilty to murder in the fret degree and a plea of not gullty woula he | have to be entered on the records, When @ court attendunt atatted to lead Pela: back to the Tombs he objected, saying tid paukabics tot the "Cotton f was arraigned before Judge Cowing \| ™ told Pekar that the P A LENGTH WINS HARLEM STAKES Field Is Cut Down in Belmont Park Feature, Six Go- ing to Post, BELMONT PARK WINNERS. FIRST RAGE—Hennibal Bey (12 | to 1) 1, Supreme Court (6 to 1) 2, | Tommy Waddell 3, SECOND RACE. 1, Merry, Boy (9 to &) 2, Gold Badge 3, THIRD RACE—Comedienne (9 to 10) 1, Pythia (7 to 2) 2, Bivouac 3. FOURTH RACE—Little Em (9 to 5) 1, Sidney C. Love (5 to 2) 2, Lord Badge 3. FIFTH RACE—Neptunus (12 tc 1) 1, Oaraman (8 to 1) 2, Orfo 3, SIXTH RACE—Flyback (6 to 2) i, Dekaber (7 to 5) 2, Bouvier 3, (@pecial to ‘The Bering World.) BELMONT PARK RACE TRACK, May 9.—This wee an exceedingly dull afternoon at Belmont Park, The pro- gramme would hardly have done credit to a winter track, und was certainly below the standard to be expected, at the “Greatest Race Course in the World.’ Three of the scheduled events almost failed to fill and the @o-cailed feature served up was a selling atake called the Harlem, ‘The same \chasera were ‘entered, 1 | Whole cond waa sadly, daok; Originality and’ sHitérest, aa Bids SeNgea Lira ‘rood. a Brariers. Joke. | 2 D, Sullivan's Hannibal Rey a. Renulne Burprite in Lit ele a an price 9 a the ce" Wen ae a 18 hitting: the, out fige path, Bate tne running three field. ‘He baci ths before thro tiie atoh and just naten, Timoth; iponciae “g 1 (18 to 6) | Bobb dy ¢ fai piate. EVENING pif SEDITIO N CY <e Kd “ Circulation Books Open to All.’? Calan: ~NEW ¥ YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1905. ~~ PRICE ONE CENT, DODGERS, BACK HOME, TACKLE KELLY’S REDS Hanlon Expects Brooklyns to Get at Least an Even Break on Series, BATTING ORDER. Cincinnati, Hugg ns, 2p, er, DB. ‘ohneton. (Special to The Evening World.) WASHINGTON PARK, Brooklyn, May %—The Cincinnatt aggregation of ball- ftomsers, headed by their emiling man- ager, Joe Kelley, made their firet ap- Peamance of the season at these grounds to-day, where they ‘hooked up'” with Ned Hanton's youngsters in the initial game of the series of four which the teams ane slated to play. ebiepident Wbbette. this atternoon fe- rst ‘Baseman MoGamwell and Bais Indelder Dougherty, MeGam well was Mot fast pan Lit for vatuen yt com- panyand will probably return Ribany team trom which-he was signed, Firet Inning. Huggine’e bunt fly was taken Batok So; ur went out, MoIntyre Babb. Dolan reached third on Lewis's wild throw into the bleachers. Odwelt Bee retired by Owens and Baby,” N ‘shes kard walked, pelle d Sproed abemmera: ‘Dolan to Corcorai Wed to Odwell, Owens Pingted to te te Saranely Bais to second. A_ balk vunners a base. Lewis Banted to Walker and died at first, NO Second Inning. he | Sebring fidd to want oat Oren aa Stelntelne my et Pheoe towed tor Ritter. ) Babb caught at ‘Bah went out ‘Pa second 5 Frelps's throw to Hugging, NO Fourth Inning. Dolan beat, out an infield hit, iced, Ritter facrifi lined eit Lumley 4 i Ge Ly") pay lan to stein at Rica if NO RUNS, rates tanned high one to bring, lUftedoneto Sebring, a) RU! Fifth § Inning. Phelps flied to Sheckard, Walker was out on sirikes. Huggins walked, but was i tter to Owens, NO | Odwell tice ht’ win by & Hesk trom | RUN ourt. at Be jes'tf aunt . ite Ratch went out. Hi re wens was big ae 4 tne in and. Dolan. . veeehatere, i fois. Wis Bt, wine PI. Sixth Inning. pe Ae "i Hy VeLUIEH Ahem d of the i he wanted to be executed at once, jueee Cowing will assign counsel to def Pekars, ‘LEXINGTON RACES. Pr EKER SS RACH TRACK, 1 IN, May 9—Potlowing are the resulta of + to-day'a, races hi ; (PEAY RACE Tits ab as nae tha Be dh th 5 UNION HR RESULTS, b UNION PARK, BT, LOUIS, May 9,—The Lain aby) ere to s{day renubted as eas 4 fiat nde, Fed, i Heat Ng Peete aa anette thee « ea were ar thet) snco: 4 Ave fu ae i ee rar ONOUNDR Wn Me. following a A fate All the Way. te “egoR LEY te cet mate Ce, ne] rye ed ene el ane in and hea, ht ae Balk alge, tare, ‘waa two! lenges igs hed aera ee “toe eft eal BRS Fayorite’s Backers Get Soare, sane to perein me Seymour warked., Dolan flied to, tuum ley: Odwell fled to Lumley, and joubled “up at frst, NO at ee, erates | OCCULTCRIMES ell Samuel Gold! Mew degree) of Centre Stryet rt torduy that Prot. Pupin nad > Chandler, of alCumbis VUnwerstty, have deen. assaulluing. bis ens tol ‘Ys agitaans ‘court to allo wor has It; Giscovered a an} pal (| TAFT ASKS BRITISH me by es means ea rere cle oF eh v| ent landed for a single and Stahl ripped HIGHLANDERS DROP BEHIND AT THE START ‘Champs’? Score Three Runs on the Griffithites in First Inning, BATTING ORDER. Boston, Hightanders, Umpires-Mr, Connolly, BY BOZEMAN BULGER. (Special to The Evening World.) HUNTINGTON AVENUE BALL GROUNDS, BOSTON, May 9.—Grimith, manager of the Highlanders, was pu out of the game here today during a a ughert: the game with an ence Frouker to Parente Weeder wat there, however, and lad down @, neat bunt, beating it with Wee Wile!” was “out stealing UR wes enlied cout on strik haekett Wing a long fly to Fult: & heat one over second, At this functure things were lookirig little active for Mr, Powell, and it got worse when Col- ling lifted a Texag Leaguer into left, filling the bases, Freeman sent A alow bounder to. Williams and warp mcampered in home. then elipned & single over i Hig aang aes eigreapicd one to ue her' after a long run, THRE R Bpoond, fanaa hy oft with a terrife, drive 0 But for mi o 4 GIANTS BEGIN Cardinals’ Piest of Western off MoGinnity. The Iron Man elso sent) Shannon to the benoh on strikes, St Louis appeared to have no spirt what- eves. Homer Smoot, who bresics fences, got A scratch hit that Deviin thought ‘would roll foul. as Brain dropped a safe fly that Browne home. ball. A ling Oy weries of throws amo: penile i SWINDLERS ROB “anit RIGHLANDERS’ MANAGER, PUT OUT OF BOSTON GAME; — IRON MAN M’GINNITY HIT FOR TWO HOMERS AT POLO GROUNDS LITTLE EM BY SERIES WITH ST.LOUIS TEAM Teams to Face Champions This Season, THE BATTING ORDER. Giants, Bt, Lout Dougherty, If, Burkett, if. Doniin, of, Clarke, %, | Kenier, Parent, 88. Browne, rt, 4Bhannon, i¢. | Fults, ef, Bt 5 MeGamn, 1b. Smoot, Willtamnes 2b. Collins, 8b, Mertes, i. Brain, 5 | Conroy, db. Freeman, rf. Dahlen, ws. Beakley, tb, Yoaser, ss. Grimeshaw, to, Deviln, §h. Dunleavy, if. Chase, 1b. Ferris, Lai Gilbert, a Burke, ab. Heine, ©. Criger, Bresnahan, oc, Zoarfoas, 0. Powell, Tamnehili, p. MoGinnity, p. Thielman, BY ALLEN SANGREE, POLO GROUNDS, NBW YORK, May %—The St, Louls Cartinals tackled the Giants here to-day in the first game of brand-new series, The Mound City Jada are the first of the Westerners to ire in the third| hook up with the champloys, ‘Iron fining: Pee neste oP Man" AfcGinnity was on th® e#lab for Firat Inning. the locals, and things looked "ad for the visitors, First Inning. Clarke was unable to evenget @ fout ‘The fans woke up injudged sending all the way Brain took ond on @ passed Beckley was an easy victim with ounce to McGinnity. ONE RUN. Dontih started the show by winning pass. He was immediately pecs among >) and Brain, Browne’ rove * adan hit in: deep rlgtrt, Dune: Toavy made a fine catch of MoGann'e lenomenn' cae UN. drive to ean’ 18s | goratan hie / Hog fi ON! miei § in prey. Tanne on a hire Inning. batted f; (i eno and Hien ew, fanni Ke gut on a prounder to Fe NG. is id, Clanke dropping the ¢ our. on e 9 throw, a ofa Ta ‘eat ten Med to Dunleavy, pun. a ae han axe Rosen ey, Creer. i aaa 101 awe, Burke er, to ‘one to Gilbert, ful trap of Grady’ wecond base. | NO RUNB. Burke. |. off Deviin, Clarke's mitt, NORUN 8. ~~ bo rat, gooring Bi geal McGinnity scooped a bunt from Dun- eit beat thie slow) | leppabigl, 9 hard one Dahlen was. thrown PO ididrdb arated Clarke matte a Hghtaing stop Gifhert bounced ‘ram 6 te RESULTS OF ALL THE DAY'S SPORTS 4) GIANTS LOSE ST.LOUIS ..........--1017011004-8 GIANTS .... ceweeececeee 1 0002030 ImT ie “2 HIGHLANDERS. LOSE HIGHLANDERS ... BUSTON ....... . CINCINNATI AT BROOKLYN. era CINCINNATI ...........5 000.00 is BROOKLYN... 1110211040000 68 2 w ak IIB 318, ’ NEWARK AT PROVIDENCE (EL), wie, NEWARK ...... . 01100001 oO - PROVIDENCE .--. -- 3001 m6 f At Cleveland (A-L.)—End fifth: Chisaai 15 Claveland, " 1 a At Philadelphia yer fifth | Pitteburg. 35 Phila, 4” At Washington (A-L.}—End fourth: Philaw 13 Washi, ae ig At Jersey City (E.L.)—End third: Baltimore, 5} Jer. At Toronto (E:L.)—End seventh: ream te “LATE DETAILS GIANTS-ST. LOUIS GAME, Sixth: Inning—Beckley fouled, out... “Dunleavy bit for. four, bases. Burke and Grady singled, Thielman forced Burke, Clarke out at first. One run, Mertes flied to right. Dahlen safe. Grady took Deviin’s fowl, Dahlen out on Gilbert’s hit: do runs. Seventh Imning—Shannon singled. Browne got smoay’s Irive. Shannon out t stealing, Brain a No runs, LATE WINNERS AT LEXI Fourth—Biroh Broom 3-1, Cnjurer 3-2, _~ FitthAnifle Smith 15-1, Plebian 46, Ja Jay a wird Set. He charged en | "G5) * TROLLEY KILLED BABY Boy. Ne. want in to piteh for New Kork and sturead off ft by wat bine aw, meat ee Gaean Teed walle new it off the fleld. Bien Poi to Witama, NO Fourth Inning. was out On a grounder to Tan- neni, Wilame tied to Stahl, Cons Pe soarer Wa) ney tor Freeman, NO was poh tar in the pursi reer and Fults collided while giter, Burketve fy, and Basa ae Sut to Klenow, NO RU Fifth Inning. act contre, ty, his Fouled | Bren w RUNE. ; of. Fee hate wey safe, coring not for | Rs 0, trap “Bunienvynn "foxad irkett pulled eer. sone wuer.’’ Dunleavy stole Ly OH @ long run. ONE Grim ors: | hun y'e may in eda io Ghass Tuts, Line Bi vaisth {nning. bes pute, to Bh ey gy Sea | wt clean hk to right, Smoot, the elugwer, fanned, Mo(innity took a bounce from Brain, ONE RUN, MoGinnlty rapped a hard all a) lett at Broin unassisted, who threw Bonin Browne (ined to Becktey. Denlin cantered under a drive Bante isn "Brew Burne. out, also welsed Grady's ‘Brain Brede e ioGen jd at wecond nye pe be i va. apa fell a Third Inning. The ‘Hvangelist’ made another te. | markable ato poff ‘Thielman, ‘The grand stand rose in mighty shouts as Clarke lashed a homer outside the left-field topes, Mertes turning three somersaults uit, Bhannon followed with I Fourth Inning. she f ap. NO us stop of % aoe wet aes to of | ben Tannehill Patent eviin' a -ecraper Dougher' anette, owt Sout a Fifth Inning. ie one to thin. Stal fanned, NO ’ venth Inning. fo third HO" RUNS. Mine ‘airuck, out. . Freeman rae imeshaw was grounder to Con- Eighth Inning, or im is apa and Donlin, ned, ani, Aannebil ikew! ae te ir fan third “a * pulve Mr. ; Bi eR pie urbett fled in front of tl . Donn TO DELAY ACTION. mratttete tora iF for Rae, Relrne, it to-day hon for ‘Beirne, iy putin a we row aA che Brian a3 Fn: vaction® be ent Rf ant ine Ail ea late, im mn runswick authori. ties iookinn 4,8 a er Punaye ol obstruc: to ction Sontonsp! | wan HE ted reaecent yl t | tonday” by. the Department oft yGotiae $a rear AL ar to ORIN Ne “ha yey oA } | boat (00 bad rang comin, man oem Lata a cae “under Brain's Mt i ‘aiibert beat aiittle one knocked down plruok he plate, MoGinnit: ivancln aingled to right, bert (Pe cody pent [rely Mit if jelman advanc: runners, pee a@ hit to centre, scoring Gnibert tleing the @oure, Brain wy MoGann out at first, meee’, take the throw, In made t running catch from con resna: ste RUNG. oe THIS MAN LOST $7,000 TO WIRE-TAPPERS Ans Frank Chase, of No, 599 West One Hundred and Twenty-Mfth street, and George Marttn, of No. 721 Beventh ave: nue, were leaving Centre Street Police Court vo-day, after being becauso Arthur Whipple did not appear to prosecute them for swindling him | py a fake wire-tapping game, they were ted on complaint of J: ved 4 wealthy ala 1 West One Hu id Fit No. 208 Maria poe and Fifth yon, Cupple “niet th Whipp! ee decharged, nF, ea at fe Finn hett ‘thee In ‘steeror’ of tho land on Aa steam. & fee) Sf (pestal G2 The. Byenkng World.) BELMONT PARK RACE AT ST. LOUIS FAIR GROUNDS. Fifth+-Mabel Simms 10-1, Bavarian:10-1, Behoove 7-2, Sixth—Bravery 9-5; Montpelier -2, Aladdin UNION P, Fourth—Platoon 4-B,Postmaster Wright 10-1,Netfe Rusael Fifth—Erbe 11-5, Attila 2-1, Juba 8-1. Sixth—Josette 4-1, Conasset 60-1, Chioarra even. GETTING RACERS FIT AT BELMONT 15-1. , May 9—Thie track Us quite fest at | 4 Present from the racing and continual poser What # most needs now is a good rain, then it will be one of the fastest and safest tracks in the country, ‘There was very little done in thé way ot fest work this morning, as the Weather turned very cool. fous: following were beat gallops not HILL LABSIE—Four furlongs in 01, handily; 100 pounds up. A very ordl- nary filly and still very green, Se ae ONIBRE—Four furlongs handily; % pounds up. A sell- At best JHAGAMINE—Foury furlongs 0,60 2-5, breesing; 100 pounds up. Ran & very nice race last time; will do in gheap company, LABBRIA—Three furlongs in 0.8 2-6, breexing; 110 pounds up, A very ner- vous filly, but haa a fair turn of speed; ie Ot any time wanted, nendlys i pounds pt oli be, ana wott footing mult, ‘unions fn 1.16 Upi worked ‘out of #0 be ‘hia long a wom ur furignae } uy Slever look! ie oolt and Pind should win win very kh INK—Three Bade tg! in 0.37 handily; 106 pounds up. fair plater and Suse about ready, a An 1.38 Ny; 105 p. Sie Tightly placed ‘will tage ares MASON. Four turloney 1 ae rey 105 poundw up, Te just wall on an at be mage a asin fist =u Dt. er ie fly rari RES 4 is Gan in : 4a eéady for what ane | ° la fret. effort y gf Oe, shows ol pri aiketontA On 10 nda, At handily; 120 pounds eae eon ie ordinary, tot sho his beat eft) rt. pounds fattone: in }, oniv fren <8 ing niatel by BoFOur turlongs in. 0.60, Alle: 100 nounds up. A very clever and fook for her to be close up her AT SHEEPSHEAD, (8peoha} to The Kvening Worl SHBEPSHEAD PAY, May % weather was perfect at the Bay this ifn The eatowing hours, trainers. ratibirde