The evening world. Newspaper, July 15, 1905, Page 8

vent of Murphy’s ‘Old ”* Sergeants Scattered to Stations as Roundsmen \ they wert “swelling around swearing fancy vests" is the reason in Afulberry street for a sen- order issued by Police Commis- McAdoo to-day distributing detective-sergeants of the “old to therends of New York and them to don uniforms for time ‘in the lives of some of p order has spread consternation ° ‘Es ‘tment, for it sots aghit tical aMilations ana of the men affected. maaority of the twenty deteo- belong to the old Mur- bY oltque—men, ‘who, according to tra- ‘were compelled to pay roundly their yellow shields. They ngver Patrol duty, going into the detective from the start of their volice Some of them never owned @ ° Now they are cast out into street to act as roundsmen. hew ordcr will cripple the staffs ‘t the inspectors of police who, it WOUId. se2m, cidn't have even the in- Muence to save their most prized hench- ‘man from the axe. ‘of the men named in the order Her Own Kedtiiashs Is Borne Out by That of the Detectives and the Policeman Who Saw Her Rush, Beaten and Bleed- ing, from Her Home— She Shows No Trace of Dread—Hearing to Be Resumed on Monday. by By EMMELINE PENDENNIS ‘The Coroner's inquest is proving a great triumph for Berthe Claiche. Her mother and younger sisters, Irma end Jehnnette; her girl friend, Mins Miller, and the sympathetle women of the neighborhood, .who ‘had come te court with grave fears for thelr Berthe, found fortune golng with her hand in hand. The unadorned story that Berthe has told of her life with Gerdron, his abuse and threats of death, her flight from him’ four weeks ago, his ultimate arreat ana her shooting him when, in a panic, the feared that be might.kili ber fret. was borne out tothe last detail by all the witnesses. The testimony of the detectives who Were with her at the time of her arrest, that of the officer who witnessed the shooting from Twenty-fourth street, © bleck away, and of Patrolmen Xenodo- ehius, who went with the girl to arrest ‘transferred only a short time ag b precincts where there wus a lack Vestigators. ‘Those ranking as ser- its in these precincts which have no were put in as acting heads. Thade it necessary tv draw in the for station desk work and deft the men on patro! to do about as _ they pleased. Instead of doing police @uty the detective-sergeants went “awelling around" with their “fancy vests,” and now they have reaped the Henry Pfeift, Kast Twenty-second Street, to Delancey: street station; Cor-| 5, nellus J. Sullivan, West Thirtieth street to Amity street station, Brooklyn; Daniel A. Kear, West Thirty-seventh street, to Stagg street, Brooklyn; Michael Reidy, eant ‘Thirty-fifth any eiseee, station; James ¥. J Forty-seventh, attest, to ighty-elghch street atailo Pa ey, West Forty-seventh stony duvet, West aivty eiesth West Sixt to Grand avenue station, Bisel haties A, , East Or funds Srourth ee, fi Gatee events ti, a Dempse: Handeea ang "iwentysAfh ts Bedford avenue, a MeDonoug! ) Batookiyn, fo Avenue Btati ‘O'Connor, ‘avenue oeition, Brooklyn. Office. “to Fia bush rouindsmen were as- 7 papeennis:s auty to to-day. ESD SCORED BY MAGISTRATE Mofvoy Tells One Officer He _ Would Have Hit Him Twice, “and Censures Another for Abusing a Citizen. Magistrate McAvoy in the Centre Btrvet Police Court to-\lay sharply re- buked Policeman Michael J. Bennett, of the Brooklyn Bridge squad, for his ar- of. Frank Rodriques, of No. 62 place, Brooklyn, at the bridge eo Jast night. t told the Magistrate that Rod- Qssaulted him. Bennett is over me sal ae built proportionately, ee ‘& small man. true,” Rodriques told Hot sre policeman struck iatleaiteos and also kicked me be- bes roi get out of his way quick et me. 3 hed me ce youd Nave Wahos pe, aa: a punched yoi ioe Your conduct i HH hs the ‘ ia the ist of detective-sergeants Screams of Suffering Young Gerdron on Sunday, June 18, and of the young man who the Saturday night be- BER fore saw the girl rushing from her home half clothed and ‘bleeding, corroborate the «iri's accounts of events. Her Defenee Bare Truth. donb aisrh aap teal dig! + Biron of Berthe Claiche is no masterpiece of Jemal artifice, Gut the unesrisehed trath —the story of her own frank lips. After court adjourned it Lpceaperindiied cut-glass hatpins, to the five-inoh heels of her Uttle French shoes. The simple nrettiness of her shirred habutai silk waist: the fit of her olein tatlored skirt, with the touch of red petticoat showing beneath tt ae she sat, and the crecision with which waist met skirt beneath a trim ttle belt. were all plainly characteristie ef @ land where ‘women know how to wear their clothes. Black gloves on the little hands clutch- =: GIRL EATS ICE CREAM AND DIES ing the Mack handbag gave an adited touch of neatness to the simple cos- tume. Berthe looked surorisine!? better then WOMAN GIVES MAN LASHING INGREAT AGONY, WITHA CAT” Woman Cause Panic-in Flat on Grand Street. Bertha Gross, seventeen years old and very pretty, died at her home, No. 34 Grand street, to-day in agony after at- tending a reception last night given by the Manhattan Rifies. After the re- ception Bertha and esverel friends ate foe cream in @ saloon on the east side, and the theory for a time was that her Geath had been caused 7 ptomaine Bertha was taken iil ghortly after goidnight, and Dr. @trachateln, of Bo; 253 led. be way, girl's symptome Fesémbled thone of ae haine poisoning, but she rallied under treatment and was apparently out of gala’ xian ren erecie ae turn in @p aie ergrmaue ete feving tbAY ans ptomainss the police her companions of ‘When Dr. Hiompltal, “arrived ten “illed by. them the police learned that Bertha was In high spirits and excellent Wealth last a wna with, her’ all the ‘gvening.” te, have never seen happler. All us ate the-ice hd Eng hone of we hme Seen made Mest cept Bertha."” twas learned thet Bertha, who has loyed in the ‘of a Wall Breet’ broker, had om Fa a hen A ler rere ci heart trouble returned, cae | Diab ng it on by "the excitement entertainment, os ina The Coroner has ordered an autopsy. aaa sh to Commissioner Me- Bennett. vatham avenue. Ber ee marge Of disorderly a, fact tm ob- structing trafic om the north roadway of the bi fs " Mr, Walker told the i} y, ances RO ie ae he. would bia x Ks, a ae OngURtAe ahd yo Hearn sould (now betiae thant ao ie your tempe pease sitll IGHTNING BURNED “CROSS OF ON HIS BA PATERSON, July Iba bolt of ight- which oes falling leather thongs, He.threw his : BLOWS DID NOT Mrs. Ehrig Rains Blows on Schmelzer Until Exhaustion Stops Thrashing. Henry Schmelser, of No, 201 Weat Six- ty-sixth street, is wearing to-day across his choeks, on his throat, his back, on his head and his hands great #ting- ing welts made by a cat-o-nine-tails with which Mrs. J. A. Ehrig, @ pretty Qrunette of No. 1 West by to beat a hand ff necessary. Mrs. Ehrig proved equal to the task ghe undertook and sent Schmelzer, a big. and brawny tron’ worker, running home crving for mercy. the bar Schmelzer went the room again and, as he stepped into.q dark hallway, which led t|to the sidewalk, Mrs, Whrig set upon dim, “Take that—end that—and thi,"” the woman screamed hysterically as she brought the lashes of a new cat-o'-nine tails down on him. Gchmelzer yelled with the pain of the arms up to protect his face and~head, and ran for the sidewalk, Mrs, Bhrig following relentlessly and thrashing him with all ber might, 2) STOP" MASHER” The Woman Accosted Slapped Smith’s Face and Pounded Him with Handbag, Yet He Persisted in Insults, Benjamin F, Smith, thirty-one years ald, of Bt, Louls, who saya ‘he is a conductor on the Central Railroad of| Now Jemey, was sentenced to six monthe on, the Island by Maglatrate| pi Btelnert in Yorkville Court to-day on 4) charge of disorderly conduct, feneo was attempting to “mash" Mrs. Grace M. Gamble, of No, 116 Stuyvesant avenue, Brooklyn, wife of Henry H, Gamble, in businers at No. 1 Broadway. Amith beggsed Magistrate Bieinert to grant Mrs. Gambl: request for len- yeney, but the Magistrate doctayed tant it, sia be neato mere not puniphed would be unewfo for respectable, wena | {nthe a ‘an Seeeu THE WORLD: SA! ERTHE COMES INTD COURT His. of-| her SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 15, t WOES OF BERTHE CLAICHE AROUSE WOMEN’ = SYMPATHY WITH WHER MOTHE I had ever seen her In the Tombs. Her face was delicately pretty. especially in trofile, as her dainty mouth and chin, small nose and straight brow were in the jury box. Berthe's lovely brown Weir was scrupulously neat, and all stray waves fastened in securely with BERTHS CLAICHE seen fn relief against the black conts gold and turquotise-trimmed eombs. ‘The big imitation pearls in her ears) and the necullarly French cast of her countenance made her seem a thing apart from the men who sat in judg- ment, the Coroner. the two attorney and even ther fellow country men and} women on the back benches, who had come ~ see the girl they knew in her ordeal. shows No Trace of Dread. Berthe through all was peculiarly ‘omposed. She showed no fear, an qrulle essentially modest in her bearing, her embarrassment was sient. Her brown eyes beneath the crescent eye- dence and enproval. of Berthe's sufferings Open-mouthed_ thev hate and spite, feathers and locks, | arink. al | pion: alike—whether beneath ti on ehirt waist. The: Vatriend the fragile stel wronged. it before sympathy stirred all he ine eilt I ere read; who ‘had them. ond nraverful for dotiverence. brows turned to each witness as he took the stand and rested in apparent confi- As the witnesses rehearsed the story, her cheeks, tofore deathly pale, flushed crimson, and the women jn the court forward drinking in the horrid tale of} blows that bruised and brought blood. Crowd Greedy for Details. Metened to the story of the tytanny of brute force and! while some shuddered here- room leaned! and grew pale and muttered “Brute!” Qa gasnine nelzhbor, | “ror “among those. women, some} ressed in tawdry splendor, solled | others plain and) clean, whose faces told of want, no were Rerthe Claiche’ earts, ket and the faded silk. or the clean cot-|% ne ma --the sai intent on‘every word, Intelligent. in every step, WOMAN WHO FLOGGED MAN WITH CAT-O-NINE-TAILS "You have talked about me,” Mare Bhrig kept repeating. ‘You have told storles about me, and this fs wheat you et for it.” the eldewalk and seemed powerless to get away from Mrs, Bhrig’s flaying right arm. A crowd gathered, and as the woman brought down blow after blow @he was cheered by men specta- tome. Finally Mrs, Ehrig’s arm dropved from exhaustion, end then Schmelzer made for his house on the run, his face spat- tered with: blood which trickled from many wouuds. It appears that’ Mrs. ihrig» AAG hoe! 908 Mat 0849 | worty-secona street, hear the Subway gntrance. Mra, Gamble wes waiting, by Appointment, for her husband to! come out of the hallding at that corner. Mr, Gamblo was delayed at a businesn meet , #0 Mrs, Gamble~ waiked ” up and down in front of the Subway kigsk She Is a handsome woman, and was fashionably. costumed, Gmith spoke to her in away that ehe resented, She told him he hid made a | Mulstaice und had Wetter move on, He | Tepeated his remarks, agd then dirs. Gamble struck him in the face with’ her | handbag. This did not drive hi AY. ‘and ghe slapped his face. He porsived | In his attentions and made more inault- H Hs ga according to Mas. Gamble. ler vo! as he siruck Snultl | again, attracjed Patrolman MeDonnell, Before the policeman arrived Mra, Gam- j Me told @asth ‘her husbind would thrash. bim. Smith pald no attention to this and then MeDonnell arrested cat ee ua Bhe broks up t Tooting with her Inovberent a an other to the street and would eer | Foug nim fe i piel lh ae HARRIMAN CASE WAITS, WHITS PLAINS, N, ¥., July 15.—On! { Repeiith we the Ay yisie of fares oni Sohtacixer was dazed when he reached | = |fnstead of going 12 Lai as he told 19 the room where | per Le would Mrs. Flos \husband he an apartment in No, 21 Wost Sixty-sixth street. They, moved Jon Saturday last and thetr going was \not remarkable for its pleasantness, as the story {8 wold by Mrs, Whrig, dna led up to the thrashing which she gave | boveh Schmelzer, “My husband and I went to live at the Schmelzer nouse six months ag said Mrs, Ehnig, “and trom the begin- ning Sobmelsar began vo annoy me with his attentions. “T had been in the house only a few ‘3 when one evening Schmelzer p, behind me in the hell anda a is arm around my, a Mold mim that shove he had! made a mistake, He seid T was and vat he didn't think #0, ar Q) WIFE IN DANCE: HALL She Was Doing EDR Glide mt stead of the Dishes, and Laebman Enlivened Coney. asia Island by Starting a Row. Because her husband played aleuth twenty-three years old, a No, \ too ashamed to tell Mr. Ehrig about it. ; ‘After that when Mr. Barg, who | orks, at night, was away from’ home r Would walk up and down thy hall in front of my apartment, knock ing at m; loor and makin; eravie, I kept ut to avoid trouble from my nusband. tl “pinally, "whon Schmelzer could Bot annoy me any other way, y drop matches in the garb: then call me und point at them. ‘I could ‘have you fined $ ‘or every one those matches,’ he would say, "but of T'll Jet_you off this time? a "4 raged beca fim “that he threw a and cursed me. a ie at ile, ‘But they meas fies hadi eaea S ola my” nt it ‘me. I tola my band, and we decided to move, "On urday ‘Schmelzer vpbreided me horribly and threatened to do everything. 1 thought he would ¢hrottle me. he wis 10 mad at my moving. It resulted in jan uproar throughout the house. “When JT told mv husband he ‘You horrewhin that fello~ be trouble in the Bhrig fam, jstand by and see thar do ht two cat-o'-nine tails ff. Raa here Bhrie exh-bited Ehety one. with Hix of the tails beaten off.“ thrashed | Schmelzer good. I went to that oe perpen |twlce with my husband "He got Ft all men ‘Siont?' get ot who je neglect thelr wives Se mend ca ee a en ard lohmelaer lained ty te & to win other wor cr ns sand gat yy tAEe f cols, y | be woul n't ina eee oe ‘back at her 40! “|ioage and would not return until late. | Instead he stood in a shadow up sireat where he could watoh the house, Soon ul Messen nn an reached the house in@ oe it cer Pueationing. some ohil- Aig be er thet fis wifohad taken / ‘CHIEF’ SMITH, OF “SROOKLIN, DEAD Veteran Fireman, Known to Ail “Vamps,” Succumbs After Operation Following Blood Poisoning. Bx-Fire Chief John W. Smith, of the old Williamsburg Volunteers, and later Fire Department, died ‘Bastern District Hospital, after the am- to-day in Assistant Chief in the paid Brooklyn the putation of his left leg, made to pre- vent the spread of blood poisoning. The injury began in an attempt by Mr. Smith to cut a corn with a razor. The old chief of “vemps,” who was was living in seventy-one years old, Freeport, L. 1, when he contracted the blood poisoning, and hurried to Will- care of hia old friend, Dr. Mamsburg and put himseif under the Blaisdell, surgeon-In-chief of the Eastern District Hospital. Mr, Gmith’ vitality was not great enough to withstand the ahock of early age and became » printer. pot | the operation. His body will be taken to Freeport. John W. Smith was born in Newburg in 18%. He came to New York at an He was @ member of Phoenix Hose No. 23, of the New-York Fire Departmept, and was foreman of Friendshlp Hoi No. & In 1963 he was made Fire Warden, and ant Engineer in 1867 was elected A: of the Fire Department, and in 1%68| [7 was chosen Chief Engineer of Eastetn District. the When Williameburs was annexed by Brooklyn he was made Assistant Chief; serving until he re-| surance of $70,000, | signed on account of injuries in 1890. —— SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY MORNING WONDERS. | fooms In HUMAN LIFE HELD CHEAPLY BY FIREBUGS Gang Ready to Burn Build | ings for Small Sums, Say Police, Folding the destruction of humasil lives by fire a8 a trifling matter pure chaseable for small ams of money, # band of incendiaries, ready to conttact! to burn any kind of building, has ites headquarters in Manhattan, according to Capt. Harkins, of the Brooklyn Dew ttective Bureau, to-day. ‘The confeesion of Samuel Levine, thet firebue who tried to Kill himself bef jumping from the top floor of Brookiyay, Police Headquarters, which was sworm! to before Capt. Harkins and Fire Mare 4 shal Bo has been laid before the: Disirict-Attorney and nt Dise trict-Attorney Revert Elder has beem given the prosecution. Hired to Firs Building. In his confession Levine says he wage hired to fire the building at No, 318 Union street, Brooklyn, by a cleaner whose name he does not knows When he questioned the cleaner aboug the peyment of the $62.50, which he was promised for imperiiiing more than sev= enty lives, Levine says Philip Davis, the saloon-keeper, now under arrest, guaT anteed the money. ‘The confession runaal “The curpet cleaner told me how to do the job, Hp geve me a bunch off matches as big as my hands and told me io put the sulphur ends togethes and with a wick fled on between twot barrels of wood.” our benzine om the wood and Tene tee ood. “When thel flame caught on théwick and burned a to} |the sulphur it would blaze up big and Hight the rags around. That would ta! about fifteen minutes, and then I.was run. “Phil Davis, the earpet-cleaner, an Italian, took me t Monday. ‘The Italian. wa the house. I asked him wh it burned and (f he was sore at some= he | body. He said no, bat that he had Insured for $5,00) and didn’t get enous! s ol po knew of this plot besides yous \ Several in Plot. “Phil Davis. his : son, Harry, pie Italian gave me the be And I went over 3 two men sleeying In. the didn't want to burn so many peopre, want back and told Davis t wouldn't 4 It, but mould some other night. Thi was ‘Tuesda, : night and I'll’ give you $ money we get amt of It w Phe night I went to Brooklyn to do the job, bi my conselence hurt me and I couldn’é do it just then and was iucning away Harkins and Deteotive Dus ied_me. Bofore I went of they sent Davis's boy to tel was all right. 1 wasn't in_m) but_my roommate told me, and » Davis's when Capt. nts CL ‘After, the confeselon had been slgne@ and taken to the District-Attorney Capty Harkins said to an Evening Wortd re= porter: “Tam satisfied that there is a of firebugs in Manhattan ready to any bullding, re, In it, for a more arrests.” ure rdiess of rhe perso’ 1 gum. Thre will be oe AMERICAN MINISTER KILLED IN LONDON? LONDON, July 15.—Rey. Homer Ane thony, of Arkansas, a delegate to the! Baptiat Congress, was struck by a trudl soy. ome Cet in the hospital to which! he was taken ANSON PHELPS STOKES’S | York, and occupied by Eric B, Danke SUMMER HOME BURNED. Han@some Building at Lenox Ded stroyed, but Valuable Paintings +! and Furniture saved,’ LENOX, Mass., July 15.—Fire to~ Mestroyed the handsome Lenox siimmi residence known as the Appleton Houngy: owned by Anson Phelps Btol: k. The fire siartea! fiom a cause thuy far une company, structure, Most of the furniture Movers) valuable oalntiags were moves ‘Dhe joss is placed at $100,010, with nae the members of the Dabi family ‘escaped from ihe house wen | ras of 001 eslaniai Vavohitesturd Ww ‘here were about "ts ty