The evening world. Newspaper, January 13, 1906, Page 3

am. Re Te ! | H WOMAN'S FIGHT AGAINST | {BIG ODDS FOR MRS. TOLLA CHIEF POINTS IN THE HORNER CASE. a HF ot 8 U8 8 8 | 1.—Dr, Simpson and his father-in- law, Bartley Horner, had quarrelled before the latter was shot to death, 2.—Horner had talked about chang- ing his will to bar Simpson from any participation in tits estate. &—The prisoner's wife and her mother are both bitter against Simp- son and declare their belief in his guilt, 4.—The only witness to the killing was a stable boy, who has since be- come a raving maniac. 6.—Dr. Simpson's defense {s that he was cleaning the gun and the shoot- ing was acoldental, Wife Believes Dr. Simp-| son Guilty, but Neigh- | bors Who Know Him Will Flock to His Sup-| port. —————————— ‘Whether a wife has succeeded in sending her husband on the first stage Of the road to the electric chair will not he known until next Friday, when Dr. James Weddell Simpson, the Fifth avenue dentist, on trial for the mur- der of his wealthy father-in-law, Bartley T. Horner, at Northport, L. I., | come before Justice Purtridge for what his counsel promises will be the last day of tifeir presentation of evidence. Until that time Dr. Simpson will remain in his cell at the Riverhead Jail, and Mrs. Simpson, with her mother, Mrs. Horner, will in all likelihood remain behind double-barred doors in their home on the snow-bound Vernon Valley road. Meanwhile the women of this village are agitated in Dehalf of the accused dentist, and the men are a majority for his conviction. will | ‘The professional woman most in the Pair eye to-day is Mrs. Mary Grace ‘The trial has been conducted in a way to accentuate every theatrical feature. The court was held in the Northport Opera-House, and daily hundreds of men, women and children crowded the | Uttle hall to hear the testimony. To the shabby little opera-nouse Dv. Simpson was led every morning from ‘his room in the Nofthp.rt House, whee he was guarded constantly by Ummstable Hauger and three special policemen sworn in from the crew ef the oys‘er | boat Liszie B. that is laid un for tit winter. Effect Was Theatrical. SAlthough the journey was for only Pee blocks, the dentist was handcuffed | Constadle Hauger. Behind him walked Deputy Sheriff Smith bearing the gun ever his shoulder. It was of a plece! with the stock and the pillory. this hold- ing up of a man to public derision.) Battle boys ran hess: the strange cortege yelling: “Did vou kill him, Doe?" “Ain't ver skeered ‘These and dozens of other remarks Were hurled at the accused man. After the first snow came bovs and loafers | about the village accentuated their jests Jon equal terms in the with snowballs, Once the dentis: was struck, but he did not turn around. He bowed his nead and strode along. tower- ing over the squat, broad-snouldered constatie. His humiliation was in- creased when Hauger stopped from time tw time to chat with his friends. br m. walking rapidly, would| be Lp with a found tapi by ite jerk of toc handvuff on his wrist as the Constable stoposd to pass the time of dav with some ancient mariner of the er fleet. Like a dog in leash he ‘ould. be obliged to wait untit ones ilagers enjoyed this. for Dr, Simpson was known as a proud }nan who refueel to associnte With stable boys and ship owners who mee! little saloons sca | tered alone the Sound shore. Setting of the Stage. In the opert-house he sat in the first row of orchestra camp stools, Fac- ing him was the Justice in front of the |Stage with {ts grean-shaded oll lamps | for footiights and ite curtain emblazoned with the advertisements of shopkecpers, |At one side was the old piano-on which the village cut-ups played Whenever court was | There wos an alr of the bizarre, the u real, almost the mock trial, about it 2 This seemed. to "affect. the spectators |Crowded clone tho wails. sitting on pisno, leaning from the sallery. nughed at the testimony ond stampe their feet when the Prosecutor and the to tell cepted a8” eviderce my wife herself.” Sympathy for Him. It was thon that the women village were touched with sy: aos Bho cold, hard voice of, tt Mingness to ald ee spectacle THE WORLD: WAS HORNER MURDERED? + counsel for tue defense passed witt!-| her mofters that covld not be ac: even in the pre- “Great God, that ever I should see make such a onion as emi as she could oven in the face of the privileged communication with Ba SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1906, husband, . the women flocked aibout of |Bren village woes never | Nont! \ (and ihe ne io ene of that Mrs, Mary Grace Quac paratively Unknown to the Legal Profession, Shows Remarkable Skill in Her Work. Quackenbos, the plucky young New Yorke !attorney, who took up the fight for An- twinette Tolla’s life after the battle had ‘been given up as lost, and who won for her a thirty-day reprieve in the face of what seemed almost certain defeat. No wonder old graybeards of the New Jerrey bar are shaking their heads in amazement over the woman's feat! No ‘wonder New York lawyers are asking each other about this enterprising young person! She is rather worth thinking about. For she accomplished what her more ‘Dhingy popular opinton gave the sentenced (© dewth jn the Hackensack Jedl no hope for quarter | +] this heretofore unknown attorney came into the’ cane at the request of Count Massigia, the Italian Consul-General. "phe was retained just nine days be- fore the date fixed for the execution of Mre, Tolla, She was ignorant of all but the main facts in the case. But in no time she had a mastery of mew evidence. Italian woman's hanging the Board of Parions was called in special meet- ing on the petition of Mra, Quecken- bow. She submitted affidavits show- fag the pernicious character of Sonta, man Mra. Tolle shot/ and the n's justification in puttifig him to death. The woman “ttorney con- \ ducted herself with such dignity, stated colleagues feared even 0] bg, the details and was busy collecting | +), Two days before the time set for the me kenbos, Though Com- might consider amd act on her evi- dence ais submitted. Rather a clever stroke for a woman, single-handed, and certainly a remark: able victory for an attorney only three years in active practice. Newcomer in the Profession. For Mrs. Quackenbos is a newcomer to the profession. Five years ago she had scarcely a thought of taking up the Jaw, But discussion of medical juris- prugeace with her husband, Dr. Henry uackenbos, awakened in her a aé- aire know more of the subject, and in September, 1901, she entered the New York University Law Sghool, Her work there was marked from the start with Ma high degree of brililanc: and intelli- gence. Dean Ashley coneldered her one of hig most promising students, In June, 193, she graduated from the university and passed successfully her ir examinations, whicn previous aca- demic honors entitled her to take with only two years of law study. At the sturt of her active work Mrs. kiackenvoe'® 5 ins were wholly philan- At Law School she had bem interested in the work of the Legal ‘Aid Society, and upon being admitied to} the bar began her legal career in the offices of, that society, After a few months she opened a. charitable law} office of her own at No. 166 Leonaard street. It was there:that Mrs. Quackenbos | devel; a tremendous interest in the Reeds ‘of the ignorant foreign element. The Children's Aid Society conducts ad a for ‘children Xna before very long. this man, wine In Biacksvone and Yrlint Waa 5 code, was regan eh ‘saint anid sage,’ Th Imprisonment, ‘and even electrocut ngs that she saved those humble clients would Mila tome, qa nranes, | uacken re con tart notual experi: Shoes in jew le: sail ve her business’ so clearly and simply, explaine’ the points of law with such Understanding and pleaded her case so ably that whe got what she asked—a weprieve that the Board of Pardons maintained by” h aaa branch, of “her m, resent. le But’ her assistant. FH. sro hip (yes it In Mer’ ‘stead, nat was saat st horace Mrs. Quacken- Jaw. pilents, Howse ire, with the pi ing for financial station. Did the scheme work? Rather. 4 Now Has 550 Cases. oft eee tes Fe iat nese nee ee wet fatwe'g eh Mrs. eat o fthe aw firm's po! snothee: Pro ea Phy ap ke: hat hy low mo the, tl have sat! iatactorily ah at lawy: are not dependent upon extortion subsistence. It was her valuable itt ‘ABtoinet e's tan Firm. fe Ma} es at No. 10 Bible ot stv. | et and hoartist, legal service | won fo man: fee proportionate to the client's me atention to all aooording to bos's atete- “Where ask we take | ! ‘it pays. If our clients | ° them regular leral we can ink we — i turned for hell to the able omen Jans in New qrnolgh he offered shocked some ot clsma, women. Others were more touched by Such was the scene when Mrs. | the sigh of the tall, urbane gentleman Horner, heavily veiled and In sobbing in full view of the audience. mourning. volo her belief that OP Rane. pater nn sooeer had, court’ nde sim ed ner husband. Tt waa |journed after this hearing than the before the guping crowd that Mrs. | women pressed around the dentist. One Simpson, the wife. went through the | woman placed both hands on his shoul- manual of arms with the shotgun that |ders and looked up into his tear-filled sent its death-doaling charge Into her eyes. I. was a tense moment. The father. | Sue, too, left no ehadow of | women 3 gazing on the doudt as to her belisf, and aven tried |acene. Dr. Dever flinched. Toma trickled down wn his haggard cheeks, but his eyes did not leave those of the Uminary hesring. But lere, as in all| woman. Buddenly she exclaimed: else, finer tI know you are irnocent.’ were shi a r. Simpion threw tock hie heed un- but by what she did. He had wept as we hi nig Jong black curls fell back from she handied the gun he Stared at her In Ae Gea le rays I am innocent," horror and. turning away, exclaimed | hoe said. loud enough for the reporters with a lana Justice -Partr! to (ibs ‘Then Cry of ine ict: ant noetiintan in tne tl fess Pavone ene Ge Ee orca base their bellet ong thelr interpretation haration. eo case ailence) take wome! ft as a final assurance See his innocence, ! | the | Tho ecoffers beat | household + WAS EDWARDS MURDERED? « en wag their drink thelr ey “That Dor Simpson 1s a slick un. He knows how to fool some folks, but he can’t fool us.” And so the case stands. Just as the at the Horner ‘home was divided—the women against the man—so among the m d say as they are the sides, taken on’ his case—the t the men. And, sirangeat of alt, wh difte his wite nnd his mowiersin= law belleve him guilty, the women who om (knew him only as a dignified, Southern gentleman are his supporters. But whatever the outcome may be, the case Itself will remain a legend of the North Shore. The facts are there, and giready they are known to everybody In Suffolk County, The dentist played with the shotgun and went through the manual of arms, pounding it on the floor. Then he went into the kitohen and, after saying he was about to clean it, started to break the gun. The two ten-gauge shells sxploded, sending thetr heavy charges of birdshot into the abd: fnen of od Mtr. Horner, who was stand- Ing at the sink Only One Witness. If Dr. Simpson's story {s true gun had been loaded throughout ais Jexercises with it and the explosion was cnurely accidental. Only one person be- sides the dead man was present In the Horner kitchen. ‘That was Frank Wis- newsk!, the Polish stable boy, who 1s now @ maniac at Kings Park Asylum Before he Was stricken he tesiified to the Coroner that Mr. \Horner staggered Across the floor and groaned: “You rascal, you're trying to kill me!" The wife and mother-in-law have aid that Dr. Simpson was angry because he knew that on the ¢ollowing day Mr. Will disinher|ting Horner would make a him and tying the money up in trust fund for his wife. ‘They, have sald Dr. Simpson's gambling and his sporting life Two Mysterious Tragedies Which Have Ardused Attention of New York Within the Past Week. TWO THEORIES IN THE EDWARDS CASE. 8 OF OE OE OE OF Ot! MURDER THEORY. Opportunity: A thick fog; streets deserted; three keys to Hiller home, one held by Maxcy Hiller. |The Chief Facts in the Motive: A hatred due to Jealousy Edwards Case That of years’ standing—increased by ]| quarrei over Mrs. Hiller's estate; 1} Offset the Coroner's repented threats made by Maxey [|| Theory That It Was Hiller against Edwards. a Suicide. Evidence to show suicide sible. Impos- SUICIDE THEORY. Maxcy Hiller's alibi, supported by wife and children, Alleged financial troubles of Ed- wards. The finding stomach, Jb 0b 08 ot yh yt! y of laudanum in Sealed with tha lips of a dead man, there seems little hope that: ‘ terlous killing of Charles A. Edwards will ever be explained. It will bried in the grave, with other crimes that havo baffled human effort to sol Though more than a week has passed since the former officer of the Chemical Company was found dead in bed in the old Hiller homestead at 117 College street, New Haven, the police and authorities of that city are: running round in a circle grasping at vague, intangible clues, evolving; theories of suicide and hoping against hope that some one may come.-forw: and confess to the murder or prove the self-slaying. The heirs to the estate of Mrs. Hiller, brother Gharles, acting on the vio the mother-in4aw of Mr. Edwards, have jf his father, migrated to Kansas took up a Government claim of caused many quarrels between him and Mr. Horner. ‘They sald that on the pent of the shooting Dr. enpeon had declared he did not care if Mr. Horner were “brought in a + And after all, motive or a maosive, the State Is most int just now In proving that Dr. Sinapson loaded the gun after he had done the manual of arms. It is declared by some that the | oartridges rola have exploded had they been in gun while he was playing with it. “hone detense naverts he entirely an accident, and that Dr, Simpson did not know the gun eas Tonied. had already 1 ‘patton for the Ital- . He wrote the youn) women, retaining her as sel an putting the ‘case ‘unconditionally in ‘her juackenbos @ ira. Qi fee for her servicse, she refused, Cabs “would prefer without remunera Fr woman. ity of this woman lawyer Ingulariy grace ye, traced a at Dace simple and direct ‘y charm- Sing to look sat and delightful to talk Wien asked how old she 1s her answer force! res ee ers for went to ‘“ Work” -bought a “‘ Realty S grasped an ‘‘Opportunity”’ }took extra ‘ Lessons Su | One Little nap” Se re Phy 8 , We Mees cpap = men Id, Ad. agaipet Miss Helen Mili $10,000 damages for injui SUES HELEN M. GOULD FOR $10,000 DAMAGES. Man Employed to Spray Trees Says Hose ‘Was Faulty and Chem- * {cals-Injured Him, ‘Henry Smith brought an action in the Supreme Court at White Plains to-day Gould for VICTIM OF «‘WOMAN IN BLACK’? AND HER HOME. BALFOUR, WITH AID Ex-Premier and Churchill Both Given Telling Sup- port by Relatives. LONDON, Jan. 13.—Voting is going on to-day in thirty-seven constituen- cles representing fort$three seats. The most important contests are at Man- chester. where A. J. Balfour and Wins- ton Churchill, who are contesting dif- ferent divisions of the city, are work- ing hard, ‘ ‘The latter undoubtedly will be elected | while the former Premier's seat Is now regarded as safe despite the fact that the: bets of the Liberals against him have increased. If the majorities of these Neaders of opposing factions are depleted it is expected that the fact will largely influence the results in th rest of the country and consequently Interest in the outcome ts very tense. In Manchester there is great enthu- asm Oo nboth aides. in spite of the be} Mrs, rowallis (onmery, Sennie ‘exis nt Yor i Mr, Churchui's mothe: Beatour, Premier's sister, er, prov: ves lendid rters ive ‘Ganaidates ia the po Boore of, members were & In the course, New. Sacer Spat fate Bi i caren cerianerhet Eiberall, 10; Untonista, 9 Irish sist OF SISTER, MAY WIN SAID “WOMAN IN BLACK” ACCOSTED MRS. THORMLEY G.L. FarrSends Word He now gone to the courts to settle the estate and this may bring out some | evidence which will have a bearing on| ‘the shooting. This crime brought the first stain of blood to what is known as the “inner | circle” of Yale, that small but ex- |! clusive set made up of old graduates, professors and other conservatives who hold their blue stockings aloof from vulgar contact. All their lives they have been Ilft- Ing their voices against the demorallz- | ing effort of a progressive press that tells the world the news, holding that only orimes of the most aesthetic sort | should be made a public record; that) nordid ‘killings and brutal murders | should be dealt with by prosecutors and investigators behind barred doors, | and no word of what went on within escape to the greedy ears of a pro- letariat. Gave Yale a Shock. ‘The explosion of tons of dynamite on the Green or the toppling of the tower of the First Congregational Church would not have caused more conster- nation to this tight little coterie than did the death of Charles A. Edwards, Yale ‘6, brother-in-law of Judge Charles A. Hiller, Yale '64, and of Al- jan Maxcy Hiller, who through the in- fluence of former President Timothy Dwight, of Yele, got an honorary de- gree in 1892. Here is Mr, Edwards, first cousin of Dr. Dwight, the very doyen of the college clique, found murdered in hts bed in the little white house with the green shutters on College street. Seventy years ago, when Benjamin Hil- ler built the dwelling, trimmed it with green and added a crazy wing to the rear, he unconsciously reared what is now known as a house of mystery. The two sons and daughter of old Benjamin Hiller were born and lived through thefr youth In the little white house. The father kept a book store and did a thriving business, and when Witnessed Incident in Mysterious Case. Mrs. Amy Thornley, of No, 263A La- fayette avenue, Brooklyn, who has been suffering for five years from the at- tempts of a “woman in black" to frighten her with threatening letters, to-day recetved a note from George L. Farr, a cashier at Pier No. 13, of the Lackwwanna Railway. Mr. Farr tok Mrs. Thornley that he and his wife were in the cemetery at the time she was approached, some time ago, by a strange woman, who glared into her face and then moved rapidly away. He is willing to pppear as a witness for her, Mrs. ‘Thornley and her son, wi with her at the time, had fuilea™’ to mention this incident to the reporters, langely a fear ot Grawing others into publicity. Mrs. Thornley, although ony etaclt well again, is obliged to deur erself to all reyes owing to the number o| male and female cranks who Sone. offpring every form of from to very old very new braids of ri brands of detective “Otherwise 1 yal be forced to at- conatant reception of foolish peo- "she At the same time, Mrs. Thornley | wants It known that she will no longer ‘remain Isoors ore fear af anno; ance. She wil means perecs, eno molest her, in: ‘mn shillings Guore stocky young man with decp-sut_ eyes,’ who stood about the street near her home for several hours ‘one night recently, aud who was seen peohing.In a basement window after the ‘amily had gone upstairs. The family realize that much of the more recent annoyance probably comes from oranks, but are Inclined to blaine Uttle Johnnie Weise, office boy at Frank Mills’ paint and decorating shop at No. 92 Nosirand avenue, for the failure to capiure the annoyer late Thursday at- ternoon, | Mr. Mills, Jt should be remem. bered, is the friend of the Thornley fapily wno boards with whem. Johnnte ys ne recently naw a womah ‘looking in a window of » He did not think much about eh bit When, halt an hour later. he saw the face lpressed fint against the piAterines; started for the door. The woman| moved away. but Johnnie, instead of following her, sought a polfoeman, ‘This wasted saveral minutes and as Johnnie couldn't deseribs the woman she not caught. The Whole neighborhood ts oo? tte watch for clues and e' the gpeak admirinely of Mre, ‘Thornley. as ong who “minds her own business," ts model mother and housekeeper, ‘who has never made an enemiy among them. ——————— BRIDGE TRAFFIC DELAYED, A Smith .street oar bound toward Brooklyn jumped the track at the switch on the Brooklyn end of the Bridge during the rush hour to-day, delaying trafflc, for about twenty min- utes, ' ‘The car was proceeding slowly, and ©] various borough encampments, and the 'Y | teen. no wingoye were broken nor was thers the passengers. who he died nearly forty years ago he left a comfortable fortune to his widow. He left every cent to Abigail Hiller, | for she had a hard head, whereas) Charles Aldice Hiller and his brother, A. Maxcy, had never encouraged their | father to confldence in their shrewd-| ness. Charles Akdice was a scholar and a good one, but there the range of his in- genutty ended. As for Maxoy, his first effort to acquire learning at Yale Uni- versity unbalanced his brain tempo- rarily, and he suffered from two fits | + of eccentric rage in which he narrowly escaped slaying his mother, brother and | y sister, pursuing them through thelr little white cotage with a carving knife. On nother occasion he threatened to put the feeble oli family cook in the kitchen | 1), stove, and it was then deolded to send him to a sanitarlum, Killed a Soldier. After leaving the sanitarium Allan Maxey Hiller became inflamed with patriotism /the civil war was then on) and managed to obtain a loutenant's commission in @ Pennsytvania regiment. Before he got to the front, however, he shot and killed a private soldier, was court-martialled, tried and sentenced to serve a year, He was also dismissed trom the army, and when he got out of prison returned to New Haven and the Uttle white house with the green shut- tems. Maxoy Hiller, tt seems, hi a grudge against the private, and killed) him in what was alloged to be a mo-| | ment of homicidal manta. Before Maxcy got back home his ARCANUMITES MEET: Members of the Order Will Discuss Assesmmenis in Brooklyn. At the Johnston Building, Fulton and Nevins streets, Brooklyn, to-night, there will be a big demonstration of mem- bers of the Royal Arcanum from the whole subject of assessing at the ‘At- tained Age” will be debated from all sides. The meeting will be conducted under the auspices of the Committee of Fir- The principal speaker will be John P, Leahey, counsel for the Order, who has come from Boston to talk the matter over with the local members, Another object of the meeting In Broqklyn ts to have the rights of the Inembers lived up to according co thelr info Tagant opluion of Supreme Court fustion William J, Gaynor, will be read scussed at the meeting. will preside, sisted “by, fohn Bilculoboroush Dies from Scratch on a Hand. SPRINGFIBLD, Mass., Jan. 13—A (threatened Mr. mawardes er life | and acres. He had grown flourishing kers before he could raise anything | on this land, But he solaced himself learning seven languages, playing oh and. pursuing researches in aa fe got to be City Atorney of Kan., a town about as mg ag N. J, Lea ee he had been made a judgs. Before the "J " had gone tu Ky sas his elster, Getherine, had Sho had ‘mer hen Ett be Ohad imaer che eauee te lege. Edwards was all ‘the She Tuer = He was a forbade) broad-shor | de red young man, who first baseball team ‘that ever er reprocnted ale. M bile conse Gee Uk incl rom he Se aiae ite him hile he Hee mere Cath finanes, and’ he. ‘hated ton ae marriage, ale was rhelmingh he wasn’t saluted with overm ressiuns of joy. He found yo' ndwaren already & great favorite hs mm movher, and jeatousy rankled in vealous of Edwards. It Js doubtful ig he ever ov this Jealousy it stimo; wie nesses can, be. accepts for he motier and aister Ume gyer ne was seized controllable He threatened make a wholesale. family Job of it 4 than atrough a riod of man: Allan Maxcy” Hh y entirely at the. eopenee ce New. Tadzett rite pense, of, jus moth ( iotaeyep Tea rd ae Chi i Beg ree aa with ‘the erpen shutters Sy on viola it scene of ent Betwoon the edcontric Seenty SrAument ‘old woman, the declining soon came so wa Of his” outbursts they! ate Wrote for “ the last ney ties ga du if er end, Hiltegi| made ‘eroquens mention oll aa son-| | law, Charles A, Edwards, his ability “8 a business man, and 81 gesting to her sons that he be allow fave th her estate and divide it Bs ihee Renee eo aeey: and bars thie Suawestion, A tase Aull low, Incendere'in’ tne aise of the estate. ee resi liion Didn't Like Edwards, Even Oharles Al y taki y “Ratt (idea and old i hie or eh nt anything against Bd not be pleased to have hi Mrs, Abigt Mer died 8 in ber ieee white house, wit sos wrarigling over her "The day she die’ she handed t Benzantsen a diary and other tn bore Upon the estate she hi a tribute, hate eas io nurse ‘this ‘les Ekin the au to give 1 une Le: Tt fa’ belleved this showed mam thousands bas ee Of dollars advanced te a fore Ze was murdered ing of Jan. 2 Mr. Wawarde: sade nen| uent eas to New Haven, after doar of ’ola Mrs. Biller. Bixty parsed and no step had been taken. the direction of admini nintering: the Sl ‘The Hiller brothers would gt i no heed, to Mr. Edwards’ i and he had reasons for not waning see the case into the courts, Mr. Bdwarda usually at the! . Mrs, mer President ote Fate ee eet r a8 can be learned, the first ‘thm he went into ‘the Hiller house ‘to was’ on that Weduediey aiener sala on ‘that Wednes week hen he waa a tain, igs ie wile found dea bats} let Bote in nie tone or | morning. “The pilot ad ot enone sku util render him piece! reget nat sul is the opinion nee the de the at ‘uitope Phere surgeons who at woth es only, cs ‘Stealtbre also a div: opinion as ie ‘the quan: tity of laudanum found gh the dood man, eae the stomac neney, the frst Bhystotan sis examination sonvin tl lest calk ae ner Huwards, stole into bis room while slept and shot i Some “ Sure Things” aresurer than others, A sure and appreciated delicacy for sociabfunctions is Grape-Nuts Berateh on one of his hands from a lowly ‘ainking ees ie # i i a