The evening world. Newspaper, February 20, 1906, Page 1

a + Er aes " the Sound from the steamship Plymouth. “i Mrs. John W. Waters, wife of a well-known insurance man with of- | FINAL J RESULTS EDITION PRICE ONE CEN NEW YORK, “TU | “ Circulation Books Open to All,’” RESULTS EDITION eee 20, 1906. PRICE ONE CEN MOTHER Mrs. John W. Waters Left Note Pinned to Stateroom Door on the Plymouth Saying She Feared Insanity and Preferred Death— Also Left Will HAD BEEN ACTING QUEERLY FOR SOME TIME, SAY FRIENDS. | Husband Who Had Spent Night Looking for His Family Is Overcome by: Terrible Trag- edy—All Sound Boats Warned to Watch for Bodies, Dear John: Forgive me, This trouble we are having has broken my heart. Dear John, forgive me for causing you this sorrow, but I could not live, and I could not leave our children. Ihave worried so much I fear insanity, and | could not leave. | LEILA. | ‘This letter was pinned to the door of her rtateroom by Mrs. John \. Waters, who. with he: three children, committed suicide by jumping into fices at No. 170 Broadway, threw herself and her three little children from ithe Fall River steamer Plymouth during its trip from this city to Newport | st night. | LEFT WILL AND LETTER. } It is thought the woman was temporarily demented. She left a will in her stateroom written on brown paper and a letter of farewell to her hus- | band in which she declared her fear of approaching insanity. Her husband 4s prostrated with grief. The tragedy was not discovered until just before the boat reached Newport. It {s thought the woman threw herself and lit- tle ones overbuurd some time early this morning. Fishing and sailing ves- sels _baye.been warned to keep a lookout for the bodies. * oe The oldest child was only four aiid) who came aboard early yesterday was the second two years old. The third|a woman of perhaps thirty years ao was a baby of eight months. The un-| companied by three little ohiidren, She happy woman bed started to write | Was well dressed and appeared to be pote on the door of her stateroom and | very fond of her little ones who romped erased it. She then wrote the letter,|#bout the decks until long after the pinned it to the door and then turned! boat sailed. The woman then went to that whfch will rank with the most | With them to her cabin, which was No. pitiful of the tragedies of the Sound. |? 0m the upper deck, port side. Neighbors said to-day that Mrs. Wa- Happy When Last Seen, ters had been in a sanitarlum some! The last time they were seen alive time ago and that she had been acting when they entered the door of the atrangely of inte. She left her home! stateroom apparently in the high- @t No. 279 Kingston avenue, Brooklyn, | est spirits. The children were laughing late yesterday afternoon, taking with) and playing and the mother seemed | ber the children and a clothesline. It} perfectly happy. It was after the boat had passed Point Judith, between midnight and 1 o'clock, that one of the porters, pass- ing the door of the stateroom, saw It was open. He started to close it, und saw the floor was littered with wearing | apparel and the bunks empty. Some- {s believed whe used this rope to bind them before she threw them overboard. The Plymouth, one of the biggest of the Sound steamers, sails at 5 P. M. from New York. Her staterooms are open to passengers for some time pre- vious to sailing and this fact Is taken advantage of by those who desire a Weisurely embarkation, Among those MOTHER IN TEARS WHILE (Continued on Second Page.) GIRL FIGHTS FOR HER LIFE: pa ee ent Berthe Claiche, However, Confident of Acquit- | tal, Smiles as Her Trial for Killing of Gerdron Begins, A trial of a crime of the half world, but of vital interest to the public at large, was that of Berthe Claiche, which began to-day before Justice Vernon M. Davis, in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court. "One reason why the people of New York hold a claim upon this trial fs because it promises revelations of the sort of partnership that is said exist between a certain class of degraded policemen and the women of ‘the ‘Penderloin and their men. It 7) peported that an attempt will be made to show that Berthe Clalche en- fered into a conspiracy with a couple ef policemen to rob Emil Gerdron, who owned ber body and soul, of sone $700 and a lot of jewelry; that the girl per Aormed her part in the conspiracy to the length of having Gerdron arrested, though he held a pistol to her temple, or @ knife to her throat, and so she’ shot him. A special panel of seventy-five tales- men has been summoned for this trial. Tt is not anticipated that the panel will be exhausted, Abraham Levy, leading counsel for ‘Beats Out Monaco Maid in the |excepticcally poor, | after the start, aqpbut that the earnest look in his ayes ‘as he threatened to kill her when he felt the hands of two detectivea on his uulders carried conviction. Knowing that her life was not worth ® penny if Gerdron ever got a chance to make good his threat, she killed him ort there in the street in the heart of the Tenderloin. Of courte Berthe Cliche doves not Misa ahe was in any police plot. seserts that ‘her existence, miser- as it was, had attractions. .Gerd- almost killed her by choking ing her many times. To a oe ‘his unspeakable class arrest on aint of the woman whose earn- enabled him to exist in {dieneas i the nature of an unforgiveable | Blie says that her action in le arrest indorsed the death had) prepared. She was in the defense, has expressed himself as confident that no jury will convict Berthe Claiche after they have heard the awfu! story of her iife trom her Ups, Former Judge Otto Rosalsky and George Simpson are associated in the dofense. Assistant District-. - Attorney Ely is looking after the Interests of the people. ‘The mother of the itl of trial, a (Continued on on Fourth Page.) LEAPS FROM BOAT WITH 3 BABES CHILDREN THROWN FROM STEAMER BY INSANE MOTHER. DORIS ST, VALENTINE 1 HANDY WINNER oe ory HEART OF HYACINTH Fourth Race at Fair Grounds. FAIR GROUNDS, NEW ORLBANS, Feb. %.—Horses with good prices queked against them got the money this afternjon at this track. The entire card was miserable and the attendance The quality of the races was so poor that picking winners was Mike looking for a needle in &| 2 The card uffered here this afternoo haystack. | was the poorest uf ‘the meeting. FIRST RACE—Matden two-year-olds; three | WAS not one race in which a horse o Jand one-half furionss, j class was entered. ‘The talent could no Botting rtors, weights and Jock: Bir. Fi AbPowell Ti Robbins Park’s Fourth Race and Wins in a Drive. |form. The track was in pour shape, Hocus Pocus, 100, ‘Se 2 ;took second place on the turn and te length from Piller who best Miss L. a length SECOND RACE—Seven furlongs. . Weights and jockeys. a, Te Nlootees ett eawtnmem kn! Connors, 112. j Plater, 112, Ryan. Besteriing, 108, Moreland. Gotowin, 4 110, | 3 Allista, Time- Hocus Pocus went to the front soon |} made all the running, | Mayo R. Dunes Hallowsnan, wi 1 two lengths fram Devout, who was sec- Little Scout, 111, J. Motnty: 4 1) ond all the way; Monaco Maid made the running to the | leugth away. stretch, where St. Valentine closed, and in a drive wen by a head from Monaco jfurlones, Maid. who ‘aso length tn front Of | ciastors, weights and Jockeys Hallowmas, Heart of Hyacinth. 11 order to the etreteh, Hyacinth closed and. ‘won in a drive by half a lengt trom Gold Proof, who baat Kara a head, SUDDENLY IN ALBANY. ALBANY, Feb. 20.—While her hus- and was visiting at the Capitol to- day, Mrs, D. I. Ghichester, of New York City, was taken suddenly ill and died in a few minutes at the Hotel Mehimingo 3. FREE RIDES FOR ALL Died Fighting Fire. EASTON, CONN., FHB. 2,—While fighting @ fire, whioh was destroying hia home to-dey, Charles ¥. Silliman, decade, died of heart failure, He was a Rene nese The fire joss was 1000," Shortly oifter he had gone Mrs, Chi- chester notified a maid that she was tH, amd told the girl several places where her husband might be found. cer shall haye any extra allowance “in Corporations shall furnish ‘business. ‘The ibills were introduced by unant- mous consent and referred to the Com ‘waittee on Ways ang Means, shortly after the arrival of a physician. He attributed her death to heart fail- GETS THE MONEY: Closes Fast in Stretch in City CITY PARK, NEW ORLEANS, Feb. ‘Phere locate a winner when it came down to] a Lancastrian, 19 Into the stretch, tollawed by Piller and La u lohn arner. in the run home there eines tiver ty was no change, Labor winning tw inte Auditor wus third, a yon 3, Listes: Margaret = NEW YORK WOMAN DIES |i" a Go {and ikara In close ay Heart of taking tae lead, FIFTH RACE—Alrship (even ana 2 to 5) 1, Prince Brutus (out for place) 9 bills, one siipulatng that no State oM- Mew of expenses,"’ as is the oustom at present, the other that transportation| newly discovered evidence upon transporta- ‘Town Olerk and Treasurer for the past | She grew rapidly worse and explred'|tion to State officials when on public $25,000 GRAFT TALE TOLD TO ALDERMEN — n t t matter. After @ consultation with the attor- neys, Recorder Goff said he would de elde later when Patrick was to be pro- duced In court, Loafing about the door of Part Ly., General Sessions. where Albert T. Pat. rick is making the kitest fight for his Ufe before Recorder Goff to-day were ght men in soft hats. squirting todac- co juice at the tilings in the floor of the corridor with splendid alm and fin- gering the almost diamond studs in the bosoms of thelr Hannel shirts. Jewelry In their shirts except one, and he had a leg missing. All Patrick's Witnesses. They were the Teaans brought here Vs Kenmore. by the defence to testify that Mr, and Mra, Chichester came to Al- STATE OFFICIALS, | costes ¥. Jones had uamitted to them ant deat reverting; cAtehees tual ERO that he swore falsely when he stated on sa itn stand In the last trial that woman appeared ‘in ocd health and| ALBANY, Feb. 2, — Assemblyman | ‘2° ™! : Mi yo \e h Willian ter _frusband went ta. the CapltolIcox, of Erie, to-day introduced twol arsh Hise, ‘the Western millonalte by administering chloroform ty him, Their stories make up the bulk of th ‘whic counsel of the condemned murderer b. their hope of saving him from the chulr, ‘che Texas delegation were of a type fumillar to every man who ever oroswed the Panhandle or the Black = stated that Patrick was still in his cell | awaiting the Recorder's ruling in the | All had | won by a length from Lancastrian, | Ress Chaney s aa beat Lady Henrletta a length, fied) Raby 109. | Farrow: $ \—Six furlongs. Amifortas, 109, D. sty THIRD (RACHA) Sogn “5 Sallie ‘BB. 107, Orega: 12 G|_ Recorder Goft to-day ontered his clerk) Waxey Shire Rint Has te Smit Ee? Ta | Moneywen. Grane 9 | t© telephone the Warden of Sig Sing t fi, 10s, “aati. 1B i “7 2 | Prison to bring Albert T, Patrick down atm B 16 8 | Won by Gablegram; Shelagh was nec. | °F the first train, follvwing an announce-) 103. Warner *% — §/and and Rama third. ment that “Fred" House had been sum- pone a 14 | THIRD RACE—Handteap; ax turiongs. | moned by District-Attorney Jerome to Tnet15. Starters welsht and Jockeys, str. BL appear as a witness at the hearing of Third Alarm made all the running |, Grenade. 128, 8. ‘Si 5 3.3 | th lence for a new trial. House was and won easily by a Jength from Stoner Rerun ate £8 | Patrick's first attorney, and Valet Jones iN) yhoo a kena ela ot Astaritd, 103 S swore that both he and Patrick con- sluek fessed y 1 FOURTH, RACE —Handlcan: one and one: Rill ier Slasea Willem Rive, sixteenth miles, Leta Duffy i ‘s tarters. welxhts and socker! 4 Py] Grenaae went to the front at the/afternoon to ascertain the Court's wishes iW eh start, made all the running and b: Monaco Maid, 1, B ws le unig and won by lin regard to bringing Pwirick here. He | | | Man Quoted as Accusing Former Bor- ough President Littleton Denounced from the Floor as a Liar by Coler and Sullivan. ‘ARCHITECT HULL SCORED; 5 CAN V MAKE N NO DEFENSE. He Was Given as Authority of Charge that: Bribe Was Demanded in Connec- tion with New City Hall in Brooklyn. ¥ | Schroeder's. Midway, 110, Livingston’ 20 5 | FIRST RACE—Selling: mile and a hettng ‘Sm ‘ seting. 4| Starters, wolents ana § | Labor. oa 0 Piller, ed t 3 85 Mins hip re ey etal, | Thlatie.Iteather, oi, a Wait 3 4 Etter’ Mire, 103, Anden A | Phat Met Ot), Anson Ane nmi I coine—0: 44, Bux Hunting, 10 Hi - Al Powell went to the front at the Capt, Jornsen, 101, ofl start, made all the running, and won Colin Georg i0 | fan gallop by four tengtha from Schroe- Jona, Gara rad J der's Midway, who was a length in front Are Light, io 4} ‘ot Our Own, Tap a 4. i ND RACE—Six furl me—2.00) ao nailed est Betti Fox Hunting made the running, fol- Starters, welghts and jocke: Str. lowed by Piller and Labor, The jattor PATRICK “LICKER UP SOME”, Big Joe Jordan Won’t Stand for Things His | Dual Cousin Done, and He’s a Watchin’ Them Petty Larceny Police for Lies. lands, Slouch-hatted, — slow- voiced and garbed in store clothes two sizes too large, they are the kind of chaps you see at a brakeman's board- ing-house at San Antonio or going to fandangoes at the Eagle Bird honk-a- tonk down at Brownsviile on the Mext- can border, Joseph Jordan, the lame veteran of a coal-car collision, who testified yester- day, was conspicuous in the group out- side the door. Jordan it was who ex- (Continued on Second Page.) —_ »——— MILLION-LOLLAR WILL OF WOMAN SET ASIDE, SALPM, Mass., Feb, 20.—The wilt of Mrs, Jennte P. Chase, of Swampscott, was set aside by a decision of Judge Harmon, of the Essex County Probate Court, in a decision handed down to- day and the decree of adoption where- by Deforest Woodruff Chase, son of the woman's husband, Dr. Horace Chase, was made Mrs. Chase's helr was re- September, waa finally an- nounced officially that she had com- mitted sutelde, Helatives contested the will of Mrs, Chase, which gave property valued at $i,cw,000"or. more to her adopted gon, anid at a prolonged heatlog in this city was offered to show that un- evidence due tinfuer threats and coercion were used to sectire the adoption and the will made fn of Deforest Chase, Suicide from Steamer, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Charice Hansen, steward Wegian fruit steamer Hi from ‘Philadelphia. Jan, a jumped oev1 Feb. Isiand while the bene, The name of former Borough President Martin W. Littleton, of Brook- ‘lyn, was used on the floor of the Aldermanic Chamber to-day, as having? been charged with demanding $25,000 to put through the scheme for a muntetpal building for Brooklyn, The man who was quoted as having made | erate Har and a ¢ the charge is Washington Hine, the Brooklyn architect. The hottest kind* of a time followed the repetition of the story, Hull was in the chamber at the time, and, pointing at him, Boroug! President Coler denounced him as a vilifier, and declared he would never . rest satisfied until he had forced the architect to go before the Grand Jury. Mr. Coler was followed by Little Tim Sullivan, who declared that the man who would try to smirch the reputation of Mr. Littleton was a delib- ur. Others followed in the same strain No one believed the imputation, and Mr. Hull did not get an opportunity to reply. | Before the meeting there had been a caucus of the Republican majority on | two propositions that came’ up later. | Opinion, however, was s0 much divided that It was decided to ignore all party lines and let each member vote as he | pteasea. | A Troublesome Project. The pian for the new Municipal bu!ld- ing in Brooklyn hag caused trouble for years, The sum of $52,000 was appro- |Priated In 1893 for a campetition among ‘architects for the bullding, and Mr, Hull recetved the decision. He has not as wet teen pa’d anything, The whole mat- jter hung fire until near the colse of Mr. | Littleton’s term, when he got the Board of Estimate to appropriate more money to push along a new plan pre- pared by MoKim, Mend and White, whom he had engaged, having appar- ently refected the plans of Mr. Hull. When Borough President Coler took hol! he absolutely refused to treat with Mr. Hull ,as he claims, for the reasons that he had made the “graft” charges. Mr. Color wanted $500,000 as a start and the Board of Estimate gave it to him, He also wanted to select his own archi- tects, Public hearings were held be- jfore the Finance Committee and to-day |they handed In majority and minority reports. The fortrer favored the Hull plan, which calls for an eight-story building—the minority was In favor of giving Mr. Coler a free hand. When. It came to voting on the aub- stitution of the minority report Prest dent Coler arose, and while his voice shook with passion sald: “Tam here to figh tthts man Hull, and ns long as Iam Borough President he willl never construct that building. Coler Ie Angry. “He has persistently vilified every member of the former administration. I told him defore, as I say to him as he stands there now, I will mever han- die his plans unless he makes good ‘nif’ insinuations and calumnies before the Grand Jury. If Mr. Hull had kept his hands clean he would have had the work from me, but now—never. ; ou people here talk of having cons 7 fiden: who win in competition, 1 have @ competition over ° ngtaving of bonds and a certain ir. Brockway won it, would you have Contdence In him R his man Eiuel has made a states ment to the effect that a former Bo ough President of Brooklyn demande from him $33,000 to push atong his | plans. That is the statement ie madi and all of you know it. Every xem- ; ber of this committee knows It, yet. ¥ sit there and make a request’ to ke nim For a faw moments use. there was a! Al the members seemed s:unned. hen “Litte Tim" Sullivan arose and, facing Hull, whe was in the rear of chamber. sald I don't think there ought to be any dowot as to where any us sand o@ the question of indorging the the mle nority or majority report after the statement cf Mr. Cole “Bh Deliberate Liar.” “Martin Littleton !s above reproach, No matter how some people disagree with him politically, we all know him as a gentleman and a man of ‘honor. Any man who has made such a state- ment about Martin Littleton is a dellb- erate and unqualified Har. T was present when the Board of Fa- tipate passed upon this propusttion in wed fi The, ink was scarcely ary when tr an Full was in her: amon the members ef iin Lonrd' te ive despicr Buch a mewns to advance his caus. an is not worthy te clean the shoes, of the focmer Borough Procite lent." Alderman Mulligan said there had been a lot of suspicious stories. He wanted to know why any mun should be atraid of Hull, Yet he had Heard stories that sume people in the board? wore afraid of him: He wamed to/, Alderman Water said ‘ha ald not be. Neve Mr, Hull had made any. snch statement. and that there seemed to bao sone fiin-flam game about the w a Aidénman Meyer, the matority feted pald a tribute to Mr. Cole. but said he honestly ‘believed the latter was. mi tuken, bat either renorts woukt plish ‘the desired: result, Man, members of the board also spake Pacific, Coast Points’ $50. fe Phuconds plckers ecluntl Rovio way, N. ¥. #383 Palto@at., Gkn. e9@ : LATE RESULTS AT FAIR GROUNDS. Fifth—Kickshaw 9-5, Hyacinth out place, Canyon. AT CITY PARK. Fifth—Airship 1-1, Prince Brutus out place, Tichimingo. Sixth—Bon Mot 8:5, Big Bow 1-1 place, Limerick Girl, —— ; NEW YORK LIFE EMPLOYEES HONOR M’CALL. | -t The New York Life offices were closed this afternoon $0 | ‘hat all employees could view the body of ex-President John A. ' AcCall, lying in state at the home. No. am West wee street. “TEES JOSEPH HWAG GETS $7,560 POSITION. The Aldermanic Committee on Salaries and Officers to- day recommended that Joseph Haag be»appointed as Secre- tary to the Board of Estimate at a salary of $7,500. The re- vort was adopted. a eae po CAR RUNS OVER AND KILLS A BOY. William Levine, four years old. of No. 109 St. Mark’s waste vas this afternoon run over and killed by an Eighth street car. i a