The evening world. Newspaper, February 20, 1906, Page 3

INSURANCE CASE ) 1S BEING HEARD BY GRAND JURY Evidence Presented Against Officials of Mu- . tual Reserve Life. OFFICERS BEFORE BODY Mass of Books and Documen- tary Material to Support Armstrong Testimony. ‘ POINT OF LAW RAISED tand, for the Defense, Claims Stat- ute of Limitations Bars Prose- cution for Acts Alleged. ‘The Grand Jury to-day began investl- gating the evidence brought out by the Armstrong Committee. District-Attor- ney Jerome selected as the first insur- ance company to be considered for criminal prosecution the Mutual Reserve Life, against which charges were made before the Armstroaz Committ a G. Wells, who alleged that President James K. Burnham, Vice-President Eldredge and Counsel George Burnham, Jr, brother of the president, had pald from funds of the company certain judgments which had been secured against them personally. A question of law ‘s Involved, inas- much as the defense claims that the Payments all were made in November, 1900, whtch brings them within the stat- ute of Mmitations. Mr, Jerome contends that the statute of Mmitations does not apply, because / made until April, 1901, and that the off- cers therefore are amenable to the law. Former Amsistant District-Attorney Rand, for the defense, claims that the ie claimed to have been paid in By wes in reality drawn in November, 4 and held in trust until April of ‘the year following, when it was cashed. , , The Grand Jury began by summon- me the Mutual Reserve's comptroller (and auditor of accounts, as well as weveral bookkeepers and clerks, who brought with them a wagon load of bs and documents. lost of the evidence, acconiing to As- sistant District-Attomey Nott, ‘will’ be Wide documentary nature. It is’ expected rybat the Grand Jury will be through ~Avith this particular case by to-morrow Hn Mr. Jerome was asked for new: T beve.not talked in th abot ; 8 in the past §nsurance, nor will I do so now cr in the future i< ‘Asked were true that he had be- $3, SE dBvetigation of the Equitable je and Guaran: Company, fused to anawer. pee he cre + _ It is understood that Matthew ¢. Fiem- ing, who assisted Mr. Hughes’ botore the’ Armstrong Committee and who is retained iby . Jerome to assist. in these cases, has completed his investi: gation on behalf of the District-Attorn. Rey and recommends the prosecotion of at least three officers of each of three big insurance companies ‘The officers who testified to-day were | William Porter, comptuolier; George W. Harper, treasurer; E. M. Usher, assist: ant treasurer; Charles W. rap, secre- tary, and E. A. Powers, auditor. It is “said that another charge than ‘that of grand larceny may result from the Investigation: tha: forgery may also be included tn the pomible Indict- ments. It is that the Investigation | has shown falsifcation of the com- any'a books to cover up the alleged P larceny of $7.00, and that te charge! may be fastened upon some of the com- Pany's official INDIANS IN A BAD WAY ON STATE RESERVATION, | 8) ALBANY. Feb. 20—A repiirt presented to the Assembly to-day by a ereotal committee of witch Assemblyman | Charles R, Matthews, of Franklin | County, is chairman reports. the condi- tion of the Indiuns of the Sthite as bad, | Retecring to affaire on the reservation thé report says: “Conditions there are a discredit and & disgrace and lead necessarily to the conclusion thet either the natural ob- stacles to the advancement of the Indian in civilization are insuperati the Stace has been deplorably: remiee tt the duties whids public molley andy pho ‘M1 sentiment ‘peo- ‘ple dermand that It-arsumes) Of"? eo atolls Fecommencatto, ee, Tee are made 80-CENT GAS BILL AMENDED; GOES BACK, ALBANY, Feb. 2.—The Agnew Sént que bill, which was on the ealon @ar for fina! passage in the Assembly to-day, was amended and has to go ‘Duck for printing as amended. ‘This Will delay final action in that House Brobably until next week. Phe amendment, adopted pb; of ay ang 4 @ vote Gtnas age one proposed by Mr, i providing fur un sj. gent yas rate ‘in vesend and Coney to correct ey the com: | ,0ne of the payments wag not actually | ties are ever watchful of our record, SS Says She Landed Twice on His Jaw and Once on * His Chin, THEN HE WAS DOWN Fight Was All Out of Thief When Plucky Girl Had Finished with Him, Anna Hughes, of No. 458 West Nine- |teenth street, told an Evening World | reporter how she caught and thrashed the man who stole her coat. “I gave up my position as forewoman for the American Bank Note Company because my mother was not well. We |lived in Brooklyn, but came to New York and lived across the street from here, ‘Then we took thls place and) | started to move in. | “When I came to sort things out I | missed my coat. A neighbor called to | me that a man was walking up Tenth venue with it, I fairly flew down- stairs and caught up with him halt way up the block. He started to run, but I got hold of a corner of my coat }and held on, yelling at him to let go. He wouldn't do it, but dragged me jwong with him to Twentieth street, ail the way up Twentieth to Ninth avenue and along ‘wenty-fourth street. j “All that time he kept just out of my reach, I was getting so out of breath Chat 4 cousda't make people understand, and no one helped me. At about Twen- ty-fourth street he dragged me througu | a saloon, back to the streets a On & truce (nut wag Pong ae does Puce, 1 sul cela ihe corner of’ my cout and yelled to te driver to stop. dav didit” seeai to understand, so 1 Jet go the cout and grabbed the wilet | by Gie jegs. At this ne threw the coat toward the driver and 1 pulled Mr. Thiet to Iw ground. ‘The driver threw | me my coat, which I threw to a girl, telling her to keep it, for ‘me. | “AW this time 1 nad my man by the | goat. He started to sned ‘the coat’ so 1 just forgot everything and got a grip on his waistband. ‘nen he mtarted to atrike me. I dodged, but my blood ‘was Ninth to I can box some. if any one shouid as! | and 1 forgot woo I was and a was and simply laid him out. Flat to the ground he went when I had given him two in the jaw and one under the chin, When he got up he tried wu run into an apartment-house, but I got SOx Sipe: Biss jenn, kook pounalng ing uni ie nelgnborhood seemed ty wake up. “A policeman aime along and we al) ‘went to the West Twentieth street sta- thon, where yt. Burfelnd locked him up. His face looked Iike he had seen trouble. One eye was swollen and there was blow about his nose. Think of It! Over six feet tall and willing to strike & woman! He ought to get a long term,” and Miss Hughes drew her small self up straight und let her pretty black eyes snap with anger. Then she smiled, which is her normal expression, and every man within sight wondered why any sane mule should run away fromm so much charm, Phe prisoner saiy «was John. Sul) van, twenty-nlue years old, of No. 133 West Sixtcenth street. Miss Hughes said th: ty-two and had seen all s1 of New York. s “Brooklyn is good enough for me, she added, “and back to Brooklyn We'll Tove as s00n as we can." t she was twen- wanted to DUFFY SUES TO. KEP HS RECORDS Runner Asks for Injunction! Against President Sullivan of the A. A. A. U. Cc. P. Rogers, in behalf of Arthur F. | Duffey, the’ famous runner, asked Jus- tlee Fitzgerald to-day for a peremptory {injunction restraining Editor Sullivan an@ Secretary and Treasurer Sullivan and the A. A. A. U. from expunging his record. Mr, Rogers stated that because of an editortal in Bernarr Macfadden's physical culture periodical, in which It was annourwed that Arthur F, Duffey would publish a series of articles ex- posing how athletes ase renee and ateurs while they were which he, Duffey, would show that he had long been such an “ammateur’’ him- self, Sullivan had caused his name and be expunga! from the archives cee te oe Oa Usand from the official olin the preface to the Almanac Sullivan id fierican amateur athletic authori- and the altar Sevates much time in vestigating records. man a Fesonts the official decisions of all ath- lec bodies. © * * Nevertheless, the ejitor takes {t upon himself on this occasion to expunge ame uf A. F. u Duffey, and no doubt within one year! his name will have been expunged from | all records of college and other ama- teur athletic bodies. * * * That Dut- fey's name crept into our records must be admitted,” &c., &c. Mr. Rogers read from a second article in Physical Culture over Duffey'’s rig- nature, saying that the editor was in error; that he (Duffey) had not sinned against the laws ‘of amateur athletics, but would only expose those who had within hin knowledge. Then he read from the constitution and bylaws of the A. A. A. U., providing thot no man could be branded as a pro- feesional and expelled from amatent- dom excopt after charges and a trial. and that io such oroceedii had been ‘ollowed In. Diiffev's case. Bartow 8, Weeks, In behalf of Sulll- yan and the A. A. A, U., declared that this applied only to members of clubs or associations in the A. A. A, U., and Duffey is not such a member, ‘That the American Amateur Athletic Union was sole judge of the records of athlete: and for certain reasons came to the co! clusion that Duffey’s record, even correct as to time, not be as an amateur, Decision was reserved. ir made VANDERBILT OFF TO EUROPE. William K. Vanderbilt and Charles Frohman, the theatrical manager, were sgenigors salling to-day on the steamer ser Wilhelm 41. for Bremen. a more 17863 Wants so - far this month. More il than same period last year. INSPECTOR TITUS lS OWN LAWYER Conducts Defense of Sui Against Him for $5,000 Damages. Police Inspector George F. Titus, who is a lawyer as well'us a policeman, to- diy-conducted the examination of wit-| nesses in the trial of the suit of George A. Stearns, a lawyer, to recover $5,000 from the inspector and two of his de- tectives for false arrest before Justice Glegerich and a jury in Trial Term, Parg VII. of the Supreme Court. Assistant Coropration Counsel lireck- enbridge represents the defendants in the suit, but the inspector asked most of the questions and made most of the objections in the direct examination. It must be admitted that Titus was a Uttle rusty on some of his Mw and got some of the sections of the charter twisted, but in all he showed that he understood his business ag a lawyer nearly as well as he does his business of belne a policeman, and ed points on objections as it he tad poe pared the case, fhe Dad pee Thanks the Cour: Detective Sengt. Oppennel: rested Mr, Stearns, was the’ fire wit, ness. He contradicted the testimony given by the piainuft yesterday ‘to th effect that he asked to be taken bette & Police Magistrate and said that the risoners were taken to the Police Coury 48 s00n us the detectives could set vhem there. When they found that fies Magistrate had lett for the day ther returned to Police Headquarters, where the prisonens were given the usual Ge. commodations gor the nigh e ini r-lawyer was about t his examination at this point, “when Justice Glegerioh usggested: “I don't want to try the case for you, Inspector, for you are doing very well, but don't you think that you should ask the ser- fenot ruesions on wont happened the ine morning when the prisoner were again taken to courte’ Prisoners “I thank Your Honor,” replied Titus with a low bow, and then asked: “What happened the following morning, Ser eant ?’ . Will Go to Jury. Stearns hag testified on his direct ex- amination that they were unable to get anything to eat at Police Headquarters for the want of money and that to the court the morning after thelr arrest they to be allowed to get a cup of coffee. The detactives refused to gmnt thelr request, “Nothing out of the usual,” replied the sergeant, “Did Mr, Stearns ask permission to get a cup of coffee?” asked the In- Spector. e dla not,” was the reply. Crane etemnined ‘by Mr. Studi the de- teative insisted that the Magistrates’ Courts were opened from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., and in this he was upheld by the charter Inepeotor-lawyer, The clause reforrin to Magistrates’ Courts roan al eee "The case will probably go to the jury late this afternoon, HAVANA PLANS GALA STAY FOR LONGWORTHS. HAVANA, Feb. 2.—The city author- tles are arranging an Invitation gala grand opera performance at the Ne- tional Theatre for Friday, at which it is proposed that Mr. and Mrs, Nicholas Longworth shall oocupy the President's any other news- - ‘paper on earth. box as Havana's guests of honor, Great interest is being. taken in the President's annual ball Feb. 22 on ac- cont OF pine, fact’ that Mr. and Mrs. are expected to m1 Chey, will, algo bo urged ¢0 ‘attend. the of the American on Waahing- MISS HUGHES, WHO WHIPPED MAN, TELLS ‘JOSEPH ARTHUR, THE PLAYWRIGHT, DEA JOSEPH ARTHUR. Joseph Arthur, the playwright, died to-day in the Hotel Normandie’ after falling 19 rally trom at operation per- L formed Feb, Mrs. Arthur and a nurse were present at his bedside. Mr. Arthur was suffering from kidney trou- ble, when a rather unusual operation Was performed by Dr. G. M, Edebohle, The Kidneys were removed, cleansed and replaced. “Following the Operation ost. Arihur showed signs of improving, but @ turn for the worse followed and he sank rapidly, dying to-day. Josep Arthur's real namo wag Ar- thur Smith, He was the son of Rev. John ©. smith, of Aising Sun, ind, a little town inthe Hoosier Sate, that Arthur later made famous as the locale of his successful, melodrama of rural life, “Blue Jeans.” He was about fifty-seven years old at the time of iis deach, married and was the father of the child actress known ae “Little Tuesday.” His home of late easibeen celners) Manors oie, wright Arthur's theatrical was sown at ai curly” age, when ne went with a minstrel troupe, Later he jo u globe trotter, wandering to Ei , India and China. Returning to New York, he tried lecturing, with etere- ticon slides, on the couatries he hud viited. “This was not Prodtable and Arthur was almost penniless when le Wrote his first success, "The Still Alarm, ‘As he described it himself. ne was sitting in dejection when a fire-engine clattered by the hotel. The idea took hin and he visited a nearby engine- house and got hts material for the play, in which the hero is the captain of a. company, ‘The big scone ts In the ongine- use, showing tne engine with tho swinging bamess, which was-new at the time, the 'punkroom above with the Tiremen sleeping. “Although ihe vit: lain thas smashed the alarm apparatus stil alarm is sent in and the men allde from their beds, hitched the horses and drive away. This was the beginning of exceptional mechanical realism on the metodra stage and was a tremendous succe: Tt made Arthur's name, altiaugh he Is Suid to have not prospered financially. owing to tables with his then pant- ner, Harry Lacy, who played the fire captain. Lace had a half interest. to produce the show. ? Virginia Harned played the heroine in the original production. * ‘This first success was followed by “Blue Jeans,” the play of rural Tndl- ana poiltics, which Introduced the now familiar busz-sww as a stage thriller. Indiana was also the scene of Mr, Ar- thurs plays. “Lo: and “Phe Balt of the Kearth." ‘The former tntro- duced a race between a girl on a bieyelo and a man on horseback, Amonk Arthut jor plays were “The Cherry Pers,’ Linsey Woobsey,”* “Phe Corucrucker" and "Gay Mr. Light: foot." Some time ago it was renorted that 2s. Arthur liad allied hicawelf with aa. eco against ayndtoate, e000 Diminuendo, BANKER AIDS IN ~ ROBBER’ CAPTURE With Policeman He Traps; “Gentleman Burglar” Who “Comes of Good Family.” oe, NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., Feb. 20.— ‘The police itere belleve that in the ar- rest of a stylishly dressed young man |they have caught a “gentleman bure- lar." who has been robbing houses along the northern shore of the Sound. He was taken fnto custody early to-day while ranewoking the residence of Artist E, W. Kemble in Rochelle Park. The burglar ave his name as George Btillson, but declined to give bis ad- dress, he saying that he comes from a well-known family and he wants to shield his relatives from disgrace. ‘The police believe the prisoner comes from Boston on account of several cards found on him, Policeman Stouter was, assisted in capturing tgs burglar by John T. Brown, Jr., Vice-President of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, of Manhattan, who ves near the Kemble residence. The Kembles are away tn Florida and when the policeman saw the back win- dow open he ran to the Brown villa to ‘get a key. Mr. Brown accompanied him ack to the house, and uhe two ‘began a burglar hunt, On the firet flor they stuxmibed over a lange valise whici contained a lange family allver. With only the Mght of an eleotric torch carried by the police- man lihey ascended to the second fipor where they found the burglar crouching in_a dark hallway. Sveuter levelled his revolver at the man, who threw up ‘his hands and sub- mitted to arrest. He was araigned be- fore Judge Van Auken and held to await the action of the Grand Jury. CONRIED’S CASE SENT TO SPECIAL SESSIONS. Examination Waived Before Magis- trate on Charge of Violating the Sunday Law. Judge Dittenhoefer, counsel for Direc- tor Conreid, of the Metropolitan Opern- House, before Magistrate Mayo in the Jefferson Market Court this afternoon waived further examination in the Magistrate's court in the case now pending, in which Mr. Conreld is charged with violating the Suaday. lawe In giving a rendition of Verdi's Requiem Mass. Phe cage, which is a test case, will now go to the Court of Special’ Ses- sions, «vhere the theatrical managers are in hopes of getting # deciaion that will detinitety define the imitations and conditions of the Sunday law so far ae siving the so-called Sunday con- corte are LIFE CRUSHED OUT AS FREIGHT ELEVATOR FELL One Man Instantly Killed and Two Others Fa- | tally Injured. One man was instantly killed and two were probably fatally injured to-day in an elevator accident in the storage { warehouse, refrigerating and freezing | plant of W. L. Heermance, at Reade and Greenwich streets, The dead man is Thomas Crow, a Imborer, twenty- elght years old, of No. 113 Bedford street, Brooklyn, The injured men are George Marsh, forty-six years old, of No, 19 Park Row, and ‘Todlus Luitey forty-two years old, of No, 16: Twenty- seventh street, Brooklyn, Both men were taken to the Hudson Street Hos- pital by Dr. Merrill, ‘The accident happened in a peculiar manner. Four men, including Crow and the ‘wo injured men, were tinkering with’ the cable on the huge freight lift The men were on the fifth tor o the building, while the elevator was on the ninth floor. Suddenly the cat slipped from the drum, and the car came down with a crash, Laffey, fore- man of the gang, jumped, but the other three me ot quick envugh. In th 2 the ele lor ow back, dl the (ul force of Lie vas crashed out fn an tn- nt. ars Nght lex 4 five ritis rushed in. Ing from shock more t alse. although he may Injured. HI RIGO IS HERE FOR A CONQUEST Gypsy Who Eloped with Prin- cess Chimay Arrives on the Amerika! § Rigo Janect, the Hungarian gypsy fiddler, who obtained worid-wide no- torlety ten years ago by eloping with the Princess de Chimay, formerly Clara Ward, daughter of a millionaire Michi- gan lumberman, arrivea in this clty to- day on the German Mner Amerika, He haa not been in this country since 1888, when he created a sensation on wu Casino roof garden by his wild gypsy music, earning whe title of “The De- moniac Fiddler." Since his sensational episode with the Princess de Chimay Higo has always been reluctant to visit this country, fearing when his sensational elopement was still of fresh memory some sort of a demonstration such as he experi- enced when he and the young woman he had won from a prince and a castle were hooted out of Paris, Charles Bornhuupt lad been at bin several years to undertake a tour Uirowgh the States, und at last pre- led upon him to sign a contract for an extended appearance in various vau- deville nouses, maklug his bow at the Colonial Theatre neat Monday eveniag. Since the impressiimuble Princess de- serted Rigo for a boggagesmasher he 1s said to have wound the wiles of ‘is fageinations about the heart of another prominent American woman, ‘There may be the fine Itallan hand of the press agent in this reluctant though widely distributed interview with Manuger’ Bornhaupt: “It is none of my affair,” he said, referring to the fiddler’s second starting romance, “and I do not wish vo discugs 4t at length. At any rate, not until 1 have Rigo's permission. I know the lady—yes. Her family is as well known in New York as wag the Princess Chi- may's in Detroit. All the more reason why I should remain silent “At least I should not talk until I am assured that a marriage is to result from the preent friendship, which I must admit is very strong. I am sure yhad not this romantic objective been prought to bear upon Rigo I could not have induced him to leave Burope, where he is so popular, I do not know ot a more tavgred fellow. ‘The women come up to him in the safes in Paris and beg the honor of a kles, He will be the sensation of Broadway unless I am very greatly mistaken,” When Rigo stepped off the steamer ho appeared to be in the mMeheet spirits, and when approacl photographers his humor seemed to Increase. Prompted by his manager he submitted to the cameras. huegin: his beloved fiddle, gor which he pald 25,00) franes ($5,000), It is a genuine Guarnerius, he declares, and no ship steward or porter was permitted to handle tt, He waved aside all reference to Prin- cess Chimay. “T never see her. I do not know where she 4s,” he said, “No, I am not mar- ried again, and I have no intention to marry once more, This 1s my wife, added, tapping ‘his instrument. violin, my faithful old violin, violinist now—simply that. “My play- ing? Is it as good? Ha! ‘It Is botter, much better than ever, Ah, you heard me in Pacts? Well, T play ‘better than that. I am happy ‘to be hack again Playing, to the public, Yes, Iam very happy."* Hs looks corroborated his words and hia dark face gleamed with satisfaction. He has lost flesh since those days upon the Nile when he and his Princess lved in splendor in Cairo and gave deligh'- ful parties to the pyramids. He Is alert and businesslike and ‘eagor to begin his conquest of American hearts ng the party which came ashore with him was a pretty German woman ‘whom the ylolinist sald was a member of ® family who had come across with m. CREW OF WRECKED STEAMER DAVID SAVED. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Feb. 20.—The American steamer David has been wreeked on San Andrew's Island, off the Nicaraguan coast. The crew were saved, but the cargo was lost, The David, Capt. Sowell, left Balti- more Jan. % for Port Limon, Costa Rica, "She was built at Dumbarton, Scotland, in 1873, was 246.5 feet long had 29.8 feet beam, was 174 feet dev; and Was of 1,397 tons. She was origin Lally known as the Atlas, and st ‘| aa the Iam a GYPSY ‘RIGO AND PRINCESS CHIMAY, WHO DESERTED HIM SEND “D!DDY" HOME TOBLUE-FYEDIRENE Charles Camm Is Missing and His Little Daughter Can- not Be Comforted. “If you know where ‘Daddy’ ts won't you please tell a blue-eyed Ittle girl who Is crying herself sick because her fatner doesn't play with her and ‘ride a stick horse to Banbury cross’ any- more. Her name Is Irene Camm. On Feb. 7, her father, Charley Camm, after Kissing her good-by, and after a romp wit her small brother Alfred, walked vat of tie hovse and hag ot been ut 2 since. There is anocher little Camm who is Wondering in ais baby way where “dady" is, but he Is onky thre monias old and be is too young to ery and talc about it like Irene and Alfred. Pretty Mrs, Canun, a young woman with blue and ©lond hair ty distracted. y husband Was the best man tn the World and he was devoted to his children,” she said to-day, “He never sald un unkind thing to me and he al- ways came home the minute his work Was over. I am afraid something dreadtul has happened to him, and 1 do wish The Evening World would help me fad him, “Irene and Alfred cry all the time. They can't understand what has’ be- conie of daddy, and [ can't explain to them, Irene ‘has made herselt sick dnd ‘cannot be contirmed. Thea the thought that he is helpless somewhere ves me frantic.” ore Camm home 18 at No. 207 Frank- lin street, Greenpoint. The missing man was 'a dock builder and kept hi litde family in comfort and happiness. | His young Wife te certain foul play ie the cause of, his disappearance or else he 1s in some hospital and cannok communicate With Mer as. rown eyes, dark lo) He has y plong hair tanned complexion. S24. Snihis nose, fe is 6 feet 8 Inches fall and weighs 180 pounds. When he disappeared he wore a dark mixed sult and a dark gray overcout and derby haut. Mo If any one knows where Charley Camm 1s let them tell Iittle Irene at ance. ee ASTOR LEAVES D.,L. & W. BOARD | William Waldorf Astor to-day retired from the Board of Directors of the Dela wire, Lackawanna and Western Ralls! poad Company. Henry Graves was elect-| ed to the vacancy in the Board at the! stockholders’ anniial meeting to-day, | ‘All the other retiring directors were | AMERICAN LOSES DIVORCE “WW ENGL — Mrs. Gerard P. Fitzgerald Should Have Sued in Ireland, Court Rules. LONDON, Feb. 2%.—The application for the divorce of Mrs, Fitzgerald from Gerald Purcell Fitzgerald, formerly & ranch owner in the neighborhood of Lae Angeles, Cal., and a large landowner ip ireland, has failed, as tae Divorce Court wuaay ruled tat air, e ic vb domiciled in Ireland, and that therefore che Anglish Court had no Jurisdiccion. Mri zgeraid, who is a daughter of John Nicholls, of Uniontown, Pa,, teas tifled that she met her husband during a train Journey from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1805, Shortly after shy mitre ried Mr, Fitzgerald, who, she sald, ale ways claimed to bean Englishman, Mr. Fitzgerald is a desc daui of Ede ward Fitzgerald, the translator of. the “Quatrains” of ‘Omir Khatyag. couple have ben separated fot some time. 250-LB. SPRINTER GETS A KIDNAPPER Once in Motion Liberti Could Not Stop, and Lecci Had No Chance. 3 Larry Lébert! is a 250-pound hero, He pursued a kidnapping father.2 mile through the tangled streets of Brooklym tonlay, running down whe fleet-footed: fugitive, leaping upon him and flattens ing liim upon the pavement. Many of those who watchéd Libert! sprint doclare that after he had once, started he was unable to halt because of his tremendous momentum. He waa standing in front of tis grocery storey at Smith and Luquer street, when he eaw a dark-visaged man snatch up ® Uttle girl and lift his heels in Mien “Sapristi!"’ shouted the grocer. “Car ramba! Damn! I wil catch." Then, holding his stomach with one hand an@ making overhand strokes wits the other he set his 250 pounds in motion, He started off in a tremendous burst of speed and maintained it throughout the chase. Often {t was noticed: that he struggled ag if to check his terrifle career, but could not back up against his own weight. Sweat poured down his face and hin eyes popped with the heroic exertion, but on he flew, Crowds of men, boys and dogs followed at his racketing heete, but none was quite so fleet as the cor- pulent sprinter. Turning corners off his proper axle. leaping from curb to curb In tremen- ‘Gous jumps, he slowly bore down upo'\ the fugitive, who was somewhat hand! capped by the burden in his arms, Man: of the pursuers who joined in the vhas ; were so overcome at the appearance ¢ the puffing grocer that they sut dow: suddenly in the street and wept for Jor At last the happy flying throng worke+ into Fulton street and swept like’ th» breath of a cyclone through the Jam 1. the shopping district, At Smith an ‘ Fulton steeets Liberti made three pre digious leaps, caught the kidnapper b the neck threw him down and sat upo.. him. Later Detectives Brady and McClusky carried the prisoner )to the Adams Strec: Court,where he sald he was Louis Lece twenty-four years old, of No. 125 Map!» street, Meriden, Conn.’ He declared tha a year agoghis wife had deserted him eloping to Brooklyn with Joseph Alinc She had taken her child with her, Hy wanted the little girl himself and be en fit to kidnap her. The comt re Seen ote child. to tts mother, however, and Lecel was dissharged. PUNCHED WILLIS SWEATNAM. , Stage Hand Had to Pay in Cour: for Sluguing the Actor. (Special to The Evening World.) NEWPORT NPWS, Vi! Feb, 9.— Willis P. Sweatnam, who plays Sassa- fras Livingstone In ‘The County Chatr- "was assaulted here last night by mivage hand, Who Was stresied ang fined. SRN. Ft $15. Voile Skirts § Taffeta Silk Drops Genuine Skirt Sensation. SALE AT BO ‘coe ge Wednesday’s Bargain Bedell’s, Skirt Rooms have be- come justly celebrated for their wonderful values, but this sen- sational offering has never been equalled here or anywhere else. Dressy New French Models Three Spring designs showing tn newest ideas in pleits and panels High grede French Voile, with drops of quality Taffeta Silk. Same self trimmed—others trimmed with Taffeta bands znd folds. Genuine $15 skirts, Wednesday's Sale, $8.98 Alterations FREE TH STORES 4608462 i FULTON STREET 5 S : , g | E f al