The evening world. Newspaper, March 15, 1906, Page 1

ined both bodies before newspaper re- aE “ Circulation Books Open to All.”? Ae “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ __PRICE ‘ON E CEN’ NEW YORK, ' URSDAY, MARCH 15, 1906. PRICE ONE ONE CENT, _ PARKHURST PLOT I ROGERS HELD IN KILLS THE RIVAL OF AND THEN HIMSELF ‘ —-— ++ Mrs. Nosser, Locked in Room at Fash- ionable Pierrep PRETTY HIS WIFE ont, Hears Shots That End Lives of Husband and Mrs. Young. A. Louis Nosser, forty years old, a noted Tenderloin figure, blew out the brains of Estelle Young, a handsome young woman, and th-n killed him- himself with a bullet through the head from the same revolver in bis rooms, on the ninth floor of the fashionable Pierrepont apartments in West Thirty- Second street, to-day. The man’s wife, Ic-ked In 2 bathroom a few yards away from the scene of the murder and suicide, heard the shots. THREE HAD A QUARREL. Estelle Young came to the Pierrepont yesterday, and there was a quarrel betwe:n the man, his wife and the woman. According to Mrs. Jda Morrison, sister of the slain woman, Mrs. Young received a letter yesterday afternoon from Mrs, Nosser, and this letter led to the fatal visit. Mrs, Nosser was begging Mra, Young) to give up Nosser. Mrs, Mprrison says her sister became | enraged at this letter and hurrled off to} the Nosser apartment, Rareataning ae ale went to horsewhip both hu! and wife. A row followed and Nosser drank Inudanum, but not enough to kill him. Both women, him through was another qu rangely enough, nursed night, ‘o-day there rrel. The wife, swear- inz to leave, {nto a bathroom, Nosser locked her in, ran back to the bedroom, wiere Mrs. Young still lay an bed, shot her witn a revolver and then turned the gun upon himself, Mrs. Nosser had begun beating upo the bathroom door the moment she heard’ her husband click the lock oa ther, ‘Then the two reports banged, ‘with muffled roars. in the front bed- | room of the sulte, Escapes Into Hall. There were two doo in the bath- room. One door—the one Nosser had Jocked—opened into the suite and the other into a hallw. Suddenly Mrs. | Nosser thought of hall door, She | hall screaming and pound- | fisty upon tre locked outer | por of the bedroom, where the double | tragedy had occurred. Bertha Murphy, a chambermaid, heard! her screams. The Murphy girl came| running down the hall and opened the door with a pass key. Mrs. Young lay on the bea with a ghastly wound tn her head. Alongside tue bed Nosser had dropped with +88 calibre revolver still gripped in his giiffening fugers, Both of them were) Murphy took one look and ran, downstairs to the office, sobbing hys-| terically, Mr. Jenkins, manager of the Pierrepont, was down Broadway three Dlocks. at the Gilsey House, which -he alto manages. The moment he got the news over the telephone Mr. Jenkii notified the Coroner's office, but forgot to call up Police Headquarters. Dr, ‘Weston, Coroner's physician, had been = ANDY HAMILTON “ASKS CHANCE TO ‘BRAND TRAITORS’ : Creates Sensation by Ap- pearing at Insurance Hearing in Albany, (Sprcial to The Evening World.) ALBANY, March 15.Judge Andrew | Hamikton appeared in the Assembly Chamber this afternoon and demanded a hearing by the Armstrong Commit- jtee. He was not recognized by any | Person in the room except the corre- Sponient of The Evening World, “I want you t otake a card to Senator Armstrong," ‘he sald, “because I have something to say about myself, which { think the committee should hear." ‘The Evening World man took the card of the Judge to Senator Armstrong, the latter referred {t to ox-L Woodruff, who is managinggthe hear- ings, Mr, Woodruft coon lied The Evening World correspondent and was introduced to Judge Hamitton. The latter said: “I want to heard here and I want to follow this man who te talking now. I don’t want to aj pear for the life insurance compante: but I want to say something about my- at the Plorrepont some time and exam-/self and of a pergonal character. 1 don't want the life insurance companies porters toll the polide there had been} to arrange any hearing for me. I want ® murder and suicide in the big apart- Tent house. Was Race Track Owner, Louls Nosser and his wife, a hand- somely dressed couple, came to the (Continued on Second Page.) ae BLAZE IN WILLIAMSBURG. Bhree Alarms Sounded for Fire in finished Nuilding. Three alarms were sounded In Will- Jameburg to-day when a fire destroyed the two upper floors of a six-story fint-building "at No, 165-187 McKibben treet The, Dullding was tn cdurse of con. the builders probably started tie bidze accidentally. Owing to the fact that the engines were late on uc- of snow dn the hydrants were the fire gained considerable ‘The damage dig» was about —~. - Willlam B, Densmore Dead, POUGHKBPEPSI®, N, Y., MARCH 15, . —Willlam B. Densmore, bf New York and Staateburg, son of the founder of the Adams eas Company, died po okie Silica FOR & etalon fabes Famu thing to tell, jo And the police said that fire| nervous, ’ Mr. to be heard mysel The man talking was J, H. McIntosh, of the New York Life. To Show Up Traltors. “I made up my mind to come here an hour ago, Some people thought I would not. It is not my purpose to tell any- thing on my friends, even if I had any- but that will not stop me | Bisckburn, 101, from giving the committee some infor- | 8a mation about the trustees of the New York Life, and I intend to do so. I think it about time some of these traitors were shown up.” Judge Hamilton was quite excited and When Mr. Woodruff came back he id; ‘Judge, Senator Armstrong says you oan be heard after Mr, Molntosh, | Vao Untermeyer was to have talked, | Arabo, but you can be secommodated. Curd said Judge Hamilton dryly, A FAKE: $50,0 ESTELLE YCUNG, KILLED BY SUICIDE NOSSER. (Photographed by E. F, Foley, New York.) 7 | the surface car rigits-of-way so that AT FIR GROUKDS Evenly Balanced Card Kept), Friends of ars Bettors Busy Search for Winners. in Their FAIR GROUNDS, NEW ORLEANS, March 15—The entries to-day in every event were selling-platera, so that the When Mr. Woodruff went to consult | flelds were well balanced and kept the Senator Armstrong, Judge Hamilton sala galent busy in their search for win- toa The EYOREwE NY RNG: thse rourth) event onthe een). tear furnisived the one even conte: and good prices were quoted, FIRST RACE—Four furtongs; Starters, weights and Jockeys, leah 2. Marein, x ‘Won by Baleshed; Blackburn was seoond, and Salvisa third. Time—0.61. SBCOND RACE—Selling six furlongs. Starters, nay und Jockey pecond end Arabo third, “Thanks, I “But Idon't want the insurance IRD RACH—Belling; one mite and sev- yards, companies to have an; the matter. I want to talk for ymuelf." By this time, a number of persone in| Kare | the room caine to shake hands with | [anyon. (105, tte Judge, among them was John C, Bie COURSE OGY I AtRPUADUTE. 1-28. | se caul of the ‘New. York Lite, He took a soot Lu Pirie arias seed Mak sat. he ~The at to do wita|enty FIFLOS LACK CLASS LURED BY DECOY LETTER TO J. P. MORGAN'S OFFICE |iams, who was arrested yesterday | the entrance to the office of J. Pierpont | ga’ West Teenevitthy os Morgan & Co., to-day held an indig E months, tion meeting at her boarding-house, “4 West Twenty-fifth sire duced Judge Sylvester 8. 1. ag anybody |went to se¢ him frequently. diate steps to see that the relutlve Baron Suffolk, of England, was not | Plerpont. Isn't Jack his Mi they expressed it, terday. She received a letter firm yesterday morning in response (| 11 which she started downtown, “Why, all my troubles are over said before departing, “1 have just hud | fue decorum, ened out only to tall into the trap set | now In Rellevu is something mysterious about’ Bishop Potter," he sald. ? fpald Judge Waylor to-day, | Panob, Pott celved sums of 3600 and $700 at a time. one else.” She certainly cnust have hud some clam) “Ri vn, Mr. Morgan to do that.’ oMrs.,, Wiliams lived iere for six Wall street ths," continued Judge Taylor. | guise his feelin During al thse time she five no in-| pro t of his Paving to ‘als dieation that hat abe was either of unsound a the manner that mind or even eccentric, She conducted ff as any refined and cultured did Mr. Morgan give instruc. at to his ug atcorneye to nee that Mr, £08 & poor ‘women who bees Willams hi 5 him. sae as leis from ‘a swore horse swear-words. Only the Ella Barbara Will-, "Mrs. Williumis Is not insune," ae eM J. Glasses, manager of oure hotel, at Nos. 42-4: et. 1 promptly, received letters with crests on them every day and acted as sane “BI speak of Mr. Morea?’ Deputy Attorney-General, to take imme- | he ea, Whe new: him well {tain while in open, wind-blown places of! spoke of Jaok Morgan meaning if | vehicle travel was almost suspended. Ns ; railroaded to an insane asylum,” as| gypes qyanecsne house hotel poountes, the Hoffman House, They are furnish- It developed to-day that Mrs. Williams oa panaacra ly Art there nace al " Baas Lex y bout the was decoyed to the banking house y te | OA tore jeeaiatout the: piece. from the | wintame ‘ived at the Fifth: Svanus ‘The hotel manager sata to-day | ihat she was a guest there three years. e | She always paid her bill promptly. lived quletly and conducted herself with per a letter from Mr, Morgan's office urging | “Mr, Wilmer, of Wilmer & Canfield, ine to come down Lo-day:."" No, 4 Wall street, who met Mrs, Wil- phe started Oi veaeving her entangled | liams througa Bishop Potter, to-day told nancial atairs wete at ius sualght-|of his acquaintance with ‘the woman for, hi “1 don’t know how Mrs, Williams met People Ko to the Bishop Tain going to get at tio bottom | with thelr troubles and he ends thorn Mrs, Williams is ag sane as any-|(o me. Tan. a sort of preacher-lawyer, She may have gotten a little tit! more a preacher than a lawyer, I guess, exsited, but this proceeding is an out-| “Well, Mrs. Williams came to'me some months’ ago and T tried to do what I he sald Mr. Morgan was a trustee | could for her. She had some property of oer estate and held a mortgage on] or other In Baltimore. or near |some of ber property, Now, we kKnow| Her attorneys In Baltimore are Sem- 5 has gone to his office and re-|mes & Steel. They know more about hee Wate Hou led him onaldera- CITY IN GRIP OF WORST STORM OFTHE SEASON | Predicted Snow Will Con- tinue and Seriously Hamper Traffic. A TASTE OF WINTER Imitation in Week of the Anni- versary of Great Bliz- _ zard of 1888, With the wind rising, the mercury steadily sltding toward the bottom of the bulb and the blinding snow getting 48 thick as bonny clabber, the belated winter gaie which began before day- Nght promised late this afternoon to turn Into a very creditable counterfelt of the famous blizeard of Maro, 1888, Tentative hope of relief from the Weather conditions had been held out early to-day, but the appronch of even- ing finds the storm increasing in scope and severity. Already trafile is begin- ning to tle up. No efforts have been made to clear any streets, for the snow would blow in faster than the scoop- shoveis of the diggers could «ove it. To-morrow 1s likely to bring a slatetui ol stories of snowbound” trains and housebound commuters. An tierease in ie suffering {¥ inevitable in view of e falling temperature and the deepen- ing drifts, It was about 8 o'clock this morning| when a young ang lusty nor'easter| top line of Manhattan Island and bored | © ajit tm the bulging big feather-bed| clouds in the sky, so that through the| gap began dribbling and then pouring and then cascading the great store ot! down that Old Mother Goose has been} plucking from her heavenly flock since| away back in December. went milling around in aircles like over-| grown mallards. The small-fry shipping fingerling tugs and towboat minnows) “wisely hugged the shores, Although there was a good deal of drifting railroad trains arrived at Jor- sey City and Long Island City, and at the Grand Central with tolerable reg- ularity. Elevated trains managed to preserve eshedules, although some of the cara suffered from cold feet be. cause of contact with Ice-coated rails. Cyclonic sweepers ran up and down the trolleys have done sidering, Truck horses slipped and sHd and ry well con- subway, smiling in {ts underground sleeve, and giving off oily smells, was perfectly happy. At 9 o'clock this morning the ther- mometer registered 2. By noon It had dropped to 2 und from that ume on tie alr grew steadily colder, At no| time to-day was there any rift in the| swirling, bewildering curtains of snow that descended on the town. The wind, losing none of its strength aa it grew colder, carried the snow along in dense blankets, forming a drift one moment and levelling it the next. As the uf- terhoon wore away trolley cars moved slower and slower, despite the constant use of sweepers, Service on the Ele- vated lines also became more uncer- Observer Emery, wiping the flakes out of his eyebrows, ailowed at noon that the snow would probably keep up until nigat—there ts 0 much of last winter's snow that hasn't snowed yet, you see—and thene would be delays for the Long Island commuter and the Jer sey suburber going home from buni- ness this evening. Mr, Emery feels a pride in having scooped Uncle Sam on the storm. Hours wood fashion here ln New York he re- gelved tala weuther special by ulletin Lon: Al te and South New Eng! land coasts this after noon wad to-niy ‘Phomas Flyni, gixty-five years oid, up to four months ago employed as cleaner of the grounds was found 4 Sharpened itself to a keen edge on the sis) By On the river the shovel-nosed, two-| | tailed ferry-boats got confused and} esponsibility. Lawrence Rogers, Union through the winter, ths: sum fos 350, 1000. SIME OLD CARD AT CITY PARK TRACK CITY PARK, NEW ORLPANS, Maroh 15.—The same old card was dished up to the tent here this after- mn. Its one redeeming feature was that tho flelds were large and evenly balanced, bur class was a stranger in every event. Of ‘the seven events on the card the third, a handicap, was the best hettine medium of the afternoon's sport. FIRST RACE—Three and a half furlongs; nolling ; Letting. Str. Pl ry D.. 108, Lady Mala, Steter Pomey, 98, W. Melityre. Won by Tom Dolan; Vendido was second ant Hoa Brummel third SECOND RACE—elling; one and one halt inticn Starters, welghts and Jockeys, Bradley'a’ Pet. 10 Mointyre Little Blicin, 4 toi Hell 12, Wale Hymettus, 107. J. Dazzle, 103, Toot Piller,’ 108," Dea! Nme—2.44 45, Won by Bradley Little Bikin waa eecond and Gold Bell third. THIRD RACE—Handicup; six furlongs. Betti 108, Time—1,1% a-5, Won by Rick and Nutwood whit Daring was second QNFESSES THAT STORY OF PLAN TO KILL WAS FALSE +2 —— Who Revealed Al- leged Plot of the Police, Repudiates the Entire Yarn and Is Ar- rested on Perjury Charge. Lawrence Rogers, who “confessed” to Secretary Kelly, of the Cftizens’ Union, away last fall that he had been promised $500 to kill Dr. Parkhurst, repudiated the confession this afternoon, and is now a prisoner. He said he trumped:up the story so that hia might keep his job with the Citizen’s When reminded that he had made affidavit to the truth of his state- ments Rogers sald that he didn’t care whether he went to jail or not. As it happened hia did go to jail, for in the midst of his examination in court this afternoon he was arrested for perjury and held to;the Grand Jury-in ‘His astonishing repudiation was made to @ reporter for The Evening World in the Criminal Courts Butlding this ad- ternoon, Rogers was there in answer to a subpoena commanding him to appear before -Magistrate Wahle in John Doe proceedings-and testify to the alleged facts he had tconporated in hig afdavit. The Same Old “Larry.” As soon as Rogers showed his face he was recognized by the reporters as “Larry Rogers, once a keeper in Jef- ferson Market prison, later an elevator man at Police Headquarters and at times a private detective in the emplny of the late Charles Heidelberg. Those who knew him never considered him @ man such as would be picked out to accomplish an assassination, “How about !t Larry?" asked The Evening World reporter. . “Ah, L was only stringing them," re- pled Rogers, “I strung them all good. I've held my job with the Citizens’ Union all winter and copped out some- thing for expenses besides.” The humorous Mr. Rogers laughed gleefully. He seemed to consider an accusation against two policemen— Sergeant Shiels and Patrolman Phelan— of 4 conspiracy to kill Dr. Parkhurst @ good joke Wanted to Save His Job. “You see,’ explained Roger I was doing some detective work for the Citl- zens’ Union before election. After the election I saw that they wouldn’t have any mo! ise for me, so I framed up this assassination yarn and spun it te Secretary Robert J. Kelly. “Did he bite? Say, he fell all over himself. He wanted to save hin nice Job, too, and not be sent over to Brook- FOURTH RACE—Ezra (& to 1) 1, Zinda (even for place) 2, Ann HUI 8, lyn to look after a branch over there, Well, I've strung ‘em along—the whole JUDGE ine i> A conb'y Sor Hee his evening said: “They are curs. ing fn front of a coal yard at No. 43 ‘Twenty -sixth re ae bel meat |i xposure and luck of nourisy ‘one first fest, g of the storm zo aio | waa on the ya Bridge curios Tce-copted A third rails conection, causing « fess ‘of power and consequerie ty Pe: Dig Dan’ wane Cre ber! of the Broadway squad and piloted en the Cedar street croatia: every eee Hoes Now a man—weill, @ man can be He dled without gloves," sald MoDermott, “but please don't ask me to manhaad); & Woman. You, can't do anythi hen. sh i ope Peres the ema platter ai was later sees tha thin call, wore "rhe. now Sous Fa ‘ANDY’ ATTACKS N.Y. LIFE ~RUSTEES A 3ANY, March 15,.—Andy” Hamilton when he appeared at the hearing on insurance “It is your cuty to remove the trustees of the New York and hours after he had we anow going Life on Nov. 15 or before. “There was never a thing done in the New York Life in my the ine abcut which the officers of that company did net know, “Year after year there was no objection by these officers © my expanditures without filing vouchers. Theirs was the If they did not examine my account then they "eceived ne. What is called the asscu upon by the Auditing Committee. The Steel Trust d'vi- Paris ‘t was actualy souls Wel'e paid to J. P. Morgan & Co. to take up notes, which ' j4yee, ida c scounted. | have no excuse to offer for my tran- -tors. They may talk about the yellow dog. There is a dog bio us kes the curs woo knew of these transsactions ana on them are thz curs that | have come to talk about’ LATE RESULTS AT FAIR GROUNDS. uxtemas 4-1, Polly Prim out place, Shipwreck. AT CITY. PARK,