The evening world. Newspaper, February 20, 1907, Page 1

| ars ——apeiiness Shand tha | tn Reardon Jwan too much for his composure. a meee coernceesed secesbessessesceescees oats DO YOU RIDE ON THE NEW YORK CENTRAL ELECTRIC CARS? READ THIS TESTIMONY OF MOTORMAN OF WRECKED TRAIN. “You put on the. brakes and then resorted to th that something was I_did_ my best-to stop the trainin the shortest pos sible dis- ii ran 3 Mors than 50,000 people daily use the New York Cortrai's sud-| | “What were your instructions regarding speed at curves “Last Tuesday.” urban service. Read every line of the following testimony given under oath b | “T never had any.”” —s-Edward-R-Rodeers, moterman-in-charge of the train that was 47 sckad] “Were you-ever instructed-as-to. $ ol on the Harlem Division of the New York Central 1 aturday night| ‘ tecke. ® atacost-of twenty-two lives, at <he inquest before’ Coroner “Whan did you first have any experience with one of the new: elec- ssistant District-Attorney Smyth. wvan: | i “Thathde not know.” No ; nothing was ever said to,me about.that part of t “How quickly could you stop y ‘the power of the our train in an eme WEATHER Snow to-night: Thuredny fair, colder, HOME EDITION 16 PAGES: PRICE ONE CENT. NEW. ‘YORK, New Mato; “Did you ever receive any instructions or practice on that point? that was left for me to find out.” IDL DRO t ODOR Oe by TABLE RGA PHHHLOBIC HE jalso w | | hen fut “tdor you found alittle. i think {not that long run You Were going + DODADOL LLL DDOLDLDDIDDOODD 5 ong with the tr in “s Girealation Books ‘ oan to AML? WEDNESDAY, EBRUARY “20, 1907. DWOER WINE Startling Testimony Given at Inquest To-Day by Elizabeth Divine, Who Says Her Suspicions Were Aroused Against Mrs, Lottie ‘Wallau. Witness specter She ——¢ian__and_Mrs.._Wallau. About ONE NURSE WAS ILL- AFTER eer DRINKING: THE CHAMPAGNE): Told the the Matter. and Refused to Stay In the House. To a breathless audience that mae cages her every a Elizabeth Devine, a pale trained nurse with cold blue eyes; to-day told-in-a-man- per that gained dramatic effect by {ts-simplicity the reason why she be) Jieves Mrs. ‘Lottie Wallau poisoned her mother, Mrs. Ida Binge. The oc- casion was-the inquest into the.cause of Mrs, Binges death_and. the place; swac Coroner Peter Acritelli's court-room in the Criminal Courts Building. iiss Devine was a a sott, WEEE avelce: AS s she e gave | her ace se once did Mrs. ae fick ‘Once she. moved = chair closer to. 8 might better From the testimony of Miss Devine ‘Assistant “District-Attorney Corrigan patabdlished that one of the nurses be- aes very ML agfter-drinking champagne intended for Mrs. Binge, that an analy- nis of the wine, made walle Miss De- wile Wash WUTee th the Wallan tome ghowed that It contained meroury, ‘and that Mrs, Wallau.openec the wine her- eal Ons bottle contained powdery: pidstance Gisvolving —in~ the bottom. <—.| ‘On _cross-examination Misa Devine “paid that Mry, Binge and Mra, Wallow Pyare rmusually fond of age other, Mrs Binge, duriig the thst’ two Weeks oF her-INnesa, ance begged the nurse to oat cury for her: tion him, Dr. Schultz, the Coroner's physician, furntahed the. first sation in the ease, the body of Mrs, Bingo ca -Féb. 6 a few hours after her death. In answer {0.0 question by. Agéletant=Distriepcate! torney Corrigan he sald the autopsy ri vealed signs Indicating # death had been caused by ‘mercurtal polspning. Croas-axamined....by! Mr... Stanohfield. Dr, Schultz wdmttted) that" Mré. “Binge jwas ina very bad way physically; sut= fering from half a dozen or more dis- Rol hale “« Dr. Hamilton W: illiama, who was a880- ciated with. the prosecution in the Moll. Ys The defense did not ques- give her something {hat would putter ‘out of her misery. Up to a short thne Mofore her death..Mra, Binge was able to get out of bed and go t the bath- room, where there was a bottle of bi- oilorida of mercury tablets. Over Bridge of Sighs, Mrs. Wallau was called from her cell the Tombs by County Detective shortly before 10.30 o'clock. Sho was told that If she did not care towalk across the Bridge of Sigtix she mould be taken to the court-house through the streeGi, Fearful*of being photographed on. the street, Mra. Wallau elected t6 walle across the sin- ister passageway over Franklin® street, directly in’ the wake of Harry Thaw on hls way to his trial for murder, Clad-entirely in plack, with a heavy yell concealing her features, Mrs, Wal: dau entered the court-room from. the) the court-house..basé- 1 BDA. Reed of firm \, ment with momedtarily a crowd, and then proceeded to a seat alongside Mr, Lauterbach, who spoke encouragingly to her, ‘Mr, Wallnu hastened from tis seat, lifted his wife's vell and kissed her, He Was followed by his son, Mrs, Wal- Jau placed her hands on the young man's {ace and murmured "My darling boy as h€ bent to caress her. ‘This He proke down and dld not recover, himsell entirely throughout the hearing. Louls Moquin, the restaurant proprie- tor. (was chosen foreman of the jury, Dr. Ghick on the Stand, Dr, Samuel Gluck was the firat wit? cay called, He was simply asked con- rerning Nia, seryivas wa phystelan to x Bini. He wala, che PavASDeA: neux-and: Patrick cases, testifying as an expert in poleons, entered the court- able | rsom_while—Dr.Behullewas-teatitythg, Ho took a seat wongside the Coroner. District-Attorney. “Jerome ‘has retained him as an expert in the case against | Mrs, Wallau, Dr. Schultz paid he told the Diatrict- Attorney that the condition of the -body ‘*as consistent with mercurial polson- “Biiminating the tracea of mercurial wolsoning what would you call the! cauny of death?’ This question waa objected to and the objectioi fn death. Thea Dr, the comiuion of the bod. with death from disease, ih the affirmative. Gerred by Flashlight. At the conclusion of the teathm 14 Dr, Schultz a ‘photggraphor atationed ata window autrite the courteroom set off a fMasblight that sounded ilke a powder “explosion and filled’ the room with blinding glare. ‘Those. sitting wi nststen He anawere: near the door ma & rush fa wesegeee jumped: “Then” there. wea lau Mri, Wallau joined, he vag atecied ‘by tz had been A featuroa, \— i Ureo, was then ay very tall and ung Ww onaie Her gown was of matertal, alm: ply fashignod. Bhe wore a. brown and a brown vell. at Miss Devine sald sho was summfoned to tho Wallau home at No, 63 West Bightleth ‘treet to attend Mrs, Binge lin December, She remained in the house looklng after her patient unth dan, 21-5 @ period Of fie weeks and Tes days. Qu What was) Mrs. Hinge's al 4. siho.tiad & wound t0 the. rp | $20 o'clock last night. They had to go He_performed the autopay upon! Ing. Mr. Btanchflelsi put thia question: |. | prom-the'inelde-with a -plak-rnd-a-heavy | aril, | In the narrow chamber of sixt-on fect | alameter he gathered his wor \(o'ted hico madmen for seve | gon to sink to the ground a TT N TUNEL AIRLOCK ~FOR NINE HOURS| Imprisoned. . Far under ground Under Great Atmospheric Pressure. CHAMBER DOOR FIGHT. | Perishing Captives - Have:.to Endure Fearful Agony While Reserves Approach. Thirteen men were taken out on! stretchirs at o'clock to-day from. a big eeventy-foot caleson sunk in the excavation for the new terminal of the| MeAdoo Tunnel at Cortlandt and Church streets; iran omar A atmosphere. When the tirkt worker wag pelled out it was seen that ho atid ‘death from the Sands, and it is ‘more than’ Nkely that cnany of thenr will die. The crew of underground workers In charge of Foreman Mulligan, of O'Rourke Construction Company wete lowerpd Info the mammoth calsson at} “down toa~seventy-foot jlerel— -ag--the caleson had not yet reached rock, | where a foundation could bé tld. Tube Just Large fnough-for-a Man: One —by- ons ther were letdown {through an tron pipe about large enough to admit the passage of a single brond-ahouldered man. This pipe ied-tnto the ttle alr-lock fat the bottom of the caldson, where the men had to be treated gradually to an Lalr pressure of twenty-five pounds be- ntering the chamber where they threa ambon jyelt hour. shift —t ‘At-midnight Foreman Mulligan looked at hia watch and saw that-tt-was time a gghA US Ma men-and-allow the tater nift to come down. He had no idea at this moment that some pressure from aboye ot shift in the position of | the calsson had jammed” the ~oxly mengre-entrance of thelr prison. ~ Mult, tried the doory but Tt was fast beyond budging, buckled into the circular sts) walls of the caisson. Ho tried It with a heavy hammer andy oiiael, but his efforts were futile. Then ho, decided to walt for the reliet shift, belleving that the door to the: airlock | could -readliy- $e opened fromthe cop: poalta aide. The men. went on working, oblivious of thelr peril until the pound- ing of 2 hammer-came to-their-sars. Work of Sra Has to Be’ siow. “Phe hammering: ming 908 tLshe- ved, but the aarti wel: ibioed ” aiid heavily riveted-door didnot yield _an inch: Becauseof—the~construction of the airlock and the upper aperture of the “catsson-only=one“ean= could work fram the outside at a time. Before he could do anything. he “bad to "be breathed.” It was impoasible for moro than the power of one workman's arm to bo used at @ timo, and the process as excruciatingly slow, Foreman Mullizan attacked the door but he might as well have om- ployed!a toothpick, 'e sought to call ut Instruction# to the lone man {n the {relock, but his volee died’tn bis throat, cera “to- zen tO. They gether end formed them in we drive) their crills against the do. unttl their strength falled- and welght of exhaustion and threy preg: sures of atmoiphére, Of cqurse, thera was alt in plenty, but of a progsuro that crushed them as with tho welght of a mountain. Victims Begin to Bleed, ‘This upper Jock is In a compartment that 1» used as an’ emergency hospital, and a staff of surgeons was on hand to are for the men av soon ag they came up in the bucket. Once they got oui of the twenty-flye-pound pressure {n the buckets they began to bleed at the nose, mouth and ears, pufferiig tortura: throughout the hody. Gevéral of (ht workers Were) sa badly affected thie. |, ood u 2| Blood. apow tholt bait as tt were to drill and aig tor the akienenkll a day a: Kelsey from office. reviewed pointed out hin utter failure to carry recommended tn the re- | Armstrong cammittes, the Governor sald out the reforms port of the message, conception of hia duties, evidence that: he’ endeay- order to put the department on a. proper t basis. satisfactory department, want of ne people of it WN NESAIT. KELSEY 1S UNFIT, REMOVE HIM, SAYS Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in Court : To-Day Assuilcd by Jerome HUGHES T0 SENATE (Spectal to The ALBANY, Feb. ed the Superintendent 20.—Gov. of Kelsey's official leey, “evidently had “have been compelled. force and rs cae aly Hughes to- |admi Senate to rémove Otto! Eyening World.) Insurance, record The excuse, The Governor made the re- queat In a special message, in which he and In hia no, adequato Initiative already: silaplayed mako It unsafe to accept ns- aurances for the future, that hé now makes serve only to place {n-a more prominent 1 geption of his gt Hin” miscon: iigations ahd of hat | and th State have a right to | Arst ao 4 By iYork, a jwas a There is no # that. ¢ purged. of with regret Vous for s to reach the conclusion that Mr, Kelsey |of the drst a) ty not the man to have charge of this Mis past neglect and the a Just i partm at had be rditiona obtaining ‘i from Ime © | The extrao that othe jadmjnis.; corred (to upon tt 2 $2: it ahecmtate A Instant At were hiss rx had ob uty, It Ix Ned performed his dut the co e under oxachinulon o do undisclosed.) continuing dim fn r Yet nine montis have should for ft ony ne {m- omtice rdinary reports above re- examinan. Raat the ~—-HYOROPHOBIA IS WEATHER—Snow to-nlahty Thursday talr, colder. HOME EDITION | PRICE ONE CENT. HAW BALKG fa IN Hd EFFORT 10 flsGR iT Discovery Is Mad —Atler> two hours of band’s murder trial to-day no headway against the girl before_the recess imather. The sheck of the stunned the girl, but she di case the personality of {Stanford White. iad pe incherseartia Ib was-stated-after the possibly finish: the Thaw's lawyers would pr stand before wight... 7 —_Firere-was-a-greatrush cial-eredentials- from-the-cot | the yoom where the trial.o tore no-gaps in her defense. — Thanks:to Mrs. Holma cross-examination dur —16_PAGES— r For Two Hours He Worked in Vain to Disclose a Flaw~in the Remarkable Evidence She _ Has Furnished. ‘MOTHER SUPPLIES THE INFORMATION AGAINST HER e in Court While the District. _ Attorney Is. Referring to His Memoranda—_— eeeae eo ears “«1-Can’t Remember” ite ee persistent “pounding District-Attorney Jeroma halted abruptly” the cross-examination of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in her hus- and asked for time. He had made absolutely W discovery of her own parent’s host ty. almost. d_not_shrink-or falter- un's duplicity, Jerome was able: to bring into a Mr, James B, Garland, now dead, who, it ems, had: been-attendant to the girl model in-190t, just before she met Nevertheless, Evelyn Thaw’s answers did her no harm. re Came through tht ordeat un. cathed. T=testimony,” recess had been announced that Jerome would ¢ the afternoon, and-that 1er’s Own mother to the of curious: persons anxious) to-see Mrs, Thaw Nor was she shaken in any ee call the pri i under the ordeal of cross-examination, but only those provided with spe- urt-or-city-authorities-were permitted-to: enter f Harry K Thaw-is in-progress;—Eyen_ under these restrictions every available seat Wwas_occupied as..court convened. DREAD-PERIL OF THREE VICTIMS Woman and Two Men Are Ordered to Take Pasteur Treatment. Mrs jum Yo all of Castleton’ a a dog's who at + du ‘he Ch fo ton bed ieaote Orderene agian v Anna Aub, Mosos Levy and Wil. | Juste Fitzgeraid permits-n THAW..GREETED District his’ task? He-pack: together, each with his arm Mrs. Thaw wags dressed the wial-began, even to th |flused as she tov anile at her husband. Mr, before her. [QUE ESTIONED AB. e kimono In which prosecutor had the {901 when sho was In the * rubbin: Jas babifed: i of ahlestions 8 was Attorney Jerome was early in the Mr. Delmas was a few minutes Tate. Thaw, who sat in-his-accustomed chair, and-patted him affectionaiely on Arhaw-smited tp-athim and for a-moment= they” whispered ed himself beside the witness box. smiled faintly and then turned her eyes to the District-Aitorney, who sat ne ponsd. he foltmeudstontifed ‘ant attar abn had. sgn ve jo-one {0 stand, BY HFS-€0&- VSEL. urt-room preparing -for He came up behind about the other's shoulders, precisely as she has been on every day since @ little black bow tie. Her face was slightly, place in the witness chair, with her usual little Delmas moved his chair inside the rail and When Mrs. Thaw saw him she OULD HER POSING. ret-Attorney Jerome began again tn his cross- examination attack for identification tho famous “Ured butterfly" taken onthe boatsk{h rug in the studio in the that the picture was. taken r her return ccompanied her to the st She couldn't rauemy ilo, but ke gave whether Thaw ess identity a photograph of her taken in * company. ne wore a red! éape and‘ ford White gn te red cape, she sail, and her mother at tho time the child actress-mod 1 abo wos lured one of lis dens, where she spent a night unconacious, intend to Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s fcclings 9 questioning as lo the exact manner. of rds with Afr, like a's w Terome warthy iftt fred his ques fonette with 92 Veer. made no dangerous inroads in_her story, taken an amazing discovery came to-tignt.— ped through Jerome's bungle that he was. basing his cross-exam-— ifpon a secret statement furnished to’ him by Evelyn Thaw’ sown PAVE