The evening world. Newspaper, March 25, 1907, Page 1

—GLEASON-FILES-A- PAPER ~s aby the District-Attorney himself in his effort to prove him insane,” said 1 —_nwalting his coming. ‘The women meni- ——_—at—tne—Criminal Corrina Bullding for Synch when ttdevet ———tay-morning,--when-the-trial-of Marry old, a prralytic, NEWS to-night; Tuesday cloudy. , WEATHER—Fair a Hi B i PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, Y, OF THE LATEST GALLOPS AND OTHER SPORTING EVENTS ON PAGE MARCH 25, [ Circulation Books Open to All.” | _ THUNR—Vate to-night: Tuenday cloudy. faonenaceeueteeeremaeee PRICE ONE CENTS ies RESULTS EDITION — Positive. That Judge Will Not Ap- point One, and This Will. Be. - Largely on Account of His Letters to Delmas. AND THEN WITHDRAWS IT Indications that Two Wings of Counsei 1or De. fense Are at Odds—Both Trying. to Get the Ear ofthe Elder. Mrs. Thaw. 1 The decision of Justice Fitzgerald as to whether Harry K. Thaw is eapable of consultirig his counsel, and therefore sane enough to stand tris for the murder of Stanford White, will be handed down to-morrow’ {There can be no appeal from this decision. If the Justice shall decide that a commissicn in lunacy be appointed the trial proceedings wi}i, te at an end, and the worst that can happen to Thaw will be to send him to Matteawan. But that does not necessarily follow, because the com-, mission may declare him sane enough to stand trial. Then. his chances! for a disagreement or acquittal will be positive. j “No jury will cofivict Thaw in| view of the testimony brought gut! “one of Thaw’s lawyers to-day. “Probablythe letters from Thaw to Delrfias commenting on and suggesting certain procedure in the course of his, trial show that he has a thorough grasp gn the case, and is therefore capable of standing trial. ‘tis a certainty that a commision’in insanity will not; ‘not be appointed.’ ARE LAWYERS STILL_AT ODDS? — Despite the denials of Thaw. that another breach has occurred among! Hs. lavvers thee wis renewed evidence to-dzy t at all was not h rmony AIDS FATHER TO For three hours the lawyerse dn the Cate and a group of reporters had beer ders of the’ Thaw familly had also been E LAWYERS FOR PRIGONEA HE BE MALACCA, 20 TO 1, NNINGS HANDI iz Hal EVENING WORLD RACE CHART 4 tH AS FIRST DAY AT BENNINGS. Pr ee ~ MARCH 25. CLEAR, TRACK FAST. |, a Renae RAGA FARE RACH $000, cadet: cpening Pere Corace rere tnd oma LY by King ioc vig: Leak Owner=P £. fal a pat : , | \ Anna May bem end Lani naanes hast ‘uickly and hung on good wid game. Quadriilc was tiring At 2s a KOOd Fase. jar. Firooktal the They went out for t-that His- Honor. would not reach tte-—cburr house during the forenoon, returned in a little while ud pought thelr afd places in the wit: wess_room. = ‘As soon as Justice Fitzgerald had frounted the bench In the almost erpty Ehamber, ha asked ff there was any business for his consideration. | Neither Delmas nor Jerome spoke. Both haa previously stated that they | would notofle briefs nor would they | Ble any xduitional d¢idavits. There: | (ipon the court-adJourned untl) Wednes: | T: most of thé" day. END TIS LIF “ghat might be mage by ‘elther side in Ure fight upon the question of appoint- Sug a commission in Junacy for Tanw, Helpless ~ Paralytic ~Or- dered’ L'ttle Girl to Turn.On Gas. neodore: Sohmidt,” forty-two years unable to move hand or trauw ts scheduled to go vn. | foot, succeeded in ending his }ife to- | qhich {t passed until repgrtera bore the , olting down and hurried away in y_the ald of his’ dtxyear-otg "Gleason Filed Paper: Gleaao P! daughter Violet, n hla home, at No. ss Vurther proof that defec: m jogsist among Harry 9) 6 ela wyeTsS wirest, he fie was offered thix afternoon. Jolin Be) When ils w Gleason, of counsel for the defense, Nled; nee @ drief with Clerk Penny some time! i | Rays during tho forenoon, and then. Just be to him and, astion Gnade fore the court began, he sllpped Into the! tions, tea “i around Te chamber, withdrew the document and one tnd fn’ his mouti, The took It away with him. Not one of the tached’ tho other end {oa gas jets Hel ther attorneys wio pre representing Waksacpeinl to turn oa the gar and! ‘Harry Thaw knew the contents of this away? And callson ber aunt, a aM Grief, nor Indeed did they know Of Ite ‘The’ child went to her aunt's house | : ff the experience throug and told her relative what #h aa the house, but wh : : ews tothem. It lasald. however, that !man was dead, “oo, cee BOt there the Gleason had the advice of Mra. William haw, the prisoner's mother, in taking at a Ruverstt Peabody. of the Eastern vcamp of lawyerm, appeared at the Tombs | for his daily visit to Thaw half an jour before the time set by Justice Fitzgeraid for receiving any briefs that either side might desiro to file in the the motion of Jerome for the n continues | Fast One .Mundrea'iand Phirtyety hth went out to call spon nisk man called the chitd| her to. get he Kitchen. Sac Htuanet| BOY WITH A KNIFE, RICHMOND, Ga., March 23.—Matitda | Wilsoit. a nesress, of -Pittayivania Cognty yesterday took a tob: jAud severed the head of a Tourn’ ant ov year-old negro boy from hin bode. ghe intn.ent of a lunacy commission |jrtaims she was commanded. by eat | Peabody | bors to commit the deed. 2 MelRN- for Stanford White's slayer. was on Murderers’ Row talking through ‘the cell bars to his rich client, when D. 3a, Delmas. of the Western wing, ar- rived in a {hurry and was: shown Upstairs. It was the second’ visit Del- | had pald to the prison. Hv seemed) to e perturted, A few moments ‘after he Sent (to Thaw's cell Peabody came 1 Sc CORNERING THE MARKET OF GROWING POTTED PLANTs, lorista Claini There WII Be Small Supply ‘Thin Easter. Great consternation bas been, ahown by Now York forists, owing! too sho fect’ thas thourands of growing Easter! Wants have ‘been bought by one firm.! leaving a scarcity on the market for} tho Easter \trade.-'1t was discovered that the) great Harlem. clothiers,, the Guarantee. Clothing Company, uptown corner One .Hund: ond Twenty-sey- tl irection of the oifice of Clifford Sal Cartridge, bls law) partner. Delmas ‘talked earnestly with ‘Thaw for «ten minutes, Then he came scooting through the Warden's office-at a faster ‘xate t os ro Le! TH RACE—F i 1 S ghan- anybody.-ever -oaw the disnited HO ene i tuempruet ATOMS iene! GIRS. RACE-Three-quarters of a Bally remo a Le eae) Uiytle ‘Frisco vatrister travel, and dived |to-klys tném awar treo to ‘every man ct] mile Paragon @ to 1 and 6 to 2) 1./L Toy Boy (7 to 10 for: place) 3, Sir YSinto a telephone booth where, with his who buy his Barter clothes at thelr} Bitter Miss (even for place), 2; Sylvan | Mincemeat’ 3, \ high hat on the back of his head, he pele apt a Showing, selle:3. mea —_lo Heid @ loc of -frenaied telephoning. rlnablet a ateoht [emaCOND RACE Halt. a mile: \The Business enterprises sold / Ab looked very smiyoh ae dt there; wus Fly call on tha | ge geen ae te tod foh, through Sunday World Wants are, eee SSE Nr er ween : Fe oh | Binet wt l In every FOURTIL TAC: 4 OR a Oa. B: NEGRO WOMAN BEHEADs|- the betting. J—-Martha Jane, Dead hee way best closed tn the atretch and overly, May La wiows ran & fair year-olds tenet. ai o Crumbling mes Stoney Tae 2010) Ljanthony Hoy Grafton ‘The Galloper. LI Btwant Brerate Lally claoed strong $.4ald Colony waa 5 ket ul mi WALL STN MAD IVES 12 POTS moil Stock Exchange ina Ture as Prices Are Battered Down. Boginning this American jumped he day, Several wl to-day with a. feverish siump-in prices 2 sem!-panic of a aen- sational sort took hold of the sto afternoon, driven down to thelr lowect levels with~ ck mar- and prices. were Jn the phst year amid scenes of tho wild- est excitement, on the floor of the Ex- chan, Smelter was pummelled down 12 points by ‘the raiding bears, who Into breach after stocks broke at different periods during Copper was hammered off 9 polnts, and Steel common sagged off be- low Its lowest figure of the panic week before Jast. half-hearted to rally the market by the bin breach as attempts were The Clow Okenite, » Ruse of Dawn, Arimo sEnSrarieencit ah corto Umbrella. ‘ i A have won with an even break, Malacca ran his very ‘Bileka best rack. yward; about two San Juan—Dulce: and bo x, bY “TS OpenTieh c) & chet: {ound ari: jade Whit roots Pioneer van hig race. Bound Brook going strong when he SIXTH RACE Btart good, J, Owner W anne, ety Bd BO ched—Bjisabeth F. Manhoe had. no spend. | mite—cutter @ to 8 and 4 tos) 1 eas (3 to 1 for place) 2, Dapme Gol | FOURTH FAC mile. 4 cy tuna bl: cs wie NEW. ORLEANS WINNERS. ine Bventag World.) March %,—The Seven-elghths of «| to 10 and out) 1 to 6 for isposial to Tt inca} a y ORL face) 3, ANS, ay rorulled as follows: Smelting No. ders, but the malady —the- financial world has been suffering ‘from for the past few weeka could not be cured by eae fiful Infections of confidence. The demorallzation was Intons!fed by bear traders offering stoc below prives housea jn lguidating orders wan offered Manning and other aggressive traders who grabbed every opportunity to pum. mel reached by these aggressive attacks; prices. continually commission American down by J. J. named by Many orders were top Money Still Tighs. ‘There did cause for the decline and the usual crop of extravagant ; nervousness of the traders, were alive to the situation and jumped right in to the selling until became anything but slugs Tet-seam-to be any npecific rumofa Increased the The beara ne market Money (Continued on Second Page.) . ere /RAID ON BROADWAY EXCITES BIG CROWD. | Deputy Police Commissioner Or- ders Pool-Room Arrests Over McClusky’s Head, Sergt, Meade, of Deputy Police Com- & | missloner Hanson‘s staff, ra leged pool-room on Broadway, A great crowd from thy trict gathered to. see the r: into the place with axes and crowbarn, MT The mid gpector MoCluslcy. were ound in the place when Meade finally broke in. ed an al- the fifth floor of late this afternoon. Mancial dis- ora smash was over the head of In- A number of mon SAE ROU MTARR 28 grt om. eed Ma ‘Track Where Racing Opened, Two Rival Jockeys and the Winner of First Spring Handicap if - $100,000 BRIBE FOR dD PLATOON Bingham Hears That Big Fund Has Been Sent to Albany. Tho Joint Investigation of the Dis- trict-Attorney and the Commisstoner of Police into a report that a big corrup- Yon tund-nas-been-rateed-by the Police Department to defeat the Bingham , bil in the Senate took—a~ sensational jturn this afternoon, Information reached the Commissioner that the patrolmen have ralsed a cor- ruption fund. of: $150,000 that has already been sent to Albany, thet it ls In the hands-of-a-certain Senator, and thar it !'wns not ralsed for the purpose of beat- BUI get eter ter sts = The purpose of the fund, according to the Commiustoner’x {nformation.. {sto have an amendment added to the Bing- ham Dill at the last minute establish- Ing the three-platoon syatem in Its most radical shape—elght hours of work and alxteen hours of reat a day, Gen, Bingham Indignant. | The Commissioner in an uncompro- mising enemy of the three-platoon ays- tem and when he heard that the patrol- men were trying to fasten it upon him through the medium of his own bill ther was @ serles of verbal skyrockets around Police Headquarters, The plan ax outlined’to him w. the amendment should be sprung Inat minute, that the forcea now lined up against the bill would consent to sup- |port It [f the amendment should be in- corporated, and ithat the whole bill would then be put through In a rush. “The patrolmen,” Commissioner Bin ham’s Informant pai a't care. any thing about the tigpectora or the detec: tive-sergeants, All they want'is the hiree-platoon sys and that js what i thelr, good money hus gone to Albany for.’" Hurried to Jerome's Office, | Commisastoner BIagnum hurried do the } Criminal Courts Huildiig and got into Lconsultation with Aasistant-pistrict- [ Attorney who has been probing Away at the corruption fund rumora| for a. week. They were closeted to- gethor for nearly two hours, At. the conclusion of thelr conference Poligemun Thoinas McLaughlin, dent of the rolmen’s Benevolent An- Soclation) wuo Ix attached to the West | side Court, wan sent for in «hurry und he came thw hurry. He was’ in Mr, | Ely's private office about halt an hour | with Mr. Ely, and then Commissioner Bingham went In. The three animated talk about an hour McLaughlin left, greally 1 Commissioner “Bingham cltement. Fro. his disconnected re- Pregl- had an| Jong and| red. all ex-| }RECORD-BREAKING CROWD = SEES FIRST DAY'S SPORT. | Rumored | they were constantly on the moye, and lthey did Mttle business. At least 8,000 [people were on hand when tho horses BY FRANK y (Special to Fhe RACE TRACK, BENNINGS, won the Bennings Spring Handicap Feature Event of Season’s Opening Day Big Upset, Graziallo, the © | Hot Favorite, with Miller. — '__,_,Up, Losing by a Head. <== % ‘ A TS Miller Gets Silver Cup for Winning First Event, * |-Then Follows with Victory in Second— ~ Interference “by Authorities Unfounded—Same Betting System, W. THORP. Evening World.) March 25,—Malacca, a 20 to shot, this afternoon in a furious drive with Graziallo, the favorite, and Slickaway, a 10 to 1 chance, the three horses going by. the judges nose and nose, in the race, Radtko was asleep at the switch when the word was given at the start, and Blickaway was far back in the rear ‘di- vision.) Goldalfter, a 10 to 1 shot, rushed to the front and cut.out a cracking pace to the stretch, followed by Gra- alallo, Okenite and Malacca, The datter then took up the running and, Grasiallo cloxed on him. Okentte blew up, but Qoldsifter hung on to the last sixteenth, where he dlod away, Bllckaway then closed with a terrific rush and was go- ing two Jumps to the leader’s one. ‘The distance. Was too-short, and. the three horses raced by the judges noses apart, with Malacca just a shade in front of thp favorite. The race was a triumph for Handicapper Murphy, and the great crowd roared in appreciation aw tHé contenders tought tt.out through the final slxteenth. The course was thronged with the greatest crowd that has ever viulted the track on an opening day, Nearly one hundred bookmakers quoted prices, but went1o-Uhe post I is opening event — Betting Situation Unchanged. During the morning alarming and con- Mcting rumors floated about Washing. ton concerning the: hostile” attttud the authorities loward racing. Hapi those were not true, The betting situa- tion was in harmony with the balance of conditions, everything beng “most sereno and tranquil. There was no change from the conditions of last fall’ Bookmakers displayed prices ave rogrumme and their clerks recor laaaer on Notebook instead of sheet. As Washingtonians were pretty well broken to the new system last neason, there wak no confusion «nd no disorder, ‘There was an wnuaually larwe array of booktes, though the statistics show -that—the- booking game is any- thing but easy at this time of year, ‘There ts scarcely any form which may be used a gulde, and betting opera- tlons are usually confined to one or two horses in a race. However, players and bookles were buoyed alike by an enthusiasm which forced them to look on the situation with dazzled eyes. Crowd Arrives Early, The crowds began to arrive carly. Probably {0 people went to the course this morning to watch the workouts, and they remained to Incheon at the track and walted for the blowing. of the bugle, After 1 o'clock every trolley car arri\iey at the track was jammed, ‘Two ten-<Sr trains were loaded to the limit, Alow® the long ‘direct road lead ing to the course hundreds of horses were tethered to fence rails. Automo- blles of all sorts puffed {nto the club- house {nclosurd or were lned up outaide the grand stand, It was surely a great opening day for Benning, | Nearly al] the prominent layers were | represented in the throngs of bookies on the lawns, Society Included many wealthy residents of Wrehington well as attuches from the various Em- passies and heads of the Government Departments. Betting Was Brisk. the regulars among the All players were hand and the recent panic In| Wall sti did not seem to have talled the vankrolls of the Betting The card off wan above the rage for an opening day, Thy Benuings Spring Handicap ts always Che feature, but this year It pre- tented a purzling field. In other, years one or’ two horses usually stood out above the reat of the field, but this weason no one could with any degree. of certainty point to the winner, Graziallo, with the popular Miller-in the #addie, wan a decided choice with the bettars, aria {i could be gathered that he be- to be on the yerge of Slickaway was much the best horse THE WINNERS, ... SS: FIRST RACE—Anna May (6 to § 10 place) 2. Quadrill SECOND RACE—Billle Hibbs (7 ko 2 and 7 to 5) 1, Ben Cole (3 to 1 for place) 2, Lawless 3. | THIRD RACE—Lally (6 to 1 and 2to 1 for place) 1, Turbulence (6 to 1 for place) 2, Old Colony 9, FOURTH RACE—Malacca (20 to 1 and 8 to 1) 1, Graziallo {7 to 10 for. Place) 2, Slickaway 3, : FIFTH RACE—Dulolan (7 tc 8 and | 1 to 2) 1, Ploneer (1 to 2 for place) ! . Locked Out 3. 1 and 6 to 1) 1, Euripides (7 to 5 jplece) 2. Delphle ge et HOW RACES WERE RUN. ~ ON THE OPENING DAY. RACE TRACK, B: May was always the favorite, her ! being odds on at post time. tere pes @ stroag play on Lord Boanerges, and Quadrilie was also ‘are supported, Anna May troke in front end cut. out the | running, foliowed by Quedfille and Lord Kos, ‘Vhey-ran-thtsway-to- th atrotch turn, where Lord Boanerges and ; Quadrille- closed “on “Ania “May. raced head and head to the final alx- teenth, where the skill of Miller. forged. Anna May to the front, and she won by & neck from Lord Boanerges, who beat ‘Quadrilla a nose. Miller, Trainer Garth and Paul Rainey each recetved a allver oup as rider, trainer and owner of the first winner of the season. Miller Wins Second, Too, Billy Hibbes opened favorite in the Arington purse, but a stron, Magazine and cas madden eeeaas to 2 Lawless ‘made his price » ler jumped Billie Hibl Ben Cole, Bayurdo and Magazine. 1% the stretch Hen Cole: closed on ‘Bilile Hibbes, but in the final furlong the late ler came away again and won cleverly by a scant length from Ben Cole, who Was five lengths in front of Lawless. Lally Finished with Rush, Dimes, with Miller up, broke In. front in tho itd, but was outrun by Dalry fald and Old Colony, ‘These three ran close onder to the stréten, where. Old Colony showed tn front. Old Colony ten stopped, and Lally, taking: the lead with 4 rush,won eavly by @ sib and) w halt ‘from ‘Turbulence, Ko who beat Old Colony four lengthy for the place. + Faverite Upset Good: Thing. with clan, cotipled hoice inthe made moat of the runnin, cleverly bY three 'engtha, ah oF boil Inthe mretohi. Plonevr wats al cit len In front of Locked Out, on whom) way a, tremendoun plunge, he ‘being backed ‘from 10 to 1 to 2 4-2" to 1 , fe aa BROOKLYNS PLAY JACKSONVILLE, wee ~~ —~\ JACKSONVILLD, Flo, March ah Tho” Brooklyn Nations! League: team played the local club fore a crowd of £00, pas all of the other horses had more or Brooklyn Jacksonville +« 0 0! 00 0° a i , 4 q | and 1 to 2) 1, Lotd.Boanerges (7 to 3% SIXTH RACE—Reldmoore (15 te f Marot'25—The opening rhp of th fon furnished.a thrilling \omteat and a victory. for the marvetions “Miller. -Anna-——- are ae 4] 4 ft i