The evening world. Newspaper, August 23, 1907, Page 10

“and killed hls brother-in-law. D: __Merde'a attack upon Volpe. Verde was FIVE BULLETS His ~INSWERTO-BLACK ——HNOERS ATIC é “Barber King” Kills. Brother _ in-Law ‘In Duel Against ~ Razor and Pistol. SLASHED. BY INTRUDER. Spurned: Wooer of Sister ~) Makes Demand for Money and Tries Murder. , Joseph Volpe, the “Barber King,” shot Verde, at No. 212 Third avenue, sh after midnight to-day. Verde mez ht death trying to extort: money from Volpe with the ald of a revolver anda razor. He reached Volpe with the razor, but could not get the revolver into play until five bullets had landed in his own body, Then he fired once and the bullet went wild. The moner motive was secondary in fn Jove with Volpe’ ister, Mary, but his sult was discouraged. He was out of work and Volpe had been support- ing him. {ls attempt to murder was made after he had been told that not only must he cease to attempt to see the girt, but that he’ could have no more money. ‘Volpe {sone of the best-known ‘salians in the city. Besides the shop at No. 212 Third avenue, where the killing took place,.he owns other smaller places. Ho is also the proprietor of & arbers’ supply business and is con- _aidePed a very wealthy man by his countrymen. Became a “Sport.” : Fords, his wife's brother, came from Nepies shout three years ago. Volpe put him to work in the Thint Avenue chop anc taught him ‘the trade. Verde! sunpea out of a thicket and—elosed in tras devoted to Volpe's sister and the courtship progressed favorably until a ths ago, when Verde became He neglected his work and would remain away from the shop for days at a time. Finally Volpe discharged/anq neipless. ‘Chen thelr voices and him. At the solicitation of Mrs. Volpe, however, he gave the young man sumy of money occasionally. . Then Volpe began to get letters signed | overwhelming numbers against them. Slack Hand and threatening him with ‘death !f he continued to oppose the at- tentions of Verde to his sister. The|her from the slits in @ ootton mask tone of these letters changed” into de- mands for money under pain of assass- imation. Ono of the letters, written in red ink, was delivered to Volpe yos-| counter-attack the highwaymen fell terday afternoon. He went out to a pawnshop and bought a big. revolver. Something is xolng to | happen|the blows of the resolute young women, around here to-night," he announced to his employees. spite. They burst through the ring and He was counting up his receipts, after|ran, screaming at the tops of their closing the shop at midnight, by the light of a single electric lamp near the | pursued them. Then from the houses | door, when Verde entered. The young | along Clove read men began to pour minn had been drinking. Ho eaid he|and the pursuers halted and disap- “wunted $10, peared. Attacked with Razor. ae “You can't get a cent,” sad Volpe. “I've got a wer, and I know you've got a gun ket 1t.you. make.e.me for it, I'll shoot you dead.” I. wouldn't shoot you, Joe,’” laughed Verde, , going to work to-mo! row In a hot r on Broadway, but I-haven't any razors. I wish you would | Jend me & couple. I'd like this razor | here." Verde picked up a razor from the eheit facing” 7 chars and 6 itt Voips, momentarily thrown off his E half turned to reach for his money, when Verde sprang at t him on the left side of th Volpe do t know just un right here in this {of St. Androw’s Roman Cathojio Church lin Duane street, Manhattan, gave to @ GIRLS BRAVELY BEAT OFF SI ARMED THUGS s Repulse Masked Men in Face of Threats to Kill Them. SCREAMS." BRING HELP. Many Hold-Ups in. Neighbor- One of the Young Womecu Who Put Gang of Robbers to Flight. hood Laid “to” Loafers . Ignored by- Police. It ts a story of six masked footpads, two pretty gina tn distress and a desperate fight on s lonely spot that has put the police tn one of the dest residential sections of Brooklyn to looking for the band of hold-up men. The victims of the attack were the Misses Cecelia and Pearl Mahoney, sisters, both exceedingly attractive and talented young women who live at} Church and Bedford avenues. The sextet of disguised thugs who assault-| ed and attempted to overpower them are believed to have been members of! an organized gang of young roughs who have been loafing about Fiatbusx for some time and-who, thanks to tnt police immunity which they enjoy, have beoome bold enough to range in squad masked to the eyes and ready for an; deviltry. The Misses Mahoney were on their way to visit friends. They were pass- ing Linden Boulevard and Clove road when the thugs came upon them. The corner is one, where at least ten hold- ups ‘are said to have taken place. Threatened with Death. Without any warning the six men on the girls. Four revoivers were shoved in the faces of the young women and oath-laden voices threat- ened them with death if they uttered & sound. 5 For a moment fear made them mute thelr courage came back to them to- gether, Made desperate by their plight they disregarded the revolvers and the Miss Cecelia struck out with her para- sol at a pair of eyes that gleamed at Her sister wielded the only weapon she had—a music roll. Surprised at the | suddenness of the back in confusion for a moment, get- ting in each other's way as they dodged The girls took acventage of the re- voices. For a few yards the footpads Had a Premonition. Ofiss Cecella, who sings ‘in the choir reporter the following eccount of her tariiling experiedce: “My «ister Pearl and I started for fa reception in the house vf a friend at inden and Albany he ald. | Sy ng our home about § o'clock, we turned up Linden. Boul intention of walking to Albany avenue. | “We were within one hundred feet n Pear! suddenly became! us. She asked me to turn back do through Church ayenue to our ad's home, I prevailed upon her to wue on our way, lly had we reached Clove road Mened after that. Sev ad stopped on the sidewalk the aloo. z Of the two, saw Volpe reac volver and begin 10 shout Verde fall to the floor, ¢ Yolver as he dro} ‘ were wix shots fired In a Five Bullets Found Mark. men Dempsey, T f the & Po Dwu tr r and econ and SORES Bara Was not WHEAT PRIC ON ASTRONG DEMAND. CHISAGO, Bray. lt Dery 303 7 tember, Ont of the Ordinary. Qver—Tinring inn Myer—In what way? re: Stee ho tet Kad tie Welt! ma i Stak pad: | of ES RISE i: six men, all mask leaped from (trees and shrubbery and com- ded—as-eat T pressed ro us ir we made a nolse. Most of appea gained my str mbrelia Jcarried 1 at Pe: anda TT ECTE following us | ran so fast before, and I v nile We ran we continued to The doors of a house opened tral men came out. Then the ghwaymen took to thelr heets In the em, but could not.” Flatbush police station to-day d sald he believed the attack ey might have been a prank, but he admitted that he had His detedsives o 1 to patrol this ‘discr rier. © to state,’ sald Ca let you know just how few men ave would be iny jon to crook In the Greater City to move y precinct,” oKiyn Headquarters was Naiocn in the Flatbush up of just ch patrolm: en miles Jong, —_——____ COTTON TRADING QUIET but steady {n the following feature- aders were rather in the South- dealings the price erring prices: Septem- October, 11.65 to 1.87; mber, 11.92) December, 11.98 to January, 42.09 oii March, 11.15 17, May, 32.4 did; June, 1246 bid. York's closing | prices: August to 1130; Geptember, 11.2% to 11.38? , ILO to 11.96; Navember, 11.95 December, 12.07 to 4208; Jenu- : February, 12:29 to 12%: March, 1a; April, 12.29 to 12.20; May, GEARS RULE N THE STOCK MARKET Prices Off All Around and the Traders Slow in Making OWNERS OF ET.” STUCK TO ORGAN Those Who Disapproved of Inter--Met. Merger Invited to Attend Special Meeting. | Bay for the purpose of making this a. THE EVENING WORLD, TRIDAY, AUGUST 23,°1907. WILL FORCE GRAPH COS ORDERS SUBWAY | CUTS QIIDEND; PRZE-FIGHT ON ~ FINLEY EYPLANS TO SHOW HAND = WORK HURRIED | _. s ———— Sommittee Contracto Empowered to Act for Men of All. Secti ) APPEAL. TO ROOS ikers to Name C !. Clear Away Obstructions | : inthe Lf . President's Aid to:Be ! Ending War—Postal ‘Makes: ~ Concessions. ad ely id company h remove dle “of Li . 4 he was told nad declared they wo the opt s for positio the strike ¥ ing to mak because 0: business making suc: will gain tn p be carried on more ever. Another graphers wi peal to Pre: ve to be made by the tele- be to make a persona! ap- Roosevelt to use his influence to end Daniel L. Russell, chair; “Stratesy Board,’’ sald to-day: \3 “We propose making a trip to Oyster during the constru n of the subway ——— pear to tig President. str, -Rooserere: TAFT STOPS IN ST. LOUIS Se a eee ee haba tei acaietercoue: ON HIS WESTERN TRIP. raphers, and we hope to secure encour- agement from him.” According to G. M. Henderson, a for-| ST. LOUIS, Aus. 23.—Secretary Ta mer Postal employe, the companies have|arrived here to-day from Lexington, eady made a decided concession to| Ky., and was met at the Union Btation the men. Henderson applied for Te-|/py United States Senator Warner, of appointment and was told the company | Missourl; former Judge Franklin Fer- had decided to wbolish the bonus SY5-/riss and others, As he passed throug tem, which Is cent per message/|the crowd of spectators assembled ne after a day's and estal frequently paused to shaxe hands. He DER AMIA Ey achee Blot Oh driven te the Planteré: Hotel “where ime" wires, This quarantees an oper-|was che guest of honor at an inform: Business was siim in the early stock market to-dav and prices tended down- ward. Union Pacific w 6-8 te 127 and fell back to 133, Baltimore & Ohio was also under pre: yielded a point. politan preferred opened §-4 23 and receded further to 221-2 Spasmodic selling depressed In the urternoon, A notice was sent o “unassented’ [Stetropotitan Street ef a meeting | our way, in this clty | presideat of "5 ch will be appointed the rights of the approaching a committee to * such stockholders in 3 in socal traction affairs."’ | those benind Wilaes, of No. Interdorough-Metro- uite sharply Northwestern and Brooklyn ‘Tran- “and Hudson wolidated Gas 11-2;'Southern Pacific And Great Northern preferred 13-8 and Announcement the reduction in the semi-annual. 4 dend oo Southern Railway preferred. a loss of 4 polnts in the preferred tock. Heat operators concentrated thelr at- ee Against Reading, Union Pacific and malgamated Copper, and sw dislodging considerable stoc nd -other--tavorites rapid fall to §%, a loss of 4 points, The ks sold as much be- Reading made oa Northwestern. s| low yesterday's western and Ama. mated. Copp [of Justice you will secure for your- uted to me is whoily false. vard, with the | Central ator $100 a month and 1s what the strik-| breakfast, ers have been working for. A light rain rendered the day dis- ateoen aes o Coming | at the St. Louly Club and took the sixteen and leader | 2, M. Wrisco train for Oklahoma Cit Loremoneriiersst: ‘Wwe nave men ia| Where to-morrow he will deliver an ac | the offices who give us reports of the | Cres. {companies are badly crippled.” | selves." He declared that the demands Chairman Rus Of the Strate; of the strikers wero just. Bourd, said the Western Union was! Net V. F. Effott 0,0 7 lng $60,000 a day on account of the! a+ the headquarters of the strikers, Pu a at No. .3 e street, the oth day a unds are being collected by the man who said he Was Frank Elliott dee ta rete hee apaPeE: |, announced that he had Just left. the ance 0+! The office ts at wo. (employ of the Western’ Union and 32 Pask Row. s Joined the strikers. He continued that the force was demoralized, that few uf the men on the Wires were Competent and that several “booze would be unable to Fétis nich longer The first hundred coples will be sold auction in City Hall Park to-mor- (ko was reported | yesterday that Charlee reo MaTDn tof the "ye Elliott, one of the etrikers, EAN a ss oooiainert tee. had writes to The Evening World that {i BUI DH Ge SPO na te AE ROROUTIC Was not he who made these, state ne Rev. Madison C. Peters spoke at Sots Hh ‘While tt fa -true,”” wa: f “that I resigned. my the square,” sald pita CASI reseed anya tor: ever: ¥ have not as vet joined the union, inconvenience you force upon never seen its headquarters nor’ gt the companies the greater the measure any. interview. The statement atirib- ‘On’ of | Wanlle Coast Line WE SELL MORE REAL LACES THAN ‘ANY n tauched lz, and weak at The total sales of stocks to-day we: 40,900 sharen of tondy $1,16,00. The Quotations, ed us to throw up our hands. The) and net inst us and threatened to} Allis. ared to be yourig boys, but | Am. ey looked desperate enough, ee “We ow simply paralyzed with | Am Two of the men.seized mo and| A= - th. With an | Am k one ot the! 4 struck another in the face: Am. : they fell back | Apscgngs: Duin TIN AG TaN, Bette Oate— Ree geR PRED LEE t never fo, have to run Iike that> “Fe PEF E Gorn Prod ‘Co, ection. The police tried to we TRS Pre ¥ aE Men’s $20 Blue Serge Suits $7.50 Sizes all the way from 3 About 800 of these fi jots and Worsteds. Bives such great clo’ asked M Mo. Ward Mo Northern Pacitic Ontario & West FIPFELER All sizes, 39, to 50 waist, made of fine Worsteds, Cheviots and Cassimeres, in neat dark pat- terns; also some nobby light Outing Trousers. No mail or C. O. D. orders, and we don't care to se more than one pair to a customer, Men’s $4 Fancy and White. Washable Vests for $1.00 Sizes 33 to 46—Hundreds to chouse from—all new, up-to-date styles—greatest vest bargain of the season—al! samples from three great makers, ys’ Bargains: From 8 A. M. till 1 P. M. Boys’ $8 and $10) Boys’ 50c and 75c| Boys’ Fine Play Boys’ Wash « Knicker Suits, finest serges included; sizes 7 to 16 years, at $5.00 ving to the absence of news| Twin City R #2 Knicker Pants, Suits, Pants, sizes 4, to 15, 2 pairs of a| just the thing for Summer} good material, strongly size to a customer, at romping, at made, + 25¢ o-Hour Clothing Flyer i Saturday from 8 A: M. till 1 P. M, “Beyond doubt the greatest clothing op por nity Men’s ‘12 Suits $3 ‘200 Suits to Sell Saturday at This Price | These Suits are fine, all-wool Cheviots; sizes 33 to 42; mostly two-piece Suits; actually worth $12, but to crowd our big Clothing Department Saturday morning we're going to sell them for $3. jot affor ‘o miss, Saturday from 8 A, M. Till 1 P. hand-tatlored Suits of finest Blue Serge, Black Thibets, Fancy Chey- Silk-finished Venetian, Alpaca and Serge linings. Positively no other store ing yalue as these suits at $7.50. Y Saturday from 8 A. M. Till 1 P. M, 35e¢ 19¢ SERVICE BOARD Dice seep Ss in Brooklyn Must} Incre eka Wall points. Butta, Court. partme: sioner ction in the Souther dend fo POLICEMAN HELD ON Nicholas Gerrity Ordered to Hang Policeman John Shea, of the Mere: Street Sta who has been under sus- man, of No, 17 East Beventy-sixtn pension daye, under rete | who ls said to be owner of the made: by rcart peddlers, | was to-day arraig>ed before Magistrate bail for tr: Inspector Russell appeared as com- inant, representing peddlers “of fect .eneati New York City streets? Then read * ‘SOUTHERN R'WAY (PARTICIPANT IN TRIAL FOR LIFE ea oie rr and) Struggle. for Coney Island | | aship Ended in llet Wounds. ed Cost of Suppli bor, 2 nd Legislative Ac- | Fistic Champ‘ tion, Cause’ He Says Déaih f of Coney 4 re Magistoate are of Homi, istody deat of Bd- Ith, dno the, yentetday A newcomer to the Coney wanted to with 1. It took place nen stripped to He aross, iia pat as quick a8 sdversary, rut Jones vo of s peked up tt was ba tets nad jodged in coads theh pounced inistered auch & ne ambulance ar strate form rt scoua body so the wagon. For ut that both men = recovered in time pending the result of: Street has been making an ante- rging Jones wi: ms that he lim. Jones In self-defense. “| PARROT’S TALK CAUSES NEIGHBORS TO QUARREL and t off steadily in t To-day the His Talking Biped Out of _ subject of contention to-day nolas Gerrity, retired busi- was In Yorky eventy, ix years old, « in the Jeferso. Mar. The policeman was bh 1 Police De- at, and Third Deputy Commis- Hanson and Captain of the Mercer 8: nents in the Carrollton,” “overiock the back yard remidence. The parrot. Ume sailing ‘mother, ckerx’ and also “bloody {t shouts worse { stand it any ft he parrot was the : er who ie in He said that the parrot was ed ant was not given to language would have to keep the parrot indgors tined to make any statement | out the t window ff §t in court { 4 those in the rear. Six! BIG FEATURES OF NEXT Sunday’s World The New York Girl Who Would Be Queen. If you miss this strange romance in to-morrew's Sunday World you will surely—well, you SHOULDN'T miss it—that’s enough. SRT Raa Ss Cave Theatres Under Broadway. __Weuld you enjoy a good -va-deville show-hendreds ——— what ‘may happen” to-morrow, in The World Magazine Section My Escape from a Harem in the Guise of a Mionk. . a A thrilling narrative told by beautiul Princess Nastja Mirza, who is now in New York to atart life anew. 2 A Sixteen-Year-Old Miss Stage-Driver—‘* With a Gun.” Woe be to the bandit who attempts to “hold-up” the mail coach this pretty maid drives. Her “bullets are made of lead-lead-lead.” A big story about a brave girl sas i The Man Every Woman Falls in Love With. | Read this remarkatle tal: and see if you can discover how th’s little, red-haired Arnerican melts the hearts of he!ressss, Hand Interviews With Mark Twain and Thos. A. Edison. What a charming young lady Palmist “finds” in the hand-lines of these distinguished Americans, An exclusive, full-page story in tc-morrow's Sunday World. AG Napoleon Newlywed will demonstrate that he doesn't like mothers-in-law. Order From Your Newsdealer To-Day!; - fer edhe id (abuse cineenieicoican!