The evening world. Newspaper, September 11, 1907, Page 8

MAN WHO LOOKS | BEFORE SUBWA LIKE F. P. EARLE) EXPRESS TRAIN Negro Charles Purvis Ground to Death at the Bleeckér Street Station. Yeers and Curses Him and Woman They Took for “Affinity.” A dig, powerful pesto committed sul- cide.to-day by throwing himeelf directly in the pathway of a Broadway express train at the Bleecker street station of SAVED. BY POLICEMAN. <Hooting Crowd Held’ Back + 2 : the Subway, The train killed hi - |. While Victims of Mis-. tun. ee G The negro's death wae witnessed by i taken Identity Escape passengers on 4raina, although it chanced that at the time he threw himself upon the track there were only two etner men on the platform. One of these men, Louls Harris, a furris whose piace of business ia at No, 7 ‘A taN, Gack, full-bearted man wear- $ng a dark sombrero and accompanied Dy a pretty end well-dressed young é A : way] Bleecker street, rushed toward the roman, @monred from the Subway) ciored man as #0on as he saw that @tation at One Hundred and Forty-| the latter was preparing to jump, but he was unable to reach bim in time to save him, The negro, whb later wae (entified as Charles W. Purvis, thirty-one, of No. 3 West One Hundred and Seven- teenth street,” boanied @ down town train at One Hundred and Tenth street shortly before § o'clock this morning. As the train passed the Astor place atation he tried to climb through one of the windows in the car. Finding this taak impossible, he went back to his seat, where he firgerted about and mut- tered to himedit. | He left the ‘southbound train at Bleecker street, leaving behing Bim in the train a package which was wrapped in newspaper and which he had in his hand when he got on the train at One Hundred and Tenth street. Louls Harris, who had been a pas- senger in the same cer with the col- ored man on the trip downtown, and whose attention had been attracted by fisth street and Third avenue this forning to encounter « thrilling ex- erience ct the hands of a mob bent on mistaking him for Artist Ferdinand Finney Earic and the woman for bis Magninity.” That he was not mobbed by the ex- ited crowd before he finally escaped them at the elevated statlon at One “Hundred and Fitty-sixth street and ‘Third avenue was only due to the op- | gortune appearance of Serst. Joseph ¥ # ‘3 rman, of the Morrisania Police Atation. bt a little ater K30 o'ciook when the couple made their appearance at the -busy Hronx subway station. Hun- @reda of hurrying workers making for ray and elevated trains were polic- fied by a score or more of newsboys in- tent on selling their papers. One of these gamins evidently mistook the man for the sccantric artist who had attract-| nis strange behavior in the trata, @4 wide notoriety by his peonliar mar-| Watched him after they got off at if Bleecker street. He saw the negro Tiage views, for as soon as he eaw him he yelled: “Hullo, there, ‘fintty.” Thought It Funny et First. ‘The man, not realizing that the re- mark was addressed to him, paid no at- tention to the jeering newsboy. “Hey. tellers,” yelled the newsboy, th ‘finity guy. “He's got hiw Walk over to the ocher platform and in front of an uptown e: Later Patrolman Were, of the Sier- cer street police station, ‘arrest torman George who lives “at No, 17 Weel: ‘Ninety-seventh street. on & teohnical charge of homicide. When arralgned before Magistrate Finn in Jefferson Market Court Dyer was re- manded to the Coroner. PCKPOCKETS BUS IN CROWDED COURT Five of Light-Fingered Crew Arrested by Detectives in Special Sessions, the fame of Artist Earle | all ite particulars had spread among © other newsies, for there was an immediate -ush tn the direction of the fetreatirig ‘couple. Customers were forgotten: sales mattered gothing com- Bared with a view o! the {‘finity guy.” Quickly the pair wore surrounded by & yelling, jeering crowa of witty young- ters who hurled questions at them the epeed and unerring regard the mark of a well-atmed rapid- fire gun. At first noth man and woman took the Attention with amiling good humor. At fies both laughed heartily. Humor Fades Away. ‘They had traversed leas than a block When the humor faded out of the situa- don. Grown people joined the newsboys | in alarming numbers, and the pleasant f@arcasm and the witty queries of the ~tatier gave way ts rough, tsuiting, abu-+ sive epithets and threats, At Westches- » @ ter avenue, only one and one-half blocks * from the subway station, the crowd. | whic: by now numbered several hun-| dred. wan _reinlocted br more than 202) @chool children on their way to Public School No. 2%, at Ore Mundred and Six. | ty-eightu street and Third avenue. Here the unfortunate couple [found themselves literally hemmod in cti all aides by a Jostling, curious crow: ‘ghe most part good-humored. but show- ing decided Indications of anger. ‘The woman was plainly frightened, Ad soon the face of the man took on @ wok of fear. His eyes sought right and left for an avenue of escape and found none, Only bis courage in push- ing resolutely to the front at this junc- Five known pickpockets were arrested in the Court of Special Sessions to-day by two detectives who-had been sta- Uoned there for the purpose. The arrests brought out the fact that} pickpockets have been doing a good! DbUMNEsE IN-the Speciat Seasions Court; of late. Several women who went to the courtroom to pay fines assessed upon them for keeping disorderly houses were robbed of thelr money while they wore standing in-line oulelde the gate walting thelr turn at the clerk's desk. Inasmuch as the audience tn the | Court of Special Sessions is at no time weloct, the ‘court policemen had con- siderable difficulty in trying wo provect § body In sight ho imieonecle corluniy of nabddng a thief, bar aay could not take & chance on -ar= ‘ Wiiole asemblage. tice, Olmated, to. whom several complaints” were ‘made, ordered that detectives be assigned to the court called: for trial of cards the pickpockets’ Policeman Just In Time ia, in fhe pickpocuets 5 “['m not Earle; he shouted angr! 4 wave every evidence of in- ‘ fn Fesponae to ph i prove thelr time. at their aid you throw fesston while llatening to “Where's yer | friend Milter ives mebbed them in a hurr soni keyp IbMceral « them to Centre Stree t Determinedly he xistrate Droege held peueas for fur- ther qxamination CHAINED TO THE WALL, BUT ESCAPED FROM JAIL. | Up-State Prisoner Gets Away Twice in a Fortnight—Last 3reak a Stunner, ¥., Sept. 11.—George one of the four men who broke weeks ago and was re- . from confinement ety Wes tne “1 came apparent th Joueper Wae stopped, ‘destination, dna-ir be jhe was his des. Wasserman sighted nearly a blo: atl y dint of mu fought i helpless two Station, and, guarded the sthirn uitil they caped , AMATEUR BILLIARDISTS TO HAVE BIG TOURNEY: Active steps t reqarded moat idttion to being ig Hi he was chained ations! hilliard Je amateurs if fas cae e When you buy.a cake “P.&G, Naphtha Soap ‘look -at’ the directions the inside of the wrapper. Bians for holding #uch This commitice wns appc Went Frank J. How Association of fre, who Me Comte de Dree, F Organization, ws! ment. at the Li Wednasday jon nue, na trent winner. | ns | WOOLWINDER WINS ST. LEGER. | LONDON, Sept They tell you how to wash clothes—without alles them—in half wsithe time “and with half ree | the work it now takes. the Doncaater r in the ok oO i ising "Dorks ghee gk irae > cents acake,. All Grocers, | espe iaoh dame * bad */@ing into the wagon and knocked the | ture Way: in trom tener ec! —+—In- fromthe corridor stepped _Ikey}” S re Taree x TAU COW TS tarus, Mike Shapiro, Willie Grosa&n, ‘20a Bennie Fox and) Moe Goldman, all THE EVENINGIWORL D, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER _ 1907 11, r: THREATENS {THREW HIMSELF (CAR DISTRIBUTES RIDING MASTER A LOAD OF BIRDS Wrecks aa of Chickens) and Geese and Neigh- borhood Gets Busy. Isado-s Chaereth, of No, 18 East One Hundred and Fifth street, driver for Cohn & Lehmann, of the Harlem Market. to-day alighted from his ene- horse waged at Lexington avenue and ona Hundred —and—Third—sireet, som monly ealled the foot of Duffy's wa | In the wagon were eeventeen crates; containing about 400 chickens and geese. Is ‘Izzy sorry he left the horse? Is he! The! horse wanderet across the car tracks as a northbound Lexington ave- nue car came whizzing down Duffy's 0. Motorman Tim Mahoney, of No- |18 East Eighty-elghth street, tried to mop matters, but as It ts Impossible to halt on Duffy's Hill the car went skid- HOUR BURGLARS [So Kees BAY American BADLY INJURED ARE CAUGHT IN poeple) Lady Corse. IN CENTRAL hi Wright Al Unseate Rearing Horse and Dragged for Over Fifty Feet. ed fronts and sides. Fancy fig- srred brocaded material in Pink, Blue and aie Jer. Sizes 18 to proidery trimmed $1.89 A POLICE TRAP Informer Who Helped Blue- coats Attacked by Friena of the Prisoners. Allen peel | > fiietoe to ve : Four bones in. front, lace trimmed tn Durland's Acad iaateutgey tops; can be worn as tight: fitting ty-sixth «treet, was polibe twilting is recaive rset covers; exc or stout pray poi ae ; es sures. Sizes 32 to ‘Allen has been a! Diaspar ponte eee eee aa bust _measuré. Durland Academy seseraliyesta |= » ns Bee value of men take a w: » from the pocket of ; {another mas tn Seward Park The wang feared Kessler would inform the He ‘took charge of the saddle horses. a fine Western » (YUE JATH STREET STORE, Second Floor.) vehicle and the crates to amithereens ‘The alr was filled with fying fowl Then from somewhere—none of the neighbors knew just where—there was a rush of lovers of chicken and goose. ‘When Ixsy rushed out of the store he wad entered he found a crowd getting away with his birde Mr, A. Sonidn, of No. 161 East One! Hundred and Third street, in front of swhose place the ame@sh occurred, rushed | out to assist Izzy in repelling boanters | Somebody bumped a rock on Mr. Son- kin for “buttin' In” Policeman Wille, | of the Bast One Hundred and Fourth street station, came up and entered the ghicken grabbing contest with a chub. He was tossed around unt!] sometody sent in a call for reserves, which came on the run. having been informed that” fowl play was in progress. through the tor fowl. WESTERN UNION PAYS DIVIDEND Directors Uphold Clowry in Management of Strike, but Fail to State Earnings, ‘The Board of Directors of the Weatern Union Telegraph Company at jts meet- ing this afternoon declared the ususi | quarterly dividend of 114 per cent, but no statement of the earnings of the company for the quarter was giver ont after the meeting. It has been the Invariable custom to} give out a statement of the earnings. and the failure to @o 80 to-day con- coals the effect of the strike of the telegraph operetore on the finances of the company. Secretary A. R Brewer made the simple announcement that there was 00 etatement-to_be made, and | volunteered) no explana’ omiasion. tlon passed by the Executive Committee yesterday indorsing and approving Pres- Ident Clowry and the other officers for | thetr management of the “late s:rtke,”” fas the resolution expressed {t, and ex-. | pressing the compaliy’s appreciation of the services of the officers in the emer- gency that the strike brought aboiit! Among the directors present were J. Pierpont Morgan and Chauncey Mt. Depew. The ‘meeting Jasted nearly bale an your, which is considerably longer than usual, | Nase. Wir ceaeraiy aioe rarutes This extraordinary assortment includes Silk Stocks, Tailor-Made Stocks, French Tab lo Lee cree codoea baton caid pen Abe imme eine we enone toe Stocks| Bea Net Jabot effects and many others, worth 25¢. Some are worth much | sendlom ‘The Board also re-adopted the resotu- i rings arrived. nnd beaded police. He represented himself as en- i in Central Park |zaged tn the same business. and the street | UMeves told him that they were “going ; to pull off a * the next night od him te join them ur bursiars and Kessler ar- y's About midaiget thelr jimmy in an effort! and fmaily/ forced an en- [Woorens Teade Mark ae |The Kind With a Swagger, Snappy Individuality That Sells}- for $3.50, $4 and $5 in Other Stores. At The Fourteenth Street Store the Prices are $1. 98 and $2.49. of the most famous f By contracting not to 1 tlfbse that have some Th se do- not in any ly (rigntened the horse the path, but Ale: held aithougn be was oct 4 gravel. to hold on any. to ease world, Squad, saw ee iy ing on: toned the Park a ‘atk amnbu fominafing. Sizes 2'4 ts according to the promi- Leath to 7 and width nenceé of the hundreds of you can't find hh ! to two I “$1.98 and $2.49 | } prices are ne BOY MEETS DEATH ots" | GIRLS SCHOOL) womens vic K1D]. BOYS’ VICI KID : 1 SHOES. Worth $2. Best! oNE- STRAP SLIPPERS. |SCHOOL SHOES. Very } ? 000. UNDER SAND BANK of Vict Kid, solid soles;| ¢1.s0 yalues, In sizes 2%4 | best materials; soles solid | ; fully guaranteed. ) 8 and wid! | and good; sizes 9 to , Sizes 8% to 2 i DL E.) Pair : $110 Prlrasnetns $1 (THE 14TH STREET STORE, Third Floor) ‘Mrs. Kimpin Left Her Dia- monds in the Washroom While Eating. Loosens the Sand and in Cave-in Several Have Narrow Escape. Women’s Fall Style | Neckwear Mrs. Isabel Kimpin ate £9 worth of buster cakes at One boy was Killed and another tn- , Le t., totay.—_Ex- ts being done there by ‘oodside Heights Terminal Com- and the two victims were tn First announcement of this sale brought an eager response. The merchandise was found. even better than represented. We expect that the balance now on hand will be sold to-morrow. indies In falling sbe b: buried boys was begun at once and one Disp played | on Main Floor Bargain Tables all day to-morrow .. (THE 14TH STREET STORE, Main Fleer.) t more: ¢ them was soon reached His wig! Jeg was broken, Dut he was not other- wise The employes am known | See Pine Se sae ok Pease te bey oe kro OT Persian Lawn Ww wists; fourioom years ok He was employe: with Fronts _ prettily gned oy. He was oe to Bu t “lusters of e y ospital in Long 1 ‘nels of em So a clusters J} seine dom Seeger here panes % Be y mt wher tucks, fine lice tBertions a utts- Was found to be dead and yokes, lace trimme Some have two pairs of Ie wepenrosen: HT RAYA were ola long or short trousers, one plain and one Gocnin having tated “pposed to have been eeNS N LAWN AND. BATISTE bloomer. Blue cheviots, Slant a ivepuctad hee joas at se enesntemes| PEN alsts y fine material, open} Fancy Worsteds, etc, treat fice wtation front or back models ther long Every style on the mar- ket will bs found in this or_short sleeves. Elaborately trimmed Greenhut and, te attend the opening of their Dry Golds Store The Seventeenth day of September, 1907. An absolutely new stock will be on exhibition, , 4 i O44: } unencumbered by any merchandise of former ean pensee covenny preanstanens’ | | fyi ath TANT gate ! a pull string, good wiath; S$, ainee 34 to 48) 3a ieee 28 i selene seasons;-a service brought up to the very latest A ual cae I j 6G, in all BHOPPIN standard will be’ employed in its sale. Teese, QER De | ERASE eerie |e MEE: ee, iat TEER Cag Mae f pre page buries qo Big eels : thee, petorar aseaien Ser ettaret An organization consisting of the most ex- Shere aoe SEE IT SPRING NAM | SOURS ocont black CA OG Nae wizes,- nickel” or and all eek 13¢ Haden icieae! Rat || sisen, “nicwel’ of Be] g"olece’. ses perienc ed skill the Dry Goods field affords is wien an eee et pcaneenene eee See & 2¢} 1. FRENCH, MALE |) 5 employed to execute the business of the louse, capepees Ppa tiuace: ese i “Sone ity six | [ C Whos eee nchor and. 4¢ ere api jmfein ste | ——under the general management of Mr. ERT P| TO hlirile: 20 | Pawo x ENAME Sete retie TEOMING OU Ee aereeen eT Coutant, whose genius for store planning and EaN ates | 2 ik ‘executive architecture is well known. pia epee 68C Nos: FMorten WR pois Eat he 42% . ‘ j ANH ABI DRESS Sixth Avenue, Eighteenth to Nineteenth Street, New York. sEyING ae. Hanne (Store formerly occupied by B. Altmann & Co.) rant Bixeys _Kovar, | ; : | ae [ feea rei ae \ vottle : VAxCY Fide . SEWING MACHINE inch Fi ig READIES, paper 26\°y is pattern: “Se h open work embroidei Jace In- ek ns and pin tucked ‘ $1. 49 backs. $3.00 values PRETTILY__TRIMMED LINGERIE MODELS. Clevéfly designed in ya- rious. stylés. . $4.00 values. Fronts or- namented with handsome panels of pretty embroidery. Others. with lace. yokes and oddly designed backs; three- tucked, lace lot. Double-breasted coats, Russian and sailor blouse styles, $3 would be the usual price for them, Sizes 3 to 16 years, $1.98 invil the publi f. quarter sleeves, neatly Beal ; ie trimmed collars attached : : and cuffs to match $1. 98 (THE 147H STREET (THE 14TH STREET FLOOR, Third Floor.) loor,) Dressmakers’ Supplies id IN OF rst Big Fall Say: uncement of this Important Sale 1t THE 14TH STREET STORE means the first of many Ge oe Events in the Notions Dept. Conveniently located on the Main Floor, with addi- tional Tables and Extra Saleswomen to make it easy for you to select the Bargains you most want.