The evening world. Newspaper, December 23, 1907, Page 1

| Mrs, Die 4 | | PRICE ONE -DIETERICH HURRIES Behe announcement was made Noung, Mrs. Dieterich’s mother, sen \foy Europe on the Majestic to-morro Mrs. Young also cabled from Paris, ecoording to her sister, Mrs. J. B. Ar- Feats, and stated that she had arrived ely at the French capital with her and daughter, Mrs. Dieterich. | Miss Arente was seen at the home of jeara. Mf. B. Young. mother of Airs, Al- |@red Dieterich, at No. 19 Beet Fitty- fdourtt: street. She sald that she had geceived a cablegram from Mra. Young, dated Paris, at 1 o'clock this morning. Sm the message Mrs. Young had stated ~— j@hatahe and her son had arrived safely cleat the Hotel Rita, and that Mra. Dieter- i was with them. "When asked by reporters 1f she would {allow them to see the cablegram Mise iArents said: “Ie 1s nat conveniently by, but ite eontents are in brief Just as I stated. am at a .oss to know what all this dontuaion is about. They are all ther fn Paris and all together. Mr, Dieterich was at his office, No. 2 Rector street, to-day Giscuas his plana or admit or deny: he ‘had recelved word from his wife, al Mrs, Charion F. Dietorich was seen by * 3 {x a great shock and sur- prise.’ “Our relatjens\ with jour daughter-in-law were always most and the /félations between ad my son were always, I aor cued, most friendly and pleasant Mrs, Dieterich had been at the opora congenial, NEWS OF HIS WIFE; Announcement Made That Mother of the Young Woman Cabled the Millionaire From London and He Will Sail To-Morrow. _ young millionaire whose wife was reported to have eloped with Harry S. Brenchley, professional whip, had received a cablegram from. Mrs. M. E: terich Reported bv Her Aunt to Be in Paris Island Patients Id HEARS. CENT. AFTER HER to-day that Alfred E. Dieterich, the it from London, and that he’ will sail Ww. JEROME THROWS, SCARE INTO BANK AT MONTE CLO District -Attorney’s Brother Tells How. Name Defeated _ His Pet System, + A @elecation of anxious friends was on the Hamburg-American Line pi |when the steamer Hambure mede ‘+ berth to-day to greet Col. Lovell Ha! Jerome, special agent of the Treasory Department at the Barge Omica and brother of the District-Attorney. The frionds were anzloun to learn. whether or not tte Colonel had broken the bank of Monte Carlo, as he had promised on Saturday when the report of ner|when he satled. Guugater-inclaw's alleged elopement | "No," xalq the Colonel, after hia first became current. ‘ ety ee oe Rated “lave you heard, vie pas phatta paralyals, “I dia not itd ere “that any one prominent in perches Cor Re : ‘ th influencing + : closely. I nad ething to do pa ding your daughter-Ineidy ia. the ted elopement- FeRGgeiainly not! wad Mra, Dictertoh, eniphatically. "As 1 said, I donot know anything, It fa all dark to me. Of course 1 am Interested, but the per- sons-16 make any public’ statement are ‘my son or my husband. ‘Ask Husband, She Says. “Do you know whether your daugh- fer-in-Iaw sailed with her mother?” “you must.ask her husband.” That young Mra, Dieterich and her husband's family haye not been on terms of friendly Intimacy for several years hus-ben frequently gossiped about among their-acquaintances. The former 4 Young Wis a daughter of one of the oldest families of wealth and social in the ‘South, whereas thé groat fortune of the Dieterichs, ac- qitred in natural gas, is of rather re- cent garnering, The Dieterich, it 1s said, have been made to fel their lack of pedigree by the Youngs, and as a * consequence thery has been a decided * crispines: two families, No one hus ever doubted the devotion ich for his viva- of young Alfred Die cious wife and: their “four-year-old Ilt- te girl, who is now with him in his apartment on Madison avenue, He wax ot one of the sort who went In much for gay social functions. His father had started him dn business anJ,helped film bulld up a larga independent for- tune. so that his business affairs took up, the gréatert-part of his me. As much of it as he could spare, reverthe Joss, he devoted to hip wife and occa- sotlally accompanted fer to horve shows, fy which she Was Keonly interested as ‘ an exhi@itor. ‘Abandoned Club Life, ‘A momber of the Meteopoiitan, Calumet and many other clubs, the ycung fan practically abandoned club Niro after lls Marriage, During the past - month oF so he has visited none. of them, and Ip wae In these same clubs Wint the gossip first sturted that egh- neeted tho name of hin wife with that of the young Englishman) who had made lis way into woclety: beceuse of his rare Knowledge of horse fieeh, en route to the In the relations between the | my system all doped out and I ran up to Monte Carlo prepared to do the job and charter the hold of. the Hamburg. to carry my winnings. “You do not walk right In to Monte Carlo and plank your money down. You send your card to the Board of Man- Agers and have St inspected. Then, if it looks good, they alze you up from a conning tower, after which they toss a coin to decide-whether to let you in 9x not, J] s@nt in my card, which wan fresh, new and in large, bolt-faced type I no- Uced that the functicnary who took {t turned pale and trembled at the knees, but he bore it swiftly to the board of managers. From the thresbola I could hear murmors, Then came hestet ox- clamations, and 1 think I heard one shrill voice way ‘A pas Jerome! Nan! Sapriste! Sacre de ventre ‘pomme de terre!’ or something lke thet. Then there were more cres and a righ of feet through the oorriilor, é | "One of the board opened the door.« | few Inches and stuck part of his face He was wild-eyed and panted: Aire you 26 Jerome of New York— | #e ralder Jerome—ze fellow aat mak 20 smash of xe wheel? “It took me a minute or two to get thts’ all through me, whita his teeth | from behind by his fellow directors, At brother, “This reassured them a tittle, but’ they did not fal! on my neck, kiss me on elther cheek and drag me to the re- freahment counter. ‘They sald ‘Entre’ an if it hurt them and I went in. “But, honest, boys, y fair show withmy system, Everywhere I turned there were eves on me, There were seyeral ples under the roulette table, and ‘they watched me from je hind curtains and throogh the shitter, of windows, I took @ ilyer, thourh, and quit @ loser to the extent of 2) vents, MEN’S MELTON OVERCOATS AT HALF PRICE AND LESS, KING'S. Gt avenve and some lucky pure! Real clotiilers, corne: 23d have mags Vv AMD ow treet. a tat Vabout $1,800, the expense to be met by chattered and he waa kicked violently | | lant 1 explained that I wan not'the Dis.| tine the former banker back to New trict-Attorney of New York, but his| \gnd signed H. M. Morrison, by 1 MH day, tod 4 | Petaeile lined afaltontcrnae Melton werconls at. od $9.80, V1 tung, RING cor, Puts ih jeu elas i * Circulation Books Open to All.’’ } NEW YOR BIG MAURETANIA. CUTS LOOSE AND SINKS A BARGE Break Hawsers of the | Great Cunarder, | SHIP LMOST CAPSIZES. Listed When Bow Ropes Part- ed, but Quickly Righted to an Even Keel. | It looked for about thirty seconds to- Gay as {f the giant Cunarder Maure- tania would go down in sixty-five fee: of water alongside her dock when the wind, sweeping up the North River, tore away her bow fastenings and heeled her far over on one side. She righted at once thanks to the upward pressure under her flanks of a iitter of caral boats and harbor craftbut one of the small fry went to the bottom and half a dozen of them were dam- aged. | ‘The Mauretania was lying on the. northerly side of Pier H. at the foot of West Thirteenth street, rearing high ROTHER SCORES Ky, SISTER IN SUIT ACANST PASTOR | Swift Tide and Strong Wind Police Lieutenant Star Witness in Mrs. Miller's Suit for Libel. HE WARNED. MINISTER. Says He Told Him to Beware of Four Elders Who Sat -a§ Jurors, |The second session in the searing of charges of criminal libel brougt Arthur E, Miller and his wife, > against the Rev. J. Edwin Triplett, tor of the Bedford Park Preshy Church, was held before Corrigan in the Cengre Police Court this afternoon, ‘Tae pastor in ac- cused of having written letters damax ing to the peace of mind and rep von of Mra. Miller. The charges all Krew out of an attempt to get the Mi lers out of the church, George Gordon Hattle armeared as counsel for the accused minister and Assistant District-Attorney Train on hand for the prosecution. All banda Were {n court. The first witness placed on the stand was Victor J Willams. a lout of the water, 20 that the wind and the tide. both moving in the same 4! rection, had @ clean sweep at her creat bulk. Big Hawsers Snapped. ‘About 10 o'clock, with a noise like a pistol shot, the firat bow hawser parted. The next two hempen cables held. but the strain twisted off the ‘itt’ of the jron stanchions to wih they were made faat, and the nose of the long steamship began to swing outward and upward In a wide arc. x the same instant #he lurched over so fer that for an exciting half minute her Geoka were at An angle. Then the stern lines, which had held, pulled her back on an even keel.: The forward gangplank was yanked off the pier and Gropped’ dverboard. The Alp was pretty well filled up with small river boate—lighters, scows and canal boats, The Mauretania’ ‘carried moet of them with her in her swing, and when she finally. halted they were jammed ‘together in a huddle against her nose, some of them showing signs ef rough treatment. The coal barge Allce P, Rogers, be- longing to M. P. Smith & Co., of No, 6 Broad street, was moored right Alongaide the ship, taking on ashes. ‘This Derge was stove in and began to ful, Saved Wife and Baby. ‘The captain, named: Samuels, got his wife and baby out of the little eabin aid carried them to # lighter which ‘was touching hie craft. The deserved barge sank fn leas than five minutes. After the tide changed two of the ‘Cunard company’s tugs, the Kirech- baum and the Rubman, brought the Febellious liner back into her berth and member of the chtirch and one of the members of an Investicating commit- tee appolmed to look into certain thixer RdOUt Mrs. Miter, the resolution that bh and which had been df Mr, Triplett " Miller Refused to Resign. Williams .testited he that was die rected by the pastor to show tla reso- fution to Miller and ark the iatter to resign, with his wife, trom the chump) and thus’ avoid any pudite airing of thi matter, Miller refused to resign, testl fed Mr. Willlame, and was thereupon haled before the seasion of the ohurch. Lieut. Charles Baker, who {x attached to the Mercer street pollce station, wax] Next coated, and he proved a rather lively) witness. Liout. Baker is a brother of Mra, MiHer, bi with her by" any meniia tHe tt, NOt fact, quite bitterly opposed to he: A letter written by Buker cones: hin sister was read. Taker sine teak fow things to say about some of the elders of the church, who, he declared, Were working in the Interests of Mrs. Miller at the meeting of the neesion Phen they should have, been Impartial ‘ors. Seven of the 1 tuted the seanion. ny Gale “When I appeared before the session,’ anid Lieut. Baker "1 found that four of them were acting ag lawyers for tha! Millers. ‘They asked me only miperficial questions regarding the Millers, He Warned the Pastor. “When ono of Mr, Williams reaa|* the other three elders, tania Breaks Hawsers in Gale and Sinks a Barge el THIEF AIM QUAY NTO BUSES OF SINE Uc, LeU MS PISTOL ‘AT-GIRL GUEST OF HOTEL NETHERLAN entity _ Brutal Attendants — os PRICE “ONE CE UR GOVERNOR ———_-_-+ Two Accused Attendants Vanish Af- ter Dr. Maben Assures Evening _ Be De World Investigator All Will tained. TWO IDENTIFY BEFORE STATE COMMISSION. TORTURERS After Scaling Walls, Invader Simply Reports to Physician on Nurses’ Book Mention Injuries, but State That They Were In-y _Asks Guest to Let Him Go Free and C auses Panic by Flight. : { | Detalis of a desperate escape throurh lithe Hotel Netherland by a burstar ‘on [Friday night only came, out to-day. The thief gave the gusts of ihe reat scare, oarticularly woman, The young woman wan asleep in her room on the eleventh floor when ihe bursiar dashed up the fire escape and feaped in through her untocked window, According to the story that the: guests of the hotel are telling, the tlilef placed a ‘revolver at the young womans forehead and ordered her to ep still or he would kill her. ‘The young woman, it is said, pleated ffo rher Mfe and offered all her jewelry it tho burmar wowld apare her. 1 don't wam your jewelry,” the thlet reported to huve replied. “I'm in a tight fx and all I want ia to get out of her, Now, you just be a good little girl, open Uiat door, let me out and say nothing untll I've had a chance to skip away from here, and I will not bother you.” i Thief Gets Away. The young woman dki ax she was told, She made no outcry until the burblar was Well on his way to the round floor. When the cry was raised throughout the hotel by the young woman and other guests, who had observed the Jcrook scalme the fire-eecapes ike & feat. the clerks and other attendants ‘on the ground floor saw a atockily-bullt the lobby like a Iman dash through asked me’ about the morals of the Mile} shot lers and I told a few things one of] oe followed, but he war the four exclaimed, “That's seas vangainies bie wwcaped by running and continued to shout in this manner| feet of foot and e! oren—atter—the. cede mee my leut. Baker eaid he turned ¢ Rew Mr, lett and told him ‘he Mouldn’e got Mr play from the foun aus elders’ ai @ laugh when he re- “I told Mr, faxtor had repped for t that he had bet- tied her up arain. As she does nov salt until next Saturia: there were no sengers ———___ BANK REFUSED TO PAY FOR WALKER’S EXTRADITION. NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Dec. %—1t was state to-day thao the cost of bringing William F, Walker, the de- tn acrosn the continent Will be the State. The Savings Bank of New Britain, of which: Walker was treasurer, was anked to meet the expense of get. Britain, but the oMclals deciined, and ccordingly) the matter was taken up by the *Btate Attorney, and enough ayalluble money being on @and. the matter wap-turned over to Chief cgan, lof the State police. a |. ‘To-day the bank oMclals in this city reoalyed a letter trom Consul E, Bailey, of Ensenada, Mexico, tnclosing fa letter written to Bailey by Waren &5 nome Walker waa known 47 Mexia he detailx of'the letter were noc made kuown, the oMclals simply stating thar the handwriting was Idenceal with that ‘of Walker's. ! ee SILK LINED OVER- COATS GO COE AL Wing's, Com UlM AV, ana vite ‘A ahance seldom offered’ ‘4 ter look out or fio would be label on the botfle—not in tee Uke the — —— HIGGINBOTHAM, AT 310.5, WINS “ATE ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS RESULTS. and 3 to 1) 1, Himalaya (4 to 1 for place) 2, Alsatian 3, SECOND RACE-Higginbotham (3 to 5 and 1 to 5) 1. Javanese (3 to & for place) 2, Abingdon 3, 2 to 5) 1, Al Muller (1 to 2 for pace), 2, ‘Artful Dodger 3. Time—t1.09 3-: FOURTH RACE—Jacobite (2 to 5 and out) 1, Faust (7 to 5 for place) 2, Jack Dolan 3. Time=-1.30 2-5, EW ORLEANS, Dec. 23.—The card torday was about as good as usual and the weather fair. Gee Whiz captured ik lined overcoat at MY eh Fanor oe BING: event. Hgainbotham, at 3 to & Wea the winner ef the sesond veg, FIRST RACE—Gee Whiz (8 to 1} a: “THIRD RACE—Loens (8 to 5 and| {nto Central Park, i The thief was first seen by several Netherland guests aa he was prowling om ton of Park & Tilford’s Which adjoins the hore! on thé nerth agd on the east, running about it tn an "L" The burglar became france Wherthe saw that his movements were being -wattched. ‘Tae Park 4 bulldine t# eight atories high, white the Hotel “Netherland ‘towers over it for Bix Noo: The thief rushed nit on the Park & Tilford root : the north and [Up te fire escans, winking at the win- dawn on the ninth and tenth floors , He finally a ndow unlocked on the eleventh ana dashed th there, Dien't R&b the Hotel. “Absolutely nothing was taken from this hotel,” sald Manager J. H. Whit! [taker this afternoon. ‘We wil! not give jthe name of the young laity whom the Durglar frightened so. She does not want notoriety from this affair, The police have learned ‘of the matter and the young woman has been asked to visit Police Headquarters and look over the Rogues’ Gallery in an Attempt to pick out the man. She has gone to the Detective Bureau this afternoon,’' Manager Whittaker denied that the burglar had placed a revolver against the young woman's head, but others about the hotel were positive in saying that such had been the case, Manager Carey, of the Park & Til- ford estadlishment, said that nothing wan taken from their ‘place, and also stated that there was no evidence of the burglar having been in their bulld- ing. He ts inclined to the belief (hat the crook gained hin roof by way of the hotel. HAMILTON BANK “AAS GET TO THE GRAND JURY Charges against officers of the Haz)- iiton Bank, based upon a report of the temporary receiver, Frank White, were presented to the Grand Jury to-day by Tiatrict-Attorney Jeroma R. and Orlando Thomas, ‘formerly president nd director of the Dank, and William R. Montgomery, who succeeded E. FR. ‘Thomas as president, were named in the oharges. | ‘The specific complaint i» that the three men named made overdrafts and Taleo Jonned to. themselves. more than the Jeesl limit of the bank's funds Shortly before the Giand Jury took up tne chittges Rresident Montgomery ar- jrived at tho Diatrict-Attorney’s ofice, accompanied by Howard 8, Gans, for- erly teat aasiatant of Mr, Jerome. Aa Cohnvel for Str. Montgomery, Mr. Gann sald “1 will be simple for ua to prove that there were no over-drafts at the time the bank suspended, This action Ix in- spired becuuss of the fight Mr, “Mont- kotiery is making againat the receiver. titp. Mr. Montgomery. xaye the: bank in A position to reopen and resum payment. This he wants to do. \ There ig absolutely nothing in the affairs of tae bank: that oaanot be explained.’ The American ACCIDENT HALTS. -JORPEDO-BOATS OF PAIFCFLET 1; PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dec. 93.5 torpedo. boat fotilia, whioh left here yesterday morning at |8 o'clock for Rio Janelro, on tts way jto the Pacific, returned to-day because | of an accident to the thachinery of the lawrence, a The damage !s not serous, and it in estimated that the repairs can be mado in one day. The supply shin Arethusa has gone on to Para. The battleship fleet has not yet been signalled. ———_>_ __ | PORTUGUESE PREMIER TO | LISBON, Dec. 3—Premler Franco 4s {planning to reorganize the Portuguese | Houre of Peers anil transfer the judictal powers now exerctsal by the House to | the courts, oe BLACK THIBET SUITS, $9.80. A new fow level in price for these elegant sults, silk lined, any size. worth $20; “latest out. Try on® on and you'll take {t, KING'S, cor. 6th ave, and 23d Ot, Open evenings whtil Ames %e? net building. | ing windows on both} PaeD a month, the present rate of t sides of the hotel. Alt of these a kent. locked. Seeing i sescape was th ked, he swung! TAKE POWER FROM PEERS. tlicted by Other Inmates—Green {Lunacy Commis I {he inquiry will The investigation of the Ward’ ‘‘Dope’’ Stupetied. 's Island Insane Asylum by the*State concluded this afternoon, and the findings on ¢ submitted to Gov. Hughes Dec. 30.“ Dr. Ferris, who heaged the investigation board, ‘said that when the findings are submitted, icertain recommendations would undoubtedly bebe made to the Goy- I rernor. \for the attendants, as it: was impos: { {mend a rotary system of s itching |had probably been considered. | "Undoubtedly." sald Dr. F he present. management han nt of |'thix and considered that the present plan iw the best." It hag alni been suggested to\Dr. Fer- Thataeyen patients in Ward No. 4). {about whom Dr, McCarthy ta i | they manifested more intelligence {the others, be called. It was poin out phat the patients c: had Penrod “dopey” and total irrational, and that (he others m! cleare tétimony concerning alleged brutal treatment. Refused Suggestions. |. To this the Commissioner answered: “MWe don't care to haye any sug- gextions made on how to conduct Investigation, We have carried on: the inquiry as we thought beat.” The Iast witness called was Dr. Floyd Haviland, who is in attendance at the asylum. He gave expert evidence about the treatment of ondleptics and ex- plained. that many such patients were ‘badly bruised and cut by falling in fits. Charles Shorter, an attendant in Ward #, who has been employed on the {sland since October, deciared that he had never witnessed any harsh treatment of patients. During the investigation it was re- vealed that two of the attendants charged with brutality by Dr. John C. McCarthy in his exposure, published In The Evening World, have disappeared, They are John O'Cc Tipping. : On the day Dr. Mc'Carthy's story was printed, Dr, Mabon, the superintendent, sald that all the attendants in, Ward No. 49 mentioned by Dr, McCarthy would be detained in ithe axylum until after the investigation.” But. Tipping and O'Connell gol away and the hos- pearance, A Qonfirmation of Dr. McCarthy‘s state- ments was furnished on Saturday by two of the unfortunate patients in ward 4, Willlam Benque and Hamil- ton MaDuffy. -These men. while con- fined as yinsano, are sane enough on ordinary subjects and are abl to ny a connected story and déscrihbe cy. Of the. witheas Benque, a tall, digni- | Ged ‘patient, who has been jn the hoa- pital two years, Samue! S. Koentg, counsel for both the State Commission Mn Lunacy and the Manhattan State | Hospital, asked: | “pia you ever haye any trouble with any ‘attendants {n your ward? Banque nodded his head. Q, You have scen an attendant put a towel around the meck of AL a patientt 1 have acen.them, [pens tp the patient, please, after fe twisted ahout bis to another, so that the men would not become set in their wa sider themselves absolute masters of the wards, he s, this} nell and Thomas pltal authorities are reticent’ about the | circumstances surrounding their disap- | specially he would recommend ihat there be an increase of pay ible to get a pay. igh grade of men for When it was suggested to Dr. Ferris that it might be wise to Tecom= the attendants about from one ward ‘sand con- id that the subject on neck. A. Well, he could not brenthe nny more. ,MeDufty was one of the beaten pa- tents In Ward #4) mentie d by) Dr. McCarthy in his aiary. He Is a amall- rized negro with a very low forehead. {Me testified that he assisted in waiting ont t imes, Hs an- jerers to stlons put by Mr. Koeniz are here given: "Q the attendants ever strike you? A. Well, I have been treated a little fourh I have been tere, elite tell us all about it, Mr, Me- Dany o\. Pour or five times by the head Q: What do they do, put their bands on yout A, ‘They gave me [% wood beating up.” Q. How?! A. Kicked, knocked me arou Qa. wi thelr vith thelr nn | Q. Who was {t that did that? A. Tw. of them are up there, Demuth an Philltp (these are names, the Wwitne had for attendants ho later identified). | Hanged” with His Own Suspenders. Q, What do they do? A. Take ydu down and use you a little rougher thaa {I am used to, Choke you,Pull you jaround a tittle rougher than I ain used. to being used. Q. How many times did they do that to you? A, Six or seven times. 4 Q. Whom “did you tell about 1t? This in the frat time I haye told bent don Hele. handat A, Yes, and tt. | Q. Do you know the name of the jcaptain that took you down?’ A. Do I low him? Q. Yes. A, Oh, I know him aulte wett. Q. What is the name of the captain? A, I sald we called hint Phillip. Q, When did you fast. see him, or {did you «#o him to-day?) A. Oh. yes, I Just left him about twenty. minutes ago, Dy Mr, Koenlg--Now, when you nay that a captain’ took-you down and choked you, how ‘did he do {t—with hia handat A. Well, I had tm pair of suapenders on and |he pulled them off and put-them |nround my neck and pulled them |around. You understand how that | ta done a McDuffy Identifies Attendants. Attendant Leahy was produced hefore the witness and the commissioners, By Mr. Koenig: Q, Now, Mr, MeDufty, (know this gentleman That Ia the one I know, him Phill Q. Vhiit is the gentlemtn you called the captain when you testified here be- fore? Yes! ‘sir. Q. Now, is Chis the man that took vou down, and used you roughly? A, This t ped take m. rous' owas the other captain? him Demuth. don't know none do you heret A. They call | | 1 QV doula you pick bim out? s. I cam i A Ae