The evening world. Newspaper, December 31, 1907, Page 1

Se Ark Ca PRISONER A FIGURE IN SWAMP MURDER os ey Thompson Admits Leaving England. With Womanand Says He Leit ~ Her and Sons in New u Zealand, : EVENING WORLD TRACES GIRL HE WOOED IN ENGLAND. Letters Found in Boat Break Down Stories Told to Police--Mob Jeers as He Goes to Jail - Mrs. dull ‘‘Identifies’” Once More. hi (Special Cable Despatch to Ths Evening World. (Copyright. 1907. by the Press Publishing Company, New York World.) LONDON, Dec. 31.—The Evening World correspondent at Ches- terfield to-day found Rachel Richardson, the girl whose letiers to Albert - Thompson, the suspect in the Harrison, N. J., murder case, were, found his boat yesterday. Miss Richardson is a servant employed ' by Dr. RMA. Johnston, Beachlawn, Belper, Derbyshire. She admitted that she wrote several letters to Thompson at Harri- $on and Elizabethport, and that she wanted to go to the United ‘States and join Thompson. She said she had not seen him for several years, but that Thompson returned to England two years ago to rejoin his wife, from whom he had been separated for some time. : Thompson and his wife, Miss Richardson says, returned to America together. She heard later that they had-separated again. Miss Richardson says that Thompson's wife was at wue time a very handsome, well- formed woman. This exclusive cablegram to The Evening World establishes that ‘Thompson, the suspect held under $5,000 bail, had a wife in this country within the past two years, despite his original statements to the Police that he was unmarried. While the Jersey authorities have been busy following false clues and fake {dentifications, they have completely overlooked Thomp- eon and his fellow:prisoner, Kirkman, and the only investigationmthat has been made concerning these men was prompted by an Evening World Te porter. : It 1s now up to the New Jersey authorities to discover where Theme “and Kirkman were on Christmas night and Christmas Eve; whether any one visited them on their boat, the Idle Hour, on Christmas Day, anit where Mrs. Thompeon is. Thompson hss led continuovsly since his arrest, and ‘each Ile exposed bas led him deeper into a maze of falsehood through his explanations. When Thompson was first arrested, he described himseif as a bachelor. Kirkman, who lived with him on the boat and who is from the same town im Lancashire, England, from which Thompson halls, corroborated his every @atement. No sttempt was made by the police|en Evening World reporter who was to trio Thompson's antecedents | questioning him: movements. An Evening. World re-| “1 Jook upon woman si er persuaded Detective Walsh, oflanimal. I hate women, pirat alte the, Harrison police, to search Thomp-|anything to 40 with a woman for eight asl eeeteenciay) morsineesndbiet [sare ‘ e tere were found showing that he has @ Thompson was told today that e young son in New Zealand and has| 3) been corresponding with a legram from England to The Evea- : World contatned some woman named Rachel Ricbardeon tn |, Belper, Derbyehire, England ome about him. He was asked if he s knew the whereabouts of In Cell, Thompson Weakens, For’ God's sake.” he roped nico Thompeon: was seen in hla cellin.the|>¢.saking me things lke that. I want Herrison lookup this afternoon by aa You..te be on the level with ma Dea't Eveaing World reporter and Detetive | ‘¥!#t me up or try to confuse me” ‘Waleh of the Harrison police. The pris-| _THOMpeon was rethinded that he had ‘ener, although an ironmoulder by| trade, | “#imed to be @ bachelor, that he had fe slight of physique and almost efrem-|**! hie wife was dead and that he had inate In manner. disclaimed any children. He announced He |s @ s{-educated man; who has} # intention of tetiing the truth. read omniverounly. rom his reading Found Wife Remarried. he has absorved pronounced socla “T married Tan Nichbls in Chester- opinions, From books and pamphlets | ‘eld, Derbyshire, Icngland, about twea- found in hin cabin it appears that le|ty-ftve yours ago,” he sald. “We hed has made a collection of Nterature bear-|.rouble about twenty y. ing upon the relations of the sexes. A]wns 4 drinking woman, fed jertca) ead to 198.8, sequently we became recon- jclled and lived iogetser for Cras yeaa |¥ears. ‘Then 1 lett her again p40 the United states. \ “T wem back fo Engtand tn 1s7, |the Lucania, with the intention sae ef kid- High Class Salesmen apolne ty non, Olvee ireeg of Me |jirip that 1 met: my trend. ran, ** New York, Dec. 21, '07.. > In-a previous conversaisetryscies N.Y. World: sald he first met Kirkman five At least 100 high-class salesmen | 280 while at work in the Lererwood called to see us in answer to our |/dccame frlenily we eer pond they) “tielp Wanted" advertisement in your | they were from the ‘samp faa ine wat this week, which enabl ene: it paper abled us | “1 returned to N to pick out a sales force that we Aron tinued Thompson Vand wens NEW Y ORK, ‘TUESD Bomb Hurled Into Crowded Stock Sse in Rom ob Jeers Swamp Minder Prisoners on RESULTS. EDITION. AY. ‘DECEMBER “31 4 “PRICE ONE CEN PRISTON Of | RYAN NW PUT UPTO JEROME), Held of Public Service Board. Dowaiowe vane Youngsters See 4 Mere Man, Several Hundred of; $ Says District-Attomey Alone Can Act. WORK ‘AHEAD. But Commission Has Nothing te Do With Ryan’s Deal in Paper Railroad. a MUCH “The general inquiry by the Public Service Commission {nto the financial history and physical condition of the transit Mines of the greater city will be taken up and Snished soon after the = of the new year.” iam D Willcox, of Gov. s Puoll Service Commission, is announcement to-day to The ng World Mr. Willcox was asked why the inves into the Metropolitan Street Ugation Hallway. Company, which began so promisingly, was allowed to default !m- teediately after Anthony N. Brady, the capitalist, told hew 965.0%.19 paid to sim for the watermelon Wall and Cort- landt Street Ferrtes Railway Company. was rebated to Thomas F, Ryan and \ ehers tn $1U.05278 sticon, | “There were many important ques- tlons before the commission,” repiled Mr. Wilicox, “which were of more im- aty, was! ef the) { testimony © | Srecocd, and 11 was hin duty ana met that ef the commission to fasten reapensibilitics. “The Commission is not a legislative investigating cominitiee. Neither has it the power to do other than tstue tran- ait service orders and enforce penal- thes for fatlure on tue part of the com- panied in complying seeks to build up and | missic transit. conditions in New York, and already, we believe, bas made sisstan- ection." \ tal progress ; Chairman W enumerated 45 stions of Immed. ane importance / ne public the following: 1. Laying ent m mew casty side subway- 2 Removal ef New York Central Rallread tracks from Eleventh 3 Deira = of future subways. 4.4 transit. service orders. 3 Not Yet Dene with Ryan et al. Mr, Willcox did not believe that the (hinking public sympathized with any report that influence had been brougnt to bear on the Commission and was re- sponsible for the immediate switching ef the searchlight to the Brookyn Rapid Transit Company after Mr. Brady hed peached on his former pals—Ryan, Wid- ener, Whitney et al. . Brady isa tery of the Breeklyn eurface and elevated lines, bat we have cve- niderally mere te de in that quar- ter em the Manes in Manhattan.” eal4 Mr. Willcox. “Very little hae been Gene in developing the physical condi- tion of the lines tn Queene While there have Deen a few transit service orders iasced there, they are quite out of properion with the tm- provements carried out in the other bur- ousha. — “The wretched condition of the 4000 cars of the Ma: surface lines is the Commission” concluded Mr. cox. “To their early repair the Cem- mission has !seued an order against the various companies. I deem the putting Of these cars into fit condition for ser- vice ihe most worthy reform within the laie scope of the Commission.” ‘The Il'ublic Service Commiasion, ic was Icarmed by The Evening Werld, has prepared a petition |... which when completed will te submited to the United States Cir- cult Cort, praying that it erder reectvera mii” ihe Federal in charse jpair make o leew dcergpit transit system, are sure will ive us a large vol- | @{ my tmde. In "Aprile eta T left Jonn | The cost of these needed repairs ‘ume df business ala ie sro (petals AY RUaabeth a heen estimated by engineers DISPLAY SPE! CIALTIES CO., Cedric. “J went, 20" the tind 03 03 the | Jt g150,000, which Is the amount of brother, 8. 320 Broadway, N. Y. City, lon. Near Chasterield ate Seas at Urey attack eae ss eat. bold of Tay son, Oliver, wiihont 0 j the rt at the bib pL Ie i : s 01 mat Do ee Need iiele of i ine fauna that wp sel | BOW any tine ae about 1 Pia san 4 hin. friends were =|F | (Continued on Betond Peae) mediate tmportance to the an x improvements im the; 1,500 CHILDREN ENJOY ChigvS OF THE BROKERS | Performance on Floor of | Produce Exchange. | CHEERED THE “CLOWNS. Acrobats’ Trained Horses and . Jugglers All Do Their Special Tricks. | With busines practically wuspended. the floor of the New York Produce Ex- change *as converted into a circus this afternoon for the beceft of poor children in the héwer section of the olty. This is an annual entertainment provided by the members of the Ex- change for several years past Tan dark had been s;rinkled at the south end of the floor of the Exchange Beats were arranged In a circle and in step tashion, Uke <hese at the large ctr- cuses. 1,500 Children Pleased. Folly Sfteen trundred boys and giris They heared struck—up the Fine of all dame “a [eexiee harebeck feat” in which an acrobat tid all sorts af stunts as the ‘horse he rode dashed about the ring. [amis was followed by a pony race and he boys whooped with delignt. The oummitiee in charge of the affair {4d the right thine in providing plenty ta cheer went up from the boys and ONS [etre which was eard for a block j uishle of te bullding, Thece were, trapeze performances, sleight-of-hamt. experts, trained fox cx and jugxiers. In the other end of the rom a mam- moth Christmas tree decorated with bright electric lights hat been erected. Presents for All. Following the circus performance every boy and girl received a present. Tue boxes given to the boys contained er skates, a pocket Knife, a box of candy and fru roa ata j were given boxes contat rollgr skates, a workbox for box of candy and fruit Members of e Exchange sald that it was worth all the mo ¥ had con- tributed to see the rornesters enjoy themselves. L. A. Morey was chairman of the Committee of piaminruntemtioate emery SMALL BLAZE CAUSES SCARE AT BELLEVU Burming Tar Paper Threatens the Building—Attendants Quiet Patients. A pie of rolls of tar paper used tn the ‘construction of the nex buildings at Befevue Hospita! caught fire today and mete a blare timt caused Dr. Brannon, Presiden of the Boan! of Trustees of Gre hospital, who happened to be at the festitution to ordet a fre. alerm| turned in. ‘The tar peper wan heaped up, apainet —granite' foundations of the seven- story buiiing just west of the Mongue on Twenty-sixth street, known as Pa vilkens A and B. The flames leaped up high and the velume of smoke wad 92 [Genie Gontifor] a) Hane lst eaten’ na] ic ne peeaees fre engine the alarm, however, and ished the Dinxe with Uttle or no Superintendent Armstrong sent’ hosp ie ‘attendants through the ditrerent wards as soon as the fire alarm was turned im to assure the patients that the fire wan some dist from the bornlini that there was no danger e Was nO exeitezient amos the 2. eae A Bollvan Girt Art Calender for 1908, jm tes coters, Triributed etth The San. az Werld om dan. 5, 12 and 19. Greater New York only, (ret the cet, Fretiess Art ‘Cohesdor oi the yon. ' ng a pair of| j sewing and | ; daring, with all the necessities, and a]: NOTTER, 100,15 SUSPENDED AT SUFFRAGETTES - BEGIN CRUSAZE ~NPUSLIC PARK) Star Rider, hee Contract to Keene, Set Down for Two Weeks. Him, Listens in Madison { Sate ! ety ene | MALES BOTCH Bor ICS. FEW GOOD RIDERS LEFT} Women Couldn't Make Mat- + ters Worse, Mrs. Borrman | Wells Asserts. Park Has. Reduced Ranks to Stable Boys. ‘The American Guffraxette’ piped its jfirst note for freedom this afternoon, jwhen the gentle bird flapped ita wings | * jn Madison Square park and offrped | Yotter ¢ tor equal francte privileges for men | 987: was the sil-adsorbing suspension for two weeks of Jonkes'| ordered by the judges yeater topte riit sion among the turf Laat tient ONCE 3 alent sake es The effect of the ruting has dred men Hstened to half a dozen | cated different Impressions. For a there were no|creat majority of those who ‘ike 1 ee 4 ; nlay, the horses ft came as a perponal rade Interruptions or peevish exclama: | oes, tut for the bookmakers for the | dona upon the part of the mace mates | 70 Tar it was a relief. Notter ha: | The first speaker for the suffraxetie| bean riding In greet form of late anc mass meeting was got en American;|every victory oored by him meant « big lossjto the rine. ther she way a solt of British pace- On all sides, however, with the ¢x- maker—Olrs. Horrmann Walla, the Brit-| ception of the close citcle of Eltsor ign champion of the bloomer vote} riests the ruling ts commended, a: Thore was no great patie about the} there could be no sufficient reason why erinning of the gathering, Mrs. Wells.[an exception should be made in favor of Orisk Uttle brunette, «athered heryNotter because he happened to be the eal shout a lew bench, gavelitop-notch rider, The persistent efforts women speakers and fold sath natructions aml mounted the! o¢ judges and sfarters to enforce die ions ctptine bring to inind the number 6f rid- Likes Smiles ‘of Men. ers that are now under suspension. Not H oy ae Including one or two stable lads, whose A crowd of several hundred swiftly | sosenoe newer would be noticed, there oved about the little cirele. They gaye plenty of room and Us-| jecmanent ban. ely “Mex, Wells bean in| sent ext: penn vOwcer season, Notter was allowed to ‘fill his evict Se Wisco engagements for td-day, his suspension piles—plensant sralles But do not| Comune fverative iomorror, Neue deriaively. First Usten. pol open aria hest ae rect pext season. T think you will all agree with me] Tye list of suspensions of jockeys as are fourteen jockeyx under temporary or According to the prece- pane worse Watch of things maxe} now manding Ie ax follows: Notter, C. : ale fen Re “EM | icoerner, J. Sumter, Warren, Delaby: ney do now) inn, P. Baily, J. W. ‘Murphy, James They desire to ‘° Hogg. E. Gri fn, 8. Heidel, Fatrbrother, AR CREP Ren KOLO J. Carter and Aubuchon. of Jaws and public!” eins RACE—Purse H00: three-year- now that women! old maidens: aix fur ad, Ir. MG It is these same ay Power . won: nce YTonenione, to % a ake sport of our efforts} {24)" Titne— ts It Js the en ee 11 33, | Durable, Fire Fi Opal, Bee Logan, aim Da at ny, epoald | Att Gon: casita, idalio, “Is not legiwation part of the educa- ton of our @iildren, and are sot our > add Rip pects _ ae: sort course.—Ri sk > eduonted girls as well acquainted with| sort course CHD. lay (Asal Oey jawa as eiueated Boya? It la the doty| (Qyaiten) 9 to 6 and 7 to 10 secdnd;! of everyman and woman in the coun-} Puli of Fun. 14 ¢ 15 to 1 and ote third. Time—305 Ons Ralph Reese and Coa, Black Lady also try to take an active part tn politics. America 1s called the freest country in the world, bai ft will not b+ unt! wom-| <pimR p RACE- Puree $40; trke- ea have equal rights with men Aad] yeir-clas, selling; five furlongs and & ‘aril Isatian, H4 (MoDaniel) 5 to 1 well get it)’ You aced not je Lea ot ty Selanee, 100 (Flynn). 30 Votes for Taxpayers. to 1 and & to 1, second; Ktter Sir, 16 “You don’t get your votes because re skh 2 to i and 7 te 10, 2. Time, you)are men, bat because 79a Are (AN; | omalla, | Wather Brown,) Lortmer, Third payera Are not women taxpaysrs, as| Rall, Bulk Heal Carr Bayou well as qien. Are not women affected | Lark, Dick Rose, Petulant ami Orlandot Braue the same laws as men? hag | rei aria Serene are five million mea oat Working and living Soe me tn which they bare po sa} making. " le thls pst? Batya Hoaity. pole ‘elle for [inuthe leone! strain) iand! waa! ous noted ko without inte: ENGINER DYING ALAS HS TRI AFTER A CRISE Scalded by Blowing Out of| Engine Cylinder, Golding Pilots Cars to Safety. Then the little band of suairegstiog 2 got up and Lag awe Rairectnamn Az ae forreer out of the diarieen setag Sten Rignes League; Mrs. Margaret Johnson and Ol. Lydia) Commamter, (of the: same order; Mrx_ Christian KR. Barker, of the Women's Singie Tax Leages, end Mrs Harrtet Jobneton Wood 2 women law yer, ‘They will hold suffragette meeti wrery Tuesday afternoon in ihe same place, ani tope to make % a popular| movement | NEW SHERIFF NAMES ONLY ONE NEW MAN. RAHWAY, N. J.. Dec. 21—Tne biow- “Big Tom” Foley Ap Appoints John |ing out of a cylinder head of a freight Gilchrist to Succeed Al Johnson, [emaime on the Pennsylvania Ra!!road, Who Is Going Into Business. Jabout a quarter of @ mille esst of the i Istation here, to-day resulied in the As soon a» “Big Tom. Folwy, New death of ‘Thomas Guiding. enkigecr of York County's new: hSeriff, had taken the train, and the seriot ay the oath of office before Supreme Court ipreman. Just what caused the acci- Justice McCall ils afternoon he aa-|dent ie not known as yet. The train nounced that he would retain the entire “was ‘moving rapidly when the cylinder stat of ‘his predecessor, head blew owt, close to the engineer, ‘with one exception. 1 eT uly scalded by es: 1 Al. Johnaon, bay 3 Caping stoau. i joes, Hheriti Golding: APT ey, ole ik tote Le} pee ‘ole OF, 04 ce John Gil Fesect parole however, apd Drought | kof the Hiart’s isiand Rerormatory train of Sy nia aie Word a ordre ceritcananiol eave ran a rea ° a Jatt’ the fnectets Dey carrine abt pital Snes mest a train at the Bitza- ra) ‘There (waa rejoicing a Bemn station. The enginesr, was placed eo ei wh a wenger train and {f was fur- ee area tae ne ema he Se ane vith ail speed. bat the man wa Ot cian were (0 lowe thetr Joba died Detore Ellsabeth was reached. evmaens T0GK EXCHANGE: [Vigilance of Judges’ at City Deadly Missile Thrown Into Crowded iore>| EIGHTEEN VICTIMS TAKEN OUT, Asuryl of me | Ne RING ROME, MANY IN CRASH Building to Prevent Month-End Liquidation—Part of Struc. - ture Falls, Causing Panic, ~ FATE OF OTHERS “NOT KNOWN Police and Troops Save Throngs in Street Who Stampede in Frenzy of Fear After Viewing Work of the Bomb Thrower, Who a Escaped in Confusion, | ROME, Dec. 31.—A dynamite bomb was hurled into the Stock Exchange here this afternoon with disastrous result, the explosion wreck- ing pays of the building and burying many persons who crowded the place in the nuins. Eighteen persons were rescued badly injured, some of whom may, die, and up to a late hour seve¥al others were still imprisoned under the wrecked portions of the structure. Veet tee CR CIC not known. iets (eupccced the oct ras etre (pe tvs perces ot preraemnea the liquidation customary at the end of the month. The plan was to destroy mullons in sccunitirs, but the explosion eo~e curred too late. The liquidation was all over, antl nearly all the securte) ties had. been removed from the exchange. i - Firémen, 'piitticemen and ‘troops were butried to the scene, and & wee, quired their united efforts to quell the panic that prevailed in and abou$ the Exchange and on the streets in the vicinity. A tumber of the police and troops later joined the firemen im the work of rescue. The bomb struck just inside an entrance to the courtyard, which wae | covered. The roof of the courtyard fell with a crash upon a crowd come, gregated there and buried many. Portions of the interior of the Exchange also fell on the brokers and traders on the floor, causing injury and panic. We Ag The crash came Rist at 4 o'clock ths afternoon. The Sixt Pe! — change stands in the centre of the Gty and a bree busines area wag” shaken. CROWD RUNS IN PANIC. : Persons in the immediate vicinity were thrown into a profound state ° of consternation. The cries of the wounded coming from within the shattered entrance of, the Stock Exchange increased the panic. : Almost instantly a crowd numbering several thousands gathered out side, but before’ any concerted work of rescue could be attempizd fright of other, outrages suddenly seized upon the mutiftude. Seemingly with one acedrd a mad-rush to get away from the neighborhood was started, In this senseless frenzy many were crushed and trampled and there was « danger of loss of life and limb. “4 ‘The first of the police to arrive tried | matne of the city, the Temple of Nepe ,-? vainly te check the rush and to throw | tune We ts ‘attunted gal the ‘ossany tea corona about the damaged structure bali pal asm pee Aes eames As voon as reinfor¢pments arrived |.) giao na dara guards were put at all the approaches | inthian style of while Banas cae and the iron gate of the Exchange was | Sorty-one feet high: The centre po: losed, and then for the first time there | “*# Dalit by Agrippa The roet of as a directed effort to releame the |, Exchange was partly supported nese famous cylumna They were age ned-down victims from beneath the | .mbiea for this purpose by Pope lanes | crumpled roof. As‘ fast as the wounded | cnt xIL were rescued milltary pargeons atteaded them op the mpot. The tota! casualties fs 4 of MET DEATH IN FIRE. (a - aw. | RICHMOND, Va. Dev. 31—Dr, TH, annot be dein’ arcertained yet ow-| e Willisms. an axed and prominent ¥ = to the contusion aysician of, Hanover County, wi cord to death In his home, ™ near aks in that’ county, carly to-day, Uipce butiding and contents were coms vel. A won and daughter with their lives sacerusful otfort: Go resday of the Sre Bomb Thrower Escapes. There is so far no clew to t of the thrower of the becnb. oly caped. pels as The Steck Exchange of Rome is sita-|7°0"Tatuer “The cause ated: In ome of the fimest anciuet re-'yexnown 4. < o