The evening world. Newspaper, January 13, 1908, Page 1

\ ue \ { “ Circulation Books Oper to All.’’ | ve be NEW YORK, THAW INSANE FROM BIRTH, IS DETENSE'’S OPENING PLEA MONDAY, JANUARY THREE TIMES AND AILLG HIMGEL Max Baum Attempts to Wipe Out the Entire Family After a Long Quarrel---One Bullet Hits His Son. BROOKER GETS BACK HAL STOLEN JEWELS | His Former Butler Held in $5,000 for Ansonia Rob- bery of $25,000. Max Baum, 2 well-to-do man of fifty-eight years, living with his wife and son at No. 72 East One Hundred and Twenty-third street, as | a result of a long quarrel with his wife, fired three shots in her body at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon, mortally wounding her. Then he turned the —_ revolver on himself, blowing off the top of his head. Rgeeenerterhine The wife, who had stagger] down this afternoon he announced that he| Charles F. Sliced a ip ee the one flight of st fell was going to kill his wife and son and | Coe Bras Bianuteg ae ns so arme of Detective Edward 1 clean up the f |ansonta, Conn.; Vice-President who was standing in front of No He rea evolver which lay | poara of Directors of the New York, son, allroad Com Herman, who leaped toward erate effort to get ‘Turning her over detective dashed Baum, but got t hear the shot that ¢ Ife. to a by up the New Haven and Hartford R: ew York, y Company with a on ‘a director of the 3 Western Rail connected \tarto and and official! he wife Mrs, Baum was taken to F ) usband | or more other big corporations, an Shale eneree e ice : her pody.|to.day in the Tombs Court to prosecute Se ee Gar ue Hepe te “ nd the son's |i. former butler, Frank Riva, whom physiciana hold out no hope for her Lista seratanned Sot oenta f enna nea ae recovery. to his room upstairs, The wite|he accused of stealing ’ He identified $5,000 | Baum and his wife had quarrelled all day yesterday. When he awoke this morning the quarrel was renewed he left the house in a rage. me staggered to the street, | tique silver worth $25,000 1 to the room where he lgiittering baubles worth about Ma perce pulletitnto lwhich were spread out on the bench In front of the Magistrate, and said thet handbag which Detective Wil in the meant’ Baum re and had fired t Returning his own brain | butler was held for trial in ball of eee i 5,000, the specific charge being “bring: | three ing stolen property into the State.” | appented of the Brooker home at! The robbe: Ansonia bec: of Riva, h Carlos, e known after the arrest | rica, and brothel Thursday nit at No. 44) West Fifty-fourth street, The wife and brother were discharged by Magistrate | Harris to-da for lack of evidence | Mr. Brooker said that on Sund. when he and his wife returned from abroad he found his bureau drawer | of stickpins gone. | wife, E AND CRUSHED BOY, THEN REBOUNDED Nobody Knows Him or How He Got in the Shait—A Shocking Sight to Observers---Crowd Jan upset and a number The jewel safe, which was concealed, | and the key of which was ‘hidden, had | mer butler was the w where key been rifled. The only servant W 1 safe were located, so he suspected him, drivate detectives and the police had | located Riva, followed him, and fina ed him, Wilbur and ed the Riva rooms bag, under a and ectlves Central Ofte: and found an vor G th cravenette coat, that held a chamois | atners. bag in which the Jew ere | aa were in the bag forty He} reached into bag and pulled out al In the most peculiar and mysterious elevator accident with which | diamond “mistletoe sprig.” worth § ~ ‘ fj ad | which Mr. Brooker said he had given the Coroner's oftice of this county has ever had to deal a boy met his}io nis wife for a wedding present. y Then came a diamond horseshoe worth | death this afternoon in the fourteen-story Mackay-Bennet Cable Build- $1,000, which he had given his wife for ‘a birthday reminder. Then followed a watch, a number of stickpins and | other pieces of varying value until the Magistrate bade the detective cease, Mr, Brooker had {identified cach piece us it was produced and told its history and value. ing at No. 20 Broad street. He \ shed between an elevator in one of the:shafts and an upright framework which confines the counterweight. The man was not killed in leaving or entering an elevator. No one knows how he got into the shaft. He was not a workman in the build- ing, nor was he employed by any elevator or electric company having obstruction with such force t and it at least three The workmen 3 ‘5 In the Riva rooms at the time of the! anything to do with the elevators arrest were found a mandolin and| There are eight elevators in the build policeman sent an ambulance call to the|gultar fro the Brooker home. Riva! ing alongside a wide corridor that runs] ciudson > et Hospital, and the ambu-|declared that Mr. Brooker's stepson from Broad street through to Now ng at tne door of the build-|2ad given the instruments to him, but street, The elevators numbere work of removing the|the youth, who was in court, denied ‘ cutively from the Broad strec » Served to increase | this through. Mr. Bi: side. Elevator oO. crowded wit passengers from the floors, < the body out was a harrowing deacending at e xpromn § eed, Ww! t licute operation. A false move ' | at {ts Mo-gyator shaft to the ¢ bounded | first constructed a platform of Umbers lin the sh and se The body was tnally removed from the t. In one of the pock- ets was found a memorandum book in mentum was stoped back up the shaft Could See Body Wedged In. ‘The condu ‘qi and immediately ut o the me ism. | He ran the car back to the ei floor where the passengers got off. ctor did not lose con vator 5 Won Affections of a Mrs. the shaft at the next tloor level they| Which was written in a boyish h Cec A Ma Sr te ee \venue and One Hundred ana| Green, of London, and Now ; Siy-finst wlrects In ‘ons of accident | vets ane fermen ae Pelee ta wiau nena ceamnurdttenallinrorniy att Irs, Ma ‘vnn's| Made Co-respondent in Suit. | the face was turned su that those who “#/enue, between ne Hundred and] ———__ E aaa et und One Hundred ooxed down through the shaft Fete CTY FAI ea ri RE cation was made in the divorce court Part of the boy's clothing, including half of his cout and walsteoat, dangled CHOKED BY PIECE OF meat. to-aay for permission to serve papers from the bottom of the ele r that y oner’s Ply sicta, of publication on W e Cloud, had struck and crushed jim. Leland e body of denn American Indian, who is cited Half the Elevators Shut Down. | \y.'" Ju at the’ Morgue. teas co-respondent The accident made necessary the shut-i day, ais th Nad iveuneu} White Cloud was a member of the ting down of the easterly half of mn « Wiica stucx in} Wild West pw, and while playing battery of eight elev and the cor- | BROOKS: es Ay helthis ¢ he captivated the affections of ridor on the lower floor was soon! ‘Tuird ArasiGreen ANGE INA ced | Beryl to ALeave)| er husband, White Cloud subsequently returned to America, and the advertisement will be puyplished in New York. who ts now suing for di- Jammed with excitod men and boys, As} the wa the news of the accident spread the crowd gained in numbers until it ex- tendeu Into Broad and New streets, A ' TUE BALELE SHIPS cu route to the Pacific Coast use Stransky Ware, Over 15,000 pieces bought by the U. 8. Gov Se They Were Shoring Up the Ruins of the Madison Avenue Car Barns When the Pile Came Down Upon Them. One man was killed and four were badly hurt, one mortally, by the es collapse of a wall to-day at h street and Madison avenue. . Fate ; ; Polar Star Smothers "is Field The men were engaged with thirty others in shoring up a fire- : : in the Second at weakened wall of the Madison avenue car barns, when a gaunt three- 4 4 15 to 4. story wall, weakened by operations on another portion of the structure, toppled and fell with a cras (Special to The Evening World.) With the collapse of the The first man reached was uncon-| Sew ORLEANS, Jan. 1%—Another| man cried an alarm wi stam- Sclous and bleeding. Then eame Into | cniny, Orentsdnvantocls miawaye what peded the workmen to seek places of sight the stark body of a laborer whose | chance (een eon oe Gan ce i safety. A but five of the imperilied| Ife had been crushed out in a twink-|racing at the Falr Grounds to-day ot beyond the danger zone of |ling by a huge stone, which lay across] oy. track was much improved and pre- & bricks. ese his chest. sented a fairly good surface, but the w suried under tons of brick Got Out Burned Men. Horses engaged to run over It not of th reat am: cap of Moans were then heard ¢ ming from beneath a great confused mound and! plaster, Fought Hard to Save Comrades. Ryeniethesdusti ralcedintialmen from beneath this the rescuers reclaimed featy Pare oray A tically dug Ute? unconscious fellow-workmen, One | §v to the mags of debris, hoping to save | them was apparently breathing nis|the for * last. their comrades. weight w The other were critically iniured ate that “BROKE RS, SUSPEND, ee } been colo: ral good sprinters, Pasa | 35 pounds—a condition that ¢ 1908. FALLING WALL KILLS A WORKMAN. HURTS FOUR OTHERS, ONE FATALL FRONT TWICE FAIR GROUNDS e calibre likely to pi ount of enthusiasm, A hand! six furlongs was provided as ire. and in it there started tena. being opinion of tha nost in the handicappers, he being assigned to topse-He said he had not.oxpapied.1o make | sponsid| ith 16 pounds. Tlieing was another prominent candi-| the Jury's indulgen had weight up, while Padre, said to be a sprinter of more than aver-| was thrown in with only used him lowing, first r conditions that and each of 1 a good fc were unc » the traine to the Hmit of the track. atched. ‘The two-year-old | s for maiden fillies, and sev- those named had previously red, so that }had something like a fair 1 might be expected, FIE KACE—Purse $400; two-year-old Mill three f |Arionette, 110 (A, Martin), 18 to 5 and 5 j '@ tod and 4 to 5, first by two lengtt 10 (Lloyd), 6 to 1 and 2 to 1 cu no tol ‘Stock of Western. Ice Company, an SE as tds A E. R. Thomas Concern, Among [inane aitaso mm. Assets—May Resume if the RE Sead UT Creditors Extend Aid. Pane a Seer eee! Time, 1.19 H Ronee) LE 7\ Broadway, |sea%,2P THIRD Robert Maclay & Co., bankers and brokers at No. with a branch in the Ansonia Hotel, failed for $1,500,000 to-day. \ The Mac is a Stock f lay concern change house, which has had|{ and 2 . + > " > + Crafty, 11 close business dealings with E. Thomas, whose office is at No. 71 }a ia to aS 4 - : J. Lee Broadwa In the assets of the firm is a big block of Western ice stock | time kre, Young |S ment and no assignee will be named it| World re! ue of t Many Women Patrons. Wostar, W eks present unmarketable at prices any- where approaching there rea! worth “Robert Maclay & Co, are Columbia foo is the board member, ‘The A@sonia branch did a big business Co, did a tn the R. Thom White, Mo » members of the frm are Robert|at ruinous prices. The firm has large] Burney’ sa ay, Alfred Ba jore Maclay his| quantities of assets which ¢ reciated | the ” ther, and Harold Weeks, © former|in value in the ent slump and at however, that ajor M. ftome, RAC . Amotitlado, to 1, 0. h 5, second; Rappatstnock, 108 7 to and 3 to 10, third 1 D. Dunn, Dent yer, Dapple Gold, on, Heart of length, 6 to} —a Thomas security Hyacinth, Monere and St. Noel also ran. 1 e fi is Robert Maclay, known in society as “Bob-]| FOURTH RACE—Purse 600; three- The head of the firm is Robert Maclay, known in society as “Bob agareoldg naling aie faviongs ero, am 4A a x clay. wi e Knicker- (A. Morgan), 2 to 1 and 3 to 5 and by He is a son of the late Robert Maclay, who founded the Knicker. ey ean a x head; Theing, 100 bocker Trust Company, and was the first president of that institution. SEE ee UCR ae a ow 4 to 5. third. Time, 1.16 Pi lena, It Is reported in the fir district | with wealthy women on the upper West} 4.10, 9 thirds, in ht na, thatthe araclay, aused by| Side, Alfred Maclay and C. J. Tracy VARS Ph UTE COR CES ED the tre s of Thomas. The} had charge of it. They could not be| —_—_—_.»—_- — | Maclay n js indebted to the Hamil-| found when the first reports of the [ton Bank in the sui of $10,00 on two | failure reached the hotel this afternoon, [RELEASE ON BAIL DENIED ‘notes for $50,000 r | A swarm of women customers hysteri- red. by coll | besieged the offices and over- TO EX-MAYOR SCHMITZ. cc oe med the lone stenographer in e charge with inquiries. NCISCO, Jan, 13.—Superior ident of the ton Bank | It was statei at the Ansonia that dge Frank H. Dunne to-day ref: a} Maclay & Co, are mixed up in Provi-, Robert Maclay started In the stock to admit to ball former Mayor e dent Savings Life de through thelr | prokemge business about three years |; hmitz, whose conviction upon th Thomas connection, They are the > with the backing of E.R. Thomas, | onarge of extortion was reversed last gents of the Brockyiil Westport &) oO ing at the hotel at that \\ canted by the Appellate Court, orthwestern Railroad, a ltte Cana- | sing jomas Was understood to have! wich deciared that he was illegally n line, which owns ar of WAY)! out money into the concern, and he iS CET four locomotives, five passenger cars. | containiy helped the business along be- |‘ two baggage, mail and express ise of the friendship he felt for — d tw ight cars, with Incidental | .poyyy Mai game position that severa} banks occu-| 58. pied late last fa ave ic] Ke Thomas and ©. F, ‘Thomas! Gan Recume If Given a Chance, | pied late last fall. Th oe Sake bought contro! of this road two years El SBA aY #0 Shed ae ns Toad two eeted | ‘The law firm of Stickney, Maclay &|in the present state of the market are pegennng “Inge Life McBurney is counsel for Robert Maclay | un realize on ther president 4 Co. Mr, McBurney made the follow money was involved in yrs $35,000 worth of the bonds of th | toad, which w : ing statem irding the failure: | the claims upon which the frm was road hich were Th 01 d ign ‘ced to ¢ ult?” as! Evening See eoartine ‘The not made an assign-/ forced to default?” asked The Evening porter, ate ENG |tho members of the firm can prevent} “If I said $100,000," replied Mr, Mc-| ry Elizabeth C| it They believe that they can work| Burney, smi might be a long of Bishop They have a, thelr way out If the reditors will give| way off ck and I might be as 1 . West Big them a chance w 1 $5,00. As a matter ane 2 | “orne direct cause of the faiture was! of fac HHAUIBICovAtate Raise [ inability: to meet obligations due without | (y, aeetihalaanievor te his Maclay & Co, Mr, Me aid that the senior member at that time 5 Herbert F. Thomas, 1H Robert Maclay great deal of business and the Thomas interes was 1 “TRUST CONCERNS “ Circulation Books Open to Au” | 13, PRICE ONE CENT. eee |Chief Counsel Littleton Tells Jury He Will Show White’s Slayer Was Irresponsible Previous to the Final Act. \WITNESSES CALLED TO PROVE LIFE’S RECORD ;White’s Brother-in-Law, Chief Reliance of State, Tells of Acts of Architect’s Slayer on Roof Garcen Immediately Before Shooting. | Harry K. Thaw’s defense on bis second trial for the murder of | Stanford White was begun late this afternoon in y speech by Martin W, gued that the jury had to consider only the state of mind of his client at the time he shot and killed his victim. | This followed the yy of the prosecution in the famous case and was not begun until after Mr. Littleton had subjected the State’s Littleton, his chief counsel, who ar sudden chief witness, J. Clinch Smith, brother-in-iaw of the dead man, to a rigid cross-examination. At 3.30 o'clock Mr. to make hs opening. He most sily 1 orators Littleton s! vod upyean tell us, an, as! st however, msinitity is. d what mental re As to insanity, we trust y on the statements of those whe low, rambling rhythm, but occasionally have made a study of insanity, from the start he ran his oratoric “Ihe icarned Datriot-Attorney telle fingers across th rp-strings of his | you that the d lant slew Stanford yolce, just to show what might be ex- White deliberately and mallclously. I pected of him when he got fairly started, | We belleve tas Ue ac tne Ume of that defendent nd begged | would a norrow, » admit that the Kd y his speech until to » If he seemed un-| deliberate and malicious and it woud ready be murder in the first degree—murdet eat ing to the arduous task} without excuse or provocation, Buc we land the weighty responsibility invested | coniend that the defendant was not re- on all who were iminediat spy e—that he was not sane, {in thi the South uwyer defendant must plead that he he would be found in the rule at the time he committed healthy, active, energetic par | He need not claim that he client. He hoped, however, to raise ‘ore he commit. enough bis partisayship to work me, that le was insane the | cerely ustice to the pris le committed the crime, and justice to the commonwealth moment after, sane, again “]oknow.” he suid, at_you twelve hust make the simple claim men hold opinions: re guilt tthe time he killed Sta or innocence o! . Dut you have | as insane, As to the other taken oath to lay aside opinions a | ents you must determi 1 to judge this issue on the merits. | ()) AG) a EL CLITA This, I betleve, you will do, Counsel | spirit dot of brag din (ny isposition on my ) show you we ned up J [for the People have s det nition of insanity wa and pseudo-phys! | part ve hats the mi spur o ment t r the Legishe inaarivnUnaetermincdleles needs of case. We shail Se ery oer atria! pport of ovr contention he detini ! row a backward and a ft evades even those that who will on the acis of tended de- and those tinue fstudy it to the |i5 for us to give it the be of our minds, with view those ac of slain 0 “Unwritten Law,” uble of t is sounded all our organy ee tag theres in, But of the portals of ns were of forgotten They |the brain, science stands wa ={hohling in its 1 lamp ing i > darkn trying : fous matnspring brain alone re: ntraced realm, have penetrated a little jot 100K upon the work. nas we can the work= or the heart, We can the brain by the action Jot its owner. “Gentlemen, we are aproaching the {discussion of a subject that should hrill us with a great interest, | “We are to det |ble for a man to take own hand in ‘Companies That Keep a 25 Per apse. Cent. Surplus Gain mary aches Meinbership, [nis teact ‘tell this story wish I it be possi. the law into hla a moment of mental cols I will tell you the whole e life of Harry Thaw. I wiki through his mother and nd those close to him, } could let you hear that story from them without having to discuss At a special meeting of the New/it with you first. The time has passed York Clearing House Association to-| when people h ith shame the fact \day a portion of the proposed amend-|that there was treanity in the family. ° rn these things. Nowadays we must ment to the constitution of t initting trust companic ltt is no story of a strong man who, is unanimously adopted. ‘This| under distress of sudden passion, takes ‘all trust companies that keep a/the life of anc It is a story I will humiliating, for nembership | tell you w amend-|ily’s I reserve to ful , ociation: t places of a fam in the al ‘That portion of ie proposed 5 disagree: lent to the constitution which provided! “But duty d me t Pecieh Jehat trust companies having 15 per cent, | uble task. Harry ‘Thaw was born, Se erve in their vaults might be y-odd ago, of Sarah C , ak Thaw. Willian | od as associate members was aw and VV Tha eNuUaR yver for three months to await wo was a stror Hiei lative develop at Alban a strong wom subjec Tt 1g expected that there will be some! tits of de ¢ Willlam Thaw me bo ft the family NAMED “BY ROOSEVELT. N, Jan. : Pr ther of nity, ot nd relatives of the ffered from { George Hou, to be | hier tact I will bring you ample proot Customs for the Distriet N.Y. The nomination of| Upon the maternal hh the defends >. O. Colby, at present captain] qyts mother was a Copley, This mothe in the nay, to be reur admiral on the was also sent in er had six brothers and sisters. Ong