The evening world. Newspaper, February 17, 1908, Page 1

Edison’s Secretary Takes Remarkable Way to End Life Perjury Indictment Found Against Charles W. Morse | Negro Burglar Had W.K. Vanderbilt’s Stolen Silverware orld, |RINAL} ‘ |“ Cireulation Books Open to All”? | “ Circulation Books Open to Al.” | | R ES U LTS E 0 | Tl 0 N ! _=— = = = PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1908. PRICE ONE LIN Bo DSHS SECRETARY. in mL PERIURY CHARGE IN NEW INDICTMENT ENDS HI LIFE; WIDOW aos wor wi wants FOUND ANS CHARLES W. MORSE Ingenuity Rigs Up a Shotgun and ee val Ths a Se "Set Trans, ‘Ata ) mn : POLICE AT NEW ORLEARS enigneed fier vite Wika Poker me memes | DALAL “PLEADS NOT GUILTY To - Be ach ee aod Linibn eioa Reardon's Prisoners, Who Had Htrdy Anna Wins First Race GRAND LARCENY CHARGES. Agreed to Plead Guilty, Ad- | of New Session for City ee i Jork Track vised Against It. SUS Arraigned in Court While Federal Grand Jury Nori Is Conc.uding Its Inquiry into His Trans. farting it actions—His Counsel Argues sion with an unusual ward, Tho track wan niuitdy afd tor Time, eavy-Keing racers got mr +2 neg STANDS WITH HIS BREAST AT MUZZLE OF TH# WiAPON. : Srooklyn Bank ansions of multt-miition who recently d iis tbert ng a sentel ront Morgan, ts | The feud hetween the Polive Depart-{ ry men from co} The refusal of Re ment and County Detective Reardon] , Mr. Edison Hears ot the Tragedy and we: the Home in Time to Prevent Mrs. Rane | national trust con | with which concern the Brooklyn ‘n: uo Braney 1 T Al number of things > e tution on the point of merging sant ahi netic wenn ¥. f dolph From Leaping Out before it closed ite doors, was the) jo Dn a | 4 wane les oHineds The Special Grand Jury returned another indictment against Charles of the quarr ue fst The summaries , A m , : Fieve - elas ot a Window le © time the combination was pro-| Inder the eyes of two and his ti, pation | WW. Morse this afternoon. It charges him with perjury in connection with . Navan some pass books held by de re employed exclusiv s furlongs Mardy | oy iar es lyri pet. an tors In the BreokiED Bee had been or the Vanderbil: house ater » indicted | i tet ant/testimony he gave the Grand Jury concerning loans made by the Na- ftransferred to the Internation rt e did not hear of the bur. | men ~ R. Thomas and the Provident Save Je ‘ The pol f ia . , — =F a pany ler an agreeme: John) F- Randolph, private) secretary: to. Thomas A. Edison, and cietrce ine tae ineitetonn, Since wie. wlary/ until Me, NanUvrbite sailed on Sat ) iy t e suspension of the Brooklyn Bank an urday. Boyle took up the scent after i1 treasurer of the Edison Phonograph Works at West Orange, N, Js shot crder lina Deen served on it by O'Brien ht eag reer a n On in the cellar om Boardman & Platt, attorneys for the ses euzs us and killed himself to-day ellar of his home in New Valley Way, Fee A Pda ie ofteal ine lila exantinatlonioriine ignite : We:: Orange. of any account with a deposit trans-| mansion convinced him that it had been |, With tis u fe i » the trust company, ! brought up the case se ings Lite Insurance Company. Morse swore before the Grand Jury that he had no knowledge of the loans. Mr. Thomas was then called and testitied that Morse ar: anged the loans. Letters were produced proving hat Morse was mistaken when % yaa cATOne Baise tie “ n inside job i He had made elaborate preparations to end his life, using a shotgun! “theatnosior over wiowe account the FERRE j ENR RREMARE Te Ne oe he said he had no knowledge of the transactions, rani F iece: Aft reine: } quarr arted ‘lind a $200 deposit in) yorson or persons approached the hous es tip, Gayl ; . that blew him almost to pieces. After char ging both aie of the gun, the Brooklyn Bank witch liad been) oon peat ne ee fas ee eee Attorney G The indictment was handed up at 2.30 o'clock, Just three h se he fastened it against the wall so that he could stand in front of it and | switched to the International Trust jiymy on any of t ‘ ) Fi comp ny. He had incurred an indebted- yoy giiverware w. Push back the triggers with a poker. Before exploding the cartridges he| ness with the Brook Bank of $00, Ws or d th $00 had d m told by £ previously Morse had appeared before Justice Dc ng to plead to the Sta, taken from the dining-room, Mus two indictments charging grand larceny, which were filed last week. He . . Svat rat Y hit o-day was offse his | au Jear::” this breast against the muzzle of the weapon and Frlehtfuily,| ee Naaet ecee eee orl ne! Servants Had Trunks Searched, | iurt-rasni, shes. were Vind | indebted mangled. fused te The notse of the shot wis loz was notified through his counsel, Philip Britt, to appear at the Criminal Courts Building and plead to the new indictment. | Mr. Britt sata that was "They had a pathetic time there on| Dole walsh invited to State his elver Friday," sald Boyle to-day. “It seems |! instru y nM { ; H Higgins, Hasbrouck and Attorney Dol- that when the servants learnod of Mat Ae his wife and child s 8 Gining-room just a 4 Sy ae fi ron, thely counsel, accompanying him, robbery they all instsied ¢hat hat Ah ‘i riting letiers ine i “ly 1 understand that you will not trunks be searched. They went to Mr. | om and hs wife had become fy U iW } i | permit man to offset iis re Vanderbilt and begged him to do it ae had be his on aus conditio national Trust pany I cannot believe any of you would ‘a ‘ When the wife reached the cella indebtacness he! steal,’ be sald to them. ‘You have an) (eunen which was brilliantly i ~ against his e a te ty ve lan 3 t Sn P fi nd, she! celver Higgins is satd to have asked. been with me many ye * But they | tia name ; : ‘ 3 on awooped at the ehastly sight tat met “L certainly mean just that,” retorted would not be content unless he tiad the, {fue © he vou am ve | 4 1 ~ TUMBLE Al herveven | Hasbrouck. search made and he was forced to have | haw sou should act aed | Ty tes H to 2 ane Edison Saves the Widow. '. Higgins thereupon, it is alleged, {t done. When it came to the old house- Sustcd i : Nr 2-5 2 H shook his fist in his associate's face keeper Mr, Vanderoilt hesitated, ‘Oh, Neve: of Nii aie } D Vand cried: “You've got nu more nerve no. 1 cant allow tis, he sald. Bot | jthan 4 sheep sir , the dear old lady wept and insisted and | OU Receiver nT TERIA, alan eed tor une to pacify her Mr. Vanderbilt bad her| | wit Perea Frank J. Schmidt Wi ‘knowe to Mr. Wdls roshed over to t |smatier than Higgins, started for the Jal about his business ang w mit this. {them not to plead guilty Ciroumstances, It a of the p the perjury tm |dictment was tase; upon testimony |Siven by Mr. Morse that was misunder- | Stood. Morse has assured his counsst that did not deliberately or intens nally perjure himself, URTH RACK—Purse the | | | relal Grand Jury | e third Morse indic ie Federal Grand Jury in the Fi | | turning out th rty outside the ead acuilty,” be Buliding was listening to testimony im ein ome of Morse's transactions over which the officials governing Nationat Banks have jursdictl'n. Among the heard was Miss Kk. Wilson, and the Randolph home, arriving t ver with clenched fists. trunk searched, too. Of course, tie ehurpe » the defendant to prevent Mrs, Randolph from th inz herself from the window of ar how igh nerve I've | found nothing. Upper story. he said, Attorney Dol nant wn, a fought desperately | \s ed him, however, and after an | Convinced that tho servants were not with the Nd herwhiiren, it |SYtdicate’s Figure Too Low, [faerie Of hot’ words which could be |Amplicated the police sat a watch on ¥ 7 x i a ¥ r Ps in the bank, quiet was /the various pawnshops and fen aed under restraint and $47,000,000. Will Be ls a banker én | Bovle wasgin a fence on Saturday ulgnt sses S private secretary Hasbrouck © name My, Edison sald that he knew « Allotted aig, Ulster county, and wae ape /When Anderson entered. Sustains Only Scratche |anears foie tc pikcteen Anes Teason ¢ ry's sited | Allotted to 470 Bidders, by Justice Betts." Mr. Higgins, | "1 have twenty pounds of good sil- in His Fall fn Ronboer ureter Aossenen dol ph geveral letters | a8 a heavy, fepoattor in he vor and want $i for It" he said to ae lrg expected that the Federal Grand marked “Parsoual” for Mv. Edison } antute rain See Sent cunty, was appant- | the propricior, “Here's some of it, it's sider ——— Wen i pe had also written letters to ibs wile ana] Four hundred and seventy piddera Scutet, jal ike this,” he fue, handing over /fOUncel with nine | Sohntat, who Inve few weekel! os Nill report B)-morrow one Wednese Bo etn Will get the $50,000,000 worth of bonds ee pleces of silverware, One plece | ne ds Rraniea Gendt Ae) Bie eee day and that the report will contadm ndolpiy was forty-five ge ee brate his elghtieth birthday, fell lived In a handsome cott | Vi s old ace older we he V i plea Ww 3 Na i - sew {Seld by Comptroller M A Le lass a vont a the Vanderbilt |piea te nen valley Way. with bis wife and two! The price runs from 104 up to 195, the! & Fel name is Las « children, Vivian, thirteen and oul.) highest bid, ‘The syndieate c. posed Refused All Information. men PARE Na ueen i f our an Tout prey Gleven, ‘He had been Mr. Mulson's pri-!s yp tg j Boyle nabbed Ande The negro ' |i ‘ from the fourth-story window of ais maiter of Interest, not only to Morse Explosion Fifty Feet Below | home, at ; but to other men who figured promise Ou Reena ine evenly % nently in the October panic and ite . yre an ambulance surgeon ar- Vate secretary for Uie past fitteen year the National And was believed to b ne vacke S 3ig Build- a haenuent dev y ‘ Surfz ) an subsequent developments. ' iene ete i y | Was gteatly surprised and was inclined ming i iia! (Recs Tails Elly rived, picked himself up and started to )*/seduen om van believe wealthy, Severai| (NY Tank, National Bank | to give battle,-but a look into the bar. | ; ings and Breaks Windows, rived. pi ee Nething More to Say ) eas ago he was made treas.ver of ail/ eae aL e Sens will not gee} | rel of the detective's revolver took all |” cn male eee ‘ "| walk upstairs state erfatel of ae ADHifed Jany of the $7,000,000 issue. Their bid - a Immeriately after the matter of bag 1 ass 1 from ver 1ge | the fight out of him. He refused to give} a id man has suffere Letter to His Wife. | Mia address or tell where he had left BABY BOY DIES AS | wa for sevegal years, W' was fixed at Justice Dowling's home chusetts Loan & Guaran- vy rs A big blast. set off in the McAdoo tu t Ithe loot. He also refused to give any q In the letter the suicide wrote to his + on which Stephen L, rely of the robbery COTTAGE IS BURNED nel, fifty fee: beneath the surface, Reid, signing them- The police believe that Anderson, or he Seta naa |rocked all the buildings that remain! tee’ drew the checks on ? a y t this morning Wife ater he had rigged « some confederate, entered the Vander- rhe | stand! yout the corner of Thirty- 0,000 worth of the bonds, tangle abouts DSe: GENIE oom he found It eathe and opened wun tn the cellar he sald (ua left everything he poss . 7 1 it house during daytime and hid until Sere TEESE are Ee World to her. He also declare Sood on the checks and the |night. Many tradesmen are admitted second street and Sixth aven ny N get their allotment for the basement every day, and this A had come by all his i 'e by hard work ana patient Which they bld 101 or bette is win | Victims Siena ¢ Mapped hint revtenutateavetneestearties) cde r ve then each about $3,000,000 worth . A At Police ioddaunviers it was sald was one addressed to the in-/or the Th e Boston men ana| Mid-Valley Colliery—Their to-day tha: Anderson was arrested in| ventor’s wife one to Wiliam came to the elty this morning 1899, charged with robbing the homes of ty Morse went with his wife, d met iim at the pier, and hig \orneys Philip Britt and Alber (0 ils home at No, 723 Fitts use Une ! {s morning, when he ; and Mr. Britt entered one of the autos mobiles iat Mrs, Morse owns and star® the alr rushed in he becan lave mad. two men fol] sixty-five feet broke his fall on his hands al fin remained tn the h plate glass window was broken In oft s Bank windows were shattered inj His wife, who had s ely he had b the bullding oscupied by D. A, Doyle, : ae | = tevens, who was ed ¢ Criminal Courts Bullding, aah} Benaral aaa eeaetten Weapeal sam | to wet the bonds as svon as Comptroller | Fate Not Known. !j. Plerpont Morgan and Charles T.| The ne a trunk manuta ry was leaving his house Mw Woehsicany sone ° r eber, the | Meiz can alot them, | Yerkes, It was alleged that he had cut tree of who west corner, T ambulan. Morse was reminded of a promise he endent. It was found tha * Se eets vas . nit de to By i i Tt waa Mr, Randolph's custom to [pit 08%, 2und tat bids at 206 ana valuable pictures from their frames inj steppe! out. f was jarred, an mi an Evening World reportes arrived the old etehed and got up. made for more than 350,- the long time bonds of! sue is only $47,000,0u0, . vd ings to give each, (@ mile aad a half north of Mt, Carmel, > ve number of bonds pe. {twenty-three miners were Impr'soned ed, even though he had bid a pg-' tla sfternoon POTTSVILLE, Pa., Feb, 17.--By athe Morgan gallery, Ie was sent tol! cave In at the Mid-Valey colliery, about | bhuira for an inaeiinit a his release he has m the poilee. Inapector MeCafterty said to-day that atres second st nago. He sald at thas OOM Worthy Since to dodge nt the doorway of| 44. —— and announced to} , ail right. Beyond aj} ie would re iis hands and knees ess was made against hing ly In @ full statement, stv { was Otto Jor- = 1 . im ' yyle's establishment. fl aide few sera in the inside history of the attacks | ; ofetalenne ections |ARAeFFON'S AIrest would put a stop to ; Ae talon wale ae , Jit havo been directed against hig . we whleh entived Wim to bonda, go |_ There are no Falla weet HON® | the robberies in the Fitth avenue dis. | | the ehenithe ere may be sitght in-| joa eactions Do Yon Kuow O Guete als will Ret hla pep. mR the colliery and dotatie are mea. | the FoboeE Te nce, Titty avenue ais.) MAYOR ILL AND CROSS. ‘ binat shbornont tte! s. but Schmidt assured him | ee ene ts tne promise, bud 2S SSS rata s Or about 7 pericent. of the Tt ie. not At his time whether in all the thefts reported from that dis. : naa f a BES} HAY u elie the e any he didn’t feel them. |i. nothing to add to a statement made, ~ Ih - nt md t Nine miiions of | the men Hod fo death In the. ¢ricte | Mayor McClejjan 1s {11 with gripps He} fii a CULM Ba 1S An abe » Bo to the hospital to be|iicr night, In which bi clared that hig! | That “Position” ts nee | iiliars worth of bonds were bid tory cavern Xd 4 aeitt of | At the Vand house to-day 9 See oUlce inane: - ' examined. signing of Judge Morgan J. O'rien'@ | i 10 the eaat side Ki morning | servant said burghiry was commit: at N US ——>—__. |name to a check for $10,000 was not the | points of success—when jt ier Meta sild to-day that the but was kept qu {48 Who |req some eine braced In \ » BIG STEAMSHIP DUE. egal in that tt was not Rep || | omse (Of ten Stookiranas Bona) waned ta kere ing to 1s otctck am. BEY ese. SRN DU EOE BY : maiip Duca de 1 with any criminal intent. Anything fu! J | brngeaeatafactory salany € the Finance Department ta {im cules fem 3 wh'ch |iyot when examined by Nean idisturtwn Mr. 1 MIE ee eet ev ieatostce lta that GHAR Set Maids a MERA kee 2 tase ne $ ousexe 7 starve 1 oxlaziers at work S aad ip Stns ill come from his attorneym Ries SE sratlons by: About MO are etmsloyed gt colliery | tie bouse mate ' " r 4 x, s aples and G nounced, will come fr his attory | aa at they will not. be ready Peel CLs NCE jer scr fone urred |The serv butlal Cae nt : Seater cainarteenelin’ 6 ‘ON ‘they all ault work and offered. thet keg out ¢ n ‘i : at Sce W orid Help ane saa araaaati services lo: the Company 6) wore Inne, Ree Peincthars ; ; nt 3 HR ; f 10% tone and the fs mie! Goeeidorn on) the: fiset Roem ati thas . SH Oe BO! java tn an endeavor to rescue their [Male past wa Lor Mavor Moc’ 1 muinutes. Lt bad} new steamships built by the sriminal Courts Building and tke roomy we bidders is uc pote tr watchman wen i ard of Mayor MoClel-| been » ad ye © | Crtratnal Wanted”’ Aas A UE ee oeredeg., | Ming le eat Donnell as found unlocked shortly afer that Misery loves company, 1| jus! been set to take the place of one | gugione Gencrale Itallana for transat- |" oe to the Criminal Brena ef Ud re bidders ta all, ith | fiiclals of the company hurried to |! taka teat ara ' aioe IW the aggregate $271,900,000, the colliery. peur. broken by « » ature {inete ‘ ”