The evening world. Newspaper, February 21, 1908, Page 10

THE EVENING WORLD, ‘Young Burglar and Murderer Society Girl’s 1s SOCIETY GIRLS NOTE LURES BOY OF 27 T0 ADMIT MURDER | Baker, Arrested While Taking Mail, Confesses Scores of Uaring Rob- Snared by & 4 beries and Killing of a Postmaster. With murder, burglary, robbery and forgery charged against him, | } James A. Baker, of Pittsburg, little more than a youth, was perfectit \ plans to become a bigamist when placed under arrest in the General Po Office last night. The young man is a prisoner in the Tombs, in charge | of Secret Service detectives, who have secured from him a confession | embracing an appalling array of crime. Baker is twenty-two years old and a member of a prominent Pitt burg family. He has a wfe and young child in that city. Under the name of R. C. Noel he was engaged to marry a prominent young Pitts- A burg society woman. The detectives arrested him as he was calling at the general delivery Although young tr also worked un window for a letter from her. years Raker, who me of Dickin- anperently one son, is a vete! e. He Is be 1 Neved to have active part in f some of the Hatfleld-McCoy feud kill- ich was in ‘he drawer. the ro ings in Kentucky. Up to last Novem- which had killed him and yome VYomes A: Baker. ber he led an ind pendent career as a| Letter IDAY, FEBRUARY 21, KILLS THR Overwhelmed in Colliery ) thelr work when the ac- ad formed (? {rour walls of the shaft during the night unusually k nd two cage of men going di the shaft dis- f this tce and one man y a piece of it cage, contain: nding, a great her big ne descend- ce, whic on the was loosening ¢ and smashed car and Ice a heap on the e cage ng down en we >. and led one ft were kK ry es of the rad: an OW Boyer, a ns. criminal. Jand conceal — Learned Yeggman’s Trade. [liter soll in New eae; 1 Then he met ‘Fuzzy Rugan, lpeneae artes : and ous yeggman, who taught him the WAY |” payer te ates cp nd C} thin the t» rob country banks and pé Pea ae atite charged with having ue) 1g within the | (fy 3 Since last November, the detectives sa} ‘everal post-offices in Pannsyl- va lemallitdekrat | vania, Virginia and West Virginia. Baker was arrested at about o'clock last night in the Federal b he has robbed thirty- puntry post- in different offices and raiiroad stations Parts of the United States, Most of the confession the young man! {7S Where he bad gone to get a has made was foi from him by | 1m the Pittsburg girl say threats to make public the name of the| ,® Presented himself at the general 2 : Sent young woman in Pittsburg whom he! “¢llvery window and asked 1¢ the Clearing House Statemen deceived. He said he would go to any, “2S 4n¥ mail for GC. No atest a length to Keep: her identity a secret. |“ etter was produced, and ithe|trave te Shows the Total Now to Detective Rigor, of the Pennsylvania | Clerk. who had been instructed py tn- | SPG. Wass Railroad's Secret Service, told the po-!“" Kincaid. informed ‘Noel that 3 : ice he knew the name of the woman | there WAS A previous letter which wae G whose identity Baker wanted to con-| id back ina nile of mail which was| GIRL D he consigned to the Dead Letter! JS BAKE ceal, . office. she 1s innocent of any knowledge cf this criminal’s career," he said. “I End of Long Chase. will tell you she is very prominent so-| While the attendant was sorting i cially in Pittsburg. and pie are| this mail the inspector and dete among the best in the She was | Appeared outs themwindaw ae by this man's manner and | ‘00k Baker into custody his dress and his handsome | According to Inspector Kincaid appearance, and believed in him. ne | Detectives Rigor nd Nuss, of believes in him still, in splte of the! Pennsylvania Railroad, the ehacs fact that it was one of her own letters | Baker iad led ther. f 6 nenaan to be t r that brought about his arrest." which he operated in the Reet re aan| tte cxpress robber and murdere Keepe Her Name Secret. l(Branctneo andinuaeven ee eee en Cr “What Is that woman's name?" Rigor| ‘he man jumneg fram olace to pla SN eee cr ne cokes Themes was asked. |that ther had never been able to tne | eeceatt ot “T wouldn't tell any led the) thelr hands on him until vesterday. | eeulted 8 detective ner no circumstances| Baker, according to the detectives, te | (reemce will I bring her name into this story of/ an amateur tn his line of ba i miles murder ‘and robbery. Twit ; They figure that he started his wonk | ember i noite us et about the latter part of last November leas and be iafran oral Rigi the and since then has robbed a score or| girl who is extre about as smoot BEOBUAI IOn(as\iallleree ce eeeshotsomces end) Cx AISAR Hi ieentis man of his age can He has been | vye ethod Tee recut the country. | Miss Joyce Aented any betrothal tof’ BL SHIHeHRIA MIL EEOUT eT aCLe A ale eLi@metiiods hinalibeenltordthellimoat| lucerne his criminal foclety in Columbus, since he heen hig | Part to pick out some small and seldom| care career of c atter what comes | “equented station in which no night! ned and rob of this case, 1 operator or agent was stat - STOCKS KS QUICKEN name, and I it late at night jen nobody was about. Fay, the star boarder, drinking beer in squeezed from The first deal on which the author the parior, The beer, it was said, wus When the ce Head. | iter saw his handiwork was late in some Mr. Toye had had put away quarters closed beh'nd who js November, when the Thompson Por t the . Fay a gandy-haired, smo tal lon on the Baltimore and Ohio Rat 5 being s Toye did and athletic, he c das robbed of about $500 worth J |not care ment wi TO BANK SURPLUS a WIFE ORANK BEER “WITH STAR BOARDER |Edward Toye Objected and | | Had to Go Without His Supper. ve, of No. 99 First avenue, ng and a patient hu: comes to having with the star forced to go sup- elleve me to exactly what do last night, according to the allegations of the wife to-day in the Yorkville Court. Magistrate Crane's sympathies were with the husvand, and | Mrs. Toye left the court-room, nursing her indignation as well as she could, in the company of the star boarder. Toye is a small man. His wife is of | goodly proportions, towering two feet in it above her husband. Beer vs. Supper. Toye cama home at 6 o'chck last evening after a hard day's work, ready and willing to enjoy qa good supper. Mrs. Toye conducts a boarding-house at the nouse in First avenue, and the husband's surprise and indignation were great when he saw his wife and George Three Others of Ten Workers ICE MASS CRUSHES WORKMAN FIRST AMINE CAGE AND UNDER THE RIVER IN PENNA, TUBE Follows His Pick Bit walked throug tan to Long Isinnd City. Contracto rson & Sons w After three freisht train robbers had) + to-morrow the date of up a brakeman at the point of AE TALES UY CEG , him a@ prisoner on Mine inianee the “Dolly Varden" route of the New ood Isiand | York Central Railroad, at Bighty-fittn ta Were, street, to-day, four detectives fell upon he stan ee ot the tube "them, released thelr ‘prisoner and cap- was made ; “Guess Vil take a drink in Manhat- the & after chasing two tan tuis maw boss," sald a negro’ many blocks and firing at them and sand nog” J er 48 he! overpowering the third with clubs smashed his pick through the wall sepa- rating t The EI 18 YEARS FOR KILLING PCL PLEIN : Morley, slaughter William Morley who shot and Shee! last BAY Cl boy arnt ss money ord: ensuing conversation was, but Tewili beloutoeit mol ed robbed the D the jon of it in court, i I tell you what 1 wan ; West Va a ke yours is not the warmest & Y enumerates robberies . is supper f earth, and if you would let me have as follows: CITY PARK my overcoat I could rest more Rebked Many Stations. Feb. 21—The rep with ree Dec, 21, stat ure as f Datware ul lifting ‘ows, "sup- »mething peeeekeregaty) a9 Curslined T RAGE Smore prominent,! per? Can't you see I'n » drinking eof fl BHARWIthTe a TenT “9 lbeer with Mr. Fay? If you want any- Mites neh for | 8 thing to eat you can go and find it in| t vas being most is. (charg i it the icebox. I ainiy do not intend to) Baker is the r LY XN i cook ar 4 son, at Clarir Weninige x “1 insist ng a hot supper, of Dec. s 7 Ura decla “I insist, do you hear? “LT rea sta ae Te 1 will not work all day and come home o'clock nd ae ta ape and Ko W upper: tion for about nourehained soeee i: : Wa 1 then? Magistrate | office there is right in an crane posed. | tion, the agent No Supper for Him. | pany being also the “Well, I didn’t get the supper,” Toye | ' thought he had teft t answered sadly. “My aid that if | i about 10) of 1 1 The Closing Pri I would insist upon making myself | H ear window. But wher { es o: | disagreeable she and Mr. Fay would go | found he was) Jyin t Viti | elsewhere and drink their beer. Then | “I got to the arAwe} Just opening it wt lute! i up and drew a revolver, Shot in Struggle. “Advaneing on I leaped for m r which followed the charged, and he 4. I bent over him, not knowing how badly he was hurt. but DOr scared that some one ay | : - the shot. I ran out of t \ xf * “After a few minutes. " ‘ a rt Have you ever hired a Ch vate i Ay | maid, aa "i 1 i And been brought up with ! h ith By finding out, to your sur} f ‘ wn hy That she didn’t like t ‘ i t , : fF \ WS If so, read World “Situation Wants.” | ! Of relief they give full meas By showi ng Chamberma —— = and i + A POPULAR: SONG HT \ ‘s In UThe Girl Behind the ¢ reel : 1 Vields's musicn wen Herald “f Sa hey Wo voch Wark Ww given in the Magazine Section of next | i A i | Sunday's World—words and mu: Order mee 40 } to-day. + Advance. i ay sit ny j 1 she and he le! inquired the | | what did you do then?’ Judge “| waited an hour and a half, and then I around to a cafe at Fifty | third street and Second avenue, whe ae found my wife drinking beer with ‘Fay and two ote7men.” he dragged me out and cried Mrs. .oye, pathetic- the dd, Your Honor. “4 me out and he kicked me ma, » Crane looked first at the en at her diminutive hus- Denied the Beer Drinkijng, “Were vou. drinking beer with this other man when you should have been eparing VO! band’s supper?” he nded stent I never did,” re- ye. “Why T never’ drink ny other Mquor.’" enough,” said the Magis- your breath from Y "That's trate, | Mr. ‘Tove Officer Burn Discharged." on the charge of hav. jing kicked his wife. was set free. Hi | Wife weening and angry. left the court- Mom leaning on the arm of Mr. Fay. Whe jvalesat fa the rear of the court: Xl room during the hearing, a a eae . |THREE OF KEENE’S HORSES [Gretna Green, Transvaal and Re Go in Big tiouche Won’ who hed been arrested by | DECLARED FROM SUBURBAN | Handicap. . Tt was announced to-day that James ’ Rew ne declared Gretna Green, Wis pounds; Transvaal, % pounds, and Restigouche, #3 pounds, out of the Su-| \] urban Handicap, which is to be run| June 19 next. 4 of Earth Mf the tunt may judge connecting sections snow 4 t Office—wer Peper cas Olas wateh thieve: ie Bulls WAS in rere euale Mis’ Casrie, a suspicious of Jo! Who on dena n, who lives ir West Eig treet a good lving dur ason by hiring st One-Armed Man, Allowed to Plead to Man- 1908. cc inereremren rier rnner ye scernnelmes en remaeaae ements mE > FIRST ‘TRAN ROBBERS “CAPTURED AFT PISTOL BATTLE | lroad Dete That Holds Up Brake- Through Last R: Dividing | m Ma & Central has mor the Ne Grant. ais dash IBY GARIUE fromm ycare ition would come yards prop- arly sealed Ho could be in was vitered Beet ait Varden” route 5 » Holstein and the New York C and McKenna and Myley, evidence could however, and Ne Hugh ell be. 2 found ainst Overpowered EBrakeman. antern and fling d later three re nto ace and vould be killed if lie now.’ and s ad watched > swooped down on the robbers a victim Is Two of the men fled. but the third ~ the man with the revolver pressed to brakeman's head, Was unuw was ki and before te mu by ‘ ut u ed Charge. de’ ctives tovk up t fugitives, A num 1 by bot eof when he put fn elgatoe not more up a fignt, en ne Was months hit ove is murder in syed to be 18 f ma-| detectives Kept Up tie case after the d oman, and followed him to murder Morley. Hughes's: boat-nouse; where he was LBTORLEH LG: f hiding ora bed 6, Bre When he was hauled f he, too, ut up a fight. but was dand Randeutfed, He, said he Mfrod ndgers, of No, 218 West seventh treet, who is better known as "7 and s who caught said he of No. stre ‘A search of the and tw cars wer boathouse was ma found. were e Court today arraigned in the Centre Pol: and held in 1 for examination next Monday te Droege committed them to Ramb t of bond Food for thought Food for work Food for brain needa Biscuit The most nourishing of all wheat foods. In dust tight, clives Fight Gang the seals were looted ca ad) cases of goods stolen from the KELSEY CHARGED WITH GRAFT BY INSURANCE FIRM Defunct Excelsior’ Company's s Send Petition to Shaft Will Die. East River Tunne!. | man on Central. Governor. pectal to The Evening World.) 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