The evening world. Newspaper, August 27, 1908, Page 4

POLICEMN TOOK BROWN & C0, KOT. GIRLS MONEY AND. ONLY FIRM 10 G0 PLEADS GUILTY UNDE PROBE » FA- TOR WHO a D SUDDENLY IN RAILWAY CAR, ! | Fellow-Officer Almost Assaulls Likely to Catch Brunt, Though Cordes When Announce- Other Houses Will Be ment Is Made in Court. Investig: BANKRUPT Two Uniformed Men Were tn- Cyaditors File Proceedings Al- JEROME RUSHED CASF. MOVE NOW, ! THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1908, DOUGHOAGGERS LY QGDERS EAPERT TAFT CAUSE ARE. IN-SILKS WAKE WORRYING SOME Triple Screw Arrangement for Gang That Cleaned Out Katz Squeezing Funds as Cam- | & Quint Shop Knew paign Costs Pile Up. Their Business, gel Republican managers are worried over Burglars who Knew the silk business | the financial problem. Chairman Hitch- as if they'd been raised to it cer- cock delivered a morning talk to-day tainly made one grand haul last night to newspaper correspondents on the in the heart of the district where m he had devised for collecting women's garments of the finer sort are | dicted for Assessing Wo- {| Jeping ‘rhat Brown Fi a: made up. They carried loot to the! ; P . PaCS Bila Firat, thero le the national treawirer hye of upwards of $10,000 out of the he Streets. uel; Secondly, there comes the Advisory s . men of the Stre | Is Insolvent, Committee of dough-bag fillers, headed estaolishment of Kats & Quint, mranu- a eres by William Nelson Cromwell and Sena- facturers of skirts, walsts and sults, on 1 When Patrolmren Benjamin Cordes) 1 gireat housecleaning will eae (aa been selected one | He [oP floor of the elght-story build- | and Willlam 8, Waltman, both far) sity pe the result of the failure of financlal representative in each State "8 &t Nos. &-49 East Twentieth streot, tached to the Mercer street station, fs ewe Cor tive Gtock: DLONaner who will try to gather in local dollars | a few doors from Madison avenue q were arraigned before Judge Malone, in ~~" ite : for the benefit of tle cause. From the standpoint of the thieves it SBrEMIVENILOnEa Tori rial i orday on Gi ikmemete ns commmete ol five Demy Despite the paucity of funds, room | as an elegant and a finished Job Batohiven dcr demanding vandl accepting (Ure see comm > comous work to-day) rent {8 constantly inoreasing. The Re- Ths ts the busy season with people i . Z F and !t became known that the tnyest!- Publicans started with the tenth floor /!" this Ine and so Katz & Quint’s two { money from a woman, Cordes caused a RS ga nate of the Metropolitan tower for headquar- ¥ndred and more hands worked until 5 sensation by pleading guilty to extor- | ®° ine a ; ters, Last week they added the elev- 10 o'clock last night. The heads fi Hon. His fellow officer muttered tly ered ae ie tie immense anth Hoor for the advisory committee of the firm were the last to leave the curses upon hin gambling transactions on the floor of of elder statesmen. loft, They locked the outer door of the ; at ie the Exchange Saturday and the subse- The ninth floor was annexed to-day [oft as well as the inner, which opens yeeited toys eS Faker WuBlneN’ EF | tor the Iiterary bureai, through which pon the office, this latter being orna- Us han t failure, but Into the business j Printed matter by the tons 4s dis» mented with three patent locks of yar- The cont ) of &) A ©, Brown & Co for some ial | tributed. fous makes. 2 ence to ' ee ene preceding thelr coup that failed. The Executive Committee of the Re- When William Price, the negro eleva- t McGuire it was to and his | publican State Committee meets to- <1 the street door this fi Bie 4 : h ial counsal. The two men we! ei! Nor will A. 0. Brown & Co. be morrow morulng to arrange delegation Ing he found seven bolts of raw for a similar + each brokerage firm to pass under the! representatives in certain dispuied uis- they had been dropped. from two wo: on their k Exchange probe, although it is/ tricts, but the great question to be de- t up the steps to the top, took cancel rally believed In Wall street that) Cheat ab k in through the shattered 4 My chrlited sc Gb “Shall we turn down re twa down Hughes ook in through the shattered door the suspen a Ae MA ieee itz & Quint’s place, and got busy, dled with the bulk of whattwer oppro- hone peared for Waltman. brium or criticism the committee may HUGHES DINES TO DINES TO-NIGHT opinion of the police, and Cordes’ Acti fit to hand out. Ere) ies tap who i TRE j : 01 des Action Unexpected an ae Le ay ESI 'WITH BUFFALO POLITICIANS, » despotled partners, that th: When the case was called Judge Ma- 65 Neeer RNanaiTS Erone reign robbers, or one of them, anyhow, h jone ordered that the trial of Cordes be | during the whirlwind two-h ks | a soy somewhere in the building last nig : proceeded with at once. Mr, Levy ine of Saturday will be questioned. | | HiSMailite Re an aN Giaer: bly got to work f terposed and asked for a conf ‘An involuntary petition in bankrup + Ss to bi ained dinner : with the Court and Mr. McG was filed this afternoon In the L 4) Expi ires on Train in (oa at the tro ols to-nig ing his il tenants vacated y mi ha the States District Court against e pee |return from Dunkirk, , | ae announced, ‘The Brown firm. The clainm aggregate Me. on Way to His to-day at the Chaut Der Dane NN aee Sate aes f witnesses in the cour and the petitioners are Frank Summer Home. by coteree ihe BADRrUs Ren hae chan eat ane | gasped with astonishment. W Frank V & Co, rele ve dogen personal and pol ppstatone ee 0 eee turned purple, He could scarce n Raven s claim be BE ate we ae seas Mae sania nate strain himself when it « for $25,215, due on open account and) mm pay 2 reat ete tan @ must joyed f that Cordes would take the stand as a Aap) WrekO eG HUGO IFACEN|IE Tie ese Sennen eames MLAOHAY scker, So Messrs, Katz & : witness against him. That of Tank ¥. Strauss & Co, ls for | Pastor of the Collegiate Church of St. jels, Clark H. Timmerma for he passed up the It was then moved that Cordes's $408 for advertising services rendered, Nicholas, Fifth avenue and Forty- Pubtie” eeiee earn of cheaper goods and cases. tence be postponed until Monday and the claim of Leo von Raven 1s eighth etreet, one of the best known) stead and Assemblym Every trunk and every packing case he was being led to the corridor due on open accounts and! clergymen of the metropolis, dled toe {0 Bre™ that contained fine silks was opened connects with the B for breach of contract, The} so a train at Be M y gowned solvency alleged in the pes, (° °" 4 (Fain Bt sat r hand at Cor¢ s the'making of a general as-, Accompanied by his wife, Dr. Mackay Women Tell the story. was on his way to his country a “Mr. McGuire first dolph, of the brokerage residence at Blue Hi Women’: women in the e of E. C, Randolph whieh exe | ony Depe 4) Bessie Amtros ted orders for A O. Brown & Co,,| Mad been tn } standing on the corner of Four e- | was one of the witnesses to-day, An- time and left his home last ‘ 9 ‘i nue and 1 enth street between 2)other was a representative of the firm | ing that the change of alr and scene * Broadway at Thirteenth street f and 3 o'clock on a Sunday morning | of Trippe & Co., which has been mak+| would benefit him. He intended to two men in plain clothes, subseqvetly | {ng a lot of noise over a transaction In- | identified as Cordes and Waltman, ap-| volving 100 shares of Canadian Pacific. | proached them, displayed thetr shields}, F. Buchanan, managing partner of | Hills and closed up his residence, at and announced that they (the women)/A, 0. Brown & Co., was questioned at | No. 2) East Sixty-sixth street were under arrest. They moved down length. He was not so deflant as he | Died of Double Pneumonia: the avenue half a block when one of|had been at an early hour this morn- | rate the men said, “Are you golng to fix | ing, when he gave out his bellicose| He expired in his seat in the Pull- it up?’ “I asked what they meant?" | statement at the Waldorf-Astoria, man car just as the eastbound express testifled the Walton girl, “and they, The complexion of the Investigating | was pulling into Union Station at 7 said, ‘We ought to get $5 a piece out | committee warrants that the Investiga- | 5 ‘4 spend the month of September at Blue {s morning. ef this.’ We told them that we had | tion will be thorough. The five mem- | Bib Art only $ eact, and they s ‘Give us| pers are all old, conservative operators, | 4 ad coro! ere bs ed but $3 each. That will leave vou enough| who have no sympathy with the mod: | tle services of I were Necessa. ¥ W. Dyson found Rev. Mr, Dr. to get breakfast. I gave my money to|ern methods of high finance, Among W the defendant, and Miss Ambrose gave | tie old school of brokers there Is a f hers to Cordes.” | strong feeling against brokerage houses “What did the polleeman do then?’ "lot such spectacular prominence as A. asked Mr. 0, Brown & Co, and the firm that was Te- headed by John W. Gates Brokers in Bad Shape. It {s not likely that the assignee of A. O. Brown & Co, will be able to for- mulate a report this week, The books and walked off,” apt. was H nry had test ined ithe! adjourned for the case Cordes will take the stand to- Hoag Policemen Under Cloyd. br. att birth, In the course of his testimony Capt, and records are In an awful mess as the old, A he was a Henry tadien da the penal institurien (result of trying to handle trades Ine priliiant preac her 1 ndefatigable of the Police Departmen here volving 1,600,000 shares of stock In two ohure prker, # devotion to general doubt as to the Inj hours, It {!s impossible, members of his work Par is unflagging efforts to ieeea ih ie the firm say, to estimate the Habllities | build up ssion work of his church “Dees that Inc asked and assets, but that the failure runs) wero responsible for hie physi rsel ness laughed Lawyer Bennett, ess laughed into millions of dollars ts generally be-i cal breakdown. declare | leved, | Denourtced Society Sins. im him ota and The members of the A. 0. Brown & Co, firm are disposed to be rather peev- e way the Inqulr lelnous conspir: Althi send him to p IMPORTANT As each season nears its end we have withdrawn the odd lots and garments from sale to dis- pose ot them in one quick trans- action through some channel other than our sa’esrooms. To give our patrons the benefits of buying at ridiculously low prices we depart from this method of disposal and place them on sale while they last at the following final figures: Women’s Wash Dresses was adjourned fo: appears aly ys beer ‘ 5 hat the prisoner bal con Rai age boom outa pd Values Pg Waliman went t0 the om a particularly t Bank of vices i the to $12 Commerce and the Hano National efused to h and they heh b: to Fift convert SHERMAN THLAS OF WAN TO VETERA'S —>—— Country Is Preparing for Con. Bays lonahae Forced Failure. Princess, two-piece, jumoer and guimo2 models in stripes, fizures and plain coiors; lawn, chambray, madras, Swiss, dimity, linon. Women’s Linen Suits Vaiues rae to 330 i i ” Man-tailored and fa cy ac: and in:n suits in white and colors, aiso stripes in a great varie y 91 sty es. an sald of the Bh MEME SL NS | oe ae fran of Ding a tage Women’s : ire Dresses Come, He 17 ells Them, Leas Hndvala paling ary © Was sO Coonan ear Satin Fou ard, $ Hand «mb. | change. There will be but a sm When Dr. Mackay we Emb.Fanzma, Linzerie. ual] between the Habiition and asset nile nae Chiron Voile, Lace-trimmed, RICH MAN WANE WANDERS year oak Taffeta Values to $35 Lingerie, ACROSS CONTINENT. UNION LABEL DOES NOT MAKE BALLOTS VOID. _— ing FATHER M’MACKIN TO AID IN BEATIFICATION OF PIUS IY. war ROM and w vy is neld by Mag baby.” 1) (lus beaudeation, (Tighe, Nee ————————— ee Lace and Silk Coats Va.ues to $30 $Q.50 Renaissance, bra‘d, and all-silk coats in white, black and colors, Silk & Worsted Rainecoats Va.ues to $25 87-9 Fine full leng'h rubberived silk, together with genuine Priest cy Crayene te Ra icoats, An Early and sarge Showing of New Fall Suiis al $25 . i000 | Butler’s Spe fal Reserve Whiskey, cD Mrs, Sage's « O1, of which © paves $635,008.01 Surrogate i the twenty-five yundled ved | es hand shucked off bol 1 thrown asid ach of whom received 9,20. bequest pays a tax of $1,250 jand the smatier $312.50. he arried down- who died Ju praised for ee eetes nel Wes) +The relatives to whom $25,000 wera | , | uid how the tucks | OF This His Widow Got $63,-|{s"t all nevhews ox nlcses, are Sammie! of s brought (AN S0-—O\nee RINNE eT Ete Re acisstan eae Got Only: $650,000, ek 4 r Ps } To Holt rook, Fant ny BE. Davis, Olin A. Sage, Sarah M. rdiner, ington Post share is ap- Alt 7iS,800.91, while the shares Julia eth Geer, } * answe nine lesser relatives amount are Carry tta Bibby and Grace RB, predatory. 11 of randnieces, and Exison Con- grandnephew This Week at Ail ihe James Butler Inc. 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Bass Ale.... .2.¢; dozen bois.,$1..0 Rah #25 89@ Kinjussie Scoich Whiskey. kecu-ry $1.00; abotte. 79@ Sir John Powers .2~ lvish Whiskey, brti $1 00 Swallow Imported Claret, Schmidt et Fils St. Julien,very chore; bottle.. 892 California Claret) '°%, 69e3 (3% 3’e (jug tree) Jhe pure fermented juice of the grape. Full ° Haif Most heaitufui of the American wines. | Bottle 19¢ Bottle 10c ect... ADL & & 25¢ 75c a Princeton Cocktails, vot 69C§ fists, eacn <= 50« ci & H,” Stamps FREt with the family tavorite— d Mono, ram Whiskey, by the bottle.. \ H. Stamp FREE with the aiways popular : = 30 i: in peria. Whiskey, by the bottle ........ vitae 45¢ ‘| 1") * Stamps FReE wits cae or 24 boitles of } —_ 30 1: Lage Beer, Ehret’s, Ruppert’s, Bichler’s Liebmann’s, $1.00 | | Semana,