The evening world. Newspaper, February 19, 1909, Page 1

DRISCOLL FAVORITE | WEATHER —Rain to-night and Saturday, Cooler, U RESULTS EDITION HEARD MOTHER’ MATEO :: ASCOLL i OR sic “Circulation Books Open to All.” Mi ss Elizabeth Brennan Is | Found Dying From a Bullet Wound. telearareess ‘USED F, THER S PISTOL Johnny White Will Probably Referee to a Friend she Often Dreamed That Dead Mother Was Calling Her. ‘Clash for Title in the Ring of National Athletic Club. i zabeth and pretty, an ¢ u tw rrr |Uked n M ! merani arial eti ee F ae. y | Where she F nw teatherweight of the world, and Jem Driscoll, prennsy 1s a ue Hoss erweight of England, met late this afternoon for the first | to-day er body, whi time in the gymn the National Athletic Club, Ty = : i , ght whe walking tn sleep 14 fourth street. “I hope best man w night, said the smi ar fatheralhomerNondlTa\ventunhtt Jem as he shook Attell’s hand, The little fighters were in prime co! LO ON tion and well within the prescribed weight—125 pounds at 6 o'clock, i nm i sis bi i : ; ee Driscoll said he weigt n over 123 pounds, and Attell said he|sne was asleep when she f would scale less than 122 p The men therefore will enter the | outlet nto her breast, she ts held ting with a two- mf difference in favor of the Englishman, |the prison Ward Jn the hospital Driscoll still ruled ng favorite | urge of attempted sulci 1 this afternoon and great wads of mo inst f v | en made a her fe were laid on him at odds of 10 to 7, who knew nothing of the f There was such an excess of Driscoll late bebrewea ioc witndray- the money that it was predicted that the | Da lklonact aba char betting would be close to evens before n after th was 1 ko the battle began. Hh the question of a referee was still un hore heavily: on the girl's tit settled, Driscoll’s managers bat j ine er three brothers, | t young Charley White and lec! ollowed the 7 tot t r From a bright, v accept Tim F girl she changed so Tim Hurst, Manager Johnny {i fa) i White, of the National Chib, will prob- | 1 ably be the thir in the ring | chu ns thought she wa The National Club promises to be | inshine* crowded to the doors to-n men enter the ring shortly a O'clock. It will be the first real cham Ott S Plonship battle held in New York si nets Jarmuried in Halls of the days of the Horton law Baltimore Schocf Follow- ing Gas Explosion, ht when the —— hours with a fixed upward say not a word. Heard Dead Mother's Voice. go to sleep I mothe “Every night when I hear the voice of my Brennan told friends makes mo feel so queer, mother's voice, 1 know, the peculiar ring that I remember sl had before her death Her stepmother, a kindly woman for whom Elizabeth had nothing but good words, tried to cheer her but failed. That she w ambulist the neigh- bors kne ment block tried thetr ant for the “Dre When she was being taken from the house to-day with the et in her body, she sald to Amy McDermott, a building Rumors of police interfere throughout the city all day, but t could not be run down. Manager White | said that only lexitimate members of the club would attend th nd if} BALTIMORE, Feb. 19.—Five hundred any tickets had fallen into the hands of /school children were thrown into a pante speculators he would cause the arr not only of the speculators, but thos. who attempted to use tickets purchased jie School Building No. on the street, Jand Scott streets, to-day —eEEE— ng to anything but CALIFORNIA RACING IS Passing pedestrians assisted the pupils their efforts to escape, and did great a ve quell the panic. frightened parents ran to the Elizabeth! 1 KILLED BY THE GOVERNOR.) 7 : as being taken from th State Executive Signs the Anti-| si antime, ertenter ' Amy MeDermott, aa hling Bi queef [boy Sle i rents ran to the| girl living in the same b a Gambling Bill, Which End scene, and for some time the confusion| “1 don't remem! ing the Sport. was Indescribable mother ci “Eligabeth! Elizabeth! BACRAMENTO, CAL, Feb. 10 None of the children was sertousty | Want you’ sald the dying girl, be- racing game in Californ: was kille MUFER DUT AcoToa led th * \iteve this is the last time you will see hére to-day, when Gov. Sitter signed » but s needed the attention of me alive.” the anti-gambling bill. ‘The law, how- doctors, and the ambulances of the city} Miss Brennan's father ts William 7. ever, doesn’t take effect until after the! were kept on the run. Brennan, superintendent of docks at present season is over. This gives the | Luckily no fire follow the foot of West fourth street, assuclations a chance to fulfill their], a © followed the explosion. | 4, Brennan has a license to carry a i tloated recen, It is my dear because it has show, by an explosion in a gas stove In Pub- » at Ramsay and numbers | Jumped from windows or were jammed ing doorways. ieee business calls structure was heated by means contracts with horsemen and an op-| /¢ Sehoel building had previously been | revolver because of the dangerous —_—=>___ 8 stoves, portunity to wind up their other busi- coterned as unsafe, neighborhood to which ness. him, AUGUST BELMONT BUYS ANOTHER RACE TRACK. th Annexes | and Head of the Jockey s the Kenilworth Course at ia Public Auction, BUFFALO, Feb, 19.—The Kenilworth race track was sold at auction at the City Hall to-day to August Belmont for WAG. The sale was conducted by Harry D. Williams, referee in the fore- Spot to see dren closure action. jumping from the windows and teach- ee ers REPRIEVED AS HE WAS ABOUT TO MARCH TO SCAFFOLD. Left Revolver on Shelf. On his return home last night Bren- nan placed his revolver on a shelf in in to talk with Just how the explosion 1 could not be explained by any of the teachers, but It was thought some youngster had turned the gas on too freely. was caus the kitchen before going his wife and children, Mr, and Mrs, Brennan retired about 10 o'clock, Half an were awakened by a revolver she running to the kitchen, Mr. B: found his daughter unconscious with a bullet wound extending from the left breast to the back. The bullet had buried {tself in the wall, By conscious girl was the father's A few minutes later she open eyes and said: ‘Why, what's the matter? happened to me?” “You Thus overloaded with gas unable to consume tt, up with a roar that several blocks, and which shook the building. For a the stove was heard with a force ur later they moment the children sat motionless, stunned with fright; then the mad rush developed. Persona attracted by the sound of the explosion rushed to the the un- avoring to restrain them. The children somehow seemed to alight in safety and were seized by their almost frantic mothers and borne away The excitement lasted about What has fallen out of bed, “You have hurt have only | | Me Circulation Books Open to All,” JES A REN NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1909, PRICE ONE 2 ie MRS. HETTY WE QNES MANURE TS OF PATA PRIPEPTVE. SOMIVLAW. HAF HOUR OF QUERES. That She Passed $500. to Macaluso, | | 0 9 MICHAELSON GAVE IT. | Accused Lawyer’s Partner Handed Roll to Her During Ride in Park, Threo hundred curious men fought this afternoon to get into Supreme Court Justice to hear what | testimony In the Dowling’s court-room was expected to be sensational trial on charges of bribery of Carl Fischer-Hansen. Rumors had spread that the evidence might deal | with some of the stories that came to | ght in Fischer-ilansen’s other trial for of human belngs which that sort of thing always brings. Joseph Deverane, Carl sen's former clerk, who had been the matin witness, Fischer-Han- | In the conspiracy by which, It is alleged, the accused lawyer Indu iuso to so alter his testimony In the ex- tortion sult last year that Fiseher-Han- sen went free, Watched Manicure Girl. He said that Emanuel Bush, law part- ner of Alexander Karlin, who had offices in Hansen's room, wag asked to keep manicure girl at the Broadway Central Hotel, who figured innocently in the} plot. Bush reported back that Miss Wie- bel was to be trusted. | After Louls Tleberwitz, a clerk at | Hansen's office, had told ¢ shing the checks that figured in the alleged bribery, Assistant District - Attorney Smyth called Miss Elizabeth Webel, | She isa pretty girl—plump, well dressed and self-possessed, Miss Wiebel sald that while Macaluso was in custody at the broadway Cen- tral he asked her to take a note to Michaelson, She brought back Michael- son's answer, She dictated some more notes for Michaelson, In which various sums of money were mentioned, On the Sunday before the trial began she went to a wedding with Macaluso and the two county detectives who had him tn charge. There she told Macaluso that Michaelson wanted to see him. “The next morning,” sald Miss Wiebel, 1 went by appointment to Fifty-ninth street and Madison avenue, Mr Michaelson came ina taxicab, We took another cab and drove through the Park. On the way he handed me pencil and paper and had me write a receipt saying that Deverone had been pald i} Richest Woman Cross-Questions Mr. Wilks in Vaults of National Park Bank, After De- claring She Hasn’t Yet Consented. Matthew Astor Wilks faced the crisis of his life to-day in the vaults of the National Park Bank, No. 214 Broadw Mr, Wilks met Mrs. Hetty Green by appointment at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and for half an hour was put through a severe course of sprouts on banking, real estate and coupon cutting. Mr. Wilks came from his home, No. 440 Madison avenue, in a cab, the woman whom he aspires to speak of as “my mother-in-law” | cet the money, could not spend {t all at ) from the Hoboken Ferry landing attired in black clothing of | (os Aheine role Ine. te wet biecelusy | to sign the receipt “When I got back to the hotel I gave Macaluso the note I had written, An hour afterward he said: ‘Go to’ Mr ahead, so that Macaluso, who was to walked uy the plainest material, almost green from age. Mrs. Green left her home at No, 1309) cussing any subject but the forthcom-| Bloomfield street, Hoboken, shortly be- !98 marriage of her daughter, Michaelgon's house and tell him it Is all fore noon, going directly to the National Will Have “News” Later, |right! [went to Mr. Michaelson's house, but he had not come in, He telephoned and I met him at $.20 o'clock at the Fourteenth street Subway sta- “I will have some real, worth print- ing news on that subject In a few days, but T have nothing to say now—not a! single word, except that I have not|tion. We walked down Broadway, He | yet given my consent to the marriage,” | gave me a roll of money and told mo to she said hand {t to Macaluso, I returned to the | hotel and gave Macaluso the roll of bills Park Bank, where she made arrange- the reception of Mr. Wilks. to the Title at No, ments ior After which she walked rantee and Trust Compa! 176 Broadway, carrying in one hand a “Whyrnot let me come over to-night upon which she had given an p 8 to Hoboken and let us settle this ques- | mortgage to know certain things first. Mind you,| At this point th Gourt adjourned un thirty | replied the mother. FeRGh ; Sylvia I am called & business womar ti! Tuesday, with Miss Wiebel's cros ‘ ‘i 7 After the] minutes and the alr was filled with |y : \ aus PER COUN, Noi Febi After tne ema tt NCEA UNA, Mee Why have yout delayed the happiness! ‘Indeed, your interview during the] examination anlehed 4/ warden had announced “that all was|¢ties from the mothers of the chil-| “I thought I was asleep,” whispered late panic would tnd that.” © the ning sess geady” and the guards had prepared to |ten, while the puptis were screaming the gitl. ‘Then she becaite unconscious | OF the young man?” was asked alpen raildnsteaco iat ceom: | ZALL W) criornlne elon) Benjamin iSEa7R. Meane Shumway to the seatfoid, [and yelling fire at the top of their|again and wae taken to Bellevue Hos-| “Indeed, he ts not a ‘young man, c he repor : N. Cardoza, an Bighth avenue fur the Supreme Court this afternoon sus- | yoices en after the children had | pital. | ‘ But I never said half that was} nitu aler substantiated the state: pended sentence until Mare! 6 nad | pital, jcorreeted Mrs, Green, “I want my! printed in that lntervie aeclared tof Kiesow that Fisoher-Han Shumway was convicted of the murder | #!! Kot out, the exeltment contt Mr. Brennan then expla “daughter to be happy, and I {ntend to| mented the reporter sen allowed Klesow to t tof Of/ irs, Sarah Martin, for a long time. daughter had been a sleep-ws e|ace that she makes no mistake. Mr.| str nS anh) Golt sathen unl being (are reread ———~> ¢ small child = 8. Gr Some people who were| goods from Card DiI bein ESULTS AT TA sh Abed . me an ; Wilks, what I have seen of him, 1s all) jot ted to the Gladys Vandert iit ‘i arged to Fische and reel H Twiee in the past few months,” he] rey ‘ Jerbilt | cha ' a Ri —_——_— MPA. STORm ON THE WAY. sald, ‘she has gone out of her home right. T have heard him talk, but I) wedding made ‘ out me.| undertaken to settle the account with | \ ‘ ; he At) have heard other beaux of Sylvia talk should 1 k of the}a check, dated forward thirty days, be- | ght gown and baref, night In her r FIRST RACE i} ele 8 ve-elghths of a mile; | me following special message was re- ceoUen tk When are you going to give your Hits, when E have $1,500.00 which Mr went back on the stand. | He proceeded to trace the latter steps | Tony Maca- | watch on Miss Eltzabeth Wiebel, thy ; RACING CONTROL $6 and that the checks had been dated | tdoza had re- | “HAKONS CHEF AD IN WAR ON POLICY I SHUT AND KILLED ++ Detective John B, Goldhammer Slain by Edward Burns, Into Whose Rooms on First Avenue He Smashed Way to Make Arrest SLAYER KNOWN TO POLICE AS A “CROOK;” LOCKED UP. | extortion, and It brought the same type |Caught Up Revolver From Bureau When Cor- nered and Fired One Shot—Victim, on Force Three Years, Leaves Widow and Family. Detective-Sergeant John B. one of the cleverest sleuths in the department, was shot to death in a flat on the first floor of the big double tenement at No. 1270 First avenue at 2.05 o'clock this dward Burns, whom he had gone to arrest. The police declare that Goldhammer was acting under special in- rom Deputy Commissioner Hanson and Inspector McCaf- \ferty when he went to get Burns, ‘The errand was declared to be in con- nection with the recent sensational raid by Goldhammer on the clearing- 'y ring. The detective forced his way into the apartment of Burns, and The slayer declared afterward that he shot a supposed burglar who tried to get into his place. Goldhammer had no warrant for the man who killed him, Goldhammer, }afternoon by a man named E: structions jhouse of the polic Burns shot him through the heart. The detective was alone at the time he was killed. Going to the Janitr of the tenement, Mrs. Kate Brennan, he showed her a ure and asked her if a man who looked Iike the photo- graph lived In the house, She directed him to Burns's flat A few minutes later the janitress heard a shuffle, followed by the re- port of a revolver, Instantly she rushed out into the street, screaming that some one had been murdered. She found Patrolman Patrick McLoughlin on the corner and told him she feared a man had been shot. McLoughlin called out to a citizen to ring for an ambulance and then raced to the Burns Apartment Found Beside Victim. MAY BE PASSED TO AUNT GLUBS Agreement Said to Be Pending ; ckey Club to Drop With Jockey Club t Ob The door was open, and in the end From Game. room, a bedroom, the poltceman. found | Burns sitting on a chair, calmly smok- | ing a cigarette. A dead man, unknowr to MeLoughitn, lay on the floor. “I've shot a burglar,” said Burns. re he ls on the floor. He tried to my apartment and I winged him, o'clock while I was reading the | paper, this fellow came to the door and knocked. He said, ‘Does a man named f} Allen live here?” I told him no, that |} my name was Burns. Forced His Way In. ‘The statement was made this after- noon taht August Belmont and his as | soclates In the Jockey Club were nearly Jconvinced that racing In this and other tSaets, as tt has been conducted in the | past, could not be resumed; that effort to continue some sort of ev ning horses for the enjo rg who have built up bree iments and stables, p) made to turn over fot ru esta Next morning Macaluso told me} jad bee 4 extension onee and for all, with some sort| that the roll contained $00," Jor r to a new organization Ieeesy Wee papers men HUE BUS Seeks Daughter's Happiness. of a definite announcement?" was} Of at first, refusing to answer the| the National Steeplechase and Hunt | a 4 s ae Shere en fe asked q \ | at Jsoctation or a body formed out of the rled to H back, but he neta thie tO aim too mestcatral i r questions, Miss Webel admitted that| sociation i ay ren fe | forced his way in. Then I went to my Wilk 2 i ‘Oh, n sald Mrs. Green, "We are] following the other trial, she had Mved| leading spirits of that assoctation pea He fter I got {ks at 2 o'clock,” she sald to an} busy making clothes, my daughter and| at the same hotel where Macaluso and| According to the report, whitch could fon nit an : pull a ne ning World reporter, “but {t Is also | I—there, now, I did not mean to gay| his mother lived and that she had b not be confirmed, because the negotia-) Un Ot orn te ae a Utica [ELE true that I have not yet given my con-| at. I will not have any announce-| Introduced as Macalugo’a wife, tions have | 80 Ent only COAG MS nh - s Ks 0 this » ment to make for time ; elation continued for two month Mr. Belmont and his brother-in-law, 8. White was mak thi sent to his marriage to my daughter cement ia HAS tabled Howland, sent a ctécular to the hunt |me ¢ Wall and two other mer the West Sixty-seventh }s | | ubs throughout the country several, months ago asking for a conference of |§! ion, They snmediately recox- Jamateur racing men and breeders of | man. Wall turned te ne horses on the salvat f racing. | Burns ai Do y ow who ¥ The elreular s forth that mateur | shot i he not. organization could form rules for rac a dan said Wal ng in which gamb hat's Sergt. Goldhammer.”’ eth reve ils state- e had s der he was a bun er sald that he had lived in and a halt | . «| upward; purse $15 and walked consent?” was aske . iC ES : three-year-olds and upward; purse $150. | ceived at the local Weather Bureau | °" pet nvent?” was asked n the I f transaction took place ife, I He sald that Elsa F. (Brennan), 7 to 1, 5 to 1 and , he probably saw me i | “Now, you want to know too much," when he laat €to 5, first; Lady Caroline Il (Loventy, | from Washington this afternoon volver on the shelf when I came in last | ghe ans UME Wilkes Ronis eG ai i Aree ear vray Tn ; “then went 6 to 2, even and | to nd; Donna H “Bouthwest storm warnings ordered] jet, and in her dreams went t it © answered it Wik mes Of next door to ¢ s Vanderbilt for}although Bischer-Hansen had dated the . t went {Troxier), 6 (io 1 10/2 and out, third, [displayed from Baltimore to New York forilt HOMES SUG T OU E see MAA ACL e EIG U ELLE Sy J Brabacl <0 Rebs 1} live ! ae Aes Clare Ronpieran, sMimie, Meee road, | Uncreasing high outh winds, shifting | “or jt may be that she was rapa tter, That — Mrs. Green was asked how she felt no Assistant 1 0 sixty to one Mollie Moonshine also ran "| to-night to westerly on Middle Atlantic | for the doll clothes she was ss hot afrald | qhout the stock Smyth Introduced Joseph A. Deverone, a coast.” ; for my daughter. She ts smart, ike phere is no time like the present to| recently @ clerk in Fischer-Hangen’s | at heen re when she knocked the revolver to the | her fatt fi ThOREME. We floor and dled it er father, and then Mr. Wilks I well! correct the evils.” she sald. “L would femplos,, who. like Kletows, has con- He oNtra gc reeule F Perrrewrrt ri | to do. But I want to know him better jot tke to se ner bane fessed that he figured in the plot. to ton and make {t pos t Commission cathe World's Travel Nurean, myself, ARUN Se te calendar inake Macaluto ‘periuce Nineelt and x ng to re done for large } pan sAUUaY: api, Arcade, Boords, New Putter, full Mrs. Green declared that her rest-] who, next to Kiesow, has been regarded | chance may remain of short a bres Pullest Parcel a Ali atte conventence ia mation, Tiekets, ee coe See ne A oe Of travel, "Oye Mrs, Green was In excellent spirits | and she took apparent pleasure Im dis- 4 (Continued on Second Page) as the most prosecution. important witness of the @ jozeu Ueutenants and detectif on on the tracks at which the old system of racing {# discontinued next season, is 7 / \