The evening world. Newspaper, March 23, 1909, Page 1

ay EXPOSE COU RT WEATHER.—Fair to-night RESULTS EDITION PRICE ONE CENT. and Wedneaday, | “Circulation Books | Open to All.’ ISS bo pb COURT CLERK UW. GULKIN 5 ARRESTED: Chief of Special Sessions Staff | Held in Bail for Larceny of $1,933. | All Sharon Singing and Shouting Es- | corts Willie Whitla to Home, Where 'is MuRPHY’s PROTEGE. His Mother Receives Him—Cleve- | land Police Trailing Kidnappers. STOLEN BOY GREETED BY o.000 ON RETURN; ARREST SOON IN CASE —-—_—+ ¢e— Jerome Digs Up Alleged Loan and Check Cashing Bureau, With Fines Account, SHARON, Pa., March 23.—A short, heavy set man, well dressed, his | face slightly pitted, and apparently of Irish origin, This is the description | Chartes W, Culkin, Chief Clerk of the | Court of Special Sessions, was arrested in the Criminal Courts Building this This is the man who gave) afternoon charged with grand larceny. | District-Attorney Jerome accuses Culkin | ‘The arrest of Culkin created a sensa- and the Tombs Court w younger Democratic politicians of the | city. He was a protege of Charles F, Murphy, who was responsible, friends | declare, for his court appointment. Mase Revealed Scandal. The a of Culkin is the outgrowth | of the conviction of Herbert N. Mase, | a former clerk of Special Sessions, who | demonstrative greeting. Pushing thelr way through the di crowd surround- ing the railroad station, Mr. Whitla Willie, his uncle and a tive, boarded a cab and were quickly driven in the direction of the Whitla home. Cheering and singing from the great gathc.ing of enthusiastic neighbors and being made in the Whith: kidnapping case. the name of “Hayes” and who received the $10,000 ransom money in the of the theft of $1,933, the amount of fines Chief of Police Kohler, of Cleveland, said this afternoon, he expected |», this year. to make an important arrest within a few hours. | ft fi ai 1h kla- $ soon fan experience of: five days Ww! jaa sete nappers, was returned to his mother a R Fuge 10 TALK 1 witli epectAtors when he was ar- reunjon took place around many Hall leader of the Fifth Assembly hearthstone In the Whitla home and no ! ' the greeting of mother and son, only the Immediate relatives of the family being the lad ‘Accorded an ovation by the populace heartler, the little fellow and his father arrived here at 12.06 this afternoo Judge Malone of doctoring papers in a case so that it would appear on the} turer Victim of Police Blunder | mia at {t has been general practice in | and Officious Stranger. \certifled checks out of the cash fine | funds was the evidence given before the | the police and the detectives have of the man for whom the search is little confectionery store in Cleveland yesterday, collected in the court from March 1 to Willie Whitla, the ransomed boy, after | = few minutes after 12 o'clock to-day, The ralgned for a pleading, Culkin Is Tam- District and one of the best-known) prying eyes were permitted to witness AND iN ARRESTED present at the joyful homecoming of of Sharon that could not have been Fully 5,000 persons extended the lad a! was found gullty last Friday before Son of New Ba Manufac- Trecords that the charges had been dis-| ie ¢ office of Special Sessions to cash and} | citizens followed the cab through t When the Louisville express afrived ;Grand Jury to-day, It was Streets, Business was practically at a at the Pennsylvania station in Jersey | Mat. police cabtains, saloon-ke atandstiti, public schools were dls city this atternoon Detectives Murphy | rere eee es ond almost any one could missed and follific.sion that will last ectlves Murphy | find ready cash In exchange for checks until late to-night was given full sway, |" McDonald, who had beeen tele-|1n this court office, Detectives Fitzsimmons and Raynes, | of Jerome's staff, arrested Culkin in ‘his office, He had just left the Grand young man who they were told| Jury room, where for ninety minutes one of the kidnappers of | he was cross-examined about the funds | of the court, He swore that Deputy Chief Clerk William M. Fuller, a Je- rome favorite, was In charge of the fines and accounts of the office. Fw was then examined. It developed that the moneys of} Special Sessions are kept at the Citl- “He looks like one of the Photographs zens’ Central Natlonat Bank and that of the kidnappers,” said the clergyman it was required by law to turn over al to the conductor of the train, Braphed for b train, the conductor of the fine- Meets His Mother, Within a short time the party arr at the Whitla residence, wh: large crowd, which had egated throughout the morning, was In evi dence. As the cab and cheering throng) were sighted those surrounding the Whitla home shouted and danced with joy. When the boy ‘and his fath ttempted to alight from the cab they were in the midst of a remarkable demonstrat Tears were in all eyes and ail Sharon seemed mad with Joy arrested a well-dressed, A man in elerteal garb, who said he | » but ed the ye conductor was an Episce fused his name »;man out to pictous person re- the as u Then Mrs. Britton Calls LUCKY WOMAN GCKS BURGLAR | Sis NEW YORK, TUE BDAY, MARCH 23, 1909. Crowd at Pier as Roosevelt Sailed; Ex-President in Braided Uniform ON ROOF OF HEME Capt. Captures Fight: Burfiend, Who Man went found With difficulty the father, boy and ‘and | cash on hand to the Clty Chamberlain |tyo men crouching in the corner near others of the party succeeded in cx-|WN€n I tried to talk to him about the | at the end of each month, gayest ene Scensen nea treating themselves from the crowd | kidnapping he refused to discuss the| Assistant District-Attorney Murphy | * closet. and went into the house. Here the/S¥bject. I think that very suspicious, | visited the bank and looked over the| Mr. Britton screamed with fright, mother, who had been patiently wait- [sn T wish you would telegraph the | books and one of the men r vnetairs, She ing with happy anticipation since tast | | night to see her boy, affectionately! The conductor was so Impressed by clasped her child to her bosom and for | the | clerical sleuth that he telegraph several minutes they ciungyto one en-|'0 Jersey Cily for detectives. Meen- other and sobted. while the well-dressed yourg man was Crying and hugging the little fellow jhot asked for any exp! Culldn's personal bank account fs at | ¢ Gansevoort Bank, and the District- | Attorney’s office sent men hurriedly to look Into his deposits. “Loan” to Pclice Captain, 1 pursued him, but he and managed to get of the lower ight at the janding at the head to the street TYrning back upsta Britton ‘That Culkin had ordered Deputy Fal- | saw the othe: man runn. the lad- the mother showered him with Kis When the detectives ste: up tol ter to make out a $250 check tn favor of | der leading to the roof and ted at- ond secmed reluctant to leave him from hin he tried to tell them wito he was.) police captain and that the money | ter him. ‘Throwing back the bolt the her arms to answer the calls of tho; but they Informed him he would have} came out of the cash fine fund was the| man shoved the scuttle cover a n multitude gathered in front of the} to make his explanations to the ser-! testimony offered to the Grand Jury in| Jumped out on the roof. house. geant. When they looked around for . the course of the investigation. The he! was pala more t a year ago, a. according to witnesses, the ‘loan’ has never been made good. c Following the hearing District-Attor- offi is clorgyinan, ed. police said that he of the ‘After being in the house five minutes ! the however, Mr. and Mrs, Whitla, with Willie, his | ha uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs, Bual, and his grandparents, Mr, and Mrs, William ad ation the young James H. Miller, man son | and that the man wo With rare presence of r d the cover ti kne her wer t, for she on each side of Whitla, both over elghty Oly President of the Gilbert-Bennet| ney Jerome said that the police cap. | C8caPe- came out to the front porch. The crowd | Manufact Company, of No. | tain refererd to as having borrowed B Mrs, Britton then n down to ¢ cheered and rushed toward them. For | Broadway, this city, It required only a} from Culkin was Cottrell, of the L Street, and the first ma 2 en a moment it seemed as though some ft) few minutes for iim to prove what he! ara street Aye re i one tarkd happonded to be Capt. Burfleld, of the people would be crt said_and obtain the humblest. sort of | 5¢ geoord,”” Mr. Jerome sald, Nanaitaee the Bast Twe ttreet station were restrained by the detect ever,-and consented to keer still wh the family posed for a photograph. soon as this was over the demonstra- tion broke in, Willie climbed | ‘to the railing surrounding the porch and, apparently paying no attention to | the great crowd, yelled to several school | companions whom he saw in the i Later an impromptu reception was held, the girls and boys of the town apologies from the detectives | : yin divul fom |no impropriety tn diva COMMODORE H.C. HIGGINSON | ‘the Comn'sioners The Commissioners of Accounts office i the identity | books and other papers wae begun. The| ‘The first intimation that trouble was Higgin- | brewing In the department of which ice-boat man | Culkin Is chief came to-day when Mr. |! Who died here recently, | Jetome appeared before Justices Olm- NEWBUF will of Co Henry C, widely known ortsnyin, GH, » March 2%.- who as ho learned wha Burflend ran was notifled by Mr. Jerome and an tm. |* CUT OFF WIDOW AND SON. { mediate examination of bank accounts, | | cover EAS @ man with al The man struck at | plece of stec! | iett alde of hit was in ci As soon 1 Capt to the RK away the scuttle elf confronted by amy tn hla hand, the captain, and the mado an abrasion on the forehead, roof, and 1 he fou Capt. Burfleld anocke being given first place in welcoming for probate to-day. Mr, | sted, ‘Deull and Hoyt, In Spectal Sea-| Haudeuffed him ard eat on hie chent tue boy home. Higginson was a wealthy man and left | stone, and exh! dA $1,000 check | Seret. Sander, who had seen his ue aty atternoon hundreds of telegrams|-wilow and one son, Maynard, a stu. | Which, he, dee had been onshed | superior enter the house, had mado hie 2 het \ arc w Vv tale . . {ttor i were received at the Whitla home from {4h Mt ALS Nye tiv his weit {chat an Inv way upstatr, and Mrs. Britton #um all parts of the country, aii cf them and left his estate to Thomas i and {hat unusual disclosures had bona | moved La Hw a a le re SORRE a uMnlnty gAA LL | nouttn wan represenied by former Amel who was lute fish a Caahie The task of capturing the abductors The World's Travel Ba hearing until Alereh ® and held the pris-| house the man maid he was Joho Anen tn occupying the attention of the de-| s@eeoRd Areade Booth, N onor In $1.40 ball, which was furnished | ante, twenty-three years oli, of No. 42 toctives. Bvery bill which went to make | Bere. Parcel aud: Hag’ Checking, ck by Seri Tom Foley te aaah ules m were up the $10.00 ransom package Is known| Cm emvenlene®, ln Oe pals Of travel Ph ycae’ adinttatd ta ball, What. the Al skeleton keyg, which were lc b b i missing were collected b Lis socks, He retus , ie ay eta Ans Lshaaidee a | Xf car * YR AN 5 Mm | tell what he was doing in the Beitton a ALA, Ser Deputy "Cherk. Puller In the absence of tee i|2 gal ney Ph to Bt Beach, Fla,, iy lest week. + (Continued on Second Page.) house, and was locked piclous person, up «a @ sus the man down, | | | REFUSE BNGHAN $500 HE WANTS i SORET POE Aldermen Score Commi as Incompetent Before Vote Is Taken. joner Commissioner Bingham was severely | zed by the Tammany ot! n to-day, for a secrat 8 fund was refused. When a Repub- ) member moved to vote for the money, the Tammany men attacked the proposition, with: the re- sult that the matter was again referred to the Finance Committee, It was the second occ during the ng to-day that the Police Comm had received a@ black eye. for $100,000 work was turned necessary stor BOARDING THRSTEaMER os first was when his request for secret service najorlty of toh Republican mem- [bers clamored for tho approval of the NFEWA K ™ $25,000 appropriation, saying that recent ¥ U fevotopments were convincing that the |Commissioner should permitted to re secret agents for be to combat secret Alderman Walsh led the attack, What assurance or evidence have we that Bingham wants this money for the purpose?” he asked, "He has confessea Imeelf incapable of dealing with crime in this clty, He went over the heads of our munietpal authorities and appealed to Albany for added power, end then he shouted from the rooftops: ‘Give me this contro! and ! shall give you such an ad- THE oe ORDER. a tm, ' MACON, Ga., March %—Tho trounce | er oe ee vaitn tn New Ina whieh the Newark club wave the York aw waa never w ae NG Yankees red Manager Stallings Up @) ue that sort of 4 The trite, and he gave his men a good | Hike of tt work-out thls morning In (ho plays hte ber, that he but would eam alipped up-on yesterday, and ex- f yday ¥ he That js Bingha pects be wal uta to-day nie t made good and he has confessed New Yorks Ine up with Joe 3 nioy's men for the second game of > os ACID SHOWERED ON HIM. ger Stallings sald he we A Ue While he was carrying a carboy of Ne Ba it atthe second suck this muriatic acid from & arug store at afternoon, as La Porte not In (he mwoncy-socomd sireet and Tenth avenue best of st at the 7 t siage OF ty duy Thomas Kitehie, sixty years old the wame, Jack Quinn started in the |) teuenman, of No, 339 West -se0- sttery for the Yankees, wh Mueller ond street, bumped against his wagon a ool day for baseball, and there W4#| burned his hand thar » ‘be amputated w York Hosp! vet 90 Dadi when play |they may have rf | was taken to the ti SEE TAL 1} hat, 1) nah ASEAN ATR abstr OE aN ‘HR : GOOD-BY SALUTE AS ROOSEVELT SALS +2 Drums Ruffle, Cannon Boom and | Soldiers of Harbor Forts Present’ Arms as the Hamburg Steams Through the Narrows. EX-PRESIDENT ON BRIDGE: WAVES HIS FAREWELLS Windows of Skyscrapers Black With People to See Fleet of Tugs and Yachts Escort > the Hunter Down i neers the Bay. © ze Last Glimpses of Roosevelt, Off for Great Airican Hunt. He wore a brilliant, braided yellow khakt uniform, Sald good-by to his Spanish War charger Rustin. Sat in the window seat on the platform side of the train and shook hands with early rising Long Islanders who gathered to see him off. Waited for newspapermen and photographers to fall in behind in a parade across town from ferry to tunnel. Took lessons in runaing a tunnel train from McAdoo, and compll+ mented the motorman. Shook hands with chauffeurs, porters and everybody else in sight. Lost his big gray hat in the Hoboken jam and souvenir fiends cut buttons off his resplendent uniform. Kissed ‘1and of young womaa who braved crowds to say good-by, Stood on the bridge of the Hamburg as she swung down stream and waved farewells, Pittsburgers presented him with a silver vacuum bottle, which he lost going up the gangplank. He's gone! From Fort Wadsworth and Fort Hamilton there roared a Preste dential salute of twenty-one guns in farewell to Theodore Roosevelt as he sailed out of New York harbor to-day on his way to Africa, escorted by a fleet of tugs and yachts. The regulations prescribe no salute for former Presidents, but, as an officer of the Department of the East said to The Evening World over the telephone, “We don’t have ex-Presidents around so often that we can’t afford to bum a little powder for them.” On the green slopes on the crests of the forts the garrisons were drawn up. They presented arms and the drums were ruffled as the Ham burg-American liner Hamburg glided past. ‘Buglers from the Governor's Island garrison were on the customs tug, Timmins, sounding the notes of the President's call at frequent intervals, On the uttermost bow of the Timmins, following the Hamburg, stood Collector of the Port William Loeb jr., alternately wiping his eyes and waving his silk hat at Theodore Roosevelt, who stood out clear against the smiling skies, leaning far out over the bridge of the Hamburg beside ue captain, morning, | three signal flags on the Singer Butlde BY DUKE (Ff SPARTA Ing denoting the code letters H P Z, meaning "Good-by,’’ flut d their mes sage to Mr, Roosevelt from the top of the flagpole, The windows of every eky+ scraper on the river or overlooking the 20 to 1 Shot Takes First Big’ nay Tho ship left the Hamburg-Ameriean pler six minutes past eleven o'clock this were black with spectators, People | crowded the roots like swarming bee Race of English Season— — [re racket of factory and steanahip and tug whistles was territt No prearranged naval spectacle could have had more character and ane ‘than the farewell which America gav to the departing #x-President, speeding him on his way to his hunting trip in No American Starters, LONDON, March -The Linootnshire Handioap of ) sovereigns, for three- year-olds and upward, the first Mg! Ayricg, A great theatrical agent whe a of (he season, Was bal} to-day and was the pier when the Hambur won by A, C, Mandaras's Duke of fiited aid that he couldn't rer: Sparta. | Joel's Arranmore Was #eC- | ee staged apectacte even (liough pres ynd and F, ©, Stern's Longeroft was) e pared a month in adv third, The betting was % to 1, 15 to 3 Col. Roosevelt, pled and perapirs ing, stood on the captain's bridge of the liner, on the port side next to Capt, Burmeister, Sot hunters had torm | many buttons from his coat He had but his son Kermit had and the ex-Presidem§ and 2 to 1 against respectively Twenty-three horses star d, but there were no American horse among them The distance was the straight mile. i