The evening world. Newspaper, January 7, 1911, Page 12

t b . “ransertiona* (mf Twigg and Mise Grace ‘work will FLOSSER GIRLS OSTER WAS ALO A CVANIDE VICTIM Doctor First to See De: Sweethearts Tells How He Found Girl in a Collapse. V SENSATION IN CAS NE Coroner's Inquest Brings Out More Strange Facts but Mys- tery Is Still Unsoived, CUMBERLAND, Md, Jan. 7.—Follow- fag the astounding testimony that Miss loser, sister of Miss Grace Elos- . with her flance, Charles Ed- ward Twigg, wind dead seated on @ sofa side by side from cyanide polson- ing, also fell unconscious in the rod Where the two bodies sat wu: that sh 7 t, and was suffering from a an dose of the same poixon, the Coroner's Jury returned @ verdict shortly after midnight thie morning to the effect that Twigg and Miss Grace Blosser came to | thelr death “by cyanide pe tered in a manner unknown That Miss May Elosser had taken the Dolson Which caused the almost instant deaths of her sister and her prospective brother-in-law never was even hinted at wnt! Dr, W. R. Foard, the first physt clan to arrive after the finding of the bodies, was called at the inquest. ‘The testimony of tne physician put an entirely new complexion on the case. From the day of the deaths Prosecuting Attorney Robb has neen positive in his n, adminis Blosser were murdered. When the flid- img of the Coroner's Jury was an- Rounced Mr. Robb sald emphaticaily “Case |e Not Ended.” “This does not end the case, committal as the verdict may sound. The death of Miss flosser and Mr Twigs Was not a suicide pact; nether was It murder by one and then cute non- It was a double murder, 1 am ¢ through with this case if it takes years. Then the Prosecutor added: “1 did Mot expect to convince the jury of the @vllt of any one, but 1 am convinced murder hag been committed. I fened this inquest merely to «lear air of @ lot of false surmisex. My continue until this hideous erimg has been fastened upon some vne.” | Sister of Girl Cyanide Victim, Who Was Aiso lil From Poison THE EVENING WORiy, -_ KNIVESIN COURT Crowd Searched and Sca tered During Jersey Avenue Big Magistrate’s Session. HUNT LONG | York Child Away Held | Without Bail. Vin Felice Baposito ané oy tonneta ambatio from 8 Snede! held h a nue, Part ive In a house i two days and t 1 lot In R rk, ville Centre for ton wor cay R carried her mond Hill, where they tied her to tree and abandoned were he without ball to-day to await the actlo! of the Grand Jury Three days after th ducted « 4 o'clock in the morning, |self along Jamatea avenue, Hi. weak she could hard ly walk and was bleeding from a num ber of cuts on the head, At the Brac ford Street Hospital sh rer, girl She was s he prosecutor first called Drs. Koon and Harrington, ine iatter the Heal\u Officer, Mr. Robb brought out from them that cyanide of potassium had) been taken by both th» young man and woman. The chewing gum, found only in Twiee's ‘movth, was not polxoned. The polsun had been taken tn liquid form. js it pomalble that |: was taker in wine?" asked the prosecutor, searching Ot the theory that a third person ontered and offered Twigg and iis ances @ toast tn poisoned Or. Fuard Is Called. “It might have been taken in Gy," was the’ respanse that bot! Then Dr, Foard, who was sun: by Mr: that | nade, oned Carrie See, a married sister of Grace, told how he found Grace's body lying ona bed in a room Juet back of the p: to which {t had been removed. Grace was: dead, her hands clutched, When he had pro- nounced her dead Mre. Elosre: raid “Come in the parla: and see what we have he There on the sofa was Twigs’ bo Tt Was in @ sitfing posture wit nds} ero clenched, and the evidence vo? ed hands ts regarded as of bigh- tunpe tance, showing that the liquid Yeon ne. snistered in ups, glasses of taken in the Prokence of a third person, If they fad died by thetr’own plan ceath came #0 Suddenly they could not nave got rid Of the alas: Prosecutor Springs Senza ‘Then Prosecutor Roo» sprang Sensation, Ue asked Dr. Ford if Ma Blorser had swoowed in tie par While ce Was aminigg Tage “She did,” was the answer, “Was it an ordinary fain “No, it was a vonvulsio “Describe all the symptoms. “Her skin wa, ed; sh, paced et the mouth. er AOre CO T ” and twisting ne “Are these Mploms @ ig anide BO-m0 “They are." Migot the conyu ho epileptic?” In some cases, ves; bu this Mt was nor ¢ symptom of a po of a Who had taken a elirht dose of The doctor said the svmpto Indicate slight polvonin eyanic acid) He used ammonia for 05,488: “_usiness Opportunities” Advertisements Were Printed in THE WORLD Last Year— 54.803 MORE than ANY OTHER New York Newspaper. dressed in a white waist, black skirt, Diack coat and wearing @ rose col- cored veil over her hair, lapsed,” she testified. “% am concealing nothing. I tried to divert no evidence. I swear to this.’ abirentice allow id apuceulice allowesce lslesed, WG SAX URDAY, WHERE ABDUCTORS OF GIRL ARE HELD IS ENDED. Men Who Carried East New Nicoxo, her home at New was ab-| was seen by @ motorman at dragging her- | Richmond | lay in a semt-| IRISH SOCIETIES ASK DISMISSAL OF CAPT. SIMS in Which He America to England. The at Ini ting on American Socteties Friday night Capt. Sims of who, in a re of the American fle Jat a sp | took matter | ti battleship Minnesota | ception to officers in London, sald ‘If England she up the Nd be attacked by external enemy, sie could count on t | support of @ man, every drop blood, every ship and every diliar of he kindred in America.’ ‘The Societies adopted a stinging net of e| resolutions, part of whic: for whom the Brooklyn police haw bs follow heen hunting ainod last Auguat, when no ed, ‘That such an utterance they abducted thirteen-year-ola An-| °" 1 idl td eid gross violati a thr¢at © against n| Republic i# Resolved, 1 American 4) tially ail 1] New York ni the dtanies: |from the nav States ex the or punishment for h ) of naval disctptine and war by the United States Powers with whieh this ard the United Trieh- presenting prac- organizations in tfully demand Commander Sims rvice of the Untted pre and adequate offense, the gravity of which was accentuated by fact that for some time past has been J-| public discussion of | ibility oF n-| war between England and Germany, J-|and that his words have been inter- Preted as a pledge of armed aesistance other pence we. Socteties, e Ivieh ty, re M conscious condition for three weeks be-|to England against Germany. e she could tell her story. Re ved, That in opinion the Gov- Crowd in Court. jermment at Washingion owes to the i When Magistrate Dodd arrived at the| Citizens of this Reputilc and to the me : New Jersey Avenue Police Court, where | Cower against which this threat of w eu cents me E. “tug oaahuin Japosito and Nicozo were arraigned with tly made, a public disavow was confirmed by Dr. B. L. Broadrupp. | | Alphonso Nicozo, Who was arrested for ‘oper and m ing language Ring Strangely Missing. Pts treating the girl while she was in the Germany has vent Dr. Broadrupp said he had found May ckville Centre I he was startled er children | Blosser lying on BOF ay Snot fs the crowd which jammed the court- k our pest cl : — ei e7e, And anting: quoerly room, Realizing the possibilities of some en helped to found this Dr. Broadrapp defined yon | ore: 6. 40: outbeeak, he. ordered the have fought for it in every eight poisoning from cyanide, mo | Rites | « istory and contributed : ean tad done, ny i a aot » clerk shouted, but not a single | he upbuilding of its material Ne fede: to P ye anyet that ) budged, #0 Magistrate Dodd tele- | Ms and was worting Twige's possession. He had the wedding | Polleanen were went to the| Navy of the United Sta rink. | and, on the Magistrate's order. | should again come they "he muy 1 f f _ > in the room arge proportion of the armed sap keriy .aabed. Bin to were put out, weapons | of the country. The statement cf “a Cwiga's clothing for a solitaire diamond | yy |, 1 of Oil Companies in the Vee HULL oiled Bh Xie wens n u aftront ring which he had given Grace, bu:|Head of Oil Companies in the} ¥ caylee Moar ee a Pris which Iseing from her band | sb ee poe : ee + misreprese: foi death, slarb, Careie Beat ihe elder siater,| Wi Killed by Math Wt one of them with a olade fully five Hip bbc tb argclen al f i 4 sister, est Hed by Mat no phd aoxl wivhes of the vast majority asked about the ring, It was not found . bctta! uni wakk Grsuelts bates \oreee American people. | » Twleg's pockets, This 0+ ad S : Mat, ne girl, who was brow Soe eee ee aan tre emaeeese | Had Sued Him ona Claim. | sagistrate oat by an agent of the he : ay Children’s Soe has not fully recov- Twinn Had No Polson. ered from the effects of her treatment CANEY, Kan. Jan, 72-3. 1.8, Neeley, | Her cheeks are sunken and her foi Lee Asin bir clerk ving tn hin} CANEY, k 4 J.D. 8. Neel I " bs o her f | general store at Key lived with ionatre, President of the Wichita] head is marked with an ugly scar where ‘Telge in the tate Aihe Line Company, President of the|Ahe #ays she was struck by @ stone tn caring for the house 1 that a (Ohio Tr Company and head | Psposito's hand, . ‘Twiee had left on the Saturd a! large off concesns, was shot She Knew Nicozo. of his death in the bes: of spirits. They killed in the Palace Hotel here| “! Knew one of the men who had had no poison in the store or house, A. ©, Stumeant tuken me away from my home," she . . Nivoao. i litigation ‘Any Mnaholal trouble or surrendered | ““L céled ail the tin. and T told Nicozo im with womer was taken to the {that IT would have hin punished for 1 nd as a m ‘s seal what he was doing to me, On the rece Sn a would ave Known, |ond day th old me ty they were abn jer nad {ond day they told me that they wer , SP Peer twee her Yernon was] rehion| eink th: take’ ne, but they took |Body Discovered in Few Inches | Onan 159 A eRE: THAN! Oy enIG » ve, had | es ad, to the woods In Richmond | i: Baits ee ore re se AB aa ett Esposito picked up a stone| Of Water and Suicide ee eter aE ateantiste. Als Areal ; Baar aaltinine Over the head iG Ayo TUT Vernon said Charlie had kept his « hotel ‘Trusisett. hurried |! Umes, until the blood ram inw my Theory Iz Scouted. Ing marriage 1 secret from all the cafe of the house, Ae hada he ohokad’ Deh igat | mother. He had confided jn ne 4 the door of this Truskett SEME TRAE AP ORDERS: DIP) BO ne pledged her to seerec loo. thing I remember Nicozo took out &| petroting the shore at MasbAWAy} Girl’s Father on Stand. bu sed through Mr. Nea- [handkerchief from his pocket and! peacn early to-day, William Arnedt, has Brie. talners 1 Hiosser, le)" heart and the other through iie/#Pled something on it from @ bottle. | rniges Sisto fifecsaver, saw. YOUnR long, lean, pallid and biack clad, told of let arm. When employees of the hotel | ay mroanes i to aBy pene) at E falh woman's body lying in the sea at a ‘Twigs'’s arrival at bis home. He be: ached the prostrate man he was dead, | Mee ‘ow long I was asleep [ don't ere (ie water was only @ few Neved that May at this time was at mt oN arrived here ) ester: " when [ woke up there neies dee Arnedt waded in and sinter Carrie's home, next door, He was 1 Mar monthly ins los snd f48- dragged the dead woman ashore. She asked 1! the family at dinner previous ‘ it t then, and wey clothe! ia « flannel nightgown... had fruit cake, He said he had seen n ‘ ul here Was scared to stay in the woods ali| with a wrap drawn over t none, ‘ie Neance of th! p believed to hove been | ght, so fT worked and worked until I) phe pady wa t warm a . fruit cake was fourd in the wnt ow got my leg loose, and then 1 got out, thoug eauver Worked over Grace and Twigg. ‘The p. “4 a ir!'s story was corroborated at wome ¢ he failed sto induce | that siple r N ‘omp point by the police, and photo- | ration. | with polsdned_ wit r iin tr enna Leip nw ead d were produced in court to show | taken to the Rockawa olson Wak Jp the cake 4 cited "heavily on hie ming | 02¥ ef the Jem hud been chafed and | Be Rear cubes na oiete mappa J yc Siete y advisers had told |! nd by ‘the ron two hundred feet from the you remoy anythin: K deceives by the cure | a re ‘¢ had vee tound, subse room ¢ you ce a member of one t jentitied it as the body of a No. Wealthieet families in servant “irl Whom he had engaged oni The mot ad, girl, deaply | yesterday elad in blac. ja by her BURNED BUILDI a | Hirsch, whe is the manager of the? hu@band and & son-in-law, WIL See. Lenox garage in East Seventy-fifih ‘aly end gat SHE Preah NG SHAKY. street, hired her at the Mahna employ: alr i" ment y Ne Y Hast Seventy pe " b> Bellet that the bodies of fo nina eighth str nd brought her home ‘ ‘daha e still r » r = fe events She gave the| inte the dedroom. ade” AGA’ Gat ; & tvanty s 6 Hirech (*A® ol te tny) ude.” she kaeeibenite Chiat teneracn D sie orphan 4 er ot om. ‘There Nad beon! out any | oY | Mirnest at No, 155) Greene ave: a’ pitcher elGiNg HER | ty mate bane i Me 5 peti : a Broo Iya tay on Hand, al « cial “4 sinne: RO Nh aster ( er and afterward i Use happlert of i Meiverent Meie of No, is) Westchester Mine ts not uble is Sinoun . wealthy con r, reported he humo: aed with any onc police of the Morrisanta | cheerfulness: M teclined to ste eign : ae Tita pt the theor ad com edroom « lor Misnaah t:Havine | eee oe : Pile, Hope ule de, ‘He wan positive that ne attorn oe nw Over, Hie emia thas | omeey: ter old, ad arisen y she had walked across the’ narrow tay would have to be put | some time t and 4 ofclock, | strip of In front of his house and Mra. See nasertey up the weak parte of 1 Mary } © and a half. Into the ; her house, aext dor, so h were shaky-and nd ugbier, s 7 Deposit. books found in her room noon Ball’ b (eee Meum Der & ad taken her owed she had $500 In savings In two i elt ‘I re, ©) trom the house without waking any | panks. Bhe Hid the Candy t This Wea'PONe. | oe members Of tha family. The brother, Ernest Schnity, said see. You biG "O eanayee TAMPA ENTRIES, | ,2tr Mele sald thot ie wae 8 a tone |ieatay, he Meant - i) ° |to account for the girl's action, He| hattan Empls : Whyt" TA ar: op y) | had not received any biackmailing let- | gponse to a Pp ner to 1 didn't want + piieate aw: 1 Mon l ters, he sald, and knew of no enemies) call, She mad a six 81 A op who could have bribed the girl to kid-| weeks, but f nine weeks previous Why did sou.think of a shied party the | nap the baby, ‘Tillie had always shown | had been an inmate of the King's Pork I don't kaow i ‘ Sid milion’ fondness for Mttle Mary and had been | Hospital, he having sent her there wate Angthing " trust ) care for her when all the! ins to 8 ner enon wn ”ONo. ent lot rs of the family were away Then May ' " ‘ er on trips, SCAFFOLD FALLS ON 2 MEN, slender figure way clad in ark broad brimmed i rhe riptions were furs Civ Rawineer and Arehttect Ins . od ; hae iueed and Taken to Hl \) s y ight brown Edward Morris, twenty-e! 1 Bho dexcritied | ) aan eye el ina light brown | old, a clvit engineer of No, phy ees is ane , at, Ww dress, black. stock! \™ nd Joseph Mullin, forty Eee ininae muon atts ! Ra h nok bu oer. | old, an architect of No, 219 Bast Se remember that after sce had t ¥ ‘i ey wey Lille Ioste vaky—Formerly lived enty-elghth street, were injured tits moved ses in the parlo Per TAGE ; ds aoa Two Hundred and ‘Twenty-s afternoon when a scaffold broke and fell Gown on Dunee's Cane bevy O80 Braves | tha. \t ond street and White Plains roa (at {game etree ge Om e}| tato one Deer Mars Vira five feet one inch in helght, very nee Were, oy “1 don't 4 aber, I thought Twas) SIXTH IAC . ’ | putlding which they were constructing tn the pitting room, but may"have cele, tle ais! ond stout, with pudgy, round features; at Now, 178-180 East Seventy-sixth atre when the scaffold came tumbling down upon them. Both were taken to th Presbyterian Hospital, JAl wax t-|Incensed at His Lond London Speech | Pledged | | ducted in ELKINS BUREED IN HOME TOWN AS THRONG MOURNS Mrs. Among Notables and Coun- try Folk at Funeral. ELKINS, W. Va, Jan. Stephen B. Elkins to-day is sleeping his Elkins Prostrated, Not! av %, lvll, & FACING A MIRROR ‘SHOOT IN AIR ee oa) TOSEE DEATH COME GIRLS TAKE POISON Sisters in Suicide Pact Drink Acid at Soda Fountain and IN FIRE STAMPEDE FROM TENEMENT |Police Work for an Hour to Quiet Panic-Stricken Ten- 7.—senator | FIRST SENT FOR POLIC! Watch Dying Expressions. | ants After Sinall Blaze. | There was more panic than fire at ¢ o'clock this morning when a blaze start- - ed in the basement of the six-story lant long sleep tn the graveyard of this) ; fewenient, house, 268, Gat RENN ttle mountain town. He was laid to) “Tired of Life” Is Last Message | street, and the police of the Eldridge rest Nyedit a brief ngune after the bio Btreet station worked for an hour quiet- into on this morn 0 their homes after all danger the bereaved family and relatives and ee ee ae Policeman ¥ h was at Rivington mourning friends, both in ofctal St. Louis Family [and Chrystie s:ree:, when he heard & life and out. Another special train ar: rived from Charleston, the State capl- tal, practically at the same time, It brought Gov. Glasscock, his cabinet, the Justices of the Supreme Court and | ing expression, Mabel and Isabella Bols a score or more of State officials. The town to which the late Senator had given. his name was crowded with mourners, who had thronged here frow every Mrection, Many who could not geome by rali drove over the mount roads through hours of darkness to pi the last tribute to the man who had done so much for the State. All business was suspended, flags fut- ed at tiaif-mast, and windows were close-curtained. The special train from weir eonsising of seven ears, yee. diecinciished company Mrs. Elkins Not Present. Representing the Senate were Sena- tora 8 Bacon, Kean, Batley, Fos- ter, Ca.ter, Smith of Maryland and Root. The House delegation included Representatives Hubbard, Hugin Woodyard, Gaines and Sturgis of West Virginia, Andrews of New Mexico, Rucker of Missour!, Alexander of New York, Longworth of Calderhead Onio, of Kansas and Lamb of Vi-ginia, Elkins Mrs. Over was not of the party. shock, she was in such her physician forbade Washington, Of the diate family there were Miss Katherine Elkins, Mrs 1s Oliphant of Trenton, N. ©, the oldest son of the § en B. Elkins jv. of New York; Mr. and Mrs, Blaine Elkins, former Senator Henry Gassaway . father of Mrs ing and Rich- ind Elkins of Philadelphia; a number of tistant relatives ond several . close friends also accompanied the body from the capital. he funeral car was a bower of blos- soms, and the ponderous bronze coin was buried in flowers which had poured into the Elkins liome in Wash- ington. To these were added here a wealth of blooms, the tribute of o!d- time friends and neighbors, The fu- neral service was conducted by the . F. H. Barron, in the Davis Memo- Presbyterian Church, The cere- mony, simple in the extreme, was con- the presen a great throng: to rest ia Mapic ch Senator Elkins Davis twenty years A ovt Guard Against Ghouis. autions were was laid The most ela taken to guITG cgaine, the possible op erations of gh fin, the plates o: hree ince thick, was inet: ase armor plate ste This was lo into the grave, which uad been with masonry, and which will be metically seal ve were brief rite at the grave ! arge of the loca! lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, of which Senator Kikins was a member, Several thousand persons stood un- covered near the open grave until the impressive ceremony was ended. A special train tock hundreds from the town to the and the train on which Washington mourners had come was also sidetracked near by, Immediately after the interment the Congressional delegation and the other distinguished members of the party re- turned on ft to the national capital. Miss Elkins and other members of the family were of the returning party, all of them being anxious to rejoin the stricken widow Set BAe Satie J. FRANK TURNER WEDS. New Yorker a wealthy > married this afternoon the bride's mother, were tre, M, Conyngham of South this city, The weddin. ng to recent deaths in Conyngham family, The bride was attended by her niece, Miss Alice Gif- ford of Newark, N. J. and the groom by Willlam L, Conyngham of this while Rev, Henry L, Jones, D.D., . Stephen's Episcopal Chy \ wedding dinner followed, near friends b the guests were vooklyn, The honeymoon will be spent in California and be of some months’ duration, ‘he bride is a member of one of the fest families in this city, and the groom for many years resided in Ply- mouth, near here, but for some time has ved in New York, eee BLINDED THEN ROBBED. Rarber nd Alexander Nassau st Sdams street potice day ‘obbed of $100 In cash, a diamond ring worth $110 and a watch worth §50, He sald he closed his shop at No. 239 Sands street at about 10 o'clock and was taking a walk before going home last night. He had’ reached Park avenue and Navy street when some one came up behind him and rubbed pepper in his eyes, nose and mouth. A blow on the head laid him unconscious and he did not come to until after midnight. ‘There is a bad scalp wound on his head and his face and clothes were covered with pepper, station arly and said he had been attacked and mme- | is Hie Bride | | sister dropped to thé floor soon | suicide pact. ‘tions from soda water glasses. fusillade of shots over in Stanton street, When he arrived at the smoking teue ment he found the fire-escapes gorge: | with people and a small curl of smok: | coming from the cellar. Ehrlich could do nothing to quell the panic and he sent in a cali for hel when he summoned the firemen. All thé While persons on the escapes were firin revolvers in the alr. The police ran through the house anc made the tenants leave the house by thy stairway. Then the firemen got busy and in a few minutes the blaze whicy had started in the conl bin was out. The tenants were told there wa nothing suspicious about the fire an. that all danger was over, but many 0) them refused to go back into the hous until the police forced them. ST. LOUTS, Jan. 7.—Arma interlinked | and facing a mirror to watch their dy- seau, sisters and members of a prom!-— nent family, drank cafbolic acid in a confectionary, store here. Mabel died at the city hospltal and her sister Isabella Ia not expected to live. Hefore taking the poison last night one of the girls requested the proprietor to call a policeman, Not until Mabel fell off the chair, writhing In pain, was any attention paid to the pair, The second after Mabel collapsed. We are tired of living was the last message written by the partners in the The despondent girls drank the po- ELKINS, W. restaurant keepers here are called on t face a serious problem in feeding thy crowds, expected to-day and to-morrow attend the funeral of the late Benato: Stephen B. Elkins. Large delegations o public men from Washington and bust ness men from New York, Philadelphiz and Baltimore will live In thetr private cars and the trains on which they ar rive, but the many personal friends, env _—_—_——-__ THREE KILLED IN IN WRECK. tor HILLSBORO, Tex., Jan conductor and two gers—are reported to have been killed fiiseex and politicians, who will com in a rear-end collision on the Missou:!, from all parts of West Virginfa, may bs Kansas and Texas Raliroad, near Ab-| compelled to go hungry before their re bott early to-day tu:n home. passen JAMES ‘McGREERY & GO! 23rd Street 34th Street On Monday and Tuesday, January the 9th and roth. SILK DEPARTMENTS. Im Both Stores. “McCreery Silks.” Famous over half a Century. Sale of Fifteen Thousand Yards of Dress Satin. Complete assortment ‘of new evening colors, also White, Cream and Black. 35 inches wide. 85c per yard 4 e 1.2. DR 5S GOODS DEP’TS Second Floor. 5,000 yards of Wool Serge in White, Ivory, Cream, Navy Blue and Black. 46 inches wide. 85c per yard value 1.25 In Both Stores, ‘GOODS. In Both Stores, Second Floor. Annual Sale of Colored and White Dress Linen. Twenty-five Thousand Yards of French Linen in a wide range of Colors and White. WASH DRESS Light, medium and heavy weights. 46 inches wide. 38c per yard ae EP value 65¢ JAMES McCREERY & CO. OROS 8 SHOES He : ANNUAL SALE Commencing Monday, January the 9th. Women’s Sorosis Boots, Oxford Ties and Slippers, including many standard styles and the latest fashionable model: Made of Glazed Kid, Tan and Black Calf. skin, Suede, Satin, Patent Leather, etc. 3-25 per pair former prices 4.00 and 5.00 4.25 per pair former prices 6.00, 7.00 and 8.00 An assortment of small sizes and narrow widths at greatly reduced prices. JAMES McCREERY & CO, agrd Street 34th Street