The evening world. Newspaper, June 26, 1911, Page 1

m rannnsaw nena) LOST HAT AS HE KISSED “UNKISSED” BRIDE \ \PHER—Showers to-night and Tuesday, FINAL EOITION PRICE ONE CENT. Copyright, 1911, by Co, (The New Cie gw Renny errr ( Circulation Books Open to All.”’ | fhe & wrens fublohing York Wi _N EW, YORK, ‘MONDAY, “SUNE 26, 1911. 14 vayae a - $2000,000 CUSTOMS FAD BY RICH BANKER REVEALED IN GEM SMUGGLING CASE ne ine FIREMAN SAVES CHILDREN FROM Gigantic Swindle Being Inves- tigated in Case of Mysterious Woman and Friends. INDICTMENTS EXPECTED | Wife of Deputy Parr, Prober in Affair, Vic- tim of Threat to Injure. Surveyor | | Hands Lacerated and Uniform Torn Before he Stopped Frightened Team. Gigantic swindles in which a New York Danker and broker and his wife are al- leged to be involved were to-day found | Engineer John Striffler of E to lurk under the cover of the Govern- | Company No. 118 who has nara r ¢ ‘ No. 116, who c beara ovis Lage se daring fire rescues to his credit, probe bial is ne haan bs ably save. a dozen school children from Helen Dwelle, the interesting woman of serious injury or mystery, and John R. Collins of Mem- Baty ok, Gekth thse atterngon hen h 0 i phis, Tenn, Under the direction of Rich- | Rae cast aaa tinge, nde pes ee > ‘ | unaway team of horses Parr, special agent of the Treasury attached to a wagon of the Knicker- epartment, facts have been developed | Hocker Ice Company, pon which the Governm it officials t Striffier lives at No. 1122 Hancock charge that jewels, gowns and furniture | street, Brooklyn. Within a block of his worth more than $2,000,000 have been RUNAWAY HORSES SHOOTING SHOW GIRLS TRAILED BY SPIES FOR LETTERS Mrs. Singleton, Sister of Lillian Graham, Takes Charge of Defense Plans. |IN SECLUSION UPTOWN. Lawyer Jordan Tells of Mis- sives and “Plot” to Steal Them. Many anxtous callers sought but could not find the two show girl shooters, Lilltan Graham and Ethel Conrad, who were “unobtrusively inconspicuous in an uptown hotel, thelr lawyer, Clark L, Jordan, explained to-day when asked where and how the young women had spent the day after their extended pri sojourn and the belated ball bond, which came with Mrs, Bella Singleton’s arrival on La Provence, Saturday. Enough Information was gleaned from | the conservative Mr. Jordan, however, to indicate that the two girls were not entirely inconspicuous. Mrs. Singleton, Miss Graham's sister, was at their hotel during most of the day, arriving earl) with two immense bunches of roses. | | Later Mr. Jordan drove up and @ sort SAW THE KISSLESS BRIDE KISSED, ” BUT NOT BY HUBBY, SAY Mrs. Edith Gambier, ‘the “Kissless Bride,” —|\chauffeur Declares = yea Mat In Divorce Court To-Day Against Husband| was So Ardent His Hat Fell Off x - During Osculation With Mrs. Gambier. CASHIER SAT OUTSIDE 4 DOOR AS HIS WIFE SLEPT. Declared on Ship She Didn’t Love Husband and Played Bridge to His Solitaire. Mrs. Edith Gambier was really kissed—in fact so ardently, during a ride in an auto through Central Park, that the man—and he was” not her hubby—lost his hat, declared a chauffeur who was called @s a | witness to-day in the young bride's suit for a separation from Edward © Victor Gambier, cashier of the Mercantilé Exchange Bank. The “mys ~~ terious unknown” figured in the incident. Late this afternoon the hus; band took the stand and told how the young woman had proposed to ” home 1s Public School ..0, 108, As he emusgied in during the past two years | came down the steps of his house early of “family conference’ was held, at! only the connecting links that lead to the larger case. information he might have. The Government's charges against Allen and Mrs. Dwelle form no smail item. The woman, ¥ has been usly known as Mrs. J. W. J kins, Mrs. Helen Dwelle and Mrs. Helen FYeld, is charged, with her com- panion, of having smuggled $117,200 worth of jewels and gowns, gloves and other articles .hat bring the total up ‘to $150,000. ALLEN-DWELL coe WILL LEAD TO GREATER. It 1s the contention of the Govern- ment that the woman and her rich filend fearned how to defraud the Government from the rich New Yor and his wife, who are the chief ubjec of the Federal hunt for big smuggling, and that the Allen-Dwelle case is but the stepping atone to the much larger and more sensational prosecution 1s to come. ' It is charged that in the genera) scheme of smuggling six inspectors of the customs gled goods, and that one i veyor, since resigned, got a large sum of money on the day when the smug- gled goods reached this city. Indict- ments will b wn against the Govern- ment offictals and employees who are alleged to have been bribed. In the international chase of smug glers the cost has already been one young, innocent Ife, A detective, hounding the Government agent, Rich- and Parr, called his wife on the tele- one last Wednesday and so fright- ed her with a threat of dire hap- s to her husband that yesterday y Mild was born dead. Rovert J. Ferns, general manager of the Mooney & Boland Age: whose detectives have been employ in tie Allen interest, to-day made public this statement: “After a careful investigation among our operatives, both here and in Chi- cago, 1 wish to emphatically deny that any employee of this agency or any one acting for us ever called Mra, and the matter !s now in the hands of our attorneys, Armstrong & Brown." NOT THE $300,000 GEMS IN ROBBERY. It had been thought that the smug- giing charge against Mrs. Dwelle, Allen and Collins involved RVOLYed . 9900, 090 worth of (ae (Continued on Mpcond Page) United States District-Attorney Wise to-day turned over to Carl E, Whitney, one of his assistants, al! of the facts connected with the case and then en-| Joined secrecy upon all Government of- fictals until the Grand Jury had acted. Collector Loeb received a letter from | Mr. Wise advising him to withhold any | Richard Parr on the telephone or gave | gullty of circulating such @ report, | shouted a warning to the children who clogged the roadway and most of them scattered toward the sidewalk, but one group of a dozen little girls stood di- , and swept the chiliren toward the fore three he picked up and tossed to aafety | him curb, wo or just a the horses bore down on him. He sprang at the dragging reins and was carried nearly a hundred feet. His uniform was torn and his hands were lacerated by the sharp edges of the slip- ping reins, but he hung on until ne | realized that it would be impossible to stop tue horses in that manner. Then he swung them around sharply and) dropped the reins. They turned towara | a clear spot on the sidewalk and went crashing into a fence with all the lite and zest out of them. Striffler picked himself up, slipped and reported for duty at his engine house. He scorned the aid of an am- bulance surgeon. latter took Charles Resch, the driver of the ice wagon, to the Bushwick Hospital. Resch had been thrown out when the horses first bolted and was badly bruised and cut about the bo 7. pa eee MORGAN GIVES THE KAISER MARTIN LUTHER LETTER. German Ruler Pleased With Gift That Cost $25,500—Decorates Magnate. nany, June 26,~J day prea Plerpont Emperor Wil Jam with the autograph lo:tar wrttte Martin Luther to Em and for which the Am paid $25,500. Ills Majes pleased and forthwith and Cross of the Order of the Red sie on Mr. Morgan. ‘The letter, which is in “atin, 18 of great historical importance. It was written’ in 152t, during tt riner's return journe . of Worms, and describe the proceedings and defended iis att |tude. The letter never reached the Emperor, as {ts contents were such tha: no one dared deliver tt. A Florenc: dealer representing Mr. Morgan o} tained the epistle at an autograph sulo her any information concerning the ,at Leipzig, Saxony, on May 8 lust movements of her husband. We shall | #0n as It became Ik hold criminally responsible any one | torle document was to the annoyance of the Ger xpressed in many : Mr, Morgan here last night and was a guest at a luncheon given. by nperor Willlam to Rear Admiral Bad | ger and the commanders of the visiting american: fleet aboard the Imperiat yacht Hohenzoll Ambassador Hill was also a and others present were Chancellor von Rethmann-Hollweg and the,G admirals here. The luncheon was informal and there were no toasts, { rectly in the centre of t and| | fazed fixedly at the approaching horses as if hypnotized into inactivity, | riffler 1 J into the centre of the in the path of the ru into the house, donned an old uniform | by the New Yorker au nis wife Fe SRE eso aee einen. lt front of | which the now famous “Love Letters of | The Government officials decline to| hm was crowded with laughing chil-|, ygunonaire’ were gone into and the | mak bic the ¢ he Ne dren turning back toward school after i} Oe PUPUE Ene Rams 06), 8 OW. the nodn Feceke, Jiat aa he reached | AR Of the airis’ detense manned out. | York man in advance of the presenta-| tne wate | vd a clatter a tew| Between times, however, the young | tion of thelr case to the July Grand | ned fee fy and, hing, saw | Women managed to enjoy an auto ride, aury at the Faderat Building, but they | the two frightened horses tearing down | aTound Riverside Drive and through the Lia and 4 © 2P°) the street fror. Hamburg avenue. He| park. And also to attend church. Then there was a private concert tn thelr apartments, at which Miss Graham was accompanist for Miss Conrad and ce versa. Besjles, there was a duet two, and on it ts stated, Mra. nA and Mr. Jordan, who ta gifted nh excellent baritone volce, made up somewhat of an imposing quartet. Mrs. ngleton left for her downtown | qtarters early. ENJOYED THE DAY, DESPITE “THOSE DETECTIVES.” | All in all, the young women enjoyed or | their freedom, and so far have veen able to elude those “horrid private de- tectives," and, what's more, they sttll | keep the “telltale love letters,” which | | Mrs. Singleton ventures to observe will confound the prosecution, when the trial | begins. | | Details of an exciting episode, accom- panying Mrs. Singleton’s arrival, were learned during the day. Some mysteri- jous man, Lawyer Jordan don't «now |who he !s, called up early Saturday | morning and warned the girls’ counsel of a plot to capture the love letters = posed to be in Mrs. Singleton session. Mrs. Singleton was met by a higan power car, Her bags and luggage were Tushed by the customs officers and she was hurried from the pier to the oar with some eight “sharp-eyed, dark visaged and brawny men, not reporters, one account has {t, watching every move. The car chugged off with a taxicab! following. Fast was the bat | equally fast the puri it ie narrated, | But Lawyer Jordan was bent on throw-| ni the supposed detectives off his tratl, | He managed to change cars and when the pursuers came up, lo, Mr. Jordan| and Mrs, Singleton had taken @ “devious | route {in another car,’ and escaped, i This much js quoted from Miss Gra- ham's arks during the conference yesterda “It we are acquitted, which, of course we will be, it i8 not improbable that e11 will return to Paris with my sister, and I do hope that iihel will see her way clear to come With us.” —_—>—__. STRIKERS BEAT OLD BOSS. Pg Leather Workers Sent to Work ' house for Their A: George Schmetz, twenty-five years old, | of No. 37 East Tenth street, and Sam- uel Boscowitz, twenty-two, of No, 7% k street, leather goods workers ‘and pickets in the strike of their trade which began a week ago, were each rentenced to twenty days in the Work. house by Magistrate House in the Ps Jeex Market Court to-day on a charge | of assault | Joseph Sernaker, a leather manu-| | taqturer who formerly employed the two at No, 17 West Houston street charged them with assaulting him on Saturday night. He said they followed him to No, 65 Cannon street, where he pealdes and beat him, ‘ MRS G4mBIER, W train except the three who were fino. Special Policeman Schnelder cornered them in the tollet of the station and made the arrests after the doors of the SUBWAY ROWDIES = SIH 10 ce you” on his shirt bosom. Mr. Gambler, a smug, ultra-respectable appearing person, has brought a counter sult for annulment, but it was evident from his manner that he didn't want to wait until that Is called before he gets a chance to pull his end of the string that dangles the family skeleton, He bas his suit on the non-fulfillment claim, but with the aid of his lawyer, Congressman Martin W. Littleton, he plexion of olive pallor and heavily pen- cilled eyebrows, never betrays the slightest measures of embarrassment. She has been the only witness and she jas borne what would #6 an ordeal to the average bride with @ calm air of self- n that is not reflected in her husband's manner, Mrs. Gambier resumed the stand to- day, but just as her counsel, former Judge Augustus Van Wyck, was about to direct the resumption of the reading of Mr. Gambter's letters, Lawyer Ban- ton, for the defense, asked for a delay vecause, he sald, Mr. Littleton had missed his train from Oyster Bay and iad telephoned he would be late. MRS. GAMBIER ASKED ABOUT THE “MYSTERIOUS ONE.” Judge Van Wyck said he had put off his departure for Europe because of Mr. Littleton's Congressional engagements and objected, whereupon Mr, Banton suggested that the reading of the letters be taken ‘up. But Judge Van Wyck said Mr, Banton had put the letters in a time-safe Saturday and aw him, how she ‘had kissed him at the train, sat on his lap and wrote “I iver; orately chaperoned by @ “gentleman friend from the South and an elderly lady from Philadelphia who had her sister to New York to put her Miss Finch's School.” | “Mr. Littleton has spoken of your — playing cards at the Canoe Club at Sum- — mit, N. J.," said Judge Van Wyck, “Now how many times did you commat this marital indiscretion?” alms to prove that he was not to blame. The case so far has been full of , tArills that come from revelations of J the honeymoon experiences of the Gambiers, but the trim little bride, @) On one occasion, she related, he had young woman of raven hatr, a com-| told her he couldn't walt for her eny longer for her to finish her rubber—he would go to thelr room and go te bed. She obeyed him. Later she and several friends spent several hours @ day om a” steamer crossing the ocean to teach Mr. Gambler bridge. He was noi an apt pupll—he preferred eolitaire, “Was Mr, Gambier often sick?’ asked Judge Van Wyck. “Oh, yes," said the witness, “he Aad @ terrible attack of lumbago in Vienna, — and he often had awful headaches,” ORESSED AND UNDRES@ED WHEN MR. GAMBIER WAS THERE — “Did he tell you how he was all doc: tored up so as to pass an insurance eom- Dany and get « policy in your name?’ This question was ruled out en am Ob- — fection from Mr. Littletoa. “How 4i4 Mr. Gambier spend mest of the time with you when you were en the boat and in Europe?’ “He read most of the time—the Ameri- can papers and books—Le was e ailent, taciturn man.” € “Mr. Littleton asked you tf you had ~ Invited Mr. Gambler to perform the aS le train closed in time to prevent their es- Judge, hadn't had time to read ¢ ‘ y | cape, would object. Justice Pendleton agreed | Go sumunte Sct Of marriage—did yap. In Aning them the Magistrate sa to adjourn for an hour, "ig Ald eae. 1 they were the” ordinary type « M bier Wore a smartly cut $ wee. punish all of the type tha from which fell a der string of | 4 asked her @ lot of questions about ame before him matched pearls. wo la rings and al the rides in the mysterious tenga THREE AR FINED = AMERICAN AN LEAGUE. ‘ LATTER WiTrs wedding ring were on the fourth finger left hand, all the th testimony she fondl sutomoblle, She said that she and her — mother, while they were living at the Great Northern Hotel, rode tn the car | during last October and November and AT NEW Vo! | Paves volve 18 4| that her last ride wa 7 ps Gaunt . . A | Ree ee etieacns ate hat her 2 in January. Rush Into “Station and Throw waskinGToN— Change of prio to Take} ew uameene tan “| “Do you know this gentleman's | - . Ovo pl : be sin : hanant chauffeur?” asked the lawyer, Transfers at Chopper—Sev- HIGHLANDERS— ice at End of the gifs Weck referred atra,| “1.49 not" anawered Mrs. Gambler. Rae 000 saan Pap eiy + man whose}. "Stand up, Brewater,”" commanded eral Escape by Train, Bat 4iroom and Henry; I Month, name Was wri a slip of paper| MT. Littleton, and & swarthy,. & and Sweeney i E fore Mr. iittteten { Hatred man, with an automobile coat sae ——— ee and handed to Mra, G with 4 over Bis arm, rose in the rear of the Magistrate Breen this afternov. fined Magistrate H Steinert to be fey questions regarding automobile, 0% “Do you know this man?’ three young car rowdles $5 each, with NATIONAL LEAGUE. loa J e tal Sessions, sides she had taken with this man atter| SKE COULDN’T REMEMBER ALI the alternative of going to jail for fi t Division, Mayor ynor will ap- her separation from Mr. Gambier, This THE WAITERS SHE SAW, days, The men were John Mahon of N pel ‘PITTSBURG. olnt him to au 1 Justlc Willlam B,/| mysterious man, by the way, Introduced! “y do not,’ she replied, but she 4idn't No. 206 East Twenty-eighth etzeet,| CINCI Vya one torm expires June 20, Ag) Mrs. Game Judge Van Wyck.) deny that. “Brews might be the | Thomas Senbino of No. 313 East Twen- | 0 Ja Mr rt gets a salary Mra. Gambte id she and her mother! chauffeur, She didn't remember him— ty-eighth street and James Kelly of PITTSBURG | ecial Sessions Jus. and numerou ds had taken ridea| ong doesn't remembér @ awiter to No. 219 Kast Thirtteth street 0 ¢ $1,000 a year for ten amd had with this unknown, | whom ones an order, she @x- The three young men ran, with a wae but she : ja gnation | )jained, dozen others, Into the subway station > i 1 e John J. Freschi, when ah » had ever BlveM |) On Noy, 19," aatd the lawyer, “@td at One Hundred and Forty-ninth stye NO GIANT GAME. em e place of Mage her & the way she) cou go with « gentleman to dinner mt - nd Third avenue, whieh ts the tran . 1 appoint. described the only v y of Wipe f he Hoffman Cafe and then to the Nasi fer pa from the elevated and o rhe kame achedu ed to be s Thee imexplred nm of Mage Passed between her and her nova Theatre and then te the Al of the buslest, stations on the line, 11) Washington Park, Brooklyn be- | strat t ur years. Mr, Freschi, oF any other kind of a Kiss restaurant and stay there ¢.™ 1.50 0% was about 8 o'clock and the station, tween the New York Glants and Rrook o js one of the youngest Magistrate TOOK AN AUTO TRIP IN Y Gua ae pie was crowded hey rushed by the|1¥n Was Postponed on account of wet) oy ¢ f n 1 several Int TERIOUS ONE'S” CAR. “| didonot at ticket chopper, Thomas Langdon, and grounds lesting and !mpor ases during In her soft, drawling manner of speech e threw @ handful of transfer tickets in| World Bull ine ari vy \incumbency as an acting Magistrate, she told of an automobdtle trip in t (her man rose in the rear, Mrs,” ori i Kurkteh Baths a ja his fa sai! spon. Bath with privine rovine, 84. | which have met the full approval of the mysterious unknown’ car to Blossora Gambler said she didn't know him, AU the crowd got into the subway | Barber, and leur 7 puted Mayor, ’ _ Heath Inn, but ebe said it was elab- “Late in October, 1910," Ly ) emamanccragacpasanmsponannneee =e Be ane 0 = mapas the ye