The evening world. Newspaper, November 4, 1911, Page 1

ALAR ? WILLETT ‘WEATHER-Fair To- Fi EDITION. . _ PRICE ONE _OENT. Copyright, 1011, by Co. (Thi The | “ Circulation Books Open to All." rec NEW YORK, SATURDAY, “NOVEMBER 4, New York World), VARD IS OUTPLAYED BY PRINCETON “STOCK” DEAL NAMED AFTER $5,00 WEATHER-Fatr To-Ntght and Sunday; Warmers “GO-BETWEEN’ WALTER POLICE LET SLIP TWO SUSPECTS IN SWEARS 10 $5,000 DEAL une oF con BEFORE NOMINATION Transfer of Sixty-four Shares of | Shot Down When He De-! Automobile Building Stock Hap- pened About Time of Judi- ciary Convention. Louis T. Walter jr., one of the aides of Joseph Cassidy, Democratic! boss of Queens County, to-day said under oath before Justice Scudder | in the Supreme Court at Long Island City that five days before the Long (aan ‘ret Train Conductor Gave Warning After Guggen- heim Watchman Was Slain. | HIRED ONLY YESTERDAY. tected Robbers on Porch of Millionaire’s Home. taken part in the shooting of Alfred Proker, a watchman at the Part Wash- ington home of Isaac Guggenheim, a copper millionaire, early to-day slipped nomination of William Willett jr., a Democratic candidate for Justice of | through the fingers of the Flushing po- the Supreme Court for the Second District, he received from Willett $5,000 in cash. Walter testified that this money was paid to him for sixty-four shares of stock in the Automobile Building Company. The stock was given to him a year before by Willett for promoting the organization of the company. It had never paid a dividend. It was Walter who also Promoted the nomination of Mr. Willett for the Supreme bench. ‘The testimony came at the close of an excited session, Justice Scudder, sit- ting as a Magistrate, seeking to deter- | mine whether or not the Willett nomina: | tion was acquired by purchase from the Democratic bosses. It came just before the adjournment of the hearing until next Thureday morning. Cassidy, who is charged with the When the session was finished Willett made a formal statement in which he lee an hour or two later. ‘The conductor of a Long Island train leaving Plandome, near Port Washing- ton, saw two men acting suspiciously. They seated themselves on opposite sides of the car. Then they took off | their hats, which were of the derby shape, but which were made of pliable material and twisted them up and stuffed them into thelr pockets and put on peak caps. The conductor had heard of the murder, and at Great Neck had the Fiushing police notified by telegraph. As suspected men made a bolt for the door, dropped off into the darkness and dis- DUTIES YESTERDAY. eet) commsnerbilty 27 see Wyle SOON BEFORE DEATH sis No further trace was found nt 5 v! | of them, ' v here. | SoH tie story. Willett was there. |SLAIN WATCHMAN BEGAN HIS eee entered general denial to the charges against him, but did not specifically ; ; mention the purchase of the Walter New Witness Declares Pair eet Were at Stat . CASSIDY'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR ere at Station on After NOMINATION 18 TESTIFIED. noon of Tragedy. In the early part of the day's work two members of the Queens County Democratic Committee ewore that they cial to The Evening World.) had not been consulted by Cassidy con- Nov. 4.—Hervert O, Collins cerning the nomination of Willett. Ajof Whitman to-day caused the latest Democratic lawyer and official testified | sensation in the Avis Linn murder that he came to to Brooklyn in an auto: | case, He nufke Have saben Miad Like eson, the indicted pastor, mobile with Casidy on he morning Of) nei) ang R talking together !n the train shed of the the convention, an¢ had not been told | Of the inention to name Willett Ge | south BiRuGn aboue 4b AllicdK son the ape She ne a one sean, Willett and MfteFRoon pt the day Miss Linnell died. efore the convention, seen Willett a the day + Walter enter the bank of Long Island| If his story 1s correct it supplies the at Jamaica, together, and that he saw|Mlssing link In the State's chain of evi- Willett. make the same pilgrimage the| dence. The most searching inquiry by | the prosecution faited to find any person who saw the accused minister in the next day alone. The investigation rested with th company of the victim on the day she took the al dose of cyanide of po- | Collins came forward with proven facts: editor of the Brook. | charged on Oct. | 18 that the nominations | had been sold | sitive of their {dentity,” sald He was arrested for criminal Mbel | C ew both Avis Linnell and and the dismivsed at the too well to be mistaken. As instan: of the judicial candidates ctor, I have had to travel over when they learned that Willett had | Cape Cod a lot and ha many friends drawn $20,000 from two banks within|!n Hyannis, I am as certain of the a week of his nomination |date as Tam of the couple, It was the Cassidy, boss of Qucens, dictated the | *fternoon of Saturday, Oct. 14, I recall Walter that it was seven minutes after four friend of | tion. riend and wanted to catch a four o'clock train } "A few minutes | ticed Miss nell and Ric! ling together, * *|They were by Willett to Walter, | Golins is forty-fve years old and r, the ster witness befor narried, He a collector and canvas: Scudder in the Sup i a pool room at Brock- Long Island City, swore a Boston court oificer served came to his house on the ons on him to appear before riet Attorney F He accom- The Guggenheim house was robbed a few days ago. The police accused a watchma| Mr. Guggenheim refused to prosecute him, but discharged him and yesterday hired Proker to take his place. Three shots in rapid succession, just about dawn this mornin; ed the copper magnate and the entire house- hold, Ligits flashed in every window as Mr, Guggenheim, who had stopped |only to put on a bathrobe and sl!ppers, rushed from the house, followed by all the men servants, They ran up the wooded path which leads to the house from the highway, and at @ distance of about 200 feet came across the watchman, He was dead, with three bullet wounds in his body—one in his forehead, one Just above the heart and the third in his left leg. In his hand he still gripped his revolver which he had drawn as he started toward the burglars. The revol- ver was fully loaded. The burglars had shot him before he could pull the trig- wer. The man’s feet were toward the house. In the dim morning ght he had discov- estate. He was apparently creeping to- ward them, revolver in hand, to capture or frighten them away when the crunch: ing of a pebble beneath his feet be- trayed his presence to the burglars, SLAYERS ESCAPED IN WOODS 1 glanced at the clock. I was AT ROADSIDE. Shooting him down, the burglars sprang from the ver.nda and darted for the shelter of the trees on elther side of the roadway and made their escape In the forest through whch the highway runs, With Mr, Guggen- heim standing guard over the body, the servants scurried about trying to get some trace of the burglars, but with- out success. old to him. | panied t officer Ay Boston and spent| ‘The burglars were cutting away a Joseph Cassidy, nocratic Boss of}a long time in the District Attorney's| Pane of glass In the sitting-room win- Queens County, came suddenly to: He was subjected to a rigid ex-]}dow when Proker discovered them into co sa voluntary and militant} amination, Afterward he told friends} They had made two unsuccessful at- witness, Close behind him came Louls | that everything he sald had been recor- | tempts to iomy oe Gept pPty. and v. Wal the man who fs accused of (ded by a stenographer and that his arene? ne English Ptr on se Apemaioe the DINE nem eiO plory Was also put on a phonowraphic| canted Proker barked as he came upon Walter had been cha sed vite belpe recor 2 the “lookout,” who was hiding behiad the go-between who arranged the nam- re [ee ae as was untae eee ing of V ; at nae yee Sharaeg TWO GIRL ARTISTS shrill blast on @ whistle, and the shots that he was dodging the service of eS ee al erg iat oN eat BORROW A POLICEMAN. | ‘2! ines of the dos, the sound with some knowledge of the money of the whistle, then the shots were heard Willett borrowed on the eve of his nom: | “Lend us a policeman!" by Mrs, Guggenheim, who at frat ination ‘That was the novel request made of | thought Mr, Guggenhelm had gone for The appearance of the two made 4! New York's Police Commissioner by|%n early stroll on the grounds and was sensation } two fair feminine artists, They wanted Cassidy followed William Willett,| to pick up an Adonis from the trafile who entered the courthouse with ®| squad, picture him and write a book cheery “Good morning!" to everybody, | dealing with "The Men on Horseb: It was noticed that Mr. Cassidy did} Did they accomplisi their purpose not observe Mr. Willett, and aa both} They certainly did. waited for the elevator in the corridor | how {t ail happened is moe Inter of the courthouse Willett turned and | and will be featured tn ee ride ed away from the Queens loader m not here under subpoena," sald Cassidy. “People seem to th I know] tw (Continued on Last Page.) them! ainly did, and the story of | t Interesting | husband as far as the door and from ‘azine | where she stood could hear the dying calling his dog, But es she h crack of the revolver she screa: fright and, accompanied by her secre tary, ran Into the large hall in time to ee Mr. Guggenhelm racing down the irs. Mrs, Guggenheim followed her man’s groans. Two men who were believed to have | ered them a8 he was patrolling the! RODGERS FINISHING HIS FLIGHT FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN Aviator, on Last Wing, Heads for Pasadena, Cal., Where He Completes Journey. | |HAD MANY ACCIDENTS. | When Aviator Reaches Goal He Will Have Covered About 4,500 Miles. | ~ IMPERIAL JUNCTION, Cal., Nov. 4 His engine repaired sooner than he expected, Aviator Rodgers left here at 10 A. M. to-day for Pasadena, which 'place he expected to reach late this fight to an end. Rodgers will have covered about 4,500 miles when he finishes his trip. Me started Sept. 17 and is due to finish to-day, Mov. 4.. He had many accidents on his trip jand showed remarkable pluck in push- | ing on to the end. MBCCA, Cal, Nov. 4.—Rodgers passed | Mecca 45 miles from Imperial Junction and 19 miles. from Pasodena at 11.37 | o'olock. | PASADENA, Cal. Nov. 4——Citizens of Pasadena prepared to-day to sive Aviator C. P. Rodgers a rousing wel- come when he brings his travel-worn airship to earth at Tournament Park. he train pulled into Flushing he) pevrything that a committee of forty Waved to the station agent and polle6}citizens could devise In the way of & who were waiting far up the train. The | ftting finish for Rodg fight was ar- ranged. A bulletin service to keep the crowd informed of the aviator’s whereabouts on the final s tanged. Part of this was to be sup- pited by the observatory of Mount Wilson, where a big telescope made it Possible to see objects much smaller an airship at a distance of more in thirty miles. STARTED FROM SHEEPSHEAD BAY SEPT. 17. Rodgers set out from Sheepshead Bay Track, New York, on Sept. 17, at 1.3 o'clock in the afternoon. His start was blocked by a crowd of 2,000 persons who had gathered on the fieid, with only two policemen on hand to keep them in check, It was only after pleading and cajoling that the interested crowd opened up space enough to allow a pos- albility of @ start. Rodgers kissed his mother and sister good-by, shouted out a anal warning to the enthusiasts and climbed into his Wright biplane. He alld along the neld and then soared. No cautious course did the youthful av; take. He pointed the nose of tho plane straight over the Manhattan skyscrap- ers, where the eddying air currents are the terror of every aviator, passed them and w oon lost to view. ‘A special train was waiting in Jersey City to accompany Rodgers along the course he had n ~ped out. This he located without trouble. But soon ‘after- ward he met with the first of what was jto be a long series of misfortunes. Be- coming confused in a maze of rallway tracks, he got off his course at the start and lost about twenty miles before he was able to get his bearings. Early the following morning in getting away he crashed into a tree while trying to avoid some telegraph wire: and almost de- molished his machine. Repairs were hurried from New York and trained me- chanics worked night and day. It was Sept. 21, however, before he was able to resume his flight, Rodgers, in planning the filght, had in- tended to compete for the W. R. Hearst $50,000 prize for a coast-to-coast Might, He found out before starting that he would not be able to complete the trip in the time limit stated in the conditioas He had understood that the start of ihe filght would have to be made by Oct, 10 and the finish made within thirty days. Later information gave Oct. 10 as the finishing time limit, Although the avia- tor recognized that {t would be utterly under the latter conditions, yet he d cided to continue the trip as a perac mal undertaking in the interests of a Moreover, he had already spent nearly $25,000 in ‘preparation, HE LEFT ATWOOD'S RECORD FAR BEHIND. As he recontinued his ght on Sept was still with him. ‘Twenty-flve miles cast of Jamestown, N. Y., on Sept. 21. he had an argument with a barbed wire fence and emerged from the fracas with his machine again wrecked. Two were broken and other jore delay. he continued with ‘8 and motor troubles Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, and at noon on Oct. $ landed in Grant This 1s but one of @ score of ex-| A pathetlc feature of the tragedy is| Park, Chicago, His descent here was of clusive articles that will crowd the] that Proker, who leaves a wife and one| interest to a Sunday throng just out of ve pages of the Sunday World's] child, got his job ae night watehman| church. They crowded into Grant Park, Magazine Section, Don't misw one of| only ii vend doit sound oe Guy when ‘he’ was ‘ule, aid (Continued on Becond Page.) J — 12 PAGES PRICE ONE cant. afternoon, bringing his coast-to-coast | | grat touchdown.. Pendleton kicked goal. Score, Princeton, 6; Marvard, the otreignt of his fight was ar- | EX-CONGRESSMAN CAUGHT HERE BY U. §. DETECTIVES Harry M. Cowdrey of St. Louis ‘BEATTIE APPEALS TO SAVE HIMSELF FROM DEATH CHAIR, Court Move Will Act a’ if Decision Is Not Given Promoting a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme. by Nov. 24. RICHMOND, Congressman was arrested tence for the upreme Court of | tion for a writ of | Appeals to-day imposible for him to attain his goal| President of the an appeal from the his constitutes . at Chesterfeld, | sentenced Beatle Pignuto and Tullin, agents of the "| gives a decision before the i SENSATIONAL 90-YARD RUN _ AND SAFETY BEAT CRIMSON He Won the Game for Princeton By Sensaiional 90-Yard Run White Makes Dash Down Field in First Period Just as Harvard Is Within Five Yards of Tiger Goal. WENDELL ALMOST ‘USELESS AGAINST PRINCETON LINB Harvard Star Figures in Play Only in Scoring Easy Touchdowns— 25,000 See Great Battle. Final Score—Harvard 6, Princeton 8 Just before the end of first half, when Rarvare wae wivhia Sve five yarae the Princeton goal, the Tigers braced ani eight yards, Capt. Fisher of Harvard then {t on Princeton's twenty-yard line and ran Barly iu the second half Harvard had and got the ball to Princeton's thirteen-yard line, Repasctsd, snheveaMtah patie pg Meae st Phew eee gs | ag trick again, hurling Gardiner over the Marvaré goa} lina, ‘Marvara scored her first points on touchdown shortly afterwaré when Gently wae playing safe. BY ROBERT EDGREN. \ PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 4.—In spite of all the dopesters, whd made Harvard favorite in the betting, Princeton defeated Harvard here , to-day by a well earned score of 8 to 6. The Princeton line showed none of expected weakness. And Wendell, the great Harvard halfback, made fewer gains than he has made in any other game this year. In fact, Wendell was held so close that Harvard was forced to make a punting game of it. Wendell only one chance to show in the game, and that was when, witlt the ball placed on Princeton's 2-yard line, by a long forward pass he s smashed through for a touchdown. Taking the whole game, Princeton oute First Period—Princeton, 6) ptayea Harvard. She rotied up § ponte Harvari d, 0. to 0 In the first three-quarters. And@ even when Harvard had scored in the Second Period—Princeton, 03} Pyirs, quarter Princeton held the farts Harvard, 0. ous crimson team absolutely safe until Third Period—Princeton, 25) ine ena Hevard.® See ENSATIONAC PLAN. Hine Fourth Period—Princeton, 8;) By fe Oe ee ae Harvard, 6. the day was Sam White's magnificent: THE LINE-UP. yard run that scored Princeton's Princeton, Harvard, touchdown. Another feature of @he White . . eeeee ‘Smit “iting ‘)| game was De Witt's steady punting, kealle| The strength of the Princeton's tine qaitiet | must be largely credited to Hart, whe Glitien| was impregnable on the defense end ‘j| who ripped through like a lgcomottve jon the attack. McCormick, who was put in the Mne-up at right guard at the last minute, was almost as aggres- sive as Mart himself. A crowd of 2,000 saw the game. And Harvard was represented by @ full rooter section— PACE which had very little chance to cheer except at the beginning of the leas First Second ter. Half Half Final gates at Princeton athletic fleld At Princeton— ed early in the morning for the a it untington hman game, which began at 12 Harvard....... 0 6 6 | Gclock. Only @ small and scattered Princeton... 6 2 8 | crowd sat in the big stadium, but the cp ee ih freshmen fought as hard as if 25,000 ape wie New Haven | plauding spectators had looked on, The -Y¥.U 3 game Was over at 1215. Harvard won ale... ( 6 by a score of 12—0, ¥ At Philadel; Nines It was Brickley's great work that gave Pp! 1 victory to the Crimson. In team play Carlisle. .....+ 5 G | there was little to choose between Har |Penn......4 0 0 0 |vard and Princeton freshies, Onee | Princeton hammered Harvard back to At West Point - | her # al line, and then, with only @ foot . 0 | to go, falled to push over. But Brickley, Georgetown, ley, jee 0 | Harvard fr an fullback, has @ toe rmy ’ | that will win r ay - game. In each At ikaraes jperlod he Kicked fleld goal. Thres of Williams. ...... 3 lI 14 | these were drop kicks from behind the 6 caught him coming | Heattle's execution, out of Haan's Restaurant in Park Row.| as a \ stay + Hotel Plerrpont at Broadway and Thirty-second street tor | was not regis | this move will act 2, Rodgers found out that misfortune) ping In qwudit several weeks, Rateropi was and) Grand Jury waived the privilege of a hearing setera with eight othor oMolals of the e Department of Justie or attempting *| preparing his annual Thanksgiving gitt| prothingh agreeing to sti Louls at onee, detectives wh known him well at Washington where contributions i produces @ fine quality of white meat. bills Mmiting the length o be worn in the District of Columbia and another proposing @ 8 fine for the a4 turkey {t ever gave to any President, | t® § ba “a ‘ravale ‘Bo Sadat ee ‘Maal eee line. The fourth was a long 42-yard kiok Cornell . .. 9 15 | trom placement “om the side of the At Providence | eid. | Tufts A 0 |HARVARD FRESHMAN’S CHEEK. estan 2 BONE BROKEN IN GAME. |Brown ES 12 There was one serious accident at the kame, Huntington Frothingham, Hage | RECORD GOBBLER FOR TAFT. | vard's right half, was knocked out im the first Kick off. While running down NEWPORT, BR. 1, Nov. 4.—Horace! eld he collided with @ Princetow tine» Vose, the Westerly turkey fancler, 18| man and had his cheekbone broken. was carried out ungeme for Vrealdent Taft's table, ‘The Taft / yctous and may have concussion of fh turkey this year is a fine bronae goobier, which Is gaining weight e minute on a diet of chestnuts, \ brain, ¥| After the freshman game the stands “| were cleared and then the gates were thrown open for the crowd that came the big teams play, Hundreds since the one I sent President Grant,” | of autos rolled through Princeten’ ssys Voss, ae mm streets and from special treine tong > “T shall send President Taft the finest