The evening world. Newspaper, November 24, 1911, Page 1

to-night; Saturday fair, colder. FINA EDITION. PRICE ‘ONE CENT. The Ms! Circulation Books Open to All.*' aT petietine oa Wan We STOKES SWEARS 0 W BRL “CHASED” HIM BEFORE PAIR BLACKMAILED AND SHOT HIM Millionaire Tells on Stand How He Was Victim of Miss Graham’s Plot. HELD UP WITH LETTERS. Fair Defendants’ Lawyer Puts Hotel Man on Grill for the Defense. No trace of the flippant nonchalance that has marked their conduct since thelr sudden acquisition of fame through shooting Millionaire W. ©. D. Stokes in the legs in their rooms at the Varuna apartments last June, was @iscerntble when Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, faced Justice Marcus, @ Jury and their elderly accuser, in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court to-day. The air of assurance that had carried the pair of show girls through arrest, pO ‘e court and grand jury proceed- ‘and out before the footlights had vanished. Assistant District-Attorney Emory Buckner’s quiet, business lke but excoriating presentation of the State's side of the case that closed yes- terday’a session seemed to have torn from the girls’ pretty, carefully pre- pared faces their masks of petulant diedain. @BOKES DIVORCED WHEN HE MET SHOW GIRL. “Where and when did you first mect Graham?’ asked Mr. Buckner. the Ansonia Hotel, the latter part ef dhe yoar of 1906,” replied the witness. “Ge wes living with her sister, Mrs. Singieton. who had an apartment at the Angonia Hotel. We became well ac- and I heard from her quite oftem. We discussed her going on the ttage, Miss Graham sald her sister did not want her to go on the stage, but that she had been on in California, She waid she was twenty-four, I advised her against it, but she went in a company. “Were you @ married man then?” “No, eir, I was @ divorcee.” Mr, Buckner then led the witness to the time in 1907 when Lillian Graham visited him at his country place in Lex- | ‘mgton, Ky. In 199, @tokes sald, he gave Miss Graham two or three hundred dollars 20, @o to Parle end visit her elster. ‘The witness was flustered when asked ‘or ¢he date of his marriage, tast year. He hesitated and blushed, then with a year, I forget which. Mrs. Stokes, a large, fine looking woman, was in court, and did not ap- pear to see humor in her husband's confusion. Stokes said he me: Miss Graham last married. testified the witness, ‘She told me she must have some money—$00 to so to Europe to join her sister, I told her I was married and didn't want any- thing more to do with her, I sald 1 was absolutely through, and would not give her a cent, She said she was in debt and must have money. I told her 1 waa very sorry, but could do noth-| ing for her.” | PAIR WEEP AT STOKES'S RE- FEATHERSON OUT TO GET MURPHY’S PLACE AS LEADER |}Real Purpose in Re-entering Politics Is to Be Head of Tammany. SEVERS A_ FRIENDSHIP. Winds Up Partnership With “Billy” Shannon to Fight Him in Primaries. Maurice Feathergon has severed a friendship of thirty years and a profit- able business partnership gf long stand- Wein an effort to regain the Tammany leadership of the Twentieth Assembly | District, which “Bu Shannon. Featherson 1s organizing already for the fight to be made on next primary day against Shannon, and he declares that he will be back in the fold—not to work with Charles F. Murphy, but to work against him. “Murphy must go” will be his slogan, “Billy” Shannon—who ts a fighter every inch of him—declares toat he is not going to be easily deposed. Al- though chagrined at the action of his Ufelong friend and business partner, Shannon will oppose Featherson every foot of the way, and he, too, is now strengthening his forces in the district, Each is well-to-do and each {s pre- pared to do all that is necessary to win, particularly Shannon who de- clares that his “last dollar’ will go to retain his leadership. When he agreed to take Featherson’s place Shannon told Featherson that in his new posi- tion he was not to be a puppet or any man's’ man, Featherson reptied that that was the proper stand ‘or Shannon to take. DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP TO WAGE POLITICAL WARFARE, Last week the two men met and settled up thelr financial accounts, each he relinquished to saking his share and parting to meet next time on the political battlefield Richard Croker long ago said that Featherson was a ‘coming man," and added (hat some day he would be the leader of Tammany He’ That is the prize for which Featherson is reaching out, hoping that the present unsettled condition of affairs within the organ- {zation with reference to Murphy may developed into a revolt against Murphy's leadership, In this effort Featherson is said to have recetved assurances of from Richard Croker he ass of former district Martin has also been promised as well as that of other Tammany leaders who feel that If Murphy continues in power it will mean the downfall of the ization, xt month, lead Him ‘ cording CITAL. At this point Miss Graham wept violently on Miss Conrad's shoulder, Her grief affected Mrs. Singleton, who buret into t: also, and the sobs of the two women could be heard above the rasping, hush tones of Stokes’ mat- ter of fact recital of the succeeding meeting with the girl at the Ansonia, when she attempted suicide, he testified, because he refused to give her the $500 she demanded, Mrs, Singleton quickly recovered her pbise, bat Miss Graham's shoulders ¢ontinucd to shake and her face remained buried in her hands al- most throughout Mr, Stokes’ narration ‘The witness gave a detalied ac of his first meeting with Miss Con- rad, He sald she came to him at the Ansonia, May 3! last, and told how she had found her roommate, Miss Graham, unconscious from an attempt at sul- clde by carbalic acid, Said the wit- nese: “@he told me sie found a stack of my letters lylug on the table, with a saying Miss Graham E. note to the press, had committed sulcide because W. (Continued on Eighth Page.) ¢ ‘ to la tion " rly or es place. inetory ent, It ts exp Ahearn of the Nineteenth Assembly District will resign and that James | Hines, former Alderman, two bitter leadership fights n, Will succeed him. Ming fight between Shannon against jans say the result of that fight ermine whether Mu vannon and Featai » personal following. hound to be bitter and personal, non controls the machinery and war of Tammany H for he pledged alles |DIsTRIBUTING THOUSANDS OF TURKEYS FREE. Guarantee Clothing Compan; 27th St. In accord: r annual custom, wil long ‘The r. 3a ent of the Guara: igi Clothing Co, who has made on iw to be the eruclal test. | is Shan- | witi| command the full support of the forces | ago | of a prison. with | It will pay you to TAFT WILL PARDON MORSE ON A VERDICT OF DOCTORS f ‘ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ ] WRHATHBR—Clearing to-night; Saturday fair, colder, NEW YORK, ‘FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1911, MRS GOES FROM JAIL T0 HOSPITAL President Orders Banker’s Re- moval for Observation as to His Real Conditon. DOCTORS WILL REPORT. Wickersham Declares Prisoner in Bad Way and Action Is Taken at Cabinet Meeting. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—President Taft to-day directed the warden of the Atlanta penitentiary to tranefer Charles W. Morse, the New York banker, to the United States Army hos- pital at Fort McPherson, near Atlanta, where he will remain under Fede-al authority and be given medical treat- ment. The transfer of Morse is to be made because of poor health, He Is sald to be suffering from kidney trouble and could not survive long in prison confinement. Morse will be under the observation of physicians who will determine whether or not his physical condition is such that he should be granted a pardon by the President, TAFT REACHES DECISION AT CABINET MEETING. Announcement ‘of the transfer was | | made in the following statement given out at the White House, just before the conclusion of to-day’s Cabinet meeting: “Application has been made to the! President or behalf of Cuarles W. Morse for a commutation of his sen- tence based on his present state of health, which is represented as very serious. By the President's direction the Attorney-General has directed the | warden of the Atlanta penitentiary to| tranfer Mr. Morse to the United States Army Hospital at Fort McPherson, At: tanta, where he will have the best po {ble care and medical treatment, while still remaining in the custody of the Federal authoritic The President's further action in the | case, it was stated, would be deter mined by the observations of the army | physicians. After a conference with President Taft to-day Attorney-General Wicker- jam said that an announcement might | cted from the President in the Morse case within a short time. | District-Attorney Wise of New York | and H. F, Dougherty, one of Morse's | attorneys, were called in consultation | at the White House, The Attorney General told the President that Morse r. don. |ACTION DUE TO UNTIRING FORTS OF HIS WIFE. President Taft had previously an- nounced that he would not consider | another application for pardon before | EF- FINNEY DECLINES THE PRESIDENCY OF PRINCETON | Says His * ie at Johns Hop-| kins for Which He Is Better Fitted, Is Not Yet Done. BALTIMO! Fini Jan. 1, 1913 | The action looking to the pardon of | asked Morse Is a tribute to the devoted efforts | ing to of his wife to obtain freedom for him. From the day of bis conviction Mrs, the board of the univers Morse has made a systematic fight for | consid a pardon that has extended to every 1 fe orner of the United s. She es | not tablished an pffice, prepare 4 blank forms | for signatures and flooded the mails) “while ti ) e with literature that went into every po- | 7 consider th > litical constituency of the nation, | ‘that can 1 n ‘The President, members of both| with pculla” force, !t seemed best that houses of Congress, nelal leaders|y should remain in Balthmore. 1 felt and men prominent ery depart-| that I was better fitted for the wor ment of life were either personally | wich 1 am now do ) Interviewed or solicited by letter to ald] pr, Finney has been assoclated pro- | that my na u. nv, ney of this hat he had requested veve them 7 of e! ty. After mf every y | the wife In her fight for executive] essor of surgery at th clemency Medical Schools: Mrs. Morse pawned her gems to help | the head of t pay the expense of her fight, and her | }opkias Dispensary home at No, 728 Fifth avenue was| pRiNCBTON, N. J, N 1s much a centre of her contest as the| per of the board of tru little office she established in the | ton University express finan’ Ustrict, regret when informed t ATLANTA, Nov, 2—While no states | James M. ‘T, Pinney o | ment relative to the proposed transfer or ¥ © of Charles W. Morse was) sider his name for the obtainable at the Federal Penitentiary | the university. He sa here, where the banker is confined, yet! would have made an it Is understood Mr, Morse is suffering | 1004 tor Princeton from kidney trouble, It is claimed he | MOM" (Segre cannot survive in the close confinement > - ANOTHER COPY OF “FUN,” the Weekly Joke Book, — tre liext Sunday's World, Puzzle HS and. Joked. “Fully. iMustrated, ne | deel name for sidered nittec dd to ask the boar’ Will have t© look tertainment for the whole family, por suitable man, ton to peesidency Dr that a mo John ty to-day announced his name was in bad condition, |ve withdrawn from consideration as Mr, Wickersham recently made 4) president of Princeton Un'sorelty, | Di hurried and unannounced trip to At-|iinnoy said he f i Ach ay re lanta, It develops now that it was to | 0! mre NO. FON that NIK work JB see Mr. Morse personally. ‘The present | Baltimore, for which he believed he was | negotiations looking to Morses re- | better ftt was not ygt done lease began day before yesterday Dr, Finney mud * announcement Morse {a not eligible for paroie, but in the form of a st nent as fol. | as bad as lows | Mr. Wickersham himself understands it) “Owing nah to be he probably will be en @ par- | has beer of my Princeton ached yard ity Ww de t care Mi by and | 1 ney ful int of view, | work in Baltimore withe yhns an reques lrawn. Hoph 1 ty teal clinte at Johns was tn also ‘nw Rr Ooveock STATE. PENITENTIARY IT CAMOYS AND. MISS SHERMAN 10 WEDIN SICK ROOM Illness of Bride’s Father Causes i Change in Plans for Mar- riage To-morrow. The wed of Lord Camoys and Miss Mildred Sherman, helress to s eral of the John Carter Brown mil- lions, will take place to-morrow after- noon at the of her father, Wili- jam Watts Sherman, No. 838 Fifth ave- n Mr, Sherman's stck cf r Lauwre! L husband of Miss Sherman's sister, sald to lay that the wed- to-morrow af- home Gillespie, ae © had been app ling was to take pla ternoon tn the © of the imme- members of the family. nt was made at the request Sherman, who has been serl- Mr |ously ill for several weeks and ts now in the care of four specialists. Recause of Mr. Sherman's tilness, the invitations to a formal w rman e her bridesmatds and Mr, e called off @ dinner to Lord Lord Camoys would make no astate-| y ment, to-day, about the marr His br the Hon, Hugo § - rived here to-day on the Lusitanta und another brother, the Hlon. M € Stonor, is on his way across the Atlar tie, ‘The aristocratle but n » Miss Sherman Newport, yesterday > SNOW STORM ON THE WAY. wno will t wealthy arrived priest marry th nobler here a from High Winds and der Weather oy, A mem- me To-Night, a of Prince ' se ana |The local Weather ‘Bureau has re- that Dr. | owing special fr Baltimore, had | northwest storm warninws V not to eon Vtrom Philadelphia to Boston, Distur presidency Of | ance over Middle Atlantic States, in Ad Dr, I creasing in intensity, Winds will shift Meal executive |i, northwest late this afternoon or to-night, with rain, tarning to snow ustee no other lang much colder ia being con- | “Temperature will fll 2 degrees or ay a more tn twenty-four hours — PENDING PARDON, \Figures in Beattie Case; Scene of Last Act TR t FOUROF THE MOB All Plea ned Guilty WHO TARRED GIRL GET JAIL TERMS 28 PAGES Guilty and Must Serve Year Each—Fate of Three Others With Jury. Kan., Nov ni fe Clark, Jay ranton, Fitzwater Watson were th ssed members of the tar and sentenced to a year each In Jail by Judge Grover to- Ricord, who drove Misa Mary herlain to the place whe ahe was tenced to one year in ady been fn Jal! seventy | he jury In the case of the three men who went to trial, Sherrill Clark, A Siinms and John Schmidt, was still out this atte: a THREE YEARS FOR AUTOIST oon, * GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER, Mass, 0 Nov, 2 autom t in Lughte vusing the THIF) mitted to the ty White when pers in the Edwin 8 Was imposed Super Court Hancock u House of Correctis Hancock evidence was three yesterday, years, was con the ring he was opera the au killed George and his finan Miss Lottie Thomas, ut Attlodoro, | April to-day an turda sand Winter Suits, fl thibet, fancy blue "brow grays’ and dark imlxel worsteds, 84 to 44, worth any ir special price to- 96 Open Sat niente til 10, On Trial To-Day They are on trial EVERY day, in fact—World Ads. It was found shere were printed 8,723 World Ads. yesterday 409 more than the Herald, Times, Sun, Tribune and Press COM- BINED. These remarkable figures afford at least a vague idea as to whether World Ads. are found wanting, The More They Are “Tried” The More They Are in Demand, Get Sunday World Ads. Ready To-Day Judge | old man what his lawyers already knew, that it tod m fo Joted | that | mobile duit) much as the desire of the young man about to die that brought forth the » black ns, all r depressing to a degree. PRICE ONE OENT. BEATTIE MEETS DEATH WITH A SMILE AFTER WRITING “TI CONFESS" “Many of the Details Published Not True, but Fact Remains,” His Message Prepared 24 Hours Before Execution. CALM AS HE TAKES SEAT IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR |First Shock < at 7.23 o’Clock Kills— Family Claims Body for Funeral Sunday. (Special from aff Correspondent of The Evening World, RICHMOND, Nov. 24—Following the death of Henry Clay Beattie jr., in the electric chair at 7.23 A. Me to-day, the Rev. J. J. Fix made public the following confession: “1, Henry Clay Beattie jr., desirous of standing right before God and man, do, on this the twenty-fourth day of November, 1911, confess my guilt of the crime charged against me, “Much that was published concerning the details was not true, but the awful fact, without the harrowing cir- cumstances, remains. “For this action | am truly sorry, ard believing that 1am at peace with God andam soon to pass into His presence, this statement is made. “HENRY CLAY BEATTIE JR.” Beattie’s confession was followed by this statement from the at- tending ministers: “This staternent was signed in the presence of the two at- tending ministers and is the only statement that can and will be made public by them. “Mr, Beattie desired to thank the many friends for kind letters and expressions of interest and the public for whatever sympathy was felt or expressed.” The confession was formulated by Beattie exactly twenty-four hours before he met his death. When it was that he first confessed to his father will not be known, but it is believed it was not until Gov. Mann had robbed him of his last hope for life-that he broke down and told the s true he had taken his girl wife, the mother of his child, into Midlothian road and there had | struck her down and shot her to death. It was the rigid conscientiousness of the old Presbyterian father as public confession to-day. EXECUTION WAS SPECTACULAR. The twelve witnesses to the execution of Beattie say their ordeal was The execution was spectacular—not because of any intent on the part of the authorities, but because the surroundings * | and other conditions contributed to the dramatic in this tragedy. | The morning was dark and misty and rain fell as the witnesses were jadmitted to the prison, The death chamber is below ground, wita no | windows, and to the witnesses it had the appearance and atmosphere of }a tomb as they filed in and took their places. | The location of the death house and death cell is isolated. There was {not a sound in the death chamber as the coming of Beattie was awaited but the shuffling of feet of the witnesses and attendants or a nervous jcough on the part of one of those seated within view of the electric chair, | No subdued whirr of a dynamo nearby told of the manufacture of | the death dealing current, Instead, a big black cable hung from one corner of the room to the chair. This cable carried the 2,200-volt current from the city electric light plant, halt a mile away, When Beattie was strapped in the chair and the signal was given the /full voltage was turned on, The lightninglike jump of the body, the strain of the straps and the groan attending the sudden expulsion of air from the lungs shocked the witnesses. The full power was kept on for five seconds and Beattie was dead without doubt. At the expiration of five seconds the power was slowly diminished for twelve seconds. When the indicator showed 200 voltage the needle | was stopped there for three seconds, Then the full power was slowly b