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en en ee ne ee e120 YOUTHS CONFESS ROBBERY OF MAN GUTUPBY TRAN Hoboken = Mys Cleared by Meniification of Victim as Edward Lavitie. Partially ; DENY THEY KILLED HIM. ens isin Declare He Probably Feil on} Railroad Track After | ihe Robbery. | | * Bho mystery attending the discovery of | @ee Body of a man cut to pieces by «| fwain on the Erie Ratiroad tracks at] Park avenue, which ts the boundary be- tween Weehawken and Hoboken, late | Gaturday night, was partially solved to- Gey when the victim was identified as Waward Lavitte, a bargeman. Two young men under arrest in Hoboken con- feowed that they, in company with an- ether man, robbed Lavitte Saturday ove- ging « few hours before his body was found. They denied that they threw the Man on the tracks to be cut up by a ein. ‘When the mutilated corpse was found @nd removed to the Morgue in Hoboken @ Was seen that all of the pockets in the clothing were turied inside out. Tkore was no money or anything of value on the remains. The Hoboken police went to work on the case, They learned that three young men had been drinking in @ sa- doon at Eighteenth street and Willow @venue with a stranger Saturday eve- Ming and had: followed the stranger from the place. On this information @hey arrested inst night John Hans- bury, twenty-five yoars old, of No. 23 Chestnut street, Weehawken; Charles Coulson, eighteen years old, of No. 184 Willow avenue, Hoboken, and Charles Nester, agened nineteen, of No. 14 West Nigeteenth street, Weehawken. TWO YOUTHS CONFESS THEY ROBBED LAVITTE. The two younger men were given the “third degree” at Police Headquarters fn Hoboken and late last night con- street and Willow avenue Satur- evening when Lavitte entered and Lavitte, H, Weehawken, and lived at No. 9 Hamilton avenue, Brooklyn, bought sev- eral rounds ef drinks for the saloon Joumgere and became very drunk. abeut 11 o'clock he staggered out of the piece. Aecording to the story told by Coul- @on and Nester, they, with Hansbury, followed the reeling man until he fell of cinders near the Erie tracks stupor, Then they robbed ting $2.65 €or their pains. They theory that Lavitte got up left him and wandered onto the tracks just in time to be struck by train thet passed shortly midnight. authorities are not satisfied with the killing of Lavitte. Qiminary to the arraignment of tho three prisoners on a charge of murder, —_—__—_. | a to baa | street, ARREST OF ARTIST who ts @ mild mannered soft spoken denied the sulted tn blows wer Desouchet's church fracas. members of the opposing faction were A row re- nt to vote, h books wer hots were exchanged. oF. Chaffee asserts that Desouchet, REOPENS FEUD IN. young man, and faye. ruck him on wore out a wi ‘eat two days truck and opprodrious epi- \ thrown, Hendricks Grand Jury on a charge of extortion. Michael Bershotsky, a milkman em- | Ployed by the Bender Milk Company at reet and New Lots road, New York is indeed Was the complainant. Rershofaky charged that the three men a wonderful metropolis had come to him yesterday and demand- : R ‘“ ihe Tend | od $10 or his tite. He gave them §, and in the way it rapidly rran after the | | promised the remaining $7 to-day. jcouldn't get the money, became fright- ened and told his boss, His boss sent “It ds strange,’ aid Mr, Desouchet | tor detectives, who marked $7. When jto @ reporter in the police court to-| the trio came to collect Hershofsky gave day, “that they deferred arresting m|/¢hem the marked money and thoy were ae eta for a week and then took mo in ac 8| arrested. Dr. George Chaffee, Supporter? of Rector Legge, Accuses Mr. Des ot of Assault. in the station house. I happened to’ be fortunate. ‘Tue SoA ve opal «The charge that 1 assaulted Dr. and F - Chaffee is unfounded, 1 was right be- . hind him on the steps when we were 1 F by Dr. of No. 338 Forty- | sevent Magistrate Naumer | fixed F r (he examination of Dee fouchet and continued the bail bond of 00, which furnished when he was arresied at his home at 8 o'clock last night. Dr. Chaffee ts the leader of the faction in the church that 1” supporting the rector, Rev, Clayton McKenzie Legge, who was appointed to take charge of the church seven months ago on the death of the former rector, Rev. Will- fam Ackley. For some nine months previous to Dr. Ackley's death, the Ackley faction had been trying to force him out on the ground that he was too old to do ef- fective pastoral work. The father of Edwant C. Desouchet, who has since died, was a stanch supporter of Dr. Ackley in this fight, and his son has taken up the cause of his father. 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We the Behning Mi An Acceptable Christmas for 98 mann and it 30th St., N.Y. & Taylor Founded 1826 Women’s Boots & Slippers Acceptable Holiday Gifts Carriage Boots Fur trimmed, satin lined. .....ceeeseeee. $3.95 Dainty Boudoir and French Mule Slippers Plain and figured satin. ..... $7. 25 to $4. 00 Slipper Buckles Handsome cut steel and rhine- iT ae $1.00t0$25.00 —Special— Women's Dress and Walking Boots $5.00 Values ee ET aus x cok wil and jet. | $3.25 $3.95 $6.00 Values Men’s Shippers, $1.00 to $3.50 High or low cut, good looking and comfortable. Holiday Gifts Exceptional Values Offered in Chiffon & Lingerie Waists TWO MODELS IN CHIFFON CLOTH, hand em- broidered over filet net, shadow lace at collar and cuffs; attractive braided model over striped lining. TWO MODELS $5.00 IN CHIFFON CLOTH — Tucked chiffon model with standing or sailor collar of white chiffon cloth over black, navy, wistaria and brown— or chiffon cloth over messaline silk lining, with yoke, collar and cuffs of shadow lace. $5.95 CHIFFON CLOTH OVER JAP SILK LINING, with gold and shadow lace introduced. STRIPED CHIFFON $6.95 CLOTH OVER JAP SILK LINING, with fine side pleated jabot, shadow lace at collar and cuffs. ATTRACTIVE CE lined with Jap silk. CHIFFON CLOT $7.95 HIFFON CLOTH MODEL, braided, $9.75 H, in combination colors over an- tique lace, with shadow lace at collar and cuffs. $12.75 Lingerie Waists BATISTE AND VOILE WAISTS in attractive models, embroidery and lace trimmed, $1.95, $2.05, $3.05 & $4.95 VOILE WAI8TS, lace trimmed, hand embroldery and Irish or Val, $3.05 & $4.05 Women's & Misses’ Coat Sweaters Beveral models In plain or fancy weayes, $1.95, $2.05, $3.50, $4.05 & $6.50 Broadway & 20th St,; 5th Ave,; 19th Bt, Gives Lasting Satisfactior It occupies the highest place in musical world for quality and vol- ibtlety of touch, ity; in fact, ev. to the perfect Js0 recommend if desire. Bend for Booklet. OPEN EVENINGS. 295 FIFTH AVENUE ———$——— takes on new shapes every year. Think of the changes going on down here, where rents are cheaper. Why, the roomy spaces and noble build- ings next to old Grace Church have again be- come a great centre of city life. And then—seven or eight more minutes in an automobile are noth- ing to the satisfaction these great, good stores offer, that don’t cost as much to live in. “> Comports of all sizes and shapes, with and without feet Baskets Fruit Stands Cake Plates you a Christmas present. Fine French Rhinestone Slipper Buckles, 84 @ palr, Afternoon Slippers of patent calf, 83.50 up. Buckles extra, Rhinestone Bow Knots, 82 per pair. _ In Stri quite wearable as they are. so for Christmas gifts. 4 of samples—-for samples are always the very best. Knowing That Many of Our Customers Are Desiring Christmas Gifts of Rich Evening Wraps The Easy-to-Slip-On, Luxurious Imported Evenin Such as Poiret and Callot Make So Beautifully in Paris We took a blue pencil today and repriced 147 broadcloth coats, in the colors which make women look young and beautiful. tically all our evening wraps of this character are now $25 and $50 (The 80 Coats at $25 Originally Ranged from $45 to $75) (The 67 Coats at $50 Originally Ranged from $80 to $120) | There are light blue, rose pink, cerise, champagne, gray, green end white. They are trimmed with contrasting colors, with braid or hand-embroidery. There are only three models in the entire collection of which there is more than one of a kind. There are nearly all sizes in the collection. A very few show slight marks of handling, although we have tried to protect them in every possible way. But, as you see, the saving in the price will more than pay for a dozen cleanings, and all the wraps are An Importer of fine china has sent us a Christmas box which we will open tomorrow disclosing 1500 Sample Pieces of China ctly Dresden Decorations Everyone expects something good when we are fortunate enough to capture a line And prices are generally low. Wraps, Prac- These coats will, of course, be packed very carefully for any one, but especially Second floor, Old Building. These 1,500 choice pieces are particularly good and the prices much lower than usual, in fact less than half the prices for similar goods bought regularly—as you can see yourself. Cut of 1,500 pieces there is only one or so of a kind—yet every one is peculiarly a Christmas gift. noted for its Dresden shapes and Dresden decorations. _ Many of the pieces are in open work, and every one is hand-decorated—not a piece of print work in the lot. They come from a European factory established in 1817, and The Regular Price for the Lot Would Be $7,700 We Shall Sell It at an Aggregate Price of $3,000 Fruit Bowls Orange Bowls on Stand Jardinieres Nut Bowls on Stand Vases Fruit Plates . Bonbon Boxes Holders Bonbon Trays Candlesticks Every single piece suitable for a gift. Not one more than half usual prices—as you can see by comparison with regular stocks on another table. How did we get them—because the loss is the importer’s, not ours—and he virtually, through us, makes There are many sorts of things in the collection. Quaint little animals that make cabinet pieces for 10c each. Other articles at 25c, 50c, 75c, $1, up to $5, and a few very choice pieces at $10. Such things as: Bonbon Baskets Flower Baskets Combination Fruit and Flov-er Holders Also Dresden figures China Salons, Second Gallery, New Building. Should Go Into These Slippers Slippers with buckles, slippers without buckles, or buckles without slippers—when they are such kinds as you will find to-day in the exclusive Wana- maker Shoe Shop for women—are the daintiest kind of Christmas presents for a woman or a young girl. It is pleasant to think how many of them have already been sent out to twinkle in and out under dancing frocks and ball gowns; to trip gaily to the opera, to dinners, to weddings and receptions. Yes, slippers are happy gifts. You will need to be sure of the size she wears. And the color that will match her gown. With these facts in mind it will be a pleasure to select from the pretty and exclusive Wanamaker slippers that mgy express a woman’s personality as subtly as do her handkerchiefs and gloves. The assortment of French rhinestone shoe buck- les, rosettes and bows to trim these slippers contain many Christmas novelties, at reasonable prices. The charming little half-slippers for the boudoir which are called “Mules” (does anybody know why?) are greatly liked by women as gifts for women. of satin and brocades in all pale shades; $6 and $7. : Main floor, Old Building John Wanamaker Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co., Broadway, Fourth Ave., Eighth to Tenth St. | Christmas Stockings