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‘Up to the time of the Coroner's ar- rival, the instrument of death, whether it was an axe, a hammer or club, had not been located. A hha SAYS SLAIN MAN NO ENEMIES. Members of Capt. Starrett’s family were in complete ignorance as to the cauge of his death when an Evening World reporter reached the Starrett home, No. Brooklyn. “All we know {s that some one tele @ SUANINCABNBY | RIVER THIEVES Capt. Ireland, who lived Wingfield avenue, Greenville, ante from hin whether he Head iesiony Finds Starttt Dead With Hands Tied and Head Crushed. HAD when the boat tied up at the dock. | There is no work golig on on Sunday at the pier and flo attention wan p to the barge on that day for tl | reason. General For: “4 Beebe of the Ponn- Company's docks ‘knew very lit of Capt. Starrett's hab. ite and associations, he 108 Prospect avenue, ry phoned us that Capt. Starrett bed toma found dead. I have sent my 201 fo learn the details, but I have heard GIMBELS PERFECT in Every Modern Detail Are the Facilities for STORAGE of FURS At GIMBELS Sn ead ey, tte as Garage Vault It ke your Furs absolutely y ive renewed life to the fur—not Wo sOLAVED ALONE IN BOAT., Wife Says He Always Carried ¢ From $100 to $200 in His Pocket. Capt. Meiville J. Starritt of the Penneyt- vatia Railway Company's barge No. 43, ted up alongeide pier 4% was found clean, 6 rotating murdered in his cabin at 8 o'clock this trom’ ‘mothe, fire tbe ard and the ages ye of merning. From the condition of the rg in moth protective cam cases, but sends the furs home in the Fall more be@y was evident thet the man had Set Saco ayo” aA] | prof A EMODELING ted REPARRING oe on semi tain’s partly dressed body was inside stored until F: without charge. the freight house part of the cabin, ly- T ladieon Square 8200, Fr aus bee, furs are tag on the left side, the hands tied be- ready for storage. Floor hima the back, the skull crushed end the throat out. of the cabin wae locked, the on the inside of the door. The is into the freight house was but not locked. Robbery is have been the motive. lerers overlooked $164.4, | amount was found by the police | in the toe of an old rubber Pockets of the dead man's ‘were turned inside out. Starrett, son of the victim, the police that his father always anywhere from $2 to $300. He Warned him, he sald, about auch large sums. The old man robbed on several occasions, ll persisted in carrying the Not Too Early for GIMBELS For We Are the Leaders of Fashion Tomorrow —Presentation of Summer Styles in Imported & American Felt Hats $4, $7, $9, $13.75 White Light Gray Sulphur Green Mouse Gray fy i H if Ht ip 4 iE i tr i had been moored at the og since 2.35 o'clock Sunday morning, faving been docked there by the tug Trenton, Capt. William M. Ireland, which towed it over from Pier K, Jersey » Capt. Starritt had not been seen ‘ey anyone since the docking of the bagge and the presumption is that the fiarder occurred while the boat lay at Pig 48. Starritt did not carry a deck- badd, manipulating the lighter without Champagne Black § these SO riiah nahdsta wereda sind tose who travel wil etal eee ae oe (ilustrated, wit n 7 o ry smart, is Bode tel rivaled these have velvet 209, about the disposition of the freight on he berae. MEN FORCED DOOR AND Dis. COVERED THE CRIME. "Gt was about § o'clock when I went | "sald Mr. Corbett, “and I was Pinta ad dttehed finish. Tailored Hat Section, Third Black Neapolitan Rope-edge Hats, babe No wonder the cies ges these Hats is tone, taal yy for their ip corning the tptarne be brim styl Bick N feapoltan bald wit with le. Neapo p edges. 4 Third Fi eeld te Col ear fuss teraction ite key. on the inside and immediately got one of my men to pry the lock open. “The door leading into the freight house was closed, but yielded to a turn of the knob. I did not wait long, but immediately notified the coroner and petice. Capt. Starritt was a saving sort of @ man, who took a drink occasional- ly He wes a married man, living at ‘Me, 1348 Prospect avenue, Brooklyn.” ‘The police eay the murder might he own desire Lan May, at your boon commitiad at an tne ‘trom cer | ee tee is, if you, purchase the Untrimimed Hat bplers its trimmings in either our Main ‘oor Millinery “Gp to an early hour this morning. Sections, You Would Never Imagine That This House Dress Is Only $2.25 When look at it in ponaca and then when examine how ‘ 7 is made you will be more fa Open Evenings zs Until 9 ofCleck 10% Wo rfid and BR re blue percale, trimmed wi cale—in-eet collar with sd, end slipping through the front ing a cravat. 92.26 will purchase a rather fanciful style in these little Gea) pre blue or black-and-white lawn. r uare yoke and cuffs are of eyelet. with th pipings ne ot Sonirae iii Tel most e collection is ¢5—this ‘ vith coll collar Pa shawl revers of 4yelet Second Floor These Long White Petticoats At $1 to $5 Can Only Be Duplicated for $1.75 to $9 Deep flounces of eyelet and blind embroideries such as you Riwe Worth nego bwethe ould if you were going to have the Petticoats made at home $100 Worth $10.00 Down jy ks would ay He and of very good But, of course, if you $uo = $18.00“ pe 3 ware fo do Sty ou ole Ra ouch for anything $200 «$20.00 ‘ $2.50 ike come prices. py oe Lesa they are made with the quite $500. $80.00 “ $8.00 FOR CATALOGUE— FAILED. FREE etticoats which his left-over em- na CAB Was B Breet roany——s0 be granted ws an unusually large concession, Cool White Dress Fabrics With a Deep Tinge of Economy 1417-1423 THIRD AVE Beoond Floor MheTel. Electric iano-Player imaginable white weave tha 5 makers have evolved for frocks, !s found in this complete White Goods (Medaile tp Any Grend pan led of New York, Here are some aa a od pe i cc effects) £7. THE EVENING WORLD, fs bef from him. I cannot believe my jumband lone who knew him, I have heard noth. ing, and I do not know what to think,” said Mrs, Starrett. When Coroner Holtshi the scene he expressed it that the victim had been twenty-four hours. house near the body wi ed “California” axe, a the family lived until twenty years ago. ‘y music maker by any means. real musician of the performer. q The CONREID PLAYER-PIANO is not only a constant delight to the family that owns it, and to all visitors to the home, but it provides A MUSI- CAL EDUCATION for all who come in daily touch with it. q@ And now this beautiful Piano, that ANYONE CAN PLAY, bought for $450, on VERY EASY TERMS of payment. silent piano in your home, that nobody can play, we'lltake it in part payment for the CONREID PLAYER, which makes a musician of any- one who sits down to play it. q We'll be pleased to demonstrate~the CONREID for you at your con- venience. 1.26 and White Voile The to ie eth been murdered, for he enemy in the world. He sober and loved by every reached | Morning to go to been com . t was Afty-elght years | was his of Nova Scotia, where here are four daughters and Today We Introduce the CONREID PLAYER-PIANO Very Exceptional Lots of Robes, Laces MONDAY, APRIL no tur when he failed to return I had slight ni Tegivings, for his work sometimes kent from home for several days: “He rr is in the habit of carrying from $100 ¢ol $200 all the time. Some of this his own money and some of it be- longed te the company, for he had nu. Sager two eons, all grown. For 5. larger part of his Age gh life pt. Starrett was a master of deep @ailing vessels and as such was gone from his home for a year or two t a time on cruises around the world. “My husband left heme Gaturfay Hu m his boat pier in a . ‘He home that night, Janos Water MATURAL LAXATIVE ts Gines on Arising for con STIPATION to pay for them all q An instrument that“brings the latest word in superior construction, true musical tone and superb finish at a popular price, q It is truly a marvelous thing to possess, in your own home. A BEAUTIFUL PIANO That Any One Can Play q Everybody enjoys music—if it is played in an artistic manner. comes a brighter and more entertaining place for father, mother and the children when it contains the facilities for delightful music EVERY EVENING. There are no more dull afternoons—no more dreary evenings that drive the young folks out to seek entertainment elsewhere. q And yet, while anybody can play the CONREID, it is not a mechanical Its facilities for individual expression make a Home be- can be If you have a Piano Store, Eighth Floor And Embroideries Are Included in This Sale More than a thousand of the robes, which lack but a little sewing to fashion them into the most exquisite Summer dresses. Laces in profusion, from the filmy shadow effects for veiling blouses to the mbroideries, in effective flouncings The Semi-Made Robes Feito and Batiste Robes, with filet or arene lace, in ito or eer, ot eeneee idered in rye vt a $10, $10.60, bas ce ane dered, some com- to $20, with filet Lingerie hon hag roidery, some pe serte Pe amen IP paren and 918.00, sogulatly $19.60 es Lace Blouses, sem{-made, at §2.76 to 95.76, regularly $4 to $7, The Laces | ae Fs seat oe to 8 to 1:00 yard, regularly Cotten Bandings, white and ecru, in filet, Carrickma- GIMBFL., BROTH ERS NEW YORK heavy ratine and Venise laces, the latter in allovers and bandings; and a remarkable group, of Cotton Bandings. and allovers, for making lingerie dresses. All priced to save a quarter to a third, and desirable in every way. cross and Duchesse designs, at 12¢ to $6c yard, regularly He fo Ses fenise Bandings and Allovers, at $8c to $3.75 yard, qularly 6be to $6.80, MBiatine Looe, ee and ecru, at 20c to $1.60 yard, paint de t de yee ana lormandy Valenciennes Laces, in matching sets, at 10c to 80¢, regularly 15¢ to 50c. The Bmbroideries Swiss Bmbroidered Flounces, Be; Pin, at 4. rari} Bi yard eeu my ditt: Cc over Flowsoes, at ; regularly 35c, ose Voile Femnees, ¢ @ and ein, nb effects, or combined with filet and ratine lace, at $1 cs 93.75 yard, regularly $1.60 to $8.76. Main Floor THIRTY-THIRD ST. far mode Sr Yon At cans TRANS TO, (Cope Lexington to 3d Ave. Sth to 60th St, A Great Opportunity in JRIBBONS i ing a decided advance in the prices of all grades Siiame oe on recconnt of the anticipated strike, a ineclny a ufacturer gave us a tip some weeks ago. Acting on his) suggestion we made an enormous purchase with big stocks of Plain and Fancy Ribbons, incl uding Moire Taffetas| Satin Taffetas | Roman Puen | Wax: Ribbons| Messalines Warp Prints | Roman Plaids This purchase includes all the new || | Blues, Helios, Cardinals, American Beauty, | Mais, White, Black, Brown, Lilac, ete. | These Ribbone will be offered in thie remarkable sale at ||| very much Jese than they canybe bought for anywhere ele, | Note these splendid values: unter’s 5. nch Metre Talteta Fancy Ribtons, 534 and 6 |] S:imeh Telfeta, with double inches in soljd and fancy Wee 15¢ | «0 and White : Striped Warp Prints... . “. 16e 20c 25¢ 35¢ &¢ ‘ou can always depend -gtbiamd what see want myn si led at | Blcsuagualee ingdalee’ Ribbon ‘| Play Suits for || the Youngsters, 89 Suite for “i ne sale ale only 89 ibe. | For 31 3 Hours Only "from $ @ to 18 o'clock 1200 Women’s | Dress Skirts, Styles worth up }) serges, r pe Hed ni to $6.00, at - ieee! bed all the newest colors, as well ee black ¥rer= NY "ail \mixtures, Panamas, Valle a eye | & skirt is a wonderful bargain at the i] |e one C.0.D. and nomail orders | will be filled. . ; Values upto $2.50,al Showroom samples and surplus stocks; many with fancy bande; long, Graceful handles. andes. Silk Umbrellas seers sae wx eee 8] & 84.50 || Sizes for men women, with slight imperfections. Blodwingdales', Meta Floor, {en's Tine Wane A Ribbed © | Union Suite; ina v: all sizes up to 46 inches. vies values, to-morrow (Tuesday) at the low price of ‘Gaderwears made up of fine bes ed, tian cotton, all sises, including extralarge. Regu- \Plar 50c values, at.. 6.6. eee __ Man aterm Dest, Main Floor, 9 Ave, Section, | |$2.50Nottingham Curtains, pr.,98e} H We offer to-morrow 500 pairs of Nottingham Lace Curtains! Jat less than manufacturer's price. This is an opportunity to} | licurtain your summer home at a great saving. All choice c | | i] of real lace effects in white, Arabe, red and green. $1.50 French $1 Bedford Cords, 2,000 imported, all woot French Bedford” fords 42) inches $1.50 yard. No mail or ‘phone orders. A saving of $1.05 on all the $5.00 suit cases you buy here to- morrow, in a special sale to Watches, $2.24 Splendid watches for men and boys, thin models, re- liable import- ed move- Our $5.00 suit cases are of ox h te ae a without straps all pet eolid ments. Tues- pe day at $2.24, Dense locke aol cotchee. Section, Three-Piece Imported Q \ Aluminum Saucepan Sets, at 4 : Consisting of one each—-1, 134 2 qt. size Li Saucepan, ‘ni at peter myyet 1,000 or phone