The evening world. Newspaper, July 27, 1912, Page 1

| MURDER WEATHER—Fatr to-night and sunday. AComplete Short Story — vo America’s Best Shert Story Writer PRICE ONE CENT. coorrays 19 —— = = ; ee 1912. by The Prose Publishiag he'New Work Che “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ |_ NEW YOR Ze O TF, Z SS LPT END ERIN | « “The Little Speck” By 0. HENRY The Romance of a Gotham Love- Quest That Ended in the Closing of a Palace of Chance and the Finding of One Entire Peach. (TMs is the fourth of a series of O. Henry's best short stories, One of GRese stories will be printed each Saturday throughout the summer.) J (Copyright, 1908, by Doubleday, Page & Co.) HE honeymoon was at its full, There was a flat with the reddest of | new carpets, tasselled portieres and six steins with pewter lids ar- ranged on a ledge above the wainscoting of the dining-room. The wonder of It was yet upon them, Neither of them had evér seen @ yellow primrose bythe river's brim; but {f such @ sight had met their eyes at that time it would have seemed Mke—well, whatever the poet expected the right kind of people to see in it besides @ primro: The bride sat in the rocker, with her feet resting upon the world, She was wrept in rosy dreams and a kimono of the same hue, She wondered what the People in Greenland and Tasmania and Beloochistan were saying one to another @bout her marriage to Kid MoGarry. Not that it made any difference. There was no welterweight from London to the Southern Cross that could stand up four hours—no—four rounds—with her bridesroom. And he had been hers for three weeks; and the crook of her little finger could sway him more than the fist ©f any 142-pounder in the world. Love, when it ts ours, is the other| though, ame for self-abnegation and sacrifice ‘When it belongs to people across the alr- aft it means arrogance and eelf-con- I've The house is You want to hurry. fot to get back hon only three blocks f, here.” Before ten minutes had sped the Captain with a dozen men stole with their guide into the hallway of a dark and virtuous-looking buliding in ‘The bride crossea her Oxfords and Yooked thoughtfully at the distemper which many businesses were con- Cupide on the ceiling. ducted by day. “Precious,” said she, with the atr of] “Third floor, rear,” said the Kid CReopatra asking Antony for Rome done | Softly, ‘I'll lead the way.” Two axemen faced the door that he Pointed out to them, “It seems all quiet,” tain, doubtful: tip ts straight?" “Cut away me If it ain't. The axes crashed through the ax yet unprotected door. A blaze of light from within poured through the smashed panels. The door fell and the raiders xprang into the room witn thetr guns hand: The big room up tn tissue paper and delivered at res!- denoe, “I think 1 would like @ peach.” Kid McGarry arose and put on his coat and hat. He was serious, shaven, sentimental and spry. “Ail right," said he, as coolly as though be were only agreeing to sign articles to fight the champion of Eng- land. “I'll step down and cop one out for you—see?" “Don't be long,” said the bride, “I'l be lonesome without my naughty boy. said the Cap- “Are you sure your sald the Kid. “It's on furnished with the Get a nice, ripe one.” faudy magnificence dear to Denver ‘After a series of farewells that would! Dick's western ideas. Various well- have befitted an itaminent voyage to|Patronized games were in progress. About fifty men who were in the room | rushed upon the police in a grand break jfor personal liberty. The plainclothes men had to do a little club swinging. More than half the patrons escaped. Denver Dick had graced his game with his own presence that night. He led the rush that was Intended to sweep away the smaller body of ratders, But when he saw thé Kid his manner be- came personal. Being in the heavy- foreign parts, the Kid went down to the street. Here he not unreasonably hesitated, for the season was yet early spring and there seemed small chance of /wresting anywhere from those chill Streets und stor coveted luscious @uerdon of su 's golden prime, At the Italt fruitstand on the corner he stopped and cast a con- temptuous eye over the display of papered oranges, highly polished ap- weight class he cast himself joyfully upon the slighter enemy, and they role! down a flight of stairs in each other's ples and wan, sun-hungry bananas, “Gotta da peach?" asked the Kid in the tongue of Dante, the lover of lovers. is “Ah, no,” sighed the vender, “Not for one mont com-a da peach. Too goon. Gotta da nice-a orange. Like-a orange?” “gcorntul, the Kid pursued his quest. He entered the all-night chop-houre, cafe and bowling alley of his friend and admirer, Justus O'Callahan. | Tho O'Callahan was about in his institu: looking for leaks. WOT wane it straight,” sald the Kid to him, “The old woman has fol # ie nt: peach, Now, tat oe neh, Cale wet it out quick, I a like tt If you've got nat arms, On the landing they separated and arose, and then the Kid was able to use some of his professional tactics, which had been useless to him while in the excited clutch of a 200-pound sport- ing gentleman who was about to lose $0,000 worth of paraphernalla. After vanquishing tls adversary the Kid hurried upstairs and through the gambling-room into a sinaller apartment connecting by an arched doorway. Here way a long tabie set with choto- est chinaware and silver, and lavishly furnished with food of that expensive and spectacular sort of which the devo- tees of sport are supposed to be fond. eral and florid taste of the gentleman with the urban cognomenal prefix. A No, 10 patent leather shoe protruded a few of ite inches outside the table- o'Cailahan. | “The hou ale if “But there's, nu in te utd even {cloth along the floor, ‘The Kid selzed goon, [| don't sup F a yvainta, | this and plucked forth a Lack man in a find ‘em at one of tne Broadwa \w Je and the garb of @ servitor, "a too bad, When a lady fixes her month cor ‘a certain kind of fruit nothing | | ‘else Won't do, It's (oo tate now to find | any of the firs 4 fruiterera open. | But !f you think tie missus would ithe gome nice oranges I've Just got a box) | of fine ones in that she might"—— Phe Kid's eye caugit sight of a wine) Gow that was Nehted and gore th nature's most entrancing colors. | The light suddenty went out, The Kid sprinted and caught the frulterer lock- ing his door. up!" commanded the Kid. ‘Are n charge of this free lunch?” Has they done . Listen to me, Are any Peaches in this layout? Ir ain't I'll haye to throw up the ted was three dozen, sah, when rams opened this event 1 the gentlemen done eat Tt you'd Ike to eat I kin find you some," ny th “Peaches?” sald he, with extreme de- t busy," ordered the Kid, sternly, Mberation, ; four | {amd move Whatever peach erop you've “Well, no, sir for three or four | got quick or there'll be trouble. If any- weeks yet. I ha ny Idea where! ioqy oranges me again to-night I'l you might find some “k his face off." rani tine raid on Denver Dick's high-priced and prodigal luncheon revealed one lone, last peach that had escaped the epi- jawa of the followers of chance, few in town from un they'd be hard to le of the more ex cur ‘paste. I've got som » | Into the Kid's pocket {t went, and that though—from © SHIDTOR at ee ete foraker departed imme- to-day. a - or | diately with bis prize, With scarcely a Phe Kia lingered on ne ooreTaitiy {glance at the scene on the sidewalk be- moment, iit of greon lghts that |low, where the officers were loading e steps a building down|their prisoners Into the patrol wagons, Bianked the he moved homeward with tong, -ewift adark site , ere?” strides. “Captain d__ anywhere?” he /Siliis heart was Iight as he went, so eaked of the desk sergeant of the po-| ee eights back to Camelot after ice sta e | nd high deeds done for e@ eapta oe |p a 4 their At that mor the captain camelfadies fair, The Kid's lady had com. briakly forwar busy |manded him and he had obeyed. ‘Tru was in plain c It wan but 4 peach that #he had crave giuist, | but it bad been no sinall deed to gle ello, Kid," he sa 1 to the pi @ brid rt a peach at midnight from that wintry city where yet the February snows lay y Tm “a solid] city § Bos ae ROOT AIRaL IN ow, Think I'l take an interest | like iron, She aked ach; Te etnicins! doings. How would it sutt/she was his, br in his pocket the |peach was warming In his hand that \held it for fear that tt might fal out | and be lost. | ‘The bride watted In the rosy glow of the plik lamp shade, The miracles Rafferty | were not all passed away, By breath. vtyethird. Hoe] ing a desire for some slight thing— you to get into Denver Dick's place to- Cap?" ‘at. performances,” sald the jating his mustache, “ | flower, & pomegranate, a—oh, yer, a fn your precinet now, and his] p } a feach—she could send forth her man ame's bigger than ever. i'm down on| pew n'a f ; Sie gambling business, I can put you|into the night, Into the world which at his game.” Jcould not withstand him, and he would ow 4 do her biddin R@n my precinct?" growled the cap- ¥ . be hapa m Hine bi And now stood by her chair ana ‘Are you sure, Kid? Til take tt] AMA apr favor, Have wot the evtree? she sald, aughty fondly, Did I say a peach? T think I would is it'to be done yf an. Rg eR much rother have had an orange.” You'll need ten men. No; they won't| Blest be the bride. let me in the place. Denver has been trying to do me, He thought 1 tipped him oft Yor the othe: raid. 2 didn't, e Le nia me apt apn coe os Here again was to be perceived the Iib- » \ fust-rate! FIRE'S QUICK SWEEP SPREADS ALARM AT ~NARRAGANSET Six Cottages of Fashionables in Pier Colony Are Wiped Out. OTHER TOWNS SEND AID Flames Balk Firemen and Threaten Destruction of Big Section of Resort. NARRAGANSETT 'PIPR, R. I, July %.—Six summer cottages were destroyed by fire to-day, causing a loss of ap- proximately $100,000. = From a small dlage in the kitchen of Orton Lodge, the residence of Louis F. Stoddard of New Haven, Conn., the fire rapidly spread, detroying the house and spread- ing to and consuming five other dwell- ings in the vicinity. They were Kenti- worth, owned by Ashton Harvey uf New York; Sunnyside, occupied by Mrley Carter of Baltimore, and the residences of obert E. Strawbridge, the Philadelphia polo player; J. C. Rath- bourne of Harvey, La, and James Sprunt of Wilmington, N. C. Several other cottages took fire, but the firemen of this town, Wickford and Peachdale wore able to exting wish the flames and save them. Orton Lodge was one of the land- marks in the summer colony, also known as the “Little Casino, was bullt by Louis Sherry of York about twenty years ago. It was valued at ®5,0%, The other cotta were valued at about $15,000 each, ———_—.-- EUGENICS CONGRESS HEARS OF THE LOVE OF MAN AND WOMAN Prof. Smith Says Beauty and Strength Won’t Go Far ‘Wrong. LONDON, July 27.—"Por my father l'a rather have @ robust burglar than a | consumptive bishop," Prof, Smith of the University of Minnesota told the International Eugenics Congress to-day. The professor wald he didn't agree with the view that man is simply the highest mammal and that his breed can be improved by stock farm methods, “So long as men love beauty und women love sterngth the human inatinct | won't go far wrong," he assured | euwentats, oSaae SSee QUEEN OF SPAIN CUTS VISIT; HURRIES TO SICK SON. Victoria in London Gets News of Prince Jaime’s IlIness—Can- not See Her Mother, TANDON, July “Owing to the lle ness of her second son, Prince Jaime, ‘gueen Victorian of Spain, who ts at present in London, has cancelled her visit to her mother tn the Isle « Wight. Princess Henry of Battenberg has de- cided to come to London, NOT PRELATE’S BROTHER. It was ascertained to-day that Peter J. Lavelle, che aged man who appeared before Magistrate Herbert in the West Side Court yesterday saying he was a |brother of Mgr, Michael J. Lavelle, Viow of the Archdiocese of |New York, and asking ald tn recovering two barrels cement, ia not related Lavelle has two \> an Is not a mem- | to Mgr, La- At the » this afters noon Eddie Hashay the speedy Texan, in an exhibition mile on his motoreyele broke the world’s record held by Arthur Chapple, covering the distance tn % 2-5 seconds. Three-fifths of a second het ter than the old mark, TICKET OFFICE Wie, Lene, ool American ‘Stesmuahiy fines, ‘Travellesy “checks. and money, orders, pen day | Bate. BECKER'S FRIEND HELD: LEFT RAIDER 10 JOIN GANG AT WEBBER'S Sullivan, Whose Alibi Is Shattered by New Witness Who Saw Him at Murder, Says He Is Vic- tim of “Frame-up.” “BRIDGIE” IS UNDER ATTACK, CONFESSION IS EXPECTED. Seen in Metropole Just Before Shoot- ing, and Two Swear He Ran From Scene. ELEVEN DAYS have elapsed since Herman Rosenthal was assassinated before an assemblage of half a hundred persons in front of the Metropole Hotel and the men who committed the crime are STILL AT LARGE. j Jacob Reich, alias “Jack” Sullivan, was held to-day by Coroner ‘| Feinberg without bail until Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock on a charge of complicity in the ass: ion of Herman Rosenthal. The charge was made by Detective John Finn and Sullivan was committed tp the Tombs. The chief significance of the charge against Sullivan is that Sullivan, under charge of complicity in the killing of Rosenthal, forms, in the building of the prosecution's theory of the case, a link between Lieut. Charles Becker and the conspiracy which resulted in Rosenthal’s death, Here is how Sullivan figures in the case, according to the testimony on record: He met Becker at Madison Square Garden at a prize fight on the night of July 15, rode with Becker in an automobile to Park Row, where Recker visited The World office, rode uptown in the same automobile with Becker to Forty-second street and Broadway, where he bade Becker good night. and Becker continued on to ‘his home in upper Manhattan, Sullivan went direct from Becker to the gambling house of “Bridgie” Webber, where the murderers of Rosenthal had assembled, pursuant to the plot. The ostensible errand of Sullivan was to pay a $150 debt to Sam Paul, a gambler, whom he expected to find at Webber's, ADMITS HE WAS NEAR WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED. Not finding Paul, Sullivan, according to his own statement, went to a soda water stand in Broadway, next door to the entrance to Cohan’s Theatre, and was drinking a glass of soda when he heard pistol shots. These were the shots attending the killing of Rosenthal. The soda water fountain part of Sullivan's allbi is disputed by Louis Krese, the waiter who unexpectedly appeared as a’ witness yester- day and identified Sullivan as one of the mem he saw in front of the Metropole at the time of the shooting. Krese was directly across the street from the Metropole, he says, when the shots were fired. He saw the murder and he saw Sullivan actually at the scene of the killing. Sullivan admits he was at the Metropole after the shooting, but says it was seven or eight minutes after the time when he heard the shots. He says he stopped only long enough to learn who was shot, He spoke to the slain man and got no answer, He then “jumped a barouche” and went all the way to the Garden restaurant, at Fiftieth street and Seventh avenue, to telephone an account of the shooting to a morning newspaper, although there are a score of public telephones clustered around Forty-third street and Broadway, t Sullivan admits that after he had telephoned the newspaper he hunted up “Bridgie” Webber and joined that Individual. Sullivan spent the reat of the night in the Lafayette Baths with “Bridgie" Webber and Jack Rose, the two men accused by the authorities of being the guiding spirits in the conspiracy that headed off Herman Rosenthal’s intention to tell Whitman of police graft. WHITMAN’S “FRAME-UP,” SAYS SULLIVAN. This outline of Sullivan's movements shows that he went without de lay from the company of Becker to the company of "Bridgie” Webber and that after the shooting of Rosenthal be attached himself to “Bridgie” Web- ber again and spent the rest of the night in bis company. All of which Is regarded by the District-Attorney as significant, Previous to his arraignment before the Coroner to-day, Sullivan, who is constitutionally loquacious, asserted that he had been “jobbed” by the Dis trict-Attorney, He made this statement repeatedly, against the advice of hia counsel, Benjamin Reass, who finally was compelled to force him to keep his mouth closed. “Whitman ‘framed’ me,” declared Sullivan, “When that walter came into the court room I saw Whitman point me out, The waiter nodded (Continued on Second Page.) K, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1912. BIG POOLROOMS ALL ARE REOPENED TO-DAY: SUSPECT SAM PAUL'S AMONG Circulation | Mrs. fish. Says | Newport's a Bore, So She'll Leave MRS. S FISH OTanew NEWPORT, it. 1, July 27.—tn a apeceh delivered from the porch of the Casino this atte to the leading restdents of the re colony, Mra, Stuy- nowledged soclal leader adie aghast and her husband Aug. 1. watering place fol- and Will leave here which shocked the lows “ET want to tell you all, dear friends, that I'm not fascinated with wport any © Mr. Fish and nyself will leave Aug. 17 and may Ko to Europe, You seo it in this way with us. There are the sane old Mgucheons, the same old d the same cid dances; but f can’ the same old faces, though,” _l oe LOOKED FOR LEAK—BANG! Customer MM. Shop and May He i ‘There was an exp shop owned by Nich Barber ning Yet. no tn a barber as Sinniscaleht at No, S61 ‘Third avenue this afternoon when @ customer wad been a! ! Hhted a maten find out where a leak in @ gas pipe was. He held the mateh near the ceiling and the gas, whioh had accumulated there, exploded, ‘blowing down the metal celiing whi had Just been installed, and blowing out the windows. The man who found the I oat and disap} he shop, running up Third avenue. He hae not been seen wince One customer who was in a barber's chair at time of thy explonic Rudolph D'Heurese, was slightly cut about the face and head by the falling metal and plaster, but refused medical aid and went to his home. Capt, Dona- van of Engine Company No, & turned in @ still alarm to his company, but there was no fire Baseball ScoresTo-Day NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT NEW YORK, cHICAGO— 20000;,3 — AND Loo10 'S Qe AT BROOKLYN, CINCINNATI— 00121000 .— BROOKLYN— 12600000 — AT PHILADELPHIA, PITTSBURGH— | 000020 —} PHILADELPHIA— | 201000 a | AT BOBTON. PUT GAME. st. LOUIS— 00000330 1-7 BOSTON— | 10000200 0-3 eeadigsean: AMERICAN LEAGUE, | AT 8T. Louis. FIOT CAME, | HIGHLANDERS— 30000 af $T. LOUIS— Books Open to All.” | 10 PAGES ff to-night and Snnday. eal EDITION. PRICE ONS GEN? GAMBLERS OPEN SHOP. = FOR FIRST PLAY SINCE ENTHAL MURDER ———_——— Lid Pops Off and Big and Little | Poolrooms, Roulette, Faro and Klondike Joints Do Big Business Once More. / OPENING AT FORT ERIE BRINGS HEAVY RACE BETS. Police Couldn’t Raid, Says One Backer, for They’d Have to Admit Games Were Going. Poolrooms and gambling houses which were closed following the | assassination of Herman Rosenthal, reopened for business this afternoon, The reopening was not general, but several “information bureaus” which make a specialty of supply:ng scratches, odds, results and other informa- tion from the race tracks found a wide market for their offerings throughout Greater New "York. There was a complete close down of poolrooms and gambling houses on July 46, when the Rosenthal murder shook gambling circles and the Police Department. The gamblers were inactive for a few dayse and many of them went into retirement. f Then followed the exhibition of the inability of the Police Depart- ment to make a quick round-up of the conspirators who put Rosenthal out of the way, and the men who make their living by supplying speculators on the races with action for their money began to look with longing on the impending opening of the racing season at Fort Erie, Canada, FORT ERIE OPENING FOUND THEM READY. To-day marked the opening of the Fort Erle summer racing season, Despite the immense amount of public attention the Rosenthal case is en- 200000 4 AT CLEVELAND FIRST GAME WASHINGTON 20000020 0—4 CLEVELAND— 001002000-—3 SS aronsing the gamblers decided to take a chance. Any regular patron of a poolroom could put his money down this afternoon, for if his regular place was not open there were runners and lookouts around to steer him to @ place where bets were registered. In some of the larger poolrooms, klondike, craps and stuss games were added to the betting on the races, Admission was denied to persons not known, but properly vouched speculators had no diMculty in placing beta, “There couldn't be a safer play than to open up this afternoon,” confided one xambler to an Evening World reporter, ‘Nothing has been done since Herman ‘The copa seemed to think that things would Hosenthal was put out of the way. remain natled down, “Here comes the opening day at Fort Erie with all the players crazy to get a bet down, There hasn't been any racing of class for a couple of weeks, and {t would be cruel to refuse them, The police couldn't make raids if they wanted to, for a couple of reasons, One ts that they would have to get evidence, and that takes time, The other ta that tf they tried to et Into any of the plitces kd evidence they would be admitting that gambling Is going on in New k, In spite of the Rorenthal affatr.”* ‘Thin gambler and others declared that no police advice had been sought or recelved regarding the resumption of business to-day, The situation appeared to be that news went around that certatn pool-room ke were golng to start up and others conclided that tnasmucty as bettors on the races were anxious to het It would be a #khame not to take the money. INFORMATION BUREAUS DO BIG BUSINESS AGAIN, # which did business this afternoon are located in Etghth on ¥ Information bur; strect, near Third avenue, close to the south side of Un sare; in (Liberty Street, and in Twenty-elghth street, near Broadway, The & ning World hae the adresses of five of these bureaus which sent out information py: phone @nd telegr clock this afternoon until the races cloged ty Die to Distet the Bowery and Third avenue from Fourteenth John" Langer's place at Second avenue and Avenue C we : dred, not for betting on the races; only for st « pootre ise in Fulton stree 4 usiness, but thix r The transactions the purpor are The men who bet in this room ung settle by cheer: Josed when Rosenthal was shot, because there waa no racine on at that time to attract bettors fu dd the reopening to-day probably had nothing to do with the action of other s SAM PAUL'S GAME GOING ONCE MORE, Near J third aventie whse passed the word that ALT ating parties wilco own to loorman, Furs wn so far elther—tt was k that Sam Paul's pool- Tenth street and Fourth avenue, w : ss, although @am Paul ts tn jail. Loula Kaufman was ald the man fn charge of the room, Tenderloin players were accommodated tn s¢ hear Thirty-sixth street and Eighth avenue, backer of which Is reputed to be a man named Clark, and another not far from Forty-seventh street and In Harlem @ room was open hard by One Hundred and Thirty+ Highth avenue, and another, close to One Hundred and Twelfth street and avenus All ovep the east side the little stuss games of le open, Although these f -_ eral 3 ong them ene