The evening world. Newspaper, August 2, 1912, Page 5

BOYS TORTURED INN. Y. PARENTAL SCHOOL IS CHARGE i Complaint to Be Made to Dis- trict-Attorney Alleging Cruel Acts, LEAD PENCIL AS GAG. Other Lads Said to Have Been Compelled to Lash Comrades. Charges to the effect that the New York Parental School on Jamaica ave- nue, between Jamaica and Flust ing. hae been recently the scene of various acts of creulty practiced Attorney Matthew J. Smith of Queens County by Herbert A. O'Brien gf the local school board, Assistant © District-Attorney = John Heatherington sald this morning that as soon "8 the formal complaint was made and the aMdavits in the case placed be- fore him he would, by order of Dis- trict-Attorney Smith, proceed to bring the whole affair into the open. As there {8 no Grand Jury in session, and none to be summoned for intimated he would 1 ceeding before a M the matter out in that form. Tt is claimed that boys have been beaten and gagged, forced to work too hard, and that various acts of crucity have been practiced. One of the means cf punishment is said to have been to stand a boy whom it was desired to punish up on the floor and then march thirty or forty boys past him at in- tervals, each Inghing the boy with a whip or thong as he went past. Boys with hlack and bine welts on their bodies and limbs are said to have been Charles Langford, until a few days ago employed at the school, most re- cently as disciplinarian, has made the most complete affidavit in the case. Following the making of this he ceased to be connected with the school. CHARGE LEAD PENCIL WAS USED AS GAG. According to the information which Commissioner O'brien has, the beat- ings of boys became more frequent about seven months ago, and has since continued. It is claimed that an offi- Gat of the school personally had a means of t.rturing boys that was mos! It is claimed he would tak it as a gag, tying it in the mouth by means of strings leading arcund back of the head, and the thin- ess of the pencil would result in drawingsback the cheeks to s painful extent, in) atigas ng of 3 of starting th tion w! ed up to t affidavits on which to base the charges was a beating which ts alleged to have Deen sustained on July 18 last by Gus- tave Rouff, thirteen years old, of Ozone Park. The boy {3 a son of Gustave Rouff, an undertaker. He Is a nephew of Leonard Rouff, one time coroner of Queens county and borough and a power in Democratic politics, being one of the leading Cassidy men of the bor- ough, who makes one affidavit, showed ten decided ridges on the boy where he had been struck, These were black and blue and the boy was apparently suffer- ing greatly at the time of the examina- tion, BOY'S MOTHER SAYS HE WAS TERRIFIED. ‘The boy's mother says that when her son was restored to her he was so ter- rifled by what he had undergone at the Parental School that he would not t@ her about the beating and was afraid to talk even to her of what took place | there. Commissioner O'Brien says ‘ho popular conception of the school, as at present run, taking the place of the parents, administering loving care and inspiring lofty ideala in the boys 1s ail 4 mistake and that the place appeara much In the light of a peni atory from what he can lee Hobart Todd, the princ school, was at one time assistant su- y| said he struck. ‘An examination by a physician, | NUH emul Our Great August Sale HOW THE GRAFTER GETS THE MONEY By W. P. (Camera Eye) Sheridan Evening guarding aga’ excitiny Remember, * Monday's Evening World, Aug. 5. | things that ways of the unde: "How the ore Gets the Money” will begin in next A series of clever! roe articles ¢: the lay deceptions o! Preys his 4 La will begin in next the Powers that Pre tonday’ "6 Sheridan gr won tla nickname of “Camera Eye” from the marvellous feats of memory that he per- formed when he was at the head of the Bureau of Identification of the New York Police Department. It is said that no other man in America has so thorough a a evece of criminals and their queer wa via tne this Peres, Detective Sheridan will give Evening World readers many valuable hints on safe- ‘inst crooks, and tells many decidedly ~—U a did not know about the | perintendent of the House of Refuge on Randall's Island. The New York County Grand Jury some time ago arraigned the House of Refuge conduct, claiming that the boys were not properly cared for, were cruelly dealt with and half starved. Mr. Todd is responsible at Parental School under his dirpct care. Principal Todd, when seen at the school, denied the truth of the Lang- ford hstatement except in one partic- ular, Mr. Todd boy named Healy, This boy, said, was one of the largest in the school, and had affronted a woman teacher, and in the case he did slap the boy with his open hand. Mr. Todd said the circumstances woul: be his excuse for that. Th the pencils tied tnto the boys ure invention on the part of some one, Mr. Todd said. Another untruth, Mr. Todd sald, was that he was connected with the House of Refuge at the time of the Grand Jury investigation, He said !t was true he had been assistant superin- tendent of that institution, but had quit before the state of affairs which aroused the New York Grand Jury came about. Ife also denied that Rouff was cruelly treated. kaneis GERAGHTY BABY WILL CAUSE NO RECONCILIATION. Prospective ‘Visit “of Stork Not Expected to Change Attitude of First Mrs. Amos Tuck French. NEWPORT, R. 1, Aug. 2— Mra. “Jack” Geraghty is awaiting tha visit of the stork, which is expected to visit the little cottage in Everett street dur- ing the present month. “Jack” ducting garage and doing a nice lit tle busine among the townspeop! The cottagers don't go near “. a even tm @ business way, but he doesn’t seem to mind this and he and his wife are together eve quietly about town, and seeming as hap- py as two mortals can be. So ly e since the first Mrs. Amos Tuck French tet her daughter under-! stand that she was welcome to come home at any time she chose on condi- ‘on that “Jack” Geraghty, the former chauffeur, be left behind. Mra. French | has told friends that the advent, of al | baby will make absolutely no change in jher attitude; her daughter can come and the baby too, but not Gera; | Since Julla French became Mrs. jaghty and her world to enter lof her hu she has not once | ntered it. be nO Fe: ation unless Jack Geraghty 1s out of the question, and all who have seen the couple since thelr marriage are tion of leaving her husband. MEX Indians in the State of Oaxaca have re- newed thelr revolt against the Govern- | ment. | body of the warriors 1s marching on Ixtlan, forty miles from the State capi- tal. Troubje over distribution of land ts the cause of the revolt. LUNCHEON Is NOW ON The Savings Range from 20to 33 1-3% Ti{ROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE STOCK TURKISH COUCH yalne $6. EASY*TERMS $5) to $65—$1.00 a Weea $65 to $100 --$1.25t0 $1.50 ” we to $150 --$2.0) a Week FREE FURNITURE FAR BETTER THAN No MO DOV L bvesyuninag nigae cowest rrices Credit If You Want It BRASS BED}: Value $12.00 i ; 1s With Every Purchase ri Bxe 266.125 St" MADISONA «ee, present to Supt. Maxwell, who has the! Papa-to-be | is busy selling autos and con-; evening, motoring | has let Mrs, Geraghty severe- | | positive that Mrs. Geraghty has no no- It 1s reported to-day that a large | | ‘THREAT TO “SQUEAL” AND POOL ROOM ROW END IN SHOOTING Benjamin Geib in Hospital Seriously Wounded in Ab- domen and Thigh. After @ row in a poolroom in Stanton street, in which he Is said to have drawn a knife and threatened to “squeal” when prevented from using the weapon. Benjamii % Allen street, a in Eldridge street 19 In Gouverneur Hospital In a serious condition, @ bullet wound in his abdomen and another in his right thigh. Patrolman Nathan Whitman caught Geib as he tottered toward Stanton street and collapsed. Policeman Boel- wer chased a fleeing man through No. 20 Eldridge street to the roof and down through No. 24 but lost him in East Houston street. Before he became unconscious, Geld Was asked who shot him. He replied “Don't bother me about who did it; give me @ drink of water, I know nothing of the shooting or anything.” The police afterward learned there had been a row tn the Stanton street poolroom and a big knife, sald to belong, to Gelb, was picked u whore he fell. Geib, who lived with his father, a skirtmaker, had not home since Saturd nthe street nea Hart Robert M to Ambalance. reery, fifty-eight years, President of the Harbor Transportation Company, with an office in the Pr, Exchange and living in the An apartment house, third street, was knocked down b auto ambulance of the New York Hos. pital last night at Broadway and Sev. enty-second street, "Yes, indeed. the best MEPSOM, New York's Cuguot and to Break All Records q bi It is actually worth $45.00. Great Sale of Pictures Now GoingOn Savings of at Least ‘> Simpson Crawford Co., In HAMMER BLOW Ae | | detectives had tried to learn something een a: | an She breaks nothing but | Just to Stimulate Earl; Buying in the Funnitinne Sale This 54-in. Top $45 Quartered | Oak Table S— $19.50 get one will member, the top is 54 inches in diameter Saturday morning's price $19.50. Also This Great Special! $56.00 cagaamalad Bed Outfit | the result of @ | skull, evidently mi ‘blunt instrument and presumably by mer found tying beside the | body was removed to the | Coroner Hi DEEDS MANSION T TO HUSBAND Former Wife of Depew's Nephew Makes $250,000 Transter, | KILLS MAN IN DAILY 1 RI Found Lying In Ht in Hallway of g220000 spanish “tort™ residence at | Broadmoor to her husband, Asirton H. Tenement, Doctor Thought | potter, © nephew of the late Hishop | Death Natural. Potter of New York, to whom she. was | married April 11, 1910, She was formerly the wife of Ganson | Depew of Buffalo, N. Y¥., a nephew of | former Senator Chauncey M. Depew. | She was married to Ganson Depew tn Buffalo in 184 and divorced here on| §, 1909. Ste ls the daughter of the ‘apt. Frank H. Goodyear, million- lumber man and ratiroader of But- August ts following in the murder mystery tracks of July, July saw @ murder every day In this city. August is maintaining the record, Coroner Holzhause? began to-day an nvestigation Into the death of an un-/ identified man found with a fractured skull in the hallway at No, 384 Third avenue. A ten-pound hammer, with which, it 1s thought, the munter was committed, lay beside the body. man died in Bellevue Hospital yester- | day | (Spectal to Th ning World.) Edward Halley, janitor of the Co heeyoatal lalla pin Baggs ment house, saw the man lying in the| Martin Baws, « former |S hallway and, thinking he was sleeping | "e"nen [ano aoe off @ drunk, left him undisturbed, But |), Phil le when he could not arouse him threo o= hours later, Halley called Policeman | A $9,000 garage adjoins the residence she conveyed. The site comprises seven acres, The! ———e New York Merch: it Dead. Use Poisons! Better not use carbolic acid or poisonous chlorides for disinfecting. They're dan- gerous, the Powerful Disinfectant ft better destroyer than any of them and Is safe. You need not fear fatal acci- dents with it. Microbes of infectious dis- ease, and eggs of flies and other insects are ee er des troyed by @ solution of CN. en also helps to prevent odors and helps to purify the air. You should use it every- where about the house. “The Yellow Package with the Gable Top" 10c, 25¢. 50c. $1.00 At Drug and Dept. Stores. WEST DISINFECTING CO, 2 East 420d St |Schoenfeld. Dr. Hawkins of Bellevue |thought the man was suffering from| apoplexy and took him to the hospital. At Bellevue the man’s clothing was carefully searched, but neither money nor papers could be found upon him. Meanwhile, under the direction of Lieut. Flannelly of the East Twenty- second street station, policemen and in the neighborhood of ®&» tenement of a missing man abou forty-five, with gray halr and grayish mustacho, blue eyes, dbout five feet three inches tall, weighing about 160 pounds and dressed in neat dark clothes, with 4 soft hat. Their investigation was unsuccess- ful, and thinking the case merely one of sudden {liness from natural causes and that @ relative of the man would soon appear, they abandoned further Inquiry. An hour after the man died an au- topsy was made at the hospital. The Among If you keep house in New Yor! to spend a Saturday morning th aisles of GIMBEL Furniture. sions; and this Furniture makes SI hopping Center peeind Morning reat by its beauty and by its comfort. It is all GOOD—no matter w standard of excellence. Previous Saturday We Offer And these savings are figured schedule of prices, Don't wait, but come in and of these handsome. all uartered Oak Tab.es, It is a argain that you seldom get, and not be able to duplicate gain for double this price, Re- and extends to 8 feet. $7.60 and Lace Veils, Gloves, $1.50 » $25 Consisting of ere at Brass Men’s $4 to $6 Panama Hats at $2.95 Jeu lsinioatieaiian Men's $3 and $3.60 Straw Hats at $1 Zeur® Mattress, Men’s Special Soft Shirts at $1 yur $20.00 Box Men's Foulard Scarfs at 60c ae Spring, Men's Pure Silk Socks at 28c Pair Bisin $4P ai Feather Men's 60c Athletic Underwear at 35c a Garment / GComeiste for | Boys’ All-wool Summer Suits at Half Price Floss ace over fifty onttits lave Monday prof of a py it | Kenyon’ 8 $1.50 Life-Preserving Pillows, 75c prc” value. Profit has been forgotten~-that's why the price is so ridic | lously low, cy ritth FI np GIMBEL BROTHERS BROADWAY NEW YORK Spend Your. Saturday Morning AugustFurniture At GIMBELS If you’re in town for a visit— You cannot devise a more pleasant and profitable way The home instinct is one of mankind's richest poases- For it is essentially fitted for making the home /ivable, It includes the WHOLE Gimbel stock of Furniture, as well as much that is specially bought, and of the same There Are Price-Savings of 10 to 60 Per Cent. On Every Piece in the Gathering Other Important August Sales— The August Sale of Bed-coverings The Semi-annual Picture-framing Sale Saturday Morning Briefs For Women and Girls $7.50 to $18.50 Women’s Lingerie Dresses, he 75, \$6 and $6 Women’s Untrimmed Panama Hats, $3 16c and $1 Swiss Embroidered Collars, 50c 76c to $1.50 White Lierre and Princess New Mode in Young Women’s $27.60 Charmeuse Dresses, $19.50 Women’s $2.50 and $2.75 Embroidered Silk For Men and Boys Men's $22 to $25 Summer Suits at $16 Zour the k or its suburbs— an among these inviting a direct appeal to that hat its price. on our regular moderate Hert ‘Gisth Fleer $10 ‘Third Floet 60c Few ‘Third Ploor a Pair THIRTY-THIRD ST. 1¢ on Many Pictures ©? Fourth Floor, New York's Shopping Center It makes little Uierence what you need ~# World “Want” will / ARE MAKING OUR i» Vor Full Petalls Sec Ts Page pein “section Next Sunday | | | Wheat is »> the Best Food From the earliest times wheat has held first place in the list of valuable foods. Man can live indefinitely on wheat, alone; because it has all the essential elements to properly sustain life. bis tee —the favored flaked food of America for ten years. “A diet of “Force” and milk gives every quality that makes for body- building and production of energy. - And ‘Force’ is not only all whea' but all of the wheat. Not a bit. the wonderful feeding power of: the grain is lost. Wheat contains all the food-< elements in just the right propore tion of mineral matter and gluten: to sustain life in the highest civig ized state. Another big aid to the stomaaiel in “Force” is the blend of barley. malt — which is alsoa secret of its ex- tra good taste. Children must have it; grown- ups should have it; every- body seid it Scalloped Tomatoes with “Force” Cook contents of one can of Tomatoes, season with salt, pepper, onion juice and (butter. Cover the bottom of a baking dish with buttered “Force,” add Tomatoes and cover thickly with buttered “Force.” Bake in moderate oven until, nice brown. BARGAINS LIKE THIS DAVENPORT of features of our T MARK-DOWN SALE- |y seasoned wood; highly polished mahogany or ee oak finish; covered in choice of materials, including Boston leather or velour; front legs handsomely ved, claw feet, brand new design, sani- tary construction; ‘value $28.00, now TELY FURNISHED, and 3d AVE. NEW YORK FREE WITH NEXT SUNDAY’S WOR (FOR THE COUPON) A Photogravure Portrait of WOODROW WILSC * Photogravures, but More Tilim SSED SURFACE. j yh by Pach Broa—the J President, f This te a photowraph e