The evening world. Newspaper, August 19, 1912, Page 1

PROSECUTOR IS FATALLY SHOT BY WOMAN ‘WEATUDR—Showers to-night and Tuesday. = EDITION. WRATHER—Showers to-night and Tuesday. FINAL ¢ EDITION. _[@ LY Circulation Books | Open to All.”’ "1 4 ~ “ Circulation Books Open to All.” |. — PRICE ONE CENT. ___ Sr, Ube: Now Work cor ee NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1912, 12 PAGES ‘PRICE ONE CENT. _ WOMAN CALMLY SHOOTS (FIVEFOLOTRAGEDY GUNMENSHOOT | CLA UFFEUR OF MURDER AUTO VORKOFMAINAN SEEN PASE) ACCUSED AS CONSPIRATOR DISTRICT-ATTORNEY FAH |e gua ienry’ ON ROWED CAR“ =——— i ’ | Shapiro’ s Story Contradicted, He and IN ‘STAPLETON OFFICE British Army Officer Posing as} Two Refuse to Pay Fare and Because Husband Was Set Free) Seven Others Face Indictment, as Schepps Supplies Data American Kills Four, Fires Desperate Battle Results at ayes Public Prosecutor of Staten Island) — uses Shoots Self. iid Missing From Evidence. POLICE ATTEMPT TO TAKE. Fatally Wounded by Mrs. Eliza- [crime STiRs ENGLAND, |PANIC FOLLOWS SHOTS. PRISONER FROM WHITMAN. Prosecutor Balks Effort to Seize beth Edmunds Because Her Husban d Was Freed. Wife of Slayer, Also Shot,| Women Faint and Men Leap Witness ‘and Puts Him in Prison With Other Informers. Lies in Hospital Unable to | From Windows to Escape HAD ALSO THREATENED Explain Strange Case. Fusillade. JUDGE OF THE COURT EASTBOURNE, England, Aug. 19.—| Seven persons, passengers on a Capt. Hicks Murray, formerly of the| Hudson Hetghts trolley car crowded Sam Schepps, the newest prisoner in the Rosenthal murder and graft case, made a confession to the District-Attorney on his arrival in New York to-day which has been of great value to the Prosecution, Claimed That He Was Responsi-|‘sr {st 217 torment, cory or Serrtinn easy ttre he As a result of a part of Schepps's statement William Shapiro, the man day, in a fit of Insanity, shot his #ister- Washed Cf fs 1 : ‘ a 0 8 ¢ oad, |two men backed up their refusal to ble for Acquittal of Doctor She |woiniea'nis wite ana tien commited {Day thelr faren with a brace uf ré who drove the gray murder car on the night of the Rosenthal murder, was taken from his cell in the Tombs to the District-Attorney’s office 3 Nelde, volvers. Charged With Abandonment. “Before Killing himself Capt: Murray| ‘The shooting occurred at Yourth this afternoon and subjected to a rigid examination. Shapiro, Since his arrest,, has obstinately claimed that he did not wet fire to the house in which the} street and Broadway, Union Hill, N. J, know any of the men who rode to the scene of the murder in the car. = is tragedy o “ad. Ti Adoni, ity- Albert C. Fach, the young District-Attorney of Richmond County,| The nical crime for a time was @ Then sa, aah tony, parriant The District-Attorney has been convinced otherwise, but all the evidence | he had failed to move Shapiro to confess. was shot and it is believed mortally wounded by Mrs, Elizabeth M. deep mystery, which occupied the entire | twenty-seven, of Cliffside, N. J., are 4 | Schepps supplied the missing data to-day. Shapiro now faces the ll ‘ : attention of the prers, as the house had | aur arrest. 7 Edmunds in his private law office-in the Staten Island Savings Bank|>*e" for some time occupied by a) NN h ome eg | prospect of telling the truth or standing trial for murder in the first degree, for Schepps has told enough to implicate him as a conspirator, Building on Water street, Stapleton, ten minutes after 8 o'clock this Share’ : mole wie tae pila eas section of Broadway and Fourth street, | So important, in a corroborative way, concerning the identity of the actual murderers of Rosenthal is the confession of Schepps that the Dis- morning. Mrs, Edmunds has had several years of fighting in the courts|'%° *rfants. These could not be] where Adon! and Dulriant were walting | trict-Attorney has abandoned his efforts to get confessions from Jacob A . * traced, dt Z h rh hey f Fe Lee-vound » Th a with her husband, Dr. John Marion Edmunds, of Manhattan Borough. | been the victims of a eriminal, bat later |ateady, crowded, inane of Ita pasnone Reich, alias “Jack Sullivan,” and Louis Libby, Shapiro's partner in the ownership of the car, These two prisoners were transferred back from Recenily she charged the dentist with aban*onment; he was tried, with |!" the day tt was found the West Side prison to the Tombs this afternoon, i ae Adopted a double {dentity Mr. Fach as prosecutor, and acquitted. uinedn wag’ Sounesibs © now four informers in] Sehepps may make his stat Keuenthal case—Behepps, “Jack"| Grand Jury to-merea. net Oe B any people t i F crime. the payment of fare, Mrs. Edmunds told many people that she did not believe Mr. Fach Sie aenth wha. ‘scream. | The conductor saw them push thelr Uridgle” Webber and Harry) The only — excitement They occupy adjoining colle] Schep; 4 afready crowded, many of Its passen- gers women, and the two men, accord ing to the conductor, sought to escape with the had tried as hard to convict Dr. Edmunds as he should. She wrote|ing in the stroct, lies severely. wounded | W2Y to the front of the car, followed threatening letters to him and to County Judge Tiernan before whom, *"4 byaterical im the hospital, and t| them and held out his hand. They Athi astisbae unable to account for the erim the | laughed at him, and he Insisted they the case was tried. Mr, Fach seriously considered protecting himself by| Circumstances surrounding It’ Lelther pay or get off. ‘The excitement a bodyguard, but was di suaded by his friends, who told him not to take| NOTE FOUND IN VASE TOLD|*tiracted the attention of others aboard $, q e he car. Women craned their necks and the actions of a hvsterical woman too seriously. OF RUIN, “| ceveral men left thelr seats to go to the Mr. Fach's offices af on the aS The woman in quoted as having told assistance of the conductor, since the fioor of the Bank Butlding, It the police that she woke at 5.39 A. M.| would-ie doadheads were a parently in been his custom to go there to ue to-day and asked her husband for a)an ugly mood. up his private mat! and correspondence |cup of tea. In an instant he flew tnto| One of the men drew his revolver and tefgre going to the District-Attorney’ fy |a@ frengy, seized hie pistol and shot leveled it at the advancing passengers. ome’ in Borough Hall. He lett nia | the children and herself. She said she| “We ride for nothing, eee!" he sald, Home in Sand street at 8 to-day, Fay | MESSAGES OF ‘OVE remembered nothing further. SHOOTS POINT-BLANK AT AP- em good-by to his wife and echtid, pel Murray's reason for adopting a PROACHING PASSENGERS. attending arrival In New York was allon. went at once to the Bank Building. double identity has not been fathomed, i? anand ees: vere jon a Uer in t nished by a dof eager Ci WAS SITTING AT DESK WHEN The family were not acquainted with) ,.A spurt of fame eS cairiieal nse apparently dwelling together! fice men, who are now pret yee! e \d sl sia atasieanea riage Sea | vemony. Behe . % MRS. EDMUNDS aHOTs any of the residents here, and until! Nog Wert ‘Thirly-sixth street, New| [in pence and hurinony, Sehept tuperior, Deputy Commimloner Mr. Fach wi at the le police wo deeper into the case) voik fell with @ bullet through his! to have made up hie min A aving exceeded thelr authority ; e : the real motive underlying the strange| Yor? the eonfewsions of Rose and and misunderstood thelr instructiona Lack of the Nfe of the Captain and to-day's trag- | 200% lin everything #ave where he ; Two of the nilohael, his office man: With the report an exodus of passen- ye Nee On. ieee. ar bearind Ae a Pe kod 4 and Dwyer, A aur ai n ; Jedy will not be known. | rk Express room, He took off his iNon a ae Who = Wooed | “the onty possivie explanation of the) 2 began. enues he 14 Ky, One Hundred and Twentyentth wtrece ing them In a cupboard jane do oF . tragedy ip an unstened note found tn | Fainting women were tossed by their RUIZABRYEt i} |! re erat ount In the name of} station and hunted up Eeteats treet aah ing 0 Miss Car- A = i ip eco! f e q 0! ee ere) tes teem he ACI EE AD iene Through Air ’Cross Seas | siver vase cerefully deposited in the ant both exis worn bod yar PL ELD MUNDS \ | sieckor was unearthed |Thomas, who, although assigned oie He b vestibule just Inside the front door of | A ~ tant Districia! ‘orgey's staff, Is « No sooner had she cle the door be- Wed =7 fighting to ese: Savings |of the Pi " mem! : ra oan whe on Terr: i the burned house, In the vase was also!) = = ae | In the German § © Police Departmen ‘nd her than Mrs, Edmunds, who ts ‘a Firma Te ie Tenet ah aol aes ait? | "The second man also drew a weapon smith, Tt te In the aerate money |@odeppe froce Her aera, ae Ona fel and nse airing beauly of a a Whe mite heal pe Leis to fone Sere ot ieee | wa 8 during the month of AP- | ORDERED TO TAKE SCHEPPS To type, rom tt, alming indiscriminately at the Mise Carmichael had frequently had] It was a courtship by wiretesa nat} “fam absolutely rulned, so am Kill) struggling, fughteoca Grou Me fh is on the tral! of four POLICE HEADQUARTERS, casion to prevent Mra, bdmunds from) citminated in the wedding of Capt.|!® al! who are dependent on me. I) Henry Kiem, a member of the oe eeee tank accounts, hithorto| , Thomas had sent w tele; snoying Mr. Fach, ‘Tho woman was] Arthur N, BeGray of the steamer Her- | “Ould lke te rere them buried in the | inion Hill police force, ran toward the Jsetage aie the develop. | POURhkeepate to Deputyaci a famillar fie about » Richmond) man Frasch and Miss Ruth BE, Granger, | re EraNe. Jog forgive me. car at the first indication of trouble. * t hand that Becker will be Dougherty saytag that the train would courts and Mr. his public And PF) Oigtrict Buperintendent of schoola in Four of the bodies, those of the wom-|jighting hia way through the fleeing ) jiments at han snoney at least in w[ reach the Grand Central station at The polica belive that shel ey tory inci wedding sone mace | an anit three children, were found care-| crowd, ho drew is own weapon and eae et eid hashlne 10.20 o'clock. Previously he had sight in the hali i 4 ng took place) funy iatd in a row In a charred bed-| : : |doxen banks 16 Manhatten celved ins aS at the Ledges, Norwich Lake, Huntin . called on the shooters to surrender KE tructions from Dough: to go directly to Mr.) tS eae den K-}room. Their clothing was burned off.| ‘The answer Was a bullet that broke his | DETECTIVES TRIED TO TA which reac him at Albanwean tae se 2 ey The murderer's body was discovered ou E WHITMAN. § | s any—to take Miss G: ci ai aa leg and brought him to the floor of ’ ? SCHEPPS FROM the stati (Continued on Seognd Page.) Miss Granger tives at No, 82 Clinton | close by with a revolver and a can of cs raat ‘ation to Police avenue, Brooklyn, She and her captain| petrol in the hands the car, Detectives, acting under instructions t ——_ aweetheart relieved his absenoe by fre- Unul their revolvers were empty the from Deputy Pollee Commisstoner ave you got the prisoner?’ World Balding Tarkisb Baths Murray, after shooting his victims, Ww r ™ Hage woth with private quent communfoations by wireless. Very It .|men were the masters of the situation, ha ag C fat x HThiiherty and Commissioner Waldo, y asked Thomas, afrrare ope Manicure. eye poe ts SE | cuent when the dashing shipper was aay | tad evidently placed thom all in the| put when the first clicking gave evidence Replies to Penrose’s Statement| Appropriation of $2,535,000) xh i eek De on of Scheppa| "E have him,” replied Thomas, tendance. 68 Fark - he would flash & good night position indicated, saturated their cloth-|that the weapons were temporarily Fe q . ? S reachod New York to-day from | my orders are to deliver him to Polles == as Ke to Mian er at hor home, | ME with the petrol and set thelr bodies | harmiens, several of the men passen- About the John D, Arch- | Fixed to Start Work on |} wa, Ark., no of bis are | Headquarters.” . . ' | ablaze. @ had then shot himself. ‘T: ed thei T : tody of Ate “L have and sh th wood ey rs charged them, The men were over- " | , = i th stody 0 ave orders m 4 me Guide Pests tor a safe night's ourney on the water | {ames spreading through the house had 6 by weluht of numbers. They were bold Contribution. | the New Sea Fighter, they ‘The plan failed said Haggerty. “y Dee eae Her messages were signed “Ruth” and | lestroyed tt ound and taken before Re Hauen | taining charge of 8 prinoner over to me, UN take him go For Business Men and Houses) y). oArtnur they were intercepted |HAO AGREED TO RENEWRENTAL | stein of Union Hill, who held them SS Serene itied to the West Hendquarters—1 and Dwyer.” wives. Last week there were|y various operators, To-day, both ad OF HOUSE, each In $1.00) ball to await the action} OYST BAY, N.Y. Aug. 129—Col.| WASHINGTON iio smitted to pele 1 * Was in a quandary. He ted [mitted the authorship vf the te ‘The house was rented last June from|of the Grand Jury Roosevelt to-day ga Jt @ ntatement lene Neva) Approp ' harke of vaRrancy to Distriet-Attorney Whitman printed. 8 that have clicked on receivers | the Town Clerk of Biastbourne, who de-| Employees of the traction company | concerning the cer i lien eeovide Seeing i talked with dv Lee — for many miles along the coasts, though |*ribes the tenant as a clean-shaven| Were busy for an hour, taking account| 0 given Penrose of [A8” ‘0 Pre nO, An | Sheree t two hours on they | “You tell Haggerty and Dwyer,* 7 intended only for two—"'Arthur’ ana|man of medium height. He says the|of the injuries Infilcted by the bullets. | Pennsylvania by John 2D. Archbold cones at t " wit ew York) sald the District. Attorney, “that they worl Ruth.” agreement expired to-day, but Mackle|They were unable to find any woman| Col. Mvosevelt sald he knew nothing printion of § aver 0 ‘ Hcheppa, In ignorance jean't have Sch “He is my prise Wanted” Ads. Capt. McGray and bis bride have) ad notified him that he desired to ree en hurt, #ave thors brulsed | the « jons to his ¢ ‘or the beginning N f aa ' ta of Rowe's confession, omer, There ts no charge against him, ealdsots — Known each other for a long time an} ee Spa hier tye weeks and would) g tehed in the struggle for exit, | fund tn 1% ment Was ze . eon kent secret by the Dis-|He is in my custody as a material hel e now of thelr engagement, | Ca!! to-day to make arrangements, Ha _ , de Benator P: ma or art \ trot rroborated nearly all) Witness, — Anybod hated of ih snags a ase SaaS Kocetan te arcane nents, He) SEVEN PERSONS ARE STRUCK are Senator Fonrost'a state: | ns or ; i 5 At Noy ‘ aan A vy 4d Pas will be ingpocae ly Who touches him 0 after the wedding | fanelend viens : have * wat 1 have | navel th a8 | of the Mr nant sre: Mu —_— hey revealed helt secret of tho| yuttay heme, nONs Pathing of the] BY FLYING BULLETS, a a nave a1 the aienes| re a5 couraged talk with Scheppa,| "demand the prisoner.” eaid 5,043 ess | e tragedy has caused a big. wer aa) oF se Haally complered | i nowledge r anyony ¢ t jon Ws to be made| Thomas, “in complian® with inatrue- World “To —_—<»—____—_ |*ation and the army record of Mure Seay during the 1904 rammed | Ht to the G pee ee received to take hint” tg Let” Ads. BUDGET BILL PASSED |ray 1m being investigated Ninth -— ipemmmeime jpearance of Schepps before the | Police Headquarters.” oy OSS poe AN! nue, > ian back Two KILLED BY CAVE-IN and J will proba » the algnal | “What 1 told you to tell Ha | n ’ | it as a ma fact. 1t hap r the handing down of indletments|@od@ Dwyer,’ said Mr, Whitma: - OVER VETO OF TAT EDM Soooalae SORRY m Bol $a Paltinds evanae paten oe tac! SIXTY FEET UNDER GROUND Mee atti ceXOH GF SANE charged | piles to you, Indictment will follew a — Paes jetan:l }e wris " Mo mtatin t < Loaen on |'f you ¢ take thi as = { 4 > WIN. REALLY, w that! ‘ an Rosenthal When ° 4 prisoner te Tan 379 Measure s ill Carries Provision ; wt " | Car Ko, 418 West] nved from thet spwRongn 4 19.—Two | te Grand d efused to find these In- | Headquarters against my wishes," World “Real More Than || for Abolishment of the Com- Edna Goodrich, who wan the jast| VUrtysninth street, New York City; ceived from | Workmien cilie’, twoanh trod k it was largely be: | Thomas conferred with Haggerty Estate” Ads. H cee Cait. Mra, Nat Gi in to cant ore tne l2t n hol der and arm | was nertand @ #core had na super when a lenco Was lacking, |@9@ Dwyer, and there was nothing L—— reg Jehains of matrimony, returned fre ABE ¢ Pes any Nh Waat wieides but in|eavest red ¢ tenn i more doing. uetil the) Grand: Saaeee Auk. 19%. —After a apir- ‘ope to-day ty-meventh street, New York City; vf my written protibition ait “=| Station was reached. ‘There Gchepps ae hate to-day repasse’ jean liner New m beaken by bullet: , | "As for the futide used ov ratsed| LIPTON TO MAKE ANOTHER was taken in charge by Proce) Server w ecutive and|not learn of the ac Patrolman Henry Kiemm, Union Hill, }in Pennwylvania, £ had no more knowl | ——-——— Robert Stewart of the District-Atter- 1,447 until the ship docked, when whe ex-|N. Joi leg broken by bullet | of them than of the funds used} em. ath ‘Near, TRY AT LIFTING THE CUP, |ney's start, who was one of the party World "Summer Kabra greok sympathy for him | Mienae id wat 7 Ain ¢ ne Uinole, tn tne | eadguariers het that brought Schepps from Hot . am awfully sorry for Nat, h street, ff Penrose wae not the Penn t Mina ONDON, A i—to yrings, — Aswletin’ thet Ay 1h 3 |iy," wad Mign Goodvich, “und” tuat| tack, nia leader, and as fur ae L know! prep teiia, TILAEARH OT Ife, ae eee eee ocoaneniea Reg liga Appro: aria ape ted the|that the Inst favorable reports from Gsaway Mavshalllaud: SH supporting me simply as all : . ‘ tininn herieg, talaas bem Bh A with 4 d retention of|him are, true. While we fell out wad a, alo ly Hepitinan’ Aukainint Te tau that hi hoy ca Sir ‘Thomas Lipton has dectded| to @ telephone and called up Dough. om he court and when this was eliminated |separated, we are still friends, and 1| taken to the Northwestern Hosp! tah om ri. Ohio, Mitnote.| of tine sges to vinit the @niled States in the fall, ‘we World Ads 5, Fe Mr. Taft's friends predicted that $h¥]am able to feel keenly for him when] THe Inuries of the others were attended 6 and Ggittornia were. Was not given out, but wo tne it Was a@nn@unced to-day, He wilt th Wes CxpOCLEd Bay Lime, gal BvOUL the end of Beylember, Di) again would be vetoed, = _ ne suttera, . ____, ob bee Bomen of Volos Mii physicians, isewina Oupperting ma * Generei's ‘ — _ , = —_ -