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and tf the police probers im for a witness they will find him quite open and hoard in his snswers. J. Johnson began his career In| je ofige of Mayor Hugh J Also stat ied as stenographer. | tran a second time for the) ef Mayor Johnson acted as secre-| Of hie campaign committer. Later secretary to the Mayor. He) La methber of the Tammany General lites, a clmrter member of the emant Club, and when Tammany | Rrict Leader Xichotas J Haves be-| sheriff Johneon was nade his sheriff, He haa long been ao al adviser to Tammany Lead F. Murphy, he Is an expert fice figurer on probable campaign He has been with Dan Reb since he left the aitice of amid to he a trusted offices of the Wall, GEN.SI TELLS In Talk With Evening Wor nancie and he int th the plunger. \ ‘AIN WILL BE PUT ON STAND AS WITNESS. @ captain mentioned in tie ofMida- A follow Commissioner Walilo itrers stand,” anid Chairman Hen- |. Curran, when shown a ening World to-day The other mentioned in the affidavit will & full and fair oportunity what they know F Curran wi ed to Mefine tion of Assistant Corporation Coun Viliam MeMurtrie Spe: ted by Corporation for Reconciliation. HE MUST General Must Make Overtur: and Dismiss Housekeeper, Her Conditions. ld Reporter, Says She’s Open SPEAK FIRST. es et As CounMel to the Al’ ‘The wish that lies closest to the Bmitter. heart of Mra, Daniel B. Sickles, whont Ir. Speer har no porition o« far as godmother was Spar wecond Queen Isabella, in that things may mavives out of the Doth ofticen are cxtenden ig etives Of | soldier husband's affaira to enable h Inquiry, but neither ure in a| ( feturn ax the miatrome of t to question witnesses, ‘The |#loomy, rambling manston In Fifth a witnesses resia with) nue where the General, now tuckner.”| two years old, Je Hving owt | Mir. Curran, the Mayor im A onfeobled days of hie lif to My. Watson y states thet Mirx. Sickle maken only Be nesonensy Vo Withérew M9) tions Mien Fieanor Marl Counsel's office from th gtr onal | the General's houreknener ” well, they may withdraw) the room when they choose to) /" he replied. “Zt iss a matt Glightest tmportance whether withdraw or. I think that mi @lear enough by this time. will be Tegulation of the te: filed a notice Dis tatives of repre: must nters, must | way To and, second, brought that her prid be mally Will not suffer, place her attitude clearly. ts | the public, Mrs. Sicklee granted a terview, to-day, to an reporter, doing x0, fo In nd alence which she haw kept religiously the story of the aMdayit men. she broke Cay. Reith, Ar Johnson * Hasselt was printed, Mr. Johnson) since the General brought Into the limelight by the announce ment that his presentation medals and curios, collected corners of the world, were to satlety a judgment for 8,000, In her he Byould have a on the aMdavit. Me intimatd ref conversation that the affidavit above attack re were served on Mayor Gaynor ina nutt brought by Aldeman Henry A. Curran for $100,000 damages for jibel. Curran matntains damaged to that amount by Btatements made by the Mayor eon- ting him with newsstand graft J > (hed SHOWS THAT RGLARY INSURANCE 1S LOW IN NEW YORK. more thi litte apartment at the Hoi Marlton, No. 3 West Eighth strect, M Sickles was ax much the prov as when she was one of the figures in the society of Madrid. "There in little to sa “but it is not true that the breach b tween Gen, Sickles and site. At this moment, ditions granted, once mo T am ready © into his home as to at layer Gaynor im a letter to-day to ration Counsel Watron renewed attack on the authority of the Al- ic Investigating — Committe 1 and on the methods adopted by R. Buckner in questioning wit- ‘The letter plainly informs Mr. fatson that it may he necessary for ration Counsel's office to with- entirely from the hearings. Aeute grow out of question» asked layor while testifying as to an al- fncrease of 3° per cent. in the ine ice rate for burglary. The Mayor that he did not know of suc! in- In hin letter to the Corporation the Mayor characterizes the Hon as deliberately false and avked apntair reason ter his inquisition Alfred J. Talley, to the Insurance Department of But Miss Wilmerding must go first, TION, SHE SAYS, "Then, too, the come from my hus! be in Spain, my native country. not seeking # must not be construed no, General is getting very old. Eig! the century mark. He In feebi and his life is narrow, He needs’ bexwed her to speak no more. 7 began fortyone splendor of a years ago court om in ali t triage. one she began, Mra. Sickles became so agitated #h faltered and her son, Stanton Sickies,| &appled with the robber and re The bandit so shape chaow of her ner | he ° ninety- the Inst in solitude, two cond) Wiimerdins, Dawe from her husband's life ax he herself the proposition in such @ ore in Evening World a re. swords In oda to be wold an tol re. hontess ntral » nyselt in Impas- ertain con- Mrn, Sickles, in fact as well ax in name. DOES NOT SEEK RECONCILIA- proposition must ) and it must be made in such @ manner as it would le reconcillation—-no—it ht shattered romance of the Sickles he The vridegroom was the Ambassador of th State of York, addressed a! ’' ° © unieation William F. Moore,, Uited States to Spain, the pride a t of the New Amsterdam Cagu-| belle Two children were born. The y Company, who has had wide ex-| family was in Paris In 1881, ten ye oe in insurance matters Inquiring | after (he marriage, When the frst bre ato any increase in burglary inaur-| came. General klen turned a a ae” B eiibd Hayet vo Hi clear | ear to the pleadings of his wife that 3 remain abroad Wor on the subject had no foundation | j fact. The Mayor then wrote Mr.| They separated as follows: When 1 was tentifying before the Mra. Sick went home with her parents, They died esses called to testity t mittee of the Aldermen inauir- | few years ago and in INS she followed P th aniting of the adjournment. | o y vy Among the witnesses cal i into police conditions, I was | the General to this country. ‘The Ger Mr, Wolls argued that there was every Sen ainet? and @ moving picture how | in. procece'ings before Justice Gon ; the 4 abo tig ig rg Para yi era's mansion Is at No, 22 Fifth avenue, | BANKER-TURFMAN reason way Glbson should be r ed| SAYS CASGASSA LOCATED THE | “¢e Deputy Solhenlsslonen, Deugnety, | been Increased Sper cem. within | NO 3 Raat Ninth street, just around the ENDS LIFE IN CLUB, | {2"t2™!!:, 1 the fire: piace he was tn AUNDRY FOR HIM, Lieut. Domini& Reilly, Detective Mc- | the past yoar. I believe I respond- | Corner, !# connected with the big house + | pris arged with the mur of the LAU s Kenna and tva) newspaper repor | ed that 1 did not know it, und that [on the avenue, and there Mrs, sicktes wi Spices eG testator; he had sought to probate the] “Detective Casassa was sent out to} who are said bs the editors of their 1 believed the questioner did not | was installed. At that time Miss wi. |George C. Morrison Dies as Ine] will ia ihe favo & woman dead for for such a laundry and when «| papers to ha Sita sha Satonraeet | Rmow It. Since then I have been | merding, one of threo spin mn tla ait enane two years; he had falsely sworn that ated it Commissioner Dougheriy | for the statemem that rty- If | Gully informed by the insurance au- | was acting an the Generale Ine bale vestigation of Havre de Grace | there’ were no other heirs when there eto make the arrests. whic L| forty letters were found in the Glen- | thorities, including the President of |r" the presence. uf Mies’ Wa Association Begins Were five brothers and three atsters in| were no lettors in the Nat | dale flat was base. McKenna ts a } the New Amsterdam walty Com- |i household Was heat | RALTENORID hs i Viewna, he had sworn that Mrs, Szabo] 5a there ‘¢ no reason fo: ‘aking all | voluntary witness, | pany, that there has been no ruch | !P tie Houmeho reyponsible, Stan- TH t. W-George C.| died in New York County when her| Qu | iyo h was Geuited on: ta) increase, and, indeed, no increune at | ton Sickles sald to-day, for the reopen. | Morrivon. Prosltent of Ue Tite Guar-| death occurred under. tragic. clreum. | Ms commotion, i A shootng | DETECTIVE SAYS HE WAS OUT Gil, and that the lowest mate In ti nk of the breach, For the last year| antec und Trust Compony of thin city, | stances in Orange County, and also he| murder since ae eee scuuherty Knew OF TO'WN. whole countrs ot athe city of | that Mra. Sickles tived in the N committed salckle some tine during lass | had sworn to the fact that he was @ | because Commiastone ae ea . York. I enclose to you a copy | t house nelther ahe nor her ~ nleht in one of the private rooms a:| fesident of Flatbush, Kings County,| that 1 was acuainted with these people | The newspaper reports, prince yes: ident Moore's int | entered the adjoining premises or spoke | (20 Baltimore Athietic Club when he lived in Rutherford, N. J, and all thelr hangouts.” terday morning, relative to the alleged Was asked several similar auem- | 00 tne General Pere aiia | renort the police save that|,,Phe Surrogate replied ells! At the conclusion this afternoon of a| Minding and suppression of letters men Mire Waldo was alvo. | “stanton Sickles I Litter againet Mieg| MP Morrison sisled Iw tite wity att | HME WIA Mtuteinents as of fact were In| gexsion of the John Doe inquiry at|tioned McKenna as one of the detec- vy questions are ani . ° is ns ‘ id With Ha® | the nature of charges and would have " a tectly he wives of | tives who searched the hguse and took Wilmerding, to Whom he attributes which nhaled tar Pay ave) ch several detectives, the r] e ther the witness does not kn: ules SHAH Pecently Nace eee eel The , ss it | to roven by legal evidence, The! i0 unberg and Horowitz and two news-!a packet of letters to the back room| ‘certain thing, question it Fe 'y have erystat , of President Morris isposition of the $7,100 was the vital | Besenbers falne, and the object doing to | 17 1unlicly, Jowed the Investixation by the Harford] point that demanded the immediate a —_—_—— - — have the question taken as true by | SHE GAVE GENERAL $40,000, wnt rand Jury, begun yesterday} tention of the Court. if the accused! — Bae esis ann :gENEN tay facing Semen ky "aeotee'st| SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK! Please object to such auestions | i other pawned her d of the Ma Racetrack Asay. | Mis WeUla He .eranted: A . 4S Ate Lincoln Truce Cemon8s | wiatia ea that the pii{ delay #o that he could answer the de-| ALVEOLAR TEETH, without; YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD Fo ake Uae ACNTORY FEUSS COMPAAY'G | tegulislng the aasdolation «had talleg cherged. In person, licate of your nat~| To those unable to pay cash or largo Tr etka Nit eae taeTes 2K | changed to rolluce the ‘ “*"| HERE TO ROUND UP WITNESSES | plates, duplicate of y sums we will do dental work a ewey time sie had -eome to his tance | from. A tw q IN GIBSON CASE. ural teeth Weekly or monthly payments, nancial ty epi puhieaii i Deputy sheriff Degraw of Ore Advanced painless methods in Brentis- financially, Seven years ago she gave | Bross 1 he eputy aw nge To advertise/try have made sucess and rep mation : $0,60 to him without security of any} Pron ' nity came down from Midd ris our new pro-| for my office. Lowest prices con.astent wort felt It her duty, despite the ins nti Ti to round up the wit XW py with high-class Dentistry, ; way things had shaped themselves, Tee OF the bi des A All $5 Gold Crowns and Bridge Teoth , 93.00 | f story which has become puhiic t ala severa ing of the mur before $ Reece Miinnast te falatty, 88 | acct’ the taspaniog’ ot ho number | county dige 1oyceron sens. Ue a soe TeRTH, iJ ’ | dow: houne, lant Thureday, after mother jas | ere Hurke of New [expected that more than one hundre tos, Crowns and Bridges Repaire / Department has now pretty ee eet te alte er ee ad | . whi, | Wituesses Will appear at Uais preliminary 8 well apent ttaelf,nne tt should aot | P4i4 07 the ded!, ts auite true Mother | Y nnd ‘The | aictal | tion, among them Franz . . 164 East 59th Strew: f einuea Ry thie committee, | acked me to call upon fat formally, | "ls Wcelpiia have been [uel ii sahil Be | j gee pret ha | and tel — fgelal Bra pt ind swords | a | daly shell Ra ees Aad sW, Corner Pied Avenue | Very truly yours, ny one nO ranger in dp Mr, M Was about forty sltwin Hh. Among the witnesses De ak , , 1 ™: Veit jong the oF Be Open Evenin til Ti Rundase Until + ‘ W. J, GAYNOR, Mayor, | 7° my WY AT, (BAG ! rocupled ante | va was Coroner's Phy a — , veld BR. Watson, Hen. Corpor eilika tant thie GMb Midas Lm 1 (ie business aud | Sebultee ) prmed the | autopay | a f his potter $0 Mr, Talley Mr. Moore and | hears Mine Wilmerd: ' vinings the deet. ‘the > had been strangled to death. He | Muar taee, an ustas (hance Mr. Reilly that the mon t i, While ree} s BSHU Ie HOOUE Ene Fapore LEAT | M nowiedge hae there tact Mer! pay the Judgment had been aupplied not public at this no. New Soiae siclar | ig pe ny Mra, Blckles, but by one af ‘the boys he sa the de Bt tho Sutopey ‘lenges mination In rates In way ef these | Te Mek § : Ne dead man re-| hin Y# DEM speculating in Wall xtrent of late years te Sf ack aw r, Bel © all rade Mark. A reduction allowed in rates for banic| 5)" re PE Havre ds . \ for his ause of death. twas the ‘ ; | nil | Ansugance policies and mercantile inte My (iat he has lost quite heavily, Ue hs t wit, vecause | Special for Tuesday, the 17tk|Specia: or Wedmesday, 18ii || by reason of the large popula-) president of the thist. commeny 2 M Caainmenteere allie was feuuled. Te the | CHOCOLATE, AND VAN, 10 | CROCOL AH NUN CAR 10 nance the General, He told mo It on \ ‘ AN a Vogl . M | j We. Moore anya: “The | sre cremera” , We told me it had been | Maryis Woe fal dies wil suppé®e- me! and Tuesday's Otfering Wediesday’s Offering | on these classes of business are d to watisf | of another | MoM" ave my dadines SERCIAL ARSORTED CHOCO. WGM GRADE BONBONS Bame to-day that they were in 18M, | “ning 1? GMtIMY, the claim of another 4," ecently Gov. |. s Sept, 17.—The ox ATES, by KINDS Boe 19¢ woive chewhec nt 25c ny. Tai he found out, he sald, , i kal \ ug elsewhere, we els 4 = } ich time a new scale of rates Was that the money had been sent in-an. “0 Jar r fiom was bow xp nox oP Tor ' 4 other way, and one not calculated ty dece £ Mr, Moy. | bash hI Tandt sirert stores tin Massachusetts, | resumen a proft. He had no security, sy ri¥ is Ay Dh tho ante theeeiotate oL0 he decided to sue and foreclose, if nec- w wht . bis : sanay, (a prager pmualt® ae ; diteorersaachatan cots Miik Chocolate Covered ‘ Stanton Sickles te married and has! pat i an R reer tae Ta kee ta ‘ Dae thn ceateeregeine, It will be clear neon: for yeard in the dintomatic. rere yt ' a Rad 8 Buiter Chips Spundation in fact, Pita meee Mae rare We | consmusis ie i <- ~ Crisp, saeppy chips, as deitolous Was astonished to see the statement | UM!e vd uitimatem {0 Spain cour \ 1 Hinests Wirelews molasses and butter can make then f puvtisnes in the newspapers, and um | W¥!ch precipitated the wa dire i vied av st Mave covered liverally by & glad of the opportunity to correct sete anneal lthe annnagement, the ju " a York reportod 470 mill Reet, Of our Premmum erroneous tmplicution. . Yours. te Take end Sto; Shakey inte Themeas ao wrmin & on Hook ats 2. M. Mth, Do. A. | ry % WILLIAM F. MOQRE.” usp Phi Regd p the S SE 0 snr,” {29k ect eM | iaciuder “the: vs ire ak at he Madrid with her children, to make her a CKLES'S WIFE. FIRST TIME OF THER TROUBLE SAN MATEO, Cal., Sept, 17.—Charl N. Kirkbride, an attorney of this city and © ieutenant In the Eleventh Com- But. tho| Paty: Comat Artillery Reserves, known | £2 the “miltonaire company," was shot | years more and he will have reached] #94 probably mortally wounded early too, | to-day by a highwayman who rob two bullet ped. There was one woman aboard the first‘ ear and the robbe leap brid Wife of Civil War Veteran Who | Awaits Reconciliation With Him THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1 912, ‘IS QUEER ACTIONS PUT DR. MORRISON — Friend of Mayor Sent to Hos- pital From City Hall After Irrational Taik. Rey, Dr. Willlam Morrison, Secretary to the Board of Inebriety and a chap- jain in the Poltee Department, who haw been acting In an irrational mann about the City Hall for several days, was taken In charge by the authorit! at Bellevue Hospital this afternoon and sent to the psychopathic ward for an ex- ainination as to his #anity, Apparent!'y Dr. Marrison has become e vietim of delusions. His disturbed nta! state became apparent last Fri- y when, during the hearing of the Aldermanic Investigation Committee, he approached several persons in the city | nent sesvice with complaints javout Mayor Gaynor, His statements Were not qufte rational, but it was sup- posed he was merely laboring under some stress of excitement. Yesterday Dr, Morrison called on the | Mayor, who has been his friend for | twenty years. Toalay he dat the | Mayor's office four tiny tokl of being followed by 1000 reporters, who lodged in his house all of last night And trie! to get him to give Interviews, He also d of how he entered the Ww orf-Astorm and was repulsed by walters armed with b. s These statements convinced Secretary Adam- Ro 6 son restraint. Fire Commissioner Joseph Johnson MRS DUE SICKLE happened to be at the City Hall with his automobile, At the suggestion of ONE BANDIT HOLDS UP TWO TROLLEY CARS, SHOOTS MILITIAMAN Compels Woman to Collect Valuables of Fellow * of the electric Ine betw this place and San Francisco, Kirkbride 1 at him Jumped There were aboard the two ca Passengers, in the body p off and about forced her to vol- 1 id his task when Kirkbride, who was on the second The bandit shot Ki Anappeared. forty-fve persons tved Mayor’ go to Bellevue. f Previous to Dr. Morrison's commit ment to Bellevue Muyor Gaynor wrote the following letter to Howard Gold- BROTHERIS HERE. smith of Nyack, N, Yi: Bear Mr, Goldsmith “Your letter of Sept, 16 to the Rev. Morrison is at hand, You very justly say that some statement attributed to | Dr, Morrison in the sensvtional news- |paners concerning the purahase of the le |farm for the Inebriety Board may do you ———— great {njustice, as you were the agent through whom the purchase was made, “Dr. Morrison je noy in a cumdiiion to answer your letter, and I thwefore do so, A very great misfortune Ima over- taken him, due, I suppose, to hur -aving been overcome by the hea! this sammer, In place of shielding him, the sensa- tional press have interviewed hin, and followed at his heels and expomd his Intirmity yo the world, and done all they could to aggravate it. We all trust, how- ever, tha: he will come right In a shirt (Continued from First Page.) to Attorney Goldater's motion for an ad- Journment of the proceedings, The Sur- rogate held that 1f it was established to his satisfaction that Gibson could lay his hands on the $7,100 and produce it when called upon to do so, the request | {100 for an adjournment would be granted. Bincerely yours, Gibson, through Goldzler, fafled to} (sisned) “W. J. GAYNOR, Mayor.” perly account for this money he would be summarily removed as admin- ‘@ istrator of the Szabo estate. "8 DOESN'T WANT TO PREJUDICE LAWYER'S CASE. MOSS FAILS 10 o-| ‘The Surrogate consented that he would consider the assurances he elve from Goldsler as entirely F confident the desire leet the passengers’ valuables while) 0! %! ibson's he covered them with wolves | before the County Judge in Middletow A car from San Francisco stopped bo-| 0" ® charge of murder | aide the first one, The robber scrambled| ‘The Very act of the Surrogate In re-| aboard and repeated his performance, | OVing Gibson or granting the adjourn- He had about ment will show, howe how far he | has succeeded in, convincing the Court of his proper handling of the money. ‘T. T, Wells, of the law firm of Lexow, Mackeilar & Wells, appeared for the | Austro-Hungarian Consulate and op- — r (Continued from First Page.) sonally received regarding the location IN BELLEVUE WARD | Aper reporters made. Me tertained have no any # noted f ‘tT have never « said Mr. Monee 4 finger azainst the police had umh finow how it not given out taken, and so fi else in out any testimon “Er note that much, tr and att tically Clty against a | man hasn't astene were ove I the not ill come any of ‘ar as I position to do so has @ in some presa iy attacking me for cking the way the Dis- Atorney’s office Is handling this The press ix suppoted to reflect public sentiment, but I have seen prac- the united press of New York deny that bh om tha seized pressed letters found in xanined Mr! of a neighboring saloon, MeKenna has | Moss was asked what progress had been | produced evidence to show taat he was the pollee MOSS SAYS HE NEVER CON. DEMNED POLICE. aceuratio; against the cane, although I have not pralved the police eith | The attention of Mr. Moss was alle! to the ff that he said yew. [terday thot he wasenot satiated that and the Glendale I thought he deserved it.” ‘As to this John Doe inquiry Tdo not Ihave out the testimony know nobody quarters talking too candidate for election any and that candidate has won. “Furthermore District Attorney Whit- made Against the police.” MEVERS INDIGNANT OVER CRIT- ICISMS OF STCRY. Newspaper editorial comment carry accusations insinuation that District Attorney ‘Whitman and his assistant, Mr, Moss, the | would serve the straining from ceeding with public better by re- conversation and pro- Paosecutions and convic- flat, His attention was also called to the fact that he praised Deputy \Commissioner Dougherty fer good. de- ective work In open court yesterday “ he admitted, “I did praise the | tions impelied Mr, Moss to issue the following statement to-day | | “Inaccurate ie Mayor's friend was in need of ex pLaitigG WHY JOHN DOE HEAR: | ING IS PRIVATE. and conflicting reports have been primed on the relation of the A short | Attorn: Mr. Johnson und Laleut. Kennell of | Police Department to the recent arres * staff Dr. Morrison agreed | of ‘Lefty Louie’ and ‘Gyp the Blood. statement from the District. office is in order. “I have not stated that the gunmen had important letters which the police have suppressed, given nor that Department acted in bad faith. not made any statement of testimony before Justice Goff. the Poll 1 he I did not give any statement as to identification of these gunmen by any witness. No statements have been given as to what any witness woul id testif though some pretended statements have been pub- Ushea. That is not the way to prepare for a trial. It is unpleasant to see edi. torial commenis on too much talk, when in fact reporters are objecting because they are not given enough news. “The exact facts in the present situa- tion are that becaume of the publica- tion of specific charges that policemen suppress letters that were in the apart- ment on Woodward avenue I moved promptly before Judicial inquiry, ceeding privately and thoroughly, Justice ‘That inquiry ts pro- Goff for a No statements have been made as to the testimony in that proceeding, and none will miakes the hear! be published unless ing publi! ic, or unless swunebody is held for trial on a crim- iiwl committed charge. The Jehn Doe tos tice Gof. tify. FRAN inquiry If an offense has been it will be discovered and pushed, but it is important that no- vody’ shail suffer through hasty or in- corract conclusions, or from the mere fact that he is called as a witness. K Moss, Acting District-Attorney.” was delayed the murder tlal of Joseph Conroy, who is being tried before Jus- Whe jury in the Conroy case was complayed before witnesses in the John Doe proceeding were asked to tes- the Justice} ’ jin New Haven, Conn., on police busl- | ners § uriay, Satur night and 8un- | day, and took no part whatever in the arreste or the search of the flat, al- though he had worked-on the hunt for the two fugitives, The John Doe inquiry ts going not into the question of suppression | of letters but Into the manner in which the arrest of “Lefty Loute’ and “Gyp the Blood" was brought about. Mr. Mos has been told that the story of | Deputy Commissioner Dougherty of a long and arduous series of sktiful de- tective manouevres leading up to the arrest do not tally with the real facts. | Although the District-Attorney has he prigoners, delivered to him by the police, he Is engaged in an effort to discredit the men who captured fugitives for the arrest of whom a reward of $5,000 was offered, John F. Metntyre, chief of counsel for Jieut. Hecker, decided this afietnoon | Not to go to Hot Springs, Ark. to take the statements of persons who are sald to be able to impeach the testimony of Sam Schepps. Developments of the past three days, according to Mr. Mc- Intyre, call for his presence In New York until the trial begins. John W. 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