The evening world. Newspaper, September 25, 1912, Page 20

—e | HELPING WATAK, SAYS POLIGEMAN Lehane’s ai Reveals Wild Chase for an Elusive Murder Witness, TOLD OF $5,000 BRIBE. Much Wanted Person Gave Slip to District-Attomey in.Guarded House. & mysterious night foray for miss- ing witnesses in the Rosenthal case, which was undertaken by Dintrict- Attorney Whitman Sept. 6 atone, except for the enforced ansistance of a police- maf, was made known to-day in the defense of Policeman Fdmund Lehane, on trial before Deputy Commissioner Dillon at Headquarters on the charge of being absent from hts pos’. 1 hane told of dashing with the Distri @ OAttorney through the cily in @ ta cad, hearing Whitman examine per- sons in frantic haste, and on one oc mion being warned come to hi assistance tf 1d not reappear from ® house with! given time. Policeman Lehane pleaded guilty to the charge preferred by Chief Inspector Schmittberger that he had been off his post on Kighth avenue between Weat Seventeenth and Twentieth mreota on the night of Sept. 6 between the hours of 1.45 and 885. Then, in his defense, he told the following un story: WHITMAN HURRIEDLY TOOK HIM OFF POST. “Twas on post at Twentloth street and Bighth avenue at 7.15 o'clock on that night when @ man walked hur- riedly up to me and introdyced himeelt us Diatrict-Attornay Whitman. I knew. him, for 1 had seen him in court sev- eral dimes, “He oaid that I must leave my port and accompany him. He wanted me to at No, 3 West Twent- TO RESCUE PROM HOUSE. ack inside that house, out within three min- ir WHIT. i a but he would not Near “We wont through Twentieth street to Beventh avenue, then up to the Garden Family Hotel—or that’s what. tt appeared to be-at No, 1% West Forty- third street. “Whitman bed me accompany him inte the place and he began to examine oe persons, “including the janitress somedody, who apeared to be a ‘When he Speen} with the'boy ‘hy tured te me and sald ‘on him. You may arreat vettPhen.he contifued examining others ‘were several persogy—and when one: left the house ha seemed to be feats: disappointed, ‘Too bud, he id, ‘my witness got away from me— “When Deputy Commisstoner Ditton estioned Lehane, the polloeman Angisted that he could not have been mistaken in his identity of the man he hhelieved to. be the District Attorney, he called to corroborate him in hie tense Policemen . Dennis and ichael Garagan, of the w ven eenth it station. Both swore that they had passed Lehane at Twentieth threw and Eighth av while he was {bas convereation with the District Attor~ 20" ‘REID TOLD CAPTAIN OF “VALU- ABLE TIP. ; Capt. Wakefield of the precinct test fed that he had investigmed the charge Against the poltceman and tad sent @ report to Commissioner |Waldo, He was anked If, to his knowledge, the man named Re'd’ whom Policeman Lehane liad geen outside of the West Twentieth street house in Whitman's company had been arrested. “1 do not know," Wakefield answered. “I met him three days after the night Policeman Lehane speake of, and he told me that he had given a valualble tip to Whitman on an !mportant wit- ness. “I seriougly doubt the power of the penggpanirgdons J to order a policema: off his post under any circumstances,” ‘was Dillon's comment in reserving de- nm. —_—+ BECKER’S STRONG-ARM WORK TO BE TAKEN UP BY GRAFT HUNTERS. ‘The inquiry of the Curran Aldérmanic Investigating Commijtee will on Satur- day take up the police vieo squad and sheir operations. This new phase of the inquiry will necessarily bring ‘in the Name of Charles Becker, ihe indicted Police Meutenant, but, it was explained to-day, care will be exercised to avold - anything which might interfere with the Disirtet-Attorney's prosecution of the former head of the gambling squad on the murder charge. It is expected, how- “— that the inquiry will develop ma- |acd made her sleep in the barn, | ingress ue|Three Men at Door of His ant ride, Perw has elected ai President without anybody calling anybody else a liar, aa a THE ——i¢ ‘SMITH DEFEATED FOR SENATORSHIP GROUNDS FOR DIVORCH—Mes, Mary Hirst of Jersey City says her hus PP pk the pulling of a back tooth left @ hole opening into a canal, making a Rack draghut through his ear, Ernost Kern of South Norwalk, impossible to smoke any more, George W. Johnaon, @ Ban J three counte, into the State Hospital for the Insane: Hughes, the Wilson Candidate, Carries Every County in New Jersey but One. Conn, finds it je Bull Mooser, has been put, on (a) For aupporting the Colonel, (b). For thinking he had written the will of God, which the VICTORY FOR MOOSERS. Colonel would lay before the people after being elected. (c) For believing that God would have told & to him in the frat place instead of to the Colonel. Significant Editorial in Smith’s A shook received from @ telephone Kile @ Philadelpta policeman. Paper Points Out De- Oxen which Grew the burial car of the late Mikado have been ola custom of giving th joa. Nte. As & concession to progress. the fitth grade of court rank wes New Jerse; burgiats now wear kid Gloves and evold ieaving mae prints, Eile Blouin of Winsted, Conn, wrote his name, birthplace and ite story on a plete of paper. Within an howr ti Chemists predict that egge will soon esse, # cents; Chicago eggs, % cents; Pittebursh eggs, 10 cenis. ‘Three canaries, which had eung Mrs. were found asphyxiated by gas beside her dead body, > ? terial whioh will be useful to the prose cutton. Police Commissioner Waldo_will_again be called when commitese” remumes ite sessions. He will be esked to pro- duce record explain in detail what fuetructions were given to the squads, the scope of their activities and the resulta of the work, Naturally, the rs me i terast will be the investiaa- ihe a Tillery of Becker's strong Walto wt yo euartionet closely on ‘siooely on thet partl- culaf phase of police o} Counsel to tbe Committes, Bmory Rr Buckner, yesterday asked Commissioner ‘Waldo for a list of all gambling houses outside of which patrolmen were ata- tioned night @nd day, Mr. Buokner tasked for access to the precinct records, ‘but the Commissioner permis- sion to inapect the blotters. Mr. Buck- ner promised to devise a request that would oover the specific material de+ sired. ARCHBOLD, “SICK” OF POLITICAL TALKS, HAS GUARD ON SHIP Stateroom Keep Off Inter- Ay Malad a8 He Sails. SOUTHAMPTON, it, 25.— John D, Argnbdold, President of the Gtandard O11 Company, te sick of being bothered about political exposures, he @eclared in the course of a brief in- terview to-day before sailing for the United States on board the Majestic. He declined to add anything fur- théF ana ‘three men were placed on wuatd at door of his cabin to keep Sibley 19 ina sanitarium, in poor phyal- cal health. ‘Mr. Archbold will probably reappear | ¢, Defore. the committe next. His depar- ture from Pngland to-day ts expected week, Se no witnesses connected with the called Tobacco Trust had been au moned, but officers of the Retail Deal- ers Association had been asked to fur- niab names whom they want questioned about campaign contributions. Chairman Clapp has written Repre- tative A, Mitchell Palmer of Penn- sylvanta, asking bith to appear before the Committee and furnish any Inform: ation he has concerning his statement that campaign gontributions had in- fluenced ‘the removal of Dr. David Jayne 11M as Ambassador to Germany. ——_-—_—. “MONA LISA” IN RUSSIA, ried in St. Stolem Masterpiece Ri Petersbure ry. LONDON, Sept. %.—Leonardo _ Da Vincts's stolen masterpiece, Mona Lisa" ts banging on the walls of & private gallery in St, Petersburg, ac- cording to a remrt published in a Rus- sian paper and transmitted to-day to a news agency here. The mysterious disappoarance of the re popularly known 4s in Paris caused a world-wide sensation In August last year, Search hag since been made for It in every country with- ‘out success, Baseball Club's Mortgage. The Brooklyn National League Base- ball Club, through Charles H, Ebbet its President, to-day filed in the office of the County Clerk in Brooklyn a mortgage to the Title Guarantee and Brooklyn meet outstanding obligations an} Other $100,000 |» to be wpent in the erec- tion of the Immense new baseball plant ord avenue, ) Cedar place and| treet, Bonds have been issued to cover the Mortgage 4 " the lap dog of Mrs, John Pngie of Washington, is in the hands of ati! neck because he ate his mistress’s gold-headed ‘rom the Louvre Museum | | loned for crease, in Party Vote. the juntor ‘The results of the New Jersey prim- aries were almost completely tabulated to-day and showed that former Senator James Smith fr. of Newark hed made &@ vain fight to defeat Gov. Woodrow Wilson's determination to keep him from returning to the United States Benate. Smith's only majority wae in his own county of Essex, which ho carried by 4288 plurality. Judge William Hughes carried every other county in the Btate. Hudson county, where Smith hag here- tofore been strong, gave Hughes and the other Wilson-Witpenn combination candidates from 3,000 to 4,000 majorities. @mith may have carried one ward. The Hughes majority for the whole State is estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000 In a total vote of about 70,000, ‘When Gov. Wilson went to Grand Central Station to take the i o’olock New Hampshire express for Hartford, Conn, he was asked if he had any comment on the defeat of ex-Senator Jamen Smith at the New Jersey pri- maries yesterday. “Ie anyboty surprised?” the Gov- ornor answered. “The election was cut in two by @ revolving aw. be made artificially of air. New York Charles Bodeck of Manhattan to sleep, DOCTOR, A PATIENT AND DRIVER HURT IN AMBULANCE CRASH pee Auto Vehicle Collides With “om the - ‘York Ice Wagon and Three ws nosed qeulen yah ele: Go to Hospital. TOM, my dear bey,” Gov, Wilson laughed, “T am green as I An automobile ambulance carryjng Dr.| Say efort to get an expression David Feiner and a desperately (11 pa- Pap gen o the Murphy fracee fient, Anthony Konttzcany of No. the E peanes cai atlea |. weet Noble strect, wee apeeding down Bed- ford avenue to the Wiitlamsburg Hos Dital early to-day when a¢ North Third treet.a big, lumbering, slowly-mqying ice wagon loomed up in front. The Ariver of the wagon, George Woktetzant of No. 116 North Fourth street was booking an order im his note ook, and the reins were hanging loose. ‘With a crash that was heard two Dlooks away the ambulance,struck the truok, hurling it dodily to the sidewalk ‘and oplintering itself inte @ mase of wreckage. Hearing the heavy fmpact, Lieut. Kelly rushes trom the Bedford avenue @ half dozen policemen, loliceman @nedecker elready Uifting the forms of Dr. Feiner and Konitucany from the debris, Dr. Felner was unconscious; Konitscany nearly s0, Martin Daniels, the ambulance chauf- feur, was picking himself out of the wreck, and Wokletsant, blood running from cuts on his face, was gasing open- Mouthed at the shattered vehicles. Communication with the hospital brought a horse ambulance and Dr. Eberle, Dr. Feiner, it was found, had concussion of the brain, with severe through *the form of nominating Frank 0. Briggs, who was not opposed. Genator Smith had no comment to make to-<lay except that he realized he was beaten. He eald if, after a con- ference, his campaign managers ‘ad. vieed @ public statement, one would be mede tater. SIGNIFICANT EDITORIAL OMITH’S PAPER. The Newark Star, the Gnilth news- paper, published an editorial to-day re- Garding the strength of Bull Moose sentiment within the Democratic party orgemiszation which many regarded charged with ‘high power explosive. Among other things the editorial aays: “Tt was expected that the Progres eive movement would diminish the Republican primary vote by the re- fusei of the Progressives to attend the primaries, but it was not antiol- pated the lows would be as @reat as it wes. What explanation ts to be gtven of the Democratic loss? Is it not reasonaiile to attribute it to the same cause.” ‘The returns from the twelve Con- @reas Districts indicate the following ba hae lowers. scalp wounds and internal injuries. | nominations: Ses ASTNGTO, Gs da Pept ia 4 Konitzcany was bruised and injured, Rereountat’s sebebly gill net be { 824 88 Internal affliction from which Within 1 Biowntng.* et before the Senate Commiittes tn-| Re Suitered was greatly seuraveted.| $ Tromey S Seully.© * Beatantn WC. Cr Brown, bo wi Both , were. juried to the hospital, | 4 Alien B. i ae : HERS: Stk piety Ter erg ery Fi Binge dentin to eapartad past ‘Wr aeiare “ Tenner, written to John ne eben ow ea}, TH ambulance then re': ned tor Dan- bee ee R Wey mer Petch, William R. Hearet has published. leis, whovreoeived internal hurts and |i fam y "Earn | Harlem Rewn committe han learned that Mr.| bag gealp wounds. Wokietsant was not jamen A. Hammill, George L, Record, oer injured. *tol@ the police that Konits- mily had become RECORD, A BULL MOOSER, GETS THE NOMINATION. leh at hie conditienfand George L. Recon’, who Is a Bull Moose Ang: with the: hospital authorit! -| leader, went into the Republican pri- celve tim ev & private patient, ordered | mary and took the nomination against the ambulance for early to-day, Dr,| the expressed wish of Roosevelt and the Feiner, on examining Konitscany, dl- [Other Bull Moose leaders, rected. the chauffeur to |, 90 no tim trict, @ young Hoboken Bull Moose law- Daniels took the Manhattan yer, won with the support of many Taft route to Bedford avenue, There, Republicans. the street deserted, he put on speed,| Newark Democrats re-nominated And reaching the summit of the slope|Jaco> Haussling for Mayor.) Bull at North Fifth street with an appar- fooner Louls V. Aronson took the Republican nomination from John L. ently clear stretch ahead of him, opened | Reid. his throttle until the heavy ambulance! The indications are it will be Satur- was speeding at the rate of thirty miles|day vefore the full vote of Bergen an hour, ‘The ce wexon was not visible, | County Is known, ie We eon Tike he wald, until the ambulance was on it. LA hs gag Danigia b youth of twentystwo had] Time ere wamay nominations for county, been in the employ. of: the hospital two days, He camo with refer- township and borough offices. were elghty names on the ballots tor the seventeen places to be filled. The ences from a firm which had emoloyed him as @ motor truck driver, The po- lee they were given to under- combinations effected by the voters stand the man drove recklessly on were enough to drive election officers to bed, Not more than 9 per cent. of the vote was out, Hugnes apparently teny of his first tripe in the ambu- |cefeated mith six one in the lance, They say there was no ur- gency in the patient's condition for t.specd on the way to the hos- county, ——e BBNCH WARRANT FOR NUGENT AFTER ROW AT PRIMARY. Sept. %5.—A bench warrant was fssued to-day for City Nugent, who is ex- Senator Smith's chief Meutenant, who is charged with assault, carrying con- cvaled weapops and rescuing prisoners. ’ Detectives Al Hargan snd Louls w in an optician’s store at No. | glutzaky af Prosecutor Mott's office US Third avenue. He told the Court |repurted to Judges Osborne and Martin he had received # divine instruction to | that they were sent to the polling place smagh all windows he could, and he had]at No, 116 Commerce street late last smashed so many the had Jost count. |night with John Doe warrants for two He + nerved two terms In the work | police officers on duty there, The de- oune for e Drs, 8, William Schapira of No, 1140 bryant) ear Lea oe Ferran | Fahey and Richard Dolan, and the Mcemen came out of the poling pla and got into an automobile with the detectiv Th legged beggar, as “king of "was declared dn- sane by experts before Judge Crain in General Sesstons to-day, WORLD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1912, WOMEN’S COATS & WRAPS. on and jack. Nugent, detectives sald, Brabbed the two policemen, pulled them out of the automobile and told them that the detectives had no right to ar- rest them. A plain clothes man told tives they had better “beat It, they did. | nT PININIESYESIE ae f puck i and the detectives would probabl; fared badly if they had not g Fah 4 Dolan are accused o| ing tntimidated vote ocratic Progremive challengers away from the polis, The two policemen were brought to the court house to-day by Police Cept. Ryan of the First District, thelr commanding officer la me & Co. 23rd Street 34th Street SPECIAL PRICES. For Thursday, September 26th. In Both Stores, WOMEN’S SUITS & DRESSES. Smart New Fall Models. Fancy Tailored Suits of Diagonal Serge and Broadcloth,—a variety of styles. 39.50 Tailored Suits in attractive models. 25.00 Afternoon Dresess of Satin and Charmeuse, combined with velvet. 16.50 and 27.50 Smart one-piece Tailored Serge Dresses in various models. 10.50, 14.50 and 18.50 In Both Stores, Complete assortment of Wraps, Coats and Paletots in fabrics and models for all occasions. Long Coats of Silk Velour,—satin trimmed, lined and interlined. 28.00 and 32.00 values 39.50 and 42.00 Long Coats of Boucle Cloth, lined throughout with silk,—copy of Imported model 25.00 value 35.00 Motor and Travelling Coats of Chinchilla and Double-fated Materials,—with or without silk lining. values 19.50and 27.50, 14.50 and 18.50 WOMEN’S NECKWEAR. | 2 Both stores, New Importation of the season’s fashionable Neckwear, comprising Point Venise, Bohemian, Missella and Irish Crochet Lace collars, in a variety of shapes and designs. Unusual Values. Maline Neck Ruffs in Black or Black and White. formerly 1.75 to 2.50, 1.25 to 1.75 Shadow. Lace sleeveless Guimpes.....50¢ formerly 75c and 95c “McCREERY SILKS.” Famous over half a Century. On Thursday and Friday. Sale of 5,000 yards of Double Width Black Satin Charmeuse. 54 in. wide...... value 4.00,2.50 a yd. 40 i am ae ee 86, MS egg BOO Meme Imported double width Chiffon Dress Velvet in the latest Fall colors and black. value 6.00, 3.85 a yd, In Both Stores, SOROSIS THE 3.50 SHOE Notwithstanding the advance in the cost of material and labor, we continue to offer the same Sorosis value in WOMEN'S 3.50 SHOES in the largest range of models ever shown. James McCreery & Co, 23rd Street \“MY DAUGHTER COUGHEO ALL |; PaO es es 34th Street ! rusanye The $250,000 Stock of R ©® T Silks Has Now Dwindled to About $40,000 —And beginning Tomorrow, We Shall Sell the Remainder at Still Lower Prices When we purchased the en- tire retail silk stock of Rogers Thompson sa ese atl Com- pany we began the selling on the fourth floor of the Old B » away from the reg- ver Bue 4 H interfere with our regular silk service. We expected it would take ns rian anit sell the irge » Tea a quarter million dollars, but the im- mediate response was so great and the first week’s silk selling 80 large that now, at the end of just nine days, the stock has dwindled to about $40,000. Because the gssortment is now broken, and to make a quick clearance of all that re- mains, so that we may turn our attention to other silk matters, we mark the prices beginning tomorrow at still lower figures. There will be a multitude of remnants, where assortments are badly broken, at 50c, 75c Fortunate Purchase of Scotch Table Linens (With Slight Imper- fections) Will Be Sold at Prices Exactly a Third Less Than Usual Because of an occasional coarse thread, slight stain or a pin hole, these table cloths and napkins are labeled “secon by the manufacturer. Being particularly honest he has marked each imperfection with a black or white thread, so that you cannot help seeing it. All are fully bleached, and almost Just Out of the Boxes — Special , Blouses at $2. Twelve new styles, quite the best we have seen at this price. The Robespierre blouse with its charming frills, two models with the high collar caught with velvet straps and lace jabots; others embroidered, with filet lace and crochet motifs—almost every thing that is pretty, in fact. Women’s and Children’s Underwear with slight faults, practically nothing, but sufficient to lower prices considerably. ‘ At 35c, “seconds” of 50c quality— women’s medium weight white ribbed i long sleeves, ankle length drawers to match. conds” of $1 quality— Low neck, length; regular or extra sizes or high neck, short sleeves, ankle length. Sizes 4 to 6 only. At 35c, “seconds” of 50¢ quality— boys’ ecru ribbed cotton shirts or drawers suitable for fall and winter Nearly a thousand women may share in this offer of $2.50 “Lady Betty” Shoes for $1.90. Until we began this sale “Lady Betty" shoes were never 5°’ | for less than $2.50, At $2.50, thousands of were sold, cach pair giving sat- isfaction because they are good shoes, At $1:90 it will pay to lay in a win- 4 The Piano Store Will Be Open Again Tonight Only the Piano Store (Entrance on Ninth Street), All Other Sections of the Store Close, as Usual, at 5.30 values are better, after all. Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co, Broadway, Fourth Avenue, Eighth to Tenth Street, Salons, so as not to | q The Piano Store will remain open to enable those busy all day to take advantage of the Half-Yearly §, Pianos now nearing anend. 4 The Sale has been larger than all former sales because the variety of instruments and the @1f you will come into the Piano Salons tonight or tomorrow we can show you in a few minutes that the owning of a piano is a simple, easy matter and 95c yard for silks that originally cost two and three times as much. Of the following silks the assortment is fairly good and in every instance the price is at a new lower level: ae &T Price Now 40-inch double- satins...... ° ced 93.98 8195 40-inch cashmere crepe. 2.98 36-inch double-faced satin and Shantung for autosoats.....- « 298 1.45 22-inch black crepe cords... ‘ 55c 40-inch black marqui- 1.18 Se iles. 1.98 44-inch satin Duchess bordures..... . 3.98 95c 44-inch sat bordered printed voile in light and darkeffects..... 2.98 95 27 and 28 inch checked suitings. . 148 5c Those who have purchased earlier in the sale will un- ~ doubtedly come back to this ~ final clearance—it will be add- ing good fortune to good for- tune. Fourth floor, Old Building all sizes are included! but no large quantity of any one num- bere early selection is ad- visable. Napkins, 20x20 inches, at $1.40 a / dozen, to 29x30 inches at $6.50 a dozen. Table clothe, 2 yards $1.90, to Pyare yards, 08 * :) Firat floor, Old Building, ~~" Third floor, Old Building. ! wear; sizes 8 to 16 years. 12!¢ pair, “seconds” of 18¢ children’s fine ribbed, fast cotton stockings. Excellent ature, Oc pair, usually 25cand 35¢ Pair. imported fast black cots 8 9 and 99; with os Bly tH Oho; » Sizes 8! 2 to Oy. Old Building, ter’s supply. Included are, ‘idskin, patent sther wich dull kid or cloch tops; on tan calfskin button shoes, All sizes. Subway floor, Old Building Sale of used Gallery, New Building, 3, of