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if Full Pardon 5 Sel to Be Price wht WRITES STORY IN CELL. ‘qaae—apen the proposition. Just at PRIOR ONE ORnT. beat 1918, : (The ‘New ore Wer tS Te “ Circulation Books Open to All."* NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY | 12, 1913. STILWELL EXPOSES LOBBY __IN DICKER WITH SULZER HOW BOSS BARNES | NEW BECKER TRIAL Demanded for Revealing Albany Crookedness. Negotiations With Governor *<Carried on Through a - Friend, Not Whitman. Information that former State Sen- ator Stephen J. Stilwell of the Bronx, under sentence of from four to eight years’ imprisonment in Sing Sing for demanding a bribe, has made @ complete statement for Gov. Sulzer alleging to expose crookedness in the Legislature came from an authorite: tive egurce to-day, Gtilwell has volunteered to tell all Be fnows about the ways of the fraptous lobbies in Albany and the! tafeonce on legislation and has asked that in return for his exposure he be Granted a cull pardon, 1¢ & Known that Gov. Sulser is dis- posed to took with favor—in fact eager- (thie ¢ime the Governor has a terrific Aight ob at Albany with the lieutenants ef Chérien F. Murphy and William Barnes jr., who are in the Legislature “er holding State offices. He w early like to “get something” on ti Legisiature—more particularly on the @enate, which boty has flouted him epenly for weeks. The announcement that Stilwell, ~ through trusted friends, was trying to Geal with the Governor first came from Albany last Thursday, and it emanated right from the Governor’s office. NEGOTIATIONS SAID TO HAVE , BEEN COMPLETED, Bt Is stated to-day the negotiations heave been about completed and that @tilwoll’s confession or exposure, which ‘be bas written in his cell in the Tombs, ‘has reached the Governor, or is in the of @ person authorized to end it over to the Governor as soon as the Bargain is closed. District-Attorney Whitman has figured fm the Stilwell matter only in an ad- visory way, and it is said that he mally foes not know what Stilwell haa ¢o tell, Ptilwell’s sole object in making tes ment to the Governor is to term in prison, and the Govern: nly man who can save him from that The District-Attorney has simply ottations along by asking 'y to postpone enforcing @eatence on Stilwell from time to time, G@tllwell served two full terms and part of another in the Senate, It is anid that he kept a diary which carries miqute information about the influences, @nancial and otherwise, behind fully 160 bills which were passed with Tammany @P Republican machine aid through the Assembly or the Senate. Gov. Gulser is very anxious to put Charles F. Murphy and William Barnes $f..4n @ hole und aleo to land, if possivie, (Cemtinued on Second Page.) —_—_——_ BELMONT RESULTS. out, first; Yeughee, 3 to 5 for place, eeccnd; Water Welles, third. Time, 3.00 2-5. ‘GROOMD BACE—Rarly Boos, 4 to 5 gad 1 to 3, first; Orotynd, 6 to 8 for gecond; Murakan, third, Time, Loe 4-5. ‘SEIRD BACE—Fiying Fairy, 5 to 1 ana & ¢0 1, first; Prince Bugene, oven, fay place, second; @. BM, Miller, third, Btme, 1.60 1-5. » FOURTH BACE—Spring Board, 10 > 1 and 3 to 1, first; Irom Mask, 1 to 4 few place, second; Moridiam third. ‘Gime, 1.18 4-5. FIFTH BACH—George Bno, 11 to 5 amd 7 to 10, fret; Som of the Wind, 5 to @ for place, second; Owanuz third. ‘mame, 4.18, For Details 6a See Page 6. —_—_ Sa “Na ae wae a ON i cy 7.31) Moon' seta, een Tipe. hile GIANTS WIN AT NEW YORK— Oo 1 o 00 0 1 CINCINNATI 0 0 00.0 0:1 0 Battertes: Demaree and Meyers;‘ames end Clarke. BROOKLYN LOSES AT BROOKLYN— oo 1 1 .0 O 1 2 00-5 CHICAGO 3.1 01 0 0 0 0 0 1-6 Batteriee—Ragon and Fischer; Humphries and Bresnahan. HIGHLANDERS AT BT. LOUIS— 1 000g 000 1 0 0,0 @ Batteries: Fisher and Smit! AMES PITCHING FOR REDS FAILS TO STOP GIANTS 0 ., | TOmCAG UBS (DEFEAT DODGERS IN THE TENTH Timely Batting in Seventh and} Williams's Safe Drive Sends Eighth Causes Downfalt of Cincinnati Team. 2 a R. H.PO. A. B. o.tit oo tt 0 4 0 0212 0 1t¢# 3 0 o.1im 0 0 1100 0 oits3 it oos 0 @ ooo2 0 38274 ft CINCINNATI. R. H.PO. A. . EB. o 0 é 0 0 14 00 02000 0.10 40 ooo 20 0012 00 oo2z2i1 0 oo3s 4 0 o13 3 0 oo3 00 ooo 2 0 oooo0o ooo8eo ooo 00 0000 0 ooo 0 0 1 5 2 16 0 ‘tor Dodge tn 7th. mmer ran for Clark in 8h, Shevkard batted for Ames in sth. ‘Blackburn batted for Suggs in 9th. (SUMMARY. Firet Base on Balle—Off Demaree, 0; off Ames, 1; off Suggs, 2. Struck Out— By Demaree, 4; by Ames, 3; by Suggs, 0; Two-Base Hite—Shafer, Fietoher, Stolen Bases—Bescher, Murray. Wild Pitches— Ames, Suggs. Umpiree—Messra, Rigler and Byron. (Special ¢o The Brenteg World.) POLO GROUNDS, July 13.—The Giants and the Cincinnati Reds hooked up in the first game of the series this after. noon befor crowd of 20,00 fans, De- vore, Groh and Ames, former Giants, were in the Cincinnati line-up and were each given a great hand as they ap- peared on the field. Tinker sent Amos, the Giants’ former star, against his old (Continued on @ixth Page.) ——~e ____ EH sun mall HER CARES, a Winning Run Across the Plate in Brooklyn. R. H. PO. wlecoocco coco oncoceo® BROOKLYN. \ aleocococceeno—noo-e Slecedcools-vurenneo* Bs | eocococcconneoo---*: g E g: & 2 "JES loescscstecache-ce=" min Yingling batted for Curtis tn Fisher batted for Rucker in oth. Kent ran for Fischer in Sth, CHICAGO. R. H.PO. A. EB. 21 100 o 1100 11 2 6 @ 021400 ot 200 1 ot 1 0 4 o 1200 oo 10 0 1.3 1 o 2b 2 2 4 1 Humphries, p. ooo: 0 Cheney,p....... 0 0 0 0 0 Totale......... @ 41 30 12 3 SUMMARIES FOR NINE INNINGS. Firat Base on Balls—OffHumphries, 1, oft Cheney, 1; off Ragon, 3; Evers, -Miller, Sater, Double Plays--dmith, ang Daubert. Umpires—Quigiey and Emalie, (Gyeciel to The Evening Wosid.) BBBETS FIELD, BROOKLYN, July 12,-Having lost three. games out of four to the Giants, the Chicago Cubs came here to-day and began a’series of four Games with the unlucky Dodgers, Otto Miller, who disputed @ etrike and wae ordered out of the game yeo- Quigiey, was fined (Continued om Sixth Page.) MULRALL TELLS (GOFF, REFUSING HELPED KILL BILL) SCORES S WITNESSES 3) Senate Oinwils Re House Inves- tigators in Keeping Lobbyist as Its Witness, PUTS GUARD OVER HIM. Aids Him in Slipping Out of Washington and Coming * Here Over Sunday. By Samuel M. Williams. (Stef Correspondent of The Bvening ‘Worta.) ‘WASHINGTON, July 12.—After nearly four hours on the witness stand before the Benate Lobby Committee to-day, Colonel Martin M, Mulhall left Wash- ington at 2 o'clock secretly for New York. ‘In making hie getaway he was aided by the Senate Committes, which connived at deception in order t> pro- tect the witness from arrest by the Five! House investigating © committee under the power of subpoena. The committees did not know what inter- Terence might be practiced by opponents of the informer, But his disappearance was not fi he, Tt Was merely to oi je Mulhall to go to New York to keep some important engagement of which he had informed the committee earlier in week and obtained their @ermission to the Cap! al. The Senate Committee aided Mulhall in keeping bis trip secret. When noon adjournment was taken at 1.15 o'clock Chairman Overman announced that the committee would resume at 2.30. Mulhall was placed under guard of a deputy sergeant at arms and idly hung around the committee room until spectators and Interested parties bad gone to luncheon. ‘Then he dodged out at the back door 4 for the Union station, where jew York train without still leisurely taking luncheon. Justice in Sion Hints That Newly “Discovered” Evidence Is Newly “Created.” COUNSEL TO APPEAL. Appellate Division Will Be Asked to Review All of Rosenthal Murder Case. Supreme Court Justice Goff in a seven- teen-page opinion to-day refused a new trial to ex-Lieutenant Charles Becker, now In the Sing Sing death house await- ing exeoution for the murder of Her- man Rosenthal, The affidavits, compiled from twenty-eight witnesses, were sub- mitted to Justice Goff several weeks ago. Newly discovered evidence an conduct of Juryman Haas grounds of the rejected a: Twenty-elght a@idavits were offered by District-Attorney Whitman in opposi- tion. The mass of afidavits weave a new and elaborate defense for Becker with the drunken Vation in the role of mur- derer, Testimony of Tombs prisoners recites bribes offered by Valion and Rose to induce “trustys” to place the conspirators 'n a common tier go that they could “frame on Becker;" aMda- vits of chauffeurs contradict testimony of Becker's meetings with the four in- formera; @ ‘waitet, Thomas J. Ryan, swears he saw Gchepps standing by the murder car with the door open, awaiting the return of the assassins, Pall that he saw Bohepps riding toward Ing on the footboard, lavite attack every wit- ition used. POLICEMEY’'s ENCE FROM SCENE. ‘The heretofore unexplained absence of Policemen from the vicinity of the Rosenthal murder ts @f interesting fea- ture of thé Reply planned defense. An entry on the of the West Forty- aB- promised to be back Monday to contin his revelations, SENATORS AGAIN REFUSE TO GIVE UP MULHALL. ‘The Senate Committees again gave fiat refusal to the House Committee's re- quest for a loan of witnesses and docu-- ments, It snewared...the formal letter sent over by the House with an equally formal response that orderly procedure compelled the Senate to go ahead with- out interference with the work in hand Mulhall was’ kept under guard to pre- vent the House Committee from get- ting at him, During his testimony to-day Mulhall brought in the name of Boss Barnes of New York, He told of the intro- duction by Senator Page of a bill in the New York Legislature which would have placed the burden of proof upon the defendant in cases of injury of employees from negligence. “I was eent to oppose the dill, as something that ought not to pase at that time,” sald Mulhall, @ Whom ala you eee in Albany? refused to recognize House Committee subpoen: nim late last night. Be: hg appeared in the Ben: Committee room, took @ seat at one aide of the room with his back to the wall, where ne could see every @ who entered, a ay was in an aggressive mood, ‘I'm pot afraid of any, one,” he said. “I can take care of myself no matter what thugs they set on me. No, I haven't @ gun in my hip pocket, Only cowards carry guns. I don't need them to take care of myself, Those House fellows bungled thelr case if they wanted to get me. If they had slipped me @ subpoena late last night at my hotel ordering me to appear before them at @ o'clock this morning I would have ‘been obliged to reapond, for the Senate Committees was not scheduled to meet untll 0, But they tried to get me right here before the Senate Committee and failed, 1 guess some of those fellows (Continued os Gecond Page) the served on 9 o'clock seventh street station ts o ing that Policeman Brady Robert Stewart of a fi West Forty-third street = few minutes before Rosenthal was sh went to the supposed Patrick Callahan, a Tombs “trusty,” who swears Rose told him that Schepps was to be congratulated for “getting away clean” from the murder and that Bchepps told the cops there a fire nearby and got them away m the piace, Each aMdavit is reviewed by Justice Goff, Instead of supporting the claim of newly discovered evidence, the Court characterises them a “newly created” evidence. It is now in order for Beck- ere lawyer to appeal from Justice Goffe decision to the Appellate Divi- sion, thus affording this tribunal its fret opportunity to review the law of the Becker trial. It is in the Appellate Division that Becker hopes for aid, The designation of Robin as an accom. ee the higherecourt define Schepps as an accomplice, Justice Goff deciding that Rose's lobby-sow was not an ac- complioe, JUSTICE SAYS EVIDENCE WOULD NOT CHANGE RESULT, “None of the affidavits aubmitted in support of this motion comply with the Needed requirements," {8 the conclusion reached by Justice Goff. “To a very continues, “they con- given on the trial; et forth to dis- close why the new matter now present- ed was not brought out on the trial, and most of them rel. to matters which, if true, could have been discoy- ered: during or before the trial by the 4 ¢. More. over, ndant now presents would not change the result i¢ a new trial should be granted.” eviewing the lengthy affidavit of Thomas Kyan, the waiter, who swears GReantlpeeh 00 Benend Pe on Second Page.) o ‘ Circulation | MRS. CORNWALLIS WEST | AE NOW BRINGS NEW SUIT FOR ABSOLUTE DIVORCE. Mes GORNWALLIS - WEST. LONDON, July 12.—The Pali Mall Gazette saya to-day that a petition for divorce, entered by Mra, George Corn: wallia-Weat, formerly Lady Randolph Churchill, is to be heard in the courts some time next week. The pending sult for divorce follows the action taken by the well known society leader, who ts the daughter of the late Leonard Jerome of New York, when she recently sued her husband for the restitution of her conjngal rights. Great efforts at secrecy were made at that time, Mrs. Cornwallis-West teati- fled that her husband had left their London home in Norfolk street lest December, and, though she had written him several times to return to her, he had refused to do so. A decree was awarded Mra. Cornwallis-West without @ contest on the part of the husband, and the preliminary grounds for a divorce were laid. ‘The widow of Lord Randolph Churchill married young Lieut. Cornwallis-West, @ man many years her junior, on July 2, 1900, and the wedding caused a sensation in, smart goclety. Her eldest son, Lieut. Wington Spencer Churchill, the euthor, was about the same age as the bridegroom, As Lady Randolph Churchill she was one of the great friends of the late King Edward, CHANCE MEN ON EDGE FOR SERIES WITH THE BROWNS Highlanders Very Confident Af- ter Fine Showing Against the White Sox. THE BATTING ORDER. St. Louis. Shotton, cf. Highianders. Di Midkiff, 3b, Smith, 0. Fisher, p. (Special to ‘The Evening World.) (ST. LOUIS, Mo, July 12.—Manager Frank Chance ushered his Yankees into St. Louis this morning for @ four- game series with the Browns, Winning the last two games from the White Sox has put an alr of confidence into the tall-enders and they believe that | they are on the road to @ winning streak that will move them uy a bit before get- ting back home. *If the Yanks can get away with an edge in the ccntests here Chance is positive that he eventually will vacate the cellar, However, the Hrowns pitch. ing s'aft ts going mighty good now and the Yanks will be forced to meet the three leading qouthpawa, FIRST INNING—Levereng tossed out Daniels. Wolter couxed @ pass. Cree doubled to left, sending Wolter to third and Wolter Hartzell fled to Shiltor tahied after the cat ond. Peck out to Bri: Run, One eft, Bhotton be.. out @ grounder to Peck- (Cominued on sien Page) Books Open to AIL »| 12 PAGES “PRICE ONE Sunt. NT. LAIN GIRL'S RELATIVE. GUILTY OF LAKE CRIME IS POLICE THEORY NOW Herbert Johns Still Held Prisoner, but Officers Think New Suspect, Who Is a Religious Fanatic, May Be Man Wanted. PROSECUTOR GETS ORDER TO EXHUME VICTIM’S BODY Tells Court Autopsy Performed Was Not Complete—Accused Suitor Gets Habeas: Corpus. (Special to The Rvening World.) WILKES-BARRE, Pa., July 12—While. the police to-day were trailing 4 new suspect as the murderer of Alice Crispell preskfing Judge H. A. Fuller of the Luzerne County Court granted an order to District-Attorney John H. Bigelow to exhume the body of the girl vic» tim and employ all the experts necessary to determine the exact cause of her death. The court heard a petition of the Prosecutor and immé- diately granted an order. Subsequently the Distrcit-Attorney announced that he would employ the following experts to perform: the second autopsy on the body: Dr. Otto Schultze of New York, Dr. S. M. Wolfe and Dr. P. J. Higgins of Wilkes-Barre, Counsel for Herbert Johns, who is in jaii charged with the murder, z 8 5 =< z FP < z Ss z g =! 7 = g 3 its strongest evidence. ——_ BASEBALL GAMES Tn asking for the exhumation of Alice Crispell’s bedy District-Attorney Bige- low told the Court that the autepay Performed ‘The proee- NATIONAL LEAGUE, eating oflcer sald he was convinesd — that a murder had been committed an@ wi 6 AT BOSTON. claimed that @ second autopsy should TT OO 3 0 0 0 3 O— 6|% performed to learn the actual sande of death. Dr. Higgins claime that death BOSTON— was due to drowning, but he di@ net 0 11.:1.0 0 O O 1— 4 examine the ings. It ts now cald the Batteries: Robinson and Simon; Dick- | Srl may have been poisoned oF killed son and Rariden, in some other way ané hee bedy . thrown into the iake. AT PHILADELPHIA. ‘The developments of today inéteate ST, LOUIS— that the detectives are now following a 0 0 1.0 0 O O O O— 1|l% {0 the murderer of the Criapell girl that leads right into her family. PHILADE( PHIA= There 1s every indication that @ near ‘2.1.2 6 0 0 O 1 —22| relative of Alice Crispell will be as- Batteries: Brennan and Killifer; seen oa the Griner and Wingo. i pled A} Loses cetcyan eaina al gat of the yur bee on the night of the + . Though Herbert Johns, the gir¥s.pee- AMERICAN LEAGUE. feased lover, was arrested and yo AT DETROIT. jos ee ee after be f jury vindicated him Mase tri wer as Pitcity, the trend of the gy tivity leads hourly away from Rumore of the new suspect, the rell- ~~ | gious fanatic who discovered the dual Brown and Lapp; Dubue| life the girl was leading and may pos ibly have killed her because of it, have a aroused new interest tn the tragedy. AT CLEVELAND. His ‘entity te carefully concealed by WASHINGTON— the authorities, but it is got hard to 0040, —B | sucee who he is. CLEVELAND— PRAYED BEHIND PLOUGH FOR 1002 _ Gin LVATION, Battertes—Groome and Henry; Gregg| Last April junday, the evan and Gaclash: eld @ revival in this section. —— Among his converts was the man how ” AT CHICAGO. under survoliia FIKST GAME, \ voted much of BOSTON— moral women, an 00 1.0.0 1 O O O— 2)Criapen to ania to nave preyed om the mind of the new convert to guch an a 0.01.1. 0 —7|txtent he became o fanatic, and bad been frequently seen to kneel and pray in the middle of # field behind his bee? ty plough. At least once, it Bag been Batteries—Hall and Carrigan; Ciotto and Schalk SPCOND O4ME. : learned, he threatened the gin with BOSTON— death 3 — | Detectives have carefully ered bie CHICAGO— movements on July 4, and say ¢hey Rave 0 5 ine reason to believe he saw the girl 7 in the merry drinking party at the jake i Wood and Thomas; Miller the night she died, but he éisegpented ——=s without speaking to her, He ceise he ue went home at ® o'clock, the detestives SUNDAY WORLD “WANTS say, and, taking down bis Bible Sequn praying for the girl'a eouk Then, Coa WORK MONDAY WONDERS, | went to ved, teaving the frost door open for a belated mensber of the household: Sa | $ >

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