The evening world. Newspaper, February 6, 1914, Page 1

Complete Novel Each Week Begins on Monday BALAOO By Geston Leroun As thrilling a E CENT. JA NEW HAVEN LOOTE DEMANDS SENATOR B LET NONE HAVE IMIMIUNITY’ POLICEMAN DIES Opposes the Norris Resolution Providing for an Investigation. PROUTY IS AGAINST IT. Fears Expressed That Some of - the Guilty Might Escape by Testifying. WASHINGTON, Feb,-4.—Following @ “spirited devate and renewed charges of mismanagement and “loot- ing* of the New Haven Railroad, Chairman Newlands of the. Inter- state Commerce Committee this &fternonn read 10 the Senate a letter, from Interatate Commorce Commis- sioner Preuiy. deciaring thet in all probebifity nothing further would be ye from a re-opening of the New “WaVen inpestigetion. Norris been prensivg his resolution to thin end. \Prouty, aid in almost every in- atance:,of (he: Interatate: Cdamerce Comaiission’s investigation the in- auiry le@ up to the ‘books of com- Punier \over which the commiasion ‘Ned na jurindiction. He .oxpreseed the belief that an attempt to carry out the purpose of the Norris resolu- tion would meet the same stone wall. He wugxested that the Senate Itaeif might accomplish more than could fhe Interstate Commerce Commission, with ite Mmited jurisdiction, Benator Norris pressed bis resolu- tlon, but struck out of the measure ' the words “wrongfully” and at “fic- tittous, values” ay referring ta Now Haven stoch manipulation. ABOUT THE $12,000,000 THAT VANISHED. Norris dwelt on the charge by In- te Coitmerce Commissioner Preuty that ‘$12,000,000 had disap- peared into thin afr” in the New <Haven manipulationy and read from Bewspapere that thin sum bad gone to 3.) Morgan & Co. / “Pie oF atx of theso men who loot: @4.the New Haven wearing stripes 4 bebind bare would have the most athe moral effect on this coun- try," ‘obmerved Senator Borab. He gaid that the Norris resolution might feterfere with the plans of the At- torney-General. Senator Norris replied that no one was bebind ‘bare or wearing stripes ‘besatise of failure to investigate. Cummins commented that no Fed- era) awe existed which would put men sccased of such crimes bebind In reply to praise of President Fi- Mott and the present management of the New Haven, Norris declared the present management should assist in ‘anoovering the rascGlity of the old ‘mapagement.” @enator Norris said he had been tei4by a member of the House that ret, Bruce Wyman, once of Harvard “Tarzan” Copyright, ant Co. ree’ ’ FROM SHOT FRED BY A GANGSTER Brooklyn Gunman Wounds Man-in Chase After the Patrolman Falls. Policeman Kdward J. Murtha, who was shot by a gangster at Hoyt and Fourth vtreets, Brooklya, last night, died In the Holy Family Hospital at 1.55 ofvioek to-day. Fa le in @ Sritical conditidén fata bul- tet wound tn the abdoman, but may recover. e % Murtha hgd approached Giuseppe Marenda, wie was acting wuspicious- ly, to search bim for concealed weap- ona. Marenda resisted and tried to trip the policeman. As they scuffied the wife of Thomas Leavy, WagJives on the ground floor at No, 37 Fourth streot, opened the window and looked out, She saw two meu struggling with Murtha. “Is there a man in the hoyse?” Murtha called to her, “I need help.” Leavy jumped through the front window of his apartment, which ts on the fret floor. “See if he has a cun,” said the po- Vceman, “and take ft.” Leavy felt of the prisoner's hip pockets and found them empty. But at the mame moment Marenda be- gan firing @ revolver, which had been concealed in hin left sieov Murtha fell and eo did O'Connor, as he came running up. ‘The second man ran when he saw O'Connor. Leavy snatched Murtha's revolver and chased Marenda through Hoyt street to First street. He was exhausted and ready te quit when Policeman Stuckle took up the chase and ran Marenda down. When taken to the Holy Family Hospital to be identified Marenda looked his victima stolidly in the face. He said he had been in this country eleven months and much of the time had been employed at Roslyn, L. I. Recently he waid be had ‘been staying with friénde in Brooklyn. He denied that he fired any shots last night or that he had a revolver in his poeses- sion and refused to tell the police who was with him, .Marenda was held without bail by Magistrate Reynolds in Butler Strect Court. It was announced that Dis- trict Attorney Cropaey would take the case before the Grand Jury t¥is aftor- noon and that Mareada would prob- ably be indicted for iurder before night. Murtha, the gunma: victim, was born March 19, 1 and was ap- pointed a patrolman on July 7, 1907, Prior to going on the force he worked as @ porter, With his three sisters and two brothers he lived In a twu- story frame house at No. $44 Seven- Onl; ved euda Gi It. ¥ y Capt. Buotti gave Murtha a day off for arresting three men who were trying to rob a man in Sackett street early Sunday mo For their excellent work in arrest- fi fe Marenda, Poltcemen Patrick ja, Charlies J. Stuckle and Jame: M,C l of the Butler street moned to ernoon by and highly rable mention of the Department ro of rt Grimn and Btuckle nd ‘ mxooll nm police duty” to Cusick. The men were ecoompanied to Commissioner Mc mre office by Borough Inspector ‘The Commissioner ‘Ot Headquartera to a ire |“ Circulation Books Open to All.” | NEW YORK, FRID by The Vreve Pubiiebing New York SLAIN POLICEMAN; MAN WHO SHOT HIM, AND THE CAPTOR. (CHASE OF A YEAR ‘NELDUP FOR $1,200 1 FOR ALLEGED-THIEF | ON WAY TD BANK, LEDAROUND WORLD; A CLERK REPORTS Man, ‘Whose Chief Aide Was Wonderfully Beautiful Blonde, Trapped Through Woman. $50,000 IS ‘INVOLVED. Detectives Say Frank Von Gor- don Is One of Cleverest Crooks Alive. A tall, dapper young man, ad and well dressed, walked a Broudway late this afteruoon, dwing- ing a etick. At Forty-seventh street John Graham, Acsistunt Superintend- ent of the Pinkertun Detective Agency, was waiting with Detectives Bussillo and McG: of the West Forty-seventh street police station. “I've got you-after chasing you around the world: for u -yeur,” ex- cluimed Graham, and the youth, PURCUL a. wORd, went with eis cap- tove ‘wo Police Heoudquarters, There RG suid be was Frauk® Vou Gorden ‘Rwentg-oight years vid, and itved in: Delaware, be retused ty auy where. JAecording 16 Graben, be-th eve of. the world's clovervat -swindiers and has depended on the ald’ of a deautiful’ young woman, 4 ‘bloude, tall and slender, who pused an his wife, Graham said his men were on her track now. * Complaints bave been received from seventeen cities, from Seattle and San Franciaco on the north aad went to'New Orleans un the south and New Ilaven on the east, accord- ing to Graham, ALWAYS TOOK READY MONEY TO WORK THIS GAME. His method, said Graham, Was ae} to visit a city, take quarters Por himpelf and the girl at the best hotel und presently epen sumptuous offices an the agent of some big insurance KILLED ONE AND ANGEL IN ALTO Sent Note: t6 Sweetheart He Left and Went With Victim on Tragic Ride, ° GREENSBURG, Pa, Feb. 6.—Love for two sixteen-year-old girls, neither of whom knew of the other's existence, prompted John McFadden to kill Anna Luts and himself as they sat in an automobile near Ligonier, Pa, early to-day, McFadden, who had taken the girl for a ride last night, telephoned his employer here that he would never see him again, and men in high power machines were sent hurrying over the mountains to find bim, They came upon the automobile ba the roadside, its engine stil running, In MecFadden's pocket was a note saying that Bertha Milligan, at Lam- bert, l'u., could tell the cause of the tragedy. To Coroner H. A. McMurray the girl suid McFadden had written her « letter yesterday telling her he was go- ing to kill “the other girl” and him. elf, ——-—__ JUAREZ FIRST RACE. FIRST RACK — Two - company. Generully, through his landlord, be gut introduced to & bank and opened an account, usually with & deposit of several thounund Gollars, F time he would keep his account act! depositing other large sums from time to time until he got ready to “make a killing.” Thon, It i charged, he would deposit to his ac- count numerous forged checks on out of town bauks and pleading a press- ing need of money, get the bank to certify or him ‘landlord to cash 9 cbeck for practically hin whole bual- ance, including the umountes of the forged checks. The specific charge on which he is held ia the theft, In this way, of $395 from the Guardian Bavings and Trust Company of Cleveland, but according to Graham, his stewings have fro- quently been largely in excess of this, so that all told he ha» cleaned up probably $50,000. He wus accustomed also on the day of his departure, ac- cording to Graham,.to bave a jew- eler with whom he had dealt extensive- ly send for approval some fine piece of jewelry to his hotel. He would meet the messenger in the lobby, and, saying he would tuke the jewel up- |atairs to his wife, depart from town. HAS USED A LOT OF NAMES IN HIS OPERATIONS. According to Graham, Von Gordon jhes used the name of Lord Montmv- irency Scofield and has been known jalno am F. V. Stetson, Von Gordon and Frederick Gordon, In 1906, por ing as o Russian Count, which hin knowledge of seven languages pe mitted him to do, is d he swil dled the Countess Ilka Kinsky Pa may, & Russian visiting this city, out of $2,000, He was arrested, but jum; hie bail, was caught in Philadel ph of “di ja Orleann he sloped with the rf of one of the city's wealth. men and went to Europe, where deserted her after ta'eag all the iwaye a week or ao behind him in his travels until recently when he learnod | yhat Yon Gordon was atte Scott, Frederick Smith, 8, Stanford! Going to Make Deposit for Employers When Struck Down, He Says. | “Cirenlation Books Open to All.” | 914. MARRIED TEACHER WHO GETS SETBACK IN FIGHT FOR JOB. SOCeNtEOTONE errr seed 22 P SKIN CUT OVER Hisfeve. But No Signs of the Affray on His Clothing—Bank Books and Checks Gone. Abraham Levy, a soventeon-year old clerk for J. J. Simensky, com- mission merchant of No. 125 West avenue, Wallabout Market, Brooklyn, left the shop this afternoon at a lit- tle before 8 o'clock with $1,200 in cash and $2,000 in checks to make a deposit in the People’s Bank at Clinton and Myrtle avenuos, Ten minutes later he wan wack at the office of hie employers with a cut aver hie left eye and hte coat tern ‘an@ tgok thrve bank Books with the mUney and Checks jo them from bis tnalde pocket. Dr. Preaton of they Cumberiand Btreet Mospital only superficial and the blow from which {t resulted could hardly have stunned the boy. Detective Brid- getts called the attention of Mr. Sim- y to the fact that though the te Were wet and muddy from marks of bis having been loft up- jowalk ne hi of ‘The boy warn allowed to go to fir home after the surgeun hud plusterod bis cut. —_——_— --— BOY OW SIDEWALK IS KILLED BY MOTOR TRUCK Youth Hit by Hub, Thrown Under Wheels and Crushed to Death. An instance of an automobile Mter- ally dragging ftw victim from the side- walk and crushing him to death in the street occurred this afternoon tn the case of nine-year-old Isidor Beitech. This boy, who lived at No, 184 Ludlow street, was killed in front of No, 176 Essex street, while on his way to school, He was walking north In Hssex street on the sidewalk on the eust side. Betause of the crowd the boy w: walking close to the curb. All hi tention was céntred on un ice cr cone ho was eating. An auto truck loaded with bedding land sp@nes, the property of Max Eng- lander, Thirty-wixth streot and Third Brooklyn, and driven by Guatafaon, No, 272 Forty- fitth street, Brooklyn, was moving north In Essex street, It wae right ageinal the curb becauso of u pasu- ing street car. ‘The truck overtook the boy tn front lof No. 176, The hub of the right front {wheol struck him on the left leg, back jot the knee. He fell backwards into | pansed over his head, killing bin in- tantly. | Gustafson, busy with his lookout ahead, did not know what had hap- pened until observers of the accident puraued him and headed him off at ‘Houston street. He was not arrested, —_—-— €2,000400 for Am WASHINGTON, Feb, appropriation of $990,000 for artillery 00 to-day by the Senate Approprin tiona Committee, Increases in the bill by the Benate committee Potallcd 61,720,000. POR RAGING OBE PAGE 16, the gutter and the right hind wheel | Aa) aT ee eee Saer: ——_ MARRIED TEACHER GETS A SETBAC IN HRGHER COURT Sasthapihdias Mrs. Peixotto, Who' Got Leave to Bear Child, Fails to Be Reinstated. The Appellate Division of the ‘t- unantinoun opinion to the effect that Mra, Bridget C. Poixotto cannot be ‘sobbed, reinstated to her position as teacher Mogulesko'n was the biggest . of Public Schgol No, 14, in the Bronx, \ Mra, Péixotto ts the married wom- an who tuok @ leave of absence for # year in ordor to give birth to a child. After tho birth of hor baby she en- deavored to regain her position aa teacher, The Board of Education refused to reinataty her, and sho ap- plied to Justice Seabury of the Su- preme Court to return a writ of man- @amus by ordering the Board of Edu- cation to reinstate her, which wan done, ‘The school authorities then appealed from the urder of Justice Geoabury. The Appellate Division bases ite action, in reversing the order of Jun- tice Seabury, on the point that Mra, Pelxotte shauld have applied to the State Corntniesioner of Education for f which she sought instead of going to the court, Alfred J. ‘Talley, counsel for Mre. Peixutto, announced this afternoon that he would ark for permission to take an appoal to the Court of Ap- peals from the decision of the Appel- late Division, His associate, Mr. |O'Brion, in already ut work on the pupers, ‘The Inwyors for Mrs, Peix- otto ure of the opinion that a de- civion giving the Board of Education supreme power Inu case such an that under consideration would lead to ubuse and injustice George J. Gillespic, Chairman of {the Mlementary Committee of | Board of Education, when tuformed! lof the decinion, maid: | “Sean only way that the decision ta | what we oxpected, What we were | ixhting to establish wan the fact that lit wan the function of tho Hoard of| Education, ax such, to determine whether a violation of the rules had jbecn made, and If 40 to deal with the cane and infliet what pontshment was jdeomed ft, In auch cases It I¥ emnen- | tial that the opinion of the Board of Kaducation be supreme.” pees GLYNN TO SEE WILSON. use New York Pol | Situation With Presiden WASHINGTON, Feb, 6.--Cov. Giynn| ‘ow York wétt confer with Giynn will be in \ealendar are reserved for him. It ts lem od taal, the New Kor ge ae eae too wey i A 8 Tis tN sa od sipetn e Oh AGES HONOR DE ~ IN TEARS AND SOF Hysterical and Weeping Men and Women Pay a Remarkable Trib- ” ute to Sigmund Mogulesko at His Funeral To-Day. IRRUSH POLICE ASIDE TO GET NEAR COFF: Pronounce Eulogies at Jewishj National Theatre—Crowd So Great,” That Police Tg! %, Charge. | re . stormed the Jewish National Theatre, at Houston street. and 6 enue, to-day to get past the police lides and inte the theatre, Friends held memorial funeral services over who died last Wednesday. For sears Tuo crowd tore the theatre doors from their hinges and shattered (hel glass panels. Capt. Sweeney and fifty men of them, and the captain sent a burty call for 100 more patrolmen ond premo Court to-day handed down a/mounted men. The police were forced to swing their clubs, but they : y women fainted and others screamed: ai fo only at arms aad legs. Maa: ° DRIZZLING SHOW RIDES BUT ‘TIS TOO WET TO STAY Rising Temperature Will Drive It All Out To-Night, and To- Morrow Will Be Clear. A wet, chilling snowstorm struck the city shortly after noon to-day on the wings of a brisk casterly wind. Tt did not stick on the streets, but made them slippery enough to form @ treacherous foothold for human be- ings and horse trafic The snow varied from a sleety drimle to a white flurry that shrouded the bay and the East and North Rivers as if with a for. According to the metereological sharps in the Weather Bureau the snowstorin will not last through the night, but will be driven out by rising temperatures und westerly winds be- fore morning. If ft interests you to know it the storm is caused by low presiure areas induced by high tem- peratures. To-morrow will be clear- er, also colder. GIRL AND MAN FIGHT DUEL WITH A RAZOR Both Go to Hospitals After Battle Witnessed in Street by Crowd, Julla Gulliano, eighteen years old, of No, 235 Mulberry street, a flower- maker, was passing the corner of Grand and Mott streets to-day when Rosarlo Schortino, twenty-five years old, a factory worker, selzed her by the wrist, drew a rason and bran- dished it above her head. The girl mnatched the razor and slashed him cross the face, cutting his left cheek chin to man wrested the rasor from the Giltano girl and infiloted a deep cut on her right cheek, The woman was taken to Bt, Vincent's Hospital, ‘Tho man was traced to a doc! ot- fico at No, 871 Mott street and ar- ung woman, who has iclly, eald that the man hed annoyed her with his attentiona bs fad caalere’, thal 16 Une Seaton Ome paced |S) weule beg, Le nana rane hy - PRICE ONE CENT. 20,000 MOURNERS More than 30,000 men.and wemes, AD AGTOR tie ea Ror tag # Sigmund Moguieska, o he had been an idol of the the Fifth street station battled: a which the east side bas seem that of Rabbi Jacob Jeseph, years agv. It was the biggest J im the city since the funeral ef Gaynor.