The evening world. Newspaper, March 11, 1915, Page 1

INA EDITION L @be “ Cironlation Books Open to All.’ | y “Thaw, on nia 4 Says Alfred i Henry Lewis Gave Legal i MT Advice in Escape. ‘TELLS OF HIS FLIGHT. Lawyer Argues He Had Right to Escape the Menaces of Matteawan. ~Herry K. Thaw was called to the ‘witness stand this afternoon in his owe defense at his trial for con. epiracy, after the Court to permit the teatimony of alien! Who were ready to swear he was ‘wane: Before he was called hie lawyer, John B. Stanchfold, de- clayed that Thaw alone was respon- aible for the escape from Matteawan. He eaid Thaw himeelf planned the flight, and the alleged co-conspirators were simply his employees, who aid- e4@ him after he had passed through the gptes of the asylum. He had a perfect legal right to escane the ‘menaces of Matteawan, sald Mr. . Btanchfield ed “Harry K. Thaw to the stand,” at 3.20 o'clock. ‘Thaw seemed to be holding himself | tm check as he clasped his hands be- iy fore him, set up very straight and Jooked at his questioner. His voice was firm and clear ar he gave his age , as @3 years. ‘ Mr. Stanchfield asked Thaw if be i : had received legar advice that he was entitled to leave Matteawan. “T was advised,” he replied, “that there was no law to hold me there so Jong as there was no violence—or nu interference with the State's office “What is the name of the man you that advice?” asked Justice a a I tell who it was?" asked Thaw, rolling his eyes toward the Judge, but not able to turn his head on his stiff neck. “Well, it was Alfred Henry Lewis,” ex-District Attorney of Cleveland, Mi Lewia died a month ago. ‘Thaw, it is understood, will not in- volve the four men now remaining on trial with him. The indictment against O'Keefe was dismiscod this morning. Thaw will aay simply that he was told by his friends to walk out of *Matteawan at the time he did and he would find some one waiting for him, He is not to mention the name of the go-between, now dead, who ranged for the escape and flight. Whether or not Thaw can stand <4 hard cross-examination, is a difficult ‘Questiot,.. William Travers Jerome's flerce onslaughts have upset hia bal- ance im all the proceedings hitherto, but Deputy Attorney General Cook, who will grill him to-day, has been on the case only two weeks and nat- urally Cannot be so well prepared for attack as Mr. Jerome was. There can be no doubt that Justice N be (Continued on Second Page.) 19) comme SOP | MOTHERS PENSION BL GETS EVERY: [°° The Press Publishing York Wertd). § NEW HAVEN WIFE DEFENDS MAYO AS GIRL ACCUSES HIM Wife With Whom Manufac- turer Lived Declares She | Has Faith in Him. { 3IN NEW NEW INQUIRY. | Father of Lillian a“ Cook VOTE IN SENATE} wots rea str Measure ees Passed] iseeisi trom 4, gut ust Corkevondeat Toe) Police intereat in the disai and Similar Action Is Ex- pected in Assembly. Cue bill establishing a pension fund for widowed mothers and carrying provision making Child Welfare Boards compulsory passed the Senate unanimously to-day. All efforts will be made to expedite the measure in the Assembly and Assemblyman Mc- Cue is of the opinion that it can be passed in that body next week and by unanimous vote. Senator Walters was in the chair when the bill was called up. He had announced his intention of offerin An amendment making Child Wel fare Boards permissive. But he didn't present it nor did Senator Gil- christ introduce an amendment tak- ing appointments of the Child Wel- fare Board from the Mayor and giv- {ug them to the Borough President. Save for th for Child W a Home Rule measure. jeri.) NEW HAVER 3 March 11,—In an In- terview with an Evening World re- porter to-day the wife of Virginius J, ‘o, the manufacturer of this city the mother of two children oy him,| and who le claimed 1s her legal bus: band by a woman, the mother of three daughters, in Scranton, Pa., and who was mixed up in the disappearance and suicide of Lillian May Cook and now stands accused by Susie M.| Wahlers, formerly employed in hi |factcry, of being the father of her/ baby, expressed faith In her husband | ald she would stand by him, fam Mrs. Mayo,” she answering the door at thi ring. “What do you want? ‘The reporter said he wanted her to! talk about her ‘busband. Mrs. Mayo sald: “The newspapers are printing?’ a great many things about Mr. Mayo mandatory provision! which are outragecus and which I do fare Boards the bill ia] not countenance. It is very danger- Not a voice) ons to print such stuff and 1 warn was raised in opposition as it came/ yoy now that you will get into trouble, up for final passage. =!THREE IN FAMILY * SLAIN; PISTOL {8 IN MOTHER SHAND Father, Mother ieacias Son Found With Bullets in Head in Newark .Home. eta * ‘With bullet wounds in the head of each, the bodies of William G, Brand- ley, an automobile salesman, thirty eight, his wife, Lillian, thirty-six, and thetr son, Lukas, twelve were found in their home, No. 67 Munn Street, Newark, at 8 o'clock this afternoon, In the woman's hand was a pistol. ; Relatives who had been trying all day to get into the house made the discovery, They sent fpr George C. Brandley, head of the Board of Works of Newark, who hurried to the Muna Street house in an automobile and forced open the front door, Mrs. Brandley was lying across a psae ss Heaton AVIATOR SPERRY SHAKEN UP. Lawrence Sperry, Brooklyn avia- * ter, was badly shaken up to-day and his Curtiss flying boat was seriously of nd pe" fx Le bed. On the threshold of the same room was the body of Brandley, while the child was in bed. Neighbors gaid they saw husband, wife: and child going to a moving picture show last evening and that they then seemed very happy. Noth- ing was found in the house which might Indicate the reason for the “I don't believe a word of the story this woman tells in Scranton. I be- Neve what my husband tells me and T want to say another thing—every woman that has got into trouble {o this town will be accusing Mr. Mayo.” F. Raymond Rocheford, Prosecuting Attorney for the town of Hampden, in which Mayo's factory and home are located, to-day began an investigation into the mnvititarious dimiculties of Mr. calmly admits he expects ‘from people who like to hit a man when he is down.” Dr. C, E. Sandford of No. 150 Shel- ton Avenue, New Haven, who, the Wablers girl says, attended her when her baby was born, said to-day he never attended her and did not know her. Frank H. Cook, father of the dead girl, said to-day that be was deter- (Continued on Sixth Page.) BABY BOY ARRIVES FOR GOV. WHITMAN and Flags Fly on Capitol, (Specie! to The Brening World.) ALBANY, March 11.—Gov, Whit- man's first boy was born at 8 A. M. to-day at the Executive Mansio: There was great rejoicing in the Whitman family and in political circles. All the flags were put up on, the Capitol. The boy weighs betwe nine and ten pounds and is pro- nounced to be a perfectly healthy youngster. Mrs. Whitman was re- ported doing very weil to- ‘The Benate to-day passed a resolu- ton congratulating Gov. Whitman, birth ley, presided over by a woman who Is; | by some one who used the blunt end| | 1s crushed in three Great Rejoicing at the State House WIDOW IDENTIFIES | HEAD IN SEWER AS SLAIN COLLECTOR'S; Mystery of Death of Rufus A.| 3 Dunham Is Deepened by Capt. Kiehne, Ob 0009SSF 04 000445004 rere rs Discovery in Brooklyn. ARMS, LEGS FOUND TOO. | Murdered Man’ 's Torso Discov- |. ered Weeks Ago, Far From Scene of To-Day’s Find. se ees ees on Dec. 19, 1914, of Rufu ham of No. 768 Macon Streef, a col- Teetor for an instalment furniture \ house, was revived to-day whén \ Dunham's head and his arms and legs were found in two sewer, catch basing in a lonely section of South Bfooklyn, ‘The torso wrs found two! eks after Mr. Dunham's disappea: nce, partially buried in a field half way between Bath Beach and Coney | Teland Creek. To-day's discovery establishes that Dunham was assaulted from behind | 4 eter of an axe or a heavy club, ‘The skull | es and the up- |} per part of the right ear is missin, Dunham's coat, trousers and shirt, a wedding ring he wore and a bed spread | were found In the catch basin with hie | arms and le; Cuts in the / ents ) was partially em~ bered while ,Mothed. | show the A gang of \tborers, under Foreman |John J. Sheehey, waa cleaning’, catch | {basins in Tenth Avenue to-day and reached Forty-fourth and Forty-fiftth Streets at 10 o'clock. Frank Salatino took off the cover of the catch basin| ¢ at the southwest corner of Forty- fourth Street and found the legs, | arms and clothing. At the same time | Patrick Hussey, removing the cover of the basin at the southwest corner |of Forty-ffth Street, uncovered the head. '' The first identification, was made by Lieat. Grant Willams the Bureau| ¢ of Unidentified Dead “i Capt. Carey of the Homicide Bureau. Mr. Dun- ham was partially baldyand his heir was streaked with gray. ‘ Most of his teeth were crowned with gold. It re- quired but a glance at the head found in the catchbasin to decide it was the head of the missing collector. Later, the identification was con- firmed by Dunham's widow. B There may be a clue to the mur-| # |derers of Dunham in the bedspread] % found in the catch basin. The arms, | 6644420099060406-066- | Capt. .Thierichens of Prinz Eitel; REAPTAIN: KIEHNE AND Hit WIFE AND CHILORENDD oGoedooroerer river WILSON INVESTIGATES SINKING OF SHIP; _ EITEL’S CAPTAIN TALKS OF NEW RAID COURT RULES QUT ALIENIST AND ALL WITNESSES CALLED TD PROVE SANITY OF THAW Wife and Children PPE OOL EEE DE DOO Em tote | furnished no clue Lan suspects who bad been CHASED GERMAN RADERINTOPORT rele Mr, Penta: an active, capable col- | lector despite. bis sixty-four years, | started out Dec. 19 over a route that took him into the Italian district in the Hed Hook section uf Brooklyn and then away down Borough Vark and Bath Beach way, also in Italian |sections, When he did not report at night the police were notified, and the next day detectives started over his trail. it was found he bad visited all his | customers in the Red Hook district |and had visited some in Borough Park. Down that way the trail got confused, but the detectives on the {case were inclined to believe he was murdered in a house somewhere in the vicinity of New Utrecht Avenue, | This conviction is now strengthened| pursult of the Pring Kite) Friedrich | by the finding of the legs, arms and| when reached American waters head at Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth| carly yesterday morning has been es- Streets and Tenth Avenue, which is| tablished. , Bos Be Sam tha pnnsiad Gaitind Says One Was Only Ten Miles Away. NORFOLK, March. 11.-—That least three British warships were in a eee dd WP as Bang Commander of Eo. eles Eitel| at} To.ton vilogs of ous of ug sunken coaplications kad appeared. on board | rritian ships the com- | mandei r of the Eitel stated that, judg- [tom Ay wireless interchanges of the eh ships, one was within ten a the other within thirty or forty {and the third within fifty miles of his {sein when he reached the three-mile nit off the nit capes, (M'ADOO IN HOSPITAL APPENDICITIS PATIENT | Secretary Goes From His Office for Operation—No Compli- cations Appear. WASHINGTON, March 11,—Secre- tary of the Treasury McAdoo went to a hospital to-day to be operated on | tor appendicitis to-night or to-mor-| row. The Secretary was at his of-| fice this forenoon. {t waa said no} | flat GES OE FEES EDES-DESS SFO SESLE SHEE FEFSESDRE SOT TBEIA GS? CIT OHE® O00CROSOOSED SED. HFOSOSO TOS ONATS Pere Seee ee See Sete esses sews ~ THE WEATHER—Fair Te-Night and Friday, , FINAL 8 PRICE ONE OENT. PRESENT MAY INIT. THAT GERMANY PAY SHP SUNK BY F Takes Personal Charge of the », vestigation, Cancels All Oth ‘* Engagements and Prepares: i Assert Rights of Americans. GERMANY’S OWN RULE ~ 5 , BROKEN BY THE errE, | sain » WASHINGTON, March 11.—The following statement was at'the White House to-day: 4 “The President, when avhed tegdrding the sinking df oe {american ‘sailing’ ship William P. Frye by the German suxiliary ‘eraieer Prins Eitel Friedrich, sald: “a most searching Inquiry will be made and whatever acties wis taken will be based upon the result of that Inqairy.’* = President Wilson to-day cancelled all engagements for the ncxt ” weeks in order to assume personal charge of the international. situa-\ He will receive no political callers of any sort and will only see” ials who are in touch with the various problems that affect fortign policy, “uM “This action on the President's part is admitted to be due directly. to “the sinking of the Frye, which was flying the American flag. President believes the time has come when it is necessary for him to’ be personally on the bridge in charge of the ship of state. There is no fear in any branch of the Government that the sin of,the Frye will be followed by any warlike measures on the part of Ufited States. But the President intends to insist on the rights of: United States being respected, Discussion of the affair in official quarters was taken to for ai ng protest to Germany. The contention of the German thaf,the American ship had contraband of war hag never been by: the United States ks justification for sinking a neutral ship. ‘The fact that the Prins Eitel Friedrich was commanded by a G naval officer makes impossible a charge of piracy and makes the matter @ | subject of diplomatic nogotiations, with the object of gaining reparation fer the owners and a disclaimer of unfriendiiness, That the United States would ask for damages and an explanauon from inh" German Government was regarded as certain. Some officials thought the German Government would find étself compelled to repudiate the set of the German captain or abandon the position taken by Germany im ie 9 correspondence with the United States on the subject of itt aband and foodstuffs, “tt was reported this afternoon along Navy Department visitors Collector of the Port Hamilton of Norfolk had asked through Ci Beatty of the Norfolk Navy Yard for a destroyer to aid in oun trality in connection with the Bitel's presence. That the British Government would protest against the Eitel’s by the United States was unofMcially reported to-day. ‘British Vice ¢ Myer at Norfolk was receiving code messages almost hourly from and Washington. Captain of the Prinz Eitel - Talks of Making New Raid ° NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Mareh 11.—-Capt. Thierichsen of the Pring ~ 7 Eltel Friederich late to-day formally told Collector of Custome Hamilton He fs it not his intention to intern his vessel. He sald that unless the Unit States refuses to grant him the necessary time for repairs or restrain him, } the converted cruiser will attempt to continue on Its voyage of adventure. ‘The German oMcer sent his answer after the neutrality demands ofthe United States had licen presented, The German officer's communication declared that It was his intention te doek, immediately and undergo inspection, He would then request the Government to grant him only such time as it declared would be necessary to complete the work. g Collector Hamilton asked for the papers of the William F. Frye, ue the German commander refused to give them up. He will furnish ‘The crew of the Frye were released from the Prins Bitel Friedrich late today, and twenty were brought ashore. Two of German natioaality r mained behind and responded to colors of the Fatherland by enlistment. The Pring Ejtel’s band played German national airs today ta tion of Commander Thierichsen’s birthday, her three, hundred pris several nationalities were gathered at the rails, and her German crew the ship. U nul oe