The evening world. Newspaper, May 26, 1916, Page 1

‘ | | eee A PRICE ONE AY 108 by ENT. (The New York World). The Prone Publishing NEW YORK, “FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1916. Circulation Books Open to All. To-Day's Weather—FAIR. ¥ EDITION PRICE ONE CENT PAGES ii ‘WAITE TOLD ALIENIST HE HAD TWO SOULS; _DRPOTTERATTAGKS MAYOR AVA OFFER FOR SAYING MGR MAHON APPROPRIATED $5,000 FUND . aad Caries Denies He Ever! * Told Potter to “Look Out or They'll Get You.” NO LIMIT TO INQUIRY. Thompson'Says All 'Vho Wish to Answer Mayor’s Charges May Testify. ‘ More refutations of the wirctapping records the police made in connection with the charities investigation which were read by Mayor Mitchel before the Thompson Committee were made at the Committee's hearing to- day. The first came from Walter J. Drummond of No. 51 Chambers Btheet. Alfred J, Talley, counsel for the Rey. Father William B. Farrell, examined him. He is a young man im/the iron business and has nothing to do with any charitable institution, Mr. Talley read from Mayor Mitch els testimony all about a “tapped” gtelephone wire conversation in which itswas alleged Walter Drummond varned Dr. Daniel C. Potter to “look our they'll catch you!” @ What have you to say to that ory? A. It is not true. @/ Has any other Walter Drum- mond an office at No. 61 Chambers Street? A. Not that I know of. Mr. Drummond admitted that Dean Potter did call his father, Dr. Potter, from Drummond's office, as reported by Mayor Mitchel. He did not listen to the conversation, but left the room. ‘The lawyer read another reported wire tapping conversation from the Mayor's testimony in which Drum- mond eaid, “Look out or they'll get yout” “I had no such conversation,” said Mr, Drummond. “I did talk with Dr. Potter that day, but did not say that.” Mr, Drummond denied that he had deveribed a certain Joe Scully on March 2h in a telephone tulk, as re- ported by Mayor Mitchel, “Dr. Potter knows Mr. Scully and I had /no need to describe him,” said the witness. He also remarked that when Dr. Potter telephoned him on March 25 he asked about “two boxes of cigarettes” and not merely “two pacitages,” as the police eavesdrop- rere reported. REGENTS MAYOR'S REFERENCE TO MGR. M'MAHON, ‘The Rev, Dr. Potter guve additional testimony before the committee to- day. He told of his charitable work for the last thirty years, and described the changes in the methods of treat- ing the orphans, The witness praised his own work, also Comptroliers Grout and Metz, who employed him to supervise and inspect these asylums, to make sug gestions and to \help them to instal necessary Improvements, . “Whatever advice was given or changes made was done in private,” paid the witness, “There was no ef- fort to destroy or to defame before the present administration came in.” A spatter of hand clapping ran through the room, “Almost immediately after Comp- troller Prendergast came into office. wpledged to demroy this system (Continued on Fifth Page.) MORGAN EMPLOYEE TELLS OF TAPPING SEVMOURS’ WIRES Deputy Commissioner Lord Admits Four Wires Were “Covered” at the Same Time. LP Morgan i& Cp. Were to-day formally disclosed as the ‘employers of the W, J. Burns Detective Agency to investigate the office of Seymour & Seymour, attorneys in the Equit- able Building, wherein a detectaphone Was installed in an effort to uncover the theft of valuable confidential cablegrams from the Morgan office relative to munitions shipments to France. Also it was disclosed that the Mor- fan firm had asked the Police De- Partment to tap the Seymour & Seymour telephone wires as a further effort to cateh the thief. These disclosures were mude by {Martin Egan, an employee of the Morgan firm, in his testimony in the hearing Chief Magistrate McAdoo is holding at the instance of District Attorney Swann, to ascertain whether or not a crime has been committed, Mr. Egan stated that he had had reports from William J, Burns con- cerning what the detectaphone had revealed and also had had a memo- randum from Deputy Police Commis- }sloner Lord as to the result of the wire tapping, but neither had given the Morgan firm any clue to the thief, He declined to make public what the firm was now doing in the matter, but offered to relate it pri- vately to Magistrate McAdoo, Com- missioner Lord gave testimony in corroboration of Mr. Egan, with whom he had had a conference over the larceny from the Morgun cable files, POLICE TAPPED SEVERAL WIRE! AT SAME TIME. Lord stated that the police “covered''--one police term for tapped" —the wires of Seymour & mour, of two employees of the Morgan firm who were under su; picion, and of “an outside man” who was telephoning to the Seymour offices. This was the first intimation that more than one wire had been tapped by the police in the Morgan case, Charles A. Kalb, chief electrician for the Kquitable Building, reluc- tantly testified that at Burns's in- stance he had installed a detecta- phone in one of the offices of J. P, n& Co, It was in the room of two employees under suspicion. said it was he also who set up detectuphone in the chandelier in Seymour offices was stated this afternoon that stand Mr He the the It Burns would be called to the on Wednesday next, when the hear- ing is resumed. | Mr. Egan's disclosures of the thefts in the Morgan office and of the tracing of the atolen information to the Seymour offices were made in narrative form, as District Swann requested him his own way.” "The first I knew of this matter ov. to tell it “in curred ¢p March 1 last, on 4 Satur: (Continued on Glsth Page.) Attorney ~ENOSUFEWITH | ELECTRIC WIRES, — ae cut. Fanning Dies in Sag Har- ray Power Hous: ROUTED THE WATCHMAN and Deliberately Shocked Himself to Death. SAG HARBOR, N. Y., May Lieut. Clarence Alvin Richards, com- mander of the U. S. 8. Fanning, was | killed at the sub-station of the Sag Harbor Light and Power Company here this morning. ‘The ope eye witness of what hap- pened declares It appeared to him the) Liculonant deliberately killed himself. ‘The feet, whioh has been manoeu- veing in Gardiner's Bay, has made its headquarters off this place, and of- ficers and men have been ashore here almost constantly during the last week or so. There was a large num- ber ashore last night, but as orders had been issued for all ships of all classes to get under way for Newport at 8 o'clock this morning, all of them, with the exception of Lieut. J. C. Jen- nings, in charge of the shore station here, and a few men wth him, went off to the ships by midnight. So far can be learned Lieut.| Richards should have gone out and been in command when his destroyer left this morning Harry D. Christ night man at the sub-station of the power company’s plint near the water front, is‘the only one who saw what hap- pened. His story is that about 1 o'clock Lieut. Richards, in ordinary clothing and showing no sign of his rank, appeared at the door of the house. Christian says he stopped the man and Lieut. Richards said: “I am @ Government inspector and have come to look over your plant.” Christian replied, he says: had better see Supt. C. P. Cunningham at the power house.” Christian say's Richards appeared to} fly into a rage and exclaimed: “How dare you stop a Government officer!” At the same time, Christian says, Richards pushed him violently back and walked into the room. Then, Christian asserts, he deiiberately picked up two wires where they con- nect with a switch carrying them into the transformer in the ‘house. The high tension power which the wires carried killed him instantly, Papers in a wallet in the clothes of the Lieutenamt showed who he was Lieut. Jennings took charge of the body and papers on behalf of the Gov- ernment and placed Gunner William Ziegler in charge of the body. , Cor- oner M. B. Lewis will make an in- \.stigation in behalf of the civil au- thorities. Lieut, Richards came from Kansas and was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1904, He was married less than two years ago in Washing- ton to Rose Bradford, the daughter of Rear Admiral Royal Bird Brad- ford, At the Brooklyn Navy news of Lieut. Richardy’s suicide was received to-day with amazement. Lieut. Richards was associated with his futher in Okla homa oil lands, his assoc. and when last in New York cheerful, prosperous and enthusiastic about his duttes in the navy, eines n, Yard reported the | | tied ry ea | Forced His Way Into the Plant} watch: | “You | hates said $10 Men's & Youne Men's Sults, $5.95) Maso They ave expected in St, Paul BOY VANSHES WITH $10,500 FROM OFFICES OF MORGAN CO. William) McManus, Eighteen Years Old, Was to Distribute Pay to Employees. CLERKS GAVi Disappearance Known Only When the Pay Envelope Didn’t Come Around. ALARM. An eighteen-year in fice boy the banking house o Co,, Broud and Wall Streets, out of the bullding with $10,515.32 that didn't belong to him ut 10.45 o'clock to-day, Three hours later, Acting Capt, Deevy of the First Branch De- tective Bureau was asked by a repre- nentative of the Morgan firm to try and pick up the trail of the office boy, walked somewhere in Nostrand Brooklyn and Detective Martin Sher- idan was assigned to the job Young McManus had been in the employ of the Morgan firm for sev- eral years. It was part of his duties to distribute the weekly pay roll to ment on one of the upp building, This he did every Friday, Generally the envelo the wages of the eiployees handed to MeManus about noon Stanley Knowles, one of the cashiers Mr. Knowles was very busy to-day and when McManus appeared in his office at 10.45 o'clock and volunteered to help out by placing the money in the envelopes there was no suspicion that he had any object but to show containing were himself an up-to-the-minute > em- ployee. Mr. Knowles handed McManus $10 and the envelopes and MeManus departed, ostensibly to stuff the bills and small change into the envelopes and then distribute the good cheer to the export department clerks, It was not until 1 o'clock that the export department reported that the pay envelopes hadn't arrived, Some of the clerks had reported that they had np unable to purchase their lunches, Not until then was it dis- covered that young McManus was missing Deteciive Sheridan on reaching the bank found that another office boy, a chum of McManus, js also missing. However, the superiors of this second lad were louth to believe that he was & party to the $10,000 robbery and re- fused, at thin time, to make plaint aga him, OR, WM. MAYO RUSHING TO J. J, HILL'S BEDSIDE Special Train Beary Famous Sur- geon to St. Paul as Financier Sutfers Relapse, PAUL, Minn. May 26. — Dr. William Mayo, the famous Rox heater, Minn., surgeon, is being rushed to ¥ Poul on @ special train abana James J. Hill, who ts vt at his home here. Mr of the [vith 4 com- Hill's son, 1. W. Hill, President treat Northern Railroad, went the train thts my morning for ‘The “HUB Sealng Corner, Broad. | about 5 P.M way at Barclay St (Opp. Woolworth | ih w ab dan | Bulging), On sa today A Sattadee| Mr Hill, who has been itt for ten | Coats. Blues, grays & fanc biac browns, 0 44 Our 000 Men's & Young Men's Suits & Top days is thought to have taken a bad urn, He is seventy-seven veare old Dr, Mayo os noted for in operations for particularly cancer. his suce stomach dineave: .P. Morgan & the employees of the export depart: | r floors of the | by| POLICE TAKE UP SEARCH NO PARTY CAN WIN ON WAR PLATFORM, SAYS JUDGE GARY Head of Steel Corporation De-' clares United States Will Fight Only for Defense. Sage Any candidate’ runing for office on a platform that does not declare for pence, even to the extent of ul- lowing the United States to subm't to snecrs and insults until forced to | war as 4 last resort, Is doomed ¢ defeut, Judge Elbert H. Gary, Chair- | | poration, deela d to-day in his ad- | dress to t nucl meeting of the | American Iron and Steel Institute at jthe Waldorf-Astorla, That we are |not prepared for war and should be | willing to “pay lberally” for peaco | Was the burden of Judge Gary's ad- dress, The ides ness set aS on peace and Aapers: forth by Judge G peared to be more in harmony with | those of President Wilson than with | jthose of Col, Roosevelt, who was Judge Gary's guest at a recent mem- able dinner of millionaires. How- ever, Judge Gary made one point clear, and that is that the steel in- ustry is committed to the policy of @ protective tari to guard against |DUtchers who are accused of having | the Invasion the great war. Judge Gary's advice to candida for office was embraced in the lowing extract from his speech: bo ull extent of the suffering and misery caused by the war ts fully | Tealized only by those who are brought | into close personal contact with it; but| we know it is a terrible thing, and we are sure it should not be allowed if it| can be prevented, “Moreover, if It becomes necessary | to engase in 4 contest with any of the) principal European countries, we are/ unprepared to fight, even in self de-| fense, and it would take much time and money to prepare, The large ma- Jority “of the people of the United States ure determined we shall not become involved in serious trouble with any European country and they do not look with favor upon any sug. westion that proposes it, except as a last vesort. It seems perfectly cl and certain that any candida of foreign trade after tes fol- | for office who entertains a contrary opin- ion is doomed to defeat.” verting to,the subject of peace in another part of his address, Judge Gary said: “We are in favor of peace for our nation; not at any price, but we would, if necessary, pay liberally for it, We would fight any other nation, b. only defensive! However, we do not wish for war, and we believe jit Is not necessary ‘to engage in it | With any European nation or nations | “Mo anxious are our people to avoid t|| trouble and to maintain @ peace foot- jing they are Willing to submit, tem- porarily, and until the minds of hot- heads have had time to become coo! and collected, to many acts seemingly unfriendly and even to sneers and | insults, before they will assume | an offensive attitude and run the risk of | precipitating a war Hanecesaarity. fl ut it “phis is @ strong statement represents the real attitude of majority of our people. They ain- cerely believe we shall get throug and coime out of the apparent shad owe of doubt and distrust, the clouds of gloom that at times have been very black and threatening, without (Contaued en Teath Page) SLAYER WHO MILE. AS HE CONFESSES To TRIPLE MURDER PLAN | ARTHUR WARREN WAITE UMetRWGOD & UNDERWoUN uY ae 2 BRIBED 10 PASS DISEASED MEAT | William McManus, whose Home Ht man of the United States Steel Cor- Chief haecuie. McAdoo Is-!¢Te finished just before noon, sues Warrants for the Arrest of Eleven Accused Men. Chief Magistrate McAdoo ternoon issucd warrants for the this a rest of eleven proprietors of abattoirs | trict were organized for their mutual protection. One of them, it acted us collector, is charged, As a result cer- -/THAW BRINGS DOWN DOCTORS TESTIFY HE IS AN EGOMANIAC —¢ o—___—_— =P JERYLL- HYDE PERSONALITY | CLAIMED BY SLAYER OF THO IS DESCRIBED BY AWITNESS — ——-- <4 Murderer of John E. Peck and Wife Loses Composure as Prosecutor Hurls Questions at Him Regarding Details of His Remarkable Story. “—_|HE SHOWS NO REMORSE AS HE ADMITS HIS CRIME. $ a sequence to his revelation of cruelty, selfishness and murderous ie 4 confession without precedent in the «records of New York County courts, Dr. Arthur Warten Waite, slayer by poison and disease germs of his wife's parents, to-day heard alienists employed by his coun- |sel declare him crazy and irresponsible——an egomaniac, The prosy recitals of the psychologists were an anti-<climax to the hor- {ror of the examination and cross-examination of the accused man, which As on yesterday, women were barred from the court room by order jof Justice Shearn, | * The confidences of Dr. Waite to Dr. Morris J. Karpas of the Long Island | Horn, who went on the GERMAN AEROPLANE! = n= ern stand in re related to the jury through the ernvon, read in this city on charges of having need [from typewritten memoranda by the bribed veterinarians of the Health! Lieutenant of — French-American ate evo are gon ta Department to permit the shousate Aviation Corps Wounded in Mrs. Horton t murdered th y \ : ry c h she did not mind: she loves of with tuberculosiy Another Daring Air Exploit. ht and other diseases, In the office of Par May 26.—Iieut William “Lean bribe Judge Soon 1 get Commissioner of Accounts Leonard | Thaw of the Prance-American avi i M, Walistein is $1,270 in bills, blood|ation corps shot down a Fokker! “I have two #9 One sees only ameured with the finger prints of tho|#¢Teplane in the region of Verdun the beautiful. [always water lowe yesterday. so they will not die, because they ar In the combat Lieut. Thaw was! beautiful The other soul has ny bribed the city's representatives. The | slightly wounded i» the left arm by /eMotions; if it had not been for the stained moncy will be turned over /a bullet Christian Endeavor classes and being to the Hertillion experts at police | so alia told tt the Bible teachings, ( would | q not have known anybody thought it | Headquarters ITALIANS PUNISH Kills It AIA ADk weary By The evidence which led to the is-| suing of the warrants was obtained! GENERAL WHO FAILED Dr. Waite says," Ds. Karnas by Commissioner ¥ in with phe quotes a friend as saying, “he bus co-operation of the Health Depart ; , 10 emotiony, but he erie when he ment. Wiallstein's sleuths learne 2a | Brus ti Relieved on Half Pay {07 gece Margavet Horton's pleture that a certain clique of abatioir own- Retreat Betore the Austrian fam the reincarnation of a ‘Man vers who made @ practice of slaugh- | Arm) § from Egypt,’ Doctor,” the ndag tering diseased cattle and selling it t» . . told Dr. Karpas. “He is my real self retail butchers in the tenement dis-| LONDON, May Gen, Brusati, 16 knows Cleopatra uous mmanding the Italian forces com- pelled to retreat before tho Austrian offensive, has been relieved on half- +8 beauty of the Dr. Karpas Dy read extensive notes on Dr. Waite’s whole life, as told him tain veterinarians on the city payrol! [tne acconiing to. Home despatch to by the dentist at the modest salary of $1,920 a year|th® Hvening Stare Some of the incidents in this ver- are alleged to have received $200 a| sion of the accused's consistent life At about the time™Commissioner those embodied tn the early record Wallstein began to get real evidence IW BOSTON th [i PANIC DA the: trial) against the abattoir roprietors, ” Nar, ” Hiaiio (Clammlsniensr: Gerereca ch: tah tana Gate Peale De ported to him that one of his veteri- narians complained that a slaughter house owner had attempted to bribe him, Wallstein set this honest veterinar- ian to work, As a result, Walistein says, everye one of money to the honest cattle doctor. It is this money, bearing the tell tale crimson finger prints of the guilty (Continued on Second Page.) ‘SHIP FROM THEW YORK ON FIRE NEAR CHINA) British Steamship Wish Wisley Beached Off Cape Varela—Assistance on the Way. HONGKONG, May ish steamer Wisley, Feb, 29, via Port Na Viadivostuk, is reported on fire and beached off Cape Varela, Cochin iid. Assistance bas been gent to wer. 26.—The Brit- from New York, 1, April 15, for the eleven paid Waite sald, according to the alienist “T married her for social position meant to kill her right away. She was kind and considerate, but she Was not soulful; she was not musical or romantic. She did not satisfy me along thoxe lines, I meant to use her money: I expected to study and ac- complish great things,” At another time, according to Dr. Karpas, Dr. Waite auld: “I did not commit the crimes—these killings to achieve results, but because 1 knew I could do anything I chose without boing caught.” Again Dr, Waite dilated to the allenist on his lack of emotion while at murder, “After killing him,” he said, “I could stretch out my hand and fingers h) Dr. Karpas read and lectured an |Car Jumps Track on Bridge and | Barely Misses Plunge to River. BOSTON, May Fifty women nearly their lives early to-day and about a score were injured in a panic when a Boston elevated car jumped the rails on Western Avenue bridge and was not stopped until one- third protruded out over the river, ‘A foot farther and the car, jammed with passengers, would have plunged into the river, thirty feet below. Women, who filed the car, screamed and fainted, und many, were severely ruised in the saad dash for safety. | $152,274,297 “IN ARMY BILL. WASHINGTON, May 26.-—The Army Appropriation Bill, to be reported to the Mouse next Tuesday s found to-day fo tot §182.274,297, lusive of about $500,000 for civilian training camps Which on estimate ts being prepared YANKEES WIN FIRST GAME. Boston, 0-0 0.0 0 1 0 0 Ot [Yankees 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1~2 agen Fer Racing Result bee Page 2. (For iineies See. rh I 26. Dr, Waite’s traits for more than hour. He said Dr. Waite egomaniac. “Dr, Waite, did you ever try to kill your wife?” was the first quos- tion asked by Attorney Deuel, when the dentist's trial was resumed, “No,” said Dr. Waite, atudying the For