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FHT FOR STELOW GOES ON DESPE KING'S RETRACTION Ation \ PROSI CL TOK ASSAILED tot Mayes . * in the fy t Charles x drown ¢ 1 to have bee King wan a W. Orborne 1 twee week We the f f Ste low, w epniewe w eome bet nin sesmion of the Supreme Court in Rochester on Aug 98. Mr. Osborne is to make the prin cipal argument David A White, attorney of record, will wo to Medina, NOY, to handle All threads ofthe case up-State Mee Grace Humiston, the woman lawyer who brought about the « sion of King to the murder paries 1 Phelps and Mies Margaret W West Shelby, No oY. and who has Worked in Sticlow's behalf ever since he was convicted, will sussiat Mr White. Ile alse is to have the help of Huntington W. Merchant, personal counsel for Warden Osborne of Slug Sing, and of Mrs, Ines Milholland Boissevain, a member of the Human. ftarlan Cult and well known lawyer. Stuart M. Kohn, heretofore chief counsel for Stielow, is to continu the case, Misha Appelbaum, founder of the Humanitarian Cult, algo will keep up his efforts to win liberty for Stlelow, although King has recanted bis confession of guilt Mr. Appelbaum issued a statement after the meeting scoring District At- torney John C. Knickerbocker of Or- Jeans County for methods pursued since King made his confession, which he denied had been obtained by im- proper means. ACCUSE MRS. HUMISTON OF IN- DUCING KING'S CONFESSION. BUFFALO, Aug. 16.—Erwin King’s statement to District Attorney John C. Knickerbocker retracting his con- fession of the murder of Charles B. Phelps and Miss Margaret Wollcott, charges that he was Induced to con- fess by Mrs. Grace Humiston. The statement was nade public by the District Attorney after demand was made by Mrs, Humiston that it be published King says afier he was arrested at Pavilion, N. Y., by Detective O'Grady he was brought to Buffalo. He adds: “The next morning in Buffalo they told me | was going to Little Valley, anc when I got down to the machine Mr. O'Grady was there and this lady, Mrs. Humiston, [ did not know who she was; never saw her befe “{ was not Introduced to the lady. We got out of the city and they talked about tix trial of Stlelow. They wanted to know what 1 thought of it, I told them thoy had the guilty man, and she told mo she thought she was going to get some informa. tion from me. I told her 1 did not seo how, “After dinner in Little Valley T was down in the ball all afternoon with her and she kept talhiug about this trial, and gail this boy In Auburn, O'Connell, said if she came to me LT could tell her lot of stuff. f told her he must be as pear bis right mint ay he was last fail, and that ft knew nothing of the ease King asserts Mrs. Humiston said: “If you will contess that you did this crime you Will never be locked up Jong. 1 have it fixed with the Gov- ernor, It will be down in black and white, There is $5,000 in Albion, and 1 will see that you get $3,000 of it.” “L told her all I knew about it was what | saw in the papers,” he sald ald you tell her then?" be was asked her that me nd this O'Con- neil it,” answe King "TE fol- lowed it from what tread in the p pers, | told ber we dune it and 1 told her the wrong story ou DOW say this is entirely un- apis you told this what hap- “Why, some people over there took it down on paper, I signed it, but didn’t swear to tt." “And after this oceurred, how soon did you see the people from this county?” “Tthink it was the next night when T came across the country.” “How did you happen to tell the men in the auto coming over here that ft was not true? What did do to you?" “Nothing. only T knew Mr. Knickers bocker--l have known bim quite a while, and I knew when he read that Makes Complexions Young and Fair Usually, nowadays, tho treatment of Eczema, Pimples, rash und most stub- por ik: m aestions merely yer) to jecessary 8: ications of Peeler, the healing remed and the use of Posiam Soap, the pure, luxurious soap medicated with Poslam. Distroseing surface troubles are healed throug Unie treatment and their recurrence jm aath gi Helou ' . bine Ker Mave avy ‘ Kout r duck ur and Vessel fr Nichols, but they the tug Jotun their hunds 1 Aw tue dummies and J. 8 her and dr Kast River and thrust with her prow down atr slock the sa for the t The New t her rookies at assembly o ° and a little later they | 4 as the tugs re- thelr lines fast te} tucky dr her FRIENDS GAVE SENDOFF TO ROOKIES ON THE Then camo berth at the coal dock the rookies on New York and Brooklyn, more friends and to wave bo 6. The rookies stood at the long as naval but most of them were about the decks. all like the departure of an Atlantic liner, the suc Li ut. Block picture of the Evening World w that of her left her two years ago. name, which Lieut disclose, and she was p spect the roster of falled to find told that if her hus ould toll b de “Yes, sir they we hi while, ‘Vivo witheswes to the confession of | insisted that King to yt Sheriff &. B, County sald: ‘King's statement {impressed me as being true, threats or promises. told the turnkey that he see “that woman" (Mrs, Grace Hum- Jaton), and was brought Into the of- fice and was told h 5 Humtston was here with Mra. Voor- hees of Friendship, seeking Mrs. Voorhees (entity King as tramp who was at March, 1915, “Detective O'Grady, Wheaton and when King Mrs. Humiston. the jail L arranged pher and heard his statement, printed, signed and sworn to, and diately notified the Orleans Coun. heriif, King was int half a dozen ty in this jail, heving King's statement true.” Thomas O'Grady, tectives present when King conf sald King's confession ts the truth, and covers the details of the crime min- utely. King, duress, tarily of parti bea party torney: The spec hibited of a I the pow aworn t mM oher berth wae Charles Runyen wher atern fret int navy tug Powhatan took her Kentucky got unde her own steam and set out and the open sea w out were called to state turned and ma As most of this vessel are from relatives at her pier So the satling of ths three battleships was nothing at THE EVENING WORLD, WEY NESDAY, AUGUST 16, 900 Citizen Sailors Sail Away for Naval War Game; ~ RETO ae Will Try to Take Port " Somewhere North of I Hatter as’ ee ships were taken as far as the Ambrose Channel by Hernhardt, the Navy Yard pilot, returned on @he easive trips. The battleship Maine was board last night after the rookie crew hi turned in, by y this morning ind and thi Sound, the K missing spouse thy setting-up drill for them Maine rookies in The which she was sure re north of # bowen great Kun Block would not: armed force nd was aboard easternmost | BERLIN, Aur y council of Mun or up there that he knew better. | the look on his face that | he knew there was nothing of tt.” “Didn't you were confessing to the crime of mur- | demonstration in street cars, ‘The public is requ to make room for barefoot ehil- but through the promises making didn’t think there would be anything to It, If T could get as much money as they were talking about L thought | 1 would be willing to be locked up a jbut all that ta known of It, the wardrooms of the fleet, is that it ; where north of Hatioras, den on while standing on Scarcity of leather ts given 18 reason for the scareity of sho KIEL, Aug. 7 (by mail of economy has reached the m, this attack is to | be the crowning w Nichols of ‘Cattaraugua issued by the Kaiser wl full-dress uniform of officers, | Hene The nine ships b ices from all parts of the country on @ month's cruise ated and the Rhode Island, King in the Jatt] will make a mu press task of detecting this well- arching out the d plan, of «i Under Bherift | ing” his statement Upon my return tol ¢ towed by | benelitt and interc war game is to be this confess tabl nis own. a of doubt as to the truth of his cv there was any doubt Le that under no cireums to the same Mrs, Humiston, At least two ¢ who is charged by King wit) having procured his con fession, to-day upon the action of the at his command to prova the self-confessed innocence erer King. ‘King has sened and sworn to his confession three times, In the District Attorney's presence after he had refuned to take the con- feosion from King’ District Attorney‘s pleasure, and not the will of the people, he with- draws the murder chargo ond freoa the man from {t without @ particle of timony to prove or disprove jon. ome 08 baauess" to work for ihe Captain's cadin on hip a chart |board was at out with « “Junior of- Tee tentative plan Home Defense Peet ts to have nia start r patrol off Block eof Cap the Maine, Kentucky and Ne tween Block Iskind and the Chesape ren ) this may s plan at all, ‘The faet however, that nine battl prove ships have a pretty little problem | ‘ ~ SHOELESS KIDDIES MAY RIDE IN BERLIN CARS| Gokt Braid aad ( ‘ock Hat Abolished ch has re ban against shoeless youngs t- Inside the car, so far as poss ay indicated by an order just ‘orth, German naval offic less stunning tm noon gala ¢ ceebisesieaillieisaasio “WHERE IS DEUTSCHLAND ? SHE SAILED 14 DAYS AGO) a Took 16 Day foiReach Baltimore— Part of Time Spent in De Warships Aug. i6 Th hant submarine Deut hot been heard from since she Mea | ¥ Capes on the night 2, it was learned to-da ‘ nurine sour tren days were required for th utschland Lo cross the Atiunt >) a p not commun. G y while Ii 4 detection and pursit > nthe Balkans Y KEENTUCK YS | FAN live lawyers, elght prysteans ring” entered elatn. They ilu ed the aystem in deseribiog th er whieh Mendeliort's tn ort with grand larceny a sew Uy collecting: $87.40 from the New. ¥ Railways Compan alleged — tn tes to Wiliam Mult on May Mandoitort al tempt at gran Mlect $150 fi Coach for allege |i. attorney. Mr. Kittonberm wala that charges | Ree. 2) ete ‘will be pre: ainat a number | PLAYERS $ jof attornevs and doctors next week and that the Investigation 1s to con- | # gg.Note $400 Values | tinue until all those suspected of | connection with the ring are etther | PLAYE! indicted or driven out of practice, Me | RS $ Id that charges also would be Inf | with the County Medical St-Note—478 Values the cases of the doctors A ith the iiceraecicen"at | PLAYERS $395 attorneys ; |] 88-Note—$550 Values GIRL, 12, PREVENTS suicide. | PLAYERS 5385 puth of Long f ang But, as one | | MADE ON THO WOMEN earsdale Police Chief Cap- Assailant by Sport Shirt Clue, The timely arrival of a little girl to- | \day sa Nichol Has Cornered | ,dt* Others Are do The noved If you want « boxe Whatever, you can't get It. Rockefeller Institute has a taken t will recove so that they may not be trod- he plate A gay checked hat Sinai Hospital, when he went forth to 7 ud dn infan- rman J arrest to-day of a shos | attacked two women in White James Brown, will not last asions, ‘The sold | proidery on the collar and down the legs of the trousers is a thing of | » past, and with it goes the twoe pointed hats, son the way here rth Broadway we {downstairs to t pushed open the stepped from be Willard Parker at the Rockefeller 00 Apocimens i | ved up andr Aug. 16 hi ack sou wk Dolran * Serbo-Greek f was an ed by the War OMica this alterr the man who attacked ben Importance Is Particu ININSURANCE Crtat—Has Been Stricken from Naval Bill | WAPHINGTON Aue 1 -telleving ‘4 that st at Hell Geto, New y rt, Charge i rh, Ghuid be deepened tf the iw ' Sinemiaiiay t a proper pational def ! i" Wilson to-day aout the fot note to aot lent Accident Ca © of the & “ _ maittes and Chairman Awannd t ove Howne Com - r . ‘ +h 4 war J ’ tntavenies a od y “v fg ' ta : ; ¢ ; Arr York, andl fee ee © the bow m the . erat t the ‘ . ws rs a @ Noval # te th wwe n . “ if ' aboe tt , : oe ‘ , a with Keg “0 : “= ¢ " Y 1 toumiean a y . @e vinhty per * ere and phy “ne nme Mt tort was indinted ' “t 1 t ! ' Terme . ten Mi Nan ‘ by ' Met ‘ how io . ' ' nw Jmagty oe ' . nh tak ‘ ore ‘ 1 to ha ted plalntifte nein ' “ring iweud having Knowingly stened falne athdavite and py uted the axem In court, Mandeltort ix the wa ond lawyer to be indicted in the tn maton Mr Mittenberg vived evidence gathered by the Zurich In eran Company and a detective ameney i tANed ChaArKes against nnd MeDonald sald th ents in Which the nts «indictment charging Mandet Mulligan told) the Grand Jury re had been no a dent Was Indle 1 at ny in trying to The Most Liberal Offer Injuries to teu at | Ever Made to Piano Owners \ \ i One Hundred and Seventeenth Street i iat were 2. wane, we ' full) matters va f and Manhattan Avenue on July 6.|[iaiter what ‘ate ie ts An's case still ie in court. He told Grand Jury that he falsely do to have been thrown off a 1drugged. Ho sald Mandeltort : any eof the fake claim and that jt Oy n) appeared an “Andrew Mar- Van eita maedlce etn ialarty | SPECIAL BARGAINS olety tn 88-Note— $650 Values of Ne 1 the Ife of Mra. Wilhelmt ej. | Pianos, §65 H iin tte NO FIRST PAYMENT Kees Were" Une | Start to Pay In September AIS Rivslveveat-old. Bensle FREE DELIVERY mother Worked fe isin | Story & Clark ".: Piano BNR te Artes gas tube in her i i} THE tf OF GREATEST VALUES and toa 12.4.4 W. 2d Street, N.Y. clas Was 1100 Broadway, Brooklyn spital, She Hoth stores Open Mon, & Sat, E ‘ a Ww . Knick The Fact Conveyed in the Following Figures Inter- ests Every Advertiser in America In July, 1916, The Evening WORLD published 18,963 agate lines of advertising of Food Stuffs, This was a gain of 8,620 lines over July, 1915. It was the supreme evidence that manufacturers of these Food Products know that The Evening WORLD is a HOME newspaper, since that is where the demand for their goods must be created and orders originate. This great volume of advertising did not come to The WORLD because of any special rate, any “side deal The WORLD by its publishers as to the purity , or desirability of these Food Products. It came simply as a recognition of The Evening WORLD'S tremendous ‘‘pulling power” as an advertising medium in the HOMES of New York. or any guarantee to the readers of Any line of Merchandise that finds its demand in the HOME is best adt tised in The WORLD -- Morning, Evening and Sunday. " -