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. THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, DECEMBE Modern ‘‘ Young Lochinvar of the East,’’ SES HIS BELT AS TOURNIQUET, Whose Romance Thrilled World in 1913, Upset Oriental Tradition to Win Bride SAVES MAN’S LIFE tim Is Pinioned Under Wheels of Trolley Car. EGKER TO TELL OF “PIT MURDER” ON STAND TO-DAY pase of Alleged Bronx Wife *Slayer Goes to Jury To- ; morrow ATE’S SIDE CLOSED. Patrolman Edward Getbert of the Bathgate Station made a tourniquet of his belt this morning to save the life of Tony Librizzi, forty-seven, No. 465 East 1 by a Third Avenue car n Surprise Witness” Is Prom- ised as a Help to the Accused d Street, who had been struck r his home land was in danger of bl ng to death, The prosecution in the case of ibraham Becker, on trial in the Bronx founty Court for the murder of his fite, Jennie, closed to-day. Counsel the defense announced that Becker take the stand in his own be- If and explain his wife's disap- nee and why he lied about it. jecker accuses Reuben Norkin, intly accused with him, of the mur- r. Norkin in a confession has said t Becker killed his wife. He ad- its helping Becker bury the body in] PRINCESS pit back of his welding shop, in IN hich the murder was committed. Dia. or Detective Bruckmann, who listened CDA, x a conversation between Becker and supposed friend Harry Monstein the Bronx County Jail, told of ‘ker’s confessing that he had hired o men to kill his wife. Later, the fective said, Hecker told him euby Norkin killed my wits: id ; %, The motort c p Dn tically completed yesterday, All] Dead Now, Took Chance ‘ H. said the accident was unavoidable alice wore cathured ti wedena| OF Estranging Own People 5 e - by Defying Custom’ and Killed Grandchild by Accident, Takes Life on Youngster’s Grave itnesses. Mrs. Jennie Linder of No, 765 Jen- iags Street, who for ten years was Marrying Princess He fs. Becker's most intimate friend, Id of entertaining the Beckers at Loved. Wife Died of Grief, Woodhaven Man Goes to Cemetery roda, Also Occidentally ae ee and Fires Bullet Into His Head. > Ie e younger generation of In- f by coming down in Becker's au- Educated, Was Worth It} o10 cuiers, Sta eaucktad. EE Ernest Fuchs, fifty-two years old, smiled at als grandchild playing on poms eons Leer eriterbd —Both Worthy Another] ston ana one of the English ‘he floor near him in the living room of his home at No. 8501 89th Ave- Ni SWe'll come Saturday, tov." At 1i| Scott Poem. universities, His brother, by |2Ue. Woodhaven, while be was cleaning a gun. ‘Tho child smiled back ( 3 Among other Occidental {deas, But he brooded, Three STARTED BY BOMB On April 7, 1t had been testified rajah of Cooch Behar, , 4 ; R Prince Jitendra quite clearly |months ago his wife died, neighbors POLICEMAN IS T eas barr persons ue wite whose wooing und winning of absorbed the notion that ‘a young said, of worry and grief because of —— OLB ared. “I was suspicious, P, aa 1Ovely e e aceldent. Fuchs’ ession £' rs. Linder said, “because I knew) incess Indira, the lovely daugh man should marry the girl ho | PC accident. Fuchs’s depression greW.| gre id slight damago in a one-stor Librizai was hurrying to cross the street when he was struck and pinned under the rear wheels, His head was badly cut, both legs Iacerated and broken, It took fifteen minutes to ex tricate him and,doctors say he prob ably would have died !n that time if ithe policeman had not stopped the flow of blood from his legs. A fire alarm brought Hook and Ladder Company No. , but they had no jacks and could not lft the car A wrecking cre’ were summoned, and when Libriz: and an ambulance was released he was hurried to Ford ham Hospital, where Dr. Jacobs satd his condition was serious. It is not yet known whether one or both of his legs must be amputate an principalities in the Indian. Em- Pire. Cooch Behar contains about 1,300 square miles, and 600,000 inhabitants, Prince Jitendra, like so many Daughter of Gaekwar of Ba- r home until midnight April 6. She as the last person known to have feen Mrs. Becker alive. Although the Beckers had been tn- ited to her kome for a Saturday ening, she uid, they had surprised SEatn the’ Hostess ihad remarked: it the way, Prince Victor, took a {Suddenly the room was filled with the report of a fired shell. The gun in fas time for ner guests to go home, ~ nd Becker had sald, “Oh, there's plenty of time.” At midnight, Mrs. Linder said, eho again spoke of the hour and the Heckers left f course in agriculture at Cornell, |Fuchs’s hands had dischargéd, and the child fell over dead, By Marguerite Mooers Marshall.| ana prince Jitendra visited him That was last April. Fuchs had@——H————__ HE Young Lochinvar of the there. ted In court of intention Fast is dead—the Maha- = The gun had exploded acci-]| CANDY STORE BLAZE lahe wouldn't leave her four children] ‘e? of the Gaekwar of Baroda, a wants, and that if sho herself | oni” aint tka apmreeuhing: candy store at No. 242 Fast 24th st land Mr. Becker. Sho liked him too] decade ago, thrilled two worlds, is willing father's opinion doesn't | ire Wout eaten Taeah ee eachinE-| near Second Avenuo, at 1 A. M. to-day well. the Orient and the Qccident, and matter. The original Young and then go home and elt alone. [ak follceman Flanavan ef the ian :She told of conversations with’ js worth re-telling Lochinvar, you may rememper, Yesterday he told his son, Charles, }22d St tation told them he had Beeker, urging that he look for his i. N a ver ha ed piife. He had seemed indifferent Netiiag a it eter ne ; ; 5 ; efore in India, land of veiled anc : RAIN aK a fe:showed her a letter, soying his re:is pes your daughter, my sult you de- freturn, and this morning the younger| Harry Kandel of No. 295 Third Ave fe had sent !t after she ran awa secluded women and obedient he admitted, in one Jiruchs’ and Detective Jacobs of the|PUe he sald, reported to him that fv« he had said, “That Is not Jenme] gaughters. It has all the savor breath, and in the next he swung Glennie Totice Precinct found the men got out of & taxleab und wont te cker's handwriting.” It was 5 1y daughter to the saddle in front of : i i Ses door) Gf teeter, and \e Sev men : of Scott's border romance—only, father lying dead on the child's gra Gndwkuttar thoy Wal win back te Ane ease Oe Sie ey ey sae latte) r Him_andioutraced father iandsall: peng a bullet hole in his right |cab and disappeared there was an ex 8 Written and mailed by Harry} this time, Young Lochinvar came his myrmidons temple and near him lay. plato! with | plosian, followed by the fire. Planagan jonstein, Becker's former pul, whose] out of the East, instead of the zs ay a pis ston, Feit one exploded shell. vald he was half a block sway and fork resulted in the chauffeur’s ar West Prince Jitendra desired to wed : _— heard no explosion, firemen sald st. es = the exquisitely beautiful young | CHILD PLAYS V MATCHES IN] they could find po signs of an explosion irs. Linder identified a wisp of hair | 3) PSE 5 rs penne Hey apr ‘ saskeway 6 BED; BADLY BURNED. The police could not find the owner ot j rotted coat, a sweater and other Tee DEP RE RAR CHO) FEBS Yt daughter of the Gaekwar of Ba- While playing in her bed with some] the place, an Itallan, to ask him If he fticles taken from the body. ‘’That's| 1913, when the Maharajah, who roda, Princess Indira, She visited [matches to-day Catherine Ellzabeth | had any enemies, but will question hin only coat Jennie had during all the} has just died in a London hospital, New York a number of years ago, [Rockett of No. 109 Montgomery Street,| When he comes to work to-day sed to be shaken on cross-examin: ail those who met her were cap- | blankets a ly also believed in that prinotple— he was going to Evergreen Cemetery | been informed the blaze wi and acted on it. “I kng wooed to visit the baby’s grave. He did nat | ® bomb: started by BST, ‘at ae To Be Better Than Ever Before ——— IN BANK HOLDUP Indiana Gang Steals $5,000 and Escapes in Auto Under Heavy Fire. DYER, Ind., Dec. 21.—Three armed men, one of them masquerading as + woman, held up the First National Bank here late yesterday and escaped with $5,000 after a battle with citt- zens, in which the bandit dressed as 9 woman was shot and had to be carried to a waiting automobile by his com- panions. It was the third time in three years that the bank has been robbed, The first bandit, heavily vetled and wearlng a woman's skirt and long coat, entered the bank shortly before closing time. He thrust a revolver into the face of William Gettler, the bookkeeper, who was alone, while his companions scooped the money from the safe Into a satchel. Gettler stepped on an alarm button and as the bandits returned to the street they were met by rifle fire. One of the first shots struck the bandit tn woman's clothing. His companions picked him up, threw him into the rear seat of their automobile and sped away. a eel ARREST OF TWO FOILS GEM THEFT, POLICE SAY Shot Causes Negroes Surret Near Jewelry Store. Horatio Boland and John Bryce of No. 229 West 62d Street, Negroes, ac companted by another, the police assert, had decided to get a little Christmas money this morning when Patrolman George Lammers prevented {t. Lammers saw a Negro in front of the Jewelry store of A. ret, Mo, 43 Columbus Aventio, at 2.30 o'clocte. ‘The man who was out near the curb ran and Lammers shied his night stick at him. Boland and Bryce were in the doorway of the shop. They did not throw . . . o| i {th rt 4 Lat Intertainment Provided and Extra Precau-| ier ired a shot, which. brought an- ae Sg ay =o OOO mania Finest of tions Taken to Safeguard Children, Many of ee and Sage “tre Both “men T re) ot S rraigned in the West Side Court. Whom Will Be Cripples. bad My Arcietbee > By Sophie Irene Loeb. Besides the usual Symphony Or-| pounced in a few days by Harry chestra and the special musical fea- | g, <§ of th fs ning World's annual) tures there will he pictures of Christ Suara ied nue Or oe ty for 5,000 children, to/mas in many lands; the Topical Re-|qowntown Chamber of Commerce. be given at the two Strand Theatres view in Christmas dress, accompanied Mr. Schiacht stated to-day: “There in Manhattan and Brooklyn, bid fair] ®¥ * Lvman Howe Yuletide greeting | annual affairs of The Eveniig World, The n Imperial Quartet, Ita] where 6,000 children who need it most can appearance, wil ap-lare given a treat, have come to be Christy © outshine any of the preceding to outshin y of pr El arat pear for the ehildren, his quartet] jooked forward to from year to year, to dato. consists of Leon Shopnick, first tenor; | because they are the big successes of The principal features of the affalr}Jacob Bestrieskym, second tenor; ]the Christmas festivities during holi- n Manhattan, Dec, 27, at 10 A, M.,{Merris Rogalsky, baritone; Mishel day week. The plans are made with Schvetz, basso; Jacoh Kreitabe such care and forethought that man- years, judging from accounts received were announced these columns sterday 1 Edward L. Hyman, | ?0st agers of orphan asylums and other nanaging direc of the Brooklyn} And what will delight the children Institutions ayypeal t he Eve- Strand Theatre, belleves he has an] ™most ts termed “Incident No. 4%" [ning World away nhead of time to be even better performance for the} Which consists of the follow Included in the «mtertainment Brooklyn kiddies, many of whom will CIUUSTMAS DREAMS, “Ony one why has the blurs and crippled and. come from orphan | (a) TRlewy Maby" oo -c.c: 2 -Mannan! thinks the world 1s a very sorry place asylums, ‘fhe pa ts on Dee. 29 ae ‘s ‘ ae Hindley | in which to live has but to go to th “Nothing ie too good for:auch chil Dolla." overture, “Mabeal Strand Theatre on these mornin dren," sald Mr. Hyman, “We ar- .” ma, Hedwig, | and look Into the gleeful faces of the thousands of children. They will t to appeal particularly to the ba cured, It is a pleasure to be a pe n* The that will care for the] of It, and we ar putting forth every be Wesley] children and see to their comfort andleffort to make each year the banace tar in “Penr e their retur home safely will be an- one.’ ranged our program with lofinite care hild The prinetpal feature wil Rarry. the “ Pe ar,” st succeeded to the throne of one of ci y fatally. He othe as getting Deatcd in calm finality time after time. | the richest and most prosperous ness and charming manners, Her [Preaktast when ale Heard ime exe brother, son of the Gackwar, was tinguished the flames and the little girl educated at Harvard University, | was sent to the City Hosp where, because of his spending 5 proclivities, he was known as | OPPOSES NEW “the Count of Monte Cristo." WASHINGTON, Dec. Bars Dancing at High School . ' Until Students Make Reforms) 2: Preece [ocaes ngoeers epertea to me soo ived an excellent education, to-dey that Improvements of 4aale pending several years in English Harbor, N. J., from the Monte and schools, and one may imagine Greenwood Lake railroad bridge, to » HACKENSACK, N. J., 21.—Dancing at the Hackensack High that she acquired ‘subversive Garfleld Bridge, wa no! Bchool has been put und by Principal E. 'T. Marlatt until the Western {deas as to the superior- ¢ ened ae ab i a Judents forin a committee to raise beyond reproach the standard of form of recreation. “FA his statement, published yester-¢ ay in the December issue of Buzzer, | of ity of a daughter's decision over a J exiating project. father's in matters of the heart, Stes When young Prince Jitendra pro- posed for her hand she, like Loch- followed her to Paris xophone. fhe school's official magazine, he says: sincerely hope that the many] ee i iceme to have | fhe was hurried “Dancing in our high school is on] right-minded and decent young men} tmooked up to Mush and. looked RPRUER.: dit) FOS W ad : n entirely wrong basis, Instes offand women In the Hackensack High} gown to algh, with a smile on her The measure of his . is being a casual incidental matic it] School wil speedily devise ways and| ji. "ana a tear in her eye.” For may be seon in the fact that tare: months after the Prince carried off by her parents, Prince Jitendra r ndon hould be a required course where} means and adopt drastic regulations very pupil would be taught it as a rning all school dances #0 that ne art by competent Instructors. of the Hackensack “As I view dancing from the vide be justly deserved — 7 ines, It has in the last twenty years] in dancing as well as In other phases That le why the world wes not be present at the ceremony degenerated from a thing of beauty|of our social life. Until that time, but they allowed It to take plac though she was pleased with her young lover, her parents were not. amazed, to hear, in May, 1913, and rythm to an awkward unryth-| however, all forms of dancing are In fact, young Lochiny f tho ical discordant hobble to the uc-| prohibited in Hackensack Uign| that a Princess of India had brok- Bast waa married twice to hie probes iment ct Whe sensusualsererel Rahool en her engagement, and that she bride; once by the Hindoo rites - had sailed for England with her in the privacy of | part ments, and once in a civil cer e pug! he vedding i parents, although the wedding PONY Ata ReeiBtny. omer had been set for the next month PANTOMIME in Calcutta, The truth soon came Before the honeym out. Not the little Princess, but the Prince Jitendra’ her parents, had taken steps to suddenly and the yictori end the match, The obstacle was groom became Maharajah that usually insuperable one in e Cooch Behar ond sailed wit the East—a matt@ of cas: bride from London to bis Indian Virst, the Maharanes, mother of palace the Princess, objected; then, after He sald, at the time o 1 d to accompany them to Eu- Maharajah of Cooch Behar rope. It is siipposed to be a left her to mourn him and their question of caste. The princlpal tered romanee. He also leaves reason that I ain not married now two children, one of whom, « six is because no use saying year-old boy, 1s heir to the throne you @ ing to if your parents Perhaps, in days to come, seme bay you are not going t¢ poet of the new India will cele ate in his verse this undaunted But the poor little Princess, in nta! lover, even as the S her despair, reckoned without her tish minstrel sang impetuous courtier Lochiny “So faithful in love, and so dawnt r his forbidden less in war d a ship and There never . a boxew Ae woung Locidavar, j | maaan’. she had been won over, the Gaek- Parture, that he expected to . ane war himself put hig foot down. on the happiest terms with his goes on, Paris and London are as familiar to the ‘There is a charming story that people, to play polo and ot i A eet male on the liner which apparently tigers, and to start a For your convenience in select- Ovington searchers as is New York itself, Venice, 4 was bearing her out of her lov movement. His palace was f ing your Christmas Gifts, tables Vienna, and hundreds of quaint little towns know er’s reach forever, the little Prin- nished European fashion, but bis bearing gifts are’erranged by val’ cess herself summed up the bit- superb collection of jewels, includ . iéubedy 2) ie id them wel. uation to a sympathetic listener ing some particuarly fine pearls, price. Theve are tables at $5— At O ieeny ol he . N as follow ; probably could not be duplicated others at $7.50, $10, $12, $15, t Ovington’s you may see what result long shay } been engaged to Prince by any of his Western friends $20 and $25, and each table search and careful choosing can bring. You will see endra for a long time and lave — always wanted to marry him. At Now atien only about ten years || holds many unusual values. the most marvellous collection of good gifts ever the last moment my parents re of married Iife with the beautiful | assembled—even by Ovington’s. ed to sanction my marriage. woman of his chole the your ) apa 2 mFS A FS) ) The Shop where | Christmas searching ends ACK in March when you were thinking of Easter bonnets, or straightening out the slice from your golf swing, Ovington’s were searching out good Christmas gifts for you. And in June, when you were weighing the at- tractions of the shore against the advantages of the woods, then, too, Ovington’s were searching out good gifts for you to give for Christmas. All year round, in many lands, the Ovington quest OVINGTON’S “The Gift Shop of Fifth Avenue” FIFTH AVENUE AT 39TH STREET A OE I LI eI