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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1908-04-24, Page 2Ya OMAN STRANGLED. Stranger Found In House ith Throat Cut Open. Husband Attacked Also But Is Held by the Police. OA le exi 11'lel,tt•o, in the Santa Fe yards, at a place called I)endrig. She was lying face clowneard in a sirnall- ditch, acid ire Itlultae was forted upon' her person, A small battle of laudanum was found near her, but it is claimed there could lie notiliiig to the suicide theory, as she had been His accused of taking the cling in small (JU8I1tltle:t. The murder theory it held by her friends, as •a man w ho was seen leav- ing the train with her the night before Now is Inisiz1g. The last news friends here had of the ease was that an in- quest was being held at Dealing, N. , 1 M. Neve York, April 2.0. --;in a dingy rlaill FA LLY BURNED. tittle four -room flat in the Tende yesterday afternoon there occurred a three cornered tragedy tangled as the police of New York have not to deal with in a long thne. The ziet results of the mystery a little Swedish' woman, dead f strangulation, a stranger with throat cut and a second man vt three big gashes in his side. For two years Charles Berger young tunnel worker has lived un first floor at No. 126 West 28th st with his common-law wife, Kate ter. Three weeks ago he got smash up in an accident in the 111c.1doo nel and since has been laying off. That was why he came back to 1 flat in the middle of the afternoon stead of staying away until dark A tall ratan was standing at dresser. in the front room, with back to the door, working at & draw According to his story, the intru leaped about p an d then 'm made t e s late, at him and brandishing a big bre knife, which has subsequently be identified as one of the kitchen i nishings of Berger's own apartniet had Woman's Hair Catches Fire Frtsnn are Gasoline. rom his Erie, Pa., April 20. ---\1113. William rith Rollins, an equestrienne in t e etaplay of Cole Brothers' client, died at St. a i cent's hospital at 11 hem )1 a'rloek yes - the terday morning, followir:g fearful horn, reet i retaiv+'(l yesterday. Pal- t .ill's, Rollins and 8 sister, t r, trhu is also e.1 mimeo ed with the riretts. were hoard- tun- ; ers at the home of Peter .Burnett in Herb°r ('reek, where tlu' winter quer- 1 tern ml"'the short are located. The tro- { 1 T GRAND TABLEAU. Great Spectacular Event at the Plains of Abraham. (. 11'1 ce; April 20 --,Nearly four •tiwu- sniict perforntere will'he required for th grand lnlgetant uta the Plains of Abraha next. Jule to represent the leading heroi in Italy, At least, they do 'not et`ist 11s ergarlized bodies with rules, a hie - meetly, eetly, and defined objects, as the ima- gination .of novelists -o1' tradition de- picts there. Likewise, supposing the Black Hand to- be tau emanation from the (�amorra or Mafia is absurd. The :Black land is' tuerely to gang of detached ulalefeetors , whioh 'happens to form timong J.talians es it has in the past atnon ,ithel• nationalities, Such 'eccur- m, t•wices are as highly regretted here as e they are in America, ;is tliey east dis- el•ents in ('auadiail history. The gran stand, from which the pageant, with it background of river met battleships an distant hills, will. be viewed, will aeea1it d credit on a huge body of respectable and hard-working• emigrants,,; cl 4•e? modate 15,000 people,,;,k'1'o enable all wh desire. to see the pafxiasitt to do so, sev eral perfortnauces will be given, _\.t the state repeeeerst.ation before the Late Secretary of Toronto Club Prince of Wales, the tickets will prob ably rue from $1 to til: each, for it is Found In Havana. intended to secure es large a, return a C.PT. YiiROTT' E $ possible of the cost for the benefit of the battlefields prpjeet. '1"I i public; wi11 bt able• to see other performances for 10 to 50 rents each. • Mr. l ascelles, master of the pageant,. ha.s - given mut the list of sccn('s to be produced. It includes .\scouts Cattier planting the cross bear the banks of the Si., Charles; his osnyint; away of t he Indian chief, Donn(icona.; the court of Francis 1, when 'Cartier. by comnancl rf' the Bing, relates his discovers' of the western i'tlturtt y; ('itsunpla.in receiving tis commission at the court of Ifenry .V.; other scenes in the life of Chant- ilain at Quelx'et 3lother Marie Inearna- ion teaching the Indian children; Mgr. .aval receiving the Marquis 'Crary and lis brilliant • mite;' 'Dauntnt de tit. Lnsson taking possession of the western country foe the King. of France; Fran- tenn.c receiving the messenger of Sir William renal P i s h at the Chateau S Phipps . t. ours; Domani and hu Sixteen followers efending themselves against the Iro- uois, and, finally. a gland tableau of 11 the historical personages. troops, etc., ith warships of different nations in the iekgl'ound saluting the. whole. and mak- e what 4tr, Laseelles .leelares will be such. an assetublage;as neither the old world nor the neje liar ever seen. his man waehecl her hair the previous even- t J ing, and then to dry it the more quick- t t . 7 ly, applied gasoline. There was an open 1 the { fire in the room and a short time later 1 his this ignited elm polling' hair. Altnost instantly the room was n MUSS of flames er. and the sister leaped out of tate window der ,to the ground. injuring herself quite se - ht verve). in so doing. When. finally. mem- L id t m let. • � theBurnett household lm irushed Ile d to' a ent Mrs, Rollins' aid, she had been burned q ur-to foot, a 1t.I from head Berger tried to back away but t. attack came too suddenly. Before could break free from his murder() assailant and tumble backward o into the hall he had been cut thr times in the left side. Yelling every step Berger raze and notified Peliceman Houston who went back to the apartment. Houston, pulled his gun and pushed into the darkened first floor flat. Looking through the vista of half opened doors he saw a dark shape sprawled on the floor across the thres- hold of the kitchen. It. was the mysterious stranger. gasping and unconscious with his throat moped wide open, A little bit of a' bedroom, opening off to one side of a front room, half on and half off the bed was Kate Paulter half dress- ed and dead. A dampened towel was twisted so tightly about her throat that it hadbecome a hand rope that bit through into the swollen flesh. Her eyes were staring, ,wide open, her face was dis- •:rted and ,purple. She had been strangled slowly. The interior of the flat was a mixed up mess of confusion. Two of the beds had been pulled to pieces and the mattresses had been torn apart as if hurried, eager fingers had search- ed between them for hidden wealth. Every corner had been ransacked. Berger claimed he had never seen the man with the slit throat before. Thesupposed murderer was a dark man of medium height, apparently about fifty yea- old and fairly well in the dressed. same Berg- who t' , bulance tonthave ng hie wounds dres :rad, was put under arrest there by order n i Captain Farrell. ._ he ry he us I L,.QYr1Fy' GOVie, '.. 'NOR. : in 777— e j And the Ruthiniaus Rejoice and ' Say It Is a Necessity. — Vienna, -April ht,- 'l'he whole of Gal aria is in a state of ft'verish cxcitemen over the assassination at Lemberg o April 12, of Count Andreas l'olocki, th governor of that province, by a [Tuthill ran student named t(ier:stap Sjzynski while the count was dying an audience to a delegation of students. The "Young Rutdtinialis" in the Austrian Parliament declare that such crimes are of nation- al necessity in order to put a stop to Polish oppression, while the Ruthenian students of Vienna openly rejoice over the assatseieation. Last night thousands of Poles partici- pated in anti-ituthinitau demonstrations, MONTREAL BARBER SHOT. • Two Men Attempt to Rob Alphonse Martineau. THE UNDER WORLD. Detroit Police Blame Canada for City Outcasts. Detroit, Mich., April 20.---7'he police, acting for the local Immigration Office, last eight arrested four women of the Tenderloin district an the ground that they were aliens, brought into this coun- try for inn -florae purposes. Warrants are out for eight more of the sante 'class, and the police are looking for the wom- en(. The twelve are known to have come from Canada within the past three years. Following en investigation of Detroit maternity hospitals two months ago by the local immigration gfficers, amid the deporting of the alien inmates, and the warning of the proprietors that no more alien patients must be admit- ted, the department turned its attezitton to the underworld, with the result that in has been learned that nearly ten per .oent. of the female outcasts of the city are aliens. A crusade has been begue to deport all of tree women, the new law making it possible to deport any person found to be undesirable within three years of his er her arrival in the count) -r., A - a WIDOW WAS MURDERED, Mrs. Robert Redding Found Dead in New Mexico. St. Thomas, April 20.--A strange story has reached here of the finding dead in New Mexico of a woman who left Aylmer, near here, a few weeks ago after visiting with friends and rel- atives. The victim of the apparent murder is Mrs. Robert Redding, 64 years old, sister of Mrs. Willison, of this city, and of Mrs. H. L. I3alcomb, of Aylmer. She was also an aunt of Mrs: Chas. Breakenbury, of this city, ta»ei, was the widow of a New Mexico miner. She was reputed to be well Off. , When here she deposited $6100 in the Traders l3ank at Aylmer, and en returning south withdrew a balance of about $506. Her dead body was faunal soon after GOOD TIMES. t British Expert Says U. S. Will Soon be Prosperous. Montreal despatch: Another shooting affair teak pleee to -night at 31 St. An- toine street. when Mr. Alphonse Mar- tineau was held up in his store. Mr. Martineau, who keeps a tobacco and barber shop, was closing up for the night when two men came in and asked for a packet of cigarettes. He was counting his cash at the time, and was alone in the shop. \Ir, Martineau gave the man the cigarettes, but he refused to pay for them, and while a dispute was going on the other ratan went behind the counter and tried to rob the till, Mr. :Martineau picked up a hammer and threw to strike the robber. The other roan then drew a revolver and fired, the bullet Moine Mr. Martineau in the right breast. Both men escaped, leaving the eontents of the t.il1 behind. :int•, Martineau, who will recover, was taken to the General Ilospitai, He states that one of the men is known to him. CRUSHED BY ICE -FLOES, Sealing Steamer Grand Lake Sent to the Bottom. St. John's, Nfld., April 20.---13ringing tiding of the sinking of the steamer Grand Lake of the sealing fleet and the serious injury to several others by ice floes, the steam sealer Newfound- land limped into port to -day. leaking badly. The Newfoundlander's bows and stern were crusleed be ice, and her crew of two hundred men were forced to stand by for many hours, pumping and bailing. , The Grand Lake met with disaster last Sunday. She was shut up be- tween two great ice floes until her sides caved in and even her engines crushed. She floated only three hours, but her crew of 214 escaped to the steamer Vanguard, which was close by. A catch of 20,000 seals went down with the Grand Lake. This cargo was valued at $130,000 and was In- sured. REFORMS IN CONGO STATE; i•f Belgium Fails by June Brittain Will Take Action. Liverpool, April 20. --If by ,June next Belgium has not annexed the Congo In- dependent State on acceptable terms, the :ilritish Government is determined, with the co-operation of the American Government, to take measures which will rmtnpel the Congo C;overnment to ob- oervc' its treaty rights, which have been openly and persistently violated, was the announcement made this afternoon by E. D. Morel, secretary of the Congo Reform Association, at a meeting of that body. Mr, Morel has been in dose tottelt with the British Government, and has had recent confel•enees on this subect. London, April,20.�--Seytnonr Bell, can - menial British a.geete in the United States, in a report, for •I00,', which has been issued by the Boa a hopeful view of the that the farmers, w bone of American been affected by t the country is emitted at ilea The lilt 1 stagnation. in 1908, and th normal condition o upon the crops. CABINET CO LETE. of •:I'ritde, takes He says the back - have not risis, and crops enless to the i11 depend Asquith Announces Several 1 mportant Appointments - London, April 20.—Premier Asquith to -day completed the reorganization of the Ministry as follows: C. F. K liobltouse, at present Parlia- mentary Secretary of the Indian Of- fice, becomes Finaneial Secretary of the Treasury. C. F. G. :Vaster/nail, Liberal member of Parliament for West Haan, becomes Parliamentary ,Secretary of the Local Government, and Thomas McKinnon 'Wood, Liberal member of Parliament for Glasgow, becomes Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of:Trade. The Marquis of Ripon 'remains Lord Privy Seal, but at his request the Earl of Crewe, Lord President of the Coun- cil, will be the . leader in ..the House of Lords. T. J. McNamara, now T'arliamentery Secretary of the Local Government Board, becornes Parliamentary Secretary of the Admiralty. • $20,000,000 WILL. How Young Wanartnaker's Estate Is to be Apportioned. Philadelphia, Aphil 20.•h -The will of Thomas B. Wrenanxaker, who died in Paris several weeks, ago, has been ad- mitted to probate. With the exeeption of a few bequests to household. employ- ees, the est(ite is bequeathed to his' widow, Mrs. Lowber Walsh Wanam.aker, his mother, Mrs, Mary 13, Wanannalter, and his two sistersellirs. Mary B. War- burton and Mrs, E,11zabeth McLeod, and his i router, Rodman. The statement filed by the executors apprises the value of the personal pro- perty as $100,000 and upwards, with no appraisentent of the real estate. It ie understood that the total value of the a,tate may reach $20,000,000, • DETACHED MALEFACTORS Make Up the Black Hand, Says Italy's King,' Rome, April 20.—Kuig Victor Ewan- . eel to -day received Messrs, 'Watchorn and Howland, immigration eomrnission- ors from. New York, and Chatted plea- santly with them for some time , Al- luding to the Black Hand and similar alleged organizations, the 'King' frank- ly declared his belief that they were mostly mythical, `l wish you would cenvinee the people of America," he said, "that short things as the Cantorra and Mafia do not exist Toronto despaIch;Capt. Harbet tale absron lmg sert•etary of the Toro ('lub, was arrested on Sunday at 1 vana, tuba. Shire it was reported so weeks ago that the etiptain had b seen at New Orleans playing the ra and generally enjoying himeelf, the pal ttlltltoritiee of Tmt(iuto hose. been bu tracking hunt. The services of- the Pi erten agency were lel okrdeand the the has been a etern'un1'. Photographs a descriptions of the defeat Ire free dietrihuted, and' it w s•t'hat lit ht,o time that he heel headed fpr h' City Jlcxico. ae(trch t he r(e, +rthu(ver; reveal no trace of ]rim. and 'the detectives lit to take up the trail -again at New O leets. The ease -tin has revered a go deal of 'ground since he left Toronto, but filially lie was located in Havana. and his arrest, as st Med, took place on Sunday. The Toronto authorities yt•ere immediately notified, and Attorney - General Foy was .asked to secure the necessary ('xtradition papers. TERRORIZE CITY. Masked Men Hold Police of Dalto,:T Ga., Prisoner. Dalton, Ga., April 20, --Between laid - night and 3 o'clock this morning Dalton was in control of a baud of night riders,. numbering over 100 men. The night rid - err,, masked and wearing long robes, en- tered the town at a gallop. They pro- ceeded first to the power house of the electric light plant and forced the su- perintendeet to turn off all the lights. They then found tate policemen on duty and marched them to the public square,. where they were left under guard. The riders then searched many houses,. saying they were looking for wrong- doers, but it seems they did not injure Ile, anyone, Finally the band called at the nee home of the Rev. Mr. trims, of the Pres- byterian Church, and told him that they i 1 ere eh h lrim in his efforts to etop aired me, wrong-,' ,:ng and him to continue '011 i iris c'ru;,trle, .1ft(t the talk with the (ee preacher the band disappeared. leej There has been much lawlessness here sy l recently, and several attempts at arson. Ile It is supposed that the night riders in - se t ended the town as a warning to wrong- nd 1 dome. 'ly ne of t SHE WILL OSE e(1 dt -- r-1 Shoots Paramour In Fit of Jealous Rage. HIT BY HAMMER. "Scotty" Fatally Hurt at a Humane Throwing Contest. Philadelphia, April 20, - William Ron wick, popularly keott n as "Scotty," th ground keeper at the ''uivcisity of I erlsylvania, was struck on the head by a sixteen -pound hammer at k'ra.nklin field yesterdit,,, and probably fatally injured, Daniel F. Lube-, of Peabody, Mass., threw the htunttier down the field to- ward "Scotty," who either did not see the throw or lost sight of the weight in the sun. The heavy iron struck him on the side of the head, knocking hIui sev- eral feet. He was picked up tulcotilcious and removed to the hospital, where it .was found lie was suffering from ase- vere fracture. Renwick was operated on last night, and it' i$ stated that his yessirg.. 4n;it —^ NOT. BADLY HURT. Boy Shoots Stepfather in Defence of Mother, New York,. April 20. -William Fee, a boy 15 years ole, shot his stepfather, John Stalky. 31 years old, a lougshore- Albany. April 20. --William Robin, -on, of Old Norge, I'a., aged about 27, this :afternoon shot and probably fatally wounded Ellen Moore, aged 26, a native of ,Scranton, Pa. The woman was re- moved to a local hospital, where it is reported she cannot recover. Robinson r was plaecd under arrest. Jealousy is given as the cause for the shooting. It is said by the police that the couple have lived together here for some time. Last night they quarreled and this after- noon when Robinson met her in thn south end of the city he is alleged to have fired two shots, both of which struck the woman in the stomach. HISTORIC CHURCH BURNED. Kaiser's Favorite Place of Worship in Berlin Destroyed. Berlin, April 20.—The historic Garri- son Chureh, which was built in 1703, and which was the Kaiser's favorite place of worship, was completely burned this evening. 7.'he Crown Prince hastened to the scene and co-operated with the chief of the fire brigade in attempting to rescue numerous military trophies, in- cluding many regimental flags, from the time of Frederick the Great onward, but all except one were destroyed. An ad- jacent warehouse was also burned. The firemen saved the other buildings whose proximity endangered them, and through them the Royal Castle, the new cathedral, the Stook Exgchange and the City Hall. Immense crowds witnessed the fire. It is rumored that it was of incen- diary origin. There have been numerous cases of incendiary fires in Berlin lately. The culprits have, always escaped. man, under the right eye at their home in Brooklyn this morning. Stulky was taken to the Long Island cottage hos- pital. He is not believed to be serious- ly hurt. The boy disappeared and has not been located. According to the story told the police, Stalky arrived horn yesterday afternoon in a quarrelsome mood and had some words with his wife. He grew excited and his wife hid his re- volver. Things quieted down a little during the night, but Stalky arose and went out. Returning he resumed the quarrel. Faring for his mother, it was alleged, the boy found the revolver and shot ,Stulky, WOMAN'S THROAT CUT. Screams Follow Appearance of Man at Home at Unusual Hour. New York, April 20. ---Mrs, I. Liber- man, the wile of a shirt waist Aetna lecturer who has a small factory in the Bronx Borough, was found mue. dered in her a,pa.t'tments at 706 Caurt- landt avenue to -day. Her husband was taken into custody pending an investi- gation by the coroner. Mrs. Liberman's throat was cut and there was a great wound in her left side. Liberman left his home this morning to go to his factory, but soon returned, telling the janitress of the apartment ]rouse that he had forgotten the keys to his factory. A few minutes after he went to his apartment the jani- tress heard screams and found Liber - mann in the hall with a blood-stained knife in his hand, Saturday Liberman applied to a law- yer for him wife aaec isingshcer ofainfiidelity,sbut the sum- mons was refused. PROBE FOR WALL STREET. Commission of Nine to Investigate Speculation, Albany, N. Y., April 20.---.A. bill pro- viding for the appointment of a com- mission of nine to investigate Waal street speculation, as recommended last week by Governor llughes, was intro- duced in the Sensate to -night by Sen- ator Davis, of Buffalo. It provides for the appointment of three members by the Governor, three by the President pro tem. of the Senate, and three by the Speaker of the Assembly. The ap- pointments must he inade within twenty days after the passage of the bill. The commission • must report to the next Legislature, and $20,000 is ap- propriated to carry on the words. The bill was referred to the Finance Cont. muter, DEATH SENTENCE For Man Who Attempted to Assas- sinate Alfonso. Barcelona. April 20. --Jule Rull and three of his accomplices, who had been on trial here for eomplicity in the recent series of bomb explosions and anarchist outrages, were yesterday found guilt The evidence adduced showed that Rail. . and his associates were authors of the attempt to assassinate Ring Alfonso at Madrid and Paris, and of various out- rages in different parts of Spain. null was sentenced to death, a,nd the othere to imprisonment. _ HALF^THE CROP SOWED. Everything Looks Well at Swift Cur- rent, Sask.—Seed Grain a Benefit, Swift Current, 9=oak., April 20.—Eigh- ty-five ears of s, tiers' effects hove been unloaded here :ince March I. About 50 per rent. of the crop is in this dis- trict, and the weather for the farmers is ideal. One prominent pian who has been in the district for a number of years and who has taken a great inter- est in farming says he has never seen the land in bettor condition n.t this time of year than it is at present. The farmers say there is nothing hut praise coming to the flovernment for furnishing seed grain, and the C. P. R. for the way in which the grain has been handled, The furnishing of seed grain has certainly been a great help to many in this district. STRIKE TO BE e)ALLED OFF. Over Hundred Thousand Miners Will Return to Work. A Wheeling, \tT, V.^., despatch; All contracts between the United Mine Workers and Operators1 with the pos- sible exception of Illinois, will be signed by tho 1i c,f May, said Pres- ident Lewis of . the Miners' Union, who was in the city today, "Mat- ters will have progressed to such: an extent," said Mr. Lewis, "by Thurs- day of this week that 105,000 miners in Ohio. Indiana incl Pennsylvania will return to work pending district enitlonents ietm'."