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The sun., 1889-12-28
TERRELL AND DIR. rAN ziLE MISSING.
Miss Cook, Their Supposed Victim, Buried
Yesterday at PatchoEue.

Miss Cook. Their Supposed Victim. Buried
Yesterday at PatchoEue-
The funeral OF Miss Lille N. Cook, the
pretty saleswoman In the Universal" in
Brooklyn. who died on Tuesday OF malpractice.
took place yesterday morning from her home
at11 Debevoise place. Only the members OF the
family wore present. The parents and two
sisters OF the girl and a few relatives accom-
panied the remains to Patchogue. l. l.. whe re
the intermenttoo place. Police Captain Camp.
bell has been unable to get any trace either OF
DIR. Benjamin s. Van Zile OF 161 WillouRhby
street. who was the attendant physician and
Is supposed to hlye performed the criminal
operation, or Of Howard Terrell, the young
man who had been recognized as Miss Cooks
accepted lover for some time.
DR.. Van Lile disappeared on Christmas Day
soon after he had learned that Coroner Rooney
had ordered the funeral to be stopped pending
an investigation. and his vile processes to be
in complete Ignorance OF his Whereabouts. Or.
Brooklyn for fifteen years. He was a carpenter
and he worked at the bench while he was
studying medicine in the Long Island College.
He caught smallpox while attending patient
q few years ago, and isolated himself at the
hospital In Flatbush until he got well; He WAS
accused couple of years ago OF falsely certify
ing to the good health Of an eX-policeman who
wanted admission to the Royal Arcanum. and
who died soon after his admission.
The search for young Howard Terrell has
been frutless. The detectives have learned
that he was we'll supplied with money when he
left the city about week ago.
The sun., 1889-12-28

Judge GiIdersieeve's Last Nay OF Active
Service In the General Sessions.

Judge 6siIdersIeeve's Last Day OF Active
Service IN the General Sessions.
Yesterday was Judge Glldersleeve's last
day Of active service on the bench OF the Gen.
sral Sessions lis term OF offloe does not exc
pire until midnight OF Dec. 81, but he will not
again appear upon the bench.
He has served as Judge OF General Sessions
for fourteen years. lacking but few days. and
is In his 49th year. He has devoted much OF
his leisure since he went upon the bench to
hunting and fishing, and In winter Ice yacht
ing on the Hudson. and the consequence is
that, barring slight touch OF silver in his long
brown moustache. ho looks as young and vigor-
GUS as when he was elected In the fall OF 1875.
10 tried no cases yesterday, holding court only
to receive whatever Indictments or present.
ments tho Grand Jury desired to hand up. and
to discharge the jury. The court room was
thronged with attaches Of the court and the
District Attorneys Office and other friends Of
Judge Gildersleeve. While waiting for the
Grand Jury District Attorney Fellows. who sat
within the bar. rose and said:
Therefore hope viii not be deemed inapproprtate
9s fact that with the closing of he court to-day yonr
nate fotfourtssn years you upon that bench
f1S Ss1s Gss hS or. G % With s
win permit me now, in an entirely informal way but
sSsy I
aS tGI ana
should s % oeysad
sna and S"s To
cation at the unbroken friendship which has existed
possible honor and hSpPinsSS 'N' '''''
NEx-Judge George NJ. Curtis. in behalf Of the
bar OF the General Sessions. spoke as follows:
Eonoq oP tss, @ the lot
Ssyss hS whsre Honor sal Iva Esp sss s9%s wSo of
.s'si fnd IN a Ena'S
quality that in your Honor has shone rssp ent
Che others It ia your Determination TO let the lawyers
cause, and the defsSd ants counsel The rsspondsnts
The result has az Ssen hS, 5opT spnor
credy In an immortal impartiaIity.
Judge Gildersleeve returned the compliments
OF Col. Fellows and ex-JudRe Curtis and said:
NY career as Judge has not been brilliant one sgt
e.
SSn ~ I d h hph a Ss
me- and always found him q fair. genial gentleman
HPs 1n s' ::
S 81
SiS SSS:rs S% s:i%psss lsa!,ss% &c s sss
here.
As the Judges last words fell from his lips
there was an outburst OF applause such as was
never before heard within the grim walls Of
until the Judge, smiiingIv. raped for order
with bis gaveL After the Grand Jury had been
discharged the court was adjourned sine die.
where he received the good wishes Of his
friends. Judge Gidersleeve has formed
Gildersleeve. Palmer & Boothby. My friends
have already begun to take care 2f me- ne, said
calls last evening. and was retained in two
suits. the retainer to take effect, OF course.
after Jan. l."
The sun., 1889-12-28
FUNERAL OYER an EMPTY corE1M
Conspiracy to SwIndle an Insurance Cons
Rany Defeated in q Curloua WAY.


Dany Defeated in n Curious Way.
SYRACUSE. Dec 27.-Some days ago tho
story cnmo from Canandaigua that George T.
ReddinRton, former resident OF that place,
had been discovered in an insane asylum in
the West. The idea conveyed was that he was
the victim Of some conspiracy. Information
has reached here from Syracuse. Kansas, that
Reddington did go West and took up claim
near Laktn. KeRrney county. He passed as O
single man. Some time In June, 1887. he. with
August Shurman. VIM. +. RinRle. and Samuel
Morehart. who occupied adjoining claims ar.
ranged to have his life insured In different COM
panies for about $4,000. The four men were
to contribute equally to the payment OF the ex-
pense. then Reddington was to feign death, the
policies were to be collected by his cocoon
splrators, and the proceeds were to be equally
divided among the four. The policies were pay.
able to Nettie ReddinRton. the mans wife.
,HeddnEt9fn' On f9 gnard sEainst ~ all SSSnitnsepf
Y, explaining the scheme. 80 that when she
received notice of his death, which was to be
telegraphed to her. she need not be alarmed or
take any steps In regard 70 the disposal OF the
layed, and the telegram reached its destination
first Itwas answered BY q telegram to have tho
body placed in Q METAL casket and sent East.
As the burial had already taken place. the
found the CONN empty. ,Reddington, hiding in
the cellar. had been an Interested participant
in his own obsequiea His disappearance led
to an Investigation and the arrest Of Shurman
and Ringle. The case. however. failed because
@s s the sS
given in the foregoing are from o statements
made by Samuel Morehart
The sun., 1889-12-28
JERorHUMEL BARNAB1,s WILL.
The Contest Settled by Giving the wlfO
the Sum OF 0125.OOO.

The Contest Settled by Giving the wlNo
the Sum OF 012S.OOO.
PROVIDENCE. Dec. 27.-The contest over
the will OF the late Jerothumel B. Barnsby OF
this city has been settled by the entry Of a
decree Of the Supreme Court approving the
compromise between the parties interested.
Mr.. Barnaby accumulated about 100000 in
the clothing trade. graduating from O small
shop on South Main street to MAGNIFICENT
store on Westminster street, the principal
thoroughfare OF the city. His success was
founded upon contracts made during the war
for the clothing Of negro soldiers. He was a
comparatively ignorant man. but politically
ambitious, and for some time represented the
State on the Democratic National Committee.
Mr.. Barnaby was an enthusiastic supporter OF
Mr.. Cleveland. On one occasion. In 1886, Bar
naby was nominated tor Congress by the
Sayles, who did not like Barnaby, insisted that
the nominee should make q speech. Rather
than exnose his incapacity Barnaby declined
the nomination.
It had been known for yeers that thore was
alienation between Barnaby and his wife.
although they lived together In his will he
provided for her an income barely adequate
10 decent support the estate going to his
dapghters. Mrs. Barnaby ,yho s entitled
estate absolutely and q dover right IN one ono
third Of the real estate, cont tested the will The
case, after some negotiation. has been settled
by giving to Mrs. Barnaby $l25000. the re-
mainder going to the heirs. and the family
skeleton Is to be kept closeted.
The sun., 1889-12-28
o.wT gpnRY THE Docx HEARING
It Has Gone over 90 withiA Few Days
orthe Opening or the LrEisIaturo.

It IEas Gone over 90 Within Few DnSe
orthe Opening or the L~EisIaturo.
The counsel in the hearing upon tho
charges against Dock Commissioners Post and
Matthews surrounded the big table In the
Mayors office yesterday afternoon 30 COM
rletely that after Mayor Grant had seated
himself in his big chair. there was hardly room
left for tho Commissioners or the witness
chair. Ex-Surrogate Daniel @. Rollins had re-
covered sufficiently from the Rripto be present
and sat next to his colleague for the city John
II. Strahan.
Mr.. strahan provoked discussion by calling
Chief Clerk Moen "a the first witness for the
Commissioners OF Accounts. Moen appeared
in the ninth specification under the first Rener-
al charge, which was that the two Dock Com
mlssioners had caused to be drodRed twenty
four pieces Of dock property which should
have been dredged by the lessees and had,
also in seven specified instances, sent dredR
ing vouchers to the Finance Department unao-
companied BY evidence that the, work had been
G0pS NJ EhS RoSs Hnd MI tbey S
the prosecution would begin with the M Mnrst
charge, and we're net prepared TO go on Win
pared to tackle the first 1t was settled that
Mr.. Strahnn should take bis testimony. land that
1hS dCpS Ss9 h0HS SaS Socn dSSsd S
number OF lenses and other doSSmentsS di,s his
testimony was that on Dec; ~, 1885,, tn9 Slty
had paid t23, ,92B. 80 In one lump for dredging,
which the lessees should have paid. The pay
ments we're as follows:
F1., Gd e SG5h PUT Egs rlT
s bUi; iierf Ens River 81 o.a %; bulkhssd SeiMssn
Piers and o, East River SiSLeO; Pier East Riysr
s. $50 ~; bulkhead between Piers and East Mxor
SSSi 3O Fier EaSt River. SSse7.to; pier at FIFTH
street East River, -. .286tn
This was new testimony. which had boon
overlooked In the investigation condueted by
Corporation Counsel Clark. Mr.. Strahan
showed that the leases for each Of the nine
piers mentioned contained clauses by whioh
tho lessees had contracted to do this:
To put keep, and maintain all said wharf property
and every part thereof and the structures thereon m
good anu pair and condition and well and
Sufficiently dredgod and keep dredEed the sp or slip!
adjacent thereto and that said repairs rebuilding and
dredging during said term shall be made and done at
the sole cost charge and expense Of the said party OF
the second part (thc lesseesl
The hearing was then adjourned till 10H
o'clock Thursday morning. Mr.. Rollins plead
Ing sickness.
=, | noticed that you did not look we'll" said
"'Oh never look WE'LL" replied Mr.. Rollins.
am not so sure Of that" said the Mayor
politely,
The sun., 1889-12-28
MR pooL ASKED TO REs1eM
n. Il. DoueIas - tsueeeed 90 IEiS $1,000
Omee Under the New York CeRtraL

Omee undsr ths New Yorh CeatraL
1t Is n law OF the Vanderbilt railroad sys-
tenn that employees OF whatever rank must
not engage in speculation. Every report that
q subordinate Ia speculhtinR is made the sub
ject OF rigorous investigation. There are
many OF theso Investigations In year. One
of them has Just come TO an end, and yester-
day the Produce Exchange was greatly stirred
By the announcement that Mr.. CharlesA. Pool.
associated with Mr.. II. Mex. TwombIy In tho
man agement OF the Centrals grain business,
had been requested to send his resignation to
the directors.
Mr.. Pools salary was $4,000 year. He
lives in good style at the Ariston. l.7S2 Broad
way He has complied with the demand OF the
directors. and will retire from the company's
service on Jan. 1. Mr.. r. l.. Douglas, agent for
the Western Transit Company. has been
named as his successor
Mr. Pool is ono OF the best known members
Of the Produce Exchange The duties OF his
much OF his time among the grain men OF the
Exchange The retirement of MIR. Pool was OF
much interest 10 them" They talked about II
1t could not be learned that Mr.. Pool had
been engaged 10 any recent transactions Ia
though that Mr.. Pool was severely Injured in
the famous wheat deal engineered by M;
r. Kssns h" boSva 19zsG dug ago. fo
him as result OF his transactions ut that time.
People In authority In the Central were not
sure that Mr.. Pools resignation had been re-
Quested as q result Of these or other transac-
tons in tho grain market. though they were
positive that on line OF the investigation by
the directors hnd been conducted on that
theory.
The main trouble. according to these authori;
ties was Mr. Pools man nagement OF the canal
boat end Of his department He has the char;
tering OF canal boats for the Central. and
there are plenty OF opportunities for specnla-
tion in cnnai boat charters. II was further
learned thnt the attention Of Mr.. Depew and
Pool at the naval parade In the harbor at the
centennial ,rstivities on April ~. Mr. Pool
was commander Of the Central's fleet OF tugs.
As such he logged himself out In an .Admir.ti's
uniform OF gold lace and indulged in other
gurgeousness.
from the Centrals service. said:
Il received a note asking for my resignation.
asked II there were any charges against me
and was told that there was none. have
nothing more to say"
The sun., 1889-12-28
A Curios,ty Taken from a Calr's stomach.

HARTFORD. Dec. 2-David L. Gaines OF
this city. an express driver exhibits q curios-
fly in the shape OF bard ball OF hair. 10 by II
inches in size. which was taken out Of the
stomach OF a calf that was killed last week.
1t was not exactly globular. but a little longer
ono way than the other. 1t IL sympetrically
made the hair all turning in one direction.
and at each end OF the solid compact mass 10 q
round depression. q perfectly formed whorl,
more perfectly circular than that OF a sea shell:
The ball was too big to have been swallowed
entire, and was taken evidently few hairs
at time the creature obtaining them by lick
ing ITSELF The small unnoticed mouthiuls OF
hair had by the muscular action oilthe stomach.
In the course Of weeks been continually turned
over and over, and symmetricaly shaped until
1t would have killed The calf II butcher hadn't.
The sun., 1889-12-28

NEW HAVEN. Dec. T.-David G. Boyd, a
boiler maker employed by Gov BiRelow. went
to Guiliords last Tuesday to spend Christmas
with friends. He was accompanied by his wife.
a bride OF few weeks. and his brother. On
Tuesday night the men went to Leetes Island.
aud, returning home late. David Boyd fell He
was intoxicated and unable to- rise. His
brother left him lying by the road and he has
swerinR his description was seen In the COM
pany OF q party Of sailors late on Christmas
afternoon. Boyd had considerable money with
him and 1t is feared tha: he may have met with
foul plav., Sherin Nottleton ID endeavoring to
lind Boyd. and today the river was dragged
without result The supposition Is that II
Boyd was murdered his body was sunk In the
Bound,
The sun., 1889-12-28
MT. ooWEN NorIN DEBT 10 MIR. sULLE.
The Story Current In the Western Press
Holly Consrndieted Here.

The Story Current In the Western PresS
Holly Contrndicted Here.
Some time after the death Of Mr.. Franklin
B. Gowen 1t was stated In the Cincinnati En-
Gsirer that Mr.. Gowen had borrowed 100000
from Mr.. Alfred Sully. giving his note. which
fell due on Dec. / last. The story continued to
the effect that on the day when the note ma
tured Mr. Gowen had IN Interview with the
holdor OF the note. and asked for an extension
Of time He agreed to pay on Dec 7. 1t was
alleged In the story that Mr.. Governs inability
60 meet the note was the immediate cause Of
hts suicide.
teleeraphed e Mr. F. qowen denying II. and
authorizing Mr.. Gowen to make such use Of
the denial as no deemed proper, Apparently.
Mr.. +. /. Gowen made no use OF the denial. for
the story continued to go the rounds OF the
hewspapers, and yesterday found its way into
oraL When Mr.: sully saw it in TIE Sun he
only denied the truth OF the story, but declared
that Mr.. Gowen had never borrowed money
lief that Mr.. Gowen at the time Of his death
was worth at least S76O.OOO. This letter was
mailed Lost evening,
The sun., 1889-12-28
Modern Lanruaro Aa.oe,at,ou.

BOSTON, Dec. N.-The second session Of
the seventh annual convention Of the Modern
Language Association was held this morning
at Seaver Hall. The morning was occupied In
the presentation OF the reports OF the secre-
presented and the authors were THE Rela-
ton OF ShaEespeare 70 The, Tanning Of the
"A Forerunner of Bunyan in the Twelfth Cen:
tury." Prof. Kuno FRANKIE OF Harvard; "0f
the Use Of the Negation by Chaucer, with Par
OF the University OF Tennessee. Half an hour
was given to the presentation OF each paper,
subject 10 nve miRateB' discussion.
The sun., 1889-12-28
EVA HANGS ON TO HAMILTON.
she is ContestIng from Her Prison the Suit
to Free Him OF Her.


Evangeline L. Hamilton, who is now In
Trenton prison serving Jntence for murder
Gus assault on her nurse, has put in her answer
to Robert Ray Hamilton's suit for an annul-
ment OF his marriage to her. Charles W. Full
Ter, her counsel, has filed the answer in the
County Clerks Office. 1t is short document
Eva puts in a general denial to Mr.. Hamilton's
charges In the complaint that the marriage
was brought about by false representations on
the defendant's part and by conspiracy be-
tween her and Mother Swinton and Josh Mann
to palm or the Hamilton $40 baby as his child
and hers. She asserts that hamilton never
told her Of his intention to have their marriage
annulled. and she denies that she was ever
married prior to her marriage to Hamilton.
She asserts further that she and Hamilton
have lived together as man and wife In various
places for four years, up to June last. and
that Hamilton recognized her as his wife and
cerning the marriage she asserts:
The ceremony performed on Jan. z. 1889.
was performed. at the solicitation and earnest
request OF the plaintiff. as tho proper culmlna-
tion OF the relations heretofore subsistinG be-
twann
The sun., 1889-12-28
4 LAWYER THROWN DOWN STAIRS
He Had Objected to . Justices Decision,
But A1terward ADoloElzed.

He Had Objected to . Justiee's Decision,
But Afterward ADoloElzed.
HARTFORD, Dec. N.-Willis Carey, Of Win
sted. young colored man. whose wife had left
him. on Christmas Day drove to the house Of
Lewis Mosely, white man OF Pleasant Valley.
in the town Of Barkhomsted. enticed away o
fourteen year old daughter of Mosely, and took
her 10 Winsted. They stopped at the house Of
Elmore Adams. a colored man. The ne1t day
the girls father put the case into the hands OF
an attorney, who found the girl after vigorous
hunt, and took her back to her homo. After
she reached homo the girl charged Adams. to
whose house she had been taken, with having
attempted criminal assault upon her. he
Justice Newton Adams's lawyer was not
pleased with Newton's decision. and told him
so. Hard words followed, and the doughty JUS
tice took the lawyer by the scrun OF the neck
and threw him down stairs: The lawyer imme-
diately came back and apologized. Carey. the
man who enticed the girl away. was arrested
and committed to Litchfeld jail to await trial.
The girl has been sent to the Middletown In
dustrial School to stay until she is q years old.
The sun., 1889-12-28
Hoods SarsaparilIa
LAWYER DIxoNS AIRBRAKE PATEXE
The Wrestling house Company Regard II
PhiioaophicnIIy.

The Wrestling house Company Regard It
PhiiosOphicnlIy.
A patent lawyer in Chicago named Dixon
has secured a patent upon q detail in the West
inghouse airbrRke, In spite Of the opposition Of
the Westinghouse Company. The Commits
sioner Of Patents rendered his decision late
last week. and the Westinghouse Company in
tends to take an appeal few years ago the
Westinghouse people made trip through the
country experimenting at various places with
q new contrivance in connection with their air
brake. They were. seeking to improve the
storage tank placed under each car. 30 that
tho Invention might be applied to freight
invented another. OF which the storage tank
was feature; In the course OF their expert
ments MI George Me'StinGn0psie 'ss Js a. ssys, Rs
lington. Knowing that 1t was not patented, he
applied for patent o
taken out patents on the new device and had
neglected to ask for patents or the tank.
tested Dixon's claim. The. Commissioner de-
eided against them on the ground that they
oriRinators OF the idea. Mr.. George Westing-
house. Jr.. President OF the company, said yes
"The decision Of the Commissioner does not
worry US at all. The essential features Of our
ago and have been in use ever since. Dixon,s
patent is mere detail sued for IN 1887. He
cannot possibly lnlure US, because " ne tries
to collect royalties or anything OF the sort we
shall rest upon the priority Of our general In
yention. He never would have had chance
had not been so busy at the time that could
not attend to this matter. This kind Of thing is
by no means infrequent In the case ofimportant
Of attacks are made upon them. and this /
think. is simply an attempt to raise u scare by
which the stock of the corporation would suffer
q decline. Spectators could then buy In at
low figure, and afterward sell out at a. profit.
court would sustain an action for damages II
Dixon should bring one. because bis invention.
which he didn't invent is Subsidiary and sup
Elementary to the one we USE"
The sun., 1889-12-28
Shot and Killed by Her Husbana.

ST. ALBANs. VT, Dec. H-Particulars OF
the murder at Fairfax yesterday of Mrs. q. N.
Bell by her husband have Just been received.
Mrs. Bell had left her husband and applied for
a divorce. Yesterday she went to the house
where Bell was to remove her things in COM
pany with q Sheriff.. Bell made no objection
Bell went up stairs her husband following her.
Soon afterward pistol shot was heard, and
Bherih Hull ran up stairs. He was met by
Bell. who handed him pistol, saying: Take
this; have done the deed" The bullet en-
tered the wonan's head, and she Lived only
thirty minufaR
The sun., 1889-12-28
Notice to Quit to the Hebrew Anarchists.

The Hebrew Anarchists can't stay In Es-
sex Market building II Bryan @. Hughes who
leases the place from the city. can bounce
them. and he thinks he can. MIR. Hughes says
he didn't know that there were any Anarchists
In the building until he read Of their Trade
Union Convention. Two months ago few men
rented from him room for SO a month for
business purposes. They had some hand
right Whom he found that they were Socialists
and Anarchists he said they couldn't remain on
city property. and yesterday be served them
only Anarchists. he says. who have been his
tenants.
Comptroller Myers detailed Clerk Of Markets
Putnam Conklin yesterday to report II liquor
Eas sold in the building at the Anarchists
Convention; Mr.: Conklin could not find the
As far as could be learned the Convention
was orderly; no beer or liquor was sold, and
there were no fixtures from which either could
be dispensed"
The sun., 1889-12-28
A Mother Crazea By sloLnsss.

"Oh. papa, see what mamma's doing"
said little four-year-old tot yesterday morn
ing to her father. Casper spath. In the room on
the top floor OF the tenement house at 97l East
Houston street where the family lived. The
father turned Just In time to save his wife
from jumping from the open window to the
Let me diei lei mo diel" the woman
screamed She was taken to Bellevue Hospi-
tai MIRA Spath. who 10 35 years old and the
mother Of seven children, became insane
throL.'h sickness and brooding over the recent
death VI one Of her little ones.
The sun., 1889-12-28
Mr.. r1uNKerr CONSOLES HlMsrLF
He, Too. Has Found an AnhIty. But He
Has Observed the Law.

Mr.. Hess of Townsend & Hess Of 2O6
Broadway, formerly counsel for John ]. Plum
kett. the Christian Scientific man. said yester-
day that he saw no reason to disbelieve the
report OF the marriage of his former client to
Mass, on Christmas Day. MI. Hess said:
Miss Epguita was client OF mine. and In
troduced MIR. Plunkett to our firm. She is q
5paniard, and very charming little woman Of
about 80. Her mother kept boarding house
on Forty.seeopd street. near Broadway. and
tablishment Plunkett boarded there after he
had trouble with his wife. and they seemed
fond OF each other, She had known him for
some time before. however"
Plupkett got q divorce from his first wife.
another Scientific Christian. after she had
gone on with the swindler and blRamist, A.
Bontley Worthington.