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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09

The Curse Kraus Left for His Wife When
lie Killed Himseif

Philip Kraus. a retired tailor 80 years old.
OF 316 Maujer street, Will!ansburgh. commit
ted suicide early yesterday morning by drown
ing himself in Newtown Creek. at the head Of
Mauicr street. ie had been i'll for several
weeks. but never intimated that he was tired
Of life He belonged to several German So
cietics. and had his life insured In favor OF his
wife for $1,000. At 3 o'clock Yesterday morn
Ing kraus was seen to 60 out Of the house
but as he had been restless for several nights
nothing strange was thought OF his early de-
rarture. Two hours later his body was found
floating in the creek Mrs. kraus was almost
overcome with grief whom she heard OF her
husbands death. but this was changed to rago
when she found II lctte- on the mantol in her
husbands bedroom in which h. cursed her
and accused her OF not hoing faithful to him.
Part Of the letter read rs follows:
| don't see why thoIii live longer among animals
o:.rn that God should iunsh me by compelling
to live with human beings who in their lives
than crabs reptiles or eN en- vampires Nv wife
has deceived ME aud know It. don't want my wife
to die. want her to day up az mummy and 1.-Two for
ever ami Ike tho wandering lew walk the earth for
ever living life OF endless punishment. will haunt
her and my family II | aln permitted to do so, for /
hate them all And now sooc'by. for you will get
money.
Krauss alusion to money meant tho insur
ance on his life and n few thousand dollars
which he had in bank. lie had always showed
great affection for his wife. Mrs. Kraus thinks
her husband must have been insane.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09
1HIS CONVICT IS An HEIR.
BiGnmist Enrker's Father Dies and Leaves
Him 100000,


This personal was printed in q newspaper
some weeks ago:
lanes j. BARKER-why do you not wri,ei Your
father 10 deAa. BEkEANED MOTHER.
This advertisement" said Lawyer James
J. Walsh yesterday. whom relatives of Barker
asked to aid them to find him. develops n
story OF a young scamp. whose parents. AS
last resort. sent him three years ago from their
home in Edinburgh to this country. Young
Barker was 10 then Last Juno he was ar
rested for bigamy and sent to Sing Sing. Some
time after his conviction. OF which / was not
at that time aware. friends Of his family asked
mo to institute q search for him. His father.
they told me. had died. and had left him
oner Tor two years and three months. did not
tell that to him"
recall tho marriage OF young Barker"
said the Rey. MIR. EgGleston.. the Methodist
minister at Willis avenue and 141 st street. "
cross-Questioned the young man closely, and
us he answered satisfactorily performed the
ceremony. The bride was young woman
whose parents live in latth street. week
later the mother Of the young woman told me
that she had learned that in 1880 Barker had
been married to n young woman in Hotoken.
living with his first wife in 10th street. His
vile is. l believe, In needy circumstances"
The record in the District Attorneys Office
shows that BarEer was sentenced on juno q
last by Judge MARITIME. His first wife made
the charge against him; The second wife.
Mary +. Sampson Of $50 East 13Vth street,
told Of her marriage to him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09
DEATH FROM LOCKJAW.
Tho Terrible SuffcrinGs OF Ten.year.old
While 10th or YOnkcrs.

Il
Willie Roth. the ten yeal old son OF William
Roth. q cabinetmnkcr. living at 2 Archer
street. Yonkers. died at g o'clock yesterday
morning from exhaustion. after suffering hor-
ribly with lockjaw
On July % the boy was playing in the yard
and fell from tree. striking on some sprouts
TINT grew near tho base. One OF the sprouts.
about an inch in diameter. penetrated his
thigh. Just over the sciatic nerve. inflicting o
wound one and onc-hnl inches wide and from
two to three inches deep. Dr. j. II. Gibson
seMed UP the wound. making three stitches
stitches united nicely. The third. however.
did not unite. The wound locked we'll until
July 81. when an abscess formed.
On Aug. 3 the lad complained Of pains in his
throat and an inability to open his mouth. Tho
tetanus increased in severity. and the patient
had spasn after spasm; every, muscle in his
body becoming perfectly rigid, excepting the
respiratory muscles; On Saturday the boys
alone resting upon the bed. Later on his body
was bent sideways. His agony was horrible:
heart failure after eight days OF torture.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09
SKILFUL JEWELRY THIEVES.
They Got Away with 1890 Worth of
StuG Without ExcIiInE SuspIcIon.

Police Captain Mclaughlin and Detective
Madden of the Tenderloin precinct were
strolling down Broadway last Saturday morn
ing whom. at Eighteenth street. the Captain
recognized two men who wero coming up tho
street rs professional thieves. who had been
in the tolls many time Ono had large
cigar box. with q piece Of black paper around
it. under his arm. They appeared nervous.
and the Captain resolved to arrest them on
suspicion. At tho station house tho box was
opened and found to contain flfty-seven small
scarf retainers, set with diamonds. sixteen
small gold combs eleven largo gold combs.
set with diamonds. twenty-three plain gold
hairpins. and sixteen silver buttons.
The prisoners Gavo their names as William
+. Smith and Francis J. Sullivan. Smith said
he was a saloon keeper and lived at 2O2 FL
bridge street. Sullivan said he was also sa-
loon keeper. living in tho Vandyke House. at
Canal street and tho Bowery. In Smith. Capt
Mclaughlin recognized William Goodman.
who under the Hs. name Of Harris Mas arrested
He has served other Sentences and his picture
Is IN the RoGues' Gallery.
One Of tho scarf retain?rs had TiGany,'s
mark on it. and the Captain took the box to
articles were Identified as 9 lot that had been
Riley and Sloan Company, jewellers. at 800
broadway, At the store OF the latter rm Capt.
Mclaughlin said
TIN Capt. Mclaughlin. Havo you lost any
thing :"
We'll. guess not said tho iaycller. with a
confident smile. We're pretty careful in this
establishment. Moth ing could be gone from
here five minutes without our knowing it,
At the Captains request MIR. Riley went to
tho rear Of tho store and opened case OF
combs. Hc was back in a minute. his face
pale.
Treat heavens" no exclaimed. there's
81. 300 worth # Icwelry gone"
Mr.. Riley went to the station house and saw
the two prisoners. He didn't remember hav-
ing seen either before. and was sure they
we're not in his store on saturday morning
trays when the store was opened that day
The police believe that one of the men en-
gagged Mr. Riley or n clerk in conversation
while the other got away with the plumber.
A. tho jefferson Market Court yesterday the
prisoners plraien not smiity, ana wer" neIn IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09
7ARRLNI,S ATTIRE AGAIN.
This Time II was Good Deal OF "a Fire,
with Damages Put at 100000.

Yesterday morning. the second time within
a week. fire attacked the buildings at 27s. $50.
and Dbl Greenwich street, occupied by Tar
rant 4 Co.. dealers in drugs. The other llre
was on Wednesday night last. when n fire on
the third floor Of 2S2 caused $4,000 damage.
The firm was Just getting things into shape
again. A corps OF insurance adjusters were at
work making inventories OF the stock. They
arrived at O'Clock yesterday morning. Twenty
minutes afterward ono Of the clerks in 2S2
discovered smoke coming from hole chopped
in the floor by the lremen. 1t is sup
posed the fire had been smouldering
there since Wednesday night. The en-
ployees tried to eXtinGuish the flames
with hand grenades and pals of water. but
soon Jaw u was of no use and sent in an
alarm. A carboy Of alcohol burst and the
flames had spread to the upper stories of $50
by the tme tile flremcn Ind arrived. A third
alarm was necessary then. and for an hour
oils and alcohos. The damage caused by yes-
terduys fire is estimated at 100000. The
firm WAS insured for 100000.
Travel on the Ninth avenue elevated was in
terrupted during tho IRE. rs tho iIremen used
the downtown structure OF that road. from
which to fight the flames. Trains were run al
ternately up town and down town over tho up-
town track
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09
IN JAZZ FOR SIXTY CENIs
A Contest OF Obstinacy In the Rhode island
Npckwoods.

GREENE. Aug 2-william Corey. gnarled
and rugged old farmer Of this little settlement
in the wild backwoods OF Rhode Island. Is not
only in Jail on account OF a debt OF 90 CENTS
which ho owes neighbor. @. E Capwell. but
Is in heap OF trouble besides. odd Man Y"
Corey can't get out OF tho Kent county jail be-
cause Capwell keeps pa wing jail board for him.
and that Is what Is the matter with Mr.. Corey
The grim old farmer sweurs he never will pay
that 90 cents. howovor. He will soc Capwell
eternally blanked first. and. though he is over
three score and ten years old. his grit is strong
and inexhaustiblo.
The trouble came to pass In this way: Some
time ago C. T. Capwell brought suit In case
OF trover and conversion against the old man
In Judge Eugono f. Warmers Fourth District
Court. and tho Court ordered Corey to satisfy
judgment against him for 10 cents and costs
OF the trial. $40. The old man smiled sar-
donically at his Honor. and then said to Cap
well: " Now. lots SEQ you get your w anu
trover. II you ere smart enough" Thereuron
Capwell had Corey clapped into the primitive
Kent county, jail. and to mako sure Ahnt its
Keeper would keen, him there. for While at
The latter has been III confinement Just two
weeks. and In that period many of his noigh;
Ss s T" old ners and NUM- uners ike s
dropped into tho Jail daily and condolot! with
nlm. Old man Corey confidently expected 10
DO relcased at the on Of the allotted two weeks
boarding term but he by no means accurately
sounded the breadth and depth OF Capwell 8
vengeance; Yesterday Cupwell visited the Jail
weeks more. That act OF splenetic .retribu-
tion nearly took tho old mans breath away
when the jailer acquainted him with t; but
he shut his teeth together harder than before
and Missed; .All right, lot her go; 1 rather
guess Lin stan i il Capwell kim :,
Tho old fellow sits all day in the Jail in soil:
tary grandeur, with his arms folded. and
chews u plug OF tobacco Q day in impassive
casional interval OF volubillty. that he doesn't
know much bout thor law, and p'raps no
may hoy ter spend his material life in Jail. but
so be It" 1t appears to be question Of en-.
DURANGO now between old man Corey's grit
and Capwoll's ven geful gen rosity.
Messrs. Corey and Capweli dwell. is a dccd-
edly uuoer country. There are no fences
there. and not much law. The roads traverse
wilderness OF scrub oaks or scrub nines.
with here and theirs clearing. and at much
rude. rough. but hearty and hosritable. They
dress In overall cloth. 60 fishing and hunting.
and iii the ground little They live g
they, please. go rs they please. and do pretty
much rs they please to do But when they
Do get intoa lawsuit" said one OF them once,
they are In for keeps"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09
CAPT. BHiY SAW BIG BEEGS
he Passed 81 or Cape Horn. md One was
MIG and n Qmnrtrr High.

The icebergs of the North Atlantic this sen
son have been unimpressivs compared with
those seen In the neighborhood OF Cape Horn.
The prize berg in southern waters was passed
by tho British ship New City. which arrived
yesterday from Taltal. Capt. Bray reports
that he saw. on the morning of June 20. two
real mountains Of ice." SO frequently ro-
ported and so seldom seen by shippers ad-
The biggest Of ths hergs was about 800 feet
high This means that the entire height
suhmcrged. was about II mile and u quarter
There Is on, other berg on, record that wns
iaSr tsam tn" apeS q by s S"Hh a1tr
steamship Catalonia bound from Liverpool for
Iioston. 1t was estimated to have been 1000
feat high. The atmosphere in Its nclghbor-
hood was 50 cold that all liquids on the Catn-
lonas deck were frozen, The sea, however
preserved its aluif"rm condition. Cart Bray
sixty miles long.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09
FOUND HIS RUNAWAY HIEE.
Sho Consented TO Return to Her Homo In
PittsReid, but Changed Her Mind.

TROY. Aug 9-Charles Daniels is a resident
o: Plttsneld. Mass. and about 40 years OF age.
His wife is his junior by about fifteen years.
and would not be regarded rs preposscssing.
Daniels has sufficient property to enable him
to live comfortably without work. On Satur
day night Mrs. Daniels Disappeared. Charles
Hunter. teamster with whom she had long
been on intimate terms. had also left his home.
Daniels came to the conclusion that they had
gone away together. His surmise was correct.
Daniels is very fond of his wife. and he went
to work systematically to recover her. He
knew that Hunter had friends near Troy. lie
provided himself with half DOZEN photo
graphs Of his wife and arrived in Troy with
them this morning. He told his tale of woe to
Police Superintendent Willard. who dis
tributed the portraits among Sergrants and
Morris. with Daniels to make a tour Of the
city At The Reyer e,. House they found Mr..
day night Nigh arryas The cert e"s e SE rs
Field as the Mrs. Daniels Of the picture. but
she had left the hotel with her companion u
Meanwhile Sergeant Datters. while going
his roand FaW a soppln waiting taE at sixth
erspS the a ] lad gven HIM 1 rom
the the yo%sn Was MIS- Bancs d PttSed ' Bas
woman boarded the car Sergeant Enttcrs fol-
lowed. and he so4n engaged them in CONVEX;
Satlon. BoloTe h!Ulh was reached ne found
tesmster. that the, woman expected to get
work In the mills there. and that they were
the parties wanted.
When tho Hope engine house was reached tho
Sergeant said Ws VIII E9t 81 here Haner
and took them to Police Headquarters. whore
Daniels. who had been informed OF their ar
rost by telephone. awaited them: \" soon rs
his wife entered the room Daniels threw his
arms around her and kissed her. Then. fall
ing on his knees. he impored her to return
homo with him. cX:luim ng: Fannie, you
know love you dearly and cannot live with
ont YOU" Finally she consented. although
she said to her usnand:
Il do not care to live with you any longer
want to stay with Charley"
Hunter. who is only - years old. said to the
officers
met her They have been E.r! nnrried ahont i've
parties in ,Iittsleld all last, winter. and her
thing for II long time We thought that we
could como out hero and live ut Abba. Sho
was to try aud get work driving team. we
PttsIeld. It was s o'clock WHOM We lrft there
on saturday night. and from there atrnin took
us to Chatham. From that place We went to HId-
son. and 1T Hudson took q trnir that brought
love her husband any more. do not know as
I is any ones business what We hnye done
This thing was KIDD IN before her folks. and
they did not object, was In this section last
Feathers at Winantsk!ll., Ny fathers second
Mr. and Mrs Daniels eft for Pittsheld on
tho FitchburK train tn afternoon The
Hunter and Mrs Daniels returned here this
evening md went to Albiu,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09
SEARCH LIGH ON MOUNT WASHINGTON
1t Will He the Most Powerful Beam or
ArtIHcial Light Ever Produced.

MOUNT WASHINGTON. N. H.. Aug. 8-Tho
electric search light is nearly ready for use.
and would have sent its first bright CLEAN
over the mountains several days ago had IL
not been for delay in receiving the stack to
tho boiler. which has gone astray on its way
from Erie. Pa. Every effort is being made to
find 1t and hurry it forward. and 1t is expected
that tho light will be in position and in work.
ing order by tho last OF this week. 1t is i'm
possible to state now at what distance 1t will
10 seen. for there is no authority for establish
ing the penetrating power OF such light at
the height OF IL miles above tho sea. It is
sufficiently interesting to know that this will
be the most powerful beam Of artificial light
ever produced. and that 1t will be located on
the highest point ever used.
The lnrge arc lamp will require current OF
w amnereS. under a pressure OF % volts. This
lamp Is placed in weat hcr.tight cylinder. 80
inches in diameter and 3 feet long. BY tho
use OF mirror. in combination with pow
erful and delicate lens made for the purpose
in Paris the rays OF light are sent out OF the
inches in diameter and intensified many
times the power Of tho original lamp.
Thomson Houston dynamo run by O rs horse
power engine. furnishes tho power.
The iden of on electric search light on Mount
Washin gton originated with Mr.. ]. H. Rogers.
q bright young man who has charge OF the
Thorn on- Houston interests in this part OF
spite of the many discouragements and obsta.
clos. raising he guarantee from the hotels and
railroads and experimenting the erection Of
the plant on the mountain top.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09

Broadway. below Wall street. has been fill
ing up with tall buildings in the last few
years. and the many oil four and iivo-story
structures look very insignificant now. The
Tower building. the Columbia and tho Union
Trust Com!any's building take the lead in
height. but another is soon to go UP on the
east side Of tho street. adjoining tho Consoli-
dated Exchange. which viii beat it. Tho
building will replace tho three buildings at
"a. 70. and ~ broadway, and will be the new
homo OF tho Manhattan Lifts Insurance Com
pany Francis II. Nimhall. tho architect OF
Tho Corbin building. tho new Fifth Avenue
Theatre. and the Casino. Is the architect, The
surinounted by u tower. 1t will cost about o
million and u half.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09
OUT OF TIE WyNDOW WENT SHEEHEH.
His WIFE believes Iye Was Asleep wheu
He VnmhIeh Into tho Ynrd.

William Shcchey. n longshoreman. 20 years
dying from an accident that seems to have
boon tho result Of force Of habit, sleepiness.
and u change OF residence. Two weeks ago.
with his wife. Josephine. he moved into rooms
on tho fourth floor Of tho tenement ut !, 126
Second avenue. In the hail outside the rooms
from which they moved was q hydrant, and the
door into tho hall was directly opposite
Sheehoy's bed. During tho hot spells this
summer Shcohey frequently got up during tho
night oEet water from the hydrant to drink.
when MIS-. Sheehey awoke yesterday morn
Ing she missed her husband from the room.
utes after she heard groans In tho yard below.
and looking out OF tho window. saw her hus-
band lying on the stones below. crushed and
bleeding. with nothing on but his shirt aud
was unconscious. and screamed Tor help. A
priest and u policeman wore brought by the
neigh bors. 1t was found that Sheehey was
very badly hurt. and the priest administered
bellevue Hospital. where it was found that
one arm and several ribs wcre rokon. and he
was also injured internally. The doctors said
he could not live long.
during the night and. only part tally awake. or
perhaps wholly acting In his sleep. started to
get water from the hydrant. A sim lar direc-
ton to that leading to the hyd rant In tho old
capc, and down into tho yard In the new house.
She thinks he stumbled to the window. out on
to tho fire escape. and then fell over to the
flags In the yard below. In getting to the win
dow no would have to PASS by two Loa1dcrs in
climb out Of the window. But Mrs. Sheehey
scouts tho idea that it was suicide, and thinks
1t was somnambulism that caused the fall.
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The last three yachts were NIL handicapped.
The oFa9a wa: to wnaTrra Of the Var
Was next. followed by the sayenara. which
Grs but II hs%.d e in af
step and MsriGrita came a next l; followed by the
RseFess ana to boS
Her racing numGer was UP. She aiterwnrd
game back and started again. lust as tho
The iroauois was to windward Of tho Merlin:
then to !eeward came the Clara. followed hyy
Atlantic. The Dauntess then came up around
FSs s.! Hsro the sr5sss .sr ss9sS@ tho line
sails and big jibt9psais; The Clara few a
Bow and icrcsd her about As soon as. they
60. clear Of Vineyard Haven the breeze fresh
snd Meet to get
GROSS Rip Light the Wasp leading by about
hali MILF: io!'ows wed sy the Constsl!ation.
O'clock tho Constellation was. ahead o. tho
auos Tss bauntsss was Suntns the Hsq Na s
CLOSELY. Sho was followed BY the Glorlana.
xa n dsssG The A sao rnS Il Meet had
fellows, ,tonstelation. Merlin. Iroauois.
Katrina, lroquols. and Dauutless wcrs MI
SSc%Mng W fat and ths latter FanPG on
carried to Pollock Rip I.ightship, where
booms were gyhed to stirboa rd and sIinnakers
set to port for the long run past Cape Cod.
II was here that the Yam 5ose commenced to
catch the rear boats. aud after three hoars.ast
steaming managed to 20 right through the
neet Every one agreed that II was the best
view OF u yacht race they had ever had. Pol
lock Rip Is tho place where the II falsd Alya
was sunk a. short tim" ago. aid many eK-
pressons OF regret were heard as the wreck
was passed. She is right in tho channel. with
her three masts standing Uut o. the water
some sixty feet. Her foretOpma7 is gone.ihut
her main and ml2Zen ones are standing. Her
pooms are ticking out OF the water. and she
has decided list u stnrDoarl.
at ln:40 o'clock the order Of the feet on
loss. MeTIin. iroluois. Huron. Katrina. May
flower. Marguerite. Fortuna, WnsI, Alcaeu.
Harpoon; Atlantic. Quic kstep ,iloriana, Ra-
mona. Miranda. Maynard. Alert. Az alca. Phhn.
tom. Flour Do !.ys. ,Sayonara. Sonpareil,
Cavalier. Mariquita. Peerless Clara. aud
Speranza 4 nu;nher Of those like the
were not In the race. un Orleans the wind
freshencd u bit and spinnukers came in moi "a
bit too soon as the Katrina and MayEower both
came to grief by losing their lopmasts. EiS
balloon jiutopsaiis were set In th"iTplaces.anl
with showers OF spray sweoping their decks
the fleet flew along on Race Point. Province
town, tho Merlin aud Dauntless were close to-
gethor. and had a fine little lr1ling match all
. u themselves. Commodore Colts boat getting