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THEY LIVED BY THEIR WITS.
DE BAQUIER's ALLEGED PAI, now
ARD, CAUGHT At LAST

TIFFANY d Co., T. II. starr. ana Others Sent
Goods &. .. ID. Ordered by Ono OF tho
Pair to the Movable Dector's once,
where tho Other Dispensed Rad Cheeks
Detectives Mulholland and Arthur Cary OF
Inspector Steers's staff arrested Harry r.
Howard. good-looking. we'll dressed Young
man, on Staten Island ferryboat on Friday
night He was arrested on q warrant issued
by Justice Grady In the Jefferson Market
Court on the complaint OF Tiffany & Co.
The detectives say that Howard and young
spaniard named De Baauier began working
an old game. with improvements. In this city
six months ago. In company they hunted up
apartmen ts in n good neighborhood. and.
finding nicely furnished parlor. or suite Of
rooms. engaged them for q month or more.
De Baquier pretended to be doctor. and
Howard was generally introduced as his as
sistant or q student The rent was paid in
advance with worthless check. and the pair
occupied the rooms Immediately. The alleged
doctor hung out sign at once. He sat in the
Office and Howard attended to the outside
business. Towards custom was to visit q
jewellers that very day. select an article. and
have 1t sent c. o. ID. to the doctors office. The
doctor met the messenger gave him check.
:, On March Is De Baauler hired paror at
pts sl.rr: storms" Inward went f. Theodore
Sous. ink v ss
diamonds and valued at SIS Then he visited
sE d,t and LEX 9Edsred gold watch and
Ssi sHss % E ksal fsss1fs
Ba West ssf w stree theH loom
II s q FSasil ss
Detective Bureau, but It is SUPPOSED that tn ere
are many more. De BaGuer and Inward, the
Detectives say. got scured after working tho
Of operations to Newark. De i}aqnier was
caught there two months ago and sentenced TO
sighteen months in prison. Howard escaped.
try since De Bautiicrs capturs. lie returned
with his. mother. She is said to be tho
widow OF General who served in the
when caught. He is % years old. Z feet 3
inches tnl and has fair hair and pretty nous
tache. The family lived in Brooklyn formerly,
the acquaintance of De Baquier. The lattars
fnther is said to have been u physician in that
city:
three pawn tickets We're found on him. When
arraigned in Jefferson Market Court yesterday
he reeuuested thst examination be postponed
ps1n in deaa OF bS Two sst ths
offered $4,000 in United States bords rs bail
for him. but real estate security was de-
The smartest trick they are charged with
executing is denied BY their alleged victims.
a ans story tor was thst they oined the Young
spring, and were known as jolly good fellows
hy some OF the members. gave cham payne
dinner one night. and paid tho steward with a
worthless check. Their names are not on tho
of the pair,
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OBITEARY

BENJAMIN G. Clark. who died at Antwerp on
Friday. was for quarter Of a century or more
one OF the proprietors Of the old Merchants
Hotel in Cortlandt street. He was a resident
OF Jersey City. and most OF his interests were
in that State. He WAS one Of the founders Of
the Thomas Iron Company. President Of the
New Jersey Zinc and Iron Company. President
OF tho Lac awanna Goal Company. Chairman
Of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company.
and Western Railroad COMPANY. His estate
is valued at Sl.25o;qoO. He leaves
9 af th Ts "ns
Railroad. the second is Mrs. William +. Har
denberg OF 0nteora. the third is the widow Of
father when he died, They left for Earope
land, at which time Mr.. Clark was In fairly
good health. His Destination was tho u ON
Snfs he Ss CIV
Clark largely nided In the equipment Of ono Of
the New Jersey regiments from his private
Union cause in other ways. 800
a S1"rs 81 &e Se as oG
steamship Columbia. His body, was en-.
'Td sap and reached this
advice Of foreign se @ " on lis %
He was accom- nanied by his wife. His death
aSoari be hM h 1 ne was
Andrew Crawford. a pioneer ship chandler
who was very rich died yesterday in San
Francisco. He was the first to SEQ possibilities
OF wealth in the south Sea trade. and in twenty
years he had established branch houses in the
Marshall. Gilbert. Harvey. and Marguesas
groups. Recently he secured the mail con-
tract to Tahiti. He brought over the King OF
Bctartari and paid the expenses OF a royal
Junket in San Francisco.
Cant. f. A. Yorke died ut Mosside Plnnta-
ton. in East Baton Rouge. La. on Fridny He
WAS % years old. He served in the United
states navy II his younger days. and left It to
enter the lighthouse service He built most Of
the lighthouses on the Gulf and Florida coast.
He went to New Orleans In 1853. becamea
merchant. and afterward ship agent for several
leading lines from that city.
Vincent X. Anderson. formerly railway
contractor died on Friday at 800 East
Eighteenth street ut the age Of 66. He was
born in New Jersey. and lived at Long Branch
until seven years ago. One of the railways no
built. or helped to build. was the New Jersey
Southern. He leaves widow and two daugh-
ters.
William Fl. Bowron. proprietor Of Bowron's
express AMI one time Water Commissioner
Of Long Island City. died at his home in l45
Third street, Long Island City. Friday night.
aged "a years. lIiswidow. three sons. and one
daughter survive him.
Henry i. Bocock a prominent lawyer of
Lynchburg Va. and brother OF the late
Thomas S. BOcock. Speaker OF the Confederate
Congress. died very suddenly yesterday.
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TICKLE LEWIS DIES DESTITUTE.
Twenty Years AGO She was Con spicuous II
Bmriesque In this City.

An ambulance was called last Wednesday
from st. Ninccnis HOSPITAL to q squslid
apartment ut 3S3 Bowcry to remove q
sick woman.. who had been known for
months to the newsboys of tho Bowery
as Roundsoy." The woman hkd been
disabled two weeks before by an attack OF
dropsy. She was destitute. and appeared to
have no friends. She was so years old She
died on Thursday at the ospital. having lived
long enough to tell tho doctors that she was
Mrs. AMMO Rounds, who twenty years ago.
under the stage name Of Vickie Lewis had APP
peared in hurlesaue in this city. She said that
her husband had gone insane several years
ago, and was, ut. Wards Island. She had made
miserable living for several years peddlIne
papers on tho bowery. She had taken to drink
when her troubles accumulated.
Somebody who had known her when she
Fund. anu the Fund directors made arrange.
mants to bury her. None OF the present gem
GRAFTON OF actors and actresses remembered
her. but 1t seems that She had a good figure
and pleasing lTesence. and was able TO Sc
cure steady employment until her voice failed
her Then she went to the cheap concert
Tho actress was buried yesterday nftornoon
IN the Actors Fund plot ut Evergreens Come
%n w me it the
70 Spring street to the cemetery. accompanied
by a. representative Of the Fund and a Mrs
Miller and her daughter who had known the
actress They watched tho interment with
dryayes.
This occasion does not Gull for tears," Mrs.
Miller said. for the woman is better or now
than when she was alive"
As far as can he discovered. Mrs. Miller and
her daughter were the only ones in this big
city that the burlesIuer could claim us friends.
i she had any relatives alive nobody knew Of
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DIME NOVELS AND CIGARETTES,
They Caused Sixteen.year.old Harry Slater
I" Chloroform and Rob q Woman.

They Caused Slxteen.year-old Harry Slater
I" Chloroform and Rob n Woman.
PouaHKEEPs1E. Aug. 13.-Harry Slater. q
bright lad Of is years. was arraigned before
Recorder Morschauser this morning on a
charge OF burglary In the first degree 1t is
one OF the strangest cases that has ever come
to light in the Police Department. On Monday
night last Slater. who lives at 70 South Hamil-
ton street. went to tho house OF Mrs. c. f.
Noble. 80 South Hamilton street. entered it by
stealth. and attempted to chloroform Mrs.
Noble while she lay asleep on her bed. with
her infant child at her side Mrs. Noble
was awakened at about midnight BY
sense Of oppression. She put her hand to
her face. and found spread across her mouth
and nostrils a cloth saturated with chloro-
form. which she vas inhaling. She jun ped
from the bod. and heard some one ash down
stairs and fall over a baby carriage in the hall.
When her husband who had been fishing at
Esopus Island. returned home. she told him OF
her adventure. Mr.. NOBLE repeated his wifc's
story to the police last evening. and they.
learning OF suspicious conduct on the part Of
young slater. arrested the boy and took him
before the Recorder.
Finding himself cornered. Slater made full
sent u nin.s,-year-od friend Q: his. Percy Ale
lntyrs to h3ty : Hum phrey'sr drug store for
EI1n thai his SGy mother
wanted il to XIII dog Slater said that it was
about midnight when he went to Mr.. Mobiles
house; He entered through a rear window.
and left the house in the same way
Alter he reached the street be threw
away the bottle which contained the chloro-
form. This morning young Slater was accom-
panied in court by his married sister. Joseph
MorschAuser appeared as his counsel. He
tion on Monday morning. The boys bail was
fixed at $1,000. but he could not give it. Tho
following is Slater's confessions:
Dime novels and cigarettes got the best OF
me. | worked in tho silk factory and have
spent my evenings reading cheap novels l
have been reading one novel day and have
smoked good many cigarettes. l got the
ideu. OF committing this crim from one Of
Nick Sarters novels. in which q boy Ghloro..
have been under some strange excitement
when | did 1t. for have only faint recollec-
ton Of being in the house: l can only re-
member, leaving the place through rear
wind w."
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FOR HIS FORTr-FIRsT TERM.
Michael O'I.eary Was Sent 10 Blackw eIlss
Island Yesterday Morning.

Michael O'Leary completed his fortieth term
on Blackwelps Island on Friday morning and
was released. After landing at the foot of
East Twenty-sixth street no started across
town to his home. at 442 West Thirty second
street His enforced abstinence had created a
keen desire for beer. and though he did not
have cent in his pocket he resolved to nuench
his thirst. He stopped at several liquor stores
on his route. ordered beer. drank it. and when
asked for pay threatened to break the bar
tenders head. AS O'Leary is big. muscular
fellow, and was In excellent physical condition
In consequence OF the sober. regular life no
had led for month. the bartenders preferred
TO let him and the beer go rather than engage
in a fight
In a saloon ut Thirty sixth street and Saw
enth avenue OLenry called for u schooner OF
beer. drank it, and smashed a picture behind
the bar with the glass he had lust cmptiet
!! en- he drove out all the loungers who stood
about the saloon and imagined himself m astef
ofthe situation. Bnt just then the bartender
ran out from behind thu bar and O'Leary fled
to the street. The bartender chased him down
Seventh avenue. At Thirty seventh street
Policeman Sullivan seized O'Leary and a mo-
ment la ter was rolling about on the sidewalk
N rough.nnd tumble fight. Policeman Dn-
was not until third policeman Joined them
that o. Leary WAS subdued. He was nrraigned
In Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday
morning and sent back to tho Island for three
months without having had chance to visit
his home. "
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The Lnrgest Dance Mt the Hotel In Years.
Many Benutifal Costumes Worn

The Largest Dance Mt the Hotel In Years.
Many Benutifai Costumes Worm
LONG BEACH HOTEL. L. l.. Aug. lathe
annual ball is In full blast and the largest
crowd the hotel has ever seen is enjoying the
cool atmosphere and delightful sea breeze.
The ball began at "a o'clock and will end at .
The Floor Committee con sists OF Prof. A. Il.
Wash. ". G. Wheeler. A. II. Herts. F. b Rich
ardson. J. NJ. Reamer. J. L. Hoffman. d. NJ.
Herman. 8. b. Solomon. W. J. Goddess, +. ".
Wiegand. L. Il. Sanford. NJ. A. Hcrts. and
Thomas Turner.
There are some OF the most elegant cos
tunes that have been seen at summer resorts
this season.
All tho guests OF the hotel seem to have
made their appearance. the cottagers are out
n fu force. an'l the main land contingent is
the largest that was ever seen at any OF the
dances OF this hotel
Among, those present are; Mrs, Frederic
q FIpshing.n -, Mrs. d. :, Crawford Clark.
Mrs. James Rascovar.. Mrs. Thomas Ter
Cornell and Miss Edith ,Coppell. Miss Clark.
daughter OF Dumont Clark OF New York: Miss
Koumage. Mas Emma Connick. Mr.. Larkin,
Mr. robert McKim. Mr. Albert Frank. and Mr..
Andrew j. Connick.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14
IRON HALL AFFAIRS.
E6orts Being Made 70 Arrange = Compro
mise-Mr. somerby's Absence.


nise-Mr. somerby's Absence.
INpIANAPoLIs. Aug. 13.-Supreme Justice
Somerby OF tho Iron Hall and Adjuster Sayre
were not on hand when the receivership case
was CALLED to-day. Tho attorneys and Court
went Into a consultation. and 1t was reported
falsely that Q receiver was to be appointed by
agreement The attorneys were in mysteri-
GUS consultation much OF the forenoon. Mr.
Sayre finally appeared as q witness and was
put on as witness with explanations. He testi-
fled that he had been appointed Supreme Ad-
juster by Somerby on pledge that he should
support all that Somerby did for the good of
the order. To-day's testimony concluded with
Sayre.
Just after, Sayre left the stand It was an
nounced that the Executive COMMITTEES had
confirmed his appointment as Supreme Al
iuster. He had been objected to because he
was supposed to have become friendly to
Mes srs. Davis and Walker.
Tho latter will drop out as Supreme officers
next week, probably before court rsconveHeS,
which will not be til Tuesday next.
The affairs Of the Iron Hall have undergone
. change. Efforts are now being made toward
The basis is not made public. but It is be-
lieved to be the dismissal OF tho suit for o
The alleged compromise Is said to have been
the object OF the consultation Of the attorneys
and the delay Is to arrange 1t. Accountant
Walker and Cashier Davis say they have been
only conditionally removed from office.
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HILL MARRY The HOMELIER ONE
Then Bloom VIII Find Out Their Plot and
Prosecute Them Both

s. Bloom. a cigar anufacturer at "a Broad
way. Nilliamsburgh. believes that two homely
women whom he has refused to marry are
trying to poison him. He has written about
his persecution to various newspapers, but
refuses to give the names Of the women or
whore they live. According to his story. the
two women nrn the most unattractive that can
be found In Brooklyn. They made their an
pearance Mt his store a few months ago. and
because no refused To marry or even to recog-
nfze them they have commenced to boycott
him by persunding people not to patronize
Bloom said yesterday that the manner in
which he was being prosecuted by the women
wa, driving him mad.
don't mind the boycott" he said, but
now that the women arc putting poison In
every thing eat and drink there has got to
he stop to 1t. A few DAYS ago. while ! was In
a,restaurant glrss Of milk was brought to
me and instantly recognized the dark poison
in it,. refused to drink It and have changed
restaurants. When | went to Boston few
weeks ago found that was pursued. and the
boycott was Kept up Soon after returned
home | discovered that my prosecutors were
lowering around my home. | got up from the
dinner table to tend the store and when sat
down again ] found that poison had again
been put In my food In order to put stop to
this persecution ] have made up my mind TO
marry the hOneiier woman. and then after
gaining hsr confidence ! will prosecute ali
those people who are now trying to kill mel
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CHICAGo,s sTRKET RAILHAYs.
Wealthy rhiiadeiphiau- Snid To Re Plan
ming a RiR TrnmMnY sirndlcntr

ming Big Trsmwny Syndicate.
CHICAGO. Aug. 13. - Indications point to
startling developments In street railway
matters in Chicago within the next two
weeks The Philadelphia contingent-Chas.
I. Yerkes. Peter A. b. Widener. and William
l.. Eltins-contemplate another coup In the
same line as that which they accomp ed
when they obtained control Of the old West
Division City Railway and the North Chicago
City Hallway
The nodus operandi pursued In the case OF
tho West Division City Railway Company was
the purchase OF n controlling interest on the
basis OF ST00 a share. Tho capital of the road
Mt that time was $l,250.0o0 j. Russell Jones
was It's President, and II was thon far behind
necessities OF the time.
Having obtained the controlling intesest
md desiring to avoid possible lawsuits re-
sulting from the disaffection OF the stockhold-
ers who had not sold out. they agreed to nay
five per cont. on the basis OF 800 q share for
all tho stock out, or a matter Of Ave per cent.
on the stock OF the City Railway Company.
Having thus swept asid, all opposition. they
proceeded to form the West Chicigo Street
Railway Company with capital Of S10.Ou0.-
600. which stock was Immediately marketed
to considerable extent ut about 81. and
which has since sold very much higher. then
down again. and Is now at the highest point
ever reached. ,.,
The old West Division Company had s.. OOO.-
600 five per cent. bonds out These have re-
rsrs T%e hsnrs Te
way Company has. IN addition to the load OF
@ N puss s s2ss a
600 debenture SKIES
The same policy was pursued by the same
persons to obtain cont rol Of the North Chicago
street railway. and with equal success. ~
That the present move indicates some deal
involving both the street railway companies Is
wei! as In West Chicago stock. The advance
In North Side since last Saturday has been So
share.
The plan seems to involve an other purchase
OF controlll Ing interest. the assumption of big
Interest in the outstanding stock. the sub
leasing OF the roads toa new company whnse
capita stock SHAH I've in the millions. and.a
great increase in the bank accounts OF Yerk es.i
Ekins. Widencr. and others.
cudcs the purchase OF the ontrollng interest
in both compan ies. the guaranteeing Of Ave
per cent. interest on the basis OF the highest
price paid To stockholders who have not
parted with their certificates and the incornc-
ration Of the Chicago Traction Company with
en- rta'izatiOn of anywhere from O.O0O. 600
to s'O.WOOOO. which will secure n lease on
the al,purtcnanccs OF the street railroads. and
operate the same
In carrying out this deal. Messrs. Yerkes.
Widener. and Ekins will be pursuing the
policy that was so successful in Philadelphia.
by which road after road was a sorbed and
united into what is known as the metropolitan
Traction Company. with capital stock OF
many millions
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HAS STOLEN 81 HORSES THIS zeal
Dau Steers. LIE sder or tho Middle sex County
Gang. Caught In Pennsyiyauia.

NEW Brunswick. N. j., Aug. 13-About Ave
years ago gang OF horse thieves began op-
erations in Middlesex county. They did their
work during the night. and It soon became
almost daily occurrence with the authorities
to be notified that some farmer had lost a
horse or some high bred cattle.
Their efforts to apprehend the thieves we're
infrequently successful This state OF affairs
led to the organization two years ago OF the
Piscataway Horse Protective Association. and
It is owing to their efforts that the gang has ut
last. It is beloved. been broken up One OF
the thieves. u man named Higgan is In prison
at Four Mile Run awaiting sentence. and an
other-the reputed plotter and leader OF all
the raids. Dan Steers. alias Miller. alias Dodd.
alias Walters In Jail at Doyestown. IA.
When Henry b. Randolph. u wealthy farmer
ing OF April "a. 1892, he found the door broken
open and one OF his horses gone. The thieves
in the place. and they had taken the most val.
liable one. Randolph was a member oil the Pts
GETAWAY ASSOCIATION: A reward q 5000 wns
tectives. After weeks OF work they accom-
pots On Aug go Detectives Housell and Oliver @,
New brunswick. who figured in the Mary An.
the Of c fS fvSs h the AZ. I'D
the horse they we're after had been SOLD there to
horse changed hands several times after that.
beck 4 Sons. piano dealers at Twelfth and Lo-
Gust streets. 1t was identified by Mr.. Ran
dolph's son.
The Tattersall'. people said that man who
the horse The detectives found that A!iler
John Waters They, got trace OF him at
Holmesburg. Pa. and finally found him at
Steers. who had been suspested for a long
an there until reGuisition. papers could be OBJ
issued. but the Pennsylvania authorities want
the prisoner as badly as the New Jersey police.
and it has not yet been settled who will get
him.
Dan Steers is an old offender. Heis about
As years old and has served ninetccn- year
sentence In Sing Sing: He has practically ad-
mitted that most Of the stock robberies that
have occurred in Middlesex county for several
years past were the work Of his associates or
himself.
4 few days after he was Imprisoned at
Doylestown he attempted to commit suicide
by cutting his throat. 1t is believed that
Steers has stolen more than twenty one horses
in this county since the FIRST of this year.
Steers Is said to have wife living at q place
called Bristol. near Monmouth junction.