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HAD STOLEN MANY COATS.
WI Ell tho Detective Arrested Him
He Confessed.

Between tho 18th and Goth of this
month complaints were made to Capt.
Strauss, at The East Sixty-seventh street
police station. by individuals who had
lost oy,rcoats and other clothing by n
clever sneak-thief. Among the com
claimants were MIR. Peck. IS East Sixty
i.fth street; MIR. Hyman, "a East Sixty
seventh street; Mr.. lshelheimer, 6 East
Sixty-1fth street; Mr.. Rosenwald. 10
East Slxty-siNth street; Mr.. Nathan.
S!Xty-eighth street and Fourth avenue,
and Or. Ochs, Lexington avenue and
SiXtieth street.
The case was placed in the hands Of
Detectives Weller and Grade. who sue
cccded in getting Il very good descrip-
lion of the thief. On Thursday night
they found at Sixty-scven,h street and
Fourth avenu a man whose appearance
Tailed with the description, and they
arrested him. He gave the name of
Charles Brown. twenty-five. and said he
recently anne from Albany. He ad-
mitted his identity and took the detec-
tiveS to ~pawnshops, where they recov-
cred ten overcoats, five dress coats, -four
suits and other clothing. IN the York
vile Court this morning DR.. Ochs's COM
plant was taken. and Justice Koch held
Brown in 500 TO answer.
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Has he never been arrested for such
n record Of blood?"
'Of course" said the Sheriff. Grim
has more sense than to resist arrest.
But he always gets off easy. Once 1t
was self-dcfense, and twict 1t was In
sanity"
Was he crazy"
y more crazy thar you be-"
Just as the short twilight of the far
South began to fall we reached our desti-
nation. II was "A small. %forlorn looking
little town. tceming with saloons and
idle men. They had come to witness
the arrival Of our party: the village
answered to the name of Turner's Bend,
The Sheriff gave me n few hasty di-
IcctiUns.
Just follow along as best you can.
Like as not they'll take you for n dep
uty. I'm going over to Rufus Gain
tons the first, thing. Grim. he, always
the deed. lie Amt no trouble to ar
reSt-rCVer was"
Have You OBLIGATED hcfore?" I asked.
The keen eyes glittered and IA half
smile played beneath his uncertain col
ored mustacha.
NO. ! amt tackled him vet. but he
was good friends WITH the other Sheriff,
we was boys. killing is the only bad
habit he's got"
4 large portion Of the crowd escorted
us to the scene Of the murder. 1t was
quit" n distance from the town. and tho
dark was almost upon MS when We ar
rived.
The house VAS long and seemed white
in the gathering ~blacku"SS. Three dOOre
were open. and a number Of excited
looking people wcr" passing to and fro.
You'll nul the corpse I'm the right
hand ROOM volunteered l. OF them.
with the bearing of a man who points
out Il silc-snow in "A circus.
W" entered.
Candles were burning diDl!y in differ
cnt parts OF III, room, and a coffin in
the centre accentuAtcl the tragedy Of
thu occasion.
'Ths sheriff preceded us all, and the
miscellaneous crowd fell back before
him. | felt that for the first time IN my
life represented the majesty Of the
law.
X tail. light-haIred woman stood by
the head OF the Casket IN a dress OF i'm
nrovisci mourning Near her sat Il
heavily built man, his head supported by
his hands. in Al attitude OF the deepest
grief,
sln-le word
"Jennie!'
Tine light-haired woman locke at the
Sheriff and then cried in a tone OF min
gled relief and pain:
"Jul"
We all felt that a significant reeogni-
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HELEN DAUVRAY I'm COURT.

Helen Dauvray Ward. actress. who Is
seeking an absolute divorce from her
husband, John Ward, manager Of the
New York Baseball Club, appeared in
the City Cour before Justice Mccarthy
to-day. accompanied by her counsel, lrv-
ing NJ. Dittenhoefer and H.. G. Wiley. In
obedience to an order requiring her to
show cause why she should not be
punished for contempt for failing to ap-
pear in supplementary proceedings and
submit to an examination as to her
ability to pay a claim which Catherine
Donovan. "A dressmaker. secured against
her, for $S07, on July ~.
Miss Dauvray showed that there had
been no intentional violation of the order
of the court, and as she expressed a
willingness to submit to the examination
it was intimated that the proceedings
to punish her for contempt o not
be pressed. Upon her request the attor-
ney for the judgment creditor postponed
her examination for a week.
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GRIM HOYLE'S ARREST.
A Tragedy of the Far Vest qCith q Ro.
m0ntic Side.

One Autumn I was travelling in the
far West, searching for health and al
venture, So far | had found neither.
Ny lungs refused to heal. and only
peaceful citizens crossed my path.
| lonEed to write home awful accounts
OF pistol scrapcs and cutting arfrays, but
I had an obstinate and inconvcnicnt de-
votlon to truth which prevented my in
venting them.
1t rs hard enough for the genuine pro-
fessional liar to give an idea Of reality
to what is false-and the amateur Is
az Tally caught.
l will begin this BY describing the hero.
hjid tell the tale Just as It happened,
without "A flourish.
l had taken the stage in b County,
Tex, for u small town situated In the
pine bottoms. The balsamic atmosphere
wa said to be good for weak lungs, and
] nae besides an ancient deel of my
fath,r's which might give W. "A lighting
chance OF some land.
The stage was a dismal old rattletrap
itself, but the horses we're fine, and the
driver II veiY Improvisation of Southern
good humor and self-complaccncy.
When | took the stage there was al
ready one person inside and there were
three men on top.
The person inside sat very quietly in a
corner, a PREDETERMINED hat drawn
over his eyes, and a general air Of re-
pose about his meagre person, | have
never known whether he was asleep or
whether he merely did not consider 1t
worth his while 10 notice my advent.
As the numbering vehicle moved on
at a swifter pace than a spectator would
have deemed possible. bits Of CONVERSE
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ways Of opening the conversation, and
even thought Of rendering my card.
when he said, calmly:
sick, amt your
This was something OF a shock. though
kindly meant. He did not wait for me
TO reply, bur added: you got the con-
sumption from studying too hard. You
might set shed of 1t yet II you stay here
long enough. Don look like 1t run In
your family"
This was intuition.
"How could you guess those facts" l
ventured.
Well" he replied. "in my line OF life
we see a lot. We get to know all about
a man from his build"
! wondered what his line OF life was.
Il am the Sheriff Of b County"
he said, after a pause. I've got three
deputies on top and we're on our way to
arrest Grim Hoyle. l can't say how
lively n time well have. Where are you
golng?'
1 mentioned the name OF my dest!na-
ton.
"Oh, well. you will go considerably
further than the posse"
A strange desire TO be present at the
proceedings took possession Of me. y
lighting Sheriff and "A noted desperate
were dramatis pcrsOrae not 10 be
sCorned.
had not come in vain to the west
of Texas, then,
"If YOU will permit me, | will stop
over and see what you cal! the fun. |
have reasons for wishing to see It,"
You amt no reporter, are you?"
asked tbs Sheriff. doubtfully.
l told him ! was not a reporter, !
only desired to be a spectator. This
seemed to open his heart, and he gave
me a few particulars OF the case.
We'll, you see. there's been bad blood
fer more than six years between the
Gaintons and the Hoyles. Tom Canton
was killed last night, and Grim sure
done It. He have killed one before, be-
sides John Peyton and Phil Green, lie
killed this here Gainton's FIRST cousin.
Now he's got Tom. and he allows he'll
fnish up with Rufe."
/ nodded assent
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height Of a tall man and then said firm

height Of a tall man and then said firm.
Now. 10. stand perfectly still. RI
member he was killed while resIs.1ns ar
She fired twice, putting one nuiies
through his coat sleeve and another
through his hat. l was astonished AT
her nerve and her marvellous accuracy
Of aim. but the Sheriff stood unmoVcd.
apparently beyond the sound OF human
She bent above the dead body next
and tried to raise 1t, eNciaiming impet-
ION, II there was only some one to
i came Onward now out of the shadow.
Madam" | said. Il am a witness that
Grim Hoyle ret his death while resist
ing arrest. 1t was an execution IN the
best sense OF the word.
She looked at me with eyes full OF re-
lance. Women, know whom @ trust.
and laid him on a rude cot.
she turned 10 the ShcrltL.
speak to me, Io' Speak to me-
Professional instinct came at last to
"""Iiow shall we get him back"' he
said.
'Thry must never suspect mat | have
ncen away from home. Wait here for
about half an hour and then! start You
must tell the story for him' she SAID TO
me. promise you VIII do this
| promised, and she sped away Ike q
NThis was more OF an adventure than I
nd unrslinel for. | was alone On a
Milo prairie with the murderer aiY
"When we reached the house she was
Sitrlng beside her husband. 1t was her
voice, that rose above the rest, asking
me for an account of the tragedy.
t,Il ii as she had hade me, while the
Sherin stood, moodily gazing on tho
'hur, 10 powerful bad to have ter
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ton from above noa Ted dow, % -.
There we're three languar es renres.ntad
one spoke SOFTLY in Sn,,ish. a daon
cultural drawl proclaimed the German,
and the familiar drawl of the southern
States completed the trio.
"CLramUar said the first vote. "bo
is a man If blood: he should have heen
born in Mexico"
1T will he the bIgpes, orrest IN thr.o
months" said the American ..on,y he
will meet his match this time. | am
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SEEING IS BELIEVING.
Attachment Granted on a Telephone
Order Is Vacated.

Charles &. Murphy resides in Boston.
He had a claim IN some notes against
Jack & Co. OF this city, and wished to
attach some money which the latter
had on deposit here. The facts OF the
claim were t~elephoned to Lawyers Sulli-
van & Cromwell. OF this city, who were
requested TO secure an attachment in
order that the claim might be satisned
from the moneys on dcpoSit here.
The facts communicated by telephone
were embodied In an affidavit. and an
attachment was obtained against the
money OF Jack q Co. in this city.
Henry ID. Hotchkiss and william s.
Maddox moved to vacatc the attachment
upon the ground that 1t did not appear
that Murphy had any previous ac-
hat they had @i'g any s"e m tsTseF of RTrs; 9r
that 1t was Murphy with whom they had
spoken. Judge Barrett n vacated the
alta chment.
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editors and writer's Of the local PAPERS.
n resolutions denunclatory of the In
tercollegiate Associations action were
passed. The game Nov. IL between
Iale and pennsylvania Is likely to be
declared off. as Pennsy VOWS she will
not use n team of raw subs.
a little hitch exists in the arrange
ments for the Sale-Princcton Thanks
giving Day game. The difference hinges
upon who shall manage the finances and
the tickets-thc management OF the field
or n committee of the University Attn
vet that the game shall he PLAYED on
Manhattan Field. but there's no better
place in this vicinity.
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SENIOR RUIZ INSPECTING.
Head OF Havena's Fire Department
in the City,

Among the callers or Mayor Gilroy
to-day was Senior Joaquin Ruiz. engineer
OF the aqueduct and head OF the fire
department in Havana. Tuba. Senior
Ruiz was accompanied by Senior Arturo
y Topete Baldasano. Spanish Consul
General in this city, who acted as in
terpreter. o
The Mayor rave Senior Ruiz letters to
the Fire Commissioners and the Com
mlssioners of Public Works requesting
them to give him every facility to in
spect the departments and works under
their direction.
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youngsters who were playing about n
bonfire at Norman avenue and Newell
street. The boy was rushing about.
shouting and laughing, when suddenly
h. trippcl and fell hcndhrst into the bon
IRE, which was Of quite fair size.
No time was lost in rescuing him. as
half n dozen men dashed forward and.
scattering the brand light and left. got
tn" child. whose clothing had been pretty
well burned away II who was unable
tu help himself. several of the rcscuera
wer" slightly burned, hut the surgeon at
the hospital said that II the boy had been
lett in the fire FOR IA moment later he
would a V stood no chance of re-
CoNCry.
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BOY FELL INTO A BONFIRE.

Promptly Rescued, but in q Critical
Condition.
Edward O'Brien, three years old, OF
l07 Newell street, is in st. GATHERINGS
Hospital, Williamsburg. to-day In a
critical condition, suffering from severe
burns about the face and body.
Last night Eddie was one of a dozen
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CLIFF HOUSE BURNED.
well-Krown Summer Resort at Rye
Destroyed.

RYE. n. Y, Oct. 2S,-The Cliff House,
a well-known Summer hotel, situated on
the Sound, in this village, was burned
at an early hour this morning.
The loss Is thought to be about 81, 900,
we'll insured.
The few persons occupying the build
ing had no difficulty in making their
escape.
The owner OF the property Is Mrs.
Jeanette Persons, of New York.
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Fire In a Canal Boa.

Al 4 o'clock his morning n fire occurred in the
coal-laden canal-boat W. c. Davis. lying at the
foot of East NIrcty-ninth street, and caused 52i
damage. The captain and hts family, Who we're
asleep In the cabin. got out in time to give the
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score of "a to Class's q. The purse was

score OF "a to Class's q. The purse was
S25U.
+. F.. McCiclland, Of Wheeling. W. Va,
hNe-lmile ]Chaiuulon ruuuc ~ the United
states, has signed articles VI agreement
Tor a w mi" race with James :. smith,
OF Alnany, N, y, to take place in that
McClelland IL In excellent shape and
expects to win, although he is not a
two-mile man, nvC miles being the dis
lance at which he is best.
a crlcketprs' club will be formed to-
night In this city, probably with these
officers.
President. Henry Martin. c,.rrc,ider, ~ the
M,tropclitln ntstr'c, Cricket League. Vice rrcst.
dent, Il. n. q Walker. secretary VI the staten
Island Crirk't rlrn Secretary j"romc flanncry,
T. \, Monroe. President II the Manhattan cricket
tlnh, w ". Nnt'y. First Vice TIcs'l"ut ~ tho
Morn. Park Cricket cub; ". ,FCnN.ck. q the
Georges Athletic club J. 4 Atkins. Pres dent
~ the Victoria cricket club. W. a. Gray. Of the
The Scottish American 4. c., Of Icr-
scy City. Is sending their lightweight
crack. Tom Reilly, to the front. Reilly
or Mike McGlonc. particularly. although
he'll take on any ,aS-p.undcr.
Messrs. Cuahman. Barnes and Man
ming, the Chicago Committee to whom
was left the organization of the Western
baseball League, announce that Milwau-
kce. Minneapolis. Kansas city. Indian
apolis and Toledo are accepted, and that
the League Will be composed of eight
clubs, four each on the Western n
Eastern circuits. Mr., Barnes with per
Eonnlly Investigate the applications from
st. Paul. Sioux CITY and Omaha. for the
one club to complete the Western cir
cult. while Mr., Manning will make n
visit to Detroit and Columbus. Mr..
Cushman will look after the appliCa-
tions from Denver. Joliet, Rockford. st.
Joseph and other points. The Commit
tee VIII call a meeting n week from
Saturday OF all clubs accepted.
A new athletic club has been organized
In Harlem. 1t is called the Volunteer
Athletic club, and these are the officers:
President, q. A. Carts: Nice-Presihent.
John J. Mcagher; Secretary. Edward
DAILY; Treasurer. Fred II. Schacfer: Cap
tain, William OGorman. jr.. Lieutenant.
Charles Gardner.
A fine house on the northeast corner
Of Onc Hundred and Thirty-third street
and Fifth avenue has been leased for
tie Club.
The Board OF Governors of the A. 4.
I. Will meet at l i. NJ. Nov. 20. at the
Aston House.
Joseph Darby, England's champion
jumper. Ia out with a circular detailing
forty different fcats He Will be fea-
tured at the Grand Opcra-House in "a
Country Circus next week.
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Othel games TOT tne afternoon are
orange A. G. against Rutgers College,
at oranie oval at $50 O'clock; Manhat-
tan Colhge vs.. Columbia College, at
Polo Crumbs. Lehigh VS.. Annapolis
academy at Annapolis; Harvard vs..
Brown. aiCambridge; Williams vs. Cor
nell. at fbany; Stevens VS.. Lafayette.
at Easton Pa; Amherst W.. Boston y.
A, at Bosom.
1t was MT much of a surprise that Mt
last MIGHTY meeting of the lntercol-
!egiate Football Association Yale. Prince
ton and Wesleyan combined against Uni
y repsaiy ,b %. ,ennsylvania and voted to
stitute his amendment, which really
ruins the 'Pnnsy's" team:
No man shall ,e eligible for the team OF any
college OF the Association who is not pursuing
y bona-nde cotrse requiring attendance on
recitation or leehres OF at least six hours a
week, II a %sradete. he shall be pursuing a
study. II an undergrad late and not pursuing a
course for a degre, he shall not be allowed to
play during his Ara year in college.
Secondary man Who has attended lectures or
recitations In any other college sfall not be
eligible FOR the tea1 Of any college in this AS
ISOLATION unless he h a regular member OF the
Freshman. Academic lr Scientific Class. or until
he has spent one yea OF resident study in that
Upon a four years corse.
Third-No man ~shaliplay more than four years
on any team in the hsociatinn.
Fourth-Two weeks hfore each game Of his
Association the two capulns shall submit to each
other a list OF thirty players, from which his
20" oc 'noseH' ! tlth'r captain mas any
objections TO make to ay man on the list sub
mitted to him he shall sbmit the protest within
Tour days to the Advisor COmmittee and to the
other captain. The Adtsor" Committee shall
have power to decide on te Eligibility ~ a player
and shall consider the pr,rst submitted 20 them
within forty-eight hours alter its receipt. Either
captain may submit Il furtrr list Of four PLAYERS
no later than five DAYS hfpre the game. Pro-
tests to any Of these mn may he submitted
In the same manner. and til Advisory Committee
shall pass upon the same not later than forty
eight hours before the gam.
Eifh-The rpfprpe pf N ,,a L. 81. 49,
eiation, at the request OF either captain. shall
debar from that game any nan not included in
the list unlimited or who his been declared in
eligible by the Advisory amitte
BY the adoption of this
Pennsylvania, If she remains in the As
ISOLATION, Will lose tpttn, Osgood. Alb
bot, Brooks, Hanus, Oliver and Whar-
ton anC four or five Substitutes. Penn
sylvania declares she viii not abide by
the new rule and will march on he
field in Philadelphia 1ext Saturday
is now constructed. Princeton viii NOT
protest, except as agairs; Osgood, so
Capt. Trenchard says. On the other
hand, Yale d, clares she yiil not com
pete against Pennsylvania unless the
latter thoroughly respects the new
amendment and plays striGly according
to 1t.
In justifying their position In the prem-
ises, PRINCETON, as well as Yale men.
say that Pennsylvania was INTRODUCING
too much OF the clement of Professional
Ism into the game. as well rs in gen
eral college athletics. 90
An INDICATION meeting was held in
Philadelphia last night by tim sporting
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7O-DAY'S FOOTBALL GAMES.
Princeton Meets the Wesleyan
Team at Manhattan Field.

The first OF the series of champion
ship games of the intercollegiate Foot
ball Association, takes place his after
noon between Princeton and Wesleyan
a. Manhattan Field. 1t is the only game
on the docket for to-day, the other mem
pers or the Association. Yale and Var
slty OF Pennsylvania. playing. respective
cite. " '
Both the "Tirers" and the "Dominies'
reached New York just before noon. and
nastened to Manhattan Field without
much delay. Unless some radical
mango are made. the elcvens will face
each other when play Is called at 9
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tlon mad taken place.
With the nicely OF feeling often shown
by r. ugh people the few persons left
caught. however, some broker
snntches of the dialogue. ! heard him
say:
Her answer was almost inaudible. but
the words 1T was Rufus Canton that
l married, were family heard.
Presently. as IA new crowd aurged In,
the, woman gave way to wild weeping.
"Oh. he will kill my husband next; he
has sworn to do 1t. There is nothing
but blood whichever way turn
II.
We were next ordered out into what
! appeared n compromise between n shed
and a stable. A number OF horses stood
ready saddled. and in one corner there
was a receptacle for fodder. In about
half an our | slipped away from the
rest OF the deputies. bent upon investi-
cation. The intense darkness covered
me now like a cloak. ] looked first into
the room where the corpse was lying.
but saw neither the Sheriff nor the
woman. The brother still kept his
watch by the coffin. lie was talking
with n friend
Grim Hoy'e will rave to shoot pretty
quick II he means to got ahead OF me,
| will shoot him or sight"
walked softly around to the back Of
the house. IN the direction OF n feeble
light which was shining in a partly
sheltered VcTanda,
The sheriff vas there talking TO the
woman, just as ! supposed. Their voices
were low and earnest. and they did not
heed my approach.
Jennie" he said. - never dom such
a thlnG In my life"
She laid her hand on his arm.
"You almost broke my heart when
you quarrcllel with me. Joe. eight
years ago. and now that | am happy
again. you won't help 70 make me
m~.serab!e?'
The Sherin's face softened,
is he good 10 you. Jennie? Do you
love him?"
Would | ask you to do this thong II
he wasn't? lie has never given me one
harsh word. You know YOU had no
right TO be jealous Of me eight years
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a crlcketers' club will be formed to-
night In this city, probably with these
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scy City, Is sending their iight-weight
crack. Tom Reilly, to the front. Reilly
wishes to meet Mike Leonard, Jim Burcc
or Mike McGlonc, particularly. although
hell axe on any l~l3-poundcr.
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The Crescent A. {. team plays Union
College at Eastern Park this afternoon,
game being called at $50 O'clock. The
tears VIII be made up In this manner: