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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-21
characteristics OF CriminaIs.

The measure around the skull of the
criminal, taken horizontally, is ALWAYS
less than that around the skull OF the
upright man, and his brain Is found to
be lighter, his constitution feebler, too,
and his heart Is weak. But even among
culprits themselves there are great diff
ferences--thus the highway robber is
naturally found to be taller than the
pickpocket, and the bones Of his skeleton
are stronger. He and the murderer,
when they write at all, write large
round hand with many fourishes. The
thief writes with effeminacy, small
hand.
These people are apt to give the stu
dent surprises. He finds, for instance.
that they are not habitually cruel. Wan.
ton murderers will be kind to a bet.
Where they are cruel it is the women
who are most SO, and who discover the
most shocking forms Of cruelty, and al
though few have talent they are all
wanting in the ability to use their talent
to advantage, but most of them have
great stupidity.
They are Eighty and faithless always,
clinging long to nothing. And with it
all they are extraordinarily superstitious.
The one satisfactory thing that comes
out of all this investigation is tSne estab-
hshment of the fact that education di-
minishes the tendency to crime, and that
as by slow degrees the day shall come
when whole generation is educated
the children Of that generation will be
born with less and less tendency to crime
or to crime made easy.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-21
NIPPON CRICKETERS.
ralia's Famous Eleven Soon
to Play In America.
KS WHO WILL MEET THEM.
S. Patterson and A. NJ. Wood, Phila.
las Wonderful Exports II.
and other Great New York Players.
nnel OF tho Australian Team,

year the popular English game OF
gains a stronger foothold in the
States. AT New York, Chicago,
The evening world., 1893-10-12
Local News in Br.o:..

4 hr. carly This morning in Rooney 4 Nc.
Farins liquor store at 1851 Park avenue, caused
tril ing damage.
For driving h sick and lame horse last nieht
Mercer GorintE. tty-eight years old, OF q Attnr-
ncy street, was hela in the Essex Market Court
to-day.
Fire In II. n MACY & Co.'S storehouse, $50
Hudson street, al 1905 O'Clock this morning, did
$50 damage. The origin OF the IRE Is IN
known.
According to the statistics Just compiled by
Commissioner Of Immigration senrcr, there is a
decided falling Oh in immigration. chiefly from
Poland and Italy,
william G.. Coopcr. thirty years old. was re-
manded as as uspiclous person In the Tombs Court
to-day. He was arrested b. Central once de-
tectiVes last night'
schedules in the assignment Of Julius bernstein,
dealer in diamonds. at - Maiden lane sho. liza.
biIities So 7Oe nominal assets. Ais2'' and
actual assets, f!9 Sjl.
Robert Hewctsnn, aged forty-two. = promoter,
living at lG6 East sixteenth street, died IN
rcllevue HOSPITAL TO-DAY from injuries received
from a fall while intoxicated,
In the Esscx Market Police court today George
Hartman. a baker. forty years old. u 1877 East
Third street. was held for hoUrishing a revolver
while drunk last night on the l'o"ery.
A,thdnv Pollock. nineteen Years Old, OF i0 East
Thirteeuth street was held for trial to-day in The
ESSEX Market Police court on the charge 81 steal
| inr 81 90 from the I'll n Inong Hing. a, 200 First
avenue.
Al meeting of the Denis Stock Association
a, e25 Monroe street. last night, resolutions were
adopted recommending James a Donesan Tor nom
inutiou for member 81 the Assembly from the
Fourth District.
SIX m,a Got 3, nucs in Essex Market Police
Court this morning 49, a SEQUEL 70 a hlrthlay
par'y given iu the basement OF l25 Cherry street
,., r1sh, Jos nh MrCanerty was thirty-three
Years I'd and he and his friends made so merry
tia, a dehr followed
The Juniata M,ning and Manufacturing Com
many. a concern owning extensive interests IN
NOR and HuntIrSdnn Counties. Pa. failed yes
tcrday. Liabilities, $4,000 assets 81? oo1
~committeh suicide, was President Of the Company
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N0UR MAHAL'S REPORT.
Her sail'ng-Mastsr Declares Che
Was Not to Blame.

william II. Curtis. sailing master OF John
Jacob AEaas yacht NourInahal, which was in
~coiiision with the Pennsylvania Railroad ferry
boat Washington In the North River yesterday
morning. made his report OF the acciden' to the
iocai steamboat inspectors to-day.
His story tallies with that printed In The
Evening World" yesterday. Mr.. Curtis. however,
declares that the ierry-boat blew the signal for
the N0urnahal to cross her bows too late.
II any such manocuvre had been attempted the
Washington would have hit the Yacht on the
starboard side. Mr.. Curtis says. He declares that
every effort was made by those on board the
Nonrmahsl To avert the collision. Her engines
were reversed full speed, but contact with the
fsr""-for' was unavoidable.
Pilot u. II. Tinslor. of the Washington. also
flied MS report to-day, 1t does not vary materi-
ally from that OF Curtis.
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count of the hazy atmosphere the news
paper men on shore could distinguish
little definitely, even by the aid of the
most powerful marine glasses. While
those OH shore could only speculate on
the reasons for the delay in the start.
and guess as to whether or not the race
would be ran at all. the whole story had
been written on board THE Evening
World' tug. and message after message
was on it's way to Tompkinsviile. where
other reporters stood ready to put the
news on the wire.
Perhaps the fastest time made by any.
of Mr.. .Berry's birds was by the one
liberated from The Evening World"
the May had asked both yachts by sig
nal II they consented 10 a postpone
mcnt OF the race until later in the day.
and both had answered in the afiirma a.
news, and the bird arrived al the coop
with 1t at exactly 1l.45 o'clock.
The bird carrying message No. 5. CIV
postpone the race for the day, also made
good time, carrying the story to Mr..
BtIry's COOP fo~rty-three minutes after it
The next bird, with message No. 8. CIV
taken from '.The Evening World's' tug,
also sped to its coop with extraordinary
."
THE Evening World" has also called
fastest carrier pigeons from the loft OF
John q. Lass, columbia Stores, Brook
Ign. Mr.. Lass's birds are particularly
strong pinioned and swift.
One of them a the honor of bringing
In the photograph which was printed IN
Waiting for Wind at the Lightship.".
Tho uicture was photogruped at Sandy
Hook Lightship, while the yachts were
waiting for a breeze to come up. de
veloped and worked over in India Ink by
Evening World artists. and at 1915
affixed to the tail feathers OF BILLY r..
No. 259," one of Mr.. Lass'S- swiftest
birds.
With it was a quite a long and weight
ed message, which undoubtedly hindered
the pretty bluebird's flight considerably.
In spite Of this extra incumbrance. he
sped swiftly through the twenty-one
miles of space between the lightship and
the Columbia Stores. and at 2 O'Clock,
one hour and fifteen minutes after the
picture was completed, It was on Its
way to THE Evening World ensravers
by messenger.
The fine picture OF the start, printed
to-ay. was taken on THE Evening
World" tug yesterday. completed and I'm.
ished there, and at 2.4l, three miles from
he lightship, was affixed to the tail OF
another of Mr.. LASS birds. This one
covered the twenty-four miles to Brook
Ign in only forty minutes.
morning sent by another of Mr.. Lass's
birds of Coney Island. reached this
office In twenty-five minutes.
The news of the ~postponement of the
start was carried by another bird
twenty-one miles in only thirty minutes
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tack a little more than twelve minutes
and then swung around for a long tack
towards the Jersey coast. Vigtlant fol-
lowed q. little more than a minute later.
At 2.G L. NJ. Nalkyrie made a short
tack to starboard, but finding that Vigil
liant did not follow, she came about
again. determined to keep the Yankee
sloop secure under her lee.
The cutter went about to ~starboard
at 313 r. NJ, ami the sloop followed
at 3.l5.3O. Then 10 ,wed a series of
short tacks clear down to the turning
stake. Valkyrie held her advantage
well until Vigilant put up an .interme-
diate jibtopsail in place OF the baby jib-
topsail that she carried in the early
part OF the race. Then the Hereshof
boat began to walk up. She then out
pointed as well as outfootcd Valkyrie,
and the hopes OF the British cutter were
fallen.
Vigilant crossed Valkyrie's bow at
4.49 p. NJ. and from that time there
was no doubt of the result. Nalkyrie
had sailed a crafty race to windward,
Vigiinnt turned the stakeboat fifteen
miles to windward of the starting line
at sos. valkyrie turned at GLASS. As
il was Impossible to finish the race
within the time limit of six hours, II
was called off, and the yachts took
lows for home.
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MADE A DASH FOR LIBERTY.
Butch" o'Connor's Desperate Effort
to Escape at Stap,etor. 5. ].

sTAPLEToN. s. l.. Oct. L.. John Il, o'Connor.
better known as Butch" O'Connlr, OF New York,
who. with his pal. Edward Sheridan, is locked up
a, Police Headquarters at this place. charged with
stealing horses and wagons on a large scale, made
a desperate attempt to escape last night, He WAS
rccap,ur.d. aftt- a no. pursuit. and is now again
saf ,ly locked up In his cell, where he tried TO
kill himself by knocking his head violently against
the iron door,
While changin- o'Connor's cell last night, the
prlsonc- threw his coat over TURNKEY Drice .
head, and made a dash for the front door.
He was seen by Roundsnsn Canton. who r19
to stop him. O'connor tripped the roundsmam
throwing him downstairs, fo then ran down
Beach street. followed by Canton. who was dis
nhlcd by his fall and had ht f"LI severely In
jurcd.
The prisoner ran IN Rocky Hollow where
he was finally rocRptured oL Quinn street and
taken back TO Police Headquarters. Since then
he has been closly guardd,
Co'nplainants against the two prisoners are
continuing to call at Police headquarters In q
steady stream from Astoria, New York, Der
gen Point. Newark and other places. The police
have recovered fifteen horses and Il large guam
tity OF harness. together with some wagons.
They will be arfaIsnri Tomorrow.
The evening world., 1893-10-12
FRUIT BUYERS INDIG MANI.
They Assert that importers Fslsify
Samples on the Wharves.

The controversy between the fruit i'm
porters and the fruit dealers ovsr the
rules governing the opening of fruit on
the wharves has broken out afresh. The
dealers declare that they are being
swindled by the "doctoring" Of samples
by the importers on the wharves where
the fruit Is opened for inspection.
At "A special meeting of the Fruit
BHyers Union held to-day President
Lyon denounced in most emphatic lam
guage the injustice done to the dealers
in his city who hove been losing money
through the injustice of the importers
who hove, as President Lyon declared.
falsified their samples on the wharves.
I'VE have had rules upon rules in the
past" he said, but everything thus far
has proved futile because the buyers
the time has come when we will all lay
aside our personalities and differences
and unite In one solid body under some
agreed plan and compel justice and
honest dealing In the manner of select
ing and opening boxes and exposing the
fruit therein.
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Report that Mrs. Meyer Has
Turned States Witness.
She Says She Will Not Deny or
Confirm the Story.
Jointly Indicted with DR.. Meyer for
Poisoning Men.

The report gained currency this morn
Ing hat Mrs. Meyer, the wife of DR..
Henry {. W. Meyer. and jointly in
dicted with him for the murder of Gus
tave A. j. Baum, by poisoning. had
agreed to confess and become u witness
for the prosecution against her husband.
Every effort has been made to verify
the story, but with only negative re-
suits.
Mrs. Meyer, who was brought to New
York from a bed In a Detroit Hospital.
has been IA prisoner In the Women's
Department of the Tomhs for the past
three months. An "EveaIng World re-
porter was denied an interview by Mrs.
Meyer to-day.
In response to a q '"ation rs to the
truth OF the rumor sent in to her she
sent out the reply:
Il cannot say anything. ! will say
neither Yes nor'No.' for fear ! might be
doing wrong to answer the question at
all"
The matrons secuted the story. how
ever. They said that Mrs. Meyers had
not been depressed. but was. on the con
trary, one OF the most cheerful and
nest docile of the female prisoners.
She has frequently spoken in tones
OF affection of her husband, and has
seemed to be wrapped up In him and
| their one remaining child. The only
visitors she has received have been her
counsel. Brooke, O'Sullivnn and Chan
Ter, and her little boy, who comes In
charge OF an intelligent and apparently
well conditioned young woman with
whom the child lives.
Mr.. Meyer seems 10 enjoy the chatting
OF some of tho other women who have
leased her about her unprepossessing
husband. She has acquired a warm
place in the hearts of the matrons, who
declare that she is a perfect lady
sweet tempered and sunny OF disposi-
ton.
Mrs. Foster, known as the "Tomhs
Angel" for her kindness to the pris-
oners, and who is a daily visitor to The
prison, tells a different story.
She says Mrs. Meyer is very low
spirited, that she frequently hnds hei
weeping, and b%emoaning her fate.
Distrlct-Attorney Nicoll was not at his
office this morning, but Assistant Dis,
trict-Attorney John f., Mcintyre, who
has charge OF the prosecution Of III,
Meyerscs. said
81 have not heard OF Mrs. Meyers in
tention t. turn States evidence. and
don't belle the story
The story odd TINS morning was that
Mrs. Mey or had not only agreed to ties
tify against her husband on his trial for
poisoning Baum, but that she had said
that Dr, Meyer had poisoned four othsr
persons within her knowledge.
p;. Meyer himself unhrsttatinSly APP
peared in response to a note sent up TO
him in the second corridor, requesting
an interview.
When told Of the report that Mrs,
Meyer had consented TO turn states wit
ness his pa.c. stern features relaxed. lie
smiled. and after a moments dclioera'
ton. said;
she cannot tell anything but the
truth. The truth will injure neither OF
us. II the report you mention alleges
that she hos told anything connecting
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Norcro.s at the moment the latter
dropped the bag filled with 'he terrible
At the 70, mer trial OF the case,
Judge Andrews dismissed the complaint
on the ground that the plaintiffs case
had not been made out.
in court to-day when the case was called.
Ex-Judge John r. Dillon, Col r. c..
James and Rush -Taggart appeared for
NJ. Sage and ex-Judge Noah Davis pre-
scnted the argument for Laidlaw.
Ex.Judge Davis rehearsed the scene
morning, when, as Laidlaw alleges, the
%fnancier. for the first time during the
clerk by the hand. and with a semhlance
of cordially, drew Laidlaw towards him
Until the latter, was so placed that, he
Forty wounds In different parts of
Laidlaw's body resulted. 1t is alleged,
from the ~forethought displayed by Mr..
Sage at the time, and doubtless also
saved the latter's life.
Mr.. Dayis's argument was based on
the fact that the law allows no one to
sacrifice the life OF another to save him
self from possible death at the hands Of
Counsel also took the ground that
Mr.. Sage's act In taking Laidlaw's
hand and drawing the clerk t9wa1ds
line OF the explosive force which Laid
law would otherwise have escaped. Mr..
Davis occupied more than an hour In
going over the story.
Col. James. who brilliantly argued the
points in Nr. Sage's favor. held that
there was but one wrong-doer, and that
| was Norcross.
The explosion. he held. was the sole
cause OF the plaintiffs damage. and the
defendant had no agency whatever In
causing the explosion. and had no power
to prevent It. There was 10 evidence,
he continued. that Sage's act either
| caused or was an explicit cause OF the
damage to the plaintiff. on the con-
trary, the facts negatived the PROPOSE
ton that Sage's act caused or was an
efficient cause of the damage TO the
plaintiff.
Col. James further argued that Mr..
Sage was under no duty to protect Laid
law while in his office against the un.
lawful act OF Norcross. and he was not
responsible to the plaintiff for Nor
cross's presence there.
1t took until IL o'clock u present Mr.,
Sage's side of The case. Thc I'arers
were handed up AMI decision reserved.
The evening world., 1893-10-12
SAGE'S LIVE SHIELD.
Laidlaw Renews His Fight for
Payment.
The Story Of the Dynamite Explosion
Retold.
How tho Financier Saved Ills Life
ut Lnid,nw VS. Peril.

The story OF the attempt on the life
OF Russell Sage by Dynami.cr Norcross
was retold with much dramatic effect in
the General Term OF the Sup".me Court
today before Judge Ven Brunt. with
Judges Foliett and Parker on the bench
as associates.
The occasion was the argument on
appeal from the decision of Judge An
drews in the suit brousat ~ N.l!ilm r.
Laidlaw against Russell Sage for $4,000
damages for injuries received at the
time Of the explosion. Dec. 4, 1891.
Laidlaw. whose back. was blown full
of wounds by flying articles OF Office
furniture, claims that ,.e vas used as
a shield by Mr.. Sage, who %interpcsed
Lahlaw's body between himself and
The evening world., 1893-10-12
ALLEN TALKS ALL NIGHT.
Ereak!nR the Senate Record-Oon-
tinuous Session fncidsnts.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-THE test Of
physical endurance in the United states
Senate is fairly on. The continuous
session. has gone through its first ALL
night stage. and at least one man has
covered himself with the questionable
glory of the situation.
Populist Senator Allen is a record
breaker He took the floor at Sis in the
afternoon, and without any interruptions
except such as were purely incidental
held the flo s,re In5i Of ne "a 81 s,r boars Of q"
lie proved himself an able n inde-
fatigable talker. At no time did his
voice fail him, and even when the clerk
was calling the roll to secure a quorum
he stood erect and ready TO proceed
with his remarks.
In the oppressive atmosphere Of the
Senate he did not weaken for an IN
During the early part Of the evening
the galleries were packed to repleuons
and they remained so NTH aoout !.
occupants, but several hundred persons
remained. including two ladies, who had
been in the gallery since 10 o'clock.
POOR VOORHEES,
The freshest man on the floor was the
entirely worn out. He would OCCASION
ally take a book in his hand. but his
head would soon fall upon his chest and
his eyes would close III slutilDtIs OthCE
Senators who desired to refresh them
selves with sleep retired to the COMFORT
able lounges in the cloak rooms
or the still more comfortable
lounges in the Committee rooms.
But MIR. Voorhees,, in the performances
OF his duty, was compelled to remain In
the hall without rest.
During the first twelve hours OF the
present test" ending with 8 o'clock
this morning, there were just an even
dozen calls of the Senate, but 1t was not
until about . o'clock that Senators be-
gan 10 respond in a sleepy and reluctant
manner.
WEARY OF CALLS. so WEARY.
The calls towards morning came at
more frequent intervals, and Senators
began to show the effect OF broken nap
and disturbed slumbers.
Al Z o'clock the scene in the chamber
was an interesting one. Senators Voor-
hees, Villas and Faulkner were in close
conversation, their gestures occasionally
takln Ne shape of vigorous rubbing OF
eyes and the faintest suspicion OF avn
ing.
sir. Morgan looked as fresh as II he
had Just stepped from a bath-tub, n
was putting In the time discussing a
constitutional question OF some sort with
Mr.. Plat.
The seats on both sides of the chamber
were conspicuous in their vacancy but
the silver men were on the alert. their
The evening world., 1893-10-12
ACCUSED OF A BIG ROBBERY.
Four Men ArreiGned for Stealing
$4,000 Worth Of ClothinG

Samuel ~Ilpschitl. OF l3l Rose street. New
York. and Samuel Medler, Jacob weinstein and
Samuel Burnstein. OF Christopher street and
suffer avenue, Brooklyn, were prisoners In the
Gates Avenue Police Court. brooklyn. this morn
ing. .
On the night OF A. ~ last clothing, vailed at
81, 800. awaiting shipment to the standardu Cloth
ing Company, at 43 Washington street. was
stolen from the shop Of Himen Goldbere ?ti
Eastern Parkway. Brooklyn.
Detective Harris discovered that the goods
had been shipped to New York and from there to
New Haven. Conn, whore they were received
by David Weller, a special constable. Weilef
is a cousin OF weinstein, one OF the prisoners
arraigned this morning,
Weller sold some Of the goods In New Hsver
and r%eshipped the balance to pier Is New York,
Weller was placed nder arrest. Al. hrst b,
denied any knowledge Of the AFFAIR. He after,
wards confessed that he received and disposed
Of some Of the stolen goods. lie gave the namet
Of the four men arraisned this morning as tht
thieves.
His offer to turn States evidence was accepted
and this morning he was brought to Rrooklyr
from New Haven to appear aEainst the prisoners
The hearing was adjourned.
The evening world., 1893-10-12
THINK HE'S A H0RSE-THIEF.
Yonkers Holics Arrest q Now Yorker
Who Tried to Sell q Turnout.

YoNKERs. Oct. l.. -iIenry wilkinson. aged
thirty-four. who says he resides on One Hundred
and Fifty-fth street. New York. but would give
no number. was arrested here late last night
by Detective MCGOWAN. OF the local police,
wilkinson drove up to him 10 a buggy and asked
him II he did not want 10 buy II.
McGowan asked him to whom II belonged, and
the man replied to his father. He said that he
was driving It to Albany for him. but that his
father wanted to sell II, and that II MCGOWAN
would give him $50 for II he could have H..
This aroused the suspicion OF the oricer, and
he to'k Wilkinson and his turnout to oPlice
Headquarters. where he told several conflicting
stories. He was held until his stories can he
Investigated. wilkinson said that he had been
In the employ OF a man named Kyle at High
bridge.
The police believe he stole the horse and wagon
In New York. and have communicated with the
police OF that city.
The evening world., 1893-10-12
Weather

Forecast for thirty-siS hours ending at s p II.
Friday: For Southeastern New York. including
Long Island, also for Connecticut and Northern
New Jtrsey-FEir. followed by rain Friday; de-
cideily colder saturday; winds shifting TO east
erly, increasing In force.
The following record shows the changes In the
temperature during the morning hours, as ind!'
Gated by the thermometer at Perry's pharmacy.
A. M.,..64.s A. M....6ti9 4. NJ. .soli2 Mss
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ROBBERY IN THE PARK. -
A S~leeper's Scar: Tin Taken In
Brond Daylight.

Another robbery in the busiest part
of the day took place this moring in
the City Hall Park.
Charles Gabrilobith, OF 1872 Madison
street. was sitting on a bench In the
park asleep, when Policeman Zwisler
saw another man go up to Gabrilobith
and deftly take n pin from the ~latter's
scarf. The thief was going through
officer arrested him.
At the Tombs the prisoner said his
name was Frank Harris, twenty-eight
years old, and that he had no home.
He admitted taxing the pin, and Justice
Meade held him in 1900 bail for trial.
The evening world., 1893-10-12
PRISON CONFERENCES.
Discussions Arranged for October
and November.

The mrs. conference n the Prison Association
for the season OF iss3.0t will be held at it's
rooms. l@ West Fifteenth street, on Thursday.
Oct. 10. at 10 10 A. N. institutional Diet In its
Relations 10 Health. Morals. Economics and Dis
thos. who will participate are Howard Atkinson.
Ira Otterson, Of the Reform School. Harrisburg,
n. J. James c. Stout, Warden NJ Auburn Prison
+. +. Chaplin, Of Lyman School. Westborough,
and V. NJ. Masten. OF the Stale Industrial School,
The second conference will take place Nov. is,
on Prison Discipline, Modes and Limitations
OF Punishment" Conferences vii! he held every
Thursday during the month.
The evening world., 1893-10-12

either OF us In anything criminal you
can rest assured 1t Is totally ~unfounded.
she Is an angel, a true wife and Il
loving mother. who Is incapable of tell
ing a lie. One need only to look into
her face to tell her character and con-
firm what l have said. That's all I've
got to say" the doctor concluded, and
he turned to walk away.