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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-25
THE DEARMAN MYSTERY.
A Story of Mistaken Identity Involving
 the Dead and the Living.

Story of Mistaken Identity Involving
 the Dead and the Living.
 II have heard of great many cases of mistaken identity, said an Ulster county (N. Y.) lawyer, "but never of one quite as remarkable as that of John Dearman of Old Hurley, in my county Ten years ago John Dearman married Katherine Crispell, well to do farmers s daughter. Soon afterward he took to drink and ill time abused his wife shamefully. Five years ago she deter mined to have him arrested for i'll treat ing her, but he disappeared before she carried out her intention.
 Mrs Dearman heard nothing of her husband after he went away, but year or so later she read in newspaper an account of the discovery of the body of man i'll the Hudson river, near New burg The description of the drowned man was so much like that of her miss ing husband that she went to Newburg to sec if the body wns his. It had been buried when she got there. She showed to the coroner, tine physicians who had held the post mortem and to others who had seen the body photograph of her husband, and every one at once pro- noGnced it that of the dead man.
 Mrs. Dearmar had tho body disin- tered ill order that she might herself see the face and mako sure that it was her husband. She recognized the body at once, and the further fact that the dead man had two front teeth missing, just as her husband had, made the iden- tification the more positive. She re- moved the body to her homo and had it reinterred.
 "A year or so ago Mrs. Dearman married John Branthover and removed with him to Albany, where they now live, prosperous and happy. One day last week, to the amazement of everybody who had known him, John Dearman, long supposed dead and buried, returned to Old Hurley. There could be no mis- take as to his identity. Too many cir cumstanees proved that he was the true John Dearman. The story of his SUD- posed drowning was told to him, and the grave where it was believed he had been lying these four years was shown to him. He also learned that his wife had remarked and had moved away, and he said:
 It's all right. I deserve it.
 'sThen he walked away and hasn't been seen since. But who was the man who was drowned, identified and buried as John Dearman?"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-25
A Little Man.

: can't is weak and hates to play And never works at all, But the strong 1T can" Will make man Of q boy that's very small.
 -Youth's Companion.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
MRS. LEASE ARRIVES.
She Refnses to Say Whether She
Rode the Goat"

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease. of Kansas,
who is giving Populist politicians points
on craftsmanship, and says she Is a
Mason. arrived in New York at go this
afternoon. She was met at the Grand
Central Depot by David Rousseau. Treas
urer Of DR.. McGlynn's Anti-Poverty So
ciety. Tonight she will deliver a lecture
at Cooper Union for the benefit of the
unemployed poor of the city.
Although Mrs. Lease alleges she has
contempt for all kinds Of finery. she was
richly dressed, and wore IL handsome
badge of the Knights Templar. She was
as dignitied as Belva Lockwood conduct
Ing a case before a jury, and In answer
to n question about her claims of being
a Mason she made the following state
ment:
II positively decline to say anything
for publicat ton az TO my Masonry, but
II o Will see that a committee Of
Masons is appointed to wait upon me |
beyond ~peradventure that my claims can
be substantlated."
Asked whether she had ever been in
itlated into Il Masonic Lodge, Mrs. Lease
said:
1T doesn't matter to the public whether
or not | ever have been initiated. | am
not here to discuss Masonry or any
kindred subject. My purpose Is to talk
to the unemployed at Cooper Union to-
night, with the hope of advancing some
IDEAS and imparting some Information
that will be Of benefit to your city's
needy thousands"
The evening world., 1894-02-28
Mr.. MYERS SUBMITS A PLAN,
The Ex-Comptroller Wants a New
Carriage Outlet to the Park.
Archibald Objects to Seth Low as a
Labor Advocate.

Ex-Comptroller Theodore w. Myers
appeared before the Park Board nj its
meeting to-day and made a suggestion
which, II carried out, would add an i'm
portant improvement to Central Park
ana give more work to the unemployed
by days labor.
He proposed the extension OF the drive.
way to make an outlet for carriages on
Seventh avenu at F%ifty-ninth street,
the Improvement necessitates the widen
ing or the foot-path at the Seventh ave-
nue. entrance to connect with the ear
ringe road, md the construction of a
new walk.
lhere Is no carriage entrance to the
Park on Fifty-rinth street between Fifth
Eighth avenues. n Mr.. Myers said
the interests Of the driving public should
be considered.
The Board thought Mr.. Myers made n
strong point when he said the cost OF
the work would be more than repaid to
inc city by the increase OF taxable
values Of the property as a result Of the
the park engineers estimate being 900,
Mr.: Myers said that the plan included
the laying out OF n plateau or green
sward on either side of the road, which
",o"'u p.du'ly insteau OF destroy the
place. He assured the Board that IL the
road was opened for vehicles one of the
first things to be don would be the re-
moval of the row Of low buildings on the
southwest corner of Fifty-ninth street
ana Seventh avenue, and the erection
In their place of a handsome large fiat
house or hotel.
The Park Commissioners seemed in
clined to favor the idea of Mr.. Myers,
but took no action to-day. They will
give a decision at another meeting.
Cyrus Clark and W. w. Brewer APP
peared before the Board In the interest
OF the Improvement Of paths In River
side Park. between Seventy-ninth and
Eighty-tirst streets. which II was said
would give employment to 100 men. The
Board agreed to recommend It at its
next meeting II no objection came up
James p. Archibald asked for recog-
milton for the Central Labor Union in
the giving of employment to workmen.
Mr.. Clausen said the labor unions had
been recognized. and that Seth Low had
got tickets.
MIR. Archibald got Indignant at the
labor advocate. He said that Hamilton
Fish would have some fun with Assem-
blyman Roche when he learned that the
Central Labor Union had not been rec
ognized.
Aldermen O'Brien and Rim appeared
and asked for recognition for the Alder
men in the distribution of lator. They
said The district leaders got all the
tick cts and that the Aldermen were en-
titled to them.
Commissioners Clausen said he thought
the district leaders were entitled to
them. The Aldermen got little satisfac-
ton, and went away very dissatisfied.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
pADRONES FEARFUL.
Begging Now Not to Be Prose-
cuted for Their Crimes
Aaidayits to Be Submitted to EngIe.
hard To-Day.
Then He Can Go Ahead with the
Test Case.

The announcement that Marshal En-.
glehard had decided to prosecute the
padrones has caused dismay in the
ranks of the slave-drivers. All of them
are now practically On their knees
begging for forgiveness ami promising
to sin no more.
This afternoon afidavits on certain
test cases were to be submitted to En-
glehard. They Ia been sworn to by
the victims. mel with families who
paid SIS or $50 to procure work. The fee
charged In Itself constitutes a violation OF
cases will be watched with interest. II
the Court holds that these padrones are
criminals. a batch of attidavits will be
presented to the Marshal. so tina the
whole lot may be prosecuted.
Some of the padrones ascertained last
night that evidence against them had.
In fact. been secured. Instantly there
was the widest kind of excitement.
The office of Nincenzo Palumbo was
besieged by the padrones' emisar'es. Mr..
pb arsrs Is Srsanizing the Italian Ia,
be affiliated with the Central Labor
Onion. The padrones beseeched him not
TO give evidence against them, and Of
fcred, to assist. him in his work. They
WOULD 20 anything. they said. to avoid
James s.. March, of Marion street, who
Is credited with employing more men
on the railroads than any Of the other
so-called contractors in the city. and de-
manding large fees for doing so. heard
OF the evidence being gathered against
him. The Evening World has afida-
Wits showing, where sums of from s. up
were demanded and received by March
from the men. He no sooner heard of
this han he offered to do anything to
prevent prosecution. He says he will
hereafter employ men only from the
unions. Italian or otherwise. and pay
the full rates. He is only one of many
who nave agreed to do likewise.
A canvass of all the padrones made
to-day show that they are not employ
ing men. Inquiry at the different rail-
road offices also showed that an inves-
tigation was being made into the pa
drone system with the desire to discon-
tinue It.
The fact that Street-C Cleaning Commits
sioner Andrews put more than 900 men
to work last night without the aid of
%padrones, and that all of that number
who were supplied by the st. Raphael
Society. received the full amount of S1.5O.
is in itself the biggest kind of victory
for THE Evening World" The padrones
only paid 81 per man, sometimes less.
The officials of the New York Central
Railroad began an investigation this az
ternoon into the charges made against
Christopher Scone. foreman of the freight
department IN Hudson street.
Five a~ffidavits were presented to the
officials. They charge that Scone de-
handed and received sums ranging from
$40 to $15 from laborers to put them to
work. Some of the men swear they were
discharged for refusing to pay additional
sums demanded.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
STOKES WOULD TALK.
W. E. D. Came Near Being Com
mitted for Contempt Of Court,
Sale Of the Hoffman House Post.
poned Two Days.
Whether Piecemeal or in Bulk Noe
Yet Decided.

A motion was made to Justice Patter-
son in Supreme Court Chambers to-day
for an order directing the referees, In the
foreclosure proceedings Of the Farmerp
Loan and Trust Company against the
Hoffman House Company as to how ths
last piece of the ~Company's property
the Hoffman House proper, should be
sold.
The Hoffman House. embracing the
cafes, baths, club-houses and the other
property. was to have been sold At I
o'clock this afternoon.
Lawyer Adams. acting for w. =. D.,
Stokes. argued that the property would
bring a much larger price II sold sepa-
rately. He said many Of the paintings.
statues, sIsssTa,e, bathroom furnish;
bring a much, larger price II sold sinsiy
than II the whole property was disposed
OF In one lot.
accused the other side Of acting In bad
faith.
lie claimed the dividing of the froper-
~ into small parcels: such as WIS pre-
the hotel. which was In itself valuable,
Further h a that he showed yustice
Patterson q copy OF a written order he
$1,000 II he would name a price at which
he would either by or sell the Hoffma1
This oner, he says, was declined.
Lawyer Adams retaiiated By saying
this morning offered to buy the properly
at a higher figure han any 4 would %
At the conclusion Of the arniment.
Justice Patterson said: "Gentleisien. I
cannot decide this matter in th~ree-quars
tiers OF an hour, but II 70 about time
that 1t was finally disposed Of. I there
fore order the sale OF the property post
poned for two days. and in the mean
time IN 80. over the papers"
At this point w T.. D.. Stokes, jumpo6
to his feet. showing much excitement
and said: Your Honor. want
II connot hear you Mr.. Stokes. you
must sit down." said Justice Patterson-
.Stokes's counsel put his hand on h(e
shoulder and pressed him back Into his
seat. =
AS Stokes attempted to say something
further, Justice Patterson said: 'If you
are not careful you will be guilty Of con-
AT this Stokes quieted down and the
whole party left the courtroom.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
LIVELY TRADING IN STOCKS.
Western Union and General Elec-
trio the Strong Features.
New York Central Also Enjoys n
Little Squirt.

The commission houses had a fair
amount OF buying orders this morni v,
the execution OF which led to a pretty
general Improvement In prices. while
speculation Is by no means active. a
more confident feeling prevails. and some
of the traders are switching over to the
bull side.
American Sugar rose SIS, to 50 5-s:
American Tobacco ll-2, to 70 l-2: Bur-
lington q Quincy SIS, TO 76 Us; Chicago
Gas i-2, to SO IL; ST. Paul SIS, to 80 as;
General Electric SIS, to 80 rs; Louisville
n Nashville 5-s. to a as; Manhattan "a,
to 1923; Missouri Pacific ia, to % IA:
New Jersey Central Ia, to lie; New
York Central l IA, to 90 "a; Northern
Pacific preferred LIZ, to IS 3-s. and Kan
sas e Texas preferred l-a. to % IA.
New England val veal and declined
to 10 3-s on the proposed Issue OF S,Soo,ooO
receivers certificates to meet pressing
obligations OF the Company.
The steamship orizaba, which sails
for Hayana today, VIII take out s27S,-
lowing houses: August hclmont & Co.
$4,000. and Muller. Schail & Co., sl25. 900.
stocks continued to improve under the
i lea, s,d Of Wss;ern Union and Gen;
and, the latter 40. The squirt In New
York Central was due to purchases to
cover GO-day contracts now about ma
Money was in excessive surely at the
old rate OF | per cent.
Foreign exchange was about steady.
with light offerings Of bills and a fair
1856 "a and emand at Ass IA.
Commercial bar silver declined IA to
60 Ia. Mexican dollars were unchanged
a, s. = IA. Bar nar o sIlysr In rb hsn Tns1. fs dn, ,,sai
has allotted 5000 900 bills at Is s-isd;
l7o, eco special at 10 lo-s2d.. and %l.slo.ooo
The dealings at the Stock Exchange
while not large were unusually well dis
tributed this afternoon. In addition to
purchases to cover short contracts.
there was also more buying for the long
account. and the commission houses re-
ceived numerous out-of-town orders.
Taken altogether the market had a
better and healthier look than for sew
eral weeks.
There IL a heavy outstanding short In
terest in New York Central, the Gran
gers and other leading stocks, and the
supply Offering is small.
1t Is rumorrd that there Will be some
announcement in regard to notifications
Of the Terminal plan this week. Drexel,
Morgan Il Co. say there IL nothing to be
sacer,, Gu. % on IT., the .r ma1aer at ss present sm sc The
higher to-day. The common rose
3, TO 50. and do. 5s 2, to "a.
The following securities were sold at
auction to-day: One share Chemical
Bank at APO ex-dividend. IS shares New
York Rubber at llq, 100 Trust Gold Min
ing Company at $40 100 E,ssick Printing
Telegraph at 5l-2. 90 Bank OF Republic
at l52 l-2. 81 Phenix at l16. 20 Merchants
at 1877 1-2, and POP shares Of f. & II. 4.
Anthony & Co. at 10.
The sales of stocks were l59, 300 shares.
In the unlisted department $500 shares
of sugar and l60 Lead We're traded In.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
SUES HIS CLIENT.
Karge Says Wealthy Mrs. Earle
Owes Him $l,835,
She Got Into Litigation with Her
Husband and Brother:


The trial OF the suit of l.adislas karge.
a lawyer. to recover 81, SIS from Mrs.
Clara X I.r.e no -, b-a,arc>d,,. h,m for
o'a," ' Ea''e es d '"'"''e'"e "i"' ''l
professional services was begun before
Justice Andrews In the Supreme Court
to-day
'O'
Mrs. Earle, who resides at 10 East
Sixty-third street, Is well known in the
mos, .xc,u.,,a soc,a, c,r.,.. -, ~, o,,,,
.N.,e ''''n' 'nSe y w wy
she Is the daughter or the late Curtis
Noble, who was formerly Preside mt OF
n s~av,pgs ,,~st,u,Io, 4, urooL,vn and
=" "'','"''"" !" p'oon's"' anu
who was considered one OF the wealth..
est men in that city.
ON the death Of her mother Mrs
~, 'e"'" y" "' nnoliei MlS
earle inherited upwards o N"O,OW. She
married Edward Earle in 1879, who. II Is
allepel vaS the, , mn, ~ ,.ry roa,s,
NV" "a" ''' ~
means ne became n lawyer and his q
nce nj 30 WAL street; was connected VIII
NAT OF tracy, MacFarland, WINS
BOardman ana Platt.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
FAIR CHANCE OF A SEA FIGHT.
Haytian Wnrship on FORTUNE
Islnnd Ready for the Natalie.

The report of an expected naval en-.
gagement of Fortune Island. between q
IIaytian warship supposed to be thej
Dessalines and the Natalie, the ysehQ
that was supplied with arms, ammuni-l
ton and other war supplies at Savan-|
nah. was brought by the steamer Al,
vena, which returned this morning from,
a trip to Hayti. Port Limon. and For
tune Island.
The Natalie was said to be lying at Z
small port on Fortune Island. and.
the Haytian ship was standing just out
side the three-mile limit. and watching
for the Natalie to come out, when II wno
intended to capture her at any hazard,
The Natalie was said to be in good fight-l
board. 1t was not known whether the
latter were TO man the yacht or 20
be used IN Hayti b a revolutionary
The evening world., 1894-02-28
BYRNES AND PRICE CALL.
Long Consultation mt the District.
Attorneys ONCE.

Supt. Byrnes and Police Capt. Price.
of the West Thirty-seventh street sta
ton. both called at the District-Attor-
rey's office early this morning. Col.
Fellows being at home Ill. Supt. Byrnes
had a long conversation with Assistant
District-Attorney Vernon NJ. Davis and
Herman Oelrichs, Foreman of the Grand
Jury.
Capt. Price went upstairs to the floor
where the Grand Jury meets. and sat
silently in an obscure corner, smoking
n cigar. Foreman Oelrichs went to AS
sistant District-Attorney John ID. Lind
says office, where he remained about
half an hour.
No official information of the nature
of the business before the Grand Jury
couli be learned.
Capt. Price was before the Grand Jury
this afternoon for thirty minutes. Neither
DR. Parkhuist, no" any of his Society's
agents appeared a; the Distr.ct-Attor-
ney,,s office. to-day. 1t is said that the
evidence submitted b ythe Parkhurst So
ciety yesterday j. IN relation to two
property-owners in West Thirty-ninth
street. who. 1t is alleged, have leased
their houses for dlsorderly purposes.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
MOTHER AND BABE ADRIFT.
4 story of Misfortune Made Known
by - COrOnrr's Permit.

A coroner's permit was necessary be-
fore Martha Wallis's two weeks old
baby could be removed from the house
492 Seventh avenue to Potter's Field.
That is how it came out that the little
b ack-skinred baby and its young moth
er were set adrift ten days after the
baby was born at Bellevue Hospital. 1t
was last Saturday, the coolest day of
the Winter. bzut the young colored girl
and her babe were obliged to follow the
rules and regulations of the big hos
pital. A visitor at the hospital gave the
address Of the colored mission in West
Thirtieth street to the girl-mother, but
she lost her way in the binding storm.
and baby had received its death chill
when the waits were discovered by IA
pedestrian and hurried to the Mission.
warm South. might have died from the
effects Of the exposure at that c%ritical
stage of her illness. But she didn't.
Mrs. Kimber. at the Mission. did what
they could for the girl and her nameless,
fatherless babe, but the baby died las,
night in Mrs. Hawkins's fiat, where
they had been given shelter.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
ARRAIGNED JUDGE COMING.
Trial Jurors Presented Him with a
DiRmOnd-Studdcd Lockct.

Judge Cowing, in Part III. of the Court
Of General Sessions. discharged the panel
OF trial Jurors this afternoon with the
thanks OF the Court and community.
Before any of the Jurors or spectators
were able to leave the room. Simon 8.
Hershberg arose and said that he desired
to say a few words on behalf OF his ASSOC
clates. After the court attendants re-
stored quiet. Mr.. Hershberg said:
Your Honor, the jurors OF this court
have formed themselves into a petty
grand jury. and. after due consideration,
we nave found an indictment against you
and found you guilty In the first degree.
The sentence that we have decided
to impose upon you IL that you accept
this token of our esteem"
Mr.. H%ershberg then rendered to Judge
Cowing a small plush box In which was
q handsome gold loGket. studded with
Rufus .; Cowing. by the Jurors OF Feb
ruary. 1894"
In accepting the token Judge Cowlng
thanked the Jurors In n few well selected
words. and returned the compliment by
stating that the panel had done Its
duty during the term.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
DID NOT SELL THE BONDs.
No Money in the Sinking Fund to
Buy Corlears Hook Securities,
Property Owners VIII Probably Take
Some of Them.

II turns out that the N.3Io,oo0 OF city
bonds to pay for Cor!ears Hook Park
lands were not sold Yesterday as an.
nounced.
The bonds are reid by the Sinking
Fund, but We're not actually bought by
the SIM ng Fund, there beng no money
in the fund for that purpos-.
The bonds are still on sale, and the
pruperty-owncrs will probably take some
OF them In part payment for their
awards. They pay 3 per cent, interest
and are not taxable. Comptroller Fitch
had several applications for part OF the
bonds to-day.
Only once before, when bonds were
offered for sale. no bid was received.
That was last Summer. during the hnan:
cial stringency. when the silver repea
was pending, and bids for sa5o.oO OF
school bonds we're invited. The Sinking
Fund then had money on hand and took
the bonds at par.
The failure to dispose Of the bonds Is
no reflection ~ the credit of the city,
as nearly all the spare money was In
vested In the recent sale Of Government
bonds.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
SHOT HIS WIFE N HIMSELF.
Ryan Died I%nstnntIy and His wife
liz Fatally Wounded.

TRENTON. n. j., Feb. 2S.-Wiliam
Ryan, a potter, twenty-five years OF age,
this morning shot his wife Christiana
with a 44-calibre revolver.
After shooting her he went to a near
by clubhouse and fired a bullet in his
brain. He died instantly.
Mrs. Ryan IL still alive but no hopes
are entertained for her recovery.
The Ryans have been separated for some
time on account OF a domestic quarrel.
This morning, under the pretense OF get
ting some clothes, Ryan called on his
wife.
Before Mrs. Ryan knew what her hus-
band was doing he had u pistol levelled
at her and Immediately fired. When
Ryan fired the shot his wife was In the
kitchen, close TO the door, and was
handing him his clothes.
Ryan, It Is said. was jealous OF his
wife. and that Is the reason why he
tried TO Kill her and then took his W
life.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
ANOTHER CABLE BLOCKADE.
This Time IA broadway Cars Grip
Catches The Dead Gable.

There was another blockade on the
Broadway cable line at Fourteenth street
about 1l.+5 o'clock this mornig. Car No.
l0l. northward bound, had its grip EN-
tangled in what Is known as the dead
cable" in the conduit while rounding the
curve from Broadway into Union Square.
The grip was broken and the car
blocked all others following from Four
tenth down to Grand street as a result.
The dead cable" is used as an emer-
gency cable in case an accident should
occur to the working cable. BY some
means this morning the emergency cable
moved over towards the live line and
when cable car l0l went around the
curve the grip came in contact with the
dead cable.
The car came to a stop almost in
stantly. Son of the passengers was
injured. A telephone message was sent
10 me power-house at Houston street
and Broadway and the live cable from
thirty-siXth street down was stopped.
Workmen were despatched TO Four
tenth street and began the work OF
removing the blocbading car. which was
soon sccbmphs1ed.
AT LAS. the ca IDLE was started and
the blockade removed.
The evening world., 1894-02-28
THE OLD STORY REVIVED.
That Is How Catholic Clergy Speak
of THE BurtselI RumOr.

The revival OF the report that Rev.
DIR. Burtsell has won his case at Rome
was said to-day by the Catholic clergy
to lack official confirmation.
AS Archbishop Corrigan and his secre-
tary, Father Connolly, are still In Flor,-
la. nothing could be learned from that
source. Nicar-General Farley was not
at home, but his secretary. Father Ken
nedy. said that II was merely 4 revival
OF the old story.