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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-06
HUNTS FATE IN The BALANCE.
The Wife Murderer May Die and
Cheat the Electric Chair,
Shot Down the Mother of His Chill
dren Before Their Eyes.

Wife-murderer Joseph Hunt lies hover
ing between life and death AT the Pres
byterian Hospital. with the chances
about even Tor and against the compile
ton OF "A double tragedy that startled
the upper east side yesterday.
Hunt shot and Killed his wife Sunday
morning at their home. 1890 Second ave-
nue., and then shot himself. lie was n
paperhanEcr by occupation, but had not
worked for two or three years. His
wife supported the family of six by her
needle. There were four children,
uottie, eleven years old; TessIo, min,
years old: George, seven years old. and
Harry, tive years old.
Hunt Is addicted to drink, and has
spent what money he could get from his
wife's earnings for liquor. He has II
surly disposition and IL not popular In
the ncighborhoud.
His wife was the opposite in disposi-
ton and habits, and attributed his ac-
lions to the results of a severe attack
of the grip he had two years ago.
Saturday afternoon he wanted to pawn
her clothing. She refused to allow him
TO do so, and Il quarrel cnsued. lie left
the house and returned late In the even
ing.
sunday morning he entered the trout
room with his hands behind his back,
as VI he had something he wished to con
Ceal. Mrs. Hunt had arisen "A few mo
ments before and was sitting by the
window combing her hair Three of the
children were playing about the floor.
Walking towards his wife, Hunt
pointed large navy revolver directly
at her head and fired.
The ball struck her little back OF
the right ear. Her head dropped against
the back OF the chair. The bullet had
caused instant death, The man then
turned the weapon upon himself and
sent ball crashing into his skull.
The children ran screaming to the
apartments of Louis Davis, on the floor
above, and told him what had happened.
Davis called In f. A. Kanzler Mrs.
Hunts brother, who lived near by and
the police were notified. Mrs. Martin.
a sister, took charge of the children
and Hunt was removed to the Presby-
terrain Hospital.
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BACILLI OF DIPHTHERIA.
DIR. Decide Found 1t in the sus-
pectcd Cheese.

DR.. DECIDE, Of the meteorological De-
partment Of the Board of Health, re-
ported to Sanitary Supt. Roberts
this morning that he had found ba-
cilli of diphtheria in a sample of the
cheese seized in Washington COM
mission house Thursday afternoon.
Inc seizure was made by Inspector
Fuller upon telegram from the State
Board of Heath at Albany, stating that
there was a strong suspicion that the
whole invoice of fifty packages shipped
from the Star Creamery, Alton, N. Y,
was infected with diphtheria.
The State Board of Health had also
made an examination of Il sample of the
cheese and found bacilli of dphtheria.
Whether or not the whole lot was in
fected was not known; but circumstances
seemed TO indicate that 1t was.
An inspector from the State Board of
Health. who was sent to Alton to seize
the cheese. arrived there too late. While
he was en- route the cheese was shipped
to this city.
He discovered that In a farmers fam
lily there had been a fatal case of diph-
liberia and that all the milk produced by
the cows on that farm had been sold to
the Star Creamery and made into cheese.
The person who had taken care of the
patient had MIXED the cows regularly,
and In that way the milk had become
infected.
The whole lot of cheese will be con-
demned and carried to the offal dock.
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STABBED BY HIS FRIEND.
Fnrsco Says Cordova Cut Him Over
n Gnme of Cards.

Giovanni Farsco, laborer, thirty
years old. of Al Crosby street. lies In st.
Vincents Hospital to-day, In n serious
condition. from a stab-wound In his
right side Michael Cordova, OF ~ IL
Marion street, friend of tarsco, has
been arrested. charged with the stabbing.
The two men were with several friends
In Faisco's rooms last night, drinking
and playing cards. At l1.30 o'clock, one
OF the witnesses says, Farsco and Cor
dova got into an alteration, and quick
as "a flash Cordova sprang upon his
friend and the two were rolling over
and over ON the floor. when the others
in the room separated them Farsco was
found to be covered with blood. He held
his hand to his side aa he exclaimed:
II have been cut!
Policeman Thorn found the men trying
to stanCh the blood that flowed from IN
ugly wound under Farsco's NTH rib. He
was taken to st. Nincent's Hospital
Farsco insists that he was stabbed by
Cordova. and the others present cor
rohorate him. Cordova denied using a
&nfs, and none could be found on his
p"rsnn
Cordova was held in $3.50 bail In the
Tombs Police Court this morning to
await the result Of Farsco's injuries.
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lIfcless odor common TO places long
closed ana uninhabited. | had matches
with me, and striking one ! looked about
me.
/ was In wide hall. Before me d
dark staircase, partially whitencd with
dust, led TO rooms above. To the lef,
and right were closed doors, and at
tached to the white easement of the
latter was little bracket candelabra
containing cluster of six half-con-
sumed wax candles. Lighting two of
these. took one of them from the
holder and opening the door at my
right entered.
sThe room in which ] found myself
was apparently the parlor OF the de-
serted mansion. The dust-oovered hair
cloth furniture, which had evidently
been for many years undisturbed, was
Of a style massive and once much In
vogue. 4 number OF paintings and en-
cravings were upon the walls in tar
nished gilt frames. A large chande-
ler suspended in the centre OF the room
was OF elaborate workmanship, The
floor was covered with heavy mat
ting. the exact nature of which could
hardly determine. owing to the thick
covering Of dust. Passing on TO the adj
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luton when bend in the pathway
brought me into full view OF what APP
peared 10 be a large, square, Southern
mansion surrounded by trees and stu
ated a little way up the slope of a re
markedly lofty mountain that rose
precipitousiy behind it,
4 nearer approach revealed an out
ward appearance OF overgrowth and di-
lapidatlon The fence had fallen down
in several places; the open gate was
barely supported by its rusty hinges.
the yard was mass OF weeds. The
condition OF the house ! could not de-
termlne in the dim iight made DINNER
by the heavy shadows of the trees. Be-
tween the tail weeds and briers there
was wide stone walk leading from the
gate to the front door.
The prospect was not an inviting one.
but as my situation had become some
what desperate determined II possible
to obtain accommodations for the night.
My repeated knocks elected no re-
spouse beyond hollow echo, and con-
GLIDING the place TO be deserted, ! tried
the door. Somewhat TO my surprise 1t
yielded. the rusty hinges creaking ter
ribly as | pushed II wide open. As I
entered ! was greeted by that musty,
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BOTH ATTACKED IN 4 SALOON.
Wilson and His Wife Accuse Nc
Manus and DAWN.
Policeman Climbs a Fence to Make
an Arrest.

Frank Wilson. carpenter. OF 10
Eleventh avenue, and his wife, Kate.
were complainants in Sorkville Court
this morning against Henry DAWN.
thirty years old of 800 West Fifty-nrst
street, and james McManus, aged TWEEN
ty-four, of 5l2 West Forty-ninth street.
Wilson charged DAWN with robbery,
while McManus was accused of assault
and violation of the Excise law by both
Wilson and his wife.
McManus is employed as bartender In
McGirney's liquor store at the north
west corner OF Flfty-flrst street and
Eleventh avenue. Wilson says he went
into the saloon about o'clock last night
accompanied by a friend Together they
spent about 81. While they were In the
place Mrs. Wilson sent in message.
but 1t was not delivered to her hus-
band.
At about . o'clSck Wilson decided to
go home. but the bartender tried to coax
him to remain. When coaxing failed
Wilson says that the bartender and
five or six other men grabbed hold of
him and refused to let him leave. In the
struggle that followed Wilson's clothes
were torn. and he says, that besides
being assaulted he was robbed OF a sill
yer watch
During the struggle Mrs Wilson en-
band in the grasp OF half a dozen men
sprang to his assistance. Upon this, It
Is alleged, McManus struck her and tore
her dress
The noise of the fight attracted quite
crowd outside of the saloon. Wilson
and his wife were forced to the sidewalk,
and then the front hail door was barred
ard locked. Policeman kearns, OF the
West Forty-seventh street station, tnen
appeared on the scene On learning the
story he called officer Lynch to his as
5istance.
They found all entrances to the saloon
/ barred. bat on entering the adjoining
yard kearns managed to gain access to
In the yard he came across DAWN and
another man, who has not as yet been
arrested.
DAWN and his companion were on the
point h, Ct climbing over the fence that led
caught hold Of their legs and pulled them
back. Seeing that they had only one
policeman to cope with. they turned upon
him. In the struggle the stranger kicked
Kearns In the chin and then jumped over
the fence and disappeared.
DAWN rushed into the hallway OF the
| house In which the saloon is located and
bounded up the stairs. Kearns caught
him hin, on the second landing and held on 70
the station-house and locked up.
Then the officers returned to the sa-
| loon, and, after wait OF half an hour,
They then arrested him. This morning
stranger called at the house Of the
complainant and returned the watch
and then hurried away.
| Assemblyman McManus appeared for
the two defendants, and they were held
for examination in s., 900 bail each. Nc
Manus was also held for trial on the
excise charge.
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FIRED A TENEMENT.
An Unknown Incendiary Put 10
Families in Jeopardy.
Inmates Reused at 3 A. M. by the
Cries OF the Janitress.
fan of OIL Found Near Where the
Torch Was Applied.

What is thought to have been an in
.sndiary Are in the five-story brown
stone double tenement-house at 211 East
rirhtieth street, early this morning,
,.used a panic, and the nineteen fami-
p,, residing there sought safety by
means of fire-escapes and the roofs
The smoke In the Railways was SO dense
that they did not dare to descend the
tairs, nor did they stop to dress or
ssther up heir vaiuabies.
AT s o'clock this morning the nine
year-old daughter Of Mrs, Anna Cob
Ter, the janitress of the house, who oc-
was awakened by the smoke, which
caused her to cough violently. She
called her mother, who found the hall
ways filled with smoke, which was pour
Ing In from the cellar. Flames were
shooting from the cellar windows, and
the whole lower part of the house
seemed to be mass of seethlng flames.
Mrs. Cohler assisted her eleven-year-
old son through front window and he
an alarm ut the nearest box. Mean
Nhlle MTs. confer y screams aroused the
other tenants, and a panic ensued.
By this time the halls and most of the
apartments were 80 thick with smoke
that brea thing was next to impossible.
The terrified tenants fed In their night
clothes, some by the way OF the frees
capes, while those on the upper floors
climbed through the scuttle to the roof.
Henry Morgan, his wife, two children
and Mrs: Ladis,aw Schultz, twenty-five
Years old. boarder, who live on the
81 L
he smoke. They escaped through the
Schultz. who Is an invalid. was 50 badly
Affected by inha.ng the smoke that med
ea. attendance was necessary.
The tiremen had little trouble with the
names, which had started In wood-bin
IN the cellar.
After the smoke had cleared away
.arl Lilienthal, tenant, with William
Meyer, who lives In the adjoining house,
vent into the cellar and found a kero-
'ene can. containing half q pint of oil,
beside the charred wood-bln. They feel
'ertan that the fire Is the work OF an in
'endiary, and the Fire Marshal has been
lsked to investigate.
The loss Will not be over $500.
James Keyss's restaurant, at S6 Gan
evoort street, on the ground floor of
hree-story brick building, was dam
lged to the extent of $500 by fire at s
,clock this morning. The flames were
aused by an overheated stove.
Fire did $50 damage, at o'clock this
morning, on the first floor Of the Ave
tory. tenement at 1853 Broome street, in
he liquor store OF Charles Ganse.
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BUTCHERS WOULD ARBITRATE
But south Omaha Packers, II Is
Said, Will Grant No Terms.
lBy Anoociatod Prenl

10Y hboOclatou fTesiD
OMAHA, Neb., Aug 6.--The South
Omaha strikers have 80 far receded
from their position as to be ready to arbi-
trate their differences. They held sew
eral meetings yesterday. There was con-
siderable aggressiseaess but little riot
GUS demonstration. The strikers finally
agreed to trust to arbitration, and APP
Lointed a committee to confer with the
Westinghouse people and to arbitrate on
aSScale OF wages. The strikers called on
the managers of the PACKING houses and
were told they would be given an
answer to-day. From other sources It
Is learned the answer will be a positive
refusal to meet The arbitration commit
tee and to grant any terms, except a
complete surrender and a return Of the
men at the old scale.
FIFTY butchers arrived from Chicago
Mt noon and were rushed into the works
before the strikers had time to speak to
them. Several bodies of men have Sc
cretly entered the plants, and It Is now
asserted by the packers that they have
enough butchers to replace all the men
out. dluing-hali has been fitted up in
the various plants. and the new men
VIII eat AMI steep there and have no
intercourse with outsiders.
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camer and at last turned her sorrow-
stricken face fun upon me l noticed,
too, and with the utmost terror, that the
candle had burned down to the wood,
and that in another moment We would
be in darkness. Still the earnest words
poured from my lips. and the face before
me seemed to be growing misty In the
fickering light OF the expiring candle.
Suddenly tn figure rose from the chair.
and, taking one step towards ma,
stretched forth her exquisite arms above
mine and vanished. As she did 90 I
distinctly felt something hot like wax
from dripping candle fall upon the
back OF my right hand. At that instant,
too, the candle gave one final fare and
went out.
When consciousness returned / was
lying across the bed and the sun was
streaming in at the open window. For q
moment was a little daZed at my sur
roundtngs, then II all came back to me.
Seized with u wild panic-such panic as
possesses stampeding cattle-I caught up
my clothes and my horses saddle and
ned. AS | passed the portrait its eyes
seemed TO follow me and added to my
terrors Through the dusty rooms, out
Of the weed srown yard. / tore as one
distrlusht TO where my horse was
quietly waiting. A moment later I was
urging him down the uufrequented path.
Not until was Tar away did I pause
IN my frantic night, Then. suddenly re-
membering, l glanced ut the back Of my
right hand, and there-round. red ana
dry. like q crimson WATERWAYS n dron
OF blood,-Detrolt Free Preka 800
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DELAYED THE EXCURSION.
And Eighth Wnrders Have Turned
Justice voorhis to the Wall.

Some of the members Of the Patrick
j. McNerney Association were "roast-
Ing" Justice Noorhis this morning over
the way he kept their excursion barges
tied up to the dock at the foot OF Frank
lin street yesterday. 1t was caused by
the arrest Of Mr.. McInerney by Police
man Cohen. of the Macdougal street
station, for violating the Excise law in
his saloon. 90 Hudson street. Mclner-
ney was taken to Jefferson Market Court
where he was held for trial IN 500. Me
Inerney had all the money for the eX-
peEses of the excursion. and he waited
an hour In the police court In a state
bordering on insanity.
When his bondsman was accepted he
rushed for Il cab, and when he stepped
out on the pier he was cheered by the
two barge loads Of people.
The excursion pulled out into nib
stream at MONDAY and the eXcursionlsts
made up for the delay by extra merri-
ment. But down In the Eighth Ward,
Justice Noorhis's picture is turned to
the wall.
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MURDER AT BESSEMER.
German Shot in His Home for an
Unknown Motive.

PUEBLO, Col, Aug. 6.-John Schode,
an unmarried German, forty years Of
age, and for twelve years past black
smith helper a, the steel works, was
murdered yesterday afternoon. He had
been living alont In the rear of a small
house In the most frequented part Of
Bessemer. About 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon Mrs. Martin, neighbor. heard
pistol shot, and looking out saw
negro woman running away from the
vicinity of Schode's house.
She thought little of the circumstance
till last evening, when Schode was found
lying dead In fr mt of his door, He had
bullet hole just above the right collar
bone and almost. in the middle of the
chest. No satisfactory motive can be
assigned for the crime. The dead mans
money. $50, and his watch were found
on his body,
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STABBED IN A FIGHT.
Hugh burns Wounded and John
Fields Held for Trial.

John Fields, forty years old. OF 242
West Sevente enth street, formerly man
ager OF Murray & Dietz at Rockaway
Beach, but al present a waiter In Child S
restaurant on Cortlandt street, was a
prisoner this morning in the Yorkville
Court.
Fields was arrested early this morning
charged with taobing his friend, Hugl
Burns of 1853 Vdrick street. twice In the
left leg.
The pair came up from RockaNay
about midnight and quarrelled on the
boat because Burns refused to loan
Fields some money When the boat put
up they we're still at IT,
At Third avenue and Thirty fourth
street the two friends came to blows,
and during the fight Fields, 1t is said,
stabbed Burns. and was arrested as he
was running away. Justice Noorhis held
him In 81 900 bail for trial.
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Coming Events.

f!rst annual excursion OF Aurora enoAmpnsnt.
No. rs, Knights Of 81. John and Malta, IdeHild
Grove Long island Sound, to-day.
q. r. Mplonsy Associations Summer nights fes-
tiyh at Erummsrs Union PARK this evening The
event promises TO 10 gala AnaIr and those who
make uA trip to this popular Harlem resort
VIII have nothing 10 regret Music viii be fur
uIshcd by Prof McAuline,
The Daniel l. Gleason Association Of The
Eighteenth Assembly District. will meet at BAN
hach.s Hail ii9 Tenth avenue tomorrow even
ting hen the officers for the ensuing year will
assume charge. An entertainment viii follow.
The annual picnic Of the Journfymsn TsiIors'
Protective and Benevolent Union takes place 10.
day at Lion Park.
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a DROP or BLOOD.
N0Uettes'S Thrilling Experience IN u
Deserted Southern Mansion.

Ia me summer OF IS was employed
Bo.S oA after some legal business at
N, eourt-House, w. Va. Leaving
hs %llroad at Brownstown and TAX
ANA directions and a horse from my
thu at that point.I set out through
esD.a" Vuhtains early in the afternoon.
.usn.' hs to reach Racine in time for
Ao,,,.a ae afternoon waned, however, l
tOu,s mat the road became constantly
Qp,e,s, and apparently more unfre-
d.. until 1t was little more than
ree,o.eu pathway that crossed and
er,,s 'sea the gravelly bed OF a dry
ls,,or" mad effort to remain In the
valley that wound circuitously
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-06
THROWN FROM A BRIDGE.
Motor Car Strikes Wagon and
Many Picnickers Are Hurt.
(By Associated Press.)

BELLAIRE. O., Aug. 6.-while re-
turning from st. Clairsville, about mid
night, a picnic wagon. In which were
twenty-five persons, drove onto whiskey
Run bridge. traversing the tracks OF
the Wheeling and Bellaire Electric Rail-
way. A car, run by Motorman Nc
Conagy, was being SAILED" on a sup
posediy clear track and came upon the
wagon at full speed, hurting it OF the
bridge with all its occupants and the
four horses.
There was a sheer fall of twenty feet.
Two of the four horses were killed, the
others crippled, eight OF the passengers
seriously wounded and the others more
driver of the wagon, IS expected to die
al any time. Both the car and the
wagon were completely wrecked.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL BOYS, TOO.
Merely Watching n Craps Game,
but They Were Arrested.

Justice Taintor. in Harlem Court this
morning. exacted pledge from two
well-dressed boys who were arraigned
before him, charged with playing craps
In Eighty-seventh street yesterday after
noon. The boys were made to hold up
their right hands and repeat after the
Justice these words:
I'm never play craps on the street
again. III never stand on the street and
see other boys play craps again.
The boys gave their names as William
Brennan, fifteen years old, Az East
Eighty-seventh street, and William Dom
nelly, fifteen years old, OF 52s East
Eighty-third street. The little prisoners
said they had not been playing craps
but, being on the way home from Sun
day-school, paused in the street to watch
game of craps which was going on In
Eighty-seventh street, near Third ave-
nue..
All the rest of the boys escaped, but
Policeman Mcguire captured these two
and took them to the station-house.
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among the mountains, whose black
tlmbered SUBMITS seemed to stretch
higher and higher above me in the
gathering twilight. 1t being cloudy
day, / was completely mystitied as to
the points of the compass, and 1t now
became evident to me that l had in
some manner missed my wey, l had
already gone too far to retrace my
steps before nlghtfall. 60 that unless
speedily found shelter ] would be
obliged to pass the night in the open
air.
Being in no wise pleased with this
prospect. I concluded to press on Il
little further before abandoning the
quest, and had barely formed this reso-
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Wire News In Brief.

A Pan Handle freight was wrecked yesterday al
Crestonville, o., by running over 4 COW. Fireman
NJ Neil was killed. and Engineer Eagan slightly
injured. Fifteen cars and the engine were de-
rallied.
stock, N. G., with two other houses was de-
stroyed by nre yesterday. Loss, $4,000: insur-
SnCe, 49,
Joe Mitchell, = young farmer gored 10
death At Liberty Hill. Tex, by a vicious bull yes
terdAy.
Jim Tolliver was stabbed IN death al Hunts.
Vile Tex, yesterday BY a huecn-Yssr-nld boy.
The lad surrendered and was placed In the city
jail.
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SHOT BY A BOOTLEGGER.
The Latter Resists Arrest and
Wounds Two Men.
CBy Associated Press)

DECATUR, ILL.,, Aug. 6.-Deputy Sher-
iff Holmes ordered Ames Lash. Pitt
County bootlegger, under arrest on a
crowded street last night. Lash began
firing at Holmes. One bullet perforated
the officers coat and another entered
the breast Of Ames Spiedler. a spectator.
who may die.
Officer Simeral shot Lash in the hand
and then in the leg and he fell on the
way to jail there were shouts OF Lynch
him. but no other demonstration. He
had two revolvers and a partner. Steve
Wright, who escaped.
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BURNING VESSEL SIGHTED.
The Wreck Reported by the Muriel
Seen Again.

The brig ]. C. Hamlen. jr., of Liver
pool. n. b., arrived in this port to-day
from Auckland. New Zealand, after a
voyage of los days. Capt. Wolf reports
that at midnight on July so, in latitude
$40, longitude 1920, he sighted a burn
Ing vessel.
The brig sailed near the vessel, which
is described as having been about $50
teet long. She was then burned nearly
10 the waters edge. This is the same
wreck, II Is believed, that the steamer
Murlel reported having sighted.