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The evening world., 1894-07-25
MOB THREATENS BELLACCO.
Police Had to Protect a Girls
Alleged Assailant.
Child's Mother Tried to Attack Hin
with a Razor.

The arrest of Salvador Bellacco, an
Italian shoemaker, of Schenck and Bel
mont avenues, Brooklyn, last night was
all that saved him from being lynched
by an enraged mob. This morning he
was arraigned in the Gates Avenue Court
on the charge of assaulting sX-year-oid
May Cherry. OF Schenck avenue.
Last night the little girl went to Bel
lacco's shop to get pair Of shoes which
had been left to be repaired. According
to her statement the shoemaker abused
her. The child escaped as soon as she
could, and ran home, where she was at
tended by DR.. Hartman, OF Jerome ave-
nue.. He found that she was in a s4rious
condition.
The police were notified, and Detertive-
Sergt. Anderson arrested Bellacco. When
Mrs. Cherry learned of the treatment
10 which her daughter had been subject
ed she armed herself with her husband $
razor. and started to take vengeance on
Bellacco
She met the officers with their prison
CT, and made furious attack upon him.
In this he was aided and abe.ted by
some OF the ncignbors. who had been
reused to a pitch of fury by the girls
story.
With considera BILE difficulty the officers
avenue station. He was arraigned be-
fore Justice Goetting this morning, and
| went to Raymond Street Jail In default
| of $1,000 bail
The evening world., 1894-07-25
WIDOW BURKE DISCHARGED.
She Created Trouble on the Bow
cry by Demanding Her RIRhts.

In the Essex Market Court to-day JUS
tice Feitner honorably discharged Mrs.
Kate Burke. II widow of 63l East one
Hundred and Forty-fifth street. VINO was
nrraigned to answer charge of disor
derby conduct.
Mrs. Burke went to visit friends In
Brooklyn yesterday. She was accompa-
MED by her three-year-old daughter. on
her way home last night she took
Grand street car with the intention of
transferring to n Third avenue cable car
When she got off the car at Grand street
and Bowery she forgot to get transfer
ticket. She boarded a cable cur and tho
conductor demanded her fare. She in
sisted that she had transferred from a
Grand street car The conductor then de-
manded her ticket. She said that she did
not know that she needed one. The con.
ductor threatened to put her and her
child off the car unless she paid her fare
The woman persisted that she WAS in
the right and that she wouldn't get on
Policeman Butler, OF the Eldrdge street
station was called and he arrested her.
The officer stated In court that the
woman had very abusive tongue and
refused to go away when ordered to do SO
The woman denied that she was ,dlsor
derby, and stated that she merely de-
manded what she believed was her right
She stated that the transfer agent was
to blame for her Not getting her ticket.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
THINK IT IS A SUICIDE.
Mrs Phillips Dies Suddenly in Her
Employers House.
Had Beer Employed Six Weeks as
Housekeeper.
Wanted a Bottle, Supposed to BE
of Medicine, Refilled,

Coroner Dreamer. Of Williamsburg.
will make an investigation into the
death of Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips, twenty
I'VE years old. who died suddenly last
night.
Mrs. Phillips was housekeeper for
James p. Meehan, a merchant doing
business at Wallabout Market. He lives
with his eighteen-year-old daughter In
the Astral fats at 1874 Franklin street.
Mrs. Phillips had been employed by him
for six weeks.
After supper last night Mrs. Phillips
went into her room and complained that
she was not feeling we'll She asked
Mr.. Meehan to get bottle OF medicine
that she said her physician, DR.. Leroux.
OF IA Java street, had given to her.
rehlled
Meehan went to the Doctors house,
but the physician was out. When Mr.;
Meehan returned to his home he found
about IL 80 last night he went. to the
Greenpoint avenue station and asked
that an ambulance be sent around.
Owing to the fact that one OF the am
was nearly half past two. Just after
Mrs. Phillips died, that the other am
bulance arrived.
The surgeon expressed the opinion tina.
death was due to poison. Meehan says
that ever since she accepted the posi-
ton with him. Mrs. Phillips had been
lively and che erful, and had never acted
case OF suicide, although there is moth
inc to prove It.
When an Evening World" reporter
called at Dr. Lrosx cs 9iee this ns morn
he learned whether or not he attended
Mrs. Phillips.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
NEW JERSEY.
CORNERED ALL FIRE ALARMS.
This Fort Lee Farmer Started in
to Loot the Public Treasury.
hut the Scheme Had Hole in II and
tho Trustees Saw Through.

FORT LEE. N. j.. July Eff a GER
tain hay-whiskered old scamp and n
cross-eyed boy. together with "a market
wagon and two spawned old crowbaits,
ever show up In this village again the
from the top OF the bluff into the river"
Squire Hyde delivered this judgment
to-day, and his decision has been In
dorsed by the Village Trustees.
The village has n fire-engine that is
operated by hand. 1t is kept in house
of its own in Main street, and is ar
ranged SO that 1t can be drawn either
by the same power that pumps 1t or by
horses. The village owns no horses. so
that 1t has been an ancient law that any
person supplying horses TO draw the en-
CINE to the scene of an alarm IL entitled
to S. upon presentation OF his claim to
the trustees.
Farmers and villagers accordingly
when conveniently near, turn an honest
penny by temporarily converting tneir
horses to the public use.
There hasn't been real fire here In
several weeks but there have been three
and Just three, false alarms under pre-.
clsely similar circumstances In the past
week.
Upon each occasion the alarm has come
from the extremities of the village. once
from near the bottom Of the hill and
twice from over towards Leonia.
On each occasion Il farmer. such az
described above. with the boy. wagon
and beasts as noted, have been oil
hand, and the "hay-whiskers' and his
horses have dragged the machine to the
supposed scene of coniiaGrration
Twice the volunteer collected his fee
but this morning, when he turned W
with his third claim for an empty alarm
that stirred up the west end OF town
the authorities had a suspicion. and not
only refused to pay but ordered tn,
mercenary public servant forever ou
Of the village precincts.
He left. declaring that he had beer
robbed. Bat there Is evidence that wheI
he was on hand near the engine hous
with his team the boy with the italit
eyes was at the other end of town start
Ing the cry of "FIren'
The evening world., 1894-07-25
THREE CHINESE FREE.
Cases Against Them Dismissed BY
Commissioner Shields.
Friction Between Scharf and III.
U. S. District-Attorney.
but tho Government Means to Watch
the Smugglers.

me chinese smuggling cases are at
tracing considerable attention at Wash.
inston. The sudden change In the course
Of the United States District Attorney
In asking for an adjournment OF the
cases to next September. in the face
Of the fact the United States Commits
sioner Shields has discharged all pris-
oners against whom the Government
was not ready to proceed. is regarded as
equivalent to dropping the prosecution
and abandoning the cases. Such, how
ever, Is not the true situation.
From Information obtained by an
Evening World" reporter this morning
II appears that the District-Attorney and
the Custom-H House officials have received
quiet tip from the Washington author
tiles to the effect that the twenty add
the present. 1t seems that the Treasury
Department Is not satisfied that the evi-
dence IN the hands of the Government
Is Sufiieentiy strong to Justify the i'm
department will make a more thorough
invest igation before taking any more
sttns in the business
Inc District-Attorney's offlce and Chi
Scharf has not furnished the evidence
promised. and for that reason number
OF the cases have fallen through. Before
the evidence against the suspected Chi
namen Is laid before the Grand Jury
Mr.. Scharf Will probably be called upon
to , show his hand at Washington.
Three cases were called by Commits
sioner Shields this morning. They were
Harry Lee King. ebay Yue Chung and
Chin Du. all accused OF aiding and
abetting In smuggling in Chinese la
borers In the guise Of merchants.
Assistant District-Attorney Ball said
that the Government was not ready tc
proceed wish the cases, because Of tho
absence Of necessary witnesses. He alst
said that 1t was not deemed expedient Il
try the cases now. us he didn't care Il
develop the testimony In hand at tn,
| present time Mr. Ball wanted 1t dis
tinctly understood that his course wai
approved by Inspector Scharf
Commissioner Shields DISCHARGED thf
prisoners on the ground that they were
entitle TO an immediate hearing. and
II would not be fair TO make them
wait for several months until the Gov.
eminent got ready to prosecute.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
FOUGHT FOR HIS DOG.
( ROGER Wa'jen Chased Catcher
O'Keefe with q Cleaver.
Then Tried to Xiii the Policeman
Who Stopped Him.
Exciting Race Through the Streets
of Williamsburg.

John H. Waljen, grocer at Hart
street and Marcy avenue, was held in
the Lee Avenue Court. Williamsburg,
to-day. on a charge Of attempting to
kill Thomas O'keefe, of 254 Bridge
street.
O'keefe is a dog catcher. and In COM
pany with two others. went out this
morning hunting for dogs in the
Twenty-frst Ward. wal1cn owns a
large Newfoundland which guards the
store at night and loafs around out
side during the day.
The three dog catchers arrived in the
vicinity OF the grocery about 1870, and
captured the animal In jiffy. Waljen
rushed out Of the store. and with tears
streaming down his cheeks. asked them
to let the dog go. The officials jeered
at him and told him to run along and
look after his business.
Then Walten became indignant and
ran back into the store. reappearlng in
a minute with a butchers cieaver. A
rope was around the dogs neck, and
the animal was being dragged towards
rope and the dog went around the cor
II will die for my dog!" roared Wal
jen, who acted as II insane. He made
catcher. The fellow howled and ran
away.
Then Waljen turned hts attention to
O'keefe who displayed his special Of
ficer's shield and commanded peace.
Waljen didn't care for peace. and he
chased the dog-catcher tor siN blocks
along Marcy avenue. while large
crowd cheered him on.
Policeman Hughes was on Marcy ave-
nue., near Stockton street. when he
heard the, whooping and yelling, and a
moment later O'keefe came dashing
along, closely followed by Waljen:
The policeman grappled with the
grocer, and lively fight insued, with
club against cleaver. Waljen made
frantic efforts to cut the officer. but
Hughes was too much for him, and In
very short time subdued the grocer
and took him to the Vernon avenue
station, and afterwards to court.
All Waljen would say about the case
was, that he had nearly scared three
og-catchers to death, and was sorry
he had not succeeded.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
THREE TIRED Of LIFE.
Quite an Epidemic Of Suicide
Across the River.
Gas and the Pistol Used by
the Unfortunates.
ILL Health tho Cause in Two of
the Cases.

Three cases OF suicide were reported by
the Brooklyn police this morning. In
two cases the victims were men who
had been suffering with poor health.
Despondent over ill-health and con-
tinued inability to secure employment.
August Eckert, flfty-nine years old, Of
20 Harmon street, Brooklyn, ended his
life this morning by inhaling !liuminat
Ing gas. He was last seen alive late
last night, when he was sitting In the
back yard. He failed to appear this
morning. and the other occupants of the
mouse, smelling gas. started to look for
the leak. On going Into the basement
they found Eckert lying dead. Eckert
had made careful preparations for end
ing his life. After closing the doors
and windows he stopped UP the key
holes and other apertures with wads OF
cloth.
George w. Williamson. forty-two years
old. who is said to be employed in a
brokers' Office In New York, committed
suicide some time yesterday by shoot.
ing himself in the right temple at his
home. $40 State street, Brooklyn. WIN.
hanson went to New York yesterday
morning, out returned at ~ O'CLOCK
After drinking a cup of tea. he retired
again until his wife and twelve-year-
old daughter returned from a days out
Ing, at o'clock. On entering their
apartments Mrs: Williamson discovered
her husbands lifeless body. She tainted
and the shock OF her fall to the floor at.
tracted other inmates OF the house, who
sent for DR.. Otterson. Of Sixth avenue
The. physician said Williamson had been
dead several hours Nobody in the house
heard pistol shot during the day. AT
the house this morning the inmates re.
fused to give reporters any information
regarding the case.
William Thompson, coiored, twenty
Ave years old. OF PSI Court street, shot
himself in the head last night while
lying In bed at the above address He
had been i'll for a week. Last evening
his landlady went to a grocery for some
supplies. When she returned, shortly
afterwards. Thompson was dead.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
FOUND NO BURGLARS.
Mysterious Sounding of an Alarm
from a Williamsburg store.

Twenty policemen attached to the Bed
ford avenue station, Williamsburg,
hunted industriously for burglars last
night, while crowd that blocked the
street, looked on.
Just before midnight a burglar alarm
in the store. Il Broadway, sent in an
alarm, and bystanders declared they
saw q flash OF light in Williamsons
Knitting Works. on the second floor.
The Bedford avenue station was notified
through Police Headquarters, and
squad Of men were sent down in pa
troll wagon. As the doors were all
locked they climbed up ladders and go:
in through upper windows
One of the policemen fell off the lad
der, another left his helmet in the store,
and. all In all, they had hard time OF
It. No thieves were found, and the po-
lice are wondering how the burglar
alarm happened to so off.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
BANN0NS IN A RIOT.
Members of a Political Association
Get Into Fight.
They Had Been at a Chowder Party
and We're Drinking.
Policemen Say They Were Knocked
Down and Beaten.

LONG ISLAND CITY. L. l., July 25.-
small-sized riot occurred at midnight
last night on Flushing avenue in front
Of Patrick Bannons saloon. In the
rooms over the saloon the Bannon Asso-
citation meets. This Association. 1t is
said assumes to control the political
patronage OF the city.
The riot was the outcome OF a
chowder given by the association
yesterday at College Point. When the
chowder broke up late at night all
hands were more or less the worse for
liquor. When the party OF 100 reached
Long Island City the members and
their guests went into Bannons saloon
for a parting drink. The police anticL
pated trouble. and a squad of officers
were sent to the saloon to preserve
order.
Suddenly a rush was made for the
street, and soon there was mob of
half-rum-crazed men fighting. The po-
licemen were, knocked down and
roughly handled.
No one seems to know how the fight
started.
Policeman julius Schroeder. who was
among the first at the scene said to-
1.-The first that knew Of the trouble
was when / saw a number OF bottles
and bricks flying through the air. Sud-
denly l was struck on the back Of the
head with bottle. / was knocked
down by The blow. | was then hit with
a brick. ] got up and started to arrest
the man, and Policeman Smith came to
my rescue. he was set upon by roughs
and knocked down and kicked. l ran
to Smiths assistance and was again
feled to the ground by being struck
with bottle In the face.
Special Policeman William Rigney
came to our assistance, and was struck
with bottle on the head and knocked
down. While we were struggling with
portion of the mob, the rest of the
drunken men were lighting among
themselves. Finally, We succeeded In
getting to our feet. and | arrested
Frank Reidy, n brother of Court Officer
Reidy. one Of the leaders of the fight. /
identified Reidy as the man who struck
me with bottle.
He was, however, rescued from me by
the mob and got away. We succeeded
in arresting Michael Fulton. one OF the
leaders. and took him to the Astoria
Police Headquarters. This morning Full
lon was held in 800 bail by Justice
Duffy for. trial. Other arrests will be
made to-day.
The policemen had their uniforms
torn and received several bad bruises.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
.EXTORTION CHARGED,
JACOB Klein Says David Weining
Demanded $50.
And that He Claimed to Be Assist.
ant Fire Marshal.
rn> A~~,.-A ~
The Accused Man Claims to BE q
Victim Of Conspiracy.

A very peculiar state of affairs was
brought to light this morning in connec-
tion with the arrest of David Welning,
OF lO3 Lewis street. this city, on a charge
Of representing himself as a Deputy Fire
Marshal Of Brooklyn. and trying to ex-
tort money from Jacob Klein, of "A John
son avenue, Williamsburg.
Weining was arrested by Detective
Aundt, Of the Brooklyn Central Office
squad. Zundt has been looking for
Weining for some time. He learned
that he was engaged 10 be married to
Miss Wolff. who lives at 100 Goerck
street. and called there several days ago
and said he wanted to see weining.
"Oh. no." said the girl. "you cannot
see him. There is warrant out for his
arrest"
Zundt saw Weining last night and ar
rested him. The detective says the pris-
oner tried to run away. He handcured
him and took him to Brooklyn.
made was sworn out by jacob Klein
who declares that on July 2, a few days
after there had been a fire IN his place,
sured. Klein said thai he was. on July
8 Weinng called again and asked to see
his policy,
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The evening world., 1894-07-25
NO YACHT RACE TO-DAY.
Repairs TO viRilant Not Completed
In Time.
my Associated Press.)


QUEENSTOWN, July 2-There will
be no race to-day between Vigiiant and
Britannia. as the Passage Docks Com
pany. although its employees were kept
working all night, has been unable to
deliver the repaired jaws OF the sloop's
gan In time for her to meet Britannia
in race to-day.
Mr.. George J. Gould and the officials
of the Royal Cork Yacht Club met this
afternoon to make arrangements for u
match race tomorrow. MIR. Gould
thought It would not be wise to race
until the new gah was tested, and no
match was made.
At the Mounts Bay regatta, on Sat
urday. 1t is believed Vigilant will meet
Satanita as well as Britannia, and some
interesting racing is looked forward to.
Satanita will be remembered as the
yacht which sunk Vslkyrie on July G
on the opening day OF the Mudhook
Yacht Club regatta on the Clyde
According to the Yacht Racing As
socation's certificate OF rating. In 1893,
Sstanita Ia cutter rugged. 97.e5 feet long.
has a sail area OF 1923 square feet and
Is rated at 1914 tons. She Is owned by
Mr.. A. d. Clarke and was designed by
j. Soper.
Mr. Gould Intends either to have Wig
The evening world., 1894-07-25
THINK THERE WAS FOUL PLAY
Authorities Arc Investigating the
Mrs. GeItIer Case.

ATLANTIC CITY. n, j., July %
County Physician Sanders and the
Coroner are to-day investigating the
mystery surrounding the death OF Mrs,
Geltzer, the aged German woman who
mysteriously disappeared in September
last. and whose body was found lying
In the unGerbrush of Pines Greek
swamp, near Meekstown.
The authorities are working on a
clue which may lead 10 an arrest. A
man whose name has not yet been
divulged, and who boarded In the same
house where Mrs. GelZer resided, was
seen coming from the swamp at the
time Mrs. Geltzer disappeared. lie was
met by man named Brown. and when
they spoke of Mrs, Geltzer's disappear
ance the man who boarded at her house
remarked that she was all right.
The authorities are now trying to
locate this man. The County Physician
thinks II is case OF foul play, ana
that the motive was robbery.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
BOYS ON A BIG Spree.
Spent More than $500 at Coney
Island in Three Days.
Bretz Is Said to Have Stolen $1,7O0
from his Father.
Purchased Everything they Fancied
and Threw Money Away.

COMFY ISLAND. l.. l., July 25.-Two
bows wearing diamonds. dressed in fine
clothes. with bicycles, and having lots of
money were arrested In Connor's con-
cert hall. in the Bowery. at 1890 this
morning by Detectives Clougher and
Harris. The boys have been at the ISL
and for three or four days, and as they
spent money lavlshly the police thought
they stole the money, and this led to
Their arrest.
The boys were arraigned in the police
court to-day and said they were Oscar
Bretz. seventeen years old, of Gal Bergen
street, Newark. and Andrew Gomunder,
OF 55 Charles street, Newark. When the
boys were searched Bretz had Sos4. 20 III
his pockets and Gomunder mad $3.50 and
a gold watch. Each boy had u heavily
loaded revolver in his pocket. They were
locked up on the charge of carrying
concealed weapons and bIetz's father in
Newark was notified.
Bretz,, when arraigned, said he and
Gomunder LETT their homes In Newark
about two weeks ago. Bretz said he
had 81. 100 with him when he left home,
which had been iert to him by his
mother. who died last Winter and that
he took the money to spend on a vaca.
ton. Bretz said he had been employed
until the time he left home by Charles
Schultz, Jewslier, of Mulberry and
ITeeH STREETS, Newark.
The boys said they came dlree, to
Coney Island and bought a sailboat
from p. Bowers, and hired John Nc
Carron to sail them about. They said
they spent three days at Rockaway, and
becoming tired of sailing sent McCarron
with the boat to Newark They hold
receipts from the man whom they pur-
chased the boat from and from Nc
Carron for pay.
They said they then purchased the BIZ
cycles, which were new and highly
mounted. for $3.50 each, and spent con-
siderable time in riding around Coney
Island.
at the island they have spent more
than $500. Everything they fancied
they purchased, and 1t was learned that
Bretz gave $50 and diamond pin last
night to young woman who sang In
Connor's concert hall.
The police have received word from
Bretz's father, that Bretz stole sl.7W
come TO Coney Island Immediately.
John Bretz, the father of Oscar. ar
rived at noon. He said his wife when
she died left sl,7oO hidden in hustle.
She bequeathed the money to him. He
peared July TO-. He did not care for the
money. he said, but he felt the sting OF
his sons ingratitude.
He would not make any complaint, and
paid hne OF $40 which Justice Fin
nerty imposed on each of the boys.
:. When Justice Finnerty asked Oscar
Brett II he would go with his. father, the
with anger: Yes. I'll go with him.
He showed no sign of penitence. Mr.
Bretz and the boys then boarded Sea
Beach train for Bay Ridge.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
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