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The evening world., 1894-07-17
PRISONER AT SEVENTY.
Aged Isaac Well Accused of Grand
Larceny.

Detective-Sergt. Heidelberg. Of the
Central Office, this morning in the
Tombs Court, arraigned Isaac WE'LL
seventy years old. of 101 East One Hum
dred and Tenth street, and asked that
he be remanded to Police Headquarters
Detective Heidelberg was reticent re-
garding the case but ii has since been
learned that We'll is held on charge
of grand larceny, preferred by Seigei
Bros, of 65 Wooster street.
The members of the firm are peculiar
ly reticent about the case. They posi-
lively refused any Information. lhs
employees were not aware of the ar
rest. and expressed surprise when IN
formed of 1t.
1t was learned. however, that Wen
had been in the employ of the house ioI
twenty years as a bookkeeper, and NAG
always stood high In the estimation o'
the firm.
1t is alleged that We'll has been guilty
of embeZzlement. but the firm Is at pres
ent unaware of the amount or how long
1t has been going on. Experts are now nov,
at work on the books, and VIII propapy
not conclude their labors for rev day ns
On account of Wells age and MS ioif.
services with the house the hrm WI WI
not prosecute him unless the ainouh'
involved reaches a large figure.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
MRS. WALsH'S |NGRAT|TUDE.
Sues Her Aged, Deorepit Father
for Services as Housekeeper
lie SAYS He Cared for Her when
Her Husband Was in Prison.

\ daughter SUNG her fathcr--a decrepit
man scarcely aide to 90 ahout-to re-
cover S,gp tor alleged -er> ices as house
keeper, ANA an a'umt 10 obtain the old
mans bank account ~ '2o. wa spec
tlclc hrousl' r'iprr luia" Van Wyck
IN the ,Hty tuur', Chambers. to-day.
Mrs. knu, Walsh. a married daughter
OF tuhu TrcuuuI. -urI her father Jun"
last. claiming that 70" engaged her May
|. 1873. at $40 week, tu do hUusewurk
and act a. nurI.. and she remained At
his house, 10 clay street Grc"npoint.
hfty-siN weeks
.iidr mont was taken 10y default June
~, John G., Walsh. Nutie's bruther-in.
law, was appointed ns receiver for
rrcpnor aud ordered his examination In
supplementary proceedings.
Treanors bank book. *npwin de
post of S-"1 IN IA" GrrCuvich saw .nSs
Bank. was Tia" only prop"tiE disro\'r'u:
aul the bank officers notified tn" old
man that il would have to We turned
over to " alsh unless he took legal steps
Treano" employed Lawyer Charles
II. Smith, ana ia" latter ogihihr an
order t. show aus" WY lhr d'iault
should not b. peu,l ana tn, defendant
given an opportunity - defend IN" sun.
H., showed. by aiiilaVits II MIS- client
ana his laurh'rI Mnlal, lud son Joseph,
that tn. father nat taken kitt" AMI
her children - his home whcn she vas
IN distress, her husband. Michael wash,
having no means VA. 'll man sod his
II ,tisc aui ,u1t $50 in trN ius to set M
his +pn-ln- Ia" IN the saloon business III
Eleventh avenue.
Michael Walsh NH- recently FCnt II
prison. and his father-iu-law hired
rooms f1I Is ili, ini her clildr'n a. oos
Yves, furtv-tJun h s;r"", and paid In"
rent fnr dire" nruilE in advance.
\ disagreement With l>ntic caused Tn"
old man 10 leave her aud move to J'S
Nest Forty -Ntth street. where he lives
with his other children.
Lawyer smith nycrrei that crime
had been committed, ana the court was
being used Io "onsunIinat" 1t.
Judg" Van " NrS rendered this de
"isiOn IN ,hc ease:
Here daughter sues her own father,
and II tn. facts stated by him ana
almost wholly unContradiCted by her
are true, she IL indeed cruel and I'M
grateful. Th" default must he opened
and tho judgment and orders in supple
mentary pro 'eedings FOR examination of
third party AMI appointing "A receiver
are vacated. but on condition that within
six days defendant serves an answer
and pays plaintitf'S attorney SO.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
Hearing of Strcet-Cnr Men on the
Personal PrOpcrty TuH.

The Board of Assessors of BROOKLYN
held session to-day 20 hear the plea of
tn" magnates OF the various railroad
companies against being assessed on
personal property.
Daniel T. Lewis, President OF tho
Brooklyn Heights Railroad. AMI cx-Pres-
ident OF the Brooklyn city Railroad
Company, tried tn convince the assessors
that tn" personal property of his Com
pany should not be assessed. President
Lewis made Il detailed statement of the
,ompdnyS property and, In response to
a question put by Mr.. Nonge. as to the
conditions Of The lease 81 the Rrookiyn
CITY to the BroUlli.n Heights Railroad
company, he said the capi AT atork Of
the BROOKLYN city railroad Company
was Sl?Wpvpc. but under the lease lis
Indebtedness was not assumed by the
Brooklyn Heights Company. and it's pay
Hrnt was not guaranteed
Tn" Brooklyn Heights Company only
guaranteed the Interest on the bonds
The Heights Company pays Il rental 81
~ per cent on the Brooklyn City's cap
ital stock.
MI. Lewis said the companies receipts
last year were S.2oOO0 When correc; ed
Nv LAWYER Moore. he declared he didn't
know the exact figures. nor the exact
COST OF operlting toe road lie after
wards admitted that the operating cX-
penSeS We're S.1il ,nr The Introduction
OF the trolley system had reduced ex-
penscs and Increased business. The
hearing Is san on.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
HARTLEY AGAIN OUT.
The Alleged Lunatio's Second Es-
cape from Bloomingdale.
Stole a Keepers Pass.Key and
Fled to Fort Lee.
lie Has sent for His Wife to Meet
and Fly with Him.

FORT LEE, July 17.-Edward +.
Hartley. tho alleged lunatic. whose
mental coalition Is being inquired into
10y Shcriifs jury IN the supreme Court
of New YORK Guy, and Who WAS to have
appeared again before the jury to-day,
is here at Bichhoister's Hotel
He escaped from Bloomingdale Asylum
whore he va. confined at o'clock this
morning, by stealing a pass key from
one Of the keepers. lie made his WAY
to the ferry at one Hundred and Tween
ty-tiftn street, and reached here about
O'Clock
Hartley was well dressed and appear
cd to be perfectly rational in his talk
He had a good deal to say about the
Commission which is examining into his
sanity, and declares that he Is perfectly
sane.
He seemed to be greatly clated at the
manner in which he had given the au-
thoritieS at Bloomingdale tho slip. lie
said that he got the key out OF Keeper
Wilson's pocket.
lIc said he had wired for his wife, and
expected her to join him. when they
would go away and escape from his enc
mics.
Hartley keeps furnishing goods
store AT 1886 Third avenue and lived with
his wife and nine children at la East
one Hundred and Twentv-seventh
street. lie began to cut up queer capers
about three or four months ago, when
he announced himself as an anti-Tam.
many candidate for Mayor and adver-
iiSed for 10000 voters and hired can.
vassers TO go from house to house TO
solicit votes for him.
He also bought a cigar store next to
his furnishing store. ana distributes,
free cigars to all who called This
ana his other methods of electioneerinr
soon bankrupted him, and nc Is now
SAID to be several thousand dollars IN
deb; as result of his squanderlng
money in his wild schemes.
lie was committed to Bloomingdale
on June III last, but escaped on July g.
He was captured and locked up again
and meanwhile the commission to ex.
anime into his sanity was appointed
The first session was held yesterday
when several experts. including Or. Stu.
art Douglas, DR.. Allen Fitch and Sam.
uel II. Lyon. medical superintendent OF
Bloomingdale, testified that beyond q
doubt Hartley was insane and was sur.
ferng from paresis in its early stages
The evening world., 1894-07-17
is MRS. BEDELL A SUICIDE
Husband Deserted Her Two weeks
Ago Because He Had No Work.

Mrs. Mamie Bedell. handsome young
woman, about twenty eight years DID,
died yesterday at 10 Whipple street.
Williamsburg. under circumstances that
strongly point to suicide. Coroner
Dreamer has been notified, and has or =
dered an autopsy.
The woinans story is a sad one~
She was married about a year ago tol
John Bedell. a sign painter, but he had
been out of work for some time, and,
two weeks ago yesterday he informed
his wife that times were too hard for
him to support her, and she would
have to look out for herself. Then he
disappeared
seized by an instalment house. as Be-.
dell had failed to make his payments
The woman was accordingly turned out,
into the street without any place to go
Rudolph .Bleinstetn; at 10 Whipple
street, and. although she, was in poor
circumstances. she agreed to take her
Mrs. Bedell remained at the house
and every day would go out and loola
for work; Yesterday morning Blein-
turn her tI.I away II she did not get some
money. as he was barely able to sup
port his own family. i
oh. viii net trouble you very lon;s
laugh.
Late yesterday afternoon the woman
complained of being sick, and Mrs
Bleinstein suggested that a doctor be-
sent for. but the woman objected. say
ing she knew her friend could not afford
the expense. About o'clock last even
ing she became very much worse. and Al
policeman. who was notified, sent for
an ambulance. DIR. Neesen arrived at
the house, But Mrs. Bedell had died just
a moment or two before.
Mrs. Bedelrs friends believe she COM
mitted suicide, as she had always been
in good health. Nobody knows where
her husband, the indirect cause OF her
death, can be found.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
MANHATTAN "L"sEEKs RELIEF
Claims Exemption from Taxation
on Personal Property.
Justice Andrews Issues a Writ OF
Certiorari.

Justice Andrews. of the Supreme
Court to-day issued writ OF certiorari
In favor of the Manhattan Elevated
Railway Company, requiring the Com
missioners of Taxes and Assessment TO
show cause why 1t should not be re-
llevcd of the assessment upon its per-
sonal property.
In the application for the writ, the
Company alleges that II has been as
sessed for taxation on its real and per-
sonal property. and also on its capital
stock and surplus profits. The COM
pany alleges that 1t owns no taxable
personal property. and should not be
taxed on personal property, because Its
outstanding Indebtedness is In excess
of all its personal property and capital
stock
The Commissioners assessed the real
estate of the Company at N,&SOO and
the personal property at $l7.s6O,TS
The franchise of the Company was
also assessed as taxable personal prop
erty, which the Company claims is illegal,
and should be set aside.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
CHICAGO'S NEW GAS ACT.
Another Company Granted thu
Privilege of Laying Mains.
(By Associated Press.

NY ASSOCIATED freA.I
CHICAGO. July T.-Alderman Ryan
another gas ordinance in the
City Council last night. and 1t was
passed. 1t is OF the same character as
that relating to the Mutual Fuel Gas
Company. and its introduction into the
City Council was the first the Aldermen
had officially heard OF 1t. 1t was fought
vigorously. hut the opposition could
rally but fifteen votes against forty
nine Under this ordinance the right to
build and maintain gas works and gas
mains in all the streets and alleys and
avenues was given to the Universal Gas
Company. Alderman Ryan did not name
the persons backing the ordinance. but
promised that laying pipes should begin
In thirty days.
In order to secure the considera ton
of the ordinance at last nights meeting
Alderman Ryan called up an old gas
ordinance and offered the new one as a
substitute. The ordinance provides that
gas shall be sold to property-owners at
81 thousand feet, and that 10 per cent.
Of the receipts OF the Company shall be
paid into the city treasury. Should the
Company reduce the price to 30 cents or
less 1t shall paw the city nothing.
The price Of gas to the city IL Is cents,
while lamps are SIG a year. 1t Is also
provided that should any consumer be
In arrears In his bills the Company may
add 10 per cent. to the bill.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
MUsTNOT DOCK HORSES TAILS
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Charged
with Inhuman Treatment
Society with the Loug Name Brings
Proceedings Against Them.

NEWARK, y. j., July II. The Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
has begun "A crusade against residents
OF this state who dock the tails of theft
carriage and riding horses.
To-day Col. F.. 5. Edwards. Secretary
Of the Society. made complaint before
Justice Rapp agairt Mr., and Mrs W.
Fellows Morgan, the best known Of the
residents of short Hills. charging them
with inhuman treatment In having one
Of their horses tail docked.
The summonses were issued at once
and were served on Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
gan at their residence this morning.
a summons was also issued for the APP
pearance of Henry Watkins in court.
He is the man hired by the Morgans 10
do the work of docking the horses tails.
The penalty for the offense Is 500.
The case will be tried next Monday.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
JIMMIES AND APPETITES.
Midnight burglars In Newark Ate
While They Robbed.


NEWARK, July l7.-rhieves entered
number Of residences in this city last
right. AMI, besides securing considerable
plunder, enjoyed several good midnight
lunches.
They first forced an entrance into the
house Of Rev George +. Savary, pastor
of the reformed Epis opal Church. who
lives 1t Warren street, and. after Sc
curing several hundred dollars worth Of
plun Ter, went TO the kitchen and de-
Noutti cold chicken.
rh"r they Went to II Warren street.
wh"r" w u. toNan resides There
they secured a small amount Of clothing
and a watermelon, which they ate IN
the kitchen.
They reNt visited the house OF T, NJ
NAfh ana made descent upon the
lar!er, after getting as many articles OF
value ae possible.
The police are working on the case.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
TO SEARCH THE SWAMP.
Posse OF Fifteen Men After CInrn
COOprr'K AssaiInnt


FORT LEE. \. j.. July l7.r-Del Bigler
the village dog catcher, reported that at
sunrise this morning he saw the Italian
VINO committed the assault upon Clara
casper last Saturday. He met the fell
low at the edge of Long Swamp. where
he is supposed to be hiding. Bigler, who
had an unloadel pistol. was afraid to at
tempt an arrest but asked the man
what he was doing. The man vanished
IN thS swamp Village Constable Hook
heard Btgler's report. took their dogs
and shoteuns and beat through the
brush in search Of the Italian. They
could not find him.
man named Brannigan and another
named Monahan say they saw the ltal-
ian near the swamp yesterday afternoon
The assaulted girl was well enough to
return to her work in the Leunia post
office this morning.
y posse of fifteen men will resume the
search for her assailant this afternoon
The evening world., 1894-07-17
OPPOSE PIERS IN THE RIVER,
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Before Board of Engineers.
Plans for the Big Bridge to New
Jersey.

The Special Committee from the New
York Chamber OF Commerce, consist
Ing OF Gustav II. Schwab. ]. Edward
Simmons and George Coykendall. ac-
companied by their engineering counsel.
William Hildebrand. went before the
Board Of Expert Engineers for the New
York and New Jersey Bridge this morn
ing at 1l.3o to protest against the
bridges piers being placed in the Hud-
son River bed.
Gustave Schwab read the Chamber g
protest against the river piers scheme.
The gist OF the protest was published
in yesterdays Evening World" The
report OF Thomas Clark. recently Chief
Engineer of the New York and New
Jersey Bridge Company, was also cited
tiondb bic as one Of Zoo feet.
The report Of Engineer Hildebrand
providns for steel wire cable able s ,nHsth
with a span Of 800 feet from pier CEN
tres, was read. 1t plans that the low
est part Of the bridge shall be $50 feet
pier towers shall be $40 feet high. The
r tracks aa 81 sS labor sFSae
p5esehes HT foSSdat9 Ths thf ersnrs
cost OF a 5000 foot suspension bridge
over a 2loo foot cantilever bridge was
estimated at s2,5O0OoO
The Board took a recess at ! o'clock.
Refreshing old straw when II protests
against pier foundations In the Hudson
River bed. That the Bridge Company
hss the Txa. s snk the We pf have in the
right granted us to do so. both by the
Of New York" said Secretary Charles
Swan. of the Bridge Company, this
1T i, has no legal ground 49, at all =. to
some years ago ruled against In Con-
cause us a great deal Of annoyance by
it's protest. and hearing its arguments
will. Of course. delay us.
THE Secretary Of War specifically de-
less than Zoo feet, for the very purpose
of preventing any obstruction to water
traffic on the Hudson River. Our plans
will not interfere with commerce or
York merchants to lose the millions the
Chamber talks about.
Il notice that Mr.. Roebling, the
Brooklyn Bridge engineer. says th9t a
is safe and practicable. differ with
him entirely. Mr.. Roebling knows per-
fectly we'll that, IL the suspension plan
Is safe, he could run more trains and
locomotive engines and regular passen-
ger trains over the Brooklyn Bridge. In
stead Of. as at present only light pas
senger cars:
not carry the traffic 1t ought to. even
with its short span. as compared with
the proposed new 3.100-foot span for
ours. If 1t is not safe for the Brooklyn
longer the span, the greater strength is
required"
The evening world., 1894-07-17
NASH REPORTED KILLED.
His Br"thcr and II Friend Think
They Have Brcu IIORScd.

Thomas W Martin. of Carlton Hin,
n j., and William Nash. OF ~ cranberry
street, Brooklyn, are searching all over
BROOKLYN for James Nash a brother OF
William.
lanes is II shop-matc with Martin Mt
Carlton Win. \ short time ago William,
who also worked In the factory with
Martin and James. moved To- Brooklyn.
James left carlton I'm Yesterday. He
told Martin he Was going To BROOKLYN to
see his brother.
Last night Martin received telegram
stating that James Nash had been killed
by trOlley-car. II WAS signed y. May.
Martin hurried to Brooklyn and went
directly to see William. William had
not seen James. There Is no record of
any accident to James Nash. nor Is It
known who - May" Is.
James Is missing. and Martin and
lillian regard the whole thing as a
hoaN. They are on the warpath looking
for the sender of the telegram.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
DOUBTS HIS OWN SANITY.
Saunders ArraiRned to Plead to the
Charge of Theft.

Sherry Saunders, twenty-one years
old, formerly clerk at 3i6 East Seven
ty-eighth street was arraigned for
pleading before Judge Cowing. in Part
of the Court OF General Sessions, to-
day, and Lawyer Berlinger was assigned
to vestigarr the prisoners case.
He was charged with stealing a gold
ring and obtaining 10 cents under false
pretenses from Mrs. G. Willett, Of l6l(
Second avenue. The crime Is alleged tc
have been committed about year age
and Saunders was sent to Wards Island
for an expert opinion as to his sanity
There he was pronounced sane. In
court to-day he asked that a further ex.
animation into his mental condition be
made. He said he was not certain OF
his sanity.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
Round About Town.

Edward j. Wright, the truck driver. OF 8,
Henry street who ran over and killed thirteen.
year-old Harris Rottman In Orchard street on
Saturday last, was held to-day for examination
in Essex Market Police Court.
Morris Stone was arrested this morning on the
charge OF running a sweat shop at 81 Attorney
stree. and was held fer trial in Essex Market
Court
In Essex Market Court to-day Margaret Burke
OF i?e Henry street, was at the request OF her
daughter committed TO Bellevue Hospital for er-
animation as To her sanity.
Samuel Frsnck and wife Of 2ss Stanton stree,
In Essex Market Court to-day accused Isaac Taub.
enbl.tt boarder. Of stealing $500 worth OF
1swslry. "
The evening world., 1894-07-17
BRUSH TO BE TRIED JULY 80.
Lawyer Con Succeeds in Getting q
Day Fixed for His Client.

John w Con-. counsel to the Lexow
Committee, renewed his argument this
afternoon before Judge Cowing, In Part
l.. of the Court OF General Sessions.
on the motion made yesterday for the
Brush, who has been incarcerated in
the Tombs for eight months. awaiting
the action of the District-Attorneys
office.
Assistant District Attorney Weeks
opposed MIR. COTS motion. Judge Cow
ing named July 80 as the day for the
trial
Brush Is charged with conspiring with
several others, also under arrest, to OBJ
tain s., 600 in checks from the Manhat-
tan Trust Company, in this city.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
MINNEAPOLIS FASTER YET.
Corrected Reports Give Her 23.O7a
Knots for nm Average.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Mime.
apolis has done even better than the
first reports indicated on her trial trip
Yesterday Commodore Selfridge tele-
graphed the Navy Department that the
vessel made 23,oS knots, subject to tidal
corrections
These corrections were made last
night, and to-day the Commodore re-
ported that after making allowance for
was 23.073 knots.
By the contract she was required Ia
make q knots, and the contractors
were TO receive bonus for excess speed
on the basis OF 5000 for each quarter
knot; so that. according to Commodore
Selfridge's figures, the premium earned
will amount to rl4,6O0, the largest ever
earned by a vessel
The evening world., 1894-07-17
IMPROPER USE OF MAILS.
Detective Dcutsch Held In $4,000
for Examination.

Joseph II. Deutsch. private detec-
tive. was arrested by United States
Post-otfice inspectors for sending an
obscene letter through the mails adj
dres sed TO Edmund {. Brown. of State
street and Battery place.
United states Commissioner Shields
held Dcutsch in 5000 bail for cNamina-
ton next Saturday morning.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
"QUEER" COIN IN HARLEM.
belief that a Constructing Gang
Is at Work in That section.

A gang of counterfeiters is circulating
spurious coin in Harlem, north of One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, par
ticularly in the district next to Seventh
avenue. The residents 1t is claimed, re-
ceive bad silver dollars, quarter-dollars
and dimes every day from the butcher.
the baker and the grocer, and the
queer Is also found floating freely
among the saloon keepers.
One OF the officers at the United
States Secret Service Bureau said this
morning that Information had been re-
ceived at Headquarters concerning
counterfeiters, who were undoubtedly
the operators now circulating the spuri-
Gus coin
I'VE know them" said he, but we
have been so busy on some important
matters that We have not been able to
lay our hands Oh the law-breakers."
The evening world., 1894-07-17
HARVEST FOR PlCKP0CKETs
They Attended n Jersey City Parade
and Got Lots Of Plumber.

Edward Farmer, OF 1916 King street,
was held for trial by Justice Potts. Of
Jersey city, to-day, charged with being
pickpocket The Lyceum Sodality Of
St Peters Church paraded last night,
and pickpockets rcaped a harvest.
Mrs. Estelle Freer, Of 2T Warren
street, lost her pocketbook, and Miss
Kate Callaghan, who was with her,
caught n man who tried to take neck
lace from her throat. His companions
rescued him.
tete, Ni,taoe, on 10y branu street, ioss
1856 Steuben street. her pocketbook.
Samuel Graham saw Farmer take Nc
Cabe's chain, and followed him to the
Pennsylvania ferry. where he had him
arrested. A colored boy named Albert
Scott was also arrested on suspicion.
He was held for examination.
The evening world., 1894-07-17
SCHIEREN OUT OF POLITICS.
But His Friends Are Iuhnttng q
Gubcrnntorinl Balloon.

Notwithstanding the refusal OF Mayor
Schieren. Of Brooklyn. yesterday to run
for Governor or even for Mayor again.
many of his henchncn are working hard
10 secure a full delcg al ton to the Repub-
lean state Convention favorable to the
Mayor.
Mr. Schieren claims to be working to
put his Commissioner of Public Works >.
Alfred r White. in the Mayors chair
at the conclusion of his present admin
istra:iou The Mayor insists that he
will then retire to private life.
Many of the Mayors followers VINO
have an eye to business are the most
prominent workers in the imitation of
the SCheren boom.