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The evening world., 1894-08-28
CRIMINALS ASKED TO PLEAD.
Recorder Snyth in General SEES
sions Disposes Of a Big Batch.
The First to Face Him Was Woman
Charged with Murder.

There were no trials to-day in General
Sessions Court, and in consequence of
that fact Recorder Smyth. who Is
the only Judge sitting did not appear
until 1.SO o'clock this afternoon. He
came just In time to receive the Grand
Jury, who filed into Part /. with a large
bunch of indictments as the result of
their days labors. which they handed
up to the Recorder. The Recorder then
told Mr.. Stern, the foreman, that II they
desired he would dismiss the jury to-day.
but II they wished could sit as long as
they desired Mr.. Stern replied by say
ing that he thought tomorrow morning
would end their work, and he would
then ask for dismissal.
AS had been arranged last week, the
Recorder heard pleadings to-day for two
hours after he had received the Grand
Jury.
The first pleading was that Of Anna
NJ. Reek. the midwife, of 3Ii East one
Hundred and Seventeenth street, who Il
indicted for murder in the first degree.
She pleaded not guilty and was remand
ed to the Tombs to await trial. She is
charged with wilfully starving an I'M
known child to death. 1t had been
placed in her care. and the dead body
was found in bathtub covered with
rags and other rubbish.
Frank Green, aged twenty-nine years.
living at Az West Thirtieth street, who
was indicted on Aug. "a for forgery in
the second degree, was arraigned, and
Lawyer Meyer. who appeared as his
his counsel, filed a demurrer.
Green, who gives his business as that
Of advertising agent, vas arrested on
the complaint OF Jacob Scherrick, q
porter, OF $50 East SeVenty-nlnth street
on July % for selling fraudulent bill
board tickets for the Casino, at Thirty
ninth street and Broadway, which were
purported to be issued and stamped
Lederer, the managers Of the Casino.
James Mccarthy, twenty-four years
old. living AT 1900 Second avenue. a brick
layer. was also arralgned for forgery in
The second degree. He pleaded not guilty
and was remanded TO the Tombs Prison
forged an order. to Charles T. Wells,
contractor, signing the name of the
foreman. Edward Griffith. who has
charge of the work now going on at
Mays store, at Fourteenth street and
Sixth avenue, certifying that one Mike
hours, for which $40 was due him. There
was no such man on the job.
Ernest A. Lenz. a good-looking young
German, twenty-eight years old, whose
residence is at Ill East Ninety-fourth
street. was arraigned on the charge of
blackmail. He pleaded not guilty and
was allowed to continue on his bail.
on Aug. - on the complaint of his wife's
brother, Philip Seefried, of +cs Sixth
avenue. who charges that on July 3
Lenz sent him a Matchmaking letter.
in which he said that " Seefred does
not pay him 81 900 Immediately he will
fried's relations with Lenz's wife, See
friedS own sister
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swINDLED ny sHARPERs.
bogus Circus Man and Judge Bunco
q Canadian,

A Montreal gentleman, who was In
Brookville recently. when a circus had
made the normal distasteful to the
story of the doinRs OF sharper in that
town, says the Montreal Witness.
This person, with shiny hat and
thick gold watch-chain. went up to a
wcll-dressed man one day near the cir
Gus grounds, and said, Excuse me. but
do you think you could ,direct me to
any body who would consent to act as
our agent in this district for the pur-
chase of horses from time to time? We
use up ii good many horses, and, having
been Informed that this is a good horse
district, we hay" thought Of engaging
would buy and ship horses to us while
~ are on the road
The man said, 7 would not mind
having such n position myself
well. I am quite willing to engage
you. When you buy the horses your
duty will be to advise me, and 7 will
remit the money before the animals
arc sent on. of course, we need a
little agreement drawn up between us.
Well. looking earnestly at a fine-look'
ing gentleman coming slowly towards
them. this is fortunate: here comes
Judge Peck. of Prescott. who might do
the Job for us
"'Excuse NC. sir. but are you Judge
Peck said the circus agent to the fine
"'Yea, very sharply. what do you
We'll. I thought you might consent to
draw up little agreement between this
man and me, touching contract.
Let me tell you, sir, said Judge
Peck, Indignantly. that ] only transact
business at my office.
~ know that. Your Honor, but this
is a case OF urgency, and u would not
take you five minutes. Perhaps you
would not mind walking to the hotel
with u.s. mentioning certain hotel In
the town, and draw up lew lines.
two | will oblige you this time
1.-The three men are in room In the
hotel. The paper IL drawn M: the
circus man has placed $1,000 In the
hands of the Judge az an earnest OF
good faith. The Judge, says to the
up 5000 as security. IL is only fair
that you should put up reasonable
amount Of security for the proper per-
Torrance of your duty. 7 would say
$500 The man had only $500 about
him, but nc went out and borrowed the
balance from friend.
"ReturninG, he placed the money IN
the hands Of the Judge, who said: VIII
you excuse me one moment--R sudden
faintness-th the lavatory. back directly.
and vanished. The two men sat walt
Ing. but the Judge did not return.
pitsl The circus man became indig-
nant at last. and proposed that they
search for the Judge. High and low
the two men searched. and the circus
man was for employing the whole de-
te"tive force of the town. He was
that. entering the railway station, he
boarded IA car aud was lost to the view.
The Judge has not yet returned, and he
has nov been away about fortnight"
The evening world., 1894-08-28
Who Gets the Decision -?
SPORTING MISCELLANY.

Secretary James f. Sullivan has re-
ceived l60 entries for the New Jersey
Athletic Club Olympiad at Bergen Point
on Labor Day. Nearly every club
throughout the State Is represented by
one or more entries. Among the entries
received are those of A. ]. Walsh, Tom
my Lee. Tommy Letson, Sam Leibgold,
Louis Leibgold. Stephen Chase. Z. w.
Allen. c. j. Fitzpatrick, George Sands, s.
Scoville jr., George w. orion, r. 7.
Lyons. George X. Gray. James Mitchell,
f. j. Lyons. j. j. Mcponough, Mike
Sweeney, r. J. Finnerty, Il. q. Wood
ruff. r. @. Hollander and number of
others. The olympiad should prove very
succe ssful. as the above named men are
sure to make the events in which they
are entered very exciting.
The Good Roads Tournament at As
bury Park Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday. Is sure to he uncommonly inter-
esting. as the character of the entire.
already indicates that the very cream
The evening world., 1894-08-28
TELLS TIVE SAME OLD TALE.
A PittsburR BcsgRr who Always
Wants 81 Cents

1t Ia strange how long q hard luck
story will last II professional beggar. say s
writer for the Pittsburg Dispatch.
know OF a man who has been the re-
cipient Of a good living at the hands OF
the charitable people OF Pittsburg for the
past three years by telling the same
sJrrowfui tale and being abe to weep
copiously when occasion requires About
three years ago there appeared one day
I.aNrenceYiile a man who had all the
appearances of a hard working iaborsr
He went from house to house, telling
pitiful story, with an accompaniment
II a waterfall Of tears. Hts wants were
very modest; he asked meekly for a
cents--a loan he did not want charity
OF only q cents, no more nor Jess. And
so he said; his wife had died about a
month before and he had just received
telegram that morning from his home
stating that tho, last Of his five litEe
children had died
In six months onr 10y one they had been
taken from him by measles, wholping
cough y something Csc. He said he
wanted to go - iiradig-N T. bury '"s
him there. He then asked that the
money ne loaned him, for ne had wages
due him at home, some SIS, which would
enable him to pay VI back the next day,
II this SAD tale dd no, move his auditors
he WOULD begin by degrees to weep. his
anguish becoming more ana more bitter
INC .Onger ne continued, until may the
victim. " his hear, lid not soften, would
give him p cents Ia get rid of such a dis
graceful spectacle.
Wei. for long time tho man worked
this scheme upon the uu>u~peCting peo-
pic of 1.aUrencovilo, never ieVistinc
from the statement given above. untll
there were very f"v who hal not been
taken I'm. That was three wears ago. I
came across he same fellow Yesterday.
an he Is Etll trying to borrow y cents
To get To Rraid ok 10 bury that child.
His wife SIN continues 10 Ill" last month.
AMI The terrible p'dgu" Of WhoopuiG
cough, nIeIs'c', Sc, continues to deso,atc
his household
His power for stimulating The uutburst
4 broken heart hs- developed with
three wears practice. 50 that he could
nov mOy" a Stuu" house With hiS story
Ana he Is sim successful" Residents OF
Sha iySllc were treated % his tt,c Of
We tn" other dag. AMI many an eye
filled with tears HS The poor man from
ErIiiD.k' Mas gycI 81 r. - cents, there
being "a small chang in ~ house.
II Was seldom that h" was given tlc
u cents his Carc H,uTl"d particularly Nar
and Their his proud spirit. not wishin :
to accept charity, appealed to many.
The evening world., 1894-08-28
COULD A MIG ARMY.

The lnited States has been said to be
Warlike nation without being a mill
vast, indeed. II showed that thirty
years ago, says the Boston Journal
tWhen with only little more than half
Is present population II mustered more
man a,Oo,Wo men under arms I'm the
mon and Confederate forces. There are
a noW N America the enormous total of
r ,nIi2;o0 me, Of military age eligible for
m.lllarS service. OF course, the actual
number OF organized, drilled and uni
fformed citizen soldiers Is only a small
nin,GGtlon OF this, nut the real availsble
nl,ltary strength OF the United States Is
"nN appreciated by the average Ameri-
80 Never before was the National
i.uaru 81 the several States SO strong
~ numbers. so we'll armed. so excel
,tIntlS disciplined. There are 1880 of
rnrse volunteers In all, representing in
any cavalry and artillery. New York
nplnipped force of 1850 officers and men.
,r,rnnsyivsnia has a force of S,6l4, whose
Imeltle was tried two years ago at
homestead; Ohio has 6l25, and Massa-
iLnusetts, 5,656. The States in which the
,ar strike centred are well pre-
pSred FOR such emergency. Illinois
sIltla body musters An men; Indiana 4
NJ; lowa's, 2,S5l; Missouri's. 2,ii5, and
fScnigans, 2s0l. Illinois Is particularly
or, tuhate In the character OF its fine
S 0v ,n Tnegiments. When to this great army
.ars and the 1000 or 5000 blue Jackets
SUI marines of the warships on the
nome station, II Is obvious that there
a. concerning more than the policeman !
snarchyu -" '~'p''' anu
The evening world., 1894-08-28
LONG HITS FOR SICK BABIES.
Police Teams Play Ball for THE
Evening World" Fund.
Victory for the Twenty-seventh at
the Polo Grounds.

There is trouble in the Twentieth Pre-
cinct and Ii will be just as well for
lovers Of the National game not to men,
lion the word baseball to any OF the
finest" connected with that precinct
Until noon to-day The ba .ebail team
of the Twentieth have been trav-
elling along at an easy gait. and have
maintained an unbeatca record, When
they left the Polo Grounds shortly after
noon to-day they had tasted defeat, and
that at the hands OF bitter rivals. the
guardians Of the peace from the Eas:
Eighty-eighth street station. To make
matters worse. defeat came when VIC
tory seemed sure.
The game was for the benefit OF
The Evening World" Sick Babies
Fund. and the officers OF each precinct
worked hard to make 1t a big success.
When Umpire Kennedy called Play"
fully $40 people were present to cheer
their favorites to victory AS a conse:
be added to the growing HIST, and for
meted out to some little one.
SO many tickets had been sold out
holders had not had Il chance to re-
port. II IL impossible to say what the
proceeds OF the game VIII amount TO.
but 1t viii be Il handsome sum.
The Twentieth were first at the bat.
capt Quinn got first on an error. and
both he and Tammany, who got to the
Initial bag in the same manner. scored
on Cahill's single. Boyle made hit,
and then McAnenny soaked it" for, a
home run. When the boys from the
Twentieth were finally retired they had
seven runs to their credit. They added
one in the second. three In the third.
four in the iifth and two In the sixth.
The Twenty-seventh players could dc
but little with Capt. Quinn's shoots and
curves until the sixth inning. the score
at that point being II to In favor OF
the Twentieth Precincters. But In the
sixth, oh. what fun the Twenty-seventh
boys had! Three singles. two two-bag-
gers. a triple and numerous errors net
ted them 10 runs. and the score was
tied.
In the seventh and last inning,
base on balls, a single and a two-bag-
ger, after two were out, added two to
the score for Capt. Quinns side. But
the Twenty-seventh was still In II. and g
single, O two-bagger, a base on balls
and a passed ball gave them three runs
and the game.
After the game Capt Carson. Of the
Twenty Precinct. was presented
with a beautiful floral basket by his adj
mirers. There Is talk OF u return game.
the defeated 'coppers" not being salts
fed. The summary of the game follows:
The evening world., 1894-08-28

trial stand on the record as having oc-
CURED In this case
James pevlne, OF 40 West Forty-first
street, special ofiicer at the Madison
square Garden, testified that during the
Mclaughlin administration he was
asked by Burns and Nugent to visit The
houses or Mrs. Sanford, Mrs. Schubert,
S Ss. es,d prlen and others. and try and
ket evidence against them. These
houses seemed to be closed and empty
over and over again Devine tried dur
ing four weeks. but he never succeeded
IN getting into any Of the houses.
Don't know, do you, whether Burns
and Nugent had been around in the
afternoon and tipped of the madams
tnat you were coming to try to get
evidence against them?' Mr.. wellma n
=. Devine didn't know. He said he did
y without pay. out of friendship for
Nugent. He never knew Burns and
objected when Mr.. Wellman called him
Devine said that he had saloon at
Broadway and Forty-first street In ISIS
but of late had been a bark eeper. EN-
planning. the witness said: Yes. was
the best OF me-
James Jackson. State detective at Sing
sing Prisyn, was called TO testify that
me Carl Werner who alleges he was
Keeping disorderly house In the Elev.
enth Precinct and playing blood money
TO Capts. Mclaughlin, Cross and Dew
cry, was at the time locked up a pris-
oner In Sing Sing Prison, and had been
there for six years Mr.. Jackson visited
the Tombs to-day and Identified the COM
plainant against the captains as the
same Carl Werner in Sing Sing Prison
from 1887 to Sept. q, 1892.
Werner testified before the Lexow
Committee that he paid brides, $500
each. to Ward Man Burns for Capt
cross in January and June, 1892.
George Miller of s. Bowery, testified
that he visited Mrs. Schubert three or
four times in March. 1892, and couldn't
get into the house. No one answered
the, bell and Miller thought the folks
had gone to the country. He had no
more success at Mrs. Sanford's on two
attempts to get in.
Mr.. "ellman drew out that Miller
was another Bowery ledger. with no oc-
cupstion except odd jobbing.
George Henry Peterson, janitor OF lt9
Chrvstie street. who lived opposite Katie
Schuberts for six years, testified that
during the three months OF the Nc
Laughlin-B Burns administration the Schu-
bert house was quiet and orderly.
The blinds, he said were closed and
the house dark. He had seen men APP
ply at the door and be refused admission.
The house had the appearance OF doing
no business.
At this point the trial was adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. It
Will be concluded an hour later, after
which Capt Stephenson will be called
to the bar.
The evening world., 1894-08-28
SEVEN TRIPS TO INDIA.
bishop Thoburn u a Missionary
AVID y Great Traveller.

Bishop !. NJ. Thoburn has made seven
fourt.sn single trIps between America
and India The first voyage. In 1889 CON
suned l21 Gn.s. an this voyage. while
on tho Cane a. Good Hope, says the
thaUtIuqudu. tpCv encountered a snow =
storm. aud th" lhl.Gup told mo the ia s.
scrigCrs snoNh"lied "urh other on the
Fourth of Iuly. S,pco then he has
made the trip IN As snort a time az
twcuty-siN drNs. In his recent return
voyage he LETT India on the 2ith OF
March. but being detained by the vessel
strandng for two days in the Suez Canal
AMI a! Amsrics mil tha ss,h 80 mn nn'
bishop Thoburn WIN return TO India on
the 18th OF November next. His family
Is In Calcutta. While In this country he
is talking and preaching constantly, his
mission bslng to arouse the people to the
needs OF tye work In India. =
The evening world., 1894-08-28
COL. FELLOWS SURPRISED.
GOV. Flower Disress rded All Pre-
cedent in PardOning Col. Hayes.

In pardoning the notorious Col. Will
lam b. Hayes, who was serving a SEN
tence In Sing Sing for perjury, last
Saturday. Gov. Flower seems to have
sprung surprise on the District-At-
torney's officers which the officials
there are not likely to forget very soon.
1t was evident from remarks made this
morning that the Governors act was
regarded In the light Of discourtesy
Ia the DistrIct-Attorney, for the reason
that precedent wa set aside. and
Hayes was freed without either Mr..
Fellows or Judge MARITIME who sem
tepred Hayes, having been consulted.
So far as Judge MARITIME Is concerned.
he has been out of the city for some lit
tie time, and the Governor may have
written him about the case and received
no reply.
Assistant District Attorney Unger,
who has charge of the Albany CORE
spondence in the District-Attorncy's
Office said that II has always been
customary before pardoninE a criminal
for the Governor TO ask the District
Attorney and the Judge who tried the
case for their opinions. Mr.. Unger said
that he had been away on his vacation
and Tho Governor might nave written
In his absence and acted without watt
Ing for "A reply. Mr.. Cnger had not
had time tn go through his mail, but
he thought the Governors course very
peculiar, TO say the least.
The evening world., 1894-08-28


compete. John S. Johnson's entry VA.
received by the managers To-day. and
also tho entries of j. y. Bile, A; W
gcrty, G, G. Williams and r. G. johnson
and r. T.. Goetz. OF Cleveland.
johnny" johnson is due TO arrive at
Asbury Park tonight
q. w. stage, Of Cleveland, the e1-
League umpire and present smsteur
champion 100 and 10 yard runner, will
probably be seen again op the cinder-
path. stage has sent IN his entry to the ne
take Part ~ the championships a. Ira
Union Committee will hold a meeting
cep' Stages entry or not. II IL claimed
that Stage IL = professional by reason of
his League position.
Harry Cornish. Chairman Of the Chi
cago Athletic Association Committee.
has arrived in this city, and IL making
arrangements for number of Chicago
athleter who arc to take part In the A.
a. L, championships.
land amateur distance champion, Is ek-
pected to BE- a starter In the A. \. u.
championship games on Sept Id.
Inc mnCn discussed IOOtDdll d'
recommended by the Rules Committee,
and approved by the University Athletic
club, and under which all intercolle,,
giate football games will he played
this year are published in Spalding Il
Oficial Football Guide for 1884. The
Guide this year, which IL edited by
Walter Camp. the well-known authority,
IL more complete than ever. Handsome
half-tone portraits OF the Rules Com.
mittec, Princeton champion team, and
al the leading players OF America, are
published IN this volume. An interest
ing chapter for beginners, by Walter
Camp, is one of the features. The
Guide is twice the size n has been
heretofore. II II published by the
American Sports Publishing Co.. al
5rOadway.
L'lalt.rimg reports are made by George
r. Stebbins, Of the Brooklyn Bicycle
club. who * receiving subscriptions Tor
the work Of finishing the wheeling path
to Conry Island Although the iists hay'
been open hut week. 200 Is already
In the hands OF the Committee The
estimated amount needed Is $500 which
should he raised easily within two weeks
among the bicyclists of Brooklyn alone
Constant Readcr.-A trick must hc
taken before meid out can count M
pinochlc.
The evening world., 1894-08-28
; WILD RUSH
OF BROKERS.
Hundreds Of Them Swarm
About the Doors OF the
CuStOm.HOuSe.
NEARLY !, 900 WITHDRAWALS
Remarkable Business OIL the First
Day Under the New
Tariff Law.
MANY INTRICATE QUESTIONS.
y Big Importing Houses Represented
and Lawsuits Threat.
ened.
MANY INTRICATE QUESTIONS.

An unprecedented rush OF brokers,
clamoring for the withdrawal of bonded
goodo under the ruling of Secretary
Carlisle. occurred at o'clock this morn
ing when the Custom-H House opened for
its first days business under the new
Tariff law.
Deputy Collector Charles A. King, OF
the Third Division, Is in charge of all
Withdrawals and bonded warehouse
goods, and he and his assistant, Mr.
Grant, together with force of fifteen
clerks. were kept extremely busy.
the withdrawal room, and Fred Burns,
the official announcer, whose deep,
sOnorous voice could be heard all over
the old building. made all the official
Cling crowd to get into line." Finally
lac brokers. settled down to business
and presented their papers to the clerks,
receiving in return official orders for
the removal Of goods from the bonded
warehouses;. Under the new law all
the brokers were required to have IL
censes.
The Withdrawals included various
classes Of goods, upon which there was
question as to the tariff under the
new act, and a deposit duty was taken
averaging about 50 per cent, subject to
a readjustment of the duty after inves-
tigaton.
There were nearly seven thousand with
drawals to-day subject to these condi-
tons. Under the old or Mckinley law, the
Withdrawals were $50 or 200 a day. The
immense rush of to-day may therefore
be readily appreciated upon comparison.
The brokers employed many extra
clerks to do their business.
Claim lawyers were also on hand by
the score, many Of them ready to take
advantage of that ''semicolon" in the
new act, which affects importers of
diamonds.
A circular was posted early in the
morning by Mr.. King, showing the
class Of goods for withdrawal from bond
under Secretary Carlisle's decision, and
the rates of duty under the Mckinley
UPON these Eocds h tba neW the Ssno,t day
was taken. subject to a readjustment
Following is q list OF the principal arti-
rles thus affected. together with the
The evening world., 1894-08-28
MUST HAVE U. S. LICENSES.
saIoon-K--p-rs Held for NcRIcctinS
Uncle sans Tarid.

on the complaint OF the internal Rev
enuc Department, tho United States Dis
,rict-Attorncy several weeks ago notified
900 or 200 Saloon-kcepers that they were
liable to arrest for not taking out the
special Government retail liquor deal
ers license of 81.
All came to the froRt but fourteen.
For these warrants OF arrest were issued
by the United states District Court
To-day Rene Rosenzweig and Charles
Pilzer, saloon-keepers at 40 Norfolk
street, and Simon Hesseison, another
liqour seller at q Fast Broadway. We're
arrested. Commissioners held all three
In 500 for examination next Friday,