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The evening world., 1894-06-19
ACTOR GEROLD FORGIVEN.
Eugenia Boner Regretted Having
Had Him Arrested.

Eugenia Boner. German operatic
singer, residing at 1870 Third avenue, and
for some years the star in Herman Am
berg's Theatre. caused the arraignment
at the Yorkville Police Court to-day OF
Herman Gerold. an actor we'll known to
the German theatre-goers as the de-
tective In the play of THE Corner Gro
GER" Gerold is the actresses Junior by
few years. For about five years, 1t Is
alleged, they have lived together as man
and wife.
On May l last she secured a warrant
charging abandonment against him.
which was executed yesterday by Court
Officer Hartigan. He found Gerold In
the rooms of the songstress. She had
regretted what she had done and was
pleading to him to fee when Hartigan
appeared before them, and. producing
his warrant OF arrest. took Gerold into
custody and locked him up for the nigh,
in the East Twenty-second street police
station.
1t was explained this morning tina,
Gerold while filling an engagement with
Palmer had gone to Chicago, and tina,
| the songstress became jealous. She was
pacified to-day, however, and Gerold was
| released.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
WROTE INSULTING LETTERS.
Jauitor Cameron Promised zoe
Girls Employment.
Run Down by Marshal Biggart and
Held in 81, 500 Bail.

Joseph Cameron, forty years old. jani-
tor Of the Germania Bank Building, 37b
Fulton street, Brooklyn. was arrested
by Deputy United States Marshal Big
art this morning charged with send
ing obscene letters through the malls.
For the past few months many young
girls advertising for employment as
typewriters. clerks, &C. In New York
and Brooklyn, have received insulting
replies, although accompanied by prom
ises of employment at large salaries.
Many of the girls We're SO shocked
and grieved over these letters that they
said nothing about them. Soon. how
ever, complaints began to pour into the
United States District-Attorney's office
In Brooklyn from girls who begged that
the author OF the letters be prosecuted
Marshal Biggart was placed on the
case and succeeded in tracing the au-
thorship of the letters to Cameron.
Marshal Biggart said this morning that
in two months Cameron had written
nearly two hundred letters to various
girls applying through the columns OF
papers for employment. Cameron has n
wife and five children.
When arraigned before United states
| Commissioner Morle bail was fixed for
Cameron a tsl,5Oo.
Marshal Biggart stated that Cameron 5
real name was Joseph Kraemer. He was
also known as Joseph Cameron and
| Joseph Smith.
Commissioner Morle set Cameron's or
| kraemer's hearing down for late this
Miss Annie Derby, Of 800 Mott street,
New York, one Of the girls who received
n letter from the prisoner. was the first
| to complain to the authorities.
Joseph IL. Lemon. OF l2 East One
Hundred and Twenty-third street. one
of Dr. Parkhurst's agents swore out the
warrant for kraemers arrest.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
FORTUNE AWAITS HIS RETURN
Young Nathan Reigold Is Heir
to $4,000.
He Is Separated from His Wife and
Cannot BE Found.

Young Nathan Reigold Is causing
Counsellor Herman Frank. OF 291 Broad
way, many a sleepless night for the rea-
son that thsre ere $4,000 In cash and
and 8 per cent. first mortgages in a
downtown trust company. which await
only the personal application OF Nathan
Relgold and his proper Identification,
when they will be cheerfully handed
over to him.
This snug fortune comes to young Rel
gold through the death OF a near relative
In this city, but for the past year no.
body seems to have any definite knowl-
edge Of just where the young heir is To-
Gated. Reigold, who Is about twenty-five
years old. lived In various places on the
lower east side. He barely had the
means OF subsistence, and yet he had the
courage to get married several months
ago. II is not, therefore. strange that
Rei-old and his wife parted after a
brief experience in married life and the
bride returned to her parents.
Counsellor Frank hunted high and low
In the Bureau of Vital Statistics for a
record Of Reigold's marriage. but he has
been unable to get any trace Of 1t. The
lawyer does not know the name Of the
bride. He hopes, through the medium of
The Evening World" to locate young
Relgold.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
CHASED BY A MOB.
Policemen Saved Viotor's Life
Only by Drawing Revolvera
He Had Torn Joseph Sigvltz's Beard
Out by the Roots.
Patrol Wagon and Rescuing ofncers
Stoned by Avenging Friends.

Joseph Victor, Of 100 Cook street, Will
iamsburg, was held In the Even Street
Court this morning on a charge OF as
sault in the second degree. Policeman
Toland informed Justice Watson that
the man had a very narrow escape from
being killed.
One of the most highly respected of
the people on the block where Victor
lives is Joseph Slgvitz. Of 1877 Cook street,
who Is an old man with a long white
beard. At 4.3o yesterday afternoon Sig
vitz was sitting on the stoop of his res
idence with his wife and three grown
daughters. Victor and two friends came
along. and Victor left the party, ran up
the steps and pulled a quantity Of Sig
vitzs beard out by the roots.
assistance and pushed Victor down the
stoop head first. The fellow ran back a
moment later and with big lock he
head, infiicting possible fracture Of the
skull.
Then Victor started to walk away,
but Sigvitz, standing on the steps with
called upon his neighbors to avenge him.
Then he fell down unconscious, and has
since been confined to his house in a
The old mans friends thought he was
dead, and setting up a howl started In
pursuit Of the man they regarded as
his murderer. Victor and his friends
separated, but no attention was paid
to the latter, the entire crowd keeping
after Victor The man ran down Cook
street, and by the time he reached Gra-
ham avenue there was q mob of nearly
ZOO people at his heels, most Of whom
had clubs or stones in their hands.
Victor turned south on Graham ave-
nue. and ran clear to Broadway before
he met a policeman. Standing on the
corner was Patrolman Toland. OF the
Stagg street station, and to him Victor
appealed for protection. The crowd
was too enraged to listen to argument,
and Toland hustled his man on board
q Flushing avenue car, on which, Tor
tunateiy, Policeman Lippi was riding.
The two policemen mounted guard, one
on each side of the seat where Victor
was crouching. and with drawn revol-
vers threatened to kill any Of the
crowd that came too near.
For ten minutes they kept the crowd
at bay, and then the patrol wagon
which had been summoned by another
policeman, came dashing along, with
half a dozen policemen. The policemen
surrounded Victor, and manged to get
him into the wagon. No movement was
made by the crowd until the wagon
| started to move away, and then II was
assailed with a shower of stones, sew
eral Of the officers being struck.
THAT fellow had about the narrowest
escape on record" said Toland, for II
| he hadn't been a good runner. he would
| most certainly have been killed"
The evening world., 1894-06-19
MARRIED A FARM LABORER.
Widow Cheshire Becomes the Wife
Of Her Employee
She Is Sixty Years Old and He Is
Only Twenty-Five.

NORTHPORT, L. l.. June 1s.-People
in this village have been greatly sur
prised by the news that Mrs. Marietta
Cheshire, aged sixty, a widow, was mar
ried to her farm laborer. William Cas-
tie, on Sunday night.
The bride, who is a large. robust
woman, is the widow of jeremiah
Cheshire. who died nine years ago,
leaving her farm Of thirty acres. valued
at several thousand dollars.
Castle, who Is Canadian, about
twenty-five years of age. came to this
country a few months ago, and soon
after he entered the employ of Mrs
Cheshire some of the villagers noticed
that he exercised considerable author
ity on the farm, and that he went out
driving frequently with the widow.
On Sunday night last the couple drove
over to Huntington and were quietly
married by minister there. They re-
turned to the farm that night. and on
Monday morning started on a short
Iedding trip, which included visits to
become known in the village that the
couple were married until they returned
home last night.
A party Of young men went to the
farmhouse, which Is located at Green
lawn. and gave the bridal couple a
this good naturedly, but did not invite
the serenaders to partake of refresh
ments. The noise and clatter were kept
up until the serenaders became tired.
Castle says he will run the farm until
they can sell 1t to good advantage.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
SEIZED CITY SAFES.
Records Looked Up and Cannot
Be Reached.
Long Island City's Treasurer Would
Not Pay a Judgment.
He Says the Deputy Sherif,s Action
Is Illegal.

LONG ISLAND CITY, L. l., June 1s.-
The City Treasurer's office in this city Is
tied up and all business Is suspended for
the present. Between 10 and II o'clock
this morning Deputy Sheriff Louis Wal
ters levied upon the five big safes In the
office containing most OF the records Of
the city to satisfy a judgment obtained
against the city by Michael Hand.
When the Deputy Sheriff made known
his business, Treasurer Frederick Bleck-
wenn protested against the seizure, and
his clerks tried to prevent Walters from
entering the inner office, where the safes
and books were. A lively struggle en-
sued, but the Deputy Sheriff finally
fought his way through.
During the scrmmaEe Deputy Treas
urer. Korfman and Clerks Crowley and
Boyd seized some of the books and
papers Of the office and made of with
them.
Treasurer Bleckwenn at once pro-
ceeded to Mayor Sanfords office and
held a conference with the Mayor and
Corporation Counsel Stewart as to the
sci Stewart gave II as his opinion that
the seizure was Illegal. 1t has not yet
been definitely decided just what the city
Michael Hand sued the city to re-
SSsn s1o asmsE ehS TSs 0efaesss
Bleckwenn refused to pay. Hand lived
in Eighth street during the smallpox
epidemic year ago last March. Mayor
Gleason was then at the head Of the
city government, and he undertook, to
establish a pest house in an isolated
part of the city. but he was enjoined
were then. 1t is alleged, placed in
Hands house, which was kept under
strict quarantine for many days. On
this account Hand sued the city for
damages.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
LIBERTY HELLO TOO CHEAPlY.
Justice Gaynor Releases an Al
legged Policy Writer.
Says No Man May BE Imprisoned on
Information and Belief.

Justice Gaynor. Of the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn, this morning on a writ of ha-
beas corpus dismissed from custody
Harris Blum, an alleged policy writer OF
AZ Johnson avenue, rooklyn.
Blum was arrested early in May by
Detective Kennedy. of the Stagg street
police station, on the charge of selling
policy slips. Kennedy did not make a
positive charge, but offered an affidavit
OF information and belief.
Blum was arraigned before Justice
Watson in the Even Street Police
Court, and sent to Jail for six months
and fined $500.
Justice Gaynor decides that a police
officer or other person has no right TO
deprive n man of his liberty on informa-
ton and belief. He claims that II such
a practise Is allowed n mans liberty
would be held too cheaoly. He holds
rants Blum's Imprisonment.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
TOOK HIS BROTHERS Wife.
Now Doran and the Pretty Young
Woman Are in the Tombs.
They Say They Didn't Think the
Other Marriage Was Legal.

Pretty Mrs. Rose Doran and her young
husband, Frank A. Ooran, are now
locked up in the Tombs Prison, the wife
charged with bigamy and the husband
accused of contracting an unlawful mar
riage.
In 1888 Rose Cobb was a very young
country girl. She lived with her par
ents, who are well to do people, few
miles from Keene. N. II. A sailor named
Peters courted Rose. and they were
married when she was only seventeen
years old.
Peters went off to sea, and In less
than a year news came to the young
wife that he had been drowned.
Rose went to Boston to live after that.
There she met John Doran, who fell In
SXe with the s ySunE ara to New
York and were married at St; Paul.
Church, Fifty-ninth street and Ninth
avenue.
drowned at all, came back and hunted
up his wife. He found her. but went
away on another voyage without max
ing any trouble. Peters died sure enough
Roses married life with John poran
was not happy. Frank Doran, John q
brother. visited the couple, and his sym.
pathy Tor the abused Wl1e ueNeiopeu 'Hto.
love. He soon found that Rose was OF
the same mind. and the two reasoned
that as Peters was alive when she wen,
through the marriage ceremony WITH
John Doran the marriage was null.
SO Frank took her to st. Joseph's Roman
Catholic Church, Washington place and
Sixth avenue, July l. 1891. and the two
The couple went to 60 East Eleventh
street to live and were very happy
Frank made enough at his trade OF var
nisher to keep them comfortably. John
Doran didn't bother them much. but all
the same he was preparing to make them
a lot OF trouble.
rested on complaint OF John for unlawful
marriage. They had no friends to call
unon. So both were locked up In the
Tombs pending their trial.
Mrs Doran was seen to-day by an
Evening World" reporter. She tried
hard TO keep the tears back while she
told her story. and only partially sue
III / have done wrong" said she, II
will have 10 suffer for 1t, but ] would
suffer anything rather than live with
,Iohn poran again. It's only vindicuVe-
ness on Johns Part that prompted MN 10
have us arrested
Frank Doran tells the same story, ana
pleads that he had no guilty intent when
he married his brothers wife.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
STOLE FROM LETTERS
l-Carrier William @ Mickey
Confesses Els Crime.
Caught by Decoy Letters Containing
Marked Money.
He Admits Having Previously Rided
Mail Matter.

For the past six months there has
been series Of mail robberies connected
with station L. Atlantic avenue, near
Pennsylvania avenue. Brooklyn. Suspi-
cion poined towards Mail-Carrier Will
lam C. Mickey. Decoy letters were sent
out: he took the bait and was arrested
last night at his home. 2oil Bergen street.
Brooklyn.
Mckey's capture was one OF the neat
est and quickest that has ever been
known in the Brooklyn department. 1t
was all done in less than four hours.
When Mickey came under suspicion the
matter was placed in the hands of Post
Rss sb6pn speet9rs W6sn g. w Besysrs AVER and b.
his delivery route at 3.45 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. he carried two decoy let
ters. one was postmarked Ramseys, n.
contained marked money. amounting in
all to six one dollar bills and nifty
cent piece.
One letter was addressed to a person
other to person who had once lived
along the route but had moved. He
should have returned both to the office.
Instead of that. 1t is asserted that he
and destroyed them.
When Mickey returned from his route
and turned no letters over, the inspec-
tors. who were near by, were notified,
They followed him home and accused
him Of the theft. Mickey broke down,
made a full confession and turned the
money over to the inspectors. He also
admitted having robbed the mails on
previous occasions.
An acknowledgment of his crime was
drawn UP, which Mickey signed without
any promises Of immunity from arrest
or imprisonment. He was then ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner Morle in the Federal Building,
waived examination and was held In
81, 500 bonds to await the action of the
coming United States Grand Jury.
Mickey was appointed a letter-carrier
where he has served continuously since
that time. He is twenty-six years of
age and has a family. The maximum
penalty for his offense is five years In
the penitentiary.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
PLOTTED TO GRAB SPARKS.
Detailed Plans Of Brooklyn's Two
Diamond Thieves.
Jonas, the Grabber, and Lucas, His
Pal, Held To-day.

In the Adams Street Police Court,
Brooklyn, this morning Albert b. Jonas,
a young Australian. and Alex Lucas, a
young Englishman, were held for ex-
animation. on the charge of larceny.
containing 5000 worth of dia-
monds in p. w. Taylors jew
elry store, at 5l9 Fulton street.
and was caught after a chase. Later
in the evening Lucas called at the
station to see his friend. and although
he said he was an actor. his manner
led the police to believe that he was
an accompIict IN Lhe theft.
The police say that they have received
confession from Lucas by pretending
to him that Jonas had broken down and
made confession duplicating him.
According to the police, Lucas says
he is an all-round athlete. He met
Jonas in London. and they came to
America together. They arrived here
three weeks ago with $3.50 between them.
York City, until their money was nearly
all spent; then they moved to Brooklyn.
While going along Fulton street few
days ago they eoncoeted a scheme to
sheet OF paper. which contained a plan
OF the shopping. district, with Taylor $
and other jewelry stores indicated. 1t
was arranged, he said, that Jonas was
to grab the diamonds and run. He
could turn the corner Of Duffield street
and dash through the Hotel De Paris to
Bridge street. where, 1t was thought.
he could then easily escape. 1t was ar
ranged that Lucas should stand outside
Taylors store with a newspaper in his
hand. When a salesman ran out too pur-
sue the thief Lucas was to collide with
IL. NJ tNlnl Grra he
certain that Jonas had gotten away he
too was to escape.
The scheme miscarried. Lucas lost
his nerve, and when the clerk rushed
out of the store yelling stop thief! he
turned and ran. Then big crowd
Joined in the chase. Jonas has not gone
far when he ran into John Allen. a
clerk in Wechsler & Bros,s dry-goods
store who was returning from lunch.
He saw the crowd pursuing Jonas and
he purposely jolted against him. bring
ing the thief to his knees. Then Police
man McDermott came up and arrested
him,
The evening world., 1894-06-19
STOLE HER BOY HUSBAND.
The Bride Loses in n wild Chase
for a Young Benedict.

tBy ASSOCIATED fTebs-D
LINCOLN. Neb, June l9.-Suit has
been commenced to set aside the mar
rlage OF Joseph Lambdin. a University
student OF sixteen years. to Mary Mar
shall. twenty-four years old. on the
ground of fraud. The home of the young
people is in Tamora. where the wife Is
a teller in the bank OF the brtdegroom's
unGig.' The t5-s,-.e parents forbade the
two going together. and sent him here
to college. They were secretly married
later. the boy asserting that he was OF
age.
They separated, and recently the story
of their secret nuptials reached Mr..
Lambdn's ears. The father started for
Lincoln and the wife followed. A wild
chase for the youthful husband ensued,
but the father succeeded in running him
out OF town before the wife could reach
him.
Now It is announced that with boyish
Inconsistency young Lambdin has repu-
dated his wife. and will swear that he
was induced to wed by fraud. Both are
OF wealthy families.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
DOWN COMES THE HOFFMAN.
Demolition Begins To-day, and a
history Structure to he Put Up.

The work Of tearing down that portion
Of the Hoffman House situated on the
southwest corner of Twenty-fifth street
and Broadway preparatory to the erec-
ton OF a magnificent new hotel building
will be begun this afternoon by the
The old building one of the noted ho-
tel landmarks OF this city. will be re-
placed by fire-proof twelve-story
structure. Indiana limestone and iron
will be the materials used in its con-
struction. The plans show a frontage
on Broadway OF 80 feet and l25 feet on
Twenty-fifth street. 1t will be Septem-
ber. 1895. before the work will be com
pleted and the new Hoffman House
ready for business.
Proprietor Stokes said this morning
that ne proposed 10 make the new Hon
man House as fine as any hotel in the
world. The estimates show cost OF
$3.50. 900 for the building, and he says he
will furnish the new house from top to
bottom at cost OF not less than $3.50, 600
making a total outlay of s., 200, ,00O.
MIR. Stokes said he was going to
Europe in Juy to arrange for the new
furniture, bric-a-brac and decorations
He proposes to make the ladies' recep-
ton parlor and the gentlemen's smoking
rooms the most beautiful In New York.
When he reopens the house he will he
prepared to accommodate nearly 400
guests.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
STERN PARENT With 4 GUN.
Ida0sborn Elopes and Her Father
Threatens Her Husband
Tried to Regain Her by Force, but
the Police Interfcred. Is

William Osborn. OF Jersey City. father
OF Ida Osborn. the girl who yesterday
eloped and married Isaac Van Emberg.
appeared at the Van Emberg residence,
in Elm street. near Laurel avenue. Ar
lington, n. j.. this morning, with a gun.
and tried to force an entrance into the
house to get his daughter.
Osborn was unable to get into the
house. as 1t WAS barricaded.
Some II the neighbors of the Van EN-
bergs. who saw Osborn walking up and
down. with the gun on his arm, notified
the police.
Isaac Van Emberg. who married Os-
born's daughter. owns milk route, and
a policeman had to be sent with him
this morning to protect him from vio-
lence at the hands of the irate father.
Osborn was finally persuaded by the
police to return to his home on Forrest
street, Arlington. He threatens Isaac
Van Emberg with violence when he
meets him.
The evening world., 1894-06-19
ROUGH END OF A LARK.
These students Were Too MuddIed
to Get on n Train.

to Get on q Train.
John St. Abladsy, a Yale student, aged
nineteen years. of Boston. and John AS.
cough n Harvard student, twenty-one
years. of l22 West Twenty-first street
this city. were arraigned in Yorkvile
Police Court this morning by Policeman
Malloy, of the Grand Central squad. on
a charge of intoxication.
Both were attired In bicycle costumes
and looked very much crestfallen as they
sat in the prisoners box among a lot
of dissipated men and women waiting
for their turn to be called to the bar.
They left Boston week ago and came
part OF the trip on bicycles. arriving here
yesterday morning. Both then checked
their bicycles for New Haven at the
Grand Central Depot, after which they
started to have royal time.
Each had a roll Of money. and made
party OF friends TO the Casino Roof Gar
den. and when they left the place they
were in a very mellow condition.
At II. .45 p. NJ. they reached the Grand
Central Depot. intending to take the
train for Boston. Both were so muddled.
however. that the guard refused to per-
init them to board the train, and when
they became noisy they were taken into
custody.
This has been our frst experience OF
this kind. and 1t will be the last as far
as ! am concerned" said St. Abladsy, as
he rubbed his back. which felt sore from
lying on a board all night They were
fined IS each. which they paid.