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The evening world., 1894-06-18
HAS He TWO WIVES ?
Talk Now of Prosecuting Eenry
Hoffman for Bigamy.
The New Jersey Mrs. Hof'man's
100 III to Appear in Court"
Her Attorneys Statement in the
Tombs This Morning.

At the request of Lawyer W. A.
who says she Is Mrs. Henry Hoffman.
the hearing OF the charge of larceny
against Henry Hoffman, OF the Bes-
wind-White Coal Company, of So Broad
way. was postponed this morning by
Police Justice Martin Ia the Tombs Po-
lice Court until 2 O'Clock this afternoon.
Mrs. hoffman charges Hoffman with
stealing pair of diamond earrings.
valued at $500.
Mr.. LathroD stated that Mrs. Hoff-
man was not in court. being quite Ill
from excitement.
The application for n continuance was
vehemently opposed by Hoffman's law
yer. Edmund Price, who said he had
many witnesses brought here at great in.
convenience. Among them was Mr..
Schaf1er, song and dance artist, who al
one time was In business with Mrs. Hor-
man.
MIR. Lathrop stated that he had posi-.
tive proof that Hoffman married Mrs
Hoffman in Boston five years ago, the
ceremony being performed by regu'
states that Mrs. Hoffman comes of a
highly respectable and wealthy family
In Germany. she was then married
nine years ago and soon after divorced
the name Of Virginia Bottle. She has
the papers OF divorce from Bottle and
will produce In day or two her mar.
riage certificate with Hoffman. She is
said to be highly accomplished. Mr.
Lathhrop stated that bigamy proceedings
would shortly be Instituted against Hon
man In Boston. He said Hoffman was
regular Jekyll and Hyde of matrimony,
The evening world., 1894-06-18
MORE EVIDENCE FOR GOFF.
Werdt Claims He Was beaten Inv q
Park Policeman.

Kari V. Werdt. a young German. res,d.
ing IN New Jersey and employed at .
bowling Green, complains about the man
ner In which he says he was treated hy
park policeman and Policeman Fay, of
the West Thirtieth street station, early
this morning. He stated that he wouId
lay the matter befre the Lexow Commit.
tee and the police authorities TO day.
Werdt says that after visiting some
friends last night in the vicinity of Vest
Fifteenth street and Union square he
sat down on a bench In the square about
o'clock to wait for Broadway cable
car and fell asleep. He alleges that he
was awakened by being vigorously
dubbed about the legs, arms and body
by park policeman. The officer, he
claims, hustled him to his feet and pred
ded him out OF the park to the street.
where a young man volunteer ID his
services as witness, and Werdt and he
went TO sixteenth street and Broadway,
where Policeman Fay was standing.
While he was making his complaint lie
park policeman. he says. called out some
thing, and Fay commenced beating him
with rattan, and tod him to go away or
who wished to act as witness was driven
away by the park policeman, who called
| to him, so Wcrdt alleges, "If l catch YOU,
= = =. I'll XIII YOU"
of "Ths World" A. Thirty, second street street
and Broadway. He SAYS he can easily
prove that he was perfectly sober. ard
shows Il number Of severe bruises en- his
legs and arms. which. he states, are the
results of the clubbing he received. ON
account OF being near-sighted he was
unable to discover the number OF the
park po.lceman's shield.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
is THIS A SUICIDE?
A Young Woman Dies Under Sus-
picious Circumstances.
Handkerchief, Marked led Landau, '
Found Among Her Effects.
=,
1t Is the Only Clue the Coroner Has
to Her Identity.

At the Morgue Is the body Of girl
whose death occurred under such cir
cumstances as to give rise to the belief
that she was poisoned.
The girl, whose Identity had not been
established up to noon to-day, had taken
n room at 1923 East Fifty-third street
last Friday. The next day she died ap-
parently in great agony and without
having left any clue as to her Identity
beyond a handkerchief. which In one
corner bore the written name, ED.
Landau"
The other effects Of the girl consisted
of a red skirt. blue Jersey. calico wrap
per and pocketbook containing 10
cents
Mrs. Barbara Prutza, in whose fiat on
the ground floor OF 323 East Fifty-third
street the girl died, told an Evening
World" reporter this morning that she
| hadn't the remotest idea who the girl
was.
"She came to my house." said Mrs.
Prutga, between 4 and o'clock last
Friday afternoon. She told me that she
give her board and lodging for a week.
BY that time. she said. she hoped to Sc
cure another job. She paid me IS In ad-
vance.
',At first the girl seemed quite cheer
full and helped me wash my dishes. She
was very pale, however. her face being
Of chalky whiteness.
Next morning, at about $50 she called
me: She said; Grandma. give me
her. She then asked for milk. The more
Of this gave her the more she wanted
AZ about noon time she began com.
planning Of pains in her limbs. thought
but hen l noticed her skin was beginning
to- turn brown until she looked like q
mulatto. Her finger nails had also be-
N t,i then became alarmed and told her
~ Wunld send for doctor.
"'No; don't send for a Doctor she
s,sSs. s sss'o@ S gave me- EiS 4nss % VII ia DO ii
hNotw!thstandins this entreaty." con-
tinued Mrs: Prutza. II sent my y son-in.
Fifty-second street, for doctor. While
he was gone the girl grew continually
| worse.
AT o'clock she suddenly started up
in bed and glared around wildly. ! was
almost frightened out. of my wits, but
| took hold of her arm and shook It., at
the same time asking her what her
for breath. After keeping this up for a
minute or two she gave one long convul-
siye sob and then fell back upon her
pillow.
At that moment DR.. Purdy, of 1So East
Seventy-second street, whom my son-in-
law had summoned entered. He exam
ined her hastily and pronounced her
dead.
The only information given by the girl
about herself to Mrs. Prutza, was that
| she had recently arrived from Germany.
This nFnhahlv trla she qnOl q
only German. and did not seem to know
| a word of English.
The permit for the body's removal
! was given only last night
Undertakers B. Kolb & Sons, of 994
Second avenue. who took the body to
| the Morgue. said that the body had by
that time turned Jet black.
Coroners Physician O'Hare. who
made an autopsy, this morning. certi-
| fed that hte girls death was due to en-
teritis. Inflammation OF the intestines.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
ELUSIVE Mr.. VAN MuEGeE,
His Wife Thinks Her Detective
Husband Has Deserted Her.
Came from Chicago to Him and Ii
Penniless.

Mrs. Frederick Won Muegge OF Chi
cago. called at Police Headquarters this
morning and asked the aid OF the De-
partment in finding her husband, who
she said was a detective attached to
some New York agency.
She arrived in New York yesterday
afternoon. but her husband failed to
meet her at the depot, nor could she find
any trace of him at the address where
she supposed he had been living, to
which she hid directed her letters. The
letters had evidently been received at
1H Chrystie street, for Mrs. Won
Muegge received answers to all of them.
from her husband two weeks ago to
telegraph him when she would arrive
in New York. She did so, but neither
her husband nor any one to represent
AT At ia chrystie street Mrs. Won
Mugge says she was told that no one
named Won Mugge had ever lived there
nor anyone at all answering her hus-
member OF the Philadelphia police force.
He went from there to San Francisco In
ne Joined the Pinkerton agency. Last
Summer. his wife says. he came to New
| York, promising to send for her. but
she. became Ill and was Obliged to enter
| the Cook County Intirmary for treat
ment. AS soon as she became strong
enough she started for New York, hav-
Ing barely enough money to pay tho ex-
pense of the trip. She Is now penniless
and believes that her husband has aban-
doned her
This Impression Ia strengthened by the
fact that while standing in the corridor
at Police Headquarters this morning Q
man who she declares was her husband
entered the building. but upon seeing
her ran upstairs and left the building
| by the Bleecker street entrance.
and cried pitifully at he conduct Of her
husband. She is still delicate, and being
too weak to prosecute her search further
without even the means to pay car fare
sho concluded to apply TO the Commits
sloners OF Charities and Correction for
aid.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
And Here's Wishing One for VigiIant.
THOUSANDS RETURN TO work
But Many Miners in Ohio Still
Refuse to Resume.
General Industry Cots a New Inn
petus About Pittsburg.
(By Associated Press }


, PITTSBURG, June lS.-The settlement
eof the great coal strike and the return
to work to-day OF 5000 out OF the 20, 900
miners In this district has given an i'm
petus to all kinds OF business, and the
situation is more hopeful than at any
time for many months. Among the large
plants in this city which resumed to-
day after long idlensss were the Carbon
Iron and Steel Company's work.; divers
Twenty-sixth Street Works: Zng q Co 3
Works; Shoenburger and Howe, Brown
& Co.
The latter had been shut down for two
years years. and started up in full, civ
Ing employment to 500 men. The Black
Diamond Steel Works will start as soon
as sufficient supply of coke is re-
ceived. At McKeesport everything is
quiet. but tits thought the tube works
Will start up soon. as many OF the
strikers have expressed willingness to
return whenever the firm was ready to
resume.
At scottdale, the Scottdale Iron and
Steel Company's plant resumed In full.
after an idleness of several weeks.
CLEVELAND. o., June lS.-Reports
received from points along the Cleve-
morning, show that work was resumed
at only two mines on the entire longth
OF the road. These mines were at Rock
Hill.
In the Massillon district not n man
went TO work. the miners having de-
cided In Inass-meeting not to abide bv
the Columbus agreement. They Will
hold out for l5-cent dfrerential over
the rate paid in the Hooking district
The militia continues to guard oil
bridges and trcstles along the c., L. and
w.
In conversation with miners at Camp
Blee to-day, they stated that as long
as the difIercntian was withheld not a
pick would be raised, and that II scabs
were chosen In their stead there would
be the biggest riot In the history OF the
country, and that tfe militia would be OF
little consequence to suppress It.
The miners In the New Lisbon district
returned to work to-day on the basis
adopted by the Columbus conference.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
HOT WEATHER ACCIDENTS.
Two Men and n Girl Fall from
Windows During the Night.

Last night George Crawford, twenty
four years old, of SOC West Twenty
fourth street, went to sleep by an open
window and pitched out He fell twenty
feet to the yard and sustained severe in
turies to his back. He was taken to the
New York Hospital.
A similar accident befell Hugh Coffey,
ffty -one years old. Of so Second avenue,
who fell, while asleep. from the third
story window OF his home. A compound
fracture of the skull was the result and
he was taken to Bellevue Hospital
Eight-year-old Lizzie Borisky. of 3
Bayard street while. trying to get n
breath of fresh air from the air-shaft,
se sh,t thr0Igh O1 Wndow w. onSnins into the
removed to 0ouvorneur Hospital.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
INDUSTRlALS THE FEATURE.
hat There Was Little Activity Even
In Those Stocks.

There was little in the way of news
street. and the markets this morning
were quite duh. The trading element
was In control, few orders being exc
cuted for outside account The mac
tivity is still attributable mainly to the
desire to wait for definite news from
Washington on tariff legislation before
engaging in new ventures.
The industrials attract by far the
most attention, and they generally dis
play marked strength. partly owing TO
the existence OF considerable short In
terest for 30 narrow a speculation.
The railways are sluggish, as little
support Is given to these either by local
or foreign operators.
Sugar advanced 3-S, to SO 5-S; Chicago
Sge s 81 to % 2s 81 thited ststes ases GoTdage ErS
BactcSo Gecllnei 5-5 to SC IS; fsGnn Buriington ton
4 Quincy, S-i, to 76 rs; ST. Paul, "a. TO
50 5-S Distllers, l-2, TO % IA: Louisville
cihc, 5-S, 10 q IA; susquehanna &
Western preferred, l,,2, 10 40, and North
ern Pacific preferred. l-2, to IA 81
Among the railroads Union Pacific
was heavy, declining ! per cent. to IL.
This IL on the prospect OF large cash
assessment under any plan of reorgani-
zation that be finally adopted, as well
as on the announcement that Attorney
General Olney viii bring suit to recov-
er the amount Of the bonds guaranteed
down on the statement of the Company
Cor the second week of July, showing
Gross earnings OF NiO.0O7. a decrease OF
AtS,22 as compared with last year.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
GASHED HIS THROAT.
William Alters Had Been Married
Oily Thirty-six Hours.
His Young Wife Awoke and Found
Him Bleeding Beside Her.
He Was Despondent Because She
Refused Him Money.

William Alters, twenty-five years old,
who has been married only thirty-six
hours, and who lives at l773 First avenue,
attempted suicide by cutting his throat
with caseknife early this morning.
Alters has been employed as driver
for Lord & Taylor for the past twelve
years. Several years ago he met Geor-
gia Sweeney, of Brooklyn. He became
attentive to her, and few months ago
their engagement was announced
Miss Sweeney is an orphan, Just past
seventeen, and her uncle was her guar
dian. She inherited some money from
her father, but, being under age, the
legacy was put In trust. and she was
allowed to draw only what was neces-
sary for her support.
Alters pressed the girl to marry him
and she persuaded her uncle to let her
have enough money to furnish fiat
The top fiat In the Linden apartment
mouse at lI13 First avenue was accord
ried last Saturday night.
Aifers had been addicted to drink, but
Miss sweeney condoned the habit, think.
Ing that after marriage she could reform
his wife to draw some mere money from
her uncle. She told him she could not
and quarrel ensued. In his anger AL
fers said: II am sorry / married"
Later in the day he became morose
and respondent. The couple retired at
8 o'clock last evening. At 5.3O o'clock
this morning the young bride called to
her husband to get up. She received no
response. and. looking closely at him,
saw blood on his, face: He had drawn
the bed clothes about his chin.
She drew the covers back and dis
covered that his throat was gashed in
three places and that he was bleeding.
Two case-knlves and a pocket-knife,
all stained with blood. were found on
the bureau.
Alters had evidently stood before the
glass while cutting his throat. After
gashing himself he went back to bed
leaving trail OF blood on the floor. He
was taken to Presbyterian Hospital
where 1t Is said he may recover.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
SARAH T. KNAPP ASSIGNS.
Papers Filed In IA Very Peculiar
Failure.

The assignment OF Sarah T. Knapp to
John r. Van Loon was filed In the
County Clerks office this morning.
The papers in the case contained very
meagre details, The asslgnor was for
merly Mrs Sarah Il. Spencer She was
in no business. No preferences were
given, and no addresses or lawyers
names appeared on the papers.
The only Sarah Knapp whose name
appears IN the city directory is Sarah l..
Knapp. who Is down as manager" 1868
Third avenue. She lives at S36 East
Seventy-seventh street. Nr. Van Loon :
name does not appear in the city dI
rectoFy.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
RICE AND 0'CONNOR TRIED.
Charged with Clubbing Columbia
College Students.

The trial OF Roundsmnn Rice and Pa
rolman bartholomew o'Connor. OF the
East sixty-seventh street station. on a
charge OF clubbing and abusing Columbia
College students. was resumed before
President Martin, OF the Police Board,
this morning.
The only evidence presented was on
the part OF the students. who proved that
they had permission TO occupy the va
cant lot at Sixty-eighth street and Ave
nue. A. where they held their celebra tion
OF burning "LeRendre."
The police contended that the students
had no right In the lot, The case was
then closed, and President Martin re-
eeryed his decision.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
CAR AND ENGINE WRECKED.
Passengers damned Into a Cen
fused, Struggling Mass Be-
meath the Debris.
THREE ARE FATALLY INJURED.
Engineer Had Stacked Up, but
Started Again, Thinking the Elec-
trio Car Would Not Move.

PATTERSON, N. j., June 1s.-The Deck
ertown express, on the New York, Sus-
quehanna and Western Railroad, rum
ming at a rate OF thirty-fve miles an
hour, ran into and demolished an cleo
trio car at the River street crossing at
Sl5 o'clock this morning.
There were eight passengers. q motor.
man and a conductor on the electric car.
Three of the passengers were. II 10 said,
fatally, and fiye seriously. injured.
Among those injured are:
JOSHUA o'BRIEN contractor. internal injuriss
MATILDA CLAYTON. school teacher. injured
about the head. but not seriously. -a
LAURA BERcHENoUGH, school teacher siishs
Injuries about the head and body.
ELLEN CULLEN. an elderly woman. injured
internally taken to her home at Il Marshall
street
FREIDA WELLER. school teacher. injured
about the head and body. .a /A
The motorman jumped at the approach
of the train and escaped unhurt.
The Deckertown express is the fastest
train on the Susquehanna road. It was
drawn by Engine is, and John Conkiin.
one of the oldest and most reliable en-
gineers on the road, stood at the throt-
tie.
There is a curve in the road Just be-
fore Paterson is reached. and there the
engineers shut off steam until they can
see If the road is clear.
This was done by Conklip this morn
ing, and he saw the electric car stop
just before 1t reached the railroad track.
Thinking everything was all right
Conklin threw open the throttle and thu
engine gave a leap forward.
Just then the electric car started for
ward again. and before the engineer
could lift a hand to stop the train. the
ponderous engine struck the front end
of the car and smashed It into kindling
wood.
The train was going at the rate Of
thirty-five miles an hour, and the force
OF the collision smashed in the front
Of the engine, broke every glass In tha
cab and destroyed the air-brake connec-
tions. IN
The train ran on several hundred
yards before It could be stopped with the
nand-brakes.
The passengers in the electric cor
We're tumbled into confused heap
in the midst of the wreclIage. Their
groans and screams were pitiful.
Ambulances were summoned from the
Paterson General Hospital and Sisters
Hospital and the wounded persons were
conveyed to the institutions.
A hurried examination by physicians
on the spot resulted in three being pro-
nounced fatally hurt and Ave seriously
injured.
1t was said by those who witnessed
the accident that the train could not
possibly have been stopped in time to
avert the collision.
The motorman OF the electric car was
John Savage.
The police say that the gates Of the
railroad crossing were up.
A switch filled with box cars OBJ
structed the view of the track On
which the express train was approach
ln0 "
The evening world., 1894-06-18
MANY MINERS GO TO WORK.
A General Break-Up of the Ohio
Strike Expected.
my Associated Press.) }

MARTINS FERRY, o.. June 1S-The
miners at the Laughlin Nail Works,
Gaylor, Long Run, Beliaire and other
mines. returned to work to-day, and
general break up is expected. The
Wheeling Creek miners are still out.
Several factories are preparing TO re-
sumo IN view OF the prospective fuel
supply.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
Com IN odore Enaby Dead.

CDy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. June lS-commodore John W.
Easily. U. .. n. retired. died here yesterday.
asei seventy-nve years. lie was Inspector Of
Government gunboats during the late war and
subsequently, became a naval constructor. During
President Garnod's administration he was ap-
pointed Chief OF the bureau of Construction and
Rsnsi' Navy Department with the relative rank
OF Commodore.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
STABBING ON SHIPBOARD.
sniIor Petersen Drought from Ha-
yana to stand Trial.

Nuhh
Deputy United States Marshals White,
Solomon and Kranshaar went to Quar-
antine to-day and met the incoming
steamer Orizaba, from Havana. having
on board Gustavs Petersen. who was
in irons. and Cornelius Nichols. The
men rhipped from Philadelphia six
weeks ago on the bark willard Midget
as able seamen. When two days out
they quarrelled over the possession OF a
sheath knife. Petersen pettled the dis
pute by grabbing the knife and stabbng
Nichols with It five times.
Nichols recovered in Havana and was
brought back as witness. United
States Commissioner Shields this morn
ing committed Petersen until to-mor-
row afternoon without bail Nichols
was sent to jail, being unable to furnish
$50 bonds. Petersen 10 a Swede, about
forty years OF age, and Nichols Is a
German.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
Another Army" for Washington


PHILADELPHIA. June &c. T, Mckee. Chris
topher Columbus Jones's commssnry. has opened
headquarters in Moore's Hall. for the purpose OF
recruiting another Coxey army. to start for
Washington June IS to take part In a proposed
monster demonstration July T. Mckee says he
will raise $500 men. lie gave glowing de-
scrption OF the condition OF the coxey army
now encamped on the outskirts OF Washington.
and said II proposed to stay In Washington until
Congress passed the Coxey Good Roads bllr
The evening world., 1894-06-18
Rev. MIR. baker Is Missing.

DENTON, July is.-Denton Is excited over the
dlsappearanco OF Elder Charles BAKER. pastor Of
the Christian Church here. lie left Denton last
Thursday. saying he would return In the after
noon. lie has not been seen nor heard OF since.
Mr. Mr.. Baker married three xeeks AKo Miss
Corrie Dunbar. q member OF his church. His wife
IL prostrated with grief.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
These Concerts Not Appreciated.

Joseph Donnslly was fined IS by Justice Goc,-
tns IN the Lee Avenue Court. williamsburg to-
day on a charge OF dsorderly conduct. For sew
eral nights residents OF South Fifth street near
Kent Avenne. have been annoyed by the actions
OF number OF young men In holding open-alr
concerts on tho block On Saturday night Police
man Ward raided the concert and arrested Dom
nelly who was playing an accordion. His fellow
musicians got sway.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
Praised God for Rain.
Dy Associated Prcss.)


HURON, s. D., June ls.-Large congregations
In the Methodist and baptist Churches and In
the y N. c. A. rooms last evening praised God
for the plentiful rains that have fallen over this
Ian OF tho State since last Sunday, breaking the
6oaght and insuring good eropA
The evening world., 1894-06-18
Drummers VIII Meet To-Morrow

Wy iEessl
MILWAUKEE, Wis. June lS-The Travellers
Protective Associations National Convention meets
here Tuesday and continues through until June
e. Over 5000 are expected. Among the dis
tlnguished men to attend will be the Governor Of
Missouri, and Mayor Stewart. OF Philadelphia.
The re-eleetion OF John A. Lee. AA National Pres-
dent ID almost . certainty. ....
The evening world., 1894-06-18

The eXcentric gentlemen who dabble
In astronomy announce in the almanacs
that this is not yet Summer time. This
news will be shock and q surprise tn
many. Now Summer actually begins at
6Q next Thursday morning. and will
continue ninety-threo days, fourteen
hours and twenty-four minutes. 1t Is
still balmy Spring.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
More of Our Gold for Europe.

Heideibnch. Ieksihsimer 4 Co. will ship 81 900. =
900 gold for Europe tomorrow. and Ladenbers.
Thalman 4 Co $500. 900.
The ttesmship La TouraJne, which arrived herr
from Hsvre Saturday, thought 0SS.o 900 francs In
sold coin in transit Tor Cuba.
The evening world., 1894-06-18

The O'Clock Edition aud the
Sporting Extra of The Eventnn
World contain more sporting new.
of interess than can be founa -
any other eveninE aewsDapsr.
The evening world., 1894-06-18
CoastinE Vessels Warned.
Dy Associated Press.

(Dy Associated Press.)
BALTIMORE. June is.-cspt., oHagan. OF the
British steamer King. reports from Newport
News 4 wreck In latitude 34.s7. Longitude 70 IL
and directly In the track Of eoastins vessels
The evening world., 1894-06-18

DRISKING Is nne art. fact not geuemliy
known or grossly misundeptood, Thus II
tends to ruin and death. Why not take the
KEELEr CURE at saratoga springs N. y. Z -