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The evening world., 1894-08-23
FIRE DESTROYS FIVE HORSES.
Trotter Continental Perished in the
Tammany Stables.

Trotter Continental Perished in the
Tammnny Stables.
Four fires occupied the attention Of
the Brooklyn fremen during last night.
In two instances, the flames broke out
In stables, and several horses were
burned to death. among them the trot-
ter Continental, valued at $1,000.
Continental waS owned by John Duse
and was stabbed in a building In the
rear of the Tammany Hotel, on the
Boulevard. Shortly before midnight
smoke was seen near the roof of the
stable. An alarm was given, but the
hre broke out through the sides of the
building.
The animal was roasted alive.
The building was damaged to the ex-
tent OF 500 and stock worth $1,000 was
destroyed. The cause Of the fire Is un-
At . o'clock this morning nre broke
out from some unknown cause in q
one-story frame stable. 1888 and 1SS Union
street. Brooklyn. Ths flames were first
within Ave minutes tn. whole structure
The firemen got several horses out of
the bu- lding, but the flames cut OFF four
animals, which were smothered to
The building. which was owned by
John Collins,. OF S54 Degraw street, was
destroyed; It was valued at 5000. The
coaches. valued at 5000; four horses,
$500, and two wagons, owned by Louis
Hams, a grocer, valued at $50 each,
The two-year-old child of Joseph Skin
ner, Of 26s Pacific street, set fire to
the premises last evening while play .ng
aged ksoo, and it viii cost $1,000 to repair
Shortly after 8 o'clock this morning
FIRE broke out In three-story brick
building, % and rs Division street. After
q short fight the firemen extinguished
the flames.
George Herbert, a paper-maker, lost
II 100 worth of stock, and goods on the
son, carpet cleaners, were damaged SO.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
DIEO FROM HER BURNS.
Leary May Now Have to Answer
for Wife-Murder.
tic 10 Thought TO Have Thrown a
Lamp at Her.
But on Her Death He'd She said He
Didn't DO II.

Mrs. Margure; Leary. who was terri
bly burned in her rooms at lOi West
Third streei, at 49, last evening" b. the
explosion Of lamp supposed to have
been thrown at her by her husband,
died at o'clock this morning at ST. Vim
cents Hospital. William Leary, the
husband. was held without bail by JUS
tice Hogan. In Jefferson Market Police
Court, for the action of CorunGr's jury.
He Is 'iongshoreuiau.
Mrs. Leary made an sntc-mortein
statement last night at the hospital,
In which she said that the oil-lamp had
exploded just az Ieary entered tho
rvun!, ana that a thrte-COrnorcd gHsh
" hich Lcary has ON tn" back OF his neck
was received by him jumping from a
window.
In spite of this, I.eary Is believed To
be responsible for the explosion, several
ungrarded statements of the wife IL
neighbours ana al the hospital going
to Snow that he hurled the lamp at her
AT court this morning Leary said his
wife and he had got INTO u squabble be.
cause no had gone home Intoxicated
There was canary in cage, and az
he spoke - II II huttered. Mrs. l.eary
accused him OF frightening and trying
TO hurt the bird aud then they became
bitter In their Language.
lamp to throw II ut him. At that In.
slant the lamp exploded. l.nury's coat
collar tansht fire: and; according TO the
tinguish the flames. In 81 doing her
own clothing caught fire. Then he tried
to wrap quilt around her, but she ran
screaming into the hall Leary said hs
was so frightened and confessed that
he jumped from the window.
Leary is employed on the Savannah
line piers. He Is an Incorporate man
In 1877 he was arrested on suspicion OF
committing murder. A man named Mich
OILS disappeared from Hecker's mills ant
Lenry was thought to have done away
with him. Three weeks later the man.
body was found floating In the river
and II was proved that he had beer
drowned, Lsary was then discharged.
The Learys have been married htteer
years. They have two children, Mlchas FL
thirteen years old. and william, aged
eight. Michael Is at work In Newport
and Willie Ii at home. He was not "
the rooms last night when the fire
started.
The fire did only 500 worth of dam
age to property.
Neighbors wrapped Mrs. Lcary II
quilts and tore her burning clothes from
her. Detective Peterman, OF the Mercer
street station. arrested Leary. Peter
man found broken tuinbler In tn,
room and the broken pieces of tn,
lamp. The police have theory tina
Mrs. Leary threw q tumbier at her hus
band, which cut his neck. and that III
threw the lamp back at her.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
RESCUED BY NEIGHBORS.
Agent Wilson Lost His witness,
hut Arrested a Bartender.

Agent Wilson, of the Gerry Society,
had tough time in arresting Francis
Doyle, q bartender, for selling beer to
Maggie Mcguire, thirteen years old OF
4OS West Fifty-fourth street, last even
ing.
Doyle Ia in the employ Of Saloon
keeper John Dean, at Az West Fifty
fourth street. In passing the SALOON,
Wilson saw the girl coming out with
can of beer. A few minutes later, she
returned and asked for kummel IT
was sold by the bartender.
Wilson caught hold Of the girl, and
ordered the bartender 10 come along.
The girls mother then appeared, &C
companied by crowd Of neighbors,
each shouting advice. One said, HE
Gerry man. Don't let him take the
childv' Another shouted, IF you do,
you won't see It again"
The crowd surrounded Wilson, who
had all he could do to keep the bar
tender In custody. While his attention
was thus taken, UP, the nelghhorss
wrsnched the girl from hts grasp, and
pushed her from one to the other, while
Wilson was hemmed In by women
Maggie was soon lost to his sight, but
Wilson took the bartender to the sta
tion-house, where he was locked up:
This morning ne was held for trial by
Justice Meade In the Yorkville Court.
Dean offered himself as bondsmah' but
was rejected,
The evening world., 1894-08-23

she heard a sharp step upon the gravel.
and started TO her feet, flushed and
breathless; but the next instant she fell
back pale with disappointment. for the
step was not his-she knew that long be-
fore the person came In sight. lie had
advanced towards the porch where she
sat with slow, uncertain step, observ-
ing which, and recognizing him as one
OF her neighbors, she advanced to meet
him.
MI Rutherford, is it you? | am
looking for my husband, What do you
think can detain him.. %
The man stood still, his face full OF
silent, unspeakable pity. Something In
his expression caught her quick eyes,
and she sprang forward and grasped his
arm.
Mr.. rutherford. you bring me It'd.
ings. Speak, don't keep me in sus-
penss."
sun the man was silent.
"Oh, sir!" she entreated. don't tribe
with my feelings. DO you know any
thing concerning my husband? II you
do, for mercy's sake speak outv
Madam. have heard that is -
there is bad news" he began. his voice
husky and broken.
Her face grew as white as death; but
her eyes were clear ana calm, and her
hand strong, as she grasped his arm.
'sir, II you pity me, tell me the
worst at once. ] can bear It."
We'll, madam, your husband and his
party have been waylald and murdered
by the Indians"
IAN? Did none eSeaper'
mot onei''
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woman count the passing moments with
such loving expectation. At last the
day came She had received no further
Intelligence. but she felt sure that he
would come.
The evening was in Spring, genial and
balmy, their little home a wilderness OF
blossoms. She prepared his supper with
her own hands; she adorned the rooms
with the flowers he loved. and even laid
out his gown and slippers and drew his
armchair beneath the window. Then
she went to her chamber and put on the
dress he liked to see her wear-a nauye
silk, with dainty laces at the throat and
wrists. and jet and gold ornaments, her
fossy, brown hair held back by sprays
Of heliotrope and sweet verbena. Sur
yeying herself in the mirror, she smiled
ana blushed, remembering his words
when ahe had first worn the dress,
"Oh! Maud, you are so beautiful;
always wear this dress, darling, when
you wish to please me-"
The May sun wheeled lower and lower
and al last went down, leaving the earth
wrapped In the dusky mists Of twilight.
Maud began to grow impatient She lit
the lamps In the parlor and then went
out to the porch to walt. He surely
would come, he would not disappoint
her! The golden tints OF day faded like
the colors OF dream; the stars came
out one Ivy ono In the nazy lustre OF
the sky; and then the moon arose, COM
ing up grandly above the purple sleeps.
still he had not come. and the poor
wife's heart began to grow sick with
hope deferred. Another hour, and then.
above the murmurous music Of the night.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
HOMELESS WITH HER BABY.
Twenty Year-0ld Girl Denied Ad.
mission to Founding Asylum
Then Got q Sympathetic Woman to
Hold IL and Never Game Back.

Miserably clad and with the evidence
of want and suffering stamped upon her
face, a twenty-year-old girl knocked ut
the door OF the Founding Asylum.
Sixty-eighth street and Third avenue,
last night. In her arms, wrapped in a
faded shawl she held an infant, whose
bright little face was In marked con
trast to that of the woman.
The child, she said. was her own and
was only two weeks old. She had no
home and no place to 60 to. She wanted
to find work of soma kind and IL would
be next to impossible, she said, to OBJ
tain position as long as she had the
baby. She asked II she could leave II
there.
AS 1t is against the rules OF the in
stttution TO receive a child In that man.
ner, the young girls request was re-
fused. Then sne turned hopelessiy
away.
Sadie Tyler. of SOL East Seventeen
street, was standing at the corner OF
when the woman with her babe came
along. Miss Tyler Is OF sympa thetic
nature, and When the young mother
asked her to hold her child a few mo-
The woman then turned away saying
she would be back soon.
Miss Tyler waited but the woman
never came back When nearly an
hour had elapsed she became alarmed
and started on a run to the Founding
Asylum. The officials who "a short time
before had refused to take the infant
changed their minds then, and the baby
was given a home.
All the infant had on was white
dress upon which was stamped tbs
words, City Hospital No 10. Females.
1t had evidently only just been taken
out Of that institution.
The police are looking for its mother
The evening world., 1894-08-23
SAYS he CONFESSED TWICE.
Mrs. Eitel Tells How She Trapped
Alleged Burglar Gerard.
She Played Detective to Prove Tier
Husbands Innocence

Charles Gerard, twcnty-one years 0.j,
of l5j Alien street, Mas held IN default
of $1,000 bali for examination by Justice
day. lie is the man who was arrested
by Policeman Bucsser. OF the E!dridse
street stIi.uI. III complaint of Airs. Mary
Eitei, ut .a second street, who alleges
tina; Gen Ard confessed that he was suilty
OF burglary. Tor which her husband.
Ernest. was arrested. lie is now In the
Tombs awaiting trial
your Honor" said Mrs. Eite,, II am
convinced, as sure as there liz God in
heaven, that my husband is Innocent Of
The crime
She then tod what she earned while
paying detective in tho enleavor to prove
her husbands Innocence. About ten days
ago her husband was on his way home,
with a loaf of bread under his arm. when
he met some friends and stepped into
Il corner sa,oJn FOR II drink. When Gitcl
iCft the salo II a watGnman Tor Joseph
ringer, VINO has tailor snup ut lN8 e.
driuSG street, seized MIN ana accused
HIM OF breaking into the tai.or's prem
ises AMI stealing Sl5 worth OF properly.
MRS. Eltel says that Gerard tnun came
to her house and said that his CON
an innocent man TO be sent to prison.
Your husband is innocent" lie Is
alleged to have said, and am the
man who did the JOB. gave the stun
to William Happell, Of ai5 Eldridge
street Happeli sold the stun and
didn't give me penny, and / feel sore. -
Mrs. Eitel says she next met Gerard
Wnen she Mas N company with Police
man Buesser She told Gerard that the
policeman was her husbands brother.
Again. she says, Gerard confessed that
he was the real burglar, and took the
woman aud the policeman tn the house
where the crime was committed. and
described to them the manner In which
he had entered The place.
You see Gerard Is quoted as say
Ing, . two months ago run away from
my home ut 40 North Third street,
brooklyn. where my parents Keep u
boarding house. and In looking about for
place as, t, ,S, sleep, ] found an empty room s
Waterman gone and the doors open. SO
went in ana collared the stun"
Gerard was then arrested. and when
he found himself In the hands OF po-
iiceman, he tried to BLUM away his CON
why" said Gerard to-day, II was
only giving them case OF Jolly
wanted u work the friends Of Eltel for
suckers and get twenty-five bones from
think that l would be such q fool as To
confess my guilt II was guilty? guess
not"
Justice Feitner told Mrs. Eitel to bring
Mrs. Kate Neice, of ia East Third street
and her brother law, who were pres.
ent when Gerard came to her house and
Court gave her until next Monday u
Is said toh ave confessed his guilt. The
produce her witnesses. Mrs. Eitel was a
widow when she married her present
husband five months ago. Sho said that
he had Deen yGrv mood to her.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
WEEDS HER FIRST LOVE.
After Marriage and Divorce n R0-
nance Ends Happily.

Tho marriage OF Mrs. Annie Pinto
Wood, Of Galveston, Tex. and Thomas
Taylor, Of Liverpool. England, at Grace
Church Chantry. by the Rev. C. II. Bot
tome last night terminates q romance
which began when the bride was a
schoolgirl.
She Is a daughter of the late Arthur
Wellsly Clegg, who came to New York
many years ago. and engaged In bust
ness that extended TO Galveston. His
wife came from New Haven, and their
daughter was educated III New England.
While there she met Taylor, ana al
though he was fourteen years her senior
they fell In love with each other, and
agreed to get married when she should
reach the age or womanhood.
Her father and mother had In the
meantime moved to Galveston, and, for
getting her promise, when she went
home she married Pinto Wood, OF that
place. She was divorced from him a
year ago and her marriage to Mr.. Tay-
lor followed. They will live In Calves
ton.
The evening world., 1894-08-23

She turned sharply, leaving him with
out word. and he saw her enter the
house and close the door after her-and
that was the end. lie would never
come back any more, no matter how
patiently she might wait and watch.
he would never know that he had
son, never look upon the little chubby
face with It's bold, blue eyes and sunny
curla. so like his own. From hence
forth her heart and home were desc
late.
And this was the anniversary OF her
wedding day SIX years ago, and she
was a happy bride. Five years she had
been q htart-broken widow. Her boy
slept in his little bed, and she sat there.
thinking, thinking, and gazing out at
trees. The night was closing rapidly
a night OF storm and darkness, The
sheets, and the Wild, ,wailing, winds
rushed round the gables, and went
shriekinE over the hills like human
souls in agony. Her heart ached with
portable, Life was so hard, yet, for
the boys sake. she must endure and
live OIL.
ments with hot. binding tears. Six
years ago, and she was ROBBED in gems
and blossoms. His face, his very Voice,
, seemed to come back to her: and she
fancied that his spirit must be near her
No matter how high above her, how
happy, she knew that he loved her still
and his glorihed spirit may have left its
home OF bliss TO keep with her that
her beyond expression. She glanced over
at the sleeping boy with dim hope
that his father loved and watched over
him. Then q sudden impulse shot across
| her mind: she would not keep the ami
yersaTy OF her wedding day In the gar
ments OF widowhood. she would put on
| the robe he loyed. II he knew sught
sscrediy she remembered and observed
his simplest wishes.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
WILL BE WARMER TO-DAY.
But the Humidity IL Low and
Breathing Is Easy.

Mr.. Dunn, Of the Weather Bureau,
says It will be warmer to-day and to-
morrow, possibly by ten to fifteen de-
gress over yesterday. 1t was 60 degrees
at 9 o'clock to-day, nine degrees more
than yesterday. The humidity was then
only IS per cent, and there was just
enough Of q breeze to keep the air NOV
Ing. The big rainstorm which deluged
eastward a State or two, and is now
soaking the lower Mississippi region.
The new sub-volunteer weather station
established by the Weather Bureau at
Manhattan Beach was offioially opened
to-day, and Its first reports sent out.
taches to the ONCE, has equipped the
ments, including complete set of
weather hags. Storm signals will be
displayed from the new station for the
benefit of passing ships.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
Brooklyn Amusements.

far back with the husband she loved
30 well. The old dress had revived old
associations sss%aS sns,,n and his very pressgee
looked up with cIasped hands =
M, "o Ta,,I Harry, Oh, my hushandy' sh.
you, how mourn your loss, surely your You,
soul might speak to mine, and tell me
that you are near me-"
SSSMaud. my wife, my darling"
derins' startled face, There he stood.
man he had been, but the wife rsoog-
ment a solemn awe tiiied her eyes. and
her love hesitated and trembled In the
presence OF spirit from tbs other
World; but the next instant she held
"oh, Harry, my husband! you are not
dead. you have come back to mev'
His passionate kisses ON her face, his
swered her as no words could have done.
He had come back 10 her from impris-
onment amid the, wild Western moun-
t tsins, ,, frSPg perils and dangers, and
For a while, after she had heard his
story, and fully assured herself that he
was really fiesh and blood. and not a
spirit; ,, as she had FIRST believed him, she
she arose, with solemn tenderness In
her eyes, and leading him 10 the little
couch. drew aside the curtains, reveal
Rs Sas st 1s'f a s@s s sSus ss%Pa:
x Hairy ss ns SsRs,n Locked 5eS, % .asyt
ness IL f ss soul too Deep tos ustsIsass
And on this stormy night, after weary
yeass OF imprisonment AMID h9rhaFous
hardships, Ind almost death Itself thla
was how Harry csIas hSms. flsissa9G
y Leader.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
FALSE ALARMS SENT IN.
Two Hariemites Suspected of Ring
lag Fire Calls.

Two Hariemites Suspected OF hinE-
ia8 Fire Calls.
A false alarm of fire was sent In At
Il o'clock last night from One Hundred
and Sixteenth street and Madison ave-
nue.. Soon after another false alarm
was sent In from l16 Manhattan avenue.
Policemen were instructed to keep a
sharp lookout for the mischief -makers
At l,sO A. NJ, while Policeman Trip,
of the East One Hundred and Fourth
street station, was on patrol. he saw
two men approach q fire-slarm box ct
one Hundred and Eleventh street and
Fifth avenue. He accused them Of send
ing in a call. but they denied 1t. He de-
sines arrived In response to false
alarm from that box. The men We're
then arrested. They said they were
Matthew Henry. bricklayer, twenty
one years old, Of II Rast one Hundred
and Tenth street, and Thomas Burns,
twenty-six years old, a plumber, Of One
Hundred and Thirteenth street and
Park avenue,
Justice Talntor, In the Harlem Police
Court, to-day held the accused men In
$500 bonds for examinat ton.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
AmusementS.

Stealing up to her chamber, she took
out the mauye silk and the dainty laces,
growing yellow and time-worn, and a
pretty Jet ana gold ornament, and ar;
the old bloom came back t1 her cheeks,
and tle brightness TO her eyes, and she
seemed 10 drop her years and ler widow
hood and to spring out afresh into the
rare beauty OF her early Motherhood
Thus arraysd. she went down softly and
seated herself before the blazing Are. her
were near, ana she chung 10 the hope
that 1t was as she clung to life, ne
should see how tenderly sac remembered
him.
The anniversary night wore on. wild
ana dark with storm, and stu the poor
sat by ler lonely Eearthstone. robed in
her festive garments. At last there
came step without, sharp, impatient
step on the gravel, but she old not hear
Dy exposure, and pale with long endured
and paused beneath the low window,
Through the parted curtains shone the
rudy freight, revealing the warm, al
tractive room; the old, familiar room,
with his hat upoa the wall, and his books
and meersehaum on the man!el, qnmoy-
ed as he had left tnem: revealed the kit
ten purring on the rug, and the little
dear, sweet face, wet with tears, and the
ed too far back TO the poor wsndsrer TO
be real Was It all a dIeam2 Was that
the wife from whom he had so long been
parted. whose face had been present
vita him through all his lonely hours OF
peril and imprisonment Was she wait
Ing and watching, and keeping his home
bright foI his returnI
He left the window, stole softly TO
He raised the latch; II opened, and he
stood upon the Threshold.
Intent upon her musings, her own
| sweet memories and sad Psasetions.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
SHE SENT HOOK TO JAIL.
Annie HerkOwits Accuses Him Of
Breach of Promise.

Hyman Hook was arrested late yester-
day afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Wal
gering, upon an order Issued by Chief
Justice EhrlIch. of the City Court, In an
action Annie Herkowitz has brought
against him, to recover 5000 damages
for breach OF promise and betrayal,
Hook could not furnish the $500 bail
required, and Is now in Jail.
According to Annie's story, she met
Hook last April He at once, she al
leges. became very attentive 10 her, and
took her out to parties, balls and the
aires. She made ali preparations for
the marriage. but Hook, she alleges. re-
fused to keep his promise.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
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SUSPECTED OF THEFT.
Woman Missed . Diamond Ring and
Had LIOyde Arrested.

Detective Wanser, of the West Sixty
eighth street station. arraigned Alfred
Lloyde, aged twenty-five years, OF 500
Webster avenue. Long Island City, In
Yorkville Court to-day. Lloyde was
charged with the theft Of diamond
ring. valued at SIS, by Mrs Bradley,
who lives at 2a5 Columbus avenue.
Lioyde IL a Paperhanger by trade, but
of late has been out Of work. Mrs.
Bradley has known him for some time
ment. As she PROPOSED to move at
the end Of the month, she engaged
Lioyde yesterday to pack up her house.
After he left the house last night, she
missed the ring from her bureau
drawer, Suspicion at once fell on
Lloyda. and he was arrested snort
and was held for further examination
by Justice Meade.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
VIII Pay Hi. wife % a Week.

The examination In the case Of Herman Lssduw,
charged by his wife Mary with abandonment, was
held by Justice Ryan In the ToInbs Court this
morning. Leeduw was represented by Lawyer
Lazy. and Mrs, Leeduw by Lawyer Hoyer. hrs.
Leeduw said that she Intended to make her
home here With this understanding Mr.. Levy
wanted TO know II 70 week would DO salts
factory. This suited Mrs. Lesduw and Justice
Ryan made an order that he pay her u per