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The evening world., 1894-06-13
MOB AT HIS HEELS.
Petersen Saved from Indignant
Neighbors by Police
Two Little Girls Say He Tried to
Assault Them.
One Broke Away and Brought Aid
to the Other.

Coils Petersen. a carpenter, thirty-hve
years old. living at 40 East Twenty
ninth street. was saved dire punishment
at the hands OF his %neighbors last night
by being arrested and locked up by Po-
liceman O'Neill. of the East Thirty-hfth
street station. Two little girls. named
nine and eight years. respectively, al
legged that he had attempted to assault
them. Mary lives in the same house
with Petersen. while Nellie resides at
bO4 First avenue.
Last night at about $50 o'clock a citi-
zen told. O'Neill that a man was In dan
ger of being mobbcd at the foot of East
Thirtieth street. When O'Neill reached
M yhs ssen s%u hs tS%na a f fFSwa Gt m and a the
two girls. The crowd. which. grew
greater every moment. was acting as
though 1t intended to take summary
threats were made ant cries Of Throw
him into the river!" were heard. O'Neill
caught hold of Petersen. and with the
assistance OF another officer managed
house, although followed to the steps by
the mob.
The girls were taken to the station
same precinct, They were greatly
skirts. crying as though their hearts
were broken. Petersen shook with very
fenr. although guarded by two officers.
The children told the Sergeant on desk
duty that while they were playing on the
street in front OF the house In which the
prisoner resides, they were approached
by Petersen and enticed by candy to the
foot of East Thirticth street, where there
Is a lumber yard. There. according to
the story told by the girls, he attempted
to ill-treat them. Nellie ran away and
Petersen. II Is said, held on to Mary,
who struggled SO fercely that her cloth.
ing was almost torn from her body.
Mary gave the alarm. and when she
returned with some women Petersen re.
leased his hold OF Nellie, and tried to
slip away unseen. But the women sur.
rounded him n held him until men
arrived.
Petersen said this morning, wher
questioned by Agents Barley and VII.
ION, OF Mr.. Gerry's Society, that he was
drunk last night, and did not know
what he had done. He said he mean,
no harm to the girls. AS neither OF the
girls had been harmed. n complaint OF
disorderly d was made against
Petersen.
In Yorkville Court to-day Petersen wa,
held In $500 as a warranty of future goot
conduct. in default of which he will &c
to the island for three months.
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ton. That's China. We are nursing
the weddings and the criminals. When
q man falls he Ia hurried OF In an am.
bulance to a hospital and brought back
to activity to swell the ranks. That's
not the way the Lacedemonians did.
They killed all the weaklings and 1t
seems hat II was q good way. too.
Civilization 10 only n veneering anyway.
The world Is really no better than at
the time of the flood. and Coxeyism
simply expresses the general unrest"
When urged to tell something more
about his plans DR.. Paxton again said
he did not consider himself At to be q
Presbyterian minister.
II am too much of a soldier he added.
"If I ever preach again It will be In some
other denomination and at some other
place"
Have o sney intention of Joining
That's in the future. I hardly think
so. however, for my, wife would object.
The doctor then complained that a
Pittsburg reporter had misrepresented
the state OF his health.
HE said I was an imbecile, and that
was wandering through the woods.
There was not a word of truth in his
article. for l was never better, and I
have passed the crisis"
ton remarked. with n smile: do I look
like a paretic?' And then he walked to
the door without the least evidence Of
weakness in his step or bearing. He
said he would probably remain In New
York until the latter part OF the week,
and that he would then go to ~Easthamp-
ton.
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DR.PAxTON TO RETIRE
he Says He Will Never Again
Preach in New York.
fils Remarkable Statements Made
In an Interview.
VIII Pay $40 Fine for Failing to
Report Brcokinridgc's Marriage.

Rev. Or. John r. Paxton. who for
twelve years was pastor of the West
Presbyterian Church, in West Forty
second street, between Fifth and Sixth
avenues, this morning mad the positive
statement h a he will never again
preach in New York.
He added that next Autumn he will
probably ask that he be Identified as pas
tor. and that III will then go to Europe
with his daughter. He expects to spend
. portion of the Summer at his cottage
at Easthampton. L.. J., and part Of the
time fishing in the Adirondacks.
With regard to the trouble he got
In by neglecting to report the marriage
OF Col. Breckenridge and Mrs. Wing
to the Board of Health, until after the
Pollard scandal became public. DR..
Paxton said the easiest way out of the
matter was to pay $40 fine, and that
he would do SO to-day. The Health au-
thorities. he stated. had left some sort
OF q notice at his house. but he did not
know the nature Of 1t.
The present visit of DR.. Paxton to
New York Is the first he has made
since tho resignation he presented to the
aristocratic congregation Of which he
was pastor. created such q storm that
It was thought the church would be d.
vided.
He gave as a reason for his action
then that his health had failed.
When seen this morning at the Wind.
daughter are stopping, DIR. Paxton said
he was as we'll as he had ever been.
In appearance, he was he picture OF
health, and there was scarcely a trace
NJ tho narpntlonnaQ frnrn which IN uyn q
he was suffering.
II a almost afraid that I would be
tarred and ~feathered in New York.
Billy Breckenridge and kept my word
like a gentleman. He was a friend of
mine. and when he asked me not to
report his marriage for family reasons.
! consented. That Is all there was
but what the use in talkingT' he
public doesn't want to hear of me-"
But how about your health?'
answered. i've got forty years ahead
OF me and nothing to do with them:
preach. I know i did wrong. just as
thousands of other men do wrong when
their brains are tagged and they take
tit was this constant demand for
s saa,nl; z. n niS nth the d rontin ma 70 s tsks
cocaine. but l have nothing to do now
but watch the struggle, the turbulence
generated by the Coxey army and the
Democratic Congress.
"The spirit Of unrest in the world has
reached the Church. I have Just come
from Western Pennsylvania, where there
are three men ready to do one mans
work.
"Over production is the trouble. There
are too many people in the world"
what Is the cure?" asked a reporter.
"War or pestilence." replied DR.. Pax
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STABBED HIM AND RAN.
Moore Chased His Assailant
with m Icc-Pick.

William Randolph, a carpenter. forty
years old, OF 1853 East Twenty-third
street. and Philip Moore, a machinist,
twenty-five. Of 205 East Forty-third street,
were arraigned in the Yorkville Police
Court to-day on a countercharge Of felon-
ious assault. Randolph had his head laid
open with an ice-pick, while Moore is suf-
fering from q slight stab wound In the
side.
At II p. NJ. yesterday Policeman Smith.
Of the East Twenty-second street station.
saw Moore chase Randolph along Twen-
ty-third street. between Third and Lex
ington avenues. with an ice-pick In his
hand and strike at him three times.
Smith. on reaching them, took both men
into custody. Randolph was paid off yes
terday, and Moore insisted upon him
treating. The men were strangers. and
when Randolph refused to buy the other
a glass of beer a fight followed.
Then, It is claimed. Randolph drew his
knife and stabbed Moore In the side and
fed. Moore seized the ice-pick from off
the bar and CAV chase.
Moore was held for trial In $1,000 bail,
and Randolph was discharged.
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THESE ROBBERS COT THE TIN
Loaded 5000 Worth of the Block
Metal Onto q Truck.
Detective Caught Two but Let .
Third Escape with the Booty.

Two employees OF A. Thompson & Co,
SAG, 54s and $50 West Sixteenth street.
were held in Jefferson Market Court to.
day on a charge of stealing about $500
worth Of block tin belonging to the
firm.
The accused men are John Madden,
aged thirty, of 147 Seventh avenue, and
James Mccormack. twenty.nine, Of $50
West Sixteenth street. The firm has
been missing blocks Of tin for weeks.
but in spite of the careful watch kept,
nc clue to the thieves could be discov-
cred.
Detective Churchill, OF the West
Twentieth street station. who was on
watch near the store last night, shortly
after midnight saw a truck driven VI
by three men, who entered the estab-
lishment and coolly proceeded to load
up the vehicle with block tin.
When about 5000 worth OF the metal
had been put on the truck one OF the
men drove away with II. Churchill did
not stop him, but, instead, arrested his
companions, Madden and Mccormack.
The truck driver got safely way with
his booty.
The firm estimates its total loss from
these robberies at several thousand dol.
lars.
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FIGHT WITH BURGLARS.
Hired BOY Mortally Wounds q
Pennsylvania Despcrado.

my Associated Press)
GREENSBURG. Pa, June 13.-Three
burglars forced an entrance to the res
idence Of James Muflley. a farmer liv-
irg in Bell Township, near Perrysville,
on Monday night. The noise made
aroused the inmates, who hastily jumped
out Of bed and rushed downstairs.
where they encountered the thieves in
tho dark. The burglars opened fire.
field was shot in the head and arm.
Mansfield returned the fire with a shot
gun, and MORALLY wounded n Of the
%intruders. The others fled n have not
been epprehended.
The wounded burglar was identified as
the notorious Jim Ward. of Apollo. who
on nov. 10, 1881, murdered the two
subsequently, arr ested. tried and con-
victed, and sentenced to the peniten-
tinry for twelve years.
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ITALIANS MOB A THIEF.
Police Have Hard Work in Protect-
ing a watch-Grnbber.

Andrew Rago. a street-car employee,
was taking q nap with a number Of
other workmen on a pile OF paving
stones In South street at 3 o'clock this
morning, when he felt a tug at his watch
chain.
He reached out quickly and grabbed
an arm. and found that he had a thief.
He cried for assistance. but before help
came the robber got away n ran
Down South street.
Rago and about one hundred OF his
italian associates ran after him. They
were armed with short sticks. and pur-
sued the fleeing man with loud yells.
Policeman Bishop, OF the Oak street
station. gathered the fugitive In, and
started to the station-house with him.
The angry mob followed. and finally
surrounded policeman and prisoner.
The bluecoat fought the angry men.
and whistled for help. Two other po-
llcemen responded. and after much
trouble, the robber was landed in the
station-house. The Italians begged TO
he allowed to beat him. n would un-
doubtedly nave killed him had not the
policemen protected him.
The prisoner gave the name of John
Reilly and said he lived at 30 Jackson
street. In the Tombs Police Court he
was held for trial.
The evening world., 1894-06-13
SEALERS SENT TO PORT.
Patrol steamer Mohican Holds Up
Two SchOoners.
(Dy Associated Press.)

III NbeoNtetvu seo
SEATTLE. WASH. June 13.-Advices
dated Sitka. June 3, say that the United
States steamer Mohican. flagship Of the
Behring Sea patrol fleet, arrived In port
on that date for mall and supplies. hav-
Ing been on a cruise of five days about
Kodiak Islands. In the third day of the
cruise In heavy weather the lookout On
the Mohlcan saw a vessel well nshore.
The warship bore down on the schooner,
which Immediately made sail and at
tempted to get away. A couple of shots
brought her up In the wind and when
boarded she proved to be the Volunteer
from Seattle; There was no direct evil
dence OF illegal sealing. except that
arms and implements were ready for
use. These were all sealed up n the
Volunteer ordered to Sand Point to
await the end Of the season.
The next day n similar performance
was gone through. with the schooner
George r. White. also of Seattle. There
are likely to be many seizures within
the next few weeks. as vessels ordered
to remain at Sand Point have put to
sen.
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KILLED BY CATTLE THIEVES.
Two Albany Men Believed to Have
Bccn Murdered.

GUTHRIE. Okla, June 1.-TWO BROTH
ers named Raymond. and residing at
Albany. N. Y, came to this country on
June 1 In search of a brother who came
West last August. Last Wednesday
Seminole nation. the dead bodies of two
well-dressed young men were found.
They had been murdered and robbed.
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Lost His Watch in a Crowd.

Charles Belt. a barber, living at +s4 Ninth ave-
nue.. was robbed In a crowd at a Are OF q gold
watch valued at 32 last night. In Canal street.
near Elm. He had Samuel Nathan, nfty years
old. a shoemaker. OF ais East Houston street, ar
rested for the onense. Policeman Degar found the
watch In the street. Nathan was held In 81 600
bail for trial in the Tombs Court this morning.
The evening world., 1894-06-13
Ex-BANK OFFICER ACCUSED.
Edward II. Greve, of st. Louis, Said
to Have Embexzled $1,000.

IBy AssocIhted FrebsD
ST. LOUIS. une 13.-Edward II.
Greve, formerly an employee Of the
Fourth National Bank. is under arrest
on the charge of having embezzled
money from the bank
The amount which Greve Is accused
OF embezzling Is said to be $1,000, but It
been much more than this amount.
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Nothing to Identify them was found on
the bodies, but II Is believed that they
were the two Raymond brothers.
Nothing has been heard OF the, other
brother. Two days later the dead body
Of a man named Chick was found In the
same vicinity. The murders. are sup
posed to nave been cOmmit'fi by cattle
The evening world., 1894-06-13
STOLE RAILING POSTS.
Brass Ornaments, Too, Have Deen
Taken by Uptown Thieves.

Petty thieves have been making depre-
datfons in the vicinity OF One Hundred
and Tw~enty-sixth street during the past
fortnight. Several nights ago they
visited fiat houses, 103 and lN West
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street.
and carried off the brass of
the stoop ratings and Of those surround
ing the small grass plot in front Of
Last night they carried of the up
right posts supporting the ratings on
the stoop of 305 West One undre and
Twenty-sixth street. In their. previous
visits the thieves did not modest these
ratings, although they looted those on
either side.
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NAMES OF LAST WEEKS
SUCCESSFUL COMPETITORS.

NAMES OF LAST WEEKS
SUCCESSFUL COMPETITORS.
MARCUS 500
$50 w. 46th St., New York City.
MISS FLORENCE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $35
256 Ryerson St., Brooklyn.
GEORGE TROWBRIDGE.............. $50
1888 Broadway, New York City.
MRS. c. r. CHEEVER................. $40
100 Bergen Ave-, Jersey City.
1863 Lexington Ave-. New York City.
GEORGE w. MERCER................ SIS
2O6 w. 23d ST., New York City.
GUSTAV NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SIS
32 f. Goth St.. New York City.
JULIA B. HYDE. ............. SIS
40 w. Esd St., New York City.
ISABEL b. CHENEY ................. SIS
457 Washington Ave-, Brooklyn.
MISS JANE FLORENCE ............... SIS
81 w. 5Sth St.. New York City.
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You read The Evening worldv'
Do you read the Sunday World?
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road bonds valued at stss, 900 from the Wells
Stone Mercantiie Company. his former employers.
Parsons had been q trusted clerk Of the Company
and stood high socially. He Is also charged with
destroying certain books and papers Of the Com
pany.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-22
NEW JERSEY NEWS. I
BRIGHAM YOUNG IN PRISON.
Mormon Apostles Descendant
"a Wanted Another Wife a.,,.-
Became Too Affectionate in Jersey
and Got Thirty Days. ..

Brigham Young. who says he Is from
Salt Lake City, Utah, and Is a descend
ant OF the famous Mormon apostle. was
arraigned before Justice Douglass, IN
the Police Court In Jersey City, to-day
on the charge of disorderly conduct.
Young wes arrested yesterday and
locked up in the Third Precinct Police
Station for making overtures to Jersey
City young women. lie asked each one
In turn to marry him. Refusais did not
seem to cool him, for he would again
renew his vows of affection to other
women. He was caught In the act of
protesting his love by Policeman Wohl-
enben.
Tho prisoner, who said he had been
drinking. told the policeman he was
looking for a wife. and came from Salt
Lake City to find one. He said he was
one of the Latter Day Saints. and he
could not remember how many wives
he had.
In court to-day Young told the same
rambling story to the Justice that he
had given the policeman yesterday; He
was sent to the penitentiary for thirty
DAYS,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-22
SHE WANTS TO Be An ACTRESS
Collector Kilbreth's Niece to Join
a Comic Opera Company.
She Is the Daughter OF the Late
Col. Mclean.

1elegrams were printed in the morn
ing newspapers that CJ.clino Mclean,
de lighter of the late Col. Nathaniel Me
Lean, OF the United States Army. had
lrft her home In Cincinnati. against the
wishes OF friends. and gone to New York
with the Intention OF Joining Thomas =.
Seabrookc's Tabasco" company. The
telegram added that the yourg woman
Is stopping In this city at the home of
her uncle. Collector Kilbreth.
Miss Mclean il described as eighteen
years old. beautiful and the possessor
of n rare and highly trained voice. II
Is added that she became fascinated
with the stage and had secured the
promise of an engagement with Sea-
brooke's company.
Mr.. Kllbreth lives at l32 Madison ave-
nue., and the French servant who an
swered the door at The Evening World"
reporters call this morning had evidently
been instructed to know nothing. Mr..
kilbreth was found later at his office.
He said:
II know little about this girl and
care nothing about her venture. She
may go On the stage II she wants to for
all l care. l did not meet her at the
train: she Is not at my house, and
do not know where she Is. i do not
deny. however, that she is In the East.
but Just where | do not know"
Thomas -. Seabrooae and his company
with which they open at the Park Thea
tire there Sept. 3. Wolf Fulk. manager
for Seabrookc. is In the city, but he
could not be found. ..., ~ .,...r
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-22
'LONGSH0RE HlGHWAYMEN.
Farmer Miller Beaten and Robbed
,. in q West street Hallway.

Tony Good. a westside dock rat. was
held this morning IN the Tombs Police
Court on suspicion OF being one OF the
two negroes who last night assaulted
Frank Miller, a Westminster farm hand,
and robbed him OF sl7.
Miller says that he arrived in New
York at 0 o'clock last night, and had
proceeded along West street about q
block from the Erie railroad ferry. when
the negroes stopped him and asked for a
drink. Miller. anxious to get rid of the
mems opportunities, gave them Is cents.
In taking out this money he exposed q
goodly roll OF bills. The men went into
a saloon, but soon returned and fol-
lowed Miller.
they overlook him when in front of 10
West street, and unceremoniously
pushed him into hallway. After beat
ing him until his face was bruised and
bleeding they took away his roll OF bills:
Miller after he was released. reported
the robbery to the Church street police,
and at midnight Detective McCarty had
Good under arrest. Miller identified
Good as one Of his assailants.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-22
TRAPPED INTO IDENTITY.
Alleged Chicago swindler Caught
by Two Detectives.

William Storm, twenty-seven years
old, formerly Il real estate dealer on
South Clark street, Chicago. was ar
ralgned before Justice Ryan. in the
Tombs Police Court, this morning. on
a charge OF swindling. He was arrested
yesterday by Detective-Sergts. McAf-
ferty and Price, upon whom q tele-
gram from Inspector Shay. Of the
Windy City charging Storm with
cheating a number OF his clients out of
81, 800, while In business there.
The detectives, watched the Post-Of-
flee here for their man, and on seeing
him they pushed him about; When he
demonstrated McAfferty said:
~ know you. Your name Is
O'Brien.'
THAT Ia not true. I am William
Storm" he replied.
This admission cost Storms his liberty.
He was remanded this morning to await
extradition. '''''' ' e
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-22
REGULARS SUE FOR HARMONY.
The Shepard Faction Proposes to
Be Supreme, However.
Chaos In the Republican Ranks in
brooklyn.

AS the time for holding the Demo-
cratic primaries in Kings County for
the election OF delegates to the State
Convention draws near. the regulars are
making every effort for harmony.
The Edward M. Shepard faction, how
ever. Is now a recognized power. and 1t
proposes to dictate to the regulars or
else make its own nominations. 1T also
proposes to have representation at the
polls during the coming election.
While most of the Democrats in
Brooklyn are watching with interest the
private booms launched by individuals
anxious for State honors, few have al
ready commenced to look after the local
plums. and these are by no means few
On the local ticket one of the most
prominent and most lucrative offices Is
that OF Comptroller.
Halsey Corwin, the present encumbent,
has become very popular with Independ-
ents and Regulars by his business like
methods. He may be renominated.
No effort, II is said, Will be made to
renomlnate any of the other officials who
were elected on a machine ticket.
Among the Republicans. although they
feel confident OF success, matters are In
a state of chaos. The regulars in some
of the wards. who have failed to receive
patronage. now declare they will work
against the party.
This feeling is more prominent In the
Fifth Ward. where Sheriff Buttlng Is
the leader, than in any other section of
the city, because II Is said Buttling has
failed to provide for the boys"
The time for the Republican primaries
has not yet been determined upon, but
lively times are expected when they are
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-22
CHILDREN CRY FOR BREAD.
Police Discover a Starving Family
in William bura.

The police OF the Sixth Precinct. Will,
iarnsburg. were notified this morning that
Phillip Gehring. his wife and three chill
dren were actually dying from starva-
ton athheir homet at Even street. The
ease wAs Investigated and a shocking
state 9t Affairs was found to exist,
GehtIng. who Is a tailor, has been out
OF employment for the past three msnths.
He looked all over New York AID Brook
Ign, but was unable to find anything to
do. Meantime he kept his family from
starvation by pawning his household ef-
fect3i He toaki the last piece of furni-
turs to the paxnshop week ago.. and
the money he realized went to the land
lord.'
For two days neither Gehring nor his
wife have had anything TO eat The
three small children had but little nour-
ishment and when they were taken to
the police station this morning they cried
Tor Something to eat.
The youngest Of the children, little
girl. Is in a critical condition. and she
WI. probably be'removed to the hospital
The police gave. Gehring and his wife
food and turned over the children to the
Children's Society.