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The evening world., 1894-03-31
FOR STEALING A SLEEP.
Bentheim Arrested and demanded
for Further Examination.

This Is charity with vengeance" said
Clerk Thomas Dineen In Yorkville Police
Court to-day. Here's man charged
with stealing a sleep. II 1t Keeps on this
way person will be accused OF breath
ing"
The accused was n poor. hut neatly
dressed young man. twenty three years
old. named George Bentheim. He was "A
salesman for Nogel Bros, clothiers, in
the White Elephant store at Thirty-first
street and Broadway, until they failed.
three months ago.
Since then he has been unable to secure
any work. He said that his father for
merly resided at 800 East Seve nty- -eigh tn
street, but that he moved away a month
ago and he has been unable to nnd him.
Bentheim was arrested last night on
presenting an order for a nights lodging
and two meals to William II. Richa rds.
the night clerk OF the olive Tree Inn. at
24i East Twenty-thirl street The order
purportsd to have been signed by ID. II.
Delmar, who, II was represented. was the
assistant secretary of the Y. NJ. c. 4.
According to Richards, there is no such
person as ID. II. Delnlar, and he claimed
that the accused wrot. Ii. Bentheim on
Thursday night had secured lodging and
meals on similar order. which amount
I'd altogether to 30 cents. When he at
peared again last night he was taken into
custody by Special Officer Cray.
Justice Koch's sympathy was aroused
and he remanded the prisoner for further
examination
The evening world., 1894-03-31
TESTIMONY FROM A YACHT.
Capt Peckham a Witness in the
Trowbridge Suit.
Many Other Divorce Cases Before
Justice Cullen.

The divorce machinery OF the Supreme
Court. Brooklyn. was in good working
order this morning. justice Cullen pre-
sided.
The first case was that of Mrs. Josie E.
Trowbridge, who asked for an absolute
divorce from 8. Raymond Trowbridge
Mrs. Trowbridge now lives with her
father. Alexander Van Nostrand. at 2ll
Hancock street. Brooklyn. She left her
husband year ago. She said she
thought he was stock broker, but was
not positive, and did not know where he
Is now.
Capt. Charles ID. Peckham, OF Cold
Spring Harbor, testified that in July last
he commanded the schooner-yacht Dog
ma.
On several occasions he said he saw
Trowbridge In stateroom on the yacht
with woman, who was not Mrs. Trow-
bridge. On one occasion Trowbridge
neglected to draw the curtain over the
headlight.
There was no defense. Judge Cullen
Mrs. Catherine Phelan. Of 1l6 Clermont
avenue, Brooklyn. asked for an absolute
divorce from Frank w. Phelan. a travel
ling salesman. They were married In
A Mrs Harscher, of III Bainbridge
street, testified that Phelan Is living In
| her house with a woman not the pla In
tiff in the action. This woman Is alsc
known as Mrs Phelan. She has five.
weeks-old child. Judge Cullen Will issue
| a decree.
Frederick w. Koetting. OF SO Lafayette
avenue. asked for an absolute divorce
from Dora Koetting. who deserted him
Dec. IA. 1892. Gerhard Dicken Is named
as correspondent. The defendant
mother, Mrs. Bruen, testified her daugn'
ter was now living at Kensington. l.. l..
| with the correspondent.
| Justice Cullen said he must have more
evidence before granting decree. The
hearing was adjourned until next week
| Mrs. Mary Skiff, of l2s Newell street
Brooklyn, asked for divorce from Rob
ert F.. Skin to whom she has borne foul
children. She said that on Sept. 13. 1882
! her husband took Nellie Folsom to 6
hotel in New York. Justice Cullen re
| served decision.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
FOUR PEOPLE BURNED.
Family and Boarders Asleep When
Lamp Exploded.

PATERSON, n. j., March Sat
midnight last night a lamp exploded In
the home of John Mulbeck, setting fire
to the upper portion OF the house.
The family were all asleep at the time.
Edward Mulbeck was awakened by the
smell Of smoke. and was almost over
come, but managed to make his way to
the door of his fathers bedroom.
The door was alrea iy in a o1aze and
was locked on the inside. He tried to
break down the door, buc was severely
burned in his attempt.
Young Mulbeck realizing that he was
about to be overcome by the smoke.
rushed downstairs and out into the
yard. where he fell unconscious.
His father, who was penned up In the
burning room, was awakened by the
noise made by his son, but was unable to
escape through the door.
He opened a window and crawled out
on the roof. but he lost his footing and
fell to the ground. breaking his leg
Mrs. Edward WINNER and her daugh-
ter, and Alexander Herman. boarders.
had their hair burned off and their faces
scorchei in m king tie escape from the
building. zs
Mulbeck and his son were taken to the
hospital Young Mulbeck will die. as he
inhaled flames.
Nothing was saved from the burning
building. .fH
The evening world., 1894-03-31

Edward Klsh eight Years oldh OF 2tSS Eighth
avcnuc. was taken 10 Manhattan Hospital to-day
suffering from appendicitis
An unknown man white drunk fractured bis
skIil this morning by fall opposite pier =.
EaS' river lie was taken TO 'hAmoers street
Hospital
william Smith twentv-three years ola OF 80
Cherry street hned $40 In the Essex Market
Court to-day while drunk he brutally kicked 4
das whch refused TO obey him and stand on It's
hind LEGS
sadie Golden Of Perth Amboy, y. j. was nned
$40 hy Justice Hogan. In the Essex Market Court,
To-day Shs was drunk and created disturb
an,e on the Second avenue ~ station at Eighth
street and First avenue,
Edward Burke fourteen years old, OF +H West
Thirty -nrst street, committed to the Gerry
Society by Justice Ryan this morning for steal
ing a side of bacon from Butcher Philip Wolber'
OF $40 Sinth avenue
James Clark Of 3o1 West Forty-eiEhth street.
n rripman on a broadway cable car. was held 10
the Jefferson Market Court this morning to avail,
the result Of Joseph Dino,os injuries. DtnotS
vas knocked down al 0rSAt Joaes street yes
rsrdAy.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
SAW NOTHING OF THE EMS.
Steamer Lucania, However, Brings
Reports of Icebergs Sighted.
Apprehension Felt for Other Vessels
Long Overdue.

The Cunard liner I.ucana, which ar
rived this morning, reports having seen
nothing Of the overdue Ems, of the
North German Lloyd line. The Lucania
made the run from Queenstown in five
days. eighteen hours and thirty-two
minutes. There were strong westerly
winds the entire trip.
ON March % FIVE icebergs were sighted
in latitude 1870 north. longitude 45.l5
west.
The Iucania brought 95 cabin, lS
second cabin and 6jl s,,erage passengers.
The Earl OF kintor'. Governor-General
OF South Australia and his aide-de-
camp. Major Crane. we're on board Ills
Excell.ncy told an Evening World' re-
porter that his trip was purely OF a pri-
SnS Sn'f desdeG nl5Sle to spend per- Tf !, here
Sig Foil. the noted basso, was also
n passenger. He will remain here three
months. MIR. and Mrs: Augupt Belmont
and the Countess Wachtmeister were on
Much apprehension Is felt in marine
circles concerning the safety Of several e,sl
Overdue sSrrn, StgametS, from Antwers isoH with a
large number OF steerage passengers. Is
two weeks overdue. The Apollo, OF the
same line. which sale from this port
Of, and captains OF incoming ships ex-
press the belief that she has run into an
Iceberg and gone to the bottom.
The Ems was due last Monday. 1t
| IL believed that something has gone
wrong with her machinery. She was
! sighted March 81. 800 miles from South
ampton. and was then In apparently
| good order.
Other ships overdue are the Italian
steamer Charles Martel. from Mar
seilles March z, with a number OF steer
age passengers on board. The Panama.
| from bordeaux March Is. consigned to
| Funch. Eyde & CO.: the America, from
London March 10. consigned to #. w. j
| Hurst: the Peruvian, a tramp steamer
| from Shields March 9, and the England
! OF the National line.
The British steamer st. Romans
from Liverpool, arrived this morning.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
HIT HIS CRITIC.
Mounted OfIlccr Newcombe Gives a
Disastrous Exhibition.

Mounted Policeman John +. New
combe. Of the Bergen street station,
Brooklyn. is In trouble as q result OF
trying to teach the men of the "Noah's
Ark" show how to ride.
Yesterday afternoon he rode into the
lot on the corner of Flathush avenue
and Fifth avenue, where Sir Charles
WOmbwelrs "Noah's Ark" is located.
and began giving an exhibition OF his
proWess as horseman.
Frank Sammis. of S2s Fourth street
watched the show for while and then
made a remark which angered the police
man.
Newcombe dismounted and. IL Is al
legged, knocked Sammis down and kicked
him. The matter was reported to Capt.
Early, who sent men out to bring New
comhe 10 the station-house. he was
were preferred against him for being
drunk
The evening world., 1894-03-31
DEFIANT IN PERIL,
Schroeder Leaps from Window
to Window to Escape.
Imprisoned in His House Because
He Refused to Be Vaccinatet.
lie Hurled Abuse at the Officers
and Fought When Caught.

Justice Watson. in the Even street
Court Williamsburg. to-day sentenced
John Schroeder. OF 336 Melrose street. to
one day in Jail on charge OF violating
the Health law.
Schroeder lives with his wife and two
children at the above address, and does
not believe In vaccination. He told the
members of his family that he did not
want them to be vaccinated, and they
promised to obey him.
AT s o'clock yesterday afternoon
Schroeder returned to his home and
found Policeman IIulse, OF the Twentieth
Precinct, guarding the front door.
Schroeder was informed that II he went
In the house he could not come out
again. and this greatly excited him.
II am going In to change my clothes. u
he cried. "and when 1 get ready l Will
come out again"
Then Schroeder passed into the house
Half an hour later Schroeder appeared
in the doorway, tried to come out and
was pushed back into the house. He
tried this several times, but Ilulse was
too strong for him.
IN get out yet or die In the attempt.
he tlnally cried.
Then he ran upstairs and yelled de-
fiance at the policeman from an upper
window. Hulse raped for assistance,
and three other officers responded.
soon after they arrived, Schroeder
made his appearance on the roof OF tbs
house. Another policeman had beer
placed on the scuttle of an adjoining
house to head of escape over the roofs
so Schroeder went downstairs again
and, stepping out Of n second-story win
dow, stood on the ledge.
There were two other windows be
tween him and the end of the house
and Schroeder passed along, JUMPING
from ledge to ledge. Finally he jumped
ten feet to an awning in front OF {
butcher store. clambered In window
ran through the house into the bacl
yard and was ciambering over the bacl
fence when two policemen grabbed
him.
| He fought desperately and It took fou
officers to convey him to the station
house. When arraigncd in court thl
/ morning Schroeder expressed sorrow 70
/ what had happened and the officers VIII
{ had arrested him asked the magistrat
not to punish him severely.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
CURIOUS PERsECUTION.
An Unknown woman Posters "a
Man by Forged Letters.

Thomas F. Cunningham, prominent In
society at Manchester, y. H., is the vic
tim OF strange persecution at the hands
Of some unknown woman, who is maxi
ing life a burden to him, says the Bos-
ton Herald.
year ago she flooded him with let
ters. This continued six months Then
her deviltry assumed another phase.
One day last week all the hackmen in
the city called at his house at the same
hour in response to orders.
patent medicine concern wrote to
thank him for his photograph and testi.
monial, and another concern answered
his supposed letter Of inquiry as to n
cure for drunkenness.
The State insane asylum authorities
wrote to say that he would be admitted
to that institution. and the officials OF
the poor farm that he would be cared
for at the expense of the county.
Tho same mysterious woman was
responsible for all these communica-
tions. for she had written over his sig
nature asking for information, and the
replies were genuine.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
THREE YEARS MORE IN POWER.
Gov. Flower Continues tho Board Of
Electrical Control.

A despatch received from Albany this
afternoon says that Gov. Flower has
signed bill continuing in power the
Board Of Electrical Control for three
years more The bill takes effect Nov.
/, 1894, and continues the Board until
Nov. /, 1897.
The Mayor will have power to appoint
new members to the Board should he
see fit The present members of the
Commission have done excellent WORK,
considering the difficulties that had to
be surmounted.
wires, and subways honeycomb the
streets from the Battery to Harlem
River. There still remains considera BILE
work to be done, and as the present IN,
cnmhents have matters at their fingers
end they may be reappointed.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
ONE BOYSTABS ANOTHER.
Plunged a Knife In His Back During
aQuarrel.

Michael Luherman, nine years old Of
% Chrystie street, was stabbed In the
back this afternoon with penknife by
John Clyens, fourteen years old, of 307
Avenue G. during a quarrel
The bog received a iacerat.d wound.
which was not serious. The wouIl was
dressed by an ambulance surgeon from
Gouverneur Hospital
Clyens was arrested and taken To the
Eldriige street police station, The So
clety for the Prevention of Cruelty u
Children was not fed.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
A WONDERFUL MEMORY.
This Man Could Repeat Numbers OF
Cars After a Train Hnd Passed.

A well-known railroad man told the
following story the other day, says the
Anaconda Standard
When was at Mandan, n. n, We
had man whose memory OF car num-
bers was really remarkable. When a
train whistled into the yard he would
step TO the platform. and, without n
hook or pencil would stand and watch
the cars go by.
III any one was standing near he
would converse upon whatever subject
occurred. and when the conversation
was ended he would step into his Office
and make a complete and accurate rec
ord OF the train, beginning at the first
car and ending with the caboose.
Sometimes, just TO test him. we would
get him to begin at the caboose and
write the numbers the other way, or
else begin in the middle OF the train
and work both ways. He never made a
mistake that l remember.
Car numbers, the names OF the roads
TO which they belonged, and their rela-
tive position In the train, would all be
recorded accurately. His was the most
remarkable memory that ! ever knew
Of" So
The evening world., 1894-03-31
SHOT HIMSELF. THEN JUMPED.
Kohlke's Second Attempt at Suicide
Was Successful.

Eugene Kohlke an Alsatinn butcher.
forty years old. shot himself In the right
side OF the head. and then jumped out
of the third-story window OF his board
ing house at 10 Wooster street. shortly
after 9 o'clock this morning.
AS he fell his body struck sign, and
then glanced of onto the curbstone.
He was sent to st. Vince ats Hospital.
where he died an hour later from his
injuries.
The bullet wound was not necessarily
fatal The cause Of his act was his in
abil ty to secure employment.
kohlke had been in this country nine
years. Two days ago he went to board
with Francis Navier. on the third floor
of the Wooster street house. lie roomed
with a man named Sullivan.
He was drinking heavily last night and
told some of his f.iends that he was
going to take his life.
This morning sullivan went away, leav.
ing him in bed Not long afterwards
pedestrians on the street heard a shot
followed by a scream. The next moment
they saw kohlke jump.
The evening world., 1894-03-31

A botanical beauty whose Flowers
Continually Drip Deadly Poison.


Java, the land of the famous and much
exaggerated Death Valley" has many
wonderful curiosities In the shape OF or
astrological geological, geological and
botanical oddities, chief among the lat
ter, according to the st. Louis Republic.
being the Kali Mujah" or death plant"
1t grows only on the sterile soils OF the
volcanic regions Of Java and the ad-
Joining Islands and Is even there reck-
oned as a curiosity on account OF Its
extreme scarcity, being rarely mel WIN
it's haunts and general characteristics
1t grows from two and one. e.half to three
feet in height, with long; slender stems,
we'll protected by stout thorns nearly an
The ground leaves are of delicate
satin-like smoothne:s, heart shaped, en-
erald green on one side and blood red,
the other. The flowers OF this death.
dealing beauty are even more beautiful
than the plant itself, being very large
ssd,blyp ssa Syp in shspsSh ss whteness @ 81 '0'o
The name OF the plant is from a char
acteristlc of these splendid flowers.
which. beautiful though they are, con-
This poison. which is distilled in the
bottom OF the cup-shaped blossom, has
the sickening odor OF chloroform inten;
sisd dozen fold. II being sroST pSweTlu, man
in a very few seconds. even when In
hailed In open air.
The perfume, II such a pungent odor
s@ens!Biiity sem IN the form Of copvulsions
distorting the face, especially the mouth
and eyes, into a horrd. crazy looking
grin. Recovery from the effects OF In
haling this odor Is said to be very slow
and TO be followed with violent head
ache ringing In the ears and sometimes
even partial or total deafness.
II In said that Mira. Madison Black. OF
Savannah, Ga, owns the only plant OF
this peculiar species ever brought alive
to America
The evening world., 1894-03-31
CHECK ON A BOGUS BANK.
II Was Found on Benne, Who Is
Held for Swindling.

George r, Benne who says he has been
a collector for the New York Mutual Life
Insurance Company, and who claims to
live at Fairview. y. j., was arrested on
broadway last night by Detectives Brown
and Clarker Of the Prince street station.
Renne Is charged with passing worthless
checks one for SO was passed on
Nicholas Gerdes, OF Third and Mercer
streets. 1t was drawn on the New ork
County National Bank and signed &C. H.
Aarons a. Co." Another for Ni63 was
given to Lester II. liaines, who has an
office in the Cable building. 1t was
Newark. y. j., and was signed by Louis
Lennon & Co" There Is no such bank.
Another check for S5, drawn on the
same mythical institution and with the
same signature. was found In the prison
er's pocket.
Benne was taken to Jefferson Market
Court to-day and held for trial.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
MORE WORK FOR FIREMEN.
Several Outbreaks of Fire In other
Parts of the City.

There were several small fires during
the early hours that kept the Depart
ment busy.
At 1890 o'clock a gas meter exploded
In the basement OF Charles Ficken's
candy shop in the five-story tenement-
house 440 Tenth avenue. A cask Of mo-
lasses caught fire. The damage was
$50.
Ficken and his wife. who live In the
upper part OF the house. escaped by
the roof, under the impression that the
stairway was burning. There was con-
siderable excitement among the other
tenants. but nobody was injured.
The five-stury brick fiat 1876 I.exirg-
The flames started from some unknown
cause In Albert Cohen's laundry. on the
first floor. and did $50 damage.
Two alarms were sent out at Sis
o'clock for a FIRE which started In the
two story frame stable In the rear Of
3l9 East Fifty-sixth street. The flames
extended TO the three-story frame car
Fifty-sixth street. The buildings are
hemmed in on all sides by tall tenement-
The hard work OF the fremen con-
fined the flames TO the frame buildings
The loss was $1,000. FN
Fire was discovered in the one-story
stable at Western Boulevard. between
dred and Second streets, this morning.
but little damage was done TO the sta
BILE, which belonged to Joshua Hainea-
One horse belonging to Mrs. Carolipa
Keppler was badly burned and had y
be destroyed. s
The evening world., 1894-03-31
INDICTMENTS DEFECTIVE.
Prosecutors Admission in Two Gut
tcnburg Cases.

Lawyer Allen McDermott appeared be-
fore Judge Lippincott this afternoon In
the Court of Oyer and Terminer. Jersey
city, and made an application to have
the indictments against Justices OF the
Peace Albert Youmans and James Nc
Coobry, OF Guttenburg, who were in
dcted at the same time with other Gut
tenburg officials. quashed.
McDermott argued that the indict-
ments were imperfect. as the accused
were charged with holding court In dis
orderly house, meaning Il building upon
the race-track grounds. The indictment
did not say what that house was or why
1t was disorderly. nor did the prosecution
show by prisoners tried at that house
that 1t was OF disorderly character.
Prosecutor Winfield surprised the
Court and lawyers by announcing that
the indictments against the two men
was defective. The Prosecutor said that
he signed the documents without reading
them, and therefore did not know
whether the indictments were proper or
not. Judge Lippincott reserved decision.
The evening world., 1894-03-31
MRS. SMITH AND THE BABY.
It Was Mrs. Gomez Who Saw the
Little One Abandoned.
Supposed to BE the Offspring of
Wealthy Parents.

The testimony given at the examina-
tion of Mrs. Lena Smith, janitress of
the office building at s35 Broadway, in
Essex Market Court to-day tended to
show that she was the woman who
abandoned a two-weeks-old baby In the
hallway OF 3l2 East Twelfth street
The police and Justice Hogan are salts
fled that the baby did not belong to Mrs.
Smith. The mystery as to who is its
mother Is as deep as ever.
Mrs. Smith was brought into court by
Policeman James Whalen, OF the West
Fifth street station. who arrested her on
Thursday night. Her appearance to-day
excited the pity OF everybody In court.
She Is slightly built, with large nose
and wasted cheeks. The marks of care
were plainly shown on her face. She Is
widow. with son eight years old.
who boards with a Mrs. Rockford at l47
Avenue G.
Ii was brought out that woman
who answered the description of Mrs.
Smith was seen by e!ght-year-old Jimmy
Bradley. OF 3l2 Eas, Twelfth street. to
open the door leading into the hall and
throw baby on the floor
Little Jimmy went upstairs and told
Willie. " ~ ~
Willie ran downstairs and was met
by u woman who told him to follow an
other woman whom she pointed out to
through twelfth street. Willie ran after
the woman. He met Policeman Whalen
and told him the woman had left baby
in the hallway.
Whalen arrested the woman. who
proved to he Mrs. Smith.
When searched at the station house
nearly 500 was found in her posses
sion. She denied all knowledge OF the
baby.
Hogan said he wanted the police TO find
the woman who had seen the baby left
in the hall.
| No one seemed to know who this wo.
man was. and Justice Hogan adjourned
the examination until tomorrow morn
Ing.
An Evening World" reporter found to.
day that the woman In question Is Mrs
Gomez, the housekeeper of $40 East
| Twelfth street. She lives on the tor
n dishwasher In a restaurant on Ninth
street, between Broadway and Fourtf
avenue.
Mrs. Smith was employed at $50 Broad
way by James Lidgerwood: TO clean NJ
The store and part OF the building. She
was supposed TO be poor and was never
known to have large amount OF money
She had offered the policeman $50 mo-
/ to arrest her.
that Mrs. Smith was getting rid OF tht
child for wealthy person who paid mel
well for the service.
The baby is at Police Headquarters
in charge of Matron Travers 1t wore
/ only n little white nightdress whei
found. 1t will be produced in court to
The evening world., 1894-03-31
TO ENTERTAIN SCIENTISTS.
Arranging for Their Visit to Brook
Iyn Aug. 15.

At a meeting Of the principal scien-
lists Of Brooklyn this morning In the
Council Chamber in City Hall arrange
ments we're made for the reception and
entertainment Of the members Of the
American Association for Advancement
of Science, who will meet In Brooklyn
for the first time on Aug, 10.
ed Dr. j. H. Raymond. Prof. T. J.
Backus. Prof G. W. Plympton. w. G.
Gunnison, W. A. White and Charles ".
pratt as a committee to arrange all de-
tails for the contemplated visit OF the
Association. 1t is estimated that the cost
nf entertaining the members of the As
sociation will approximate $S,Ooo.