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The evening world., 1894-05-17
BROOKLYN NEWS.
REV.. SECRETARY PECK DEAD.
For Many Years Connected with
the Foreign Missionary Society.
Passed Away ut the Hotel st. George,
Brooklyn.

Rev. DR.. j. o. Peck, Corresponding
Secretary of the Foreign Missionary
Society of the NJ. l.. Church of Ameri-
ca, died at 9 o'clock his morning at the
Hotel st. George, Brooklyn. from
Bright's disease of the kidneys. He
had been suffering for some time, and
was under the care of DR.. Rushmore. of
Pie-repont street. His wife n two
sons, one of the latter a minister. were
at the bedside.
DIR. Peck was born in Groton, Vt,
Sept. 4, 1886. In his youth he was a
blacksmith, farmer and stage driver.
He was graduated from Amherst Col
lege in 1862.
His first pastorage was at New Haven,
Conn. He was then transferred to st.
Johns Church. Bedford avenue, Brooklyn,
where he remained two years. He then
became pastor of the Hanson Place NJ. f.
Church, Brooklyn, one of the largest
churches of that denomination in this
country.
After serving the usual time there he
was transferred back to New Haven.
Two years later he became pastor of the
Simpson NJ. E.. Church, Brooklyn. where
he served a year.
In 1888 he was elected Corresponding
Secretary of the Foreign Missionary So
ciety Of the NJ. e. Church of America,
and In 1892 was reelected, and was still
serving in that capacity at the time of
his death. For some months past he had
made his home at the Hotel st. George.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
NEW JERSEY NEWS.
JERSEY C|TY's VILE WATER.
It Is Filthy and Unfit for Drink
ing or Washing.
Residents of Marion Walk Great
Distances to II Spring.

An Evening World reporter found
Grocer Book. of Tonnelle and St. Paul's
avenues. Jersey City. washing his hands
in Rhine wine this morning. In re-
Spouse to the callers expression of as
constituent. Mr.. Book held up a pop-bot-
tie filed with what looked like dish
water, only there was a quarter OF an
inch of mud in the bottom OF the
bottle.
THAT Is the sort Of water Jersey city
provides US for laundry, kitchen and
Tie from the faucet after the water
had been running all night"
investigation showed that the city
end of Jersey city Heights known as
Marion. is extremely filthy. 1t smells
as II 1t came from IA s~tagnant pool. II
Is absolutely thick.
This water comes from the high-ser-
vice reservoir on Summit avenue. which
Is supplied by the passaic River Aque-
duct: This pipe APPS the Passaic River
in the very heart of the city of Pas
A plumber told the reporter that II
was no fault of the construction of the
pipes, mains or reservoir, but that the
water itself is always UNIT for use.
and for weeks at n TIM presents the
appearance shown in Grocer Book : bot
tie. Residents of Marion Corruborate
tnlS statement ana II man VINO runs u
strcet-sprinkling cart told the reporter
he had been Obliged to give up III" job
several days ago because the impurities
In the water from the MIGRANTS clogged
up the tubes OF his sprinklers so that
the water could not run out.
More h thirty residents OF the
ncighborhood were found waiting in line
for their respective turns at n fine
spring that gushes sparkling pure water
from the rocks at the west m OF the
Erie Railway tunnel, and they all de-
nounccd the city authorities for their
failure to provide decent water for
Marion Some of them had come a dis
lance OF half a mile or more with
buckets, pitchers and cans to yet "A
supply Of wholesome water for IN" days
use. Others carry water for greater
distances. going to MIGRANTS that are
not supplied from the Summit Avenue
Reservoir.
This water is never IT to drink, 4"
it before using, but even then It Is
unit for drinking. II the authorities
1On't "emedy the matter very soon /
fear that Marion viii experience an
epidemic Of malaria. diphthoria and
other kindred diseases. Indeed. there
are "A number of people Ill now"
The evening world., 1894-05-17
SWELL CLUBS NOT INDICTED.
But for a Time 1t Looked Blue foy
Elizabeth Sports.
Union County Grand Jury Makes
Presentmcnts Against Gamblers.

ELIZABETH. N. j.. May 1.-THE
Union County Grand Jury came into
court at noon to-day AMI handed up n
batch OF twenty-seven Indictments to
Judge Van Syckle. Among the number
is one against the poker Joint Of Jacob
Reuter-.
Judge Van Syckle, who had called the
attention Of the Grand Jury to this place
In his charge, thanked the jurymen for
foarlessly performing their duty in this
natter, ana then discharged them.
Some, months ago Jacob Reuters cafe
was raided by the police. a lot Of poker
chips and other gambling paraphernalia
were seized, and eleven ~wcil-knoWn citi-
zens. who were in the place We're ar
rested and fined s. each and costs,
not only wantel to lnhct Reuter-, but
every place where the game is played,
including some OF the SWEETEST clubs
in the town. one juryman is said to
have gone to the court the other day
with n list Of clubs where he charged
the game was being PLAYED. Among
them was the Mattano club, the leading
exclusive social organization of the
town. and of which Mayor Rankin, who
is foreman of the Grand Jury, Is a
prominent member
1t Is rumored on the streets that this
kickel up "A big fuss among the Grand
Jurors. as several decidedly objected to
having UGH sweeping measures taken.
unless the proofs were forthcoming that
gambling was really carried on in the
Club-hOusCS.
4 number Of the members Of the differ.
ent EXAMINATIONS against whom aCCusa-
lions Of gambling were made have been
hauled up bcfor" the Grand Jury, but
what was got out Of them on the subject
has not leaked out.
An amusing incident. II is said, oc-
CURED In the iury-room. one Of the wit
nessrs suhporuacd. a we'll known young
man. while being subjected TO "A shlru
cross-eNaminlt!on drew out his hand
krrchirf To- mop his brow. lie pulled
from his pocket with IL several poker
chlrs, which fell on the floor.
The witness was painfully cmbar-
raised 10y the episode, but one Of the
iurymen restored him To his Selr-pos-
session by enchanting: Il 20 you one
better" at which all the others laughed
heartily.
Nune u the socii, clubs. however.
was indicted. as a .arEo majority Of m"
jnrvmen were strongly opposed to such
a proceeding. The few who holl out and
wanted wholesale indictments found
ov tntualiy weakened, and agreed to "A
III nj n ijOurnmcnt.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
SHOT THE WRONG MAN,
Meade Fired at n Supposed Thief,
and Hit His NeighbOr,

John j. Meade, forty-one years old, Of
Sl7 Furman street, Brooklyn. a watch
man at the Wilson Steamship line pier
at the foot of Montague street, was held
for examination. May %, by Justice
Tighe. in Butler Street Police Court,
this morning, on the charge of shooting
John Walker, of 3l4 1-2 Furman street.
Meade was on duty last night on the
Wilson line pier. when he saw Luke
Joyce. q sailor, crawl away from the
steamship Hindoo. He thought Joyce
was n thief. and says he called to him
to stop. Instead of doing so, Joyce ran
up an alley towards Furman street.
Meade fired two shots. Neither of
them brought down Joyce. Instead, two
shriekS came from the end of the alley
near Furman street.
Meade ran towards Furman street, as
did Policeman Ross, of the Amity street
station. Meade found that his neigh
Dor. John Walker, was the victim of his
unsteady. aim. Joyce came back and
explained that he belonged on the ship.
Walker is now in the Long Island Col
lege Hospital in a precarious condition.
Meade said this morning that the shoot
Ing of Walker was an unfortunate mis-
take. He said he did not see Walker at
the time he fired at Joyce, and did not
know that he had injured him until he
went up to Furman street and found
him suffering from two bullet wounds,
one In the left thigh and the other in
the groin.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
HAD NO FR|EN0s BUT CATS.
A Dozen of Her Pets Wait for Mrs.
Samsmuller to Feed Them.
licr:Body and That of Her Son, Who
Killed Her, Sti | at Their Home.

Two policemen this morning guarded
the apartments in the rear tenement
GAL East Twelfth street, where the
bodies of Charles Samsmuller and his
aged mother were found last night.
About a dozen cats were lingering
about waiting to be fed. They had been
supplied with food each morning for a
long time by Mrs. Samsmuller, ninety
W years old, who had come to he
dubbed by the children OF the neighbour
ing tcncments the cats mother"
Three cats were waiting outside the
door of Samsmuller's rooms. on the sec
ond floor Two were perchcd on the
tire-escape in front of their two win
dows pccring at the closed blinds and
mewing ]plaintivcly for their hroakfart.
Six or seven ether ATS wandered Est
lcsslv about the courtyard or perchcd
on adjoining fences awaiting the cats
had no friends hut the cats.
The call will never he heard again.
In the rear room Of her poor little
apartments Mrs. Snmsmuller is lying
dead, her head almost severed from her
body. She was murdered by her son,
himself an old man, who afterwards cut
his own throat and died beside her
who was y shade painter and a Ger
man, had lived in two small rooms in
the rear tenement with his aged mother.
They held aloof from the other %tenants.
and SO II ts not known whether Mrs.
Snmsmuller left other children to grievc
for her awful death.
Mrs. Samsmuller was last seen alive
on Tuesday. when she fed the cats on
the fre-esCape Mt her front windows.
Her son was last seen on Tuesday night.
When. the cats came yesterday morn
ing nobody answered their mewinCs.
Tho SD mSmnllprg' Sha1pa unra Ira up
So they remained until $40 last night.
WHOM the curious neighhors demanded
Of Mrs. Annie Bolen. the housekeeper,
that she enter the rooms and see n
anything was wrong. Mrs. Rolen en-
tered by way Of the frc-escape and the
window, carrying n candle. An instant
later she ~reappeared, shrieking out that
the Samsmullers had been murdered.
Policeman Mulholland was called and
forced the door. On n cot in the rear
room Law Mrs. Samsmuiler In her night
dress. Her head was almost severed
from her body. On n bed. onlv a
few feet away, was Samsmuller's
body. clad only in an undershirt.
His throat was cut from ear to ear. His
right hand still clasped a broad. bloody
razor.
There was no doubt he had killed his
aged parent while she slept, and then
drew the keen blade across his own
throat. A bank book showed Sans
muller had SIG to his credit in the Bow
cry Savings Bank. and in n nurse was
S.63. Roth bodies cannot be buried Tor
the 500 they left, and unless friends ap-
pear they. will be laid away in the Pot
ter's Field.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
MAY FOLLOW.
Bricklayers Object to Sheehan's
Nom Union Workmen.
Work on Long Island City Sewers
May Be Stopped.
The Police Commissioner Was Asked
to Hire Only Union Residents.

LONG ISLAND CAY, L. l., May H.
The various labor unions of this city
are up in arms against Mayor Sanford
and Police Commissioner John c. Shec-
han, of New York, for employing nom
union bricklayers on the various sewers
now in course of construction in Stein
way and Dutch Kills.
Mr.. Sheehan has already secured two
contracts IN this city, amounting to
nearly $500, 900. Until the taxpayers and
trades unions protested against the en-
ploynlent OF unslSilled laborers as inspec-
tors there were only two bricklayers en-
ployed in that capacity.
A delegation from the Brcklaycrs'
Union waited on Mayor Sanford a few
weeks ago and asked hat nom but skill
ed laborers be employed as inspectors
on the sewers.
The Mayor called tie attention of the
General Improvement commissioners
to the matter. soon afterwards, and
said. among other things, that "if any
more inspectors were appointed he
would withhold his approval of the pay
warrants" 4 resolution was also
adopted by the Common Council recon-
mending that none but union men and
residents of Long Island City be EN-
rloyed in any capacity upon tbs. works.
Nothing further was heard of the mat
ter until last evening. when the Brick
layers Union discovered that Inspectors
John Rooney. -hdward Mcdonald. John
Flanagan, John Reed and John Multi.
gan We're non-union briCklayers and
were blacklistcd. Two of these men
were appointed on Monday last.
Soon after this discovery was made n
special meeting Of Bricklayers' Union
No. 40 was held at the headquarters. 81
BORDEN venue. John w. Moore, the
Gleason candidate for Assembly at the
last election. presided.
Resolutions condemning the employ
ment of non-union briCklayers were
adopted. a committee Of four was APP
pointed to wait upon Mayor Sanford
and the General Improvement Commits
sioners on Monday, and ask that the
the sewers be compelled to join the
union. In the event of their refusal to
do SO, all the union hricklayers will he
withdrawn and the work tahooed. The
payroll of the Commission and It's en-
ployeeS now amounts to more than 5000
a month.
Alderman Joseph MCGEE, n member of
the Improvement Commission, said to-
day that there were too many in
spectors on the work.
II claim II is robbery of the taX-pay-
! ers," he said. "to put on any more men.
1t Is an outrage. and an Injustice to
those citizens living along the lines of
the improvements, who will have to
pay the assessments. Those inspectors
now employed who are not practical
mechanics ought to be dismissed"
The evening world., 1894-05-17
Hollis FRIENDS DISCHARGED
VIII Aid Police in Finding His As
Snilnnt.

Detective Farrell, of the East Twenty
second street station. appeared in the
iorkville Police Court this morning,
having in his custody Henry ]. Coffee
and Herbert Jackson, both thirty years
old. and living at 2l2 East T~wenty-ffth
street. Jackson was n witness to the
assault on Henry Holt, who IL dying al
his homo. 1?7 Seventh avenue, Ions isl.
and city from IL fracture of the skull.
Coffee was arrested at the bedside Of
the dying man last evening. and Jack
son was taken into custody at his home.
Last Saturday night Holt was assaulted
hy n man at Twenty-seventh street and
Third avenue while he was in Jack
sons company. Coffee, who knew Holt.
came along and aided Jackson in taking
Holt to Bellevue Hospital.
There the doctors said that Holt was
more intoxicated than injured. and adj
vis"d his being taken home. Hollis
scalp was cut and he was weak rom loss
OF blood. Jackson and Coffee took Holt
to his home where the doctor who was
called, found that Hollis skull was frac-
tured.
When the Long Island City authorities
reported the facts to the police of this
city. Detective Farrell was assigned to
investigate the case, and the arrest Of
Coffee and Jackson followed. Jackson
says that when he and Holt reached the
Third avenue an unknown man made an
insulting remark. When Holt made n
reply the stranger struck and knocked
him down. II is believed that the blow
was dealt with some blunt instrument
one and Jackson said they would as
sist the detective to capture the assail-
ant and Justice Feitner discharged them.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
EXCITEMENT AT A FIRE.
Woman Faints and Mnn in Convul-
siOns Mt a brooklyn Blaze.


There was a very exciting fire on
! Norman avenue, williamsburg. last
evening, and during the course of 1t
two ambulances were summoned.
At G o'clock fire broke out in the one
story building los Norman n and
spread to the four-story tenement at
1876. The latter house is thickly popu-
lated, n as the fire occurred when
nearly all the women and children were
at home. there was a great deal of eX-
element.
The tenants came downstairs with a
rush, and some of the little children
were tramnled upon.
Mrs. Richard Taller, III occupies
rooms on the fourth floor, ran down
stairs to the se~Cond-story landing and
women saw her but made no remark,
and had It not been for some little
children Mrs. Taller would probably
have been suffocated.
The youngsters told a policeman
and he ran into the house accompanied
out in safety.
Ambulance Surgeon Neeson, Of the
Eastern District Hospital. worked over
her for half an hour and then she re-
vived sufficiently to be taken to the
house of a friend.
A number of neighbors were on hand
aiding the tenants. in removing their
furniture. Among the crowd was Albert
Muller. of 156 Norman avenue, who
worked very hard Suddenly he was
attacked with commissions. n it took
-FOUR men to remove him to a %neighbor-
ing drugstore. The st. GATHERINGS
Hospital ambulance arrived this time
and Muller was taken home after re-
celvlng medical attendance.
cd he damage done by the fire was about
The evening world., 1894-05-17
NEW JERSEY
IS NELLIE THE BURGLAR ?
Officials Trying to Fasten Jersey
Depot Robberies Upon Her.
Price, Whom She Accused, Says She
Threatened to BE Rcvcngcd.

HACKENSACK. n. j.. May l7.-Nellie
Alderman. the pretty tw~enty-year-old
girl who Is locked w in the IIackensack
Jail. charged with burglarizing the N. J.
and n. y. Railroad station at Fair
mount, n. j., late Sunday night. or early
Monday morning, has given the Bergen
County Vidocqs Il rather difficult problem
to solve.
The girl is allowed to see no one except
the prosecutor of the county. The jail
officials refuse to admit reporters to
the Jail. To Deputy Sheriff Tuffy Bertholf
has been assigned the duty OF guarding
the young woman, and he performs that
duty ConsCientiOusly.
Grief Marshal Charles c. Townsend.
who arrested Miss Alderman, and Consta
bic Henry llaring. of Ilckensack, are
working on the case and intimate that
they hope to onnect the girl with the
several railroad depot burslar!cs which
have occurred within the last few
months.
Constable HarIAE is working on a clue.
which, he says, may lead To the arrest OF
a ~well-known HackrnstcN character, who
has already don. time FOR crimes COM
mittci In the OLntS Nhrtlcr or not
Miss Alderman IL u member Of an organ
'"N' -"'tS' N"' Nff''fF wac H''~ - '"N
prepared 10 say as get.
Justice OF the ryat" Thomas II, Cum
minss, q Hackens"ck, before whom
arrest. said to-day that he was quite
sure that Frank Price, IN" Oradell bar
Der, whD was arrested yrsttrdly on suS-
piclon OF being concerned in the robbery,
Is perfectly innocent. Price Was ar
rested ON Miss Acko.mau'S word that
he had stolen thu ElvJ worth. OF railroad
tickets, which we're missed from the
- : a Ff4I and -. .HT "a
Thc girl tuli contradictory stories to
Justice tummIrgs concerning the man
ncr in whlrl. she got the tickets found
in her possession when arrested, First
she SAID that she wts on the way to
EuglrWuud, where her father, ltiwin
Y Ackrrman liE"s., SHE was on the
sat beside u man who left the tram
at l'alisatc Park, a few miles north Of
EnElcwu1l
When the man got up. Miss Alderman
says, she noticed that he had lett be-
hind IN thu seat, a box. She opened
II and found that IT contained the rail-
road tickvtS, II the station AGENTS
stamp. She said she took the box with
her when she got out nj hugicwoo!.
Questioned more closely, snr It'd an
other story To the entct that the bur
giary had been committed by l'rice, TO
whom, she SAID, sac was ensaSgii.
Price Is fIynrlhty known in Hacken-
sack, and bears a good reputation in
UrldclL lie denied any Knowledge of
was engaged to Miss Nckerman, lie ad-
mittcd tina! he had paid her considerable
attention. but sad mat recently hi, had
broken on with her. The girl had, he
said, threatened to he reyenGed IN him
for being Tilted,
Justice Cummings was inclined to be-
lieve his story and released him in 5000
bail, which was furnished.
Miss Alderman is an attractive girl.
with a plump figure. light brown hair
and big blue eyes, which, IL is said.
have done much damage to the hearts
The evening world., 1894-05-17
MAY HAVE BEEN NO MURDER.
Alleged Victims of n Nan Who Was
Nearly Lynched Reported Alive.

va ffHpN h'''H
COLUSA. Cal. May I'm Yreka,
Siskiyou County, George Decker. a
rancher. is in Jail. It Is charged that
tw~enty-four years ago, in the wilds OF
Northern California. ne murdered his
first wife and her little babe. Following
his arrest the bones OF a woman and
babe We're dug up on his ranch.
Then came stories OF seeming good
proof. that Decker had murdered his
second wife by poisoning, in order to
Jain her lands. and that he had also
poisoned her son. her daughter and her
granddaughter, all of whom died sud-
denly.
When public opinion had laid these six
murders at his door. lynching was
threatened.
Now. there is good ground for belief
that MARGARET II. Decker. the woman
who, as has been supposed and charged,
was decOyod into the mountains by her
husband n murdered, is alive and n
well woman to-day. living near Willows,
as the wife of John Hamilton.
1t Is also stated that Nevada Decker,
the babe supposed to have been foully
lone to death with It's mother, is also
among the living. and now grown to
maturity, IL n resident OF Colusa County,
being employed at present by Mrs. II.
l.. Wilson.
Decker was living with his third wife
when arrested.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
HE HASN'T ELOPED.
Justice Martinez Returns, to the
Confusion of Jersey City Gossips.

Justice of the Peace Martinez, with a
Jolly round face and luXuriant brown
Dundreary whiskeis. dispensed Justice
from a high stool in his office adjoining
the First District Police Court In Jersey
City as usual this morning, to the
amazement of the neighborhood gossips,
who for two days have been circulating
a report that he had eloped with his
landlady, the Widow Stmberger.
To an Evening World" reporter JUS
tice MARTINEZ, said:
1t is true, / left the city last Tuesday,
and gave some valuahl records to Police
Capt. Farrier to keep for me until my
return. l went to the country to attend
to some b siness. l ant say that the
Widow ST mbcrger left at the same time.
l know nothing OF her movements"
1T IS said you Intended marrying the
widow"
Well. now; just listen to that. Why.
bless you. my boy, the widow is old
enough to be my mother. I mean no dis
respect to her. She is an estimable lady:
but the thought of marrying any one has
never entered my head. | am counting
no one. an! intend marrying no one"
The evening world., 1894-05-17
TROLLEY CAR RUNS AWAY.
Backs Down n steep Grade and
Crashes Into n Truck.

NEWARK. N. j.. May 17.-hs trolley
car No. l27 Of the Orange line was going
up the steep grade on Central avenue at
moor to-day, the power gave out.
The car, which was then three-uqarters
Of the way up, began to back down
the hill.
The brakes refused to work. and by the
time the car reached the bottom Of the
hill, 1t was going at a rapid rate.
The frightened passengers were kept
from jumping by the conductor. who
closed the door.
At the bottom of the hill, the car
crashed into a loaded furniture truck, be-
longing to =. +. Reilly. of Brooklyn.
The horses were knocked dow and in
jured, and the from of the truck broken.
The passengers were badly bruised, but
none was seriously injured.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
ROBBED BY A BOY.
Thief who stole from BnmbcrE &
Co. Held for TrInI.

Bamberg e. Co, OF CAB Broadway. rib
bon and silk dealers. complained TO In
spector McLaughlin the other day that
some one was persistently stealing from
them. The Inspector assigned DetcC-
tivcs Bonnoil and Cottrcll to investigate
the case. and yesterday they arrested
Cannon street, who Ia employed by
Louis Meyers, who has an office in the
same building.
Levy confessed that he had been taxi
ing ribbon and silk for weeks from the
counters Of EambcrE a. Co. At jefferson
Market Court to-day he PLEADED guilty
and was held for trial.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
YOUNG FORGER IN COURT.
Fucrst Held In 81 600 IN CompIoin,
Of u Hank OmciaI.

Milton Tuerst, the slxteen-ycar-old
boy who forged his employers name TO
n $500 check last Tuesday, drew the
money and was about TO leave for
Chicago when arrested, was held in
Cour to-day.
His mother and father, who were in
court. wept bitterly over their sons
disgrace. Il. X. Peck. the paying teller
of the Mechanics n Traders Bank,
was the complainant.
The evening world., 1894-05-17
BROKE HER ARM.
and MotOrmnn Charged
with Assaulting Mrs. O'Brien.

Michael Murphy, OF 163 Siegel street,
|and Thomas Campbell. of 13 Union
street, respectively motorman and con-
|ductor Of trolley car $3.50. Of the cross
town line. were held in the Lee Avenue
Court. Williamsburg, to-day on a charge
|cf assault. Bail was furnished by an
officer of the company. r
|OBrien, ffty-three years old, of 31S
East Eighty-fourth street, this city, as
she was crossing Bedford avenue at
|South Fifth street. Her left arm was
broken, and she was removed to st.
GATHERINGS Hospital. Policeman Davis,
who was on the car. arrested the con-
|nuctor and motorman.