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The evening world., 1894-05-29
KENN WILL NOT BE PUNISHED
Locked His wife Up in m Oyster
Barge Through Ignorance.

JAMAICA. L. l.. May 29.-After having
been n prisoner In a dark. damp oyster
barge for IA year Mrs. Paul Kenn, the
demented wife of a fisherman near
Jamaica, will to-day be removed to the
insane asylum at Poughkeepsie.
For nearly two years Mrs. Kenn has
been mentally weak. ana Il year ago
her husband. finding that to watch het
was too much trouble for himself n
children, hit upon the eXpcdient OF lock-
ing her UP in his oyster barge, which
was hitched 10 the piles upon which hia
the ~neiShbors had not interfered. She
Is now at the Emergency Hospital here.
Mrs. kenn Is th,rty-nine years OLD.
n physicians think her mental trouble,
,aused first by sickness. has continued
on account OF malaria and priyations.
Her ~husband's hut Is on IA marshy spot
from Broad Cnannel or Goose Greek.
There are two other huts near by, and
recently some OF the fishermen told Dep
uty Sheriff Hesbach, the keeper OF a
could often be heard nioaning in her
miserable cell.
Hesbach found the door to the barge
fastened with !. paddock and kicked 1t
open. Inside the poor woman was
lying on "a rough bed covered with rags,
damp and mildewed. The room was
small and the deputy h had to stS pop TO 70
We're nailed to make the prison perfect.
The little light that filtered through the
cracks, covered with cobwebs, was all
the cheer the woman q been getting
for months. She crawled to n corner as
the officer entered, n when he spoke
to her she did nothing but humble
about her children.
Hesbach did all he could for her that
day and then notified PoOrmaster Abra-
ham A. Wyckoff. who yesterday went
ont to the marsh in n boat and re-
moved the woman to the Emergency
Hospital.
Her daughter, Mrs. Smith Mart, still
only a child Of seventeen, although mar
riei n year, was with her mother this
morning and said there We're four chill
drHn Younger than she.
81 wanted to STAY with mother" she
said. but father would not let me. The
other children, except the baby, that Is
about two years I'd, helped fathe fish,
so there was no one to take care OF
mamma, and she was locked up"
Mrs. Smith Mart lives at Inwood. and
claimed her father had not beaten his
wife. She thought he acted all right In
locking her M. Mr.. Wyckoff said this
morning hat Kenn did not know better
than 10 act as he did. and that he would
not, there fore, be arrested.
Justice Hendricksln this morning signed
an order for Mrs. Kenn's removal to
P~oughkecpSie.
The evening world., 1894-05-29
FALSE LOVER CAUSED WOE.
So Says the Woman who sues Err
nest victor M%arschnII.

Ernest Victor Marshall. proprietor of
the Mocha Cafe. at 4S0 Third avenue,
was arrested late yesterday afternoon
by Deputy Sheriff Wagering on an
order issued by Judge i itzsimmons, of
the City Court. in an action begun
against him by Maria Elias to recover
10000 damages for breach of promise
ana BETRAYAL.
She alleges that the defendant became
very attentive to her and IN august,
1893. proposed marriage. She ac-
ceDted his offer ana 1t was arranged, she
says. that they you'd be married during
the Christmas holidays of that year.
Under the promise of marriage the
plaintiff swears. Marshall deceived her
and is the father of a child born to her
May II last at ? hospital in this city.
Marshall promptly furnished the
$1,000 bail required, and was not taken
to Jail. In her complaint Maria swcars
that she first met Marshall in May,
1893, when she went to work as a SER
want for his sister. Anna Maria Mar
schall, who Their resided at los Clark
street, Brooklyn.
Maria Elias swears that Marshall is
from his restaurant business.
He now resides with his sister at 81
Lexington avenue.
The plaintiff says she comes of a good
family In Hungary. and is a graduate
Of a ladies college, there.
The evening world., 1894-05-29
'WG|LANT IN HER SEA toes.
She Takes a Spin in the Bay to
Test Her New Gear.
To BE Escorted on Thursday by
Vamoose and Other Craft.

Capt. Hank Han took the yacht Vigil
ant down the bay to-day for a test OF
her new togs, In a brisk northwest wind.
The vessel was got under way before
noon, and stood over from the Erie
Basin for the Tompkinsville shore under
her full yawl rig.
Crowds of spectators saw the yacht
speed across the bay, and captains OF
tugs and harbor vessels quickly recog-
nizcd the flyer in her businesslike rig.
and saluted her with blasts OF shrill
whistles. Capt. Han had the wheel. and
the crew were as lively as in a race,
while Capt. jeffrey. who Is to start for
the other side in her early on Thursday
morning. scrutinized closely the stand
ing and running gear under the condi-
tions to which she was subjected.
The yacht was tried on every angle OF
wind and tack. and handled quickly and
easily urder the yawl rig, showing great
speed and steadineSs. She stood across
the lower bay, and will have her com
passes adjusted before her return.
Unless she will need further alteration,
the vessel will probably be anchored off
the Staten Island shore tonight.
III Nigtlant encounters the Atlantic In
an angry mood at any time during her
trip across the Atlanti her nimble
sailors will have to bring all their agil-
tty into play to stay on board. She
shows less than four feet OF free board
and has practically no rail. a tempor-
airy rail of light spars was erected from
the main to the mizzen rigging yester-
day, resting on stanchions bolted to the
deck, and Mate Han say that In addi-
ton life lines will be stretched.
Thursday will see her fairly on he.
way across, unless something unfore.
seen arises.
Namoose will be one of the many craft
that Will see the champion slOop on.
Namoose will lake n party down the
bay, and will act as escort to Nigilant
as far us Sandy Hook. Nigilant will
probably leave mt Q A. NJ. Thursday.
There Is q strong possibility that Vigil.
liant Will make "A bid fMi a new transat.
lantic sailing record on her trip across
Mr.. Brooks's lively schooner Lasca has
set a pace which challenges an at.
tempt at reducing, and certain prepare.
lions among the many new fittings or
the cruising rig Of the Gould flyer. carry
ccr'ain nortentcus signihcnnces.
She VIII take three cruising ga ifs along
ranging from siXty-fve down TO thirty.
fve feet In length. II is obvious that sh.
Will use the shortest to give her "A good
peak in weather that has usually calleC
for n run under trysail only abaft tn,
mast.
The evening world., 1894-05-29
PLAYED BALL WITH A BABY
Dorney and Mrs. Madison Tossed
1t To and Fro.
He Says II Is His Child and the
Mother Denies II In Court.

Mrs. william Madison and George
Dorney were arraigned In the Yorkville
Police Court to-day on n charge OF
abandoning a t~en-months-old infant.
The evidence showed that a somewhat
remarkable state OF affairs existed.
Last March Dorney. who lives at S2
East Thirty sixth street. called on Mrs.
Madison at her home. First avenu be-
tween Eighth and Ninth streets. Her
husband Is a slipper cutter by occupa-
ton, ut owing to the hard times a few
months ago was thrown out of work
and has been unable to procure any
since. DOrney had with him a
baby. which he desired to leave with
Mrs. Madison as q boarder: She wa
of time for the sum of $40.
Dorney claimed that the child was
his. and that the mother of he child
avenue.
porney only paid Mrs Madison $3.50 of
the stipulated sum. She did not see
Dorney for a long time. Last night
child she net him at the corner of First
avenue and Twenty-seventh street. She
told him II he did not pay her she would
the same me placed the baby in his
arms. porney Immediately tossed It
back.
SeNefa. times the CnllN passed etWee
them tht distance growing greater
every ii ne. The last toss, which
ended the scene was made by
Dorney The infant fell short Of Mrs.
Madison and struck the sid walk. Luck
lily the child was uninlured.
There were several witnesses of the
occurrence, among whom was officer
Schoeli. OF the Fast Twenty-second
street station. He arrested both. a lit
tie boy. named Thomas Murray. of 4G
Fast Twenty-thlri street. picked up the
child.
In police court this morning Dorney
claimed he was the father of the child,
and that he had given it out to board
becaUse the mother. Mrs. Burke, was out
Of work, his intention being to let the
child remain a boarder until the mother
was properly situated 10 care for II.
Mrs. Burke. who was in court. denied
| that Dorney was the father of the child.
and said that her husband was its
father.
Mrs. Madison said she was willing to
still keep the child II she was paid.
Dorney was held for trial in bonds of
81, 900 and Mrs. Madison was discharged.
The child was turned over to the Gerry
Society.
Mrs. Burke, the mother of the child,
told an Evening World reporter that
she was formerly n Miss Annie O'Brien.
and married a man named Burke, who
deserted her. She a known Dorney,
and he volunteered to procure board for
the child.
She could not understand Dorney's OBJ
ject In claiming to be father of the
child. Her brother. who accompanied
her. ubstan inflated her statement.
The evening world., 1894-05-29
MARY ARRESTED AGAIN.
Alleged PnrI<hurst Detective Sem
fenced to the Island.

Mary Rockberry, Of % Third venue,
was sentenced to the island for six
months by Justice Hogan in the Essex
Market Court to-day. She alleged that
she was a detective in the employ of a
Mrs. Ruggles. OF the Parkhurst Society.
when arrested on May 10 for disorderly
conduct by Policeman Bush, of the
Fourteenth Precinct. She told him that
she was gathering evidence against the
police.
She paid the fine of IS then imposed
and last night Policeman Bush saw her
acting improperly on Third venue, near
Thirteenth street, and placed her under
arrest. She claimed that when she was
arrested her husband came up and in
terceded for her. Policeman Bush re-
sponded by kicking him in the abdomen.
Policeman Bush denied his and said
he watched the woman for over an hour
and saw her accost n number of men.
The evening world., 1894-05-29
SARAH O'TOOLE NOT A WIFE.
She Claimed q Common-Law Mar
riage to an Aged Man.
Under IA Referees Report His For
tune Will Go t. Relatives.

A motion was made before Surrogate
Fitzgerald to-day to confirm Referee
Thomas f.. Rush's report in a suit
brought by Mrs. Sarah Williams, other
wise known as Mrs. Sarah O'Toole, for
a dover right in the estate of David X.
Williams, who died in Bellevue Hospi-
tai Sept. 8, 1892.
Williams, who was sevcnty-five years
old, had been for many years a gas
house laborcr. by economy and the jul
dicious investment of his savings he
managed to mas n fortune. which at
his death amounted to $4,000, in real
estate and money in savings ranks.
Mrs. Williams, or O'Tooie, claimed to
be the dead mans common-law wife,
and brought suit for her dover rights
in his estate.
Her claim was contested by Mrs. a. l..
Shaw. a sister of Williams. and a number
of his nephews and nicCes.
The referee finds that Williams was
married in lsiS to NINA Bennett, hat
the pair lived together but "A few years
and separated without having any chill
drcn. He also'finds that Williams's re-
lations with his alleged c|ommon-law
wife began in 1881. before the death of
his legal wife. and that therefore Mrs.
O'Toole is not his widow and is not en-
titled to any dover in his estate.
The evening world., 1894-05-29
ALL RIGHT.
Walbaum's Track May Get a
License Thursday.
Western Delegates Seem to Have
Had a FruitIess Trip.
Had to Pay Their Way Into the
Gravesend Race Track.

The meeting Of the turf representa-
tives in the rooms OF the Jockey Club
last night was about as stormy as was
the weather. Edward Corrigan, strange
to relate. was one of the coolest in the
party. keene. Hunter. Knapp and
Lackman were tempestuous. and Mr..
Hunter looked at one time as " he
was goirg to have an apopleptic 1T. but
he managed to recover his temper.
Mr.. Keene did see tit to apologize to
Mr.. Engeman for the gratuitous insult
the Jockey Club. through Mr.. "Chappie"
Sturgis. showed to the Brighton Beach
Association in the letter Of Saturday ad-
dressed to W. J. Speirs.
The revocation OF the boycott rule In
the case Of Brighton Beach OF course
carries with 1t the annulment OF this,
one OF the most Objectionable regula-
tons to the horsemcn who have opposed
the Jockey Club. There will be 1928 bet
ting, and It is probable that there Will
be foreign books at Brighton In return
for the privilege of nesting under the
wing az the Jockey Club ami rubbing up
AGAINST such h.gh-class Jockey Club So
cicty gentlemen As James X. keene, W.
G.. DAILY. John Hunter and the Dwyer
brothers, Mr.. Engeman viii chip in to
help pay the yearly salary OF All. liunteT
ana the other Jockey club servants.
Saratoga viii probably get II license,
just AS Brighton did. and the privilege
of foreign hooks. lust where MIR. Corrl-
gan and MIR. Howard come in 1t is hard
to see. They claim they have been
treated shameful,y by the American
Turf Cong ess. and the Jockey Club
moguls profess to believe that TarIeton
and his cCnfreres were harsh to the Chi
ago men, but Corrigan and Howard
were Informed that they cannot be ad-
mitted within the Jockey Club shrine
until they have made peace with the
Turf Congress and dore whatever PEN
ance he Western turf rulers see fit to
suggest.
one thing that was especially shabby
in the treatment of MasSrs Howard and
Corrigan was the action Of the Brook
Ign Jockey Club In accepting pay from
these gentlemen for admission to the
Gravesend track yesterday.
Had Mr.. Keene and MIR. Hunter gone
to Chicago to attend n conference there
with Messrs. Corrigan and Howard, they
would at least nave been treated with
common courtesy. Mr.. Ccrrigan has
owned more horses than Messrs. Keene
and Hunter ard half a dozen other
Jockey Club members to boot, and has
been a prominent figure on the turf for
many years.
The Saratoga license may be issued
Thursday. A meeting Will be held,
perhaps to-day, to consider the matter.
The evening world., 1894-05-29
kEENE CANNOT UNDERSTAND.
Thinks 1t Is Too Bad the Jockey
Club Is Not Admired,
Hunters Debt Of Gratitude to j. G..
X. Lawrence.

Before walbaum. Engeman and the
others arrived at the Jockey Club rooms
last night. Col. W. =. Thompson and
James II. Keene interviewed two turf re-
porters. While they were chatting Mr..
Hunter arrived
ITS too bad. really" said Mr.. Keene,
about the way the newspaper have
treated us gentlemen of the Jockey
Club. why don't YOU help us Instead OF
crlticising u.s. Haven we done every
thing possible to improve racing. and
haven't our efforts been crowned with
success? Just look at the result OF our
work. Vas racing ever cleaner han It
is to-day? Was the attendance ever bet
ter than It Is to-day? Was the turf ever
on a higher plane than 1t Ia today"
Col. Thompson wondered why 1t was
the didn't approve of Jockey
Club methods.
We'll" said Mr.. Keene. they ac-
cuse us OF having star chamber proceed
ings and Of treating the reporters dis
courteously. Now, we had to keep our
doings secret, for W. were constantly
changing the rules and never knew when
we were finished. | cannot see how any
one has been treated discourteously."
How about the story printed in the
: Evening World" regarding the I'M
ported paper for the Racing Calendar
asked one OF the reporters.
We'll. now, really" said Mr.. keene.
" you see We couldn't get any paper IN
America that was sod enough. me
English use an excellent hbrous paper.
It's really u very superior article.
But isn't the whole thinS an imlta-
ton of the English paper
'Oh. say. keen",' said Mr.; Hunter,
i~nterrupting. didn't We get that paper
because II is cheaper
No" said Mr.. keene.
well, now" s0ntinued Mr.. Hunter,
"let 1t be distinctly Understood that we
members of the Jockey Club accept the
Responsibility for ordering that paper
Then Mr.. Hunter started in to tell
what a brave man J. q. X. Lawrence is.
why, SIR" said he. shaking his finger
NJ one OF the reporters. he stood by me
in the hour OF my peril. He stood by
me, sir. when the officers came to arrest
me at the race track. | will never for
get him. sir. never forget him
The delegates from the outside tracks
arrived ut this juncture and the re-
porters lett the room. For three hours
hall with half a score OF other news
paper writer's for the verdict. 1t was
raining and there was not even one
chair in the hall. The Jockey Club had
a big room at the other end OF the
building, unoccupied at the time, in
s%ettees. but the Jockey Club men care
fully locked the door to this room. The
reporters had to loiter round that cold
marhle-tiled hall until half an hour
men wonder why the newspaper men
do not 20 into raDturps over them
The evening world., 1894-05-29
BASEBALL CHAT.

Oliver Tebeau who captains the Cleve-
land baseball team, wears n very win
ming mile nowadays, and when he
speaks of his Club his words are clothed
with modesty. That Is when the ire
pressible "Patsey' is holding dulcet con-
verse with you off the ball field and in
his street attire. Clad in his uniform,
however. and when in a amt, Pat
sey'' is surely metamorphosed. He is a
~ball-player from his heel-spikes to the
little black button on his gray cap. He
can see nothing, or hear nothing in the
game. but Cleveland. He is aggressive,
IS the spirit which he communicates to
his fellow-piayers, and 1t is a pretty gay
n sporty team that can stand UP
ssainst these slap-bang tactics Of Te-
Will not do Capt. Ward and his boys a
bit OF harm to tackle the C!evelands.
II they get whipped out Of their boots
every time. the lesson will be an ex-
tremely salutary one. as far as the
game goes. The New Yorks annot help
but profit by II and absorb some highly
demonstrate the rudiments of the game
as interpreted by his aggregation from
the West his afternoon at the Polo
Grounds, and tomorrow (Memorial Day.
W games will be played. at IL and 4.
Shilly-shallying and d~illy-dallying for
twenty minutes yesterday were the rea-
sons why q game OF record vas not
played at the Polo Grounds yesterday.
Had Hurst called upon the clubst TO play
at I O'Clock or a few minutes after, seven
innings easily might nave been finished
and II is good betting that the New
Yorks would have 0 They had that
sort Of a gait on when IL began to pour
and the beiated contest was stopped.
Camp. the e1-ChirsgO player, secured
BY Ward. is due z arrive N New Yg.k
In q Few days. The Evening WOr!a'
hast night Iolo srcluEIVrly q the engage.
Dent q! this young player II he can
bat ana Is a hustler Camp Will o. nicely
po khs team Changes IN the E-S ke-up u
The team may DE expected when the
new player makes hlE dEty,. Some tslt
fs heard that Ward may pG' Dlyly IL
a uutheid and play Csup a. ARC
The changes already made II The uai,
surely everybody VIII aGTut, n wac 4
grand strnke 10 get Jack Doyle into IA,
game every day
3 In marriage Of President Jonr Y
Brush, Of tns Cincinnati Gut and Eisl,
Boyd Lombard, Of Cast Tnlrty-fgIr,i
street. thls city. h. announced to tax.
place within q few days.
rltt. the catcher recently FeIsas-d by Bya
ton.
n great deal Of curiosity exists anon
rev Workers ~ 70 the opaqusness o
Gucis ETing'S glass arm. They'll hayp
q enance 10 See through II this AFTER
The evening world., 1894-05-29
SPORTING MISCELLANY.


TIE Schedule m OF the New
intercollegiate Football Associ-
.-.a,..I, ,u, ,,i, E,n. N,,a
tue cha"'p'o'h'''p e"n''''''' -o'''
Williams VS.. Dartmouth. at anover
Nov. 10, Dartmouth VS.. Amsherst, at
,w,o.,,. No, ~ Auhars, ,s Williams
Anlneis'' NV ~ '' 70
at Winiamstown.
Ia,, . roh,,or tho f,mous N,pns-
'oh" - 'o""' nv
apolis cyclist, te~lesraphed secretary
ScheIer. of the Greenwich Wheelmen,
,a,,orao, ,h,, h. had 5sc,ded 70 mako
seS'eiu"s 'n", "e '" 80
an attempt to break the one-mile worlus
record for a uuarter-mile track at the
Grserwich wbee,men,s race meet At
'i'ei"''" N"'e"' ~
Manhattan Field oh June q. Johnson
ais. stated that he will probably be
n,c.d r. bis ,,.,al against time nv Charley
ia'e" =. w y '
Murphy and {. Saliahan' the brooklyn
racing men. and George TAYLOR. the eX-
The evening world., 1894-05-29
INSANE IN A FERRY-HOUSE.
Prize = Fighter Britton Causes d
Panic mt D~esbrOSscs street.

Jock" Britton, known as a prize
fighter, was in the Tombs Police Court
this morning committed for examination
rs to his sanity. He Is employed as
a porter in the Desbrosses street ferry
house. For some days he has acted.
strangely, n this morning he became
violent and frightened all of his fel-
low-workmen.
He rushed about the big room, and
wanted to fight. Three of the men got.
hold of him and a fourth man ran for
Policeman Hayes, OF the Leonard street
station, who arrested Britton.
The officer knows him, and he went
along with him pcaceabiy, but when he
was placed in the prisoners pen at
court he became violent and kicked the
door in an effort to get out. He also
cried until the other prisoners insisted
upon his keeping quiet.
liIittOn has been engaged in several
battles. His badly SCARED left ear Is a
remembrance of one of them.
Last Winter he tried to stop Fitzsim-
mons, in Newark. N. j., but met with
hair. He is apparently well-trained.l
He lives with his father, who Is a Penn
%sylvania Railroad conductor, at %
Laight street.
The evening world., 1894-05-29
ODDS AND ENDS OF SPORT.

NJ. F. Sweeney, OF the Xavier Athletic
Club, who is the champion high jumper
OF the world, is training in the Clubs
Jersey A. G. tomorrow. Sweeney will
make an effort to break his present
record OF 8 feet. 3 3-S inches. William
O'Keefe and Andrew ]. Walsh, who win
start In the three-mile run Of the y. j.
a. G: tomorrow. are also members Of
the Navier. The Gu members expect
their boys to be we'll up in the races,
A handsome solid silver bowl has been
presented to Holy Cross I.yceum. The
twelve games played In the bowling
tournament with the st. Jerome, Staten
Island and st. Monica's Lyceum. The
Holy Cross Lyceum scored 1888 points.
The handicap billiard tournament at
the NavlcT Athletic Clubs billiard par
lor is attended every evening by a large
crowd.
The friends OF Tommy Gllmartin, the
~l25-pound boxer Of the Raphael Athletic
cub, are Tying to arrange a match for
l." of the downtown Athletic club.
The Figli D'Italia Athletic Club held
a special meeting last night to complcte
ARRANGEMENTS tCl ITS nnu excursion
T. morrow to Idlewill Grove. The Clul
has q membership of eighty.
FRANK C9%Per' T nH,rooklyn wShir chand
Langley for a iii Of s7 Tor supplle,
. furnished Langley yacht Comet.
Ia" matter came M this morning or
d motion o. rut the case OF the shor
~. miusntly I'm tho suit FOR divorce re
Gently brought against Lungley,
The evening world., 1894-05-29

WOULD NOT PAY CAB HIRE.
Mrs. Moore Changed Her Mind After
Getting to Court.

Mrs. Stella Moore. who says she is
nifty years old and lives at 22S West
Fifteenth street, was arraigned in York
vile Court to-day. charged with re-
fusing to pay cab hire. She does not
look to be more than thirty years old.
The cabman, Hiram Frost, of 1852 West
Fifty second street, said Mrs. Moore en-
gagged his hack at Thirty-second street
and Sixth avenue at 10 o'clock last
night.
1t was storming at the time. and she
asked him to drive her to Eighth ave
nue. and Thirty-siXth street. on arriving
there she told him to drive about.
He said that he mad at least half
a dozen stops at her request. When he
finally asked her for the fare, after
insisted that she had paid him, He
then caused her arrest.
When arraigned before Justice Feitner
she said she gave Frost a dollar. Frost
said she owed him So, and that she did
not give him any money. She finally
agreed to pay him vhat he asked. and
was then discharged.
The evening world., 1894-05-29
HANGED HIMSELF IN BED.
Andrew Hayek Commits Suicide Az
ter u Thrce-Months' Debnuch.

Andrew Hayek, a bohemian cigar
maker, thirty-nine years old, ended a
t~hree-months' debauch at 10 o'clock his
morning by committing suicide in his
bed at 1875 First avenue.
He had fastened one end OF n rope to
the top Of the beGstead, slipped his head
into n moose in the other. and in a half
hanging, halt-reclininG position, slowly
s%trdngled to death.
His wife. Margaret. said this morning
that her husband had been drinking
heavily for the last three months. In
his wrotched condition he had several
times threatened to destroy himself.
This morning. having n severe attack
OF Chills, he remained in bed. while his
wife went about her daily tasks. In
passing through her bedroom Mrs
dead. His body was still warm, but an
ambulance surgeon found that life hal
been extinct for some minutes.