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The evening world., 1894-08-18
HIS FIRST WIFE AFTER HIM.
II burton Brings His Bride Here
He May he Arrested.

Washington Burton. formerly a manu-
facturer of fiavoring extracts at rs and
II Barclay street, and who lived at 10l
South oxford street. Brooklyn. was mar
ried at Canton. 3. OAK. yesterday to
Miss Louise r. Gardiner, well known
in Brooklyn society, who lived with her
mother at 35 Schermerhorn street.
MIR Burton recently went to South
Dakota. where he took up his residence,
in order to secure a divorce from his
former wife, who was Miss Harriet
Edwin before their marriage, sixteen
years ago.
Seven years ago the first Mrs. Burton
brought suit against her husband for
divorce. the decree being granted by
Judge Van Wyck, of Brooklyn. She was
awarded $50 month and the custody OF
their two children.
The announcement of Mr.. Burton's
Western marriage states that he will
bring his new bride to New York, where
they viii reside. Should he attempt to
do so, Mrs. Burton No. l, according 10
her brother. Mr.. Edwin, may make his
stay anything but pleasant, as, under
the law. her divorce takes precedence
and he would be amenable to an action
for bigamy.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
MAMIE NEARLY SCALPED HIM.
hut Eugene Refused to Loan Her
-, Even in Court.

Mamie Morton, twenty-five years old.
pretty brunette, living at ODD West
Eighteenth street. and Eugene Vein,
twenty-five years old. of 1872 Second ave-
nue.. although old acquaintance. had
nothing to say to each other as they
sat in the prisoners pen at the Yorkville
Police Court this morning. They had
been arrested In Forty-fourth street,
near sixth avenue, by Onicer Kelly. OF
the East Fifty-frst street station.
When Kelly first caught sight of them
he thought they were hugging each
other, but on approaching near to them
saw Eugene being hell by the hair.
Mamie had a firm hold of Eugene
locks and was giving hun n good shak-
ing. The officer Induced her to let 30
OF Eugene's scalp.
When called before Justice Meade,
Eugene said that Mamie wanted s.
from him. and when he refused to give
II to her, he said. she caught him by the
hair and that he probably would have
been scalped but for the policeman's
timely interference. His Honor fined
Eugene said IAN right" and slipping
up to Chief Clerk Donnelly. paid his
fine. Mamie renewed her request for
the loan of s.. but he significantly
pointed TO his neck and hurried out oil
her reach She was then locked up.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
| BOYS ATR0c|0Us DEED.
Said to Have Mixed Broken Glass
in Oats for Horse to Eat
Revenge Mt His Discharge Believed
to Have Actuated Him.

Samuel Strauss, alias Levine. sixteen
years old, of As 1-2 Hester street. was ar
raigned before Justice Feitner in the
Essex Market Police Court to-day by
Agent John Noble of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who
accused him of mixing broken glass
with oats, with the intention of killing
horse.
The animal In question belonged to
Bernard G.uck, an expressman, OF lib
East Broadway. The defendant was
formerly in his employ, and when he
was discharged. two weeks ago. swore
that he would be revenged.
On Wednesday night Max Greenfield,
twelve years old OF Y orsnap r.,
noticed Strauss lettering near the stable:
Greenfield gave the horse some oats and
then stood on the street watching
He saw Strauss sneak into the stable.
he says, and he followed close behind.
Strauss walked up to the manger, and,
drawing a soda-water bottle from be:
meath his coat broke the bottle, - and
the oats. Strauss then left the stable.
Greenneld entered the stable as soon
as Strauss left 1t, and took the oats
age was done. He took the oats, which
were mixed with broken glass, to his
employer and informed him Of what he
Gluck reported the facts to the So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty. to
Animals, and Agent Noble procured q
warrant for Strauss arrest He found
him at Essex and Hester streets this
morning.
Strauss looks like boy tramp. and Is
very dirty. He denied the charge. He
was held for trial at Special Sessions.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
SENT INDECENT PICTURES.
Asbury Park Shocked by stratto,
and Teal.

Asbury Park has been scandalized
during the season by the number of
indecent pictures disseminated among
the visitors representing men and
women in various stages OF undress, and
In attitudes not in keeping with the
figh moral tone of the place. These
pictures were spread about secretly. in
III at last they become so numerous
that several Of them fel! into the hands
OF Senator Bradley. He at once com
The mails were watched and two let.
tiers, addressed 20 A. Phil Corbett,- boz
SZ1. Asbury Park, and Eph Ermley. box
w, same place. were seized. Both let
tiers contained pictures highly offensive.
They were mailed by c. r. Stratton, OF
2 novelty dealer of harieyviile, N. 7.
Mr.. Comstock believes these men sent
all the indecent pictures. They were
arraigned before Commissioner Alex
ander to-day They waived examine
ton. and were ned in $500 bail.
mar I books. pictures and cir.
Stratton Is mail-carrier. and the son
Of the postmaster at Thompsonville, and
TeaIs parents are among the most re-
spectacle In Hurleyvilie. When Mr..
Comstock. accompanied by Deputy Mar
shal White raided Tears house, they
electro plates, H.402 obscene pictures,
sheets for 143 books, and 2l1 circulars OF
the vilest characters.
Comstock found 2S books, 49, photo.
graphs. 1900 circulars and a list of 800
presumed, some of the pictures were to
be sent.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
ACTOR LIBBY A PRISONER.
Arraigned In YOrkville Court for
Insulting Little Girls.

]. Aldrich Libby. the actor and sing
er, who introduced the songs, After
the Ball." Sweet Marie and Two
Little Girls in Blue" was q prisoner in
Yorkville Police Court this afternoon.
Libby lives at 302 West Forty-seventh
street, and Immediately across the street
at 2Ol lives Mrs. Heege. who has two
remarkably pretty daughters, aged
eleven and thirteen years respectively.
Mrs. Heege charged the actor with
having on several occasions appeared
at the windows of his house in an almost
nude condition and endeavored to at
tract the attention of her daughters.
She appealed to the police. who sent her
to the Yorkville' Court for a warrant Tor
the actors arrest.
Libby and a brother actor pleaded
charge. She finally consented to do so
to save her daughters from having to
appear in court. Libby was conse-
in the "Trip to Chinatown" company.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
FOUND STARVING IN A STALL.
An Unknown Man Unconscious
and Helpless in a Stable.
Two Ambulance Surgeons Leave Him
Dying in a Barnyard.

An unknown man was found uncon-
scious and evidently on the verge OF
starvation in the stable in the rear OF
Mullery's feed store at 10 Christopher
street this morning. The mans condi-
ton was so weak that he could not be
revived by the stable hands, who sum-
moned an ambulance from St Nlncents
Hospital. The surgeon who responded.
after applying simrle remedies LETT the
man, who remained in his miserable
plight until an ambulance was procured
from Bellevue Hospital, where he was
finally removed.
At 9 o'clock this morning groom IN
the employ Of Mr.. Mullery entered the
stable and found the emaciated form
of a man stretched on the straw bed
ding in one of the stalls. Thinking the
man asleep he tried to grouse n,o h PIN 1
ures he saw that the fellow was evil
He had brought some whiskey with
which to battle a horses ankles, and this
he offered to the sufferer. The man was
HELPLESS, and the liquor could not even
be forced into his throat, so weak was
his condition.
man, who rang up an ambulance from
St Vincent's Hospital. Two surgeons
who responded entered the stable,
looked tne SICK HldIy thSh "
make him stand up. This was impos-
sible to the enfeebled patient. and he
had to be supported In sitting position
while ammonia and other restoratives
were applied.
was. carried out into the stoneipaved
yard Here the surgeons worked over
him for a few minutes and finally re-
linqushed the Job, one saving; Ihis
isn't a case for us. Send for Bellevue
They then departed. leaving the man
lying, still unconscious, on the cobbie-
stones of the stable yard.
A stableman mercifully made an I'm.
promptu straw pillow for the man. and
a Bellevue ambulance was summoned.
After three-auarters OF an hour he was
removed to that hospital. The surgeon
in whose care he was taken away said
II was undoubtedly case OF absolute
starvation, and that there was little
hopes for the sufferer.
The man was about five feet seven
inches in height. with dark features
and hair. He was shabbily dressed In a
cheap striped shirt and faded clothing:
and was without underwear. He had
never been seen about the neighborhood
and nothing was found upon him to
identify him.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
ON HIS TRAIL ANYHOW.
Mrs. Braun Comes from Milwaukee
for Her Erring Husband.
She Believes that He Deserted Her
for a Ease Friend.
Heard of Him at Hoboken Through
Mystifying Letter.

Mr.. William braun, OF Milwaukee, Is
no longer here. He Is gone. but whether
to Europe or back to his home is con-
undrum with which his wife is busying
herself Just now.
Braun owns n saloon at 2o9 Third
street. Milwaukee. He is about thirty
Ave years old. His wife, who is about
thirty, is rather good-looking, tall and
portly. Among her friends was one,
young woman, married not quite year
ago to man who Is lying sick at deaths
door. This young woman, whose name
Mrs. Braun does not. for the present,
desire to divulge, called frequently and
stayed long at the Braun home. About
two weeks ago she failed to make her
daily visit Inquiry at her home ELECTED
the information that she had been miss
ing from there also since the day before.
Next day Mr.. Braun also disappeared.
He left a letter, however, stating that
he intended going to Europe to open a
saloon Mrs. Braun then believed that
he had eloped with her friend.
This theory was. in her mind. con-
firmed when one Of her husbands
friends received a despatch from Hobo
ken from Braun announcing that the
latter would leave for Europe on Aug. 1S
Now. all these doubts and fears and
theories OF Mrs. Braun had finally crys-
tallized into the determination to bring
her husband back at any cost. And so,
armed with letter of Introduction from
Chief Jannsen, of the Milwaukee police,
Mrs. Braun arrived mere yesterday morn
ing and presented herself to Chief In
spector Mclaughlin:
AS the only ships for Europe from here
to-day leave from Hoboken, Inspector
Mclaughlin referred Mrs. Braun to the
Hoboken police, who Immediately started
out in search of the alleged eioper. In
ing, Mrs. Braun said that her husband
had taken 5000 with him, but she after
wards admitted that the money belonged
to him no less than to her.
The. first place Mrs. Braun and the
Hotel, Third and Hudson streets. Hobo
ken. where they were told that man
answering Brauns description had
stopped there on Thursday long enough
to take glass Of beer and leave a mes
sage. The message was to the erect
that If a Mrs. Braun saould happen to
call she should be told that her husband
| had made up his mind to return to his
| old allegiance in Milwaukee.
1t is this message that has produced
such suspense IN the mind of Mrs. Braun
afternoon in order to solve the riddle In
person. :,
Il know the man does not deserve 1t,
she said To an Evening World reporter
this morning. but l can't help loving
him., and II he only, returns to me l Will
Acting Chief of Police Hayes, Of Ho'
boken, said this morning that even II he
| captured Braun he would scarcely have
any point to hold him on.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
SUICIDE IN the DRIVE.
Carlyle Jurgensen Kills Himself
Near Grants Tomb.
Found on a Bench with a Bullet
Hole Through His Body.
The Address, 81 West Twelfth Street,
IN in One of His Pockets.

A man, believed to Carlyle Jurgensen,
Of 81 West Twelfth street, committed
suicide this morning near Claremont.
Park Policeman Daniel Whalen. while
patroIling Riverside Drive a little south
OF Gen. Grants tomb, at 2 o'clock this
morning heard the report OF a revolt
yer. The sound came from spot JUST
north of the tomb, between One Hundred
and Twenty-second and One hundred
and Twenty-third streets. where there
are q number of rustic benches on a big
mound overlooking the Hudson River.
\ Hastening to the spot he discovered
man lying on one of the benches, while
beside him was a bulldog revolver. Blood
was trickling from q bullet hole in the
left side near the heart. and hasty ex-
animation showed another wound In the
back, where the bullet had passed out.
The man was barely conscious and I'M
able to make a statement to Identity
himself. He was taken to Manhattan
Hospital, where he died at $50 O'Clock
this morning..
The man was about thirty-hve years
old. There was slip Of paper in one of
his pockets with the address, 81 West
.IW0lItn ukEtbtt WEttCh upoh -. $50
waS fairly well dressed, of dark complex
ion, 8 feet inches tall. wore a black
mustache, black sack coat, vest and
trousers, white shirt. white standing coll
lar, four-in-hand black tie, white I'M
derwear. white straw hat and laced pat
ent-ieather shoes.
: Among the effects found upon him
were a box of cartridges. pocket
knife. a pair Of eyeglasses. a key ring
containing one key. an IL" railroad
ticket. brush with which to clean a
revolver and one cent. The revolver
only had one empty chamber.
Al 81 West Twelfth street, which is a
fsirnished-room house. II was said the
suicide was surely Carlyle Jurgensen.
who lived there. The house is kept by
Mrs. lie Dresoner The chambe rmaid
said JurgensNn was a ladies' tailor, but
had been out Of work for long time.
He left the house at 5 o'clock last night.
saying, Katie. good-by. You'il never
see me again "
Jurgensen was deeply religious.
He In thought to have been a widower,
and &c have several children in Roches-
ter.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
THREE BABIES ABANDONED
One of Them Found at the Door q
Hotchkiss's Home.

Three little waits were received at Pc
lice Headquarters between o'clock last
night and II O'Clock this morning. They
were abandoned babies. and had been
found in different parts Of the city BY
One had been left upon the steps IN
front of the home of a weli-known
banker.
The police suspect that the children
were placed where they were found hy
agents of midwives. on whose hands they
had been left.
Baby No. /, a handsome boy about six
weeks old, reached Headquarters at
O. clock last evening. He was found ~
the vestibule at IL East Sixty-seventn
street, the residence of H. l.. Hotchkiss'
the banker, of 80 Broad street.
No. ., pretty, two-months-old girl
baby, arrived at $50 p. NJ. She was
picked up last evening IN front OF the
mansion No. 4 East Forty-eighth street.
the home Of A. Vondreisen.
No. 3, also a girl baby. about Two
weeks old, arrived at 1910 this morning
She was found in the hallway OF 4u
East One Hundred and Thirteenth
street. This waif Is apparently of ltal-
The first two were clean and very
neatly attired. All three are in fine
The first two were turned over to the
Charities Commissioners early to-day. The
third Is still In Matron Travers's care
The evening world., 1894-08-18
DESERTED HERBABts.
Six Children Left to Starve in
Tenement Rooms.
Brave Nellie Tried to Cheer the
Little Family.
Their Father in Prison and That.
Mother Has Disappeared.

Agent Deubert, Of the Gerry socJs,,
mad six children committed TO char,tah,.
institutions in Yorkvil.e Court this MI.
Ing. They were the abandoned chl,dre.
Of John and Nellie Kelley, living a, ,,a
East Seventy-second street. namaJ
aged respectively. John. thirteen years.
Nellie. ten years; Frank, eight yeas,
Daniel six years; Philip. four year, ana
Joseph. two years.
Their father is at present serving a .,
months term on the island for hah,,,.,
drunkenness. while their mother has is,.
them since Wednesday, without evsr
crust OF bread. to the kindness n, ~.
neighbors, who shared wha, thew ~
with the deserted little ones, Inf,rr..
ton OF the chiidrens condition came -
Last eye nHfse'y pe ON Taur r. night
mouse, accompanied by Policemen Ioon eae
s stra Suinvan. OF the East Slxty-seyenth
su rssi sta.ion. They found the Children
with barely s a 1ark corner Of the room,
emaciated bodies. Little Nellie. the n,d
est GIRL was endeavorlng to o,,iet ,t oa-
Win the promise Of some thing To A sa,
In her arms she had the babv which
was 100 weak to move. Deu6ert and
me 2ohcemen collected some ciothna
~ 'ne Shiiuren, and the young ones
were carried to a neighborlng restsurans
and given q hearty meal. u'ah'
Little Nellie acted the part OF a ninth.
er 10 her younger brothers, and went
aDout helping them before she would
81 oown to eat. The agent took the ~.
t ne ones to the Gerry Society's rooms for
Little Nellie is evidently possessed Of
ahe ner rnfid nature. On Thursday night.
wanted some light. There was a bro.
ken lamp IN the mouse, partly filled with
on. As Nellie tried to light 1t the lamp
floor. "iohs ths
But for her quickness some Of ths
Children would surrey have been b,irnas
Sne rulned them out to the hal, and her
s sis Drought neighbors to her as
slstance. One of them picked lin ths
burning lamp and threw Ii to the street'
Inc DINERS put out the flames after 4
slight damage. A
justice Meade, at the request of ths
agent, sent John and Frank TO the Cath.
ollc Protectory, and the others to IN.
Agatha's Home. =" o.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
WOMAN TOOK POISON
DtsDondent Mrs. Whitehouse Died
q in q Hospital,

Mrs. Louise Whitehouse. fifty-four
years old. Of l56 Even street. Williams
burg. died In st. GATHERINGS Hos
pitai to-day from the effects OF a dose
Of Paris green which she took last night
with suicidal intent.
For two months Mrs. Whitehouse has
had . great deal of domestic trouble.
and Of late she has been Respondent.
All day yesterday she visited her
friends and told them that she was
tired of living. and that she hoped her
end would come soon.
She visited a Even street drug store
and bought q big package OF Paris
green. saying she intended TO use 1t in
Killing vermIn. Late last night other
persons residing In the same house heard
. terrible moaning. Tine sound came
from Mrs. Whitehouse's apartments.
Her neighbors broke open the door lead
Ing to her rooms and found her suffer-
ing horrible agony.
Ambulance Surgeon Waldron was
summoned, and she was removed to the
hospital.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
BLIND ACCUES THE BLIND.
Mrs. O'NeiIl Has Her Husband Ar
rested for NOn-SuppOrt.

A case of blind woman charging her
blind husband with non-support came
up in summons case in the Essex
Market Police Court to-day.
Their names are John and Mary
O'Neill. They live at Tompkins and
Broome streets. John makes his living
selling newspapers at the Grand Street
Ferry. The couple were only married
on July 10 last, having previously lived
together for two years.
porting her since they have been mar
ried Her brothers offered to assist
her husband, she says. but he refused
to provide for her.
They were led up before Justice Felt
ner by their friends. The blind man
said that he did not earn enough money
TO support himself. Justice Feitner adj
journed the further hearing of tia case
until the 18th inst. and ordered John 10
live with his wife in the mean while
and support her to the best OF his abil-
tty.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
DID NOT MEAN TO WET THEM.
Miss stephens Threw Water on the
Rabbi in Mistake.

Theresa Stephens. the young girl OF
2s3 Bushwick avenue. Williamsburg. who
was arrested yesterday on charge Of
throwing a pail of water over Simon
Timdel, an officer in Williamsburg
synagogue. was paroled for trial by Po-
lice Justice Watson in the Even Street
Police Court to-day. Timdel and rabbi
were going along Bushwick avenue
Thursday afternoon conversing earn
estly. While passing the girls home the
water was thrown on them. They looked
up and saw Theresa at the window.
Then they secured warrant for her ar
rest.
In court to-day Theresa denied that
she intended to throw water on the
rabbi and his companion. She said her
Younger sister was watering flowers on
a front window-sill and that she threw
what water was left In the sprinkling-
can on the sidewalk.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
FEITNER TOOK PITY.
Released a Woman Found IntOxi-
Gated in the street.

An intoxicated woman, with an in
FAINT in hei arms and a three-year-old
boy holding on to her skirt. staggered
along Avenue A last night. Policeman
Smith. of the Fifth street station. after
seeing her almost fail into cellar placed
ner under arrest. She said she was Jul
ia McCabe. twenty-eight years old. OF
lUG 81 Marks place.
When arra4gnei before Justice Feitner
In Essex Market Police Court. to-day
she cried bitterly, and begged TO be
forgiven. she said that she intended
taking her children to Bath Beach, but
instead went to a friends house, where
she drank too much. She said she was
never arrested before. Justice Feitner
lectured her and told her to go home.
Agent Schmitt, OF the Gerry Society.
said that the woman's husband is on the
island serving six months term for
abandonment. and that two other chill
dren OF the woman are in charitable
mstit ution.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
WAS 1T REALLY SUICIDE?
Bank Examiner MilIers Death at
Altoona Now a Mystery.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 80, p. Tucker.
Deputy Comptroller OF the Currency. to-
day received telegram from a Govern
ment Official at Altoona. Pa. stating
that It was very doubtful whether Bank
Examiner Miller committed suicide yes
terday. as reported.
An officer CT the bureau will probably
be sent TO Altoona with Millers report
on the condition of the suspended Sec
ond National Bank, anu every eIIurt
will De nidue to arrive at a solution OF
the mystery.
$ Il Is understood that Millers report
showed that the bank was practically
without assets. ana that the shortage,
both In cash or bills receivable, trace
able to the speculations OF the dDsCond-
Ing cashier, Gardner. Will amount ap-
proxinately to 100000.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
DIED IN THE DOCTORS ARMS.
The Mother Had Taken Her Child
to Bellevue for Examination.

Mrs. Anna Stephanie, OF 647 Fifth
street, visited Bellevue Hospital this
morning seeking advice for her four
months old son Franz, handsome
child, who moaned and walled in his
mothers arms as she weepingly told
that the child was suffering from sick
ness that she could neither understand
nor alleviate.
She was directed to DR.. Phillips. and
while the latter was examining 1t the
little sufferer utterd Il low moan, gasped
and died Mrs. Stephanie was nearly
distracted over her loss.
The little body could not be at once
restored to the mothers loving arms:
the Jaw provides otherwise in such cases.
Therefore, 1t was carried to the Morgue
and the Coroner notified to examine and
determine the cause of the chiids death.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
DRANK CARB0LIC ACID.
Leopold Janowitx Commits Suicide
in His Home.

At 1880 this morning Leopold Jano-
WITT. thirty-two years old. married. of
g st. Marks place, committed suicide by
drinking carDouc dclu. ne was uespunu-
ent on account of having lost his stu
alton in jewelry store this morning.
His wife sent for physician as soon
as she discovered that he had swal-
lowed the poison. Emetics were adj
mlnistered, Dut they were too late.
Janowitz had secured his situation
only three weeks ago. Before that he
had been out Of work for nearly SIX
months.
The evening world., 1894-08-18
HEIRS TO A BIG FORTUNE.
SIX Cleveland People VIII Divide
About SI,OOO,OOO.

CLEVELAND. Aug. ,s.-six Cleveland
people IN modest circumstances have
fallen heir to a fortune of S,OOO,OO
They are Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Clever
ing, John BARLEY and his sisters. Mary
and Martha. and Samuel BARLEY. Clev-
erIng Is letter carrier, ana Samuel
barley is a moulder. These people had
an uncle named Richard BARLEY, a
Scotchman, who settled in Australia
many years ago. HIS family lost sight
OF him. but he Rmassed a fortune and
died without legal issue. A few weeks
ago the relatives received kilograms
from Australia. inquiring for the names
and addresses OF all the Richard BARLEY
heirs.
This was followed by a letter explain
ing the old mans having amassed this
fortune and dying childless. There are
eleven heirs in all. and the share OF the
six. who live In this city, will not be fai
from s.. 0Qo. 900.