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WM. 7. ZELL Is A DEFAULTER.
mrs DTslPPEARANcB ON FRIDhT
EIPLIINED TESTERDfE

$4,000 SO NiSsine iro- Ttts Ci.h 80
Treasurer az the L-htah rss wtike.-
bsrre tosI Co-E--w us ws- suspected.
Treasurer William T. Zell Of the LehIRh and
Wilkesbarre Coal Company is short in his ae-
counts about $4,000 This was revealed BY
the Investigation YESTERDAY and the fact that
Zell knew that the Investigation was 60 be
made probably explains why he disappeared
so suddenly on Friday.
vIce-Presidsnt Williams Of the coal com.
many said yesterday that President j. Rogers
Maxwell had been told recently something
about the life Zell was leading and on Friday
morning when Zell went to the Office he was
spoken to- He was told that his books were to
be examined. lie said the statements about
him were lies, and that his accounts would he
found all right. Then he set to work to write
up some late entries in his hooks and rre-
pared TO assist In the examination. He went
oct for lunch and did not return. About 3
o'clock q telegram from Zell was received at
the coal companys once. saving that he had
gone to see n doctor. and requesting those
who were examining the books to walt until
later in the afternoon for him But the exami-
nation was Kept up. and in the mean time de-
tectives were sent 10 SEQ what had become Of
Mr.. Zell.
Tho detectives were successful-nbundantly
buceesslul-IOT MT Nlllhns SAYS, zen
was traced out Of the city in three different
directions; but II Is not known where he is at
present
The combination OF the outer doors OF the
safe was known in the office. but that Of the
burglar proof com partment was known only
TO Mr.. Yell and yesterday this door was forced.
A few fossils and relics Of mastodops and q
few other things were all that was found in
the apartment. No securities are missing.
The investiKRtion showed that Xell got the
money by taking it from the petty each. He
must have put In false vouchers TO do that.
Zell has been Treasurer OF the comwany for
three years succeeding Mr.. T. X. Lang. Of
whose estate he Is executor. and the amount
must have been taken within that period
more than $4,000 1t was proved to he some
what larger.
Zeii was ~ years old. and Rad grown up in
the ONCE, which he entered when he was III
He was advanced TO his recent post OF trust
Involving the handling OF 81 .OOO. 900 a month.
because Of his ability and the general belief in
Mr.. Williams saye that the detectives report
that woman known ~ Miss Josie Hoffman.
and described as q small blonde. whose name
has been asso ciated with Mr.. Xelrs. left town
at the same time MIR. Zell disappeared. But
then. the detectives traced Zcll out OF town in
three different directions, and II Is also said
Monday night.
Mrs. Zeli declines to believe that her hus.
band Was involved with any woman, and
thinks that something has happened TO him
he was In tho habit OF carrying large sums OF
money with him-or that he has been taken
s25 600 bond furnished BY the Fidelity and
Casualty Company. which is looking FOR Iell.
and which makes point OF finding deiaulters
a. . matter OF business
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DENTIST roMpxINs ARRESTED.
10 sna His wire Accuse E.sh Other OF
BIgamy Before Justise Goettiue.


Three months after Elizabeth Bloeth then
10 years old. OF 2T8 Pulaski street Brooklyn.
married Martin Hammer. a railroad brake
man. IN September. 1885. Hammer was sent to
Sing Sing for four years for grand larceny.
She subsequently was told that Hammer had
two other wives living Believing that her
marriage TO Hammer was Illegal. she accepted
the attentions OF Clarence Tompkins a dem
tist. and was married to him by the Rev DIR.
White in this city on Feb 10. 1896 Shortly
afterward Tompkins opened . dental ONCE
at !. 1851 Myrtle avenue. WillismsburGh. About
fifteen months ago. after quarrel with his
wife. he tried to commit suicide BY inhaling
chloroiorm. He wss revived. and he told friends
that constant quarrelllng with his wife had
driven him almost TO distraction. He left her
and their two children. Clarence and Teesie.
Tom heard botGins Of him until two
weeks ago. when she was told he was inter
this city and that he had married Mrs. Jo-
sephine Ialmer. widow. Mrs Iompkins 90.
HIM hines and yesterday Se Ws Usn sTfaiEned IN the
lee Avenue , Police Court william sbnrghi be
Eins was held in 800 bail
An examination OF this case" the lawyer
Is nothing In It as far as abandonment il con-
cernsd, This woman i: n siSspis. she t,.n was
before Tompkins married her.
That's false" exclaimed Mrs Tompkins.
My husband 10 q bigamist, and not l. He 10
my only lawful husband"
TO q reporter Mira TOmpkins afterward saidi
Before m arr cd Mr.. 4 omp kins told him all
about my marriage to Hammer. and how had
been deceived. Mr.. Tompkins told me that
since Hammer was already married was free.
my marriage to him having been practically
annulled After Mr.. Tompkins and l were
married he becam nervous about my marriage
to Hammer. and suggested that We see
q lawyer with view OF having that
marriage nnnuled. paid q LAWYER
$50 TO bring an action TO annul my marriage
to Hammer. but the lawyer never did any
thing. About two years ago Mr.. Tompkins
brought his brother to the house. and this
brother became so insulting to me that
ordered him out OF the house Then my hus-
band began TO treat N Q with cruelty and finally
he left me altogether: Before leaving me he
tried 20 kill himself. When Hammer had
served his term he married again. In March
last, while employed as o brakeman on the
Long Island Railroad. he was run over and
killed / don't know where his widow now ia.
But when Tonpkins says that am O bignmist
he makes n mistake. He was married to
Josephine Palmer by the Rev. Theodore T.
hoerner Of the Emanuel Lutheran Church in
briggs avenue, WllliamsburRh"
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Tomorrow III. G. G. C,us. win DO 1T.

At noon yesterday 100 men In single nls.
and dressed in white muslin suits. white
aprons and white caps. marched down Broad
way. Every NTH man carried . banner. The
inscriptions on the banners were varied One
was. Try Our Pickled Pigs Feet" another.
We Tickle the Palate another We Care
men who didn't carry banners carried baskets
or walters trays They marched down TO Wal
liam and Nassau. The brokers Euyed them
and had great fun with them The restaurant
keeper who hired them said he had a double
object First no wanted TO relieve poverty,
and next. he wanted TO advertise his business.
The hundred men hung about tho down-toNn
business streets all the afternoon
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A BURGLAR PLEADS GUILrr
Aad Incidentally Rema RI that He Has'Tw
Ballet. In His Right Thigh.

IN htts AtCht
when Alexander Slowey was arr&gned be-
fore Judge Preisel in the Fourth Precinct
Court In Newark yesterday morning. and he
was asked what he had TO say TO charge Of
burglary. he pleaded guilty. and incidentally
remark ed that he had two BULLETS in his right
thigh. They had been there since his arrest,
eight hours before. and they were biz bullets.
which hurt considerably. but he had not
thought IL worth while TO complain about
them. He was sent TO the City hospital for
treatment
Patroiman William stueky, the amateur ath-
lete OF the Fourth precinct shot Al Slowey At 2
O'Clock in the morning. hut did not know that
he had hit him. The policeman found three or
four men irving to break into the rear Of
Joseph Wightmans house Mt the corner OF
High and Bank streets and running into the
yard. he cornered them in the basement and
ordered them to hold M their hands. They
all complied and kept their hands up until
stucky sounded one rap with his night
stick. Then they all broke away and He'd
In different directions. Stucky ran after them.
firing as he went until he had EN- pted the i've
chambers OF his revolver. He went over elk
fences and finally cornered Slowey In an area
In Nelson place. Meanwhile Patrol man Dauth.
attracted by the pistol shotr. seized another
OF the gang as he was running down Bank
street. He gave his name as Wiltsam Shep-
lard OF Elizabeth. He was locked w at Police
Headquarters Both men coniessed;yesteriays
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III. snrIuE Acad.nr

Following the Water Color Society exhibition
at the Academy OF Design. which opens next
Monday. will be the regular sprin: exhibition
Of the Academy Of Design. announcement OF
which Is made Lists for the spring exhibit
tion must be sent In by March and paintings
will be received antil March 10. The exhibit
tion will open on April ?, The jury Of selection
will he made up Of + II. Blashheld. J. Il. Brs-
Wort. u; Bristol, George dc Forest Brush
Charles CalyeTley. j. Wells ChAmpnsy. NJ 1. t..
de Haas. Frederick pieimAn, frank Fowler. h.
swain Clifford, Hamilton Hamilton. William
Har', J. scott Hartley Robert C. Minor Thorn
as Moran j. Francis Murphy Waiter l.. Pal
laeE, Walter shlTlag. Wordsworth THOMPSON
and Carleton higgins.
The Clarke prize OF $500 for the best Ameri-
can tguTe composition and the Dodge prize OF
a ike amount for the best picture painted IN
the United states by a woman will DO awarded
a. usuAL but the three hAlRaTtsR prizes OF
s;SlO 500 aud : 100 for the three best paint
ings done in the United states ty Americans
under 30 years Of age and which in past years
have gone teSgtnR for want q . quorum Of
exhibitors 70 award them. VIII be bestowed
this year ~ = vote Of the Iury Of selection.
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ARRESTED AFTER GETTING Keller
Jaaitor Mach Accused OF Imposing .
Charitable AssocIation.

Jaaitor Mach Accused OF Imposing o. =
Charitable Association.
Frederick Minch. janitor OF Ave fsts.at155t
street and Third avenue. was remanded 10 the
Morrisapia Police Court yesterday on a-charge
Of obtaining assistance from the Relied Assoc
citation Of the Twenty-third and Twenty-iourth
Wards on false pretences. On Jan. Is he
called at the associations ONCE. at 5o4 Willis
avenue. and asked for assistance. He said
that he had been receiving salary Of S45 .
month, but that II had recently been stopped
As 10 Its custom. the association gave him
enough proYis!ons to last several days and
sent an agent to Investigate the matter
On Jan. 20 Agent Henderson found that
Minch was still receiving his salary and be-
sides had bank account. That day Minch
sent a letter 70 the Rev. q. Edward Talmage.
Secretary OF the association. thanking him for
the food and asking for q suit OF elo<hes. un-
derwear shoes, and more provisions. and say
bad him arrested
In court Minch insisted that he was In need,
and produced handful Of bills to prove his
Indebtedness. He hastily replaced them in
his pocket. Justice Fe;tner insisted on seeing
them. They proved to be bills from butchers
and Groeers. amounting to about $3.50 Minch
will be brought Nd for examination nextsTuesl
day.
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A NEW ELECTION MY BE ORDERED.
Brookiyn's Eighth Ward Supervisorship
Likely TO be Declared Vacant.

Brooklyu's Eighth Ward Supervtsorshi p
Likely to be Declared Vacant.
The motion for a mandAmus to compel the
Board OF su pervisors and Supervisor at Large
Fitehie OF Kings county to recognize George
Kehoe. Democrat, as the Supervisor OF the
Eighth ward. was argued yesterday before
Justice Cullen In the Supreme Court Stick
svers. the Supervisor OF the ward for 4 term Of
two years. died in October 1892. and kshoe
vas elected by the Aldermen to I'LL the vacancy.
There was no election for a Supervisor in the
ward 1t the last election. and the Democrats
apprehensiye that an effort would be made to
unseat Kehoe. had him resign Just before the
close Of the year and reelected by the Alder
men: Mayor Schieren refused to approve the
resolution making the appointment, and the
new Board Of Aldermen elected Fred llnde. o
Republican. as Supervisor OF the ward. The
nandamus proceedings were then Instituted
Justice Cullen said that there was an i'm
portant question Involved. The Constitution
provided. that. when vacancy occurred, it
the year succeeding the creation OF It. The
people In this case ought TO have selected a
successor TO Mr.. Stickeyers at the election fol-
loving his death; ior there was ample time.
and. on jan ], his successor chosen at the
previous election ought to have taken Office
But there was no election 20 the office. and the
stieIeyers. but to the failure OF the people to
elect his successor. Justice Cullen reserved
his decision. II Is thought that the election,
both OF kehoe and Linde. may be declared Ia
valid. and . new election ordered.
The Republican Supervisors were to have met
yesterday and organize the Board without the
presence OF the Democrats, but sufficient
number did not turn up 20 form q quorum
cpd there was an adjournment until next
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ACCUSED BIT CREDIIoRG
A Member OF the Late FIra az A. a j
LsyS Charged with FaIsifyiaE His Books.

A Ms@bsr OF ths Late FIra az A. a. j.
LsvS Charged with FaIsifyiaE His Books.
Jacob Levy oi143 East Seventy-e eighth street
was arrested yesterday by Roundsman OBrien
OF the Essex Market Police Court squad and
was held in 5000 bail for examination on
Feb. on a charge OF fraudulent bankruptcy.
lie was a member OF the firm Of A. J. Levy.
el1thieIs. in broadway. near Eighth street.
who failed ia November. 1892. with liabilities
OF SlSU OOU.
The complaint contains charge against
hr. Levy Of having made false entries in the
books OF the iiTm so as 10 ds'raud the creditors
aud cover mlsApDropriAtiOns OF the money and
property OF the firm. Among other transact
lions referred 20 are loans ,Or . total OF SIS
- alleged to have been made by jacob
Marks TO the firm between Dec. 80. 1887 aud
Nov. =, 1881. 1t 10 alleged that on April 20.
lHO. S!,U3l.2l was paid 10 Marks. Ibut that
the books made the amount only S22l 81,
Marks Is a relative OF Lew, and IL is alleged
that he never lent the firm ans money AZ all
Mr.. LeNys LAWYER said that the case was an
attempt 70 settle civil action In a or! minAl
court
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ocBs MADE HIS SIDE noon HIS 'FRONT.'.
Nevertheless, = Brooklyn Church Prevents
the Licesst.g OF His saloon.

Nevertheless, = BrookIyn Church Prevents
the Lice.s,.g OF His Saloon.
Ernest ochs applied for license some time
ago 10 open q saloon at De kalb aud Franklin
avenues. Brooklyn. The De Kalb avenue en-
trance to tho building 10 less than 200 feet
from the De Kalb Avenue Methodist Church.
and the pastor and the mem bers Of the church
protested against the granting OF q license
under the law which provides that no saloon
shall he opened within 200 feet OF q church.
To overcome this difficulty, Ochs arranged
that the entrance should be around the corner
in Franklin avenue. foot or Whereabouts out
side the prohibit ed limit, Tho church people.
becoming satisfied that Excise Com missioner
SchllsmAnn. who Is TO retire from office at the
close OF the month. was going to grant tho
license. got out temporary I'M In etion yester-
day from Justice W. J. Gaynor. directing the
Excise Com IN issiouers to show cause on Jan.
2. why the license should be granted.
In the atfidavits presented TO Justice Gaynor
Il was alleged that Com missioner ochliemann
had promised to grant the license Just as SOON
as the ia pers wers prepared.
There was q rumor in brooklyn yesterday
that Mayor hchieren may possibly take the
came action as he did In the case Of Fire Com
missioner Ennis " Suspending Mr.. Schlie-
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Welded A CHISlM1N.
Fourteen.year-o,d Lizzie Feuerstein Wants
Divorce From wsh Gee.

divorce From "sh Gee.
Catharine Feuerstein OF 1ol Walnut street,
Newark. requested City Attorney Dempsey Of
that city yesterday TO procure q divorce for
her daughter and to proceed against Justice
Seidel OF William street fer marrying the girl
to q Chlnaman when she was under age.
Lizzie Feuerstein is IA years month and 90
days old. and has been married to Wah Gee. a
Laundry man for four weeks. but las lived at
home with her mother since the marriage.
She 10 the girl who visited this city with Wah
Gee In 1892. when they were arrested and the
girl was sent back to her parents in Newark.
Wah Gees laundry was then in the base
ment OF the house in which the Feuersteins
live. and he was a frequent visitor TO their
rooms taking them Ice cream and candy and
making himself, popular with The family, lie
years old. tut her baptism al certificate shows
that she was born on Dee. i. 1919
Wan Gee to Justice Of the Peace Seidel's home
in William street on Dec 20 and that they
aal sam S n Shs
years ago. Her name was Ida Dunn. she has
wives for Cinnamon 10 Newark. Lizzie told
Justice seidel that she was IL years old. She
wah Gee since. She went to the shop one
day after the maFrtass and: i Is said.
Shop Wts her neI mO,se ee Who SfS Wanted wnS
hs ss Wan Gss sS SSi
hymns in a Presbyterian sunday school. He
says Lizzie is up TO snun. and knew Just what
eli the trouble is due TO the fact that she wants
him TO live with his mother in-lAw. He points
married men Of his race and are happy. and
says that he will provide for her we'll. He has
shs T.Dq.attioP o. Icing Kindly snd generous;
$50 for marrying the couple
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MUNYON'S SUCCESS.
Mr.. j. j. MeGAKVEY As a
WITH ESs.

Mr.. J. J. McGaFvey OF the Philadelphia
Times" SAYS: have had caiarrh Tor ten
years. and during this time spent over 500
for treatment receiving veTy little benefit.
Recently / obtained Munyon's Catarrh Rene
dies. and after using them a short time aud
that am completely cured
Have you CatATrh Are ron wiling 10 ia
VestiEAts a treatment that cures tataTTh ~
removing the cause II 50 ask your druggist
for a POO. bottle Of Munyon's CatATrh Cure and
q poe. bottle Of CataTTh Tablets. The atATrh
ten. and the Tablets will cleanse aud heal tile
aniletsd pans and restore them 10 . natural
and healthtul &c iitt0n.
Munyon's Honl0pathic Home Remedy
COmpsny put mp SPECIFICS for neAFlY every
disease. which are sold by all druggists.
mostly for - cents 4 bottle.
Emlneht dletOrs-at your service free
Not penny TO IaT Tor tho fullest medical
sGaminati they can make for You Munyon
H0mRoPaShic Remedy Con DaUy EAst l+th
a. ~ A-AaE
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PLUxBERs COMPLAIN LOUDLY
Mayor GiiroT Thinks OF ReorE aaizinE the
Exa nIniag board.

Mayor Giiror Tanks OF Reorg.aizinE the
ExaninIsg Beard,
More complaints than have been made
against the administration OF all the other city
departments and bureaus together have found
their way during the past few months TO Mayor
Gilroy. all directed at the Examining Board Of
Plumbers. This Board was created by chap
ter COZ OF the laws of 1892. Three members
John MeKeuna. Michael Ryan. and Joseph W.
O'Brien-were appointed by the Mayor. The
other two Col. George u. Scott, Chief In
spec,or Of Plumbing. and Horace Loomis. en-
Ginee. in charge OF sewers. are mem bers OF
otficio. and Col Scott is the Chairman Of the
Board.
No plumber Is permitted to practise his
trade in this city without license or certifi-
cate from this Board obtained after eXamina-
ton as TO his fitness.
The complaints which have poured in on the
Mayor make accusations Of fayoritism and
needless delays on the part OF the Board which
seriously AFFECT the business interests Of the
com lainAnts.
Mayor Gllroy has had several members OF
the Board before him. and 10 seriously cocsid-
ering the removal OF the Appointiye mem bera
He has discovered that there Is no provision
for their removal in the act creating them. but
is OF the opinion that 1t may De accomplished
under some general law. Two o! the mem beIs
otthe Board are master plumbers and one .
lourneymAn.
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SUING "DISCRETION.n
Ex.Street Cleaning Employer Tank They
Can Collect Their Salaries.

Ex.street Cleaning Employer Tank They
Can Collect Their Salaries.
Drivers and hostlers OF tho Street Cleaning
Department have decided 10 test in the courts
the right OF Commissioner Andrews to sus-
pend them without pay. remove them. or with
hold thei. salaries without giving them fair
sci TO bring test suit in the name OF one of
their number. These men claim that under
sAlaTied EN- ployees OF the city. and that there
IL no authority vested In Commissioner An
drews TO dock their pay as he has done, and
that 10 case OF removal or suspension without
hearing they are entitled 10 sue and recover
from the ctr the salary which accrued during
such removal or suspension,
The law IN question permits the Street
Cleaning Com mtssloner, in his discretion. on
proof satisfactory to him. 10 remove or sus-
pend employees or to dock their salaries but
the men say that this proof must he given In
hearing So that they naJ have the oppoTtu-
nifty ~ Tebut II.
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SAW THEIR MOTHER KILLED.
mRa sHEA aUsDERED m THE sTeHr
OF uER CHILDREN.

ANss shssttag Her rhr~e Ti~ss. Hcr Hss-
nssa seat a But 81 In'o His Own Head,
ssa My Dis-Out or Work end Jesisus
John O. She's. ear conductor. - years old.
shot and Instantly Eilled his wife at their home.
163 Rea1s street. early yesterday morning.
Then he attsmp ted 10 commit suicide bJ nring
bullet into his own brain.
The couple were married thirteen months
s~o. Before she married Shea the voman's
nsms was Margaret Johnson. and sho was a
widow with six children. Shea was a widower.
and had two children In a convent IN Rock
and county. The couple became acquainted
ebout sixteen months ago. when Mrs. johnson
used to ride on the ear Of which Shea
vas the conductor. Two OF the womans
daughters are married. one to a man named
wittpenn living ut 30 East Sixty.frst street,
and the other 20 a man named strobel, living
81 3B3 First avenue. The four younger chill
drss. Margaret II years old; James. 10 years
cid; Maris, aged 10. and Peter aged II. lived
With their mother.
Shea was Of q moro.e and jealous disposi-
ton. Three months ago he lost his place as
conductor on the Canal street line. After that
he spent his time about the house. abusing
every one. On Monday afternoon Mrs Witt
penn invited her mother TO go to the theatre
She had two tickets for The Corner Gro
Ger" at the Germania Theatre shea de-
manded one OF the tickets. saying that II his
vile went cut In the evening he proposed to
70 with her. Mrs shea replied that as they
had only two tickets he would have to stay at
home. and that she did not propose to spend
any more money on him. Then shea became
angry and left the house; hanging the door
reached the theatre they cav Shea standing
In the rear OF the house. lie scowled when
About n hour after his wife reached home
Shea cam into the house and went directly to
bed. The couple occupied u small room ad-
Shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday morning
one OF the children was awakened BY her
,sS ytps on o Ip IN y H. se room EtS
bis iisSt hand and wa. evidently iryins q pin
his arms and tried to pull him away. He
threw her of with an oath. Then there WAS a
eheA fred two more shots with the mu2zle Of
the revolver pressed against the woman
head. Then he put the weapon into his pocket
and vent into the next room.
Ths noise OF the shots had awakened the
other children and they ran screaming into
Shea had Killed his mother Poicsnen bella.
ton ran up and found Mrs. shea's BODY upon
the sofa There were two bullet wounds Just
body they heard the report Of a pistol IN the
the bed with q wound in his nead Just back Of
the right ear. An old -fashioned 32-cslibre re-
rolver. with four Of the chambers empty. lay
on the floor beside the bed. The man was
conscious and evidently In great pain. lie
whore Il was said that he would probably die.
IL sthought that after going to bed Shea
and his wife had quarrel and she went into
the chdren's room and lay down on the sofa
This probably enraged Shea all the more. and
going to the trunk where he kept the weapon,
he got the revolver with the intention OF muir
dsring his wife.