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The evening world., 1894-01-20
THEY MUST PAY OR GOT0 JAIL.
Uneasiness Over the Action of
the Collector Of Taxes.
Thought to BE n New Scheme Of the
Arrears Department.

Much uneasiness was occasloncd to-
day among those who are in arrears for
personal taxes by the announcement
That Judge Beach had issued an order
committing Lucy W. Whiting, Hugh
Kelly, Charles II. Pine. Franklin Farrell,
Charles Meyer and George II. Watson
to Jail for failing to pay taxes on their
personal property.
None OF the orders had been executed
up to noon to-day. Hugh Kelly, who,
with Charles II. Pine and Franklin Far
rel, does a sugar importing business at
IL Wall street. was quite indignant at
the step taken by the Collector of Ar
reais of Taxes. He said he had no fear
of arrest, but declined TO talk about the
matter. He referred the reporter to
Lawyer H. Charles tlman. OF 237 Broad
way. who, he said. had his and his two
business associates cases in charge.
Mr., Clman was greatly surprised to
Beach. He says he had nu notice served
on him Of any such proceeding. There
was nothing. for It now bat To pay the
taxes, he said, and walt until certiorari
proceedings could be heard. when he
felt confident the money woul he re-
turned to his clients OF the showing In
court.
81 NV IdlI'l h' E'il'l. N'lf
residents of Connecticut. and their per
ona property was in cuba. where their
sugar Interests lay.
The case has been on record In Ger
~tiorari proceedings FOR two years" said
Mr.. tlman. but the torp)ratlun coun-
sci by some manipulation kept 1t from
trial in order, as | suppose, TO make "a
test case of II. II Is a new scheme OF the
tax arrears department to try to collect
doubtful taxes The only case which
they have for precedent il that Of li"St.
The personal property in this case was
all In Louisiana, and was decided in the
defendants favor because the Court held
that the situs of the property must he in
the State wherc the tax IL levied
His clients cases were, Mr.. Clman
said, Of precisely the same mature
A me:nber Of the firm OF Kelly. Pin
& Farrell hurried into MIR. llman's office
while The Evening World" reporter was
there, evidently much alarmed at the
possibility Of undergoing a period OF
personal restraint in Ludlow Street Jail.
He was, however. assured by tho lawyer
that things hadn't got to such a pass as
that. but that the money woul have to
be paid at once to s%traiShten matters out.
The cases Of Mrs. whitney. George II.
Watson and Charles Meyer are on the
same footing with those of Kelly. Pin
and Farrell.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
NO GOOD ANYWAY.
She'd better Let Him Go md Club
HIM II He Offers TO Return.

A Philadelphia wife has been asking
the police Of that city to help find her
husband. Frank. collar him ana bring
him back to her and their two interest
ing children, says tho Washington Re
public. The lady Is sur" she has always
been n devoted wife, and Frank AMI she
and the young ones were quito hanpy.
Eut for all his domestic happiness Frank
went ON AMI left her adl the children
destitute, " may h" remarked in pass
ing that Franz vas musical, and about
the time h" disappeared n young lady
Of his aCnuainianCe, who was als> mU-
steal. dropped out likewise and was seen
no more.
Now. on tho face or II this has y bad
look. although Mrs. Frank IL Still fun Of
wifeiy confidence. We wouli advise her
to waste no more thought on the nIys-
teribus disappearance, but let Frank go.
4 man who pOuld deliberately desert n
good wife and two interesting children
Is too mean to u" taken back, even II he
would come. He would not support her
II she could find and drag him back.
But suppose Mrs. Frank should get up
and hustle n little on her " account
Suppose she should go 10 work In earnest
and earn a living for the two children
world after nil. and would help her the
moment It found she had the clear grit
and meant to earn a living. Then after n
while, when the ungrateful husband
came sn.akinC back. as he would he apt
10 when he found she did not want or
need him. she could show him the door
in grand Style.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
FIXED THE ANTE At $1,000.
Justice Hogan's Deal at a Post
Poker Robbery Session.
Mrs. Goodman Won at a Quiet
Game, but Lost Her Jcwelry.

Justice Hogan, who is said by his
American game OF draw listened
eagerly In the Essex Market Court this
morning to the details OF a poker game
In which women figured as principals.
TIL game itself broke up In a cow.
One of the women claimed that she had
been robbed. The police were called in,
and as a result four men and a women
stood a; prisoners before the bar and
the justice.
The game took place In the furnished
rooms kept by Mrs. Barbara Goodman,
al. IS aRivington street. 1t began at 6
d dTt9Ss 'a in. e The !att wreh had na been 'e" fre'
quent visitor at the place. and, accord
ing to her, story, had always dallied with
the chips. She had only N.o5 on enter.
with this she hoped to make a good
"Well.'' she said to the Justice. 1.-THE
everything. oh. yes; there were others
In the game. Well, when my last nickel
had gone. I took of my ring and Mrs
Goodman let me have 81 on It.. Luck was
gave her my watch, and she loaned me
81 on II.
81 lost about three-nfty of the four"
she continued. " and then luck. came my
redeemed my watch. Just then the row
began, hut | know nothing OF any rob
berry"
Mrs. Goodman admitted that this part
of the story was true. She added that
shortly after 8 o'clock three men. named
Ferdinand Romaro. william Nero ana
Luigi ,Psconi. entered the apartment
and took the place Of others who had
At 9 O'clock Nero got up from the
table, she said. and g down to the
basement for his p%vercoat, intending to
leave. In doing sci she alleges, he opened
quietly entered the place and stole ali
the jewelry he could Lag hands on.
Most Of the articles are said to have been
held in pawn for poker debts. They con-
sisted Of two gold watches. three silver
watches. eight gold rings, seven gold
pins two gold bracelets, two deeds of
lots in East New York and a fire insur-
When Nero got back To the poker
table again Mrs. Goodman became sus-
picious and ran down to the basement,
where she missed her property. She
would allow no one to leave until the
police came. On the arrival Of Policemen.
Rosenberg and Abrams all the parties
not be found. Mrs, Goodman then
where the Genello woman lived with
Michael Mayo. The latter was in the
room and all the property was found un-
der a clock IN the mantel. where he had
hidden It.
A general roundup OF all the parties
named followed. Justice Hogan held
them for trial in $1,000 each.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
IT WAS CRoKERS MOTION.
\ Delegate Who Didn't know wn.
Rule out OF DruCr

The absolute influence Of Richard
Croker over his followers in Tammany
Wan was subjected u n rough shock A.
last nights meeting Of the Committee
OIL orgariza tion.
Croker moved tina, tho Secretary read
all the names OF tho Committee. begin
mtg with the First District. II was 50
ordetei.
Reading Clerk McGoldrick began to
read. and had reached the Third MS.
tr!ct when n delegate entered the hall
who had not heard troker's motion.
MIR Chairman" he said. ~ move that
tho further reading Of all the names be
dispensed with, and that the clerk read
only the first name on the roll of each
district"
Down came Mr rurroy's cavcl with a
bang. as he shouted. "rhc gentleman IL
out OF order"
The other delegates looked Mortified.
and several caught tho crring man by
the coattails and pulled him hack into
his seat before he knew what II all
meant. They explained to him that 1t
was Mr.. croker himself who put the
original motion. The delegate hurriedlS
left tho room
The evening world., 1894-01-20
SAVES HIS DOUBLE A YEAR.
Lewis Corn Walks Into Court to
show that Williams Is Not He.

BOSTON. Jan. 2O.-An incident worthy
OF a melodrama occurred in the Crimi-
nel Courtroom Yesterday. one Charles
Williams was before the bar to receive
sentence for larceny and for having
burglars tools in his possession. Will
Jams. from the positive testimony Of
police inspectors and the secondary evil
dence Of photographs. was identified as
lewis Corn. a New York shoplifter, who
has served sentences hereabouts.
Williams seemed likely to get an ad
ditional year for being Corn. lie stoutlv
insisted that he was not Corn; that
Corn looked exactly like him, knew him,
and would soon he in court In answer
to = telegram sent to New Work.
Ten, fifteen and twenty minute passed.
The expected time went by, but no Corn
came. The case was not called up. but
was likely to he at any minute. Five
o'clock was passed. and still no cncour-
agement, and 6 O'Clock was reached with
no change.
The case was called. lis Lewis Corn
In court" asked Lawyer Casey. Just
then in ak a man who created
anna cement In all present. Ifo was the
perfect image Of the prisoner. He salts
fed the Court that he was Corn. and
Williams thus got off very much easier.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
STOLE The SAFE.
Loaded 1t on a Truck and Finally
Blew 1t Open.
Burglars Visit The New Haven
Station at Larchmont.
They Get Only $3.50 for All Their
Trouble.

MAMARONECK, N. Y, Jan. ao.-The
,epot at Larchmont on the .>ew York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad was
entered by burglars early this morning.
The safe was taken from the ticket
Office in the depot. loaded on the bag
gage truck and dumped into a ditch 800
feet from the depot, where it was blown
open.
The burglars secured $3.50 in postage
stamps. express money and railroad
morey. The safe was completely
wrecked.
The noise of the explosion was heard
by the operator at the signal tower. half
a mile away. 1t occurred at 1 o'clock.
The depot at Larchmont is isolated.
and burglaries are OF frequent occur
renee. This Is the fourth time within
two yeats the place has been entered.
There Is no night Waterman at the
place. The station agent this morning
displayed 1 sign:
mo tickds sold; more burglars"
This was understood by patrons OF
the road. they have seen the same no.
tice before.l
Near the place where the safe was
blown open a number OF heavy tools
bearing the name of a contractor in the
vicinity werl found. This Is accepted as
evidence tina the burglars belong in the
vicinity.
The road dtectves are at work on the
IN Use.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
BELLEVUE DOCTORS ACCUSED.
Policemen Complain of I%ncivility at
the Hospital.

Police Justice Martin, at the Tombs
Court this morning, despatched a letter
to Warden O'Rourke, of Bellevue Hos
pital, complaining OF alleged inciv'l'ty
shown to police officers by physicians OF
that institution.
The matter was brought to the atten-
ton OF Justice Martin by complaint
made by Detective Devery, of the Church
street station.
on Dec. "a Devery arrested Victor
Beck. of 4 Carlisle street, for an assault
on Frank Rettig, Of the SAM address.
The men had been drinking together
and became involved In a fight. Rettig's
injuries were such that he was taken to
Bellevue Hospital, where he has re-
manned ever since. The case could not
come up for examination until Rettis
was able to appear in court.
From time to time Deverv has been to
the hospital to obtain a written report
OF the condition Of RettiE In order that
he might present 1t at the police court.
Eleven certificates of this character
have been obtained by him regarding
this case. most OF them being given by
DR.. T. =. Waring.
This morning Devary visited the hos
pital for another certificate, and. so he
says. was discourteously treated by the
doctor. who lntimated that he wal tired
of giving policemen certificates regard
ing the condition of prisoners.
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Drs. Shannon and Lilicnthal, who are
attending him, cannot ns vet determine
whether the internal Mound he suffered
viii prove fatal or not. lie f. suffering
the most intense agony. and is kept CON
stnntly dosci with hvnoderr,ir injections
OF morphine. Ills stomach refuses all
food.
Chevalier Ciiquo,. who Is n Canadian,
is known, and has travelled all over the
world. giving his wonderful exhibitions
of taking steel blades of all descriptions,
watches and chains nto his stomach.
few daN HGo.
Prof Hops. nf the Metropolitan Throat
Hospital. was anxious TO witness these
exhibitions in the interest OF science. and
invited Ciinuot to appear before him and
his associates Yesterday. After easily
disposlnS of a number OF small swords
Just to give him an appetite, the The,a,
duelling sword with a twenty. three
inch blade. After slipping, twenty-five
inches of cold steel into his body he
pound weight at each end. He then
twisted 1t completely around to the as.
constituent OF all.
In doing mis- feat he pierced the lower
ne next took fourteen small blades and
put them down his throat at once.
While they remained there. pr: Hone
suddenly noticed hin grow white and
toiter. Losing his presence of mind,
Or. Hope grabbed the swords. and in
stead of taking them out one at n time,
pulled the whole bundle ont at once.
This lac rated tliquot's stomach and
a~esophagus terribly.
Some years ago this human sheath
had a sword break In two while swal-
lowing 1t. and 1t was thought he could
not live. since then a nuinhc of ac-
cidents have occurred. but none so scri-
Gus as the present one.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
TOTTENS TO DANCE.
Association. THIRD Annual BnIi
md Reception Monday ,cniu

The Third annual entertainment and
ball Of the Star '. lotion Association
will he held at Central Opcra-Iiousc
Monday evening. Boxes VIII be sold at
the clubhouse. liz East ~i'orty-hrst
= root. this evening at y o'clock.
ih" entertainment hes.n+ "A p. NJ
Among IN" artists to appear arc Duny
and Aprler. In Irish comedy. I'd NJ
tnrnt"k. In -. W. k"lly's OnlN Rival"
Miss Jennie b'kccr". soprano solo. The
performances viii conclude with the at
tcrpi"r". rho M.sor.' with Charles
G,amlirh "a the n,ispr.
Tho Reception Committee consists Of
William NJ. Conner. Chairman; \. John
IN. o'iiir", J torrigin. r. +. casey.
:, Johnson j. Malone. The officers are:
7. f. l,rddy. President: l., \ Norton.
First Vice President. j. Cummings. Sec
"ud nresiten', i. Flanncry, Treas.
urer; J. r. GILLESPIE. Financial Snrr.
tary; T.. buffy. cOrrcsponding Secretary;
&. salmon. SergeNnt-ut-Arma.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
NOT ANXIOUS TO PLEASE.
So the Customer Went IN Another
store for Ills Hat.

Business Man-Show me some of your
soft black hats.
Hatter's Cl"rk-Nes. sir. Here's a line
that viii just suit YOU. Best quality and
latest style Gentlcman's hat. What
size"
Haven't you something wider in the
brlm ANA a little higher In the crown
YES. sir. That's the kind We sell to
C~linamcn."
Let me- see some of them, please"
Yes. sir. hut | don think they will
suit you ut all. Nobody but II chinaman
buys that sort Of hat now I've sold
'"m Two dozen Of that Kind in the last
month
THAT style just suits them, does it,
IFS what they ask for when they
come in, is ~
EVERY time"
Ana YOU don't Try to sell them any
other kind, do YOU,
YOU bet | don't"
We'll I guess IN 60 to some store
where they are as anxious to- pleas" n
white man as they are to please n
Chinaman. Good evening Chicago
TribuDc
The evening world., 1894-01-20
SARA A MALE AMAZON.
Added Female Attire to a Feminine
Name While Drunk.

Added Female Attire to n Feminine
Name While Drunk.
William. Sara. a well-known peddler, OF
Mulberry street, was sentenced to three
months on the Island in the Tombs Court
this morning on the charge of disorderly
conduct
Sara got drunk last night. put a pair
Of earrings in his ears, arrayed himself
in a, lady's silk waist and a jaunty hat
with a feather. Inc sailed forth on the
street. OF course. he was Immediately
surrounded by a crowd OF men and boys
who derived great amusement from his
actions.
Then the crowd began to guy him.
One man tore the silk waist from his
back. while others pulled the hat from
his head and played football with It.
During the melee Sara lost one Of his
earrings. He became furious and charged
on the crowd. accusing various ones Of
stealing the earring.
Policeman Burke, of the Mulberry
station. arrested Sara. and also Joe
Perrin. whom Sara accused of stealing
the earring. In court this morning the
latter was discharged.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
WE HAVE NO PATROL WAGONS.
Mason's Report Shows the Work
Done by Them I'm Brooklyn.

Supt. of Police Telegraph Frank c.
Mason, OF Brooklyn. to-day made his 70
port of the work done by himself, eight
operators and four linemen during 1883
There were 1871 ,253 messages received and
transmitted over the police wires. The
arrests. 40, 2g3, were tabulated.
Fourteen of the twenty-five precincts
are equipped with the patrol system.
There are twenty-five dial Instruments
In use. and 342 telephones.
To show the excellence of the system
Supt. Mason says that in the First Pro
cinct alone there were li7, O9l hourly re-
rorts received over the wires from pa
trulmcn. Las wagon calls, 80 Ambulance
trolls 10000 feet of wire, Supt. Mason
calls attention TO the trouble caused by
the Introduction OF the trolley system;
and recommends the adoption OF mo
tallic circuits.
The evening world., 1894-01-20

against Smith In 1858. by Carrie Beadler.
for Islander; The woman ,hcn conducted
d laundry In Saratoga.
The application for the vacation OF the
order for smiths examination Is made
on the ground that Carrie Beadler, tho
judgment creditor. IL dead. Smith
swears that she died three years ago
and that a man named William New.
man. whose address he does not know.
Informed him that he witnessed her
death.
T. McCants Stewart. the lawyer on
the other side. claimed that the woman
Is not dead, and that he saw her not
more than three months ago.
Justice conlan took the papers in the
case and reserved decision.
The feature of the story is that Smiths
friends claim that this old judgment is
rsked up against him for the purpose Of
getting him out Of his position. which
he. obtained through the influence OF
John f.. Milholland.
Il is alleged that a member Of the
Bliss faction is DESTROYS OF getting
Smiths position and has ~instigated this
proceeding to Gust him.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
FIRST STOLE HER HEART.
Now Yetta Accuses Henry of Steal
ing Her Ring.

a pretty German girl made her way
herself as. Yetta I.!ebowltz, twenty years
old, of 81 Willett street. She said she
wanted to have her former sweetheart,
Henry Kreigers of 1872 Delaney street,
arrested for stealing "A damon ring from
her finger.
She admitted thai he save her the ring
as a present. but said she knew OF no
reason Of why he had taken 1t away,
II heard" she said. that he was
going to Germany TO marry another
girl. Please. Judge, Won't you give me
a warrant, so that l can arrest him on
the steamer. He stole my heart as well
as my ring. Cannot I have him arrested
for that"
Justice Hogan said he could not as
sist her. She will have to sue her
former lover In a civil court.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
ANNUAL POLICE DINNER.
DelmonlcO's the Place and Next
Monday Evening the Time.

The thirteenth annual dinner OF the
Superintendent, Inspectors and Captains
of the Police Department, will be held
at Delmonico's mex Monday evening.
Three hundred covers will be laid.
Among the guests invited are Gov.
Flower, Lieut., Gov. Sheehan, Recorder
Smyth, Judge Cowing, ex-District-Attor-
ney Nicoll, District-Attorney Fellows.
Richard Croker, Police Commissioners
Martin, MacLean. McClave inc Sheehan.
and the Tammany Hall leaders.
1t is said that District-Attorney Fell
lows will be the orator of the evening.
DIR. e. II. P%arkhurst has not received
an invitation to the dinner. 1t is said.
though the late Dr.. Howard Crosby,
DR.. P~arkhurst's predecessor as Presi-
dent of the Society for the Prevention
of Crime, was honored on former occa-
sions.
DIR. Crosby nearly always accepted the
invitation, and took an active part in
the festivities and experimenting.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
SAYS THEY TRIED TO ROB HER
Three Jcrseymen Held on Pretty
Annie McISenzey's Chnrge. g"

Joseph Jones and Frank j. Waters. OF
Passa!c, y. j., and John Leljenan. OF
Paterson. were held for highway robbery
in the jefferson Market Court to-day.
Central Office Detective John O'Brien
was walking along Sixth avenue last
night when ne saw The three men struS-
Cling with q woman. The men ran up
the Elevated stairs a. Fourteenth street.
O'Brien followed and arrested them,
ThP woman, who vas remarkably
pretty, said she was Annie McKenZey. Of
IS Clinton place, and thai the three men
had demanded a dollar from her, and
had obtained 1t. They then wanted more
and tr!ei. t. get Il by force.
1t trsuspired thar she had been drink
ing for several hour with he men.
They claimed they had given her money
and were only asking for the return OF
their own,
The evening world., 1894-01-20
CAR CRASHES THROUGH A BARN.
Runaway Accident on the Steinwny
Trolley Line Last Night.

LONG ISLAND CITY. l., J., Jan. 20 a
trolley car on the StcinwaN line ran
away late last night, M when II ar
rived at the corner OF Webster avenue
and Lockwood street dashed through
the side Of the barn OF Contractor
Thomas KavanauSh.
1t passed clear through the building,
coming out the other side. Both the
motorman and conductor escaped any
hurt. The car was badly demolished
and after an hours work the conductor
and motorman succeeded In getting the
car on the track again and running 1t to
the barn for repairs.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
GRIP KILLS EIGHTEEN.
Increase in the Number of Cases of
Contagious Diseases.

According to the report OF the Bureau
of vital Statistics, filed at noon to-day,
there were SIS deaths from all causes
for the week, as against 929 for the
week preceding.
Eighteen deaths were caused by grip.
an increase of three owe last week.
while a decrease of three was noticed
in the number of deaths from pneumo-
mia.
The report from the Bureau of Con-
tagious Diseases showed an increase in
the number of cases of all in fictitious
and contagious diseases. or %diphtheria
there were 2O4 cases. against 1872 last
week: smallpox, % against II last week;
scarlet fever. ia against % last week.
typhoid fever, I. a3ainsti last week.
There were about 100 more cases Of
measles reported than last week. hut
there was a decrease in the number OF
deaths.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
BROUGHT A PAUPER HERE.
\ Connecticut Sclectman Arrested
for Importing II Crippled Negro.

Jacob GimlUp, n S"lc"tman, 81 Led
yard. Conn, brought n culorcd cripple
named Arthur Thompson, To this city
this morning and tried to abandon him
here,
Gtmlup was arrested and taken before
Justice Hogan. in Yorkville Police Court.
who hold him FOR examination, Gamlup
took his man FIRST to a cheap lodging
house and thou To the Department NJ
charities aud Correction, who're Supt.
Flake told lin he must take Thompson
back t. Ledvard.
This C;amlup refused to do, and he was
the arrested and. %"ld under the law
f%urhildiag m" Importation Of paupers
into the state.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
WANTS MRS. BELLAH HELD.
Officer Gone to Woburn with War
rants for ForGcrirs Here.

Chief of Police Macintosh, OF Woburn.
Mass. sent a telegram to the District
Attorneys office to-day hat he has under
arrest Mrs, Annie D.. Bellah, but there
Is no charge upon which to hold her,
Assistant, District-Attorney Lindsay
Immediately sent a reply TO keep her In
custody until the arrival in Woburn Of
an officer from this city with requisiticn
Iapers.
Mrs. Belah Is wanted here for com
hitting a series of forEeries, Her hus-
band Is with her. and II Is alleged that
toe couple have'ihoronghly worked New
The evening world., 1894-01-20
HE BROKE WINDOW PANES.
Did II SO He Could Get Pny for
Putting in New Ones.

Moses Barnett. a glazier. has found
business dull OF late, and evolved a
scheme to better 1t. After dark Barnett
would start out. and when opportuni-
~ offered slyly draw a chisel from his
pocket and demolish the glass in some
show-window. Then he would run away,
but would be on han early next morn
ing to get the job of putting In a new
pane of glass.
Policeman Burke. of the Mulberry
street station. has been looking for Bar
nett for some time, and last night he
caught him in the act of breaking a PAM
OF glass In the windo of Ryan's
jewelry store. 81 Canal street. Burke
promptly arrested him and locked him
up.
In the Tombs Police Court this morn
ing he was held in $500 bail.