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The evening world., 1894-08-23
DIEDFROM HERBURNS.
Leary May Now Have to Answer
for Wife-Murder.
He Is Thought to Have Thrown a
Lamp at Her.
Hut ON Her Death-Se She Said lie
Didn't DO II.

Mrs. Margare; Leary, who was terri
bly, burned in her rooms at lui West
Third street. at 73O last evening. by the
explosion of a lamp supposed to have
been thrown Mt her by her husband,
died ut : O'Clock this morning at ST. Vim.
cents Hospital William Lcary, the
husband. was held without bah by Jus
ticc Hogan. In JEFFERSON Market Police
Court, for the action of u Curoner's jury.
He is II 'longshOreman.
Mrs. Leary made an antc.mortem
statement last night at the hospital,
in which she said that the oil-lamp had
exploded just as Leary entered the
room, and that threc-Curncred cash
which leury has on the back OF his neck
was received by him jumping from a
window.
In spite of this. Leary is believed to
be responsible for the explosion, several
unguarded statements of the wife IL
neighbors and at the hospital going
to show that he hurled the lamp at her
At court this morning Leary said his
cause he had gone home intoXicItcl
There was "A canary In "A cage, and al
he spoke to 1t 1t huttered Mrs. Leary
accused him OF frightening and trying
to hurt the bird. and then they became
bitter in their language.
Lcary said that his wife picked up the
lamp to throw it at him At that in
slant the lamp exploded. Iearys coat
collar caught ire, and, according to the
husbands story, Mrs. Leary tried to ex
tingush the flames. In so doing hci
own clothing caught fire. Then he trieC
to wrap quilt around her, but she RAJ
screaming into the hall Leary said h,
was SO frightened, and confessed tina
he jumped from the window.
Leary is employed on the Savannah
line piers He Is an Incorporate man
In 1877 he was arrested on suspicion o
committing murder. A man named Mich
OILS disappeared from Hecker's mills an,
l.eary was thought to have done ava!
with him. Three weeks later the man
body was found floating In the river
and IL was proved that he had beer
drowned. Lcary was then discharged.
The Learys have been married fifteei
years. They have two children, Michael
thirteen years old, and William, age,
eight. Michael IL at work in Newport
and Willie is at home. He was not II
the rooms last night when the fir
started
The fire did only 500 worth of dam
age to property.
Neighhors wrapped Mrs. Leary II
quilts and tore her burning clothes iron
her. Detective Peterrnan of the Merce
street station, arrested Leary. Peter
man found broken tumbler In tn
room and the broken pieces of tn
lamp The police have n theory tina
Mrs. Leary threw a tumbler at her hus
band. which cut his neck, and that h
threw the lamp back at her.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
CAN LAND AT STlMMEL'S.
Judge eBach Decides in Favor of
Excursionists.

A motion to make permanent tenn
porary injunction secured by John
Stimmel, restraining the authorities OF
Whitestone. l.. l., from interfering with
the landing of excursion and picnic par
ties at his picnic grounds. came up for
argument before Judge Beach, in SUI
preme Court, Chambers, to-day.
Counsel for the village authorities
were not ready to argue the matter,
and asked for an adjournment. Counsel
for Mr. Stimmel was willing to allow
the case to go over for a week provided
the temporary Injunction was contin-
ued.
This, the counsel for the village au-
thorities objected to. and wanted the
injunction modified.
Judge Beach declined to modify the
temporary injunction, holding that the
authorities Of the village had no right
to prevent the landing Of excursionists
at MIR. Stimmers grounds: After the
landing, IL laws were violated. Judge
Beach said the violators could be pun
ished in the usual way. There was
more parleying between the attorneys,
and the case adjourned.
Counsel for Mr.. Stimmel, upon leaving
the court, said that excursionists would
be landed as usual Sunday, and II they
were interfered with in any way by the
village officers proceedings for the ar
rest Of the latter would at once be be-
gun.
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RESCUED BY NElGHBORS.
Agent Wilson Lost His witness,
hut Arrested n bartender.

Agent Wilson, of the Gerry Society.
had a tough time in arresting Francis
Doyle, a bartender, for selling beer to
Maggie Mcguire, thirteen years old. OF
400 West Fifty-fourth street. last even
ing.
Doyle is in the employ Of Saloon
keeper John Dean, at 412 West Fifty
fourth street. In passing the saloon.
Wilson saw the girl coming out with a
can of beer. A few minutes later, she
returned and asked for kummei. IL
was sold by the bartender
Wilson caught hold of the girl, ana
ordered the bartender to come along.
The girls mother then appeared, ac-
companied by crowd Of neighbors.
each shouting advice. One said, He
a Gerry man. Don't let him take the
chiidw Another shouted, III you do,
you won't see II again.
The crowd surrounded Wilson, who
had all he could do to keep the bar
tender in custody. While his attention
was thus taken, up. the nelghborss
wrenched the girl from his grasp, ana
pushed her from one to the other, while
Wilson was hemmed in by women.
Maggie was soon lost to his sight, but
Wilson took the bartender to the sta
ton -house, where he was locked up:
This morning he was held for trial by
Justice Meade in the Yorkvtlle Court.
Dean offered himself as bondsman. but
was rejected.
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Says He CONFESSED Twice.
Mrs. Eitel Tells How She Trapped
Alleged Burglar Gerard.
She Played Detective to Prove Her
Husbands Innocence

Charles Gerard. twepty-one years Did,
OF t., Alcu street, Vac held in default
OF 81 ,OJ1 ban Tor examination by Justice
Feitner IN the Essex Market Court to-
day. lie is the man who was arrested
by Policeman Bucsser. OF the Eldrdge
street station. IN complaint OF Mrs Mary
Eltel. Of la Second street, who alleges
that Gerard confessed that he was guilty
OF a burglary, for which her hus band.
Ernest. was arrested. He Is now in the
Tomhs awaiting trial
your Honor" said Mrs. Eitei, 81 am
convinced. as sure as there is God in
heaven. that my husband Is Innocent Of
the crime"
She tlicn tod what she learned while
playing detective in the enleavor TO prove
her husbands innocence. About ten days
ago her husband was on mis- way home,
with loaf of bread under his arm. when
he met some friends. and stepped into
corner saloon for drink. When Eitel
left the SALON Waterman Tor Joseph
Finger, who has a tailor shop ut 1893 FL
dridIe street. seized him ana accused
him OF breaking into the taiior's prem
ises and stealing $40 worth of property.
Mrs. l2itel says that Gerard then came
to her house ana said that his con-
science would not permit him to allow
an innocent man to be sent to prison.
Your husband is Innocent" he IL
alleged to have said. and l am the
man, who did the JOB. l gave the stun
to William Happell, of 245 Bldridge
street. Happell sold the stun and
didn't give me penny, and feel sore. -
Mrs. Eitel says she next met Gerard
when she was In company with Police
! man Buesser. She told Gerard that the
policeman was her husbands brother.
Again, she says, Gerard confessed that
he was the real burglar. and took the
woman and the policeman to the house
where. the crime was committed, and
, DESCRIBED to them the manner in which
he had entered the place.
| You See" Gerard IL quoted as say
ing. - two months ago | ran away from
my home AT 40 North Third street
brooklyn, where my parents keep q
a place to sleep, | found an empty room
at 1893 Eldridge street. found tn,
Waterman gone and the doors open. SO
went In and collared the stuff"
Gerard was then arrested. and wher
he found himself in the hands of po
liceman, he tried to bluff away his con
| fesslon.
Why" said Gerard to-day. Il was
only giving them n case of Jolly
wanted to work the friends of Eitel fol
suckers and get twenty-five bones from
them. All told them was lies. DO yot
think that | would be such a fool as tC
confess my guilt II l was guilty? l guess
not"
Justice Feitner told Mrs. Eltel to brint
Mrs. Kate Neice of ia East Third street
and her brother in law, who were pres
ent when Gerard came to her house anC
Court gave her until next Monday L
liz said tOh ave confessed his guilt. TIT
produce her witnesses. Mrs. Eitel was {
widow when she married her. presen
husband five months ago. She said tina
he had been very good to her.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
SAVED HER CHILDREN.
Mrs. Kelsey Rushed Through tho
Flames to Their Rescue.
Her Clothes Caught Fire and She
Was Badly Burned.
doctors Have Little Hope for Her
Recovery.

uI:NTINGTON. l.. l.. Aug. 3.-Mrs.
villism Kelsey, of this village. was hor-
,b,y burned last night while trying to
save her children. who were In danger
Of being burned by the explosion of a
kerosene lamp.
Mrs. Kelsey was downstairs In her
kitchen attending to some household
dn,ies, when she heard her children
scream, they being-upstairs. She quick
~ ran upstairs and found that a kero-
sene lamp had exploded, and that her
tvo children were surrounded by flames.
Mrs Kelsey dashed through the blaz-
ing oil and seized the children, who were
in bed. The exploding lamp had scat
tered the burning oil around the room.
and when she reached the children the
whole room was blazing.
Nevertheless Mrs. Kelsey sprang to the
bed where the children were crying and
picked them up. The flames, which were
all about her. set fire to her dress. she
ran downstairs with the children in her
arms, and with her clothing burning
This gave the flames on her clothing
s,me air. and soon she was totally
wrapped in flames.
The brave mother put the fire out on
the clothes OF her children. and the
flames on her own garments, which were
hurnin, her flesh. made her run out into
the yard screaming with pain. Her
cries were heard by some OF her neigh
bora who ran with blankets and soon
hld her wrapped in them. smothering
the flames. Her clothing was cut from
her and she presented horrible sight.
Firsh peeled from her body, and there
was the smell of the burning flesh.
prs. Rodman, Willis and Lindsay were
quickly summoned to attend the woman
and they did everything In their power
TO ease her pain. The doctors. however,
have but little hope OF her recovery.
she was taken back to the house. Her
body Is black and charred from the fire.
The two children were more fright
rued than burned. The lamp was stand
ing on "A bureau in the room where the
children were in bed.
Neighbors rang the fire-alarm and
the volunteer firemen put the flames
out in the house before much damage
was done.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
WEEDS HER FIRST LOVE.
After Marriage and Divorce n Ro-
nance Ends Happily.

The marriage Of Mrs. Annie Pinto
Wood. of Galveston, Tex, and Thomas
Taylor, of Liverpool, England, at Grace
Church Chantry, by the Rev. C. IL. Bot
tome last night terminates n romance
which began when the bride was a
schoolgirl.
She Is a daughter Of the late Arthur
Wellsly Clegg, who came to New York
many years ago. and engaged in bust
ness that extended to Galveston. His
wife came from New Haven, and their
daughter was educated in New England.
While there she met Taylor, and al
though he was fourteen years her senior
they fell in love with each other, and
agreed to get married when she should
reach the age of womanhood.
Her father and mother had In the
meantime moved to Galveston, and, for
getting her promise, when she went
home she MARI, Pinto Wood, of that
place. She was divorced from him a
year ago and her marriage to Mr.. Tay-
Tor followed. They will I've In Calves
ton.
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woman count the passing moments with
such loving expectation. At last the
day came. She had received no further
Intelligence, but she felt sure that he
would come.
The evening was In Spring, genial and
balmy, their little home a wilderness of
blossoms. She prepared his supper with
her own hands; she adorned the rooms
with the flowers he loved, and even laid
out his gown and slippers, and drew his
armchair beneath the window Then
she went to her chamber and put ON the
dress he liked to see her weaT-a nIauVe
silk with dainty laces at the throat and
wrists, and jet and gold ornaments; her
iossy, brown hair held back by sprays
Of hellotrope and sweet verhena. Sur
veying herself in the mirror, she smiled
and blushed, remembering his words
when she had nrst worn the dress.
"Oh. .Laud. you are so beautiful;
always wear this dress, darling, when
you wish to please me-"
The May sun wheeled lower and lower
and at last went down, leaving the earth
wrapped in the dusky mlsts OF twilight.
Maud began to grow impatient. she lii
the lamps In the parlor and then went
out to the porch TO wait. He surely
would come, he would not disappoint
her! The golden tints OF day faded like
the colors of dream; the stars came
out one by one In the hay lustre OF
the sky: and then the moon arose, COM
ing W. grandly above the purple sleeps.
.Stll he. had mot come, and NE poor
wlre's htuft began to grow sick with
.orn C"r ,"ci. AHvthrr hour, and then,
above ne mGrmurous music OF the nishl
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HOMELESS WITH HER BABY.
Twenty Year-0ld Girl Denied ADJ
mission to Founding Asylum
Then Got q Sympathetic Woman to
Hold 1t and Never Came Back.

Miserably clad and with the evidence
of want and suffering stamped upon her
face, a twenty-year.old girl knocked at
the door OF the Founding Asylum,
Sixty-eighth' street and Third avenue,
last night. In her arms. wrapped in n
faded shawl. she held an infant whose
bright little face was in marked con-
trast to that of the woman.
The child, she said, was her own and
was only two weeks old. she had no
home and no place to go to. She wanted
to find work of some kind. and IL would
be next to impossible, she said. to OBJ
tain position as long as she had the
baby. She asked If she could leave it
there.
AS it is against the rules of the in
stitution to receive a child in that man
ner, the young girls request was re-
fused Then she turned hopelessly
away.
Sadie Tyler, of 3ol East Seventeen
street, WIS standing at the corner Of
Sixty-third street and Third avenue
when the woman with her babe came
nature, and when the young mother
asked her to hold her child few mo-
ments she readily consented to do so.
che would be back soon.
never came back. When nearly an
hour had elapsed she became alarmed
and started on a run to the Founding
Asylum. The officials who a short time
before had refused to take the infant.
changed their minds then. and the baby
was given a home.
I All the infant had on was white
dress upon which was stamped the
words, "City Hospital No. TO- Females
1t had evidently only just been taken
out of that institution
The police are looking for its mother.
The evening world., 1894-08-23
AFTER FIVE YEARS.
1oUching Story of an Indian Massacre
and u Young Wife's DevOtiOm.

OK years to-day! what long time"
,shed Maud Merlin. sinking Into the
~" seat by the window, and pressing
aer sad white face against the glass.
An me- how happy I was; but 1t is
1I over; shall never be happy again"
her dark eyes OVERLOOKED with tears,
a"n her memory went back to the old
n"'he Of her childhood, the great, ram
"nns country house. with its spacious
,o''nS' and blazing Ares, and large
" ~, hospitality. She could see the
o.u sarcen, with Its winding borders
a"l cool retreats, and catch the sweet
Suor OF the plnks, and the drowsy muir
n'It OF the bees. and there was the
=, moouoine arbor, beneath which she and
.ary mad sat so often together. How
an " sue remembered one evening above
~ others an evening in royal June
,'v air heavy with spicy odors, and a
W moon pouring down its clarifying
sHt upon the snowy pillows of orchard
'oom' and the long hedges of crimson
,es' "eished down by. their own In
perfume. on that evening sho
ps''hed 10 the story that has been
wien repeated. but khich never
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she heard a sharp step upon the gravel.
ara started to her feet, flushed and
breathless; but the next instant she fell
back pale with disappointment, for the
step was not his-she knew that long be-
fore the person came in sight. lie had
advanced towards the porch where she
sat with II slow. uncertain step, observ-
ing which, and recognizing him as one
of her neghbOIs, she advanced TO meet
him.
MIR, Rutherford, is 1t you? / am
looking for my husband. What do you
think can dctain him. -
the man stood still, his face full OF
silent, unspeakable pity. Something In
his expression caught her quick eyes,
and size sprang forward and grasped his
arm.
MIR, Rutherford. you bring me It'd
inss. Speak, don't keep me In sus,
pruse."
sun the man was silent.
"Oh, sir" she entreated. don't trine
with my feelings. Do you know any
thing concerning my husband? II you
do, for mercy's sake speak OUT"
Madam, have heard tia; is ~
husky ana broken,
Her face grew as white AS death; but
her eyes were clear and calm. and her
hand strong. as she grasped his arm.
"Sir il YOU pity me. tell me the
worst AT once can bear It,"
'eWe ell. madam, your mugband and his
party hSvc hce'r -wnyhti ana murdered
by tie Indians"
"Ar' lrd none oscd1eg'
Not one"
The evening world., 1894-08-23
FALSE ALARMS SENT IN.
Two Harlemites Suspected of Ring
ing Fire Calls.

false alarm of fire was sent in at
L o'clock last night from One Hundred
and Sixteenth street and Madison ave-
nue.. Soon after another false alarm
was sent in from l16 Manhattan avenue.
Policemen were instructed to keep
sharp lookout for the mischief-makers.
A; $50 A. M, while Policeman Tripp,
of the East One Hundred and Fourth
street station. was ON patrol, he saw
two men approach a fire-alarm box at
one Hundred and Eleventh street and
Fifth avenue. He accused them of send
ing in a call. but they denied 1t. He de-
taIned them, and soon afterwards en-
glnes arrived in response to a false
alarm from that box. The men were
then arrested. They said they were
Matthew Henry br s X Eyer H tWenty
and Tenth street, and Thomas Burns,
twenty-six years old, a plumber, OF One
Hundred and Thirteenth street and
Park avenue.
Justice Taintor. in the Harlem Police
Court, to-day held the accused men in
$500 bonds for examination.
The evening world., 1894-08-23

grows old. Maud, my darling, l love
you-wlll you be my wife?" She re-
called the very words, she seemed to
hear his dear voice, and see his tender
eyes. The betrothal ring was still upon
her finger, just as he put 1t there that
night, and beside II another, even yet
more sacred. her wedding ring.
And this stormy, desolate night was
the anniversary. Six years ago and the
old homestead had rung with music and
revelry. Every window blazcl with
light, and every broad hearthstone
glowed with flaming logs For on that
night, robed In white. and adorned in
blossoms as spotless AMI sweet as her
own virgin heart, Maud, sole daughter
of house and heart. and beauty and belle
wherever she went, became bride.
Bidding farewell to the old home and
the old friends, Maud went forth with
her husband thenceforth and for
ever. TO be the light OF his home, and
the inspiration Of his life.
One year. one short, sweet, happy
wear. that went by like some rare. rich
melody. without siGG'" not" of Gr-pru
20 break its divine perfection. and theH
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Brooklyn Amusements.

Maud heard no sound. Her heart was
far back with the husband she loved
so well The old dress had revived old
asS0eia ions, and his very presence
looked up with clasped hands and
oh, Harry. on, my husbandr she
murmured, III you knew how I love
you, how | mourn your loss, surely your
soul might speak to mine. and tell me
ma YOU are near me-
MAUD, my, wife, my darling"
SAe started to her feet, with a won
derins, startled face. There he stood,
worn ana weary, changed from the
man he had been, but the wife reoog-
ment solemn awe filled her eyes. and
her love hesitated and trembled In the
presence OF spirit from the other
on, Harry, my husband you are not
dead, you have come back to mer'
hls passionate kisses on her face, his
StronE arms and throbbing heart. an
swered her as no words could have done.
lie had come back to her from imprts-
oumcnt amid the Wild Western noun
tlnS, tT9mg perils and dangers. and
For while, after she had heard his
story, and fully assured herself that he
was really flesh and blood. and not .
lay quietly weeping on his bosom; then
she arose, with IA solemn tenderness In
her eyes, and leading him to the little
couch, drew aside the curtains, reveal
ing the little face, flushed and dimpled.
in slumber, and the small, chubby lists
fast clinched together.
Harry Merlin looked on without .
word. then, bending down, he kissed the
little sleeper with JOY and thankfal-
ness in his soul too deep Cor uttsrance.
And ON Ihs stormy night. after weAfy
years of IMPRISONMENT amid baThRroile
hnytes, after having endured trials and
buriship5, snd almost death Itself. this
was how Harry came home. -Pittsburg
Leader.
The evening world., 1894-08-23

~. troubIe came. The bare remem-
hrance of IT blanched the wife's cheeks,
and made her breath come in quick,
painful gasps. At the close OF mat snort
nanny wear of her welded life her hus-
band received information concerning
the illness OF an only brother residing III
California. he was dying OF SLOW but
sure disease, and wished to see his broth
er's face once more. Harry Merlin ala
not hesitate an instant; the pain OF duty
was plain-he must go. Maud ehtreatea
TO be permitted to accompany MIN, out
he was inexorable. The risks and hard-
ships were too great.
Left alone, Maud was not the woman
TO give way to dependency: 1t was her
nature TO keep her face to the sun she
kept herself busy with the duties OF her
household and at last the dreary days
went by, and tidings from Harry came
He was safe at the journeys end, nut
his brother was dead, leaving Harry,
however, the inheritor OF considerable
fortune. Just as soon as his business
matters could be arranged, Harry
wrote, he would start for home. Soon
after a second mail came, bringing IN
telligence that Harry, In company with
quite a party OF brother travellers, had
set out, taking the overland route.
Maud counted the days with throb-
bling impatience; the parting had been
so long-so she pinned TO see his dear
! face and hear his voice once more. She
| worked from morn till night. filling the
irooms with little ornaments and getting
,.r lttia surprises against his return.
, Sb, cultivated III h9"cIg 3c l9v'd aua
! ,ang the ballads ~ sdmired; neyci did
The evening world., 1894-08-23
FIRE DESTROYS FIVE HORSES.
Trottcr Continental PerIshcd in the
Tammany Stables.


Tnmmany Stables.
Four fires occupied the attention OF
the Brooklyn firemen during last night.
In two instances, the flames broke out
in stables, and several horses were
burned to death, among them the trot-
ter Continental, valued at $1,000
Continental was owned by John Duse
and was stabbed in a building in the
rear of the Tammany Hotel, on the
Boulevard. Shortly before midnight
smoke was seen near the roof of the
stable. An alarm was given, but the
fire broke out through the sides Of the
building.
The animal was roasted alive.
The building was damaged to the ex-
tent of $500 and stock worth 81 900 was
destroyed. The cause of the fire Is un-
known.
At 2 o'clock this morning fire broke
out from some unknown cause In Z
one-story frame stable, 1873 and 1856 Union
street, Brooklyn. The flames were first
seen at one corner of te structure, but
within five minutes the whole structure
The f1remen got several horses out Of
the building, but the flames cut Off four
animals, which were smothered to
death.
The building. which was owned by
John Collins, OF 354 Degraw street, was
destroyed 1t was valued at 81. 900. The
other losses were as follows: Eight
5000, and two wagons. owned by Louis
Hams, a grocer, valued at $50 each.
The two-year-old child of Joseph Skin
ner, of 269 Pacific street set fire to
the premises last evening while playing
with matches. The furniture was dam
aged $500, and 1t will cost $1,000 to repair
the building.
FIRE broke out in a three-story brick
building 26 and Is Division street. After
short fight the firemen extinguished
the flames.
George Herbert a paper-maker. lost
81, 900 worth of stock, and goods on the
upper floor. occupied by Cook q Gunni-
son, carpet cleaners, were damaged $50.