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The evening world., 1894-02-07
MARGARET GRACE DEMENTED.
Her Railway Mystery Yarn Believed
to BE Imaginary.

RAILWAY. N. j., Feb. 1T is stated
by George Hartshorn. a wealthy farmer
living three miles from here, that Mar
garet Grace. who old a story tending to
solve the Railway murder mystery, Is
slightly demented. She is q spinster Of
about sixty, and works for MIR. Harris
horn.
She told Detective Gregory. OF Newark.
that the evening before the mysterious
murder In March. 1885. she was at the
house OF william Keech. and that there
was a young woman there, who exactly
resembled a picture Of the murdered
woman she saw.
Miss Grace says she did not tell her
story before through fear of Keech: but
that her conscience forced her to do SO
now.
Mr.. Hartshorn said to-day that the
Grace woman had not been at keech's
house and that her story is purely Inn
aginative. He would not allow her to be
seen.
Keech was arrested shortly after the
murder on suspicion. and. since his dis
charge, has disappeared. Policeman
Hickey said to-day. however, that II
Keech ~ wanted he can be found.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
MlxED.UP MATRIMONY.
GoettinG Wrestling with
the Tompkins Case.

Justice Goetting, Of Williamsburg. is
wrestling with the evidence in the much
mixed Tompkins abandonment case, and
expects to render a decision tomorrow.
The testimony yesterday developed that
Elizabeth Boesel was married thirteen
years ago to Martin Heymer. who
shortly after vas sent to the peniten-
tiary. Before his Incarceration he told
her he had two other wives living.
Elizabeth shortly afterwards married
Clarence Tompkins, a young dentist Of
this city. who told her that as her mar
riaTe to Heymer was illegal she could
wed again.
Ten years later Tompkins left her and
took another bride, defending his action
on precisely the same grounds as he sup
piled for his wife when she married the
So far az could be learned. Martin
Heymer had -four wives, and all Of them
were in court. Mrs. Heymer-Tompkins
ranked as No 3. II Mrs. Tompkins No. 1
was lot the legal wife of Heymer, then
she was the legal wife Of Tompkins, and
consequently he committed bigamy in
marrying the second time.
On the other hand, II she Is the legal
wife OF Heymer, she committed blgamy
IN marrying Tompkins. In that case
Tompkins's marriage to her was Illegal
legal.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
CANNOT TRY BRADY YET.
Policeman Charged with Bribery
Blocks the Prosecution.

The trial OF Patrolman Michael Brady,
OF the East One Hundred and Fourth
street station, who is accused by Peter
Fink and others with having accepted
brides to get Fink's son, William, a
place on the police force, and did not
do 80. was again adjourned for a week
this morning.
Brady's application for retirement I'M
der the twenty years service rule has
been denied by the Commissioners, pend
ing the trial.
When the case was called this morn
ing Brady's counsel. Louis j. Grant,
served Commissioner MacLean with an
order from Judge Pryor. Of the Court
Of Common Pleas. staying all proceed
ings In the case. pending Brady's APP
peal to the Court OF Appeals. from the
decision relative to his right to be re-
tired by the Police Commissioners as
requested.
Brady claims that his application for
retirement was In the hands OF the
Police Commissioners before the charges
of bribery were made against him.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
TROUBLE FOR STINER.
Removed q Court Omcer for Not
being n Tammany Man.

An application for a writ of mandamus
to compel Justice Joseph Stiner, OF the
Eighth District Court, to replace John
Torney, OF AT West Thirty-fourth street,
as an officer In his court. was made be-
fore Judge Pryor, in the Court OF Com
mon Pleas, this morning.
In the application made through Law
yer Con, charges Of the grossest disre-
gard for the law are made against Justice
Stiner. He is alleged to have said in
conversation with the plaintiff: "While l
have no personal dislike for you. and
you have always discharged you duties
faithfully, yet you are not a member OF
the organization, and I shall have to re-
move you
Torney was appointed by Justice
Jerolamon In March. 1883, after having
passed the civil service examination.
He was looked upon as an exemplary
officer.
Stiner was elected by Tammany last
year to succeed justice sa go,; Isr9 la GT
missed. and at once served notice upon
Justice Stiner that he Claimed all the
privileges and annuities conferred by
chapted SIT. OF the avs Of 1892.
On Jan. 2 Torney was discharged, by
ment OF cause, and John Nunnery was
appointed IN his place; Torney, then
served another notice that he claimed
the right to retain his position In the
absence OF charges or cause being shown.
and also sent a copy of his certificate as
Judge Pryor Will take additional briefs
on Friday. Theodore Connolly, Of the
CORPORATION Counsels office, appeared
for the defense.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
Mr.. HOWLANO'S STATEMENT.
Cares and Worry Drove
Him to Disappearance,
Miss Jones Only a Friend on Whom
He Forced His Confidence.

BOSTON, Feb. "A statement has
Arthur II. Rowland. the Boston civil
engineer, who disappeared from the Fall
River steamer Pilgrim. Dee 30 last, and
who was UP to n few days ago, when
he was found living in New York, sup
posed TO he dead.
Mr.. Rowland explains that he was
led into disappearing by the pressure OF
business cares. which had affected him
mentally and physically.
Tho statement lie addressed to his wife.
He explains that creditors were clamor-
ing. and he could see no way out OF his
difficulties. He says:
ON one Of the many nights that I lay awake
thinking The situation over. II occurred 20 me
that you, my wife and family. would be better on
II | were out OF the way. white II would he hard
at hrst. It would be better in the end. II seemed
to me.
You would have tho homestead and the car
riasea They would be yours, and you could get
the redemption value Of my life insurance policy.
That would be enough for you to live on until l
found means. with new plans and q better chance,
Of caring for you us | wished.
As for the tredit ,rs, the Arm property would be-
theirs. ! would leave evrythins. and those who
have thought they could do better with them than
I was doing could rome into possession OF the
properties.
There were no eItravasances; not a dollar has
been thrown away. You. my wife. know how
none Of 1t was spent In gambling, or in speeula
tion. or In any Legitimate way.
The connection OF the Boston stenog-
rapher, Miss Adeline Jones. with his
case. Mr.. Rowland explains, Is simply
that Of me upon whom he forced his
confidence. She was his former EN-.
ployee. He made her assume the ALA,
OF Mrs. A. V. Crocker." She sent
him money when he asked II.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
DIDN'T HURT THE AQu|DABAN.
Sharp Duel Between the Battle
Ship and the Rio Forts.
Firing stopped to Allow the Lcib-
nitz to Go Out TO Sra.

The Belgian steamship I.elbnitz, Capt.
Graham, arrived his morning from Rio.
which port she left on the morning Of
chief Engineer OF the United States
cruiser San Francisco; W. Horrell. ma
chinist OF the cruiser Charleston, and
George +. Harrison. one OF the Charles
toms seamon. The men could not stand
the climate In Rio and had to be sent
home on sick leave. The San Francisco
had been at Rio only three days when
the Lsibnitz left.
Capt. Graham. n the others on the
Lcibnitz saw a picturesque bit OF night.
Ing the morning they sailed out OF Rio
harbor. The Aquidabsn. the great battle
ship OF the insurgents. re-entered the
harbor al 5 o'clock that morning. The
soldiers on duty In the forts were all
asleep, and the Aquidaban could have
gone to her anchorage without trouble
had her commander so desired. But
the insurgents think the Aquidahan lie
proof against shot and shell. and to
show their contempt for the Govern
mental for, es. and incidentally. perhaps.
10 make An impression on those OF the
Governments followers who were weak.
kneei, they steamed close to the forts
o I'd fred a shot into one OF them 'just
TO wake the soldiers up as Capt.
Graham says.
1t awakened them all right, Cant.
Graham says. ard soon II was mailing
bullets did considerable damage. but The
shots from the forts scemd to drop
harmlessly from the armored sides OF
the big battle ship.
each other when the I.eibnitI steamed
out from her dock. The rival forces
ceased firing. as the steamship APP
preached. and soon the Leibnitz passed
was we'll clear Of them the nring was
resumed. and the booming OF the guns
could be heard aboard the Leibnitz until
she was well out at sea.
Among the %i;isbn,,s's passengers was
dence is at Park avenue and One. Hun
dred and Eighth street. MFR. Mayer
spent the last eighteen months In Rio,
and states that affairs at that port are
is scarcely any business being trans.
acted, the people appear to be Indifferent
as to when business will resume, and, In
fact, appear to have no thought of what
The currency has deprecated greatly,
When Mr.. Mayer FIRST went to Rio the
milrels was valued at SO cents United
States money. When he left Il was
only with the greatest dificulty that q
cents could he obtained.
The bombardment by the rebel vessels.
when It has taken place. has not proved
very destructive. The craftsmanship Is
poor.
said that the side OF Fort villegagnon
facing the sea was almost battered
down. although still occupied.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
TWO SERVANTS AsPHYMATED.
Slept While Gas Poured Out from
One Of the Jets.
Unconscious when Their Employer
Discovered Them.

Kate Pomfrey, a cook. t~wenty-seven
years old, n Grace Terone. nurse.
seventeen years old, employed In the
household OF George c. Field. an oil
merchant. living at lS Warren street.
Brooklyn. narrowly escaped losing their
liveo this morning by inhaiine gas.
h girls went to their room on the
top floor at o o'clock last night. They
intended to arise early this morning so
as 10 prepare breakfast before going
TO church. When the family went
downstairs at s o'clock the girls were
not t%here.and no breakfast had been
prepared. on going upstairs Mrs. Fled
smelled n strong odor OF gas. She
called her husband. and the door Of the
girls room, was opened. Tit girls were
lying across the bed unconscious. They
were taken to tho Long Island College
Hospital. At noon they were still un.
able to speak.
A member OF Mrs. Fields family said
the girls would probably have been sur
located had not one of them been in the
habit OF leaving a light burning in hei
room while she slept. One OF the ga,
Jets was turned on nearly half way. The
girls. before retiring. had lighted a ker
osene lamp and stood y on a table. TIL,
amount OF gas had been consumed BY
the oil lamp. The consumption wal
gradual and there had been no danger Of
an explosion.
The hospital physicians say the girl.
VIII probably recover
The evening world., 1894-02-07
DIDN'T TAKE HER TEETH OUT.
When a Bride Swallowed Them
Her Husband Felt Grieved.
Then the Mean Man Significantly
Stroked Her Golden Tresses.

Vanity led a young bride Of ultra
fashionable New York society to retire
last night with a magnificent set Of
gold-plated false teeth In her pretty
mouth.
She awoke with a choking sensation
In her throat and startled her husband
with a series of hysterical gasps and
signs Of distress, accompanied by frantic
whole-arm gestures and movement not
down on the Delsartian code.
The gentleman finally made out that
she was in pain, and when her mouth
flew open with a spasmodic jerk to emit
a shrek. which was a cross between a
Comanche yell and the Sandy Hook fog
siren. he discovered that all his wife's
upper teeth were missing on the left
1t was a case for a physician and called
In DR.. F. A. s%ternberg. of 1852 Licking
ton avenue.
Of the trouble. The husband didn't know
and the wife being unable to ortieulate
distinctly, couldn't tell, The doctor
s ..aliS %ads her out tai fnst teeth s.s patient snd .f hsa
about, IN hours work with a pair OF for
with sever false teeth In 1t.
say grieved.. The wife looked abashed.
and sheepishly admitted that she had re-
tired without taking out her teeth. be-
cause her husband admired them so
much she did not want to let him Into
the secret that they were false.
She had paid for them, she said. n
in one sense, at least. they were her
own" even II they were false. h has
a magnificent, head Of golden hair, which
was also all her own-but not false. she
declared. when her husband began toy
ing with II significantly after the teeth
swallowing incident.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
DIMON LOST WILL CONTEST.
Justice Inxraham Decides Against
the Defendants.

Justice Ingraham. In the Supreme
Court. to-day handed down his decision
In the contest over the alleged lost will
of Stephen c. Dimon. In his opinion the
contest made by the defendants In the
action does not hold good In law. A
formal judgment Is given Is when a
demurrer is sustained, but the defend
ants rave permission to secure another
answer.
Martha Keery. who had been in close
relation with MIR. Dimon, created a SEN
sation some time ago by trying to OBJ
tain the contents of Dimon's safe deposit
vault, said to ave contained considera-
BILE money. She alleged that Dimon had
left a will which had been lost either by
accident or design, in which the deceased
had left her all his estate. 1t was
limited that Dimon's brothers destroyed
the will. -.
The real estate involved was inherited
by the sons Of John Dimon. In answer
to the suit the defendants set up that
they as we'll as the deceased conveyed
the property away In trust In 1884.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
SAMUEL BELASCO ACQUITTED
Not Guilty of BiEnmy in Marrying
Jnne BrOwn, Of Newark.

Not Guilty Of Bigamy in Marrying
Jnnc Brown, of Newark.
NEWARK. N. j., Feb 7.-Samuel
Belasco. brother Of Playwright David
Belasco, was acquitted In the Court Of
Oyer and Terminer to-day of a charge
Of bigamy.
The complainant, Mrs. Catherine
Belasco. OF New York, testified that her
first husband. John w. Grimm. died In
1867 of cholera. He was stricken on the
street and was rushed away to the pest
house, where he died one o after
leaving her house. She did not see the
body nor the doctor who attended him..
but she was satisfied he was dead, m In
1872 she married Belasco. He left her.
and she ascertained about six months
age that he had married Jane Brown. Of
Newark. in June. 1891.
The Rev. c.. A. Jones testified to mar
rying Belasco to ane Brown. and said
Belasco had represented himself as a
Counsellor Kalisch, for Belasco. raised
the points that under the New York
State law where there was no proof OF
a husbands death a wife could not
marry until seven years after the hus-
band disappeared: that Mrs. Grimm, In
marrying Belasco, had actually COM
mitted bigamy, and the marriage being
null and void. Belasco could not be held
for bigamy. as he was not legally mar
rled to Mrs. Grimm.
Judge Depue viewed the case In a SINH
lar light and discharged the prisoner.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
ALEXANDER WANTS $4,000.
The Gear SAYS Dimitri Donskoi's
Launch Was Sunk by Tugs,
His Majesty Sues tho r. Helper
shausen and II. r. HavIland.

His Imperial Majesty. the Car OF all
in a libel case on trial to-day before
Judge Addison Brown, In United states
District Court. In Admiralty.
The Russian Sovereign claims 5000
damages against the owners OF the steam
tugs L. Heiperhausen and b. r. Havi-
land. The papers In the case state that
during the recent naval celebration in
New York harbor. the Russian man.of
war Dimitri Donskoi was anchored In the
North River, of Forty-eighth street.
Alexander claims hat the vessel was
properly. manned and .oficered.. that
anchor lights were displayed and that
alongside the man-of-war was her steam
lamrth, ia which was one OF Russia's
He further asserts tina the two steam
tug named came down the river at mid
night June IL. 1893, dashed together, and
ha ving In tow a fleet OF canal-boats and
coal barges.
According to the libel the steam launch
was struck by one Of the cnnai-boats
thrown into the water and the launch
sinking and becoming n total loss. II is
also asserted that the boom and tackle of
the Dimitri Donski were badly damaged.
The tugs passed on, II Is alleged, with
out paying any attention to the accident.
Messrs. Goodrich, Deadly 4 Goodrich,
proctors for the llbellant, sought to re-
cover ss.OO damages from the owners Of
the tugs. and commenced suit In Octo-
Der last,
Nelson II. Salisbury. executor OF the
I OF Patrick Roman, owner Of
the steam tugs. makes answer to the
charges. and. after admitting the libel.
denies that the man-of-war was anchored
In a proper or safe place at the time OF
the accident. denies that the steam
launch displayed lights, and alleges the
men on the tugs had no knowledge that
the accident occurred.
Salisbury prays that the case be dis
missed with costs. The case Is still
pending.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
REMOVE THESE RUFFIANS.
Gutenberg and shadyside People
TcrrOriEed by Tunnel Laborers.

HACKENSACK. n. j., Feb. THE
citizens OF Guttenburg and Shadyside
ave up In arms over the outrages perpe-
tiated upon many OF their umb by
the gang OF laborers employed in the
new tunnel. and will endeavor TO have
their camp removed from the vicinity.
There are fully six hundred laborers
In the camp, and most OF them are des.
perate characters. They are encamped
a mile t,low the tunne In tents. and
when payday comes the men are so
craz,d with liquor that they become
aesperadUes
Tney assault women and children in
discriminatory, rob men and boys and al
most .un riot in the neighborhood.
A few days ago a young man named
Dolan, while walking from S~hadyside
TO GUttenburg with his sister, was
set upoh by a gang OF the rufilans, bad
~ beaten and kicked in the head and
body. Tiny caught his sister and at
.cmpted u drag her into the bushes.
She broke loose from them and sue
c,eded in escaping. Dolan, when he
got To t.s feet, alarmed his assailants
by his cries for help, and they ran
away Peter Morris. colored, last
Monday got drunk and ran amuck at
ShG dyside. He was set upon by Il
crowd and badly beaten.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
FITCH ENTERS A PROTEST.
Does Not Want that Croton Water
shed Law Amended.

Comptroller Fitch to-day sent a pro-
test to Chairman Ryder, Of the Assembly
Committee on Cities, against the pro-
posed amendment to the law OF last
year, providing for the sanitary protec-
ton OF the sources OF the clty's water
supply.
The bill provides for the fixing of
compensation by Commissioners of APP
praisai for the taking OF land, but the
award OF the Commissioners may be
appealed from, and II demanded. fixed
by a jury trial.
local prejudice in favor OF a fellow
townsman and against a large n
wealthy municipal corporation like that
OF the city OF New York would result
in excessive appraisement and valua-
lions given by country juries to premises
which 1t may be necessary TO acquire
for the protection OF the Croton water
supply,
The evening world., 1894-02-07
TO EXTEND BURNSIDE AVENUE.
Plans for an Archway or Tunnel
Under tho Old AQueduct.

Another public improvement is In con-
temptation. It Is proposed to extend
Burnside avenue. In the Twenty-fourth
Ward. across the old Croton Aqueduct
by building an archway or tunnel under
the aqueduct.
Application pans1,y nsS sssn to m1 %sm by % 'n's.r
DAILY to have the archway or tunnel CON
structed. and Mr.. DAILY has asked Cor
poration Counsel clark for advice. He
wants to know whether the work can be
done by the Department OF Public Works
and whether the cost of the same can
be assessed on the property-owners bcne-
IL Informed the Improvement Is one OF
great necessity and urgency.
The c~arriageway Is to he forty.two
feet wide and Two sidewalks. fifteen
feet wide each. The estimated cost Is
$40. 900.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
HIS TRUE LOVE COST HIM $40.
O'Neill Returned to Find His Girl
Married and Was Arrested.

This is what you get for loving a wo-
man. said Joseph O'Neill as In default
OF SO to pay a fine in the Yorkville Police
court this morning he was led downstairs
to a cell.
oNeill had been arrested last night
On the charge Of Mrs. Sarah Corbett. n
domestic, at COS Fifth avenue. who said
ne was continually annoying her. Later
pany" about o INA. .he wv hau kepo Go MI
position as bartender and went to Bos-
ION TO work. During his absence she
married Corbett. When O'Neill returned
not see him.
Had | known she had married." he
suuel, ruefully. In going to his cell, II
could never have bothered her" Mrs.
Sc9roett's husband Is absent from the
The evening world., 1894-02-07
She DRANK Devils BLOOD"
Miss Besam Tried Other Charms
to Win a Recreant Lover.
They All Failed and She Had the
Fortune Teilers Arrested.

-Four pretty girls glared angri,y at
Solomon and Lena Bernstein, husband
and wife, of 81 Ridge street, when they
were arra'sned before Justice Koch, In
the Essex Market Police Court, to-day.
They were Sarah Besam, wenty-seven
years old, Of 249 Delaney street: Annie
Cohen, twenty-four a old, of 100 Stan
ton street; Lena Speiler, twenty years
old. and her sister Jennie. twenty-one
years old, OF 81 Monroe street.
Tit Bernstelns advertised themselves as
fortune %tellers. and the four young wo-
men called upon them for assistance In
Bernsteins swlndled her out OF $50. She
was formerly courted by her cousin.
David tesan,, a Jewelry peddler. and in
March last he turned very cold towards
her:
II almost cried myself blind thinking
OF his faithlessness," said she. II went
to tie Bernsteins to have my fortune told.
Mrs: Bernstein informed me that was
under very heavy clouds. and that l
must see her husband. She charged me
The husband told me to give him
in waddlng and place It in a bed be:
tween the mattresses. Then he would
sleep IN the bed and communicate with
HE charged me 81, and told me to
come. or the following night. When
very bright. He gave me a bottle Of
red mixture. which he called Devils
told me to make my. cousin. drink one
drop of It. and that I should drink the
rest, and that all the love Davy had
70! n" gave ws01 ba return a drink of the stun
and swallowed the rest. oh. 1t made
me sick. The stun did not work at. all
and Davy turned against me worse than
ever.
"I complained to Mr.. Bernstein about
that all would turn out all right. He
then sold me a bottls Of black fluid. :,
go In my stocking teet in the yard of
the mornl 10. while the moon was shin.
' Ing S5'sh'' o Hea Myself sS1SM the s sla .o' s Of
About this time I heard hat Dayy was
going with another .lo girl; In Al gave
to bring BACK my faithiess lover to me,
and all proved unsuccessful. l then
told a, friend OF mine about 1t. and he
said I had been .swindled. ! went to
INSPECTOR Mclaughlin and told him my
story"
Inspector Mclaughlin detailed Detec-
tives Jacobs, McManus. Krauch and Dunn
To- inyes,isste the case: They arrested
girls whom they found in the place walt
Ing to have their fortunes told.
They were Moliie Shields. twenty years
old, Of 2ll Delaney street. and Annie
Fe,dstein. eighteen years old. Of 81 Pitt
street.
Both girls said their sweethearts had
left them, and that they wanted the for
tune-teller to give them a remedy to
bring them back.
Bernstein Is a repulsive-looking man.
His lip Is split in the middle. showing a
set Of decayed teeth.
Justice Koch held the Bernsteins In de.
fault OF sl,lOO bail each for. examination
n discharged the two girls found In
the place.
The charges against the Bernsteins are
grand larceny, keeping a disorderly house
cense They were locked up.
The evening world., 1894-02-07
RESTORED TO HIS FATHER.
The hoy Had Been with His Con-
yict Mother Mt Auburn.

A pretty, f%air-haired little boy, about
three years old, was brought to the Dis
trict-Attorney's Office from Auburn
prison this morning by the matron and
assistant warden.
The little child has been confined at
Auburn since last May, when its mother,
Mary Ellen Grossly. was committed there
after being convicted OF assault.
The Gerry Society interested Itself in
behalf OF the child's father. David
Crosby. OF 10 Albany street; who wanted
the custody OF his boy. This morning
Recorder Smyth granted an order re-
storing the little boy, whose name is
Robert. to his father. The matron said
the child had become a great 1aVorite at
scene last night among the .~convicts
when It was learned that the child was
to be taken ava