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The evening world., 1894-07-25
WIDOW BURKE DISCHARGED.
She Created Trouble on the How
cry by Demanding Her Rights.

In the Essex Market Court to-day JUS
tice Feitner honorably discharged Mrs.
Kate Burke, widow of 63l East one
Hundred ana Forty-fifth street, who was
arraigned to answer a charge OF disor-
derby conduct.
Mrs. Burke went to visit friends in
Brooklyn yesterday. She was accOmpa-
MED by her three -year-oln daughter. ON
her way home last night she took n
Grand street car with the intention Of
transferring to a Third avenue cable car
When she got off the car at Grand street
and Bowery she forgot to get a transfer
ticket. She boarded a cable car and the
conductor demanded her fare. She in
sisted that she had transferred from u
Grand street car. The conductor then de-
manded her ticket. She said that she did
not know that she needed one. The con-
juctor threatened to put her and her
child off the car unless she paid her fare.
The woman persisted that she was In
the right and that she wouldn't get of
Policeman Butler. OF the Eldridge street
station was called and he arrested her.
The officer stated In court that the
woman had very abusive tongue and
refused to go away when ordered 10 do 80.
The woman denied that she WAS disor
derby, and stated that she merely de-
manded what she believed was her right
She stated that the transfer agent was
to blame for her not getting her ticket
The evening world., 1894-07-25
FOR HIS DOG.
Grocer Waljen Chased Catcher
0'Keefs with q Oleaver.
Then Tried to Kill the Policeman
Who Stopped Him.
Exciting Race Through the Streets
Of Williamsburg.


John H. Waljen, q grocer at Hart
street and Marcv avsnue was hold in
u aenue' w ne,u III
the Lee Avenue Court. Williamsburg,
to-day, on a charge of attempting to
kill Thomas O,Keefe NJ ga Bridge
Va
street.
O'Keefe is a dog catcher, and in conf
panv with two otbers went out mi.
r"'' WIN wv o'".'e' wen. '''
morning hunting for dogs In the
Twenty-first Ward. Waljen owns a
large Newfoundland which Guard. tho
"S
store at night and loafs around out
side during the day.
Tho ,hrse dog cotcbors orr,yed in tho
te u'e " "
vicinity of the grocery about $50, and
captured the animal in a iiffy. Waljen
,.,,,.,,o, ,,,, 81 ~. z,,ro an, u.,,h too.
iu9neu ou' VI VIC s'oie' anu WIN '"'
streaming down his cheeks. asked them
to let the dog 60. The officials jeered
at him and told him to run along and
The evening world., 1894-07-25
MOB THREATENS BEllACc0.
Police Had to Protect a Girls
Alleged Assailant
Child's Mother Tried to Attack Him
with a Razor.

The arrest Of Salvador Bellacco. an
Italian shoemaker, OF Schenck and Bel
mont avenues. Brooklyn. last night was
all that saved him from being lynched
by an enraged mob. This morning he
was arraigned In the Gates Avenue Court
on the charge Of assaulting six-year- old
May Cherry, OF Schenck avenue.
Last night the little girl went to Bel
lacco's shop to get pair Of shoes which
had been left to be repaired. According
to her statement the shoemaker abused
her. The child escaped as soon as she
could and ran home :, nere she was at
tended by DR.. Hartman, of Jerome ave-
nue.. He found that she was In a serious
condition.
The police were notified. and Detective
Sergt. Anderson arrested Bellacco. When
Mrs. Cherry learned of the treatment
70 which her daughter had been subject
ed she armed herself with her husband q
razor, and started to take vengeance on
Bellacco.
She met the officers with their prison
er, and made a furious attack upon him.
In this he was aided and abettsd BY
some Of the neighbors. who had been
reused to a pitch Of fury by the girls
story.
With considerable difficulty the ofYicers
lodged their prisoner in the Liberty
avenue station. He was arraigned be-
fore Justice Goettlng this morning, and
went to Raymond Street Jail in default
Of $1,000 BAH.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
THREE CHINESE FREE,
Gases Against Them Dismissed BY
Commissioner Shields.
Friction Between Scharf and the
U. s. 0istrict.Attornsy.
-
But the Government Means 10 Watch
the Smugslers.

The Chinese smuggling cases are at
tracing considerable attention at Wash
ington. Tho sudden change In the course
OF the United States District Attorney
In asking for an adjournment of the
cases to next September, in the face
OF the fact the United States Commits.
soner Shields has discharged all pris-
oncrs against whom the Government
was not ready to proceed, Ia regarded as
equivalent to dropping the prosecution
ana abandoning the cases. Such, how
ever. IL not the true situation.
From information obtained by an
Evening World" reporter this morning
II appears that the District Attorney and
the Custom-House officials have received
quiet tip from the Washington author.
tiles to the effect that the twenty add
chinese cases had better be dropped for
the present II seems that the Treasury
department IL not satisfied that the evil
dence In the hands of the Government
IL suniciently strong to Justify the I'M
mediate medal. dressing OF the charges. and the
Investigation before taking any more
steps in the business.
Inc District ttorney's office and Chi.
ness Inspector scharf don't seem to get
promised. and for that reason a number
OF the cases have fallen through Before
the evidence against the suspected Chit
namsn 10 laid before the Grand Jury
Mr.. hcharf Will probably be called upor,
to show his hand at Washington.
Three cases were called by Commits
sioner Shields this morning. They were
Harry Lee King. ebay Yue Chung and
Chin Du, all accused OF aiding and
abetting In smuggling In Chinese il
borers In the Euise Of merchants.
Assistant District-Attorney Ball said
that the Government was not ready tc
proceed " i.h tn. cases, because of thu
absence Of necessary witnesses. lie alst
said that 1t was not deemed expedient 4
try the cases now. as he didn't care I,
develop the testimony In hand at tn,
present time. Mr.. Ball wanted It dis
tinctly understood that his course wa!
approved by Inspector scharf
Commissioner Shields DISCHARGED tn,
prisoners on the ground that they were
entitle d to an immediate hearing, and
II would not be fair to make then
walt for several months until the Gov.
eminent got ready to prosecute.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
THINK IT IS A SUICIDE.
Mrs. Phillips Dies Suddenly in Her
Employers House.
Had Been Employed Six Weeks as
Housekeeper.
Wanted a Bottle, Supposed to Be
of Medicine, Rehlled.

Coroner Creamer, of Williamsburg
will make an investigation into the
death of Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips, twenty
nve years old who died suddenly last
night.
Mrs. Phillips was housekeeper for
James p. Meehan. Il merchant doing
business al Wallabout Market. He lives
with his eighteen-year-old daughter in
the Astral flats at 1874 Franklin street.
Mrs. Phillips had been employed by him
for six weeks.
After supper last night Mrs. Phillips
went into her room and complained tina t
she was not feeling well. She asked
Mr.. Meehan to get bottle of medicine
that she said her physician. DIR. Leroux,
of IA Java street, had given to her,
Meehan went to the doctors house,
but the physician was out. When Mr..
Meehan returned to his home he found
about 1l.3O last night he went to the
Greenpoint avenue station and asked
that an ambulance be sent around.
Owing to the fact that one of the am
was nearly half past two, just after
Mrs. Phillips died, that the other am
bulance arrived
The surgeon expressed the opinion that
Ceath was due to poison. Meehan says
that ever since she accepted the posi-
ton with him. Mrs. Phillips had been
lively and che erful, and had never acted
as II she contemplated self-destruction.
The police, however, put it down as a
case Of suicide. although there Is moth
ing to prove It,
When an Evening World reporter
called at DIR. Larorxs office this morn
ing he was out on a call, so 1t could not
lie learned whether or not he attended
Mrs. Phillips.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
BOYS ON A Big Spree.
Spsnt More than $500 at Coney
Island in Three Days
Bretz Is Said to Have Stolen 81, 700
from His Father.
Purchased Everything They Fancied
and Threw Money Away.

CONEY ISLAND, l.. l., July 3.-Two
boys wearing diamonds, dressed in fine
clothes. with bicycles. and having lots of
money were arrested in Connor's con-
cert hail. in the Bowery, at 1870 this
morning by Detectives Clougher and
Harris. The boys have been at the ISL
and for three or four days, and as they
spent money lavishly the police thought
they stole the money, and this led to
their arrest.
The boys were arraigned in the police
court to-day and said they were Oscar
Bretz. seventeen years old Of 64l Bergen
street, Newark. and Andrew Gomunder.
boys were searched Bretz had sG9i.25 in
bis pockets and Gomunder had 1896 and
= gold watch. Each boy had heavily
loaded revolver IN his pocket. They were
locked up on the charge of carrying
conceal ed weapons and Bretzs father III
Newark was notified.
srets, when arraigned. said he and
about two weeks ago Bretz said he
had S1,1O0 with him when he left home,
which had been left 10 him by his
mother, who died last Winter. and that
ton. Bretz said he had been employed
until the time he left home by Charles
schultz, a jeweller. Of Mulberry and
SIeen streets, newark.
Coney Island and bought a sailboat
from p. Bowers, and hired John Nc
Carron to sail them about. They said
they spent three days at Rockaway, and
becoming tired Of sailing sent McCarron
with the boat to Newark. They hold
receipts from the man whom they pur-
chased the boat from and from Nc
They said they then purchased the BIZ
cycles, which were new and highly
mounted. for $3.50 each, and spent con
siderable time in riding around Coney
Island.
In the three &c days the boys have been
than $500. Everything they fancied
they purchased. and It was learned that
Bretz gave $50 and a diamond pin last
night to young woman who sang in
Connor's concert hail.
The police have received word from
Brets's father, that. Bretz stole 81 200
pearanoe.. Mr.. Bretz said he. would
come to Coney Island Immediately.
John Bretz, the father OF Oscar, ar
Rived at noon. He said his wife when
she died left Sl70O hidden in hustle
She beaueathed the money to him. He
peared July 10, He did not care for the
money, he said, but he felt the sting of
his sons ingratitude.
He would not make any complaint, and
paid a fine Of SO which Justice Fin
nerty imposed on each of the boys.
When Justice Finnerty asked Oscar
young man hesitated and fnaIly said
with anger: Eyes. I'll go with him"
He showed no sign of penitence. Mr..
Bfets and the boys then boarded a Sea
Beach train for Bay Ridge.
The evening world., 1894-07-25

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The evening world., 1894-07-25
JERSEY.
CORNEREO ALL FIRE ALARMS.
This Fort Lee Farmer Started in
to Loot the Public Treasury.
But the scheme Had q Hole In II and
the Trustees Saw Through.

FORT LEE, n. j.. July EFF a GER
tain hay-w hIskersd old scamp and a
rruss-eycd boy, together with a market
wagon and two spawned old ow-haits.
ever show mp In this village again the
whole uutht will be officially pitched
from the top OF the blufr into the river"
Squire Hyde delivered this judgment
to-day. and his decision has been In
dorsed by the Village Trustees.
The village has II iire-enginc that Is
operated 10y hand. 1t is kept in house
of it, own in Main street, and is ar
ranged 40 that II can be drawn either
by the same power that pumps 1t or by
horses. The village owns no horses. SO
that II has been an ancient law that any
person supplying horses TO draw the en-,
gine to the scene OF an alarm Is entitled
to s. upon presentation OF his claim TO
the trustees.
Farmers and villagers accordingly
penny by temporarily converting their
horses to the public use.
There hasn't been real fire here In
several weeks. but there have been three
and lust three. false alarms under pre-.
ciscly similar circumstances In the past
week.
Upon each occasion the alarm has come
from the extremities OF the village, once
from near the bottom of the hill and
twice from over towards Leonia.
ON each occasion farmer. such az
described above, with the boy, wagon
and beasts as noted, have been or
hand, and the "hay- whiskers' and his
horses have dragged the machine to the
supposed scene OF connagration
Twice the volunteer collected his fee
but this morning, when he turned Ut
with his third claim for an empty alarm
that stirred up the west end OF town
the authorities had a suspicion. and not
only refused to pay but ordered tbs
mercenary public servant forever Out
OF the village precincts.
He left. declaring that he had beer
robbed, Bat there Is evidence that wher
he was on hand near the engine-hous
with his team the boy with the itali'
eyes WAS at the other end Of town start
ing the cry of "Fire"'
The evening world., 1894-07-25
THREE TIRED OF LIFE.
Quite an Epidemic Of Suicide
Across the River.
Gas and the Pistol Used by
the Unfortunates.
Ill. Health the Cause In Two OF
the Cases.

Three cases OF suicide were reported by
the Brooklyn police this morning. In
two cases tho victims were men who
had been suffering with poor health.
Despondent over ili-health and con-
tinued inability to secure employment,
August Eckert. ffty-nine years old. OF
20 Harmon street, Brooklyn. ended his
life this morning by inhsling illuminat
ing gas He was last seen alive late
last night. when he was sitting In the
back yard. He failed to appear this
morning, and the other occupants OF the
mouse, smelling gas, started to look for
the lsak. On going into the basement
they found Eckert lying dead. Eckcrt
had made careful preparations for end
ing his life. After closing the doors
and windows he stopped up the key
holes and other apertures with wads OF
cloth.
George W. Williamson. fortytwo years
old. who 10 said to be employed In a
brokers' ONCE In New York, committed
suicide some time yesterday by shoot
ing himself In the right temple at his
home. SO State street. Brooklyn. Will
hanson went to New York yesterday
morning. but returned at 10 o'clock.
After drinking q cup Of tea, he retired
to his room. He was not heard from
again until his wife and twelve-year-
old daughter returned from a days out
ing, at o'clock. On entering their
her husbands lifeless body. She tainted,
and the shock OF her fall TO the floor at
tracted other inmates of the house, who
sent for DR.. Ottersop, OF Sixth avenue.
The physician said Williamson had been
dead several hours. Nobody in the house
heard a pistol shot during the day. At
the house this morning the inmates re-
fused to give reporters any information
regarding the case.
William Thompson, colored, twenty
five years old. OF 2sl Court street, shot
himself In the head last night while
lying IN bed at the above address. He
his landlady went to a grocery for some
supplies. When she returned, shortly
afterwards. Thompson was dead.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
BANNoNS IN A RIOT,
Members Of a Political Association
Get Into q Fight.
They Had Been at q Chowder Party
and We're Drinking.
Policemen Say They Were Knocked
Down and Beaten.

LONG ISLAND CITY. L. l.. July H.
small-sized riot occurred at midnight
lest night on Flushing avenue In front
of Patrick Bannons saloon. In the
rooms over the saloon the Bannon Asso-
citation meets. This Association. It IL
said. assumes to control the political
patronage OF the city.
The riot was the outcome Of a
chowder given by the association
yesterday at College Point. When the
chowder broke up late at night all
hands were more or less the worse for
liquor. When the party OF 100 reached
Long Island City the members and
their guests went into Bannon's saloon
for a parting drink. The police autici-
pated trouble, and = squad of officers
were sent to the saloon to preserve
order.
Suddenly. rush was made for. the
street. and soon there was a mob OF
half-rum-crazed men nshting. The po,,
r 1,se@en ,, Wars knocked down and
No one seems to know how the tight
started.
Policeman Julius Schroeder. who was
among the first at the scene. said to-
1.-THE first that knew Of the trouble
was when ! saw number OF bottles
ana Drlcks nylnG through the air. sud
denly ] was struck on the back Of the
head with a bottle was knocked
down by the blow. / was then hit with
a brick. got up and started to arrest
the man, and Policeman Smith came to
my rescue. He was set upon by roughs
and knocked down and kicked. ! ran
to Smiths assistance and was again
felled to the ground by being struck
with a bottle In the face.
Special Policeman william Rigney
came to our assistance. and was struck
with bottle on the head and knocked
down. While we were struggling with
a portion OF the mob. the rest OF the
drunken men were lighting among
themselves. Finally, we succeeded in
getting TO our feet, and I arrested
Frank Reidy, a brother of Court Ofiicer
| Reidy. one Of the leaders of the fight l
identified Reidy as the man who struck
| me with a bottle.
He was. however. rescued from me BY
| the mob and got away. We succeed ed
| in arresting Michael Fulton, one OF the
| leaders, and took him to the Astoria
Police Headquarters: This morning Full
| lon was held in 500 bail by Justice
Duffy for, trial. Other arrests will be
| made to-day.
| The policemen had their uniforms
torn and received several bad bruises.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
MANY BID HIM FAREWELL.
SIR William Lane Booker Receives
AN Ovation aa He Leaves.

Sir william Lane Booker. c. NJ. G.,
and Lady Booker departed for London
to-day on the steamship Teutonic. Sir
William has been Consul-General of
Great Britain at New York for a decade
past, and for two decades previously he
has represented this country in the
United States. He retired on the 18th
inst
There were quite large number OF
New York business men on the leu
George Society. of which Sir William
was President for several years, was
represented by Harold Sanderson, the
President of the Society; Oswald San
derson, George Crouch. +. w. j. Hurst.
ex-President: Capt. Crozier, Almoner OF
the Society: j. Maitland Kcrsey. Charles
Wells, OF the Secor House. Brooklyn,
Joseph Wildwood Wade, President OF the
British-American Association of New
York. and score of others. Gilbert
Fraser. Consul and Acting Consul-qen-
eral. was on the dock TO give his late
colleague an official farewell.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
THINK THERE WAS FOUL PLAY
Authorities Are inNestiEntinR the
Mrs. Geitner Case.

ATLANTIC CITY. y, j., July 20
County Physician Sanders and the
Coroner are to-day investigating the
mystery surrounding the death OF Mrs.
Geltzer, the aged German woman who
mysteriously disappeared in September
last, and whose body was found lying
In the underbrush OF Pines Creek
swamp. near Weekstown.
The authorities are working ON
clue which may lead 10 an arrest, y
man whose name has not Vet bee"
diVulcCd, and Who boarded IL the same
house where Mrs. GelEer resided, was
seen coming from tho swamp al III"
time Mrs. Geltzer disappeared. lie was
they spoke of Mrs Geltaer's disappear
ance the man who boarded at her house
remarked that she was all right.
locate this man. The County Physician
thinks II is a case OF foul play ana
that the motive was robbery.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
NO YACHT RACE TO-DAY.
Repairs to viGiIast Not Completed
In Time.

QUEENSTOWN. July 26.-There will
be no race to-day between Visilant and
Britannia. as the Passage Docks Com
pany, although Its employees were kept
working all night, has been unable to
deliver the repaired jaws Of the sloop's
saff In time for her to meet Britannia
in a race to-day.
Mr. George ]. Gould and the officials
OF the Royal Cork Yacht Club met this
afternoon to make arrangements for Q
match race tomorrow. Mr.. Gould
thought it would not be wise to race
until the new gan was tested, and no
match was made.
At the Mounts Bay regatta, on Sat
urday. II is believed Visilant will meet
Satanita as well as Britannia, and some
interesting racing is looked forward to.
Satanita will be remembered as the
yacht which sunk Valkyrie on July s
on the opening day OF the Mudhook
Yacht Club regatta on the Clyde.
According to the Yacht Racing As
sociation's certificate OF rating. in 1898,
Satanita is cutter rugged. 97.65 feet long,
has sail area OF 1928 square feet and
is rated at 1Sl .i9 tons. She Is owned by
Mr.. A. u. Clarke and was designed by
j. Soper.
Mr.. Gould intends either to have Wig
ilsnt's mainsail altered or to get a new
mainsail. Is his sailing master Is still
unsatisfied with the present canvas.
The owner OF Nigilant is highly graf
flied at the reception he has met with
here and has offered a silver cup, which
is TO be made in the United States, to
The evening world., 1894-07-25
ACCUSES The POLICE.
- o.
Bsttler 0'Connell Says He Was
Abused and Maltreated.
Assaulted by a Car Inspector and
Then Arrested.
Not Intoxicated, He says, hut Was
ArraIgned on That Charge.


tors of the Mutual Bottling Company,
At l3t Boerum place. Brooklyn. who is
~, IT,, ,,..,.
srraigned In the Butler street Police
-. 20 ,.,,.,,.,,, ~, ,Ieaaoa ,.,,
charge o' 'h'oNlea''on' re p'eaoea no.
guilty. and the examina ton was set
down for July 81.
,,,,,.u a.
No."en .o'u WIS s,o's VI .s 49, ,,s',
o'Connell; ION Monday nisht, after
lS,,s.,,,,.,,s, a.. ,,,,,,,..,,r ~, n,.a
super.n a, 'ne u''oau'''s OF 'oA'
with one Of nv drivers, peter Faulkner,
II ,.ria, :, r,i,,, a,,,n. ,,o,,o, .r q,
ooarueu u ln''u avenue 'ro''es lar az
Nineteenth street, to 10 TO my nome III
street, where 'ne s.eo'es '' '"e p'ooh'
Ign city Railroad Company are located.
ION arriving at Fifty- eighth street
the oondu,,,r ..,, an an h.r., (,
the CONDUCTOR sa'u' An OH mere
said. 4 want to go to SiNty-iifth street.
l have paid my fare for a continuous
the next car said the conductor. The
manner in which the conductor talked
noine I'M, nm M abmgr ~: 'od MN 'ha' WIS
s o",n1s on 'h NIX e al, u.,o r..,s tho ,ar.
,,dicn tnr. az TS es ,rset e on aar ,'
, IN, az rIty-e,gn,n s,ree'' us", y,
Up 70 me anu ssiu. Get OH th,s tai, "
uon 20 any !ursneI. toiu nun !
Man'eu 70 70 70 ohty.ni,n street, re '
ssIu, ree OH this car, ana struck me III
the lace: ,,,,
| ne car was tnen sWitcneu Oh, 10 we
Eeon c su'' h.c l'S rS dhe ,rnrL m,e ,sin
Nr, Neon came oack ana STRUCK me again
al M, as, .' M IN, mere , was 10" ana we 'ahu
eu 9ut on the siaewalk. ,,
Policeman Mullen. OF the Fourth
avenue STATION. wac stsnolng near ty.
! sa'a 70 MN: leu nave seen tnis
trouble. Want YOU 10 arrest TINS man.
pointinR 10 Mcheon' -, ,,
| III arrest you. see, SAID Mullen
taxing hoid or me, .,
| WINE ! was III tne CUSTOM OF me
policeman Mckeon came up 10 me again
ana STRUCK me IN .ne lace Muiieh u'o
ho, nins 70 p'ottct "e. a., - .
l. While waiting Tor the wagon, a
friend OF mine came along anu J SEM
MIN Tor relative OF mine, ek,superNi-
| sor owen keeie, OF the Elghth Marl
| Mean~hiie l was Laken 10 tne sta''o'.
The evening world., 1894-07-25
FOUND NO BURGLARS.
Mysterious Sounding of an Alarm
from n Williamsburg store.

Twenty. policemen attached to the Bed
ford avenue station, Williamsburg,
hunted industriously for burglars last
night. while a. crowd that blocked the
street, looked on.
Just before midnight burglar alarm
In the store. II Broadway, sent in an
alarm, and bystanders declared they
saw a flash OF light in Williamson's
Knitting Works. on the second floor.
The Bedford avenue station was notified
through Police Headquarters, and
squad Of men were sent down in IA pa
troll wagon. AS the doors were all
locked they climbed up ladders and got
in through upper windows
One of the policemen fell off the lad
der, another left his helmet in the store
and, all in all, they had hard time Of
It No thieves were found, and the po-
lice are wondering how the burglar
alarm happened to go Off.