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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-20
MUST PAY $40 OUT OF it2.
Only SEA Week Left for Woodcock
to Support His Present Wife.
His Application to Have the Amount
of Alimony Reduced Is Denied.

A motion was made before Judge
Beach in Supreme Court Chambers to-
day by counsel for William Henry
Woodcock, a druggist at A. Clinton place.
for an order of the Court reducing the
amount of alimony he Is to pay his
divorced wife. Charlotte st. Leger Wood
cock The amount ia SO week.
Counsel for Mrs. Woodcock not only
opposed the motion, but asked the Court
to punish Woodcock for contempt for
having failed to pay the alimony.
The couple were married In England
several years ago. In 1855 Mrs. Wood
cock secured q divorce.
short time after the decree of divorce
was granted MIR. Woodcock married a
second time and now has four children.
His counsel contended that his income
from his drug business was but 81 a
week, and therefore he could not sup
port his present wife and four children
and pay his former wife so "A week.
Mrs. Woodcock's counsel told the
Court that the money with which MIR.
Woodcock started In the drug business
he secured from his first wife.
Judge Beach denied the motion for the
reduction OF the alimony and ordered
Mr.. Woodcock to pay the alimony due
within the next twenty days.
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THEY STOLE BY WHOLESALE.
Betzwood Farmers Discovered in
Systematic ThieVery.
Many Who Bore High Regulations
Concerned In the Plot.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2O.-The arrest
of Charles Wiles and Walter Carmid-
geon, at Gainesville. Pa, and their sub
sequent sentence by Judge liemphill to
twenty years In the pcnitentiary for
stealing horses, &C, Is but the begin
ming NJ the conviction OF one of the
shrewdest bands of thieves that ever
operated In Eastern Pennsylvania.
John l.. Betts, the millionaire brewer,
is the proprietor OF a tract OF land COM
prising about 1000 acres known az Betz-
wood, about twenty miles from this
81 " he tract ext nds ON thu Schuyl-
KIN River to Egypt road. over which
Washington travelled from Valley Forge
to Germantown.
into eight farms. and until recently
these farms were under the supervision
OF man named llarkshaw.
For some time past Mr.. BetI has been
receiving anonymous letters about
wholesale thefts from the BetZ tract.
| The letters state that chickens. horses.
calves. butter, eggs and everything
which could be turned into cash hau
been stolen from the farms and shipped
| to Philadelphia and other cities, In one
| Instance II carload of produce had been
| sent away In onh day.
Betz paid no attention to the letters
| at first. but finding that the returns from
such a large tract were small, he dis
missed hts ovorsoer and hired man
| named Smith as his successor.
Mr.. Bet2 then secured the services of
| eN-Lleut of Police John Patterson, of
| this city. and put him to work on the
case. As "A result 1t ~ said Patterson
| has secured enough evidence to impli-
| cate about seventy five PERSONS.
Supt. Goldbeck. who looks after Mr.
| BetZs interests. says that the loss cannot
| be estimated at present, but thinks II
| Will probably reach $4,000.
| Lieut.. Patterson was able to trace the
| anonymous letters TO the wife OF one OF
| the BetZwood farmers named McAliis.
| ter who Is said to have spuealed" or
the other farmers connected with the
| Wholesale thefts.
| The woman says that thousands OF
| dollars worth OF produce have beer
shipped from the farms during the past
five years. and that people who hav,
heretofore borne enviable regulations
| are connected with the thefts.
| 1t is said that Harkshaw's father-in
| law has been seen to drive up to the
| farm, load his wagon. and drive away
again In broad daylight. Charles Wilet
and Carmidgeon, II In said, are two OF
the ringleaders, and more arrests will
| follow shortly.
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BIG HAUL BY A GERRY AGENT.
Many Arrests Made ON Complaint
of n Church.

Mary Crosby. twenty-eight years old,
of 3i3 East one Hundred and Twenty
second street: Susan Smith, twenty five
years old. of One Hundred and Forty
sixth street and Third avenue; Johanna
Jones. forty-six years old, and Thomas
Kimmith. twenty three years old, both
Of 40 East one Hundred and Twenty
fourth street; Josie Land. twenty six
years old. OF the same address; Maggie
Ruth, twenty-five years old. of 248l
years old, Of So East one Hundred and
Third street. and Thomas Smith, thirty
four years old. of 2235 Second avenue,
were arraigned in the Harlem Police
Court this morning. charged by Agent
Babcock. of the Gerry Society. with
disorderly conduct.
Members of the Holy Rosary Church,
at One Hundred and Nineteenth street
and Pleasant avenue. had complained
to the Gerry Society of the condition OF
the Crosby apartments at one hundred
and Twenty second street, and Agent
Babcock visited the place at O'Clock
this morning. He found the prisoners.
he alleges, with their faces and hands
black with dirt, all lying together on a
filthy floor The women were nearly
nude. Alongside of the men and women
were. tmee children. They were Alice
Crosby, fourteen years old, daughter
of Mary Crosby; Nellie Jones, ten years
old, OF One Hundred and Twenty-fourth
street and First avenue, and an
eighteen-months-old child belonging 10
one of the women.
Babcock called in six policemen OF
the East One Hundred and Twenty
sixth street station to assist him to
arrest all hands and take them to the
station-house.
In Court this morning the accused
were sent to the island for ten days
each.
The children were given into the Gus
tody Of the Gerry Society.
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SHE FEARED HER ESCORT.
Left the Car He Was On and
Went to q Police Station.
There She Refused to Tell What She
Was Afraid OF.

Conductor Evans, OF the Bergen street
trolley line, in Brooklyn, entered the
sixth avenue police station at midnight
with a young woman. who said she was
Margaret Burke, aged nineteen.
Evans said the girl had boarded the car
at Fifth avenue In company with a
Young man. After riding block she called
the conductor and asked to be directed
10 the nearest police station, saying that
she was afraid of her companion, and
wanted the protection Of the police.
The young man left the car and ran
away. On being questioned by the po-
lice. the girl said she had left her
fathers home, at b52 Tenth avenue. New
York City, about a year ago. She re
fused to tell where she had been living
" on that date, she said, she went to
live with Paul Harrison, an employee
of a steamboat company, in rooms at
s3s Pearl street, Brooklyn. Last Friday
she accompanied lHarrison to Coney Isl
and, where they stopped at hotel.
They were returning home together last
night when the girl called the conductor:
She refused to tell why she was afraid
of her companion.
The girls father was notihed. but ne
refused to take charge Of her and she
was sent to the Wayside Home. Harri-
son is said to be we'll connected.
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LIVELY MEETING EXPECTED.
Trouble on Account of school Mat
tiers in Hempstead

HEMPSTEAD, l.. l.. Aug. 2O.-There
promises to be lively time at the spec
ial school meeting to be held here this
afternoon In School District No. 2, Tn
iondale. Town of Hampstead, LII. There
is trouble In the district over a school
meeting held some days ago, at which
William Van Wicklen. Trustee: Archie
G. Patterson, District Clerk, and Gar
ret Duryea. Collector. were elected.
The old Board of School Trustees de-
clare that the persons elected at that
meeting are, mentally incompetent to
perform the duties" of their respective
positions.
The old Board of School Trustees Sc
cured an order. from School Comm.s-
sioner Cooley for the special meeting
to be held this afternoon. The call for
the meeting is made by written notices
distributed throughout the district. 1t
Is a unique document 1t terminates with
this statement:
Persons incompetent to fill the vari-
Gus officers will not be excepted
1t Is likely there will be contest be-
tween those who consider themselves
already elected and the old Board Of
Trustees. who want to elect some one
else.
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IN FRONT OF A M0V|NG CAR.
John Powers Lay Down Before
It to Die.
The Notorman Prevented Tragedy
by Applying tho Brake.

John Powers, forty-six years old, who
lives with his family in a fiat at Six
teenth street and Seventh avenue, Brook
Ign. was held by Justice Walsh in the
Butler Street Police Court, Brooklyn,
this morning on the technical charge OF
vagrancy, pending examination on Aug.
%.
onicer Daniel scanlon, of the Fifth
avenue station. says that about lbs
o'clock last night Powers threw him
self in front of a ferry bound Seventh
avenue trolley car at Sixteenth street
The motorman, whose name Scanlon
did not get. pulled up his car in time to
save Powers's life.
Scanlon admits that he did not wit
ness Powerss attempt to Kill himself,
but says that Powers told him that he
threw himself in front of the car.
Powers has been Ill for some time.
He refused to make any statement
this morning.
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CLEvELANDWOULD RUNAGAIN
So Says senator Teller. who Also
Speaks of Htil.
(By Associated Presr.)


. DENVER, Col, Aug. Ex-senator Tel
Ter arrived from Washington yesterday.
He thinks the coming State campaign
Will be for good government and that
National politics will not figure. The
only issue at stake IL the silver question,
and every man in Colorado is for free
coinage. He said: ,Hs. t...... -.a. 90. ,
1t must be apparent to every man
and woman at home. as II certainly Is to
all outsiders who are interested IN Col
orado, that the Populists must go. 1t Is
not a question OF the defeat of any one
individual, but of the entire party. II is
beyond the ken of any man to estimate
the damage that has been done this
State by the present administra ton, and
no matter who might be upon the
Populist ticket In the coming election,
whether the present Governor or some
one else, the election of that ticket
would mean a continuance of the present
demorallza ton, If not the fastening of
Speaking of National affairs. Mr.. Teller
said: Cleveland Is seriously setting
his pins for a fourth nomination, but
he does not stand a ghost of q show to
get It," Senator Hill, Mr.. Teller thinks,
In the coming man of the Democratic
party. and has of late become very much
stronger politically than he was q year
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ATTRACTIONS AT GIN ISLAND.
A New Landing At Harlem.

The attractions at ileH Island are 30
varied and enioyabe that its reputation
for popularity critBues to be main,
tanned. and that tbfs reputation is I'M
disputed can bessen oy the great mum
Der OF out-of-pW' visitors VINO are met
nh Ths eNNi@vIl OF Natural History,
OPENED tbs Season for the first time,
his nrovd IA great success, and many
ara me epComlums showered upon Mr..
Starin tor his far-sighted policy, in
tnrowhg open free OF charge such Il
meas l0f interest and instruction.
Tie Instrumental orchestra on Starin-
,,,tg Castle is another innovation which
he music-.ovinR patrons OF Gen Island
apprrclate; while the O.d Guard Band
continues to deserve general applause,
which IL receives.
To accommodate the residents OF Har-
lem line Of steamers Will commence
to run In few days direct from One
Hundred ana Seventeenth street, East
River, to Glen Island, thus saving the
trip downtown, rs at III esent. - -..
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ACCUSED BY TWO CHILDREN.
Morey Held in Newark on the
Charge of Assault.

NEWARK. N, j.. Aug. 2o-Nathan p.
Morey. Receiving Clerk Of the Pennsyl-
vania freight yard In Harrison. was ar
raigned before Justice Mulligan and held
for the Grand Jury to-day on the charge
of assaultins Minnie and Rose Kroll
children are three and six years old, re-
spectively.
Morey denied the charges against him
and says some mistake has been made
what time the alleged assault took
place.
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GOSS TO TURN AccUSER.
VIII Prefer Charges Against the
Policeman Who Arrested Him.

James Goss, also known as Red"
Goss, who was arrested on a charge of
breaking into the saloon of Patrick
Brophy. at Thirty-tlrs street and First
avenue. Will prefer charges against his
captor, Policeman John Hughes, at
Police Headquarters.
Goss was arraigned yesterday in York
vile Court, but the complainant, Brophy
refused to prosecute, and Goss was dis
charged
Patrick Goss, the defendants brother,
man of evident respect Ia bility, and
who lives at 800 East Thirty third street,
was in COURT when the case was called
He denies that James Goss has an ex-
tended police record, or that he is
notorious character. as was alleged by
Hughes in his statements to reporters
According to his brother. James Goss
had been arrested but once before. and
then on charge of assault
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THREW HIM DOWNSTAIRS.
Then james Got q Potato-Masher
and Lizzie Fought with n Club.

A fight between man and a woman,
the latter armed with a club and the
former with a potato-masher. was the
scene witnessed by the occupants Of q
tenement at 761 Third avenue yesterday.
The principals were Lizzie O'Donnell. q
washerwoman. twenty-eight years old.
of that address, and James Mcdonald,
twenty-seven years old. laborer in the
employ of the Department of Public
Works. and living at 354 East one Hun
dred and Fifty-seventh street.
Mrs. ODonnell claimed that McDon-
aid forced his way into her sleeping
room. and that she threw him down
two flights of stairs. He returned with
a potato-masher, she said, and the tight
resulted. The noise aroused the other
tenants and policemen were sent for.
They arrested the combatants and called
an ambulance from Flower Hospital. The
surgeon dressed the wounds OF the pair
and they were then taken to the police
station and locked up
When Justice Meade heard their story
to-day he decided to hold Mcdonald for
trial in $500 bail. and discharged the
woman.
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AGE OF NIAGARA FALLS.
Paper on This Subject Read to the
Scientists.

Prof. ]. w. Spencer. Of Atlanta, Ca.
entertained the members of the Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Sci
ence in Brooklyn this morning by read
ing an interesting paper on the "Dura-
ton of Niagara Falls"
1.-The first conjecture as to the age
Of Niagara Falls" said Prof. Spencer,
was made by Andrew Ellcott in 1890.
who then believed they were $500 years
old.
But" he continued. recent investi-
cations lead us to believe that the falls
are now about 1900 years old, counting
from the first episode In their history
Prof Spencer then went on to advance
the theory that in the near future the
waters of the Great Lakes would change
their course. Instead Of emptying into
the st. Lawrence River they would be-
gin to change their course near Chicago
and flow into the Mississippi River, and
thence to the Gulf of Mexico.
Papers were also read by Prof Snow
of the University of Wisconsin. and Prof
Sheldon, of the Brooklyn POLYTECHNIC.
The Convention of the Association will
close Wednesday night.
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HER ESCORT ALSO WOUNDED.
Two Men Arrested for the Assault
Upon Alice CunninEhnm

NEWARK. N. j.. Aug. 20-The condi-
ton OF Alice Cunningham. the domestic
of SO Barnum street. who was assaulted
early yesterday morning by five toughs,
Is critical. She said she left Centre
Market with James Doherty. of a
oliver street, at about midnight. for
home.
Search was made for Doherty and he
was found In the hospital in a badly
battered condition. He said he tried to
the men and awoke in the hospital
From a description given by Doherty
the police arrested John McEnhoe and
Emil Hillsback. They were arraigned
held to await the action OF the Grand
Jury. The police are trying to find the
three other men.
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RIVAL DEALERS IN A FIGHT.
Anti-snapper Leader Payne Ac
cused of Assault by Clay.

LONG ISLAND CITY, L. l., Aug. 90
The Long Island City Police Court was
crowded this morning when the case OF
George e. Clay against George e. PAYNE
rival real estate dealers. was called be-
fore Judge Duffy. Clay has an office
at s Jackson avenue, while Paynes OF
flee is at 70 jackson avenue. Payne ls
the leader of the Anti-Snappers on Long
Island.
men have been rivals, and Payne al
ieges that Clay has been telling stories
rejecting on him 70 his tenants. Ihey
met on Wednesday last. at Thirteenth
street and Mott avenue, and Payne says
that Clay insulted and struck him. clay
saws Payne struck him in the eye with
q force that made him turn over three
times in the air and landing him en-
Payne was defended by his father, A;
p. Payne. ex-Corporation Counsel OF
Long Island City who demanded Jury
trial The case was postponed until Fri
day morning. Young Payne Is already
being talked Of as a candidate for the
ONCE Of City Treasurer.
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NEW JERSEY
THE THIEVES WERE HELD UP.
Elizabeth Police Have an Enooun-
ter with Midnight Maraudera
One of the Latter Wounded and
Taken Prisoner.
Especial to The Evening world)


ELIZABETH. N. j., Aug. O.-Omcer
Tucker. of the Elizabeth police. had a
desperate struggle at 30 o'clock this
morning with n fugitive thief on the
Newark road. and as II result OF the en-
counter the thief now lies In the ELIZA
beth Hospital with bullet wound In his
leg.
1t was about 2 A. NJ. when officer
Schreimer stopped three men who were
In a wagon driving towards Newark.
They had two sacks OF potatoes In the
wagon. and they told the officer that
they purchased the potatoes at Spring
field. Policeman Schreimer said he
would have to take the rig and Its oc-
cupants to Police Headquarters for In
vcstiEation. whereupon the three men
Jumped out and ran towards some tim
Der near the road
his revolver at the fugitives, but tailed
to hit any OF them. He blew his whistle
vigorously for help. and was Joined by
Onicers bishop and Tucker.
The policemen separated, the better TO
intercept the fugitives. Officer Tucker
overhauled one fellow. who afterwards
gave his name as Anton Barbe, age
thirty-fve an italian, and who lives at
3O9 King street. Newark. lie. grappled
with the policeman and tried to take
his pistol away. A fierce struggle en-
sued, and 1t was terminated by Tucker
shooting Barbe In the thigh. The bullet
has not yet been extracted.
The fellow surrendered when wounded
and was removed to the hospital
The rig was taken to n livery stable
and it's contents to Police Headquarters.
The potatoes were undoubtedly stolen,
and the police believe that the horse and
wagon were also. The men are probably
some of the same gang who have been
for months committing depredations In
Union County among the farmers.
The injured thiet's companions escaped
but the police expect to capture them
In a day or so.
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ROBBED GROCER BR0DY.
Linck Arrested in jersey City on
the Charge of Larceny.

Assistant District-Attorney Battle Is
preparing papers for the extradition OF
Isaac Linck. who was arrested In Jer-
sey City on Saturday last on the charge
Of grand larceny. preferred by Isaac
Brody. a grocer OF Bayard street. this
city.
Linck worked for his accuser. and
Brody, who lives in the rear OF his
store, says that when he went TO his
apartments to change his trousers that
Linck distracted a gold watch, check
for SO and $li0 In cash from the pair
the grocer discarded. When Brody dis
covered his loss he Immediately notified
Police headquarters. and Detectives
McCafferty and Price found Linck late
Saturday afternoon in the depot in
Jersey city in the act OF buying ticket
for Philadelphia.
The stolen property was found on
LInCk.
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THEIR CONDUCT SUSPICIOUS.
Two Men Chased and Arrested in
Brooklyn.

Bernard Johnson, of Newark, and
Thomas McKenna, who claims to hail
from Chicago. were arraigned In Gates
Avenue Court, Brooklyn. this morning.
on the charge OF being Migrants and
suspicious characters. by Policeman
Conzine.
Between Q and o'clock Sunday morn
ing Conzine saw the two young men
accommodating some vacant dwellings on
Macon street, near Marcy avenue. When
he approached they ran away. The po-
liceman chased and arrested them.
They said they were looking for friend
at 1898 Dean street, but investigation
showed that no such person has ever
lived at that address.
Pawn-tickets, a bunch Of keys. two
knives and d candle were found on
them, and they are supposed to have
dropped the revolver picked up near
where they were discovered. The re-
volver was carefully loaded with slugs
cut out of charcoal to look exactly like
bullets. Justice Steers held the prison.
ers in $500 bonds each.
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THREE DESTITUTE CHILDREN.
Their Blind and Widowed Mother
Unable to support Them.

Unable to support Them.
Agent saur, of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Children. appeared
in the Gates Avenue Court, Brooklyn,
this morning with three little children.
who, he explained to the Court, had
been found starving with their mother
at 1857 Palmetto street.
The children were Mary. Adrian. aged
three years, William Adrian. aged two
years, and Emma, aged four months.
Some ten days ago their father, William
Adrian, died. and the, family was left
destitute. Their mother, Agnes Adrian,
twenty-five years old, has been totally
blind for some time and Is utterly unable
to support the children.
A neighbor. Mrs. Farraday, of 1921
Bushwick avenue, discovered the pow
erty Of the family and notified the So
ciety. Justice Steers sent the elder chill
dren to the Eastern District Industrial
School and the baby to the Flaatbush
Nursery. An effort is also being made
to place the mother in a hospital, where
1t Is hoped her sight may be recovered.
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SAFE-BREAKERS Fooled.
Durglars Broke Into = Foundry but
Obtained Nothing.

An attempt was made during last night
to burst open a big rafe IN the once Of
John Davies. an iron founder. at Second
avenue and Eleventh street. Brooklyn.
The burglars employed Mr.. Dayies's
tools in their work, but after WORKING
In disgust and left. -.
The burglary was discovered py 70
liceman Neil Jepson. Of the Fifth ave
had entered the foundry by breaking
a window in the rear. They, procured
tools from the workshop and went TO
the Office where they began hammer
they drilled several holes in the heavy
doors and knocked off the combination
lock, but they failed in their task
The case was reported at the statlon-
was detailed to make an investigation.
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KILLED AT A CROSSING.
Farmer MagOy Died After Being
Thrown FIFTY Feet.

RlVERHEAD L. l.. Aug. oo.-John
Aagoy, a farmer. Of Aquebogue, while
driving across the Long Island Railroad
track at Riverhead this morning was
struck by the 7.09 train at the Main
street crossing.
Magoy saw the train. but attempted
70 cross the tracks in front OF It. The
hlhd wheel OF his wagon was struck by
me locomotive. The wagon was wrecked,
out the horse escaped uninjured. Magoy
was thrown fifty feet, and when picked
up was unconscious. DR.. Benjamin was
hour.