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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
Only 81, or the Jury Could AEreo.

A jury which had been out celebrating over
the case Of tho New York Bank Note Company
against Lehman Brothers to recover 5000 for
stock certificates printed for them, came into
Justice Sc~huchman's court yesterday and an
nolinccl that they could not agree.
Justice Schuchman told lthom that a day and n
half had already boon spent on the case, that tho
testimony given was clear and that they should
try and come to some agreement. Two of tho
1urymcn, who were Germans, triod to explain
that " only halfo OF the Jury could agree Justice
Schuchnian told them they must make the other
half agree.
We was hungry" said one.
Yes. let us get lunch and well agree"
chincd in another.
Yes; your honorable Judge, we can dink
said another.
NO, you can't" replied tho Court, and tho
twelve peers retired. still hungry. They didn't
agree.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
The Weather.

Bright skies and cooler weather prevailed In IN,
Atlantic States yesterday. The rain and fog OF tho
previous day were passing out tho mouth OF the
81. Lawrence.
Another disturbance was forming over Kansas.
This storm is moving northeastward. preceded in
all the Interior OF the country by a rise OF TO- to 2U'
in temperature. and followed again by colder
weather in tho Northwest, the temperature in
Montana running from g TO TO- below zero.
IL This city yesterday II was clear and cooler;
highest omciai temperature 5a', lowest ga; nv.
erage humidity 81 per cent: wlni southwest, nv.
erasc velocity l2 miles an hour; barometer, cor.
rccted TO read 10 sea level. AT D A. n. 3o.le, 3 p.
". 5000.
Tho Thermometer NJ the United States Weather Bu.
rom rpE.Rtrrcd tho tclnnnrntnrr Nantnrlnr ma fnllnua.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
A HAUL BF HOBoxES POLICE.
Ono or Fivo Alleged Burglars Tries TO shield
His Pals.

The Hoboken police early yesterday morning
arrested five men who wero breaking into
George vorrath's saloon in Washington and
Fourteenth streets. Tho prisoners gave their
names as Max Becker. 90 years old. OF 332 Fiji.
teenth street. this city; Frank lie Roy, 30 years.
OF Philadelphia, Pa; Thomas Clark. 81 years. OF
10 Clark street. this city; John Burns, 10 years.
Of Q Bedtime street. West Brighton, g. l., and
John Harvey, 10 years. OF : Ethelena place, North
driver.
Tho prisoners. were held for the Grand Jury.
made a confession. IL admit, Judge" he said,
when arraigned before Recorder McDonough,
Il took part In the attempted burglary, but /
wish to say that those men ] don't know. met
them on the corner on my way to the ferry"
The police believe that the gang has been con.
cerned In several recent burglaries In Hoboken.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
FOUGHT IN COURT AND OUT.
women and Their Sons 60 to law for . Dos
and Then Try 10 settle Things Informally.

and Then Try TO settle Things Informally.
WHITE PLAINS. n. V. March ll.-Lewis and
Frank Raven Of Rye Lake were tried here to-day
on a charge Of stealing a hound from the
premises Of Mrs. Arabella Hyatt. The jury
acquitted tho two boys. Mrs. Raven was In the
court room. and as the court adjourned Mrs.
Hyatt and Mrs. Raven jostled against each other
In the corridor. Mrs. Hyatt called out to Mrs.
Raven that her boys were thieves and she could
prove II. Mrs. Raven. who is the mother OF If
teen children. retorted:
Don't call my children thieves" No sooner
had the words been uttered when Mrs. Raven
raised her hand and struck Mrs. Hyatt in the
eye. She then rushed out Of the court room to
tho street, followed by Mrs. Hyatt. When both
women reached the lawn they found IA fight be-
tween their sons going on. The boys had fought
furiously and their clothes had been half torn
from their backs. II took four deputy sheritfs
end several jurymen TO 9uell the disturbance.
Judge Lent, on learning Of tho trouble. convened
court and sent officers to arrest the two, women
foro the Judge and, after hearing both sides. he
fined each one $40 for contempt of court. Mrs.
Raven paid her fine, but Mrs. Hyatt refused TO
pay hers and went to jail, The two boys were
taken into the Sheriff's Office by Deputy Sheriff
Studwell and the Judge ordered them locked
up until tomorrow, when they will DO arraigned
before Police Justice Moran.
Mrs. Hyatt In a widow and a dog fancier. She
keeps q kennel, from which she derives her
living. She valued the hound that was stolen
at 300.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
LOTTIE POWELL ACCUSED.
she Gets Free on Ono Charge OF Theft and L.
Rearrested on Another.

Lottie Powell called on Jan. 10 at the store Of
Jeweller John Stringadcllo at 1899 Fulton street,
Brooklyn. and selected some jewellery. valued
at $50, which she directed should be sent TO Mrs.
Berne at 29s Putnam avenue. TO DO paid for on
delivery. Afew minutes after she had taken her
departure Mr.. Strinsadc!lo missed a gold watch,
and hurrying out and ovcrtaking his customer
had her arrested. The missing watch was NOS
found in her possession. but when II was learned
that the Putnam avenue address was q vacant
lot and that there was no Mrs. Berne living in
the neighborhood. the woman was held on a
charge OF larceny. II is said that a
few days after the incident the watch was
restored to the jeweller BY q third party. The
examination OF Miss Powell took place before
Justice Teale In the Myrtle Avenue Court yes
terday. and resulted In her discharge. She was
Immediately rearrcsted for the alleged robbery
OF a diamond scarfpin from Frank II. Tyler. a real
estate dealer at 1883 Fulton street, and. waiv-
ing examination. was held for the Grand
Jury. A friend of the accused was on hand and
furnished the required $1,000 bond for her re-
lease.
II is said that she went into the real estate
Office one day. and while negotiating for a fat
remarked TO Mr; Tyler, There is a bug ON your
away. When she. had left the pin was also
missing. but, like the watch, 1t was also restored
by a third party.
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Comstock nnids n Policy shop.

Tho store at l55 Park row is closed, the door
is locked. and the proprletors gone. Anthony
Comstock suspected a few days ago that there
were other things sold in the shop than tho two.
for'hve cigars exposed in the window. sur
mounted by n cross.legged plaster of Paris dar.
ky and advertisements.
Mr.. Comstock and his aid raidcd tho place
yesterday and made three prisoners. One was
Aaron Garrison, anothcr Rudolph Hench,
Examination discovered policy tickets. slips,
and returns in q back room. The prisoners
waived examination, and Judge Wcntworih
held them In 81 200 bail each.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
PRAYERS, AND THEN DICE.
Curious Ritual or tho Unique CIub-Proprictor
Convicted.

Tom Jones Of tho Ninth ward, who is known as
"the Deacon" and who was President OF the
Unique Club. which was raidod by the police OF
tho Charles street station on Feb. 2s. was con.
victcd yesterday in Part III. OF the General Ses-
sions, where he had been on trial for three days
on n charge o. maintaining a gambling house at
go Downing street. This is the headquarters OF
the Unique Club.
Police Captain Petty and his men had testified
that Jones "bosscd the club and permitted tho
members to play cards and a game OF dice known
as g smutch y for money.
Former Assistant District Attorney O'Hare.
counsel for Jones, referred to the evidence given
by witnesses for the defence that tho club mem.
hers had been hlackmailed by the police, and
told the jury that the raid never would have
been made Il the club members had not protested
against further cXtortion.
The prosecuting attorney, In umming up, said
that the evidence showed that the Unique Club
was a gambling den. and that the clubs minute
book contained no records OF meetings except
the statement that the meetings opened with the
assembly saying the Lords prayer. After that
the members proceeded to play snutch.
Jones was committed to the Tombs, He will
be sentenced next Tuesday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
THE UNDERGROUND TROLLEY.
The state Railroad commissioner VIII Hear
Arguments on March ~.

At tho hearing before the Railroad Commits
sionors yesterday on the application OF the Met.
ropolitan Street Railway Company for permits.
sion TO substitute electric motive power for
horses on the Sixth, Eighth and Ninth avenue
and Belt lines a committee OF the Eighth Avenue
Real Estate Owners and Merchants Progressive
should he ordered along the whole line on
Eighth avenue, The Commissioners also lis
tened TO objections made by representatives of
that the open slot used In the underground
trolley system wns n menace TO the public
health. At the request OF the opponents OF the
application the hearing OF arguments was post
poncd until March II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
The Daw.ons Make Assignments.

ST. PAUL MINI. March ll.-Mr. William
Dawson and Mr.. William Dawson. Jr.. have
made personal assignments. resulting from the
failure of the Bank OF Minnesota. OF which
they were President and cashier. A personal
statement made several weeks ago by the elder
Dawson gave his liabilities as 81, 62l ,792, OF
which STBl, a92 was his personal Indebtedness.
The Dawsons have. been among the weathiest
estate holdings still being large. Mr.. Dawson
was ono of the organizers OF the Bank o.
pension he and tho members OF his family owned
stock in the bank amounting 20 S2T5. 400.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
4 REAL ESTATE Dealer IN JAu
Charles smith OF Pirasantviiie Accused or
Forging Insurance Policies.

WHITE PLAINS, y. y, March ll.-Charlcs
Smith OF Plcasantville was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff John c. Verplnnck at his home at Pleas.
antvillc this afternoon and lodged in the White
Plains jail. on complaint OF tho officers OF the
Hamburg Bremen Fire Insurance Company OF
New York city. Smith was tho agent of the
company. and In the complaint II IL stated that he
has issued policies against the company without
consulting or reporting to them. and. in fact, has
gone so far ns TO forge the signatures OF the oil.
GERS To the policies which he had Autographed
from plates, that he had made in imitation OF
their printed forms. Tho matter was discovered
when one OF the false policies was presented TO
the company with a demand for tho settlement
of n loss. There Is no way OF knowing how far
the fraud has been carried.
Smith Is well known In Pleasantville, whore
he has lived several years. lie is about 40 years
old, had an excellent reputation, and conducted
q lucrative real estate and insurance business,
He Is said to have made a partial confession.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
ADAMS Exrnnss ooMrAxY noBBnD.
Ono % rts Kmpieyccs Arrcstcs ror Ni.nppre-
p~rf,tfpr nToa.

Jacob Keefcr. who. for eleven years. until q
few weeks ago. had boon in the employ Of the
Adams Express Company, was taken to tho
Centre Street Police Court yesterday morning on
a warrant charging him with tho misappropria-
ton OF S796. The complaint was sworn TO by J.
G. Young, one Of the chief agents Of tho express
company. Keefer, who is 80 years old. and lives
at 100 West Thirtieth street. had been q clerk
In the collection department Of the company.
In common with other Of tho employees he was
under bonds given by the City Trust. Safe De-
post and Surety Company Of Philadelphia. OF
which John A. Sullivan. lately Internal Revenue
Collector OF the Second district, Is the Ncw. York
although tho shortage in his accounts was
found out some time ago, and Mr.. Young made
his affidavit q fortnight ago, Kcctes was not
court squad took him up.
Abraham Levy. who represents tho complain.
deposit each morning in bank the moneys received
or collected by him on the previous day; Each
ing arrived. more money had come in, which was
to go over n that days receipts for the following
on %G sRs dss' ss fssSipt, h thss We're wU rosdy SG lor Scp so%o
making the amount OF tho deposit good out Of
to the following Day. This he kept up, the law.
remarked with some emphasis that he didn't
Ike the way the collection accounts were kept.
kcefer, IN consequence, discharged himself. 80 TO
speak, leaving In tho safe an l.. o. u. for the
amount OF cash he had taken. Tho books were
examined, and the shortage in Koofcr's accounts
was discovered.
both Mr.. Young and Mr.. Sullivan wore loath
to say much of tho case yesterday. Mr.. Young
said IL was a painful subject to him. that Of
kcofer had talked with him since tho discovery,
but had not told him what had become OF the
money.
In court Keefcr pleaded not guilty. He said
that he had borrowed the money and left his 40
acknowledgement in the safe. He demanded an
examination. which was fixed for Monday next,
and he was held under 81 800 bail.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
ADJUsTER HOLT INDICTED AGAIN.
Accused OF Advising and Aiding Y1rebuss %
Get Out or the Way.

George W. Holt, the fire insurance adiustcr
who was recently acquitted in a Brooklyn court
after trial on a charge OF assisting the members
OF the Hirschkopf Schoenholtz gang of trebugs
WINS indicted yesterday by tho New York Grand
Jury as an accessory after the fact to the crime
OF arson.
The leaders OF the frcbus gang are now impris.
onod AZ Sing Sing. but three members OF tho
gang go, away when they heard they had been
indicted, and IL Is now alleged that Holt advised
and aided them TO leave town.
The Grand Jury indicted Holt on evidence
prepared by Assistant District Attorney Vernon
VI. Davis and on testimony given by Samuel
Mich, the sclfconfcssed frcbug. Mich alleges
that Holt tried to get him out OF the way and
gave him u gold watch 10 raise money for his
escape. ,Milch says he pawned the watch and
raised the money TO go to South America.
Later he agreed 10 make a confession. Mr.. Davis
now has the watch which it is alleged Holt gave
TO Mich.
Holt. who is undor $40, 900 hail in other cases.
will be brought into court to-day by his counsel.
De Lancey Nicoll, TO plead TO the latest indict-
mont,
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wAsmsoToy ronEclsr von rRrpAy

WASHINGTON FORECAST FOR FRIDAY.
For Neir England, eastern Nrw York. cna'ern Tenn.
syirdnia, Nrir Jerry, and Dci1lrurs, Increasing
rioNdiEess anil %pro5Ghiv ruin ,rinds shirfino 10
%sOuthcriY and MiOhHY wdrmrr.
For the District ~ Columbia, Maryland. AMI vIr.
Sinia' shower followed by clearing weather; colder
Friday night ~southeriy winds, shifting TO westerly.
: For western New York. threatening weather and
Ayrhghtiy warmer Friday s~outhcriy winds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
a California ,Ior,sase Compnn, r.,,..

SAN DIEGO, Cal, March 1.-the Or ,rnia
Mortgage. Loan and Trust Company mis- city
assigned all its property yesterday Tor the ben.
eft Of its creditors without preference. The
step WIS taken on account Of the shrinkage In
the value Of its holdings. Manager swain snid
last night tia, the books show assets OF S34O..
600, hut OWING 10 shrinkngC OF values the assets
are probably not really worth more than $780,
600. Tho liabilities are 500. 600.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
A Four-Year-Oid hoy Missing.

lsadore Herman. the fouryear-old son OF Sam.
ucl Herman. a dealer in dress goods at 500
Grand street, Winiamsburgh, went out to play
at l O'Clock on Wednesday afternoon, and two
hours later ho disappeared. Up to last evening
neither his parents nor the police had been able
10 ttnd him. He wore n dark blue waist, brown
knee pants, u dark blue hat, black stockings,
and buttOupd shoes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
BROOKLYN ELEVATED ROAD WINS.
Trolley Companies Must Fay el5. COO Tor
Violating n Contract.

Tho Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company won
an important suit yesterday when Justice Dickcy
of tho supreme Court signed n judgment in
favor OF the company In its suit against the
Brooklyn. Bath Beach and West End. the At.
lantic Avenue, and the Nassau Electric railroad
companies. Tho %plaintiff, alleged failure on the
part OF the defendants TO live up to n contract TO
enie and Thirty.sixlh street. Justice Dickcy al.
lowed The plaintiff $4,000 damages and $3.50
extra allowance,
The decision. will be appealed from by the
trolley companies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12

A case In which Angel" Dement'S insanity
played an important part was that OF Mary
Enverts, charged with keeping u disorderly
house at l3O MacdougRl street. Mrs. Enyerts
was put on trial yesterday in tho General SEES.
sions. She is said to DO n sister OF Mathilde
Herman or Loxow committee famo. Dcnnctt Sc
cured the evidence on which she WAS indicted.
As bennett was not able 10 appear the case wns
given to tho jury without testimony and with
instructions from the Judge to acquit,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
EXTENDING THE BULKHEAD LINE.
Dock Board Authorizes the beginning or work
In the North River at once.


Gen. o'Brien offered a resolution at tho regu.
lar meeting of the Dock Board yesterday pro-
vlding for tho Immediate commencement OF
work in extending the bulkhead line on tho
North River front. The resolution instructs
Enginoer.in-Chi Green to begin work at once
on tho property between the north end OF tho
bulkhead as now existing at the foot OF West
Thirty-third street and the north side OF West
Thtrty-fourth street, q distance OF 1913 feet o
inches. The resolution was adopted. The War
Department, on application OF the present Dock
Board, recently gave. the Commissioners permits.
9lon to extend the bulkhead line on the North
River front from West Twenty.third to West
Eighty-first streets.
Secretary Terry was instructed to notify all
tenants OF city, property on West street between
West Twelfth and Gansevoort to vacate
Py May ! and to advertise the sale Of tho vacant
after that date. Tho Commissioners nave also
decided TO sell at auction the big Trip elevator,
which Is an obstruction to the contemplated i'm.
proyements on the North River front,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
Yor the Monument to Con. Josiah Porter.
Tramp Killed By q Train.

An unidentified man, apparently a tramp, was
run down and killed yesterday morning on tho
tracks OF the New York Central Railroad at
Riverdalo by the locomotive drawing a Croton
local train, bound south, The man was less than
100 feet distant when the engineer noticed him
motive. The engineer blew the whistle, but the
man did not seem to hear II. Tho brakes were
applied too late to stop the train. and the pilot
OF the locomotive hurled tho man about twenty
feet. lie was dead when picked up.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
Lawyer Hiscnbethnm In trouble.

Iawyer Samuel b. HiGcnbothnm of 2ll Frank.
lin avenue, brooklyn. formerly n partner OF Jus.
tice Roger A. Pryor, and who is over seventy
years old, was arraigned before Commissioner
Benedict in tho tnitcd States Court Yesterday.
charged with sending q detamalory postal card
70 william brattali OF 505. 81. Marks avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12

The Riparian Commissioner OF New Jersey
received notice yesterday from Col. H.. NJ.
Robert, L.. :. A., Chairman OF the IInrbor Line
Board, that tho petition of tho Riparian Com.
mlssioncrs, the IIobokcn Land and improvement
company. tho Hohokcn Ferry Comnnny, and tho
llouokeh, steamship companies for permission
70 extend he pier line along the river front IN
tioL9hen 200 feet Ind been approved by the
hartor Line board. The petition - now before
S.rretniI oi War Algcr, who VII. probably Order
pup''e hearings before the liHrlpr Line Board.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
A Brooklyn woman KILLED by a Ben.ine K.-
mission.

While Mrs. Mary Lynch, SO years old was mnk.
ing q solution OF benzine and hot water to use on
the furniture in her apartments on the second
floor OF 154 Thirty.first street, Brooklyn, on
Wednesday, tho stuff exploded and set fire TO
her clothing. She rushed downstairs to the
street and some neighbors tore Oh the blazing
clothing. She was badly burned and died early
yesterday morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
Bessie Tuttis's Abduetor p cad. Guilty.

Samuel Fishblatt OF l22 East i2Oth street, who
was arrested on Feb. IL on a charge OF abduct-
ing l4-yoar-old Bessie Tuttle, pleaded guilty In
the General Sessions yesterday of assault in the
second degree. He viii be sentenced on We'd.
nesday next. Under the plea he may get ten years
his Harlem fiat, and he kept her there until tho
day of his arrest,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
Capt. Hilton Reelected r,lo, Commissioner

A special meeting OF the Chamber OF Commerce
was held yesterday afternoon to elect a Com.
missioner OF Pilots, to serve for two years. in
place OF William h, Hilton, whose term Of Office
has expired. Capt. Hilton's denomination and
reelection was recommended " tho Executive
Committee NJ its last meeting, There was no
other, candidate and Capt. Hilton was reelected
unanimously,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12
Urginaid Il. ward Getting We'll.

Reginald II, Ward of GS3 Fiith avenue. who
has been II in n private ward Al tha Hnhnlmruu
Hospital is gradually recovering. lie has been
suffering from a tuWu., vi WcLnrs!.N an a..
Grafton MAS per!oG1u,H = b.. lHl;.u"ni Nn,
III IL few DAYS,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12

Il Is the intention Of the BOARD Of Charities 10
appoint F'odt..rk +. Bauer of IL East llGth
street 10 succeed the late William Blake as Su.
per!n.cndort OF OGtduOr Poor. lie has been en-.
DO! ga ~ M hu;unI many years aud his rtCCul-
- '"ri' actin 81 Edmond, IA. Has PA Sent sai.
trE, l. :, 100. the salary of Superintendent
D.-Nc ".s .",.bo.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12

Barren Island can'opt be a bad location for n
ltaines hotel, for Richard McAvoy. who owns
one there, has, notified the Brooklyn police that
William Hradc, his bartender, skipnSd Off last
Friday night IN u yacht with $500 which he had
collected from his customers.