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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
NINETEENTH ST. & SIXTH AVE.
KILLED HERSELF FOR SHAME.
Meta Aoschen HAD been Betrnyed-Her Body
Pound In tho XIII Won KuII.

Tho body of n girl. who is believed to have
committed suicide early yesterday morning
by leaping from o ferryboat in New York
Harbor. l es In O'Brien's morgue at Bayonnc.
The body. buoyed by the clothing. foated
up the Kill Won Kull on the food tide yesterday
afternoon, and Bert Van Horn, an employee in
McDonald's Riverside Hotel on the Bergen
Point shore, found it. The local police had the
body removed to the morguc. The dead girl had
a rather pretty face. heavy chestnut hair
moro than three feet in length; large. dark
brown eyes, dark eyebrows and long eyelashes,
small ears, set closely to the head. perfect teeth,
a small mouth and fun lips. She was five feet
seven inches tall. Aside from the discoloration
Of her left eyelid, evidently caused by contact
with some hard object in the water. there was
no blemish about the body. Her dress was Of
dark blue cashmere. the waist trimmed with
velvet and lace.
In the pocket of her dress skirt was q pocket
book containing n gold chain. Sc in bills and rs
cents In change, a card certificate OF confirma-
tion. and a letter which she had evidently writ
ten to the man who had been her lover. The
certificate and letter were written in German.
Tho former document was signed by a Lutheran
clergyman named Muller. 1t showed that the
girl was born on Jan. /, 1880. The anne 1t bore
was somewhat blurred and was deciphered as
Josephine Doscher. The letter was written on a
nail bneeI OF common commercial note paper
1t was neither addressed nor signed. rhe out
side fold Of the sheet had written on II in Eng
nsh the address Is West l26th street, New York
city.
Morgue Keeper O'Brien had the letter inter-
preted, and the writing disclosed the fact that
the girl had committed suicide because she had
been betrayed by the man for whom she in
tended the missive. County Physician Converse
viewed the body. and took possession OF the let
ter and certificate with the intention OF having
both writings thoroughly deciphered. He said
that the corpse had been in the water scarcely
six hours.
No. Is West 126th street is the home OF Will
liam Tonk. n Warren street dealer in musical
Instruments. He said last night that the girl
was Meta Noschen. She had been employed as
a servant in his house since last spring. Satur-
day morning she left the ouse on an Grand, 1t
was expected that she would return soon, but
she did not como back. The next thing Mr..
,Tonk heard about her was that her body had
been found in Bayonne.
This Information came to him through tho
police OF the East l26th street station. who
we're investignting the case under instructions
from Police Headquarters. Mr.. Tonk thinks
that the girl killed herself because OF her con-
dition. She had two sisters and a brother. One
Of the sisters. named Mary. lives at Elberon,
Nj. In Liddy co tage No. l. Mr.. Tonk said he
did not know who was responsible for the girls
trouble.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
AsPHrxIATED HERSELF WITH GAS.
Disappointment in Love the Cause or Miss
Webbs Attempt nj suicide.

Disappointment in Love the Cause or Misa
Webb's Attempt Mt Suicide.
Belle NJ. Webb. a stenographer, OF 23s West
terday morning by inhaling Illuminating gas.
She attached one end Of a rubber tube TO a gas
Jet and put the other in her mouth. She was
taken to the New York Hospital. where it was
said that there was small chance for her re-
covery.
On a table in her room were found a note and two
sealed letters. The note asked that Miss Webb's
sister. Mrs. J. n. Webb OF Third and Flower
streets. South Chester. Pa. whore Miss Webb
used to live. be notified. There was n dollar at
tached to the note 10 pay for the telegram. One
OF the sealed letters was addressed to Mother.
to be delivered when she arrives The other
was addressed to Mrs. Cnderhill. l4o East
Fourteenth street. where Miss Webb lodged un-
Tho letter Miss Webb left for Mrs. Underhill
read as follows:
"SErr. ls. 1897.
DEAR Mrs. U%NpERHILL: l am going to end
1t all tonight. l want you to help my mother
bear 1t when she gets here. Do all you can. l
know you will. Good.by. BELLE.
"P. S-Please notify J. A. Hill & Co.. 80 Firth
avenue, as soon as possible. Ask for Mr..
When asked last night II she could think of
any motive for the girls act, Mrs. Underhill
said that on Labor Day a Philadelphia news
f RTIr had visited Miss WesbS in this city s shortiy
before, and when she learned of his death she
became III: Mrs. Cnderhill said she believed
that Miss Webb thought a good deal of Harris.
S Snda that nr6m 1t %ss t GSs; Hi4i 10 that Sns sT lief f hT him might
J. A. Hill s. Co. are publishers, by whom tho
suicide was employed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
THORNTON TO BE PARDoxED.
He Has Served Two Years OF . FIfteen-Veal
Sentence for . Crime He DIG Not Commit

AUBURN. Sept. 10. Tomorrow Joseph
Thornton Of Syracuse. who has been serving a
fifteen years term in the State Prison for a
crime he did not commit, will be pardoned. In
February, 1895, burglars entered the National
Bank in Vernon Oneida county. and stole $500
in money and $3.50 in postage stamps. The
stamps belonged to Postmaster OFT, who kept
them in the bank:vault for safety. Thornton,
Thomas Murray, and John Farrell were arrest
ed. and in March they were indicted. In Juno
Thronton was convicted and sent to Auburn
for fifteen years and three months.
Afterward the sheriff and District Attor.
ney Of Oneida county became convinced that
Thornton was innocent. They found Frank
Cassidy in the Onondaga Penitentiary and
James p. Sullivan in the Albany Penitentiary.
where they were serving short sentences for
petty offences. The evidence in the possession
OF the officers of Oneida county bowed that
these two men were the ones who had robbed
the Vernon bank. They both pleaded guilty
and we're sent to Auburn for six years and six
and Farrell to be innocent, and as the two last
named had not. been. tried, they were dis
charged. Legal delays have prevented the issu-
ance of a pardon for Thornton until this time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
sToL EN- GOODS RECOVERED.
8chleeweis's House Was stocked with q WaEou
Load or All Sorts or Pluuder.

Load OF All Sorts or Plumber.
ORANGE, \. j., Sept. ia wagon load of
dress goods. lap robes. garden hose. harness.
carpenters tools. and blankets is at the East
Orange police station awaiting claimants. The
goods were recovered last night from the house
OF Frederick Sc lecweis. ii Midland avenue,
Glen Ridge. just over the East Orange line. 1t
is believed that most OF them were stolen a year
or moro ago.
o. June 25. 1896. the little store Of Mrs. Mat.
tic Daum, in North Park street, East Orange,
was robbed OF dress goods and similar materials
The East Orange police couldn't get a trace OF
the thieves. A week ago Policeman John Gam.
bic, heard from his wife that tho Schlecweis
children were dressed in goods that were like
some that Mrs. Damn had had In her store.
Gamble saw Mrs. Dlum and took her to watch
the children, and she then made a complaint
"On information and belief" before Judge ri.
lott, who issued n search warrant. When tho
police visited the SChlee els house they found
IL stocked with all kinds of goods. Schleeweis
was arrested and held in $500 hail for the Grand
Jury. He Is n halter, and works In New York,
At first he declared that the goods had been
placed In his house by Arthur Alnrcde, who
lives next door, but when asked how II was tina
his wife had made clothing for their four chill.
drcn from the material he became confused.
The police are waiting for others to claim The
contlscated articles which do not belong to Mrs.
Daum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
MUSIC LEADS TO srABBING.
A Negro Singer Wounds. PNshaps Mentally.
One or HIS white Rivals.

Three negro minstrels. whom returning last
night on a Weehawken ferryboat from Shady.
side. N. j.. where they had been giving a con-
cert, struck up a good old-fashioned darby song
on the lower deck. to the delight Of every one on
board except five white men, who thought they
could sing better. The latter began to sing q
"come.all-ye." Being superior in numbers they
excelled in sound, and the darkies got angry.
Both sides finally quit singing and INDUCED
In an interchange Of compliments which would
have resulted in a general scrap but for the deck
hands. After landing at Forty-second street the
musical rivals moved up to Eleventh avenue.
where they came together again and a fight
started. The police chased them all up the
block and hostilities ceased for the time being.
Several minutes later tho black and white
singers got together again nj Tenth avenue and
Forty.second street. and one OF the negroes,
Moses Herbert. of 2S6 West Sixty.frSt street,
stabbed Peter Garvey OF 54S West Forty.third
street Just above the heart. Garvey fell to the
ldewalk and all the others ran away. The
police, however. captured Herbert, He was
locked up at the Forty:soventh street station.
Garvey was taken to Roosevelt Hospital. Tho
doctors fear he will die.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20

David Hays died in Pleasantville. y. Y. a few
days ago, in the homestead which had been in
possession OF his family for over 100 years. A 3
the time OF his death arrangements had teen
made for the celebration of his seventy. eighth
birthday. His father had been widely known
as "Uncle Ben. the Jew, the best Christian in
WestehesteF county, The ancestors Of Dsvtd
Rochelle before the English gained possession Of
this city, and his grandfather was a Revolution.
macy, and was afterward engaged in that bust.
York C 6 Of Pharmacy: and served for y m IAN,
Chairman of the Board OF School Trustees OF tho
Seventh. ard. In Judaism he belonged to no
Sephnrdic community. On account OF falling
health, he retired from active business in 1880:
His wife, whose death, preceded his own. and
who left IA number OF children, was a daughter
Of DIR, Daniel Maduro Peixotto.
Wolf Meyerfeld. n prominent Hebrew citizen
OF Ohio. widely known in that State. is dead IN
Cincinnati; aged 20, leaving a family Of hrs
children. He was an active member OF chariia'
BILE organizations, secret orders and jewish sr
~cieties, and a trustee OF a Cincinnati synagogue.
lie was a man OF striking, trnits Of character.
For a great part Of his life he lived in a place n
Ohio whore he was the only Jewish resident;
yet he was most rigid in his devotion 10 the OBJ
seryances of his religion, 80 far as WAS possible
under the circumstances. The death OF No.f
Meyerfcld is regretted by others than his COZ
religionists.
Samuel Eldredge. aged about As years, a
w~heelwright OF Sout old, y. y. was stricken
with heart disease on Saturday afternoon while
out riding with his l7.ycar-old son II lph, The
boy drove to the home OF Glider Conklin.near by.
where tho dead man was placed until the ARR.
val OF the Coroner. An inq uest WAS held at 10
O'Clock that night, the verdict being that do
ceased came to his death from heart failure.
Jacob A. Clough, ~ years old. died suddenly
yesterday at his home, 800 York street. Jersey
City, OF acute gastritis. Mr.. Clough " as cashier
OF the KnickerOocker Mills in Chambers street,
this city, for twenty-five years.
John Brady, who had lived in West Orange for
sixty-tlve years. was found dead in his house IN
Park avenue yesterday. He was a well.known
farmer. His widow survives him..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
RIGHTS OF GOLD DISCOVERIES.
The Procedure Necessary when y Man Flnds
Gold on Land Not His Own.

The Procedure Necessary when y Man Finds
Gold on Land Not His Own.
ALBANY. Sept. 19.-Many requests are being
received by Secretary Of State Palmer for infor-
nation regarding the procedure necessary for O
person to secure the right 10 mine gold found
upon another's land in this State. Within the
past few weeks frequent discoveries of gold have
been reported in Saratoga. and on Friday the
Secretary OF State received notice Of the dis
covery Of gold in Albany ana Warren counties.
Secretary Palmer was much surprised TO receive
on Saturday a letter from a resident OF Fairport,
Monroe county. who said that about n year ago
he picked up a nugget OF pure gold weighing
two ounces. He wished the Secretary OF State
to advise him of his rights should he discover
gold on land not belonging, 10 him, as he in
tended to prospect in the vicinity of the place
where he says he found the two-ounce nugget.
Secretary Palmer gave him this information:
The Revised Statutes OF this state provide that DIS.
coverers Of mines OF gold and silver only may file q
certain notice OF discovery with the Secretary OF
Mines Of gold rni silver are specially reserved TO
the state. and such notices should not include any
such notice should state whether the mine discov.
cred is OF gold or silver or both II should state in
well as the tract and number OF lot or farm upon
which the same is located. with the name Of the
covered OF u 1oGn iSi S' o aSr%i BY 'n the mi disc is a.s,
I; should also so state. Where possible. IL is well
should definitely Locate the ai.eo"eTy. and M W S9s.Se
IT covers part OF a lot or farm. should give the
width and length OF the strip in which the mineral is
found. a. well rs the nature and situation thereof,
whether in = vein OF ore. rock or gravel. or other
wise. The practice OF covering in a notice OF discov.
cry a large tract or extent OF land does not seem to
be authorized. as the exact situation OF the mine Is
by statute required 10 be stated In such notice.
As TO all proceedings to be taken by discovers OF
gold and silver III mes. after the nling OF notice OF dis.
covery, reference. must be had to the Mining law OF
the State as laid down in the Revised Statutes.
vance. for Ming ing s snd rscGrd Il s' notic 20 Of Of d R..s en- as !.
Is cents for every 100 wor Ia, usually amounting to
from 80 cents TO 81. according TO length Of such no.
tioe. when n certified copy OF the notice nled IN de-
sired. the charge therefor Is io cents for every 100
words thereof, and o. additional for certificate and
seal OF ofice thereto,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
CAPTURED POLIcEMAN,s PISTOL.
Negro Failed Trigger. hut Two Chambers Were
E~mpty-Arreated FINALLY.

Policeman Cornelius Maher OF the East
l@6ih street squad caught four negroes playing
craps at Park avenue and l3lst street ycster.
day. When he started to break up the game a
%siX'foot negro, Mack Westheld, threw him.
When tho policeman rcgained his feet Wcst.
held drew an unloaded revolver as n bluff, Al
THIS Maher drew his own pistol. Wcstfcld in
pistol from him. The negro snapped the trigger
put II fell on an empty chamber. the policeIn9i,
having before leaving the station lent two
lure TWO other policemen appeared aud helped
Westneld was held In 81, 900 bail to answer
Tor attacking the policeman, and his r~eyolver
"as taken possession OF by the police
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
DIR. MUNOz STARS HIMSELF.
Surgeon attempts Suicide while In.
~sane-Taken to Bellevue.

BuFEeon Attempts suicide While In.
~sane-TaLen to Bellevue.
DR.. jose Ruiz Marinz Muhoz, surgeon of the
steamer Santo Domingo. now at Pier 10, East
River. became violently insane about IL o'clock
Saturday night, according to the officers of the
steamer. and tried to commit suicide by stab
bling himself in the abdomen. The police OF tho
Old slip station we're asked to send an ambu-
lance to the pier shortly after midnight. The
Sergeant on duty rang a call for an ambulance.
and when one arrived from the Hudson street
Hospital sent a policeman around with 1t.
One OF the officers OF the steamer told the DO
liceman that Dr.. Muloz had attempted to kill
himself and had been subdued after a severe
struggle. The surgeon discovered that DR..
Muhoz had a bad stab wound in the abdomen
and was also cut In the wrist and neck. He
dressed the wounds and sent the patient TO the
the prison ward at Bellevue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20

John Rooney of $40 Tenth avenue drank a
bottle OF carbolic acid last night in front of a
drug store at Forty.second street and Tenth av-
onue. He was taken to Roosevelt Hospital,
an inspector OF hides for tho Schwarzschiid and
SulIberger Company. His nephew. with whom
he lived. quarrolled with him recently and ran
for his act.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
Two Yellow Te,er Case. q, Cairo. Ill.

sPRINGF1ELD. Ill. Sept ls.-Dr: Egan. Score
tary OF the State Board OF Health, to-day sent
the following telegram to the office OF the board
here with regard TO the two suspected cases OF
yellow fever at Cairo:
Two cases at Marine Hospital, Cairo, hereto
fore reported suspicious. are declared by DR..
Guiteras as true yellow fever. The type OF the
disease is mild, and there is little danger OF 10
spreading. The grounds are thoroughly quar-
antined and guarded under my direction By
Sherif's posse"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
No More neale. on tho C.,.L,ll.

The work on the wrecked steamer Catskill was
continued yesterday at Weehawken. where the
boat Is still beached. The damage done to tho
steamer is much moro serious than was at first
predicted. and the shifting tides have racked
the timbers somewhat since she was beached.
No more bodies have been found in the wreck,
and the divers are confident that there are no
pnora m And
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20

The Very Rev. George Deshon, the newly
elected superintendent OF the Paulist Fathers
has appointed the Rev. Father John j. Hughes
office innde vacant by the election OF Father
Deshon as The head OF the community. The Rev
Father William B. ID. Hughes has been Ap'
pointed minister to the community.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20

A. M.-l:lb. 90 Monroe street. damage CO., 1866.
4O7 Fourth avenue, Mrs. Livingston. damage %.
T.. h,-2;l0, oi3 East l39th street. John Knattel.
damage %; 7:Sb. 8l9 West Thirtieth street. Cattle.
Iine Bllgh, damage elO; 1920. 10th street and East
River, street Cleaning Department property. dam
ann-.h.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
Hor Nervous Wonen


d.. J. b. Alexander. Charlotte. n. c.. AGysi EFT IL
not only pleasant 20 thu taste. but ranks among the
bSat Of neTve tonicS Tor neyVous feHaleA"-AaR
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20

The Staten Island police were notified yostor-
day by the police of Newark that they had ar
rested sente Celindeo. the Pole who. with three
others. escaped from the Richmond County Jail
on Wednesday night after saving tho bars In
the Jail corridor. No tidings of tho other men
have been received. The authorities were par
had hunted him for two years for robbing Jus.
tce William A. Galloway Of Grant City OF some
clothing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20

The ~sojourn o Lord Renfrew" at Marien-
bad. now that 1t Ii over. 10 tho subject OF a good
deal Of public interest and comment. 1t is re.
lated In some detail that Lord Renfrew walked
mp and down tho Colonnade every morning with
one or another Of his friends whilo taking the
regulation amount of exercise after his matu-
final mud bath and glasses of mineral water;
that he shot In the preserves of Prince Meter.
mich. and at Glatzen. killing on one occasion a
stag with eight points; that no went twice to
the little local theatre; that no went to bed
regularly after . rubber of whist at 10 80 o'clock
and rose early; and that this correct and or.
derby manner of Life suited his lordship admira.
bly,. for he lost many pounds in weight and
looked much better than when no arrived. Tho
reason why all this important information has
not been made public before Is that sit IL a ira.
diuon OF the English press not to dog the steps of
royalty when royalty wishes to DO ignored. :" and
Lord Renfrew In MarienbAd Ia tho Prince of
Wales when In England.
1t II . matter of common knowledge that the
Primo took tho cure at Marienbad instead of at
Homburg this year. because he wished to avoid
meeting his nephew William at the latter town.
whore tho German Emperor was making poll
tics OF tho sort which Bismarck well describes as
decorative" 1t is understood that the Prince
by no means regrets his change OF venue. He
was unable to complete the regulation period of
kin the waters al Marienbad, but he was so
well pleased with the effects as far as realized
that he will 20 again next year. unless. Of
oeuESos the German Emperor SHOULD take It into
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20

now associates could not spare him, SO his dis
charge was purchased, and he returned to Eng
land. ~dignihed by a new name. apparently self
conferred. This was James Jershom Jezreel.
He claimed to have received divine revelation,
and to write under direct inspiration. He then
married the daughter Of q sawyer. She assumed
tho name Of Queen Esther. and tho pair present
" visited America and other countries, making
many converts.
After their return they settled down at GillinR.
ham, where they founded a kind Of college,; for
the community was not only religious and educa-
tional. but also industrial, trading on a large
scale. People seem to have fiocked TO GillinR.
ham from all quarters. Great sums of money
were expended on the buildings, for the converts,
on joining the society, had to hand over to It all
their property. The amounts said to have been
Bpo I on land and buildings are stated at quito
4l4o. 900. and, Of course. there must have been
heavy outgoings for tho maintenance of the
community. The disciples let their hair grow
long and tucked IT up at tho back under q purple
velvet cope. Tho men also wore a sort of Raber.
dine. and the women a loose kind of dress.
Jezreel impaired his distinctive dogmas to the
world in Extracts from tho Flying Roll"
which. IL was affirmed, were compiled for the
Gentle churches of all sects and denominations
and wsro addressed to tho lost tribes of the
House of Israel.
Jezreels psychology was peculiar. He held
tho soul and the body to be so separate as to be
saved independently. By the death OF Christ
he believed the soul alone was redeemed, and
only in the case OF those who have lived since
Moses. belief In the Gospel sufficed to save 1t;
but for tho salvation Of tho body a belief in the
Law OF Moses must DO added. For the members
OF the New and Latter House. II found faith.
full, a special reward was reserved. When
Christ comes to begin His millennial reign ON
earth they will DO, endowed with immortal
bodies, and will form part of the band Of one
hundred and torty-four thousand raised uD to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-12-04
A Squirrel Bonanza.

Two boys near Cumberland, Nd. re.
Gently had what boys everywhere
would call bonanza" Somewhere
in the mountains above Cumberland
the squirrels for some reason, probably
lack of food, became discontinued with
their home. and they held great coun-
Gil Of war and they decided to migrate
to the southwark in a body. So they
all&set out one bright morning and
travelled until they reached the Poto-
mac river. Here they all .leaped in
and swam across, Some boys on the
farther shore saw them Coming in a
vast, dark body that nearly .choked up
the river At first they were fright
ened, but when they knew that thew
were squirrels they lay in wait and
caught more than one hundred Of them.
People who saw the migration estimat-
ed that there must have been more
than 5000 squirrels in the company.
Such migrations are not at all un-
common. although it does not often
fall to the lot of boys to be on hand
to see them. Rats, Jennings and
other small animals migrate in the
same way.