The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-03
HOLD UP IN HEART OF THE CITY.
Very Cold Weathcr-old Citizen Fore

NEW YORK. Feb. 2.-Special.-The men
4 on the floor of the Stock Exchange do
not spend all their time in trading. Many
OF chem, gray tl@ads as we'll as young
men. are inclined to act in the role OF
..masher' and complaint has frequently
been made BY visitors to the. gallery th:t
worci, werc s;,.->cte,s to oGtlnS. Tne
ether de-. ver$ nice looking giri went
into the gallery with her fat hec and stood
TT sew, t,t watching the proceedings
n Tie I'D, Sf, attracted rnsch At
tention. and by and by she received an
unsigned note from 4 man who requested
her to meet him at the door. soon
after the note was received her father
came up and she told him of the occur
renee. The father caught the boy VINO
had brought the note, and took him TO
the floor of the Exchange, where he eX-
planned the situation to Il member OF tue
Board of Governors. The boy SAID thdt
the note had been given to MN py i
telephone attendant. The outcome OF \.
all was that-the boy was dismissed ana
the telephone attendant was ordered neEes
to enter the Exchange again 1t was with
difficulty that the father OF the girl was
restrained from giving the insoient TEL
low the thrashing that he so richly de-
served
Simon Fatman committed suicide at
Mt. Sinai Hospital yesterday afternoon
by shooting himself in the head With Il
pistol. He was u cotton broker ana
brother OF the superintendent of The
institution.
A DARING ROBBERY
The local papers report q daring hoid-
up--ast evening in west Ihirty-n!nth
street. Thos. j. Golding was assaulted
in his own doorway about SIX o ciocsH'
badly beaten and robbed OF sl29. ne was
returning from business. and had gone
up the steps and entered the Eeseipu-e,
when he was seized from behind apu
thrown down. He made an outcry, p"t
was soon beaten into insensioliity
Mrs Golding, attracted by. the eFles Oh
her husband rushed to the door She
saw two men leaning over the prostrate
body of her husband one holding nm
while the other searched his pockets :
She ran at once to his assistance. at tns
same time crying for help, and srappiesi
with one of the men. Her strength was
no match for his. however ana ne .n' :"
her violently back into the ha!lW;iS-s
Then he Sand his accomplice fled, siam
ming the door TO. prevent the woman
from following them
Thoss Brennan. a well-knoWn elatac-
ter. was arrested and identified by VT
Goldins as one of his assaiiants, put tue
money was not recovered
VERY COLD EWEATEi Elk
The weather in this community mas psen
g Intensely cold. and the HUDSON river -
s frozen from Nyack TO Albany > ester
] day#swas the coolest first OF cor udiS
since 1881. The ice crop will be abundant
On Tuesday last Geo Weber heatd OIL.
the death ofEhis son, Henry he saia mat
he would follow his son on hursdds,
and his prediction came true NE. NtspeEa
was one of. the pioneer settlers OF Noun
Vernon, and was an honest citizen
AT the Bankers dinner TO be gwen
next Tuesday at the Watdorf-astort
Secretary Gage will be the guest OF
honor, and an address will be MADE oS8
Senator Reveridge the ELOQUENT young
orator from Indiana.
MRS. PLACES BRaI
Readers of The Times will recall the
electrocution Of Mrs. Martha race .!ors
the murder af her step-daugh ter. ioa.
After the execution her brain was Re
8 moved by DR.. Irvine. of Sing Sing PRISON,
and placed In a Jar. He regarded y az q
valuable specimen because of. the aues-s
tons raised as to Mrs. Place s onsi-5
iity for her horrible crime
& The jar containing NJ rs. Places oratn:.
was stored In closet in the new hos
fspital# building with other similar speet-
mems: AT the time Of a recent TIRE IN the
prison no one thought of saving these
CHASTITY xhibits and they ware burned
d. HvinS intended = rs 49, ~ Ars