The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-20
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM.
Walter Duryea, the Man With a
Broken Neck,
YIELDS TO The II INEVITABLE NE :, 3: E:
YIELDS TO The INEVITABLE l-l::.
The Troubles OF a Man With Three
Wivcs-,Iiss Gonld's Generosity.
Man Tries to Save His Wife
from S uicid c

u e s y
NEW yogK inn. Observation-Disclosures
ence has been several times made in
this correspondence to the case Oh wa
ter B. Duryea, who broke MS neck III
diving. He was an. athlete and ms
father is rich. The doctors thought
that they might save him by heroic
treatment The young man yielded, anc
his father told the doctors to spare nc
exnense. A very delicate operation was
performed and the young man has lived
for five months. with broken neck IN
the meantime he had a slight attack OF
pneumonia, but survived it. At last re-
ports, however, he was rapidly growing
worse and his death is only the CUES
ton of short time.
FROzE TO DEATH.
Simeon Weigern. a night Waterman IN
the brewery of Obermeyer & Lehman
Noll and Bremen streets, In passing
from a warm room into an underground
apartment used for. manufacturing ace.
was 50 suddenly chilled that the shock
brought Oh apopleXy. Failing heip!ess
TO the floor, the man was frozen to death.
His body was not recovered until after
he had been dead fully an hour.
Henry Hart has three wives, several.
children and salary Of ten dollars a
week. Yet the wives al love him 50
well that one of them Will brlns
charge against him. Hart has tr!ed 70
have himself arrested for biGamy IN or
der to escape the persecution OF the
women but Justice Seymour, OF Ho-
boken, refused to hold him or his own
complaint: advised him 10 go to Utah
and run for Congress.
WOMAN IN A BUCKET SHOP.
The police raided a bucket shop at No.
"a, They tDtn(
the establishment in full blast, and
among those arrested was Miss Carrie
Jones, a handsome young woman OF
twenty-fot:r who on two other occa-
sions had been arrested Tor being con-
nected with such establishments she
made no resistance, but carefully adj
justed her hat and her wraps and went
with the detectives to headquarters. There
she broke down and vert, protesting
that she had to work for her living, and
that she should not be punished for the
misdoings of her employer.
st. Nincents Hospital has received from
a generous friend an automobile ambu-
lance 1t is {; luxurious vehicle, and
provided with every comfort.
An electric hanson ran away in Union
Square yesterday afternoon and tried to
climb Washngtons statue, but the
electricity fortunately gave cut before.
any serious damage was done
Miss Helen Gould has given a large
sum of money, said 10 be $4,000. to-
ward the building of new home for the
Seaman's Retreat. near the entrance to
the navy yard.
a HUSBANDS STRUGGLE.
There was :: fearful struggle in the
streets Of Williamsburg yesterday be-
tween Frank Roessner and his vie. The
woman had taken carbClic acid with sui
cidal intent and her husband was trying
to drag her to a hospital. The woman
resisted and begged her husband to let
her die while he persistcntly dragged
her along. \ large crowd saw the con-
test, but no one offered to help the poor
man. The husband finally succeeGed,
however, in getting her % the hospital.
but the physicians had 10 prize the wo-
mans teeth apart in order to Insert the
stomach pump. At last reports she was
in Il critical condition.