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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
ARRESTS SLAYER AFTER A CHASE.
Negro Woman Shot at Own Doorway After
Quarrel

Lizzie Morrow. n colored woman. forty-fve years
old was shot and fatally injured on the stoop of
her home. at No. 2073 Amsterdam-ave. yesterday,
by it IS charged Preston Henderson, also colored,
who lives at No. 2.076 Amsterdam-ave. Three shots
entered the wuman's body. She taken to the
J. Hood Wright Hospital. where she died few
minutes after her arrival there. Henderson was
arrested by Patroman John P. Maloney. OF the
West and-ffty-second-st. station, af
ter chase of several blocks and a fight in which,
the policeman says, Henderson threatened to shoot
him also The only witness OF the shooting who
could be found, was the policeman himself He
lives at No. 467 West One-hundred and-sxty fourth
St. which is just around the corner from the two
ramshackIe shanties in which the and
lived.
The policeman had finished his Christmas din
ner and gazing out Of the rear windows OF his
dining room, across some empty lots. which gave
him a clear view of the block on which the colored
couple lived. He heard. he said. a shot fired and
Henderson and the Morrow woman The woman
was screaming and holding her hands to her head
Then, the policeman says, he saw the negro fire
another shot at the woman and she fell to the
ground Maloney rushed into the street and he
turned the corner Henderson. he says. fired a
trate.
In the station Henderson is alleged to have said
that he and the woman had agreed to combine in
purchasing supplies for a Christmas dinner He
was to get the turkey and she would provide milk
punches. A dispute arose over the arrangement,
Henderson is alleged TO have said. and the woman
ordered him into the street On the stoop, he said,
she began TO abuse him. and he shot her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
ARRIVALS OF BUYERS.

Carson, Pirie Scott & Co. Chcagoi W. e Babcock
khawls and infants wear, No. lis Nayarrs
Clarke Brothers. Scranton. Penn. G. w. Clarke dr.
goods clothing. furnishing goods etc. Herald Squara
Jacob Epstein baltimore; drygoods, notions ana nur
nishtng goods Hoffman. - AuA-
cage Brothers Co.. Chicago H. Sehrader, laces orna
snens and novelties. and Eugene Hilbert flowers ana
feathers No l07 Ftfth-aye., Hoffman -Au
hart & Co., Cleveland +. W Hart millinery No sol
broadway Murray Hill - 49,
Isenberg & Baehnan, Wheeling w Va; I Isenbe-~
waite goods linens aees and draperies, Marlborough
ETC.. Herald Square s'
iLindeke. Warner & sehurmeir ST Paul: e Sloane
ST., Cadillac. - - ~-N-
,ssgel Clothing Company. salt Lake city; A. siersl
$50 ss99h5ngi 81 sleEeL clothing and B. Segel clothing No
IL p WATSON & Co.. Indianapolis; r. J Muller drer.
goods silks. velvsts and Innings No. Broadway Nor
Frank r. Biedler. Baltimore boots and shoes Inp.rial
Herald Square. - We N'~'Aes na@
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
WIFE PREVENTED SUICIDE, IT IS SAID,
Man Taken to Station After Fight-Threat-
ened to Kill Woman, She Says.

George B-anfel. janitor. living at No. go East
Fiftieth-st, yesterday threatened to kill his wife,
according TO the allegations she made TO the police
Of the East Fifty-frst-st. station. while he was
suffering from the influence OF drink. Yesterday
Branfel returned 10 his home and drove his wife
and into the street He is said to have threat
ened TO kill his wife and the went in search OF
a policeman.
Patrolman Solomon, OF the East Fifty -frst-st.
station, found Branfel in the cellar Of his home,
where his wife prevented her husband from COM
pleting arrangements for ending his life by hang
ing Branfel had driven a spike into beam in the
cellar and was adjusting rope when his wife en-
tered the cellar and attracted her husbands
ton from his plan until the arrival of Patrolman
Solomon After a desperate struggle the was
lodged in cell at the station in East Fifty -rst-st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
EFFORT TO SAVE OLD HOMESTEAD
Lawton House, at New-Rochelle, May Be
Torn Down-Plan to Move It to Park.

The LAwton homestead. which has stood for 23
years in New-Rochelle. is about to be torn down
and effort is being made by residents have It
removed to Hudson Park and preserved as an his
torcal relic The house is believed TO about the
oldest IN New-Rochene. It stands at Centre-ave
and Huguenot-st and was built in 1890 for Louis
Guion Huguenot who fed from France after the
revocation Of the Edict OF Nantes and helped to
found New-Rochelle. The place was for genera
tons the home OF the Lawtons. William Lawtou
served in the War OF 1872 and married a Miss
Guion At the death OF her father she fell heir to IT,
and went there TO live The Lawtons afterward
moved from the old house to one on the Sound. and
since then it has been occupied by tenants.
A few years ago the place fell into the hands of
Charles II. Young, the lawyer. Mr.. Young sold 1t
last week TO Robert Coles. OF New-RocheIle, fer
$1,000 but in drawing up the deed arranged for the
preservation Of the old house. The building is in
good structural condition, and Mr.. Young has since
offered 10 give It to the city and contribute so
toward the expense of removal II the city au-
thOrities will take il to Hudson Park and set it up
Mayor Clarke. through whom the offer was MADE,
has referred IL to the Committee on Parks and
Buildings for consideration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
SERVICES FOR VICTIMS.
EoaneIIsUiIIe to Bury the Ufridenta-
fled Dead.

connelisvlus. Penn. Dec 5.-There one
Christmas funeral OF those killed in the Baltimore
sno Ohio wreck at Dawson on Wednesday night
that OF Edison Goldsmith He was popular. and a
large crowd attended the service. The bodies OF
the other ConnelsYile victims viii be held until
tomorrow or Sunday for burial Special services
for the dead held in all the Protestant
churches OF the coke regions to-day and after the
burial OF Father FIenello. which viii take place
tomorrow. the Catholic churches VIII hold masses
Cor the dead.
The bodies OF about thirty OF the victims were
gathered Up and taken away on early trains to-day
The remaining identified dead VIII be shipped within
the next twenty-four hours, and the unknown will
be cared for by the borough council. President
George Porter OF the council has called special
meeting, take measures toward the formation OF
q relief committee TO look after bodies unideEt-
fed o. unclaimed. n case no friends appear. tbs
citizens viii that the victims dc not find last
resting place IN the Pottec's Field. The railroad
company VIII contribute literally TO this fund All
who are left TO charity Wiz be decentiy buried
with the Christian service
The official investigation OF the Gauss Of the dis
aster is being prosecuted vigorously by the rail-
road company, bat il is doubtful II any individual
viii be blamed. II apparent that a number
az switch ties which feii of a westbOund freight
train and were strewn upon the other track caused
tho accident.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
HORRORS OF THE DUoUEsNE WRECK.
Brother of Man Killed While on Way to
Meet Bride Describes Them.

A graphic story Of the wreck Of the DuQuesne
Flyer on Wednesday was told by George Good.
whose brother Ambrose was killed while on his
way TO marry Miss Lillian Bennett who arrived
yesterday the Cedric. With another brother.
Thomas J. Good. George Good visited the wreck
before the bodies had been removed.
When the engine hit the lumber and jumped
the track" he said. THE smoking car. which
was second, was apparently thrown clear over
the baggage car in front. landing the engine.
The main steam pipe burst. and the unfortunatss
no were not instantly killed were slowly scald-
&c TO death 10y the escaping steam. The bodies Of
all in that were so mutilated that identihca-
ton was almost impossible Had not the tailor
sewn my brothers name into the pocket Of his
coat, we would have had much trouble to iden-
tify him. His body and face were horribly mutt
lated
Those who had friends on the train were be-
ginning TO arrive when my brother and
reached the wreck. About fifty bodies had been
removed and were laid out in two long rows.
with narrow lane between. II was the most
horrible sight 1 ever saw, and I think 1 can
never forget. have had no sleep since Wednes-
Gay morning. Every time 1 close my eyes
see those long rows Of distorted and horribly
mutiated bodies The scenes as relatives iden-
titled their dead were heartrendng. Every
now and then there would be piercing shrek,
as some woman found the body Cf her husband
son OF brother. 1 three men faint when
lhey ioUnd the BODIES they were looking for.
one man who had passed down the lane Of
dead and found his brothers body at the end
looked so white and drawn that some one who
had just arrived handed him pint flask of
brandy. He drained the whole Of IL, and il had
not the slightest effect on him.
No one there will ever forget the horrors they
saw"
The Brooklyn police have, so far. been unable
10 find any relatives or friends OF J. T. Willy,
who was killed in the wreck. Word has been
received from COnnellsVille saying that the body
Of Mr.. Willy, who is supposed to live in Brook /.
1yn, is being held for instructions from his
relnfiN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
COMPLAINANT ACCUSED.
Policeman Who arrested Woman
Nay Hare Charges against Him.

Patrolman Reilly. OF the East Fifty-hrst-st. sta
ton. arraigned in the Yorkve court before Mag
istrate Mayo yesterday Adelaide Rouse, OF No. as
West Forty-third-st whom he charged with intoxi-
cation. The woman. who is good looking and wore
many diamonds. is said to be the proprietor of a
saloon and cafe in Thirtieth-st.. near Broadway
Mrs. Rouse said that she had been celebrating her
thirty-second birthday and drank too much. Be
fore the case was ended accusations were made
against the patrolman.
Reilly testified that he arrested Mrs. Rouse at
Fifty-fourth-st. and Thrd-ave. At the time she
had 1920 in her stocking he said. and asked owing
TO her condition. that she be kept until to-day
Magistrate Mayo thereupon held her until the morn
ing. I'm leave II entirely with you" she said to
the Judge as she was being taken TO the prison
Reilly, the patrolman. then left court
Magistrate Mayo was about to hear another case
when John j. Flanagan. a saloonkeeper at the
southeast of Fifty-seventh-st. and Third
ave. stepped to the bridge and told Magistrate
Mayo that Reilly, who arrested Mrs. Rouse. had
been in her company for several hours. Then he
said. they had gone to saloon at Fifty -ninth-st
and Third-ave. The latter saloon. which is that
of Bernard Lynch. Flanagan said. was not only out
OF Reily'S post but out OF his precinct
Who gave you this information?" the court
asked
Charles Lynch, the nephew OF the proprietor
Charles Lynch was called into the magistrates
private room and there corroborated the statement
made by Flanagan. He testified that Reilly was
with Mrs Rouse iE that saloon from 1870 until 8
a. m, when he arrested her the sidewalk. Lynch
gave further information and then Magistrate Mayo
telephored for CAPTAIN Tighe, OF the East Fifty
frst-st. station When the captain arrived in court
Flanagan and Lynch repeated their statements. Mrs
Rouse was recalled and was paToled in the custody
Of Flanagan to appear to-day Reilly. the patrol
man. was off duty at this time. but Captain Tighe
said he would send a roundsmau 10 his house to
Reilly would appear in court this morning TO testify
dence warranted he Captain Tghe) would make a
pOr7p afrt Sf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
ALLEGED THIEF HELD FOR MURDER
Man Said to Have Entered Store in Bayonne
Charged with Crime in Cincinnati.

The Bayonne police yesterday arrested two young
meE on suspicion OF having entered the store OF =
man named Cohen. IN that city. They are now
holding one Of them suspicion that he is wanted
IN Cincinnati FOR murder. The men said they were
Harry Edmund and John Hoffman. The latter
Hives al No. X West Twenty-second-st. Bayonne.
The evidence that they broke into the clothing
store Is said 10 be positive.
While Chief Magner was examining Hoffman The
prisoner spoke freely, aid the chief at once tele-
phoned 70 Chief Millikin Of Cincinnati He told
him OF the arrest Of Edmurds. and the reply was
that Ecmunds was 20 be held for murder A Gin
e.nnau detective. Chief Alllikin said. would start
~ once with extradiuon papers The Drisoners
were helc Tor examination This morning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
EMPLOYERS WILL TAKE A HAND
Strike on Contractor Because Brother Would
Not Pay for Idleness To Be Acted On.

1t was learned yesterday that the Board Of Gov
errors Of the Building Trades Employers Associa-
ton viii take hand IN the strike Of the bluestono
cutters ordered the contracts of Thomas J.
Dunn, because his brother Bart Dunn as Is AL
legged. will not pay 500 eight members for sitting
around Idle for several days. Charles /. Eidtz
president Of the Building Trades Employers Asso.
citation. said yesterday:
The strike is outrageous and if my advice were
70 pc loIloWed the case would be taken TO the
SSOIIiLs DelleVe the demand is preposterous. Two
9elegates, one from Manhattan and one from
i.1Io1oAlyns VINO made the demand. said they were
instructed 70 do so by the executive committees ~
Inc union This demand. as / understand II is IN
1en or waiting time for eight men who sat around
eoiHs nothlng. but wanted spend three ana
NAN Gays recruiting each of ten stones So tbse
they might be technically union cut THIS nstI,r
ally, the foreman would not stand for Two rnap
could nave done the work in two days To striSra
the contracts OF Thomas j. Dunn bacaI,ss -
brother won't pay the money is outrageous
Thomas J. Dunn. when seen at the DeIaua-a
Club. No. 22 East Seventy-irst-st. said that bts
stone yards had also been tied up No uen,har 80
any union came 10 him with any Complaint -
II shall put the case in the hands OF The Frnnlo,,
ers Association, he continued and will he I,iga
by what the association does. I employ union Toen
and know absolutely nothing OF my brothers deai
ings with the union OF the cause of the r1rta
except from what can gather. No union deieeate
approached me. and the first 1 knew Of the st1i-e
tracts and IN the yards. were out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
KILLS HIS CHILDREN.
The Demented Father, Too Poor to
Buy Gifts, Hangs Himself.

Hudson. n. Y, Dec. 25.-Brooding over his
inability to purchase suitable Christmas gifts
for his three motherless children. Joseph Phil
lips. a Hollowville farmer. last night murdered
the children and then hanged himself in a neigh
boris barn.
Phillips had complained lately of his poverty.
and it is believed his mind became unsettled.
With axe IN hand, he entered his house Christ
mas Eve and crushed the skulls OF TODD. aged
fifteen; Frank, aged eleven, and Carrie. aged
ten. The Oldest boy was killed in bed, while the
other children We're playing on the floor. Mrs.
Phillips died last summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
COMMITS SUICIDE BEFORE HUSBAND
Woman Says She Wants to Die, and Carries
Out Her Wish.

Mrs. Emma Woolley. thirty-six years old. OF No
lis East One-hundred- and twenty sxth-st COM
mitted suicide yesterday afternoon by taking car
bolic acid. She took the poison before her husband
who give reason for her act
Woolley rushed into the East One-hundred- and
twenty sixth-st station and informed the sergeant
that his wife had taken carbolic acid. An ambu-
lance was summoned from Harlem Hospital and Dr.
Lawrence pronounced the dead. Woolley
said that he and his wife sitting in the dining
room, when she said that she wanted to die Her
husband laughed at her and then she went into the
kitchen. The woman then came hack with bottle
in her hand and said John. I going to AXE
it." Before the husband could prevent her the
womsn swallowed the poison.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
TOLD OF FIANCE'S DEATH.
Continued from FIRST page.

back 10 England she can have a home with us
as long as she wants one"
To add TO Miss Benefits misery is the fact
that she may be deported and may not be al
lowed TO attend Goods funeral If the immigra-
ton authorities decide TO have her case passed
on by a board OF inquiry, IL means that Miss
Bennett viii have 10 stay month or so on Ellis
Island AS she S absolutely penniless and has
no blood relatives IA this country, she may be
cepoTted. unless she appeals TO Washington.
Her only chance Of being allowed TO land in
time 10 attend her sweethearts funeral lies in
that some one viii go TO her aid with financial
assistance, and give a bond that she VIII not
become public charge. If Miss Bennett is de-
ported Superintendent Penneu says that every
comfort viii attend her on her return.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
BROWNS IN SHALLOW WATER.
Wife and Children Wait in Vain for Aged
Father.

While his wife and two small children were
waiting for him to return 20 his home, at Central
ave. and Chauncey-st. Brooklyn, yesterday morn
ing, James Grant was lying dead in a small shall
low pond not more than half a block away. Grant
who was sixty-three years old, was employed as a
night Waterman at Oentral-ave and Pilling-st-, by
the Eastern Bermudez Asphalt Paving Company.
On leaving home on Christmas Eve he told his
family that he would return early in the morning
for the Christmas celebration
Taking short cut through some vacant land in
the darkness and rain of the early morning, Grant
must have lost his way and slipped into the pond
which has slippery clay banks. He was drowned
and his body not found until about noon
Then the long deferred Christmas froic alb
Tuptly abandoned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26

north track on which the couple was walking.
Greenslit rang bis bell, but unable TO stop
the car. which struck the couple They were
thrown in under the front OF the car. which was
filled with passengers who We're shaken up by the
sudden stop
Mr.. and Mrs DAILY were laden with packages
the contents Of which streWn about the
street.
Hospital and DR.. PferpOnt attended them. Mr.
DAILY suffered from confusion OF the right hip and
his wife had deep cash over the left eye. Both
refused to go 70 the hospital After they had
gathered up the fragments OF their parcels tho
aged couple continued their way to Paterson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
COUPLE KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR.
Were Deaf and Did Not Hear Motorman's
Warning Bell.

While waiting for at Twenty-third-st- and
Madison-ave last evening" Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
DAILY, OF ROxbury Station. Conn. struck by
crosstown car and knocked under the front oc
It. Both received Commissions about the body, ana
after an ambulance surgeon dressed their bruises.
were able to continue their way to Paterson.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. DAILY deaf. The couple
came from the Grand Central Station and were
going to transfer to a crosstown car at Twenty
third-st. A Lexington-aye. car. which in
charge Of William Greensit. approached the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
NO FEAR OF DYNAMITE wREcKgRs

New-Haven. Conn, Dec. % (speciaD-There have
been no new developments in the last six days in
the search for dynamiters along the New-Haven
road. Investigation tonight OF the rumor that
more dynamite had been found on the Derby d.
vision shows that the railroad officials attach little
Importance to the story. The dynamite found a
week ago was harmless. and the railroad officials
say there is not the slightest ground for any rll-
morS of danger along Ihls line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
SHOT OVER CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Man Thought He Did Not Get Enough and
Tried TO Shoot Uncle.

Chicago, Dec. @-William Kaufman shot and
fatally injured his cousin. Rosa Kaufman. and
wounded his aunt. Mrs. Rega Kaufman in the
thou4oer to-day N q quarrel over Christmas pres
eats Kaufman declared that his uncle had not
given him proper number OF Christmas presents
sno attempted 10 shoot him. The women endeav-
oFeo 70 act SIS peacemakers and Kaufman shot
them both. He made his escape and has not bsen
arrested ~ -ON Oeei
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
DYING BROTHER SENDS FOR SISTER.
Brooklyn Police Ordered to Look for Sarah
Mccarthy.

Timothy Mccarthy. dying in ST. Mary's Hospital
In Quincy, ILL.,, far away from home and friends
is longing TO his sister again. The Brooklyn
police received a communication from the Sister
Superior OF the hospital yesterday asking them to
find Sarah Mccarthy and tell her to go TO Quincy
at once. It seems that the brother had not heard
from his sister in several years. and does not know
her~a6dress.
In general orders every policeman in Brooklyn
has been asked TO look for q Sarah Mccarthy on
his beat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
J. G. MILBURN TO LIVE HERE.
The Buffalo Lawyer to Move to New-York
and Practise Law.

Buffalo. Dec. 25.-John G. NiiIburn, president a,
the New-York Bar Association and lawyer of
national reputation. will leave Buffalo on February
and make his home In New-York He will hs
come member of the firm OF Carter & Iedvard
OF No. 81 Wall-st. The firm will hereafter ha
Carter. Ledyard g. Milburn.
Mr.. Milburn president OF the Pan-Amer,cs,
Mckinley died esiu@he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
FAvoRs AN OFFICIAL HOME FOR MAYOR.

In reference to the project for an official home
for the Mayor Of this city. THE New-York Realty
Journal" after commenting the general tnartis
tic and unequal appearance of the city saws.
A foreigner entering this mighty city in most ra
spects the greatest in the world, would natsraiIv
ask to see the residence Of the Chief Magistrate
He would be shown the City Hall. "a 0usint ia
fashioned edihce' he might remark but not suit
able for social and official functions or resdanfisI
purposes" On the strangers being told that The
Mayor lived in an ordinary house. the rent Of
which he paid out OF his salary the inouring for
eigner's idea of the respect OF Newly orkers for
their Mayor may be better imagined than described
AS The New York Realty Journal has said ne
fore no time should be lost in building an oficial
residence for our Mayor which should be worthy of
this imperial metropolis. consistent in SYMMETRY
with its other buildings and artistic in every way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
GIRL FINDS FATHER DEAD.
Discovers It When She Goes to Wish Him
Merry Christmas"

Charles Trantz. hfty-six years old OF No Sc
csntral-aVe.. Jersey City. was found dead IN bed
yesterday. lie was widower and his death was
discovered By his daughter Margaret when She
went 70 awake him and wish him Merry Christ
cue 70 heart disease ~ Ns~ea was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
ON A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD.
The Rev. DR.. Clark, Founder of the Chris,
tan Endeavor, Starts from Boston.

Boston. Dec. &.-The Rev. Francis f Clark, the
Founder OF the Christian Enoeavor Society left
this city to-day trip around the world. DR.
Clark was accompanied by his daughter. Several
clergymen and Christian Endeavor officials were
At the station 70 say goodby. DR.. Clark and his
daughter viii spend Sunday in Omaha going from
mat CITY 70 San Francisco and thence TO the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
J. WATTS KEARNY DEAD.
He Was Postmaster of New-orleans-Son of
P. J. Kearny, of This City.
rBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrnry

New-Orleans. Dec. 81 Watts Kearny, Post
snaster OF New-Orleans. died this afternoon Ro
was a OF the late Philip ]. Kearnv OF New
York. and was successful business man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
TO BECOME A PARK ON MONDAY.

The formal opening Of the Roger Morris property
public park VIII take place Monday az 2
D. The park Is at One-hundred-and-sixtlsth-
and Edgeeombe-ave, Washington Heights.