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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

The Government Agricultural De.
uartment advises tiat thc peaf All
apple blight may 10 conquered -
cutting oa tie affected parts and
Eamlns them. thus stopping tie
fungus oantaeion, - is Is > disease q
fungoid origin The large pear
orchard AZ ewendale IS recovering
from tie attack of blight Al tie
branches aiIerled afc being cit out
ana destroyed. and the signs afe thai
lie orchard sin survive tle ordeal
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25
Wife and Three Children Dead
Two Others VIII Ole.
KILLED IN THEIR BEDS
Attempts to kIIl a Passer.by
and Then Kills Himself
Thought to be Insane.
Associated Press

ANN AAtt4A AkkMA
san Rafael, California, Nav "a
William stephens at Ross Valley,
early today, murdered his wife and
SHOT hls fse children. three q whom
died INSTANTLY to Also attempted 20
murder 4 passing mlikman arid then
shot and killed himself
stephens was IS years old lle vas
formerly q book agent His wlie and
children we're found ~ their tads,
each With a bullet wound IN their
head. His wlfc and thFee q the
children are dead and u j. believed
tie two other children cannot sur.
ylye ne children were one q
eleven years old Stepheissis Is believed
70 have been temporarily insane.
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Rs.lrn as Rsaas.s 81 hlarsr.

Associated EgNM
Philadelphia. Nay 70 nivctoF vg
Paplis Morris CASTILLO and nireatog
ef Public safety smyth to-day a. tlis
request of Mayer Wsatsf. tssaiefei
their rvslRnatlmm ThiA u It's latest
ard mast stAniins Development 10
TIE aght against TIE leasing % tlio
clty sas wofss "a the rnitca Gas In.
pguySmsui enmpanY
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

R0y II. Douglas and Miss Annie
NcCroen arrived here last night ffom
Rochep9rt, No, and we're united -
marriage this morning At the Metho.
dist parsonage By Rev. Il n Watson.
L Is supposed tley had ranauaY from
their homes on account % parental
object ions 60 the union
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25
MAY TERM A.
COURT OPENS
Jury EmpaneIled and lnstruc-
tions Given by Judge
Lawrence.

Nhe Nay term u the = s Court
convened In this city Monday morn.
ine with Judge Lawrence presiding
The grand ard petit jafies Were em.
panelled and given tlieis Instructions
bY The Judge
TIE grand lary repaired % thelf
roens AMI began les wafk assigned
q them aiIlieat unnecessary delay
The criminal began 81 iUla Tia
forenoon TIE crmlnai docket coli
talns some very important eases fof
tbs term
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

For ghs United Confederate Reunian.
Louisville. ky June "A % Is. 1885
frisco ai.i sell F1uaa trip tickets 30 Less.
isellie. Ky. s. che ioe Fsie e tl3 -
Dates q sais aaue 2 %. Il and 8. iaa6
Final return huii June iata. ipHs -
tension aa these tickets can bH had -
derosifing tiakei aad paymaas # fee. aae
81 aims s. depaslt Fer faaasr particulars
see Frisco Agent
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

Attorney Fred +. Hanson. repre-
entiug the Dawes commission, IS
here to-day lookiuE up fiiose persons
whose names appear Oh roll q isse
and ISIS, &c saom no appeaance las
been made ~ % date. otherwlss
known aadelln4ueHts y p Coviug
Tot is slth hln Is sienWrapler ard
Jas Maskr2l IS TIE interpreter
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Associated Irees

t*HHAass*AH7t HNAf
Chicago Mas e TIE spreading u
the teAmstsn strike tegan pFomp,ly
today when tbs trsmsten employed
by Rllfenhou.e 3 Embres Compa.
nv. lumber dealers ard Hlnes LNn.
ber Company were iorced into ne
struggle.
Through tho threatened spread ~
sle strike 70 all iamhsr dealers eEeu
branch 81 balidlug industry b Chiea.
60 TO-DAY sas Apparently laalilrd
IN ihe lifsi strikes called tie iulti.
atite mAs taken by tte emploFsm
when members N tho Eeamsfem
unlen were discharged fof refusing 10
deliver 10 beycotfei fFms
pandokieai A. Il might appsaf
President Shea vas imported fasiAy ~
mot Anxinsts 20 sprrad TIE ssfikn lie
vas understood furthermore 70 have
taken ths ground that the strlks
would not 10 extended unless lhfa8gh
tlu actions af the other siae As the
day sdyanced tlse strike gradually
spread
An incendlafy zfe AZ thc YartS II
Rlitenhouse 4 Kmbres I.umlsf coei.
pany, i sasgeCiea IS thar nrm 70
have connection ~iia the strike.
Lat uighs ere pss discovered ia three
different paris of tile Yassis
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25
SECRETARY SHAW
AT ARDMORE
VIII Deliver An Address In
That City Tonight.


Associated PFoss
Oklahoma ciiy, M.y =, sscmtaFy
shaw weni h VI Neno shls morning
& the invitation of Tia ClamtNg -
Commsfce of tah cltt lie spote
there this iofennon lsiure tbs rMfi-
foFlAl sunday Scls0ul eonyrnti0u. r..
tufnlug here 81 uaon sud defarAtlnx
immeilaisly for Afdmofs. ebefe be
viii deliver a. address touiebf.
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Associated Press
Nes Yufk. MAJ - wm. sieglaf,
capitalist AID pfum1lsf q tie Arctic
Exploration eomlAnY, died tlais morn.
ina A. his eeHutfY hume near Notpton.
TnuneeI
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

The var esace history of the South
African campaign ulli when finished. be
enc q Ghe most costly Histories ever PRO
daced. The computation ofthe vork kas
heen going o. for more thar three Ard 4
half years aHd tha annaai outlay -
scheduled It e5.sea. The work uill not
Be completed fof very laas tine f.on-
abn TIlzDila.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25
Laais. Ala M.sslae

TIE ladies' AID society q tie Pres.
bgtsgian church Nili meet 81 ; O'Clock
THURSDAY afternoon af the church. A
fun Atteudance la requested.
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Associated Press
om4la. usy 3 q y Nzsh. pres.
ldeni II tlie American kcanIh3 al
Smelling coap4uY. wss stFIcEnu bY
paalgsls today fis eanditlan y nz-
llsted 70 he critical
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

: 1T I.IIIT ! ~
Okishoma cts. Mas = secnfsfy
q tlis Treasury Siaw arrived today
ard va saeUrteH to fhu hatei bg
tlie maf0f. Nalof GensrAi Haidsin
aai sfzf ARD a delegation from tie
\ n 9 A. eonssntioa. A Feeeption
eAs elFen later
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25
Rsar Ead coliisias.
Associated Press

Associated Press
New Yofs Mas . rueniy pex-
sans mvfo llilared. ona aouiaa critic
ally ard many oslisfs lsdlf hurt, Ii :
rear end collision nn tlie elevated
falifasd on 3 high curve Ia ths bFonK
to-day.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25
MAY CORN JUMPS
TO 65 CENTS
An Advance OF Seven And
a Halt Cents.


Associated Press
Chicago IIl.-Nay gs.-Corn fof
May delivery sold today at slxty-ave
cents. 81 advance of seven and a halt
cents from yesterday ) close
This sensational jump IS due 10 tie
strmpede among shorts
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

ArahIa he lht reputation of helns enc
i TIE hottest nna nnhazIfhlezl FoeIona
81 TIE eloHs. huE 81 asfthefH Afahla
In : winter season. Wits told rains azll
aeeaaIannl EKo8lS
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

Associated Press
Canton 0hl0. Msy = TIE Canton
state nAnk eiosed is doos fesiag No
= aismsnt has hesn given Oh and fho
cause for tis tAnk aelsan nos known
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

Chicago. b a., MAJ e Follow.
ing spread of teamstefs' strike. pfszi.
dent Silea and A. J. Reed. secretary
II tsanistefs district e0ancll met Levy
Mayer tie employers legal tspFuaesl.
sative. this af,sfnnou I'D sought 70
revive peace nesoiiatlauk
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

FAnaas Kama Mas 81 Jedfs 9
II. Mtofr ef Aullsno kansas aas 10
day appointed Jpdgu AdtocAss 6en.
eFAl u the Natiouai Department "
the Grand Army % he Repihiic 70
seoceef The lafc ga,isv Amos n.afsf.
~ St faa.&
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

ahe (hzslne aolhlus slse % sagl-it'a
funny he's we ever came g think -
mazh 4 each nihef
- runnyH itW positively Fialous
|osz TI1-nlfA
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25
INVESTIGATING RATES.
Senate Casualties wtii cis.s Hear
tsg TodsY.


Associated Press
wAaAlngfon, h. G.. Nay - Tlps
senate COMMITTEES on lnterfate cpsa-
merce. which hAs Aeen invest lgaflne
tise rate question. decided this ulofn-
lns "a Gloss tlle hesfins tosiAf
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

Tulsa Won Saturdays game from
the locals hY the score 81 9 70 O. The
game vas called Ia the eighth inning
On account of rain.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25
TROUBLE IN PHILADELPHIA.
MaysT Rsstratssa frsn nsnextng
Clty Direesers.


Associated Press
Philadelphia, "a. Nay - Jasigs
Raiston has granted Temporary in.
junction. restraining Mayor Weaver
from renewing directors oNyiA ahd
Costello ffem affsae
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- WrIt.r D..

Associated prekss
Mslfose. Nass Asy q Min Nary
a LlfaFmoFe tie noted writer And
fefofmeF, died toslay
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25
FORT SCOTT
WAS EASY
vInlia Took Opening Game At
That Place BY \ Score
Of 5 To o.

Vlnila Won the hrst game of base
ball Of the series AZ Fort sestt Tues
day y the decisive score uf . o
Dag sas o. tie slab fof Nlnlta and
did fne uork allowing only three hts
81 lis delivery The features Of the
game we're 3 one hand catch BY Mason
and Dunham and lhe wonderful
pitching Of Dn4e
The Vlnlta team plays there two
more days and win bring the Kan
sans here fnr three games Tho first
aouhIa.header of tie SESSION /,
scheduled Tor next Tuesday, witi
south McAIeslef Ia thla cifg.
Score b. innings RsHE
vlaIIa 2o12o00o 30 8 g
foft scott oo0uooooo.-0 J /
Batteries. Dafe and Flune1 Ruesge
Richardson and lIoheEllne
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25
PRESBYTERIANS
VOTE FOR UNION
General Assembly Of Northern
Church Would Unite With
cumberlands.


HE7#TTTIIIEU TIHE|-
wlnona lake Ih1. May = TIE
General Assembly q The Presbyterian
church today fotsd % unite with tie
Cumberland pFesbYterlauS
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

Associated Hsess
Chicago. NAY s1 lsab FitzAmmons
and Niko sehrcek wiu asht a Sail
Lake city. July l. a. la- lau0is
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25
YESTERDAYS GAME.

Vinlla again defeated F. seott
yesterday 81 sta aoss a FEat
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-05-25

NummaFY' kaffleu FanN- mia p
Tulsa /. Three lase hits Hlelsy
Base On balls of HAYS ! Left 90
bases viulta 10, Tulsa J. Two bass
hits Lotion, Laaghmaler ssrnes
out s. Dave 2. loughmillef !. 81
HAYS 3 Passed balls DousherfY l.
Double plays Dave q shannon. 70
LoughmllleE Lotion e shannon. Tit
b pitcher Tulsa J Time la
Umpire -Celewan. Attendance IS.
The evening world., 1905-08-23
STARVING MAN
DROPS IN PARK
Insane Man, Weak for Want of
Food, CoIlapses in Union
Square and Is Taken to the
Hospital in Dying Condition.

insane and starving. ar unidentified
man collapsed in Union Square Park to-
day. A crowd of children were playing
about the fallen man when Policemen
McGlynn and Keileher appeared. They
took the man to the West Thirtieth
street % ice station, where DR., Burrows,
from New York Hospital, said that the
man was starving.
After food was igven him the man
revived. and then it was discovered that
he was insane. In his pockets was
found 1880. After he was taken TO
Bellevue the man said that his name
was willie Ross" He could tell moth
ing more about himself.
The man apea-s to be abou thirty
Ave years Did. The police believe that.
being insane, he wandered about the
streets with money 10 buy food. but
not knowing how to buy 1t, and that
at last starvation overcame him.
The physicians at Bellevue Hospital
say that the mans condition Is critical.
The evening world., 1905-08-23
TOOK RARE STEPS
TO HOLD HER JOB
Elsie Eanes, Refusing to Be
Discharged, Removed Her
Clothing and Dared the Boss
to Put Her Out.

How Elsie Eames refused to be dis
charged was related to Magistrate
Baker in Morrisania Police Court to-
day by Charles E. Gelanoy, Of No. 1857
Sedgwick avenue, formerly a lieutenant
in the United States Navy. Elsie Is
not an opera singer. She is a Sene-
gambian handmaiden who was en-
ployed TWO weeks ago by Lieut. Gelanoy
and his wife to do things around their
house.
Lieut.. Gelanoy decided a week ago to
go to Old Point Comfort with his wife.
Elsie Games was informed that her
services would be dispensed with forth
with.
But All amt got no place to CO."
protested Elsie.
Il can't help that" replied Lieut..
Gelanoy. Il am called out OF town and
u close the house"
Elsie retired to her room. presumably
TO pack up for departure. She was gone
a long time. Lieut.. Gelanoy had but
two hours in which to catch his boat,
He called for Elsie. She responded.
1t was tine most sensational response
TO any call ever issued by Lieut.. Gel
utios' EIsiS hpptdItu dfUTeu a Ia Eve
in the Garden OF Eden. She said thai
she had decided it was injurious to
wear clothes.
A dare you all to put me out this-a-
way proclaimed Elsie.
Lieut.. Gelamoy fled, and his wife ar
gued with Elsie. Finally he hand
maiden agreed to put on her clothes,
and when she was dressed Lieut.. Gel
anoy forced her into The vestibule and
left her there.
When he got back home a few days
later he found tihat the glass OF the
front door had been broken and that
SuspectinS Elsie, he notified the Morr!-
SANTA police, and detectives found her
at No. Sl LenoX hiding in a
coal bin. They would ave overlooked
her had she kept her eyes closed, but
she opened them for a and
they saw where she was.
Magistrate Baker held her in s., 60,
bail on a charge Of burglary,
The evening world., 1905-08-23
.HANDCUFFED, THEY
OWED FROM TRAIN
Two Prisoners Took a OAR
ina Plunge From Window of
Flying Car and Escaped In.
jury-Rccaptured Afterward.


SHARON, Pa. Aug. % -Risking their
lives by plunging headlong u Of a
car window while n Pennsylvania train
was running t~h.rty-fve miles an hour.
Michael Carney, nineteen years old, and
Joseph Perry, sixteen, who were hand
cuffei together, escaped last night from
State Parole Agent George NJ Pcrmar.
The officer was taking the pair back
TO the Reform School at Morganza, Pa,
from Erie. where they were arrested
on Monday for breaking their parole.
The daring leap was made after the
train had left a transfer station north
OF here. The train ran a mile before
1t was stopped, and when 1t backed up
the officers expected to pick up the
mangled bodies of the youths, but found
no trace Of them.
Search was made all night, n this
morning tho fugitives were recapturei
at Sharpsvllle, near here. Neither was
injured.
The evening world., 1905-08-23
MAN CHASE LEADS
GIRL OVER FENCE
Miss bearing Almost Had Her
Quarry When She Fell and Be-
came Unconscious Suspect
Captured by Policeman,

A pretty eighteen-year-old girl and a
fleeing man furnished plenty of excite
ment for residents in the vicinity of
West One Hundred and Forty-third and
one Hundred and Forty-fourth streets
yesterday.
Catherine Dear.ng lives with her aunt
Mrs. Elizabeth M~cLOug.l.H, VINO Is he
ianitress of No, 1871 West One Hundred
and forty-second street. Yesterday after
noon they were in the hallway when
they saw a man coming downstairs
carrying a bundle, Mrs. Mclaughlin
asked him what he was doing. He SAID
he was the laundryman and had been
10 the apartment OF Prof. Lee I. Hem
ner. of New York University. Mrs. Nc
L|aughlin remarked that Prof. Ilemner
was out OF own and accused the
stranger of being n thief,
The man struck Doth women, and, as
they blocked the front entrance, ne
fed TO the basement, with Miss Dear
ing after him. He ran through the rear
entrance and over the back fence, with
the girl after him. The mar leaped
several fences, but could not shake eff
his pursuer. who was rapidly gaining
on him. He finally sealed a particularly
high fence and as Miss bearing was
getting over this she fell and was rem
dersd unconscious
The fugitive then ran into One Hun
dred and Forty-fourth street. In the
meantime Policeman Quinn had app
pcared and he chased the man 10 the
foSt of No. 1906 West One Hundred
and Forty-tourth street and after jump
NJ over an airshaft ten feet wide the
,"Ir5icer caught the man, At the West
0nn Hundred and Twenty-ffth Street
stl,ion the prisoner said lie was Frank
sullivan and lived at Mills Hotel No. l.
The evening world., 1905-08-23
EGGERS'S MAN
Anglers FINN
Magistrate Has Roundsman
SummariIy Elected from Court
for Comments on Amount of
Bail in Chinese Case.

City Magistrate Dan Finn and Rounds
Dan Costigan, Acting Captain Egg
gers's right hand man, had n dispute
to. day in the Centre Street Police
Court that ended in the election OF
CostIgan from the courtroom oy order
OF the Magistrate,
Cosiigan was in court with Detect
ives Hamilton and Murray to prose-
cute Lee Tong, of No. is Mott street.
arrested last night for carrying a re-
volver.
Magistrate Finn held Tong in 500
bah for trial In Special SESSIONS,
costigan in disgust murmurei some
Thing nat the Magistrate didn't quite
hear.
"Naat Is that2' he inquired sharply
THAT'S SINAI BAIL replied CJst.ean.
inca r.a away"
"Wnat'' rOarci thg Magistrate. "yru
dictate t. me-? You mind yOur b|as..lsa
and III m!ad nine
tus.ia.n nladc "a retort and Battery
p@lh' IisiHf 4! IN The bench, h.a face
WIS., "u-or directed kogud. l an
quinn TO remove Cusl.Eaa 4rJal ne
courtroom.
Ql.nu 4esiatgI and the Mag,s,r,t,
repeated .is uTauT.
II yJU dom mem be sitting here az
"A Magistrate he roarcd.
quinn grasped Costlgan by the arm
and led him out OF court and In,
Magistrate esumed his duties.
The evening world., 1905-08-23
INJURED
IN CRASH OF
COMFY TRAIN
Many Other Passengers Were
Severely Shaken Up and
Badly Bruised.

Six persons were badly injured and
a score or more badly shaken UP and
bruised when a so~uth-bOund Brighton
Beach train crashed a, high speed into
a dcrailed rear car of a north-bound
train just outside the Culver station.
Corey Island. early to-day.
CHARLES BOGERT. of No. Ii Four
tenth street, Brootlyn, was removed
TO the Reception Hospital. Coney Island.
with both legs broken.
MRS. MINNIE ZINC, of No. 100 West
N~inety-nInth street. Manhattan. sprained
both wrists and suffered coutusions of
the head n body. She refused to go
to a hospital and was taken home in a
cab
WILLIAM X. KING. of No. al JEFF
ferson street. Brooklyn. vas treated for
shock and coacusions and sent to the
Reception Hospital.
ALBERT MARTIN, OF No. 3o2 West
Sixty-ninth street, Manhattan, bruised
about the head.
MR.. c. H. WESTON, OF No. 326 East
Nineteenth street. Manhattan. right
arm broken.
MRS. c. II. WESTON. of No. 3o6 East
->i4te'eeNLn street, MdllIAttan, ankle
dislocated and head bruised.
Ambulance surgeons spent an hour
patching up tha injured, who insisted on
going to their homes after obtaining
temporary relief.
The accAsnt was caused either by
negligence or a defective switch. Trains
running out of Culver station. Coney
Island, raverse a switch "h!oh throws
them on to the main track. For some
reason the switch was not locked when
a provided hve-car train passed over at
2l5 o'clock. -Four cars took the switch
in safety. Then it Jared asunder, and
as the NTH car passed the rear truck
jumped the tracks ard the car was de-
rallied, swinging almost at right angles
across the sOuth-bound track.
The jolt swung the passengers out OF
their seats, and they were ~scramb.ing
for safety when a south-bound train
headed for the station at full speed,
crashed into the derailed car. Tae jolt
shivered the car and sent q shower OF
splintcrs, metal work and broken glass
upon The terrified passengers, Many
We're thrown violently across the seat!
by the shock and badly bruised. Ina
the car was not overturned and NAM
OF the occupants killed is marvellous.
The evening world., 1905-08-23
STRIPPED COHEN
TO FIND DIAMOND
He Denied Having Any Gems
When Brought into Court by
His Wife, But Searchers
Discover Three-Carat Stone.

"Believe me, Judge, I was married to
this man twenty years ago. but l never
knew until last week that he was so
wealthy that he could have diamonds"
said Mrs, Sarah Cohen, Of No. A Es-
sex street, to Magistrate Pool. in the
Essex Market Court, to-day. when she
arraigned her husband, Benjamin, of No
2H Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn. on ,be
charge of abandonment.
Cohen told the Court that ho sec,,rol
a rabb!nical divorce from his wife wbsr
he left her, and therefore ne ajd ,n.
consider himself required to sumner
her He denied that he was wealth.
or had diamonds.
Magistrate Pool said he believed the
Wite's story about The diamonds ,ns
ordered policemen 10 strip Cohen TT
tdNumd a ring containing a three-ki,Irey
by Cohens consent the ring v,s
70 h!S !awyer, Cohen went IN 5Sii'en
a week. E' ms wife 81
The evening world., 1905-08-23
HOFFMAN HELD
As SW|NDLER;
WIFE SET FREE
Both Had Been Arrested IN
Connection with a Bogus
Check for 1900.

III. r.te,
h"''eS ~
Elizabeth VINO arc e"a'E'u VIZ" nav
ing passed a bogus check Tor $-'"1 on
Isaac Friedman, of No. 1907 Second
avenue, were taken to Police Head
quarters to-day and lined up before all
the mex In the Detective Bureau in the
hope that some one would know them.
Acting Captain McCauiey's entire force.
looked the couple over nut none had
ever heen brought IN contact with
either before
"A careful search was MADE, put no
record OF either the mar or his VIE
was found. From Police Headquarters
ahe couple were taken to the Harlem
Court, wf.Te h were arraigned, and
Hoffman was held in 5000 bail, but
the woman was discharged.
Friedman is in the real estate bust
ness. Hoffman, representing himself
as a broker, called upon him on Friday
last and said he wished to buy a house
which Friedman had for sale. The pair
wrangled over the commission Holman
was to have until yesterday, when the
deal was settled, and Friedman felt
he had made a good bargain.
Hoffman paid over a certified check
for 5000 drawn on the Bridgeport Ma
tional Bank. This was the money
agreed upon in the transaction. Hof-
man received Triedman's check for
S365, drawn on the German-American
Bank, as his commission.
The cashier of the German-American
whom no raceived tho Rridrenort check
srnm E~r;odman for collection looked II
over ana thous"t =" was suspieiouS,
He told FRIEDMAN so and t~elephoned
the Bridgeport bank. Word came back
~. ~ clacy 20 for~or. rh.
~" Az GN ""s 'ot6oi!' iHe
check HOFFMAN mad received had not
4rrned ND but word of il was sent ont
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- oanhS al tHe -Nouse assoelA-
no through a detective agency.
Advices were soon received that the
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eneeN "au oeeii presented at tne oranch
once OF the Hamilton National Bank
in Trsn,on+ nv tho woman u,bo dss,raa
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The cashier engaged the woman in
conversation. telling her that the man
apor Mr. Nortn,ne.nn -. -