The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-14


men. Got There nnd Mndc Awards.
mild rinaaercd. neatly dressed young
man who sought and got shelter from tie
.,orn On S,idav night # the headquarters
n the Bible Iceeacie Training School
Forty.ninth street and Lexington avenue,
turned ont yesterday 10 10 the writer of
several lettei- sont to Miss Helen Gould
al that nddross proposing marriage and
asking, Do YOU vent mo to return as tho
head Of vorr horse'7 He evidently sup
no,ed that Mis- Gould would be at the
house Yesterday which was the day set
Cor nm eminent Protestant committee to
meet al tho house and award some prizes
given bv Miss Gould for essays on the history
ri the D5uny and 81. James bibles. The
mild nianncred young man brought with
him a hecry bulldog revolver, loaded. He
also had $iG2 in cash. Yesterday morning
he sent a letter down to the desk for Miss
Gould. and he was then recognized as the
writer of the other letters and was put
under arrest He e locked up in the Fast
Fifty.frs' street police station.
He SAYS he il Albert j.. Leighton of II
South Nineteenth street. Philadelphia. He
dropped into tho training school about
1880 o'clock on Sunday night. The school
occupies big apartment house, or most
OF it. there being soma sixty resident
scholars. There are n few rooms for
trnnsients who may want TO stay over
night aud Leighton asked if he couldn't
be nut VIZ. fherc is rule that transients
must come recommended. hut IL was waived
In tho case Of Leighton on account Of the
severity Of the weather and because he
looked ., il he really might be a Bible
teacher
Leighton caused no disturbance during
che night About 8 o'clock yesterday
morning he sent from his room letter to
the clerk. II was addressed Miss Helen
NJ. Gould, with no other inscription on
the envelope than this; TO he delivered at
once When tho clerk got time he put
Miss Goulds Fifth avenue address on the
envelope and sent n messen ger with 1t
10 Miss Gould's home.
The prize award was the great event
at the school yesterday. More than year
ago Miss Gould offered s1,7SO in prizes for
the three best essays on the origin and
history II the Roman Catholic and the
Protestant versions Of the Bible. In all
s5S papers were received and number OF
addressed 10 Miss Gould. Under an agree
snent with L. A Hanan, Miss Gould's phi
vate secretary, Dr. ". ". White. president
OF the training school. opened ell the letters
addressed to Miss Gegld. More than half
. dozen came from Albert Z. Leighton.
He seemingly thought that Miss Gould
lived a. the nouse. As Il matter OF fact
che oiten goes there and attends the Bible
- g . IL
>ton letters. which altsraated quotations
from the Scriptures with proposals Of
tnHrriaGc.
Tie committee that has been considering
The essrys on the versions Of the Bible
Consisted " the Rev. DR.. Francis l.. Patton,
president Of Princeton Theological Sem
mary Or. Henry VI MacCracken. chancellor
Of New York University, the Rev Robert
" Rogers, Professor of the Drew Theolo-
gical Seminary; Whiteaw Reid. the Rev.
NJ ~ Jccoous OF the Hartford Theolo-
gioal Seminary, DR.. Talco,t Williams Of
Philadelphia and the Rev. ". Q. Scott of
II" Ehe Teachers Trimming School.
When Or. White, president of the school,
got up yesterday morning his first thought
was % pick out a room for the committee
to deliberate in. He sent for his brother.
who Is q clerk in the school, and said he
wanted certain room. 1t was the room
to which leighton had been assigned.
I'm sorry' said the clerk. that room
Is occupied by man named Clayton. or
something like that. He came here last
night.
Clayion2" said pr White. puzzled.
oh, no said his brother. it's Leighton
ALERT h. Leighton
WAT said the doctor. getting UP from
biz breakfast, over which he had been
talking with his brother you don't
mean IT. / think Id better see him"
Then Or. White and his brother hustled
downstairs and looked ut the book in which
Sunday nights caller Rad registered.
ife same, said DR.. White That's
10 man who wrote toe letters.
llen DR.. White talephoned to the East
FHy-ir-t street station for a couple Of
policemen. While waiting for the cops
be sent Tor Leighton, who came down
stcir, meeky enough and chatted pleasantly
with them until Capt. Lantry and two
deiec,i7cs. Van Gelder and O'Connor. came
In. There was a suspicious bulge to one
Of LfigLtons pockets.
Do YOU ever carry a gum asked Van
N'''''Nlf ''' lllN HdilH lltle JlCh4lDS Leighton
sroln1 the waist and pulling out the bull
cog Leghton replied:
When | travel in Desperate and Watt
streets. Jersey City l always carry H. l
never carry gun except away from home.
he three policemen escorted Leighton
% u" East Fifty-first street station They
goi him away in time for Or. Patton and
rs associates TO have a meeting room.
Then DR. White heard Of the letter that
Leighton had dispatched 10 Miss Gould
lev nouns before and he hurried another
H''Nr to Miss Goud's house to get 1t before
reached her. He succeeded in getting
He letter back. 1t read:
DO You want me to return as head OF
yolF housei Answer tomorrow Albert
l. leighton. Songs $3.50"
There were no threats in any Of the let
,ers ne rent to Miss Gould. Dr. White said
hst night. Il think that the young man is
.ar1nle'- He mad never been here before,
D1' 'nppose he thought Miss Gould lived
mere N-ne Of the letters was addressed
10 her home. and / don't think he knew
NhHfH u vas. or ever took the trouble to
Nnen Capt. Lantry and his men got
dSlEIfnn Tho Ia