The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-07-27
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ADMITTING tnat Tor revenge she killed
her Io-month-old child. stabbcd her nus
band and then tried to kill herself while
lnsanely jealous of her sis.cr. Helen
Haniey Mrs. Annie Gabcs is 1 crit
zeal condition at the Easter District
Hospital, and under arrest.
George GabeS and his wife anne here
from Denver. and lived at 60 briggs
avenue, Williamsburg When Miss Han
ley joined them, few week ago. Mrs.
Gabes became jealous, and yvnIle nurs-
ing her baby boy yesterday plunged 4
KNIFE through his heart. Then she at
tempted to kill her husband. and ended
by slaShing her own arms and wNzfs !,
and Stabbing herself in the abdomen
one surrendered to the police cheef
fully and without an expression of ri
gret.
An odd will has been filed for pro
bate by executors of the estate of Deane
Miller, who lived at u West Forty
fourth street. Half OF the residuary es-
tate IS to be held in trust. the interest
to be paid to the testator's brother,
Clark A. Miller. of New Rochelle. and
at the end of three years part Of all of
the principal to be paid over to him
on condition that during t. ~e he
has abstained from the use -.
every form. DR.. Charles c. Mi1lse5. -
other brother, inherits the other half
OF the estate and some personal be-
longlngS. and is one OF the executors,
with full power to determine what por-
ton OF the conditional bequcst shall be
paid over
To have a ghost walk in and demand
his clothes was a novel expeFie|4ce~ saf the
desk force at the West Sixty-cightN>u
Street Police Station. Harry Willis. 255
West Thirty eighth street. was the
ghost.
Go on" gasped the Sergeant. you
amt got any clothes; you're dead, You
were drowned i'll North River Tuesday
night
"Was Il" said Willis. We'll, don't
you think it. | was in swimming. and
fell asleep afterward in a freight car.
When | woke UP | found that the car
had moved out and was in Spuyten
Duyvil I borrowed a pair of trousers
and telephoned my mother, who brought
me clothes. In the meantime you had
found mine and reported me dead But
please, sir, gimme my clothes ="
And he got them.
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Some practical joker, maybc-son'-
misguided enthusiast, possibly-tricd to
scare or blow Edward Wasserman OF
the Stock Exchange out of a railroad
bull movement by sending him a cigar
box loaded with black gunpowder.
matches and strings to pull If YOU
pulled 'em, they'd scratch and start
things The package came by mail. and
on the box inside was the name Of Thos
w. Lawson, indicating that tHiioevcF--etlva
ii had gone daft over the frenzied- finance
agitation and thought he was doing level
finances good turn. The Postoffice De-
partment IS looking the matter up.
Cupid will do a good business with a
trio of Jersey City young men before
next July 4 William Locke. George J.
Snllman and James Murray-the first
a clerk OF the Second District Court. the
second a lawyer and the third an en-
ployee OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
have signed a formal -asrssment that
any one of the three failinSAMAnarry .
! by that date must forfeit $50 towaIFsa11
the wedding expenses of the more lucky
half dozen girls at once. TO meet any
possible contingency; Murray is said TO
be engaged already, and Stillman is
making good his name by working on =
the quiet. AAS
Abraham Liebermann IS one of thes,
little tenement babies of Williamsburg
| to whom hot weather means suffering,
maybe death. SO his parents have been
/ taking him to the roof of their tene-
| ment. at ~ Morrell street. to catch what
ne might of the stray breezes. Last
! evening Abraham crawled out - the
| corniceS on an exploring cXpe3rt1oNSAe -
| fell FIVE stories TO the street below. In
! his fall he overturned a baby carriage
! struck head first and was killed. The iHd
| fant in the carriage was not hurt. "
! To what base uses do United States
| Ship-building shares of stock return,
! At the usual auction 500 shares each
| Of common and preferred stock in the.
company were sold fer $25> or ~ ccnM
| 4 share The purchaser wanted tnenN 4