The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-26
HOLINESS
BACK IN. new YORK
Broken Glass Gives Detective
Clue TO Owner Of Au-
tonlobile.
T 1 E 3. L. i. WEDDING {: PARTY
Police sWooped Down on Bots
ferrous Demonstration III
Dead of Night. #
TENDERL0 DIN WEDDING PARTY

Especial to The Times-Dispatch

"
Nj NEW YORK. April Oft is 4 evident
that the New York detective force num-
bers a mong It's members man or two,
who might, If Sherlock Holmes were u
living reality make him jealous. The
way they take hold OF the flmslcst Of
clues and piece them together until they
rab the guilty party Is wonderful to
behold!
As an instance in point. a man was run
over and killed on thu road leading to tie.
sAcqueduot race track last week, and
the automobile that was the cause OF &c
scldent got away, apparently without any
one knowing whose machine it wa s.. r hon
appeared the Sherlock Holmes OF the
force. - careful examination or the road
at the point OF the accident uncovered
several pieces OF broken glass.
Here was great clue s&T The detectives
pleced tho pieces OF glass together and
behold It was the number plato OF all
auto! It was but a step to the arrest OF
the owner OF the auto No. J31l, and his
arrangement on the charge of killing The
/ man.. OF course, he denied it--emphatical-.
~, energetlcallyi and definitely, but What
could one expect? The evidence was sat
Isfactorys to the sleuths and why should
1t not BIO salts factory to the public,
e@S - a333 n; sss
AS was to be expected, the auction safe
OF the effects of the great and only Cas- =.
sic brought forth a great croWu and while
the prices realized for the treasures were
not record breakers, the public at least
showed that 1t had q keen apprccia ton Of
the value Of the articles as curiositlcs and
the bidding was at all times lively. The
crowd that attended tho sale 5wns as non
sdescrIpt as was ever seen In the rooms
of the Knckerbocker Art Galleries. 1t
was only too evident that amongst 1t was
a large sprinkling OF the purely curious
those who come to look on anything with
which d notable person has been asso-s
Scnted, and not with any idea Of purchas-,
Ing.
Now. that the Brooklyn baseball team
has succeeded in pulling OFF baseball
game on Sunday. 1t may be expected
thnt4the New York teams will Immediately
try the same trick OF coul SO. the Brooks
slyn team has to assist them, the decision
or Supreme Court judge that sunday
hall playing is not n crime, but at tue
same time what Is law In Brooklyn ought
to be law In New York. ! the New York
ball players could succeed IN having sun
day games in tho city, 1t would undolbt-
5cdly provo on attractive feature to u.
largo portion of our citizens.
Now, that the crowds that use tha
Brooklyn Bird ge are on he increase
through tho addition to the ordinary
crowds OF the many people who live "
Long Island beaches. tho traffic conui-3
lions arc daily becoming more abominn-5
BILE It would seem that the brooklyn
Rapid Transit does fairly we'll with the
ancient equipment that 1t possesses dur
Ing the winter. but as soon as the spring
and the summer season sets in and the
3trufflo Increases, they ere totally unable
to cope with Il. II they would have one
grn nd breakdown, Fix things ZIP and then
go ahead for a time reasonably free OF
such troubles, 1t would be q considerable
relief
Instead of this there seems to be q
breakdown of some sort every day In the
week. and II by any extraordinary piece
OF good luck two or three days 80 BY
without an accident, 1t Is reasons bic
summer that does not number at least
ono annoying tie-up. ,s,
A peculiar code OF honor obtains among
the gangs OF ruffans that infest certain
districts OF the East Side. Beins with
out the palo OF tho law, y 10 not sur
prlsing that they never thlnk or 100. s
Ing to the courts to furnish mem WIZ
any sublime faith In other members OF
the same gang to carry into effect any
revenge of their wrongs.
rho district attorney and the POLICE have
had many striking proofs OF the fact
that the members of these gangs will not
s,peach'' on each other and the case 10
rare indeed, where the member Of Ole
gang has furnished eyiien.s against
,iyal clan. They seem to look upon hem
selves as u law within themselves ana az
not Wish the interference Of others. and-
30 when anyone else does attempt to In
torfere they make common war a galrlst
The outsider, An illustration ot this CLAM
rish feeling and faith In the nsmbers Of
each gang came this week, when a nlens-
her OF the famous Cherry Hill sang was
shot The man now lies dying IN one
cf the city hospitals, and, though no pro,
fesses to know his assailant, he viii hot
tell the police. asserting that II no dies
- hatheg Cherry Giasss wlA So 1isas